Sultans of swing, layla, you get the picture.

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I am after songs that are just like these two...classic rock? But the nice calm style, I have my rammstein moments but I also have more soft moments :p
 
Have you tried looking for songs by those artists? I don't know too much about Derek and the Dominos but Dire Straits have got quite a few songs worth listening to - Brothers in Arms and Romeo and Juliet being two of the better(and best known) of theirs.

I personally quite like Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird(best song of all time), Gimme Three Steps, Tuesdays Gone and Sweet Home Alabama are worth looking out for however they might not be quite to your taste.
 
Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty
Kayleigh - Marillion
Golden Brown - The Stranglers
Every Rose Has It's Thorn - Poison

All of these are on some soft rock cd in my car... great driving music IMO :)
 
Joe T said:
Isnt Derek and the Dominos another name for Eric Clapton et al?
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Yep

Derek & the Dominos was a group formed by guitarist/singer Eric Clapton (born Eric Patrick Clapp, March 30, 1945, Ripley, Surrey, England) with other former members of Delaney & Bonnie & Friends, in the spring of 1970. The rest of the lineup was Bobby Whitlock (b. 1948, Memphis, TN) (keyboards, vocals), Carl Radle (b. 1942, Oklahoma City, OK -- d. May 30, 1980) (bass), and Jim Gordon (b. 1945, Los Angeles) (drums). The group debuted at the Lyceum Ballroom in London on June 14 and undertook a summer tour of England. From late August to early October, they recorded the celebrated double album Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (November 1970) with guitarist Duane Allman sitting in. They then returned to touring in England and the U.S., playing their final date on December 6.

The Layla album was successful in the U.S., where "Bell Bottom Blues" and the title song charted as singles in abbreviated versions, but it did not chart in the U.K. The Dominos reconvened to record a second album in May 1971, but split up without completing it. Clapton then retired from the music business, nursing a heroin addiction.

In his absence, and in the wake of Allman's death in a motorcycle accident on October 29, 1971, the Dominos and Layla gained in stature. Re-released as a single at its full, seven-minute length in connection with the compilation album History of Eric Clapton (Atco 803) (March 1972), "Layla" hit the Top Ten in the U.S. and the U.K. in the summer of 1972. (It would return to the U.K. Top Ten in 1982.) A live album, Derek and the Dominos in Concert (January 1973), taken from the 1970 U.S. tour, was also a strong seller.

Time has only added to the renown of the group, which is now rated among Eric Clapton's most outstanding achievements. The 1988 Eric Clapton box set retrospective Crossroads featured material from the abortive second album sessions. The Layla Sessions was a 1990 box set expanding that album across three CDs/cassettes. Live at the Fillmore (1994) offered an expanded version of the In Concert album. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide
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http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/derek_the_dominos/bio.jhtml


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If Scrubs has taught me anything, it's that Toto are an awesome band. You've probably heard of Walk the line which is probably their most famous song but if you can, have a listen to "Past to Present 1977-1990" Kinda a compliation album

Oh and you must get the Top Gun soundtrack
 
Marvt74 said:
Bah you can't mention Dire Staits and not mention Money for Nothing :p
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I can, I was trying to pick their best songs :p Notice I didn't mention Walk of Life either ;)

Joe T said:
Isnt Derek and the Dominos another name for Eric Clapton et al?
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Cheers and to you as well Matblack for confirming. I probably should have known that but interesting to find it out :)
 
Arpegius said:
If Scrubs has taught me anything, it's that Toto are an awesome band. You've probably heard of Walk the line which is probably their most famous song but if you can, have a listen to "Past to Present 1977-1990" Kinda a compliation album

Oh and you must get the Top Gun soundtrack
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I would have thought that 'Africa' was there most well known track
 
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