If you could re-discover 10 bands, who would they be?

Interesting. I didnt put the fabs in my ten either, even after considering them initially. I think that its because they were absorbed into my consciousness via a much wider cultural and social exposure as a child (I was born in '61), and so I picked artists that I discovered when in my teens, the hormones and other "ingredients" came into the mix and I started seriously collecting albums and listening to them with headphones.

 

I bounce this around the noggin on occasion.

Sure it would fun to erase my memory of The Beatles / Smiths / U2 / Public Enemy and then start over again, for example. But then the old memories kind of get lost in the process as well.

Now if I could just undo the OVERplaying, on the other hand, that would be pretty sweet.

 

I’m not totally sold on the idea, not going to list any old time favorites as that seems futile, but:

Yo La Tengo
Stereolab
Sonic Youth
Wilco
The Decemberists
The Flaming Lips
R.E.M.
Belle & Sebastian
Ryan Adams

 

The Zombies
Crowded House/Neil Finn
Badfinger
The Beatles
Randy Newman
The Beach Boys/Brian Wilson
Gerry Rafferty (and Stealers Wheel)
Dire Straits/Mark Knopfler
Simon and Garfunkel/Paul Simon
Moody Blues (Mike Pinder era)
Elvis Costello
Harry Nilsson
Del Amitri / Justin Currie

That's thirteen ... I guess I cheated.
The sad thing is while deciding who to list, I came across a number of bands/artists that I was disappointed to realize I wouldn't really enjoy discovering anymore, in light of where I am in my life. (CSNY, The Who, Eric Clapton, and others). Some undeniably outstanding work, but too much material that I simply don't enjoy, too.

 

None, it'd take way too much money and time to re-collect all my favorites again

 

The Cure

 

Abba
The Beatles
The Beach Boys
The Eagles
Fleetwood Mac
The Rolling Stones
The Raspberries
America
The Mamas & The Papas
The Seekers

 

I can only name two off of the top of my head and those are The Beatles, along with solo releases and The Zombies.