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Ahem. I started this thread originally, forgetting about classical music. Which in some people's opinions is going to be better then modern music, which is what I meant by the thread. So I decided to start this thread and let the classical-types have that thread.

So...I'm going to start by nominating "The Spirit of Radio" by Rush.

How far back does Modern go?

How far back does Modern go?

Through all time, obviously.

Oh lord, that is a massive amount of music threads you have racked up.

I'd like to change my answer from American Pie to Wish You Were Here. It has delicious acoustic and fantastic lyrics.

If modern means within the last couple years, I might nominate The Mars Volta's "Day of the Baphomets" and/or "Asilos Magdalena," both off of the album Amputechture.

however, as it doesn't seem to mean that, I have no clue...

If modern means within the last couple years, I might nominate The Mars Volta's "Day of the Baphomets" and/or "Asilos Magdelena."

however, as it doesn't seem to mean that, I have no clue...

I'd say we're assuming 1900-on.

I'd say we're assuming 1900-on.

Yeah.

And as for music threads, I nominate myself for official NS music geek.

Through all time, obviously.

hrm.. How long ago would you folks still consider to be modern?

Anyway, I 'nominate' "Carry On Wayward Son" by Kansas, and "Have You Ever Seen The Rain" by CCR (Creedence Clearwater Revival).

Anyway, I 'nominate' "Carry On Wayward Son" by Kansas

I love that song.

There'll be peace when you are done...

Yeah.

And as for music threads, I nominate myself for official NS music geek.

You can have that title! All hail Zarakon, NS Music Geek!

I love that song.

There'll be peace when you are done...

...lay your weary head to rest
Now don't you cry no more



and ten decades of posts, woo!

"Going to Georgia" The Mountain Goats
"Sunday Morning Coming Down" by Johnny Cash

I hereby motion for all songs by the bands Journey, Kansas, Boston, REO Speedwagon, Styx, Steve Perry solo, and Chicago to be banned from nomination.

I hereby motion for all songs by the bands Journey, Kansas, Boston, REO Speedwagon, Styx, Steve Perry solo, and Chicago to be banned from nomination.

I object to Kansas.

Both the band being on that list and the state in general.

I hereby motion for all songs by the bands Journey, Kansas, Boston, REO Speedwagon, Styx, Steve Perry solo, and Chicago to be banned from nomination.

But..but.. Kansas has good songs, and so does Styx.. and who are you anyway.. *evil squint* :p

I object to Kansas.

Both the band being on that list and the state in general.

The state and the band are very similar: bland, boring, and possessing no highlights whatsoever.

I disagree besides Kansas being a very good band there is ONE Boston song worth considering, More Than a Feeling (btw not my pick). Just a very catchy song.
My pick is New Slang by The Shins, although I'll easily substitute that for something else of theirs. Very good band The Shins

Anywhoo if I've learned one thing about music is that there are very definite opinions and everybody hates everybody elses opinions.

Duh... (http://www.thedeadballera.com/MeetTheMets62Version.mp3)

But..but.. Kansas has good songs, and so does Styx.. and who are you anyway.. *evil squint* :p

The only decent song by any of those bands is 25 or 6 to 4 by Chicago.

The state and the band are very similar: bland, boring, and possessing no highlights whatsoever.

Jesus wept.

Jesus wept.

Best. Response. Ever.

My pick is New Slang by The Shins, although I'll easily substitute that for something else of theirs. Very good band The Shins

Anywhoo if I've learned one thing about music is that there are very definite opinions and everybody hates everybody elses opinions.

I would go with Caring is Creepy or Young Pilgrims by The Shins, but New Slang is excellent.

i'm currently very much enjoying 'get it together' by the go! team.

I hereby motion for all songs by the bands Journey, Kansas, Boston, REO Speedwagon, Styx, Steve Perry solo, and Chicago to be banned from nomination.

I second the nomination...

Motion carried.

I second the nomination...

Motion carried.

Thirded. Well, Styx had renegade, which is pretty good. But everything else definitely blows and should never even be considered. Especially Journey.

i vote for anything by leftover crack, the casualties, the dead kennedys, or the subhumans. none of those bands have ever made a song that i dislike

Thirded. Well, Styx had renegade, which is pretty good. But everything else definitely blows and should never even be considered. Especially Journey.

But...but..."Lady"?

Best. Response. Ever.

*bows* Thank you, thank you. Though I can't speak for Jesus on his musical preference, or anything else. [/disclaimer]

But...but..."Lady"?
Eh.

*bows* Thank you, thank you. Though I can't speak for Jesus on his musical preference, or anything else. [/disclaimer]

He likes Rob Zombie.

I would go with Caring is Creepy or Young Pilgrims by The Shins, but New Slang is excellent.

Pretty songs, but they'd bore me even if I were on morphine.. well, unless it had an organ solo..

Not picking on you, you're just the first to suggest a song I hadn't heard.. I'm downloading while reading the thread. :p

I'm searching my memory for a candidate for 'best song' myself, but drawing a blank.. I'll try back later. :)

He likes Rob Zombie.

Aye, started to right after the Lazarus incident.

Pretty songs, but they'd bore me even if I were on morphine.. well, unless it had an organ solo..

Not picking on you, you're just the first to suggest a song I hadn't heard.. I'm downloading while reading the thread. :p

I'm searching my memory for a candidate for 'best song' myself, but drawing a blank.. I'll try back later. :)

I do listen to a lot of mellow songs.

What types of music do you listen to?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0svZJtyDDOc

the NSG of the past!

Since 1900, I dunno. In the past 15 years...I guess I'd go with Pulp's Common People.

Some songs I especially like, that aren't already "known to be great" as so many are.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Y Control
YYYs - Turn Into
Rainer Maria - Artificial Light
Alfredo Casero - Shima Uta
Gigi Di'Agostino - I'll Fly With You
La Oreja De Van Gogh - Por Que Te Vas?
Madreblu - Certamente

I do listen to a lot of mellow songs.

What types of music do you listen to?

I'm at a transitional phase.. My taste in metal and the like has dissipated along with the hormones, and now with age.. I'm still open to it, but nothing's caught my eye lately. So I'm drifting toward the mellow, just slowly. ;) I like traditional rock if it's well done, all kinds of psychedelic and folk rock.. I've only recently gotten a computer that isn't shared, so I'm just beginning to download music again. I should have some favorites soon. :) I like playing traditional bouzouki taximia on the guitar, so I listen to a lot of that too.

Since 1900, I dunno. In the past 15 years...I guess I'd go with Pulp's Common People.

Wow, I thought I was pretty music-aware in the '90s, but I missed them entirely. Wikipedia says they were big.. Not a bad song.. pop-tastic. :p

Wow, I thought I was pretty music-aware in the '90s, but I missed them entirely. Wikipedia says they were big.. Not a bad song.. pop-tastic. :p

They were big mainly in Britain. I dunno if they ever got major play over here.

Picked that song because it has a nice simple poppy sound with some pretty awesome and relevant lyrics. No whining about a girl not loving you back or the typical pop fare. Just a song about a topic that gets very little attention in the pop world: class.

And the Shatner version is also pretty good. :) But that's probably because he has Joe Jackson singing the chorus.

Again, Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here and Elton John - Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters

So...I'm going to start by nominating "The Spirit of Radio" by Rush.

I'll do the same. That song is timeless.

I nominate something by the legendary Robert Johnson, probably "Cross Road Blues (http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MUSIC/blues/crb.html)" or "Hellhound On My Trail (http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MUSIC/blues/homt.html)."

And the Shatner version is also pretty good. :) But that's probably because he has Joe Jackson singing the chorus.
Well, it's sure as hell not because of anything to do with Shatner.

The only thing good about Shatner's version is that it's a good example of how to totally ruin a good song.

And as for music threads, I nominate myself for official NS music geek.
There's a lot of competition, y'know. Me, Kanabia, Potarius, Intangelon...

I sense a poll coming on...

I feel the need to nominate 'Dead' by Converge.

Yeah.

And as for music threads, I nominate myself for official NS music geek.
I nominate you, The Pretender, Bonnie Prince Zarakon.
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There's a lot of competition, y'know. Me, Kanabia, Potarius, Intangelon...

I sense a poll coming on...
I would nominate some old nser whom may have had Taco in their name, i just can't remember their name.:(

"Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana

Well, it's sure as hell not because of anything to do with Shatner.

The only thing good about Shatner's version is that it's a good example of how to totally ruin a good song.

But Shatner's part is just so cheesy. It makes it pretty entertaining.

But Shatner's part is just so cheesy. It makes it pretty entertaining.
I'll say one thing about his cover of Common People. It's better than his covers of Mr Tambourine Man and Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds.

Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds.

I honestly believe that is the worst song ever created. Although that Bloc Party one comes incredibly close.

I honestly believe that is the worst song ever created. Although that Bloc Party one comes incredibly close.
There are actually far worse. Never heard My Pal Foot Foot by The Shaggs?

And I haven't got a clue which Bloc Party song you mean. Admittedly even if you told me the name of the song, I still wouldn't have a clue, as I don't think I've ever heard any of their music.

There's a lot of competition, y'know. Me, Kanabia, Potarius, Intangelon...

I sense a poll coming on...

Oooh oooh, I wanna win!

There are actually far worse. Never heard My Pal Foot Foot by The Shaggs?
No, I'll have to look it up.

And I haven't got a clue which Bloc Party song you mean. Admittedly even if you told me the name of the song, I still wouldn't have a clue, as I don't think I've ever heard any of their music.
I think it's called The Prayer. It's the only thing by them I've ever heard, when a friend sent it to me in an effort to persuade me to listen to Radio 1. I got about half way through before I had to turn it off. It's awful.

Oooh oooh, I wanna win!
Well, you gather together some more nominations and make the poll then. Because I certainly can't be bothered making it. :p

People, people! Aren't we forgetting the obvious choice for best song here?

The theme from Sesame Street.

And some of you claim to be music aficionados. :rolleyes:

:p

No, I'll have to look it up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tC976ydqE3g

But probably not the worst song ever. I'd rather listen to that than Coldplay, for example.

Well, you gather together some more nominations and make the poll then. Because I certainly can't be bothered making it.

No, if I do that, I have a chance to lose. :)

Cassandra Gemini by The Mars Volta.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tC976ydqE3g

ok, now that is truly awful.

Zarakon? Music Geek? I object.

First of all, without defining "modern", you manage to REALLY say that what you want is people's favorite radio-aired or live-gig played singles by popular music groups of the last forty years or so. Admit it. You're talking rock, basically, from roughly 1963 on. Stop trying to be all egalitarian about it. If you're really saying 1900, then you're opening up everything from Stephen Foster, Irving Berlin, Scott Joplin, Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke, George Gershwin, and on and on and on, and that's just popular music -- stuff that was in shows before radio and on radio in its infancy.

1900 would include serialist songs by Arnold Schoenberg, and I KNOW you couldn't give a shit about that.

Hmm best songs of all modern time:

Song 2 - Blur
Plug in Baby - Muse
My Generation- The Who
Club Foot - Kasabian

And a lot of Frank Sinatras stuff. Great guy.

"Strange Fruit" by Abel Meeropol, sung by Billie Holiday.

Southern trees bear a strange fruit,
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root,
Black body swinging in the Southern breeze,
Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees.

Pastoral scene of the gallant South,
The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth,
Scent of magnolia sweet and fresh,
And the sudden smell of burning flesh!

Here is a fruit for the crows to pluck,
For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck,
For the sun to rot, for a tree to drop,
Here is a strange and bitter crop.

Now THAT's a song.

"Woodstock" as performed by Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young.

OR

Baba O'Riley by The Who.

I nominate something by the legendary Robert Johnson, probably "Cross Road Blues (http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MUSIC/blues/crb.html)" or "Hellhound On My Trail (http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MUSIC/blues/homt.html)."

Yes! Especially Cross Road Blues.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=5SZIFHJIjEw is a particularly good rendition of it.

There's a lot of competition, y'know. Me, Kanabia, Potarius, Intangelon...

Zarakon? Music Geek? I object.

First of all, without defining "modern", you manage to REALLY say that what you want is people's favorite radio-aired or live-gig played singles by popular music groups of the last forty years or so. Admit it. You're talking rock, basically, from roughly 1963 on. Stop trying to be all egalitarian about it. If you're really saying 1900, then you're opening up everything from Stephen Foster, Irving Berlin, Scott Joplin, Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke, George Gershwin, and on and on and on, and that's just popular music -- stuff that was in shows before radio and on radio in its infancy.

1900 would include serialist songs by Arnold Schoenberg, and I KNOW you couldn't give a shit about that.
QED. :)

Ahem. I started this thread originally, forgetting about classical music. Which in some people's opinions is going to be better then modern music, which is what I meant by the thread. So I decided to start this thread and let the classical-types have that thread.

So...I'm going to start by nominating "The Spirit of Radio" by Rush.

Crazy Train - Ozzy Osbourne
Heaven and Hell - Black Sabbath

Ahem. I started this thread originally, forgetting about classical music. Which in some people's opinions is going to be better then modern music, which is what I meant by the thread. So I decided to start this thread and let the classical-types have that thread.

So...I'm going to start by nominating "The Spirit of Radio" by Rush.

Don't Tell Me You Love Me - Night Ranger
Crazy Train - Ozzy Osbourne
Heaven and Hell - Black Sabbath

Zarakon? Music Geek? I object.

First of all, without defining "modern", you manage to REALLY say that what you want is people's favorite radio-aired or live-gig played singles by popular music groups of the last forty years or so. Admit it. You're talking rock, basically, from roughly 1963 on. Stop trying to be all egalitarian about it. If you're really saying 1900, then you're opening up everything from Stephen Foster, Irving Berlin, Scott Joplin, Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke, George Gershwin, and on and on and on, and that's just popular music -- stuff that was in shows before radio and on radio in its infancy.

1900 would include serialist songs by Arnold Schoenberg, and I KNOW you couldn't give a shit about that.

It's customary on NSG to make things sound much more elegant then they actually are. I thought about saying rock, but didn't want to rule out punk/metal/etc.

I've got the world on a String!

That is all.