Yesterday’s post on what’s playing on YOUR iPod got some great feedback on the blog and Twitter. A lot of you suggested some great bands I’ve never heard of and I must say, I’m impressed! There were quite a few of your favorites that have now been added to my playlist.
If you’ve got music that gets your creative juices flowing, don’t be shy… it’s time to share.
Speaking of sharing – I was sent a DM (or twelve) about what my iTunes consists of. I write about music and I talk about it all the time, and people have asked for a glimpse into my private music stash. So, at your request I’ll list out a few (bands/artists) alphabetically.
WARNING: I won’t be able to list them all, there really are too many. It’s not just a ‘stock’ answer I give – I swear!
Aaron Zimmer Dashboard Confessional Greg Holden
Alkaline Trio David ‘Honeyboy’ Edwards Hall & Oates
Andy Mac Descendents Hot Hot Heat
The Ataris The Doors Ian Axel
The Band Doves Ishmon Bracy
The Beach Boys Dusty Springfield Jack Johnson
the Beatles Ella Fitzgerald Janis Joplin
Beck Elliott Smith Jay-Z
Billie Holiday Etta James Jeff Buckley
The Bird and the Bee Face to Face John Lennon
Black Lips Feist Jump Little Children
Blind Joe Reynolds The Felice Brothers Junior Brooks
Bob Dylan The Flaming Lips Jupiter One
Bob Marley Florence + The Machine Leonard Cohen
Bon Iver Fontella Bass Less Than Jake
Bright Eyes Franz Ferdinand Lily Allen
Charley Patton Fugees Louis Armstrong
Charlie Booker Gary Jules The Martinis
The Confiners Get Up Kids Me First and the Gimme Gimmies
Crosby, Stills & Nash Gorillaz Modest Mouse
Hey, you wanted this…just remember I warned you!
Mumm-Ra Regina Spektor
MxPx Rufus Wainwright
Nirvana Ryan Adams
No Use For A Name Ryan Bingham
Notorious BIG Saves The Day
OK Go! She & Him
Ol’ Dirty Simon & Garfunkel
Operation Ivy The Smiths
Otis Redding Sneaker Pimps
Passion Pit Spacehog
The Pixies The Strokes
Radiohead Thom Yorke
The Ramones Weezer
Ray LaMontagne Wheatus
Okay so that’s it for now. (Sorry the columns are messy.) This is roughly a third of my playlist – now you understand why I say ‘a little of this and a little of that.’ It’s just safer than listing everything out. Hopefully I didn’t bore you to death, but now it’s your turn to answer a question:
** UPDATE** There are just a few others that should be included, because I write about them on Examiner.com and they are so very talented. (A few of them are actually dear friends) They should have been included from the beginning. So here they are!
Bobby Long
Chris Ayer
Christine Hoberg
Dave Pittenger
Jess Hodge
Kailin Garrity
Martin Rivas
Mercy Bell
Rachel Zamstein
You were not kidding about having an eclectic range of music girlie. I’m surprised to see Etta James and Dusty Springfield on the list. But I’m going to go with John Lennon as my pick.
I’m a HUGE Etta James fan… and Dusty gets me every time with Son of a Preacher Man. I pity anyone who is within earshot of when I sing along. It’s not pretty. I’ve been blessed with stringing words together, not vocals. 😉
My dear, must I choose but one artist on this list? I cannot make up my mind between Louis Armstrong and The Beach Boys. Decisions, decisions.
🙂