Originally posted by Macphistfly:I'm getting my 14 year old sister into good music tonight.
14 was the age I started taking music seriously, what bands do you think I should introduce to her?
And if you had to pick one U2 song that wasn't a single for her to hear, which one?
AC/DC (everything up to Back In Black and maybe Powerage...maybe...)
Aerosmith (1973 - 1989, selected songs through the 90s, skip Just Push Play and go for Honkin' On Bobo - the blues!!!)
Alice Cooper (Killer, Love It To Death, Billion Dollar Babies, From The Inside, the New-Wave stuff, The Last Temptation, Brutal Planet, Eyes, Dirty Diamonds)
Brian Eno (Music For...series, Before And After Science, Here Come The Warm Jets)
Brian Wilson (SMiLE is pure pop genius as is anything he did with the Beach Boys).
Bruce Springsteen (Born In The USA, Nebraska, The River, Born To Run)
Guns N Roses (Appetite, Lies, Use Your Illusion(s), Chinese Democracy)
Jimi Hendrix (Are You Experienced, Electric Ladyland, First Rays, Axis Bold As Love)
Joe Perry (anything he's put out has some damn fine guitar work on it)
KISS (get a Greatest Hits, Greatest KISS from the late 90s is worthy)
Led Zeppelin (LZ 1 - 4 and Remasters)
Meat Loaf / Jim Steinman (Steinman's Bad For Good record is excellent as an entry to Meat. Check out all the Bats (I prefer the second) and Dead Ringer.
Michael Jackson / The Jacksons (anything besides Invincible and 2300JS)
Ozzy Osbourne / Black Sabbath (get her on a hits collection first, then go for Blizzard Of Ozz)
Pink Floyd (avoid The Final Cut, must have Dark Side and The Wall, then explore Meddle, Animals, Piper At The Gates Of Dawn etc...)
The Who (same again, get a hits collection and avoid the 2006 record)
Weird Al Yankovic (Essential is the way to go with Weird Al. Some great tunes on there)
One U2 song that wasn't a single for her to hear - Levitate.