What Music Do You Listen To?
Posted by DanaJames on Jan 18, 2008 · Member since Aug 2007 · 104 posts
This question was probably an old thread at one time but since I'm relatively new to VegWeb(as are many others), I was curious what kind of music everyone was into. I know we have quite an eclectic group so I'd love to know which bands or types of music turn you on. Over to you.........
Just about anything but the heavy metal-acid rock type thing. I was forced to hear Black Sabbath etc at a young age (spoiled older brother with HUGE speakers) and the extreme volume turned me right off it. And "techno" really doesn't do it for me either.
Classical, blues, jazz, bluegrass...almost anything except the above.
Recently though it's been less music and more audiobooks, basically because they help me relax and I have very little access to actual books in English.
Recently though it's been less music and more audiobooks, basically because they help me relax and I have very little access to actual books in English.
I love audio books. I download them to my MP3 and listen to stories as I stack wood or do other types of mundane tasks.
Music: I like all types except R&B. I think the lyrics there are espcially harmful to the psyche - it's very self-centered and the role of women in the songs sets us back to the 1950s.
Everything I like has a sound that's super hard to classify. Except funk, I could listen to anything funk for hours on end and not get tired of it. OH and ladies with guitars. I have yet to see a lady with an acoustic guitar that I didn't want to listen to
it totally depends on my mood/the situation... but i usually enjoy mellow music. and older stuff/ stuff influenced by older music.
mellow stuff just generally suits me. heh. go figure ;)
I listen to pretty much anything. I don't care for country music though. The Beatles are probably my favorite of all time. If I listen to the radio, it is either classic rock or most likely NPR. I do love me some Radiohead, though.
What I have been into lately is metal, punk, ska, and classic rock. Wait ... I'm always into those :D ::) At work, I listen to classic rock (or top 40 stuff ... depending on what area I'm in). I play classic rock on the drums. At home, it's pretty much what I'm in the mood for. Lately, it's been ska and punk (except when I'm jamming). If I'm hangin' with my best friend, there's punk in the house ;)
street punk all the way,even tho i do like pretty much all punk,street is my fav...I'm also in to80's and 90's rock,metal,and scream-o.
:P BxN :P
I should answer this question with what I don't listen to... I'm not fond of radio rock (past or present), smooth jazz and most bubblegum pop.
My favorite styles of music:
Gabber
Hard Techno / Schranz
90's Hardcore (and some newer bands influenced by this era)
country
bluegrass
blues (past, present, future)
90's r&b
I agree 100% Lotus42 about the Beatles...have always loved them. One thing that can be said about my musical tastes is that I love melody and the Beatles have no peer in that arena. The thing I dislike about today's music(pop-mainstream) is that it's so heavily produced in order to mask deficiencies in songwriting. It's all interchangeable to me. Are there any Psychedelic Furs or Joy Division fans here at VegWeb? They're two of my all-time favorites.
Are there any Psychedelic Furs or Joy Division fans here at VegWeb? They're two of my all-time favorites.
Present. I listened to Psychedelic Furs a lot at around Midnight to Midnight. I like Joy Division, but Love Will Tear Us Apart was soooo overplayed on the radio. I got into them when Closer was released. But since their singer committed suicide and they didn't release more I quit listening. Did they reform? (Insert: Duh! They became New Order.) Closer was the same year I got into U2 (I loved Boy).
If I listen to the radio, it is either classic rock or most likely NPR.
:) I like NPR. I listen to it more than music when driving.
If I listen to the radio, it is either classic rock or most likely NPR.
:) I like NPR. I listen to it more than music when driving.
it's either NPR or country for me.
I also like NPR. :)
My music tastes are all over the place. I pretty much operate on a song-by-song/artist-by-artist basis. In general, I like music that is any combination of happy, singable, quirky, soulful, thought-provoking, dance-provoking......
Techno for running......
Show music for singing and being in a good mood.......
Alternative, pop, country, R&B, jazz, folk, indie, classic rock, hip-hop, rap, classical.......I try to give everything a chance.
And I play violin so anything with a nice string part is fantastic in my book.
I listen to NPR all the time in the car. LOVE it.
Other than that, I enjoy many genres. I especially love music that screams "fuck you" at oppression. This would include: blues, rock, punk ( irish punk is at the top of my list these days), reggae, folk, blue grass. I do not really dig country, although I have a special place in my heart and music collection for Johny Cash and Willie Nelson.
Top favorites lately are: Flogging Molly, Moudest Mouse, Ani Difranco, Tracey Chapman, The Bowman Sisters, Peter Tosh, Stevie Nicks....... and more.
Is Psychedelic Fur vegan? (sorry, stupid joke, couldn't resist.) I suppose if a psychedelic casts its fur and you use only the shed part, it would be... :D
:-X
I listen to NPR all the time in the car. LOVE it.
Other than that, I enjoy many genres. I especially love music that screams "fuck you" at oppression. This would include: blues, rock, punk ( irish punk is at the top of my list these days), reggae, folk, blue grass. I do not really dig country, although I have a special place in my heart and music collection for Johny Cash and Willie Nelson.
Top favorites lately are: Flogging Molly, Moudest Mouse, Ani Difranco, Tracey Chapman, The Bowman Sisters, Peter Tosh, Stevie Nicks....... and more.
Well I read your posting and thought we had a couple of people in common.
I vowed the day I liked country music, I would shoot myself as did my sister.
We are huge Willie Nelson fans. Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Emmylou Harris and yes, I really like Dolly Parton, Waylon Jennings and Merle.
Reggae, huge fan. Bob Marley being my favourite. I have at least 40 to 50 CD's. A huge laminated poster of him hanging in my upstairs hall. Easily 3 by 5 or 6 feet.
Love Peter Tosh. Love Lucky Dube who was murdered a few months ago in South Africa. http://www.luckydubemusic.com/
Tracy Chapman is amazing.
Moby
The Stones (huge fan)
Aerosmith
Great Big Sea
Bob Dylan
David Bowie
Soca music
classical guitar (Spanish being my favourite)
Andrea Bocelli
Il Divo
Paul Potts
Josh Grobin
James Blunt
Carole King
James Taylor
Pink (her song about the president. Although she doesn't say it is Bush, it is!) I am not American and I think it is a totally amazing song. She had balls to write it and I agree with it 100%.
Neil Young
Bruce Springsteen
Johnny Clegg and Savuka (South African) Johnny Clegg is white, the band is black. He used to get arrested for singing with them.
Did I mention The Stones??? :-)
Ziggy Marley
David Rudder
Harry Chapin (a story teller)
Chris de Burgh ( a story teller) Huge fan.
Cat Stevens in the old days
The Beatles
The Turtles
Long John Baldry
Elton John
The Moody Blues
Gordon Lightfoot
Rush
AC/DC ( I saw them before the lead singer died and they replaced him)
Did I mention The Stones??? ;D ;D ;D
INXS
Bette Midler
Billy Idol
I love so many types of music and am open to all. I know I have forgotten many of my favourites.
Music is the one thing everyone has in common. We can all hear a song and it brings back a memory. A time, a place, a lover, a friend.
Oh, I totally love Bob Geldof. 'I Don't Like Mondays' He is incredibly sexy.
Meatloaf: 'Paradise by the Dashboard Light' Probably brings back more memories than any other song.
'Wild Horses' by the Stones and 'Dead Flowers' will always touch my heart. Remembering my first true love.
Music is so universal. It can bring people together in good times and bad times. We all have songs that touch our heart.
'I Will Always Love You' the Dolly version who wrote it although the Whitney version is beautiful too always makes me think of my mom who is SUFFERING from Alzheimer's. When I hear it from either of them I cry.
'Wind Beneath my Wings', by Bette Midler makes me think of my dad who has always been the wind beneath my wings.
'Sacrifice' by Elton John is a song that is special to me and my current love.
'Tiny Dancer' ( Elton John) is a song I love but brings back bitter sweet memories of a former love that lied to me. I still love the song.
James Blunt's song, 'Goodbye My Lover' makes me cry because I think of Isabela. For all the perverts :-), she was my dog and she wasn't my lover but her death and this song happened around the same time. I replaced the word hand with paw and I still do.
Imagine a world without music........
Music is powerful and so very personal. Probably why the huge concerts for world poverty and hunger bring people together from all walks of life.
Maybe one day, maybe not in our life time, we will see a meat free world and have a huge concert to celebrate that.
We can only hope......
Di
I'm a music geek, but generally like pop music, pop rock, dance, and a smattering of jazz/new age, and r&b but mostly pop.
As the USA has gone hip hop this last decade, I've turned to the UK and elsewhere for music. I like Robbie Williams, Kylie Minogue, Damien Rice, James Blunt, Gabrielle and the amazing self-destructive Amy Winehouse. My favorite artist right now is Katie Melua. The USA though still makes good pop music as I am liking Sara Bareilles and Colbie Callat.
I tend to be loyal to my favorite artists and buy albums by the same artist throughout their career, even when it fades. I'm still buying new releases from the Pet Shop Boys, Simply Red, Janis Ian, Jann Arden, Joan Osborne, Melissa Etheride, Indigo Girls, Madonna, Bette Midler (I have everything of hers from the 70s to now), and Cher.
I too would have to respond with what music I DON'T listen to...
most new "pop" music (top 40 stuff) sounds so artificial and mechanically produced...like the music producers made one of those "magnetic poetry" magnet sets with a short list of different words, sounds, and melodies...and then they put them in a hat, shake it around, and then toss the magnets on the fridge to make each new "hit." None of it feels like real music to me.
New country is pretty much the same.....all about the same things, the same words, the same sounds essentially......and with both genres, too few popular "artists" actually write the lyrics.....and what's WORSE--most of them aren't really singing!!!
What you hear on the radio is a far-removed, bastardized version of the so-called artist's actual voice....they no longer need any singing abilities, just some high-tech equipment to smooth it all over and make it sound good. :P
Also, I extremely dislike any form of music that uses degradation of women, glorification of violence, sexism and racism as its main themes. most new rap comes to mind here.....
that being said,
I DO like some older country, but I'm mostly familiar with the top stars of the time (Patsy Cline, Johnny Cash). I DO like the sound of rap, when it's not over crowded with thumpitty sound-effects and whatnot, and the lyrics are well-written.
seriously, listen closely to The Streets!
(NSFW themes...? just google the lyrics to "The Irony of it All" )
but my favorites...the stuff I'm inclined to listen to most often:
Classic Rock of all kinds (psychedelic, melodic, even up to the "hair bands")
The Doors
Pink Floyd
Led Zeppelin
The Beatles
The Allman Brothers Band
Janis Joplin
Frank Zappa
REO Speedwagon
Foreigner
Styx
...etc.
New Age/Ambient
Boards of Canada
Aphex Twin
Air
Squarepusher
..and others that pop up on my "Boards of Canada" station on Pandora.com
Super-Happy-Fun-or-Weird Rock (a lot from the 90's, some labeled "alternative")
Sublime
Bush
Nirvana
Radiohead
Weezer (the older stuff especially)
Green Day (older stuff, ditto)
Gin Blossoms
Blind Melon
Counting Crows
The Cranberries
Collective Soul
Stone Temple Pilots
Jane's Addiction
Porno For Pyros
Cake
R.E.M.
Oasis
The Presidents of the United States of America
Alanis Morissette
Fiona Apple
...and on and on...
that's the best summary I can give ya.
oh yeah, need to add:
Groovy stuff/Jam Bands
Phish
the Grateful Dead
String Cheese Incident
Widespread Panic
...and the like
oddly beautiful/I don't know how to categorize this stuff
Neutral Milk Hotel
The Arcade Fire
The Shins
Broken Social Scene
...and others that pop up on The Arcade Fire or The Shins radio station on Pandora.com
Music is a huge part of my life. My itunes is ridiculous. My favorites are Rufus Wanwright (omg, you have to hear him, greatest songwrite in the universe!!), and Kate Havnevik (lots of her stuff has been played on Grey's Anatomy). I like everything except for country and reggae, can't stand those two. Damien Rice is pretty darn phenomenal, and I'm into a lot of Scandinavian bands, Carpark North is wicked. I like the poppish stuff too, mainly because I sing, and it's so freakin fun to sing! Christina Aguilera has such a powerful voice, it's crazy (she's my favorite to sing in the shower). Gosh, I could talk about music all day. Oh, Muse. Muse is amazing. But seriously, everyone needs to check out Rufus, he'll knock your socks off, I swear.
To be honest Pinkerbelle03, I had never even heard of Rufus Wainwright. I went to YouTube and found a cover he did of John Lennon's "Across the Universe" and it was amazing. I've always loved that song-one of Lennon's best. Dakota Fanning is in the video and as adorable as ever. All you Beatles' fans at VegWeb should check it out!
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