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Post by Gudran on Jun 7, 2006 16:31:21 GMT -5
Ok, I thought this might be fun. List all your favorite bands, but try to limit is to your top five to save space . If you want, add the links to their websites so we can all sample their music (that is, if they have one). I think it will be interesting to see and hear what everyone listens to!
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Post by Gudran on Jun 7, 2006 16:42:08 GMT -5
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Post by Robbyn Jonathan on Jun 7, 2006 19:18:31 GMT -5
The AFI myspace website has automatic background music that cannot be turned off....which some (like me) may find highly annoying. I recommend this link instead: www.myspace.com/afi
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Post by Fechak on Jun 7, 2006 19:51:57 GMT -5
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Post by Vangelis on Jun 7, 2006 20:59:53 GMT -5
When not priesting or gaming I'm playing the guitar, so my absolute favourite music is "Jazz Fusion": loud, intelligent, and featuring the kind of playing that makes me want to burn my instrument. If jazz is like wine, and rock is like the stuff from a backyard still, fusion is like single malt scotch. Guitar PlayersThe incomparable Allan Holdsworth: a true genius, who changed the way the electric guitar was played: the inspiration behind Eddie Van Halen and the legion of shredders who followed him, although they are to him as street-racers are to a McLaren F1. Scott Henderson (particularly his work with Tribal Tech, but you can sample some recent playing here. Tony MacAlpine: IMO the finest of the shredders. Here's a live solo. The delicious Pat Metheny. Such beautiful music even the girls love it. Not a Guitar PlayerThe legendary Chick Corea: master technician and fusion pioneer. A keyboardist, but he's so fantastically good even a guitarhead such as myself must doff the hat in awe.
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Post by Kielon on Jun 7, 2006 21:10:12 GMT -5
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Post by Val on Jun 8, 2006 9:36:24 GMT -5
It kinda surprised me how many people here like AFI, I thought I was the only one. Odd.... Fech hit a lot of my major ones, and the obvious ones. So I think I'll just give it my top 5.... 6....7 at the moment. (Sorry, I tried to cut it down but the guilt got to me.) 1 - HIM (Has been one of my favorite bands for the past 6 years, and it's great to see them getting the fan base they deserve.) www.heartagram.com/2 - AFI (First got hooked on the "Art of Drowning" album, been insane for them ever since.) 3 - Coheed and Cambria (Great band, hands down.) www.coheedandcambria.com/4 - The Mars Volta/At the Drive-In (I consider them the same band, mainly because they started as At the Drive in and broke up to form two seperate bands, the other being Sparta, which is good by it's right. The lead singer and lead guitarist from At the Drive In formed the Mars Volta and have been one of my favorites for ages.) www.themarsvolta.com/5 - Avenged Sevenfold (Heavy Solos, and eyeliner. The kind of stuff I listen to when killing things.) www.avengedsevenfold.com/main.html6 - Alkaline Trio (Just loved these guys since my cousin's forcefed me their album "From Here to the Infirmary" back a few years ago.) www.alkalinetrio.com/7 - The 69 Eyes (Can't really describe... The band's demo had a goth rock cover to Blondie on it. Love these guys to death.) www.69eyes.com/index.phpThere's a lot more if I felt like sitting down and typing them out, but I don't. So....
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Post by Celera on Jun 8, 2006 15:46:09 GMT -5
Well, like any sensible person, I love the Beatles, and most of John Lennon’s post-Beatles work, even some of his stuff with Yoko. I’m also a fan of Bob Dylan, especially his lyrics – when you can make them out – he is one of the great poets of our time. And Paul Simon – Graceland is one of my favorite records ever. And Bonnie Raitt. But I figure, you all have heard of those people (even if you mostly are way younger than I am) so here are a few you may not have considered. They won’t do if your in a NIN mood, I suppose, but there are some amazing musicians with some very moving music on this list: Muddy Waters Actually, this is sort of a stand-in for classic blues in general, of which he was the master. I could have just as easily picked Billie Holiday. Some people think the blues are sad, but they don’t make you feel sad. They make you feel human – part of the whole suffering struggling tribe of people through out history. Which somehow makes you feel better. I'm not sure why. www.muddywaters.com/home.htmlJoe Jackson If you are old enough, you may recognize a couple of Joe Jackson’s big hits (I think “Steppin’ Out” was the biggest.) As with many fine musicians, though, this was not his best work. My favorite musicians write moving lyrics as much as good music, and Jackson is amazing. He does something a little different with each record, which is probably why he never quite catches on. www.joejackson.com/ If you have a few minutes, read his very cogent discussion of anti-smoking hysteria. Amazon includes clips from many of the records they sell. Here is a link to one of my favorite Joe Jackson records. Through the whole record, despite widely differing styles and moods, the same rhythmic pattern is used, which is rather fascinating if you like that sort of thing. If you don’t – still some very compelling stuff here. www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00004ZDPM/sr=8-11/qid=1149797001/ref=pd_bbs_11/104-7413617-2788765?%5Fencoding=UTF8The Blind Boys of Alabama We saw them as an opening act to a Peter Gabriel concert and loved them. They also sang some backup vocals on one of his songs. They have a Grammy for Gospel recording. The group is five men who met when they were children living in a Home for Blind Negroes or something like that, and they’ve been singing together ever since. www.blindboys.com/main.htmlwww.amazon.com/gp/product/B00006AO77/ref=pd_sim_m_1/104-7413617-2788765?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=5174Joan Osborne We first heard her in a movie called “Standing in the Shadows of Motown.” Which was a pretty good movie about the studio musicians who played on many of the great Motown hits. She sings a couple of songs with the surviving musicians, including a spine-tingling performance of “What Becomes of the Broken Hearted.” Seriously – watch the movie just for that even if you don’t like Motown in general. Joan is very versatile, and again her biggest hit song (What if God was One of Us) is cute but far from her most interesting work. Look for her cover of “Man in a Long Black Coat” instead. www.compendiamedia.com/compendiamusic/compendia/joanosborne/index.htmlwww.amazon.com/gp/product/B000001ED1/104-7413617-2788765?v=glance&n=5174OH, and recently we've gone to a couple of shows by a group called Ozomatli. They are young, they do a sort of rock/rap/mariachi thing that, despite being 20 years older than most of their audience, we really like. That description doesn't do them justice -- they are very talented, very engaging live performers and do some fun interesting stuff.
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Post by Robbyn Jonathan on Jun 8, 2006 20:55:15 GMT -5
It is very hard to talk about "greatest" popular music artists. Very few pop songs can be listened to repeatedly without becoming tiring. If I could only choose 5 rock albums to listen to for the rest of eternity it would be hell no matter what I chose. This may be why I visit a second-hand CD store every weekend and buy a new album or two to listen to that week. Favorite rock albums of all time? No idea. This link is as a good a sketch as any I guess: hometown.aol.com/PaulHry/music/riaa.htmlHere's the best answer I can give. Using my 'radio station' on www.pandora.com as a guide, my pop tastes can be approximated as "hard rock roots, a subtle use of vocal harmony, mixed acoustic and electric instrumentation, and minor key tonality." Examples include: Our Lady Peace ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_Peace ), particularly "Happiness...Is Not a Fish That You Can Catch" Switchfoot ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switchfoot ), particularly "The Beautiful Letdown" 3 Doors Down ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3_doors_down ), particularly "Seventeen Days" I Mother Earth ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Mother_Earth ), particularly "The Quicksilver Meat Dream" Forty Foot Echo ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forty_Foot_Echo ), self-titled debut I also admit to two recurrent fixations: Canadian artists and Christian artists.
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Post by Rheyna on Jun 9, 2006 2:24:58 GMT -5
Ask me the same question in a month and my answers will be completely different . . . Lately, I've been obsessed by fusions of various kinds. For example: Gregorian Chant - Metal: Corvus Corax www.corvuscorax.de/Celtic - Reggae: Ogam I wish they had a website because you have not lived until you've heard "Matty Groves" all reggaed out . . . Klezmer - Reggae: King Django (Okay, he's mostly straight reggae and ska, but the Roots & Culture disk has been looping while I drive for a couple weeks... www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000009RUO ) Persian - European Medieval: Azam Ali www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000069JJNLatin Beat - Hip hop: Orishas artists.emidigitalmedia.com/orishas/Next month: singer/songwriters with a political axe to grind . . . or maybe "people who have done covers of Kate Bush songs" . . . or who knows?
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Post by Celera on Jun 9, 2006 10:36:59 GMT -5
Wow. This is such an eclectic and high caliber list.
I love you guys.
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Post by Vangelis on Jun 9, 2006 14:41:51 GMT -5
Rheyna, you win the bet: indeed, I had never heard of any of them. Having found a video of Corvus Corax in concert, all I have to say is: they are utterly mad to the last man.
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Post by Rheyna on Jun 9, 2006 15:31:19 GMT -5
You say that like it's a bad thing . . .
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Post by Robbyn Jonathan on Jun 9, 2006 18:56:05 GMT -5
Rheyna, you're referrals are...stunning. Gregorian Chant - Metal? I had no idea that such...ah...art? existed
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Post by Vangelis on Jun 9, 2006 21:01:10 GMT -5
Gregorian-metal has been done before, although I can't remember by whom. Corvus Corax is not content with that: In the video I watched they had a full monk-ish choir, traditional orchestra, and a bevy of stringed and bladdered folk instruments. The fact that the band's appearance was in-your-face punk only added to the mayhem.
It's not a bad thing, it's wild and wonderful.
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