What music you into?

Chickenlady · Sun Nov 11, 2007 9:08 pm

Reading Emma's post has made me feel very, very old and desperately uncool.

eccentric_emma · Sun Nov 11, 2007 11:30 pm

lol. im sure you're very cool. i do tend to go to festivals for my holidays though so i tend to stumble across some of the newest, weirdest and most wonderful bands. even though nobody else has ever heard of them.

the.fee.fairy · Mon Nov 12, 2007 12:46 am

At the moment:

80s metal - Poison,. GNR, Motley Crue, Def Leppard etc. I went to the Electric ballroom in Camden a couple of weeks ago and the dj in the rock room played such a good set that i've been slightly obsessed ever since...

Usually:

Anything that i can see being played live - folk, rock, metal etc. I like to be able to see all the instruments being played, not some person singing in front of speakers...

In the future: In the immediate future, it will be HIM. I love HIM. I'm going to see them in December, so as soon as the 80s metal phase has worn off, it'll be HIM on the MP3 player.

After that, it'll probably be some kind of folkery polkery (technical term!) - some of the nufolk stuff like Kinaboy, 3 Daft Monkeys etc.

It really depends on what mood i'm in. It also depends on what i've heard on the radio or when i've been out or something. I have a massive CD collection that includes most styles (i've never really been keen on rap, or hard dance, or electronica) so i tend to have music for all moods (and a couple of cds of 'animal music' - its supposed to be healing music for the non-human creatures. It sends Finlay to sleep...).

wulf · Post: # 76264Post **wulf** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 10:39 am

Most of what I listen to gets "scrobbled" to the last.fm site - you can view my charts there and decide if I have good taste or bad taste. ;)

Wulf

the.fee.fairy · Mon Nov 12, 2007 1:25 pm

Wulf - i love the pic you have on your last.fm! Its brilliant!

I don't think there is such a thing as bad taste and good taste - it comes down to personal preference, there's music we'd listen to and music we'd not. I don't like people talking about musical 'taste' like someone who likes a certain type is superior to someone who doesn't.

wulf · Post: # 76293Post **wulf** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 4:33 pm

Ah, yes, the headphones shot. That was actually taken at a recording session with a jazz / soul / funk band I used to play with. All in all it was a fun experience and opened up my already eclectic tastes still further - before learning and playing some of the lines, I never thought I would have any time for "Contemporary R'n'B" but now I've got a few artists from that genre in my collection.

So, yes, I completely agree about "good" and "bad" taste not being helpful labels when talking about music.

Wulf

irishmist.co.uk · Sun Nov 25, 2007 8:23 pm

Bob Dylan through all his periods.

multiveg · Post: # 77548Post **multiveg** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 8:34 pm

Listening (again) to the Pink Floyd thing that was on Radio 2 on Saturday. Earlier, heard a Radio 4 thing on Kraftwerk.

Had gone off Radio 4 for a while, and tuned into Virgin. Today, I can't remember what songs were played, though probably heard Whino's Valerie (I don't like the voice) or other songs by the troubled person. Missed The Archers last night in the car, and son (6) wanted music - Radio 1 - what awful noises emanated from the speakers.....

greenbean · Post: # 77550Post **greenbean** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 9:24 pm

Sorry, haven't posted for ages, but do look in from time to time, gret stuff you are all doing. I like loads of music, but I always revert back to my faves: Flying Burrito Brothers, J Cash, Nick Drake, Nick Cave, Richard Buckner (prob unknown to most, unless real alt country fans), Ryan Adams, Gillian Welsh, Neil Young, Gram Parsons, I could go on and on - I am making myself sound older than I am, I am not yet 40, but this is what I like. I must also plug my wee brother in laws band here: Mogwai - which I have to say I like, and are excellent live. The more idi band lovers on the forum may have heard of them. Pam x

eccentric_emma · Wed Nov 28, 2007 11:30 am

the.fee.fairy wrote: I went to the Electric ballroom in Camden a couple of weeks ago and the dj in the rock room played such a good set that i've been slightly obsessed ever since...

In the future: In the immediate future, it will be HIM. I love HIM. I'm going to see them in December, so as soon as the 80s metal phase has worn off, it'll be HIM on the MP3 player.

looks like we've got really similar taste! i love the electric ballroom! havent been for a while though i can never be bothered to go to london. do u ever go to slimelights? i love HIM too!! never seen them though. i bet that'll be good. but im going to see Take That next week so that'll do me for a while. Not quite the same as HIM though!

Thurston Garden · Wed Nov 28, 2007 1:12 pm

Having nae telly, music is a large part of my life. Always has been really. My musical tastes really opened up when a good mate phoned me when we were teenagers saying he had borrowed a big box of tapes from a neighbour. We both became hooked on Jethro Tull! I still listen to it regularly 20 years on. This except from A Passion Play always makes me smile. It would not be the winter Solstice without hearing this either. I think it will have a strong significance to some Ishers too!

I am currently listening to traditional folk - Lunasa is a big fav atm. Steeleyespan/Maddy Prior/Deaf Shepherd/Dervish/Altan too.

I echo Stonehead's comments on Mission speakers - I got 5 of them

but saved up for a pair of luvuliscious Grado headphones last year. Honesty, the sound makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up!

PS. Did I mention Jethro Tull?

chadspad · Post: # 77745Post **chadspad** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 10:46 am

I love music and have wide and various tastes but I have noticed recently Im going back to earlier stuff more and more as most new bands sound the same.
The best time of my younger days was raving so Old Skool still turns me into a dancing nutter! I was a Goth thru sixth Form so The Cure, Smiths, Jesus & Mary Chain, Sisters of Mercy and the like are special.

At the moment Im into Hip-Hop but thats all starting to sound the same so moving back into Indie type bands or picking up old CDs again - Simple Minds CD is on my wish list for xmas this year.

Ive been making playlists thru Youtube as I can pick just the odd song from people that I like without having to buy a whole album. Only problem with this is the speakers are duff and I cant have the tunes pumping like I would like!

mrsflibble · Fri Nov 30, 2007 5:12 pm

to coin a phrase of an ex of mine, I am a Rock Goblin. I flit about from band to band, ever searching for the one ring to unite and bind my musical habits... yeah, he was a geek too.

And although I love rock, I am not averse to pop, some r+b, electro house, and even some classical.

I'm a "mix tape" person. only now it's mix minidisks. I know, they're becomming the 8 track of the 21st century but I don't care I love the buggers.

hamster · Post: # 77792Post **hamster** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 5:46 pm

I feel very old and boring, even though I'm only 23! I love Monteverdi, early sacred music, Mozart opera and Beethoven piano music (among other things). I also like Ella Fitzgerald, Bob Dylan, Paul Simon and Joni Mitchell.

While I was looking through my CDs the other week, trying to sort out stuff I didn't want any more and could sell on ebay, there were loads of things I haven't listened to in YEARS. It was much easier to get rid of the stuff I'd bought more recently (say, when I was 18, 19, 20) than the stuff I'd bought when I was 14/15 or so and just discovering music. I seem to have a much stronger emotional connection with those albums. All my Tori Amos CDs that got me through a bout of teenage-angst-come-moderate-depression absolutely had to stay. I even briefly entertained the thought of getting a piano, but there's no room in my house for one. Shame - it doesn't feel like a home without a piano.

I find I can still get really enthused about music, in a 'have to listen to it ten times in a row cos it's so good!' kind of way and I enjoy exploring new music. It's usually music that I'm singing rather than just listening too, though.

Chickenlady · Fri Nov 30, 2007 7:20 pm

Thurston Garden wrote:Having nae telly, music is a large part of my life. Always has been really. My musical tastes really opened up when a good mate phoned me when we were teenagers saying he had borrowed a big box of tapes from a neighbour. We both became hooked on Jethro Tull! I still listen to it regularly 20 years on. This except from A Passion Play always makes me smile. It would not be the winter Solstice without hearing this either. I think it will have a strong significance to some Ishers too!

I am currently listening to traditional folk - Lunasa is a big fav atm. Steeleyespan/Maddy Prior/Deaf Shepherd/Dervish/Altan too.

I echo Stonehead's comments on Mission speakers - I got 5 of them but saved up for a pair of luvuliscious Grado headphones last year. Honesty, the sound makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up!

PS. Did I mention Jethro Tull?

I didn't know that much about Jethro Tull, until last year when two tickets were offered on Freecycle by someone who had won them in a radio competiton but couldn't go. Fortunately we got them and the show was brilliant. I immediately bought a greatest hits album and I am now officially a fan!

Jane