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Title: Favorite Capitol Bands
Post by: yesno on August 24, 2008, 03:37:27 AM

I'm probably going to go with The Beatles (a kind of skiffle/"beat" band), Beach Boys (surf rock, but get this, they didn't really surf), and David Bowie (a kind of glamish pop sound, though warning, he gets a little weird, which is why they keep him under this experimental imprint EMI).

Title: Re: Favorite Capitol Bands
Post by: chrisfoll577 on August 24, 2008, 03:56:22 AM

There's this band called 'Radio Head' that just got dropped from Capitol.  I like them because they sound like Pink Floyd, but I don't like their new weird techno stuff.  It kind of hurts my ears.

Title: Re: Favorite Capitol Bands
Post by: yesno on August 24, 2008, 04:09:29 AM

This is the famous "Capitol House" in LA:

(http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:GbvJJ-UXyxT_nM:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/Capitol_Records_Building_LA.jpg)

Title: Re: Favorite Capitol Bands
Post by: namethebats on August 24, 2008, 08:07:48 AM

I've been getting into this obscure 50s singer, Frank Sinatra. There's all these neat string and horn arrangements behind him - kind of like Sufjan Stevens with more swing. Can we get a Rhino reissue for this guy?

Title: Re: Favorite Capitol Bands
Post by: daveB from Oakland on August 24, 2008, 05:42:00 PM

Obviously there's only one answer to this question:

(http://www.yimsiam.com/cgi-bin/data/rockrockrock/pic/000732.jpg)

I do enjoy some of the early, skiffle-oriented stuff of the Beatles ... but like Mr. Bowie, they got a little too weird for me. Some guy singing about how he's a walrus??? What the hell is that about?

Title: Re: Favorite Capitol Bands
Post by: Pat K on August 24, 2008, 10:04:52 PM

OK, right off the bat: Cannonball Adderly. Then you've got your Heart, and you've got your Jay-Z and your MC Hammer, although most of that rapper music all sounds the same to me anyway. (They're not even singing, they're just talking!) That's what I call a stacked roster.

Title: Re: Favorite Capitol Bands
Post by: daveB from Oakland on August 25, 2008, 12:13:01 AM

Quote from: Pat K on August 24, 2008, 10:04:52 PM

... Then you've got your Heart, and you've got your Jay-Z and your MC Hammer, ...That's what I call a stacked roster.

They're doing a collabo! Shit's gonna be hot! The working title is "Can't Touch the Barracuda 'til ya Give it 2 Me".

Title: Re: Favorite Capitol Bands
Post by: iAmBaronVonTito on August 25, 2008, 11:39:38 AM

Cold Play.

I'm not familiar with them, really.  I had to look it up.  Honestly.

Title: Re: Favorite Capitol Bands
Post by: dave from knoxville on August 25, 2008, 01:52:30 PM

The Capitol Steps, with the themely Obama Mia!

http://www.capsteps.com/sounds/obama-mia.mp3 (http://www.capsteps.com/sounds/obama-mia.mp3)

Title: Re: Favorite Capitol Bands
Post by: colonel panic on August 25, 2008, 02:17:40 PM

I worked at a convention in Bismarck this summer and guess who was the final night entertainment?

http://www.capsteps.com/ (http://www.capsteps.com/)

didn't realize they were on Dischord. oh wait.