Author Topic: Picking Songs for Ipod help (Read 10184 times)

Dakine · « **on:** January 16, 2006, 09:22:55 PM »

OK,
bit of a strange request but.........
Have a $20 left on itunes gift card and actually having a "brain block" trouble thinking of good songs.
I have dual speaker in ear monitors (ultimate ears pro.) which REALLY bring out the music.
I have downloaded, some Judas Priest, Slashs snakepit, George Thorogood, Guns and Roses, Helloween, Godsmack, Tesla, Blue Murder etc.

But have hit a block.

So, any ideas?
Help me spend the rest :)

sambo · « **Reply #1 on:** January 16, 2006, 09:26:51 PM »

sabbath of course!!! and plenty of zeppelin!

also just a single track i love lol- mississippi queen by mountain.

maybe some hendrix, ufo.

Dakine · « **Reply #2 on:** January 16, 2006, 09:31:27 PM »

Cool
could'nt really put whole collection down so this was best way to ask.
Sabbath, got em all :)
Zepplin (got most) and they are NOT on itunes (neither metallica,ac/dc and others).
Forgot about mountain. GOOD CALL and TY!!!
Thats what I am looking for :) :) :)

My best find/remember thus far has been Steppenwolf "Magic Carpet Ride", lol. Forgot how awesome that song is.

Keep it coming PLEASE!

sambo · « **Reply #3 on:** January 16, 2006, 09:59:25 PM »

lol steppenwolf, excellent.

erm how about....

the scorpions
zz top
thin lizzy
steely dan maybe lol?
deep purple
oh and another classic track--- here i go again by whitesnake!!!

_tom_ · « **Reply #4 on:** January 16, 2006, 10:01:55 PM »

Government Mule. Dont ask just download :D

Kilby · « **Reply #5 on:** January 16, 2006, 10:03:47 PM »

Some of my current listing is in here, and apart from ZZ top & Steely Dan they are seldom mentioned around these parts Oh Arrr ;)

As usual it's mostly guitar based but all over the shop

In Hendrix Mode
Mahogany Rush / Frank Marino
Robin Trower

Something off the beaten track
Tinariwen (Amassakoul)

Great Rock
ZZ Top (anything pre eliminator)
Early Sensational Alex Harvey Band (Original inspiration for ACDC)
Any Steely Dan album or even The Nightfly by Donald Fagen
Any XTC album (Drums & Wires, Black Sea Oranges & Lemons)
Julian Cope (Peggy Suicide)

Proper Psychedelia
Byrds (Fifth Dimention or Younger than Yesterday)
The Dukes of Stratosphere
13th Floor Elevators

70s wierdness
Can (Ege Bamyasi) it has some amazing drumming
Brian Eno (Taking Tiger Mountain)

Something more modern
Kasabian
Gomez

The Ravonettes are OK too

Rob...

Dakine · « **Reply #6 on:** January 16, 2006, 10:25:54 PM »

Cool
thanks guys (already had Sykesy covered with the snake LOL).
Keep em coming, LOVE all these ideas.

sambo · « **Reply #7 on:** January 16, 2006, 10:36:38 PM »

k just going through my music match jukebox now reeling off a list of all the old rock artists that you may/may not already have, here goes:

EDIT: wolfsbane lol (steel's a pretty good track)
Van Halen
Uriah Heep
T-Rex
Ted Nugent (cat scratch fever- great track)
Skid Row
Sammy Hagar
Aerosmith
Quiet Riot
Queensryche
Queen Nazareth
Motorhead
Motley Crew
Iron Maiden
Alice Cooper

wow just realised they're in reverse-alphabetical order- HOW COOL IS THAT!!!!!

anyway they're the bands that i think you may have some vague interest in. like i said i just browsed through my mp3 collection, i mean i only have 1 one song from some of those bands lol. anyway hope it helps.

Dakine · « **Reply #8 on:** January 16, 2006, 10:44:58 PM »

Sambo,
COOL list
heard cat scratch by Pantera? lol, it's great!
Alot of others there too!
Itunes sucks at times but is GREAT for single songs. Finally got Queensryche "Gonna Get Close to You" (never got Rage for order album, in UK is costly import and now in USA never thought lol).
Can suck though, lots of bands omitted on itunes and longer songs not offered, i.e. Helloween "Halloween" grrrrrrrrr.

Actually got alot of what you mentioned (so we are similar intastes :)).
Am thinking of Cinderella "Shake Me" too (that make me a softy???? LOL). Well have got a Jackson guitar now so guess it's ok LOL!
Have Tesla too. Remember seeing them support Leppard, cool.

Trying to think of my LP collection (which is still in UK and what I miss lol)

BTW, anyone know a good site to Value/Sell rare LP's/Vinyl? My god have HUGE collection. Gotta be some rareties too, like, "Metal Up Your Ass" unofficial bootleg (stopped by court injunction) Metallica (unopened/played). First Strike EP by Leppard, unopened/played, etc.

38thBeatle · « **Reply #9 on:** January 16, 2006, 10:59:00 PM »

Jeff Beck- just about anything ( except Hi Ho Silver Lining). Little Feat if you like 1970's swampy stuff.

sambo · « **Reply #10 on:** January 16, 2006, 11:14:29 PM »

lol never heard pantera's version of cat scratch, having said that i do actually like some pantera stuff when im in a bit of a pissed off mood lol it's quite cool. i guess your right we do have pretty similar tastes. haha wot you said about 'tesla' supporting leppard- that made me crack up because believe it or not im 14 and therefore definately dont remember any tesla supporting leppard lol!!! it's actually quite scary seeing as we have such similar taste. i take it you are actually an adult or have made a compleeeeetely stupid assumption and gone off on a tangent? lol.

anyway, i know who leppard are (def leppard right?) and they're cool but never heard of tesla- what they like???

and yer i know what you mean about itunes can be a bitch sometimes.

Dakine · « **Reply #11 on:** January 16, 2006, 11:37:50 PM »

Sambo, darn my boy u r YOUNG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LOL
I am 36, old fart LOL

Tesla are cool , IMO, should check em out.
First album is very cool as is "Five Man Acoustical Jam" and "Standing Room Only".

You have some older tatse there for a "nipper" lol. I grew up on older bands (Bad Company, Led Zep etc. so was abit odd one out myself).

Never got into Pantera till recently really. My fiance is from Dallas Texas and her best friend was dating Vinnie Paul a time ago and they all used to hang out. She has some GREAT stories. She knew Drowning Pool guys too. The "Trees" in Dallas is/was a MAJOR rock place (like I remember the Marquee in London). Dimebag nearly "worshipped" Ted Nugent, hence Scratch Fever cover.

Nick

Dakine · « **Reply #12 on:** January 16, 2006, 11:38:53 PM »

Sambo, BTW, good luck with the guitar re-finishing. I copped out and am having a local (Houston) Luthier re-finish a Jackson I just bought (stole for price lol) before I move back to UK.

tewboss · « **Reply #13 on:** January 17, 2006, 01:55:10 AM »

I used to have Cliff Burton's last gig on Vinyl. The sound quality was really poor at the beginning but got much better. I regret selling it, but I was young and skint.

sambo · « **Reply #14 on:** January 17, 2006, 07:58:44 AM »

cool might have to check out tesla. yer i do like a lot of the older stuff, i tihnk it's cause my dad likes zeppelin and sabbath e.t.c so he introduced me to it all.

that's really cool with your fiance and best friend thing! and i never knew that dimebag was such a fan of ted nugent.

and when it comes to re-finishing... well i'm deciding whether to take the plunge at the moment. i have virtually no money lol so can't get any pro's involved has to be me doing it. good luck with yours too, what colour is the jackson being done???