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Just curious, I know we all have diverse music tastes on here and this topic is highly subjective. However, in your opinion, what album do you own or listen to that is as far removed from Pet Shop Boys music as it is possible to be within your own specific taste.

I’d say for me, I have Dookie by Green Day and Powerslave by Iron Maiden. These may seem tame in comparison to some on here…
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I've got a few Immortal Technique albums, which are a nice, relaxing, listen, NOT. Hourglass by James Taylor, I'm Your Man by Laughin' Leonard Cohen. Seen all three live as well :lol:

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I’m getting increasingly interested Scandanavian jazz. I’m returning to the Tord Gustavsen Trio more often than expected at first listen.
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Achtung baby by U2 is probably the best album I know. Sorry.

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Leonidas wrote: Mon 23 Sep 2024, 4:08 pm Achtung baby by U2 is probably the best album I know. Sorry.
I don't think U2 are particularly far removed from PSB.

For me it would be British folk music, for example Lady Maisery's Tender album, or world music such as Musow Danse by Les Amazones d'Afrique.

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Undertow by Tool - flippin' amazing album

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Pod wrote: Mon 23 Sep 2024, 12:47 pm Just curious, I know we all have diverse music tastes on here and this topic is highly subjective. However, in your opinion, what album do you own or listen to that is as far removed from Pet Shop Boys music as it is possible to be within your own specific taste.

I’d say for me, I have Dookie by Green Day and Powerslave by Iron Maiden. These may seem tame in comparison to some on here…
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I have a couple of Ravi Shankar albums (Chants Of India and A Morning Raga) that I play when I want to completely unwind..
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I don't really own any, but I do listen to jazz quite frequently on Spotify - mostly as background music when I'm puttering around/cooking etc. I prefer instrumental jazz over singing, but sometimes Spotify sneaks the odd vocal track in.

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Look at all you jazz fans. Does that happen to us all, eventually??

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Vintage Youth wrote: Mon 23 Sep 2024, 10:23 pm Look at all you jazz fans. Does that happen to us all, eventually??

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Greetings,

Most far removed that I really like would probably be either metal bands like Strapping Young Lad or Type O Negative, or 70s-era dub and reggae by the likes of King Tubby, Lee Perry, Johnny Clarke etc.

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#15 Post by greenmile »

To me Jazz is like Mariah Carey's way of singing. Why use one note when you can use 20.

To add to the discussion, I've a few Metallica albums as I find a lot of their songs quite melodic and do enjoy the way Hetfield and Hammet's guitars play off each other.

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