Favorite bands?

[Dulce]

Simple enough. What are your favorite bands? <<Curious what audiophiles listen to. >> :confused:

[Todd The Kiwi]

:skull: this has been done , but i'm keen to post anyway
immortal,cianide,pungent stench,eisenvater,mortician > death
digital,breakage,a-sides,dylan > d'n'b producers/djs
pink floyd,cream,sabbath, > oldies but goodies
primus,buckethead,fantomas > odd

i would say "and way more" but that's obvious ...

p.s to hear some mortician click my sig and it goes straight to the mortician mp3 download page :skull:

[Todd The Kiwi]

:skull: (http://beta.quinnware.com/forum/showthread.php?t=76) ok maybe not EXACTLY the same question but ...
this skull is the link to it > :skull:
(http://beta.quinnware.com/forum/showthread.php?t=76)

[Dulce]

How rude of me. I haven't posted my own favorites. Here's a condensed list of a huge collection of worthy bands (in no particular order).
-Queensryche
-Blind Guardian
-The Eagles
-U2
-Smashing Pumpkins
-Semisonic
-Suede
-Sunny Day Real Estate
-Sarah Brightman
-Sarah McLachlan
-Modern Talking
-Linkin Park
-Coldplay
-The Beatles
-Delerium
-Enigma
-Duran Duran
-Goo Goo Dolls
-Counting Crows
-Red Hot Chili Peppers
-Seal
-Supertramp
-Led Zepplin

Hmm... perhaps I should stop now. Nah, I'll keep going.

-Metallica
-REM
-Radiohead
-Rammstein
-Savage Garden
-The Pixies
-Tom Jones (sexbomb... :cool: )

I'll stop before I'm accused of being a showoff or poser ;)

But honestly, what do you guys like?

[Cabinessence]

I mainly listen to music from the 60's and 70's, and only a few from current date.

[Dulce]

Please guys, it's a simple question. I'm not asking for favorite genres or eras of music. I am asking for specific bands!!!

[Todd The Kiwi]

hmmm considering only you ,i and cabinessence have replied to your question i can only assume when you say "please guys" you are referring to him and not myself , as i posted my favorite BANDS not genre...

[Dulce]

yes :silly:

[fatal error]

in no particular order:

The Church
Rush
Killing Joke
Disturbed
Primus
The Fixx
System Of A Down
The Police
Peter Murphy
Comsat Angels
The Sound
Big Country
Gary Numan

[teedoff087]

Thrice
Every Time I Die
From Autumn to Ashes
Avenged Sevenfold
Coheed and Cambria
Dredg
A Wilhelm Scream
Denali
UnderOATH
Vaux
Poison the Well
Thursday
Funeral for a Friend
Damien Rice
Atreyu
Shai Hulud
Zao
Brand New
Green Day
Van Halen
Led Zeppelin
Boston
AC/DC

[Tokelil]

Please guys, it's a simple question. I'm not asking for favorite genres or eras of music. I am asking for specific bands!!!The question is almost the same as the one most of the forum members answered in thread which link was posted above by Todd.

[Hanzo]

In no particular order either:


Duran Duran
Linkin Park
Evanescence
Metallica
Red Hot Chilli Peppers
U2
Scorpions
Santana
Mana
Heroes del Silencio
Los Rabanes
Os Almirantes
Last 5 are latin, last 2 are panamanian bands. Los Rabanes are quite popular in the US so maybe you've heard them. This is a very condensed list of bands, I mostly listen to what is called "one hit wonders" so you get the drift. Also this is only based in a couple of genres. The list of my favorite bands could well go beyond the scope of this thread.

[Todd The Kiwi]

immortal,cianide,pungent stench,eisenvater,mortician > death
digital,breakage,a-sides,dylan > d'n'b producers/djs
pink floyd,cream,sabbath, > oldies but goodies
primus,buckethead,fantomas > odd
click my sig and it goes straight to the mortician mp3 download page
:skull: and carcass,napalm death,misery,blooduster,morbid angel,deicide,dismember,fear factory,brutal truth,cannibal corpse,disastrous murmur,blood,incantation,vader,brujeria,sadistik exekution,condemned,immolation,suffer,sorrow,cance r,malevolent creation,bolt thrower,benediction and ministry,pantera,white zombie,slayer,kreator,tad & GREEN JELLY (http://www.fretplay.com/tabs/g/green_jelly/three_little_pigs-crd.shtml) ha ha ha :skull:
>can anyone else see the gap between e & r in cancer ? <

[rorythedog]

This could take a while.

In no particular order:-

Yello
Rush
Sigur Ros
Supertramp
Counting Crows
Goldfrapp
Marillion
Queensryche
Savatage
Bee Gees
Jennifer Warnes
Cyndi Lauper
Little Death Orchestra
The KLF
The Tragically Hip
Roger Waters
Boards Of Canada
Gong
Jethro Tull
Hipsway
Julian Cope
Eric Burdon............................................ ...........ad infinitum.

Of course this list is subject to change.

[Mootang]

Ooooo yeah I loved ministry then I got a little bored with them... now I'm into Santana again go figure... Oye como va.

Anywhose others I enjoy,

Children of Bodom, Dark Tranquillity, Iced Earth, Velvet-Acid-Christ, Doors, Marilyn Manson, Led Zeppelin, Rage Against The Machine, Static X, The Black Crows, Eric Clapton (Bluesy stuff), Godsmack, Floyd, Sub Dub Micromachine.

[Todd The Kiwi]

i have no idea what the implications of this suggestion are ...
but wouldn't it be so cool if we could all post our fave TUNE (x1) somewhere for others from this site to download ...

:skull: YEAH cool this is my 400th post :skull:

[Mootang]

Maybe we can somehow work a downloads section as a skinning feature, and implement it into the itunes skin.

Jk Jk. http://www.quinnware.com/forum/images/emots/post/evil.gif

[Cabinessence]

Please guys, it's a simple question. I'm not asking for favorite genres or eras of music. I am asking for specific bands!!!
If I was to write down my favourite bands I could go on forever, so I thought it would be easier to name a genre or an era. But if you really want some bands:

- ABBA
- Beach Boys
- Beatles
- Bee Gees
- Bruce Springsteen
- Byrds
- Creedence Clearwater Revival
- Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
- David Bowie
- Depeche Mode
- Dire Straits
- Doors
- Electric Light Orchestra
- Elvis Costello
- Hollies
- Kinks
- Kiss
- Kraftwerk
- Oasis
- Pink Floyd
- Queen
- Rolling Stones
- Simon & Garfunkel
- Status Quo
- Supergrass
- Tages (Swedish band from the 60's)
- The Band
- The Smiths
- Wings
- Who

[Todd The Kiwi]

Primus - Frizzle Fry


R.H.C.P - Blood Sugar Sex Magik


Ministry - Psalm 69


Pantera - Vulgar Display Of Power


White Zombie - La Sexorcisto Devil Music Vol 1


Alice In Chains - Dirt


Slayer - Decade Of Aggression


Nirvana - Bleach


Pearl Jam - Ten


Faith No More - The Real Thing

[Heigar]

i have no idea what the implications of this suggestion are ...
but wouldn't it be so cool if we could all post our fave TUNE (x1) somewhere for others from this site to download ...

:skull: YEAH cool this is my 400th post :skull:
Would be cool but then you have to look at copyright infringement in which would hurt the the QCd website badly.

[Young Twig]

Futher Seems Forever
The Juliana Theory
Copeland
Coldplay
U2
As I Lay Dying
Audioslave
Delirious


..I guess. I don't know where to draw the line.

[Todd The Kiwi]

i've seen these guys play (in this order)

morbid angel
fear factory
napalm death
brutal truth
fantomas (twice)
misery
and my favorite band PUNGENT STENCH

unfortunately we don't get the harder stuff down here very often
this list spans 8 years ...

:skull::skull::skull::skull::skull:

[Todd The Kiwi]

:skull: so nobody has seen any live bands , that's odd :skull:

check out an album by CIANIDE called 'A DESCENT INTO HELL'
or a BUCKETHEAD album called 'MONSTERS AND ROBOTS'
if you get bored and need enlightening...

[T_Dogg]

The Strokes
Rage Against The Machine
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Weezer
Radiohead
The White Stripes
Oasis
Coldplay
Snoop Dogg
Beck
Beastie Boys

[Brenky]

Oooh, aiight. Here, in order, are my top 5 favourite bands (artists)...

1-Barenaked Ladies
2-Ben Folds (Five)
3-The Beatles
4-They Might Be Giants
5-Alice Cooper

The rest are bands/artists that are awesome as well, but don't deserve as much recognition from me...

-Elton John (hehe...)
-AC/DC
-Ozzy Osbourne
-Queen
-Tom Petty
-The Eagles
-Sloan

</geek> :D

[rumbledude]

My favorite bands in order:

- The Starting Line
- Relient K
- Yellowcard
- Ace Troubleshooter
- Strong Bad
- Bleach
- Mike Kennebrew
- Jody Thompson

[Roj]

Simple enough. What are your favorite bands? <<Curious what audiophiles listen to. >> :confused:Rock
- Queen (the incomparable Freddy Mercury!)
- U2 ("I'm Irish, I'm a rock star and you can't shut me up!")
- The Eagles ("Hell froze over")
- Yes (with Rick Wakeman - forget Tony Banks and Patrick Moraz)
- Santana

Downtempo
- Mono
- Zero 7
- Thievery Corporation
- Blue Six
- Goldfrapp
- Morcheeba
- Massive Attack

Electronica
- Tangerine Dream
- Delerium
- Enigma (Michael Cretu really isn't a band but... )

Alternative (as in 80s alternative)
- China Crisis
- Fashion
- Duran Duran
- The Police (Sting is a musical genius)
- Shriekback
- New Order
- Japan

Just a few here and there... I left out individual performers like Vangelis, etc. because you asked for bands. Similarly, that eliminated jazz artists - I'm big on jazz.

[Neo]

SAGA!!!

If you like Queen, Yes, U2, Marillion, the Fixx, Van Halen... etc...

Then... you must be looking into SAGA (if you forgot them, or thought they disbanded - they haven't!), 25 years of solid progressive rock/pop and they go much deeper than just the overexposed early 80's MTV tracks like "On The Loose", "Wind Him Up" and "The Flyer".... It's all great stuff, oh and they support QCD!!! Check their links page...

Here's a track to awaken you..

"We'll Meet Again (Chapter 15)" - MP3 (http://www.worldsapart.ca/mp3/well_meet_again.mp3)

Enjoy!

http://www.saga-world.com

http://www.saga-world.com/links/index.html

[Todd The Kiwi]

dude are you trying to get paul and matt in trouble? :skull:
this isn't a p2p site man , those links go directly to downloads .
i reckon you should remove them. who knows who's reading this forum
the two links just above your sig should be enough for someone that wants to download those tunes.

[philipptr]

seeed (german danchall/dub band ;) )
rage against the machine
muse
system of a down
rjd2
cooper temple clause
coldplay
the streets

yes i think that was it

[philipptr]

dude are you trying to get paul and matt in trouble? :skull:
this isn't a p2p site man , those links go directly to downloads .
i reckon you should remove them. who knows who's reading this forum
the two links just above your sig should be enough for someone that wants to download those tunes.
emm thats not p2p :D
though i think too that its not really legal..

[Todd The Kiwi]

emm thats not p2p :D
though i think too that its not really legal..

as far as i'm aware it's short for 'peer to peer'
i am your peer , anyone reading this is my peer and anyone reading your posts are your peers.

[Qaz]

as far as i'm aware it's short for 'peer to peer' i am your peer , anyone reading this is my peer and anyone reading your posts are your peers..
Doesn't peer to peer mean that when you're directly downloading from user. That's how I've always understood it.

[Tokelil]

Yer p2p is when 2 users are connected directly together. You need special programs to do p2p, like kazaa, gnutella etc.

If those files were illigal it would just be warez...

[Veloxi]

Some of my favorite bands/musicians include:

The Offspring
The Beatles
Earth, Wind, and Fire
The Eagles
Kool and the Gang
The Commodores
Stevie Wonder
Better than Ezra
Barenaked Ladies
Billy Joel
The Doobie Brothers
Tonic

[GildedSplinter]

:cry: Throughout all of these many and varied lists of bands, I see little or no representation of the fathers of the music that we all have christened as "favorites". Virtually EVERYTHING we all listen to currently, came from the blues. EVERY form of pop, country, jazz, and Rock'n'Roll as well as the vast majority of holyer than thou's looking for ways to "defy categorization" by calling themsevelves "alternative", are direct decendants of the blues, whether they know it or not, and whether they like it or not. Tom Sholtz of the band Boston was the first to incorporate elements of classical music to his breed of Rock'n'Roll, but even Boston's music was steeped in the blues. It really wouldn't be out of line to say that musicians the likes of Steve Vai and Joe Satriani are musical decendants of Mozart and Chopin through the light bulb that came on in Tom Sholtz's head. A kinda strange division occurred at that point... the music coming from a classical approach, started getting harder & harder. The technical, more calculated approach, as well as the musical scales involved, seemed to lend themselves quite well to the pissed off musican looking for a way to show off his "chops". Deathmetal, Speedmetal, Math-rock, etc. are born... so, even though they come from a legitimate, respectable source that predates the blues, those extreme musical examples still come FROM the blues. I'm not sayin' that everybody needs to cut their hair, buy a rocking chair, chew tobacco & listen to Robert Johnson records, but maybe when you're ready to REALLY listen, y'oughta give it a shot. It'll scare the shit outa ya.
My favorites list:
Humble Pie
Free
Muddy Waters
Gov't Mule
the Datsuns
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Audley Freed
(old) Rolling Stones
Steve Marriott
Humble Pie
Fu Manchu
Warren Haynes
Black Crowes
Slash
T-Bone Walker
Thin Lizzy
(Peter Green's) Fleetwood Mac
Led Zeppelin
Allman Bro's
Humble Pie
Small Faces
Steve Marriott
Peter Frampton
the three Kings (Freddie, Albert, & B.B.)
(Earth vs. the)Wildhearts
Albert Collins
Oh yeah... almost forgot...

HUMBLE PIE!!!

If someone were to ask me who my dream band would be, It would have Steve Marriott on Vocals & harmonica, Warren Haynes & Audley Freed on guitar, Andy Fraser on bass, & the mighty John Bonham on drums.

[Roj]

:cry: Throughout all of these many and varied lists of bands, I see little or no representation of the fathers of the music that we all have christened as "favorites". Virtually EVERYTHING we all listen to currently, came from the blues.
Reggae and dub did NOT come from the blues. :)

[GildedSplinter]

Reggae & blues come from the same place, so I would argue THAT with you. Can you tell me what "dub" is?

[Roj]

Reggae & blues come from the same place, so I would argue THAT with you. Can you tell me what "dub" is?Yu smokin' too much herb, mon.

The blues was developed on an "island" about an hours flight from mine (yours). Remember, Jamaican culture was being developed before there was an America - hell, before it was even colonized (it was first colonized by the Spanish in 1492 and then conquered by the English). Dub is what drum and bass is descended from - and a rather poor imitation drum and bass is too.

While the blues has it's roots in the suffering that took place in early American colonization and Reggae too has similar roots, that's all they are - similar. They don't exactly come from common stock. one could say they developed in parallel in terms of style.

[GildedSplinter]

I agree with you about the exhistence of Jamaican culture and it's age in relation to that of American, but to say that the originators of the blues didn't have music untill they were brought to America and abused, is probably not the most accurate thing that could be said. Clearly that is the point at which the world stood up and took notice. I don't know what it may have been called, before it was named the blues, but it came directly from their heritage, proving that it exhisted before our ears heard it. I'm certain that it was changed drastically, not only by the involuntary relocation and the ensuing abuse, but also by just being here, and being exposed to different needs, atmospheres, technologies, etc. I would be interested in hearing "pre-blues" music from both areas. I imagine both are quite different from what we know today, though it's obvious that Reggae is substantially less screwed with, and closer to the original than the blues as we know it. I personally would parrallel the two. Both "the blues" just different flavors. Come on... like Bob Marley WASN'T a blues man...
Honestly... the basis of my leg of this conversation stems from the blues as we know it, and its effects on the music of our lifetimes. I'm not wrong for saying what I've said... and I noticed that you didn't really contest the jist of my message. You've made it clear by your signature that you are a true music lover... I appreciate that to the fullest extent. As for the "dub" thing... I'm still a little lost... is it a modern electric rendition of an old world thing or what?

[Roj]

I agree with you about the exhistence of Jamaican culture and it's age in relation to that of American, but to say that the originators of the blues didn't have music untill they were brought to America and abused, is probably not the most accurate thing that could be said. Clearly that is the point at which the world stood up and took notice. I don't know what it may have been called, before it was named the blues, but it came directly from their heritage, proving that it exhisted before our ears heard it. I'm certain that it was changed drastically, not only by the involuntary relocation and the ensuing abuse, but also by just being here, and being exposed to different needs, atmospheres, technologies, etc. I would be interested in hearing "pre-blues" music from both areas. I imagine both are quite different from what we know today, though it's obvious that Reggae is substantially less screwed with, and closer to the original than the blues as we know it. I personally would parrallel the two. Both "the blues" just different flavors. Come on... like Bob Marley WASN'T a blues man...
Honestly... the basis of my leg of this conversation stems from the blues as we know it, and its effects on the music of our lifetimes. I'm not wrong for saying what I've said... and I noticed that you didn't really contest the jist of my message. You've made it clear by your signature that you are a true music lover... I appreciate that to the fullest extent. As for the "dub" thing... I'm still a little lost... is it a modern electric rendition of an old world thing or what?Whoa.

Stop.

The blues was the result of African culture mingling with Christian influences (the music) in the United States. It didn't originate in Africa - part of its roots did but the melding did not occur until "slavery days" as it was called in Jamaica. Something similar happened in Jamaica - but it happened completely in isolation of what was happening in the New World. Tribal influences also show up a lot more in Reggae than in the blues - all one has to do is listen to the rhythm structure of the music for that to get across.

To say that the blues was the definitive root of all popular music is a wonderful myth - and one propagated by many a blues fan.

But myth is all it is.

Oh and "Bahb" never considered himself a blues man. :) In fact it's rather unlikely he even knew what the blues were.

[GildedSplinter]

Now who's smokin'??? Do you know anything of song stucture, chord format, or scales? What are your qualifications for attempting to deface or denounce the history or roots of the majority of the music the world knows? I've read a great number of your posts, and honestly did not expect this converstation to go this way from YOU. You're clearly an intelligent individual, I've stepped out of my way to attempt to keep this a respectfull debate between adults with varying viewpoints, but common interests... and you come out with something as stupid and confrontational as calling the effects of the blues on modern music a "myth". If I felt I was receiving an ounce of respect from you, I would keep an open ear, and enjoy a lengthy, intelligent debate. I'm not a man incapable of admitting he's wrong (when applicable), but you instantly became so consumed by the need to impress upon the world that you were "right", that you apparantly failed to notice that I was interested in learning something new (about dub) and asking you to teach me about it. Isn't THAT the important part? As for "Bahb" not considering himself a blues man... Johnny Cougar never wanted to be no pop singer either.

Take a pill, Roj... nobody's attacking you

[Neo]

It's no big deal I know and work with the band, I will just leave one link up... either way Matt or Paul is definately not going to get in trouble, so chill. :paranoid: :ponder: :paranoid:

:rolleyes:

[Todd The Kiwi]

neo - if you are cool with the band then i suppose they wouldn't mind
i'm sure the link/s would get zapped if it was a problem.

gilded splinter - dub is a bit like reggae man i'll send you a tune by the twinkle brothers that's got the bottom heavy bassline of doom.

roj - i didn't realise d'n'b came from dub man.
but since you mentioned it i can hear the influences in some of the tunes i have a bit more,
you are right though it's a very poor representation of dub
(although i still really dig d'n'b)

BRING FORTH THE THUNDEROUS BASSLINES OF ARMAGEDDON
(and some pot , beanies , valve amps and a few crates)

[Qaz]

and you come out with something as stupid and confrontational as calling the effects of the blues on modern music a "myth".
As I understood Roj's post, he never claimed that blues didn't have any (or even a huge) affect to modern music. I think that the point was that blues developed from something else. But maybe Roj can clarify this himself.

[Roj]

Now who's smokin'??? Do you know anything of song stucture, chord format, or scales? What are your qualifications for attempting to deface or denounce the history or roots of the majority of the music the world knows? I've read a great number of your posts, and honestly did not expect this converstation to go this way from YOU.Eh? "Deface or denounce"? Where?? I merely pointed out that the musical roots of blues and ska / reggae / dub were similar but developed completely independent of each other ("large continent" vs. "small and relatively isolated island in the Carribean"), so it was a stretch to say that reggae came from blues.

You then proceeded to blow a gasket. :rolleyes:

Look at the geography and histories of the countries involved, the potential for travel between them in seafaring times, the disparity of cultures and then consider the (im)practicalities. You see, I *am* Jamaican and know a little bit about the place - I was also there in the 60s and 70s when ska mutated into reggae and then dub came into being. My uncle Ken Khouri owned one of the two major recording studios on the island, namely Federal Records (the other was Dynamic Sounds which was owned by Ken's good friend and business rival, bandleader Byron Lee). Ken was the one who got me hooked on music before my age reached double digits. That aside, it would also certainly be interesting to hear your proof of how techno / trance came from blues. Or electronica. Or bhangra, for that matter.

Musical training or credentials?

I have none.

I pretend none.

I have ears and at the end of the day, that's all that is needed. Remember my sig.

In my personal experience, I have encountered blues aficionados who like to claim that the world came from their oyster. I'm a wee bit more practical and tend to point out the inconsistencies of the myth in given situations. I mean, look at it logically: would it not be indicative of supreme arrogance and narrowmindedness to claim that the majority of the music on the planet came from ONE genre ("The One True Path To The Shining Light" so to speak), given the disparity of cultural influences, geographic locations (with inherent travel restrictions based on the technologies of the day), historical roots, etc.? We're talking large turbulent bodies of water here! Those are kind of hard to explain around (but it is entertaining to watch people try).

In any event, you're taking this FAR too personally, mon. :)

Edit: For info on dub, check out my response to the ToddMon further down. No malice mon!

[rorythedog]

Gildedsplinter, you're too late man. April Fool's day was nearly three weeks ago.
You can't seriously be suggesting that all modern music is descended from "The Blues". What about music from my country which ,although in some instances, can have a "bluesy" feel, can also trace it's heritage back - in some cases - hundreds of years. This being an international forum, and quite cosmopolitan with it, you might find yourself fighting a losing battle. The occurence of a bluesy influence in any given piece of music does not necessarily imply that said music is descended from Blues.

As an aside, over here we have a genre called Psalm Singing (which can also be heard, coincidentally, in Alabama!). Recently, an expert, perhaps not unlike yourself, was over here espousing the theory that Psalm Singing, sung here for over three hundred years, actually originated in - wait for it - Ethiopia! In my local parlance, b******s!

Is it not more likely that it's just coincidence. Take any two groups of human beings and subject them to the same environmental and social conditions. Chances are, the songs they come up with will be pretty similar.

It's getting really tiring listening to "certain US citizens" telling how they made the world. They didn't,although it's probably fair to say they seem to be doing their damnedest to f**k it all up!

Sorry man, I'm prepared to be flamed and am now standing well back.

[Roj]

The occurence of a bluesy influence in any given piece of music does not necessarily imply that said music is descended from Blues.
Thank you for saying that - that's pretty much where I'm coming from.

[Roj]

roj - i didn't realise d'n'b came from dub man.
but since you mentioned it i can hear the influences in some of the tunes i have a bit more,
you are right though it's a very poor representation of dub
(although i still really dig d'n'b)

BRING FORTH THE THUNDEROUS BASSLINES OF ARMAGEDDON
(and some pot , beanies , valve amps and a few crates)Eh mon! You want thunderous basslines? You want reverb?? Then listen to the Father Of Dub, the incomparable King Tubby and his (much) later alumnus, Mad Professor. There is one heck of an interesting album by Mad Professor and Massive Attack that you should definitely check out, namely "No Protection: Massive Attack Vs. Mad Professor".

Another album worth checking is "Dub You Crazy With Love" - this is one for the chillout nights with the ladies... ;) ;) ;)

Now, to flesh out dub a bit:

http://www.furious.com/perfect/kingtubby2.html

Note the reference to Dynamic Studio - that's Byron Lee's shop as mentioned earlier in this thread.

[GildedSplinter]

Gildedsplinter, you're too late man. April Fool's day was nearly three weeks ago.
You can't seriously be suggesting that all modern music is descended from "The Blues". What about music from my country which ,although in some instances, can have a "bluesy" feel, can also trace it's heritage back - in some cases - hundreds of years. This being an international forum, and quite cosmopolitan with it, you might find yourself fighting a losing battle. The occurence of a bluesy influence in any given piece of music does not necessarily imply that said music is descended from Blues.

As an aside, over here we have a genre called Psalm Singing (which can also be heard, coincidentally, in Alabama!). Recently, an expert, perhaps not unlike yourself, was over here espousing the theory that Psalm Singing, sung here for over three hundred years, actually originated in - wait for it - Ethiopia! In my local parlance, b******s!

Is it not more likely that it's just coincidence. Take any two groups of human beings and subject them to the same environmental and social conditions. Chances are, the songs they come up with will be pretty similar.

It's getting really tiring listening to "certain US citizens" telling how they made the world. They didn't,although it's probably fair to say they seem to be doing their damnedest to f**k it all up!

Sorry man, I'm prepared to be flamed and am now standing well back.

Allow me to first appologize for my narrow sightedness. This forum is my first dip in the global pool. I am an American, I work with other Americans, I hang out with other Americans, and on & on. It is simply, what I'm used to. This is the first time I had a conversation of this nature with anyone who was not American. It's not a bias thing, it's simply a lack of exposure to other cultures. I DO NOT feel like I'm better than anyone else because I'm an American... quite the opposite really. I have a thorough appreciation for the fact that we all put our trousers on one leg at a time.
That being said... I have been careful to use terms like "most" instead of "all" because I know that there are many different kinds of music from all around the world, and it's doubtful that there are many forms of music that haven't woven there way into the minds of many a "non-indiginous" song writer. I'm choosing to ignore the portions of this converstation that pre-date the point of my first leg of this thread. I'm clearly outclassed in that respect (I'll tip my hat), and it doesn't really have anything to do with my point. It has occurred to me that, perhaps there is a terminology gap. When I make reference to "the blues", it goes beyond the "three chords and the truth" thang that I think most people think of when they hear the term. There are many different sides to the blues. On one side, it's a structure, framework, format, (take yer choice). On another, it's a collection of chords and notes that are chosen, because of the way that they interact with each other. On yet another, we have the most obvious. The subject matter of the song. Havin' a bad day? You gots da blues. Woman cheatin' on ya? Ya gots da blues. Pissed off cuz life is hard? Ya gots da blues (etc.). The latter is clearly what most people think of, when they think of the blues, but from that angle, you could say that Layne Staley of Alice in Chains, REALLY had the blues. Do you think of them as a "blues band"? I don't think so. The blues that grew out of the Mississippi delta all those years ago, had a "hook". A certain something that drew people in. It was easy to listen to, everyone could relate to it, and it had rhythm. Because of these things, it blossomed and grew, and as time rolled on and different people from different regions got their hands on it, and of course, as technology grew and changed, IT changed... and it continues to change. Of course I know that there was music being made 'round the world before ANY of this happened, but was there mass appeal of this magnitude before this time? I don't think so. Were records being produced and sold before this time? I don't think so. THIS was the beginning.

Roj, where I took offense to your comments, was when you started throwing around terms like "propagate" and "myth". In a friendly debate of this nature, I would think that the English language would offer a less blunt, more tactful choice of paints for the canvas. I believe I made it sufficiently obvious that this was something I cared a great deal about, and you chose to throw your coffee out the window at me while you drove by. If I've gotten the wrong impression, then I appologise for my reaction.

[Miester_V]

I enjoy listening to Opeth, Dream Theater, Dark Tranqulity, Death, Children of Bodom...Hmm...it appears that I'm really into Progressive/Death metal. I look foward to getting into jazz and classical later on...it'll take some time before I sort through all the boring ones. ;)

[Rex_Mundi_Incarnit]

Am i right in saying that techno/trance is not very popular in the US? I've often wondered about this.

[GildedSplinter]

... by my earlier posts, techno/trance isn't particularly popular with ME (just not enough guitars man :bandit: ). You won't find it on the charts for sure, but there does seem to be a substantial enough fan base to keep it comin'. Ironically (or not), I've found that the core group of misc. electronica fans, are avid PC-ers. You don't usually find people cruising down the street or vaccuuming their livingroom carpets with it blaring out of the speakers, ya know...

[Todd The Kiwi]

Todds 'house rules'

Dub - mad professions & twinkling brothers :carrot:
Drum 'n' bass - digital (no pun) :bulb:
Death metal - what is he saying?(most would rather not know):skull:

i'm sure some Americans dig a bit of hyper-speed phsycadelic mind numbing techno...
i think they even have drum 'n' bass over there :cross-eye

[Rex_Mundi_Incarnit]

You don't usually find people cruising down the street or vaccuuming their livingroom carpets with it blaring out of the speakers, ya know...

ha ha ha. Here, in the Netherlands, you just might come across that happening :) No wonder really because all the best trance DJ's come from the netherlands (see DJ Tiesto, DJ Armin van buuren, etc)

[hedge]

ha ha ha. Here, in the Netherlands, you just might come across that happening :) No wonder really because all the best trance DJ's come from the netherlands (see DJ Tiesto, DJ Armin van buuren, etc)
yeh here in aus its usually techno or hiphop coming from the cars.
I would fight back with a bit of metal, but thats a little difficult on a motorbike... :cheeky:

[Sheepeh]

Bah! ;) My scoot has a CD player fitted under the seat, and a Celestion speaker hidden in the front compartment. It can be *LOUD* =)

[hedge]

Bah! ;) My scoot has a CD player fitted under the seat, and a Celestion speaker hidden in the front compartment. It can be *LOUD* =)
Impressive! :cyclops:

[GildedSplinter]

At least it sounds like there's a little variety out there. Stateside, all we get is rap. Sittin' in traffic, drivin' by yer home, at the gas station... all you ever hear, are trunks vibrating & angry people excorcising their right to rhyme.

[Rex_Mundi_Incarnit]

Rap, i think, is the only kind of music i really despise. Must be because of the foul language that is often used. Other than that i love instrumental music.

[GildedSplinter]

I DO NOT condone the use of music to promote violence or to spread or perpetuate hatred. I also feel quite strongly that in order to be classified as music , it should require musicians to be performed or recorded. That is not to say that media that does not meet these criteria are not viable, respectable, legitimate art forms, but I don't agree that it is automatically considerable as MUSIC simply because it is gathered and processed by the auditory senses (?is it food simply because it has flavor?).

[Roj]

I DO NOT condone the use of music to promote violence or to spread or perpetuate hatred. I also feel quite strongly that in order to be classified as music , it should require musicians to be performed or recorded. That is not to say that media that does not meet these criteria are not viable, respectable, legitimate art forms, but I don't agree that it is automatically considerable as MUSIC simply because it is gathered and processed by the auditory senses (?is it food simply because it has flavor?).I consider rap to be music. I also think it has a lot of merit. Two prime examples:

The Message - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
White America - Eminem

This is not to say a lot of it isn't dreck but that's the case with any form of music. I mean look at the plethora of wannabe little boy garage bands like Blink 182, Sum41, etc. You gonna tell me that their mindless, self-indulgent and whiney dreck is any more palatable then gangsta rap? The two rhymes above stand up and be counted as sterling examples of the genre and prime social commentary to boot.

Other rhymes of note in terms of social commentary:

I Can - Naz
Gangstas Paradise - Coolio
Where Is The Love - Black Eyed Peas

...and of course my personal favorite:

Baby Got Back - 2Live Crew

JUST KIDDING on the last one (but I DO love the song and what it says). :)

Additional note:

Blink 182's second album is a DAMNED sight better than their first utterly trivial effort. Now they actually sound like a band instead of poster children for the lost and needlessly self-absorbed "me" generation.

[Inthewoods]

Did you happen to see the new screenshot on the QCD homepage for version 4.50??? LOL

WOODS :foureyes:

[Roj]

Did you happen to see the new screenshot on the QCD homepage for version 4.50??? LOL

WOODS :foureyes:
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh GAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWDDDDDDDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[acozz]

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh GAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWDDDDDDDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm pretty sure it's an anti-violence song.

[Roj]

I'm pretty sure it's an anti-violence song.That ain't it - it was a sigh of derision. I just can't stand little boy garage bands (I actually initially typed "garbage" by accident - a Freudian slip, perhaps?). Besides, violence in music never really phased me. Metal has FAR more violence and death in its lyrics than rap - talk about posers hyped on their own adrenalin.

Rap ain't got nuttin' on them.

[acozz]

That ain't it - it was a sigh of derision. I just can't stand little boy garage bands (I actually initially typed "garbage" by accident - a Freudian slip, perhaps?). Besides, violence in music never really phased me. Metal has FAR more violence and death in its lyrics than rap - talk about posers hyped on their own adrenalin.

Rap ain't got nuttin' on them.

Violence in music doesn't phase me either. What annoys me is how all metal I hear is unintelligble growling. I much prefer the thrash metal of the 80s, especially Testament's first two albums.

Edit: People need to realize that music doesn't have to carry into the real world. I listen to a lot of angsty music but I'm actually a very happy teenager (until June when I turn 20 :shocked:).

[Roj]

Violence in music doesn't phase me either. What annoys me is how all metal I hear is unintelligble growling. I much prefer the thrash metal of the 80s, especially Testament's first two albums.

Edit: People need to realize that music doesn't have to carry into the real world. I listen to a lot of angsty music but I'm actually a very happy teenager (until June when I turn 20 :shocked:).LOL!

I have a 17 year old daughter who dresses in black, is borderline neo-gothic and listens to some of the most depressing music I have ever heard. Of course one could also blame me - it was me after all who introduced her to Bauhaus' classic "Bela Lugosi's Dead" and my dress styles on occasion tend towards the, shall we say, darker influences (eyes the black t-shirt, jeans and studded metal belt and boots he's wearing complete with razor buzz-cut with a jaundiced eye :) ). Then, on the other hand, she listens to bhangra and I listen to downtempo / trip hop, jazz and dub.

Feh! It's mood music.

The wall of distortion with indistinguishable lyrics that constitutes some modern metal does leave me cold however...

As to the angsty music, it's a personality thing. I listen to that stuff and my instantaneous visceral reaction is "get off your whiney ass, stop snivelling and feeling sorry for yourself and DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!!" :)

But that's just me... ;)

[Todd The Kiwi]

Metal has FAR more violence and death in its lyrics than rap

Rap ain't got nuttin' on them.

ha ha ha ha if ever a true-er (?) word was spoken , i haven't heard it ...
(or maybe i just couldn't understand the lyrics)

:skull: i can't stand rap or hip hop ... :skull:
in New Zealand we seem to have an overdose of house music which i find fairly amusing when cars drive down 'the main drag' on friday and saturday night because it all sounds like one song , just getting louder and quieter.

[Rex_Mundi_Incarnit]

in New Zealand we seem to have an overdose of house music which i find fairly amusing when cars drive down 'the main drag' on friday and saturday night because it all sounds like one song , just getting louder and quieter.

Ha ha ha ha That is just why that music is sometimes defined as trance. ;) The recipe is the same for pretty much all songs, but when ya hear a number of songs a couple times over, you'll notice the differences. It takes a while to like this style of music. It took me about two years, then after that it becomes a must in ones music collection :grimreape

I'm starting to like DnB now as well, but yeah, the background beat still sounds to me pretty much the same in all songs.

I'm a great fan of ambient too, well actually all electronic music he he :bandit:

[Todd The Kiwi]

all i can say now is
> Hidden Rooms Two > Polar > Mind Of A Killer
if any of you are able to get it or a copy of it ON VINYL
play it @ 33rpm NOT 45rpm
spooky shit man real spooky... :skull:

[Willow of Oz]

...and back on topic:

Bands I tend to listen to - an interesting question, since I'm probably less band oriented than I used to be (ie, Metallica devotion and all).

Metal:
Metallica, Immortal, Cradle of Filth, Dimmu Borgir, Agalloch, Mr Bungle, Anaal Nathrakh, Opeth, Fear Factory, Kataklysm, In Flames, Arch Enemy, Children of Bodom, Amon Amarth, Demons and Wizards, Iron Maiden

Pop / Alt:
garbage,

World / other:
Loreena McKennitt, Enya

Demomusic:
Purple Motion, Skaven, Explizit

Electronica:
Dune

Yes, I'm a 95% metalhead. Getting back into some trance stuff recently, but no fave bands/artists/djs really, though I be hooked on PPK's Resurrection atm.
I was actually surprised by the amount of metal posted in this thread (at least for the first half of it).

[Todd The Kiwi]

Immortal,Mr Bungle,Fear Factory, Kataklysm

AMEN!

heard a MISERY album called REVEL IN BLASPHEMY?
australias baddest munters :skull:

[Willow of Oz]

i've seen these guys play (in this order)

morbid angel
fear factory
napalm death
brutal truth
fantomas (twice)
misery
and my favorite band PUNGENT STENCH

unfortunately we don't get the harder stuff down here very often
this list spans 8 years ...

:skull::skull::skull::skull::skull:


Ouch. Getting bands in NZ must be even harder than getting them in Oz. I feel for you.
Roughly in order (over about 3 years):

Megadeth
Devin Townsend (doing SYL, and about 3 of his 'projects')
Strapping Young Lad
Soilwork (twice)
Metallica
Opeth
Dillinger Escape Plan
Entombed
Anthrax

...and nothing big on the horizon because bands keep cancelling or just not bothering. Ah, to live in Europe. Or the US. For the bands.

[Willow of Oz]

AMEN!

heard a MISERY album called REVEL IN BLASPHEMY?
australias baddest munters :skull:

No, I'll keep an eye out for it.
I've got a brazilian dude hawking Krisiun to me - which reminds me: MC Hawking for those who like a bit of science and rap.
Mortiis is quite fine if you like your music to be as far from metal as possible whilst still being metal (arguably).

I'd also like to give props to the "wall of distortion with indistinguishable lyrics that constitutes some modern metal" (Roj2004) ;) Whilst not constituting the bulk of my aural diet, when done well (and when you're in the mood) it's quite powerful. And like chillies, the more one has, the more inured you become, till one person's wall of noise is another person's catchy pop song (exaggerated, of course). The first time I heard Pandemonic Hyperblast by Anaal Nathrakh I almost laughed, it seemed so over-the-top. A few listens later and I was hooked and then structure and form became evident.

The Japanese one-man-band Merzbow is good for tune-out noise; something beyond metal and techno. I'm only familiar with his more recent work - he's quite a prolific artist that has been around for quite some time.

For the Australian metal scene, I quite enjoy Gospel of the Horns, Daysend, Agommorah and Astriaal, all of whom I've seen live.

[Todd The Kiwi]

Australian metal scene

alive and thrashing man :skull:

sadistik exekution
misery
manticore
blooduster
alchemist
atomizer

all ockers and kick arse !
must be the climate... it's not the beer heh heh

[Jost]

A, Air, Aphex Twin, Apoptygma Berzerk, Aquagen, Astral Matix, ATC, Blank & Jones, Blink 182, Bowling for Soup, Cake, Carl Cox, Cassius, Chemical Brothers, Cirrus, CK & Supreme Dream Team, Coldplay, Console, Crystal Method, Daft Punk, Darude, Dead or Alive, Depeche Mode, Devo, Dirty Vegas,DJ Encore, DJ Keoki, DJ Micro, DJ Mind-X, DJ Sammy, DJ Tomcraft, Echo Image, Eiffle 65, Enomine, Erasure, Eve 6, Fatboy Slim, Figurine, Flowchart, Freezepop, Freestylers, French Affair, Future Breeze, Gary Numan, Green Day, Groove Coverage, Hoobastank, Hybrid, IIO, Information Society, Interpol, Iris, Jet, Joy Electric, Kai Trancid, Kamelot, Kosheen, Kraftwerk, Ladytron, Lasago, Leftfield, Les Rythmes Digitales, Level 42, Lionrock, Lit, Loona, Maroon 5, Mirwais, Miss Kittin, Moby, Mr. Oizo, Muse, New Found Glory, No Doubt, NOFX, OMD, Orbital, Orgy, Our Lady Peace, Photek, Placebo, POD, Powerman 5000, Prezioso, Prodigy, Propellerheads, Pulsedriver, Q-Burns, Riddlin' Kids, Rollergirl, Scooter, Soviet, Spritney Bears, Squarepusher, SR-71, Starsailor, Starsplash, Stereolab, Sugarcult, Sum 41, Telepopmusik, The Ataris, The Avalanches, The Black Keys, The Drip, The Echoing Green, The Faint, The Get Up Kids, The Strokes, The Urge, The White Stripes, Ultrabeat, Venus Hum, Visage, Wakefield, Wire, Yes, YMO, Zero 7

Yes, mainly Electronic and Pop Rock

[GildedSplinter]

A, Air, Aphex Twin, Apoptygma Berzerk, Aquagen, Astral Matix, ATC, Blank & Jones, Blink 182, Bowling for Soup, Cake, Carl Cox, Cassius, Chemical Brothers, Cirrus, CK & Supreme Dream Team, Coldplay, Console, Crystal Method, Daft Punk, Darude, Dead or Alive, Depeche Mode, Devo, Dirty Vegas,DJ Encore, DJ Keoki, DJ Micro, DJ Mind-X, DJ Sammy, DJ Tomcraft, Echo Image, Eiffle 65, Enomine, Erasure, Eve 6, Fatboy Slim, Figurine, Flowchart, Freezepop, Freestylers, French Affair, Future Breeze, Gary Numan, Green Day, Groove Coverage, Hoobastank, Hybrid, IIO, Information Society, Interpol, Iris, Jet, Joy Electric, Kai Trancid, Kamelot, Kosheen, Kraftwerk, Ladytron, Lasago, Leftfield, Les Rythmes Digitales, Level 42, Lionrock, Lit, Loona, Maroon 5, Mirwais, Miss Kittin, Moby, Mr. Oizo, Muse, New Found Glory, No Doubt, NOFX, OMD, Orbital, Orgy, Our Lady Peace, Photek, Placebo, POD, Powerman 5000, Prezioso, Prodigy, Propellerheads, Pulsedriver, Q-Burns, Riddlin' Kids, Rollergirl, Scooter, Soviet, Spritney Bears, Squarepusher, SR-71, Starsailor, Starsplash, Stereolab, Sugarcult, Sum 41, Telepopmusik, The Ataris, The Avalanches, The Black Keys, The Drip, The Echoing Green, The Faint, The Get Up Kids, The Strokes, The Urge, The White Stripes, Ultrabeat, Venus Hum, Visage, Wakefield, Wire, Yes, YMO, Zero 7

Yes, mainly Electronic and Pop Rock

That there's a lot o' typin'... :cross-eye

Largely alphabetized, too... :foureyes:

[angelchick]

Simple enough. What are your favorite bands? <<Curious what audiophiles listen to. >> :confused:

scissor sisters

queens of the stone age

linkin parks

meatloaf

evanescence

the rasmus

franz ferdinand

limp bizkit

plus loads more..would be here all night

will that do?

[jkrzok]

My favorite band is whoever I happen to be listening to at the time.

10000 Maniacs (I used to have the biggest crush on Natalie Merchant. I saw them almost weekly when they were starting out)
Grey Eye Glances, Puffy Amiyumi, Kristy MacColl, Shelby Lynn
Nena (Yes, 99 Luftballons notwithstanding; great vocalist, even in German)
Janis Joplin, Blondie, Neko Case, Throwing Muses, Cocteau Twins
La Oreja de Van Gogh -do perfect pure pop songs, from Spain. I don't need to know what they're singing to like them.

Yes, I do prefer female vocalists.

I do have to mention the big four: Sinatra, Elvis, Beatles, and the Rolling Stones. I'm always afraid that in lists like these people tend to name things that they think will protect some self image of cool. Liking the big four may no longer be cool but damn they were good. You don't get to be so big as to become a cliche without having some talent.

What do people really listen to when they know no one will discover them? What are our guilty pleasures? I'd bet the list will be different. Even Abba and the Carpenters have their fans. People just won't admit it.

Are there no classical music lovers here? Let me throw in Sibelius and Vivaldi.

[Todd The Kiwi]

grieg - in the hall of the mountain king is wicked man
bernd alois zimmerman - photoptosis :skull:
bach
brahms
strauss
mozart
debussy
lois spohr
Tchaikovsky - i've actually seen swan lake
Antonin Dvorák
and some gregorian chants (howmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm) all reside on my hard drive :nervous:

[Tokelil]

Have been listening too Tristania and Nightwish' new album allot the last month! Some great music if you like the Gothic genre. (Within Temptation, Lacuna Coil, Nightwish etc.)

[hedge]

Have been listening too Tristania and Nightwish' new album allot the last month! Some great music if you like the Gothic genre. (Within Temptation, Lacuna Coil, Nightwish etc.)
Yep I'll certainly agree with that, the new nightwish album is very good, haven't heard of tristania though, have to check them out.

[Tokelil]

Actually I discovered Tristania because I looked up Gothic Metal on Wikipedia and it said they where one of the bands that started the genre. I have only heard their Beyond The Veil album which I can heighly recommend. (Somewhat more heavy than Nightwish though and the other bands I mentioned) Aphelion from that album is a good place to start if you *cough* download it from the net.

[Willow of Oz]

Actually I discovered Tristania ...

If you like Tristania and Nightwish, you might want to check out modern Therion. Operatic metal at its finest. Perhaps also After Forever. The chick vocalist, as well as sounding pretty fine, does a mean windmill during gigs.

There's a band that has a female vocalist that someone (possibly Melbourne's Metal Mayhem) described as "better than Tarja of Nightwish", but buggered if I can recall or find them / the quote. May be a relatively new band. Anyone let me know if they have suspicions. Hey, the genre is not that big.

What do people really listen to when they know no one will discover them? What are our guilty pleasures? I'd bet the list will be different.

Interesting, and probably correct. But for myself, it would be the non-metal acts I listed originally (enya, loreena mckennitt, trance, oh, and some eminem). But I'm comfortable with admitting them, even if I do get a few raised eyebrows in RL. Oh, and Mortiis. Since he moved from Emperor's black metal, to the dungeon / medieval music of The Stargate, to the goth / darkwave stuff of The Smell of Rain, he cops a lot of flak from diehard metal fans. Shrug: I say, if it's good, it's good.

[Willow of Oz]

Are there no classical music lovers here? Let me throw in Sibelius and Vivaldi.

I've been meaning to get into more classical for some time, but other music tends to edge it out (limited time and all). And what with Sturgeon's law and all (90% of everything is crap) then you sample some stuff, don't get turned on, and go back to what you are familiar with.
So, that said, the good stuff I've heard would include quite a number of mozart and beethoven tracks, some Vivaldi (concerto for two trumpets?) and other assorted 'popular' classics such as In the Hall of the Mountain King. Perhaps if I like this I should just search out other Grieg compositions, but then there are so many different symphonies covering the damn things, which do I avoid?

Iannis Xenakis was okay; I've been meaning to listen to more of his stuff.
Olivier Messiaen had some good stuff too.
And of course the Carl Orff O Fortuna Carmina Burana goes without saying. I was damn close to picking up a recording of that from Amazon the other day.
Which reminds me - I've heard good things about a 16 piece band called Haggar, which crosses the line into metal at times. A little different from the usual 4-piece metal band venturing into classical stuff (generally either symphonic black metal bands ala Dimmu Borgir recording with a symphony, or others going for the more classical piano / acoustic guitar only song - delusions of grandeur?).

And finally, shouts out to Todd - hard to go past the Gregorian chanting.

[Todd The Kiwi]

And finally, shouts out to Todd - hard to go past the Gregorian chanting

yeah man it's all good
i have some tibetan monk stuff
although i'm sure there must be other types of monk too :nervous:
i also found Pandemonic Hyperblast by Anaal Nathrakh a few weeks ago
harsh man like sadistik exekution .vs immortal
i still can't find Misery - Revel In Blasphemy online anywhere
if anyone knows anyone with an ftp and this album
perhaps we could arrange a 'meet 'n' greet/file swap meet'

[angelchick]

Have been listening too Tristania and Nightwish' new album allot the last month! Some great music if you like the Gothic genre. (Within Temptation, Lacuna Coil, Nightwish etc.)

hi ya

after readin ur post went and checked out nightwish...and its ace!! ta very much...
thats as long as same nightwish lol...like sum of their tracks the had on site from their once album...especially dark chest of wonders....


just need ta find sumwhere over here that'll sell there album...live in town that thinks its big but it aint....


once again thanxs :cheerful:

[Qaz]

after readin ur post went and checked out nightwish...and its ace!! ta very much...
Go Finland go \o/ (not that I like the band myself...)

But here's my list:
Michael Franti & Spearhead
Murmurecordings
Ceebrolistics
Arrested Development
Nifflas
Dire Straits
Looptroop
d fast
Smokin' with Superman

and a few Finnish (Finnish by language)
Ritarikunta
YUP

and there's many more but these are the ones I've listened the most lately

[Inthewoods]

Ok I won't bore you guys and gals with my list of favorites, I think you'd be bored silly. But if I did post it, I'd expect one of 3 possible reactions to most of the content:

1. Well, that figures, Woods is an old fart.....or

2. Wow, that's AMAZING (for an old fart).....lol......or

3. Who's that?, never heard of 'm.

I will say this. My favorites include most every type of music except rap and opera, and I was very surprised to see a couple people here with very similar tastes.

[rorythedog]

Ok I won't bore you guys and gals with my list of favorites, I think you'd be bored silly. But if I did post it, I'd expect one of 3 possible reactions to most of the content:

1. Well, that figures, Woods is an old fart.....or

2. Wow, that's AMAZING (for an old fart).....lol......or

3. Who's that?, never heard of 'm.

I will say this. My favorites include most every type of music except rap and opera, and I was very surprised to see a couple people here with very similar tastes.

That's a bit cryptic, is it not. "...very surprised to see a couple people here with very similar tastes." What? I never saw anyone list Broadway show tunes. I must have missed that.

:biggrin:

[Inthewoods]

That's a bit cryptic, is it not. "...very surprised to see a couple people here with very similar tastes." What? I never saw anyone list Broadway show tunes. I must have missed that.

:biggrin:

Wiseguy..........LOL

I said similar not identical, and besides I said MOST every kind of music, LOL.

[collector]

and some gregorian chants (howmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm) all reside on my hard drive :nervous:

Real Gregorian or 'The Masters of Chant' with Child In Time or Stairway to heaven ? :laugh:

[collector]

[COLOR=Indigo]
If you like Tristania and Nightwish, you might want to check out modern Therion. Operatic metal at its finest. Perhaps also After Forever. The chick vocalist, as well as sounding pretty fine, does a mean windmill during gigs.


.. And perhaps Egg , and Avantasia, and elijah`s Mantle.
After Forever is great. Great opera-classical voice (and great looks too)

[collector]

And of course the Carl Orff O Fortuna Carmina Burana goes without saying. I was damn close to picking up a recording of that from Amazon the other day.

Problem with classical music in general and the Carmina is that there are so many versions of those performances.
I have several Carmina's and even one edition by Ray Manzarek (Doors)
Nice too

[collector]

A small selection:

Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, dread Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Genesis, Marillion, Camel, Alan Parsons Project, Jethro Tull

Rock/guitar: Jan akkerman, Eric clapton, Gary moore Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Julian Sas, Victor wooten, D.T. Chastain, Al di Meola, Pat Metheny, Lee Ritnour, Robben Ford, Steve Lukather, Santana

Ayreon, After Forever, Nightwish, Lacuna Coil, Egg, Elijah's Mantle, Avantasia, Opeth

Edgar Froese, Klaus Schulze. Some (not all) Philip Glass

Classical piano: Van Beethoven, Tsjaikovski, Rachmaninov, Liszt

BLUES and some jazz: smooth guitar, or saxophones : David Sanborn

[Inthewoods]

Problem with classical music in general and the Carmina is that there are so many versions of those performances.
I have several Carmina's and even one edition by Ray Manzarek (Doors)
Nice too

OK now I'm really going to date myself, but back in (as near as I can recall) the mid to late 80s, I actually checked out an LP version of Manzarek's Carmina Burana from the public library. It was, I thought, a very unique but enjoyable recording. It was produced by Philip Glass I believe, I could be wrong. Sax and flute were by Jack Kripl, who also plays on Glass's "1000 Airplanes on the Roof". I don't remember much about the specific pressing, but it had very strange cover art. I didn't make a copy it because those library LPs were full of scratches.

But there are so many versions if the true "classic" classical pieces that it depends entirely on the musicians, as well as the conductor's style, and the recording technique as well.

Since there were no "recording artists" back then, everything is a "cover"....LOL

[rorythedog]

A few years ago my wife, Val, and I went to see and hear a rendition of Carl Orff's 'Carmina Burana'. It was performed at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall with a combined choir of over six hundred. Totally f*****g awesome!

The acoustics of that hall are superb. State of the art.

I saw Lou Reed there and he actually made me fall asleep. How authentic is that?

That's not fair really. I was pretty wasted for that one. As you do. I also saw Jethro Tull there once and that was stunning.

[collector]

It was, I thought, a very unique but enjoyable recording. It was produced by Philip Glass I believe, I could be wrong.

Ys, I think that's the one I have on cd. Produced by Philip Glass and Kurt Munkacsi in 1983. I bought it in those years, I guess ;)

The cover art matches the performance. Nice production.

[collector]

LP version of Manzarek's Carmina Burana

Found a link to the cd copy I have:

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=UIDMISS70407070750460160&sql=Ajsjgtq9ztu45

[Inthewoods]

Found a link to the cd copy I have:

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=UIDMISS70407070750460160&sql=Ajsjgtq9ztu45


Thanks for the link. I just found the LP on eBay: Carmina LP (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=306&item=4022970514&rd=1)

There's a CD out there too if anybody's interested: Carmina CD (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=307&item=4023246680&rd=1)

[fatal error]

I am adding Alkaline Trio, Lodger, and The Killers to my list.

[Todd The Kiwi]

I am adding Alkaline Trio, Lodger, and The Killers to my list.

you mean this LODGER (http://hkkk.fi/~laari/lodger/lodger.html) ?
i recommend everyone shoots the video 'target'...:skull:


EDIT : cool they've added more...

[fatal error]

you mean this LODGER (http://hkkk.fi/~laari/lodger/lodger.html) ?
i recommend everyone shoots the video 'target'...:skull:
ummmm....yup

[Todd The Kiwi]

Dark Angel - Leave Scars = a bit like slayer but more catchy
Sausage - Riddles Are Abound Tonight = like Primus
Vader - Live In Japan = speedthrashdeath from Poland,nice :skull:

i'm still trying to 'locate' that MISERY album REVEL IN BLASPHEMY
the ftp swap offer still stands if any of you have it or know someone who does...
ftp//pmmeformoreinfo.now ha ha ha

[Todd The Kiwi]

ok so i got the latest PRODIGY album lastnight
Always Outnumbered Never Outgunned
i give it an honest 2 out of 10
one interesting tune called PHOENIX appears to be a
'remix' of a NIRVANA tune called LOVE BUZZ
from their album BLEACH,yuk...:skull:

[Rex_Mundi_Incarnit]

I want to add some new bands too. These are:

-Placebo
-Alan Parsons Project/Keats
-The Cranberries
-Massive attack
-Gorillaz

:cool:

[duckie]

ok so i got the latest PRODIGY album lastnight
Always Outnumbered Never Outgunned
i give it an honest 2 out of 10
one interesting tune called PHOENIX appears to be a
'remix' of a NIRVANA tune called LOVE BUZZ
from their album BLEACH,yuk...:skull:

That's interesting, I'll have to check it out for myself. Just for info, Love Buzz is not a Nirvana original. It was originally by this Dutch band Shocking Blue.

<edit>To keep this post on topic, I listen to mainly rock, metal and classical, but am also quite fond of jazz and blues. Some of my favourite bands/composers/musicians include (in no particular order):

Pearl Jam, Jimi Hendrix, Dream Theater, Beethoven, Devin Townsend, Howlin' Wolf, Led Zeppelin, Nina Simone, Brahms, Neil Young, Joe Satriani, David Bowie, Miles Davis, the Geinoh Yamashirogumi, Kanno Yoko, Soundgarden, Jeff Buckley, Al Di Meola, John Lee Hooker, Apocalyptica, Bartok, Stevie Ray Vaughan...

Ok, that was more than a handful, and all over the map.

Not much of an audiophile though. (can't afford the good stuff!)</edit>

[bmc152003]

I want to add some new bands too. These are:

-Placebo
-Alan Parsons Project/Keats
-The Cranberries
-Massive attack
-Gorillaz

:cool:




GOILLAZ are the shiznit







im really digging green day - american idiot album at the moment

[Todd The Kiwi]

Love Buzz is not a Nirvana original
crikey i didn't know that
the tune caught me by surprise big time it's way slower and there's a chick singing
my favorite nirvana tune would be AERO ZEPPELIN off incesticide
can't afford the good stuff!
yeah some of it's hellishly priced aye
my m-audio audiophile 2496 cost $500 nz that freaked my mates out a bit ha ha ha :scared:
much can be said for spontaneity...

[Sheepeh]

I recently got a few new albums, namely Bowling For Soup's "A Hangover You Don't Deserve" and Lucky Boy's Confusion "Commitment".

Both are class.

[Todd The Kiwi]

Shocking Blue-love buzz
i now 'own' this,nice tune indeed
sitars and crazy 'drummer boy' drumming
i'm certainly going to 'get' some more Shocking Blue
thanks for the tip duckie ;)

[rorythedog]

I recently got a few new albums, namely Bowling For Soup's "A Hangover You Don't Deserve" and Lucky Boy's Confusion "Commitment".

Both are class.

And are they any good?

Oops! I'm going blind. Please accept my apologies Sheepeh.

[Sheepeh]

:silly: <harry enfield> WEEEE FORGIIVE YOOOOOOOOU!!! </harry enfield>

[duckie]

i now 'own' this,nice tune indeed
sitars and crazy 'drummer boy' drumming
i'm certainly going to 'get' some more Shocking Blue
thanks for the tip duckie ;)

I know what you are saying. First time I listened to the original I was like "what is this? this is some crazy s***!"

An addition, I've been listening to the French duo "Air" a lot recently.

[Rex_Mundi_Incarnit]

...An addition, I've been listening to the French duo "Air" a lot recently.

I'm a great fan of AIR. I have all their albums (which amounts to 5 now). If you like AIR, do you know Zero 7?

[Qaz]

I'm a great fan of AIR. I have all their albums (which amounts to 5 now). If you like AIR, do you know Zero 7?
Funny thing, audioscrobbler recommends Zero 7 for me :) Haven't really gotten to that yet, but at least Air is very nice band.

[o2xygen]

In Trance we trust :reallymad

[Rex_Mundi_Incarnit]

In Trance we trust :reallymad

No kiddin'! Another trance junkie on the forum! :cool: Go o2xygen!!

[duckie]

I'm a great fan of AIR. I have all their albums (which amounts to 5 now). If you like AIR, do you know Zero 7?

Nope. But I'll check them out. Thanks.

[Todd The Kiwi]

you mean zero 7 like Roni Size drum 'n' bass legend...?
i'll have to suss out some air too :cross-eye
brown paper bag by Roni Size is my favorite one by him.
i prefer my d'n'b a bit nastier that that usually
DYLAN - DARK PLANET is the baddest tune i've heard for a long time...:skull:
these can all be found in a shareaza store near you ha ha ha

[o2xygen]

No kiddin'! Another trance junkie on the forum! :cool: Go o2xygen!!
You are very lucky you know... ID&T helds some awesome events in Nederlands...
Tiesto is coming in a few days at my country for the second time... I won't miss it... :grin: :cool:

[Todd The Kiwi]

NIRVANA
'new' Nirvana album "with the lights out"
got it last night, some really cool tunes on it
nirvana usually suck live but this is a good example
although most of them are unreleased studio tracks
3 disks, a dvd available too.
gets 7/10 which is quite good i suppose...
if anyone downloads it from 'raza and gets a .rar that has some passworded shit to bypass
send me a pm... :nervous:

[Rex_Mundi_Incarnit]

Here is some more stuff i like:

-Electric light orchestra
-Moloko
-Massive attack
-Queen
-Dead can dance
-Yello
( i thank Rory for the latter two :))

[appurve]

Sorry guys to make it so long. But music is my life.If you feel this is unwanted the admin can delete this post.

2Pac
Aphex Twin
Bach
Basement Jaxx
Beethoven
Beastie Boys
Blur
Brahms
Bruce Springsteen
Bob Marley
Carl Cox
Coldplay
Cradle of Filth
Chemical Brothers
Chopin
Daft Punk
Darude
Dean Martin
Deep Purple
Depeche Mode
Dire Straits
Duran Duran
Eagle
Enigma
Fela Kuti
Frank Sinatra
George Michael (Like the Old Stuff)
Gorillaz
Ice Cube
Infected Mushroom
James Brown
Johnny Cash
Kosheen
Led Zeppelin
Limp Bizkit
Linkin Park
Maroon 5
Massive Attack
Metallica
Methodman
Moby
Mozart
Nas
Nat King Cole
Nirvana
Norah Jones
Notorious Big
Oasis
Orbital
Pearl Jam
Pink Floyd
PPK
Prince
Prodigy
Propellerheads
Queen
Radiohead
Rage Against The Machine
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Redman
REM
Russian Red Army choir
Santana
Scooter
Scorpians
Snoop Dogg
Sting
Strauss
Suede
Tchaikovsky
The Police
The Streets
Tiesto
U2
Van Halen
Vivaldi

http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/profiles/

Bhangra Music:
Gurdaas Maan (Pure and Greatest)

Hindi:
Kishore Kumar
Mohd. Rafi

Shiv Kumar Bataalvi
(Poet Genious - Not well known in India as he died very young. Two of his greatest song are :
1.Ikk Kurri Jidha naa Mohabat gum hai
2.Key Puchhde O Haal GhareibaN Da

Bio and links to few of his poetry,songs etc
http://www.punjabilok.com/poetry/shiv_batalavi.htm
http://www.punjabilok.com/music/shiv_kumar_batalavi.htm
http://www.sikh-heritage.co.uk/arts/shiv%20batalvi/Shiv%20batalvi.htm
http://www.subir.com/shiv.html
http://www.google.com.sg/search?hl=en&q=shiv+kumar+batalvi&spell=1

True Incident:
He met a girl named Maina at a fair in Baijnath. When he went back to look for her in her hometown, he heard the news of her death and wrote his elegy 'Maina'. This episode was to prefigure numerous other partings that would serve as material to distill into poems. Perhaps the most celebrated such episode is his fascination for Gurbaksh Singh's daughter who left for the US and married someone else. When he heard of the birth of her first child, Shiv wrote 'Main ek shikra yaar banaya', perhaps his most famous love poem. It's said that when she had her second child, someone asked Shiv whether he would write another poem. Shiv replied 'Have I become responsible for her? Am I to write a poem on her every time she gives birth to a child?' Sounds much better in Punjabi (main oda theka leya hoyaa? Oho bacche banayi jave te main ode te kavita likhda rehma?).

Irony is this great man died in my city just near my house the shop is still there.

A flower does not die only its fragrance disappears

[Todd The Kiwi]

fans of pantera and damageplan might want to have a squiz at this http://www.lineofduty.com/default_main.htm
not sure how much truth there is in this. :skull:
for those of you who haven't heard pantera or damageplan, dimebag was one of the baddest guitarists EVER, a full on legend.

[hedge]

fans of pantera and damageplan might want to have a squiz at this http://www.lineofduty.com/default_main.htm
not sure how much truth there is in this. :skull:
for those of you who haven't heard pantera or damageplan, dimebag was one of the baddest guitarists EVER, a full on legend.
Its true, was all over bbc online news :(:(
Allegedly the guy had no real motive behind the killing, but one person did hear him say to dimebag before he went nuts that he blamed him for breaking up pantera.

Wost way to be killed ever, by a crazy fan.

[Todd The Kiwi]

pity he got shot too
i bet there are a lot of pantera/damageplan/dimebag fans in jail who'd have liked to 'meet' him
(no pun) :skull:

[NeoTrio]

D12 :) ;)

[paul.flere]

Avril Lavigne
Bobby Brown (two can play that game)
Chesney Hawkes (one and only)
Evanescence
Green Day
Lostprophets
MC Hammer (you can't touch this)
Maroon 5
Meat Loaf
Metallica
Queen
U2


To name but a few from the list.. :chinese:

[Hithlain]

Apocalyptica
Apotygma Berzerk
Assemblage 23
Beck
Covenant
Dargaard
Depeche Mode
Dimmu Borgir
Eisbrecher
Filter
Hammerfall
Howard Shore
In Strict Confidence
Kent
Lacrimas Profundere
Linkin Park
Loits
Manowar
Manatark
Marilyn Manson
Massive Attack
Metallica
Metsatöll
Morrissey
Negative Format
New Order
Nightwish
Nine Inch Nails (imo the best)
Nirvana
Oomph
Rammstein
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Seether
Slut
System Of A Down
The Mars Volta (or smth like that)
Travis
U2
and many more..

[Lich]

That’s not my favorite bands list, but best albums I’ve listened last months. Take it as recommendation:)





Tvangeste – Firestorm (2002)

Excellent sympho-black (absolutely different from bands like Dimmu Borgir or Limbonic Art), constant usage of violins, choir and keyboards, very impressing. Not “lightspeed beat, goat scream and satan”, but really beautyful black music.



Diabolical Masquerade – Nightwork (1998) and Death's Design (2001)

I think everyone knows who are Blakkheim and Dan Swanö:) Orchestral black avant-garde with explicit quotes from classics.



Enslavement Of Beauty - Traces o' Red (1999)

Expressive melodic black/death (very strong keyboards). Somehow (in spite of genre difference) it is similar to Dark Tranquillity (yeah, “The Gallery”) for me. Maybe it’s because of vocals and lyrics. If you search for more DT-ish music, but dislike In Flames and other lame (f*****g nu-metal) clones, try EoB.



Morgion – Solinary (1999)

Very, VERY good funeral doom.



Shape of Despair - Angels of Distress (2001)

Abandon all hope and fade.



Silentium – Sufferion: Hamartia of Prudence (2003)

One of the best conceptual albums I’ve ever heard (Blind Guardian “Nightfall In Middle Earth”, Rebellion “Shakespeare's Macbeth - A Tragedy In Steel”). Anyone knows from where cutscenes are taken, or they are original? Anyone, please?!



Mourning Beloveth – Dust (2000)

Cornerstone of modern doom, I think. If you love My Dying Bride, you should have this – MDB’s interpreted, continued and evolutionary straight ancestor.



Aeternitas - Requiem (2000)

Very surprising. Melodic, rich and full doom. Sometimes fast, near gothic, sometimes deep and slow, almost funeral. Black metal elements, acoustics… Mozartissimo!

[Zombo]

look at my audioscrobbler page, you'll know what i'll listen to :) (much simpler than writing a lengthy post!)

www.audioscrobbler.com/user/kz/

[Willow of Oz]

That’s not my favorite bands list, but best albums I’ve listened last months. Take it as recommendation:)


Well, you got me enthused. Harsh on In Flames, but I guess that whole Trigger period deserves it.

Now an odd request: Having just heard the track *# on Calculating Infinity by Dillinger Escape Plan, I was reminded of music from stuff like Blizzard's Diablo. Can anyone recommend something similar to either *# or Diablo music?

[Rex_Mundi_Incarnit]

The other day i got hold of some 4GB of music from a mate of mine. Here i list some of the really good bands i didnt know even existed. These bands make progressive rock / classic rock / ambient / synthesiser type music.

-Clepsydra
-Ozric Tentacles
-Saga
-Tangerine Dream
-Marillion
-Nodens Ictus
-Caravan

:beer:

[max77]

For me :

- Dream Theater :biggrin:
- Metallica
- Mudvayne
- Godsmack
- System of a down
- Tool

[BALTY]

The 70s was my time so it's embedded in me...
(But see the site link at bottom for something different from that.)

70's, of course, the obvious...
Led Zeplin
Stones
Eagles
Aerosmith
Doobies
Montrose
and older bands ...
Beatles
Kinks
Beach Boys


Then how that was overdone by other sound-a-likes.
So bands had to step it up with effects...
Alice Cooper (Dress and effects)
KISS (Dress and effects)
NY Dolls (Dress)
ELO (effects)
Angel (effects)

And then in your face...
Ted Nugent (wild energy)
KISS again
Judas Priest
Cheap trick
Sammy Hagar
Van Helen
Scorpions

Then there's the higher thinking bands...
Uriah Heep
Yes
Rush
Moody Blues
Pink Floyd
Kansas
* and other organ/piano guitar bands
Deep Purple
REO
Styx
etc...

Southern Rockers...
Molly Hachet
Skynard
38 Special
ZZ Topp
Aluman Bros
Blackfoot

New stuff today is good too
Various punk bands with some raggie or rap cross is interesting.
But some imitate these...
Sublime or
Beastie boys

But old Rock, rythm and Blues/Country ... where it had gotten started is where I'm at now... Check out this site: It's Rock-a-billy, but quite a crossover library on both sides of the rock/country spectum~ ;)


http://els51.law.emory.edu/rcs/index.htm

See all the original 45 labels, and perhaps catch a song byte. Nice reference library for those intrigued! Just click on A through Z on a record you see on the home page or fill in The Google search box, just type a letter, like P for Presley and it will list links back to it's own site's full list where you can check out the year, record company label, Artist, and some have audio bites.

[GildedSplinter]

The 70s was my time so it's embedded in me...
(But see the site link at bottom for something different from that.)

70's, of course, the obvious...
Led Zeplin
Stones
Eagles
Aerosmith
Doobies
Montrose
and older bands ...
Beatles
Kinks
Beach Boys


Then how that was overdone by other sound-a-likes.
So bands had to step it up with effects...
Alice Cooper (Dress and effects)
KISS (Dress and effects)
NY Dolls (Dress)
ELO (effects)
Angel (effects)

And then in your face...
Ted Negent (wild energy)
KISS again
Judas Priest
Cheap trick
Sammy Hagar
Van Helen
Scorpions
Iron Maiden
Accept

Then there's the higher thinking bands...
Uriah Heep
Yes
Rush
ELP
Moody Blues
Pink Floyd
Kansas
* and other organ/piano guitar bands
Deep Purple
REO
Styx
etc...

Southern Rockers...
Molly Hachet
Skynard
38 Special
ZZ Topp
Aluman Bros
Blackfoot

New stuff today is good too
Various punk bands with some raggie or rap cross is interesting.
But some imitate these...
Sublime or
Beastie boys


But old Rock, rythm and Blues/Country ... where it had gotten started is where I'm at now... Check out this site: It's Rock-a-billy, but quite a crossover library on both sides of the rock/country spectum~ ;)


http://els51.law.emory.edu/rcs/index.htm

See all the original 45 labels, and perhaps catch a song byte. Nice reference library for those intrigued! Just click on A through Z on a record you see on the home page or fill in The Google search box, just type a letter, like P for Presley and it will list links back to it's own site's full list where you can check out the year, record company label, Artist, and some have audio bites.

At long last... there's somebody else around here that know's what a damn GUITAR sounds like when it ISN'T being used as an instrument of torture or sampled and reprocessed into techno-mush. Perhaps there's hope after all!!! :knocked-o

[Todd The Kiwi]

shapeshifter = baddest drum'n'bass for yo mutha and they play their music (bass guitar, drums 'etc')
so there :P

[Rex_Mundi_Incarnit]

At long last... there's somebody else around here that know's what a damn GUITAR sounds like when it ISN'T being used as an instrument of torture or sampled and reprocessed into techno-mush. Perhaps there's hope after all!!! :knocked-o

Then you might like Dire Straits (Mark Knofler), Eric Clapton, and Zucchero ;)

I've just added The Chemical Brothers to my collection. The tune 'Galvanize' kicks ass! :grimreape

[GildedSplinter]

Then you might like Dire Straits (Mark Knofler), Eric Clapton, and Zucchero ;)

I've just added The Chemical Brothers to my collection. The tune 'Galvanize' kicks ass! :grimreape

Bitchin' avatar Rex!

I can't stand Dire Straits. The singer just sounds like he really wishes he were doing something else (was Knopfler the singer AND guitar player?)... tho I do appreciate Knopfler's unique approach to the guitar.

Clapton peaked when he was in Cream.

The other 2 that you mentioned just leave me with large balloon-like question marks rotating above my head.

[Rex_Mundi_Incarnit]

Bitchin' avatar Rex!

What is that supposed to mean? Chill out man. Have i offended you or something? I believe those artists i mentioned make (made) great music and make good use of the guitar. Of course it is all personal preference.

The reference to the chemical brothers is totally about something else. Just a bit of info i wanted to mention.

[Sheepeh]

What is that supposed to mean? Chill out man. Have i offended you or something? I believe those artists i mentioned make (made) great music and make good use of the guitar. Of course it is all personal preference.

The reference to the chemical brothers is totally about something else. Just a bit of info i wanted to mention.

I think he meant he liked your avatar, Rex ;)

[Rex_Mundi_Incarnit]

I think he meant he liked your avatar, Rex ;)

Okay cool no sweat :) Havent heard this expression before. When i hear (or see) the word 'bitch' i never see it as a good thing, until now of course. Thanks GildedSplinter for the praise. I have a high res version of it, i made myself. Pm me if you want it. :carrot:

[rorythedog]

The whole of the new album (Push The Button) by the Chemical Brothers is awesome. Also, guitarists. Listen to Preston Reed if you want to hear a guitarist like no other. His stuff is difficult to find though. I can help there ;)

for the record, and putting a canine perspective to this, when I see the word "bitchin'" it provokes a quite different reaction, Rex.


Rorythedog is currently listening to "Let It Die" by Feist.

[Rex_Mundi_Incarnit]

I'd like to add another really good music band to the long list: Nine Inch Nails.

I have only 1 album right now called 'Pretty Hate Machine' but it all sounds very promising.

[BALTY]

Any body remember Phil Keaggy was an awesome guitarist in the 70's Mostly Christian songs... the man can play!

Many of Phil's releases can now be found at his official website. http://www.philkeaggy.com/

He was ranked # 1 by most all top guitarist at the time, including Eddie VH and Jeff Beck!
During this time period though I was into Scorpions, Starz, Triumph, Godz, Sweet, Richie Blackmore's Rainbow, and some Priest. Hey, now-a-dayz, you gotta be carefull how you say that!!....[ I Got into Priest (back in the 70s).]haha. Hey I'm Catholic, so I can say it (jokingly)!

[jkrzok]

I've been listening to a lot of Edith Piaf lately. I don't understand a lick of French but her art and the emotions it inspires know no such petty bounderies.

Now I have to find a good biography of her. AMG's bio leads me to believe she led one of the more interesting lives of last century.

[Aaron]

Rammstein is not normally a band I go in for but this video for their single "Keine Lust" is something else. It's not dodgy just quite funny.

http://www.mutter.ru/fclick/fclick.php?ad=50

Aaron

[Rex_Mundi_Incarnit]

Anybody know about a band called Faithless? I think they have a nice mix between trance and trip-hop like music.

[rorythedog]

Anybody know about a band called Faithless? I think they have a nice mix between trance and trip-hop like music.

Yup. Got most of their stuff. God is a DJ!

[Sheepeh]

I quite like some of Faithless' stuff, I think the best one is "Mass Destruction". I like me choons to have some meaningful lyrics.

Mass Destruction


(Whether long range weapon or suicide bomber
Wicked mind is a weapon of mass destruction
Whether you're soar away sun or BBC 1
Misinformation is a weapon of mass destruc
You could a Caucasian or a poor Asian
Racism is a weapon of mass destruction
Whether inflation or globalization
Fear is a weapon of mass destruction)

My dad came into my room holding his hat
I knew he was leaving,
he sat on my bed told me some facts, son.
I have a duty, calling on me
You and your sister be brave my little soldier
And don't forget all I told ya
Your the mister of the house now remember this
And when you wake up in the morning give ya momma a kiss
Then I had to say goodbye

In the morning woke momma with a kiss on each eyelid,
Even though I'm only a kid
Certain things can't be hid
Momma grabbed me
Held me like I was made of gold
But left her inner stories untold
I said, momma it will be alright
When daddy comes home, tonight

[CHORUS]

Whether long range weapon or suicide bomber
Wicked mind is a weapon of mass destruction
Whether you're soar away sun or BBC 1
Misinformation is a weapon of mass destruc
You could a Caucasian or a poor Asian
Racism is a weapon of mass destruction
Whether inflation or globalization
Fear is a weapon of mass destruction

Whether Halliburton or Enron or anyone
Greed is a weapon of mass destruction

We need to find courage, overcome
Inaction is a weapon of mass destruction
Inaction is a weapon of mass destruction
Inaction is a weapon of mass destruction

The skin under my chin
is exploding, again.
I'm getting stress from some other children.
I'm holding it in, we taking sides, like a politian
an if I get friction we get to fightin.
I defend my dad he's the best of all men
an whatever he's doin he's doin the right thing.
Its frightenin but it makes me mad, why do all
of these people seem to hate my dad?
an if that ain't enough, now I've got these spots.
I go to sleep every night with my stomach in knots.
and whats more I can hear Mama next door
explore the radio for reports of war.
and all we ever seem to do is hide the tears,
seems Daddy been gone for years.
But he was right, now I'm geared up for the fight
an he would be proud of me if Daddy came home tonight.

[CHORUS]

My story stops here, lets be clear
This scenario is happening everywhere
And you ain't going to nirvana or farvana
You're coming right back here to live out your karma
With even more drama than previously, seriously
Just how many centuries have we been
waiting for someone else to make us free
And we refuse to see
That people overseas suffer just like we
Bad leadership and ego's unfettered and free
Who feed on the people they're supposed to lead
I don't need good people to pray and wait
For the lord to make it all straight
There's only now, do it right.
Cos I don't want your daddy, leaving home tonight

[Roj]

Anybody know about a band called Faithless? I think they have a nice mix between trance and trip-hop like music.

Yup - just downloaded four of their albums in lossless format. Nice stuff. :)

[acehole]

Not dead sure of the order aside from the first few, but:

AFI (Punk, Hardcore)
Rage Against The Machine (Metal, Rap-Metal)
Killswitch Engage (Metal, Metalcore)
From Autumn To Ashes (Emo, Metalcore)
System Of A Down (Alternative Metal)
Rancid (Ska-Punk, Punk)
The Distillers (Punk)
Rise Against (Punk)
Disturbed (Alternative Metal)
Adema (Post Grunge)
Fuel (Post Grunge)
Saliva (Alternative Metal, Post Grunge)
Deftones (Alternative Metal)
Anti-Flag (Punk)
The Suicide Machines (Ska-Punk, Punk)
Audioslave (Post Grunge)
Nirvana (Grunge)
Pitchshifter (Industrial Metal, Alternative Metal, Industrial Drum'n'Bass)
Filter (Industrial Metal, Industrial Pop)
Bad Religion (Punk, Hardcore, Pop-Punk)
Foo Fighters (Alternative Rock, Post Grunge)
The Offspring (Pop-Punk, Punk)
Green Day (Pop-Punk, Punk)
Incubus (Alternative Rock, Alternative Metal)
Red Hot Chili Peppers (Funk Rock, Alternative Rock)

I've tried to classify them, not entirely happy with one or two.

[rorythedog]

This dog is currently listening to Royksopp - Melody a.m.

Aaahhh. Mellow grooves. :cool:

[Sheepeh]

Now Playing : Atari, from the album Commitment by Lucky Boys Confusion

[max77]

My favorites bands not in order (it's too hard :o )

-AFI :biggrin:
-System of a down
-Disturbed
-Godsmack
-Dream Theater
-Metallica
-Tool
-Mudvayne
-Incubus
-Billy Talent

[collector]

70's:
Pink Floyd
Deep Purple
Led Zeppelin
Camel
Genesis

All sorts of guitar: Rock , Blues
Jan Akkerman
Jeff Healey
Joe Satriani
Gary Moore
Victor Wooten

Saga..

After Forever
Within Temptation
Clepsydra
Jadis
Ayreon

and lots more

[acushla]

Santana, Santana and Santana. Oh yes...and Jimi Hendrix. (Did I mention Santana?)

[acushla]

[QUOTE=jkrzok]I've been listening to a lot of Edith Piaf lately. I don't understand a lick of French but her art and the emotions it inspires know no such petty boundaries.

Now I have to find a good biography of her. AMG's bio leads me to believe she led one of the more interesting lives of last century.

She certainly has a very unique vocal styling...she conveys so much simply by phrasing and intonation...a style which, as you so aptly point out, goes beyond boundaries and speaks directly to the heart. She died a very tragic death.

[acushla]

[QUOTE=Sheepeh]I think he meant he liked your avatar, Rex ;)

I totally agree...although I sympathize with Rex. I haven't heard 'Bitchin'' since my early days in LA (yes, in the Valley)...and it always meant something really good.

[Sheepeh]

Have you read the stuff on WikiPedia? Never ceases to amaze me the amount of info on there.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Piaf

<edit> Acushla, if you wanted the Quote tag to work properly, you need to add [/QUOTE] to the end of the quote, if it's not closed it won't put it in a quote box ;) </edit>

[acushla]

Acushla, if you wanted the Quote tag to work properly, you need to add [/QUOTE] to the end of the quote, if it's not closed it won't put it in a quote box ;)

If I am to understand you correctly I can determine what the quote will be by adding [/QUOTE] at he beginning and end of the text I want to place inside the 'box'..the quote box. This reply should answer the question of whether or not I understood. Thanks for the heads up.

OK...I have previewed 4 or 5 replys...none of which worked the way I expected. This ended up to be the best I could do. Obviously I am not doing something right. I had [/QUOTE] both at the beginning and end of the part I wanted quoted. When that didn't work I placed the [/QUOTE] only at the end of the part I wanted quoted. When that didn't work I simply erased anything I didn't want, put it in italics and changed it to bold type. What am I not understanding here?

[Rex_Mundi_Incarnit]

['QUOTE'] quote ['/QUOTE']

makes

quote

and

['QUOTE=acushla'] quote ['/QUOTE']

makes

quote

Dont use the parenteses. These ones -> '

[acushla]

['QUOTE'] quote ['/QUOTE']

makes



and

['QUOTE=acushla'] quote ['/QUOTE']

makes



Dont use the parentheses. These ones -> '

Thanks...I made a copy of this using NOTEPAD so I can always refer to it until I just know it...like in about two years! Seriously though...thanks a lot...

[Qaz]

Thanks...I made a copy of this using NOTEPAD so I can always refer to it until I just know it...like in about two years! Seriously though...thanks a lot...
There's also the green reply button in bottom right corner of every post. That does the quoting automatically.

[BALTY]

There's also the green reply button in bottom right corner of every post. That does the quoting automatically.
I'm using it for this reply!
Or are you referring to this in general scripting, for other uses?

[madjo]

I'm using it for this reply!
What's the difference in your software, or connection that wouldn't allow this green reply button to be displayed, I wonder? :normal:
I'm using XP Pro, EI at work, and FF at home. No problems there~
Can anybody lend their two bits? :ermm:
Or are you referring to this in general scripting, for other uses?
Balty, who said that the green button didn't appear? :)

[BALTY]

My favorites bands not in order (it's too hard :o )

-AFI :biggrin:
-System of a down
-Disturbed
-Godsmack
-Dream Theater
-Metallica
-Tool
-Mudvayne
-Incubus
-Billy Talent
I'm getting old, :calm: I know, but I remember when Metallica first came out. :paranoid: They toured through Ohio, where I grew up in the 70's. Of course I was still there in the 80's when they actually started touring and that. Anyway I was into Judas Priest and Scorpions, etc., that had a lot of interesting (non-radio play) songs that really showed the talents of the lead guitarist and drummer in thier respective bands (hell even bass and rhythm for that matter), that Metallica lacked at the time. They where more of a "three- bangs- and- a- yell" type of band. Nothing catchy. Deep sound, rough, Good evil/Halloween stuff if that's all head bangers need... but not as talented over all. I don't mind head banging, but it's rock N roll people! Even the name was made fun of by current rock fans at the time( so sophomoric {metallica? metal? -I had a 69 chevy blue metallica}). Anyway At least they try to sing, as opposed to Type 0 negative, 9 inch stuff.
Not just some macho philosophical platform that Creed tries to use. [Hey there used to be a band called "Creed" in the 70's too, I still have the album- not the same people though-] Some of the new bands today are pretty good! I don't like rap though, it's a lot of talent in the rhyme, but I need the music, and rock! At least old bands like RUSH that use a higher form of philosophical lyrics have great talent, and have fun showing it! ...Hey, by the way, aren't they supposed to be re-uniting soon? Or is that Triumph? I know Melloncamp is re-touring!
Sorry Creed fans. Too deep for me (they are like a heavier Michael Bolton)!~
Long live the 7T's and early 8T's rock! :beer: I digress

[BALTY]

Balty, who said that the green button didn't appear? :)
I thought I saw some one say that!
Did some one delete (retract) a reply?
Maybe I ass- u- me- d and read it wrong. but I did ask lastly, this question below! :o
"Or are you referring to this in general scripting, for other uses"
Either way can you anwer why the question came up? :) Just curious, thanx

[acushla]

There's also the green reply button in bottom right corner of every post. That does the quoting automatically.

I like you better.

[acushla]

I'm getting old, :calm: I know, but I remember when Metallica first came out. :paranoid: They toured through Ohio, where I grew up in the 70's. Of course I was still there in the 80's when they actually started touring and that. Anyway I was into Judas Priest and Scorpions, etc., that had a lot of interesting (non-radio play) songs that really showed the talents of the lead guitarist and drummer in thier respective bands (hell even bass and rhythm for that matter), that Metallica lacked at the time. They where more of a "three- bangs- and- a- yell" type of band. Nothing catchy. Deep sound, rough, Good evil/Halloween stuff if that's all head bangers need... but not as talented over all. I don't mind head banging, but it's rock N roll people! Even the name was made fun of by current rock fans at the time( so sophomoric {metallica? metal? -I had a 69 chevy blue metallica}). Anyway At least they try to sing, as opposed to Type 0 negative, 9 inch stuff.
Not just some macho philosophical platform that Creed tries to use. [Hey there used to be a band called "Creed" in the 70's too, I still have the album- not the same people though-] Some of the new bands today are pretty good! I don't like rap though, it's a lot of talent in the rhyme, but I need the music, and rock! At least old bands like RUSH that use a higher form of philosophical lyrics have great talent, and have fun showing it! ...Hey, by the way, aren't they supposed to be re-uniting soon? Or is that Triumph? I know Melloncamp is re-touring!
Sorry Creed fans. Too deep for me (they are like a heavier Michael Bolton)!~
Long live the 7T's and early 8T's rock! :beer: I digress

Rush...I live in Toronto which as you know is their home town. Very big in Texas though.

[BALTY]

Rush...I live in Toronto which as you know is their home town. Very big in Texas though.
Canadians are good people!
All in all, they don't have a bad attitudes, or pompousness about them :apple: !
Except for some who live in Quebec, LOL. I've been to Quebec City twice. Really neat old town! Stayed at that Old hotel (what's the name?) “Chateau La Blanc” or something? I might be way off! The people may have been nicer if I had some French language lessons LOL. But even they too were nice people as a whole!
What do you think about Lake Erie? I live on the other side from you! It’s looks a lot cleaner than when I was growing up, Especially out in the middle. You can see pretty far down deep! 20 years ago you couldn’t see 10 feet down. (zebra mussels probably)
Hey, I went to a Guess Who Concert a couple of years ago. Buchman was there too, played three or four BTO songs. Great time!
Sorry you lost Vince Carter, there in Toronto, to N.J. !
As for the NHL, I don’t miss it. There is always next year… Right? Go MLB!
Hey, what's that ornament hanging over your head in your avatar?

O~ Canada !~

[gsb521]

I like Metallica, 3 doors down, and pieces of red hot chili peppers, sting, creedence clearwater revival, stuff like that. I guess 'stuff like that' doensn't help cause those are very different types of music.

I'm on and off with a few bands, smashing pumpkins comes to mind. I used to like their songs and riffs, but now the guys voice is killing me and i realize that the songs are total repitition.

To me, every song from Greenday sounds the same. Might be cuz of the guy's voice. I can't stand it. Creed and Pearl Jam also have bad singers.

Everclear is bad. Every song is the same. Every drum beat is the same. They even have a song called 'One hit wonder'. I don't know if they even made a second album.

[Todd The Kiwi]

green daytheir latest album says it all...
Creed and Pearl Jam also have bad singers.you mean they aren't the same cat?! :scared:

p.s soundgarden RULES man, worst breakup ever :ermm:

[gsb521]

you mean they aren't the same cat?! :scared:

LOL. They don't sound nearly as much like cats as smashing pumpkins.

And to clarify the last post about smashing pumpkins - lets take a famous song of theirs, 1979.
Drum Beats - 1
Guitar Riffs - 1, sometimes another outlines it
Terrible Voices - Thank god only 1. I couldn't bear any more

[Todd The Kiwi]

And to clarify the last post about smashing pumpkins - lets take a famous song of theirs, 1979.i was born in nineteen seventy nine so i'm allowed to be more offended ;)
one thing i have to say about that particular song is - it's very good to nail to
(doog doog---------------------doog doog---------------------doog doog---------------------)
"doog doog" being the sound of me hitting a nail rapidly twice.

[gsb521]

Sorry if I offended you. You weren't involved with the making of that song, though, right? http://quinnware.com/forum/images/emots/classic.gif

[Sheepeh]

Are you dissing my poor kitty's singing? :scared:

[gsb521]

Wow, im really offending everyone. Sorry to all of you listeners of dying rats. I apologize to anyone who I have offended, not only because it is cruel, but because I can only imagine what you put up with in the rest of your life.

jk

[Sheepeh]

I shall pass your apology on to kitty. She may or may not accept it, she's a fickle creature.

Now Playing : Tell Me, from the album Open Your Eyes by Goldfinger <-- most definately not kitty, her recordings are allowed nowhere near my player!

[Todd The Kiwi]

i'm inoffendable :cheeky:
les claypool has an annoying voice also, just in a really cool way.

[acehole]

soundgarden RULES man, worst breakup ever :ermm:

I like a lot of SoundGarden's stuff (though I prefer Badmotorfinger to Superunknown for some reason), but really I prefer Chris Cornell when he's backed up by a more 'muscular' band, a la Audioslave (maybe it has something to do with RATM being number 2 on my list:)). Plus I never liked Kim Thayil's guitar playing (just an opinion, don't start a war over it...:nervous:)

As for the pumpkins, I really thought they peaked with Siamese Dream - Hummer and Silverfuck are two old favourites.

[acushla]

Canadians are good people!
All in all, they don't have a bad attitudes, or pompousness about them :apple: !
Except for some who live in Quebec, LOL. I've been to Quebec City twice. Really neat old town! Stayed at that Old hotel (what's the name?) “Chateau La Blanc” or something? I might be way off! The people may have been nicer if I had some French language lessons LOL. But even they too were nice people as a whole!
What do you think about Lake Erie? I live on the other side from you! It’s looks a lot cleaner than when I was growing up, Especially out in the middle. You can see pretty far down deep! 20 years ago you couldn’t see 10 feet down. (zebra mussels probably)
Hey, I went to a Guess Who Concert a couple of years ago. Buchman was there too, played three or four BTO songs. Great time!
Sorry you lost Vince Carter, there in Toronto, to N.J. !
As for the NHL, I don’t miss it. There is always next year… Right? Go MLB!
Hey, what's that ornament hanging over your head in your avatar?

O~ Canada !~

What you experienced in Quebec City was an open expression of the underlying mistrust (I am being polite) that the French have for the English. This is not limited to Canada but systematic of French/English relations worldwide. I have a story about when I was in Martinique involving non-translation of the word 'ice' as in 'ice', a hammer (in my hand) and a sudden 'Oh ICE....MR. Chandler...why didn't you say so?' Wasn't it Woodrow Wilson who said, 'Walk softly and carry a big hammer?' He knew the French. Now I have a feeling we are going to have an entirely new thread. Oh boy!.

Guess Who rule..,GUESS WHO! We're not sorry to see Carter leave. He never wanted to play here in the first place...and I for one think there may have been merit to the rumours surrounding his playing here.

Hey lawyers...take note...this is an entirely different sentence and topic: what do you think about gambling and basketball players who throw games?

I for one did miss hockey. You know...in baseball I had not missed a World Series since 1966...but after they went on strike I have not watched a baseball game since. I really hope that does not happen in this situation. There is nothing to indicate they will play next year...I think if that were true then there is every reason to believe I wouldn't watch it anymore.

The big red 'ornament' over my head? It is the worlds biggest red bulb darkroom light. It was a gift from my very best friend (in Ann Arbor, MI).

[carbonize]

hmmmmmmmm favourite band(s).
Prodigy, early Placebo, Cypress Hill, Guns N' Roses, Red Hot Chilli Peppers. I will listen to anything usually though.

Oh and of course Carbonize. A now split band from my home city of Manchester who were an Industrial band (goth). No I am not nor have I ever been a goth but I actually worked with two members of the band.

[BALTY]

i'm inoffendable :cheeky:
les claypool has an annoying voice also, just in a really cool way.
Hey cool "cat-in-the-crosshairs" picture!

[jkrzok]

Hey cool "cat-in-the-crosshairs" picture!

It'd be better if some cat fur and blood was flying.
:grimreape

God I hate cats. They're all Satan's Spawn.

[hedge]

It'd be better if some cat fur and blood was flying.
:grimreape

God I hate cats. They're all Satan's Spawn.
haha agree entirely (might have something to do with my cat allergies :D )
The problem is, quite a lot of cats seem to like me for some stupid reason. I'll try and distance myself from em at mates places, and they'll just follow me round. Little bastards!!!

[Rex_Mundi_Incarnit]

I've recently discovered Procol Harum (stuff from the 1960's). A great British band :cheerful:

I like the tune Grand Hotel.

[BALTY]

Has anyone heard of "STARZ". A band from the '70s? I think they have the Best 70s sound that's wasn't good enough for airplay.(see how I qualified that?) They did have one "half hit" entitled: "Cherry baby".
http://www.starzfanz.com/starz_live_2004.php
I saw them in concert in the late 70s with "The GODZ", and "ANGEL" (It was billed as the "Heavenly" concert! :cheeky: )
They have a cool logo, BUT They were the most boring act I ever witnessed.
Maybe ANGEL had them tone it down, since they weren't headliners. ANGEL was. I miss seeing them earlier '76, at a place called Boogie Hill. Outdoor concert that had 55,000 packed in. It was like a Woodstock and "what's the Cincinnati place? where The WHO fans died from being trampled". It's was so bad just getting IN, that I couldn't fall down to be trampled over, too tight. When the fans heard the first band playing, and looked at what time it was, they(we) all push to crash the gates. I could barely breath! Hey they should have used that concert as a forewarning to The Who's concert!! Anyway; I couldn't get in fast enough though to see the first two bands(long time),They played first, only about a third of the crowd could get in the see them. Headliners for that one were. Bob Seger, Foghat and Ted Nugent was there too. 16 bands man ... what a day!

Never Heard of Procol, but here... speaking of '75 http://www.procolharum.com/tour_75ph_barry.htm

Signed
"Remember When"

[jkrzok]

I loved STARZ back in the day but I fear I'm showing my age.

As for disappointing concerts, Sixpence None the Richer stand out (part of a Lilith Faire show). Rolling Stones in '80 (I think). Just an off night.

As for the best, Elvis in '72 cos he was the King and he still cared. Elton John in '72 (I think). John Lennon went on and did some encores. I nearly shit myself when I saw John. Stray Cats in '82. Brian Setzer and the boys tore down the house that night. 10,000 Maniacs in '82 and Natalie was stll fun. Tony Bennett in '00. The age may be showing but he still makes the most of his voice. Anyway, anyone in the biz that long HAS to know what they're doing. Los Lonely Boys in '04. They were most surprising; I was expecting something akin to a Tex-Mex boy band but damn they rocked all out.

[max77]

Album of death :

Dream Theater - Images and words
Metallica - Black album
Dream Theater - Awake
Dream theater - Train of thoughts
AFI - Sing the sorrow
Godsmack - Faceless
Mudvayne - The end of all thing to come

:cheeky:

[gsb521]

I agree with metallica and dream theater there.

I find some thing strange about dream theater, im not sure exactly what it is. They just don't have traditional music, which is not neccesarily bad. For example, they will sometimes stretch riffs to match lyrics, instead of vice versa. They also sing about weird stuff (stem cell research, etc.). But, being a drummer, WOW. That mike portnoy sounds like a drum machine. Not like anything ive ever heard. Also, its strange how they fit in keyboard and keyboard solos into heavy songs.

overall, its a pretty good band.

[max77]

Yeah I totally agree :)

Mike portnoy don't do basic drum beats ... it's very instrumental and AWESOME!
It's my favorite band. :nervous:

Do you have see the dvd "Live at budokan" ? It's very nice

[gsb521]

i dont have it. i actually only have 2 cds of theirs (one is a two disc set, does that count as two separate?). i just think they are a very good band. and unlike metallica's 6 year vacations (well, not really) between cds, dream theater has one.
maybe ill get more into them.

[a-1wave]

Here are mine.

Anberlin
Armor For Sleep
Chevelle (Their earlier stuff)
Cool Hand Luke
Copeland
Cruiserweight
Emery
Forever Changed
Hawthorne Heights
Keane
Lost Anthem
Mae
Plain White T's
Skillet
Subseven
Switchfoot
Underoath

That's all I can think of right now.

[Todd The Kiwi]

no doubt you're all aware of PUNGENT STENCHs current tour.
wicked austrian death metal of the highest grade
i'm going to both their auckland gigs, i haven't made up my mind what to get signed yet though.
i don't have any cool prosthetic limbs...yet :skull: :robot:

promotional poster below...

[Todd The Kiwi]

woo hoo less than 24 hours to go now, i can't wait.
i got my tickets today, two pungent stench concerts in one weekend!
hmmm, it'll be weird not smoking, drinking and getting stoned though... :ermm:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v608/toddthekiwi/ivegotmine.jpg

[acushla]

If I was to answer this question next week I am certain my list would look different...but today, in no particulir order, it looks like this:

Santana
King Sunny Ade and his Africian Beats
Cream (the first concert I ever saw) (This could be a thread...first live show.)
The Doors (who played at my High School graduation ceremonies!)
Frank Zappa
The Chipmunks
Jimi Hendrix
Led Zepelin
Pink Floyd
Massive Attack
The Monkees
Underworld
Mahavishnu Orchestra
Beck
Buena Vista Social Club
David Bowie
Bjork
Clandestino Manu Chao
Rolling Stones

Can you spot the two that don't belong?

[Rex_Mundi_Incarnit]

woo hoo less than 24 hours to go now, i can't wait.
i got my tickets today, two pungent stench concerts in one weekend!
hmmm, it'll be weird not smoking, drinking and getting stoned though... :ermm:


You'll be, no doubt, pushed to the limits. ;) Keep it up mate! Btw, on the tickets it says 'adult'. I wonder what else could be printed there...:grimreape

[Todd The Kiwi]

on the tickets it says 'adult'. I wonder what else could be printed there...:grimreapeit could've been an all ages gig.
kids? at a death metal concert? at least it's not on a school night :cheeky:

acushla - The Chipmunks and The Monkees :carrot:

[Shadowraven]

New Age/Enigmatic
Enigma, Delerium, Amethystium, Enya, Michael Oldfield, Kitaro

Singer/Songwriter
Peter Gabriel, Billy Joel, Jimmy Buffett, James Taylor

Progressive
Alan Parsons, The Moody Blues, ELO, Yes, Genesis, Rush

Alternative/Gothic
Depeche Mode, New Order, Dead Can Dance, Gary Numan, Peter Murphy

Smooth Jazz
Acoustic Alchemy, The Rippingtons

Classical/Medieval
Wynton Marsalis, Mediæval Bæbes, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

Celtic
Fannigan's Isle, Capercaillie, Battlefield Band, Clannad, Loreena McKennitt

Alternative Rock
Smashmouth, The Offspring, REM, Sting, The Police, The Cars, Dido, Natalie Imbruglia

Trance/Techno/DJ Mixes
Solar Stone, Moby, DJ Tiesto, Paul Oakenfold

Rock/Pop
Led Zeppelin, ABBA, AC/DC

I could go on, but it's hard to pick a favorite since I like so many genres.

I listen to rock, classical, techno/trance, new age, bluegrass, celtic, some country, heavy metal, jazz, medieval/baroque, alternative, some pop (not much), soft rock, progressive, blues, reggae, etc.

The only things I don't listen to are: rap, hip-hop, R&B (except some old stuff), soul, gospel, and most "pop" music.

[acushla]

New Age/Enigmatic
Enigma, Delerium, Amethystium, Enya, Michael Oldfield, Kitaro

Singer/Songwriter
Peter Gabriel, Billy Joel, Jimmy Buffett, James Taylor

Progressive
Alan Parsons, The Moody Blues, ELO, Yes, Genesis, Rush

Alternative/Gothic
Depeche Mode, New Order, Dead Can Dance, Gary Numan, Peter Murphy

Smooth Jazz
Acoustic Alchemy, The Rippingtons

Classical/Medieval
Wynton Marsalis, Mediæval Bæbes, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

Celtic
Fannigan's Isle, Capercaillie, Battlefield Band, Clannad, Loreena McKennitt

Alternative Rock
Smashmouth, The Offspring, REM, Sting, The Police, The Cars, Dido, Natalie Imbruglia

Trance/Techno/DJ Mixes
Solar Stone, Moby, DJ Tiesto, Paul Oakenfold

Rock/Pop
Led Zeppelin, ABBA, AC/DC

I could go on, but it's hard to pick a favorite since I like so many genres.

I listen to rock, classical, techno/trance, new age, bluegrass, celtic, some country, heavy metal, jazz, medieval/baroque, alternative, some pop (not much), soft rock, progressive, blues, reggae, etc.

The only things I don't listen to are: rap, hip-hop, R&B (except some old stuff), soul, gospel, and most "pop" music.

What do you do for fun? When do you eat...or sleep?

The only things I don't listen to are: rap, hip-hop, R&B (except some old stuff), soul, gospel, and most "pop" music.

...and is this because you don't like them or because you don't have time to listen to them?

[Shadowraven]

I (and my wife too) listen to music as a background to reading, work, chores, etc. I'm almost always listening to something. My son is even starting to pick-up some of our musical tastes, since he is exposed to so much of it.

I don't listen to those other genres because I don't like them. Rap isn't melody, it's rhyming. IMO R&B singers sound like they are screaming or about to be sick (same with soul or gospel). "Pop" music is mostly crap to my ears. However, even in these genres something decent occasionally creeps in.

And yes, I'm not kidding, I really do like (and listen to) these groups. It's hard for me to pick a favorite out them as I listen to them all the time.

[acushla]

IAnd yes, I'm not kidding, I really do like (and listen to) these groups. It's hard for me to pick a favorite out them as I listen to them all the time.

If you are referring to me...I don't believe I ever said anything about whether you were kidding or not. I however, WAS kidding,,,kind of...you mentioned so many groups I was thinking about all the time you must listen to music so thought I would play with that (I hate explaining my being funny) and ask you whether your not listening to the other genres was because you didn't have time to listen or because you didn't like them. I knew it was because you didn't like them...

[Shadowraven]

If you are referring to me...I don't believe I ever said anything about whether you were kidding or not. I however, WAS kidding,,,kind of...you mentioned so many groups I was thinking about all the time you must listen to music so thought I would play with that (I hate explaining my being funny) and ask you whether your not listening to the other genres was because you didn't have time to listen or because you didn't like them. I knew it was because you didn't like them...


Ah, subtle and dry humor. Something I don't often see around here (in Ohio). I took you too literally, I'll be sure to avoid that in the future! :confused:

[Todd The Kiwi]

woo hoo less than 24 hours to go now, i can't wait.
i got my tickets today, two pungent stench concerts in one weekend!wicked, they played electric funeral.
sabbath covers always go down well :biggrin:

[Willow of Oz]

Okay, what about Russian bands that sing in Russian? eh? Anyone?

[Lich]

Okay, what about Russian bands that sing in Russian? eh? Anyone?
Nautilus Pompilius. Yeah, that was very good band.

[Rex_Mundi_Incarnit]

I (and my wife too) listen to music as a background to reading, work, chores, etc. I'm almost always listening to something. My son is even starting to pick-up some of our musical tastes, since he is exposed to so much of it.

I don't listen to those other genres because I don't like them. Rap isn't melody, it's rhyming. IMO R&B singers sound like they are screaming or about to be sick (same with soul or gospel). "Pop" music is mostly crap to my ears. However, even in these genres something decent occasionally creeps in.

And yes, I'm not kidding, I really do like (and listen to) these groups. It's hard for me to pick a favorite out them as I listen to them all the time.

You almost have the same musical taste as i do, did you know that? :)

I've recently unearthed some of the older albums by Genesis. Damn are they different when Phill Collins was not around yet. I must say the the album "The lamb lies down on broadway" is excellent.

[Shadowraven]

You almost have the same musical taste as i do, did you know that? :)

I've recently unearthed some of the older albums by Genesis. Damn are they different when Phill Collins was not around yet. I must say the the album "The lamb lies down on broadway" is excellent.

Phil Collins was with them in the old days, but stayed more in the background as the drummer. You can hear him sing with Gabriel on some songs though. They sound real good together.

Peter Gabriel was the front man in those years. That's why the stuff you hear from that period is so different from other music. Especially from the stuff Genesis did after he left.

When Peter Gabriel left the band there was alot of speculation that they would go under as a group. That's when Phil Collins stepped in and took over the reins, so to speak. It took a few years after that, but they finally made it back even bigger than before.

[Todd The Kiwi]

yeah nice, i scored Misery - Revel In Blasphemy today
man that took some serious finding.
i just have to say this again
australia has some of the best metal i've ever heard MISERY FARKING SHREAD! :grimreape :skull:

[Rex_Mundi_Incarnit]

yeah nice, i scored Misery - Revel In Blasphemy today
man that took some serious finding.
i just have to say this again
australia has some of the best metal i've ever heard MISERY FARKING SHREAD! :grimreape :skull:

I scored Aphrodite - Aftershock. That is some bad-ass d&b man :grimreape :cool:

[Todd The Kiwi]

Aphrodite makes some really cool tunes "music's hypnotising..."
hmmm perhaps i need more Aphrodite

[Inthewoods]

Phil Collins was with them in the old days, but stayed more in the background as the drummer. You can hear him sing with Gabriel on some songs though. They sound real good together.

Peter Gabriel was the front man in those years. That's why the stuff you hear from that period is so different from other music. Especially from the stuff Genesis did after he left.

When Peter Gabriel left the band there was alot of speculation that they would go under as a group. That's when Phil Collins stepped in and took over the reins, so to speak. It took a few years after that, but they finally made it back even bigger than before.

I'm not sure how you define "old days", but Genesis was around for about 3 years before Phil Collins joined them. Collins joined about the same time as Steve Hackett.

[Willow of Oz]

Nautilus Pompilius. Yeah, that was very good band.
So QCD doesn't want to play Nautilus. And doesn't tell me why. But WMP will play it. Garrrr.

[madjo]

So QCD doesn't want to play Nautilus. And doesn't tell me why. But WMP will play it. Garrrr.
those songs aren't by any chance DRM-ed WMAs, are they?

[Todd The Kiwi]

you could hit "play" in wmp and use tropics line in plugin to record them real time... about the same as taking screen shots of webshots.

[Willow of Oz]

they say they're mp3s.
They don't appear to have any tag data.

[Shadowraven]

I'm not sure how you define "old days", but Genesis was around for about 3 years before Phil Collins joined them. Collins joined about the same time as Steve Hackett.

That's true, I'd forgotten that. But, as far as I know, he was with them by the time they did The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway.

[madjo]

they say they're mp3s.
They don't appear to have any tag data.
hmm but the extension does say .mp3?
do you have problems with other mp3s on QCD?

[Willow of Oz]

Correct, the extension is .mp3
I had a problem with a couple of mp3s a couple of years ago. Nothing since, but a hell of a lot of tracks since. It would be nice if QCD could at least tell me why it doesn't want to play it. In fact -> to a features thread!

[Qaz]

Correct, the extension is .mp3
I had a problem with a couple of mp3s a couple of years ago. Nothing since, but a hell of a lot of tracks since. It would be nice if QCD could at least tell me why it doesn't want to play it. In fact -> to a features thread!
Can you get some of them available somehow, so we could test whether it's the files themselves or perhaps something in your qcd?

[Hanzo]

Can you get some of them available somehow, so we could test whether it's the files themselves or perhaps something in your qcd?

That would be good, then we can see if we can reproduce your issue.

[Rex_Mundi_Incarnit]

I've discovered another bad-ass d&b band. Todd, you might want to check this out. Band is called "EZ Rollers". Maybe not as good as Aphrodite, but then again Aphrodite is the king of d&b. ;)

EDIT: Album, "Titles of the unexpected" is a good start.

[Todd The Kiwi]

perhaps they were .mp1 or 2 and someone has renamed them :ermm:
i was just messing with my mp3gain app and noticed the option to "check for mp1 and 2"
just a thought mate.

rex - yeah ez rollers are fairly good, i prefer my d'n'b a bit darker though really.
dillinja, digital, technical itch, breakage, ray keith.

[Inthewoods]

That's true, I'd forgotten that. But, as far as I know, he was with them by the time they did The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway.Yep, in fact, their first album with Collins was "Nursery Cryme" (at least I think it was....jeez that was a long time ago...:o )

By the way, I was surprised to see you mention you don't like most pop music, yet ABBA is on your favorites list. I used to be afraid to admit I was an ABBA fan to anybody but my closest friends, but they were..........well....unbelievably good. I don't like much other pop music either, but of course it depends on who's defining "pop". Some folks call bands like REO, Boston, Fleetwood Mac, and even the Beatles pop artists because they were mainstream, but I disagree with that.

My musical tastes are a lot like a combination of yours and Cabinessence's combined (plus a couple dozen more..maybe I'll post 'em sometime) I'd also add Springsteen and Rupert Holmes to the songwriter's list.

[Willow of Oz]

Can you get some of them available somehow, so we could test whether it's the files themselves or perhaps something in your qcd?

Thanks Qaz et all for your offers of help.
It turns out that having non-english characters in your path screws over QCD. At the time, thinking that might have been the case with the filename, I changed it to a basic english word, but failed to correct the path.
Incidently, WMP can play it fine.
мпили
Characters such as the above were used.

Once again, thanks for the offers of help

[BALTY]

Yep,

My musical tastes are a lot like a combination of yours and Cabinessence's combined (plus a couple dozen more..maybe I'll post 'em sometime) I'd also add Springsteen and Rupert Holmes to the songwriter's list.
What about the great Burt Bacharach? Yeah Baby! ye-yeah hh h h ~ :bandit:

[Shadowraven]

Yep, in fact, their first album with Collins was "Nursery Cryme" (at least I think it was....jeez that was a long time ago...:o )

By the way, I was surprised to see you mention you don't like most pop music, yet ABBA is on your favorites list. I used to be afraid to admit I was an ABBA fan to anybody but my closest friends, but they were..........well....unbelievably good. I don't like much other pop music either, but of course it depends on who's defining "pop". Some folks call bands like REO, Boston, Fleetwood Mac, and even the Beatles pop artists because they were mainstream, but I disagree with that.

My musical tastes are a lot like a combination of yours and Cabinessence's combined (plus a couple dozen more..maybe I'll post 'em sometime) I'd also add Springsteen and Rupert Holmes to the songwriter's list.


Don't know why I didn't see your post earlier, who knows? Anyway...

When I say pop music I'm mostly referring to the crap of the past ten years or so. Although alot of it often has always been crap. At least a greater proportion of the older stuff was better than it is now. ABBA is one of my all time favorite bands. The main composers where classicly trained and I think it shows. They were tremendously talented and are still involved in making music, if only in a more background role (producer, composer, etc.) I never worried too much with anyone who disagreed with me on them. Their loss as far as I'm concerned.

[acushla]

When I say pop music I'm mostly referring to the crap of the past ten years or so.

I always look at statements like this one and ask myself why didn't you just change the station? :confused:

[Todd The Kiwi]

I always look at statements like this one and ask myself why didn't you just change the station? :confused:at every single job i've had i've never been 'allowed' to change the station, which sucks,

[Shadowraven]

I always look at statements like this one and ask myself why didn't you just change the station? :confused:

I do, rather quickly. I didn't say that I listened to it, eh? :cheeky:

Just that I don't like it.

[madjo]

I always look at statements like this one and ask myself why didn't you just change the station? :confused:
if every station in your country plays the same crap, it's hardly worth the effort ;) hehe, nah, I'm just kidding, in this backwater of a town I live in, I can get enough different channels, and still I prefer to switch to webcasts, such as somafm. :) (mainly because that kind of music, is hardly played at all on the national stations)

[acushla]

in this backwater of a town I live in, I can get enough different channels, and still I prefer to switch to webcasts, such as somafm.

There is no such thing as a 'backwater town' when it comes to radio stations if you own a computer hooked up to the Internet.

Which is why I cannot understand the '10 years of crap'. When I hear crap I turn it off.

My life has been full of music that I consider great.

[acushla]

at every single job i've had i've never been 'allowed' to change the station, which sucks,

Hmmm...that's right...I forgot...you guys work.

[Willow of Oz]

And some of us work with headphones on all the time. Sweeeet.

[acushla]

And some of us work with headphones on all the time. Sweeeet.

I see some of us have our priorities right.

[Todd The Kiwi]

have you not read my profile? "Occupation: 'customer service' ha ha ha"
i can hardly approach a customer wearing headphones now can i.
my bosses and managers don't see music as an important part of the workplace
it certainly leads to arguments :puzzled:

[Shadowraven]

There is no such thing as a 'backwater town' when it comes to radio stations if you own a computer hooked up to the Internet.

Which is why I cannot understand the '10 years of crap'. When I hear crap I turn it off.

My life has been full of music that I consider great.

Which is what I said. If I hear music I don't like I turn off, mute it, or change the station, quickly. But you still get exposed to it whether you want to be or not.

[Todd The Kiwi]

i think the original statement was quite brash really
it's not like i'd turn off my mates tunes if i was visiting him aye.
we probably all try to avoid shit music though, this is why i don't go to bars/clubs anymore
no good music unless i'm prepared to pay to see a band i like :cross-eye

[Shadowraven]

i think the original statement was quite brash really
it's not like i'd turn off my mates tunes if i was visiting him aye.
we probably all try to avoid shit music though, this is why i don't go to bars/clubs anymore
no good music unless i'm prepared to pay to see a band i like :cross-eye

Exactly. You get exposed to it at work, in stores, at peoples home, from commercials, etc. You can't always avoid it, even if you want to. Especially if the crap is popular, blech!

[BALTY]

I always look at statements like this one and ask myself why didn't you just change the station? :confused:
In a perfect world I shall live.
I don't live in a bubble, where you can turn off, or switch stations at a whim at all times!
You?
I'm in a cab, shuttle, airport, restaurant, barber shop, dept.store, somebody’s house, or wherever! What are you gonna do? You hear stuff, you know?
I must say... I don't dislike too many types of music. That is... I put up with a lot of crap, even when I'm alone, but never to a point as to where I change it immediately, I wait a few minutes first, then kick in my trusted standby CD that I have close by... Celine Dion!!!!
:bandit:

[Todd The Kiwi]

Especially if the crap is popularman if i could CHOOSE a style of music to like, it would be top 40 'chart' music.
because it's everywhere and it's cheap to buy :gasmask:
unfortunately most of use were born to like good tunes, so we're shit out of luck :puzzled:
dang, i wish i had terrible taste in music! ha ha ha ha

[Todd The Kiwi]

then kick in my trusted standby CD that I have close by... Celine Dion!!!!i can only assume you have gone totally mad and lost your marbles :P
can somebody PLEASE apologise for celine dion and avril lavigne
they are not funny :cheeky:

[acushla]

Exactly. You get exposed to it at work, in stores, at peoples home, from commercials, etc. You can't always avoid it, even if you want to. Especially if the crap is popular, blech!

I understand your point. As a self-employed photographer who for the most part is busy working in my studio, whatever music I am listening to is of my own choosing.

I make a distinction between listening and hearing. If I am out somewhere and music is around me that doesn't interest me...I simply do not listen to it. Does that seem strange? I mean, I know it's there...I'm simply not paying any attention to it. In a restaurant at lunch time, for example. I will tell you this...I can be in the middle of a conversation and if all of a sudden between drivel 'Runaround Sue' starts to play...I'll stop mid sentence and a big smile will grace my face. Which just so happened to have occurred today at lunch! :cool:

[Shadowraven]

i can only assume you have gone totally mad and lost your marbles :P
can somebody PLEASE apologise for celine dion and avril lavigne
they are not funny :cheeky:

Man, I hate it when that happens. When they get out, they roll everywhere and then you can't ever find them all! :cheeky:

[Todd The Kiwi]

ha ha yeah funny :cheeky:

fans of 80's/90's metal might like HIGH ON FIRE (http://www.highonfire.net/frameset1.html) devilution is the only tune i've heard so far
they sound very motorhead/slayer/dark angel/testament ie good ;)
nice artwork too :skull:

[BALTY]

i can only assume you have gone totally mad and lost your marbles :P
can somebody PLEASE apologise for celine dion and avril lavigne
they are not funny :cheeky:
Yes MAD.
Madly in love!! :heart:
She's the BEST!
hehe
LOL :bandit:
Go Merle!

[gsb521]

man if i could CHOOSE a style of music to like, it would be top 40 'chart' music.
because it's everywhere and it's cheap to buy :gasmask:
unfortunately most of use were born to like good tunes, so we're shit out of luck :puzzled:
dang, i wish i had terrible taste in music! ha ha ha ha

..and that stuff is everywhere and in every advertisement, so you know where to get the lowest price. that beats checking online which stores a) have it in stock b) have the best price.

I remember that I had to call several stores just to get my hands on a platinum cd, of metallica. (kill 'em all, btw) I think that stores are stupid for not carrying everything that is platinum.