Are there any recording artists you just can’t listen too?
For me there is one that has always been top of the list.
Edith Piaf…..l just can’t think of anything worse.
Do not get me wrong and consider my choice is in any way racist….l love to listen to music with songs in any language… Italian, French, Spanish…..
Russian and German can however be extremely demanding, but Edith Piaf (if possible in any language) is a potential harrowing experience.
Do any others on here have a similar artist, or artists that can trigger the same physical reaction?
@mylogic Try and have a listen to Zevon, his humour is very dark, nothing like Monty Python. "Porcelain Monkey" is a song about the decline of Elvis. "Excitable Boy" is about a teenager that rapes and murders his prom date. There isn't one Zevon album that I wouldn't recommend. Zevon's piano skills are beyond reproach because he studied under Igor Stravinsky and even wrote his own symphony before he picked up a guitar. |
@thecarpathian Thank you for the endorsement of Concrete Blond, while they are certainly not without merit they are not my cup of tea. In return I would suggest a listen to Old Crow Medicine Show if you haven't heard them already. |
@immatthewj - I love 'Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner' and 'Lawyers, Guns, and Money'. When I first saw the album cover, I thought, 'that voice doesn't sound like it comes from that guy'.... |
@larsman ”that voice doesn’t sound like it comes from that guy”… That face didn’t look like it came from that guy. When l first noticed the iconic 1978 record cover (many, many years after he released it) l thought it was James Spader from “Star Gate” fame. l don’t think he was a big deal over in the UK. l missed that record by a wide margin. Aa-hoo l checked it out…… l believe l had never heard it until today. It rings no bells. I checked the British charts. Only one ever entry, The Wind. Charted at No. 57 for one week, 20 days after he died. It looks like Rykodisc rushed out a release |
Warren Zevon did not appear to suffer from Bruce Derangement Syndrome: I don’t know that Warren Zevon truly reminds me of anyone, but I guess if there was someone, it would be Steve Earle from his mid-eighties to mid-nineties period. I am thinking of the period between the Guitar Town (or even back to Exit 0) and the I Feel Alright albums. (Which would, of course, include the Copperhead Road album.)
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