Musicians you like that nobody listens to anymore.

No one I know listens to Pet Shop Boys anymore, but I still keep up with them.

Although with all the albums, and remasters, and B-sides and remixes and special limited editions they put out it's a bit tough keeping up. It seems they're just about selling as many units as possible now.

I don't know if anyone listens to Nirvana on a regular basis like they used to but I still like them. I still break out my Pearl Jam and Smashing Pumpkins CDs every once in awhile too.

All American Rejects

Nelly Furtado. Her latest album, The Ride, is a masterpiece. But no one listens to her these days.

Crowded House put out some great pop tunes but they never made it that big in the States. Their greatest hits album is solid.

Catherine Wheel is the best rock band from the 90s. I still listen to their first two albums and some of their other stuff all the time.

Gene Austin

Phoebe Snow

The British North America Act

Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet

Cluster (Kluster)

Neu!

Laika and the Cosmonauts

Gabor Szabo

Gene Austin

Phoebe Snow

The British North America Act

Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet

Cluster (Kluster)

Neu!

Laika and the Cosmonauts

Gabor Szabo

I'm listening to Peter Gabriel right now. I don't know if that counts.

R9 He still has a pretty big following and would probably be considered classic.

Bay City Rollers.

Another vote for Pet Shop Boys. Their early music has held up surprisingly well, and their newer stuff also sounds relevant.

I still hear the Pet Shop Boys in shops when I'm on errands.

More:

Shriekback

Ricky Nelson

Kid Creole and the Coconuts

Stereolab

All the 1960s bands.

Paula Cole

Bic Runga

Garbage

No Doubt

101 Strings

Everyone who appeared on The Midnight Special, In Concert, Solid Gold, Soul Train, The Real Don Steele and American Bandstand.

Their fans were such die-hard horny teenage girls. Where are they today?

R15 When Garbage came through town the audience was a who's who of the popular gen-x gays in my city. They still have plenty of a following.

erasure

Another big Shriekback fan here, R13.

Aimmee Mann

Pet Shop Boys released a new single called Dreamland.

Plasmatics

Sade.

If only radio would play their music, promote them on Spotify and stop with all the hip hop.

I listen to a LOT of Hole/Courtney Love

I could actually likely list my entire Playlist as bands no one listens to anymore as I listen to mostly metal like Metallica and Ministry and 90s music like No Doubt, Matchbox 20, Remy Zero

R26, I will always like Remy Zero for their two songs on Smallville--"Save Me" and "I'll Remember you".

I put Talk Talk back on heavy rotation when Mark Hollis died and I haven't stopped since.

The Divinyls Judee Sill Big Marble Giants Romeo Void Iggy Pop Odetta Aimee Mann Siouxsie Lene Lovich

TEARS FOR FEARS!

[quote] Sade

I hear her in every shop in Los Angeles.

I listen to Suede, Isaac Hayes and New Order on and off (three completely unrelated acts).

r27, you are literally the only person I have 'met' who can name songs by them. I was totally obsessed with them for a few years and then I found out yhe lead singer had been married to Alyssa Milano and was named Cinjum or something. but, i still love all the music

...and my white millennial neighbors were playing music so loud the other night I was ready to call the police and then the long version of "Hang On To Your Love" came on and I danced in my caftan until I passed out from too much wine.

^^^^I am r31/r34-- too much wine

The Weather Girls

Salt 'n Pepa

R33, really? I think anyone who was a big-time watcher of Smallville (as I used to be) would know who you are talking about it.

O! and FIONA APPLE!

r37, I may be older than the average Smallville watcher, I discovered RZ independent of the show.

r28 I put Talk Talk back on rotation six months after Mark Hollis died. I've been a TT fan since 1984.

Culture Club

I started a Pandora station months ago from Rubberband Girl by Kate Bush and listen to it for several hours a day at work. Lots of Bush of course, but a good smattering of Tori Amos, the Cocteau Twins, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Roxy Music. Usually I alternate between that station and a more mainstream new wave channel that’s very Morrissey/smiths-heavy, but that music is probably still pretty broadly listened to by Gen X.

R15 Are you a kiwi? I’d be shocked if you weren’t saying Bic Runga

I used to love Julee Cruise back in the 90s. Listening to her now is like nails on a chalkboard.

I play Talk Talk and Shriekback constantly.

XTC has some good stuff also for the Talk Talk fans.

Live and Bush

Supertramp and Rodger Hodgson

Madonna

That's funny. I don't care who you are.

Alphaville

Boston

Michael Jackson

Kate Bush

Lene Lovich

Nina Hagen

MIKA

James Blunt

Alanis - I actually think her newer stuff is better than Jagged Little Pill

The Three O'Clock

Klaus Nomi

I still listen to a bunch of the artists listed. Also The The, Midnight Oil, The Style Council, Associates, Cranes, and many others. I'm a big disco fan as well.

I still enjoy Sinead O'Connor's Lion & The Cobra.

The Shop Assistants

Clan of Xymox

Shonen Knife

Red Lorry Yellow Lorry

Nana Mouskouri

Flock of Seagulls

The Sundays

The Go-Betweens

Sun 60

Howard Jones

The Cranberries

R55 The The were criminally underrated.

R26 Metallica still gets pretty heavy airplay on classic rock stations. I know a ton of people who still listen to them. I used to LOVE Ministry — I had totally forgotten.

[quote]Nelly Furtado. Her latest album, The Ride, is a masterpiece. But no one listens to her these days.

She was hip-hop/folk-pop and morphed into what she announced was anti-feminist R&B with Loose, of which the only good song was Say It Right. Genre hopping is a bad idea.

R28 Mark Hollis died? Such a shame. God I love Talk Talk. I reread the Dice Man just because of TT.

R62, that has to be one of the most unexpected career turns ever. It was also a blatant stab at commercial success after her folk album bombed.

Judas Priest, Blondie, Roseanne Cash, Willie Nelson, Dixie Chicks / Court Yard Hounds.

Peggy Lee, George Jones, and Johnny Hartman.

Modern music is very generational. I’m a Gen-Xer but discovered performers like these in the early 90s, which is the era that dominates this thread.

I think because I’ve always listened to music a bit out of time, I’ve always known that most everything would end up being forgotten.

Listen to what you love and don’t lament the vague lonesomeness you feel as you feel the band or singer slipping into obscurity.

They’re all chalk marks in a rainstorm, to quote Joni Mitchell.

Tears For Fears, Samantha Fox and Mr. Mister own this thread.

Alison Moyet

Swing Out Sister. They released a new album not too long ago and they've still got it.

The Cure, REM, Alanis Morrisette, Cat Stevens. Sadly, I'm just stuck in a whole other time period.

R69 I love swing out sisters. I have break out on my play list.

r70 there's nothing wrong with that. A lot of people are these days because modern music is total shit, with only a small handful of exceptions.

r64 And she's never been able to recover. She's too old to be dirty, and she was never pop enough. A country music album must be next for Nelly Furtado. Or maybe she'll try to go full rock and chase St Vincent.

Jelly Roll Morton

The The

The Christians

Pop Will Eat Itself

PWEI

JLo

Nicolette!!

Slayer.

Ratt

Gomez. “How We Opearate” and “See The World”.

I'm seeing PWEI tomorrow night, r76!

Half of my music collection would fit in this thread from hard rock/metal bands long past their glory days (Cinderella, Tesla, Saxon), 80s/80s-influenced synthpop (Camouflage, De/Vision), industrial/alt bands (Thrill Kill Kult, Revolting Cocks, Front 242), late 90s alt/rock (SR-71, Remy Zero, Dishwalla, Fountains of Wayne), 00s pop/rock (Nick Carter, Mika, Under the Influence of Giants, Orson, The Click Five), etc etc.

Call me crazy, but even though there are mostly relegated to a nostalgia act today, I feel like New Kids on the Block had a lot of songs that still hold up pretty well today. Also enjoy some New Edition, Bobby Brown, and Boys 2 Men.

Bennie Nawahi

Charles Trenet

Sting

[quote] The The were criminally underrated.

The really were. I enjoy their full albums, too. Not just the hits. A couple other bands that I loved during the late 80s were The Chameleons and The Church. They never really "took off" like The Smiths did, but were just as good IMO.

icehouse

Prince, Bee Gee’s, The Commodores, Lionel Richie, AC/DC, Twisted Sister.

R82 Lucky bastard, saw them in the 80s, they were fantastic!

R88 AC/DC is still pretty popular, at least in the US.

R60 came here to say The Sundays too. Soul II Soul and Tracy Chapman too.

I also still listen to Soul II Soul. One of those artists who had a great debut, a pretty decent follow-up, and then just disappeared.

The The and The Church as mentioned above. I still also enjoy Prefab Sprout and Aztec Camera. Even more obscure is an English band called The Bible whose 1988 album Eureka is nearly perfect. I've listened to it from time to time for all these years and since I've got an Amazon Music "all you can eat" plan I've been revisiting a lot of old stuff from my youth. Some artists I'd like to hear again are missing though: The Lightning Seeds and De La Soul to name two of them.

The Darkness. 4 Brit awards, one completely amazing debut album, and...catsuits.

Flamed out immediately. But , "Permission To Land" is a classic.

The Fixx is mostly known for the song, but they have so many great songs most people today haven't heard of.

One song ^^

I love Ferron. I remember going to her shows back in the 80s; I’d be one of two or three men in the audience. I think if you listen to the posted clip you won’t regret it. Of course, that’s not at all how she looks now.

Yes almost all music I ever liked is still occasionally played chez moi. If the mood strikes, you will know that some one ditty can be hauled out again.

The only challenge is I make a point to keep up on new music in pop (English French and Arabic), dance, many kinds of electronic, opera, and "world" music, so the library is staggering and its hard for new stuff to break through my cognitive layers and stick.

R88 All of those except for Twisted Sister are still popular

Talking Heads, Nick Lowe, Wilco, Syd Straw

No tears over me, R66. After all of the millions of albums by my inferiors have passed into oblivion, people will still be buying and listening to "Chalk Mark In A Rainstorm," "Mingus," "Taming The Tiger" and all of my other works, just as people today still line up for a glimpse of the "Mona Lisa," "A Starry Night," "La Pieta" and the other masterpieces made by my fellow geniuses.

Lisa Lisa and the cult Jam, Bryan Adams, Depeche Mode.

Moxy Früvous

The Arrogant Worms

Farid El Atrash

The Alan Parsons Project, The Undertones, Teenage Fanclub, Matthew Sweet, Jellyfish.

John mellencamp

R106 I absolutely love JCM. Have you ever seen this video? It’s interesting... I would love to know your thoughts.

R107 I was actually listening to this song on Spotify when I posted.

R108 did you see the video?

Isaac Hayes Live at the Sahara in Lake Tahoe, 1973.

I love a fair number of live performances of artists mostly forgotten to time.

R109 I definitely will now

Lloyd Cole & the Commotions

R109 Very cute video. Weird but in a good way. It's nice to see such a young John have so much fun on stage and not afraid to look dorky. His vocal delivery was raw but still nearly perfect.

It almost appears like John is gay. I love him. I just would never have thought of him this flamboyant., but I like him this way.

It almost appears like John is gay. I love him. I just would never have thought of him this flamboyant., but I like him this way.

Bryan Ferry!

Joan Osbourne

The whispers, Phil Collins Expose Jody watley

R118 I concur. I have Rock Steady on my playlist, too. Have you seen the video? I love it. It is so the sign of the times.

Music is my life. I love many different artists, but my heart belongs to the 70’s and 80’s.

I still listen to Scissors Sisters pretty frequently. And Mylene Farmer. A Swedish guy over on MakeupAlley (no, not Lipstick Alley) introduced me to her.

Is Neil Diamond still popular? Love him but he gets a lot of crap on here for some reason.

You are not alone R121, I listen to Neil Diamond, Kenny Loggins, Judas Priest and Lindsey Buckingham.

I still listen to Anne Murray, because I grew up listening to her music.

Surprised no one mentioned REO Speedwagon yet

Foreigner - I think Kelly Hansen, new lead singer since 2005, is phenomenal. I find him sexy AF.

Journey

The Corrs

R127 I forgot about them. Yes.

Jefferson Starship, and anything by Grace Slick

Lulu, Connie Francis, Level 42.

Manu Dibango. t.A.T.u.

R1 I love the pet shop boys, saw them in 3 concert tours. Loved all their albums.

FOREIGNER, Willie Nelson, Joni Mitchell, Annie Lennox, Chaka Khan, Lenny Kravitz

Joan Armatrading

Steeleye Span, Rick James, Fats Waller, Barry White

R130 I still hear Sade quite a bit. I listen to Connie and so do many of my neighbors and co-workers.

I have numerous Fats Waller CDs. I play also Ink Spots, Mills Brothers, Al Bowlly, Paul Whiteman and Boswell Sisters when I can.

I remember when everyone "grew up" and started listening to Sade. Perfect dinner party music or something to listen to on a date.

I think this song is classic. It's a pity she was a one-hit wonder. And the guy in the music video is attractive (and gay).