The Retro Playlist

[Midgar Mist]

So.......ive held back enough on the subject of music.

As with pretty much everything else, I have a love of old things.

My views on music are very strong, I'm a staunch anti-populist (like something because its good, not because its popular)

Heres my current playlist (on a CD player, NOT an ipod)

Dig Me Out - Sleater Kinney
EMOH - Lou Barlow
International Superhits - Greenday
Hunky Dory - David Bowie
Poses - Rufus Wainwright
Want One - Rufus Wainwright
Pink Moon - Nick Drake
The Kick Inside - Kate Bush
Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
Helplessness Blues - Fleet Foxes
Grey Will Fade - Charlotte Hatherley
Free All Angels - Ash

Individual songs

Accidentally in Love - Counting Crows
Because the Night - The Patti Smith Group
Dancing the Dark - Bruce Springsteen
Just a Girl - No Doubt
Spiderwebs - No Doubt
Going Under - Evanescence
Bring Me to Life - Evanescence
Horses - Tori Amos
Little Lies - Fleetwood Mac

and many more, thats how much Im into it, its the best therapy around (way better than any health service)

[sharkythesharkdogg]

I'm a fan of most of the songs on the individual song list, but I'm not as familiar with the albums you mentioned so I can't really say.

EDIT: I'm at work, so I'll have to compile a list of older stuff I like when I have time to sit down and think about it.

[Midgar Mist]

Tis ok mate. If only I had full access to you tube on this excuse for a phone I would post actual links to this stuff rather than just describing it. I only have my finite time on library computers at the moment.

[Mirage]

But do you hate things just because they are popular as well?

[Midgar Mist]

No I suppose not. If I said that I was exaggerating. There's the odd popular thing I like

[sharkythesharkdogg]

Not exactly sure what's retro, but here's some stuff that's at least 20 years old (from what I can recall).

Rancid - Let's Go
Genesis - We Can't Dance
Genesis - Wind & Wuthering
Duane Eddy- Have Twangy Guitar, Will Travel
A Tribe Called Quest - People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rythm
The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man
Metallica - Ride the Lightning
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Green River
The Prodigy - The Fat of the Land
Bruce Hornsby and the Range - The Way It Is
Bad Brains - Bad Brains
The Fugees - The Score
Potshot - Pots and Shots
AFI - Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Eyes
Boston - Boston
Paul Simon - Graceland
Oasis - Definitely Maybe
Chemical Brothers - Dig Your Own Hole
Roni Size - Reprezent
The Cro Mags - Best Wishes
Operation Ivy - Energy
Tori Amos - Under The Pink
The Cranberries - No Need to Argue
REM - Green
Judas Priest - British Steel

The list is getting long, but I could go on and on.

[Midgar Mist]

Not exactly sure what's retro, but here's some stuff that's at least 20 years old (from what I can recall).

Rancid - Let's Go
Genesis - We Can't Dance
Genesis - Wind & Wuthering
Duane Eddy- Have Twangy Guitar, Will Travel
A Tribe Called Quest - People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rythm
The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man
Metallica - Ride the Lightning
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Green River
The Prodigy - The Fat of the Land
Bruce Hornsby and the Range - The Way It Is
Bad Brains - Bad Brains
The Fugees - The Score
Potshot - Pots and Shots
AFI - Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Eyes
Boston - Boston
Paul Simon - Graceland
Oasis - Definitely Maybe
Chemical Brothers - Dig Your Own Hole
Roni Size - Reprezent
The Cro Mags - Best Wishes
Operation Ivy - Energy
Tori Amos - Under The Pink
The Cranberries - No Need to Argue
REM - Green
Judas Priest - British Steel

The list is getting long, but I could go on and on.

I must try putting some active links up myself
Now I've got a better phone
And yes, noticed Paul Simon there. I have a childhood memory of the song You Can Call Me Al, plus its one of the many song lyrics that my dad likes to quote

[Ayen]

Evanescence all the way. I have their Fallen CD.

And Britney Spears.

I REGRET NOTHING!

[Yellow_Magic]

Not sure what you mean by 'Retro' in this case (Fleet Foxes = Retro??)

I was visiting my dad in Copenhagen last week, and he's got a pretty good collection of random old disco tracks. A lot of the stuff he put on during car journeys etc. rubbed off on me.

The Gibson Brothers - Que Sera Mi Vida
Robey - One Night in Bangkok
Heatwave - Boogie Nights
and of course: Earth, Wind & Fire - September

[Midgar Mist]

[QUOTE=Yellow_Magic;3582992]Not sure what you mean by 'Retro' in this case (Fleet Foxes = Retro??)

The above point you raise is valid. I get carried away sometimes lol

[maybee]

I can't remember my retro playlist right now, but it's loaded with music from the 80's and some of 'em from the 70's. There's a rare few from the 90's but unpopular opinion- 90's music wasn't that great.

[Foo]

Hunky Dory - David Bowie

Hunky Dory is alright, but David Bowie's late 70's work really takes the cake.

Station to Station ( my personal favorite)
Low
Heroes

You can pretty much skip Lodger.

[Bubba]

Pink Moon - Nick Drake

OK, so Midgar Mist is my new favourite member.

[theundeadhero]

When I was a kid I thought the music my dad listened to in the 70's was good old music, now people call the music from when I was a kid old

[Midgar Mist]

Here's more. These songs sum up how I've felt one time or another in my life:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7DgEqMINzY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=129kuDCQtHs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDBlqu6KF4k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwVqOs3Aess
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v--IqqusnNQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVg2EJvvlF8