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Old 10-15-2011, 10:04 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Oh dear. This is a great song, Monkey, but I'd say the Romantics are definitely famous.

The reason I say so is that I knew about "What I Like About You" long before I joined MusicBanter, when I only knew songs or groups that were played often on mainstream radio. And "What I Like About You" has been played so often on the radio here over the last several decades that even I know all the words by heart!

Maybe they didn't or don't play the song often in Sweden?
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If a chicken was smart enough to be able to speak English and run in a geometric pattern, then I think it should be smart enough to dial 911 (999) before getting the axe, and scream to the operator, "Something must be done! Something must be done!"
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Old 10-15-2011, 10:37 PM   #12 (permalink)
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I like this comment I read by a viewer and fan of this single on youtube.

quote: This hidden gem always rests in the back of my mind. A piece of the soundtrack of my life. Days of youth and unfettered happiness. The youngest of four watching the world unfold before him. Parents still young and hip, unmarked by time unvisited by tragedy. Guiding and gliding us along the road of life. The table always set for fun. Sounds of Miles, Monk and Ella float in the air, Sunday mornings stretched out forever in the light of the sun. The wind was our love..

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This particular single just "grew on me" after hearing it a couple of times. You can actually hear the cutting into and out of tracks in the original recording itself, witch makes it even more unique in its own way.
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Old 10-16-2011, 02:52 AM   #13 (permalink)
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I was sent this by a friend several years ago, and fell in love. I have no idea how known they are...because I've never met a single person HERE who's heard of them, but I'm sure someone has to know of them.
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Old 10-18-2011, 01:45 AM   #14 (permalink)
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(...) songs you like by non-famous bands or musicians, any genre (classical, punk, etc.) (...)
The concept "non-famous" is relative (as everything in this World). Do you mean non-famous spatially or non-famous chronologically? You know, some artists were famous once, but nobody remembers them now....

Sorry, I was just kidding. I don't know what "degree of fame" the following have, but I think they are not very well known. Luka Bloom: Ciara. Nightnoise:A Different Shore (instrumental).



Apart from that, I'd like to "rescue" some samples from the unknown mine of Spanish musicians singing in English:

Los Iberos: Summertime Girl (1968). L.A.: Hands (2009).




Russian Red (pseudonym of Lourdes Hernández): Cigarettes and Nice Thick Feathers.




The Sunday Drivers: Do It. Sexy Sadie: Crawling man.




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Old 10-18-2011, 09:11 AM   #15 (permalink)
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The concept "non-famous" is relative (as everything in this World). Do you mean non-famous spatially or non-famous chronologically? You know, some artists were famous once, but nobody remembers them now....

Russian Red (pseudonym of Lourdes Hernández): Cigarettes and Nice Thick Feathers.
Thanks, everyone, for your contributions.

Zaqarbal, in answer to your good question about what I mean by non-famous, when I created the thread I was intending for "non-famous" to mean *never* famous (chronologically or spatially).

I was hoping this thread would be a kind of "The World's Got Talent" thread, where really unknown artists get "discovered."

By "unknown," I mean someone or some band who are, oh, making music in their basement, posting some songs on YouTube, and receiving fewer than 1000 views, until YOU listen and you think, "WOW! This guy's great!!! Why aren't more people listening to him?"

The second Red Feathers video, for example, has over 300,000 hits! Lourdes Hernández is famous in my book. Of course, maybe it just means one person (you? ) is listening to her song 300,000 times! Then she wouldn't be famous, just really really popular with that one person. Let me check Wikipedia, though. Yep, there is an entry for Russian Red. I learned she is sometimes called the "Spanish Feist." It's nice to learn of her music, though, because I'd never heard of her before.

P.S. This (below) was a disturbing (and enticingly original!) video, Zaqarbal. I didn't know whether to laugh or cringe. It's like the embodiment of Satre's quote, "Hell is other people."

L.A. - "Hands"

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Old 10-18-2011, 11:52 AM   #16 (permalink)
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P.S. This (below) was a disturbing (and enticingly original!) video, Zaqarbal. I didn't know whether to laugh or cringe. It's like the embodiment of Satre's quote, "Hell is other people."

L.A.: Hands

True. I guess that's what happens with certain bands: they don't mind making seedy videos because they're "not famous" enough.
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Old 10-18-2011, 05:32 PM   #17 (permalink)
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My older sister went to school with this kid - Noah Gundersen.
I have some burnt copy of his EP in my car and it makes me weep.
He is pretty incredible.
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Old 10-19-2011, 03:44 AM   #18 (permalink)
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This thread has far, far, far better content than MTV.

Although I abandoned MTV years ago.
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Old 10-20-2011, 12:20 AM   #19 (permalink)
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Matt Stevens- "Big Sky" from his album "Ghost."

Stevens is the new king of looping guitar techniques. He is a one man show, but he sounds like a full on band, and he can create everything live. Here is "Big Sky." Listen at the 4:45 mark, where everything is sampled on top of each other all at once. Quite amazing...

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kidkanevil - The Hours


L.A - Gabriel Kahane

^Came to my school last year and held a mini performance for the music classes. Great performance. Went to go see him live again the next day too.


Caves - 200 miles


Colour - Over the Moon


Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) - They will throw us to the Wolves
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