The bouzouki is one of the key instruments in some of the Greek pop music I listen to.

OK...here's my short list:

The Eagles
Little River Band
Kansas
Journey
Foreigner
Styx
Boston
Scorpions
Def Leppard
Yes
U2
Casting Crowns
Level 42
Toto
Peter Gabriel
Alison Krauss
Randy Travis
John Michael Talbot
Train
Captain Geech and the Shrimp Shack Shooters
Nickleback
Johnny Cash
Elvis
The Wonders
Rascal Flatts
The Red Jumsuit Apparatus
Creed

...whew!

Gordo

The Eagles, how could I have overlooked the Eagles?!? Thanks for reminding me Gordo. The Eagles compete for the #2 stop with Queen on my list. Beatles are still #1 (Go Lance!)

Joe

Andrea Boccelli
Frank Sinatra
Yianni
Dean Martin
All of the 70's Disco singers
Al White
Carole King
Cat Stevens
Julio Eglesias
Gipsy Kings
Madonna
Moody Blues
Rolling Stones
Beatles

Aiden
+44
Angels and Airwaves
Fallout Boy
Breaking Benjamin
Atreyu
Paramour
Amber Pacific
Avril Lavinge
Falling Up
Weezer
Rise Up
Puscifer
Norma Jean
Evanescence
Veronicas
Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
Switchfoot
Anberlin
Senses Fail
Sherwood
Guster
Underoath
Less than Jake
P!nk (shocking I know)
Hellogoodbye
The Academy Is...
Blue Ocotober
Elventyseven
The Inhabited
Relient K
Casting Crowns
Michelle Branch
My Chemical Romance
The Click 5
Silverstein
The All-America Rejects
Hawk Nelson
Kelly Clarkson
Krystal Meyers
Krystal K
Flyleaf
Yellowcard
Green Day
Linkin Park
Blink 182
Dropping Daylight
Mae
Lifehouse
Hawthorne Heights
Boys Like Girls
Cauterize
3 Doors Down
Colbie Calliat
Phantom of the Opera

There's alot more but it would take forever to type out, I pretty much like "emo" music/hard rock/ some Contemporary Christian/ and a few random artists

Eastern music wise, while i find Sr. Marie Keyrouz a little too high-pitched for me, I like her renditions of liturgical "favourites".

Apart from that, I love the CD prepared by Ss. Peter and Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church in Ben Lomond, CA. Entirely in English and very beautiful... Well-timed and properly done.

I also have the whole Fr. Sleiman Hajjar CD. Fantastic.

Next on my list? Divine Liturgy celebrated by the Mt. Lebanon Choir. Hehe.

Re: Captain Geech and the Shrimp Shack Shooters

Gordo,
That was the name of the made up band in the Tom Hanks movie "That Thing You Do" about the fictional one hit wonder band.

Is there now a real band by that name?

Peter Lagger
Ivan Rebroff
Boris Christoff

Iron Butterfly
Jefferson Airplane
Moody Blues
Pink Floyd
King Crimson
Credence Clearwater Revival
Steppenwolf
Buffalo Springfield
Jethro Tull
Poco
Procol Harum


Alexandr

As the Latin Catholics say...

B-I-N-G-O!

Just having a little fun to see if anyone was paying attention...that movie is actually one of my favorite movies.

Listening to the New Eagles CD I just bought at Walmart for under 12 bucks. Very, very interesting. The songwriting is unique...a few hits here and there, but you can here some nods to the past as well as some new sounds. Well worth it, IMHO.

Gordo

All mine are English

The Beatles
Queen
Led Zeppelin (I'm conflicted as Jimmy Page was into Alester Crowley)
The Police/Sting
Genesis/Phil Collins (my wife's influence there)
David Bowie
Eric Clapton/Cream
The Rolling Stones
Ozzy (once again, conflicted)
Yes
ELO

As you see, everyone has members that are either dead or old(er).

As far as new bands I like Jet, Nickleback, and Maroon 5. I am extremely disappointed with Chris Daughtry's music as it sounds like everything else.

Americans:

The Eagles
Aerosmith
Boston
Pearl Jam
Stone Temple Pilots/Velvet Revolver
Tom Petty
Lenny Kravitz
Carol King
Huey Lewis
(80s songs remind me of being a kid and a little homesick )
Chuck Berry (St. Louisan!)
Miles Davis (East St. Louisan!)
And no I don't like Nelly, I'm not a rap fan at all.
Willie Nelson
Toby Keith's funny songs (like "I'll Never Smoke Weed With Willie Again!")

And... Zero Tolerance (guess who the lead singer and lead guitarist were)

Kornog
Planxty
The Bothy Band
De Dannan
Yuri Yunikov
Pece Atanosovski
Zoran Djorlev
Klezmer Conservatory Orchestra
Ravi Shankar
Yes
Kansas
Eagles
Mazzy Star
Police
early U2
Cream/Blind Faith
Nickel Creek
Peter Ostroushko
Bob Dylan
Johnny Cash
Miles Davis (the classic band with Coltrane, Evans, etc.)
Ornette Coleman
Pat Metheny
Olya Fryz
Kubasonics
Musicus Bortnyansky
Veriovka

Daughtry's irritating. Except for Taylor Hicks (who managed to keep up with his soulman style... somehow), both Chris Daughtry and Bo Bice sold their soul and ended up sounding softer than usual. Wimpy.

Give me a country song or Skynyrd song... they downright honest anytime. I feel it more than anything. Damn i need ol' time rock & roll!

Klezmer Conservatory Orchestra

Yay! I didn't know anyone else on this forum listened to Klezmer music! I didn't put down that genre in my music list as I often get embarrassed when people find out I listen to it. I like the Klezmatics. I really connect with this form of music as I am a convert from Judaism. (you can bring the Jew to Christianity but that doesn't mean they give up their Jewishness).

Shalom Be-Ezrat Hashem

Herschel Green

What about the Schmenge Brothers. You just don't hear songs like
"Cabbage Rolls and Coffee" being written in today's popular music.

Ungcsertezs