Dan H. Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 So, how many bands are you so obsessed with, that you can name every single song they've released from memory, on the spot? The only two I am 100% confident of is Guns N' Roses and Neutral Milk Hotel. I don't consider myself an active " fan" of either of those two bands, but in the past I have had a deep obsession with both. I tend to spread my music out and listen to songs as examples of an artists work, rather than picking one or two and digging deep into their songs. What about you guys, how deeply do you dig into the back catalogue of your favorite artists, and how many bands would comfortably say are completely familiar to you (you could name all of their songs and know all the current and former members of the group etc etc) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Słash Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 I would say Guns N' Roses and Linkin Park and to some extent Green Day also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Holographic Universe Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 (edited) My die hard bands are GNR, U2, RHCP, Zeppelin, and Elton John. That's my top tier. I have a tier two compromised of others bands that are important to my well being, too. I think this a cool question and I'm curious what other people think. Of the bands I listed only GNR and Zeppelin do I adore thier whole catalogue. Edited September 27, 2016 by The Holographic Universe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classicrawker Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 I am pretty obsessed with a bunch of bands, Stones, Zep, Allman Brothers, The Cult, Thin Lizzy and several others but doubt I could recite the title of every song in their catalog from memory but most likely could name the song if I heard it. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Dog Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 Guns N Roses. Johnny Cash, from Sun Records to the American Recordings. And I can take you through 2Pac's entire career from his days with Digital Underground before he was famous to his unreleased songs like Hit Em Up part 2, which most people don't even know exist. There's actually quite a few more, those 3 just really jump out front and center. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmo Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 Every single songs they created? - Wolfmother - Ghost - Guns N' Roses - Kadavar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Towelie Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 (edited) I could name every song ever released from the following: GNR and related bands Michael Jackson and The Jacksons/J5 Prince and related artists (I have an almost encylopedic knowledge of his entire life work, both released and unreleased) Tori Amos Morrissey The Smiths David Bowie Red Hot Chili Peppers Kate Bush I have a very strong knowledge about load of other artists/bands, but may not necessarily own every single song/album. I spend A LOT of time listening to music, and if I find an artist or band I connect with, I will generally devour the majority of their back catalogue. Edited September 27, 2016 by Towelie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 Neil Young and affiliated bands, including all of those rare bootleg songs. Good on the Stones and Dylan and Hendrix. Decent on The Beatles and Lennon. Good on 1950s rock n' roll. Good on certain classical composers, such as Schubert and Beethoven. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Jay Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 (edited) My big three will always be ACDC, GNR, Black Sabbath. I was deeply obsessed with Led Zeppelin in my teenage years, still love them. Who else? Deep Purple/Rainbow (Blackmore), Pink Floyd, The Beatles, KISS. Love them to death, interviews, bootlegs and all. I would say it's all with playing live and shows. Overall, a guitarist and a singer with long hair do the trick but not all the time (for instance never liked Aerosmith), guitar solos are also so important. Being a guitarist, it's easier to memorize every licks and riffs once you know how they play, their style and stuff, still part of the fascination then you want to be that exact same guy, with the guitar, the sound, the long hair, the necklace with a cross. With new bands, I like Mastodon and Ghost. Edited September 27, 2016 by Silent Jay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Słash Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 I am a fan of Led Zep, The Beatles, Deep Purple and Aerosmith, but if you ask me all their songs from their catalogue or the history of the band members of what things went with them, I do know some, but not all of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZoSoRose Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 (edited) GNR, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, and X Japan are the bands I am completely immersed in Then bands like the Stones, Beatles, Metallica, Rush, U2, etc I know a ton about amd love but not TOTAL immersion like those above Edited September 27, 2016 by ZoSoRose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Jay Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 It's an imprtant fact to say, it also depends how the band resonate with you throughout the years. Once I wasn't ready for the metal, and few years later I'm oversaturated by it and I put those bands to rest forever. Other time, I will re-discover a band thinking how fantastic they are and keep pursuing my pilgrimage. I think I'm getting ready for a full Tool immersion soon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerage5 Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 I mean honestly, even Iron Maiden I'd probably miss a couple of songs if I tried to name every single one. There were a lot of forgettable songs in the 90's that are neither good, nor so bad that you explicitly remember them. But I'd say I'm qualified to put down a band I've seen 70 times as having total familiarity with Other artists that fall into the same boat with me: Guns N' Roses AC/DC Rush Stone Temple Pilots Mayer Hawthorne The Mighty Mighty Bosstones i mean, here's my criteria. Yeah, I may not be able to name a few songs from each of those offhand. But if I can name off every band member there's ever been, and by looking at a list of every song they've released and not only tell you if it's been played live, but if it has tell you exactly when/what tours, that's total familiarity to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Holographic Universe Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 9 minutes ago, Powerage5 said: I mean honestly, even Iron Maiden I'd probably miss a couple of songs if I tried to name every single one. There were a lot of forgettable songs in the 90's that are neither good, nor so bad that you explicitly remember them. But I'd say I'm qualified to put down a band I've seen 70 times as having total familiarity with Other artists that fall into the same boat with me: Guns N' Roses AC/DC Rush Stone Temple Pilots Mayer Hawthorne The Mighty Mighty Bosstones i mean, here's my criteria. Yeah, I may not be able to name a few songs from each of those offhand. But if I can name off every band member there's ever been, and by looking at a list of every song they've released and not only tell you if it's been played live, but if it has tell you exactly when/what tours, that's total familiarity to me. I forgot to mention STP and Weiland career. Tier 1 for me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Comstock Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 There's a few bands where I know most or a lot of their stuff, but I think the only ones I've got total familiarity with are GNR and Foxy Shazam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZoSoRose Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 1 hour ago, Gordon Comstock said: There's a few bands where I know most or a lot of their stuff, but I think the only ones I've got total familiarity with are GNR and Foxy Shazam. Foxy Shazam was awesome 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Comstock Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 21 minutes ago, ZoSoRose said: Foxy Shazam was awesome I'm patiently waiting for Eric's solo album. Luckily I'm a GNR fan, so I'm used to waiting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Sabbath Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 Ozzy Black Sabbath Guns N' Roses U2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerage5 Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 1 hour ago, Black Sabbath said: Ozzy Black Sabbath Guns N' Roses U2 Not outside the Ozzy era you don't If @Black Sabbath can count Sabbath, then I can count Anthrax even though I can probably only name 5 songs from the John Bush era. EDIT: I should be able to count Anthrax anyways. Who cares if I can't name hardly any Bushthrax songs, I can explain what happened. They fired their best singer, decided they didn't want to be a thrash band anymore, their popularity nose dived and they got relegated to a club band, they rehired their best singer and fired him again inexplicably after one tour, they hired a no-name whose time in the band could've been missed if you blinked and later got famous for trash-talking Anthrax, tried John Bush again before he told them to fuck off, got back Joey, and now everything is finally right again. The end. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Sabbath Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 There's only 9 real Black Sabbath albums I mean honestly I'd probably struggle with naming every title outside of GN'R, not because I wouldn't know them, just because there are so many. GN'R almost don't count due to the lack of material Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerage5 Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 31 minutes ago, Black Sabbath said: There's only 9 real Black Sabbath albums I mean honestly I'd probably struggle with naming every title outside of GN'R, not because I wouldn't know them, just because there are so many. GN'R almost don't count due to the lack of material Bro, pls. But yeah, I agree on the naming songs thing. I could name every GN'R song (6 albums), every Mayer Hawthorne song (4 albums), and (probably) every Bosstones song (9 albums), but those are easier due to the lack of material. Even though Maiden is by far my favorite band, I'd still struggle to get more than 95% of the songs across 16 albums. I very rarely listen to the 90's albums. Ask me about the other 12 albums and I'm good though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PsychoKiss344 Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 Guns N Roses, Kiss, Motley Crue, 2Pac, Kanye West Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhazUp Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 (edited) GNR, Prince, U2, Porcupine Tree/Steven Wilson projects, Led Zeppelin, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, The Beatles, STP, AIC, Nirvana, Rush, and a few more where I know way too much lol Edited September 28, 2016 by WhazUp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmo Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 22 hours ago, Black Sabbath said: There's only 9 real Black Sabbath albums I mean honestly I'd probably struggle with naming every title outside of GN'R, not because I wouldn't know them, just because there are so many. GN'R almost don't count due to the lack of material Yeah I didn't count Sabbath because of the other eras but I''m 100% familiar with the Ozzy era. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 Just to put this in perspective, Neil young has thirty-six solo albums as well as three albums with Buffalo Springfield, one with Stills, and three with Crosby, Stills and Nash: forty-three core albums! There are also around fifteen live albums (including eight that are 'archival'), circa eight 'exclusive' greatest hits songs (i.e. contained on Decade/Lucky Thirteen), an assortment of guest appearances, and two gigantic boxsets, one dedicated to Springfield, the other (the first of many planned) to his solo work - and that is not even including oddities like the Dead Man score and Arc as well as his (official) films, both live (e.g. Rust Never Sleeps), rockumentary (e.g. Year of the Horse) and scripted (e.g. Human Highway). And then there are the live boots which opens up another world altogether, a seemingly infinite number of shows containing unreleased masterpieces and concerts so sublime you will wet yourself!! You could have fifteen of the official studio Neil Young albums, the well known ones, and only have just scratched the surface on what the guy has to offer! But then James Brown had sixty-three studio albums; that is studio albums so it does not include his incredible live albums like the Apollo. And, (drum roll), Buckethead has - I looked this up on wikipedia - 264 studio albums!!!! GN'R's discography is of postage stamp size in comparison. It really is quite pathetic when you put it in that context. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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