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Chaos

02-20-04, 05:19 PM

I listen to metal almost exclusively. I like a lot of different genres of metal, but I don't like the more extreme death or speed metal. Here's my general rule: if I can't read the name of the band on the CD cover then I won't like the music. My favorites include Dream Theater, Savatage, Yngwie Malmsteen and Metal Church, but I could easily rattle off 20 or 30 bands that I really like.

I must confess I have not heard of any of those you mentioned...

racer2c

02-20-04, 06:02 PM

I must confess I have not heard of any of those you mentioned...

Really? I have...in 1986!!! :) Man, do I have stories of when I was in a metal band opening up for national acts here in DC.

I did the punk thing in the late 70's. New Wave in the early 80's. Metal in the mid '80's to the early '90's. From '94 I went to the alternative rock scene and now I'm in the sappy songwritter genre like Aimee Mann.

Ziggy

02-20-04, 06:24 PM

This week (and it was a bad week) Everybody Knows this is Nowhere by Neil Young with Crazy Horse. Albert King and Stevie Ray Vaughn "sessions". Bob Dylan "blood on the tracks" I just got a copy of Led Zepplin IV (dang Cadillac commercials) which has not been opened yet.

I have been giving NPR an ear most of the week, while the great beef debate roars onward....... and watching the market of course

Ziggy

UFO - Best Rock and Roll band ever, hands down
Fabulous Thunderbirds - One of the best bar bands ever
The Outlaws - Three guitarist, two drummers and a bass player DANG! I just loved these guys and went to see them quite a bit.
Foghat - Very under rated band
Gary Moore - will burn your ears, serious chops
Joe Walsh - hell of a musician (but I hate the Eagles)
Thin Lizzy- should have sold more records in the US
Danny Gatton - Im not worthy (figure's he wasnt as well)
Rory Gallagher - RIP, an amazing body of work left for all to enjoy
Jimi Hendrix - just sit back and LISTEN to the guitar work
The Beatles - you want a pop record, you cant handle a pop record
John Hiatt - and old soul with good musical sense. He and Sonny slay me
Jimmy Thackery, Tab Benoit, Chris Duarte, Larry Carlton, Albert King, Albert Collins, Son Seals, Robert Ward,SRV, Little Charlie, Magic Slim, T-Bone Walker, Anson Funderburke, Tommy Castro, Troy Turner, Eric Gales, Otis Rush, Earl King, Lil' Ed, Wes Montgomery, Roy Buchannon, to name a few.

WickerBill

02-20-04, 06:51 PM

There's very little music I don't enjoy.

Some of my very favorites are Ani Difranco, Nirvana, James Taylor, Alabama, Travelling Wilburys, old Metallica, tons of classical... it's an enormous list.

Chaos

02-20-04, 07:00 PM

one of my all time fav's is U2. Even their first few albums (Boy, October, War) have a fresh sound to them, and they were made more than 20 years ago.

skaven

02-20-04, 08:25 PM

Ahh.... music.

I saw Nebula last night in Denver. They are a sludgy, stoner-rock band like early Black Sabbath (Master of Reality). A litttle too much wah-wah pedal, but when they hit a slow groove, it was amazing. J Mascis (of Dinosaur Jr.) comes to town next week. British Sea Power is the week after that and Broken Social Scene after that. Woo Hoo ! ! ! !

Grew up on the metal with Maiden, pre-Garage Days Metallica, Slayer and found indie rock in college - Sonic Youth, Mudhoney, Dinosaur Jr, Sebadoh - all bands that rocked that weren't metal. It opened the door to a whole new realm of cute girls in ringer tees. :) I also spent 1990/ 91 doing the Dead thing (20 shows + 2 Jerry shows), but that got old quick. :gomer:

These days I'm into Interpol, Sigur Ros, Modest Mouse, God Speed You Black Emperor, some pop (Wilco, New Pornographers, Belle & Sebastian, Destroyer and Magnetic Fields) and still dabble with "harder" stuff like Queens of the Stone Age, Unwound and Fu Manchu. However, the kings of rock/ sonic punk are ... And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead. Check them out if you like fast, powerful, emo pure adrenaline rock-n-roll ! ! ! (All 3 albums are great, but Source Codes and Tags is a perfect 10, even though they might be too much for Warlock.) :cool:

Kiwifan

02-20-04, 08:41 PM

Good thread, for some reason I seem to be stuck in the sixties and seventies but in saying that I like most music except that boot scootin' stuff they call C&W these days.

I tend to like Canadian/West Coast music, The Guess Who, BTO, Neil Young, Gordon Lightfoot, Chilliwack and older groups like Buffalo Springfield and CSNY. I could listen to the Carpenters one minute and Hendrix the next with not a worry so I guess that covers quite a selection. :)

Ziggy, I too had NY out this week, on a record no less and it was great to crank it up with no family at home. I also gave The Best Of The Rolling Stones (the original 70s album) and Deep Purple a spin. I'd forgotten how good they were back then, imho of course! :)

Rusty.

WickerBill

02-20-04, 08:45 PM

You aren't kidding, Ziggy, about those stupid Caddy commercials. Zep won't be the same for quite a while after those commercials go off the air.

RHR_Fan

02-20-04, 08:52 PM

Insomniac

02-20-04, 09:11 PM

My primary genre is Alt. Rock. I like Rock, Metal, gruinge, Punk, Techno and some Pop/Rock. I like the beats/music in Rap, but couldn't care less for the lyrics. I hate country music.

JT265

02-20-04, 09:44 PM

I love show tunes.

JT265

02-20-04, 09:45 PM

Just foolin'! ^^^ :D

If I could copy and paste Ziggy's post I would. Pretty stout lineup there in my view.

FLCARTfan

02-20-04, 10:45 PM

You aren't kidding, Ziggy, about those stupid Caddy commercials. Zep won't be the same for quite a while after those commercials go off the air.

A letter by Door drummer John Densmore to the Nation magazine actually gives a bit of history to that commercial

"A big thanks to Tom Waits for his eloquent letter. Cynthia McCulloh might be interested to know that in the Cadillac spot she mentions, Led Zeppelin was actually GM's second choice, after we (The Doors) turned down an amount of money that makes me weak in the knees. At the end you see their new SUV roar by, and it says, "Break Through," with the Caddie logo in between. They wanted it to say, "Break on Through"!"

JOHN DENSMORE

So Wickerbill, you can thank the integrity of "some" Doors members for that that Zeppelin song.

There is an interesting article by the above-named drummer here (http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20020708&s=densmore)

Willam

02-20-04, 10:58 PM

Mostly punk, The Ramones, Bad Religion, Pennywise, nofx, Black Flag, Circle Jerks, Dead Kennedys, Social Distortion, etc. Some metal (Anthrax, Megadeth, Metallica) and some of the few worthwhile rap guys that are out there (Dan The Automator, Jurassic 5, Outkast, Del Tha-Funky Homosapiens, Beastie Boys) and have been listening to DJ Danger Mouse's "The Grey Album" a lot lately.

longbeach32

02-20-04, 11:24 PM

Everything but Country & Rap. Mostly Indie music if possible...i listen to radioparadise.com alot

Sean O'Gorman

02-21-04, 02:52 AM

Mostly into classic rock, The Eagles, Skynyrd, Rolling Stones, and I've been listening to alot of blues lately after buying the Blues Brothers DVD. ;) The ironic thing is my best friend and my cousin are in a blues band but everytime they have a concert I end up not seeing them...its been two years and I still haven't seen them play, its starting to irritate them!

I'm taking a Roots of Rock & Soul class at CSU this semester, and its very interesting to hear the music leading up to the dawn of the rock era like Robert Johnson, Johnny Cash, etc... It is a real shame that no one my age shows any appreciation for it.

chop456

02-21-04, 04:30 AM

Skaven - please e-mail me your home address so I can break into your pad and steal all your CD's. :D

Ziggy - Maybe you were there too, but I saw The Outlaws open for SRV at the Holiday Star in Merriville. Saw the T-Birds open for SRV at the same place the year before. Both stellar shows. Glad I had a chance to see him quite a few times before he bought the farm. Saw him play with Lonnie Mack, too. Is he still alive?

Anyway, I'll listen to almost anything except country or rap. alt-country is acceptable. ;)

I'll also listen to whatever Crapus tells me to. :D

RTKar

02-21-04, 11:18 AM

Geez...I wouldn't know where to begin. I'll listen to just about anything. It used to be if you lived in the Chicago area you'd mention, "I listen to XRT" and that would explain almost everything. Since that station sold out and many of you would have no clue about WXRT FM 93.1 anyway.....I own stuff anywhere from Rancid to twangy bluegrass. I don't like Rap, I know practically nothing about Jazz and very little about classical, however they are on my radar. Lately I'm into alt country, have always had a soft spot for Irish influenced stuff, enjoy old reggae and Ska and I'm excited to hear what I'll be exposed to on XM's new station "Fungus", a punk station. Popular, "hit" music is horrible. I believe you have to dig deep and search for good stuff, get away from the mass marketed crap. There are far too many great artists that get little recognition.

RaceGrrl

02-21-04, 01:14 PM

My musical tastes are pretty diverse. I like singer/songwriters and clever songwriters in particular. (R.I.P. Warren Zevon) With the exception of the rap and pop crap that they play on the radio now, I enjoy anything that makes me want to dance. I actually listen to more middle eastern dance and pop music these days than anything else- at least when I'm in the car. At work, I have to play "normal" stuff or my coworkers ask "What ARE you listening to?!!"

Dirty Sanchez

02-21-04, 01:49 PM

Ahh.... music.

I saw Nebula last night in Denver. They are a sludgy, stoner-rock band like early Black Sabbath (Master of Reality). A litttle too much wah-wah pedal, but when they hit a slow groove, it was amazing.Saw them on Tuesday here in Chicago @Subterranean :thumbup:

They killed.

[edit]I listen to pretty much everything. You should see my music collection. Everything from Mingus to Hank Williams, Neurosis to Smog, Storm & Stress to Brick Layer Cake, Jungle Bros. to Junior Kimbrough, Pavement to Parliament.

Very much into the Desert rock sound for the past couple of years... Nebula, Fu Manchu, Kyuss, Che, Brant Bjork, Desert Sessions, Orange Goblin, Queens... unpretentious, simple, straightforward rock.

QOTSA broke up, btw. :mad:

devilmaster

02-21-04, 03:08 PM

Ok.... i'll try and keep it as short as possible while I highlight some of the faves... I'll very diverse (imo) in what I like, and it bascially falls down to what I want to listen to at the time.....

My CD and Mp3 collection consists of: (not a complete list)

Classic rock - Beatles; Seger; CSNY; Clapton; Tull; Hendrix; Led Zep; Crowes and Kravitz(continuation of the classic rock sound); Floyd; Queen; Randy Newman; Rush; Simon and Garfunkel; Steve Miller; The Who;

Folk (yes, folk) - Stan Rogers, Tom Lewis, Eric Bogle; Garnet Rogers; Irish Decendants; James Keelaughan; McGinty; Moxy Fruvous; Stompin Tom; Todd Snider;

Classical - see what being a Bugs Bunny nut drives you to? Favorite compositions include Lizst - Hungarian Rhapsody #2; Bach - Toccata and Fugue in D minor; Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue; Copeland - Fanfare for the Common Man; Wagner - Tannhouser Overture;

Blues - BB King; SRV; Professor Longhair; Dr. John; McKinley Morganfield ;); Louis Jordan; Leadbelly;

Dixieland - with a heavy lean towards New Orleans Jazz. Al Hirt, Pete Fountain, Preservation Hall Jazz Band; Buckwheat Zydeco; (when I die, i'm having a new orleans jazz funeral :) )

Barbershop - Various collection;

Comedy - Bowser and Blue; Lorne Elliot; Arrogant Worms;

Musicals - (so there, JT:p) Les Miserables; Jesus Christ Superstar;

Nostalgia - Schoolhouse Rock;

I have alot more which doesn't really fit any catagory, for the most part.... Mike Oldfield(new age, yes, but i'm not a new age fan)

Steve (i can almost hear the snickers now) :D

fourrunner

02-21-04, 06:13 PM

Pretty Much Listen to anything that puts me in a good mood, or inspires me, although I pretty much wake up everyday in a good mood and inspired! :thumbup:

Favorites

Eric Clapton
Sting
Moody Blues
Bob Dylan
Beatles
George Harrison
Warren Zevon
Rolling Stones
U2
Gordon Lightfoot
REM
Eagles
Dixie Chicks
Willie Nelson
Queen
Brian Wilson
Ricky Scaggs
Allison Kraus

New Folks

John Mayer
Josh Groban

Any Music with a strong Lead Guitar
Any Country Music with Peddle Steel or Dobrow

Many Many More!!!

IlliniRacer

02-21-04, 06:58 PM

Anything and everything. The five CD's in my player right now are

The Pixies
Newsboys
Robert Johnson
Alison Krauss - She was born and raised in God's country ;)
Ruth Buzzy - Band from Chicago. My cousin plays guitar and sings vocals.

pfc_m_drake

02-21-04, 07:30 PM

I'll second Rob's Dream Theater (by the way...nice to see you around too :) )

I kind of listen to a lot of different music as well...though I am a child of the 80s, so that's what I tend to favor. In no particular order...

Genesis
AC/DC
Roxette
The Eurythmics
Annie Lennox
Guns 'N' Roses
Poison
Fleetwood Mac

Yeah...I guess there's a lot that I like. Nothing wrong with that.

chop456

02-21-04, 08:35 PM

Ruth Buzzy - Band from Chicago. My cousin plays guitar and sings vocals.

That's hilarious. A few months back, I was looking for a picture of Ruth Buzzy doing her old lady character from Laugh-In. I came up with a bunch of band pics and thought "What an awesome bame for a band".

Living where you do, you might be familiar with the band SkareKrau Radio. I grew up with the guy on the right. :D
http://www.thecradles.com/eastside/scare5web.jpg

fourrunner

02-21-04, 09:01 PM

That's hilarious. A few months back, I was looking for a picture of Ruth Buzzy doing her old lady character from Laugh-In. I came up with a bunch of band pics and thought "What an awesome bame for a band".

Living where you do, you might be familiar with the band SkareKrau Radio. I grew up with the guy on the right. :D
http://www.thecradles.com/eastside/scare5web.jpg

Very Handsome Fella! ;)

Like the Halter Top with the electrical tape pasties... Nice Touch! ;)

racer2c

02-21-04, 11:23 PM

So yesterday, half an hour after I left work, I was meeting some friends for dinner and turned on the car radio. The talk radio guys where actually playing some songs in their completion to kick off their show. I heard two songs before I was at the restaurant and I made a mental note to come back and mention them in this thread.
The first one (I do not know the name) was a classic Iggy Pop and it rocked. I mean rocked!
The second was 'Radio Radio' by Elvis. Costello that is, and man does his stuff hold up. Pure Genius

eiregosod

02-21-04, 11:47 PM

anything by Ireland's finest and sadly most underrated songwriter, Cathal Coughlan,

Microdney The Fatima mansions & his solo stuff!

racer2c

02-22-04, 12:19 AM

Not one mention of Bowie? Come on!

"I'm an alligator..."

Paintergeek

02-22-04, 12:22 AM

Oh, you guys just nailed my # 1 topic :) I am a bona-fide music junkie. How else could I say......Wanna know whats kiund of music I like? Click HERE (http://www.fordfalcons.com/other/music) to view my enitre CD collection, cassette collection, and vinyl collection as well. ( I just bought 27 more CD's today that I dont have yet....those arent on the list)

I am definately a metal head, especially the 80's stuff (no, I dont mean glam rock hair bands...I mean 80's METAL...), but I also am a big fan of The Cure, The Reverend Horton Heat, Nirvana, and about a million other bands. Am also a HUGE Judas Priest fan, who has reunited and is runored to be on the Ozzfest lineup....which if true, I may take some time off work and go to 3 shows or so.

cart7

02-22-04, 07:12 AM

I'm not listening to anything in particular though I drug out Lake's first album and revisited it. Am considering relistening to Pink Floyds - Dark Side of the Moon again.

I'll listen to

70's Rock and roll:
70's Country Rock
80's Music
Select country
Jazz
Zaideco
R & B

I listen a lot to some compilation music from my collection of One-off rock classics of the 70's:

Painter
Argent
Bob Gilder
Heartsfield
Batdorf and Rodney
707
Chilliwack

etc.

JohnHKart

02-22-04, 08:21 AM

I like Euro style hard rock. Starts with Deep Purple, and many of the DP family of bands, including Blackmore's Night, David Coverdale's Whitesnake. When I say Whitesnake and DC, the stuff of his I listen to the least is the hair metal stuff from 87 and Slip of the Tongue....although occasionaly I dab into it and still love it. I like Slide it In and his later stuff like Restless Heart and Into the Light. He'd blown his voice out by then so there is nicer lower singing on these albums. Glenn Hughes, the Hughes Turner Project, Yngwie, Brazen Abbot, Ring of Fire, Boston all of their albums. If it rocks and has great singing, harmonies and melody I'm there. Since music's my job I usually only listen at the gym and in my car.

John

Ziggy

02-22-04, 09:05 AM

Dang Geek! Hey, what happened to that UFO tape I made you? It's not listed! HAHAHA. Nice to see you are still out there. Hope everything is going well

Ziggy

Paintergeek

02-22-04, 09:53 AM

Dang Geek! Hey, what happened to that UFO tape I made you? It's not listed! HAHAHA. Nice to see you are still out there. Hope everything is going well

Ziggy

HaHA! I know your just kidding, But I actually have an answer for that. One, is that I dont list any copied tapes (at least not that I recall doing), because usually they are incomplete albums, or one tape has two albums, and so on. The second is that the tape you made me was badly warped. You must have used a bad tape......or one that got nearby a magnet. The volume was LOUD and then rreaaaaaaaaaaaaaaly quiet and THEN LOUD AGAIN FOR A SEcond and then quiet and then lOUD AGAIN FOr a second or two. Un bearable. Never listened to it after that. I even tried to use it as a blank tape, but it recorded that way again.

Glad to see you still around too, Old timer. ;)

nrc

02-22-04, 06:54 PM

These days my tastes lean heavily toward Blues but I still listen to a lot of rock, singer/songwriter stuff and a bit of pop. Ziggy already listed most of my Blues favorites, but here are a few favorites from across the spectrum that I haven't seen listed.

Alice Cooper - Listening to Alice and corrupting church girls was about as bad as I got in my youth. Alice still kicks ass and his last three have been really outstanding albums.

Joan Osborne - I overlooked Joan for years after "What If God Were One of Us" got played to death. If you did too you should give her another look - a soulful singer songwriter with deep roots in R&B.

Cracker - Cracker is a melting pot of American roots rock influences - from trailer trash garage rock to country blues, all with clever lyrics and a sense of irony that belie the simplicity of the music. http://www.crackersoul.com

LP - LP Rocks. A New York rocker with an amazing set of pipes. She can go from loud and hard to soft and soulful in a heartbeat. She's back on the road in March. Don' t miss her March 3rd at Little Brother's in Cbus! http://lprock.com

Mike Henderson - Mike is a Nashville guy who started out country but these days plays mostly rock-a-billy and blues. He's got a distinct guitar sound and plays a mean harp. If you're in Nashville you can often catch him at the Bluebird Cafe. http://mikehenderson.com

Bill Miller - An amazing singer songwriter, guitarist and Native American flute player whose Native American heritage and spirituality flow through all his work. Folk, rock, country and blues, he's dabbled in it all and done it all well. http://www.billmiller.net

Willy Porter - Another singer songwriter guitarist worth checking out. http://willyporter.com

Toni Price - soulful blues, country and R&B with a Texas twang. http://toniprice.com

Amanda Marshall - Pop/rock and somewhat dancey, but she's got an amazing voice and a bit more intelligence and humor in the mix than your average pop diva. http://www.amandamarshall.com

Train - pop, but good pop.

Warren Zevon - Master of rock noir, gone way too soon and will be sorely missed.

Whatever RaceGrrl is Dancing To - if she's grooving must be good. :)

Robstar

02-22-04, 06:59 PM

I'm pretty varied in taste... ;)

I love Pantera
Siverchair
Old Metallica
The Beastie Boys
Jeff Buckley
Pennywise
Audioslave
Grinspoon
Anthrax
Live

etc etc

Cam

02-22-04, 08:21 PM

I'm pretty varied in taste... ;)

I love Pantera
Siverchair
Old Metallica
The Beastie Boys
Jeff Buckley
Pennywise
Audioslave
Grinspoon
Anthrax
Live

etc etc

What is my old favorite Paul Kelly up these days?

skaven

02-22-04, 08:27 PM

Skaven - please e-mail me your home address so I can break into your pad and steal all your CD's. :D

Suu-wheet. I just bought insurance for all my goods. I knew I couldn't trust this crew. :)

Props to the Doors. That's good to hear that one of my high school faves still has morals. Many a band would have sold out.

And Crappus is right on about the Desert Sounds - some of the best stuff going. I hadn't heard that QOTSA broke up. Bummer.... and :flame: .

Just bouhgt the new Superchunk DVD. Man, it is awesome. :cool:

Robstar

02-22-04, 08:43 PM

What is my old favorite Paul Kelly up these days?

Not sure... still kicking about I guess... :)

cartman

02-23-04, 12:58 PM

Suu-wheet. I just bought insurance for all my goods. I knew I couldn't trust this crew. :)

Props to the Doors. That's good to hear that one of my high school faves still has morals. Many a band would have sold out.

And Crappus is right on about the Desert Sounds - some of the best stuff going. I hadn't heard that QOTSA broke up. Bummer.... and :flame: .

Just bouhgt the new Superchunk DVD. Man, it is awesome. :cool:

I wouldn't give the Doors too much credit, they sold out a long time ago, a few of their songs were used in TV and radio commercials in the 60's and 70's. I can't remember for sure, but I'm almost positive 'Light My Fire' was used for a BIC lighter commercial or something.

Give Zep some credit, it took them a heck of a lot longer to sell out to a commercial than most bands.

oddlycalm

02-23-04, 04:56 PM

Willy Porter - Another singer songwriter guitarist worth checking out. http://willyporter.com

:thumbup: Absolutely. Willy Porter, hero of Madison, WI, is a good song writer, and a master of many styles. His guitar playing at times, sounds a bit like Leo Kottke. He has a nice little following in Portland, and we normally get to see him a couple times a year. One of the most talented of the virtual unknowns.

oc

Edit - Willy will be playing the Aladdin Theater on 4/2/04 for all the Portland forum members.

Hyacinth

02-23-04, 09:46 PM

A little Rock - Beatles, Bowie, Queen, '60s Motown, Dire Straits

and a little Classical, heavy on the Baroque - Mozart, Haydn, Handel, Debussy, Beethoven, Puccini, Vivaldi

among others.

eiregosod

02-23-04, 10:29 PM

Scott Walker (Engel) proves that Ohio is not the cultural wasteland that many presume!

Ankf00

02-24-04, 12:54 AM

don't think anyone's mentioned soundgarden's superunknown yet

I'd throw in The Clash as well

NIN & The Downward Spiral

Tool-Aenima

REM-No.5 Document

and don't believe anyone's mentioned Cornershop yet either.

skaven

02-24-04, 02:18 AM

YO -

Radiohead, Pixies, Trail of Dead, Wilco, Desert Sessions and dozens of other bands - all playing in May in California. I think I'll be there.

http://www.coachella.com/lineup.html

JohnHKart

02-24-04, 02:20 AM

I wouldn't give the Doors too much credit, they sold out a long time ago, a few of their songs were used in TV and radio commercials in the 60's and 70's. I can't remember for sure, but I'm almost positive 'Light My Fire' was used for a BIC lighter commercial or something.

Give Zep some credit, it took them a heck of a lot longer to sell out to a commercial than most bands.

I don't know what you are talking about regarding the Doors selling out via commercials. I guess you didn't see John Densmore's well known the Nation piece about why he is the no vote on selling the music (requires the full band's approval). The one time approval was granted for a Buick commercial, in the 1960's it was quickly withdrawn and the commercial never aired (or any other ones). Anyway see the piece here:

http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml%3Fi=20020708&s=densmore

I guess Cadillac approached the Doors and again Densmore said no, which is why they are using Led Zep's Rock and Roll.........ya notice they stole the Break On Through theme and are saying "Break Through" ?

John

TKGAngel

02-24-04, 02:00 PM

I don't have a specific genre that I like. Whatever appeals to me appeals to me. I've been listening to Evanescence lately and my soundtracks. I'm listening to Jason Mraz as I write this. Here's some of my variety of CD's I own:

-koRn
-Paul Colman Trio (Christian rock)
-LOTR soundtracks
-Nelly Furtado
-Shania Twain
-Jewel (the early stuff)
-Pete Yorn
-2ge+her

~Nicole

2ge+ther...they are worth listening to for the bad lyrics alone! I almost fell off my chair when I found out that one of them was now the host on "While You Were Out."

Now back to the music...I enjoy the Tragically Hip, Rascall Flatts, Josh Kelley. Keith Urban, Pat Green, and Sarah Maclachlan.

oddlycalm

02-24-04, 03:35 PM

I guess you didn't see John Densmore's well known the Nation piece about why he is the no vote on selling the music (requires the full band's approval).

Wise choice by Densmore. By the time GM and their agency gets done flogging Led Zep's tune into dust, they will have rendered LZ so repellant and unlistenable to so many that any vestige of commercial viability will be gone from their early music. Look at how many years Chevy Truck pounded Bob Seeger's tune into the ground. Just to lend some perspective, my friend and then Chevy Truck account executive Tom Tomson, who originally came up with the campaign (and a Royal Oak, MI neighbor of Seeger) long ago moved on and has been at another company more than 5yrs at the point those commercials stopped airing. Then again, GM is well practised at flogging dead horses.

oc

JohnHKart

02-25-04, 08:43 AM

Wise choice by Densmore. By the time GM and their agency gets done flogging Led Zep's tune into dust, they will have rendered LZ so repellant and unlistenable to so many that any vestige of commercial viability will be gone from their early music. Look at how many years Chevy Truck pounded Bob Seeger's tune into the ground. Just to lend some perspective, my friend and then Chevy Truck account executive Tom Tomson, who originally came up with the campaign (and a Royal Oak, MI neighbor of Seeger) long ago moved on and has been at another company more than 5yrs at the point those commercials stopped airing. Then again, GM is well practised at flogging dead horses.

oc

It annoys me so much to hear that great song.....and John Bonham's drums flogged to death.....and Damn it, Seger's Like A Rock was one of his greatest acheivements ever and it's just totally destroyed......I did it a few times in a band.....but as soon as the commercials started I had to stop. And I probably will never sing the song again. I just thank god he hasn't ruined Night Moves yet as it is one of my signature songs to sing in bands.

John

02-25-04, 12:48 PM

It annoys me so much to hear that great song.....and John Bonham's drums flogged to death.....and Damn it, Seger's Like A Rock was one of his greatest acheivements ever and it's just totally destroyed......I did it a few times in a band.....but as soon as the commercials started I had to stop. And I probably will never sing the song again. I just thank god he hasn't ruined Night Moves yet as it is one of my signature songs to sing in bands.

JohnOK, John. Question. "I was a little too tall, could use a few pounds". What in the world are the next lyrics? "Tight pants points, falling me down"?

DjDrOmusic

02-25-04, 02:18 PM

I listen to just about anything, as long as it isn't a stolen piece of music that someone feels compelled to talk over! I did find an oldie but goodie the other day that brought back some memories, Steve Martin's, "The Grandmother Song" :D

eiregosod

02-25-04, 02:53 PM

KaBoom21

02-25-04, 08:46 PM

OK, John. Question. "I was a little too tall, could use a few pounds". What in the world are the next lyrics? "Tight pants points, falling me down"?

I was a little too tall
Could've used a few pounds
Tight pants points hardly reknown
She was a black-haired beauty with big dark eyes
And points all her own sitting way up high
Way up firm and high

Disclaimer: from http://lyrics.astraweb.com/ , not from memory!

DjDrOmusic

03-15-04, 02:22 AM

Dr. did you listen to OutKast yet? ;)

many times!! :eek:

Jervis Tetch 1

03-15-04, 02:01 PM

Great thread.

I listen to most types of music rock, jazz, blues and classical EXCEPT for Country. Just can't get into it at all. I guess it stems from my dad playing all those Porter Waggoner, Marty Robbins and Eddie Arnold LPs all those years :saywhat:

But dad did have some great taste in jazz with John Coltrane, Stan Getz, Miles Davis and Ramsey Lewis LPs getting fair play on the turntable so he's forgiven! :)

As for me, the rock I listen to is classic, alt, progressive, soul, some electronica and underground. I HATE most rap, rap metal and dance pop schlock crap like Britney, Pink, Jessica the tuna et al. Debbie Gibson this means you too.

The best period of rock history IMHO was from 1991-1995 GRUNGE rules and was the greatest deservedly killing more careers than any other type of music.

My favs: Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Alice In Chains, Stone Temple Pilots, Cheap Trick, Rolling Stones, Smashing Pumpkins, The Pixies, Roxy Music, Sonic Youth, Thin Lizzy, AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, Van Halen (Roth era), Aerosmith, The Ramones, The Pretenders, The Police, Queen, Red Hot Chili Peppers and now Nickleback.

Acts I also love but the majority of you probably have never heard of include Fugazi, Bad Brains, Rory Block, Primus, The Minutemen, New York Dolls, King Crimson and Bruce Cockburn.

Those whose careers could end tomorrow and I would get on my knees to thank God: Britney, Madonna, Jessica Simpson, Pink, Fred Durst, Linkin Park, Godsmack and most rap artists.

JMO

Robstar

03-15-04, 06:28 PM

and now Nickleback.

Good call, they rock... :thumbup:

Dave99

03-15-04, 07:00 PM

I don't like country, rap or hip-hop but I do like rock & roll, auto racing and swimmin' with bow-legged wimmin'

Hink

03-19-04, 12:45 AM

Let's resurrect this puppy.

In the car now: Merzbow, Soul Coughing, TchKunG! and Einsturzende Neubauten. When traffic backs up to the point of going 100 yards in 20 minuts, people really seem to love the Merzbow.

champcarfan01

03-20-04, 05:01 PM

Adema
Bach
Coldplay, Chevelle
Disturbed
Evenescence
Godsmack
Korn
Linkin Park
Manson
Mozart
Norah Jones
Pavoratti
Radiohead, Rammstein, Red Hot Chilli Peppers
System of a down-they *&%king rock
Seether, Smashing Pumpkins
Tom Petty, Trapt
Tupac..the only rap I can stand

and many more

Just say no to nickleback :thumbup:

FTG

03-20-04, 05:54 PM

This week (and it was a bad week)
Thin Lizzy- should have sold more records in the US

Word.

Canon2292

03-21-04, 12:01 AM

Radiohead-and other favorites
Pink Floyd
REM
Gypsy Kings

Lately, I've been listening to Godspeed You Black Emperor, Mogwai, Sigur Ros, Collective Soul, Badly Drawn Boy, Beck.
A friend just gave me something called the Fireman by Paul McCartney?

manic mechanic

03-21-04, 02:30 AM

By the time GM and their agency gets done flogging Led Zep's tune into dust, they will have rendered LZ so repellant and unlistenable to so many that any vestige of commercial viability will be gone from their early music. oc

As if most AOR/"classic rock" stations haven't done that already. I wouldn't be upset about it IF said radio stations actually delved into an artist's library on occasion instead of playing the same half-dozen songs ad-nauseum.

When I hear the start of a Led Zep song, I start looking through the CDs that may be at hand just to spare my sanity. The same can be said for Aerosmith, Floyd, Boston, AC/DC, etc.

The saddest part of it is that many alternative rock stations are doing the same thing with newer acts.

Is it any wonder that some of my favorite acts rarely get any radio airplay?

manic

Jervis Tetch 1

03-21-04, 11:28 PM

Please allow me to add a few more great bands I listen too.

Mudhoney, The Melvins, The Pieces (nice trio out of Indy), Kings X and an oldie, The Smiths.

I've got The Melvins in right now...it's loud, dark and a murky pile of ooze, but God, it's fantastic!

High Sided

11-07-11, 10:35 AM

can't find it but i swore i started a post asking if any other oc'ers were dead heads last year when the grateful dead site was giving away free music for 30 days. well they are at it again, today's pick, a 23 minute version of "dark star":thumbup:

you can download the 1st 7 songs from here....
http://www.dead.net/30DaysOfDead/november-7

Napoleon

11-07-11, 10:47 AM

Funny, I was going to post a post on if anyone had gotten and will be getting the Pink Floyd reissues in the Immersion version?

I knew they were reissuing their records and a few weeks ago went to my local record store (they still exist) and went to buy Dark Side when I noticed there was the cheaper Experience version and the expensive Immersion. I got the Experiance version but now am questioning that at least for that album perhaps I should have got the Immersion version.