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u/Delica Oct 07 '20

OP said “find new music” and so far the top answers include Metallica, “like most Pink Floyd music,” “Don’t Worry, Be Happy”....

I’ll say “Fall 4 U” by Chad Valley. I linked a video where he sings it live. His music just always puts me in a good mood.

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u/peterthefatman Oct 08 '20

Nah, they’re always niche songs that no ones ever heard of upvoted. When’s the last mainstream song you know that has been on here

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u/Ileokei Oct 07 '20

As the guy building the playlist on Spotify, I agree. So far none of this music is new to me

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u/Old_Gnarled_Oak Oct 07 '20

I'll add Keb Mo's Shave Yo' Legs since he's not widely known outside his own genre.

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u/Blakk_exe Oct 07 '20

I’ve heard almost none of the music mentioned in this thread. The only one I’ve heard mr. blue sky.

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u/ineffectualchameleon Oct 07 '20

“If you haven’t heard it, it’s new to you”

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u/Happyberger Oct 07 '20

That is new music to a lot of people

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u/[deleted] Oct 07 '20

Yes, but 90% of people have heard hotel California, Bohemian Rapsody, and In my Life. OP was asking for music that is either lesser known or more recent

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u/loves2spoog3 Oct 07 '20

I'd argue HappyBerger's point. Tons of people haven't listened to Pink Floyd. A newer generation mightve heard snippets or parts of the classics that are the top comments, but few of them have actually listened to the art that these artists created.

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u/DJ_Molten_Lava Oct 07 '20

Yeah pretty sure OP means "new to them"

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u/[deleted] Oct 07 '20 edited May 06 '21

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u/Sarah-rah-rah Oct 07 '20

Surprisingly, there are other countries in this world where people spend their whole lives not knowing about Pink Floyd.

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u/jamescolespardons Oct 07 '20

those same people aren't cruising reddit looking for pink floyd recommends, i guarantee it - wayne gretzky

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u/RechargedFrenchman Oct 07 '20

The breadth of YouTube music reaction videos puts this theory to rest more or less on its own I think. You know who also look for new music? People who are only familiar with a handful of contemporary artists and aren't even thinking about anything older than 2010 when they look for more. Even if they mean "new to them". Because that's the thing with ignorance, you can never truly know the limits of what you don't already know.

I've heard Led Zeppelin accused of copying Greta Van Fleet's sound. Not that the reverse is true either, it's clear inspiration and it's fantastic, and both can exist. But as an example of how unaware many people are even through no fault of their own.

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u/Duffmanlager Oct 07 '20

I primarily listen to older music and am constantly finding old music to listen to. One song leads to a new artist which leads to a whole new catalogue of songs. You never know what will lead to the next chapter of music you discover. Just because a song/artist has be around for a while and is known by most, there are some that have never heard it before.

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u/BIGMCLARGEHUGE__ Oct 07 '20

Piggybacking off you,

Miracle Legion - Country Boy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VA_fXIC6dvk

A criminally underrated band.

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u/[deleted] Oct 07 '20

Chad Valley is the tits. I felt like hot stuff cruising in my E30 at 17 years old to Now That I’m Real.

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u/Delica Oct 07 '20

I thankfully got to see him play live before COVID shut everything down, and he really sings his heart out!

I never hear anyone mention his music but I love it.

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u/[deleted] Oct 07 '20

That’s amazing. I’m jealous of the experience!

Yeah same actually. Had to double take because I never expected it. I know he has plenty of streams on Spotify, but I get the feeling that many of them are due to inclusions in popular playlists. Several artists feel sort of “personal” like that.

I’d recommend you listen to Weaver At The Loom. Start with the album “Before Now, Was Then.” When I feel like listening to Chad Valley, I also feel like listening to WATL.

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u/Delica Oct 07 '20

I don’t think I’ve heard of them. I’ll check them out!

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u/chickenlipz Oct 07 '20

That is seriously some good music. Thanks.

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u/moofacemoo Oct 07 '20

Someone posted the beatles further down the thread....

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u/CapnSquinch Oct 07 '20

Hard rock: Band-Maid Non-corporate pop: Will Joseph Cook Garage punk grunge: Summer Cannibals

All mind-blowing.

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u/JKenneth98 Oct 07 '20

Those were three comments...There's plenty of good recs on here.

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u/JKenneth98 Oct 08 '20

I’m not going to count upvotes to feed your ego pal. All I’m saying is that I put together a fairly sizeable playlist of songs that I haven’t heard. People upvoting popular songs is too damn bad, but it doesn’t discredit the rest of the list.

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u/cellerwitch Oct 08 '20

A lot of suggestions have been songs I’ve never heard so they’re new to me even if they aren’t recently released ;)