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What do You listen to?

I was just browsing through the forums and ran across the "Most acheingly beautiful music" forum, and looked through all the responses and im somewhat confused.

Risking an all out brutal verbal assault by the 'Gon'ers, its becoming my impression that alot of the people here have a very limited taste in music.

It seems to be isolated around Classical, Contemporary, Soft Rock, and blues/jazz.

I would say Rock, but honestly, when i think of Rock i think of Metallica and GodSmack, not Jethro Tull or Grateful dead.
(i guess thats just an opinion though.

Now, Im hoping that people here have wider taste in music, after all, it comes in so many forms (even ones that older people refuse to recognize)

I mean hey, i gotta be honest, one of the best recordings ive heard was EMINEM's Marshal Mathers. Talk about a hell of a recording (musical content aside), it was crisp, clear, focused, and over all, one of the best recordings ive heard. (once again, im risking a brutal verbal assault.

So, Lets hear it for what types of music people listen to!
Just because i would rather Jam out to Metallica and drink beer instead of listening to Motzart with a fine wine does not mean my passion for music is any less!

LETS LIST OFF SOME OF OUR FAVORITES OF ANY VARIETY

Want a pretty wide variety of music? Here is what i listen to.

ROCK
Godsmack, Limkon Park, Korn, Metallica, Alice in Chains, Mad Season, Rage Against the Machine, Sound Garden, AudioSlave, P.O.D., Union underground, Powerman 5000, Rob Zombie, Pantera,

POP
Britany Spears, Pink, uhh.. well.. not too much there. hehe

R&B
Genuine, Destinys child, Usher, Bell Biv Devoe, SWV, Alisha Keys, TLC,

RAP
Cypress Hill, Akinyele, Ice Cube, Ice T, Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, Bone, Outkast, Insane Clown Posse(no im not a juggalo),
Nate Dogg, Warren G, DMX, Rehab, Busta Rhymes, Ludacris

HIPHOP
Ja-Rule, MC Hammer, Cisco, Fat Joe, Afroman, uhh... I like rap better than hiphop.

Techno
Prodigy(older stuff), Chemical Brothers(older stuff), LTJ Bukem, MC Conrad and DRS, Underworld, Blame, Daft Punk, Intence

BREAKBEAT
ColdCut, Unkle, DJ Krush, DJ Food.

INDUSTRIAL
Apogyma Bezerk, WumpScut, KMDFM, Die Krupps, Skinny Puppy, Front 242, Frontline Assembly, Project Pitchfork, Nitzer Ebb, Ministry, Nine inch Nails, Marilyn Manson, Leather Strip, Good Courage, Penal Colony, MDFMK, Einsturzende Naubauten, Rammstein, My Life with the Thrill Kill Cult, too many to list!

Alternative
Nirvana, Peral Jam, Foo Fighters, Creed, Oasis, Coldplay, uhh...

Experimental
Aphex Twin, Legendary Pink Dots, Tear Garden, Massive Attack, Locust, Autechre, Crash Worship, Edward Kaspel solo performances, Twilight circus,

Satanic
Chistian Death, Current 93

Blues
Eric Clapton, BB King, John Hooker, Dizzy Gilespi (did i spell that right?) Santana, Whity-Ford, (trying to find more blues bands. i LOVE the blues.

Classical.
What can i say? i dont listen to it. It feels somewhat formless and made up on the spot to me. Maybe i just need to look into it harder.

--Just a disclaimer, yes, i did list a couple satanic bands, however, i have no ties to the devil, The dark lord, the long walker, Cthulhu, Beezlebub, guy in red, the underlord, the silent beast, etc etc.. i do not slaughter goats or cast voodoo spells. I dont agree with the content but listen to it for its musical qualities which are suprisingly good, there is alot of heart and soul put into it, no puns intended.
hehehehehhehe

So who else has such a wide taste in music?
I own CD's of everything listed above!

lets hear it for music that others do not regfard as music!!!!!!!!

bwahahahahahahahaha
audiophanatik
danvetc
527 posts
 
Not what you do. Print this out and put in a time capsule. Open in 20 years and see what you think about what you said today.

Enjoy your... uh, music,

Charlie
ohlala
1,235 posts
 
Audioph, there are as many classical and jazz, etc. sub- categories as the sub-categories you listed for rock, urban and pop. I understand, though. Every time I go to an audiophile's house, I feel like I died and went to the Lawrence Welk Show. I can't tell the difference between things that bore me. Thank god, they have been kind enough to let bring albums, and I can torture them for a while.
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lokie
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This is what I'm listening to now. I tend to get into a few artist and play them to death for a month or so then I move on.

R&B: Stevie Wonder(his pre 1975 stuff), Al Green, Barry White GRHS

Hip Hop/Rap: I am really enjoying a band Called- Spearhead

Jazz: same old same old here- Davis, Coltrane, Desmond, Holiday, Eva Cassidy. I really need to broaden my horizons here. The problem is that I never get tired of them. I listen to the same ones over and over and over again.

Hard Rock: Sound Garden, AudioSlave, Chili Peppers, Kid Rock, Limkon Park, Rage, Tenacious D ( Regarding the D- I can't believe no one else called out the band who made the greatest and best rock song ever)

Other Rock: Stones, Cake, Neil Young (just saw him in Atlanta), Counting Crows (enjoying their latest cd)Pearl Jam (their live cd's are great), Black Crows(their live stuff with jimmy Page is really rockin especially if your a Zep fan), The Allman Bros. (got tickets for a show in two weeks), REM, Widespread (I live in Athens Ga so REM and Widwspread are a given although I should also include the B52's) Grateful Dead (listening to live bootleg stuff recorded from the late 1970's-wow),

Country: Merl Haggard (love his song writing :"I turned 21 in prison doing life without parole" now if that doesn't paint a bleak picture), Willie Nelson (burning a rut in Red Headed Stranger), Johnny Cash (rediscovering the original rebel), Old George Jones.

Blue Grass: Are there no blue grass fans on audiogon? With all the expensive equipment out there in Gon land you'd think you all would get into blue grass. Some of the best musicians in America are playing banjos and mandolins right now and doing it for the love of it(because they sure aren't gettin paid much) By the way I'm going to the Doc Watson music festival in Boone NC this weekend, I'll let you know of any new talents I see up there.
Doc, Allsion Krause, Bela Fleck, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Blues: Ah the Blues, my favorite. I listen to the old school guys like BB and John Lee Hooker. But my favorite blues is old Stones, Led Zeppelin, Clapton, Allmond Brothers. Not all these groups songs are blues but the songs that are bluesy are my favorite. I suggest listeng to Rolling Stones "Let it Bleed." Now that's a blues album. Notably- Honky Tonk Women(called country honk on the album)and Midnight Rambler. Other examples are Led Zeppelins Physical Grafitti Notably-"Goin to Chicago." And how about The Allmond Brothers. Duane is on their first three albums and his slide guitar work on these albums are legendary. First try Live at Filmore East, notably- "Whippin Post." My reccomendations for you to appreciate the blues is to apprecite contemporary blues first then go to old school.

Classical: Not at this stage yet but I will eventually.
one_shot
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I always though (for my age (17)) i had a pretty wide taste in music ranging anywhere from metallica to john coltrane to reel big fish to nine inch nails to glenn miller to dream theater to squirrel nut zippers to frank zappa to counting crows to tool to les claypool to less than jake. A lot of classical is good too, though i cant nessicerily name any. Try your average 17 year old to see if they listen to anything other than rap and pop sh!t they hear on the radio.
sean
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Audiophanatik: I know of and listen to quite a few different bands that you mentioned. Having said that, some of what you did list is utter crap : )

As a side note, Satanism is the worship of Satan. The name says it all. As to what your "definition" of Satanism is, it sounds as if you are blending "new age humanism" and "white witchcraft" together. This is the kind of image that they are trying to "market" to the public through publications sold in "occult" or "new age" book stores, but the bottom line is still the same as it has always been i.e. denouncing the diety of God / Christ and promoting the "feel good" side of man's own lust for power and glory.

As a side note, the "Salem Witch Trials" had nothing to do with "witchcraft". The people that were "burned at the stake" were practioners of a form of "Christianity" that did not acknowledge the hierarchy of the Catholic church, denounced the Pope and rejected the doctrine of the Trinity. As such, they were pronounced "non-believing heretics", treated as "pagans" ( a horribly misused and misunderstood term ) and murdered for their beliefs.

Driver & Brian: Kind of "funny" what passes for "Christian Music" nowadays, isn't it ? If you want to hear something that will really freak you out in terms of "singing praise to God" and "jamming", try listening to a Christian "Death Metal" band out of Australia called "Mortification". They make "modern" Christian bands like POD and "old school" Christian rockers like Resurrection Band sound like Britney Spears !!! These guys "pound" !!!

As a side note, have either of you guys ever listened to Barnabus, Andy McCarrol & Moral Majority, Alarma, etc.. ?

Danvetc: I had to laugh when i read your response. Kind of funny how things "change" as one ages, isn't it ? I used to feel the same way as Audiophanatik about Classical music and now i find myself listening to it all the time. What is even funnier is that i just bought a copy of "The String Quartet Tribute to Led Zeppelin" : )

Other than that, i listen to a lot of the bands that others listed, some more than others. It's good to see that most of you listed "non-audiophile approved" bands and recordings as listening to that kind of stuff gets pretty boring REAL quick : ) Sean
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