The Music Thread!

[munimanpete]

Welcome to the music thread.
The basic idea here is one place to discuss absolutley anything and everything about music, any kind/style whatever. Recommend good music, request music (to download or whatever), talk about favourite songs, bands, genres, anything goes aslong as its about music! I think you get the idea. I know there are other threads about music, but this is one place to discuss it. So get talkin':D

[munimanpete]

Okay I may aswell lead my example and get this thread going.
Where is a good place, online, to download music (for free obvously) with a wide range of music etc?
I know Alta Vista is quite good...but is there anywhere else people know of?

[Catboy]

I've recently become addicted to good ol' Reggae, thanks to my father(big hippie). I listen to Bob Marley, sure but theres soooo much more.

My top 3 Reggae Groups/Artists:
1. Jimmy Cliff
2. Bob Marley
3. Burning Spear

Top 3 Reggae songs:
1. Kinky Reggae - Bob Marley
2. Jimmy Cliff - The Harder They Come
3. Burning Reggae - Burning Spear

Actually, my dad introduces me to alot of great music. He used to be in the record buisiness or something, having a collection of over 12,000 records.

[Catboy]

Originally posted by munimanpete
Okay I may aswell lead my example and get this thread going.
Where is a good place, online, to download music (for free obvously) with a wide range of music etc?
I know Alta Vista is quite good...but is there anywhere else people know of?

Online? Just search google like so:

"Band Name" mp3

Exactly like that. I'd really reccomend DL'ing some sort of P2P rogram, but if you still have that bad compy, you might be better off just DL'ing from the net.

[munimanpete]

Thanks for that Catboy. Say you seem to have a pretty similar taste in music to me...what are some of your other favourites I probably haven't heard of, and you would recommend?

[Catboy]

Favorites... in music???

That could take an hour of typing.

Ill just slowly list my favorite 3 of a ton of stuff.

Favorite 3 Bassists:
1. Jaco Pastorius(greatest bass player ever)
2. Stanley Clarke
3. Victor Wooten

Check'em all out.

Stanly Clarke was in the group Weather Report, and with Al Di Miola, so their stuff is him. But Jaco and Victor did a TON of solo stuff, and in my opinion the best of their playing.

[jsm]

I reccomend the following composers;
1. J. S. Bach.
2. Felix Mendelssohn
3. Jean Sibelius
4. Dmitri Shostakovitch
5. Aram Khachaturian
6. Peter Tschaikovsky
7. Ralph Vaughan Williams
8. Karl Maria von Weber

Listen to lots of Concertos and Symphonies- those are usually their best works.:)

[HandyAndy]

Originally posted by munimanpete
(to download or whatever) would the whatever be walking to your local record store and supporting your favorite bands?

[muniracer]

Originally posted by jsm
J. S. Bach.

never heard of him.... is he american?

[Catboy]

Originally posted by muniracer
never heard of him.... is he american?

I hope it was sarcasm... and I think it is. But for those who don't know who Bach is:

Johann Sebastian Bach, the most renowned member of a distinguished family of German musicians and composers, is considered one of the greatest composers in history. A virtuoso organist who was famous throughout Germany during his career, Bach served as court musician and composer in Arnstadt, Weimar, Köthen and finally as cantor and director of music at Leipzig (1723-50). His most famous works include The Brandenberg Concertos, Well-Tempered Clavier and Art of the Fugue. Bach's fame during his lifetime was due to his ability as an organist more than his reputation as a composer, but since the 19th century he has been hailed as a genius whose work represents the peak of the Baroque era.

[john_childs]

Originally posted by jsm
I reccomend the following composers;
1. J. S. Bach.
2. Felix Mendelssohn
3. Jean Sibelius
4. Dmitri Shostakovitch
5. Aram Khachaturian
6. Peter Tschaikovsky
7. Ralph Vaughan Williams
8. Karl Maria von Weber

Listen to lots of Concertos and Symphonies- those are usually their best works.:)

Alright! A favorite classical composer list. I also like classical music. Some of my favorites (in no particular order) are:

J. S. Bach - organ music
Dmitri Shostakovich - symphonies
Ludwig Van Beethoven - symphonies
Sergey Rachmaninov - piano concertos
Johannes Brahms - symphonies, Hungarian Dances
Antonin Dvorak - symphonies, Slavonic Dances
Carl Nielsen - symphonies
Jean Sibelius - symphonies
David Diamond - symphonies
Peter Tchaikovsky - symphonies and others
Carl Orff - Carmina Burana
Gustav Holst - The Planets
Modest Moussorgsky - Pictures At An Exhibition
Vaughan Williams - Sinfonia Antartica

And there are others in my collection, but those are the ones I'm most likely to pull out first if I'm just looking for something to play. I do like the Schostakovich symphonies. There's a bunch of them that I have more than one version of. When I was living in Portland OR the Portland Symphony was playing a lot of Schostakovich so I got to hear several of his symphonies live. That was a treat.

You've got Aram Khachaturian on your list. I know I've heard some of his works, but I don't have any in my collection. I'll have to put him on my need to get list. What pieces should I get?

And right now I'm listening to Prokofiev's Symphony No. 5. It's been a while since I've listened to it. :)

[domesticated ape]

Reggae and classical are two areas of music where my cd collection is pretty sparse, but ill list some favourites anyway:

Top 3 reggae songs:

1. Conroy Smith- Dangerous
2. Eek-a-mouse- Ganja Smuggling
3. Damian Marley- It Was Written
+ just about every Bob Marley song ive ever heard:)

Top 2 classical (the only ones i really listen to):

1. Orff- Carmina Burana
2. Handel (i think)- Zadok the Priest

Have you guys seen the lyrics to Carmina Burana?
Apparently they are based on some 12th century German poems or something and they are pretty crazy, I think the poets must have been on the absinthe!

[pdc]

Some of my favorite guitar players -
Steve Howe
Al DiMeola
Larry Carlton
Lee Ritenour
Stanley Jordan

[UNIquelyCanadian]

I like the Gaithers and also the Newsboys. Has anyone on here heard of either group?

[domesticated ape]

nope.

What kind of music do they play?

[UNIquelyCanadian]

It's Contemporary Christian and the other group is Southern Gospel. Michael W. Smith is another artist that I enjoy hearing.

[JJuggle]

I like the barking Christmas dogs. Genius. Pure genius.

[James_Potter]

Originally posted by UNIquelyCanadian
I like the Gaithers and also the Newsboys. Has anyone on here heard of either group?

I've heard of the Newsboys, and have a couple of their songs on my computer. they're perdy good.

[JJuggle]

Originally posted by James_Potter
I've heard of the NewsboysI don't know who wrote it, but Bill Monroe and Earl Scruggs both did a song called:

Jimmy Brown, The Newsboy

I sell the morning papers sir,
My name is jimmy brown
Everybody knows that I'm a newsboy of the town

You will hear me yelling morning star
As I run along the street
I have no hat upon my head,
No shoes upon my feet

Never mind sir how I look
Don't look at me and frown
I sell the morning papers sir
My name is jimmy brown

I'm awful cold and hungry sir
My clothes are torn and thin
I wander 'bout from place to place
My daily bread to win

My father died a drunkard sir
I've heard my mother say
I'm helping mother sir
As i journey on my way

My mother always tells me sir
There's nothing in the world to lose
I'll get a place in heaven sir
To sell the gospel news

[JJuggle]

Originally posted by domesticated ape
Have you guys seen the lyrics to Carmina Burana?
Apparently they are based on some 12th century German poems or something and they are pretty crazy, I think the poets must have been on the absinthe! I'm working from memory here, but Carl Orff was a composer who did not flee Germany during the Nazi rule. If I recall correctly, Hitler was a fan of Carmina Burana.

[UNIquelyCanadian]

Originally posted by JJuggle
I don't know who wrote it, but Bill Monroe and Earl Scruggs both did a song called:

Jimmy Brown, The Newsboy



Thats another newsboy. The group is called Newsboys. You should google it.

[JJuggle]

Originally posted by UNIquelyCanadian
Thats another newsboy. The group is called Newsboys. This, I fully understand. They are an Australian Christian/Gospel group. Note the last line of the song I posted. A connection possibly? ;)

[Checkernuts]

Originally posted by JJuggle
This, I fully understand. They are an Australian Christian/Gospel group. Note the last line of the song I posted. A connection possibly? ;)

your just talking jibborish now, The Newsboys were the back up band for Huey Lewis, you know that group that put out the theme song for the back to the future movies, The Power of Love.

What ever happend to them anyway?

[JJuggle]

Originally posted by Checkernuts
your just talking jibborish now, The Newsboys were the back up band for Huey Lewis, you know that group that put out the theme song for the back to the future movies, The Power of Love.

What ever happend to them anyway? Speaking of Huey Lewis and the News, did anyone see Kinky Friedman on that PBS show about English?

[HandyAndy]

Originally posted by UNIquelyCanadian
I like the Gaithers and also the Newsboys. Has anyone on here heard of either group? seen Newsboys a couple times

[john_childs]

Originally posted by JJuggle
I'm working from memory here, but Carl Orff was a composer who did not flee Germany during the Nazi rule. If I recall correctly, Hitler was a fan of Carmina Burana.
Carl Orff is tainted by staying in Nazi Germany during that time. And Hitler was indeed a fan of Carmina Burana. But Carl Orff was not a Nazi. He did do some musical work at the request of the Nazi government. At best he was indifferent. Neither actively supporting nor actively denouncing the Nazis.

I found a good thesis paper about Carl Orff that covers his Nazi era involvement in better detail that I'd seen in other sources. The paper is here (a 2.1 MB PDF file): Themes of the Carmina Burana: Medieval and Modern (http://www.xavier.edu/classics/Theses/Themes%20of%20the%20Carmina%20Burana-Medieval%20and%20Modern.pdf). His Nazi era involvement is on pages 12 through 17 of the paper.

[UNIquelyCanadian]

HandyAndy: seen Newsboys a couple times" Did you have to go far to see them? Or did they do a tour stop in BC?

Checkernuts: "The Newsboys were the back up band for Huey Lewis" Is this the same group: www.newsboys.com

[munimanpete]

Hey Catboy I listened to your advice and gave those Bass players you recommended a listen. Wow that Jaco guy is awesome! A hole new style of music I rarely listen to but I liked it! Know anywhere I can download some?

Oh and on another note I just got the Pearl Jam - Yield CD...just copied it off my comp onto CD.

[Checkernuts]

Originally posted by UNIquelyCanadian
HandyAndy: seen Newsboys a couple times" Did you have to go far to see them? Or did they do a tour stop in BC?

Checkernuts: "The Newsboys were the back up band for Huey Lewis" Is this the same group: www.newsboys.com

No its not the same group at all, Huey Lewis and the News were a Rock band back in the early 1980's. I was just making a joke and was glad to see that Raphael at least got it.

[JJuggle]

Originally posted by Checkernuts
No its not the same group at all, Huey Lewis and the News were a Rock band back in the early 1980's. I was just making a joke and was glad to see that Raphael at least got it. Yes, from what I can see my heart is still beating.

Oddly enough, when that song first came out I would have sworn it said, "They say the heart of rock and roll is in Cleveland."

I may have been wrong, but wouldn't you know it they went and stuck the R&R Hall of Fame there.

[HandyAndy]

Originally posted by UNIquelyCanadian
HandyAndy: seen Newsboys a couple times" Did you have to go far to see them? Or did they do a tour stop in BC?
it was at Creationfest (http://creationfest.gospelcom.net/west/) 2002 and 2003, about 6 hours away from me. we went with a group of about 40~50 and stayed there about 7 days. pretty fun trip.

[JJuggle]

Originally posted by john_childs
I found a good thesis paper about Carl Orff that covers his Nazi era involvement in better detail that I'd seen in other sources. The paper is here (a 2.1 MB PDF file): Themes of the Carmina Burana: Medieval and Modern (http://www.xavier.edu/classics/Theses/Themes%20of%20the%20Carmina%20Burana-Medieval%20and%20Modern.pdf). His Nazi era involvement is on pages 12 through 17 of the paper. Thank you for that, John.

[UniTyler]

WEIRD AL RULES!!!! So does AC/DC and....ummmm..... did I mention WEIRD AL?!?!?!?!?!?

[munimanpete]

Yeah I gotta agree with you on AC/DC - Angus Young is just magic with his guitar. I just love good guitaring.
But Wierd Al? Can't say im much of a fan. I dont' really see it as good music - just kinda funny lyrics. I prefer Tenacious D.

[Catboy]

Tenacious D is awesome. Weird AL is only ok for like 15 seconds, then it gets really really annoying, kinda like some little Washingtonian I know of...

Currently Playing on my WinAmp:
Bad Religion

If you like them check out:
Beatsteaks
Rancid
Greenday

The 3 listed, aren't exactly like BR but kinda close.

[john_childs]

Originally posted by JJuggle
Thank you for that, John.
I was curious myself to find out more about the Nazi connection to Carl Orff. The liner notes in my CDs don't mention it at all. The music history books I have either don't mention it or give it a one sentence comment. That thesis on Carmina Burana actually went in to some detail about the issue (more than I've seen elsewhere). I'm glad I was able to find that thesis. It clears up that controversy for me. I don't like my beloved Carmina Burana to be soured.

[Fuego]

Bad religion is the best, I like "Social Suicide". summs up my life pretty well...
not really, but hey. it's a good song.


has anyone ever heard of sleater-kinney?

I really like their song from teh Rock Against Bush volume 2.

[BillyTheMountain]

Originally posted by john_childs
I was curious myself to find out more about the Nazi connection to Carl Orff. The liner notes in my CDs don't mention it at all. The music history books I have either don't mention it or give it a one sentence comment. That thesis on Carmina Burana actually went in to some detail about the issue (more than I've seen elsewhere). I'm glad I was able to find that thesis. It clears up that controversy for me. I don't like my beloved Carmina Burana to be soured.

John: Wagner concerts were outlawed in Israel for his association with the Nazis, yes?

Let's broaden this thread a bit: Anyone ever see the Violent Femmes in concert? I saw them backed up by an 8-piece wind section--The Horns of Dilemma. Their musical skills really come out in concert, when they don't have to stick to the short song format. But I think it's that way with a lot of bands these days. You just can't record a soaring or hot guitar solo or (heaven forbid) drum solo in popular music anymore, but you can show your stuff and jam in concert.

How about Macy Gray, The velvet underground , or Youssour Ndour?

Catboy: I love Bad Religion, Beatsteaks, Rancid, Greenday. How about Rage against the Machine? What do you think of their new stuff? And Blink?

Tom Waits fans (JJuggle?) frequent this forum. How about Marianne Faithful (ex-lover of Mick Jagger). Select Stones stuff is great.

And of course, if you travel to other nations, you find great music that no one outside that nation knows of. We just brought back some wild music from Egypt.....

Billy

[JJuggle]

Originally posted by john_childs
I don't like my beloved Carmina Burana to be soured. I think, John, that if you take seriously at all the admonition that all that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing, then Carmina Burana is soured somewhat. Which is not to say it isn't a beautiful piece of music.

I happen to love much of Wagner's music, despite my being a Jew and his anti Jewish sentiments and praise of pogroms.

[JJuggle]

Originally posted by BillyTheMountain
Tom Waits fans (JJuggle?) frequent this forum.I would not call myself a big fan, but I do like Tom Waits stuff. I just rented Jim Jarmusch's Coffee and Cigarettes in which Waits has a part. I had a housemate in college who listened only to Springsteen, Tangerine Dream, and Tom Waits.

[john_childs]

Originally posted by BillyTheMountain
John: Wagner concerts were outlawed in Israel for his association with the Nazis, yes?
Wagner died before the Nazi movement, but yes, he was vocally antisemitic and Hitler hugely loved his music. I think they also played Wager at Nazi rallies.

Wagner doesn't get played in public in Israel while Carl Orff does.

Fortunately, I don't much care for Wagner's music.

[john_childs]

Originally posted by JJuggle
I think, John, that if you take seriously at all the admonition that all that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing, then Carmina Burana is soured somewhat. Which is not to say it isn't a beautiful piece of music.

I happen to love much of Wagner's music, despite my being a Jew and his anti Jewish sentiments and praise of pogroms.
I agree with you that Carl Orff and his Carmina Burana are soured somewhat.

I disagree with you about Wagner. :) I have only two CDs with Wagner's music. And they hardly ever get played. Fortunately they were both purchased used. I don't much care for his music.

[JJuggle]

Originally posted by john_childs
I disagree with you about Wagner. :) I have only two CDs with Wagner's music. And they hardly ever get played. Fortunately they were both purchased used. I don't much care for his music. I find Wagner's music to be filled with achingly longing beauty and powerful emotion. Oddly, or not, it has much the same effect, although obviously stylistically different, as some Bach. It's inspired and visceral.

[john_childs]

Originally posted by JJuggle
I find Wagner's music to be filled with achingly longing beauty and powerful emotion. Oddly, or not, it has much the same effect, although obviously stylistically different, as some Bach. It's inspired and visceral.
I'll have to give Wagner another try with some new music. The two CDs I have just have excerpts from his operas and are not complete. Maybe listening to a complete opera would get the music to come together.

I'll have to get his Siegfried Idyll, an orchestral work, and see if that suits me. I'm much more in to orchestral music than opera.

I pulled out one of my music history books and this is how the author introduced Wager

Richard Wagner was a dreadful human being. He was a liar, a cheat, a wife-stealer, a home-wrecker, and a betrayer of friends. He was anti-Semitic, anti-Catholic, and anti-French. He was immoral and dishonorable. No one in music had a bigger ego, and he properly belongs high on a list of the World's Most Unpleasant Men.

He was also, of course, an incredible musical genius. It is impossible to like Wager, but almost equally impossible to deny his genius. ...

The author also lists Wager at number 4 on his list of the 50 greatest composers of classical music. The first three are Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven.

[pissinlemonaid]

The brian Setzer Orchestra, they are excellent. Awesome guitar lics, drum solos, bass lics. Excellent! :D :D :D :D :p

[BillyTheMountain]

[i]I pulled out one of my music history books and this is how the author introduced Wager

The author also lists Wager at number 4 on his list of the 50 greatest composers of classical music. The first three are Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven. [/B]

Where did mahler fall on that list??

How about the thread from Wagner through Mahler to the atonal and modern compositions? Do you like Mahler? Does anyone like modern composers? Zappa listed Stravinsky and Karlheinz Stockhausen as major influences, on his first album.

I know there's a lot of Zappa fans out there. I remember hearing lots of Zappa playing at the East Coast MUni this past autumn.

Hey Pissin: Can you recommend the best CD by The brian Setzer Orchestra? your description makes them sound like something I'd like to hear more of.

Billy

Billy

[Ethel_The_Tree]

Originally posted by BillyTheMountain
Can you recommend the best CD by The brian Setzer Orchestra?
The absolute best is a 2004 release titled Brian Setzer Orchestra - The Ultimate Collection, on Surfdog Records. It is a 2-CD set, recorded live. First disk is early in the band's tenure, raw, edgy, trying to prove something. Second CD is later, after the band has really had a chance to gel together. Both disks are awesome.

As you know, I would never steer you wrong Billy. Well, except maybe that one wrong turn over Andrews Air Force Base.

[john_childs]

Originally posted by BillyTheMountain
Where did mahler fall on that list??

How about the thread from Wagner through Mahler to the atonal and modern compositions? Do you like Mahler? Does anyone like modern composers? Zappa listed Stravinsky and Karlheinz Stockhausen as major influences, on his first album.

Mahler came in at 17 in the list. But the list is highly subjective and even the author suggests juggling them around for personal taste.

The top 20 in the list (in order) are:
Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Wagner, Haydn, Brahms, Schubert, Schumann, Handel, Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn, Dvorak, Liszt, Chopin, Stravinsky, Verdi, Mahler, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, R. Strauss

Most of the composers that I listed in my list of favorites are Modern or 20th Century composers. The others are mostly from the Romantic period.

I've got three Mahler symphonies on CD (1, 2, 8). I listen to them, but not regularly. I need to add his song cycles to my collection.

[JJuggle]

Originally posted by BillyTheMountain
Zappa listed Stravinsky and Karlheinz Stockhausen as major influences, on his first album.Zappa wrote Igor's Boogie (on the Burnt Weenie Sandwich album - that's a tasty little sucker) when Stravinsky died. Zappa railed against the classical music establishment in the US for being so unsupportive of avante garde and modern music. He hated the repetoire performed at most major concent halls.

Personally I think Stravinsky is very accessible. I think the fact that I recall playing Stravinsky in band in high school is a testament to that. I listened to atonal, disonant music in high school and college, but such music really is work.

[john_childs]

Originally posted by JJuggle
Personally I think Stravinsky is very accessible. I think the fact that I recall playing Stravinsky in band in high school is a testament to that. I listened to atonal, disonant music in high school and college, but such music really is work.
One of the CDs in my collection is Michael Torke's (http://www.michaeltorke.com/) Color Music. It's very syncopated and dissonant. But still not a chore to listen to at all for me. In fact, I just put it in the CD player right now. A bit of a toe tapper in places. But if Beethoven ever heard it he would probably go in to seizures.

[DK]

What are some of your favorite ska bands? When i say ska i mean ska, not punk-ska like op. ivy or sublime...

[DK]

I always ruin threads...i guess im the only person who is steppin on teh upbeats....

[munimanpete]

I just found a whole Pearl Jam CD sitting on my comp...my sister must have downloaded it. So I copied it to CD. I had been hoping to buy Pearl Jams greatest hits...but this is good, and free.

[Catboy]

Originally posted by DK
What are some of your favorite ska bands? When i say ska i mean ska, not punk-ska like op. ivy or sublime...


The Aquabats.

[Checkernuts]

Originally posted by DK
What are some of your favorite ska bands? When i say ska i mean ska, not punk-ska like op. ivy or sublime...

New York Ska-Jazz Ensemble
The Slackers
The Specials
The Skatalites
The Pietasters, I'm sorry if Murder Capitol Ska Soul doenst count.

There are countless other good first and second wave ska bands out there...

[DK]

Originally posted by Catboy
The Aquabats.
sure.....

[gasmaster]

sum of my favorite bands are as follows:
ACDC
Queen
Aerosmith
Van Halen
Led Zeppelin
ZZ Top
The Beastie Boyz
Guns 'N Roses
Velvet Revolver
Floggin' Molly
Ozzy Osbourne
and many more

[DK]

Originally posted by gasmaster
The Beastie Boyz

Yea... theyre great, but the new CD pissed me off. don't buy it!

[DK]

Oi Oi Oi who likes Oi?
I think i have weird musical tastes from ska to bagpipes to Oi

[munimanpete]

Yeah im just relly into quality music lately. Mainly rock but anything that sounds really good. Anyone have any suggestions for such bands?

[Catboy]

Quality music?

Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution.

They are a huge band that Chex recently turned me onto.


I've always liked Garbage, they have a cool sound

CAKE! They have some really awesome stuff.
.

Check out Cake, of the 3 I listed, Cake is my favorite.

[JJuggle]

Originally posted by munimanpete
Yeah im just relly into quality music lately. Mainly rock but anything that sounds really good. Anyone have any suggestions for such bands? How about a hypothetical (and a thread jack to boot)?

Suppose for the moment that I recommended a band to you that I assured you to be quality music that sounds really good but with which you were already familiar and knew to suck.

Did I recommend to you quality music that really sounds good?

[munimanpete]

Hey Catboy....do you reckon you'd be able to email me some good songs you have. Like just as an attachment. I hate trying to find songs online. My email address is povanb(at)hotmail(dot)com

wadda ya say ;)

[Catboy]

Originally posted by munimanpete
Hey Catboy....do you reckon you'd be able to email me some good songs you have. Like just as an attachment. I hate trying to find songs online. My email address is povanb(at)hotmail(dot)com

wadda ya say ;)

Sure, Ill send you two of each.

[munimanpete]

good job...your a star.
Wait maybe you should send it to my gmail address. yeah that would be way better. its the same but @gmail.com

[Catboy]

phew... I read that just in time to send it to the gmail address.

One of the songs isn't really rock, but is a good song none the less.

[munimanpete]

Originally posted by Catboy
phew... I read that just in time to send it to the gmail address.

One of the songs isn't really rock, but is a good song none the less.
cool...yeah it doesn't have to be rock im pretty versatile. but rock is my main prefereance.

[Catboy]

Gmail is eing lame and will only let me send 10mb at once, so it looks like Ill be sending 1 song ar a time...

[munimanpete]

Thats fine...as long as you don't mind. Its up to you friend.

[gerblefranklin]

I haven't seen many rap fans in this thread. maybe I just haven't read it closely enough.

As many who've spoken to me on AIM would know, I'm a pretty big fan of Immortal Technique (Check out Revolutionary Vol. 2. far better than Vol.1 Favorite song is probably "Harlem Streets"). I also like Aesop Rock, Nickatina, Del Tha Funky Homosapien/Deltron3030, etc. I'm not a huge fan of Nelly (as a matter of fact I can't stand him), and other than Mosh I haven't heard much good stuff mby eminem. Seriously,. though, something is wrong if you have nothing better to rap about than your shoes.

Other favorites (no real order):
Pink Floyd
Led Zeppelin
ACDC
Tenacious D
The Mermen
RHCP
Bad Brains
Beatles
Bob Dylan (of course. What kind of liberal would I be if I didn't like him?)
Black Keys
Ben Folds Five
Ben Harper (now just starting to scroll through my Itunes library for inspiration)
Black Sabbath
Bob and Doug Mackenzie
CSNY
Dead Prez
The Doors
Guns N Roses
Herbie Hancock
Jurrasic 5
Jimi Hendrix
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Miles Davis
Nirvana
Queen
Ramones
Rufus Wainright
Smashing Pumpkins
Iron Butterfly
Soundgarden

I give up. This is already prrof of how much time I have on my hands.

Last thing: I like most classical music, although I never really bother to find out who wrote it or performed it. One I do remember is John Williams' "The Cowboys". The middle section of it actually felt like a musical painting of a scene. Very peaceful. Pavannes also are nice sometimes. Belle Qui Tiens Ma Vie was cool when played right. One type of classical I can't stand is the modern dicordant type of stuff. I've heard some stuff meant to sound like people giving a speech. It was interesting for about 5 seconds, then annoying. If I wanted to hear something sounding like a speech, i'd listen to a speech, not some flautist on crack.

[Catboy]

Cause it's the J-U-R-A-S another S-I-C 5...

I'm not sure if I mentioned it here, but I am into hiphop, but I'm picky...


50 Cent
Ahmad
Atmoshphere
Benefit
Del the funky homosapein
Digable Planets
Dj Honda
Grouch
Molemen
People Under the Stairs
Public Enemy
Quantic
RJD2
Typical Cats


Are all good hiphop/rap artists and groups. Most, if not, all are influenced by my brother, who is a DJ...

Benefit, is my favorite rapper, Atmosphere is my favorite group and RJD2 is my favorite DJ.

[DK]

aqllright here be my list o' bands
CATCH-22
DEAD KENNEDYS
MINOR THREAT
CHOKING VICTIM
LEFTOVER CRACK
ASSORTED JELLYBEANS
DISASTERS
U.S. ROUGHNECKS
BLACK FLAG
RAMONES
MISFITS
HORRORPOPS
TIGER ARMY
CIRCLE JERKZ
SEX PISTOLS
CASUALTIES
OPERATION IVY
COCKNEY REJECTS
F-MINUS
AESOP ROCK

[Unitik908]

Originally posted by Catboy

Del the funky homosapein


the ONLY rap i like .... tony hawk 3 represent


POW

[gerblefranklin]

Originally posted by Unitik908
the ONLY rap i like .... tony hawk 3 represent


POW

Then you haven't listened to renough rap. There's plenty of other good stuff out there that you won't find on the radio.

[john_childs]

Originally posted by gerblefranklin
I haven't seen many rap fans in this thread. maybe I just haven't read it closely enough.
That's because this is "The Music Thread". A thread talking about rap would be titled something else. :D

[Fuego]

to revive DK's ska question: Dunno what YOU think, but I think Less than Jake is the bomb.

[Rutabaga]

Originally posted by Catboy
Most, if not, all are influenced by my brother, who is a DJ...
Yes, I am sure that 50 cent and the other major rappers are all paying very close attention to the DJ scene in Reno.

I thought you promised to stop posting. This doesn't look like Most Replies.

[munimanpete]

Originally posted by Rutabaga
Yes, I am sure that 50 cent and the other major rappers are all paying very close attention to the DJ scene in Reno.
I thought you promised to stop posting. This doesn't look like Most Replies.
If you don't have anything usefull to say just don't post. He can post if he likes. Please don't turn this thread into another flame war.

[BillyTheMountain]

Thanks John, JJuggle and Ethyl for your responses, all taken into consideration.

DK: I actually saw the Dead Kennedys in the early 80s. The fans destroyed the Beacon Theater! Slamming! I like your list and the more "old school" list of Gerble.

I guess there are no Violent Fems fans. OK. Here's another low popular composer for unicyclists: the minimalist composer Philip Glass. I knew my wife was compatible 17 years ago when she listened to the 3 or 4 CD set of Glass's Einstein on the Beach in one sitting. He's done some unusual movie soundtracks, too.

[andrew_carter]

I want to get into classical music more.

Suggestions?

Thanks,
Andrew

[One on one]

Originally posted by andrew_carter
I want to get into classical music more.

Suggestions?

Thanks,
Andrew

Bach - Goldberg variations
Bach - Brandenburg concerto
Bach - Transcriptions/Stokowski
Mozart - Piano concertos
Mozart - Amadeus Soundtrack
Vivaldi - The Four Seasons
Debussy - Piano Works
Tomaso Albinoni - Concert a cinque op.9

That should get you started.

[James_Potter]

the only rap song I like is Lose Yourself by Eminem.... all other raps I've ever heard are pretty crappy. in my not so humble opinion (:

anyone besides me listen to Weezer? they're like my favorite. they're AWESOME, I have The Blue Album, The Green Album, and Pinkerton.

guess what? I saw REEL BIG FISH live a couple weeks ago! they RUULED it was SO much fun oh man....

[Unitik908]

I am really getting back into system of a down on acount of their new cd, its so wiked awesome, and im also rekindling my love for radiohead, an aquired taste i much said. and gerble you dont have to try to correct my taste in music, i just dont like the whole style or anyting of rap.. i see no talent in it..

Chase

[JJuggle]

Originally posted by andrew_carter
I want to get into classical music more.Find a radio station that plays classical, prerferably one that doesn't only play the greatest hits of classical music. Listen and note the composers and then explore their music more fully.

Or even better find yourself a girlfriend who's into classical and go exploring with her. ;)

[Erin]

I am getting back into tunes after a long hibernation. Phish, Cake and Jack Johnson are among my favourites now.

[john_childs]

Originally posted by Erin
I am getting back into tunes after a long hibernation. Phish, Cake and Jack Johnson are among my favourites now.
If you like Phish then you should check out etree.org (http://www.etree.org/). They have Phish concert recordings. It's a bit of a learning curve to learn how they go about sharing the files. They've got their own rules for how they do things.

[Unicyclist of Oz]

A few of my favorite bands are

1. Slipknot
2. Mudvayne
3. Mushroomhead
4. Buckethead
5. Ozzy

I also like all those really good guitarists like Joe Satriani.

[James_Potter]

so, mewithoutYou is playing tonight at the U of I.
anyone here heard about 'em?
are they any good?

[DK]

streetlight manifesto = rad

[MrBoogiejuice]

Billy, I'm very much into the violent femmes. Much to my dismay I've never seen them play but my sister's seen them twice in the last year or so...The fiend!

Someone above said they liked rap but were picky...Then in the next breath stated 50 cent as a favourite...Gosh how I chortled.

At the moment I'm listening to the John Butler Trio pretty much non-stop. Going to see them in 12 days (count 'em 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12). Can I wait? No I can't. I saw them at Glastonbury this year and they were pretty special but I reckon this'll be better. It's a pretty small venue which suits John Butler's music. Though the vibe at Glastonbury was pretty special; knee deep in water having just been through the scariest storm I and most people at the festival have ever encountered.

Been listening to quite a bit psy-trance recently after being subjected to it non-stop for two months at festivals. Shpongle and Infected Mushroom are good as an introduction to psy-trance.

Classical...melikes
reggae...melikes
rap...mostly menolikes with the odd exception
ska (proper ska, not ska-punk)...melikes
Good thread...melikes

[Spudman]

I don't think some of these were mentioned yet (with ratings!):

Elvis Costello (!!!!!!!!!)
The cars (!!!!!!!!!)
David Bowie (!!!!)
The clash (!!!)
Joy Division (!!!!!!!!!!)
The Dead Milkmen (!!!)
Dire Straits (!!!)
Joe Jackson (!!!)
Modern English (okayish)
Neil Young (!!!!)
The Police (!!!)
The Talking Heads (!!!!!!!!!)
Tom Petty (!!!!)
-also in- The Traveling Willburys (!!!!)
Warren Zevon (!!!)

Just to name a few...

[THE dave]

A few of my favorite bands are

1. Slipknot
2. Mudvayne
3. Mushroomhead
4. Buckethead
5. Ozzy

I also like all those really good guitarists like Joe Satriani.




i like you... hahahahahahaha im adding disturbed, three days grace, i dunno, anything violent that makes me want to jump off stuff...

[James_Potter]

lately I've been into Bob Marley, he's super awesome...I got his CD Natty Dread, it's very good. I recommend his music.

[James_Potter]

i like you... hahahahahahaha im adding disturbed, three days grace, i dunno, anything violent that makes me want to jump off stuff...

you forgot Nirvana. except they're different, because Nirvana's actually GOOD.
hehe, just kiddin...but I love my Nirvana's.

[DK]

I like the violent femmes a lot...
[QUOTE=MrBoogiejuice]
Been listening to quite a bit psy-trance recently after being subjected to it non-stop for two months at festivals. Shpongle and Infected Mushroom are good as an introduction to psy-trance.
QUOTE]

Im trying not be a "musical eliteist", but psy-trance?

[DK]

some new stuff I really like...

4-SKINS
oi polloi
COCK SPARRER
chaos UK
blanks 77
monster squad
CLIT 45

[MrBoogiejuice]

I like the violent femmes a lot...
[QUOTE=MrBoogiejuice]
Been listening to quite a bit psy-trance recently after being subjected to it non-stop for two months at festivals. Shpongle and Infected Mushroom are good as an introduction to psy-trance.
QUOTE]

Im trying not be a "musical eliteist", but psy-trance?

Psy trance is difficult to get into until you've been to a psy-trance night/festival. And yes, there's a lot of bad psy-trance about. But it's worth sticking with as you get to party in surroundings like these:

[DK]

Looks like a place for hippies and acid

[Unitik908]

i like you... hahahahahahaha im adding disturbed, three days grace, i dunno, anything violent that makes me want to jump off stuff...



couldnt have said it better...cept i dont really like three days grace..

as the light dims
inflames
between the buried and me
old slipknot
lamb of god
i love all koRn but the older stuff is more dark..
trivium
old mudvayne
american head charge
children of bodom
armon armoth
marilyn manson
some killswitch engage
the agony scene
old school like pantera and slayer
german style with rammstein
there are sooo many more tha i know im forgeting

but i also like chillen music like
radiohead
incubus (preferably their older stuff{fungus amoung usis the die for})
OAR but i really really hate dave mathews band
oasis
sublime

other good stuff includes
red hot chilli peppers
NIN
bush
black label society
Nirvana
primus
stonesour
tool/a perfect circle
soundgarden
audioslave
and finially styxx
CKY
HIM (screw bam margera)
Static X
straping young lad
smashing pumpkins

there are so many more but those are all i could think of

Chase

[forrestunifreak]

The Offspring.

[James_Potter]

Daler Mehndi (http://dalermehndi.com/) rules. my Indian friend introduced me to Punjabi music...it rocks!

[DK]

KAZAKHSTAN!!!!!
http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/1/1c/200px-Borat.jpg
YES!!!!!
http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/agp9/borat.jpg

[DK]

Anyone like Matisyahu?

ch-check him out... A hasidic Jew super ill reggae singer

[theotherguy]

look at the top of the page. you'll see the list of music that Spudman listens to. That's my list too. :D

[nick]

DK, you and I have really similiar musical tastes I think.

I like Ska, Punk, Pop-punk, hardcore, techno, trance, along with some other random stuff.

Some of my favorite ska bands -

Catch 22 (is totally Awesome, still one of my favorite ska bands.)
Streetlight Manifesto (recently had everything they own, trailer and all, stolen while on tour)
Reel Big Fish (still wicked fun live)
the aquabats (how can you not like them?!)
big D and the kids table (seeing them on thursday!)
against all authority (I think their ska)
straighter than pete (I think they are gone now)
the suburban legends (rediculously fun live)
might mighty bosstones (duh)

[DK]

DK, you and I have really similiar musical tastes I think.

I like Ska, Punk, Pop-punk, hardcore, techno, trance, along with some other random stuff.

Some of my favorite ska bands -

Catch 22 (is totally Awesome, still one of my favorite ska bands.)
Streetlight Manifesto (recently had everything they own, trailer and all, stolen while on tour)
Reel Big Fish (still wicked fun live)
the aquabats (how can you not like them?!)
big D and the kids table (seeing them on thursday!)
against all authority (I think their ska)
straighter than pete (I think they are gone now)
the suburban legends (rediculously fun live)
might mighty bosstones (duh)
AAA is an awesome band, but they are more skacore or thrash ska
so is
Streetlight and The Aquabats!!

but I like all the stuff on that list except Reel Big fish and Mighty Mighty Bosstones.

I never heard of surburban or pete though

[Spudman]

The wall is the best album ever created!

[john_childs]

The wall is the best album ever created!
Indeed! I'm listening to it right now. :cool:

[DK]

merp
merp
merp

[Fuego]

"...working for the clampdown....."

[Fuego]

"... I can't afford your therapy, my frustration it need release, cut me open and hear me play!......"

[bradygreenawalt]

Anyone here like They Might Be Giants?? No? didnt think so.....

[boo radley]

The wall is the best album ever created!

No, I'm fairly certain that Tool - Aenima is the best album ever created.

[xtremeskier_]

Dave Matthews Band http://media.teamxbox.com/forum/smilies/bang.gif

James Blunt's new album "Back to Bedlam" is pretty filthy too. Anyone given it a listen?

[Fuego]

Anyone here like They Might Be Giants?? No? didnt think so.....


yes.

only heard one song though.

("Crouching in corners and hiding your face, I'm sick an tired of playing your games!")

-rise against.

also: FOUR SECONDS WAS THE LONGES WAIT!!!!.................

-sleater-Kinney

[maestro8]

They Might Be Giants are one of the few bands that can actually rock an accordian. Their music could only be inspired by insanity and can only be performed with extreme talent. They're definitely in heavy rotation on my personal playlist.

Dave Matthews Band http://media.teamxbox.com/forum/smilies/bang.gif
Um, how does one bang their head to Dave Matthews? (No offense if you've got Parkinson's disease and have lost two fingers on your left hand) The guy is so mellow I find it hard not to fall asleep while listening to his music.

[cathwood]

The wall is the best album ever created!

And the best film.

David Grey's album Life in Slow Motion is my current favourite though.

Cathy

[cathwood]

And the best film.

David Grey's album Life in Slow Motion is my current favourite though.

Cathy

Actually, (topically) one of the best songs starts "Maybe it would do me good if I believed there was a god out in the starry fermament
But as it is it's just a lie......".

:p

Cathy

[NordicUni420]

ive got a few favies.

-Bob Marley
-Peter Tosh
-the grateful dead
-phish
-Elliott Smith (i SO VERY highly reccomend him)
-iron and wine
-heatmiser
-guster
-The talking heads may be the best band to date.
-BLIND MELON
-Rusted Root.

okay so that was more than a few. anyone else like the same stuff???

[James_Potter]

-Bob Marley
woohoo!
-the grateful dead
woohoox2!
-phish
woohoo!
-Rusted Root.
they're pretty good.

Has anyone heard of the band Pepper? Apparently they're pretty good, and they're playing a free concert tonight at U of I.

[Unitik908]

Dying Fetus,
Burn the priest/Lamb of God,
Napalm Death (if im in the mood),
Scar Symmetry,
Blood Of the Prophets,
The Black Dahlia Murder
Terror 2000,
Between the buried and me,
Trivium,
The agoney Scene,
Chili Peppers,
SOAD,
Incubus,
Blood Tribe,
OAR,
Wolf Mother,
Inflames,
Old Mudvayne,
Nile,
Armon Armouth,
Arch Enemy,
Sublime,
Tool/ A perfect Circle
Nirvana
Bush
Odyssey
Radiohead
Silent Hill soundtracks

I know im probabaly forgetting some though... and i think ive already replied to this thread.. but theres a good list of chase meneely's favorites

Chase

[domesticated ape]

-heatmiser

Are they named after the Massive Attack song?

[jake_amos]

i like

old korn (when they had 5 members)
blink 182
the offspring
SOAD

umm... pretty much anything heavy metal or rock ( by that i mean good stuff)
and with my music taste i also like classical music

like piano stuff

mozart
bethovhen
bouris
ect

[domesticated ape]

Are they named after the Massive Attack song?

Just had a look, I didn't know they were an old band. I really need to get some Elliot Smith albums, I've heard a couple of his songs and I really like them.

[James_Potter]

I just got some Ben Folds music, and he's amazingly good!!
Someone at my school's talent show did a song for his friend, Katie Jones, and it was Ben Folds one...it was the one that went,

I know who I want to take me home, take me home....

but he sang it as

I know who I want to take me home, Katie Jones....

it was crazy good!

[ntappin]

Cause it's the J-U-R-A-S another S-I-C 5...

Del the funky homosapein


If you like Jurassic and del you should check out blackaliscious, deltron 3030, and countless others, I will post a list of my music in a second and pretty much all the hip hop in there you would probably like based on those two artists alone.

[ntappin]

well I got bored and I got enthralled in the music on my computer, for those that are bored and looking for something new I have made a list of pretty much all the bands/artists/labels I like with notes on who I like the most.

!swhat_! - hip hop
a tribe called quest - hip hop/rap
afrika bambattaa - hip hop/techno
air - don't know
antibalas - ska!?
anti-pop consortium - hip hop/rap
aphex twin - techno/drum and bass?
baldwin brothers - funk/electronic
baroque - japanese rock
beans - hip hop/rap
beastie boys - you figure it out - pretty friggin sweet all around
beatles - " " " " - classic
beck - rock? all around
bjork - who knows
blackalicious - hip hop - great easy to listen to hip hop
blam honey - japanese rock
blood - japanese rock
bonnie pink - japanese pop/electronic - sleeping child is an amazing song
brand new heavies - funk
buck 65 - hip hop
buck tick - japanese rock
butter 8 - hip hop/rock/other - early cibo matto
cadence weapon - rap
cage - rap
chara - japanese pop/electronic
cibo matto - hip hop/electronic - awesomely different
constantines - rock
cornelius - shibuya style electronica
daedelus - hip hop beats
danger doom - hip hop - mf doom with other artists awesome
de la soul - hip hop
deltron 3030 - hip hop - mf doom with del the funky homosapien awesome
de-phazz - electronic jazz
dir en grey - japanese shock rock - great shock rock band
dj dangermouse - hip hop
dj patife - brazilian drum'n'bass - Koxx one freestyle video
dj shadow - hip hop
dué le quartz - japanese shock rock
erlend oye - Norwegian techno
esthero - jazzy electronic
fabric live records - everything electronic hip hop to trance
fat possum records - blues
faye wong - chinese pop
fernando porto - brazilian singer also drum'n'bass - Koxx one freestyle video
franz ferdinand - rock
frou frou - pop
gazette - japanese rock
glay - japanese rock
go!go!7188 - japanese rock - great surfer rock
tool - hard rock
gorillaz - everything
greyboy - funky electronic
groove armada - funky electronic
hammerfall - rock/metal?
handsome boy modeling school - hip hop - beautiful? hip hop
hide - japanese rock
inflames - hard rock
inugami circus dan - japanese rock
jamiroquai - modern funk - super funky!
janne da arc - japanese rock
japan touch - shibuya style rock
judy and mary - japanese pop/rock
jurassic 5 - hip hop - up there with blackalicious
kid koala - hip hop/electronic - sweet dj
klaha - japanese goth rock
kozi - japanese goth rock
madeth gray'll - japanese shock rock
madvillain - hip hop
malice mizer - japanese goth rock/lots of cool stuff - totaly worth checking out at some point
mark rae - hip hop/ techno
masha qrella - rock/pop
medeski, martin & wood - odd techno?
melt banana - noise - like noise then quite good
mf doom - hip hop/beats - some of the best modern hip hop
miho hatori - hip hop/bjorkesque? - totaly surprising, awesome love her
misfits - punk
miyavi - japanese rock
moi dix moi - japanese goth rock
mr. scruff - hip hop/ funk techno - up there with kid koala
ninja tunes - various hip hop to techno
penecillin - japanese rock
pizzicato 5 - shibuya style techno/rock
planet smashers - SKA - awesome Canadian ska saw them three times
polysics - japanese rock
red snapper - hip hop and other
roots manuva - hip hop
same shit different day - different hip hop
schwarz stein - japanese industrial
scissor sisters - rock
shiina ringo - japanese female singer everything - wow
silver ash - chinese rock - didn't know the chinese knew how to rock so hard
skatalites - SKA
smokey and miho - jazzy? - guitarist form beck with miho hatori
snail ramp - ska, chinese?
sneaker pimps - don't know
square pusher - odd electronic
strong bad - STRONG BAD
sublime - hip hop, ska, rock
supreme beings of leisure - chillin electronics
the black keys - rock?
the herbalizer - hip hop beats
the mad capsule market - japanese hard rock
the pillows - japanese pop rock
the quantic soul orchestra - electronic soul - totaly funky
thievery corperation - electronic don't know
thee michelle gun elephant - japanese rock
tokyo jihen - japanese rock/pop/jazz
tokyo ska paradise orchestra - SKA
tru thoughts - electronic label
wagon christ - funky electronics - great beats
x japan - japanese hair metal - a classic
yuka honda - japanese techno
z trip - hip hop

for a full list of my music on my computer it is here (http://www.unicyclist.com/gallery/?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=197540&g2_imageViewsIndex=1)

yeah I got bored, I'm sure there are people with more stuff than me but thats what I have, if you want any of it then check me out on soulseek with the name jrock canada.

And yes I am aware I went overboard for this thread.

[chichi_whatah]

Dude! Dir en grey yay!

You ever heard of plastic tree? Killer as well.

Anyway, does anyone else like metric? I was and am still a huge fan of theirs.

[ntappin]

Dude! Dir en grey yay!

You ever heard of plastic tree? Killer as well.

Anyway, does anyone else like metric? I was and am still a huge fan of theirs.

yeah I have a couple plastic tree songs and pvs but they aren't really my cup of tea, they don't really bring alot to the table that american bands don't.

[James_Potter]

Next week The Roots are playing in Moscow, for FREE :D has anyone heard 'em?
I know they're pretty famous so they're probably pretty good, I'll see.

[BillyTheMountain]

I just got some Ben Folds music, and he's amazingly good!!
Someone at my school's talent show did a song for his friend, Katie Jones, and it was Ben Folds one...it was the one that went,

I know who I want to take me home, take me home....

but he sang it as

I know who I want to take me home, Katie Jones....

it was crazy good!

Definitely! Thanks for reminding me.

Whose your favorite Russian band: Zvuki Mu!!

[uniroller]

Bad religion is the best, I like "Social Suicide". summs up my life pretty well...
not really, but hey. it's a good song.


has anyone ever heard of sleater-kinney?

I really like their song from teh Rock Against Bush volume 2.


If you liked that song you must immediatly go to a record store or download their album "The Woods" It was their last album before they broke up and is by far their masterpiece, every song is amazing. It has become one of my favorite albums of all time, those chicks know how to rock!

[smcmorrow]

I've recently discovered Badly Drawn Boy. The did the soundtrack for the movie "About A Boy" and I really like their music. Anybody else into Badly Drawn Boy?

[BillyTheMountain]

I've recently discovered Badly Drawn Boy. The did the soundtrack for the movie "About A Boy" and I really like their music. Anybody else into Badly Drawn Boy?

I love Badly Drawn Boy.

[BillyTheMountain]

I love Badly Drawn Boy.

My Rhapsody Radio station for this band also plays:


Elliot Smith (who used to write songs in the dark bar at the end of my street)
Nick Drake
Kid Loco
The Beta Band
Jim O'Rourke
Cornelius
American Football
Harry Nilsson
Pale Fountains
Mull Historical Society
Simple Kid

Do you like any of them?

[BillyTheMountain]

Where can I find the lyrics to a song by The Macs, called "I'm 37"

first line is: I'm 37 years old today. And I work in a grocery store.

[James_Potter]

Normally to find lyrics I type a line or two into Google with the band name and the word 'lyrics' and it usually pops right up...but I can't find that one.

[BillyTheMountain]

Normally to find lyrics I type a line or two into Google with the band name and the word 'lyrics' and it usually pops right up...but I can't find that one.

Yeah. Me too.

http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23031

You can hear the song, on the songlist so you can go right to it.

It's all about my life, and I wanted to start a thread where we enter songs that describe our lives perfectly! Wit the lyrics.

[James_Potter]

So there's a Remember Jerry Garcia music festival about a hundred miles north of Moscow in July, I REALLY wanna go!! But I doubt I'll be able to.
JACKIE or JERRICK, if you're into the Grateful Dead maybe you should go (:
http://www.jerryfest.com/

[ntappin]

My Rhapsody Radio station for this band also plays:


Elliot Smith (who used to write songs in the dark bar at the end of my street)
Nick Drake
Kid Loco
The Beta Band
Jim O'Rourke
Cornelius
American Football
Harry Nilsson
Pale Fountains
Mull Historical Society
Simple Kid

Do you like any of them?

Cornelius is great, if you like him, then you should look into more shibuya kei stuff (its a style of music from Japan).

[nickvb123]

elliott smith was nothing short of a god.

[BillyTheMountain]

elliott smith was nothing short of a god.

There's a brand new double CD of his just released. I like it. Good production, good selections. He used to write songs in the dark old bar down the street here.

I still can't find the lyrics to a song by The Macs, called "I'm 37"

first line is: I'm 37 years old today. And I work in a grocery store.

In the information age, where's the information??!

[ntappin]

under the porno

[Divebomber]

Starflyer 59
Joy Electric
Lassie Foundation


Most shoegazing music....

[Goats_On_Unicycles]

So there's a Remember Jerry Garcia music festival about a hundred miles north of Moscow in July, I REALLY wanna go!! But I doubt I'll be able to.
JACKIE or JERRICK, if you're into the Grateful Dead maybe you should go (:
http://www.jerryfest.com/
yay!

[James_Potter]

I found a website that you can watch live concerts on for free!
Donno how legal it is but whatever.
It's called FabChannel (http://fabchannel.com).
You should all watch Josh Ritter (http://www.fabchannel.com/josh_ritter)'s concert, he's SO AMAZING!

[BillyTheMountain]

I found a website that you can watch live concerts on for free!!

Hey james,

Thanks for that!

I'm emailing my dee-jays and getting answers: http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23116#comments

What do you know?

BTM

[i_am_the_jesus_fish]

gallows
beastie boys
rage against the machine
rancid
john 5
bad religion
bleeding through
iron maiden
distillers
transplants
and dead kennedys 4 LIFE

[john_childs]

I'm emailing my dee-jays and getting answers: http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/23116#comments
Whoa! Your double negative in that question is throwing me for a loop. Had to read it twice to make sure I was getting it right.

If your sentence structure gets any more complex I'm going to have to use mathematical logic theorems to deconstruct what you are saying.

[carmella]

I reccomend the following composers;
1. J. S. Bach.
2. Felix Mendelssohn
3. Jean Sibelius
4. Dmitri Shostakovitch
5. Aram Khachaturian
6. Peter Tschaikovsky
7. Ralph Vaughan Williams
8. Karl Maria von Weber

You really like classical music?

[carmella]

Does somebody know something about group UNION YOUTH?

[john_childs]

You really like classical music?
Yes

[carmella]

Yes
WoW, and have you got a favourite classical artist? For example

[john_childs]

WoW, and have you got a favourite classical artist? For example
Pretty much the same list as jsm listed in the post you quoted.

It depends on what I'm in the mood for. Sometimes it's baroque. Sometimes it's classical. Sometimes it's romantic. Sometimes it's 20th century. The 20th century period seems to be my favorite though. Shostakovich is a favorite from the 20th century period.

I do draw the line at including Mozart. Mozart's music is boring and not interesting. I'd rather sleep than listen to it.

[carmella]

Pretty much the same list as jsm listed in the post you quoted.

It depends on what I'm in the mood for. Sometimes it's baroque. Sometimes it's classical. Sometimes it's romantic. Sometimes it's 20th century. The 20th century period seems to be my favorite though. Shostakovich is a favorite from the 20th century period.

I do draw the line at including Mozart. Mozart's music is boring and not interesting. I'd rather sleep than listen to it.
Super...and I thought that I'm crazy, when I listen to this kind of music:):) I'm really happy, that I'm not the only one:) Do you play on any musical instrument?

[john_childs]

Super...and I thought that I'm crazy, when I listen to this kind of music:):) I'm really happy, that I'm not the only one:) Do you play on any musical instrument?
I play instruments for my own amusement and amazement. Meaning that I'm not very good at playing.

I played alto saxophone and baritone saxophone in middle school and high school band. I played alto sax in college marching band. Fiddled with playing basic organ during elementary school (chords with left hand melody with right). Then got an accordion (piano keyboard style). The accordion is fun and interesting but I certainly can't play it well.

[carmella]

I play instruments for my own amusement and amazement. Meaning that I'm not very good at playing.

I played alto saxophone and baritone saxophone in middle school and high school band. I played alto sax in college marching band. Fiddled with playing basic organ during elementary school (chords with left hand melody with right). Then got an accordion (piano keyboard style). The accordion is fun and interesting but I certainly can't play it well.
You're so artful:):) Uh, all these things u wrote are super but accordion, no....vrrrr....I like all musical intruments, but accordion makes me so angry!!! I don't know why but I don't like it. What about GUITAR ro VIOLIN? They are beautiful instruments, I think :)

[john_childs]

What about GUITAR ro VIOLIN? They are beautiful instruments, I think :)
Too many strings attached. ;)

[carmella]

Too many strings attached. ;)

:D :D oh, right :D :D but it sounds very nice and you can relax by listening guitar. But by listening a saxophone, you can't, it is impossible:D :D
And what about modern music?

[ntappin]

This is the music I liked a couple months back. I have been running out of hard drive space so it hasn't really grown that much.

http://www.unicyclist.com/forums/showpost.php?p=695544&postcount=9

I think I just added a few japanese hip hop bands and some Amy Winehouse.

[Divebomber]

Some bands...

Absinthe Blind
Amusement Parks on Fire
Andy Hunter
Animal Collective
Appleseed Cast
As I Lay Dying
The Beatles
Beck
The Benjamin Gate
Bjork
Bon Voyage
Danielson
Cut the red wire
(some) dc Talk
Denison Witmer
Driver Eight
Duraluxe
Eden's Bridge
Elliott Smith
Ester Drang
Fine China
Frodus
Grandaddy
Interpol
Joy Electric
Kissing Cousins
Living Sacrifice
Luxury
(early) Mercury Rev
mewithoutYou
Moby
Modest Mouse
(some) MXPX
Neutral Milk Hotel
(some) Newsboys
Norma Jean
Pedro The Lion
Pony Express
The Ptayer Chain
Radiohead
Richard Swift
Roadside Monument
Saxon Shore
Showbread
Sigur Ros
The Smiths
Starflyer 59
Stavescare
(some) Stereolab
Talking Heads
Unwed Sailor
Viva Voce
Woven Hand
Ride
Mogwai
Rollerskate Skinny
Deftones
Lassie Foundation
Joy Division
Ween
(some) Butthole surfers
Yo La Tengo
Cocteau Twins
Portishead
Smashing Pumpkins
The chemical brothers
Oasis
The Stone Roses
Belle & Sebastian

Just to name a few...

[BluntRM]

... Shostakovich is a favorite from the 20th century period.

I do draw the line at including Mozart. Mozart's music is boring and not interesting. I'd rather sleep than listen to it.

The library was getting rid of several records in their collection to make archive space last fall and I scored a few Shostakovich recordings from them. Actually most of my classical records are disposals from the library, expanding my mind through space management :D I can't remember any of the titles off the top of my head, but I do enjoy that style, 20th century, or as I know it, pre-Nixon era sound-recordings.

Mozart is crap.

[carmella]

The library was getting rid of several records in their collection to make archive space last fall and I scored a few Shostakovich recordings from them. Actually most of my classical records are disposals from the library, expanding my mind through space management :D I can't remember any of the titles off the top of my head, but I do enjoy that style, 20th century, or as I know it, pre-Nixon era sound-recordings.

Mozart is crap.
No, Mozart isn't a crap!!! Have you ever heard his symphonies?

[BluntRM]

No, Mozart isn't a crap!!! Have you ever heard his symphonies?

He's a precursor to the cultural phenom of pop music.

[Into the blue]

He's a precursor to the cultural phenom of pop music.

Yeah, I blame him for all that breakdancing.

[ivan]

If Mozart is so crap then go out and write a symphony that's better than his. And if you can't, then stop being such blabbermouth panzies.

[BluntRM]

I can't do a lot of things better than a lot of people, but qualitatively that changes nothing.

[JJuggle]

Mozart is crap.

Whatever may be wrong with Mozart's place in popular culture, he wrote some beautiful and moving music. I believe that you may have convinced yourself that he is crap, but that you have done so for ideological reasons.

I find nothing contradictory about enjoying and consuming The Beatles and Throbbing Gristle or Mozart and Elliott Carter.

[john_childs]

No, Mozart isn't a crap!!! Have you ever heard his symphonies?
Yes. And if you've heard one of his symphonies you've heard them all.

His music is boringly predictable. And that's my gripe with Mozart.

As an example. Back in college my roommate played a Mozart symphony CD that I had never heard before. I started humming along to it. He asked if I had heard that piece before since I was humming along with it. No. It's just that Mozart's music is predictable enough that you can hum along without ever having heard the music before. Boring. But still beautiful music to listen to.

[ivan]

Why shouldn't music be predictable? Plus, you might've heard that symphony before, you just didn't remember it. Happens to me with a lot of music. I know the melody, but have no idea where it's from and can hum along to the song. Doesn't mean that song is predictable. Or maybe you just think like Mozart.

Anyway, I stand by what I said. If you call Mozart crap, you're a little panzy.

[carmella]

If Mozart is so crap then go out and write a symphony that's better than his. And if you can't, then stop being such blabbermouth panzies.
A agree with you, you wrote this very good a it's true. Nobody can write such a wonderful symphonies...

[ivan]

A agree with you, you wrote this very good a it's true. Nobody can write such a wonderful symphonies...
I like you too. Is that your picture in the avatar?

[john_childs]

Anyway, I stand by what I said. If you call Mozart crap, you're a little panzy.
I'm no pansy. :p

[tobbogonist]

Why shouldn't music be predictable?

Your just scared of the unpredictability that is Jazz Funk.
sKabity do boop!
Ska Ska be do wup!
Your scared of its lack of bounderies.
Doop Dowap Ska!
Whats that over here! oh no its fast, its short now its long i cant take it.

[ivan]

I'm not scared of Jazz. All I'm saying is that just because you can guess a melody a few notes ahead it doesn't make the song any worse. That and that John is a pansy.

Personally, my two favourite composers are J.S.Bach and Isaac Albéniz. I'm not really into Mozart, except for a few pieces, but I certainly don't think he's crap(I'm no pansy). Haven't you heard: Mozart is the greatest metalhead ever!

Edit: Tom, that's a great performance, btw.

[carmella]

Is that your picture in the avatar?[/QUOTE]
No it isn't me in the avatar...I did this sport but now not...there is a famous gymnast in the avatar, not me:)

[Into the blue]

Edit: Tom, that's a great performance, btw.

Ivan, Tom's post will be made all the more clear in about a week.

[BillyTheMountain]

No, Mozart isn't a crap!!! Have you ever heard his symphonies?

Is that homophobia? Or something else?

I mean, many people feel angry at Mozart, as it was recently revealed she was actually a woman, and she cleverly hid this fact her whole career, because woman composers got little attention or respect at the time.

[BillyTheMountain]

Yes. And if you've heard one of his symphonies you've heard them all.

His music is boringly predictable. And that's my gripe with Mozart.

As an example. Back in college my roommate played a Mozart symphony CD that I had never heard before. I started humming along to it. He asked if I had heard that piece before since I was humming along with it. No. It's just that Mozart's music is predictable enough that you can hum along without ever having heard the music before. Boring. But still beautiful music to listen to.

Come ON, John. It's a littel late to jump on the "I've-ALWAYS-hated-Mozart" bandwagon.

I did not think you would abandon Mozart after the news of her womenhood was revealed.

Do not allow your anger at having been decieved all these years to cause you to turn against a wonderful composer, and try to be compassionate considering what she was up against during those times.

[mess14951]

weirdest band ever! :eek: The Residents, check out the album Duck Stab/Buster Glen or mark of the mole. really it doesnt matter what music of theres that you listen to, although some of their earlier stuff is really wacked out, cause its based fully on the theory of obscurity... anyways, check them out.

[ivan]

No it isn't me in the avatar...I did this sport but now not...there is a famous gymnast in the avatar, not me:)
Nice! This little girl that I know does gymnastics and she's really good. She's such a little girl.

And Mozart was never a woman. He was a wild jungle poodle.

Blue: looking forward!

[BillyTheMountain]

weirdest band ever! :eek: The Residents, check out the album Duck Stab/Buster Glen or mark of the mole. really it doesnt matter what music of theres that you listen to, although some of their earlier stuff is really wacked out, cause its based fully on the theory of obscurity... anyways, check them out.

And when I saw The Residents perform, another really good band opened for them--a Russian band named Zvuki Mu.

[JJtheunicycle]

I love rise rise against

[carmella]

Does somebody know a group called Union Youth? Or Summerset?

[carmella]

Nice! This little girl that I know does gymnastics and she's really good. She's such a little girl.

And Mozart was never a woman. He was a wild jungle poodle.

Blue: looking forward!
You know, every gymnast is very small and nice:) It's a great sport

[Poseidon]

Anybody ever heard of Streetlight Manifesto?

[ivan]

You know, every gymnast is very small and nice:) It's a great sport
Hmm, maybe I should sign up.

In other news, recently I realised that I'm pretty sick of classical/baroque music. I always used to like it, but I think that now I'm just tired of it. That's why I've been barely practicing my guitar. I tried playing some funk and really enjoyed that. I think I'll give classical music a brake. The only problem is, I've got my guitar exam in less than two weeks and I practice the pieces about once a week. I just can't make myself do it, I'm so tired of them. There is one Dowland piece that's really difficult and I never really liked it in the first place. It's a bit over half the final speed now and I don't practice it. Bollocks. I think I'm gonna get a crap grade because of this. And this is my final year, too. Oh well. Music is there to enjoy and groove to it, not to get a good grade in it. Yeah.

[carmella]

Hmm, maybe I should sign up.

In other news, recently I realised that I'm pretty sick of classical/baroque music. I always used to like it, but I think that now I'm just tired of it. That's why I've been barely practicing my guitar. I tried playing some funk and really enjoyed that. I think I'll give classical music a brake. The only problem is, I've got my guitar exam in less than two weeks and I practice the pieces about once a week. I just can't make myself do it, I'm so tired of them. There is one Dowland piece that's really difficult and I never really liked it in the first place. It's a bit over half the final speed now and I don't practice it. Bollocks. I think I'm gonna get a crap grade because of this. And this is my final year, too. Oh well. Music is there to enjoy and groove to it, not to get a good grade in it. Yeah.
Do you play the guitar Ivan :) ?

[tobbogonist]

I got thinking about this after reading the poetry thread, they where debating on whether poetry needed a meaning or a way it connected with the audience or not? well i say debating, it was more of an argument.

I was wondering what people thought about music that doesn't really have an obvious meaning and whether or not they enjoy it. i know Modest Mouse sing quite a few songs that really mean nothing to me what-so-ever but they are still up there as some of my favourite songs. The Eels also have some great little songs that dont really mean anything at all (to me) and i still have no idea what Ben Kweller is going on about in his song Sha Sha. But none of that matters, i still love the songs. I am not talking about Techno or heavy metal, where there is no words or the words are un-understandable. I mean real songs, that are not full of that miserable "girl doesn't love me anymore" Or the Hardcore "i kill peeps" or even the Feminist "i dont need men to love me" just good old fashioned singing about whatever.

I love these type of songs (Regina Spektor sings quite a few good ones) because it takes you out of reality for a moment. All the songs on the charts at the moment have sentiment and remind you of something either good or bad, that doesn't have a political msg, that isn't trying to influence you. Just something that sounds good.

They might be Giants are excellent at this, though i must add some of there songs just sound plain terrible :)

i dunno i could go on for ever and only go around in circles.. someone has got to relate to me :) hopefully.

[mill_mobile]

I know what your sayin Tom,
There is alot, and i mean alot of older stuff i listen to that means nothing to me, but i like it very much.
I think its just part of who you are, in my opinion the music people listen to tells you alot about who they are/they type of person they are.
Listening to stuff that means nothing to you is what draws you from the emotional/meaningful stuff that gets you thinking, it allows you to chill out.
Sorry if that didnt really make sense:)

[tobbogonist]

thanks Jono :) I kinda get you. But i mean more along the lines of nonsense, stuff that makse no sense. such as:
Modest Mouse
Both hassle men
Half like a joke
Trying to make another joke
Laugh, ha ha

Stasisity's what you brought
Like a rickshaw getting pulled around by another rickshaw
Rickshaw..

[ivan]

Do you play the guitar Ivan :) ?
Yes, classical. I used to play the electric, but stopped.

Tom, check out "Come Together" by The Beatles or Aerosmith. It's gotta be my favourite song with unexplainable lyrics.

[James_Potter]

I think Joni Mitchell is my new favorite.

[Goats_On_Unicycles]

I think Joni Mitchell is my new favorite.
+1

We are stardust, We are golden. We have got to get ourselves back in the garden.

[carmella]

Yes, classical. I used to play the electric, but stopped.

Super, me too. I'm playing classical guitar for 5 years...and what about you Ivan?

[ivan]

Super, me too. I'm playing classical guitar for 5 years...and what about you Ivan?
4 years. I'm having my grade 8 exam next week. My teacher was predicting a distinction, but now due to my complete lack of practice and sudden dislike of classical music, I'm gonna be aming for a pass.

This is what I don't like about music exams anyway. Music isn't about grades, it's about beauty. You can't rate that. I don't think I ever want to take another music exam in my life.

How come you stopped doing gymnastics? I still think that the girl in your avatar is you.