Moshkito

emeraldsoul
I'm gonna go check out "Snowflakes are Dancing" - never heard of it. 
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Tomita's album is magnificent ... and it even got the RED SEAL treatment, which was high quality recording at the time ... only a few LP's ever got that ... and they are all special. One other one you want is the original Celtic Harp one by Alan Stivell ... Renaissance of the Celtic Harp ... and make sure you notice when it was done!

I like both of those!

Sorry, but :

Band 1 : Leningrad Cowboys (the worlds best cover band)

Band 2 : CCR

Musician : Keith Richards (He's got the silver ........)

Musicien 2 : Jan Akkerman (guitarists guitarist ! )

My 2€ Cents

Jerry

joakes
Musicien 2 : Jan Akkerman (guitarists guitarist ! )

That guy seemed so Focused! 

Jimi Hendrix
Led Zepplin

Depeche Mode, hands down. But the story is actually stranger than that. I started out on guitar, and played that up until recently. I did have periods where I dabbled in other instruments though. So I basically listened to synth pop but played metal guitar.

Depeche Mode is/was awesome.  It's too bad the lead singer got hooked on Heroin.  But then again who hasn't lately.  At least he survived. :D  They were one of the few openly gay bands who were able to fill a coliseum.  The perceptions of the hoi polloi were that we were either too nelly (a la liberace) or hustlers of some kind.  They made it cool to be gay, same with Freddie Mercury.

eph221
Depeche Mode is/was awesome.  It's too bad the lead singer got hooked on Heroin.  But then again who hasn't lately.  At least he survived. :D  They were one of the few openly gay bands who were able to fill a coliseum.  The perceptions of the hoi polloi were that we were either too nelly (a la liberace) or hustlers of some kind.  They made it cool to be gay, same with Freddie Mercury.

Rob Halford, Udo Dirkschneider, Boy George, George Michael, Elton John, Erasure, Pet Shop Boys, Bronski Beat, etc., etc.
 
I couldn't care less about their personal lives/preferences, if I like the music I like the music.

craigb

eph221
Depeche Mode is/was awesome.  It's too bad the lead singer got hooked on Heroin.  But then again who hasn't lately.  At least he survived. :D  They were one of the few openly gay bands who were able to fill a coliseum.  The perceptions of the hoi polloi were that we were either too nelly (a la liberace) or hustlers of some kind.  They made it cool to be gay, same with Freddie Mercury.

Rob Halford, Udo Dirkschneider, Boy George, George Michael, Elton John, Erasure, Pet Shop Boys, Bronski Beat, etc., etc.
 
I couldn't care less about their personal lives/preferences, if I like the music I like the music.

Quite. Also, Dave Gahan, Vince Clarke and Andy Fletcher of Depeche Mode are all heterosexual.

Queen
 
Everything about the way they made and performed music was an art. They looked at music as a business and they treated it as such. I think that's one reason they were so creative; they didn't want to be like anyone else. They put actual effort into what they were doing and made a solid product. It's incredible listening to the multis of some of their old songs and how much they were doing with instrumentation and layering. It wasn't just a band playing music; it was a group of guys going into the office and creating something that would blow peoples minds, then they would take it to stage. They didn't just do a concert, they put on a show.
 
Everything about that band was perfection and that is what I strive to achieve in my own work.

I would have to add Kate Bush, Annie Lennox/Eurythmics,Sting,Jarre,Eno and all in craigb's list.
 
Great sounds,melodies and lyrics even if it was all 'pop'.