Abbey Road- The Beatles
Wish You Were Here- Pink Floyd
The Bends- Radiohead
Queen II- Queen
Led Zeppelin III- Led Zeppelin
Fevers and Mirrors- Bright Eyes
Oh, Inverted World- The Shins
Bat Out Of Hell- Meat Loaf
And The Horse They Rode In On- Soul Asylum
Boys Night Out - Trainwreck
Elliot - False Cathedrals
Augustana - All The Stars And Boulevards
American Football - American Football
Mineral - EndSerenading
Straylight Run - Prepare To Be Wrong
If you don't know any of those bands I really suggest you check them out. Mostly slower rock with piano and strings, it all inspires me...
"It's hopeless, you're finished, You haven't got a prayer, 'Cause I'm Mr. Oogie Boogie,
And you ain't going nowhere.." Muhhaha
"Sometimes we see a cloud that's dragonish,
A vapour sometimes like a bear or lion,
A towered citadel, a pendant rock,
A forked mountain, or blue promontory,
With trees upon't that nod unto the world,And mock our eyes with air.."
My favourite albums are:
Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning/Fevers And Mirrors - can't decide which I prefer! Brilliant lyricist
The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow - Amazing indie-pop-rock, great lyrics again
Muse - Absolution - best album of the british rock band
The Postal Service - Give Up - beautiful electro-indie
Cursive - The Ugly Organ - melodic and heavy and has a cello! Also great lyrics
Onelinedrawing - The Volunteers - a heart-breaking voice and beatuful songs
Youthmovie Soundtrack Strategies - Hurrah! Another Year, Surely This One Will Be Better Than The Last; The Inexorable March Of Progress Will Lead Us All To Happiness - Prog/post/whatever rock, just amazing sounds
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois (or Come On! Feel The Illinoise!) - This guy writes the most amazing melodies, and has an effortlessly beautiful voice.
Saul Williams - Saul Williams - pretty much the only hip hop I like, but this guy is amazing. He's a slam poet, and his words and rhymes are perfect
The Arcade Fire - Funeral - wonderful, epic indie rock
So, just my two cents! All amazing, believe me. How many times did I use that word?!
Into the caverns of tomorrow,
With just our flashlights and our love,
We must plunge, we must plunge, we must plunge.
It's crazy how your life can be twisted upside down inside out and around and you can get sushi from safeway still looking like a normal person — starchild314
