What do you listen to?
Posted on: November 17, 2009 - 3:55pm
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What do you listen to?
I'm only a week or two into posting on this forum... and I was just wondering what type of music you all listen to? I feel like it tells a lot about a person. I'm constantly evolving in terms of music (and I guess in terms of everything)
I'm big into folk/blues/classic rock right now: Beatles, State Radio, Ben Harper and the Relentless 7, Steve Miller Band-- just to name a few I've been listening to the most of late
And I'm really on a Coltrane kick (perfect study music)
Anyone else like to share?
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Massive Attack
Machine Love
Lamb
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But I like a song or 2 from almost every genre
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I listen to everything from Moonsorrow, Einhjer, MSI, Atmosphere, Field Mob, Nickel Creek, Atreyu, AFI, Flogging Molly, Dropkick Murphys, Bouncing Souls, Misfits, 311, Bullet for my Valentine, Lost Prophets. I'm sure I could list tons more I tend not to have a set sound I listen to evreything. But I lean more towards punk and folk-metal (See the first two bands)
I just like Australian Rock, Cold Chisel, Crowded House (yeah they are Kiwis really... but we claim all the best NZ acts), Screaming Jets, Choirboys, The Angels - all the stuff I grew up with basically - and lately, Evermore, Grinspoon, Eskimoe Joe, Silverchair, Jet... yeah, you've probably not heard of them but that's basically how I feel looking at your lists, we don't hear of virtually any of the musicians that you guys listed down here.
Oh, but I like Green Day, so I do like one American Band.
And double Oh, Yeah also, I been lovin' me some Beatles lately, too.
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Two words:
Metal.
Baroque.
Well, okay, a few more words: hard rock is decent and never, ever, rap or hip hop under any circumstance.
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Metal and Jazz all the way man.
At the moment ? Meat Puppets , their "Too High To Die" CD from way back in the 90's.
Arcade Fire, Jackson Browne, Rob Jungklas (in spite of all of his religious imagery -- 'God rode through Clarksdale / With a shotgun out the driver's side'), Sage Francis (count me in!), The Gourds, Old 97s, Gus, Radiohead, Pete Yorn, Maktub, Andrew Bird, Carter Burwell (especially love the Miller's Crossing soundtrack), Nine Inch Nails (a metal band that doesn't suck), NoFX, Portishead, Split Lip Rayfield, Southern Culture on the Skids, Matthew Sweet, Crowded House, X, The Black Keys, Ben Folds Five, Black Angels, Uncle Tupelo, Wilco, Son Volt, the dbs, XTC, REM, The Breeders, The Pixies, The Posies, Leonard Cohen, Fountains of Wayne, Vivaldi, Grieg, Chopin, Dwight Yoakum (a country singer that doesn't suck), early Everclear, Michael Penn, Son House, Townes Van Zandt, The Handsome Family, Camper Van Beethoven, and AC/DC.
That was a random tour through my CDs.
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I woud never listen to the music you people listen to, except for a couple of people who said the Beatles. Some of this music makes me very sad, and not in a good way.
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I usually remain in the genre of- Metal, Grindcore metal, death, Rock, Alternative rock, country, and hard rock..
I dislike rap. My beliefs that there is no god, is nearly as strong as my beliefs that
rap is pathetic, It has no reason. It's not music. It's talking fast, and a beat.
Metal doesn't really sound as something you would consider music either,
since it's screaming and shit. But it's better then rap. I just think rap is horrible.
Plus I dislike ghetto people. And ignorant people as well.
Country is more MUSIC then those two - rap.metal. Since it has
actual vocals. But still love metal, and alt rock more.
Such as suicide silence, winds of plague, five finger death punch, underoath, breaking benjamin, shinedown. Etc.
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And for everyone else, You mostly have great taste in music:D
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I've no faith in your fate
Still I find salvation
Man, I appear to be the only one that listens to hip-hop around here. Boooo......
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I can handle it in doses, like in the mish-mash of music that is Gorillaz, or flobots.
I'm just not a fan of most of it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuK2A1ZqoWs
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Hey Renee good to see u here i have lots of lyrics that u've sent me many many years ago .. can i use some of that if i give u the credit fot them ../ Johnny
Hip-Hop sometimes just seems, More about sex, guns, money, and drugs..
Then anything else. Not about our economy, political views, etc.
Although metal mostly stays on the subject of killing, and hating god.
Which is good for me. But rap and shit, just.. Annoying. Sorry:/
Doesn't show who you are as a person though.
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I can't believe in something that doesn't believe in me
I'm not blood of your blood, I'm no son of your god
I've no faith in your fate
Still I find salvation
Well I would say that that is a common misconception. The underground hip-hop that I listen to is far different than rap and what you have described. The music I listen has little to do with any of those things that you mentioned. But to each his own. I personally can't tolerate the music (not content) in metal. It's just loud and obnoxious to me and lacks melody. But as I said, to each his own. If you want some real hip=hop let me know so that you are not confused by the differences between hip-hop and rap.
...I suppose I should be used to that! I listen almost exclusively to classical music, specifically tending towards J.S. Bach, Mahler, George Crumb, and Karlheinz Stockhausen. Even within the classical world, I suppose I am somewhat of an anomaly: I cannot sit through Italian opera of the late nineteenth century, nor do I find Wagner to be very interesting; I likewise find many of Beethovan's piano sonatas to be tedious (gasp!).
However, I have listened to most types of music throughout my life. The net result is unimaginable amusement when people notice the collected works of Bach, Mahler, Haydn, etc. ...in the same cabinet as old Obituary albums and John Denver's Greatest Hits.
Always keep 'em guessing...
Here is one of my current favorite songs. This is a totally different vibe. I guess you would call it hip-hop/electronica tango music. It's classy and hip at the same time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3UpZydTFb0
Wow, almost shit my pants seeing Petrucci in the second post... I am a die hard dream theater fan.
But my tastes are expanding. I like some rap, especially Gorillaz, but also the Jay-Z linkin park stuff is good. Eminem is entertaining IMO. Because I like to dance, I'm a big fan of electronica and dance music (esp. if my BAC > 0). Lately I've been exploring classical music in earnest, but for some reason I just don't like the SOUND of the interests... I know it's weird, but I much prefer modern electrical instruments in complex compilation (hence the DT obsession) as opposed to classical instruments. Despite this, I am warming up to it, especially after finding an album of the philharmonic covering Pink Floyd songs (AWESOME).
My current band is Porcupine tree.
Also, for whatever reason, I just can't wrap my head around country music
I just don't like it...
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warren. one of the greatest, most literate songwriters who ever lived, both a master of the phrase and the music and knew how to combine the two. classically trained, took a few lessons with stravinsky as a child, wrote symphonies in his spare time. dylan called him something like a "musician's musician."
"I have never felt comfortable around people who talk about their feelings for Jesus, or any other deity for that matter, because they are usually none too bright. . . . Or maybe 'stupid' is a better way of saying it; but I have never seen much point in getting heavy with either stupid people or Jesus freaks, just as long as they don't bother me. In a world as weird and cruel as this one we have made for ourselves, I figure anybody who can find peace and personal happiness without ripping off somebody else deserves to be left alone. They will not inherit the earth, but then neither will I. . . . And I have learned to live, as it were, with the idea that I will never find peace and happiness, either. But as long as I know there's a pretty good chance I can get my hands on either one of them every once in a while, I do the best I can between high spots."
--Hunter S. Thompson
I really don't understand. I don't see a point in singing about "losing everything" again and again and again, or listening to someone wail on and on about it.
It's like all they care about is failure, so they sing about it. This is why I don't like country. Or "country-eske" or whatever kind of "rock" this is. I listened to some of this guys other music, "werewolves in london" and it just is really terribly written and sounds pretty terrible. And he writes his own stuff? That makes it worse.
Not something I'd ever care to listen to really, thanks. If I wanted to listen to a pity trip I'd go to a nearby diner where all they play is country/bluegrass shit and suffer in reverse success stories again and again.
In other words? I give him a 1/10. Pretty much failsauce. Sounds bad, bad lyrics, and not anything I'd care to repeat.
The only way I might be able to tolerate it is if I was heavily stoned to the point it seems like a comedy. At first I laughed, until I realized he was seriously that lame. I don't give a damn about him, or his "shit being fucked up", or how he cries. There are enough sob stories in the world. I don't know him and I don't care about him. He is an entertainer. And fails at it.
Zoidberg? Take it from here.
Take that apparently dead Warren Zevon.
Theism is why we can't have nice things.
Harsh lol I didn't think it was THAT bad... but the talk/singing wasn't exactly that great... Couple of spots where it wasn't quite on.
Now for a totally different sound, I present Spiral Architect:
I don't actually listen to them yet (turned off slightly by the insistence to only move forward, and to do so FAST) but as a bass player I have to recognize talent when I see it, and this guy is fucking nuts.
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Interesting. How do you feel about Apocalyptica?
Hm. Sounded pretty good. It doesn't sound like something I could listen to a lot of all at once though. What I would like to see is stuff like TSO with a lead singer, but I realize that's hard for one band to pull off. I also get bored with fantasy lyrics, one of the biggest reasons I love dream theater is that they can write about things that aren't dragons, demons, heroes, or ex-girlfriends lol
I just need to get more music in general. Most of the stuff in this thread I would probably enjoy, but getting the music is an issue. Had a bad experience with torrenting once.
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Oh man, just listened to that Mother Earth song... Awesomesauce
Hey, Big E. Have you heard Blakroc yet? It's The Black Keys playing with some hip-hop folks like Q-Tip, Jim Jones, Mos Def, Nicole Ray, and even some from Ol Dirty Bastard's final unreased sessions. It is extremely good. At least, I thought so. (I'm not huge into hip-hop, but I love The Black Keys, and like hip-hop enough to enjoy it when it's on. I really like A Tribe Called Quest, Diggable Planets, and the like.)
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clockcat, you and dream theater can go fuck yourselves. i bet you're that kid who was headbanging to creed ten years ago.
btw, how long have you been a musician exactly? i mean, besides banging out power chords in your old bedroom.
"I have never felt comfortable around people who talk about their feelings for Jesus, or any other deity for that matter, because they are usually none too bright. . . . Or maybe 'stupid' is a better way of saying it; but I have never seen much point in getting heavy with either stupid people or Jesus freaks, just as long as they don't bother me. In a world as weird and cruel as this one we have made for ourselves, I figure anybody who can find peace and personal happiness without ripping off somebody else deserves to be left alone. They will not inherit the earth, but then neither will I. . . . And I have learned to live, as it were, with the idea that I will never find peace and happiness, either. But as long as I know there's a pretty good chance I can get my hands on either one of them every once in a while, I do the best I can between high spots."
--Hunter S. Thompson
Why do we have to insult each other in a music thread? Come on, this forum is serious business enough as it is.
That said I like to tease my friend who listens to new country and stuff like Miley Cyrus but I do it in a friendly manner.
Anyway, you guys have some awesome taste in music! It's so cool to see a music thread I really appreciate instead of cringe at while sampling.
I enjoy every genre pretty much and have too many artists to list, even on my facebook haha... Lately though I've been listening to a lot of Jim Croce. I discovered him not too long ago and I am in love with the stuff he made. Very high recommendation.
I've been getting deeper into other bands I've listened to in the past as well. The one that comes to my mind is Jefferson Airplane/Jefferson Starship. If you like some of their music, definitely look into them some more.
My favorite band overall (and it's hard to choose) is probably The Wailers.
Edit: Hey whoever just shit all over country and bluegrass needs to go back in time and (attempt to) appreciate the old stuff.
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I have learned so much, thanks for keeping it real RRS.
Party in the USA is so fucking cathcy... I love it lol
For me country just doesn't do it. I'm just not into it. I can appreciate a good musician when I hear one, but nothing about the video of Warren Zevon struck me. I like my music structured well, and, to me, the guitar (plus the talk-singing) did not flow well. This is all my opinion, of course.
And iwbiek, no hatin on Dream Theater unless you've listened to them... Calling out a musician AND Dream Theater will not end well; those guys are pretty technical.
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my thoughts exactly. i don't recall denigrating anyone else's tastes so i don't see why i was subjected to such monumental prickery.
anyhow, no one got that the song was tongue in fuckin' cheek. it's called subtlety, which i suppose is hard for some metalheads to pick up.
what irritates me though is not that zevon's idiom was attacked--that's a matter of taste of course--but his execution was attacked, and as someone who is a multi-instrumentalist and has worked in several bands over the past 6 years--variously as frontman, lead guitarist, and harmonica player--in several different styles, most notably blues and country, on both sides of the atlantic, i can say his execution was both understated and flawless. not a single sour note, wonderfully varied chord shapes, and impeccable timing.
"I have never felt comfortable around people who talk about their feelings for Jesus, or any other deity for that matter, because they are usually none too bright. . . . Or maybe 'stupid' is a better way of saying it; but I have never seen much point in getting heavy with either stupid people or Jesus freaks, just as long as they don't bother me. In a world as weird and cruel as this one we have made for ourselves, I figure anybody who can find peace and personal happiness without ripping off somebody else deserves to be left alone. They will not inherit the earth, but then neither will I. . . . And I have learned to live, as it were, with the idea that I will never find peace and happiness, either. But as long as I know there's a pretty good chance I can get my hands on either one of them every once in a while, I do the best I can between high spots."
--Hunter S. Thompson
depends on what you mean by "flow." if you mean tempo and timing, no, it's not a matter of opinion, and you could have set a fucking metronome by his playing. i don't know what the hell you mean by "structured." there was nothing out of place in his performance. once again, the man wrote symphonies. he was classically trained.
if by "structured" you mean "produced," or "overproduced," then yes, this song is simplistic, but there can be virtuosity in simplicity, and this is a prime example.
well, i kinda did that, what with clock cat's videos. plus the fact i don't live under a rock. besides, who hated first? i mean, for real, what the fuck was up with that stream of bile? people post their favorite music and musical opinions on here all the time, and i've never jumped on anyone unprovoked. hell, i rarely comment at all, even though i'm a huge music fan with very particular tastes. that's because, as a musician, i know damn good and well the huge amount of work that goes into ANY kind of music, even shite, and that at least should be respected.
who's a musician? i'm a musician. see my last post. for the last 2 years i've gotten paid for my work, though not enough to quit teaching yet. i've been on tour a couple times with music festivals. i'm no superstar but i'm not an amateur by any stretch. i'd call myself one of "those guys."
"I have never felt comfortable around people who talk about their feelings for Jesus, or any other deity for that matter, because they are usually none too bright. . . . Or maybe 'stupid' is a better way of saying it; but I have never seen much point in getting heavy with either stupid people or Jesus freaks, just as long as they don't bother me. In a world as weird and cruel as this one we have made for ourselves, I figure anybody who can find peace and personal happiness without ripping off somebody else deserves to be left alone. They will not inherit the earth, but then neither will I. . . . And I have learned to live, as it were, with the idea that I will never find peace and happiness, either. But as long as I know there's a pretty good chance I can get my hands on either one of them every once in a while, I do the best I can between high spots."
--Hunter S. Thompson
Easy.
I did not insult with my criticisms, CC did, and I thought he was harsh in doing so. I was trying to explain why I am not particularly floored by the song. Seeing as I am not classically trained, it is difficult for me to use the proper jargon when describing the music itself. As for flow, I was trying to communicate how I, personally, do not like the way the song is 'structured.'
Also, tempo can definitely be subjective. There are reasons why a lot of people do not like bands that use crazy time signal changes, and this is certainly an issue of tempo and timing.
As for the Dream Theater comment, CC mentioned he was a musician. You lumped the two together, and I was warning that most musicians who like Dream Theater can explain why the music is technical; this specifically in response to your 'power chords' insult.
I hope that aren't hard feelings here. I recognize that he is good; it's just that I'm not that into it. That's all it is.
Can we agree that Creed sucks?
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I listen to mostly metal and classical.
I also play lead guitar in an Iron Maiden Tribute band.
I wasn't aware I had to be a practicing musician to appreciate music.
I am however highly opinionated about nearly everything, and feel no reluctance to show that.
Also, 10 years ago I wouldn't of known who creed was, or any band for that matter. Sorry.
Musical taste is subjective. And I mean no personal insults to anyone except that musician who makes terrible music as I said. :3
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Also, iwbiek:
I'm more or less just teasing you. In that other thread too.
Theism is why we can't have nice things.
Here's something for Zymotic:
Zymosis - Zygomata
I know psychill's not your style, but I couldn't resist
Chilling Matenda - It's a long time ago
I'm really curious, if I embedded the videos correctly. I'm doing it for the first time. Probably not, as it seems.
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v4ultingbassist and ClockCat,
yeah, i'm gonna have to stop visiting this forum right in the middle of my work day, when i'm often most irritable. i did overreact a bit. sorry.
btw, CC, are you a musician? v4 says you mentioned it, but i didn't catch that. i mentioned it, as a rhetorical question. anyhow, of course you don't have to be a musician to appreciate good music, buit it can make the difference in noticing solid technique or not. as i said, i felt zevon's execution, i.e., technique, had been attacked, and that's why i pulled the musician card.
v4, i agree that there can be plenty of subjective opinions about correct tempos for certain songs or styles, whether a shift in tempo is appropriate, etc., but when we look at this song, it's a simple 4/4 with no variation or intent to vary, in which case the only question is whether he holds it or not. i think this can be objectively established.
"I have never felt comfortable around people who talk about their feelings for Jesus, or any other deity for that matter, because they are usually none too bright. . . . Or maybe 'stupid' is a better way of saying it; but I have never seen much point in getting heavy with either stupid people or Jesus freaks, just as long as they don't bother me. In a world as weird and cruel as this one we have made for ourselves, I figure anybody who can find peace and personal happiness without ripping off somebody else deserves to be left alone. They will not inherit the earth, but then neither will I. . . . And I have learned to live, as it were, with the idea that I will never find peace and happiness, either. But as long as I know there's a pretty good chance I can get my hands on either one of them every once in a while, I do the best I can between high spots."
--Hunter S. Thompson
Oh I agree that he was on tempo the entire time, I was trying to say (before I pointed out that tempo can be subjective) that when I said 'structure,' I didn't mean tempo. I guess the best I can do is to say that I don't exactly like the way that he plays the arpeggios and how he connects them to the chords he's also playing...
I thought CC said he was a musician... but I may just have said that because, in my experience, most dream theater fans are musicians; it is possible that I made an assumption.
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fair enough, but then you must not like ragtime guitar, which is what he's basically playing except at a slower tempo and much more modal, and since just about every subsequent style of fingerpicking in rock, pop, country, folk, etc., has been more or less based on georgia or piedmont ragtime guitar, i'd have to ask if you're purely into strumming and single-string lead playing or what? since i'm primarily a fingerpicker in the blind blake/merle travis tradition, you and i would definitely part ways here.
"I have never felt comfortable around people who talk about their feelings for Jesus, or any other deity for that matter, because they are usually none too bright. . . . Or maybe 'stupid' is a better way of saying it; but I have never seen much point in getting heavy with either stupid people or Jesus freaks, just as long as they don't bother me. In a world as weird and cruel as this one we have made for ourselves, I figure anybody who can find peace and personal happiness without ripping off somebody else deserves to be left alone. They will not inherit the earth, but then neither will I. . . . And I have learned to live, as it were, with the idea that I will never find peace and happiness, either. But as long as I know there's a pretty good chance I can get my hands on either one of them every once in a while, I do the best I can between high spots."
--Hunter S. Thompson
Haha, let's not read to deep into this... This particular song just doesn't seem to tickle my fancy. I personally don't examine the music too heavily to figure out whether or not I like it. This is probably why I enjoy songs like Party in the USA; I don't think about the simplicity or complexity. I guess my musical philosophy would be, "if I listen to it and find it enjoyable, I may dig deeper and figure out why it is that I like it. I may also just like it and leave it at that."
I would think that this kind of modification can be enough to turn someone on or off to a certain sound.
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Metal all the way.
Thanks, I didn't know about this band.
I think it sounds quite good, with exception of the placement of most of the first half of the song's vocals.
I'd also like to hear the actual voice of the singer a bit, and I think some of the transitions are..well, they don't seem to be there. It feels a bit schizo at moments.
Anyway, I'm not a practicing musician. I have played a few instruments before, and can read sheet music. Thats about it.
A lot of my friends are musicians though. And exes. I'm the guy that hangs out in the greenroom that doesn't carry equipment, isn't a bouncer, and gets mistaken for being in a band again and again when I'm just there to hangout with friends.
It's all about having fun.
Theism is why we can't have nice things.