Getting a top 40 person into new music

jfrey · Post by **jfrey** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 11:20 am

So a friend of mine who has really only ever listened to like top 40 stuff asked me recently to introduce her to different kinds of music. I've decided to do like samplers of different genres. Any ideas?

I've given her one so far. I figured modern progressive rock might be a good place to start.

Sampler #1: Modern Progressive Rock

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Chankgeez · Post by **Chankgeez** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 11:44 am

Dude, you are crazy.

Prog, of any kind, is never a good place to start.

Have you asked her what she might be interested in hearing?

jfrey · Post by **jfrey** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 11:47 am

Chankgeez wrote:Prog, of any kind, is never a good place to start.

Really? I always thought that most prog was pretty accessible.

Dream Theater was one of the three bands that got me into music. And like even my mom listens to Anathema's newer releases, Porcupine Tree, and Opeth's lighter stuff.

Chankgeez wrote:Have you asked her what she might be interested in hearing?

She didn't give me any specifics. Just "things that are different".

D.o.S. · Post by **D.o.S.** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 11:51 am

jfrey wrote:
Chankgeez wrote:Prog, of any kind, is never a good place to start.

Really? I always thought that most prog was pretty accessible.

Dream Theater was one of the three bands that got me into music. And like even my mom listens to Anathema's newer releases, Porcupine Tree, and Opeth's lighter stuff.

Chankgeez wrote:Have you asked her what she might be interested in hearing?

She didn't give me any specifics. Just "things that are different".

What about some of the jams we posted in that "rolling bass" thread? Lots of gems in there.

D.o.S. · Post by **D.o.S.** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 11:53 am

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theavondon · Post by **theavondon** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 11:58 am

Yeah, no, no, no, no, no prog. Try shoegaze.

jfrey · Post by **jfrey** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 12:04 pm

I am very confused. Prog is the first kind of music I ever got into. Shoegaze and things like that are stuff I only got into recently.

alexa. · Post by **alexa.** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 12:26 pm

jfrey wrote:I am very confused. Prog is the first kind of music I ever got into. Shoegaze and things like that are stuff I only got into recently.

That's you and that's your perspective. Prog is really a bad place to start for people who are used to Rihanna and similar stuff :lol:

Hell I don't know, Muse is a great start if you ask me, you can expand a lot from there.
And some of the post-rock stuff ala EITS could work too. Depends really. What styles/artists does she prefer?

Chankgeez · Post by **Chankgeez** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 12:27 pm

jfrey wrote:I am very confused. Prog is the first kind of music I ever got into. Shoegaze and things like that are stuff I only got into recently.

jfrey, you're an odd duck.

Prog is not accessible to most.

I don't have the time to go looking on YouTube right now to post clips right now but here's a few suggestions:

If you wanna go Prog: Peter Gabriel era Genesis
classic quartet era Miles Davis
Charlie Parker with Strings
Billie Holliday
Ella Fitzgerald
Muddy Waters
Howlin' Wolf
Robert Johnson
The Who (she should already be vaguely familiar if she watches CSI)
Black Sabbath
AC/DC
Led Zeppelin
My Bloody Valentine
Cocteau Twins
Mazzy Star
Stereolab
maybe some Motown?
Booker T. & the MGs (or anything on STAX)

etc. etc. etc.

the list goes on

Get a better idea of what she's interested in.

jfrey · Post by **jfrey** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 12:51 pm

Thank you for the recommendations.

Chankgeez wrote:jfrey, you're an odd duck.

I guess so... :lol:

Man I remember that day perfectly when I got into music. I was 14 and this kid I went to school with - also named Justin coincidentally - gave me a cd with a bunch of songs by Dream Theater, Tool, A Perfect Circle, and Metallica. My mind was blown like 30 seconds into the first track and I've been obsessed with music ever since.

jrmy · Post by **jrmy** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 1:02 pm

Depending on what kind of pop music she's into, now that Jack White is kind of "Top 40," I might go with power pop. Sloan, Boss Martians, maybe a little Hoodoo Gurus, Spoon, The Divine Fits... they go for big hooks and choruses and that kinda thing. The new Sebadoh EP up on Bandcamp has a pretty power poppy first track. And then it's an easy slide into garage, lo-Fi (The Exploding Hearts, perhaps), proto-punk, and indie.

hclapp219 · Post by **hclapp219** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 1:19 pm

This might be considered a little too mainstream, but I think Radiohead is an awesome gateway band to "newer" or "different music". It's a name she'll recognize, but it'll be waaaay different than any rock (or pop) song she's heard on the radio.

theavondon · Post by **theavondon** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 1:24 pm

jrmy wrote:Depending on what kind of pop music she's into, now that Jack White is kind of "Top 40," I might go with power pop. Sloan, Boss Martians, maybe a little Hoodoo Gurus, Spoon, The Divine Fits... they go for big hooks and choruses and that kinda thing. The new Sebadoh EP up on Bandcamp has a pretty power poppy first track. And then it's an easy slide into garage, lo-Fi (The Exploding Hearts, perhaps), proto-punk, and indie.

Omg this too.

One time I found out my band director listened to Sunn 0))))), and I plotted a plan to get him into doom. He just liked their ambience, but man, the doom.

D.o.S. · Post by **D.o.S.** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 1:28 pm

What about Madlib's Shades of Blue album?

jfrey · Post by **jfrey** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 1:35 pm

hclapp219 wrote:This might be considered a little too mainstream, but I think Radiohead is an awesome gateway band to "newer" or "different music". It's a name she'll recognize, but it'll be waaaay different than any rock (or pop) song she's heard on the radio.

That's a good idea.

D.o.S. wrote:What about Madlib's Shades of Blue album?

Never heard of them. I'll give them a look though.

jrmy wrote:Depending on what kind of pop music she's into, now that Jack White is kind of "Top 40," I might go with power pop. Sloan, Boss Martians, maybe a little Hoodoo Gurus, Spoon, The Divine Fits... they go for big hooks and choruses and that kinda thing. The new Sebadoh EP up on Bandcamp has a pretty power poppy first track. And then it's an easy slide into garage, lo-Fi (The Exploding Hearts, perhaps), proto-punk, and indie.

Gotcha. People have told me to check out Sebadoh, but I haven't gotten around to it yet.

Most of the stuff she likes is general pop stuff which I don't really know, but aside from that I do know that she likes M83, John Mayer, and Florence and the Machine. Can't remember anything else.

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