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Posted by Sean McKinnon (Member # 612) on 06-26-2001, 11:14 PM:

I was just wondering what kind of music everyone on the forum enjoys listening to. I prefer to listen to punk rock, and hardcore (hardcore=like punk but harder) My favorites bands are Blood For Blood, and Reach The Sky. I was just curious what you all listen to

Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 06-26-2001, 11:20 PM:

I really don't listen to much "radio music" or bands. Like Dwayne, I like soundtracks. Movie and videogame soundtracks. But I do have one stipulation: The music has to be good before I will like it. Usually people overlook the fact that music should be good before they like it

I do think bands like "The Offspring" suck and incredible amount of ass, though. And I am growing weary of techno. It sounds all the same (super fast fake drums with a few samples thrown in). Good techno is awesome, but it is really hard to do and it is very rare.

Posted by Sean McKinnon (Member # 612) on 06-26-2001, 11:27 PM:

Oh I forgot to say, O despise bands like Limp Bizcut and any commercial teenie bopper type of stuff. Soundtracks are cool. My favorite soundtrack is Waking Ned Devine (I'm Irish I love bagpipes

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Posted by Darryl Spicer (Member # 711) on 06-27-2001, 12:35 AM:

let's see now.

Metallica anything from black album back som newer stuff is ok
Megadeath
Korn
Ozzy Osbourne
Black Sabbath
Dio
Kiss seen em Five times
Ted Nugent
Aerosmith
Alice In Chains
Rush
Pink Floyd
Rage Against The Machine
Rob Zombie
Scorpions 80's stuff
Iron Maiden
and the list goes on

Do like other kinds of music besides the heavy stuff Just depends on the mood.

Posted by Dwayne Caldwell (Member # 417) on 06-27-2001, 12:44 AM:

Yeah, my music collection is predominately soundtracks. The music to most of those video games out there is also really cool, even better than some material from some of the movie score composers out there now. I have a few classical albums and some 80's rock and roll music. I love 80's stuff. Techno is cool, like Joe says, if it's done right. Otherwise it can be annoying. Heavy metal can be good for the circulation but I can't listen to some of the heavy metal out there or else I'll want to beat the hell out of everything I see. Some New Age is cool on occasion. I also like a good Celtic tune myself every now and then. And of course you just can't beat a good polka. That's why I own a lot of "Weird Al" Yankovic stuff too! "Weird Al" always puts a smile on my face if I'm not laughing my ass off.

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The man with the magic hands.

Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 06-27-2001, 01:00 AM:

Weird Al is fun. 80's stuff is cool as well. Forgot about that.

Posted by William Hooper (Member # 71) on 06-27-2001, 01:10 AM:

I listen to just about everything, except New Age.
I'm not knocking New Age, it obviously is making a significant connection to many people. But not me!

Today's music appreciation classic: "Big Legged Women" by Jerry Lee Lewis, excerpted at the CD Now web site (listen before you buy!)

CLICK HERE

(William-please edit your URLs per the FAQ-Brad)

Posted by Paul G. Thompson (Member # 655) on 06-27-2001, 01:14 AM:

Believe it or not, this old buzzard likes Pink Floyd. Also, Vangelis, and Synthesizer Greatest, along with soft rock, and oldies, and some Country as long it isn't snot slinging beer drinkin songs where you lost your dog, your house, your 4X4, your old flea-bag, (wife) and the rest of that crap.

Rap and Jazz - well, you can jam that stuff where the Good Lord intended for such things to be jammed.

Posted by Christopher Duvall (Member # 284) on 06-27-2001, 05:40 AM:

I happen to be a fan of Industrial, Gothic, Techno, Electronic music, or anything with big beats.

Ministry
NIN
Meat Beat Manifesto
Nitzer Ebb
Front 242
Chemlab
Skinny Puppy
Orbital
Fluke
Blue Man Group
Lords Of Acid
Eon
La Tour
KLF
Chemical Brothers
Consolidated
KMFDM
Sister Machine Gun
Beastie Boys
...and so forth. I also enjoy orchestrated scores such as Vangelis, John williams, Danny Elfman (especially Elfman), Horner (except Titanic). Lastly, I just New Wave 80's music. that is where I started to get my tastes now such as The Cure, Bauhaus, Sisters of Mercy, Love and Rockets, The Clash, Angent Orange, Devo...I can go forever so I will stop now.

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Chris Duvall
General Manager
Regal Cinemas Colonnade14
Las Vegas, NV

Posted by Bob Maar (Member # 763) on 06-27-2001, 07:47 AM:

Well, I guess to many of you out there in film-tech land I am about to show my true colors.

I grew up in the 40's and 50's and I still play most of the songs from that era. Early rock and roll, country music, Broadway show tunes. Irish and German Music,Classical Music from the Masters.

Elvis
Hank Williams
Hank Williams Jr.
Woody Guthrie
Kris Kristoferson
Vaugn Monroe
Johnny Ray
John Denver
Dean Martin
Perry Com
Frank Sinatra
Teresa Brewer
Doris Day
Rosemary Clooney
The Platters
The Del Vikings
The Cool Tones

Now everyone wants to know who the "Cool Tones" were. Well I was one of them and we existed from 1956 to 1959. We sang wherever we could and were similar to a barbershop quartet. This is how I made money while going to College.

Favorite Performer You can check her out at: http://www.saucysylvia.com

Posted by Betsie Beadling (Member # 591) on 06-27-2001, 08:09 AM:

Music i Listen to are

Smooth Jazz
Film Score Music
and Japanese Anime Music

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Posted by Scott Norwood (Member # 30) on 06-27-2001, 09:41 AM:

Movie Tunes! I listen to it all the time--at home and in my car. I think it's the greatest thing ever. I like to play it loudly in my car with the windows rolled down at the beach and watch beautiful scantily-clad women come rushing towards me, screaming "Ooooohhh! I love a guy who likes Movie Tunes!"

Actually, I don't.

I like pretty much everything. Classical. Rock. Alternative. Electronic. Punk. Jazz. Soundtracks. Etc. Rap and country don't do much for me, although I do have an album by "MC Solaar" who is a French rapper...it has amusement value, anyway. Most of the current "radio friendly" songs aren't very appealing to me. I used to be a really big Beatles fan until I had a roommate who was a bigger Beatles fan and insisted on listening exclusively to Beatles songs all day long....

Currently in CD player: Digger -- "Trainwreck." Currently on turntable: Potatomen -- "Now." Currently in tape player in car: "Lawrence of Arabia" soundtrack. Currently on floor of car: lots of stuff.

BTW, Sean, I'm actually familiar with Reach the Sky; I took these pictures at one of their shows this spring.

Posted by Bruce McGee (Member # 131) on 06-27-2001, 10:02 AM:

When I was a kid in the early '60's, I lived next door to a juke-box company owner. They gave me everything that came off the boxes around town. I still have about 5000 45's in decent shape, and not for sale.

My parents got me hooked on their music early-on. So, I LOVE Big Band recordings (Glenn Miller, Artie Shaw, Desi Arnaz, etc.)

Also have a major love for any theatre PIPE ORGAN recordings. I recently found both recordings that were made at the FOX Theatre in Atlanta.

I also love:

Rock and Roll (I have 4,500 LP's)
some Country (250)
Classical (1500)
Easy listening (120)
Polka (and that includes Lawrence Welk in his prime!) (25)
Soundtracks (130)
TV theme music (20)

The one I dislike is RAP or Hip-Hop. These guys playing this in their cars make my entire house rattle as they go by in the street. Why would I enjoy music that has an irritating voice bitching about any and everything??

Sorry if I ruffle any RAP feathers, but I just dont like it.

Posted by Paul G. Thompson (Member # 655) on 06-27-2001, 01:21 PM:

Being in a hurry when I added my 2 cents worth, I was not really specific. So, I'll add three cents.

Enigma, Enya, Vangelis, Marty Robbins, Johnny Cash, movie sound tracks, Harmonicats, Duane Eddie, Roy Orbison, Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen, Simon & Garfunkle, Abba, Neil Diamond, Heart, BTO, Chris Issac, Byron Adams, Michael Bolton, Pink Floyd, George Strait, Mantovani, Gordon Lightfoot, some classical music, a touch of Disco, Iggy Pop, Elton John, Eric Clapton, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, Fleetwood Mac, plus lot of the Rock and Roll stuff from the '50's. and some others, dating back to the '40's. (where does it stop?)

Unfortunately, some of the CD's I have of the above have only one good song, and the rest are worthless, with the exception of Enigma, Enya, and Vangelis.

Usually, the entire movie sound tracks are excellent.

Once in a while, I like to listen to low-key spiritual music, as it does help bring down the high blood pressure.

For some reason, I have to hold firm on Rap music. Probably because of the obnoxious language. Jazz music I never did like - maybe because some of the musical instruments look like restroom and bathroom fixtures.

Posted by Sean McKinnon (Member # 612) on 06-27-2001, 01:28 PM:

Scott thats awesome. Ive seen RTS too. Dropkick is definately another great band I should have mentioned before.

Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 06-27-2001, 01:29 PM:

Bob - assuming there is no current copyright (or you own it) send us a tape so we can make your music available for download here. Who knows, you might end up playing during intermission in theaters!

Posted by Evans A Criswell (Member # 381) on 06-27-2001, 02:29 PM:

My "favorite type of music" has slowly evolved over the years. Back in the 1980s, up until 1994, I mostly liked new "Top 40" music, and usually listened to new music more than anything, so up until then, I was primarily a 1980s and early 1990s music person. In 1994, a lot of new music came out that I didn't like and I started listening to a station that played 1960s to 1980s music primarily, and on Saturday nights, would play a 1950s and 1960s rock program. As I started buying 1950s and 1960s rock compilations that summer, 50s and 60s rock quickly became my favorite music type, and has been ever since.

I currently have approximately one third of everything that hit the Billboard Top 100 from 1955 to 1990 in my collection (from buying CDs, not by downloading by Napster), and like music from all decades. I find some of the very recent (April and on) Top 40 music to be damned annoying to listen to, although in the past few years, have liked quite a few songs. I am one of the few guys that likes the Backstreet Boys and NSYNC. I love 70s Disco. There is a lot from the 80s that I like. There are plenty of "classic rock" and "Southern rock" songs from the late 60s and 70s decade that I like too.

My music taste is probably more well-rounded than most people's. At least it seems that way when I have friends over. For any given friend, I have things in my collection that they will like, regardless of their age and music preference, and I'll have something they'll totally hate as well.

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Evans A Criswell
Huntsville-Decatur Movie Theatre Info Site

Posted by Bob Maar (Member # 763) on 06-27-2001, 02:50 PM:

I wish I had a tape of one of our shows. I do not and I don't believe that any of the other "Cool Tones" do. However Next time I am in Newport which will probably be in 3 or 4 weeks, I do perform with my two sons Rob (age 36) and Ed (age 23)on the Saucy Sylvia Show. She is 85 and does Friday and Saturday Nights for four hours at the Old Mug Lounge in the Hyatt Regency on Goat Island. She Starts at 9PM and goes non-stop til 1AM. We do anywhere from two to ten songs when we go on. I will ask my son Rob to do the taping.

Semper Fi

Posted by Rachel Carter (Member # 693) on 06-28-2001, 12:25 AM:

I pretty much like every type of music from Classical to Rap (including some country).

Some Cd's I own (In order of most listened to):

Destiny's Child - R&B
Garbage - Rock
Blood for Blood - Hardcore/Punk
U2 (80's and 90's) - Rock
The Monkeeeeeeeeeeees - Rock
The Beatles - Rock
A Chorus Line - Showtune
Coyote Ugly - Soundtrack
Led Zepplin - In a group of their own
Offspring - PunkRock ~ kinda
Tree - Hardcore
Anti-Heroes - Hardcore
Faith Hill - Country/Rock
Joe Cocker - SoftRock
Elton John - Rock

I really like a big variety, the only thing I don't like is Metal.

Posted by Mike Judge (Member # 558) on 06-28-2001, 12:47 PM:

I can stand most anything, I like rap, yet I also love Johnny Cash. Soundtracks don't do it for me, I just don't like compilation cds, when I listen, I want to hear everything that person did, not just their hit single, maybe I'm just kinda weird that way. But I will give you all a tip, you'll have to download it or else order it from England, but get some Group X, yes that's their name, the Arabian Rap Sensations. It's very good to turn on when you're around your friends, they'll be quite surprised and you'll look like a genius.

Posted by Ian Price (Member # 14) on 06-28-2001, 04:55 PM:

Although I like most kinds of music, (Rap isn't music) I am not that fond of Country. I am also bored by the insipid Classical music NPR plays just for filler every day. I don't need music to fill the quiet parts of my day.

But one genre of music I have been interested in of late is World Beat. I like to listen to pop music influenced by other cultures. I like variety and eclecticism. And as you can tell, I like throwing around $2 words.

So you can usually find me lurking in the Soundtrack and International sections of the music store.

I also like chics with guitars, especialy if there just a bit angry.

Posted by Will Kutler (Member # 770) on 06-28-2001, 07:49 PM:

Standards, Swing, Big Band, Show Tunes, Early Rock and Roll, some Country/Western ( not the tear in the beer crap, etc!), Political Satire like the Capitol Steps, Comedy like Spike Jones, Dr. Demento, WOLF MAN JACK RULED AND STILL RULES, Old Russian/German/Polish/Hungarian/Slavic/Jewish Music

Posted by Geoffrey Weiss (Member # 882) on 06-28-2001, 10:32 PM:

Does anybody else go primarily by artist rather than musical genre? A partial list in no particular order:

Alice Cooper
Led Zeppelin
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Danny Elfman (soundtracks & Oingo Boingo stuff)
Jerry Lee Lewis
Jimmy Vaughan (with and without Fabulous Thunderbirds)
J. S. Bach
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Igor Stravinsky
Koko Taylor
Bauhaus
Pink Floyd
Men at Work
Bela Fleck & the Flecktones (but only live)
Lonnie Brooks (ditto)
Supertramp
Debussy, Saint-Sans, & Mendelssohn piano compositions

Many more, but, if the artist is really good, I'll listen (except for Rap, which, I agree, isn't really music. In order to be music it would have to have melody in addition to rhythm.)

Posted by Paul G. Thompson (Member # 655) on 06-28-2001, 11:55 PM:

Since I am retired navy, the only "rap" sounds I like to here are the propellers cavitating (sp) on navy aircraft carriers or the Washington State Ferries. When the gas bubbles are slung against the hull and those bubbles explode, they have a nice beat to it.

When the navy carriers are running about 30 knots, the propeller vibration and cavitation is so strong it'll make your coffee cup bounce across the table.

200,000 horse power steam turbines turning a shaft of about 2 feet in diameter (or more) with an 18 foot diameter 5 bladed propellers (or bigger) at 180 RPM (or more) makes some nice vibrations and rhythms that with a "Coffee Royal" or two will make you fall right to sleep. You old sailors and grunts like Bob Maar know what I am talking about.

Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 06-29-2001, 01:37 AM:

Yo yo yo rap iz da phiggidy phat tight mad bomb yo! Don't be dissin me and my homies. We iz just az smart az U and rap speakz da truth. Word. Next time U hear rap coming from my tight low ride, itz jus b-cuz I'm about to do a drive by on yo ass! Peace out yo.

Posted by Sean McKinnon (Member # 612) on 06-29-2001, 01:57 AM:

Jigga! Dont be Frontin, yo!

Posted by Paul G. Thompson (Member # 655) on 06-29-2001, 04:52 AM:

CLANG! CLANG!...CLANG! CLANG!.....Grumpy,.....Arriving!

Jeeze, Sean, you are making me change my image of you.

I am surprised Josh didn't chime in yet. I know he does like some Enigma, but the rest of music he listens to remains a mystery.

CLANG! CLANG!...CLANG! CLANG!.....Grumpy,.....Departing!

(That's the way we did it in the US Navy.. )

Posted by Mike Judge (Member # 558) on 06-29-2001, 05:53 AM:

Awww, you guys have just never heard any good rap...Take Will Smith's Wild Wild West, he rhymes west with west! Brilliant!

Posted by Rachel Carter (Member # 693) on 06-29-2001, 09:53 AM:

Awwwww come on guys, although rap isn't my favorite type of music I do listen to it sometimes. Some rap is ok, it depends on what you're listening too and what you're in the mood for.

**Yes Geoffrey, as you can see from my list above on a past posting I go primarily by artist rather than musical genre like you.**

Posted by Bob Maar (Member # 763) on 06-29-2001, 10:22 AM:

I Hate Rap. It is

Don't you agree

Posted by Will Kutler (Member # 770) on 06-29-2001, 02:36 PM:

Rap is nothin but a jungle n' mess of test tones with voice overlays!

Posted by Sean M. Grimes (Member # 445) on 07-01-2001, 07:08 PM:

At this Very moment there are ten discs in My CD Player -

1. Jeff Buckley - Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk (rock)
2. The Tragically Hip - a various mix disc(rock)
3. Tom Waits - Blue Valentine (Damn he Tom Waits!!)
4. Pink Floyd - Animals (Prog. Rock)
5. Radiohead - The Bends (Modern Prog Rock)
6. Ben Folds Five - Self Titled Album (Rock)
7. Soul Coughing - Ruby Vroom (rock)
8. Peter Mulvey - Deep Blue (folk)
9. Ryan Adams (not Bryan Adams... yuck) Heartbreaker (alt. country)
10. Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life

Things do get a little out of focus in the past week I have also gone from Miles' Kinda Blue to Johnny Cash. Also really into Massive Attack well really into just about everything. Except for the I ran my dog over with my Ford F250 type o country. And the new instance of what they call "popular music" I would rather rip my eyeballs out then get down with N-Sync. eegahhddsss

Posted by Mike Judge (Member # 558) on 07-01-2001, 08:53 PM:

Sean! You must have the same cd collection I do!
Buckley is my favorite artist of all time, all time. He's simply amazing. I just saw Radiohead last weekend, amazing in concert, great venue too....

Posted by Sean M. Grimes (Member # 445) on 07-01-2001, 10:08 PM:

Mike,

Ahhh just got a full 90 minute Jeff boot from Germany. The quality and performance is great. I can point you in the direction if you want. Seeing Radiohead in Toronto next month. Cant wait. It is good to see some other people that are into Buckley. Allmost everyone that I know I have had to turn them on to.

Sean

Posted by Randy Stankey (Member # 64) on 07-02-2001, 01:35 AM:

Basically you could say I'm all over the map. I like a lot of varied styles. It's hard to say what I like the most. I can tell you what I hate... Hardcore rap and sappy-ass country!

Things I listen to most often:

What most people call "Classic Rock", I just call good tunes. Among the notable in my collection...
Led Zeppelin
Jethro Tull
Aerosmith
Yes
Steppenwolf
Rolling Stones
Beatles
Pink Floyd
Boston
David Bowie
Dire Straits
Supertramp
et. al.

Among the stranger bands I have are....
King Crimson
Kraftwerk
Adrian Belew

I enjoy some of that "cheezey 60's" or early 70's stuff like....
Tijuana Brass
Astrud Guilberto
Vince Guiraldi
(The cheezier the better! )

Jazz stuff...
Thelonus Monk
Sonny Rollins
Stan Getz
Dave Brubeck

Other unclassifiable stuff...
Frank Zappa
Bèla Fleck and the Fleck Tones

And, any kind of "Classical Thunder" types...
Carmina Burana (The Boston Symphony Orchestra version is the best.)
1812 Overture (Any version where REAL cannons are used.! )
Wagner
Holst
Beethoven
Mozart
...anything else played at high volume!

I usually get a CD and rip the tunes I like onto my computer and then burn CD-Rs for use on car trips. Radio stations are too variable except for select few that I pick up on my travels. When you are driving through the mountains you can forget about radio. CDs can save you from going crazy. (Or, in my case.... crazier!)

You will notice the conspicuous absence of just about all music recorded in the last 10 years, except for a few groups that have been around for a long time. The reason is simple:
Today, they don't play instruments... They turn them on and press the START button!

Posted by Gracia L. Babbidge (Member # 582) on 07-07-2001, 04:08 PM:

I saw this topic, and I couldn't resist. I am a music nut! And I do like variety. It is also my opinion that a lot of what gets played on the radio, and on MTV is pure :BS:!

Stuff I like listening to includes, but is not limited to:
*among specific artists*
~Enya
~Enigma
~Loreena McKennitt
~Milla Jovovich
~Dead Can Dance
~Led Zeppelin
~Queen
~Pink Floyd
~Aerosmith
~U2
~Bjork
~Tori Amos
~Annie Lennox
~Madonna
~Men At Work
~Ella Fitzgerald
~Louis Armstrong
~Billie Holiday
~Nat 'King' Cole
~They Might Be Giants
~Squirrel Nut Zippers
~Louis Prima & Keely Smith
~Rolling Stones
~the Who
~the Guess Who
~the Beatles
~UB40
~Gypsy Kings
~Billy Joel
~Harry Chapin
~Barenaked Ladies
~Cher
~Brian Setzer Orchestra
~Tom Petty
~Bush
~Tree
~Sam Black Church
~Nine Inch Nails
~Black Sabbath
~Iron Butterfly
~David Bowie
~Seal
~Moody Blues
~Guster
~Mermen
~the Doors
~Pearl Jam
~Frank Sinatra
~Santana
~Stone Temple Pilots
~Soundgarden
~Weezer
~Radiohead
~Beck
~Mozart
~Beethoven
~Orff
~Modeski, Martin & Wood
~Vivaldi
~J.S. Bach
~Shubert
~Moby
~Chopin
~Holst
~Handel
~P.D.Q. Bach
~Monty Python
~Tal Bachman
~the Mamas & the Papas
~Brian May
~Sinead O'Connor
*among musicals*
~Pippin
~Iolanthe
~Evita
~Les Miserables
~Chicago
~1776
~Martin Guerre
~Brigadoon
~Kismet
~Camelot
~Titanic
~Oliver
~Sweeney Todd
~A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum
~The Phantom Of The Opera
~Pirates of Penzance
~Princess Ida
~Into The Woods
*among movie soundtracks and/or film scores*
~Star Wars - A New Hope
~The Empire Strikes Back
~Return of the Jedi
~The Phantom Menace
~Jurassic Park
~Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade
~The Patriot
~The Piano
~Immortal Beloved
~Bram Stoker's Dracula
~The Last of the Mohicans
~The Man In The Iron Mask
~The Nightmare Before Christmas
~Moulin Rouge
~The Crow
~The Crow: City of Angels (score)
~William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet
~Pulp Fiction
~Natural Born Killers
~Interview With the Vampire
~The Gladiator
~The Labyrinth

…ok, I need to stop myself, or I will have a much longer list!

Fun Fact: Ian McFarland, bassist in 'Blood For Blood', attended the same high school as moi.

Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 07-07-2001, 05:48 PM:

Has anyone else noticed that rappers can't even come up with their own music? As I flip stations around the radio (because no station is worth listening for more than 2 minutes anymore), I hear a familiar song completely bastardized with rap lyrics and a THUMP, THUMP rap drum added to it for good measure.

"Rap" music is "CRap". Opera drives me nuts. Anything else I can take.

Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 07-07-2001, 07:08 PM:

Well you see, rap isn't music at all. Basically the rule is that if you have no talent but want to make lots of money and bust a cap in someone's ass if they don't give U your propz, then you go into rap.

Posted by Steve Guttag (Member # 268) on 07-07-2001, 08:13 PM:

Boy Brad did you hit the nail on the head...what is with these radio stations with the ULTRA short play-lists? Okay, even if you think that there isn't much good music coming out so the "top-ten" stations have limited selections to choose from what about the moldy oldie stations? They have litterally decades of music to choose from yet they seem to have the "best of the oldies play-lists". I just don't get it!

As to my favorite music...most will fall into the "classic rock" status with the best being.....

THE BEATLES

Then the rest, in no particular order...

Rolling Stones
Led Zepplin
Beach Boys (and I'm not ashamed to admit it!)
Jan & Dean (cuz to like either BB or J&D means you like the other)
Kraftwerk (saw that Randy!)
The Byrds (Roger Maquinn is my favorite guitarist and I can't even spell his name...I love the 12-string sound)

Smash Mouth
Madonna
A good bit of the MOTOWN label, including the Jackson 5
Pink Floyd (with Wauters)
Billy Joel
Cat Stevens (Have an unopened UHQR of Tea for the Tillerman)
CCR
Steve Miller
Johnny Lee Hooker (RIP)
Booker T and the MGs
James Brown
Jean Michael Jarre

I must admit, I don't "get" Jazz...too wild for me

Also on the classical front I am VERY picky...Pictures at Exhibtion
and a couple others...Mozart mostly but on the whole, Classical and RAP...both extremes I dont do much of.

Steve

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"Old projectionists never die, they just changeover!"

Posted by Randy Stankey (Member # 64) on 07-07-2001, 09:31 PM:

It depends on the "kind" of classical music...
A lot of it is just too deep for my tastes but, like I said, "Classical Thunder" types of music are great. It's fun to sit at a stop light next to a guy who thinks he's cool by blasting some hip-hop junk and pop in a rendition of the 1812 Overture. With even a half-decent car stereo, those cannons will blow away just about ANY "thump-thump" you can pump out with all but the biggest of rigs.

Then you just look over and give him that look that says, "What?... Don't you like classical?..." It's just one of those moments that can't be described unless you've been there

Posted by Jerry Chase (Member # 660) on 07-07-2001, 10:28 PM:

Randy, if you want to be really evil, get a recording of a steam locomotive doing a run-by at a grade crossing. I have one on tape that I keep for special occasions like heavy traffic. For fun, look for with someone in a convertable following you, then come to a full stop at an abandoned RR crossing and crank the puppy up.

What I want for Christmas is a steam chime whistle and a mother of an air tank for those times in traffic when a rapper pulls up beside me.

Posted by Bobby Henderson (Member # 840) on 07-08-2001, 03:29 AM:

Stuff that I play:

Well, lately I have been spinning some Patty Loveless CDs. So kill me that it is country music. She trounces Faith Hill and Shania Twain put together. Maybe I am biased. I have a bunch of her CDs. I watched her put on a really great live set Friday night on Fort Sill at the Polo Field (along with other country acts like John Michael Montgomery). Great Show. Her rendition of "Here I Am" literally had the tears welling up. Patty Loveless is the best female country singer alive --if not the best overall. There is just no substitute. That redheaded lady knows how to sing great and put on a great show.

And I am not really a country music fan either. I usually listen to very hard stuff. Some of the latest CDs I spin in my home theater system or at work include:

Static-X: Machine
Rammstein: Mutter
Fear Factory: Digimortal
Korn: Issues
Queens of the Stone Age: Rated R
Cold: 13 Ways to Bleed on Stage

There is a lot of other crap that I play as well. Nine Inch Nails and Marilyn Manson are staple items, as is stuff from Ministry, Alice In Chains, Tori Amos, Disturbed, Godsmack, Fiona Apple and a whole buttload of movie soundtrack albums.

Posted by Evans A Criswell (Member # 381) on 07-08-2001, 06:44 PM:

Amen, Brad,

Actually, it burns me up every time I hear a rap song whose background music is a familiar rock song from a former decade. Often, they actually remake a song and change the words. Remember the song "Angel of the Morning" by Merilee Rush? There is a version of that one out now that is quite different.

Bad rock remakes are bad, too. A couple of years ago, someone redid "Last Kiss" by J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers (1964). The new version invokes visions of someone singing while being dragged behind a car up the road. Why don't they just leave the old classics alone and come up with something new.

I didn't mind the song "A.M. Radio" by whoever did it, which used the background of "Mr. Big Stuff", since the song was talking about listening to such songs on the A.M. radio back in the 1970s.

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Huntsville-Decatur Movie Theatre Info Site

Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 07-08-2001, 07:06 PM:

That would be Everclear as the band responsible for the song "AM Radio".

Posted by Aaron Sisemore (Member # 145) on 07-08-2001, 07:34 PM:

and Pearl Jam doing the butchering of 'Last Kiss'...

My musical tastes are so widespread that it is difficult to classify ... You can pull random samplings out of my LP/cassette/MP3/CD/reel-to-reel/DAT collection and find ranges from ABBA to ZZ Top, Carpenters to Clapton, Streisand to Slade, 'Cats' to 'Hair', Joplin to Joplin [Scott to Janis], the lists go on infinitely. Being a mobile DJ at one time helped add to the collections and the flavors...

Aaron

Posted by Paul G. Thompson (Member # 655) on 07-08-2001, 10:56 PM:

Jerry, I have a run-by of the SP-4449 that I recorded about 5 years ago. Now, that would be neat to use that as you described.

Posted by Randy Stankey (Member # 64) on 07-08-2001, 11:10 PM:

There is ONE song that I heard as a remake that ALMOST sounded good: Killing Me Softly, redone by the Fugees. There was one thing that ruined it... that rickety-tick-tick drum track! Subtract that and it WOULD have been great.

Other remakes that make me PUKE... Madonna singing American Pie! There is ONE and ONLY ONE person who is allowed to sing that song! (Don McLean) It would be the same as if somebody tried to do a remake of Garden Party. If you aren't Ricky Nelson, there's no reason to be singing it!

Posted by Steve Scott (Member # 630) on 07-16-2001, 12:07 AM:

I like a lot of different stuff, that way I'm never too annoyed when I'm at a party.
My favorites are Kid Rock, The Who, Limp Bizkit, Blink 182, Frank Sinatra, Bon Jovi, Elvis, Green Day, Third Eye Blind, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, The Temptations...
I only like a few R&B tunes- Nelly's Must be the Money, Shaggy's Angel
I can take Rap for a while, only if each track sounds real different.
In terms of Country, well...Five minutes, after that I'll eat my ears off!

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Posted by Tal Marks (Member # 175) on 07-16-2001, 02:07 AM:

OK. After 4 pages of this I guess I'll throw in my 3.7 cents.

I listen to and create Electronic Music. I'm not talking about House, Trance, Techno,(ie. thump, thump, thump, thump-thump-thump) but something more satisfying... referred to these days as IDM (Intelligent Dance Music). I listen to bands under the label WARP (www.warprecords.com) and REPHLEX (www.rephlex.com). A couple of bands under those labels are:

Aphex Twin
Boards of Canada

Other bands that influence my writing are:

Lemonjelly
Meat Beat Manifesto
Blue States
Amon Tobin
Dead Can Dance
Bent
Squarepusher
Vangelis

I'll refrain from listing all of them for the sake of everyone in the forum, but if any of you are into similar or are making your own electronic music & would like to chat about it... email me!

talitronic@hotmail.com

L8R

Posted by William Hooper (Member # 71) on 07-16-2001, 02:12 AM:

quote:

I like a lot of different stuff, that way I'm never too annoyed when I'm at a party.
My favorites are Kid Rock, The Who, Limp Bizkit, Blink 182, Frank Sinatra, Bon Jovi, Elvis, Green Day, Third Eye Blind, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, The Temptations...
I only like a few R&B tunes- Nelly's Must be the Money, Shaggy's Angel
I can take Rap for a while, only if each track sounds real different.
In terms of Country, well...Five minutes, after that I'll eat my ears off!

I like all that stuff too, they're a lot of fun (but light on the Elvis, please). Country's a broad category, a lot of it is mighty plastic (Reba, anyone? Her stuff's not aging well.)

After always being a scotch & rocks guy, I think the first beer I truly enjoyed was with some friends around 1976 at about 1:30 in the morning when Jerry Lee Lewis was hosting & had to fill a last segment of "Midnight Special". He played Hank Williams "Cold, Cold Heart", just him & the piano, I got a beer, & it was the most righeous time in the whole damn world.

Posted by Steve Scott (Member # 630) on 07-16-2001, 03:26 PM:

What can I say?
I guess that if I have an experience like that some day, I'll probably settle down to different styles too!

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Posted by Mike Judge (Member # 558) on 07-17-2001, 08:28 PM:

Sean,

Sorry, I've been moving for the last couple weeks and the 'puter has
been packed up, everyone whom I've introduced to Buckley has loved him, hands down. I still can't get over Radiohead, amazing. What else is there to your collection? I'd be curious to see what else you have, I'm sure we have many of the same tastes....

Posted by Joe Grace (Member # 341) on 07-17-2001, 09:30 PM:

I was cruisin to work and on my way I heard a song that I thought was by America, I belive that it was Ventura Highway, and it is a darn good song. But All of a sudden I hear these girls come singing into the song with this R & B shit and I quickly turn it off and it ruined my day. That sorta stuff always ruines my day. Its kinda like when you are listening to the radio and this really good song comes on but they only play a couple seconds of it because its a comercial or something. Anyway here is some of the stuff I listen to:

Abba
Disturbed
Pappa Roach
Beatles
Holst
Beethoven
America
Smetana
James Taylor
The Temptations
UB40
Blink 182
George Thorougood (did I spell that right?)
Wynton Marsallis
Benny Goodman
Creed
George Harrison
Allan Parsons Project
Marvin Gaye
The Cars
Miles Davis
Neil Diamond
Victor Wooten
Frank Sinatra
The Who
Statler Brothers
Bob Seger
TONY BENNET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hadyn
Starship
Charles Mingus

Now thats a wide range of stuff, but still no rap crap.

Joe

Posted by Matthew Bailey (Member # 601) on 07-18-2001, 08:30 AM:

My ideal music I would want to hear get played in a movie theatre
is Native American Indian music including thier flute music,
Coyote Oldman-www.coyoteoldman.com-,Kevin Locke-Tokeya Inajin- www.kevinlocke.com,album fron Sacred Spirits entitled YEHA-NOHA
which stands for wishes of happiness and prosperity,
popular powwow-native american indian dance in other words-songs,
Front 242,Chuck Mangione-met him in person,have autographed CD-
Giorgio Moroder's Chase from Midnight Express soundtrack-send me a tape copy of that song-,Todd Rundgren-someone have a CD of
INITIATION they no longer need?,disco,technoand I don't know what else.

Posted by Mike Heenan (Member # 392) on 07-21-2001, 01:16 AM:

I used to be into Metallica till the black album, then after that, stopped listening to them (black album ruled). Still listen to GNR, Billy Idol, White Zombie, Danzing. But Ive got different tastes, Im into singers like Dean Martin, TOM JONES (anyone want to do a Carlton dance?), Sinatra of course. I like some of the disco songs, Madonna, Abba, etc, so Im all over the place musically. I dont like country, rap (crap, I know thats been done already).

Posted by Rachel Gilardi (Member # 4594) on 10-18-2001, 10:57 PM:

I liked this topic so much I thought I'd bring it back up by updating my list a little.

I forgot to mention one of my favorite singers, Billy Joel. I bought his newest release Billy Joel, Greatest Hits volume 1 and 2 and it is excellent.

I've also been getting back into the oldies my Pearl Jam and I can't leave out my favorite female singer, Gwen Stefani (No Doubt).

Posted by Freddie Dobbs (Member # 915) on 10-19-2001, 07:28 AM:

I'm not picky, you play it, I give a listen..

Posted by Ken Lackner (Member # 1002) on 10-19-2001, 12:01 PM:

I have one word for you: CREED!

Wait, I have two more words for you: The Cure.

OK, those are my favorites. Basically, I like any kind of rock, with my preference leaning toward alternative.

Other favorites:
Live
Metallica (have every album - they definitely kick some major ass; and yes, I like their new stuff just as much as their old),
Sister Hazel (huge fan)
Smash Mouth (stop laughing! BTW, I hate All Star )
Dave Mathews

The aren't too many songs that would cause me to change the channel if I'm listening to an alternative station. I also listen to "rock" stations. Many bands are played on both, and I don't understand the difference. Anyone care to enlighten me?

Oh, and I also like classic rock (I said I like pretty much any kind of rock.) Styx and Rush.

I, too, love soundtracks. My favorites are Disturbing Behavior (the SCORE, not the "soundtrack,") and The Truman Show. Can someone please tell me why albums that contain songs that aren't even in the movie ("inspired by") are referred to as soundtracks, and lots of times the score is hard to find? (I had to do a little digging to find Disturbing Behavior)

Posted by Ken Lackner (Member # 1002) on 10-19-2001, 01:11 PM:

Oh, yeah, I have to agree with Rechel - Gwen Stefani is pretty awesome. "South Side" rules

Speaking of female vocalists, Kate Peirson kicks ass! And how could I have forgotten to mention that The B-52's are one of my favs???? Sorry, don't know what I was thinking!

Posted by Dwayne Caldwell (Member # 417) on 10-19-2001, 01:13 PM:

The primary reason is money. The soundtrack (score) community isn't very large and most labels need to sell about 16,000 CDs just to break even when producing an album. The population of the score listeners out there is probably in the low thousands. There is also the cost of re-use fees (money paid to the union that in turn pays the orchestra players their salary) which can be about $30,000 or more pending on which orchestra you record the score with. Then some areas pay in increments of time which is why most scores are only about thirty or forty minutes long. Then the company spends about another $80,000 to press some 20,000 CDs and the whole project can easily cost about $100,000. For soundtracks in which mainstream bands play the music, the pressure to sell as many units isn't as high because the audience is in the millions usually.

Titanic sold about a million CDs mainly because of the Celine Dion song. Other orchestral scores may also feature one or two pop songs to help sell the soundtrack. Howard Shore's upcoming Lord of the Rings is supposed to feature two or three songs by Enya. Now there are expections of course to full length complete symphonic scores. Composers like John Williams, Danny Elfman, James Horner, and Thomas Newman usually do quite well when a score only album is released. But they have a pretty broad fan base. Whereas composers like David Newman, Craig Safan, John Debney, and Bruce Broughton only have a few scores released while several of their other projects are collectables in the forms of limited editions, promos, bootlegs and such.

Here are some of the best places to check for rare scores if that's your thing.
www.intrada.com
Click on Enter the Store and you can select the catalog by composer or title. www.supercollector.com
Click on Store then scroll down to the soundtracks link. www.screenarchives.com

Hope that's helps answer you're question, Ken.

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Posted by Trevor Bailey (Member # 75) on 10-19-2001, 01:28 PM:

I must have missed this topic the first time around. But now, I'll throw down...

Rush..."the thinking man's rock band"

For me, they are three very talented musicians. It's very interesting to listen to their music evolve over the years. And although there are a lot of "classic Rush" snobs, I enjoy music from all of their different "moods". I thought Geddy Lee's solo project was very good and I am looking forward to the stuff they are recording now.

Other music I listen to by artist...and certainly not all inclusive...in no particular order:

Yes
Chris Cornell/Days of the New/Tantric stuff
George Winston
Live
Big Head Todd and the Monsters
Grant Lee Buffalo
Toad the Wet Sprocket (hahaha)
STP
The Smiths
New Order
The The
James Taylor
Vertical Horizon
Enya
John Williams
Robbie Robertson
Van Halen (what can I say...I grew up with it and can't break the habit...but I can't listen to the newer stuff)
Talk Talk
REM (older stuff)
U2 (older stuff)
Disney (theme park background music...not hi-ho/small world stuff...I'm talking about Peter Buffett, Matt Orkin, and music from Illuminations: ROE)
Dream Theater

I also like selected pieces from:
Alice in Chains
Dave Matthews
Catherine Wheel
Eve 6
Matchbox 20
The Church
The Cult
Smashing Pumpkins
Aimee Mann
Neil Finn
Off Kilter

I can take most other music except Rap (seeing the other posts, I'm not alone here), techno-dance drone, and country (shot my dawg/wife/pickup).

Posted by Ken Lackner (Member # 1002) on 10-19-2001, 01:29 PM:

Dwane, that certainly does ad insight. I bought the Disturbing Behavior score because I love Mark Snow.

Oh yeah, forgot to mention The Fifth Element score by Eric Serra. Totally kicks ass. Also has a song on it that was used in the closing credits. Does anyone know anything about the band that did that song? I love the song, and I'd love to get more of their stuff. The song is called Little Light of Love.

Posted by Brad Haven (Member # 954) on 10-25-2001, 07:46 AM:

some of the cd's that i'm listening to at the moment are
catpower - moonpix
before night falls - soundtrack
the best of nick cave and the seeds
roots manuva
i love electronic music , jazz and anything that grooves!

Posted by Geoffrey Weiss (Member # 882) on 10-25-2001, 04:33 PM:

Perhaps this should be another topic, but I'm interested in people's recommendations on stuff that's coming out now. I'll listen to anything that's well-played, but too many CDs come out for me to really know what to buy if I'm not already a fan of the artist. And the radio is no help on anything but the biggest names. Usually more obscure (relatively) artists like Richard Thompson or Squirrel Nut Zippers are better anyway. Alice Cooper just released a new album of heavy metal that's really good, and I'd like to be able to recommend it to people. I'd also like to hear what I should be listening to if I want to be young and hip (No, wait. Too late.). Any suggestions?

Posted by Josh Jones (Member # 447) on 11-02-2001, 05:35 PM:

I like a wide variety of stuff ranging from Metallica to David Brubeck. some other I enjoy....

DC Talk
Live
Survivor
Rush
Ozzy Ozbourne
Cake
Incubis
Tool
Alice in Chains
Bush
Pink Floyd
Rage Against The Machine
Enya
Wierd Al
Anime Soundtracks
Aurora
Daft Punk
Gorillaz
Creed
Foreigner
Aerosmith
Linkin Park(good pre-race music)
Fuel
Green Day
Jamiroquai
P.O.D.
Sum 41
Rush
Switchfoot
Tonic
They Might Be Giants
The list is about 5 pages long, maybe later

Josh

Posted by German Marin (Member # 918) on 11-05-2001, 01:05 AM:

The

owners of cinemas' chain where i work just wanna get more money, then they punish customers

with a CD recorded from a FM radio. All the day the poor costumers hears a man speaking about FM programs and they only can get a little bit of a song...i've had that CD for six months! since the theater was opened. i think if i take out the CD from CD player, it'll continue playing it!!
I wish i could also play all those great songs which u play all the time.

Posted by Daniel Boisson (Member # 1027) on 11-05-2001, 12:40 PM:

pretty much everything except teenie bopper groups.

i love most all rock, especially 80s and older..Metallica,U2, Aerosmith...

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Posted by Joseph Pandolfi (Member # 223) on 11-05-2001, 08:31 PM:

Well here is my chance to plug in my radio station. I have been on the air since August 2000 playing music from the 50's to the 90's. I also specialize in one hit wonders, extended versions and songs that you longer hear anymore on the radio.

www.live365.com/stations/133027

Posted by Ken Lackner (Member # 1002) on 01-15-2002, 07:55 PM:

There is a question I have had for a long time that has really been bugging me. I hope someone can help.

What is the difference between "Rock" and "Alternative?"

Zeta (WZTA) in Miami is a Rock station. They play bands like Tool, Creed, Guns n Roses, Korn, Limp Bizkit, Rage, Linkin Park, Ozzy, Rob Zombie, Aerosmith, NIN, Smashing Pumpkins, Motley Crue, and of course Metallica, just to name a few. As you can see, it is a nice mix of new and old. A lot of the old you would even find on your "Classic Rock" stations.

When I moved across the state to Fort Myers, the only station close to Zeta was 99X (WJBX), which is an Alternative station. They often use the term "new rock alternative," and in fact their full name is New Rock 99X. They play a lot of what Zeta plays -- Smashing Pumpkins, Limp Bizkit, Creed, Rage, Korn, NIN, and Metallica. But they also blay bands like Third Eye Blind, Matchbox 20, Counting Crows, etc.... One day I called them and asked if they could play Paradise City, and they said they don't play Guns n Roses because they are not considered Alternative. Well what the heck makes Metallica Alternative? (I always thought Metallica and Guns n Roses were the same format: heavy metal.) I guess basically what I'm getting at is, why do you find some bands only on Alternative stations, others only on Rock stations, and others on both? I don't get it.

Now I live near Orlando, and the Rock station WJRR just changed to alternative. Bye bye Aerosmith. Bye bye Guns n Roses. Bye bye Ozzy. Hello Jimmy Eat World. Hello Hoobastank. Etc... Yes, I love Alternative, but I like Rock also. Now we have 2 Alternative stations (we already had one) and no Rock stations.

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Posted by Darryl Spicer (Member # 711) on 01-15-2002, 11:13 PM:

speaking of Ozzy and Zombie. I saw the Merry Mayhem tour this past year and it kicked major butt...Ozzy, Rob Zombie, Mudvayne, and Soil.

Posted by Steve Guttag (Member # 268) on 01-15-2002, 11:18 PM:

Anyone here heard/seen Paul McCartney's CD "RUN DEVIL RUN" ?

If you like good old 50s R&B it is a fantasic CD. For you people that remember records, the CD is a real hoot. It was silk screened to look like a "45" with the old Capitol purple label. And where the RPM label goes, instead of "45 RPM" it says "1500 RPM"

I can't remember that last time I enjoyed a new record so much...and the liner notes are lengthy...I can't believe I didn't hear about the CD before now...it came out in 1999.

Steve

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Posted by James R. Hammonds, Jr (Member # 673) on 01-15-2002, 11:47 PM:

Theres no such thingt as alternative these days.
Nothing that sounds like everything else can really be Alternative just because its not glam rock.

Posted by Jesse Skeen (Member # 586) on 01-16-2002, 01:41 PM:

The term "Alternative" was originally used at non-commercials university and community radio stations (like KDVS in Davis, where I had a weekly show more than 10 years ago.) Commercial radio eventually stole that term; admittedly it was a bit more daring than other stuff on commercial radio at the time but now it's become too commercialized for its own good.
BTW I've finally found a reason to get a satellite dish- there's a channel called "Beautiful Instrumentals", playing Muzak-type stuff that's been off the air for far too long. Yes, I do have a very sick mind

Posted by Brad Haven (Member # 954) on 09-04-2002, 11:47 AM:

Thought i would bump this one up as my tastes are always changing and hopefully others are to?
I've been inspired by the O'Brother where art thou soundtrack and have been listening to alot of old country and bluegrass and some new alternative country as well and have taken a particular liking to gillian welch (now playing on my computer).
Old gospel has been in my head for a while and have finally found some decent releases, mainly compilations, just bought American primitive vol 1 (pre war gospel 1926-36).
i've been flogging my old Gene Crupa cd (his own big band),almost worn out!
I bought Beth Orton's new cd which has really grown on me!
Recently purchased and enjoyed HERBERT'S Second hand sound's and just bought (and now regretting) Blue States (nothing changes under the sun).

Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 09-05-2002, 12:28 AM:

Yeah, I missed this one. Here's some of my mp3's, fwiw. A few are soundtracks. I'd be willing to bet there's not a odder mix (Sinatra, on the same list with somebody called Elvis Hitler?!).

Bee Gees
Barbra Streisand
Barry Manilow
Bernard Herrmann
Boston
Buck Owens
Elton John
The Casinos
Dean Martin (ain't that a kick in the head?)
Frank Sinatra
Nancy Sinatra
Sammy Davis, Jr.
ELO (Turn to Stone - ah, yes!)
Forrester Sisters
James Brown
Jefferson Starship
Jeannie C. Riley (betcha can't guess which song THAT is)
Jennifer Warnes
Jerry Reed
Kansas
Olivia Newton John
Paolo Conte
Ralph Stanley
Elvis Hitler
Philip Glass
Pink Floyd
Roy Rogers
Gene Autry
Wilson Phillips
The Mamas and the Papas
Maurice Jarre (Lawrence of Arabia)

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Posted by Jennifer Osborne (Member # 1220) on 09-05-2002, 02:26 AM:

I have a wide range of musical tastes, but it all starts back again with The Beatles. . .They are absolutesly no doubt the greatest band in the world (in my opinion that is). . . as for the other end of the spectrum? ? ?

Excuse me while I place The White Album next to The Eminem Show. . .

Boom, Boom, Boom. . . you hear that? I like that too.

Posted by Gracia L. Babbidge (Member # 582) on 09-05-2002, 02:47 AM:

...to further expound...

I've recently discovered how much my ears are liking:
~Aimee Mann
~Dave Matthews Band
~Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
~Phish
~Strangefolk
~Victor Wooten
*soundtrack that really grabbed me*
~Requiem For A Dream

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Posted by David Rigby (Member # 1301) on 09-05-2002, 03:08 AM:

...and to drone on even further

NoMeansNo
Victims Family
Coil
Current 93
Dr John
Captain Beefheart
Afghan Whigs
Antony and the Johnsons

blah blah blah.... !

Posted by Paul G. Thompson (Member # 655) on 09-05-2002, 03:16 AM:

Does anyone have a 10 gauge shotgun I could borrow to turn off the 1,000,000,000,000,000,000-Watt subwoofers in those little red Honda Civic automobiles that seem to specialize in playing potty-mouth RAP?

Or, any RAP for that matter....

I would sooner listen to a cow that has a bad case of gas....

Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 09-05-2002, 03:37 AM:

How humorous Paul that the picture that turned up with your anti-RAP post was the one with your cap on backwards.

Posted by Mike Schindler (Member # 1309) on 09-05-2002, 04:36 AM:

My favorite artists (at the moment) and their best work:

The Beatles; Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Nirvana; Nevermind
Queen; A Night at the Opera
Aimee Mann; Magnolia
Beck; Odelay
Radiohead; Kid A
Gershwin; Rhapsody in Blue
Fiona Apple; When the Pawn...
Garbage; Version 2.0
Jon Brion; Meaningless

Posted by James R. Hammonds, Jr (Member # 673) on 09-05-2002, 12:45 PM:

One day I will finally get around to posting here.

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AOL: Dexter Caldwell
yahoo!: dexter_caldwell

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Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 09-05-2002, 06:47 PM:

[Semi-duplicate posted edited out.]

[ 08-26-2003, 01:18 PM: Message edited by: Mike Blakesley ]

Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 09-05-2002, 06:53 PM:

I like just about anything except rap, opera, death metal, industrial noise, whiney country and the Dixie Chicks. (Jeeez, they are annoying...anyone who can do that much damage to Fleetwood Mac's "Landslide" oughta have their microphone cords cut).

I think almost all of my favorites have been listed except one:

Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 (or '77). The album "Primal Roots" is a masterpiece, way ahead of its time.

Was also surprised to see someone list Talk Talk, another favorite of mine. Ditto, the Alan Parsons Project. And, Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass.

Posted by William Hooper (Member # 71) on 08-26-2003, 02:10 AM:

Last week, I visited several department & home furnishing stores, mall-based & free-standing, looking for a wooden ironing board to modify for use as an A/V stand.

I am about to BARF oldies. Oldies in the mall muzak, oldies in the store muzak, walk from the oldies in the store out into the oldies in the mall, oldies in the shopping center stores. Who are these people that can listen to the same songs OVER & OVER FOR TWENTY YEARS?

It's all that female 25-54 target demo stuff, for the shopping demo, but DAMN.

HAVEN'T YOU GOT HOTEL CALIFORNIA & TRUE BY SPANDAU BALLET MEMORIZED BY NOW?

To be fair, I'm listening to radio wazee & Cake has come on, & I can't help but think that their picking up a brief case of food poisoning at Captain D's might make them more rounded & me happier.

Posted by Bruce McGee (Member # 131) on 08-26-2003, 07:12 AM:

I found a Tennessee Ernie Ford spiritual album at the Salvation Army yesterday. The man could really sing, and the back-up singers could really belt it out. It's a keeper.

One of the people at work just loves rap. When I asked what they are mad about in the 'music,' he just laughed and told me that I am too old to understand. I hate rap even more now. [Mad]

Posted by Rachel Gilardi (Member # 1016) on 08-26-2003, 11:07 AM:

It's generation gaps...my grandmother hates rock n' roll while my mother loves and and grew up on it. My mother hates hip hop/rap dance music while thats what I grew up on! [Smile]

While I will admit my choice in music has changed over the years, it tends (not always!) to be an age thing.

Me and Don get along pretty good with music but everynight he puts on that damn 80's music channel and drives me nuts! I was only a baby when that stuff came out...

Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 08-26-2003, 11:59 AM:

quote:
I asked what they are mad about in the 'music,'

Yeah, and what gets me is they're always pointing when they talk, like what they have to say is of grave importance.
[Roll Eyes]

Posted by Gracia L. Babbidge (Member # 582) on 08-26-2003, 02:29 PM:

ahhh... 80's music... fun stuff, just not all the time. Rachel - I'm not that much older than you, but maybe that wee bit alters my recollection & appreciation... hmm

More random music that I give a big [thumbsup]

~Bela Fleck & the Flecktones
~Tim Reynolds
~the Swingle Singers
~Rockapella
~virtually any well rehearsed/trained a capella ensemble

Posted by Andrew McCrea (Member # 674) on 08-26-2003, 04:26 PM:

Well, I guess I'll jump into this one... I enjoy all sorts of music.

My favourites:
-No Doubt. Definitely No Doubt is my favourite. My favourite albums were Tragic Kingdom and Rock Steady.
-The White Stripes. Just got into them. I bought Elephant.. I Wander where it went?
-Marilyn Manson. Ok.. Spare me the critisism... I like his music and mostly everyone I talk to doesn't mind his Tainted Love rendition.
-Bif Naked... From Winnipeg! [Big Grin]

Well, thats what I listen to most often.

Posted by Manny Knowles (Member # 1171) on 08-26-2003, 05:26 PM:

Somehow, I thought I had already posted in this thread... [Confused]

I like just about everything on Steve Guttag's list...yaaay Steve!

But while I enjoy The Beatles, I'm not one of those fans who can tell you lots of trivia about them and their songs. Love the sound of The Beach Boys and it's so true that Jan & Dean have the same sound. Motown rocks huge and I'm a sucker for "good time oldies." When I lived in Los Angeles my favorite station was KRTH 101; nothin' but oldies.

Perhaps my next fave station would have been STAR 98.7 which played 80's and 90's pop including DiVinyls singing "I Touch Myself" or Jewel singing "Foolish Games" and everything in between.

Today I find myself listening to a lot of Coldplay and Radiohead.

I'm a huge fan of Elton John's work. The "Live in Australia with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra" album is full of dramatic renditions of some of his best work. Not part of that concert, but among my favorites would be:

Chameleon
Roy Rogers
Someone Saved My Life Tonight
Levon

...and, gee, too many others to list really...

I like a lot of Billy Joel's older stuff, too. Interesting that -- like Sir Elton -- Billy also has a "Live" album ("Songs in the Attic") that I still play over and over. On that album, I really like "Miami 2017" and "I've Loved These Days."

Pink Floyd. In particular: "Dark Side of the Moon" and "The Wall" (entire albums). Roger Waters' album "Amused to Death" is also good all the way through.

And then there's The Eagles. Sheesh! Where to begin? "Hotel California" and "New Kid In Town" are well-known and I think I'm old enough to remember when they were new...Yikes! And then there's "Desperado" and a lesser-known gem of theirs called "The Last Resort."

And since we've gone there with Country music I might as well come out of the closet and admit that I dig a lot of John Denver's stuff from the 1970s. In addition, I have a fondness for folk music, too. "What Have They Done to the Rain?" is one of my favorites.

And, while I'm busy coming out...Madonna, Madonna, Madonna. Bette Midler, Bette Midler, Bette Midler.

Some good mood music -- Seal, Enigma and Dead Can Dance.

I used to be a real collector of movie soundtracks but lately I haven't been hearing that many original scores that impress me. Some of my favorite scores are:

SOMEWHERE IN TIME
SUPERMAN: THE MOVIE
STAR WARS and THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL
THE MISSION
STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN

Just to name a few.

And then, of course, we have Show Tunes (aka Musical Theatre). My favorites are:

JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR (Heaven On Their Minds, Pilate's Dream, Gethsemane & Superstar)
MISS SAIGON (Bui-Doi & Why God?)
CATS (Old Dueteronomy, Memory & Macavity The Mystery Cat)
COMPANY (Not Getting Married, The Ladies Who Lunch & Being Alive)
LES MISERABLES (Bring Him Home & I Dreamed A Dream)
PIPPIN (Corner of the Sky & With You)
CABARET (Wilkommen, Don't Tell Mama, Two Ladies, Perfectly Marvelous, Maybe This Time & Cabaret)
CHICAGO (All That Jazz, Razzle Dazzle, Class & Nowadays)

I listen to a lot of classical music but I'm not really a collector and I'm not very good at recognizing pieces of music and coming up with the correct name or composer. I just know the tunes. Having said that, however, I am very familiar with Handel's "Messiah" and Mozart's "Requiem in D Minor" so I guess I'm not totally a lost cause.

There is some rap that I can get into: Eminem (Criminal, Kill You, Stan, The Real Slim Shady), Bubba Sparx (Ugly), Missy Elliot (Get Your Freak On), Mystikal (Shake Your Ass), Nelly (Hot in Here), Trick Daddy (I'm a Thug) and, last but not least...Tone Loc (Funky Cold Medina).

Posted by Sean M. Grimes (Member # 445) on 08-27-2003, 02:15 AM:

It's been quite a while since I've plugged into this thread. Newer listenings -

Jeff Buckley (still and always)

Pooka (obscure English band, hard to find f'in amazing!)

Peter Mulvey (singer-songwriter, plays alot around the the us and Britain)

Mars Volta (anyone who likes early Yes progressive should check them out)

Wilco (Especially Yankee Foxtrot Hotel great great album little rock a little alt-country)

and lot's and lot's of local and regional music. That list is a long one!

Posted by William Hooper (Member # 71) on 08-27-2003, 02:21 AM:

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Yeah, and what gets me is they're always pointing when they talk, like what they have to say is of grave importance

I remember in the 80s when NWA was blasting out & someone asked why people listen to rap music, & why it's so important to them; some girl said "Rap music is black people's TV."

I think it used to be a sort of news channel, but it really has just become escapism. It's all first person boast & unreality to which the guys in the cars are nodding their heads & personally identifying "that's me, that's me", when their lives really aren't even beginning to be the high drama lives that the songs are describing. It occurred to me that rap music's morphing into just a vicarious pseudo-identity for its listeners has made it almost exactly like country music has become - if you've ever seen a pasty office worker at karaoke night singing "I Guess That's Just the Cowboy in Me." How do you keep from laughing?

quote:
~the Swingle Singers

Pat & Ira still are active here in Mobile, Ward went all Paris-expat artiste!

Posted by Chris Hipp (Member # 1788) on 08-28-2003, 10:14 AM:

I listen to anything that sounds good. I could care less what type of music it is or who sings it or if it is fake produced stuff.

Maybe we should stop opening new topics, just use the old ones. Noone seems to ever notice.

Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 08-28-2003, 01:37 PM:

Manny, you still ain't country, bro! John Denver was Adult Contemporary (A/C). [Wink]

(The Dixie Chicks ain't country, neither, in case anyone's wondering.) Loretta Lynn, Stonewall Jackson, Porter Wagoner, Red Foley... THAT'S country!

More adds for me: Classical... Debussy (Clair de Lune, Arabesque - hauntingly beautiful!)

Posted by Jesse August (Member # 1798) on 08-28-2003, 07:13 PM:

Where are the deadheads out there. I went to a Dead show earlier this month in Somerset Wi.and they still rock even without Jerry Garcia. Some other band I like are Los Lobos, The Radiators, Butthole Surfers, Burning Spear, Doc Watson, Phish. This is just a small cross section of my favorite bands. jesse

Posted by System Notices (Member # 2357) on 11-01-2004, 02:42 AM:

It has been 430 days since the last post.

Posted by William Hooper (Member # 71) on 11-01-2004, 02:42 AM:

This remake of Pulp's "Common People" that Ben Folds put together with William Shatner & Joe Jackson has got smoke coming out of it!

http://www.nme.com/features/110018.htm

Posted by Mike Olpin (Member # 1115) on 11-01-2004, 02:57 AM:

I LOVE Ben Folds.

Did you hear the other collaboration he did with Shatner? It's called "In Love" from the album "Fear of Pop".

Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 11-01-2004, 12:32 PM:

Coldplay
Switchfoot
Something Corporate
Modest Mouse
U2
Pete Yorn
Ben Lee
Ben Kweller
Third Eye Blind
Sondre Lerche
Weezer
Jason Mraz
Damien Rice
Audio Adrenaline
Jimmy Eat World
Jars of Clay
Frou Frou
Michelle Branch
Bright Eyes
Hot Hot Heat
The Thrills
Kings of Convenience
Keane
Everclear

Posted by Jeremy Fuentes (Member # 2135) on 11-01-2004, 12:38 PM:

I think I'm the oddball here. I listen to rap and country and that seems to be the most hated music here. I also like some Metallica. But rap lately has really been crap. With the exception of a few artists like Jay-Z and Eminem, the rest is just stupid.

Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 11-01-2004, 12:40 PM:

"50 Cent" is my hero [thumbsup]

Posted by Greg Davis (Member # 2687) on 11-01-2004, 02:22 PM:

Irish pub songs, i.e. Dan Foley, Ian MGregor, etc.

Kansas
Eagles
Bon Jovi
Stones (limited mostly to 40 licks)
Aerosmith
Guns n Roses
Iron Maiden
Judas Priest
A Perfect Circle
Derks Bentley
Stevie Wonder

Oh yeah and America Kicks major ass.

Posted by John Lasher (Member # 968) on 11-01-2004, 04:50 PM:

W.A.Mozart[/i]
J.S.Bach[/i]
Omieghen Bach (thank you ladies and gentlemen, drive safely)
L.V.Beethoven
J.Brahms
John Rutter
Rene Clausen
Randy Edelman
Wendy (formerly Walter) Carlos
John Denver
Barry Manilow
Garth Brooks
Kenny Rogers
Trooper

Posted by Brian Michael Weidemann (Member # 2243) on 11-01-2004, 10:01 PM:

In no particular order:
Van Halen, Fleetwood Mac, Nirvana, Eric Johnson, Mark Knopfler, Dire Straits, Barenaked Ladies, Guster, Tom Petty, They Might Be Giants, Tom Scholz, Boston, Rush, 10,000 Maniacs, Collective Soul, Chip Davis, Mannheim Steamroller, Danny Elfman, Oingo Boingo, “Weird Al” Yankovic, Tori Amos, Kristin Hersh, Spinal Tap, Fountains Of Wayne, The Jayhawks, Eve 6, Ludwig van Beethoven, Fisher, Blues Traveler, The Beatles, John Mellencamp, Joe Satriani, Tenacious D ...

Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 11-01-2004, 11:12 PM:

My tastes vary wildly according to the mood I'm in.

Some of the older/offbeat stuff I like is: Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66, Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, Quincy Jones, Talk Talk, Inspiral Carpets, George Winston, Burt Bacharach (his own records, not necessarily the songs recorded by other artists). I also like to collect CDs of "The Jack Benny Program" (old time radio show, for you youngsters).

Mainstream stuff: Pretty much all 70s rock, although I get irritated that the same songs get all the glory all the time. Hey, oldies radio people: Bachman Turner Overdrive had a lot of great songs, so STOP PLAYING "TAKIN' CARE OF BUSINESS" ALREADY and PLAY SOMETHING ELSE, like "Not Fragile" or "Gimme Your Money Please" or "Hold Back the Water"!

Fleetwood Mac was my favorite group in my growing up years. "Go Your Own Way" was one of the greatest single records of all time, in my book. They probably still would be my favorite, if they had Christine McVie in the ranks. Without her, they're about half as good. Also: Boston, Steve Miller, all that kind of stuff.

Soul music is another favorite when I'm in the mood. Probably my favorite black singer is Stevie Wonder, although I like Ray Charles too -- he was the epitome of cool. I like some of the great disco tunes too; some of that music was great and there's no denying it. O'Jays, Tavares, Bee Gees, Trammps ("Disco Inferno," a better groove than any dance music made today), KC & the Sunshine Band, Donna Summer, and others.

I like many of the records produced and written by Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter. They were known mostly as producers, and writers, and had a lot of hits, mostly with the Four Tops and the Grass Roots. They had a style and sound all their own.

I like quite a bit of progressive rock. Alan Parsons, Pink Floyd, Rush, Kansas, that kind of thing. And mellow stuff: America, the Eagles, Walter Egan, Kate Bush.

Newer: I like Coldplay a lot. Their "Rush of Blood" album is excellent. And I tend to like a lot of the new rock bands...Green Day, some Limp Bizkit, Seether, and so on. Basically if it's got a good beat and a melody, I'm in. Ben Folds is good. I like Elvis Costello. The album he did with Burt Bacharach ("Painted from Memory") is amazing. The new Duran Duran single (Sunrise) is excellent.

I like Metallica's more melodic stuff like "Enter Sandman." I know, that was their sellout style, but I don't care. Like I said...good beat, melody. That speed metal stuff does nothing for me.

My favorite guitar player is Carlos Santana, but his newer material can't compare to the first five or six Santana albums. Compared to him, Eddie Van Halen is just a showoff. All chops, no soul. I also like Chet Atkins sometimes, but he was maybe a little TOO mellow for me.

My favorite "rock singer" is probably still Elton John. Some of those singles of his will live forever, and he is still making great music today.

I don't mind the occasional rap, but I honestly cannot understand the big deal about Eminem. His stuff all sounds the same to me. Why he is the king of hip hop will forever be a mystery to me. I really like some of Outkast's stuff also.

I have an XM radio and listen a lot to Channel 22, "The Mix." People who say there is no good music being made today should get an XM and check that channel out. It will open your eyes, big time.

Posted by Randy Stankey (Member # 64) on 12-02-2004, 12:58 AM:

THIS POST got me thinking about the music I've been listening to, lately.

I've been O.D.ing on Bill Frisell lately.

I just got the final schedule for the shows we are doing this spring. We'll be having Bill Frisell and the Unspeakable Orchestra on our stage this coming May. I got the promo CD out and started listening to it. After hearing it for about 10 minutes I took the CD home and ripped it to my iPod.

I've been listening to it, obsessively for a couple-three days, now.

Posted by Brandon Willis (Member # 2345) on 12-03-2004, 01:30 PM:

Hardcore!

Black Flag!!
Minor Threat
7 Seconds
Reagan Youth
Bad Brains
Crass
Dead Kennedys
TSOL
The Exploited
Subhumans

etc.

I want to copyright my name like Billy Joel©.