Modest Mouse
The Arcade Fire
David Bowie
The Tragically Hip
R.E.M.
Cloud Cult
Muse
Awolnation
Beck
Bright Eyes
The Flaming Lips
Pink Floyd
Smashing Pumpkins
Wintersleep
And that's not even mentioning classic 90's bands that are really close to my heart, like I Mother Earth, Our Lady Peace, Foo Fighters, Tea Party, and others. It's really hard. I don't know a lot of the bands that I have seen repeated in several lists... like, Boards of Canada, I have literally never heard that band name before just now, in your lists. And I'm Canadian, so that feels weird. Maybe I should give them a try.
I remember trying that before... on Lostpedia, there was a tragic figure known as Jackface, and he was really into Coheed and Cambria. So, I downloaded four albums and worked them into my larger playlists, so I could get a good, repeated sampling of them as I listened to music at any time. I guess I know them pretty well now, but apart from a couple of songs, I didn't care for them all that much.
I used to be really uptight about sharing the music I liked. Like, if someone didn't like a song that I thought was cool, that it reflected on me, like I was weird or not cool. I think that, reflecting on a few moments over the years that it came up, I've worked it out... because I don't feel that way any more, except for a twinge from the past that is easily shrugged away. "Yeah, that's right, I added Tiffany's 'I Think We're Alone Now' to the general work playlist, because that song fucking rocks. What?"
