The original challenge seemed simple enough; What 5 songs would convince me to like your 2nd favorite band? Using Spotify to share playlists is problematic because selecting and compiling 5 songs may only lead the algorithm to serve up songs unintended and outside of my control, but nere goes; CI did some self-reflection and analysis to establish that my 2nd favorite band is Counting Crows. They came along with their debut masterpiece August & Everything After in the fall of 1993 right when I was reeling from a devastating break up, and he vibe continues to fit 30 years later. Once I started curating a Counting Crows playlist, I thought of a bunch more bands to highlight. In the past I’ve referred to this type of exercise as an onramp to the performer. A recent inkling had me asking for an onramp to Early Genesis..I know I’m *supposed* to know it to make sense of Peter Gabriel, but I still struggle with a gentle introduction (onramp to find a way to get into it.
Maybe you’ll have better luck with these bands..