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Just wondering what kinds/who people like listening to...
I have a wide taste in music although i have my particular favourites!
I listen to various rock music and love The Doves and definately Feeder, also a big U2 fan. I HATE BUSTED! (https://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mysmilies.com%2Fs%2Fcwm%2Faimanim%2Fsplode2.gif&hash=c1cf5b55d84f934298098bce8c7329fe)
My main love lies in chilled alternative music, My favourite groups are in no particular order...
Orbital - My Favourite
Groove Armada
Air
The Orb
Lemon Jelly
Awesome!
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I like a bit of classical from time to time but normally I just listen to pop. Robbie Williams' songs are quite good.
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Don't have one really, I've studied music and now became more open to different styles of music and from different cultures as well. But I really cannot listen to heavy rock metal thing music they do my head in. (https://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmysmilies.creativesell.net%2Fotn%2Fblobs%2Fvuur1.gif&hash=47490589b8835dbf01b48a608e6aeb91)
Certain classical and minimalist music is very good.
U2 they write some great songs.[:)]
Tom
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I love music and dance. Some favorites....
Orb
Moby
Loreena McKennitt
Enya
Enigma
Gerry Alfred and the Medicine Beat
Sacred Spirit
Dead Can Dance
Christine Lavin (she's a very funny lady)
Afro Celt Sound System
Sheila Chandra
Jessie Cook
Ottmar Liebert
Maureen McGovern
Amanda McBroom
Lisa Girard
Gabrielle Roth and the Mirrors
Urban Tribe
Okay, so really there's not too many styles of music that I don't like, but am really fond of stuff I can dance to. With Ecstatic Dance (Gabrielle Roth) you don't need a partner (although it's nice sometimes).
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I don't listen to music very often. I hate what my sisters listen to (heavy metal and pop).
My dad loves folk music though, I like listening to what he plays on his guitar.
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Just to let you know - if anyone passing through here had planned to go to the Yes Concert in Hyde Park on July 17th - or any of the other Route of Kings concerts (Blue, Yes, Paul Weller, Simply Red, Roxy Music, Jools Holland) - the promoter has gone bust and the gigs are all cancelled.
Marvellous - the one time I had front row seats for a gig too !
Chris
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- Groucho Marx
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Crap! do you get your money back?
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That sucks. We had the same thing happen here 2 years ago but they pulled the plug in the middle of RockFest. Some friends of mine were in one of the bands and their drummer had flown in from Sweden. The bands never got paid either.
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I've got a pretty wide range of music in my collection. I like what I call 'the new classics' Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Stones. In the 80s, I listened to a lot of punk/alternative like Stiff Little Fingers, UK Subs, The Clash. I also love Iggy Pop, Lou Reed and Bowie.
More recently I've been listening to Groove Armada and (shock!) Eminem. I'm also a fan of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite. There's heaps more but the list would be very long!!! I really love music.
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I've got a pretty wide range of music in my collection. I like what I call 'the new classics' Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Stones. In the 80s, I listened to a lot of punk/alternative like Stiff Little Fingers, UK Subs, The Clash. I also love Iggy Pop, Lou Reed and Bowie.
More recently I've been listening to Groove Armada and (shock!) Eminem. I'm also a fan of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite. There's heaps more but the list would be very long!!! I really love music.
Start yer list and keep adding to it, welcome to the forum BTW! [;)]
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We have a few new regulars here now so i thought i'd bring some of these old topics back to the top! Am listening to other new stuff now like Zero 7 and Thievery Corporation. Quality stuff.
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Cripes !!..where shall I start ?.....I love Dance and Ambient Trance, Chillout Music....but my main love is Progressive Rock !!..oh yes indeedy..Emerson lake and Palmer, Yes (seeing them in June at Wembley Arena YAYYYYYY !!!), Focus and loads of others that are too obscure to mention....a bit of classical...Smooth Jazz....too many groups and bands to say them all....and everything inbetween
HATE Country and Western though (someone pleeeeze get me a bucket !!)...sorry to all C & W fans.
Have about 1000 cds
Richard !!..(Air yes ..just bought all their Cd's,)( Groove Armada def yes..At the River ...excellent)...(Lemon Jelly...good stuff !!)[8D][8D]
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Cripes !!..where shall I start ?.....I love Dance and Ambient Trance, Chillout Music....but my main love is Progressive Rock !!..oh yes indeedy..Emerson lake and Palmer, Yes (seeing them in June at Wembley Arena YAYYYYYY !!!), Focus and loads of others that are too obscure to mention....a bit of classical...Smooth Jazz....too many groups and bands to say them all....and everything inbetween
HATE Country and Western though (someone pleeeeze get me a bucket !!)...sorry to all C & W fans.
Have about 1000 cds
Richard !!..(Air yes ..just bought all their Cd's,)( Groove Armada def yes..At the River ...excellent)...(Lemon Jelly...good stuff !!)[8D][8D]
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If you are a Yes fan then you'll get on well with us then, especially Chris, he got me into them! We cant go to see them at Wembley this year as we are in Oz which is a shame... I have been to one of their concerts at the Royal Albert Hall and one at Hammersmith! Tis good that old Rick Wakeman is back, he is a LEGEND!
I used to be a trance fan, but its all gone a bit Pete Tong these days(scuse the terrible pun there). Just majorly into chillout. The latest Zero 7 album is damn good, as is the Air one! Orbital have their new album coming out this year which i just can't wait for... oh and Prodigy have a new ablum out this year too!
I would suugest one album which i bought last year that is quality---> The Music by The Music... Is damn good!
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The Prodigy ?....FANTASTIC...bought all their cd's a few months ago......thought they had split up.....certainly gonna get that when it's around...and will now order The Music.....
Personally, I think you should cancel your trip to Oz and come to see YES with me !!!
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Here is the review of The Music album if you're interested
http://uk.towerrecords.com/product.aspx?pfid=2718912#notes_reviews
You'll have to let us know how the concert is... maybe take a minidisc player and record it! [;)]
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YAYYY !!!just ordered it from CDWOW.com for £8.99....cheers Richard !!!......with regards to the YES concert I'll take a portable recording studio and mixer shall I ?....to be honest a minidisc recorder will be sh*te !!!(i think you know that by your cheeky wink)...I'll just burn you a few Cd's if you want some album copies !! (https://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.world-of-smilies.de%2Fhtml%2Fimages%2Fsmilies%2Fmusik%2Fmusic341.gif&hash=9c2a4c5c21f61e9c4d59cc92ed26f34e)....err...not that I would condone copying music on such a reputable site like this.....
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I think we have every Yes album there is to have! I tell you something that is REALLY funny is Weird Al Yankovitch... not sure if you have heard of him but he takes he p*ss out of songs like eminem and the offspring etc... uses the same tune but puts new lyrics in...
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Oh yes....I have a few of his versions of Michael 'I didn't lay a finger on him' Jacksons videos on my PC right now......well funny.[:D]
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If you could take an MD with you to Wembley for the Yes concert I'd be eternally grateful. Not that I would ever consider sitting 3 rows back from the stage and recording a rock concert on an MD or anything, but I can personally recommend the Sony ECM-MS907 which has produced very favourable results in the past...
Richard, presumably you are going to see Yes play at Braintree in July, since it's about 3 miles from home ?!
Chris
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http://www.gft-cyclops.co.uk/ and www.cdservices.com are two great resources for Prog rock cd's....espesh GFT...they're very helpful.
To be honest Chris...because of the compression used on a minidisc and from an audiophiles point of view, as a company we very rarely get asked for MD players/recorders...and so I don't actually have one, mind you, I could treat myself to the Sony ECM-MS907 ...hmm..we'll see.....
have you got any of their DVD's Chris and Richard ?.......Symphonic Yes is absolutely fantastic !! House of Blues is brilliant....Keys to Ascension is musically great but horrible picture.........the version of Starhip trooper on the Keys to Ascension CD is the best version I've ever heard....if you haven't got it..get it !!..it's a fantastic recording.
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Went to see the Moody Blues while back. Shocking to see an audience full of white hairs.
Ohhh Neil, I would LOVE to see ELP live. I went to a laser light show many moons ago and they played Hoedown....amazing!
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Donnah !!..YAYY ..I saw Keith Emerson in concert only a very short while ago.....truly truly amazing..He was with his band The Nice (before ELP) and then in the second half they did all the ELP classics...absolutely blew me away !!!!...I'd never seen them before...too young when they were first around but oh my !!!....sorry to make you green with envy !!!!
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If you could take an MD with you to Wembley for the Yes concert I'd be eternally grateful. Not that I would ever consider sitting 3 rows back from the stage and recording a rock concert on an MD or anything, but I can personally recommend the Sony ECM-MS907 which has produced very favourable results in the past...
Richard, presumably you are going to see Yes play at Braintree in July, since it's about 3 miles from home ?!
Chris
"I never forget a face, but in your case I'll make an exception"
- Groucho Marx
Won't i be in Australia at that time? i think i will...
And neil... i have a Sony minidisc recorder, a few years old but you could borrow it... i don't have a Mic though.
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Yea...right on Rich.....I'll certainly give it a go.....just hope they won't be going through my bag before entry....sometimes they can be real fussy about that !!..but...if you get it to me, I can try and source a Mic and if there's no probs...then the'll be no worries too.
cheers
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Neil
I have a recording of Wembley (1978 - supposedly the farewell concert !) which in my opinion is one of the best versions of Starship Trooper ever played. A friend told me recently that he has acquired an original revox (big tape) recording of that concert made by Yes themselves which they forgot about. It turned up in a cupboard somewhere. I'll have to ask him if he can copy it for me because the quality is likely to be superior to the recording of the live broadcast on radio 1 that I have !
That concert contains the most amazing medley starting with Time and a Word played into Long Distance Runaround which tips into The Fish over which Jon Anderson then sings Survival. This then morphs into Perpetual Change which runs into the second half of Gates of Delirium and finishes with a wonderful rendition of Soon. The slick transitions from one piece into the next are really impressive. It also co-incides with the era when Rick Wakeman used to drink for England and consume curries on stage, which bizarrely is also when he produced his best work - which just goes to show that curry must be good for something.
I went to Union in 1991 - which was an amazing experience (Trevor Rabin was great) - and have a copy of a low quality bootleg made by some Italian company. It serves to keep the memories alive.
Then I went to Hammersmith in 1998 (twice !) and then 2000 in the Royal Albert Hall. I have a recording of the Albert Hall Performance which is good, but not perfect.
However, the version I have from Yes Symphonic December 2001 (Hammersmith) is perfect. To the untrained ear it is indistinguishable from a desk-originating recording. This contains my favourite all time version of Starship Trooper, largely because the bass solo nearly made the auditorium fly apart. It comes across amazingly on the recording, so long as you have speakers that can do it justice. The versions of Gates of Delirium, Ritual (nous sommes du soleil) and Magnification are spot on.
We went to the Hammersmith concert in July 2003 but had poor seats (Tip : never trust your mum to book seats for something on the internet because when offered seats in the stalls 4 rows from the stage she might inadvertently click on "No thanks, I'd rather sit at the back of the dress circle").
The concert also came across as a bit sloppier than normal (there were a few production screw ups and the music wasn't as tight and together as normal). That said there were a few good highlights. One being when Jon Anderson picked up his guitar to play the opening to a song and, finding it was horribly out of tune, sung the note he wanted, tuned the guitar to that note in about 2 seconds flat, and then started the song. I'm not much of a musician so that kind of thing impresses me enormously !
Another nice aspect was at another point in the concert Jon Anderson announced that he recently "found a tape marked '1972' containing a forgotten song". "I've revised it", he said, and then sang it, accompanying himself on a guitar (in tune this time). I don't think that song has ever been released - correct me if I'm wrong - but it was a really great tune and very catchy. The first line started "Show me a man...".
Anyway, enough rambling. Neil, the Sony ECM microphone I mentioned above is what I use for all of my radio interviews. It's not cheap (90 quid in most outlets - obviously less to you !) but that's reflected in the quality and pick up. I use an old Sharp MD for my recordings because it allows me to manually adjust the record levels. This prevents a sudden loud sound from 'quenching' the record level.
One tip - if you do record the concert don't clap or shout yourself !
Chris
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Phew !!!...well....what can I say ?...I've neve seen them before so this will by first YES concert !!!....so, the will power to NOT clap or shout (and to control my friend) will be virtually non existant......I would love to record it but I don't want to compromise my experience and enjoyment while trying to get the best recording level etc etc.
WOW...you are a major YES fan !!........Chris...If I record it...I'll give it a go, if not...then you'll just have to enjoy my description !!! (tee hee)
Have you got the Keys to Ascension cd's?....I have of never heard the 1978 version of Starship Trooper but I really think the Keys one is excellent......oooooh..can't wait, can't wait !!!!!
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I like nothing better than good old traditional Afghan folk music...
I love Qamar Gul, she rocks!! I used to do the Breakfast Show on Radio Afganistan with Chris Evans you know!
This picture then emerged claiming she was my new girlfriend and i was fired...
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Even though there is absolutely NO truth in such claims, she's better looking than Billie Piper so why did Mr evans keep his job?
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LOL Bin you idiot!
Neil you say you are into trance and ambient... Have you listened to any Orbital or Zero 7, and lets not forget The Orb!?
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Rich...I only have excerpts of those groups on many variations Cd's ie: The ministry of Sound , Euphoria and Cream compilations......My fav artists which I have albums for are Paul Van Dyk, Robert Miles, Chicane and most definitely Faithless...YAY !!
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Rich...I only have excerpts of those groups on many variations Cd's ie: The ministry of Sound , Euphoria and Cream compilations......My fav artists which I have albums for are Paul Van Dyk, Robert Miles, Chicane and most definitely Faithless...YAY !!
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I will have to let you have a listen to some of their stuff, its amazing!
PVD is a quality DJ, his album Vorchspung Dyk Tecnik is an awesome album if you havent got it.
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Actually, as you have broadband you could easily give a few of their live performances a whirl... loads n the official website at
http://www.loopz.co.uk/livea1.html
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Thanks Richy ...I'll check em out.
Neily
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EEP!! I'm away for a few days and people start talking about my love in life??!!! I am such a music junkie you guys have NO IDEA!! While I have my all time favorites (Metallica, Phish, The Doors, Zepplin, Blind Faith....) I listen to everytihng from classical to death metal. I go out and blow half my paycheck on CDs every month. Its nuts. Kateley I've been getting into dark, mellow instrumental indie rock. "Mogwai" is probably my fav band of the moment (some of you Brit's might know them) also, "Sigur Ros" from Iceland, and "Mono", and "Godspeed you black emperor" <--can't stop listening to them right now. I'am also really into the emo band "deatrh cab for cutie" lateley; such unique lyrics!!!
Oh geese, its a shame I'm tired, i could talk music for days.... any takers? :)
Oh... I'm curoius if any of you have heard of the band "Low" from what i hear they are hugely popular in europe right now, just wondering if that is true. They actually opened for Radiohead on their european tuor last summer. I have a personal attatchment to them as they are form the town that I recently moved from. One of the bands I used to play with actually recorded a track for a compolation disc thats not out yet, but Al (the main guy from Low) is sgoing to have two tracks on that disc, I'm so thrilled about that!! If you haven't heard of them you NEED to check them out. BEAUTIFUL music!! I recomend their two newest LPs ("Trust" and "Things we lost in the fire")
Ok, I'm all excited now, but I'll shut up!)
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erp! my excitement killed the lovely beast! :(
We don't want the loonies taking over!
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erp! my excitement killed the lovely beast! :(
We don't want the loonies taking over!
give it time... give it time my friend...[:)]
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if I water it will it grow?? [8)]
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if I water it will it grow?? [8)]
We don't want the loonies taking over!
hmmm, and i've heard playing a little classical music goes a long way too... [:I]
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mmmm..... how about eighties thrash-metal??
We don't want the loonies taking over!
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i have heard Prince Charles is the expert on talking to flowers and playing music to them... FREAK!
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Common exodus... you should know what the results of centuries of inbreeding are!
p.s. WHAT MUSIC DOES EVERYONE LIKE??!!!! (its like this topic is more taboo than the God issue in here)
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Maybe lots of people aren't big music fans. I love a wide range of music, from opera (only live, not recorded) to rock, but mainly I listen to alternative stuff or jazz. Afro Celt Sound System make it easy to fling your body around with wild abandon. I call it dancing.
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WOW that sounds like a band I have to check out. Too bad there isn't a good record store in this town.... I hate buying CDs online!
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I buy all my CD's/DVDs etc on line....in the shops over here in the UK they are really expensive...so I bide my time buying tons of stuff every week....I can't resist it !!..for me....MUSIC is the only way I can relax...well...errr..there are other ways too but ...(oh just use your imagination , you know what I mean !!)...Why do you hate buying them online me old fly fancier mucker ?
Yay...Donnah....Afro Celt Sound System sound really intersting..I might just chek em out...ta
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Hey neil, soz the music wasnt what you were expecting, i did put a review of them up after i suggested them so you could see what the music was like. I think with your progressive rock side, you'll get to lke it after a few plays, especially Getaway and The Dance! They are quality songs!
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Anybody else like Sheila Chandra music?
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Hey neil, soz the music wasnt what you were expecting, i did put a review of them up after i suggested them so you could see what the music was like. I think with your progressive rock side, you'll get to lke it after a few plays, especially Getaway and The Dance! They are quality songs!
Matey....I do like it..alot..I've played it a couple of times and I actually think I'm getting hooked....thanks Matey...cool stuff !!..YEAH !!
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Originally posted by Exodus
Hey neil, soz the music wasnt what you were expecting, i did put a review of them up after i suggested them so you could see what the music was like. I think with your progressive rock side, you'll get to lke it after a few plays, especially Getaway and The Dance! They are quality songs!
Matey....I do like it..alot..I've played it a couple of times and I actually think I'm getting hooked....thanks Matey...cool stuff !!..YEAH !!
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ok, was just feeling a bit guilty there! Oh, by the way, Isn't the song "Page One" on the lemon Jelly album awesome!!! and Ramblin Man!
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Knockout !!...abso****ing knockout !!..tee hee ...me knows this will be censored but YEAH !!!..lemon jelly MEGA !!!
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As a 14-year old, I haven't heard of thae majority of the bands named here.
Moving at the speed of light.
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well, then who do you dig man?
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As a 14-year old, I haven't heard of thae majority of the bands named here.
Moving at the speed of light.
yeah fill us in C-guy!
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Yeah guy...spill the beans man !!
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Richy...forgot to give you this link for online Cd's/DVD's...chart cd's are free delivery and although CDWOW is good, this company have a vast catalogue...check em out https://www.101cd.com if a box comes up saying do you wanna view the non secure items say YES...it's the piccys for the albums.
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Richy...forgot to give you this link for online Cd's/DVD's...chart cd's are free delivery and although CDWOW is good, this company have a vast catalogue...check em out https://www.101cd.com if a box comes up saying do you wanna view the non secure items say YES...it's the piccys for the albums.
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nice one... will have a butchers!
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The weekend drought is here, so , after playing daddy and hubby for a while I started my afternoon listening to AIR, then moved onto early Prodigy !!!..WOW !!....forgot what an absolute headf**k they are !!!...brilliant !!!
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The weekend drought is here, so , after playing daddy and hubby for a while I started my afternoon listening to AIR, then moved onto early Prodigy !!!..WOW !!....forgot what an absolute headf**k they are !!!...brilliant !!!
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Prodigy are awesome (well their early stuff anyway)! They come from my home town you know!!
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.....*smug mode*...so thats two great things that come from Braintree eh?....actually, I never knew that...I thought they were a London band....good on ya....I just went mad listening to their first cd today !! I was larging it Prodigy style with my 21 month old daughter (whose piccy is on my profile)...I always get my children involved with all the music I listen to...I want them to benefit from the enrichment I had as a kid.
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Well, I like Linkin Park. I don't know any other band that sounds like them.
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They have some cool sounds.
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.....*smug mode*...so thats two great things that come from Braintree eh?....actually, I never knew that...I thought they were a London band....good on ya....I just went mad listening to their first cd today !! I was larging it Prodigy style with my 21 month old daughter (whose piccy is on my profile)...I always get my children involved with all the music I listen to...I want them to benefit from the enrichment I had as a kid.
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she's really sweet mate! you should have a picture of both of you together for your profile!!!
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she's really sweet mate! you should have a picture of both of you together for your profile!!!
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she's really sweet mate! you should have a picture of both of you together for your profile!!!
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LOL People might think that she is neilep, she is already literate and is a hifi consultant... not bad for 21 months old!
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Kinda late jumping into this one, but here's what I'm listening to lately:
Tool, A Perfect Circle, Beck, The Pixies, Morphine, Dead Can Dance, Metamorphic (the music of Tool redone in string quartet, best new music I've bought in a long time), Phish, and any band which promotes the legalization and use of recreational marijuana [|)] <--- (that's the little stoned smiley) For those of you who think drugs are bad, take all your records, all your CDs, all your tapes and burn them, because chances are every artist that has ever improved your life through their music was RRRRRrrrreallly f-ing high on drugs.
Older favorites that I don't listen to as much but did quite a bit in the past and still love: Moby, Enigma, The Meat Puppets, Alice in Chains, Keoki, Cibbo Matto, Helmet, Rollins Band/Black Flag, Course of Empire
I despise country, pop, and gangsta rap (some hip hop is decent if it's message isn't about busting caps and stuff).
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Eminem is pretty good.....Hey Jay...in the immortal words of Ian Dury...'Sex and Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll is all my brain and body needs'....
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Some good selections Jay!!
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Well, I like Linkin Park. I don't know any other band that sounds like them.
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I saw them in concert last year. Didn't really trip my trigger live, but they do have wonderful studio-perfection. I think A LOT of music sounds just like them, but I know that the more you like something the more you are able to pick out its individual intricacies and so you see it as something more unique as other poeple do who aren't as "into" it as you are. (Hence why your parents think all your music sounds the same)
Good to hear what ya'll are listening to! Any good (ORIGINAL) local bands where anyone's from?
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Yay Jay, Dead Can Dance, Moby, Enigma....you rock (you also look like one of my nephews)! Ever tried Delerium?
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I have a bunch of Delerium mp3s on my hard drive that I pulled off WinMX (yeah, I'm a dirty music pirate) but I haven't listened to much of it yet. Now that you've mentioned them, I'll give em a listen.
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You'll be hooked. Guaranteed**.
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Hmmm.. Delerium..can't say I've heard of them....probably because I spend most my time Delirious !!!.(poor joke)...anyway...I'm gonna check them out too.
Donnah...are they Canadian ?
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Probably, it's produced in Canada. www.netwerk.com
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I must be getting really really OLD. I've never heard of most of these artists. That's a sure sign that the best part is over and it's just downhill to the end now....[:(]
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hey.... music is the best way to saty young!!! You should check out some of the bands you see in here. I never plan on loosing touch with the current scene. If I do, someone please shoot me!
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You reach a certain age where current music stops being interesting. Out of every single new band that's had a song released on standard "alternative" rock stations in the last 5 years, I've liked approximately 3 of them. (White Stripes, Cold, and Bowling for Soup) The rest, while some are mildly tolerable, basically suck. I'm not sure if music is getting worse or if I'm getting old, but I will say that my brother who is 9 years my elder hates most of the things I listen to.
I think your musical taste is pretty much formed during your preteens through early 20's. He is into the rock bands of the late 70s, early 80s (Pink Floyd, Ozzy, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, etc) and I like stuff from the early 90s through late 90s. (though I must admit I sometimes enjoy a bit of classic rock from the 60s, 70s, and 80s)
Back to studying. Genetics final tomorrow. [:0]
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yay jay.....yep.....I agree....there's nothing quite like Baa Baa black sheep and Jack and Jill went up the hill...or that timeless classic...Humpty Dumpty !![:D][:D]
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I must be getting really really OLD. I've never heard of most of these artists. That's a sure sign that the best part is over and it's just downhill to the end now....[:(]
Then how do you explain the fact that I'm older than you? And what's wrong with downhill? I'm damn tired of pushing my wagon uphill (especially with all the free riders) and now that I'm at the top (and have punted all the bums), I'm ready to cruise. ............................(https://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.world-of-smilies.de%2Fhtml%2Fimages%2Fsmilies%2Fauto%2Fauto17.gif&hash=c33d9dc48ed33bc8fb4e4dd68b18ab0f)....wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Really, I was just joking! I don't recognize the bands, but I feel younger now than anytime in the past 10 years. A lot of that is due to a renewed interest in music, mostly classical and instrumental new-age.
Going back to the age of establishing musical tastes, I have a book that discusses the neurological foundations of music and why it has such a profound effect on our brains and our emotions. The hypothesis is that we can enjoy any type of music, but it is a learned taste. If you haven't learned to listen to a certain type of music, which involves a LOT of mental processing, then you don't really recognize it as music. Thus as you get older it gets harder to accept radically different types of music as enjoyable, even though they are just as much "music" as anything else. It's kind of like learning a new language - the younger you are the easier it is, but music operates in more areas and lower levels of the brain and is even harder still.
I'll have to dig that book out and read it again.
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I think the reason people get older and stuck in the music they listened to when they were young is beacause at some point in their lives they got too busy to keep up with what was new, and when they went back to it later, music had progressed so far that there's too big of a gap from where they left off for them to be able to appreciate it. you have to listen to music in context of other music, to see where its coming from (although truly great albums can often be enjoyed out of context) A good example to prove this is the band radiohead. If anyone is familiar with their discography you can follow along (if you're not WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN THE PAST 10 YEARS??!! CATCH UP!) Take soemone who knows Pablo honey and The Bends quite well and enjopys them but has never heard anything else. if you give them Kid A or Amnesiac all of a sudden, i almost guaruntee you they'll hate it because there is too much of a jump with no context as to where it came from. But if you give them OK computer they will like that, THEN give them a later album they will have a lot better appreciation for the progression of the band's music. I thik this same thing happens on a grander scale as people age. I swear never to let this happen to me!
Another comment is that pop music sucks. Anything you can readily get your hands on nowadays (thanks to your good friends at the RIAA) sucks. When we are young we don't notice that it sucks, when we get old we do, but the stuff that was popular when we were younger still sounds good because its so familiar. I think if more people dug deeper into underground and independent music they'd find more music that they liked from all time periods.
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Guess I'm abnormal then. My son gave me an Evanescense CD (Fallen) and I love it. No, it's not just because Steve gave it to me. I love to listen to new stuff.
Some music seems to "tickle" my brain. It feels like the various sounds stimulate different parts, and what a wonderful sensation it is!
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I love to listen to new music. All I said before was that I've never heard of most of these artists. That's not saying I don't like them. I was just in a funk and really living up to my signature. I'm better now.
And, I agree that current pop music is really pretty lousy - at least what I've heard of it.
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Some music seems to "tickle" my brain. It feels like the various sounds stimulate different parts, and what a wonderful sensation it is!
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Yay for brain tickeling!!!!
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Ok.... here's my new daily feature (we'll see how long I keep it up) "song of the day" by Justin...
I love hearing what other people listen to and checking out the stuff I haven't heard of. (Donnah I haven't been able to find the band you mentioned, but I'm hoping when I go up to Duluth in a week and a half my old friends at the record store up there will help me out) So I'm going to start giving out musical "asssignments" (I just watched "School of Rock" last night if you can tell) for anyone who's interested. Some will be things most of you have never heard of, some might be cliassics you haven't dug out for a while. I'll try to keep things as diverse as possible (thats just how my taste is anyway) so if you don't like something, come back the next day and try again. If anyone else would like to start a similar thing taht would rock too! Or if anyone checks out any of my songs and has feedback on them I'm always eager to discuss. Or if no one wants to listen to my crappy taste in music I don't blame you. (p.s. as I'm very much against illegal downlaoding I'm going to pretened that anyone who might participate in this is getting their music through legal means. Just do me a personal favor and don't let me know otherwise! :D)
Ok, today's song of the day: "We looked like Giants" by "Death Cab for Cutie" ENJOY!
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I've just bought a couple of CDs of an Irish Folk band that I saw on TV, now normally FOLK music is NOT what I like but my jaw just dropped at the sounds I was hearing.....this was not conventional FOLK....oh no no no.....you could not get further away from it if you tried......It's Funky, it's jazzy, with dance and bass lines that rock. It's progressive,.....I emailed the show to get the name of the group and they're called KILA....so, I emailed their info line and one of the band members emailed me back....now we're emailing....nice.
Justy...I used to download music all the time...I don't anymore....but one thing that it did make me do was go and buy the original cds !!..from my point of view ...when I used to download, I always treated it as a 'taster'....cos from my perspective the quality was so ****e (due to the compression used and the fact that computers aren't hi fi's) that it was the only way I could prelude a group before buying it. I like to own the original.
I know I know I know that most people just burn it onto cd's and I agree that is wrong...but that's another debate isn't it ?...about the cost of a Cd almost drives people to make illegal copies etc etc
Wish I could check out "We looked like Giants" by "Death Cab for Cutie"....where are they based matey ?
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I know I know I know that most people just burn it onto cd's and I agree that is wrong...but that's another debate isn't it ?...about the cost of a Cd almost drives people to make illegal copies etc etc
It is wrong to make illegal copies of music, but I doubt the cost has very much to do with it. I think that if CDs cost $5 instead of $15 there would still be people burning CDs from illegal copies.
I also like to download music to "preview" it (though I don't do it much anymore) and then buy the original if I like it. I've found several artists that way.
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when I do take the occasional guilty pleasure of an illegal song, I verify it by telling myself taht I'm just "smapling" the music and will buy it if I like it (lord knows I buy enough music) I think that if thats all anyone did the artists and even record companies would not only approve, but pursuade people to do it. The issue is though that if a band doesn't want you to do it its their right to distribute the music however they see fit. I get annoyed by people who think that its their "right" to download the music regardless of what the artists think.
Getting off that topic (always one to stir up a good heated debate)... I'm not sure where death cab for cuite" is from neil. I'm guessing somewhere in the states, but I dunno for sure. I'll see if I can find out for you.
Todays song of the day: "Summer" by the band "Mogwai" (this band is from your neck of the woods neily-o, thought I'd give ya some local flavor should you decide to check them out)
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In celebration of our internet lives being back to normal I would like to add yet another song of the day:
Funny thing is I don't even know the name of this song. Its off the soundtrack of the film "Vanilla Sky" and it is by the band "Sigur Ros" (they're from iceland so I figure they're a good middle ground for us if you only have tastes for regional music). It should be pretty easy to find. Enjoy.
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I finally bought a CD after like 2 years of boycotting the recording industry. It's a string quartet tribute to Tool. I was in Barnes and Noble looking for a new book and I noticed the muzak sounded awfully familiar. I walked into the music department and said to the clerk "Is this what I think it is?" She grinned at me and held up the CD case, and a sale was made. It's a niche market, though...not many Tool fans are into string quartets and vice versa.
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is the band "apocoliptica"??? If so I have one of their discs as well that I bought back in HS I dig their stuff. Very few people notice the striking stylistic similarities between heavy metal and baroque-era music.
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Song of the day: "stars" by the band "Hum"
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I have just discovered a classic song which i am surprised i have never heard before but it has muscled itself into my top ten... and quite a way up too! not sure what it has forced out. Underworld are a quality band and alongside Orbital, were the daddies of modern day dance music in the early 90s. I heard a song by them yesterday called "Jumbo" I now have to go out and buy the album because that song BLEW me away! Neil, i'll have to come by the shop and play it on one of the old quality set ups because its amazing!!! check it out!
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ooooohhh...only a few days before I see 'YES'....yayyyyyyy !!
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Tonight....well, last night in fact...I had the pleasure of seeing YES at Wembley Arena. Absolutely amazing and breathtaking example of incredible musicianship....
Richard, Chris...they did a Chigago Blues version of 'Roundabout'.........Jon Andersons voice is still so fresh........It was almost ethereal to see such audacious musicality......FANF*CKINGTASTIC !! (oops....hope that doesn't offend anyone)
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I've never heard of ANY of the bands you guys are talking about, but most of you are from the UK so that could explain my dilema. I dont losten to music that often, borring to me, I'd much rather read a book, and expand my mind!!
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I've never heard of ANY of the bands you guys are talking about, but most of you are from the UK so that could explain my dilema. I dont losten to music that often, borring to me, I'd much rather read a book, and expand my mind!!
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I could go on for hours and hours about my passion for music........but you just can not dismiss music as boring !!.......music is mind expanding in itself !....it is just as much an art form as any other !.......and it is truely international !....unlike literature which needs to be translated.....music.....is music......and until you have sampled different examples.....you should not dispel music as 'boring'......though I realise and respect that it's your opinion, and perhaps you just do not like music....but I would expect that you just have not heard a musical piece that you like, perhaps next time you are reading one of your mind expanding books, you should have on in the background some Mozart.....or some ambient tunes........you may find your reading experience even more thrilling.......perhaps even to the point where your mind is opened up to the possibility of enjoying music !!
In me......I have never been moved as much, than as when I have been listening to music.......[:)]
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lol maybe I should rephrase that, what I meant is the music that is so commonly played, like rap, metal, pop. Thats the type of music I cant stand, its just people screaming and cursing to me. I couldnt possible consider those such as Mozart music, they deserves a category of there own, inspiration. Through my life, music just hasnt been a big thing to me, I can totally understand that others can use it to relax and calm there mind, to me its just been words. A live concert where unknown people sing, just for the reason to sing, would suit me more. I could always settle for a book on tape!!
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When I say somthing it always comes out in the way I didn't mean it to!
To see the world through a grain of sand.
Me too Richie......I even argue with myself most times !!![:D][:D]
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I like eighties soft rock (David Bowie) and pop also alternative. I like some Classical but not much opera, Carmena Burana the exception. I like Gwen Stephanie and does she sing that old song, "It's my life" or something? I liked Red Hot and Blue.
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Did you ever like QUEEN Bren ?...of course they did that excellent 'Under Pressure' with D Bowie....I saw them three times......Freddy was the ultimate showman....he could whip the crowd up into a hysterical frenzy !!
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lol maybe I should rephrase that, what I meant is the music that is so commonly played, like rap, metal, pop. Thats the type of music I cant stand, its just people screaming and cursing to me. I couldnt possible consider those such as Mozart music, they deserves a category of there own, inspiration. Through my life, music just hasnt been a big thing to me, I can totally understand that others can use it to relax and calm there mind, to me its just been words. A live concert where unknown people sing, just for the reason to sing, would suit me more. I could always settle for a book on tape!!
When I say somthing it always comes out in the way I didn't mean it to!
To see the world through a grain of sand.
It's interesting that you mention the words. I too fail to get much of anything out of contemporary metal, rap, and most pop music, but it's because the words are lost on me. You seem to hear the words and not get much from the music.
In my youth I played in a band and did a lot of classical type music - no vocals. Even now, I really don't hear the words to a song, unless they are particularly dominant. Mostly, I just hear the music. Pure music, especially classical (and some contmporary "new age" and "alternative") is very inspiring to me and definitely affects me at a very low level in my mind. Opera does absolutely nothing for me, because I can't ever follow the words, and they are usually integrally important to the overall operatic experience. Basically the same applies for much of the contemporary music where there is lots of background along with the vocals. The music is mindless and the vocals are lost (and probably mindless too).
This post does not make any sense, but I'm going to toss it up here anyway.
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I have to agree John... (and Omni One)...most of todays contemporary stuff is mindless trite and sh*te...and it is so very didfficult to understand what the hell is going on in those 'songs' ('songs' being quite a loose term here)...I suppose you have to know the street speak for all that crap....but....some people might say that what we liked as youths was met with the same contempt !...
To be honest....It is difficult to find any song nowadays (my humble opinion)where the words really mean anything at all....the voice is there and is being used as an instrument...there are plenty of exceptions of course but generally....I tend to concentrate on the pitch and tone of the actual 'voice' rather than the message. If the lyrics are that good, you'll get the message...
I've never been keen on Opera too....but there's a bloke out there called Russell Watson...self taught, no training and the last few years he has considerably shortened the gap between contemporay and classical/opera...his first album (funnily enough called 'The Voice') I think is well worth a listen.....he does a fantastic version of Bridge Over Troubled Water.....
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I have a couple of contemporary vocal artists that I'm really enjoying now. One is Eleanor McEvoy (from Ireland) and the other is Sarah McLachlan (from Canada). I can't say that either is outstandingly inspirational, but they both have nice voices and sing some interesting music.
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Did you ever like QUEEN Bren ?...of course they did that excellent 'Under Pressure' with D Bowie....I saw them three times......Freddy was the ultimate showman....he could whip the crowd up into a hysterical frenzy !!
Yes, I enjoyed Queen, I remember it for sure and some twelve year old faces. I enjoy reminicing. I have that song from Queen and DB on a CD, The Best Of Bowie. I wish I had bought more CDs when I was 15...
Freddy was part Indian so my mother says. Anglo-Indian, like my mum.
I also liked the English band The The. I like 1927... I liked The Psychadelic Furs, but back then I listened to some horrible hard rock and absolutely rotten, horrid punk rock. I have never listened to it since.
I recently bought some Icehouse and Iggy Pop from a library along with Bowie's, Black Tie White Noise. Also The Jesus And Mary Chain and Some Merryl Bainbridge stuff. Oh and Huey Lewis and the News.
What do you think of that haunting soundtrack of Twin Peaks?
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Good stuff Bren....all good stuff !!..Yep...I saw Queen three times....no one could entertain an arena like that prancing megalomaniac Freddy....but we loved him anyway.....and yes...he was born in Zanzibar.
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Originally posted by GOD
I Love Gospel [:D]
I am GOD..You are Not..I don't exist !!
what about lovely hymns?
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I trust all of you are buying your cd's, oppose to downloading them because you all know thats illiegal!
To see the world through a grain of sand.
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I never download....I have to own the original anyway....there was a time when I did download and that was a only as a precursor to buying the CD........and as mentioned before, the compression used in MP3 and other formats sacrifice frequencies that make downloadable tracks seem hollow and void of substance....BUT... in defence of MP3 it is a great for portables like IPods and portable CD players that can can play MP3 encoded discs...the same goes for Minidiscs too...........and now it seems that I'm going to contradict myself, but I have done Dems with people who want to use their Ipod connected to a Hi Fi and I must admit I have been reasonably surprised at how acceptable it is...although....when compared to an original CD ...the diffrences in quality is quite obvious.
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i agree with neil, its nice to have the originals! Also i wouldnt download music of my favourite artists because its only leaving them out of pocket.
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Originally posted by cuso4
I like a bit of classical from time to time but normally I just listen to pop. Robbie Williams' songs are quite good.
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There are only 3 kinds of music. - Bad music -Good music & - Great music. Any other labeling seems to limit what you expose yourself to!
Now...,music is the most obvious form of magic in the world today. I won't waste time validating this. Just close your eyes and listen (with all your attention, of course).
With that said, let me point out the implications. Because of the way music (and perhaps all great ART, I'm not sure. Best give that more thought) 'groks' ones bubble of reality/perception many would consider it a spiritual or divine experience. Thus, limiting what you expose yourself to may be a sin!
I've done music all my life (like my father). Over 50 years. I look through tons of garbage and everywhere else for it. Most of what I find falls in the 'good' catagory. More and more these days.., into the 'bad'. But always, the 'great' stuff turns up right when & where it takes my life where I am traveling to anyway.
I'm rambling, huh?
Sorry, reading your topic discussion tonight prompted me to dig up (and play) my copy of "Gates of Delerium". Oh Heaven and bliss! Now it's "Close to the Edge" here!
There is 'great' music out there that you have'nt heard yet. Seek it out. It'll be worth it.
My personal favorites...this week is "The Mars Volta". I will listen to "Francis The Mute" until I know it intimitely. Last week it was Tori Amos and Jimmy's Chicken Shack.
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Like Neil, I don't like MP3, and all things being equal, I'd prefer to own the original (although I have no scruples about making copies for private use, and would never use originals in the car, just in case they get lost).
The types of music I would listen to depends often on the quality of reproduction. Much middle of the road music is fairly undemanding of the system it is played through, but at the other extreme, it is pretty much impossible for any recording to give justice to a live organ recital. Even some rock music that would normally make me cringe, I have heard of good quality equipment (when not set at a volume designed to ensure premature deafness) and was surprised to hear things in the music that had been totally lost when played on lesser equipment.
Ofcourse, taste also depends on mood, and as with many things, have changed as I have grown older (although some of this is also because in my younger years I had simply been listening on inferior equipment and have reappraised the music as I had the opportunity to listen on better equipment).
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im afraid i cant be arsed reading all this so will answer the origional question. i like various types of music best cd bloc party silent alarm best band blur best gig arctic monkeys
"I realised i was sitting on a thousand tons of fuel in a rocket built by the lowest bidder" John Glen
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Gospel really pisses me off !!
I am GOD..You are Not..I don't exist !!
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METALICA!!!!!!!