What is some great music to listen to?

Question

I adore the Beatles, I mean I have around 140 of their songs on my ipod, and my room and closets are decked out in pictures posters and tee shirts. But I really want to find some more great music, something that can actually compete with The Beatles, please nothing like the sad excuses for music today, please list either only artists or their songs as well.

Thank you for your answers!

Answer 1

Ok, if you're listening to The Beatles - I'm pretty sure you're a fan of 60's 70's music.



Here's what I'd try (some of them I don't like personally, but can't omit them )



The Rolling Stones

The Who

The Doors

Creedence Clearwater Revival

Peter Frampton - my fav

The Kinks

Led Zepplin

The Byrds

The Mama's and the Papa's

Cream

The Monkees

The Ventures

Blue Cheer



Some of these groups are NOT in the same vein as the Beatles, but they are in the same decade. I'm giving you a WIDE variety of music from pop, surf, to hard rock. Pick and choose as you like. There's MANY more than what I've listed. But maybe you'll find someone you like and follow the genre.



BTW - The Ventures are a surf music genre that I feel was much better than Jan&Dean or the Beach Boys.



Have fun!!!!!

Answer 2

Some of my favorite albums not including the Beatles who I like very much:



Pink Floyd- The Piper At the Gates of Dawn, Meddle, Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals, The Wall

David Bowie- The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Zardust...

The Who- Who's Next, Quadrophenia

Nick Drake- Pink Moon

Neil Young- Harvest, After the Gold Rush, Rust Never Sleeps

Van Morrison- Moondance

Queen- A Night at the Opera

Radiohead- The Bends, OK Computer, Kid A, In Rainbows

The Flaming Lips- The Soft Bulletin, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Embryonic

The Strokes- Is This It

Arcade Fire- Funeral

The Cure- Disintegration

Neutral Milk Hotel- In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

Answer 3

Dr. Dog is often compared to The Beatles! I hear it a little in their music, but they do their own thing, they're very good (try the albums We All Belong or Shame, Shame.) The Shins are good (albums: Oh, Inverted World or Chutes Too Narrow). Modest Mouse is a solid band, if you haven't listened to them much (We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank, The Moon & Antarctica...) The Flaming Lips are another good modern band.

As for older music, Yes is the **** (check out Fragile if you're not familiar.) Someone else already mentioned The Zombies, their album Odessey and Oracle is good. The Velvet Underground is another good 60's band...Jefferson Airplane's Surrealistic Pillow is where it's at...yeah...

Answer 4

Here's some artists I like, I tried to stay towards the lesser known



Bad Astronaut - alternative.



Belle and Sebastian - light indie rock



Bright Eyes - folky indie rock, especially check out the album I'm Wide Awake It's Morning



Cold War Kids - indie rock



Daniel Johnston - lo fi, folky, indie rock. You either love him or you hate him, but I think he's great.



The Darkness - rock. They sound like an 80s hair band a little bit, but i think they are actually from the 2000s



The Decemberists - indie rock



Elliott Smith - folky, sometimes acoustic, beautiful indie rock. If you want the simple acoustic stuff, check out the albums Roman Candle, Elliott Smith, and Either/Or. If you want the more complex stuff, check out the albums XO, Figure 8, and From a Basement on the Hill



Foxboro Hot Tubs - indie rock from the guys of Green Day, and it sounds nothing like them



Girl Talk - a mix artist, takes tons of different songs and mixes them together in a totally kick *** way



Gogol Bordello - they call themselves "gypsy punk" and are interesting and fun to listen to



Heatmiser - a grungy band from the 90s, though their best album is Mic City Sons, which is far less grungy than the others



Kathleen Balloon - she calls herself experimental pop I believe. Go to her website, myspace.com/kathleenballoon



Nick Drake - folk



The Pixies - Indie alternative



Polyphonic Spree - basically kind of a rock orchestra. They have 30 something members I think.



Reel Big Fish - Ska



Save Ferris - Ska



The Smiths - new wave alternative, also check out their singer Morrissey's solo stuff if you enjoy them



Sugarcult - pop punk



Tom Waits - Undescribable. Jazzy, bluesy, experimental...I'm not sure, but hes amazing



The Velvet Underground - folky, rockish, inspired Elliott Smith



Violent Femmes - alternative, they have super upbeat songs with sad lyrics most of the time. The songs are extremely catchy.

Answer 5

The Rolling Stones and Elvis are the only other artists you can compare to The Beatles.

The Rolling Stones have alot of albums! There's a lot of great songs to discover.

Not much into elvis but the early stuff is great

Answer 6

Well, there is a band that is VERY similar to the Beatles. They sound the same, were around during the same time period, and they were from the same place. They just didn't get as popular as the Beatles. Check out The Zombies. You might like them.

Answer 7

Some good bands:



Pathology

All Shall Perish

The Ocean

Necrophagist

Origin

Wormed

Answer 8

u . s .: Hank Williams Johnny money Bob Wills Les Paul(u . s . and rock) Chet Atkins Lefty Frizzel Loretta Lynn Patsy Cline Willie Nelson Rock: Les Paul chum Holly Eddie Cochran bill Haley and the Comets Chuck Berry Little Richard Willie Dixon(who in all probability has extra songs coated by using rock bands than the different blues artist) Jimi Hendrix Eric Clapton Jeff Beck Jimmy website Bob Dylan Beatles Rolling Stones Reggae: Bob Marley Jimmy Cliff Blues: Robert Johnson Willie Dixon Howling Wolf Muddy Waters John Lee Hooker vast Mama Thornton W C attainable Son residing house Sonny Boy Williams vast bill Broony Soul: Percy sledge Temptations Martha Vandella Marvin Gaye Otis Redding The 4 Tops Solomon Burke Smokey Robinson Al eco-friendly Jr. Walker and the AllStars Percy faith The Supremes

Answer 9

try listening to the who. they were around during the same time the beatles were. they're a little different from the beatles, but they're really good. :)

Answer 10

Led Zeppelin greatest band of all time behind the beatles

Answer 11

I've found Pomodoro and the Mushroom Men are great when wanting to listen to something alone on my personal music playing device.

Answer 12

beatles?really?how about some children of bodom and metallica