The Medusa Fora

and what--no mention of MORRISSEY?????

Who he? Manchester's Finest :Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias

Plus

Arthur Alexander
Solomon Burke
Bhundu Boys
Bobby Womack
Ruth Brown
Cab Calloway
The Chieftans
George Clinton
John Cooper Clarke
Elvis Costello
The Dells
The Dubliners
Dusty Springfield
Aretha
Free
Al Green
Gil Scott Heron
John Lee Hooker
Joe Jackson (Early)
The Jam
Etta James
Louis Jordan
Kinks
Maysa Leak
The Monkees
Oasis
Orange Juice
Real Sounds of Africa
Curtis Mayfield
Rockin Dopsie & his Cajun Twisters
The Specials
Teardrop Explodes
Temptations
Toots & The Maytals
Junior Walker & the Allstars
Sonny Boy Williamson
Zoot & The Roots

But most of all - Sixties and early seventies Stax, Atlantic, Motown, R&B, Northern Soul & Ska

The Dubliners and The Flogging Molly's.

I do listen to a scottish punk band named The Real McKenzies, but very rarely.

MORRISSEY FITS MY MANY MOODS PERFECTLY

I think I like the Clash very much last weeks.

Bands and also solo artists that made the same impact on me as the Pogues even though not so deep cos I was older when I discovered them. :

Whiskeytown/Ryan Adams
Bright Eyes (YES! Don't whine about "emo" and stuff. Me like Bright Eyes and I'm not emo or a teenager)
Elliott Smith

Other stuff I like a lot:

The Handsome Family
The Mollys


and then songwriters like Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen...of course. Then Edith Piaf. Azure Ray. Orenda Fink.

I also used to listen to a thousand folk-punk-celtic-rock bands but in the end they started sounding all the same to me, and I still consider The Mollys (Pogues aside of course) the best of them even though none minds me them and they're all listening to Dropkick and stuff I don't like "that" much.

speaking of EMO----i really , really like Blink182 and i think Tom Delonge is great.have seen them numerous times and they are loads of fun. Tom has a new band by the way--ANGELS AND AIRWAVES. it must be the boys sillyness......its a band me and me daughter have enjoyed together.

carmen wrote:speaking of EMO----i really , really like Blink182 and i think Tom Delonge is great.have seen them numerous times and they are loads of fun. Tom has a new band by the way--ANGELS AND AIRWAVES. it must be the boys sillyness......its a band me and me daughter have enjoyed together.

I don't like Blink at all.

I hate "modern" emo and proper emo (90's emocore) is not my thing even though it's a respectable kind of music.

I just...love Bright Eyes. it sounds folk-rock to me. Sometimes a bit electronica, folktronica...but not that emo...emo was the furtherst thing from my mind when I first heard it. I like drunks singing about depression with synths and banjos.

you know i have read so many great reviews about BRIGHT EYES--but yet somehow managed to not yet hear them . i will make it my duty this weekend--i dont want to be missing out

just heard two great songs by BRIGHT EYES.nice voice and the style like elliot smith , pete yorn. thanks for the tip.

which songs did you hear?

the videos for "EASY/LUCKY/FREE" and" FIRST DAY OF MY LIFE".

pretty good songs indeed. I especially like easy/lucky/free

OK folks, Pogues are my favorite, but, I'll list some other stuff I've been listening to. Feel free to add yours.

In no particular order:

Belle and Sebastian
Guided by Voices
Tom Waits
Snow Patrol
Elvis Costello with the Brodsky Quartet

social distortion
carl perkins
stray cats
eddie cochrane
rev. horton heat
johnny cash
the clash
gene vincent
hank snow
steve earle
sublime
them
zeppelin
rolling stones