Posted February 12th, 2004 @ 11:19pm by Erik J. Barzeski
Question: If you could only listen to one band, group, or singer for the rest of your life, who would you choose?
My Answer: R.E.M. With the variety of their 20-year career and the intelligence of the lyrics, I'd never get tired of their vast collection of music.
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Posted 12 Feb 2004 at 11:47pm #
Oasis definitely. 10 years and I haven't tired of them yet.
Posted 13 Feb 2004 at 12:17am #
You have to go with Zeppelin. No question.
Posted 13 Feb 2004 at 1:09am #
The Pixies.
Posted 13 Feb 2004 at 2:44am #
a second vote for the pixies. moreso if you expand it to all the 4AD bands.
REM post IRS had a much lower hit rate. IRS would be a nice 2nd or 3rd runner-up to 4AD.
Posted 13 Feb 2004 at 7:41am #
C'mon, "hits" are merely a measure of a society's idiocy. 🙂 R.E.M. was told "you can't make a radio hit" so they wrote "Shiny Happy People," which succeeded as a radio hit while completely mocking the same people who liked it. "Stand" is similar as well.
Posted 13 Feb 2004 at 9:03am #
Tough call. I'm torn between John Williams and Pink Floyd. Williams would probably win out just because he has a much larger body of work. Besides, life without strings would be a barren cold existence hardly worth living.
Posted 13 Feb 2004 at 11:10am #
QotD: Band
Question: If you could only listen to one band, group, or singer for the rest of your life, who would you choose?
Weezer, I have all of their CDs, a lot of B sides, and back in 2001 and 2002 they released a lot of raw studio tracks on their site. A...
Posted 13 Feb 2004 at 11:21am #
Peter Gabriel.
Posted 13 Feb 2004 at 12:16pm #
QotD: Band
Question of the Day: If you could only listen to one band, group, or singer for the rest of your life, who would you choose? My answer: U2. Not saying this is the band for everybody but seeing as I have gone through periods where I listened to U2 on an...
Posted 13 Feb 2004 at 12:19pm #
Tom Waits.
Posted 13 Feb 2004 at 1:48pm #
i didn't mean "hit rate" as in "hits".. or at least not in the top 40/radio play/clearchannel-approved way.
life's rich pageant would definitely be one of my desert island five.
"stand" and "shiny happy people" may have been mocking.. but they're still annoying. "the one i love" or the cure's "let's go to bed" are much better examples.
Posted 13 Feb 2004 at 3:35pm #
I'm with Gregory: Tom Waits. No question at all.
Posted 13 Feb 2004 at 4:08pm #
TMBG
Posted 13 Feb 2004 at 4:44pm #
Ew. No desert island top 5 or 10? Hmmm. The Beatles. just because of the variety.
Posted 13 Feb 2004 at 10:46pm #
Sting (including his days with The Police)
Posted 14 Feb 2004 at 12:48am #
Billy Joel.
Posted 14 Feb 2004 at 10:24am #
Definitely Dave Matthews Band: amazing tunes, a lyrical genius, and a voice that just never grows old.
Posted 14 Feb 2004 at 2:01pm #
Monster Magnet
Posted 16 Feb 2004 at 7:11pm #
Neuroticfish.
Posted 17 Feb 2004 at 9:38am #
Brad Sucks 🙂
Posted 17 Feb 2004 at 7:41pm #
The Mars Volta is in fact glued into my CD player.