My brother dips a toe back into rock music


He gave up rock in the early '70's and eventually became an opera fanatic. About a month ago (now age 58)he asked me -out of the blue (pun intended) - about Joni Mitchell and Buffalo Springfield. Yesterday he asked an interesting question:

Recommend 5 albums by people he hasn't heard of.

Bearing in mind that

A)Anyone who isn't either a household name from the sixties or famous at the Michael Jackson/Madonna level qualifies as "not heard of"

B)The Joni/Buffalo Springield starting point and "art song" inclination likely to appeal to an opera guy

and

C)The desire to sprinkle a little bit of the rock reductionist esthetic

Who would you point him to?

I gave him 4 on the spot, but I'll share those later if the interest in this thread warrants.

Marty
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Showing 1 response by spiro

Okay, he may have heard of some of these; but going on...
Moody Blues, He probably needs Peter Gabriel and Tull, Steely Dan.
Dont forget Dave Matthews, Midnight Oil, (Blue Sky Mining) R.E.M.
Epodimous and Out of Time. Wouldn't he want Kate Bush, Dreaming,
Hounds of love, or that Whole Story? He's got to get some Police, and
Dire Straits D.S. and the Brothers discs; (?), U2, Achtung Baby, Pearl Jam
"X", STP Plush, Fleetwood Mac
Self Titled and rumours and that concert rather recently; Try cowboy Junkies, Trinity Sessions (how can ya pick just 5?). Jack Johnson,
Satrianni Surfing with the Aliens; Al DiMeola Elegant gypsy, Yes Fragile,
Most of Staind's work, Sarah McLaughlin's Stumbling, Neil Young's Decade, and believe it or not Michael hedges *Taproot, and Michael Oldfield's Greatest.