Music

[mugen]

discuss

anything about music, like music you would recommend, live show etc

[Myrsilus]

I'll probably be the first to do this, but Bach. Yep, classical. I love Bach's style and I usually listen to it when I write essays. Studies have shown that listening to classical music is good for concentration.

[Dead Sexy Vocab]

Rock = Awesome.
Rap = ... The Instrumental's good enough for me.
R&B = ... No.
Country = Hicks with Banjos and Sticks.
OldSchool = Best.

[Janken]

Rammstein and Megaherz own. Period.

[Henjin]

Most rock from the early 90's on. Some poppy/jazzy/bosa novay stuff like the Mosquitos...

And how can you like instrumental rap? Rap is just talking to a brain dead beat...

[Daishikaze]

I'll probably be the first to do this, but Bach. Yep, classical. I love Bach's style and I usually listen to it when I write essays. Studies have shown that listening to classical music is good for concentration.

I'm with you there, man.

Bach
Rimsky-Korsakov
Stravinsky
Prokofiev
Beethoven
Tchaikovsky
Grieg
Dukas
Mussorgsky

All great stuff IMO

[Dead Sexy Vocab]

Will Smith back in the 80's was the shit.

[hapacheese]

That's just lazy rap.

Good rappers have a story to tell, or show you how creative you can get with word play and breaking traditional rhyme patterns/beats.

While not all of it is good, you see some pretty sick poets on stuff like Def Poetry Jam.

But, I pretty much listen to anything that catches my attention, whether it's jazz, rap, country, or Inuit throat singing.

[Myrsilus]

Most rock from the early 90's on. Some poppy/jazzy/bosa novay stuff like the Mosquitos...

And how can you like instrumental rap? Rap is just talking to a brain dead beat...
Some people like rap. Not that big of a deal. And some people like listening to the instrumentals. A lot of my friends do as well, but then again some of them actually enjoy random freestyles.

I have to admit I don't like rap though... well most of it. Especially if it contains derogatory comments directed at women or if it promotes violence.

Edit: Daishikaze, I love all those you just listed. Especially Tchaikovsky. One of the greatest. A sad story with him, but his music was amazingly moving.

I'm glad you like this stuff.

[Henjin]

Some people like rap. Not that big of a deal. And some people like listening to the instrumentals. A lot of my friends do as well, but then again some of them actually enjoy random freestyles.

Yeah, to each his own, but I just don't get it since rap is known for such sparse instrumentation.

[D-pad]

Chronic Future quite possibly the best band ever.............



http://www.chronicfuture.com/media/media.html

[Dead Sexy Vocab]

Yeah, to each his own, but I just don't get it since rap is known for such sparse instrumentation.

The only good rap song that had meaning and a good instrumental is P. Diddy's "I'll Be Missin' You," le tribute to the late Notorious B.I.G.

Yeah, I'm such a whore.

[Myrsilus]

I actually like some of Tupac's stuff... Yeah if I enjoy anything, it's old school. It wasn't exactly as corrupt back then. Now it's the same damn story... kill some enemies and pick up loose women.

Maybe I'm just too old school sometimes, I dunno. And as far as rap instrumentations, I don't mind listening to anything with an easy, detectable beat. It can calm me down. Of course that's why I would listen to it if I had to.

[h2orowe]

Heh, I like getting into arguements over music with people. As I've come to figure out, there's alot of the same stereotypes that go along with the music someone listens to. Like Nu-Metal heads are pompous pricks that think they're the shit. Emo fans (Shitty Emo like the Slit my wrist and Black my eye shit) think they're cool because they're different. Alot of the new rap kids think they're tough because they listen to gangsta shit, and think like Tupac was the smartest person ever, but would rather listen to the new Lil' Jon club remix than Tupac.

I listen to alot of stuff. Mostly "Love-Emo" as I call it, haha, it's like Weezer, Jimmy Eat World, and stuff like that. Indie like Sparta, Recover, I don't really know if they're indie or not but are The Mar's Volta indie? I don't know, I've been listening to them since before they got big, like when Deloused first came out.

I was into Hardcore and stuff in the 5th-7th grade. It used to be good, but now everybody's into it. It's annoying. ATREYU ROCKS MY SOCKS. I hate Atreyu so much. They have their stupid fads and stuff. SXE, and like they put Hardcore like HXC. I'm 15 now but like my brother brought me up with a good oppinion on music. I'll listen to anything pretty much, but I'll judge it and shit, but I won't not hang out with anyone due to their taste in music, I just joke with them and bag on them for it, most of the time they think I'm serious.
I like some reggae and stuff. The only ones I know like alot about is Sublime and Bob Marley. I like Toot's and the Maytals, and some stuff I've heard on the Reggae channel.
I like some older metal, like Black Sabbath, Old Metallica, and Old Slayer.

My favorite (not Favorite, but most listened to) bands At the moment are probably
the pillows
Jimmy Eat World
Weezer
Sparta
Recover
Head Automatica
and
The Mars Volta

Edit: The bands I put

[hapacheese]

One thing I don't get about the indie music scene (I love a lot of indie bands, so don't get me wrong): why do people automatically hate an indie band when they make it big? As long as their music doesn't change, who cares if everyone else is listening to it now?

[Jaiya]

Slipknot! The Heretic Anthem owns.
Stone Sour.
Nine Inch Nails.
Papa Roach.
Disturbed.
AFI.

[h2orowe]

One thing I don't get about the indie music scene (I love a lot of indie bands, so don't get me wrong): why do people automatically hate an indie band when they make it big? As long as their music doesn't change, who cares if everyone else is listening to it now?
I don't know why either.
TMV is hitting it big, but it sucks so bad. SUCKS SO BAD, because they're touring with shitty fucking SOAD. Now they'll have the totally wrong fanbase. Stupid fucking Nu-Metal heads will be listening to them. ERR! It pisses me off. Now if I mention TMV, people will be like "Oh I like them, They're like SOAD.". This is why I hate High School, most people don't know shit about music.

[mugen]

I think you are getting the wrong idea of rap because of 50Cent & co
couple of my favorite hip-hop artists:
-the roots - great instrumental hip-hop
-k-os - mixes lots of different styles
-common
-talib kweli
-Kanye West

edit: how could I forget outkast

[Dead Sexy Vocab]

Good rappers to be.

Ludacris = able to rap using multiple words in a flow
Kanye West = raps about the controversy in life and religion
Missy Elliot = being the dominant female rapper out there
Eminem = breaking the barrier from the black-dominant rap industry
OutKast (Big Boi) = Funky tunes and all
Black Eyed Peas = They have the ElePhunk, they do Monkey Business, and what else? Doggy Style!

[l337m45t3r]

Classic Metal

Black Sabbath
Dio
Ozzy Osbourne
Rainbow

[Citizen]

Rock, used as a very broad term/genre to encompass all forms of Rock and Rock 'n' Roll, is my favorite genre. Although lately it has been plagued. By the various Crap-Rock genres(as I've dubbed them), such as Emo, Indie, Pop, J, new Alt., and new Punk.

I use "new" for some of those genres to express that these genres used to be good, but now pump out little but crap.

[JudoPorkChop]

I am probably the most musically elite of all!

MWAHAHAHAHAAAAA

Mash-ups are where it's at. No, not that Jay-Z/Linkin Park BS. Not even The Grey Album by DangerMouse. Since everyone has the internet here, I'll let you find out the joy of The Beastles, the gaudy fun of Copacabreaka, and the sheer wrongness of things like Hollaback Girl/Constant Sorrow and Bad is In the Heart...

It's a genre with no boundaries. You can be listening to Stevie Wonder over the Clash, and then go to Will Smith over NIN. The amalgamation is beautiful.

[JudoPorkChop]

Vocab, man, How old are you that you think Eminem was the barrier breaker?

Sure, there are castaways like Snow, and Vanilla Ice, but there's also 3rd Bass, House of Pain... Em wasn't by any means the first.

Rap, by and large, has been ruined by bling rap, krunk club crap, and thug rap. Case in point: Mike Jones. He should have NEVER come close to getting a record deal. Seriously.

Other genres have been overrun by corporate crap. The Offsprings, Blink 182's and Good Charlottes, if I may point fingers at a few. Good Charlotte has to be the most "tough" looking band to have a primary fan base of screaming 14 year old GIRLS.

Alternative/NuMetal is just as bad. If it isn't tuned to Drop D and distorted to all hell, then it's simply the same power chord formula, over and over again. Bands are interchangeable. I can't tell the difference from Mudvayne to Slipknot, to Puddle of Mudd, and whatnot. The originators had a SOUND. You could tell the difference between Smashing Pumpkins, Pearl Jam, and Soundgarden.

Oddly enough, the only hard music worth listening to is coming from a genre that is known for being way too numb to be able to generate the good stuff. "Emo" bands like My Chemical Romance, and The Mars Volta (formed from emo kids At The Drive-In) kick a lot of ass. Too much to not have crossover potential.

[BluZytrix]

Watch and love Morning Musume. Sucome to their catchy songs, beautiful smiles and overall ability to make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside! You will watch, you will sing, you well be assimilated.

愛あらばIt's all Right!

[Myrsilus]

Vocab, man, How old are you that you think Eminem was the barrier breaker?

Sure, there are castaways like Snow, and Vanilla Ice, but there's also 3rd Bass, House of Pain... Em wasn't by any means the first.

Rap, by and large, has been ruined by bling rap, krunk club crap, and thug rap. Case in point: Mike Jones. He should have NEVER come close to getting a record deal. Seriously.

Other genres have been overrun by corporate crap. The Offsprings, Blink 182's and Good Charlottes, if I may point fingers at a few. Good Charlotte has to be the most "tough" looking band to have a primary fan base of screaming 14 year old GIRLS.

Alternative/NuMetal is just as bad. If it isn't tuned to Drop D and distorted to all hell, then it's simply the same power chord formula, over and over again. Bands are interchangeable. I can't tell the difference from Mudvayne to Slipknot, to Puddle of Mudd, and whatnot. The originators had a SOUND. You could tell the difference between Smashing Pumpkins, Pearl Jam, and Soundgarden.

Oddly enough, the only hard music worth listening to is coming from a genre that is known for being way too numb to be able to generate the good stuff. "Emo" bands like My Chemical Romance, and The Mars Volta (formed from emo kids At The Drive-In) kick a lot of ass. Too much to not have crossover potential.
Hm... Who? Mike Jones.

Sorry. I agree, a lot of the new stuff in pretty much every genre that is popular now... sucks. I'm all for the old rock, old rap, old whatever.

I'm especially partial to any old rock. From The Beatles to Ozzy Osbourne.

[MFDub]

I like a little bit of everything. I'm a big fan of good rappers (Talib Kweli, The Roots and all those that normally get mentioned in this). I also like old school, if only because it helps me nostalge (yes, that's a word ;) ). I'm also a fan of good R&B (Luther Vandross, Lighthouse Family, some R. Kellly and the man himself, Stevie Wonder). I'm a huge fan of jazz and blues. I won't even begin to go into what artists I like because the list is way too long. I like some rock. J-Pop and anime themes also are big on my list. So is some of the older pop. Oh, and dance music too. I'm a fan of some reggae and nearly all calypso. And new wave. Man, I miss the 80's.


I swear, my iTunes playlist is the most eclectic thing I have ever seen in my life. :D


Now, a quick question: why is it that whenever someone holds these music conversations almost everybody lists some form of rock? I'm not knocking the style, I'm just wondering why it seems that you all don't even bother to try other music. Good music is so deep and there's so much to explore that it's a shame to limit yourself to one genre. There's so much you wind up missing out on.

[mugen]

Now, a quick question: why is it that whenever someone holds these music conversations almost everybody lists some form of rock? I'm not knocking the style, I'm just wondering why it seems that you all don't even bother to try other music. Good music is so deep and there's so much to explore that it's a shame to limit yourself to one genre. There's so much you wind up missing out on.
agree 100%..

[kawaii]

i like people with guitar skills.
yngwie malmsteen,john petrucci,michael romeo,true masters of the guitar :)
but also some good ol' rock is good. pink floyd, scorpions,jimi hendrix.

[Citizen]

Now, a quick question: why is it that whenever someone holds these music conversations almost everybody lists some form of rock? I'm not knocking the style, I'm just wondering why it seems that you all don't even bother to try other music. Good music is so deep and there's so much to explore that it's a shame to limit yourself to one genre. There's so much you wind up missing out on.

You're being too analytical. If someone says that they like rock, it doesn't mean that they are denouncing all other genres. Many people who enjoy rock also enjoy a huge selection of music. I'm one of those people. Rock may be my favorite genre, as I said, but I also like jazz, blues, classical, big band, various forms of metal, some hip-hop, some trip-hop, pretty much every club/dance genre, and much more. I just mentioned rock because it's the best, especially classic hard rock. :D

[jeano]

Count me among one of those people who listens to rock and other genres! I love myself some old-school indie rock (I guess "old-school indie rock" is the term? I'm more They Might Be Giants and Beck than, say, Bloc Party and the Killers), but I am the first to defend rap music and country music in any conversation about musical genres.

Listen to John Prine or even Johnny Cash before you even think of bashing country music, I say. It's not all Leann Rimes and Tim McGraw out there! Don't judge a genre by its Top 40.

And rap... Has been discussed quite thorougly so far, I must say, although I can't help but bring up the up-and-coming nerdcore hip-hop genre (mc chris, MC Frontalot, etc) and how totally awesome it is.

[l337m45t3r]

Nerdcore?

What category would MC Hawking be in?

[kensei]

Anyone ever heard of The Vampire Lestat? (soundtrack from Queen of the Damned)?

Forsaken.

That damn song has been going through my head randomly for god only knows how many days now.

[hapacheese]

MC Hawking is one of the pioneers of nerdcore. If you like him, try out MC Frontalot.

[dome1984]

i listen to hip hop since 13 years.. so thats mainly it.. oh and some funk/soul ..the old stuff
i check some songs not for the rappers but for the producers. My favs.: Pete Rock, Da Beatminerz, DJ Premier, Marley Marl, RZA, Jake One , Easy Mo Bee and so on :D

[LimbyLoo]

Classical is where it's at, people. YOU GOTTA KNOW YOUR ROOTS.

Saint-Saens
Beethoven
Tchaikovsky
Shostakovich
Schubert
Dvorak
Grieg

JUST TO NAME A FEW! (but Haydn sucks, don't listen to Haydn.)

Other than that I listen to stuff like Beck, They Might Be Giants, The Shins, Decemberists...etc. I saw They Might Be Giants live just about a year ago and I highly suggest seing them. They're fantastic live =)

[Kuhool]

i listen to Hiphop. most rap sucks.

now try and figure that out.

[KKF]

I listen to pretty much every type of music. Even, dare I say it, country. Some of that country just hits you right in the heart.

As for live shows, I live in Austin Texas the live music capitol of the world. I think one of the most consistent bands quality wise that I like is Dave Mathews Band. (As long as you don't get annoyed by the tons of pot.) Some of the local bands you guys proably never heard of are decent. I loved the Killers when I saw them a year two back. Their have also been bands that just sucked! But all in all live shows are awesome if the band is high energy. :)

[Jay]

Classical is where it's at, people. YOU GOTTA KNOW YOUR ROOTS.

MY roots come from Negro blues that used to be played back in the 1800s/early 1900s. I bet you didn't know the first "hard rock" theme was actually taken from a blues song that the Negros invented.

And from there music just got bastardised further and further until death metal, and bands with names like Decapitated and Cancer and Carcass and Dismember.

[Hito]

I'm just gonna jump in and share with all of you that I'm a huge Skinny Puppy fan. If you weren't alive in the 80's, you probably know nothing of them, but they rock hardcore. I saw them in Toronto last November and it was the most amazing live show that has ever been done, I think. If anyone would like to see what I mean, Skinny Puppy is releasing a dvd with the entire Toronto show on it (it will probably include my mug in there somewhere) in September.

[jeano]

I saw They Might Be Giants live just about a year ago and I highly suggest seing them. They're fantastic live =) You must have seen them on the Spine tour - I saw them on Aug 14 last year in San Francisco, and they were (well, are) adorable and hilarious and not to mention AWESOME! John Linnell inspired me to start playing accordion.

[Jay]

I'm just gonna jump in and share with all of you that I'm a huge Skinny Puppy fan. If you weren't alive in the 80's, you probably know nothing of them, but they rock hardcore. I saw them in Toronto last November and it was the most amazing live show that has ever been done, I think. If anyone would like to see what I mean, Skinny Puppy is releasing a dvd with the entire Toronto show on it (it will probably include my mug in there somewhere) in September.

I'm a fan of Skinny Puppy too. Don't start with the whole brothers-in-arms bit though, because I can hardly walk the walk. ;)

I know barely any of their stuff, I just know that they covered a Tool song. I like their music though.

[Citizen]

MY roots come from Negro blues that used to be played back in the 1800s/early 1900s. I bet you didn't know the first "hard rock" theme was actually taken from a blues song that the Negros invented.


The blues are given way way too much credit. :rolleyes:

It wouldn't surprise me at all if someone came along and told me that classical music started because of the blues. We might as well just give it credit for everything.

Don't get me wrong though. I love the blues, but the fact is that hard rock evolved from rock, not the blues. It's true that certain aspects of the blues were used when rock 'n' roll was created, which eventually became rock, which eventually spawed hard rock, but it's not like these genres wouldn't exist without the blues.

It has aspects in many genres, but it's not the "end all/start all" that many people think it is.

[Jay]

Where do you think ROCK evolved from? ;)

[Flaming_Wuzzle]

Rammstein and Megaherz own. Period.

This person speaks the truth.

List of bands I like besides Rammstein and Megaherz (with genres so you have an idea of what kind of music this is):

Oomph! (metal)
Die Ärzte (punk)
Die Toten Hosen (punk)
Sonic Front (metal)
Scooter (techno/electronic)
Fiddler's Green (folk)
Endhammer (metal)
Eisbrecher (electro rock)
In Extremo (medieval rock)
Nachlader (electro pop)
Blind Guardian (Euro power/speed metal)
Mudvayne (metal/death metal)
Disturbed (metal)
Apocalyptica (cello-rock)
Nightwish (metal)
Pink Floyd (space rock)
Rolling Stones (rock)
Deep Purple (rock)
Alice Cooper (rock)
Idlewild (punk --> folk)
Gorillaz (uh..hip-hop..I guess?)
System of a Down (metal/nu-metal)
Ra (metal)
Jimi Hendrix (rock)
MC Chris (rap)
NESkimos (video game music covers)
The Black Mages (Final Fantasy music)

[Citizen]

Where do you think ROCK evolved from?


Err....I already covered that in my last post. Well, the blues aspect of it anyways.

Rock 'n' Roll came about thanks in part to certain aspects of the blues, but more in part to the younger generation of the 40's and 50's wanting and creating a sound/style of their own. Rock 'n' Roll eventually became rock. That's were rock came from. Like I said before, blues helped, and it's a good genre, but the rock genres would exist without it. They might be a bit different without the blues, and they might not have. That part really can't be said for sure.

[Roxie]

I am probably the most musically elite of all!

OH Yeah? Check It. :cool:

Butch Walker, M.I.A., Basment Jaxx, Dizzee Rascal, Utada Hikaru, Craig David, System of a Down, Yann Tiersen, No Doubt, Garbage, Jem, Les Nubians, Ozomatli, Frou Frou, Imogen Heap, Lyrics Born, Shakira, Aaliyah, Alanis Morissette, Baaba Maal, Barenaked Ladies, BlackStar, Bush, Cake, Common, Dresden Dolls, En Vouge, Erykah Badu, Faithless, Fiona Apple, Foo Fighters, Franz Ferdinand, Gwen Stefani, India.Arie, Jem, Jimmy Eat World, Kelis, Lauryn Hill, Le Tigre, Les Nubians, Marvelous 3, Mos Def, Nellie Mckay, Our Lady Peace, Outkast, Portishead, Sean Paul, Silverchair, Stephen Lynch, Sugarcult, Sugababes, Talib Kweli, The Beatles, The Donnas, The Fugees, The Postal Service, The Streets, The Roots, Third Eye Blind, TLC, VAST, Weezer, Weird Al Yankovic, Wyclef Jean, Angelfish, Blackilicious, Blondie, Chemical Brothers, Coldplay, Common, Floetry, Fleetwood Mac, Gorillaz, Guster, Hall & Oates, Yoko Kanno, Jewel, Jill Scott, Local H, Pizzicato Five, Puffy AmiYumi, Marcy playground, Nancy Sinatra, POE, Res, Seal, Splender, The Pillows, Spice Girls, Spiritulaized, Telepopmusick, The Cure, Tomoyasu Hotei, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Dressy Bessy, and Sarah Vaughn.

[Kusoyaro]

Wow, some pretty eclectic people here
I've recently had a hankerin for some Depeche Mode, but I usually stick to things like west indian girl, supreme beings of leisure, hendrix, his infernal majesty (him), tiesto, skapara, remy zero, go! team, styx, scissor sisters and then the ones you mentioned
also, for some ridiculous reason, i've been gravitating towards enya for quite some time now, ever since i heard oronoco flow

btw, anyone know shoutcast?

[Jay]

You people have nothing on me. NOTHING. (Come to that, I have nothing on a lot of people. But it's done a lot, my dinky old 56k.)

I have over 200 artists in my playlist. :cool:

[LimbyLoo]

Where do you think ROCK evolved from? ;)


Classical music. Listen to Mahler.

[Dead Sexy Vocab]

On my playlist:

45% Rock and roll (most are from The Pillows, hehe.)
30% Hip-Hop
15% Rap
10% R&B

[Myrsilus]

Seems like a lot of people here have very varied interests in music. That's pretty cool.

I can get into almost any type of music, but I can't actually follow every band or performer I hear. I only like certain things here and there usually. I'm more about the music and less about the artist. Only a few have gained my dedicated devotion, and most of it is rock or classical.

[Dead Sexy Vocab]

I don't see why the popularity and social rank of schools are mostly based on the music people listen to.
I mean, it's ridiculous. The extremely popular people are the ones who listen to rap (death to MTV), the second are the people who listen to hip-hop and R&B, and, you know, they're the ones who're known about the popular but usually are the funny ones (I'm in that category, hehe!), the ones below that are rockers (rock on, lower-class friends!), and below them are usually the goth, the nerds/geeks/computer hackers, and (mostly in my school), people who listen to foreign music (mostly Chinese, and, by the Wapanese kids, Japanese music from anime and such).
I think people should hang out with others not by what music they're associated with, but noly for their personality. Me, I've done that. I made friends with a couple of rockers, a bunch of second-class people, but none about the rappers.
Heh. I'm stupid all of sudden since I listen to both Ludacris and the Pillows.
"Dude, you shuldn't hang out with us since you think 50 Cent is just a giant blubbering vagina and you never sport his own clothing line, unlike us popular people."
"Yeah, you're just straight-ignant, dawg."
... So?
UP YOURS, CHILDREN.

[Rogue_7]

Flogging Molly = Best Live Show Ever. They are awsome live. The energy from both the band and the crowd are insane.

[Roxie]

You people have nothing on me. NOTHING. (Come to that, I have nothing on a lot of people. But it's done a lot, my dinky old 56k.)

I have over 200 artists in my playlist. :cool:
that's not even my entire list. It just includes artists I have 2 songs or more.

[Mittens]

In no particular order:

Bands:
Daft Punk - The Black Mages - Origa - Oranges and Lemons - Joe Satriani - MC Chris - Afro Celt - Sigur Ros - The Album Leaf - Mylo -
Mogwai - M.I.A - VNV Nation - Nobuo Uematsu (All his works) - Yoko Kanno - Enya - Opeth - Metallica - Rage against the Machine - Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Theatre of Tragedy - Juno Reactor - Esbjörn Svensson Trio - Kumi Tanioka - Dimmu Borgir - Hans Zimmer - Queen - Simply Red - Chris Rea - System of a Down - Chambao - Iron Maiden - Pink Floyd

Genres:
Orchestral - Classical - Rock - Metal + Death Metal - Electronic - Rap - Jazz - Instrumentals - Techno - Ambient - Trance

Soundtrack Specific:
Azumanga Daioh OST - All Final Fantasy OST's (I have a picture to prove it) - Stand Alone Complex OST - The Tsubasa Chronicle OST - Phantasy Star Online OST - All .hack OSTs - Half Life 2 OST - Full Metal Panic OST

[JudoPorkChop]

Well, if we're gonna share whole playlists:

Chris Whitley, Kenny Wayne Sheperd, Eric Clapton, Bonnie Raitt, Chemical Brothers, Fatboy Slim, Crystal Method, Lawrence Juber, Outkast, Audioslave, Akira Yamaoka, SOAD, Nirvana, Stevie Wonder, The SOS Band, Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band, Whodini, The Clash, Weezer, Craig Mack, Zwan, Republica, Monster Magnet, Sevendust, Macy Gray, Eminem, Missy Elliot, The Pharcyde, The Mars Volta, Smashing Pumpkins, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Temple of the Dog, Ludacris, Tool, Cake, Rage Against The Machine, Papa Roach, The Urge, Evanescence, NaS, Alien Ant Farm, Dilated Peoples, Jurassic 5, The Very Low Sodium Band, Parliament/George Clinton, Johnny SAKURAI, Nina Simone, Thelonius Monk, Cab Calloway, Satchmo, Black Eyed Peas, Toadies, Prodigy, Fluke, Photek, Method Man, Digable Planets, Busta Rhymes, Green Day, Train, The Soggy Bottom Boys, Fiona Apple, Herb Alpert, Stabbing Westward, My Chemical Romance, Gorillaz, Michael Jackson (I'll cop to owning everything up to and including Dangerous), NWA, Nine Inch Nails, Ben Folds Five, Bee Gees, Marvin Gaye, The Way-Outs, and Jet Screamer.

Did I win?

[Mittens]

I dont think that anyone here can win against my dad...
He has over 22,000 songs on his computer and around 400-500 artists... hell he has hard-drives named "A-E" then "F-J" etc.

I myself only have a miniscule 4,200 songs on my pc ¬_¬

[Citizen]

I don't have any songs on my computer.

Just upwards of 5,000 on CDs. :(

[dome1984]

hm i have 51gigs of music just hip hop and funk.. i collect some rarities that you dont find anymore on cd/vinyl

[psychicstooge]

I don't have an MP3 playlist either, so here's a sampling of my cd's and vinyl:

Aarktica, AC/DC, Agoraphobic Nosebleed, Anal Cunt, Aphex Twin, Asva, Black Sabbath, Bohren und der Club of Gore, Bongzilla, Boris, The Breeders, Broken Social Scene, Bunkur, Buried at Sea, Burning Witch, Candlemass, Cannibal Corpse, Carcass, George Carlin, Johnny Cash, Chevelle, The Church, Church of Misery, Codeine, Coffins, Corrupted, Bill Cosby, Cream, The Cure, The Dandy Warhols, Depeche Mode, diSEMBOWELMENT, Dot(.), Nick Drake, The Dwarves, Earth, Electric Wizard, Brian Eno, Explosions in the Sky, Eyehategod, Floater, Floor, Foo Fighters, Gallhammer, Marvin Gaye, The Gerogerigegege, Godflesh, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Matthew Good/Matthew Good Band, Graves at Sea, Guided By Voices, Halo, Harvey Milk, Hayseed Dixie, Hlidolf, John Lee Hooker, Iron Maiden, Iron Monkey, Jefferson Airplane, Jesu, Jethro Tull, Robert Johnson, Joy Division, Khanate, King Crimson, KMFDM, Local H, Lords of Acid, Lotus Eaters, Low, LS-TTL, M83, Loreena McKennitt, Melvins, Merzbow, Metallica, Glenn Miller, Ministry, Moby, Monarch, Mortician, My Bloody Valentine, Nashville Pussy, Nile, Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana, Obituary, Arvo Pärt, Peach, Pelican, Pink Floyd, Portishead, Queens of the Stone Age, Radiohead, Rage Against the Machine, Rammstein, Refused, Ruinhorse, Rush, Scissor Shock, Scorn, Sepultura, William Shatner, A Silver Mt. Zion, Silverchair, Simon and Garfunkel, The Sisters of Mercy, Skepticism, Slayer, Sleep, Slint, The Smiths, Soft Cell, Soundgarden, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Stagedive Suicide, Sugarhill Gang, Sun Kil Moon, sunn 0))), Swans, Teeth of Lions Rule the Divine, Thorr's Hammer, Thrones, Tool, The Tragically Hip, Type O Negative, Unsane, Warhorse, Ween, Whitehouse, Wilco, Wesley Willis, Worship, Zyklon, ZZ Top.

There's a lot more where that came from. Including a lot of the obligatory crap that I used to like and which I now realize sucks. Some of the above list I really don't listen to very often anymore, but I included it because it was either important in my musical development or is tied to specific important times in my life.

[Roxie]

MC Chris
ah, that's all lower case, no dots (rewind)!

oh and Aria Gloris.

[Mittens]

Heheh I like you already Roxie
And its "Aeria Gloris" XD

[kensei]

Hell's Bells
You Shook Me All Night Long
Back in Black
Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution

These were on repeat while typing up this message ^_^

[Myrsilus]

Someone here likes ACDC.

On that note, they are great. I prefer Highway to Hell, though. That and Thunderstruck.

[kensei]

After my mom turned what should have been a 14 minute drive into a 2 hour 45 minute journey, High Way to Hell is her theme whenever she gets on the 405 (freeway that she tookt he wrong turn on and the one we ended back on...repeatedly *twitch*) And yes, both songs are pretty cool. I'm not overly obsessed with AC/DC. It just happens to be what was on my computer at the time.

[psychicstooge]

AC/DC

Hey, I mentioned them too.

I feel so unloved.

[Myrsilus]

Sorry, I am not reading any of the posts that list huge amounts of artists. But now that I look, I see you did. Awesome.

What's your favorite song?

[psychicstooge]

Sorry, I am not reading any of the posts that list huge amounts of artists. But now that I look, I see you did. Awesome.

What's your favorite song?

Far too many. Though, if I had to pick one right now, I'd say "For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)." It's just something about that main riff.

[Xephon]

I mostly have mp3s but if I like the band/singer enough, I'll buy their cds.

The Verve, The Beta Band, Pulp, Unbelievable Truth, Spiritiualized, Clinic, Mercury Rev, Super Furry Animals, The Standard, Abandoned Pools, Foreigner, Steppenwolf, KISS, Bad Company, The Cult, Judas Priest, Deftones, White Stripes, Interpol, Rage Against The Machine, Jimmy Eat World, Modest Mouse, The Cure, Nancy Sinatra, Nirvana, Converge, Rob Zombie, The Who, The Used, Snow Patrol, Iced Earth, Led Zepplin, Tears for Fear, Stone Temple Pilots, The Walkman, Metallica, Muse, MegaDeth, The Doors, Stone Roses, Death Cab For Cutie, Franz Ferdinand, Queen, Pearl Jam, The Killers, Rammstein, Billy Idol, Twisted Sister, The Darkness, Opeth, The Offsprings, System of a Down, The Hives, Foo Fighters, Slipknot, Radiohead, Green Day, Coldplay, Incubus, In Flames, Soundgarden, Beastie Boys, Death On Wenesday, The Ordinary Boys, Gene, Momus, McLusky, Longpigs, Idlewild, The Strokes, Manic Street Preachers, The Trash Can Sinatras, Doves, The Smiths, Oasis, The Arcade Fire, and Legendary Loose Screws. I also enjoy John Williams, Patrick Doyle, Mark Snow, and Bill Lynas music. Especially the work they've done on numerous tv shows and movies.

[Zen]

I listen to a lot of different genres, but my favorite band is 311. They're a hybred (Hybrid?) band, mixing Rock, Funk, Rap, Reggae, and some other stuff. They're new record hit stores Tuesday infact. I recently saw them in Chicago, amazing live performers. Check them out, they rule. Word of warning though, each record sounds different. Grassroots and Transistor are good. Don't Tread on Me, the most recent, is a hard rocker. Soundsystem rocks overall. Music is a good album too. 311 (The Blue Album, Self-titled) isn't the best, but it's still better than 95% of the music out there, same for From Chaos and Evolver.

I'm a 311 nerd if you couldn't tell.

Besides them, Dream Theater, Rage Against the Machine, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Bob Marley, Green Day occasionally, and Rammstien are all getting play in my cd player, along with a lot of others.

[Hito]

Flogging Molly = Best Live Show Ever. They are awsome live. The energy from both the band and the crowd are insane.

I seriously beg to differ. Is it actually a show, or just them playing with plenty of energy?

Personally, the top three bands I've found to actually put on an excellent live show are:

1. Skinny Puppy
2. Ministry
3. Rammstein (though I really don't like them, they do some pretty awesome stuff)

You don't believe me? Get the new Puppy dvd coming out this September. :cool:

[Citizen]

As far as I'm concerned, a good show is just seeing an artist put their heart and soul into their music while onstage, and performing at their best.

The rest is just there to hold the attention of the idiots who enjoy watching paint dry, because really, nothing compares to the music.

Besides, no band has anything on Gwar in terms of gimmicks.

[Hito]

I don't know, Citizen. Consider Kiss...