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70's stuff Roxy Music, Sparks,Bowie's '70s albums, Al Green

One way to get recommendations is to search for a song you like in Youtube and it lists "similar" stuff down the side bar (obvs on a normal screen, not a phone).
Eg. I put in Stone Roses and I see old stuff like Smashing Pumpkins, Oasis etc and new stuff like Fontaines DC (they're ok), LCD Soundsystem (love em).. etc.
Might be worth going down a few wormholes when you're bored.

First album I ever bought was a Showaddywaddy greatest hits one.

I think this was it.

My taste hasn't improved.

On the basis of the above I reckon you might like some post punk stuff like Gang of Four, A Certain Ratio, Joy Division, Television, Orange Juice etc. I am loving Television at the minute.

Marquee Moon

All of the above is great advice. You can't go wrong with Bowie's back catalogue - its the best thing in music in my opinion and is the gift that keeps giving. His most accessible albums are probably Hunky Dory, Ziggy Stardust and Let's Dance.

Also listen to 'London Calling' by Clash (the album) if you haven't already, as its regularly in top 10 lists for a reason. Its like a 'best of..' compilation of music up to that point covering rockabilly, reggae, blue eyed soul, as well as punk.

maybe these recommendations for each band:

If you like *early Stone Roses* then you'll like: The Byrds, Love, Can, The Cure, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Clash

Late era Stone Roses - Led Zep, early Verve, Ride

Fleetwood Mac, Rumours era - perhaps try ' No Other' by Gene Clark

The Charlatans - try 'Peace Frog' by the Doors for a blueprint of their sound. The Prisoners, Primal Scream

80s electronic - Magazine, Soft Cell, New Order. As above LCD Soundsystem are really good and given your likes Im sure you will enjoy. Music by a new yorker anglophile into UK electronica.

Sixties bands you may've missed: Hendrix 'Are you Experienced', Love 'Forever Changes' and 'Odyssey & Oracle' The Zombies. You won't believe how many tunes are packed into those albums But then again singles compilations are a good place to start as the single was king back then.

I'd search out the 'Nuggets' compiliation which is a famous double lp that came out in the 70s which compiles US 60s garage rock and influenced UK punk. You'll recognise a lot of tunes which crop up on adverts etc.

If you've never got into the Kinks then I say crack on now. Get a 'best of' or 'Kinks as village green preservations society'. Same with Small faces

if you fancy giving the velvet undergound try then obviously they're a bit avant garde, particularly their second album. You could start with the third album? and 'VU' which was their bits and bobs album which is packed with tunes.

Even have a go at Captain Beefheart - his first album 'safe as milk' is pretty melodic and not so out there as his later stuff.

Other 70s stuff - Television, only did 2 albums definitely worth a listen. Stooges - ultimate rock n roll. Its easy to get through their back catalogues

Definitely give The Damned a try, as well as the Clash.

Maybe this all reflects my taste

Or to listen to the same stuff as bin bins

etc

Neil Young, try any or all of Live Rust, Harvest, After The Goldrush, Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere and that's just the start. Long May You Run, his collaboration with Stephen Stills is good and Stephen Stills has some good solo stuff. If you like that try The Band.

Anything by Richard Thompson - but try "Shoot out the lights" By Richard and Linda Thomnpson. +1 for the Small Faces.

In the 90s with guitars - the Boo Radleys maybe ‘wake up’ is probably their better known album but I prefer ‘C’mon kids’

And for 80s elecroric - maybe Yello’s albums from the first half of the 80

Kraftwerk - Tour de France is great, also Man Machine, Computer World and Radio Activity. Wasn't fussed on Autobahn

Yello - Toy, Flag and last years' Point are really quality imo

Edited - Beaten to it! (this isn't music)

Try these albums see what you think?

Television - Marquee Moon

Julian Cope - Peggy Suicide

XTC - Drums and Wires

Can - Tago Mago

David Bowie - Hunky Dory

Neu! - 1972

Stereolab - Dots & Loops

Broadcast - Tender Buttons

Agitation Free - 2nd

Fela Kuti - Expensive Shit

Radio Caroline have introduced me to so much old stuff that I'd never heard.
This is one of many gems

Gary Ziepe is the man .

Try to get hold of Nuggets, Lenny Kaye's seminal 60s garage band compilation. 4 CDs of pure gold.

Bookmarked. 🙂

Some great suggestions there and quiet a few mentioned i already really like so in a good direction.

Cheers.

The Wedding Present (and Cinerama). 35 years of guitar based back catalogue. As a wiser man than me once said, the boy Gedge has written some of the best love songs of the rock n roll generation. You may dispute this, but I'm right and you're wrong

Phil Manzanera and Brian Eno 'Diamond Head'
David Byrne and Brian Eno 'My Life in the Bush of Ghosts'

Been playing the Wedding Present a lot recently as well. That has moved me onto The New Fast Automatic Daffodils. Exit Body Mind is brilliant from start to finish.

From NZ, check out
The Muttonbirds
Head Like A Hole
Supergroove
The Verlaines
Chris Knox, including Toylove & Tall Dwarves. "Not Given Lightly" was my wedding song
The Exponents
The Chills
Salmonella Dub

Maybe you could try some of the shoegaze/ dream pop stuff?

I was in a similar place years back and this was my gateway drug to the rest of music. Haven’t looked back since

So many good bands but the big hitters are My Bloody Valentine, Ride, Slowdive, Cocteau Twins, Jesus and Mary Chain.

Also if you ever had some appreciation for Nirvana, you could try the whole post hardcore/ noise rock thing.

Maybe abit of The The, Japan, etc aswell?

Oh yeah Talking Heads as well?

Radiohead perhaps?

Forgot Pixies, Breeders, Throwing Muses as well.

I’m guessing you’re already into Doves and Elbow?

Talking Heads

100%

1st single I bought as a kid with own money was Once In A Lifetime. Loved it to pieces but for some reason I didn’t pursue an active interest in their music until buying ‘Naked’ much later. Loved that too. Then stopped listening to them again until last year! Lockdown 2020 I was watching a lot of Byrne/Talking Heads on youtube and yegods. Talking of ‘gateway drugs to music’ I suppose they must be one of mine as they always seemed fearlessly/joyfully into music and rhythm, rather than a fashion. Without me knowing it they no-doubt switched me onto Afrobeat, funk and dance music, along with countless leftfield art/rock/pop/whatever bands who plough/ed their own furrow.

Thanks Talking Heads/Mr Byrne!

‘Stop Making Sense’ video is something everyone should see/hear just once! What a performance.

Other artists I’d put in the ‘eclectic musical art’ camp:

- Cornelius
- Boredoms
- Cardiacs

OP, maybe try subscribing to this Jamal_AKA_Jamal Vimeo channel for more exploring? he loves 70s and 80s stuff and I enjoy his reaction videos a lot. And I don’t tend to like ‘reaction videos’, but he gets the thumbs up from me. He last year got me revisiting Talking Heads

Hi, I’m a huge Stone Roses fan, if you’ve a sweet tooth for their jangliness then I find Teenage Fanclub can hit the spot, also try Big Star. No real cross over there with the 80’s stuff and very different in their own way but worth checking out in their own right.
Also , vitamin C by Can for the rhythms.

I bought a guitar amp from a member of Showaddywaddy 😀

Phil Manzanera and Brian Eno ‘Diamond Head’

Buyers who liked that also liked Quiet Sun:

True story: When I lived in Clapham my milkman had also delivered milk to Phil Manzanera’s mum.

I bought a guitar amp from a member of Showaddywaddy 😀

I spent time in Winson Green Prison with the base player from Dexy's Midnight Runners

Maybe abit of The The, Japan, etc aswell?

The The's  80s stuff - especially Soul Mining definelty seems to stand the test of time. Their early 90s stuff seemed less well noticed but Dogs of Lust is a fabulous great big brassy tart of a song

recent bands influenced by this (prides, churches,naked and famous, mgmt etc.)

Not least because MGMT have contributed to it.. but you might quite like the new Avalanches Album 'We will always love you' - quite a bit departure form their more (obviously) sample driven work. And also quite a big departure because it didn't take them 16 years to release it 🙂