name your favorite understated musician

hey y'all!

when i posted this: http://www.online-literature.com/for...ad.php?t=33591 thread, people gave me lots of list of their favorite musicans and songs. Some were unknown to me but most of them were really famous and well-known world wide.

So I now present to you this thread, to name your favorite understated musican/singer/band/. He/she/it has to be little known in or outside your country (And by little known i mean not something like AC/DC or ABBA) but make music which you think it's really good.

My favorite understated artist is Vanessa Carlton (from the link in my signature) What's yours?

Delta Goodrem:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7mtMcEOy30

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Okay, after thinking, maybe Delta isn't that understated, I thought of someone else..:D
Gavin DeGraw:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Powes...eature=related

hey cool thread, ryu! Here's one: Majida el Roumi. She's a famous Lebanese singer.

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hey cool thread, ryu! Here's one: Majida el Roumi. She's a famous Lebanese singer.

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Oh I love Majda El Roumi!!! She's an amazing voice.

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Oh I love Majda El Roumi!!! She's an amazing voice.

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Isn't she great!!! I haven't listened to very many of her songs but what I have, I LOVE!!!

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Isn't she great!!! I haven't listened to very many of her songs but what I have, I LOVE!!!

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She has one of the best voices ever! She reminds me of Fayrouz :D

YEAH!!!!!!!! Just in case anyone is curious

Matt Costa http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XR8ZRfDPosE

The Detroit Cobras

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=iISefS90Mi8

Architecture In Helsinki are pretty awesome yet I've only come across one other person whos even HEARD of them.... And that was my drama teacher... And they're an Australian band!

http://architectureinhelsinki.com/

Don't be fooled, DEVO is not a novelty band.


Others...I don't see why Man or Astroman? never got a hit. They're just too cool, I guess.

And Mark Mothersbaugh, too. I love it how everyone knows the Rugrats Theme but they don't know who did it (or what the theme was actually made for) and what an accomplished musician he is. And how subversive it all is on top of it.

But you guys already knew I was going to say all this.

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hey cool thread, ryu! Here's one: Majida el Roumi. She's a famous Lebanese singer.

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Yes, very pretty voice, and pretty lady too.

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YEAH!!!!!!!! Just in case anyone is curious

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What is she singing Andy? I think the melody is from Mozart Symphony #40. Here compare: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mChJmHWLpII.

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I don't see why Man or Astroman? never got a hit. They're just too cool, I guess.

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:confused:

they were pretty huge. or do you mean "i don't see why Man or Astroman? were never signed to a major label"? that might've had more to do with personal choice than lack of opportunity.

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they were pretty huge. or do you mean "i don't see why Man or Astroman? were never signed to a major label"? that might've had more to do with personal choice than lack of opportunity.

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Well, I can see why they didn't do that, (stupid corporate glorps!) but I have only personally met one person who actually knows who they are so far. Anyways, I love 'em, don't need to question that.

I wasn't expecting anyone to respond to that part of my post! So that goes to show you. Maybe I'm just isolated from other fellow Man or Astroman? fans. Is it cuz I'm far away from Alabama?

Actually I wasn't expecting anyone to respond to anything I said.

I really wish MoAM? would add more to their website, too. :(

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...misawesome.gif
Fwiggen' Awesome! I sorta have a crush on Star Crunch...

Hey, welcome to the forums, by the way! :)

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I really wish MoAM? would add more to their website, too. :(

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the band's been on "extended hiatus" since, i think, 2001 or 2002. who knows if they'll ever come back, though.

Star Crunch wasn't in the lineup for their last album (i think it was A Spectrum of Infinite Scale).

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Others...I don't see why Man or Astroman? never got a hit. They're just too cool, I guess.

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Oh I've heard of them!:D They do a cover (is it considered a cover?) of Interplanet Janet on this CD:

http://musicas.in/artwork/a8/a8cad12...ed3195adf3.jpg

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the band's been on "extended hiatus" since, i think, 2001 or 2002. who knows if they'll ever come back, though.

Star Crunch wasn't in the lineup for their last album (i think it was A Spectrum of Infinite Scale).

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Yeah. :( I know.

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Oh I've heard of them!:D They do a cover (is it considered a cover?) of Interplanet Janet on this CD:

http://musicas.in/artwork/a8/a8cad12...ed3195adf3.jpg

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Yeah!

My friend went as Coco the Electronic Monkey Wizard for Halloween last year. Great costume. She could pull it off as an astronaut for all the people who didn't "get it".

I mean, how could you not love a band that plays theremins while they're on fire?

Arthur Russell's music has always really inspired me, moreso his acoustic work over his disco work but I still love it all.
He died in 1994, and never really became popular...

Though that could change with the release of a documentary focusing on his life and his music. Would be nice to see his music get more appreciation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Russell_(cellist)

Gotye's music, best new Australian artist, way up there with Powderfinger, Jet, Wolfmother (I think they're aussie...) and Cog.

hey Baki, look what I came across on youtube: Orchid Visions a rock/metal/emo? band from Costa Rica.


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Red Moon

I dunno if this is the right thread to post this, but I like discovering new non-mainstream bands (as long as I can do it on the internet and don't need to lift my *ss out of my chair) and I dimly remembered that there was a thread like this around.

Red Garland Trio
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4h...and-trio_music

Check out Michelle Armstrong--2 cd's so far.

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hey Baki, look what I came across on youtube: Orchid Visions a rock/metal/emo? band from Costa Rica.


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Red Moon

I dunno if this is the right thread to post this, but I like discovering new non-mainstream bands (as long as I can do it on the internet and don't need to lift my *ss out of my chair) and I dimly remembered that there was a thread like this around.

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Reminds me of Nightwish :)