Give me some old-school white people music recs

[Sooga]

See, I've been a rap/hiphop fan my whole life (which, granted, hasn't been THAT long). But nowadays I find myself disillusioned with the scene, as I find that fewer and fewer artists are putting out really good stuff. In fact, 99% of the rap/hiphop on the radio is truly unlistenable.

But I'm a big music fan, and I was sick of hearing my same music over and over, so I decided to branch out.... and I've found that old soft-rock (or what I used to refer to as 'old white people music') really tickles my fancy.

Right now, I'm currently listening to the greatest hits cds of the following artists/groups:

The Eagles
Hall & Oates
The Doobie Brothers
Chicago (their earlier stuff (which is flat-out fantastic), not their smarmy 80's power ballad stuff)
Simon & Garfunkel
The Beatles

Hopefully that should kind of give you a vague idea of the kind of music I'm liking. I really like a good melody and nice instrumentals. I don't like the hard-rock stuff. The problem now is that I'm kinda running out of more stuff to listen to. So please, suggest away.

[BusterStacks]

muthafuckin Zeppelin!

[nothumb]

Try:

Townes Van Zandt
Steely Dan
Van Morrison
Johnny Cash


And for a few good newer white people recs:

Morphine
Tom Waits (not that new, but a little more experimental)
The Pogues

NT

[jdl22]

Bob Dylan
Neil Young
Buddy Holly
CCR

[Rutis]

Fleetwood Mac

[Lazymeatball]

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Emotion 98.3
1. DJ Fernando Intro
2. Africa - Toto
3. Crockett's Theme - Jan Hammer
4. Missing You - John Waite
5. (I Just) Died In Your Arms - Cutting Crew
6. Waiting For A Girl Like You - Foreigner
7. Broken Wings * Mr. Mister
8. DJ Fernando Half Time
9. More Than This - Roxy Music
10. Tempted - Squeeze
11. Keep On Loving You - Reo Speedwagon
12. Sister Christian - Night Ranger
13. Never Too Much - Luther Vandross
14. Wow - Kate Bush
15. DJ Fernando Outro
16. Knife After Dark
17. Petstuffers

[Allan]

Joni Mitchell's Blue

[turnipmonster]

one of the greatest records of all time for sure.

[natedogg]

Try some of the guys who made it all possible for modern R&B.

Start with Muddy Waters. He's the best.

Enjoy!

natedogg

[B00T]

JOURNEY

[M2d]

England Dan and John Ford Coley
Ambrosia
Little River Band

Hey, you said you wanted to check out "Soft Rock"

[IndieMatty]

Beach Boys - Pet Sounds

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Steely Dan
Crosby, Stills & Nash (& Young)
Fleetwood Mac

A Steely Dan greatest hits album probably won't do them justice - I recommend Pretzel Logic or Katy Lied, but everything up to Gaucho is good.

[VBM]

Queen.

really, they weren't afraid to try & incorporate any genre (from opera to soul) in their music.

oh and "Dream On" turned me on to some of Aerosmith's pre-80's stuff (which i'm lukewarm on, it's not all goodor bad, but kind of nondescript, IMHO)...

[mike l.]

two words:

steely dan

[YourFoxyGrandma]

Steely Dan and Supertramp.
Supertramp is sweet.

[mike l.]

"The Pogues"

perhaps the most annoying band of all time. up there with midnight oil.

but kudos on townes van zandt. youd love a band from sweden called able if you love him.

[ethan]

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Queen.

really, they weren't afraid to try & incorporate any genre (from opera to soul) in their music.

oh and "Dream On" turned me on to some of Aerosmith's pre-80's stuff (which i'm lukewarm on, it's not all goodor bad, but kind of nondescript, IMHO)...

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I love the old Aerosmith stuff...basically, everything from back when they were on drugs. Their self-titled debut or "Rocks" would be good places to start. And I'll second the Queen recommendation.

[jakethebake]

The title of this thread just kills me. "old school white people music". I'm so unhip...LOL.

[zephed56]

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Right now, I'm currently listening to the greatest hits cds of the following artists/groups:

The Eagles - wankers
Hall & Oates- wankers
The Doobie Brothers-wankers, yer kiddin me
Chicago (their earlier stuff (which is flat-out fantastic), not their smarmy 80's power ballad stuff)wankers
Simon & Garfunkelwankers
The Beatles- good

Hopefully that should kind of give you a vague idea of the kind of music I'm liking.

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[Tron]

Rolling Stones? Anyone?

[Luv2DriveTT]

AMEN! The ORIGIONAL soft rock supergroup

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[Luv2DriveTT]

If you like the beatles, make sure you check out Wings, and George Harison's solo records. I never understood wings until recently, they are so BLAND compared to the Beatles, but Paul's song writing realy matured at this stage in his life.

I also HIGHLY reccomend you check out Stevie Wonder and Parliament. Not quite soft rock, but they truely excel at what they did in the 70's!

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[Leo99]

Smiths, REM, James Taylor, REO Speedwagon, Styx, Journey, Cher, Steve Miller, Todd Rungren, Tom Petty, Bob Seger, Frank, Dino, Tony, John Denver,

[chabibi]

i cant believe no one said
the doors
pink floyd
CCR

[chabibi]

its not really in this category but you will probably like pearl jam