MUSICALLY,MY FAVOURITES WOULD BE MORRISSEY,WELLER,JOE JACKSON,STEVE EARLE,AND I'M REALLY STARTING TO LOVE RICHARD THOMPSON TOO.... WHO ELSE DO YOU LOVE IN THE WORLD OF MUSIC ?

David Gray.

Hands down. A great musician, beautiful music and lyrics.
I also listen a bit to Pink Floyd, Erik Clapton and Peter Gabriel - but not much. Coldplay or Keane if I need halp falling asleep.

The Grateful Dead

The Clash

The Sex Pistols

Phish

Widespread Panic

Jerry Garcia Band

bob marley

Phil Collins

Eric Clapton (is God!)

Bryan Adams

Jimi Hendrix

Pink Floyd

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

OK I like others....but I LOVE theirs.

TheSting it's Eric

Ray Charles, Chiris Botti, Andrea Bocelli, Eric Clapton

God Almighty!

I'm so so sorry. I will definately spend the rest of the day performing unusually cruel activities on myself, Stingirl - ramming my head into random trees on the way to school, slapping myself in the face and so on.

There really is no excuse for what I did.
There is no punishment great enough.
OF COURSE IT'S ERIC!!!!

Won't happen again - promise!

I love Eric Clapton as well, I've been to a concert with him once and it was SO great!

Other musicians on top of my list are:

Bruce Springsteen

Michael Jackson

Bob Marley

George Michael

Mary J. Blige

Vangelis, Gordon Lightfoot, Peter Gabriel, Michelle Branch, Paula Cole, basically.

Hi Shazia!There's a fabulous version of Gordon Lightfoot's "Early Morning Rain" on Paul Weller's "Studio 150" record of cover versions.
I'd highly recommend it !Perhaps you could do me a favour and recommend a good Gordon Lightfoot CD to start with ? Thanks !

LOL Nimrod, I am not the best with recommending a good CD to start with, perhaps the album "Sundown" is a good start, because it's among his most popular album.

I love his song Canadian Railroad Trilogy, it's on his CD "Lightfoot/The Way I Feel" from 1966.....and the original "Early Morning Rain" is on that album too. That's probably the 2nd album after Sundown that is recommendable.

I like his album "Old Dan's Records" from 1972, but for some reason it's not everyone's favorite, but I think it is beautiful, very folk-country-like.

I have the albums Dream Street Rose and Summertime Dream, and although I like those too, I wouldn't recommend those first, but down the road, perhaps, yes.

However if you don't like any of these albums then I will feel like it's my fault LOL

Wow ! Shazia! I expected you to simply name an album for me!
Thank you so much for going to such lengths to recommend
the other Gordon you love(and know so much about).
I truly appreciate your good
nature and kindness in pointing me to towards my first full
length GL cd.Please don't worry about any outcome.I'm so
thrilled to have been given advice by a true fan."Nothing is
better than THAT " as TALKING HEADS sang in"Girlfriend Is
Better".
Merci Grande,
Nimrod

It's okay LOL.

To be honest, I still have to collect more albums of his. Those are the only ones I have for now.

However, his voice started changing from 1980 onward, and it is the widely held opinion that it started getting quite bad from then.......

His albums from 1966 to 1976 represent his vocals in his prime.

By the way Nimrod......Canadian Railroad Trilogy is probably one of the best songs ever made. Trust me.

Depeche Mode (!)

I know they're of a completely different genre, but somehow I'm really into them recently. Martin Gore is such a talented songwriter and lyricist. Well, the lyrics are by no means as poetic and beautiful as Sting's, but they are painfully true to life and vivid.

Then probably

George Michael
U2
Seal
Peter Gabriel

Now THAT is a group that we love as well, Depeche Mode ... always great shows, nice setlist and good parties afterwards!
Bernard & Karel

AS I ONLY MENTIONED MY FAVOURITE SOLO ARTISTES EARLIER
THESE ARE SOME OF MY VERY FAVOURITE GROUPS :
1.BIG COUNTRY 11.ECHOBELLY
2.THE SMITHS 12.GREEN DAY
3.MADNESS 13.HALL & OATES
4.THE JAM 14.THE BEATLES
5.U2 15.CROWDED HOUSE
6.THE CLASH 16.ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN
7.THE GODFATHERS 17.HUMAN LEAGUE
8.THE ALARM 18.MANIC STREET PREACHERS
9.THE CURE 19.STIFF LITTLE FINGERS
10.DEPECHE MODE 20.TALKING HEADS


21.THE MONKEES
22.NIRVANA
23.RANCID
24.REM
25.ROCKET FROM THE CRYPT
26.VIRGIN PRUNES
27.THE WEDDING PRESENT
28. CRASS
29.THE WONDERSTUFF
30. RAMONES

GREAT NEW BANDS WELL WORTH CHECKING OUT :
BLOC PARTY
YEAH YEAH YEAHS
VINNY PECULIAR(FEAT. MIKE + ANDY FROM THE SMITHS)
THE KILLERS
THE DEAD 60s
THE DEPARTURE

(MY APOLOGIES,I GOT A BIT CARRIED AWAY THERE !).

SUNSCREEM !!!

INXS
Billy Idol
The Clash
Rancid
No Doubt
David Bowie
The Ramones
The Pretenders

The New York Yankees :)

My husband!! (actually Sting is only no. 2) :-)

Not really sure if I love all of them AFTER Sting, some are on an equal level, for the most different reasons, but heres a feature of my list anyway (in no particular order aka random):

Sarah McLachlan
Bryan Adams
Nellie McKay
Eric Clapton
Butterfly Boucher
Ray Wilson
Tori Amos
Mark Knopfler
Vanessa Carlton
Genesis
Mike & the Mechanics
Bruce Hornsby

and many more

And yes, it often happens to me that I watch a support act on a concert and become a fan - if theyre good! And then they never come back with a tour of their own and I only see them once in my life =o(

Sublime Choices Lady Alex ! Utterly Divine M'Lady...

Marc, I haven't tried Ray Wilson's solo work yet, but his with Genesis, awesome. What album of his would you recomend?

Thanks Nimrod :D

Shaz, you put God in the wrong place. It has to be like that:

PETER GABRIEL
.
.
.
anything else... :)

Tom Waits
Zappa
Buckethead
Dylan
Tool
Beatles
Who
Springsteen
George Clinton
Prince
Radiohead

Hi Lotte, my list of other favorite musicians was in no particular order LOL.

CSNY
Santanna
Beatles
Paul McCartney
Sarah McGlaphlan
Van Morrison
DAvid Bowie
Jimi Hendrix
Bob Dylan's old stuff
Hall and oates
Joni Mitchell!!!!

@ Stingirl:
If you want to get more into Ray Wilson, I would recommend the following order of albums:
- Change
- Live & Acoustic
- Millionairehead (by Cut)
- The next best thing
- The mind's eye (by Stiltskin)
- Swing your bag (by Guaranteed pure)

Also sent u an email about it.

Everyone listen to Butterfly Boucher!!

I also love Sting's music exclusively but if I have to
1. The Police
2. U2
4. ABC
5. Gwen Stefani
7. Alicia Keyes
8. Def Leppard
9. Mariah Carey
10. Outcast
11. Ludacris (Just Like That...)
12. ToTo

And many other groups with a jazzy sound. I have eccletic taste.

There's a new kid on the block by the name of Conor Oburst and his band
BRIGHT EYES. He's been featured in Rolling Stone and Enertainment
weekly magazines as a brilliant lyricist.Their music is very good.

Spike, I didn't realize it was you Nimrod, cool :)

Thanks Shazia....

u2
jimmy buffett
van halen
bob marley
the doors
red hot chili peppers
bon jovi

the police
dire straits
coldplay
jacques brel
peter gabriel

You like Jacques Brel. That's great.

I'm from Belgium and we all are big fans. It's enormous that Sting sang "Ne me quitte pas" in Los Angeles in 88.

And where are you from?

Actually, even more than Sting, I am a fan of the music of David Sylvian. I really enjoy how he challenges his listeners with every release. Sylvian is in no way afraid to experiment, and is in no way restricted by the constraints of commercialism. He dares to follow no formula and his musical discography is richer for this fact.
Like Sting, he broke up his band at the height of it's success and followed a more personal path in creating music. Obviously, Sylvian's group Japan was nowhere near as successful as The Police, but their popularity paved the way for groups like Duran Duran or others who came out of that "new romantic" movement. When the sound they defined became acceptable, Sylvian called it a day and headed towards a sound grounded in jazz and world music, as well as ambient and folk music, electronic and funk.
One never truly knows what to expect from the next Sylvian release and another one is expected in October. I impatiently await it's release.

Morrisey, Paul Weller, Manic Street Preachers, Aztec Camera, Bryan Ferry.

1. The Police/Sting
2. Paul McCartney/The Beatles (of course)
3. eels
4. Nirvana
5. The Divine Comedy
6. Ben Folds
7. Elliot Smith
8. Radiohead
9. Oasis
10. Gorillaz/Blur
11. The Clash
12. The Decemberists
13. The Smiths
14. The White Stripes
15. The Who
16. Beck
17. X
18. The La's
19. The Kaiser Chiefs
20. Supergrass
21. Dead Kennedys
22. The Coral
23. Fountains of Wayne
24. Iron & Wine
25. Super Furry Animals

Brittany spears, yanni, john tesh, spice girls and new kids on the block.Real list :forty niners,S.F. giants ,Oakland A's, the beatles,old phil collins,who,cure,john lennon,pink floyd,police,U2,van halen,sammy hagar and wang chung.Wang chung never got there due.

Wang Chung. Yes indeed. "The Warmer Side of Cool" is one great cd. Sometimes the lyrics are a little too cheesy in my opinion, but they really outdid themselves with TWSOC. Speed Of Life, When Love Looks Back At You and the epic Big World are three gems. EVERYBODY WANG CHUNG TONIGHT!

Lyle Lovett
John Mayer
George Strait
ZZ Top
Eric Clapton
Chris Botti
Loggins and Messina
Poco
Crosby, Stills and Nash
Asleep at The Wheel
And of course, The Police

I could go on forever but: Jonny Lang
Eric Clapton
U2
Kenny Wayne Shepard
The Foo Fighters
Matchbox 20
Chris Botti
Seven Nations
The Elders

hmm.. U2, Coldplay, R.E.M. .... and also some portuguese bands and singers that u surely don't know :P

...The Police
Billy Joel
The Rolling Stones
Maroon 5
U2
No Doubt--
Gwen
Roy Orbison
Clint Black
Garth Brooks
Lynard Skynyrd
Fleetwood Mac....
too many

OK Wait a minute Prob that wasn't fair springin the Police on me like that
I thought they'd be included in the Sting category. Otherwise my first 5
choices after Sting: The Police, The Police, The Police, The Police and
The Police. I love the Strontium 90 stuff too. It's like The Police in the raw.

I guess they went with out saying. But I couldn't make my list without them, and I though of a few more...
Zepplin
The Beatles
Queen
Chili Peppers
Scorpians
Bread
I could make a list that goes on forever...........I just LOVE music :-)!!

Myself, I'm not a big music lover. I rarely listen to any music besides Sting, David Gray and Pink Floyd. In fact, the only other CD I've bought the last two years is the latest by Coldplay. I find all music NOT from said artists a chore to listen to. Bad music strains my ears. And my definition of BAD MUSIC is very wide indeed.

Just for the hell of it; my least favourite bands, that are widely popular and not heavy metal or anything:

- Nirvana (God - mercy on me soul! It burns!!!)
- U2 (Mother Of Christ And All That's Holy - make it stop!)
- All things new and on the charts
- Guns N' Roses

There isn't to many groups that are named here that I don't like but I don't
know all of them. It will be interesting to investigate thou.

Billy Joel, Van Morrison, Jonny Lang, James Taylor

Johnnyjumpstart: Another Jonny Lang lover, That's great. Got to see him in June, he's fantastic.

Yea fmcc49, speaking of investigate.......I see Spike and Shazia talking about Gordon Lightfoot at the beginning of this thread. I know some of his music. I especially like Wreck of The Edmond Fitzgerald, that was an awsome tribute. I may start my investigation with him as well. Thanks guys.

Hey Lola, how about Madredeus? This is an incredible musical group with a haunting vocalist.

hmm, yeah... It's one of the most successful groups here in Portugal but I don't really like that kind of music.

and do you know Mariza? she sang "A Thousand Years" with Sting...

LUIS MIGUEL!!!!!

AND FICTION PLANE!

Eric Johnson

Dominic Miller

Joe Satriani

Police

not necessarily in that order!

Lola, what portuguese music would you suggest to listen to? I am interested in new music and would like to expandmy horizons.

hmm.. Pedro Abrunhosa is one of my favourite.. lots of people say that he doesn't sing, he talks, but I like him ;) and also Sergio Godinho... and some portuguese hip hop :) I also like jamiroquai!! :D

ahh! Silence 4 and Belle Chase Hotel| they're portuguese but they sing in english.. it's nice ;)

Thanks Lola!Is Mariza good?

Jamiroquai, Eric Clapton, INXS, some good jazz bands, Manu Katche, U2, Peter Gabriel...and many others

The Police

Eric Clapton

No Doubt

The Eagles

The Beatles - I love John Lennon, but Sting Is N1
and I like David Lee Roth,too

ooops... I forgot Nenen Cherry , U2 and Dire Straits

I forgot The Police OF COURSE!!!! :)

yep. Mariza is good! she sings "fado".. don't know if u've heard about that.. I just don't like that kind of music

mariza is good to. I belive you!!!

i love AC DC
KISS
White Snake
Led Zeppelin
Billy Idol
Black Sabbath
Cinderella
Doors
Def Leppard
Guns 'N' Roses

Sting is BORING

And sorry for this !!!!!!! I am her sister

I'm so so so so so so so so sorry about this.I'm real Katy now!!! My little sister wrote these two stupid comments.She hate STING,because I talk about him-uninterruptedly, and because STING's music always plays at home,and our computer is full with STING's pictures,videos , movies and I'm really sorry for her nasty act.Now she will receive what she deserve.

The Police
Keane
No Doubt
Sarah McLachlan
The Pretenders
The Killers
Depeche Mode
Nirvana
The Moody Blues
The Grateful Dead
The Clash
Tori Amos
Phish
Eric Clapton
Bryan Adams
Michael Jackson
George Michael
Mary J. Blige
Peter Gabriel
Michelle Branch
Paula Cole
U2
Seal
Peter Gabriel
The Cure
Talking Heads

And a few others

I notice that our music interests are almost the same. And I'm so happy about that ,because so many people still listen this sort of music.This is the real,everlaSTING music.

Older music never goes out of style. My polyester suit did though. Rock'n roll is king!!!

Oh YES Oct. You are totally right.But everyone in my class think that I'm crazy,just because I like men with long hear(I love David Lee Roth),and because I listen older music.

And Oct.tell me what can I do?I can't change they musical preferences.
And sorry for the e-mail ,you will receive it.

No apologies needed. I say take a portable stereo into class and blast as high as you can some" Runnin' with the devil". But don't tell anyone I told you to do it. Really, Let your friends borrow some of your cds and explain that most rockers today have been brought up idolizing those same old fogies.

Thank you Oct. I love this idea.I will try to fulfil your plan. Thank you once again- you are really nice.Have a nice day.

Katy never ever let anyone tell you what to like. There is nothing wrong
with being different. I'm almost 56 and love The Police, Sting, Jonny Lang,
Cold Play, Maroon 5, Nickelback etc. Age has nothing to do with what you like.
It's just good music.

Nobody can change my music tastes!!!NEVER!!!
I will always love STING and men with long hairs.
Thank you fmcc49 for the advice!I will remember it!

By the way Oct. I adore " Runnin' with the devil"!!!

One question, what are you thinking about the NEW Bruce Springsteen's songs?
And one more think-
I will never forget the reunion of the real Pink Floyd at the Live8-it was great.My eyes was full with tears.

Are you talkin' to me ? If so ,I haven't heard any of the new cd. I enjoy" Streets of Philadelphia, Born to run,Tenth avenue freeze out, Glory days ,Tunnel of Love,Brilliant disguise( the two best songs he has done) and secret garden. Pink Floyd together, I didn't think it would happen considering the animosty that was going on between the band members. There is still hope for the Police to re-unite!!! I am a major Sting fan ,but the Police hold a special part of my youth ,except when they pull me over to give me a ticket.Damn it!

You didn' miss too much. The new songs aren't so good in comparison with the old
Bruce Springsteen's songs.
At Live8's concert Bob Geldof sang a few songs with the others Pink Floyd's members.Did you watch this concert?

Foo Fighters
Queens of the Stone age
Auf Der Maur
The Police
The Symtoms

Nope. I can't seem to remember why I didn't have chance to catch it.

Oct, why you here on a Saturday Night ?

Fender54,where I live, it is mid day saturday I'm in Cali. My joy for sat. night is to visit my sister and do my laundry. Yahoo!!! Why are you here saturday night? No excuses now, like I need to watch the dog ,take care of me grandma or I have a large boil on me bum(because I have used those all before). You don't have to say it ,I know I have a weird sense of humor.

It is now Saturday night, and I'm at home. Why? Because I have a large boil on me bum. You can't go out with a boil on yer bum, now can you?

This is to be sure! Now with a rash you can use ointment, but a boil,forget it, going out on a date with a boil is like walking out the door with a loaded gun ,you just don't know when it will go off!!!

Working, sad arse work. Same tomorrow night. Ireland

Does Viggo Mortensen count he has some really avant garde poetry on
CD out there with music.

OOh you made me laught so much.I 'm really sorry that I wasn't here Saturday night.REALLY!!! Especially - the large boil-that was great.

Working on a weekend Fender54. Sorry dude that really sucks. I may be joining you on that front though. I have question ,Fender54. I had a heated conversation with my boss about how the Scots and the Irish don't get along. I disagreed with her of course. Is this true? I am Scotts/Irish and I get along with myself. I know factions of English and Irish don't get along though.

I'm going to take the 49ers off my list of favorites ,because they are a suckin' very badly so far. I'll add Journey to my list. Thank you, I am out of here!!!!!

Working on a weekend Fender54. Sorry dude that really sucks. I may be joining you on that front though. I have question ,Fender54. I had a heated conversation with my boss about how the Scots and the Irish don't get along. I disagreed with her of course. Is this true? I am Scotts/Irish and I get along with myself. I know factions of English and Irish don't get along though.

Sorry about the double click . I thought I had it under control,I guess I was wrong!

SPIKE HERE FROM IRELAND.WE ADORE THE SCOTTISH AND VICE VERSA.
THAT'S ABSOLUTE NONSENSE WHAT YOUR BOSS IS SAYING !
IF ANYTHING IT'S THE ENGLISH AND THE SCOTTISH WHO DON'T GET ON....

Most of the Scots and Irish get on like brother to brother. But some protestant Scots have issues with the Irish, as we are mainly Catholics.
I worked for a few years in Nothern Ireland and when stopped by the British army the main force to give me a hard time was the Scots boys. But after saying that educated Irish and educated Scots get on very well. Scotland is great and the Scotish are great. My sister married one.

Spike, any chance of a back stage pass to the Foo Fighters ?

This is good to hear! Anyone using common sense and putting themselves in another persons shoes has the right track in life. Braveheart baby!!!

How does it feel to be 37, I was 37 in feb. His a killer to think what sting had
done by the age of 37. Better get my arse in gear.

I'm really 27! I wish!! 37 years is o.k. I have accomplished a few things,but alas ,there so many other things I would like to do.

I don't want to be 16 anymore.Yes it's fun,but nothing materially!!!

Katy, at 16 you have the whole world in front of you. You are in control of your destiny. Teen years are always crazy! I'm presuming that the experiances we(U.S.) deal with in high school are similar to Europe. Remember that everyone is a teacher in some way or another. Teachers are parents friends ,family,strangers,very old or very young,even enemies can be teachers. You learn so many varied things from people in all walks of life. Sometimes we miss what we should have learned in a particular moment, that is where mistake come in. Even mistakes are teachers as well. Now, if only I could actually apply this philosphy more often in my own life ,then I could be set.
Katy ,what do you mean materially?

I mean that- nothing really vastly & seriously is happening

Oh...,I don't know maybe when I am 30 I will change my opinion.Maybe then I will want to be 16 again...I don't know.