What are you currently listening to?

[ICWS]

Lenny Krevitz - Fly Away

For the record: most of my musical interest lies in traditional music (Irish, American Old-Time, Scottish) but a heavy fraction is also jazz (swing and dixieland, not so much be-bop), blues (Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters), singer/songwriter (David Gray), techno/ambient (The Prodigy, Aphex Twin, Boards of Canada, Mogwai) and reggae/ska (The Specials, Madness, The Selecter, Taj Mahal).

I also do a lot of listening to classic rock (Clapton, Young, Dylan and, perhaps most importantly, J.J. Cale) and good pop (Michael Jackson, The Bangles, anything out of the 80s really).

I've never warmed to classical music and have come to accept my lack of interest in the genre after I studied it for a few months and aquired and understanding for it. You can't like everything. Another genre I haven't really got a heart for is heavy metal and also much of the new pop sh!t that is churned out on the airwaves these days.

I'm a musician myself and music is my main interest in life, more so than motorsport :cheese:

I was going to ask you why you haven't warmed up to classical music? Did your study of this genre cause you to be burned out by it, or did it simply not click with you?

Also, you said you're a musician: do you mind if I ask what instrument you play? I play the bass guitar myself (and some piano). I feel that my playing of this instrument caused me to be biased towards music that feature bass moreso than others. Instrument-wise, metal/hard rock bands like Metallica (when C. Burton was alive), Rush, Tool, Primus, Iron Maiden, Rage Against the Machine, etc. and non-metal/rock guys like Jaco Pastorius have always appealed to me because of how they used this instrument. Even music that doesn't have bass as an instument, but still have a bass sound through a synthesizer, has appealed to me as well: For example, Aphex Twin's basslines sound great to me.

[ICWS]

I forgot to mention...

Blind Melon - No Rain

It's not much of a "bass" song, but still...

[Sleeper]

I was going to ask you why you haven't warmed up to classical music? Did your study of this genre cause you to be burned out by it, or did it simply not click with you?

Also, you said you're a musician: do you mind if I ask what instrument you play? I play the bass guitar myself (and some piano). I feel that my playing of this instrument caused me to be biased towards music that feature bass moreso than others. Instrument-wise, metal/hard rock bands like Metallica (when C. Burton was alive), Rush, Tool, Primus, Iron Maiden, Rage Against the Machine, etc. and non-metal/rock guys like Jaco Pastorius have always appealed to me because of how they used this instrument. Even music that doesn't have bass as an instument, but still have a bass sound through a synthesizer, has appealed to me as well: For example, Aphex Twin's basslines sound great to me.

A fellow bassist! I know what you mean about the bias towards bass heavy music, I have the same thing.

Disilliusion- Gloria

[N. Jones]

I wish I knew how to play bass guitar. Maybe one day... :)

You can thank my daughter for this election: Skating - Vince Guaraldi - "A Charlie Brown Christmas"

[52Paddy]

I was going to ask you why you haven't warmed up to classical music? Did your study of this genre cause you to be burned out by it, or did it simply not click with you?

Well, I study Irish music & Dance in university at the moment, but we study other types of music as linked modules. We also study music technology, Irish history, Irish language and some other related cultural and musical subjects. And, so, last year, one of those modules was "Western Art Music and Ballet". We looked through the time-line of Western Art Music: from medieval church music (which I actually did find interesting) right up to Arnold Schoenberg and John Cage.
I always found Classical music (using the term lightly and mainly referring to post-Baroque music) to simply be too boring for me to listen to. Yes, I do respect the musicians' technicality and the composer's ingenuity. However, I don't get a "buzz" off the music. I can't get much feeling from it or an insight into the musician's personality (which is what I look for in the music I listen to, generally). I get that with blues and traditional music. I'd be more for a raw sound in music (hence my traditional music interests) as opposed to the clinical, arranged sound. Spontaneity is an important element for me and classical music is devoid of this.


Also, you said you're a musician: do you mind if I ask what instrument you play? I play the bass guitar myself (and some piano). I feel that my playing of this instrument caused me to be biased towards music that feature bass moreso than others. Instrument-wise, metal/hard rock bands like Metallica (when C. Burton was alive), Rush, Tool, Primus, Iron Maiden, Rage Against the Machine, etc. and non-metal/rock guys like Jaco Pastorius have always appealed to me because of how they used this instrument. Even music that doesn't have bass as an instument, but still have a bass sound through a synthesizer, has appealed to me as well: For example, Aphex Twin's basslines sound great to me.

I play a range of string instruments. The tenor banjo is my main instrument but I also play the mandolin, guitar [a few tunings] and bouzouki semi-regularly. Other than strings, I play the wooden simple-system flute and tin whistle. I'm not trying to blow my own trumpet (no pun intended) but this might give you an idea of why I like what I like and why other music doesn't appeal to me. It's similar to you with your bass-bias.

And, speaking of bass, have you heard Victor Wooten? Now that guy is amazing and, hey, he happens to play with a banjo player ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YLo3wH8dsk[/url] <- not that clip but the same guys.

[pino]

Hey Paddy, first JJCale now Jaco Pastorious, we have the same taste you and I :up: How about Ian Andersson, Weather Report, Stanley Clarke, Jean-Luc Ponty, Chick Corea, Bruce Hornsby...want me to continue ? ;)

[N. Jones]

Jean-Luc Ponty

This gentleman played with whom back in the '70's??? :D :D

[pino]

This gentleman played with whom back in the '70's??? :D :D

Frank Zappa !

[52Paddy]

Hey Paddy, first JJCale now Jaco Pastorious, we have the same taste you and I :up: How about Ian Andersson, Weather Report, Stanley Clarke, Jean-Luc Ponty, Chick Corea, Bruce Hornsby...want me to continue ? ;)

Funny enough, bar Ian Anderson, I haven't heard of any of the above but I'm listening to them now. I must say, Weather Report are fantastic! :up:

[ICWS]

I always found Classical music (using the term lightly and mainly referring to post-Baroque music) to simply be too boring for me to listen to. Yes, I do respect the musicians' technicality and the composer's ingenuity. However, I don't get a "buzz" off the music. I can't get much feeling from it or an insight into the musician's personality (which is what I look for in the music I listen to, generally). I get that with blues and traditional music. I'd be more for a raw sound in music (hence my traditional music interests) as opposed to the clinical, arranged sound. Spontaneity is an important element for me and classical music is devoid of this.

And, speaking of bass, have you heard Victor Wooten? Now that guy is amazing and, hey, he happens to play with a banjo player ;) And how about Jaco Pastorious? A different kettle of fish, but wholly brilliant :up: http://

Thanks for your honest assessment of classical music. Most people I know, where I live, who claim to listen to classical music are typically smuggy-liberals who pat themselves on the back for listening to it, but I question if they themselves know why they like this genre of music. The most common answer these people give me is "the music speaks to me". Personally, I like classical music as driving music in the morning when I'm going to school/work and as music to put on when I'm doing chores around my house or cooking and eating dinner for myself. For the most part, it serves the purpose of background noise for me, and helps soothe me and allows me to be calm and collected when I'm going to do something like giving a speech to my professor and my fellow classmates in my public speaking course I take in the morning.

And yes, Victor Wooten is a great bassist. My only problem is that he involves himself with a lot of different projects (outside of his main band, Bela Fleck and the Fleckstones), making it difficult for me to keep track of all the music he does. But that's a testament to how other muscians like his style and how they want to work with him. Also, I like his philosophy towards music: "the instrument doesn't make the music, you do".

[N. Jones]

Frank Zappa !

Righ-to! :)

[N. Jones]

Still listening to "A Charlie Brown Christmas" with the Vince Guaraldi Trio.

[pino]

Funny enough, bar Ian Anderson, I haven't heard of any of the above but I'm listening to them now. I must say, Weather Report are fantastic! :up:

You haven't heard of Chick Corea, Jean-Luc Ponty, Stanley Clarke and Bruce Hornsby ? :eek: Shame on you :p :

Anyway start with Chick Corea he's an amazing musician and piano player :up:

[N. Jones]

I have heard some of Chick Corea's music and would agree with pino's assessment.

[Sleeper]

This gentleman played with whom back in the '70's??? :D :D

Alternatively to Zappa (which I didnt actually know) I would have said mark II Mahavishnu Orchestra, so John Mclaughlin.

[Sleeper]

You haven't heard of Chick Corea, Jean-Luc Ponty, Stanley Clarke and Bruce Hornsby ? :eek: Shame on you :p :

Anyway start with Chick Corea he's an amazing musician and piano player :up:

Hey Pino, are you familier with Corea's protoge Hiromi Uehara, her Spiral album is stunning.

[pino]

Hey Pino, are you familier with Corea's protoge Hiromi Uehara, her Spiral album is stunning.

Sorry never heard of her but will do very soon ;)

[N. Jones]

"My Little Drum", Vince Guaraldi, A Charlie Brown Christmas

[Sleeper]

Cradle of Filth- Dusk and Her Embrace.

[ICWS]

This choice is a result of a post made by henners88 in another thread that I took part in. Henners88 reminded me why I like Bill Hicks's comedy so much, so in commemoration of Bill Hicks...

Tool - Third Eye

A child's rhyme stuck in my head. It said life is but a dream. I've spent so many years in question, to find that I've known this all along...

[themo]

David Cook--Life On The moon

[52Paddy]

The Selecter - Three Minute Hero

[pino]

The Selecter - Three Minute Hero


Already done with Weather Report ? :eek:

[Bob Riebe]

Sean Hannity as I bake pumpkin for Thanksgiving pumpkin pie,

[Sleeper]

Isis- Panoptican

[N. Jones]

Bing Crosby - "Do You Hear What I Hear?"

[52Paddy]

Already done with Weather Report ? :eek:

Not at all! Listening to Birdland now :)

[pino]

Not at all! Listening to Birdland now :)


Make sure you don't miss 8.30 Live Album from 1979 ;)

[Captain VXR]

Emalkay - My Story

[52Paddy]

Make sure you don't miss 8.30 Live Album from 1979 ;)

I'll get on it... :up:

[djarumdudley]

Pink Floyd -Dogs

[52Paddy]

Weather Report - Black Market

[N. Jones]

The Percy Faith Orchestra - Silver Bells

[harsha]

your neightbourhood spaceman - peeping tom

[ICWS]

your neightbourhood spaceman - peeping tom

Are you a Mike Patton fan? Or do you just like Peeping Tom?

[N. Jones]

"One Man Army" - Pro-Pain

[ICWS]

System of a Down - Deer Dance

[N. Jones]

High on Fire - Cyclopian Scape

[N. Jones]

Stormtroopers of Death - "Black War"

[52Paddy]

Clint Mansell - Xibalba [from The Fountain]

[djarumdudley]

REM - Stand

[N. Jones]

Democracy Now! today's broadcast (12-06-10)

[Shawn Micheal]

Now i am listing a song on youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnGCJ8XZ8jo

This is m video of my friends dancing .

[52Paddy]

Ben Harper & The Blind Boys of Alabama - Take my Hand

[N. Jones]

The "Soulless" album by Grave.

[Tazio]

"The Belfast Bad Boy" Caravan

[Sleeper]

Soft Machine- Third

Mr Alcatraz has put me in the mood for some Canterbury Scene.

[djarumdudley]

Ninja Tuna - Kalimba

[Sleeper]

Pain of Salvation- Road Salt One

[Tazio]

Spirit-Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus

[djarumdudley]

Big Time - Peter Gabriel

[ICWS]

Tool - Eulogy

[555-04Q2]

Jingle bells :s hock:

[Captain VXR]

Pendulum - Crush

[Captain VXR]

Katy B - Katy B On A Mission

[Tazio]

JtoNHnR_WhE&feature=related


Headphones a must......... :champion: of :champion: 's

[Lalo]

"Dakota", by Stereophonics

[52Paddy]

Smashing Pumpkins - Disarm

[gloomyDAY]

In the Ghetto - Elvis

[djarumdudley]

Life on Mars - David Bowie

[Sleeper]

Mutyumu -IL Y A-

[N. Jones]

"Horrorscope" - Overkill

[ICWS]

Ministry - Jesus Built My Hotrod

[52Paddy]

Taj Mahal - Johnny Too Bad

[djarumdudley]

Steely Dan - Kid Charlemagne

[JackSparrow]

I wake up to the sound of music
Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be

[ICWS]

Elton John - Honky Cat

[Sleeper]

Been on an experimental Black Metal binge recently, so I've just been listening to:

Deathspell Omega-Paracletus, then Ved Buens Ende- Written in Waters

and now Solefald- In Harmonia Universali

[N. Jones]

"Bloodletting" - Overkill.

[pino]

The Rite Of Strings - Al Di Meola, Jean-Luc Ponty, Stanley Clarke.

[Sleeper]

Conception- The Last Sunset.

Pretty disappointing so far.

[AndySpeed]

http://www.last.fm/user/andyspeed

[Captain VXR]

Freestylers - Cracks (Flux Pavillion remix)

[Storm]

Vektor - Oblivion

[Captain VXR]

Chase and Status - Running

[billiaml]

Some radio station that the women in the office picked out. And really glad I'm not goin' thru a breakup right now -- otherwise I'd go NUTS!

[schmenke]

The Diableros - Push It To Monday

[billiaml]

The Diableros - Push It To Monday

Indie rock -- gotta love it! :D

[schmenke]

Indie rock -- gotta love it! :D

XM radio ;)

[billiaml]

Jimmi Hendrix "Little Wing"

[ICWS]

KoЯn - Divine

[Captain VXR]

Chase & Status - Pieces (ft Plan B) :s mokin:

[Tazio]

Beatles- :s ailor: Happiness is a warm gun. ;)

[pino]

Cosmic Messenger - Jean-Luc Ponty

[Sleeper]

Gnidrolog- Lady Lake

[gloomyDAY]

I took a nap and now can't go to sleep.

Me Dicen El Coyote


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YISiAWpi1k

[Sleeper]

Tartar Lamb- Polyimage of Known Exits

[pino]

Hergest Ridge - Mike Oldfield

[slorydn1]

Back in Black AC/DC

[Tazio]

Jimi Hendrix-Voodo Chile

[N. Jones]

the albums Mezmerize/Hypnotize by System of a Down.

[Sleeper]

Opeth- Live in Concert at the Royal Albert Hall

[Sleeper]

Cult of Luna- Somewhere Along the Highway

[ICWS]

Sepultura - Territory


the albums Mezmerize/Hypnotize by System of a Down.

Both of those are good choices :s mokin:. I like Hypnotize a little more, but my favorite song from both of those albums is Question!, which is on Mezmerize.

[52Paddy]

Leon Redbone - Medley of old songs

[pino]

Ommadown - Mike Oldfield

[Sleeper]

Fen- The Malediction Fields

[Tazio]

Carlos - Jingo

[Captain VXR]

Chase and Status - Against All Odds

[Storm]

Motörhead - Too Late, Too Late

[Sleeper]

Devin Townsend- Synchestra

[djarumdudley]

Rush's Grace Under Pressure album

[donKey jote]

Donkey town Emmylou Harris and Mark Knopfler

[52Paddy]

Bob Dylan - Changing of the Guards

[Harde]

Rafael Casal- It's A Love Thing

[themo]

Kings Of Leon--Radioactive

[djarumdudley]

Django Reinhardt - Paramount Stomp

[Sleeper]

Zaar- Zaar

[Edrick]

I am listening and watching Celion Dion's my heart will go on ;)

[Rudy Tamasz]

The Flower Kings - The City of Angels

Before that it was Bad Company - How About That.

I have a weird combinations of tastes, really.

[Madders5]

Muse- Uprising

[ICWS]

Wu-Tang Clan - Da Mystery of Chessboxin'

[ICWS]

I have a weird combinations of tastes, really.

It's good to have a combination of tastes in music, regardless if the combination is weird or not.

There should be no limits in regards to the kind of music you listen to. All that matters is if it's good music and if you can relate to it in some manner.

[djarumdudley]

Madonna - Holiday

[52Paddy]

Django Reinhardt - Paramount Stomp

Nice track and a thoroughly fantastic gypsy jazz guitarist :up:

[Sleeper]

Zu- Carboniferous

[themo]

Liz Phair--Polyester Bride

[Sleeper]

Sigh- Imaginary Sonicscapes

[djarumdudley]

The Black Keys - Tighten Up

[Rollo]

Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again? - The Angels... with the appropriate response :D

[N. Jones]

Two albums:

"Sever The Wicked Hand" - Crowbar

"Behind The Blackest Tears" - Kingdom of Sorrow

[themo]

Bruno Mars--Just The Way You Are

[djarumdudley]

Big D & The Kids Table - You Lost, You're Crazy

[themo]

The Vibrators--Pure Mania

[52Paddy]

Eric Clapton - Cryin'

[Sleeper]

OOIOO- Taiga

[52Paddy]

Max Richter - Shadow Journal

[Sleeper]

Far Corner- s/t

[52Paddy]

John Martyn - Sandy Grey

[pino]

Lúnasa- The Story So Far.

[52Paddy]

Lúnasa- The Story So Far.

:eek: Pino! You like Lunasa?

They're a great band! This is such a surprise to read in the thread. Cool :D

Van Morrison - Astral Weeks

[pino]

:eek: Pino! You like Lunasa?

They're a great band! This is such a surprise to read in the thread. Cool :D

Van Morrison - Astral Weeks

Hehe I was waiting for you to say that ;) Not only I like them but I also like Dervish, Solas and all Irish/Celtic music :D

[52Paddy]

Hehe I was waiting for you to say that ;) Not only I like them but I also like Dervish, Solas and all Irish/Celtic music :D

Fantastic! Maybe we should swap music sometime?

[janneppi]

Korpiklaani - päät pois tai hirteen. Excellent stuff. :D

[pino]

Fantastic! Maybe we should swap music sometime?

That would be great, and you can start telling me who's favourite Celtic Band/artist ;)

[pino]

Gaelic Storm - Bring Yer Wellies :D