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Hullo everybody! I'm soliciting opinions here because I gather from reading many threads that there's a diverse set of musical tastes among the membership.
I'm hoping to put together a sort of "sampler" music library as I'm about to have a baby and I want her to be able to form her own musical tastes by exploration of it when she's a little older.
I have a fairly substantial library, but unsurprisingly, I don't have much music I don't care for, because I've already had the opportunity to explore much of what's out there and form my tastes. Obviously there's also music that I've never even heard of, so I'm sure it might be educational for me as well.
I'm looking for an album (maybe two) which are either: seminal/innovative in their genre in some sense; representative of the genre or period; or, representative of "important" artists. They don't need to be "the best"; just enough for her be a point of departure. The theory being that if you've been exposed to and really liked, say, Cream and Jimi Hendrix, you'd probably be able to find the Who and Mötörhead, & cetera on your own.
So I'm going to put down genres/styles that I'm aware exist and don't really care for/have representatives of, and what I think might be candidate albums (if I have any notions of what might be). For the pre-LP era I'll just find a compilation: I don't expect a kid in the 2020s is going to end up an Al Jolson fan, but I think it's still interesting to see how popular music evolves over time.
Happy to take suggestions for non-anglophone pop music if it's sufficiently differentiated (e.g. Tom Jobim or Georges Brassens, but probably not Johnny Hallyday).
1910s:
No idea. I have some vague notion that ragtime, dixie, barbershop, and Ivor Novello were big
1920s:
Pop
Something by Al Jolson?
Something by Eddie Cantor?
Jazz
Something by Fats Waller?
Something by the New Orleans Rhythm Kings?
Something by Jack Teagarden?
1930s:
Pop
Something by George Formby?
Something by Bing Crosby?
Country
Something by Hank Williams?
1940s:
Pop
Something by Gracie Fields?
Something by Cab Calloway?
Something by the Andrews Sisters?
Gospel
Something by the Golden Gate Quartet?
Something by the Five Blind Boys of Mississisppi?
1950s:
Pop
Something by Patti Page?
Something by Bobby Darin?
Rock
Something by Buddy Holly & the Crickets?
Something by Little Richard?
Something by Fats Domino?
1960s:
Pop
Something by the Monkees?
Pet sounds, The Beach Boys
Folk
The times they are a-changin', Bob Dylan
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme, Simon & Garfunkel
Garage
Something by the Rascals or the Kingsmen?
Psychadelic
Something by Jefferson Airplane?
Something by the Byrds?
Reggae
Jimmy Cliff, Jimmy Cliff
Country
Something by Johnny Cash?
Something by Merle Haggerd?
1970s:
Country
Something by Dolly Parton?
Something by Willie Nelson?
Reggae
Something by Bob Marley and the Wailers?
Punk
Something by the Ramones?
Something by the Clash?
1980s:
Rap
8th wonder, Sugarhill Gang
Grandmaster Flash and his adventures on the wheels of steel, Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five
Dance
Slave to the rhythm, Grace Jones
Country
Something by Dwight Yoakam?
Electronic
No idea.
1990s:
Pop
No idea.
Alternative
Something by Primus?
Something by the Pixies?
Rap
Midnight marauders, A Tribe Called Quest
Fear of a black planet, Public Enemy
(I know that ganster rap was also big here, but I'm not quite open-minded enough to buy that or death metal for my daughter)
Electronic
Something by the Orb?
Dance
Something by Frankie Knuckles?
Something by Technotronic?
Something by Jazzanova?
2000s:
No idea.
2010s:
No idea. Pop music pretty much all sounds like variations of 5 (not very good) songs to me. Happy to be corrected. Maybe I'm just old.
"Important" artists I know of but don't have any music by (and who aren't covered above):
Madonna
The Boss
U2
Crosby, Stills, & Nash
Leonard Cohen
Kate Bush
Michael Jackson
The Red Hot Chili Peppers
Thanks in advance,
S.
I'm hoping to put together a sort of "sampler" music library as I'm about to have a baby and I want her to be able to form her own musical tastes by exploration of it when she's a little older.
I have a fairly substantial library, but unsurprisingly, I don't have much music I don't care for, because I've already had the opportunity to explore much of what's out there and form my tastes. Obviously there's also music that I've never even heard of, so I'm sure it might be educational for me as well.
I'm looking for an album (maybe two) which are either: seminal/innovative in their genre in some sense; representative of the genre or period; or, representative of "important" artists. They don't need to be "the best"; just enough for her be a point of departure. The theory being that if you've been exposed to and really liked, say, Cream and Jimi Hendrix, you'd probably be able to find the Who and Mötörhead, & cetera on your own.
So I'm going to put down genres/styles that I'm aware exist and don't really care for/have representatives of, and what I think might be candidate albums (if I have any notions of what might be). For the pre-LP era I'll just find a compilation: I don't expect a kid in the 2020s is going to end up an Al Jolson fan, but I think it's still interesting to see how popular music evolves over time.
Happy to take suggestions for non-anglophone pop music if it's sufficiently differentiated (e.g. Tom Jobim or Georges Brassens, but probably not Johnny Hallyday).
1910s:
No idea. I have some vague notion that ragtime, dixie, barbershop, and Ivor Novello were big
1920s:
Pop
Something by Al Jolson?
Something by Eddie Cantor?
Jazz
Something by Fats Waller?
Something by the New Orleans Rhythm Kings?
Something by Jack Teagarden?
1930s:
Pop
Something by George Formby?
Something by Bing Crosby?
Country
Something by Hank Williams?
1940s:
Pop
Something by Gracie Fields?
Something by Cab Calloway?
Something by the Andrews Sisters?
Gospel
Something by the Golden Gate Quartet?
Something by the Five Blind Boys of Mississisppi?
1950s:
Pop
Something by Patti Page?
Something by Bobby Darin?
Rock
Something by Buddy Holly & the Crickets?
Something by Little Richard?
Something by Fats Domino?
1960s:
Pop
Something by the Monkees?
Pet sounds, The Beach Boys
Folk
The times they are a-changin', Bob Dylan
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme, Simon & Garfunkel
Garage
Something by the Rascals or the Kingsmen?
Psychadelic
Something by Jefferson Airplane?
Something by the Byrds?
Reggae
Jimmy Cliff, Jimmy Cliff
Country
Something by Johnny Cash?
Something by Merle Haggerd?
1970s:
Country
Something by Dolly Parton?
Something by Willie Nelson?
Reggae
Something by Bob Marley and the Wailers?
Punk
Something by the Ramones?
Something by the Clash?
1980s:
Rap
8th wonder, Sugarhill Gang
Grandmaster Flash and his adventures on the wheels of steel, Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five
Dance
Slave to the rhythm, Grace Jones
Country
Something by Dwight Yoakam?
Electronic
No idea.
1990s:
Pop
No idea.
Alternative
Something by Primus?
Something by the Pixies?
Rap
Midnight marauders, A Tribe Called Quest
Fear of a black planet, Public Enemy
(I know that ganster rap was also big here, but I'm not quite open-minded enough to buy that or death metal for my daughter)
Electronic
Something by the Orb?
Dance
Something by Frankie Knuckles?
Something by Technotronic?
Something by Jazzanova?
2000s:
No idea.
2010s:
No idea. Pop music pretty much all sounds like variations of 5 (not very good) songs to me. Happy to be corrected. Maybe I'm just old.
"Important" artists I know of but don't have any music by (and who aren't covered above):
Madonna
The Boss
U2
Crosby, Stills, & Nash
Leonard Cohen
Kate Bush
Michael Jackson
The Red Hot Chili Peppers
Thanks in advance,
S.