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I'm new here at ns but i wonder what kind of music you who are active here listen too. As for myself i listen too psychobilly, punk & ska. Sorry for my english.

I like good music.

Genres are meaningless. If its good, Ill listen to it.

Metal and hard rock. My favourite bands are spread out quite widely throughout those genres, so I can't really say I like any particular kind more than another.

I also listen to godd music but the genres gives a hint about what kind of music you like, taste is a personell thing.

I tend to prefer classical, mostly the stuff from the Romantic period and also Beethoven. I've heard some nice music in jazz, though.

I'll listen to almost anything. I like metal and rock more so than anything else though.

Radiohead, Sigur Rós, the Shins, Damien Rice, Velvet Underground, Johnny Cash, Nick Drake, the Decemberists, Iron & Wine, Air, Sufjan Stevens, Emiliana Torrini, Joanna Newsom...to name a few.

I listen to mostly Jazz, but enjoy nearly all styles of music. I gotta ask what in the hell is psychobilly? Please share some band names so I can listen to it.

Radiohead, Sigur Rós, the Shins, Damien Rice, Velvet Underground, Johnny Cash, Nick Drake, the Decemberists, Iron & Wine, Air, Sufjan Stevens, Emiliana Torrini, Joanna Newsom...to name a few.

I saw Velvet Underground live one time in Mpls at small venue called the Labor Temple on 5th st or maybe 4th st. I forget, it was too long ago.

I mostly like metal and rock,but I also like Ska and delve into punk occasionally.But mostly teh metal and rock.

Mostly rock, with a particular liking for the old New Romantic/PostPunk period, but also some metal, reggae, Jazz and classical.

Everything from Vivaldi to Velvet Underground, Tchaikovsky to Twisted Sister... Prettymuch anything pre-1989. New music sucks.

Everything from Vivaldi to Velvet Underground, Tchaikovsky to Twisted Sister... Prettymuch anything pre-1989. New music sucks.

I don't know,there's a fair bit of post 1990 music that's pretty good.(IMO.)

I like good music.

Genres are meaningless. If its good, Ill listen to it.

Bingo.

I also listen to godd music but the genres gives a hint about what kind of music you like, taste is a personell thing.

What does music have to do with employement? Or did you mean personal?
(I won't even start on your religious tastes in music. ;))

If you meant to say that the types of music one preominately listens to reveal something of one's personality, then my tastes would probably indicate either a well intigrated personality or a complete psychotic break.
I'm liable to put on an old Johnny Cash album, followed by Melt Banana, Georg Solti conducting the CSO, BB King, Clifton Chenier, Weirld Al, Drop Kick Murphys, Wang Guotong, Kodo, Shang Shang Typhoon, or something else entirely unrelated.



I gotta ask what in the hell is psychobilly? Please share some band names so I can listen to it.

Think a cross between 70's Punk and 50's Rockabilly.

The earliesty reference to "psychobilly" is the he Johnny Cash song "One Piece At A Time".

Yow, RED RYDER
This is the COTTON MOUTH
In the PSYCHO-BILLY CADILLAC Come on

Huh, This is the COTTON MOUTH
And negatory on the cost of this mow-chine there RED RYDER
You might say I went right up to the factory
And picked it up, it's cheaper that way

(And in looking up the lyrics, I came across http://revart.blogs.com/photos/art_wheels/wheels_johnny_cash_psychobilly_cadillac.html.)

The Cramps, Screaming Jay Hawkins, and the Stray Cats are early influential/precursors, and The Meteors are

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychobilly
http://www.wreckingpit.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_psychobilly_bands

There is quite a lot of good stuff done after 89, but you wont find it in MTV.

I dont remember listening to Velvet Underground, but I do have a Cd of Velvet Revolver, and if I´m not wrong, its a band with some guys from U. Underground. Its a very good cd.

Anyway, music curently on my iPod:

- BB King & Eric Clapton -> Riding with the king (amazing blues/jazz)
- Blind Guardian -> Twist in the myth (melodic metal)
- Chico Science -> Afrociberdelia (brazilian samba-pop)
- Dream Theater -> Almost all cds (progressive rock)
- The Gathering -> Almost all cds (trance alternative pop)
- Jamiroquai -> Almost all cds (dance pop)
- Jeff Van Dyck -> Rome: Total war soundtrack (game soundtrack)
- Joe Satriani -> Strange Beautifull Music (instrumental guitar)
- Lacuna Coil -> Comalies (italian melodic rock)
- Lene Marlin -> Playing my game (romantic pop)
- My Chemical Romance -> Three Cheers (emo pop)
- Nocturnal Rites -> Afterlife (heavy metal)
- Rage -> Soundchaser and Unity (heavy metal)
- Red Hot Chili Pepers -> Stadium Arcadium (pop rock)
- Soilwork -> Figure Number Four (death metal)
- Velvet Revolver -> Contraband (pop rock)
- Yair Dalal -> ASMAR (turkish music)

And a bunch of brazilian music, some other soundtracks and some trance podcasts.

if it's anything good, i'll listen to it, tho i find many good music comes from the genre of alternative rock.

I like good music.

Genres are meaningless. If its good, Ill listen to it.
I agree up to a point. There is a certain genre from which I will tolorate no sound to grace my ears...I speak of rap, of course, that false shit that claims to be music yet isn't music in even the broadest definition of the word.

Everything from Vivaldi to Velvet Underground, Tchaikovsky to Twisted Sister... Prettymuch anything pre-1989. New music sucks.

www.sigur-ros.co.uk and be surprised how good new music is. i admit most of what i listen to is new but i am getting into older stuff as well, always interested in who influenced my favorite artists.

but there is no you can just make a blanket statement like that without elaborating on the reasons why you think new music sucks. it seems like you havent listened to much of it. and i hope you do not gauge based on the radio because then i would agree that new music sucks.

I agree up to a point. There is a certain genre from which I will tolorate no sound to grace my ears...I speak of rap, of course, that false shit that claims to be music yet isn't music in even the broadest definition of the word.

Marketable popular rap is shit. But there are some very talented underground artists. Black Star, cLOUDDEAD, Aesop Rock, and Subtle Id recommend.

There is quite a lot of good stuff done after 89, but you wont find it in MTV.

I dont remember listening to Velvet Underground, but I do have a Cd of Velvet Revolver, and if I´m not wrong, its a band with some guys from U. Underground. Its a very good cd.

Anyway, music curently on my iPod:

- BB King & Eric Clapton -> Riding with the king (amazing blues/jazz)
- Blind Guardian -> Twist in the myth (melodic metal)
- Chico Science -> Afrociberdelia (brazilian samba-pop)
- Dream Theater -> Almost all cds (progressive rock)
- The Gathering -> Almost all cds (trance alternative pop)
- Jamiroquai -> Almost all cds (dance pop)
- Jeff Van Dyck -> Rome: Total war soundtrack (game soundtrack)
- Joe Satriani -> Strange Beautifull Music (instrumental guitar)
- Lacuna Coil -> Comalies (italian melodic rock)
- Lene Marlin -> Playing my game (romantic pop)
- My Chemical Romance -> Three Cheers (emo pop)
- Nocturnal Rites -> Afterlife (heavy metal)
- Rage -> Soundchaser and Unity (heavy metal)
- Red Hot Chili Pepers -> Stadium Arcadium (pop rock)
- Soilwork -> Figure Number Four (death metal)
- Velvet Revolver -> Contraband (pop rock)
- Yair Dalal -> ASMAR (turkish music)

And a bunch of brazilian music, some other soundtracks and some trance podcasts.

Im almost sure that "Velvet" in their name is all they share.

Yes, one has to agree that every genre (even the crapiest ones) has some salvageable material. Even rap.

And, anyway, there are some rap music that do make you laugh.

Marketable popular rap is shit. But there are some very talented underground artists. Black Star, cLOUDDEAD, Aesop Rock, and Subtle Id recommend.

No. There is no such thing as good rap. Period. It's not music! It's bad poetry with a vague beat to it. Even with certain genres where there is little to no actual instrumentality--most pop music, anyone?--the artists are still at least able to SING. Rap doesn't even have that! They speak it most of the time, acting all cool, as if somehow coming up with poems about money and shit makes them some kind of really cool person. I especially hate the kind that promotes violence, ESPECIALLY gang violence. Ugh. Shit shit shit shit SHIT.

I'd promote a certain country song I once heard called "Rap is Crap" except that song makes you sound like an incredibly cliched redneck, which irks me.

I can never put any bands I like into genres. I completely suck at it.

So, as a result of that, I never look up bands based on their genre, because I have no idea about them. Mostly I'll listen to alot of bands and if I like them then their genre doesn't matter much.

No, no, no. The best genre is clearly Christian punk.;)

I like pretty much anything, but my favorite songs tend to be slow and include lots of acoustic guitars (I love 'em, even though i can't play 'em). Think of Andy Davis and Damien Rice. I also happen to enjoy some rap, i mean, the ones with some meaning beyond 'i'm rich and i have tons of bitches to fuck'. Kanye West has some good stuff. I also like some alternative rock, like Crossfade, Submersed and so on. Oh, and I forgot to mention my all-time favorite, the band that started it all, the band that made me really pay attention to music, Linkin' Park. They rule. :cool:

Creedence Clearwater Revival.

I love Country Music. Out of all the CDs I have more than 95% are Country. I do have Bob Seger's Greatest Hits and Tom Petty. :D

Hooray, my first post.

I listen to punk, ska, psychobilly and even a tiny bit of rap.

Artists...

Punk: DKM, Dead Kennedys, The Business, The Instigators, Subhumans, Pennywise, Rancid, Social Distortion, Bad Brains etc.

Ska: Specials, Bad Manners, The Beat, Operation Ivy (very punk as well), Less Than Jake, Reel Big Fish, Bouncing Souls, Planet Smashers etc.

Psychobilly: The Meteors, The Cramps, Stray Cats, Nekromantix, Radium Cats, Farrel Bros. etc.

Rap: So far only Sage Francis and Immortal Technique.

I can never put any bands I like into genres. I completely suck at it.

So, as a result of that, I never look up bands based on their genre, because I have no idea about them. Mostly I'll listen to alot of bands and if I like them then their genre doesn't matter much.
You like post rock. Trust me on this.

Post rock FTW.

I love Country Music. Out of all the CDs I have more than 95% are Country. I do have Bob Seger's Greatest Hits and Tom Petty. :D

Ah!
Did you know that the suicide rates actually coincide with country music airtime?

I love progressive rock and progressive metal, and like a load of music styles except for country and folclore.

You like post rock. Trust me on this.

Post rock FTW.

Yea, that's true.

I like others as well, even if I don't know what they're called, but post rock is one of them.

Latino music.

Metal (especially power metal), rock, classical, some prog. This (http://www.last.fm/user/Riolama/charts/?charttype=overall&subtype=artist&range=104) gives you some idea, but half my cds aren't copied to my computer so it's not accurate.

See my sig for a selection of the stuff I listen to.

A bit of most stuff. Can't stomach most metal, I don't enjoy it at all. But almost anything else is good.

My favourite band's probably Portishead, and supposedly they're working on some new stuff IIRC, after about 8 years of nothing.

- My Chemical Romance -> Three Cheers (emo pop)

MCR = NOT emo. At all.

I listen to hardcore, crust, emo, powerviolence, grindcore, d-beat, digital hardcore, industrial, hard techno, some rap, some metal, some jazz, some alternative, some punk (meaning some punk that doesn't fall into the first 6 specific types of punk I listed)... all sorts of stuff.

As for genres, genres are good way of organizing music based on similar sounds and ideas, everyone thinks they listen to 'good music' or 'what sounds good'. Genres allow us to classify music based on common traits and aesthetics. For example, some people would ignorantly lump grindcore and death metal together when grindcore is actually a variety of punk; that they're both fast and heavy with distorted vocals means little, of course there are bands that draw influence from both genres, just to keep it nice and confusing.

Bingo.



What does music have to do with employement? Or did you mean personal?
(I won't even start on your religious tastes in music. ;))

If you meant to say that the types of music one preominately listens to reveal something of one's personality, then my tastes would probably indicate either a well intigrated personality or a complete psychotic break.
I'm liable to put on an old Johnny Cash album, followed by Melt Banana, Georg Solti conducting the CSO, BB King, Clifton Chenier, Weirld Al, Drop Kick Murphys, Wang Guotong, Kodo, Shang Shang Typhoon, or something else entirely unrelated.





Think a cross between 70's Punk and 50's Rockabilly.

The earliesty reference to "psychobilly" is the he Johnny Cash song "One Piece At A Time".



(And in looking up the lyrics, I came across http://revart.blogs.com/photos/art_wheels/wheels_johnny_cash_psychobilly_cadillac.html.)

The Cramps, Screaming Jay Hawkins, and the Stray Cats are early influential/precursors, and The Meteors are

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychobilly
http://www.wreckingpit.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_psychobilly_bands


Im sorry to say byt the Cramps is not psychobilly the first psychobilly band were the meteros and it staret in englad in the early 1980. Listen to some of the new bands instead liek Mad Sin, Nekromantix, Tiger Army (popabilly), Horrorpops (popabilly), Kings of Nuthin, Rezurex, Hellbillys and so on.

There is quite a lot of good stuff done after 89, but you wont find it in MTV.

I dont remember listening to Velvet Underground, but I do have a Cd of Velvet Revolver, and if I´m not wrong, its a band with some guys from U. Underground. Its a very good cd.

Anyway, music curently on my iPod:

- BB King & Eric Clapton -> Riding with the king (amazing blues/jazz)
- Blind Guardian -> Twist in the myth (melodic metal)
- Chico Science -> Afrociberdelia (brazilian samba-pop)
- Dream Theater -> Almost all cds (progressive rock)
- The Gathering -> Almost all cds (trance alternative pop)
- Jamiroquai -> Almost all cds (dance pop)
- Jeff Van Dyck -> Rome: Total war soundtrack (game soundtrack)
- Joe Satriani -> Strange Beautifull Music (instrumental guitar)
- Lacuna Coil -> Comalies (italian melodic rock)
- Lene Marlin -> Playing my game (romantic pop)
- My Chemical Romance -> Three Cheers (emo pop)
- Nocturnal Rites -> Afterlife (heavy metal)
- Rage -> Soundchaser and Unity (heavy metal)
- Red Hot Chili Pepers -> Stadium Arcadium (pop rock)
- Soilwork -> Figure Number Four (death metal)
- Velvet Revolver -> Contraband (pop rock)
- Yair Dalal -> ASMAR (turkish music)

And a bunch of brazilian music, some other soundtracks and some trance podcasts.


Heh. You have MCR on you're IPod. Not even I descend that low.

I like noise. I'm not too partial to music. Too much entertainment, not enough art there.

No, no, no. The best genre is clearly Christian punk.

No such thing.

No, no, no. The best genre is clearly Christian punk.;)

Christian Punk = Nazi Reggae.

There are times when I just can't get enough of hardcore death metal.

I like Rock, Punk, and Metal. I'm starting to get into some older stuff, like folk and blues. Older rap isn't bad, either.
The best (sub)genre per capita is grunge, though it isn't the best genre overall, given the small number of artists in the category.

No. There is no such thing as good rap. Period. It's not music! It's bad poetry with a vague beat to it. Even with certain genres where there is little to no actual instrumentality--most pop music, anyone?--the artists are still at least able to SING. Rap doesn't even have that! They speak it most of the time, acting all cool, as if somehow coming up with poems about money and shit makes them some kind of really cool person. I especially hate the kind that promotes violence, ESPECIALLY gang violence. Ugh. Shit shit shit shit SHIT.

Among things...

Rapping is far more complex then just speaking, if you tried it, you'd know. It takes skill and talent. Coming up with rhymes with layers of metaphor and simile takes a great deal of lyrical skill, at least on par with writing a good sung song.

Singing doesn't make the music, music can be music regardless of whether the vocals are sung, screamed, growled, rapped, spoken or non-existent.

Much rap music is minimalist, but again, the fact that there isn't much going on doesn't make it bad, otherwise ambient, minimalist techno and downbeat would be 'bad music' and really, they're all quite good.

Judging by the ignorance your post shows, you don't know shit about rap and thus are only judging it based on the slightest of experience regarding it. It's fine that you don't like it, but it is quite clearly a type of music, a type of music that requires a fair amount of skill to make.

I'm very fond of Rush and Bob Mould's work.

In fact, I've been on a Bob Mould kick for over a week now, and I'm currently listening to select songs from his Workbook (1989) album.