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What kind of music do you listen to nowadays?

Ugh, sorry, this was supposed to be a poll but I neglected to check the box. Ummmm...

Rock (classic/indie/garage/other)
Classical
Jazz
VG (Final Fantasy, Chrono Cross)
Pop (any kind)
Rap
Techno
Other

I'm not sure what my favorite band(s) go under...can you tell me? I like Jimmy Eat World, Hoobastank, Linkin Park, Evanescence...

Indie Rock. Interpol, Modest Mouse, Coldplay And Death Cab For Cutie Main Among Them.

I can tell you right now that you're going to get seriously razzed for not including metal as its own option. Rightfully so, too. Hmph.

So now that's it's easy to tell what kind of music I listen to most often, I will skip over that part and go straight to the bands, which at the moment include Symphony X, Dream Theater, Kamelot, and Queensryche.

Indie Rock. Interpol, Modest Mouse, Coldplay And Death Cab For Cutie Main Among Them.

What exactly is indie rock? I've never really understood. When I tell people what I like, they usually say that I like a combination of indie rock and old-school rock. Hmmm.

It varies. Usually stuff with plenty of texture and a nice fast, steady rhythm.
I was on an In Extremo trip recently (German Medieval/E-Guitar band) but I got onto Placebo recently.

I can tell you right now that you're going to get seriously razzed for not including metal as its own option. Rightfully so, too. Hmph.

Metal.

There, you can vote for that now too. I have the "other" option for all of those other genres of music that I can't pick out of my head at the moment. Like now that I think of it...

Country(Folk, etc)
"Goth" music
New age (Celtic, Ensembles, etc)
Adult Alternative

Oh, and Japanese pop (J-pop) because I don't understand why so many people at my school are newly fascinated with the Japanese culture and obsess themselves with L'Arc En Ciel (or whatever it is), Malice Mizer, etc etc.

What kind of music do you listen to nowadays?

An ecclectic variety of all of the above.

Oh, and you can add a poll after thread posting. It's under "Thread Tools". :)

Same stuff as the last time this thread came through a week ago :p . Electronic, fokus is on Trance. Some big names: Liquifaction, Perpetual, Infinite Dimensions, Nuxx, etc.

What exactly is indie rock? I've never really understood. When I tell people what I like, they usually say that I like a combination of indie rock and old-school rock. Hmmm.
Indie Is Anything That Is Completely Different Than Anything Else In The Genre It's Being Referred To.

Same stuff as the last time this thread came through a week ago :p . Electronic, fokus is on Trance. Some big names: Liquifaction, Perpetual, Infinite Dimensions, Nuxx, etc.

LOL well I haven't had the opportunity to read all these threads. Sorry if I ever post copycat threads inadvertently.

As for thread tools, I still don't know how to add a poll.

What kind of music do you listen to nowadays?
Most of the time the Beatles and Billy Joel. Yeah I know, it is out of style...

As for thread tools, I still don't know how to add a poll.

Click on "Thread Tools" and there used to be an option, if you made the thread, to "Add Poll". Maybe they removed that feature? I don't know.

Click on "Thread Tools" and there used to be an option, if you made the thread, to "Add Poll". Maybe they removed that feature? I don't know.

Maybe it's just this computer I'm on. Babysitting...what fun. Anyways, I clicked it, and got moved to a bookmark at the bottom of the page. But I can't find it, so oh well.

And I like the Beatles. I like Billy Joel. Piano Man and Let It Be are two of my favorite songs.

Most of the time the Beatles and Billy Joel. Yeah I know, it is out of style...

Beatles are never out. Billy Joel will never be in.

Indie Is Anything That Is Completely Different Than Anything Else In The Genre It's Being Referred To.
I'm not the first to ask this Ritlina, but why do you have a capital on each letter?

Click on "Thread Tools" and there used to be an option, if you made the thread, to "Add Poll". Maybe they removed that feature? I don't know.
Poll for music = BAD THING. Just some wise words you should consider before creating a poll for music. No matter how careful you are, even if there is an "other" button, you will end up offending a bunch of people because their little nich of music didn't get into the poll. A warning from someone who has seen the destruction of such threads that are foolish enough to put polls into music.

Poll for music = BAD THING. Just some wise words you should consider before creating a poll for music. No matter how careful you are, even if there is an "other" button, you will end up offending a bunch of people because their little nich of music didn't get into the poll. A warning from someone who has seen the destruction of such threads that are foolish enough to put polls into music.

Thanks for the advice.

Beatles are never out. Billy Joel will never be in.
Wow, you managed to make me want to say "Thanks" and "Fuck you retard" in the same post. Congradulations! Can we get this guy a brand new car and a bullet in the head?

Poll for music = BAD THING. Just some wise words you should consider before creating a poll for music. No matter how careful you are, even if there is an "other" button, you will end up offending a bunch of people because their little nich of music didn't get into the poll. A warning from someone who has seen the destruction of such threads that are foolish enough to put polls into music.

If there were more sage advice, I've yet to see it. *nods*

Beatles are never out. Billy Joel will never be in.

Hey now ... you can't argue with Allen Town.

Billy had his moments, though he was no George Harrison.

What is the factor that grants certain bands immortality, and leads others to doom? Immortality for the Beatles, doom for...say...all those boy bands.

Beatles are never out. Billy Joel will never be in.
Ride on.

What is the factor that grants certain bands immortality, and leads others to doom?

Public Opinion.

Oh ... and Marketing.

I am willing to bet loads of cash that the world would have never heard of The Beatles if it weren't for Brian Epstein.

Public Opinion.

Easy enough. Yes.

Sometimes I wonder how different my tastes in music would be, if I didn't play any instruments at all. Like guitar, or piano, or viola. Things like that. Probably makes me turn towards more classical or melodic based songs.

Easy enough. Yes.

Edited my post while you were replying. :) I added "Marketing".

It's kinda amusing sometimes seeing what "older" people think about music. For one thing, my dad STILL thinks that every female singer on the radio is either Britney Spears or Christina Aguilera. Not kidding. So Fleetwood Mac is on, and he goes, "So is this Britney's new song?"

No, Dad.

Incidently, one of the trends I am exceedingly glad for these days is the return to college radio. Ever since Peter Frampton fucked it all up for fringe artists by proving that a musician could sell out a stadium, the music industry has become the shallow pursuit of the "next big thing".

College radio, that last bastian of true independent music, is staging a comeback and I couldn't be more pleased. Especially since some of my stuff gets played on Rice Radio (KTRU 91.7 FM in Houston) from time to time. ;)

Indie Music is on the rise again. Hooray!

Also, a casual mention to some of my American friends who are music fans: don't discount the rest of the world. Even if you don't understand the lyrics, listen to some of the stuff coming out of India and the Far East lately. Terrific music! Expand your mind!

For one thing, my dad STILL thinks that every female singer on the radio is either Britney Spears or Christina Aguilera.

That's because they are! :p Many pop divas are trying to emulate that style.

I was disturbed when some Broadway musicals I had never heard of before made their way onto my Yahoo radio. There are so many...

Also, a casual mention to some of my American friends who are music fans: don't discount the rest of the world. Even if you don't understand the lyrics, listen to some of the stuff coming out of India and the Far East lately. Terrific music! Expand your mind!
:D
That reminds me of a post by Neo R a while back about how much she liked Rammstein :D

:D
That reminds me of a post by Neo R a while back about how much she liked Rammstein :D

Chinese opera can be quite interesting as well.

I dunno. No matter How overdone it is, it still interests me to see what other members of forums listen to. What amazes me is how many metalheads I can find online, since they're few and far between in my hometown. It's nice to know I'm not one of the only ones out there who listen to certain bands.

My personal favourites are Blind Guardian, Nightwish, Opeth, Kamelot, Iron Maiden, Finntroll, and Tristania. Yeah, mostly power and symphonic metal, though I tend to appreciate most subgenres of metal, barring the majority of 'Nu-Metal' (whether or not that counts as metal is subject to much heated debate).
And apart from metal? Well, I have musicals. My personal favourites include Les Misérables (especially the 10th Anniversary recording and the Original French Concept Album), The Phantom of the Opera (Original Broadway Cast), and Oliver.
I also appreciate more classical music, especially early Baroque composers such as Purcell, Dowland, Handel and Bach. My other favourites are Puccini Debussy, Fauré, and Satie. I also listen to some 'New Age' music, such as Loreena McKennitt, the Mediaeval Baebes, and Värttinä (a Finnish folk band).

Sorry if my post's a tad long-winded, but once I think of one band, album, or composer I like, I immediately think of another I'd like to add. I'm not one who takes well to picking just a few favourites.

I dunno. No matter How overdone it is, it still interests me to see what other members of forums listen to. What amazes me is how many metalheads I can find online, since they're few and far between in my hometown. It's nice to know I'm not one of the only ones out there who listen to certain bands.

My personal favourites are Blind Guardian, Nightwish, Opeth, Kamelot, Iron Maiden, Finntroll, and Tristania. Yeah, mostly power and symphonic metal, though I tend to appreciate most subgenres of metal, barring the majority of 'Nu-Metal' (whether or not that counts as metal is subject to much heated debate).
And apart from metal? Well, I have musicals. My personal favourites include Les Misérables (especially the 10th Anniversary recording and the Original French Concept Album), The Phantom of the Opera (Original Broadway Cast), and Oliver.
I also appreciate more classical music, especially early Baroque composers such as Purcell, Dowland, Handel and Bach. My other favourites are Puccini Debussy, Fauré, and Satie. I also listen to some 'New Age' music, such as Loreena McKennitt, the Mediaeval Baebes, and Värttinä (a Finnish folk band).

Sorry if my post's a tad long-winded, but once I think of one band, album, or composer I like, I immediately think of another I'd like to add. I'm not one who takes well to picking just a few favourites.

It's hard to pick favorites for anything, in my case. What is it that you people like about your "favorite" bands anyways? Sometimes I'm a lyric person, but in instrumentals, maybe it's just more of the melody/percussion line. Hmmm.

:D
That reminds me of a post by Neo R a while back about how much she liked Rammstein :D
Rammstein Is Pretty Good. As Well As A Lot Of Other Non-English Bands. They're The Main Reason I'm Learning New Languages.

I don't think language usually matters. If I like the song and how it sounds, I don't really care so much what the words mean.

I listen to a lot of classic rock, some instrumental, and some vaguely country-ish rock (Old 97s, Calexico)...

:D
That reminds me of a post by Neo R a while back about how much she liked Rammstein :D

It's intersting what role lyrics can play in a song for people, and how the importance placed on them varies so much. I think that for me, they should either be meaningful, or not even try to be. So for me it's either Simon and Garfunkel and Opeth or else Mozy Fruvous and Finntroll.

Although, like I said, sometimes I like songs even more just based on their lyrics, if they mean something to me.

I primarily enjoy European symphonic metal (such as Nightwish and Rhapsody) and European electronica (such as Funker Vogt and Cosmic Gate).

I also like various forms of neo-classical, ambient, and avant-garde music.

My personal favourites are Blind Guardian, Nightwish, Opeth, Kamelot, Iron Maiden, Finntroll, and Tristania. Yeah, mostly power and symphonic metal
Excellent choices!:cool:

Rammstein Is Pretty Good. As Well As A Lot Of Other Non-English Bands. They're The Main Reason I'm Learning New Languages.Of course it's good. Neo R didn't quite strike me as someone who would have appreciated the lyrics if she understood them, though... :p

It's hard to pick favorites for anything, in my case. What is it that you people like about your "favorite" bands anyways? Sometimes I'm a lyric person, but in instrumentals, maybe it's just more of the melody/percussion line. Hmmm.
I pick my favorite band based on which one has the most songs that I really like. Currently the Beatles hold that position with ~20 songs. Billy Joel trails closely behind....
I don't really know what I look for in songs, I just like some and hate others *shrug*

Has anyone ever tried composing their own music?

It's hard to pick favorites for anything, in my case. What is it that you people like about your "favorite" bands anyways? Sometimes I'm a lyric person, but in instrumentals, maybe it's just more of the melody/percussion line. Hmmm.

I'm a melody person, being a singer and having played the oboe for a few years. Besides, the treble line is usually what the ear picks up the most readily. But I'm starting to enjoy good percussion line and nifty guitar riff, even if I only tapdance and I can only play one or two chords on a guitar.

I'm a melody person, being a singer and having played the oboe for a few years. Besides, the treble line is usually what the ear picks up the most readily. But I'm starting to enjoy good percussion line and nifty guitar riff, even if I only tapdance and I can only play one or two chords on a guitar.

I play the violin in an orchestra outside of school, and so when I listen to full orchestral music, it's usually the violin part that my ear catches, like you said, the treble line.

I like harmony though too, I play viola in my school orchestra, and it's amazing how much violas are underappreciated, or how almost no one knows what one is. Eh? Viola? What's that? The one between your legs? VY-ola?

Ah, the harmonies! Yes, I notice a good harmony too. Personal favourites of mine are in the Flower Duet by Lakmé, A section of Nightwish's song Swanheart, and the duet between Fantine and Eponine in the finale number of Les Mis.

Metal (Industrial, Black, Heavy, Death, Thrash)
Some Ska
Punk
Trance
Techno

Punk and prog just about do it for me. Everything else fails to engage my mind quite as well.

I like blues-rock in small quantities, but too much of it gets dull.

Underground Ska and Punk. Reggae, some Indie and some metal. I hate hate hate hate hate hate emo. Seeing the swoop hairstyle that emo kids wear makes me die a little bit inside each time.

It depends on my mood (and radio reception). Sometimes classical - Mozart, Beethoven, Smentana, Grieg, etc. Sometimes classic rock - Arrowsmith, The Rolling Stones, The Doors, Dooby Brothers, Otis Redding, etc.

It depends on my mood (and radio reception). Sometimes classical - Mozart, Beethoven, Smentana, Grieg, etc. Sometimes classic rock - Arrowsmith, The Rolling Stones, The Doors, Dooby Brothers, Otis Redding, etc.
*aerosmith. those are all good bands, doors, can't go wrong there! also like them Pink Floyd, Radiohead, Foo Fighters, Beatles, Tool, U2, but yeah, depends on my mood.

I'll just listen to Life's Been Good by Joe Walsh. Can't get enough of it. :)

I'll just listen to Life's Been Good by Joe Walsh. Can't get enough of it. :)
love that song...and it's the type that's good already, but the lyrics make even better.

Right now I have some DRI (Thrashcore), Metallica (Thrash Metal), System of a Down (Heavy/Alternative Metal), Tupac (Rap), and some subwoofer killers (Techno).

I'm open to pretty much anything.

I lean slightly towards metal, though.

I'm loving Rush at the moment. Prog Rock is great.

It varies. Usually stuff with plenty of texture and a nice fast, steady rhythm.
I was on an In Extremo trip recently (German Medieval/E-Guitar band) but I got onto Placebo recently.

what do you think of their new songs ?
i love the old albums :

Weckt die Toten
Verehrt und Angespien

they are the greatest ...

see for yourself (http://www.last.fm/user/PureMetal/)


mostly rock, metal, drum n bass, jazz and blues

see for yourself (http://www.last.fm/user/PureMetal/)


mostly rock, metal, drum n bass, jazz and blues

'Atsa lotta Pitchshifter.

'Atsa lotta Pitchshifter.
yup *nods*

me favourite band of the hour... just love the lyrics :) (and the fact its drum n bass mixed with metal and punk... its just too cool ;))

Oh yeah, and my albums. (http://rateyourmusic.com/user_albums/album_list_id_is_72981_and_list_type_is_owned)

yup *nods*

me favourite band of the hour... just love the lyrics :) (and the fact its drum n bass mixed with metal and punk... its just too cool ;))

Pitchshifter rule. Hey, check out 65daysofstatic and tell me what you think. You might like it...

Mostly punk, but when I'm at a party and I've had some drinks, anything danceable :D

We're been through this before, but I love talking about music, so meh. I listen mainly to blues derived rock and metal and also to folk rock, death and thrash metal (which overlaps with blues derived stuff... but yeah...), industrial/industrial metal, trip-hop, a very limited selection of hip-hop and rap (Cypress Hill, The Herd, Beastie Boys, Hilltop Hoods- when they're not being homophobic) and a bit of classical. Also a bit of reggae, dub and qawwali. I think that sums it up. :p