{"id":219,"date":"2012-03-14T21:05:46","date_gmt":"2012-03-15T01:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/?p=219"},"modified":"2023-06-14T00:38:57","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T04:38:57","slug":"music-part-2-popular","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2012\/03\/music-part-2-popular\/","title":{"rendered":"Music part 2: popular"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I used to sing in an all-male a cappella quartet. So that&#8217;s one type of music that I like &#8212; the Nylons and the Essentials, as well as the Flying Pickets, the House Jacks, the Alley Cats, and the Bobs.<\/p>\n<p>I like songs where I can understand the lyrics &#8212; otherwise what&#8217;s the point of having lyrics? I&#8217;m not a big fan of country or hip hop, although there are some songs in those styles that I like. I like jazz but I&#8217;m not very knowledgeable about it. The time when I listened to the radio the most is the late 1980s so that era is certainly well represented in my collection.<\/p>\n<p>Artists I&#8217;ve seen live: the Arrogant Worms, Tracy Bonham, the Essentials, Harmonytryx, Henry &amp; the Folk, Moxy Fr\u00fcvous, the Nylons, and Sweet William.<\/p>\n<p>Artists whose entire careers I am following (followed in the case of Moxy Fr\u00fcvous as they&#8217;re no longer together):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lily Allen &#8212; &#8220;Alright, Still&#8221;, &#8220;It&#8217;s Not Me, It&#8217;s You&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>The Arrogant Worms &#8212; C&#8217;est Cheese, Russell&#8217;s Shorts, Toast!, Torpid, Idiot Road, Dirt!, Beige&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>The Essentials &#8212; Oh What a Night, &#8230;And Then Some, Bare, Nothing But Blue<\/li>\n<li>Garfunkel &amp; Oates &#8212; All Over Your Face, Music Songs, Slippery When Moist<\/li>\n<li>Moxy Fr\u00fcvous &#8212; Bargainville, Thornhill, Wood, You Will Go to the Moon, The b Album&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>The Nylons &#8212; Because, Four on the Floor, Happy Together, One Size Fits All, Play On&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Artists I&#8217;ve followed a lot of their career:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Billy Joel &#8212; The Bridge, River of Dreams, Storm Front, Greatest Hits (2)<\/li>\n<li>Huey Lewis &amp; the News &#8212; Fore!, Picture This, Small World, Sports, Hard at Play&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Artists I have multiple albums from:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Beatles &#8212; 1262-1966, 1967-1970<\/li>\n<li>Canadian Brass &#8212; Basin Street, Best of the Canadian Brass<\/li>\n<li>Phil Collins &#8212; No Jacket Required, &#8230;Hits<\/li>\n<li>Michael Jackson &#8212; Thriller, Bad<\/li>\n<li>Shel Neufeld &#8212; Wooden Reflections, Call of the Wild<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Artists I have one amazing album from:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Abba &#8212; Gold<\/li>\n<li>All Saints &#8212; All Saints<\/li>\n<li>The Alley Cats &#8212; Cruisin&#8217;<\/li>\n<li>Mark Anthony &#8212; Mark Anthony<\/li>\n<li>At Last &#8212; Slow It Down<\/li>\n<li>Barenaked Ladies &#8212; Gordon<\/li>\n<li>The Beach Boys &#8212; The Greatest Hits<\/li>\n<li>Shannon Beynon &#8212; My Illusion<\/li>\n<li>The Bobs &#8212; The Best of the Bobs: 20 Songs, 20 Years<\/li>\n<li>Tracy Bonham &#8212; Down Here<\/li>\n<li>Cibo Matto &#8212; Viva! La Woman<\/li>\n<li>Henry &amp; the Folk &#8212; Bustrip Songbook<\/li>\n<li>Holly Cole Trio &#8212; Don&#8217;t Smoke in Bed<\/li>\n<li>Miles Davis &#8212; Kind of Blue<\/li>\n<li>Eurythmics &#8212; Greatest Hits<\/li>\n<li>Fine Young Cannibals &#8212; The Raw &amp; the Cooked<\/li>\n<li>The Flying Pickets &#8212; Only You&#8230; The Best of the Flying Pickets<\/li>\n<li>Gowan &#8212; Best Of&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>Harmonytryx &#8212; The Instrument Alternative<\/li>\n<li>The House Jacks &#8212; Naked Noise<\/li>\n<li>INXS &#8212; Kick<\/li>\n<li>Jackson 5 &#8212; The Ultimate Collection<\/li>\n<li>Janet Jackson &#8212; Control<\/li>\n<li>Elton John &#8212; Greatest Hits 1976-1986<\/li>\n<li>Madonna &#8212; The Immaculate Collection<\/li>\n<li>Chuck Mangione &#8212; Best of Chuck Mangione<\/li>\n<li>The Police &#8212; Greatest Hits<\/li>\n<li>The Proclaimers &#8212; Sunshine on Leith<\/li>\n<li>Radio Free Vestibule (now known as The Vestibules) &#8212; Sketches Songs and Shoes<\/li>\n<li>Paul Simon &#8212; Greatest Hits: Shining Like a National Guitar<\/li>\n<li>Spice Girls &#8212; Greatest Hits<\/li>\n<li>Sting &#8212; Fields of Gold: The Best of Sting 1984-1994<\/li>\n<li>Sweet William &#8212; Sweet William<\/li>\n<li>The Temptations &#8212; The Best of, Volume 1: The 60s (The Millennium Collection)<\/li>\n<li>Bruce Willis &#8212; The Return of Bruno<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Other artists worth mentioning (that I have three or more songs from):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Bangles<\/li>\n<li>Beyonc\u00e9<\/li>\n<li>Peter Gabriel<\/li>\n<li>Genesis<\/li>\n<li>Honeymoon Suite<\/li>\n<li>Kylie Minogue<\/li>\n<li>Roy Orbison<\/li>\n<li>Queen<\/li>\n<li>The Rolling Stones<\/li>\n<li>U2<\/li>\n<li>Wham!<\/li>\n<li>Steve Winwood<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And I have four albums of popular music from various artists:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Best of 1985 (The Millenium Collection)<\/li>\n<li>The Best of 1986 (The Millenium Collection)<\/li>\n<li>The Best of 1987 (The Millenium Collection)<\/li>\n<li>The Number 1 Jazz Album<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I used to sing in an all-male a cappella quartet. 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