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What have you been tapping your foot to?
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Nov 10, 2013 05:55PM
I am all about The Killers, Arcade Fire,Coldplay and The Beatles.David Bowie's Heroes is always my top favorite.
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I listen to chamber, Baroque, medieval, Renaissance music when I have time, but I listen to Indian film music (1940 to late 70's) and I really enjoy Indian classical music (Dhrupad, Khayal, vocal, instrumental).
I love the French Impressionist stuff.
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And I have started to listen to Christmas music. My new album this year is Joshua Bell's "Musical Gifts".
Wow - that Queen of the Night - the aria sounds perky and charming until you learn the words!
I would not say tapping my foot, but 'Anonymous Theme'.Ade
My last computer update completely blew away my iTunes, so I'm starting over again. I'm loving Abney Park right now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8EXFa...
I usually like rock, hard rock, and metal. My favorites are Linkin park, Billy talent, Bullet for my valentine, Breaking Benjamin, Disturbed, Three days grace,...
My favorites are Linkin park, Billy talent, Bullet for my valentine, Breaking Benjamin, Disturbed, Three days grace"Some great band names there.
I've been listening to this during September:
Ready to Go by Republica
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPg5xgZY8fs
I listen to Leonard Cohen, Beyond, Anthony Wong Yiu-Ming and Leslie Cheung. Some rock, some classical and a lot of Canto-pop.
I love Leonard Cohen!What is Canto-pop?
Nancy wrote: "I love Leonard Cohen!What is Canto-pop?"
Cantonese pop, mainly produced and consumed in Hong Kong.
Hi! I'm new here. I know I should probably introduce myself in the space you've set aside for that, but that just seems boring. I could tell you all about what I read and why, which is the standard question all communities here ask — it's just — I don't see the point. If you're curious about my reading habits, go check my profile, compare books. You'll find that I'm probably the only person here who didn’t care for Middlesex. I even wrote a nice little review to explain why. Books are covered because books are what we do. Now music, there's something I can work with. It's media so I really don't have to tell you anything personal about myself in order to discuss it. Though I just might confess that I have an original copy of Sergeant Peppers in near mint condition, complete with the inserts, and that would date me. One could go on to assume that the record either belonged to me or one of my parents. It could also be inferred that if the record did belong to my parent, that said parent is also deceased. After all, who passes off their vintage vinyl collection to a child while they're still alive?
I could also tell you that the first band I went all fangirl over was Supertramp. I loved Breakfast in America. I moved fairly quickly on to Kiss, though I'll admit I was too naive to understand them. In retrospect, their popularity with children was a bit squicky. Later developed a love affair with Rush that's still ongoing. Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath, Blondie, The Runaways, Bowie -- god, I love Bowie -- Heart, Fleetwood Mac, Judas Priest, Blackmore's Rainbow, The Cars, Ronnie James Dio -- my first concert was Dio -- Van Halen, The Kinks, The Ramones, The Police... Sod the Sex Pistols.
And then for the better part of a decade everything on the radio sounded the same. Don't You Forget About Me. Not that that was terrible, it was just sort of monotonous. On the other side of the fence we had glam metal, which was mostly worse. It was an interesting decade to come of age. Regan the maniacal Muppet and his complete aloofness to an epidemic that was ravaging the gay population made finding and figuring a bit tough for the average gender queer kid, but the costumes were amusing. Sequins and hair teased out to 'here' were all the rage. The Indigo Girls showed up during the 80s. That was good! Melissa was good! Stevie Ray Vaughn was good! Even Joe Satriani — Satch was very good! Peter Murphy was good! D|K was good! Social Distortion was good!
The 90s were better. Nirvana came along on the heels of Bums ‘n’ Posers’ — who we thought were a breath of fresh air — and totally blew us away. Turned out Axel's attitude didn't have much shelf life. Pearl Jam was okay at first. Ten was a solid release. Soundgarden was better IMO. I loved Outshined. I've always had a heavy ear. Alice in Chains was good. I loved NIN when they first came out. Industrial redefined 'heavy' for me. Metallica put on an amazing live show back then. They were fun. And there was the Riot Grrrl movement. I love me some Kathleen Hanna (Bikini Kill), L7, Sleater Kinney, B-Mob, Jack Off Jill...and on the radio friendlier side of punk there was Hole.
For me the naughts just kind of blend into the 90s musically. There really wasn't that much distinction. Nu Metal came along at some point and that was interesting. I kind of like Limp Bizkit, Rage Against the Machine, The Beastie Boys and Linkin Park, or I liked Linkin Park before I saw them in a festival setting with TOOL. L.P were jerks. I got over them. I dearly love TOOL. For me they were the one band who really made the nineties. I got that first taste of Undertow and it was over. Now I'm one of those pathetic fangirls who just won't let them go. I even went out and picked up that O'Keefe Foundation single of the cover of 46 and 2 that went viral a couple years back. I'm that OCD. Yes, I own a TOOL hoodie. Yes, I still wear it. No, I'm not ashamed…or very fem. I actually have faith that they'll put out another album and it'll be awesome. I have less faith that there’ll be more Firefly, or a Buffy movie. (I know I’m supposed to stick to music, but BtVS formed much of my indoctrination into late 90s pop music. I’m enough of a fuddy duddy that that didn’t occur until the mid-naughts. If something’s trendy, I mostly just can’t.)
These days I’ve largely replaced TOOL with a band that I believe is equally interesting called Dead Sara. If you haven’t heard them, Google. They're really worth checking out, if you're into the hard rock or punk scene.
But really, my tastes are all over the place. Me latest fancies get lumped into a pile of one-thousand plus tracks that shrinks and grows with my mood. For example: I just picked up Florence + The Machine’s, How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful. I dumped it into the pot (my primary playlist). There it’ll sit with the well fermented Missy Higgins, Splendid, The Cranberries, Evanescence, Flyleaf, Tracy Chapman, The Cult, The Cure, Tori, The Lone Bellow, Foo Fighters, Garbage, Bowie, Live, Grace Potter, Audioslave, APC, Puscifer, Sting, She + Him, Sia, Tegan and Sara, Dido, ZZ Ward, Melissa, K.T. Turnstall, The Pretty Reckless and so on… It’s a mess, a rather large one. Anyway, the new Florence will bounce around with all of the others. As I get tired of things, I remove them and move more in from my primary library. I've been running the same playlist in the background every evening for over a decade. A few of the songs have even been there that long, but mostly the chaos evolves.
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Valyssia wrote: "Hi! I'm new here. I know I should probably introduce myself in the space you've set aside for that, but that just seems boring. I could tell you all about what I read and why, which is the standard..."Hey Valyssia, I enjoyed reading your personal history of music. Lots of names I recognized. I grew up in the 80's and definitely had all the Indigo Girls and Tracy Chapman albums, but I like plenty of the harder edged and classic rock greats you mention as well. Thanks for sharing!
Greg wrote: "Valyssia wrote: "I enjoyed reading your personal history of music."I just brushed the surface. There isn't much a don't like. And with the advent of boxed set...
Yeah, it isn't pretty.
I can say that my taste in music is very diverse and broad. Also, I can say that there are some artists that I cherish the most. They are:Stevie Nicks/Fleetwood Mac
Kate Bush
Suzanne Vega
Tori Amos
A-ha
America
Pet Shop Boys
Dusty Springfield
Pat Benatar
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And I'm sure that I've forgotten to name some of them.
Currently, I'm so in love with this Hard Rock or I can say Pop/Rock song ;) . In some parts of the song you can say it's Hard Rock but in the other parts you can sense Pop/Rock ;)
Pat Benatar - Promises in the Dark
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qUFZ...
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I'm listening to Adele's new album. Love her voice.
All fantastic music selections!
Rambling Reader wrote: "All fantastic music selections!"I agree with you. They're all great.
Bijan wrote: "I can say that my taste in music is very diverse and broad. Also, I can say that there are some artists that I cherish the most. They are:Stevie Nicks/Fleetwood Mac
Kate Bush
Suzanne Vega
Tori Amo..."
Lots of great stuff Bijan!
I've been listening to Tori Amos since way back in the days of the CD Little Earthquakes. And Kate Bush is wonderful! A few songs by her I love: "Hounds of Love", "Wuthering Heights", "Red Shoes."
I think I already told you I like Vega and Nicks. Benetar and A-ha are fun too!
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Alex wrote: "I'm listening to Adele's new album. Love her voice."I've heard clips of several songs in commercials promoting her new album. She is a talented woman for sure!
Greg wrote: "Bijan wrote: "I can say that my taste in music is very diverse and broad. Also, I can say that there are some artists that I cherish the most. They are:Stevie Nicks/Fleetwood Mac
Kate Bush
Suzanne..."
Greg,
I think Kate Bush has come from a different dimension. Her music is very unique. Her stories behind the songs are strange and shocking.
In 1978 she released an album named Lionheart. In that album, she had a song named "Kashka from Baghdad". The first time I heard it, in 2005 I think, I thought it was a song about an illicit love affair between a man and a woman. After a while, I slowly decoded it in my mind, and I was shocked. Actually, it was about an amorous relationship of a homosexual couple. I searched about it and found out that it was confirmed.
She always amazes me. I think, for listening to her songs, it's necessary to read between the lines.
Phillip wrote: "Greg wrote: And Kate Bush is wonderful! A few songs by her I love: "Hounds of Love", "Wuthering Heights", "Red Shoes.""Wuthering Heights" is brilliant!"
Absolutely.
It's a song about the ghost of Catherine who returns to her home in order to take a sweet revenge on Heathcliff.
An eerie theme is accompanied by soothing melody and beautiful lyrics. Such a talent she has!
Bijan wrote: "Greg wrote: "Bijan wrote: "I can say that my taste in music is very diverse and broad. Also, I can say that there are some artists that I cherish the most. They are:Stevie Nicks/Fleetwood Mac
Kate..."
I agree Bijan - she's very unique, both in approach and vocally. Such a unique voice! And yes, I completely agree that there's often a lot to her lyrics if you pay attention!
Adele's new album as well as Enya's new album are both fantastic. I just discovered the holiday album on Amazon Prime Music of cat jingles...yes, cats "sing" all your holiday favorites.
Lately I've been tapping my foot to Halsey's Badlands (Deluxe) and Panic! At The Disco's Girls/Girls/Boys
Phillip wrote: "Sophie B. Hawkins -- Damn, I Wish I Was Your Lover"Very nice song Phillip. I also recommend this great song by her:
Sophie B. Hawkins - Right Beside You
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDJSO...
Phillip wrote: "Thanks for..."
I'm so happy you liked it. Yes, Madonna-like and very 90's.
Recently, I've become addicted to this new duet. It's a very beautiful combination of French and English lyrics. Two legends sing together and wow :)Mylene Farmer Feat. Sting - Stolen Car (2015)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQkkm...
I also think that she was the jewel of the song. They collaborated to make a good cover of the original Sting's song and I think it's become more Mylene's than Sting's. Mylene has a unique style in music, which has been started with her most iconic song in 1986, named "Libertine": A catchy song with a controversial music video. She's started a cult in music since then.Mylene Farmer - Libertine (English subtitle)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LBI9...
Phillip, I forgot anything about that collaboration. Thanks to you, now I remember. I remember that their song "The Age Of The Understatement" captured my heart in 2008. It was a strange song in that year. It had some 60's - 70's vibes and the rendition was impeccable. Now, I should buy the album and listen to the other songs, because I've listened to "Meeting Place" and already loved it.
Thank you Phillip for your suggestions and your vast knowledge of music. I respect you so much man.
For anyone who's interested, this is youtube link to the song "Meeting Place":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hj0u2...
Phillip wrote: "Bijan, if you enjoy "Meeting Place" by The Last Shadow Puppets you may also like "Music When The Lights Go Out" by The Libertines if you're not already aware of it. I've been a longtime big fan of ..."It's a pity I was unaware of this great post of yours Phillip. I think sometimes the notification icon of the site just can't show them properly.
I'll check them but I should say that "Music When The Lights Go Out" is a great and at the same time a melancholic name for a song. I like its name already.
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Kernos wrote: "Lots were talking about Coldplay on Facebook. I thought it was an RPG video game :-? Come to find out it's a band. Whats their music like?"Pop rock. Nothing very spectacular, though I do like their cover of "Ring of Fire".
A bit of everything, as my usual, from opera to club music, but my recent crush is on Overwerk: http://youtu.be/6KKKGpAZHAA
And of course there's my all time favourite club track, 'The Venetian' by Hoxton Whores, as it drives me insane and I love how it mixes classical music with a club beat (I'm a violin gal): http://youtu.be/gHWuGW3ZZkc
Two 4th of July themed songs for those of us celebrating the 4th:A sweet one by Joni Mitchell, "Night Ride Home":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ouso...
And a wistful one by Aimee Mann, "4th of July":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOYI8...
Phillip wrote: "Greg wrote: "Two 4th of July themed songs for those of us celebrating the 4th"What a couple of beautiful choices. I was not familiar with them, and that one by Aimee Mann . . . wow, wow, wow. Lis..."
Glad you liked it Phillip! - "haunting" is the right word; that song always gets to me.
Fixing a PC problem and (while waiting for some files to be moved) I'm sorting through various music files that I've collected from friends over the years and never organized. I was working with some Billboard Top Hits selections and for 1960 I have:
Stay By Maurice Williams
Save the Last Dance for Me by The Drifters
and
Running Bear by Johnny Preston
I guess some songs (like some people) age better than others ;-)
I've been enjoying Twenty One Pilots lately.
Been playing the game Cities: Skylines. My challenge is to recreate San Francisco. While the games music is OK I decided to pull together a cities inspired playlist. It started with San Francisco but quickly expanded to include a few other favorite cities.It includes:
I Left My Heart in San Francisco - Tony Bennet
New York State of Mind - Billy Joel
I Left My Heart in San Francisco - Wayne Newton
If You're Going to San Francisco - The Byrds
San Francisco - Judy Garland
Englishman in New York - Sting
I Love Paris - (Peter Cincotti's & Ella Fitzgerald's versions)
London Pride - Noel Coward
Chicago - the Frank Sinatra one
Werewolves of London - Warren Zevon
New York City Serenade - Bruce Springsteen
We Built This City - Jefferson Starship
Summer in the City - Joe Cocker
You Belong to the City - Glenn Frey
Amsterdam - Jaques Brel
New York's Not My Home - Jim Croce
The Only Living Boy in New York (Simon & Garfunkel)
The Boy From New York City - The Ad Libs
First We Take Manhattan - Leonard Cohen
and many more
I know... I'm wacko.
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