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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BOZ" data-source="post: 1952371" data-attributes="member: 1241">say what you want of MP3s, they have broadened my horizons in ways that i could never have imagined.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />  5 years ago, i listened to little more than classic rock (Led Zep, Doors, Hendrix, Pink Floyd, Beatles & Stones, etc)but OH what a wonderful world i discovered out there.  the things that i never heard on the radio, and would never have bought a whole CD for just one song!  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />i've discovered and rediscovered so many artists in the last few years, and here's a "short" list:Al Green, Albert King, Allman Brothers Band, Animals, B B King, Beastie Boys, Beck, Bjork, Black Crowes, Black Flag, Black Sabbath, Black Sheep, Blondie, Bloodhound Gang, Bo Diddley, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, Buddy Guy, Buddy Holly, Busta Rhymes, Byrds, Cake, Chemical Brothers, Chuck Berry, Commodores, Cream, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Cypress Hill, David Bowie, Dead Kennedys, Elvis Presley, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Frank Zappa, Fugazi, Genesis, Gorillaz, Grandmaster Flash, Howlin Wolf, Iggy Pop, INXS, James Brown, Janis Joplin, Jethro Tull, John Lee Hooker, Link Wray, Little Richard, Lords of Acid, Louis Armstrong, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Macy Gray, Marvin Gaye, Metallica, Misfits, Missy Elliott, Moby Grape, Moody Blues, Muddy Waters, Napoleon XIV, Neil Young, Nirvana, NWA, Oasis, Offspring, Ookla the Mok, Outkast, Parliament, Paul McCartney, Police, Portishead, Pretenders, Primus, Public Enemy, Queen, Radiohead, Ramones, Ray Charles, Red Hot Chili Peppers, REM, Richard Cheese, Robert Johnson, Robert Randolph, Run DMC, Santana, Screamin Jay Hawkins, Sex Pistols, Sly & the Family Stone, Smash Mouth, Smashing Pumpkins, Soundgarden, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Steve Miller Band, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Stevie Wonder, Stone Temple Pilots, Stray Cats, Sublime, Talking Heads, Tenacious D, The Clash, The Cure, The Donnas, The Hives, The Kinks, The White Stripes, The Who, Tom Lehrer, Tool, U2, Uriah Heep, Van Halen, Vanilla Fudge, Velvet Underground, War, Weezer, Weird Al Yankovic, Willie Dixon, Yardbirds, ZZ Top...so, yeah.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />  still more old stuff than not, but plenty diversified now.  and without MP3s, i don't think our wedding "soundtrack" would have been anywhere near as cool as it was.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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