Music

[Synergistic]

I'm curious to what kind of music you all listen to, genres and artists, and what you reccomend.

I listen to ska, punk, and alternative mostly.

If I had to reccomend any albums (Best songs in parentheses) that are recent, in the past year or so, I'd go with:

Weird Al - Poodle Hat (A Complicated Song, An Ode to a Superhero, Ebay)
Less Than Jake - Anthem (The Science of Selling Yourself Short, Plastic Cup Politics)
Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Jackknife to a Swan (Go Big; You Gotta Go)
Reel Big Fish - Cheer Up! (Good Thing, Dateless Loser)

 

[D_Martin van Burden]

Instrumentals: Hands down, latest and greatest find is Keiko Matsui... gets the productive juices flowin' in my brain.

Rock: Poe, Good Charlotte.

R&B: Really, always been a fan of the female singers i.e. Toni Braxton, Kelly Price, Tamia -- really soothing stuff.

 

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mindseye: Oooh, music -- my favorite topic!  

RBF is okay enough (I've got Why Do They Rock So Hard?), but I could never get into Less Than Jake.  I bought Hello Rockview, and thought it was just okay.  Apart from their hit ("The Impression That I Get"), I'm not so familiar with Mighty Mighty Bosstones.

But mark my words:  You'll grow out of Weird Al eventually.  He's done the same schtick for over 20 years now.  Sure, I liked "I Love Rocky Road" when it came out in ninth grade (I've even got it on 45!), but jeez -- at this point, I'm just plain tired of it.

I confess:  I'm a music junkie.  I've got over 2500 discs in my CD collection.  

Recent CDs that I recommend:

• Marillion, Anoraknophobia:  Easily their best album in over 10 years.  "Quartz" and "Between You And Me" will blow you away.  Steal it if you have to.
• Laurie Anderson, Live In New York: September 19, 2001:  New York resident Laurie Anderson was returning home from a concert the morning of September 11, and was stuck in traffic on a bridge the moment the first plane struck.  She was scheduled to perform in New York the following week, and decided not to postpone that show.  This album is unbelievably intense; you can hear not just the performer's intensity, but the audience's as well.
• Bob Mould, Modulate: Not his best work, and not in the same class as the two discs above, but good enough to prove he's still got it.

 

[B_DoubleMeatWhopper]

I like classical (especially getting into opera lately), Latin, reggae. I also like 80's pop/rock ... kind of strange considering I was just a tot when those songs came out!

 

[Pecker]

Classical.

Baroque, mainly.

Pecker

 

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7x6andchg: Oh, let's see....

I like:

80's (I was not, sadly, a tot, I was 7 in 1980 and 17...well, you get the idea)
country - specifically the newer stuff
blues
Top 40
Hip Hop
Classical - Pecker - I love Baroque!  Gimme more Vivaldi!
70's disco
Merengue/Salsa

Pretty much anything but metal...is where I'm at right now.  Right now in my MP3 collection of songs I wouldn't buy the whole disc for:  Audioslave "Like a Stone" and "Three Wooden Crosses" by Randy Travis, as well as "In the Club" by 50 Cent. I find I go through phases - some weeks it's country, others it's Top 40, etc., etc.

Diverse enough for ya?    ;D

7x6&C

 

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awellhungboi: Coincidentally enough tonight I finally gave in and jumped on the whole music pirat--ahem, file sharing--bandwagon, after resisting for a while.

Here's what I downloaded:

Rossini's Overture to The Thieving Magpie

VNV nation: Left Behind

Roxy Music's version of I Put A Spell On You

Genitorturers: Sin City

Lords of Acid: Rough Sex

Throbbing Gristle: The Process

Psychic TV: Godstar

Then I got bored with it.

My all time favorite piece of music is The Goldberg Variations, however--either Glenn Gould's 1981 recording on piano, or Gustav Leonhardt's on the harpsichord.

And I don't know, I think Weird Al's pretty funny!  But, then, I'm pretty weird myself.

 

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7x6andchg: My biggest problem with the filesharing thing.....

Legal or not, it's like being at the world's biggest jukebox with a bag full of quarters. I have tended to run out of things to download because my mind overloads with everything I want....

So I download 1 or 2.

 

[Ralexx]

Classical and mostly baroque (here we go, Bilbobagginsx !!) - Bach, Haendel, Mozart, Haydn, Telemann, Beethoven, Purcell, Vivaldi, Corelli, Locatelli, Rameau, Lully, Marc-Antoine Charpentier. I also like Gregorian cantatas and Byzantine chorals.

Baroque opera: Gluck, Mozart. Even Salieri.

Then... Tchaikowsky, Vincent d'Indy, Ravel, Enesco, Wagner (such a barbarian beauty !).

Concerning the nowadays music... I'm crazy about rave, house and trance, but I cannot forget my other favourits (George Michael, Madonna - especially the '80s of their career) or this divine Ofra Haza.

And so many others. But classical rules.

 

[B_DoubleMeatWhopper]

[quote author=bilbobagginsx link=board=99;num=1053734375;start=0#4 date=05/23/03 at 20:18:23]
Baroque, mainly.[/quote]

I love, especially, Manfredini, Daquin, Marcello, Handel, Corelli, Locatelli, Corrette, Telemann, Pachelbel, and Albinoni. Vivaldi and Bach? Well, that's a given!

 

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sammygirly: I'm afraid it might take me way too long to answer this question...I like pretty much anything but country.

But Im a top 40 whore at heart.

And tons of underground house music - Who da Funk, Thunderpuss mixes, Darude, Sanchez mixes, and other such bass pounding one hit wonders there's no point in mentioning because they aren't recognizable LOL

 

[jay_too]

i guess that i would have to say that i like classical best...it calms the beast but really stimulates the mind and get the creative juices flowing..but i enjoy most music...across the globe from brazil to africa to india...jazz to hip hop.

classical: mozart, vivaldi, borodin, copeland, pokoviev, stravinski, shostakovich, stravinski, gershwin.

jazz: king oliver, satchmo, miles, billie holiday, lena, horne

indian: ravi shankar

jay

 

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tott666: Genres I *generally* don't like are rap, techno, reggae and metal. I appreciate some of that stuff though.

Basically, I appreciate "clean" music of almost any genre. "Clean" as in by harmony, sound, melody and/or arrangement, I guess; I haven't really given it much thought until now.

I guess I prefer structured music?

Some of my favourites are Black, Philip Glass, Weeping willows, Enya, Mozart, Marc Almond, George Michael, Bach, ABBA, Kate Bush, Michael Nyman, Madonna... The list is endless.

 

[jonb]

I like most kinds of music, but I can't stand boy bands. Every time I hear *NSYNC on the radio, that night, I dream of clock towers and rifles.

 

[Ralexx]

Uuuh, I forgot Chopin and Berlioz ! Also, Glinka and Rimsky-Korsakoff are a delight, and - oh, yes ! - both Smetana and Dvorac (Czechs). [I am just to attached to the XVIII-th century music to completely recall my preferences from the XIX-th.]

 

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mentatzps: I have very special tastes about music.

Generally, I don't like much "songs" (music and lyrics). I prefer "instrumental songs"; there are some exceptions, tough. I like some classical music too (especially "The Nut Cracker" by Tchaikowski, my favourite). For the artists I mentioned below, I like only some of their songs, not all their works.

What I listen to :
- Video games music & remixes
- Cartoon/TV series songs & remixes
- Soundtracks
- Electro / dance / techno / dream music

Some of the artists I like :
- Jean-Michel Jarre
- Vangelis
- Era
- Enrique Iglesias
- Gareth Gates
- Barry White
- Rondo Veneziano

A excellent site for video games remixes : http://remix.overclocked.org

 

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Javierdude22: It all depends on my mood what i like....i pretty like th 'best' of every gnre though....excpet for Rap and hardcore house music...

I like the old Soul music: Gladys Knight, Ottis Reding, but also Indie Arie, Kelly Price

I like alternative and rock the most though: Counting Crows, Dave Matthews Band, Radiohead, U2, Creed

My favourite album though would be Surfacing by Sarah Mclachlan...great singer....great album....got me 'through' some rough times.

 

[Synergistic]

I'm not much into classical, but I loved the movie 'Shine' so I started getting into a bit of Rachmanicoff. Not to mention who doesn't love Air on the G String.

I've been into Weird Al as long as I can remember, I'm part of the MTV generation, a new song comes along as soon as one has been played on TRL for more than a month. The only reason I ever recall half the songs is through parody.

I love comedic music, Weird Al, Jeff Foxworthy, and Ray Stevens. I love Ray Stevens' 'Three Legged Man', of course it has nothing to do with the main theme of this site.

I love alot of the oldies, 50s and 60s, its what we play at my work most of the time (except during Christmas, if I hear Jingle Bells one more time... BOOM). I was raised on Chicago though, 9 and 18 being some of my favorites.

 

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Finedessert: NLATIMER: On this board I think it would be OK to replace Bells with  BALLS.

Grandpa

 

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H8Monga: I love so much...

Music: the soundtrack of our lives!

My soundtrack has many genres.
I am a huge Motown fan for my age and older folks who grew up on it are amazed how much I know and appreciate it. I listen to smooth jazz, R&B, rap... rock.. bluegrass.. gospel... techno.. dance.. electronic... classical.. on and on...