[Sherwood]

Not to sound like a dick, here, but maybe you should try some music from artists who don't have t-shirts for sale at the mall.

Start with Pitchfork's "Top 50" from last year. Plenty of music there, and some of it is even good.

 

[onurrus]

Morrisey and The Smiths stuff is cool!

 

[Sherwood]

Glad you didn't recommend Tarkan, Onur

 

[Fido2]

X2 on Morrisey and The Smith's ...good stuff!

 

[HipHopScribe]

Following Dylan, I'd say Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, Leonard Cohen, Neil Young, Jackson Browne, T-Bone Burnett, the Velvet Underground. If you want more recent, then Joe Henry, Okkervil River, Neko Case, Jackie Greene, Josh Ritter, M. Ward, Silver Jews.

Not big on Radiohead, so I can't really say where to go from there.

 

[mark_h]

Sun kil moon, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Smog, Adem, Iron and Wine, Joan Baez.

 

[onurrus]

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Originally Posted by Sherwood /img/forum/go_quote.gif Glad you didn't recommend Tarkan, Onur

Hey Sherwood,If you knew about him I think you have listened him some lol

 

[Sherwood]

Quote:

Originally Posted by onurrus /img/forum/go_quote.gif Hey Sherwood,If you knew about him I think you have listened him some lol

Evet, Tarkan tanıyorum iyi

Don't get your hopes up, though, my Turkish is terrible. Probably much worse than Tarkan's German.

 

[Uncle Erik]

Obscure lyrics?

Try Jay Farrar's solo projects, "Sebastopol" and "Terroir Blues."

Or pick up a collection of Wallace Stevens poems. Plenty to chew on there.

 

[Mellow Mushroom]

nah, Radiohead is better.

 

[markl]

Tom Waits and Leonard Cohen.

 

[kwitel]

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Originally Posted by I3eyond /img/forum/go_quote.gif Yeah, I'll give those a try. TYVM

Whoa-meaning you dont own any albums by these artists??

In that case, start with Pink Floyd and Rush and move on to Crimson and Genesis.

Start with these:

Pink Floyd-Animals and Dark Side of the Moon
Rush-Moving Pictures

These are EPIC albums.

 

[onurrus]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sherwood /img/forum/go_quote.gif Evet, Tarkan tanıyorum iyi Don't get your hopes up, though, my Turkish is terrible. Probably much worse than Tarkan's German.

For a monet I thought you were Turkish lol
I am not sure about his german but he has improved his English since he moved to US

 

[jsaliga]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Uncle Erik /img/forum/go_quote.gif Obscure lyrics?

Uhhh....I think Robert Pollard (of Guided by Voices fame) has the market cornered on weird song titles with indecipherable lyrics:

Roofer's Union Fight Song

For every wild weekend
The roofers cry
Under the underdog bullwhip

A "Nothing For Granted" requested
Abusing the signal
Went forth the student of mystery

Out there in the way- let's waste him
Show him the teaching tool
Only "No Ones" get through the gate
...not in my airforce

He's penned about 10,000 tunes (or so he says) like this.

--Jerome

 

[sailboat]

How about some Nick Drake? I'd start with Five Leaves Left.

Seemingly simple lyrics, but deep meaning if you listen closely.