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We haven't had one in a while... At least I don't think we have... Either way it's time for another universe-encompassing music thread. On this thread we list:

Favorite Bands

Favorite Songs

Favorite Albums

Even, if you wish, Favorite Concerts

For me:

Bands: Modest Mouse, System of a Down, Coldplay, Nightwish, Rammstein

Songs: Nightwish - Over the Hills and Far Away, Modest Mouse - Jesus Christ was an Only Child, System of a Down - Soldier Side, Rammstein - Du Hast, Coldplay - Rush of Blood to the Head

Albums: Nightwish - Once, Coldplay - Rush of Blood to the Head, Rammstein - Rosenrot, System of a Down - Toxicity, Modest Mouse - Good News for People who Love Bad News

Two words, one band: The Hives.

Best damn show live ever.

Favorite Bands

Nirvana, Kyuss, Electric Wizard, the Melvins, Black Sabbath, Dead Kennedys, Refused, the Doors, etc. etc. i'd be here forever :p

Nowadays, though, I mostly listen to stoner or doom metal, but that changes from time to time.
Favorite Songs
I could pick lots, but i'll leave it to a couple by the above artists: "Electric Funeral" by Black Sabbath, "Gardenia" and "Spaceship Landing" by Kyuss, "Radio Friendly Unit Shifter" by Nirvana, "Funeralopolis" by Electric Wizard...

Favorite Albums

In Utero by Nirvana and Sky Valley by Kyuss are probably my two all-time favourites.

Even, if you wish, Favorite Concerts

Probably the best gig I ever went to was Mudhoney, early last year. For a band I routinely see live and enjoy every time, i'd have to go with Spiderbait.

Two words, one band: The Hives.

Best damn show live ever.

Even though I don't get into their recorded stuff so much, they're brilliant live, yeah. :)

Since the OP limited himself to 5 of each, that is what I shall do.

Bands: Nirvana, The Smashing Pumpkins, Local H, Metallica, Therapy?
Songs: "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana, "The Unforgiven" by Metalllica, "Losing My Religion" by R.E.M., "Bound For the Floor" by Local H, "Bullet With Butterfly Wings" by the Smashing Pumpkins
Albums: Nevermind by Nirvana, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness by the Smashing Pumpkins, Metallica by Metallica, As Good As Dead by Local H, Frenching the Bully by the Gits

Bands- Pink Floyd, Green Day, Metallica, Nirvana, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Deep Purple, Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam, The Beatles, Red Hot Chili Peppers

Songs-
Pink Floyd-Comfortably Numb, Time, Sheep, Have A Cigar, etc.
Green Day- Minority, Homecoming, Hitchin' A Ride, Brain Stew, etc.
Metallica- Master of Puppets, One, Fade to Black, Seek and Destroy, etc. Nirvana- Smells Like Teen Spirit, In Bloom, Heart Shaped Box, Come As You Are, etc.
Black Sabbath- Warpigs, Electric Funeral, Black Sabbath, Sweetleaf, etc.
Iron Maiden- Hallowed Be Thy Name, Number of the Beast, The Trooper, Two Minutes to Midnight, etc.
Deep Purple- Highway Star, Lazy, Child In Time, Smoke on the Water, etc.
Alice In Chains- Them Bones, Would?, Rooster, We Die Young, etc.
Pearl Jam- Black, Alive, Even Flow, Daughter, etc.
The Beatles- While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Helter Skelter, Let It Be, I Am The Walrus, etc.

TBC

Since the OP limited himself to 5 of each, that is what I shall do.

Bands: Nirvana, The Smashing Pumpkins, Local H, Metallica, Therapy?
Songs: "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana, "The Unforgiven" by Metalllica, "Losing My Religion" by R.E.M., "Bound For the Floor" by Local H, "Bullet With Butterfly Wings" by the Smashing Pumpkins
Albums: Nevermind by Nirvana, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness by the Smashing Pumpkins, Metallica by Metallica, As Good As Dead by Local H, Frenching the Bully by the Gits

I really don't care about the amount, as long as you don't post like, 20 bands, 100 songs, 20 albums, stuff like that.

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness by the Smashing Pumpkins

It's a good album, and I really dig the darker rock tracks on it in particular. I can rarely listen to it in one sitting though, since i'm hardly ever in the mood to listen to the softer stuff at the same time as the heavier tracks. I liked Siamese Dream better for consistency.

It's a good album, and I really dig the darker rock tracks on it in particular. I can rarely listen to it in one sitting though, since i'm hardly ever in the mood to listen to the softer stuff at the same time as the heavier tracks. I liked Siamese Dream better for consistency.I would say that Siamese Dream is better as a single disc, but the two discs of Mellon Collie... together are better.
So, yeah, I agree with you.

I would say that Siamese Dream is better as a single disc, but the two discs of Mellon Collie... together are better.
So, yeah, I agree with you.
:)
I just find it just so hard to listen to. I mean, "Thru The Eyes of Ruby" just after "Tales of a Scorched Earth", continuing through "Stumbleine" and then into "X.Y.U"? Nah. The progression of those four songs sums up what I think is wrong with the album perfectly. They don't seem to fit together. If I were to make it myself, i'd put all of the softer stuff on one disc (I do enjoy it, just not at the same time as the other stuff.), and then the "heavier" stuff on another, gradually building up a darker atmosphere, starting with something like "Love" and ending in something like "X.Y.U."

Maybe that would ruin the feel of the album, since Billy was probably trying to throw people like me off. I don't know. I just get the feeling that something isn't quite right with it. As it is now, I usually just end up skipping over the tracks i'm not in the mood for.

Present Favorite Bands: The Hold Steady, The Decemberists, Gram Parsons/International Submarine Band, The Verve,

Present Favorite Songs: I Want You Back - Jackson 5, Miller's Cave - International Submarine Band, Sons and Daughters - The Decemberists, Pump It Up - Mudhoney, Whatever Happened to My Rock and Roll - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

Present Favorite Albums - Boys and Girls in America - The Hold Steady, The Crane Wife - The Decemberists, Urban Hymns - The Verve, Supergrass - Supergrass, Bone Machine - Tom Waits

Favorite Bands

Favorite Songs

Favorite Albums


Bands: Good God, I'm going to be listing for a week. Out of a handful: Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Rush, Franz Ferdinand, The B-52s, The Beatles, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Cure, Dave Matthews Band, Dead Kennedys, ACDC, The Doors, Disturbed, The Who...etc.

Favorite Songs:
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
Margaritaville - Jimmy Buffett
The End - The Doors (I've managed to figure out how to make myself trip to this song with just one bottle of beer in my system, it's an amazing experience.)
Layla (Both unplugged and normal) - Eric Clapton/Derek and the Dominoes
Rock & Roll Ain't Noise Pollution - ACDC
Behind Blue Eyes - The Who (even though my eyes are green/brown!)

Favorite Albums:
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
Unplugged - Eric Clapton
Who's Next - The Who
The Beatles - The Beatles

:)
I just find it just so hard to listen to. I mean, "Thru The Eyes of Ruby" just after "Tales of a Scorched Earth", continuing through "Stumbleine" and then into "X.Y.U"? Nah. The progression of those four songs sums up what I think is wrong with the album perfectly. They don't seem to fit together. If I were to make it myself, i'd put all of the softer stuff on one disc (I do enjoy it, just not at the same time as the other stuff.),Like the Foo Fighters did with In Your Honor?

and then the "heavier" stuff on another, gradually building up a darker atmosphere, starting with something like "Love" and ending in something like "X.Y.U."

Maybe that would ruin the feel of the album, since Billy was probably trying to throw people like me off. I don't know. I just get the feeling that something isn't quite right with it. As it is now, I usually just end up skipping over the tracks i'm not in the mood for.Hm. I tend to not like the softer songs as much as the heavier ones, so I can agree with you, though on the other hand I think the heavier songs would get all muddled together if they were sequential.

I'm liking Devil Doll and Mr. Doctor's Dies Irae at the moment.

It's very much class.

Like the Foo Fighters did with In Your Honor?

I haven't heard it (the only FF I really enjoy is the first album), but IIRC that's the double-cd album, one of which is acoustic?

If that's it, well, yeah, something like that, I guess.
Hm. I tend to not like the softer songs as much as the heavier ones, so I can agree with you, though on the other hand I think the heavier songs would get all muddled together if they were sequential.

Maybe, yeah. Well, songs like "Zero" sound different to the heavier tracks on disc 2, and I generally listen to them sequentially anyway, so meh.

Favorite Bands
65daysofstatic, Tool, Secret Machines...then it gets hazy. Other bands I like include Oceansize, Rammstein, Explosions in the Sky, Isis, System of a Down (first two albums, at least), Stiff Little Fingers, Deftones, NOFX...
Favorite Songs
Radio Protector (65daysofstatic), Sadako's Fury (Up+c Down+c Left+c Right+c abc+start), Your Hand In Mine (Explosions in the Sky), and pretty much anything from Isis's 'Oceanic' album.

Favorite Albums
Oceanic (Isis), The Fall of Math (65daysofstatic), System of a Down (SOAD), The Fake Sound of Progress (Lostprophets), Hold Your Colour (Pendulum).

Favorite Concerts
65daysofstatic at Leicester Charlotte and Manchester Academy 3, 15/10/05 and 04/03/06; Oceansize and Pure Reason Revolution at Nottingham Rock City 24/03/06, Rammstein at Nottingham Arena 07/02/05, Australian Pink Floyd at Leicester De Montfort Hall 26/04/06.


Post Rock FTW!

Trilby63;11904886']I'm liking Devil Doll and Mr. Doctor's Dies Irae at the moment.

It's very much class."Devil Doll", the Misfits song? Or is that a band?

I haven't heard it (the only FF I really enjoy is the first album), but IIRC that's the double-cd album, one of which is acoustic?

If that's it, well, yeah, something like that, I guess.Yep, that's the one.

Maybe, yeah. Well, songs like "Zero" sound different to the heavier tracks on disc 2, and I generally listen to them sequentially anyway, so meh.True, but I like the contrast...though some of the lighter songs on the album, especially at the end of disc 2 are too light.

True, but I like the contrast...though some of the lighter songs on the album, especially at the end of disc 2 are too light.

I think that's my main problem anyway. I don't really have a problem with disc 1.

"Devil Doll", the Misfits song? Or is that a band?



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

An experimental dark rock band apparently (I struggle to catagorise them). Unfortunatley obscure cult band. They're very good if you like your music to be a bit different. Dies Irae is the last album they did.

Trilby63;11904960']http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil_doll

An experimental dark rock band apparently (I struggle to catagorise them). Unfortunatley obscure cult band. They're very good if you like your music to be a bit different. Dies Irae is the last album they did.Ah, okay, thank you very much.

One of the best concerts I ever saw was Joe Walsh, in a little 1000-seat converted movie theater. This was 1994, and it stood out even among all the great shows that year.

I hate these things cuz i can never pick favourites and i always forget something great, but i'm always compelled to answer them.

Favorite Bands: well going through my mp3 player i can pick out aphex twin, audio bullys, blur, bob marley, british sea power, cake, chikinki, david bowie, eastern lane, four tet, gang of four, gogol bordello, gomez, goldfrapp, gorillaz, high contrast, ikara colt, jurassic 5, kate bush, leftfield, mercury rev, M.I.A., mogwai, pixies, prodigy, queens of the stoneage, radiohead, rage against the machine, sam cooke, sigur ros, super furry animals, the avalanches, the beta band, the clash, the coral, the delgados, the eighties matchbox b-line disaster, the fall, the go! team, the kills, the verve, the who, U.N.P.O.C.

Favorite Songs: i'll pick out some tunes by people not listed above: assinie mafia by alpha blondy, badass by aphrodite, stalker by aphrodite, girl from mars by ash, where's your head at by basement jaxx, red eyes and tears by B.R.M.C., glorious by captain, wanderlust by delays, sultans of swing by dire straits, mr e's beautiful blues by the eels, hurt by johnny cash, l.s.f. by kasabian, tko by le tigre, kobrakai by lostprophets, methadone pretty by manic street preachers, drop the pressure by mylo, shopping for blood by franz ferdinand, change my mind by the blueskins, here comes everybody by autolux, that song i can never remember the name of by explosionsinthesky, sinking hearts by the organ, dimension by wolfmother, here comes the sun by polyphonic spree, mysterons by portishead, don't stop me now by queen, equinox by origin unknown, skirmish by shimon and andy c., mind killer by shimon and andy c., woke up this morning by A3, fortress europe by asian dub foundation, real great britain by asian dub foundation, clubbed to death by wossisname, groove is in the heart by deelite, missing by everything but the girl, don't you want somebody to love by jefferson airplane, boom boom boom boom by john lee hooker, just dropped in by kenny rogers, 3am eternal by the KLF, on and on by the long pigs, be my baby by the ronnettes, teenage riot by sonic youth, she sells sanctuary by the cult, femme fatale by the velvet underground, eighties fan by camera obscura, richard III by supergrass, ready to go by elastica, the river boat song by ocean colour scene, i'll be suprised by skinnyman, chop suey by system of a down, chicken payback by the bees, horse pills by the dandy warhols, stupid and shallow by the futureheads, can't smile by vex red, 22 grand job by the rakes, apache by the shadows, highly evolved by the vines, little house of savages by the walkmen, U16 girls by travis, nobody move, nobody get hurt by we are scientists.

Favorite Albums: the article by eastern lane, yoshimi battles the pink robots by flaming lips, and my mp3 player just ran out of battery.

Favorite Concerts: not been to many but kasabian were pretty good live and four tet is just fantastic.

We haven't had one in a while... At least I don't think we have... Either way it's time for another universe-encompassing music thread. On this thread we list:

Favorite Bands

Favorite Songs

Favorite Albums

Even, if you wish, Favorite Concerts

For me:

Bands: Modest Mouse, System of a Down, Coldplay, Nightwish, Rammstein

Songs: Nightwish - Over the Hills and Far Away, Modest Mouse - Jesus Christ was an Only Child, System of a Down - Soldier Side, Rammstein - Du Hast, Coldplay - Rush of Blood to the Head

Albums: Nightwish - Once, Coldplay - Rush of Blood to the Head, Rammstein - Rosenrot, System of a Down - Toxicity, Modest Mouse - Good News for People who Love Bad News

Favorite bands - Concrete Blonde - album - Bloodletting; Jethro Tull - album - Songs from the Wood; U2 - album, Achtung Baby

Bands: Queen, David Bowie, Icehouse, Enya

Songs: Hammer to Fall, Who Wants to Live Forever, Too Much Love Will Kill You - all Queen; Tiny Dancer - Elton John, Californication - Red Hot Chili Peppers, Young Americans - Bowie, Cross the Border, Street Cafe, Great Southern Land, Where the River Meets the Sea - all Icehouse, Long Long Journey, Everywhere Is - both Enya, Sundry others.

Albums - Measure for Measure - Icehouse, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars - Bowie.

Bands- Idiot Pilot, Oceansize, Silverchair, Radiohead

Songs
Spark Plug, Nightlife, A Light at the End of the Tunnel, Lucid (Idiot Pilot)
Music For a Nurse, Homage To a Shame, All This Could Be Yours (Oceansize)
The Lever, Too Much of Not Enough, Emotion Sickness, Satin Sheets, No Association (Silverchair)
Idioteque, Paranoid Android, The National Anthem, 2+2=5, Just (Radiohead)

Albums
Basically the albums the above songs are on:p

Bands- Oceansize

Songs

Music For a Nurse, Homage To a Shame, All This Could Be Yours (Oceansize)

Yay! :)

Though I'm going to have to take you to task for not including Ornament/the Last Wrongs in your favourite songs. It's clearly the best song Oceansize have done.

Yay! :)

Though I'm going to have to take you to task for not including Ornament/the Last Wrongs in your favourite songs. It's clearly the best song Oceansize have done.

:eek: You're actually 100% correct. Have an extra "cool" point for noticing my totally deliberate error, designed to catch you out. Ok, maybe i was writing my post somewhat quickly and forgot to add that one:p . Choose whichever option you prefer

*looks through music collection*

Bands: System of a Down, Sublime, Jack off Jill, Nightwish, Hole, Nirvana, Scarling, Bad Religion, Offspring, Disturbed, Three Days Grace, The Distillers, Blackmore's Night, Switchblade Symphony, Staind, Stone Temple Pilot, Rasputina, Propaghandi, Aquabats, etc.

I'm not even going to get into the songs.

Favorite Bands - Ayreon, Sonata Arctica, Dragonforce, Black Sabbath, Alice Cooper, Bjork...

Favorite Songs - Iron Maiden's "Number of the Beast", Ozzy - "Crazy Train", Children of Bodom - "Everytime I Die", Dimmu Borgir - "Progenies of the Great Apocalypse"

Favorite Albums - "Into the Electric Castle" and "The Human Equation" - Ayreon, "Post" - Bjork

Favorite Concert - Alice Cooper

Theres so much more I could add to that but theres fireworks outside and I wanna go watch :D

Bands: Pantera, Ministry, Siouxsie & the Banshees, Misfits, Slayer, Black Sabbath, Rush (not really), Killing Joke, Nile, WASP, Cathedral... to name a few.

Songs: Cemetery Gates by Pantera, Stigmata by Ministry, Last Beat of my Heart by Siouxsie, Last Caress by Misfits, Raining Blood by Slayer, Snowblind by Sabbath, Circumstances by Rush (Geddy Lee sounds like your mom), Asteroid by Killing Joke, Sarcophagus by Nile, Blind in Texas by WASP, Black Sunday by Cathedral.

Albums: getting boring...

Concerts: Ministry at Ankkarock, WASP at Kulttuuritalo hopefully Slayer (will see them in one week....).

My taste in music is ++

:eek: You're actually 100% correct. Have an extra "cool" point for noticing my totally deliberate error, designed to catch you out. Ok, maybe i was writing my post somewhat quickly and forgot to add that one:p . Choose whichever option you prefer
Of course I'm right. ;)

most over rated band: nirvana.(i hate them).

most under rated band, also best: blue oyster cult.

Bands: Rush, Husker Du, Sex Pistols, Queen, Ramones


Songs

Rush: By-Tor and the Snow Dog, 2112, Hemispheres, Circumstances, The Trees, The Spirit of Radio, Tom Sawyer, Red Barchetta, Resist, Marathon

Husker Du: In A Free Land, First of the Last Calls, It's Not Funny Anymore, Newest Industry, Whatever, The Girl Who Lives on Heaven Hill, Celebrated Summer, Divide And Conquer, Eiffel Tower High, Ice Cold Ice

Sex Pistols: Seventeen, Satellite, No Feelings, Liar, Anarchy In The U.K., New York, Pretty Vacant, God Save The Queen, Bodies, Holidays In The Sun, Belsen Was A Gas, EMI Unlimited Edition, Problems, I Wanna Be Me, Sub-Mission

Queen: Bohemian Rhapsody, I'm In Love With My Car, Don't Stop Me Now, Bicycle, I Want To Break Free

Ramones: Blitzkrieg Bop, Judy Is A Punk, Havana Affair, Glad To See You Go, Suzy Is A Headbanger, Commando, Sheena Is A Punk Rocker, I'm Against It, I Wanna Be Sedated, Censorshit


Albums

Rush: Fly By Night, 2112, A Farewell To Kings, Permanent Waves, Moving Pictures, Grace Under Pressure, Power Windows, Roll The Bones, Counter Parts, Vapor Trails

Husker Du: Zen Arcade, New Day Rising, Flip Your Wig, Candy Apple Grey, Warehouse: Songs And Stories

Sex Pistols: Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols

Queen: A Night At The Opera, News Of The World, The Game, The Works, Innuendo

Ramones: Ramones, Leave Home, Rocket To Russia, Road To Ruin, Mondo Bizarro


I think that pretty much covers it.

My station list on Pandora (http://www.pandora.com) currently contains the following:

Cepia
Laraaji
Jon Schmidt
Shipping News
Blue Stone
Howard Shore
Eliza Carthy
Lorie Line
The Frequency
Rage Against The Machine
Ellen Fullman & Konrad Sprenger
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Bernward Koch
Mono (Japan)
Armin Van Buuren
Ulrich Schnauss
Kinski
Peter Kater
Men of Steel
Carlos Nakai
Van Kampen
Groove Boutique
Evanescence
Collide
Juno Reactor
Einstürzende Neubauten
Massive Attack
Kaki King
Blue Man Group
Dead Can Dance
Afro Celt Sound System

Favourite Artist
-Xavier Rudd (?)
-Moka Only(Instrumentals, Jazz, Experimental/freestyle/Hip Hop)
-K'Naan (Africian Folk, Hip Hop)

Favorite Bands
-Ramataz (Instrumental Rock)
-Metallica
-Swollen Members (Hip Hop)
-Rise Against (Alternative/Rock/Punk Depending on where you go)

Favorite Songs
-Vengo Della Luna (Some Italien Band)
-Prisoner Of Doom (Swollen Members)
-Soobax (K'Naan)
-Hey Jude (Beatles)
-Bless And Destroy (Swollen Members)
-Magnitude(Moka Only)

Favorite Albums
-Balance(Swollen Members)
-Are You Experienced? (Jimmi Hendrix)
-The Dusty Foot Philosopher(K'Naan)
All By Moka Only
-Ape Nuts
-Flood
-Lime Green
-Mt. Unpleasant
-The Quick Hits
-Vermillion
-Moka Martian Xmas
-Mr. Behaviour
-Lowdown suite
-The Desired Effect
-Moka Only Is.... Ron Contour
-The Station Agent
-Creepee Eepee
-Dirty Jazz
-FlowTorch
-Everyday Details
-The Durable Mammal
-Dusty Bumps
-Fall Collection 97'
-Fall Collection 05'


Favorite Concerts
The Tragically Hip and K-Os.

My station list on Pandora (http://www.pandora.com) currently contains the following:I see somebody likes electronic music. :)

I see somebody likes electronic music. :)

Which is actually starting to be a problem, as Pandora seems to like it a lot as well. Although the variety seems to be much better this morning; the new "QuickMix" feature is very cool. At any rate, my station list tends to change rather radically on a weekly basis; this week its, electronic music. Next week, whatever gets the most thumbs up. :D

Which is actually starting to be a problem, as Pandora seems to like it a lot as well. Although the variety seems to be much better this morning; the new "QuickMix" feature is very cool.Hm. I haven't been there in a while, I'll have to check out this QuickMix.

Yes, it is I, OJ, back again after living so long in my room where there is no internet access.
I like the Killers A LOT...I think I've listened to their CD about fifteen times in the past twelve hours alone. Otherwise though I listen to disco, eighties rock, nineties pop, and (of course) my many musical soundtracks and Disney CD's. I'm just that cool.

Favorite Bands
- Fugazi
- Embrace
- Minor Threat
- Sex Pistols
- The Clash
- Bad Religion
- Beefeater
- Stiff Little Fingers
- Sham 69

Favorite Songs
- "Waiting Room" by Fugazi
- "No More Pain" by Embrace
- "In My Eyes" by Minor Threat
- "All Young Punks (New Boots and Contracts)" by The Clash
- "Alternative Ulster" by Still Little Fingers
- "Waste Life" by Stiff Little Fingers
- "If the Kids are United" by Sham 69

Favorite Albums
- "13 songs" by Fugazi
- "London Calling" by the Clash
- "Nevermind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols" by the Sex Pistols

Hm. I haven't been there in a while, I'll have to check out this QuickMix.

Basically, its a special "station" that picks (I assume at random) from among one's regular stations. Feedback from individual songs/artists is automatically applied to the appropriate station, as well. Rather than increase variety by constantly skipping around the station list one's self, QuickMix does the skipping around for you.

My favorite songs at the moment would have to be "All these things that I've done" by The Killers, "Call me when you're sober" by Evanescence, and "Rock the Boat" by the Hues Corp. Yep.

i'm loving this pandora thingymajig :D. wish i had a zip code so i can sign up for it. do you think they'd cross reference it with my IP address to make sure i wasn't lying if i just used someone elses? can they even do that?

i'm loving this pandora thingymajig :D. wish i had a zip code so i can sign up for it. do you think they'd cross reference it with my IP address to make sure i wasn't lying if i just used someone elses? can they even do that?
I'm signed up to it. Just give it a random five digit number and you'll be fine.

I'm signed up to it. Just give it a random five digit number and you'll be fine.

as far as pandora is concerned i live at 1 Time Square, New York :D. the USPS website was very useful *nod*.

Bands- Pink Floyd, Green Day, Metallica, Nirvana, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Deep Purple, Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam, The Beatles, Red Hot Chili Peppers

Songs-
Pink Floyd-Comfortably Numb, Time, Sheep, Have A Cigar, etc.
Green Day- Minority, Homecoming, Hitchin' A Ride, Brain Stew, etc.
Metallica- Master of Puppets, One, Fade to Black, Seek and Destroy, etc. Nirvana- Smells Like Teen Spirit, In Bloom, Heart Shaped Box, Come As You Are, etc.
Black Sabbath- Warpigs, Electric Funeral, Black Sabbath, Sweetleaf, etc.
Iron Maiden- Hallowed Be Thy Name, Number of the Beast, The Trooper, Two Minutes to Midnight, etc.
Deep Purple- Highway Star, Lazy, Child In Time, Smoke on the Water, etc.
Alice In Chains- Them Bones, Would?, Rooster, We Die Young, etc.
Pearl Jam- Black, Alive, Even Flow, Daughter, etc.
The Beatles- While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Helter Skelter, Let It Be, I Am The Walrus, etc.
Red Hot Chili Peppers- Otherside, I Could Have Lied, Slow Cheetah, Under the Brdige, etc.

Albums- DSotM, The Wall, Dookie, Master of Puppets, etc.

TBC

as far as pandora is concerned i live at 1 Time Square, New York :D. the USPS website was very useful *nod*.
I believe I gave the zip code 90210...as I do with all American sites that demand a zip code for registration.

Huh. A few good things...but also so much SHIT. Man. I think that out of all the replies, Infinite Revolution & I would get along swimmingly.

I tried, I did...but it just didn't take. If anyone wants, I'll send them my 1.8 MB HTML file that contains my entire at-the-moment-current 12,833-song iPod library. That does not could songs that are on CD & not on there, 2 or 3 CDs not on there, & the various tapes that I have not ripped onto there.

The Gathering, Björk, U2, Smashing Pumpkins, Opeth, Blind Guardian, Thin Lizzy, Debussy, Interpol, Blind Guardian

Huh. A few good things...but also so much SHIT. Man. I think that out of all the replies, Infinite Revolution & I would get along swimmingly.

I tried, I did...but it just didn't take. If anyone wants, I'll send them my 1.8 MB HTML file that contains my entire at-the-moment-current 12,833-song iPod library. That does not could songs that are on CD & not on there, 2 or 3 CDs not on there, & the various tapes that I have not ripped onto there.

CDs are shit.

As opposed to...?

Favorite Bands: Metric, Wir Sind Helden, Ladytron, Tom Petty and Supertramp. I actually have a list of my top 20 bands somewhere around here.

Favorite Songs: Well, I guess my favorite bands tend to have my favorite songs, same with favorite albums.

Even, if you wish, Favorite Concerts: My favorite concert was Coldplays X&Y tour when they came to St. Louis. I have seen a lot of concerts and that one absolutly blew me away, they did every awesome thing a band could do, from giant yellow ballons, asking audience members about what song to play next, singing into people phones and just a ton of energy. A lot of people dont like their music (especially indie kids) but they are amazing showmen.

As opposed to...?

Records, Reel-to-Reel, cassettes (on an analogue deck), 8-Tracks...

A lot of people dont like their music (especially indie kids) but they are amazing showmen.

I actually watched their recent ACL show (where they had Michael Stipe as a guest performer) on PBS a few weeks ago. I definitely don't find their music particularly good, but their performance was actually enjoyable... Never mind the fact that the vocalist looked like a total dick with his antics. :p

Records, Reel-to-Reel, cassettes (on an analogue deck), 8-Tracks...

I have no turntable, & much of what I want isn't on vinyl.

Reel-to-reel has always been a joke. No one liked that shit.

I have tons of cassettes still.

8-tracks are so few & far between. Plus finding a player? Damn.

My problem with tape-based media is that they wear out, & easily. Even if I never use them much, they wear out. I didn;t start buying CDs until 2000, when I had to; there were no more cassettes. I hadn't made the switch because I had no portable CD player. Then I got one. Now, I keep everything digital, & that includes ripping some stuff from tape.

I have no turntable, & much of what I want isn't on vinyl.

Reel-to-reel has always been a joke. No one liked that shit.

I have tons of cassettes still.

8-tracks are so few & far between. Plus finding a player? Damn.

My problem with tape-based media is that they wear out, & easily. Even if I never use them much, they wear out. I didn;t start buying CDs until 2000, when I had to; there were no more cassettes. I hadn't made the switch because I had no portable CD player. Then I got one. Now, I keep everything digital, & that includes ripping some stuff from tape.

1: Records can be a hassle, but once you get into them, nothing's better.

2: Reel-to-Reel was cumbersome, but it was very close to the sound of vinyl, and since the tape was in a shell, it was more difficult to directly damage the media. Pretty expensive, though.

3: I hope you have an "ancient" tape deck. The newer models (starting in the late 1980's) sound like absolute shit compared to the ones from the 70's.

4: Which is sucky, because 8-Tracks are far more durable than cassettes, plus they sound better.

5: I haven't had that problem with cassettes, though that's more to do with better production standards from different manufacturers.

As for me, I only buy vinyl, unless an artist/band I like releases something that's only available on CD. I love vinyl, because it's not just good to listen to --- it's probably the best archival format there is. You can buy a record, leave it unopened, and over a hundred years later, it'll still be in the same condition. A CD will deteriorate before that time, unless very special precautions are taken.

And as far as ripping goes, I'm into it. I rip my LPs to my hard drive, and I get decent results. It's better than playing my records and having the stylus wear them down more and more, so I'm not complaining... Though there is a company that manufactures record players that use a laser rather than a stylus, and the playback quality is unprecedented (light over metal anyday). They cost about $15,000, but I'm not too worried about that, as I'll definitely have that much disposable cash when I'm older.

Well, whatever works for you. Who am I to knock it?

My big selling points are space-saving & portability. It's bad enough I have a good chunk of wallspace taken up by CDs; I can only imagine what that would've looked like with vinyl. (No doubt much like Rob Gordon's flat in High Fidelity)

How does a CD deteriorate? Past immersing it in water & having the reflective surface peel off. (which I've had happen to fucked-up burns later used as coasters)

I have dozens of favorite bands, a ton of favorite songs, but best concert was the Rush 30th anniversary tour in Vegas. That freakin' rocked. :D

Well, whatever works for you. Who am I to knock it?

My big selling points are space-saving & portability. It's bad enough I have a good chunk of wallspace taken up by CDs; I can only imagine what that would've looked like with vinyl. (No doubt much like Rob Gordon's flat in High Fidelity)

How does a CD deteriorate? Past immersing it in water & having the reflective surface peel off. (which I've had happen to fucked-up burns later used as coasters)

Are you kidding me? His place fucking rocked, man!

And it's the chemical composition of most CDs, though I'm guessing the technology's improved enough to increase the medium's lifespan considerably. My dad lost a Chicago album because the CD literally began to melt on its own.

I have dozens of favorite bands, a ton of favorite songs, but best concert was the Rush 30th anniversary tour in Vegas. That freakin' rocked. :D

A friend of mine got to see them at their R30 show in The Woodlands. Lucky bastard.

A friend of mine got to see them at their R30 show in The Woodlands. Lucky bastard.

friend...must...die...

or at least be given a megawedgie.

friend...must...die...

or at least be given a megawedgie.

Nah, but I could pick him up and toss him. I mean, he's 6'1" (and I'm 5'10"), but he's a fricking toothpick. I think he might be 130 pounds. :p

Though in his defense, he went to the show before I even knew him, so...

Nah, but I could pick him up and toss him. I mean, he's 6'1" (and I'm 5'10"), but he's a fricking toothpick. I think he might be 130 pounds. :p

Though in his defense, he went to the show before I even knew him, so...

In that case, I retract the megawedgie statement. But it's still ok to be insanely jealous, right? :)

In that case, I retract the megawedgie statement. But it's still ok to be insanely jealous, right? :)

I guess, but I'm not jealous at all, oddly enough. I guess that might be because I have near-mint condition pressings of Hemispheres, Permanent Waves, and Moving Pictures, all with their original jackets and inserts.

:p

Are you kidding me? His place fucking rocked, man!

"I guess it looks as if you're reorganizing your records. What is this though? Chronological?"
"No..."
"Not alphabetical..."
"Nope..."
"..What?"
"Autobiographical."
"No fucking WAY."

And it's the chemical composition of most CDs, though I'm guessing the technology's improved enough to increase the medium's lifespan considerably. My dad lost a Chicago album because the CD literally began to melt on its own.

INteresting. I'd venture to guess that it was a 4:58 Friday afternoon pressing, though, before venturing to indict an enire media. Not saying you ARE, but...yeah.

A selection of a few, in no particular order, for each category.

Favorite Bands: Biffy Clyro, Radiohead, Nirvana, Oceansize, Broken Social Scene, Muse, The Who, Sigur Rós, The Smashing Pumpkins, The White Stripes, Metallica, Ben Folds, Elbow, Gomez,

Favorite Songs: Biffy Clyro - Liberate The Illiterate (A Mong Among Mingers), Oceansize - Music For Nurses, Oceansize - Ornament/The Last Wrongs, Broken Social Scene - It's All Going To Break, Radiohead - Kid A, Biffy Clyro - Bodies in Flight, Orko - Hello Dean Moriarty, Slade - How Does It Feel

Favorite Albums: Radiohead - Kid A, Oceansize - Effloresce, Oceansize - Everyone Into Position, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah- Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, The Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream, Nirvana - In Utero, Biffy Clyro - The Vertigo of Bliss, Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People, Weezer - Pinkerton, Radiohead - The Bends, Gomez - Liquid Skin, Foo Fighters - The Colour And The Shape.

Even, if you wish, Favorite Concerts:
Biffy Clyro, 7th December 2005, Belfast, Spring and Airbrake
Biffy Clyro, 16th December 2005, Glasgow, King Tut's
Rock Werchter festival, second day 2006 - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Elbow, Mogwai, Muse, and the Who in one day
Muse, 4th November 2006, Belfast, Odyssey Arena
Broken Social Scene - 10th February 2006 (conveniently my 20th birthday), Belfast, Mandella Hall
Gomez - 26th November (I think) 2004, Sheffield, Students Union

I will marry the Smiths. Smiths=Love. The Smiths are possibly even better than TS Eliot at adressing my own personal thoughts in their work.

2: Reel-to-Reel was cumbersome, but it was very close to the sound of vinyl, and since the tape was in a shell, it was more difficult to directly damage the media. Pretty expensive, though.

Eh?

Firstly, cart before horse - the vast majority of vinyl records pre-digital were produced from original reel-to-reel recordings, and so if anything the quality you should be looking for is fidelity to reel-to-reel not the other way round.

Secondly, what is this 'tape in a shell' malarky? Reel-to-reel tapes lived on spools, not shells, and even threading them onto a player often chewed up or mangled a bit of leader tape. Do that one too many times and you have to reach for the razorblade.

Even, if you wish, Favorite Concerts:
Gomez - 26th November (I think) 2004, Sheffield, Students Union
*is jealous*

There's always been some reason preventing me from seeing Gomez. :(

Favorite Bands
Faith No More, Queen, Pink Floyd, Weezer, Red Hot Chili Peppers
Favorite Songs
Wish you were here(Pink Floyd), Learning to Fly(Pink Floyd), Soul to Squeeze(RHCP), Say it Ain't so(Weezer), We care a lot(Faith No More)
Favorite Albums
Blood Sugar Sex Magik (RDHCP), Dark Sid of the Moon (Pink Floyd), A Momentary Lapse of Reason, (Pink Floyd), Herzeleid (Rammstein), Untitled/Black (Metallica).
Gigs
Wouldn't know, maybe Rogr Waters doing the whole of DSotM and some of his personel works when he is here on January 29th...

Naliitir(or whatever) if you don't have Herzeleid, i suggest you get it.;)

Favorite Bands
Bolt Thrower
Testament
Jimi Hendrix
Cream
Joe Satriani
Pitchshifter

Favorite Songs
Whatever by Pitchshifter
Fiddler on the Green by Demons & Wizards
Music (cover) by Metallium
Gaurdian Angel by Yngwie Malmsteem
Home by Dream Theatre
Red House by Jimi Hendrix
Red House by G3 (satch, vai, johnson)
One Day by Gary Moore
Slave No More by Crowbar
When Cannons Fade by Bolt Thrower

Favorite Albums
Days Of Darkness by Testament
Master Of Puppets by Metallica

Even, if you wish, Favorite Concerts
Alive In Athens by Iced Earth

*is jealous*

There's always been some reason preventing me from seeing Gomez. :(

I'm seeing them again on the 29th....should be good. Gomez are great live.

They're on a tour right now...they should be playing somewhere vaguely near you over the next month or so

I'm seeing them again on the 29th....should be good. Gomez are great live.

They're on a tour right now...they should be playing somewhere vaguely near you over the next month or so
Yeah, the reason I'm not seeing them on this tour is that I've spent about £150 in the last couple of months on gigs. I'm very poor. :( :(

Uuhhh...Bob Marley, Daft Punk, Jamiroquai, Benny Benassi, Weird Al, They Might be Giants?

Aye, that sounds about right...

Eh?

Firstly, cart before horse - the vast majority of vinyl records pre-digital were produced from original reel-to-reel recordings, and so if anything the quality you should be looking for is fidelity to reel-to-reel not the other way round.

Secondly, what is this 'tape in a shell' malarky? Reel-to-reel tapes lived on spools, not shells, and even threading them onto a player often chewed up or mangled a bit of leader tape. Do that one too many times and you have to reach for the razorblade.

1: Well, I was basing my statement on the media itself, as a few producers back in the late 60's decided to record music directly to vinyl, and it sounded better than reel-to-reel transfer (no tape bias "hiss", enhanced clarity). I guess I should've clarified.

2: And I'm not going to argue here. I should've done a bit more research before saying that.