Favorite Music

[thedigitalnomad]

I'm sure there have been dozens of topics like this before, but I'm not sure of this forum's policy on gravedigging. Some would rather you revive an old thread, others would rather you made a new one..

But anyway: What sorts of music do you guys like to listen to? Assuming, of course, that you like to listen to music.

I feel kind of out of place when I tell geeks what sort of music I listen to (plus, I'm sure I'm the only person here with their lip pierced ;P ), and at the same time, I feel out of place when I tell people who listen to the music I listen to that I'm a geek. It's an odd feeling.

But either way, I'm a big black metal enthusiest. I love just about any other genre of metal (save for goth, glam, and grindcore), but black metal has really caught my attention. I don't necessarily care for the content (which primarily is very heavily influenced by Satanism--both true Laveyan Satanism, and the Satanism dreamed up by the Church), but the music is just phenomenal. Groups like Emperor, Susperia, Borknagar, Dimmu Borgir, Old Man's Child, Kreator, and The Kovenant just totally rock my world.

I like Gothic metal (not to be confused with pussy, whiney goth metal) a lot too. Nightwish is the best I've heard of the genre.

Other groups that hold a special place in my heart are Fear Factory (Probably my favorite group overall), Children of Bodom, In Flames (Though, I didn't care for their last album) Metallica (Pre-Load. Everything after the black album just wasn't as good), Testament, Megadeth, Iced Earth, Kamelot, Rhapsody, Dream Theater (Mike Portnoy is one of my heroes--he's the most amazing drummer I've ever seen or heard), and many others.

How about you guys (and, possibly, gals)?

[Stephen Philbin]

We're actually a pretty diverse lot here. Some are indeed 100% grade A, premium quality geek, but this is a forum of web developers, not stereotypes. ;)Personally I'm a much more cheery kind of bunny. One of my most favourite groups is called Jurassic 5. They're a hip hop based group which also holds as a member one of my favourite musicians. A DJ known as "Cut Chemist". Another of my all time favourite DJ's is a Chap best known as "DJ Shadow". An incredibly cheesy name I know, but I believe his work to be some of the finest on the planet, a truly diverse atrist if ever there was one. 3 CD's of James Brown's greatest hits are currently in my CD player at the mo' though.

[thedigitalnomad]

We're actually a pretty diverse lot here. Some are indeed 100% grade A, premium quality geek, but this is a forum of web developers, not stereotypes. ;)Personally I'm a much more cheery kind of bunny. One of my most favourite groups is called Jurassic 5. They're a hip hop based group which also holds as a member one of my favourite musicians. A DJ known as "Cut Chemist". Another of my all time favourite DJ's is a Chap best known as "DJ Shadow". An incredibly cheesy name I know, but I believe his work to be some of the finest on the planet, a truly diverse atrist if ever there was one. 3 CD's of James Brown's greatest hits are currently in my CD player at the mo' though.

I'm open to just about all music, not just Metal. I should have noted that.

For DJ's, my I like Junkie XL (If only for the remixes he did for Fear Factory's "Remanufacture" EP :D ), and (although I'm not sure if he counts as a DJ, per se, but) Amon Tobin (a.k.a. Cujo)--Especially his last two albums, Out From Out Where and Supermodified. You can hear his music in the new Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory. He's pretty awesome.

I'm sure I've heard Jurassic 5 before, but can't place it. I do like a bit of hip hop, but find that most of it sounds the same. I like some old school gangsta rap like Snoop Dogg's older stuff, Dr. Dre, NWA, Public Enemy, etc. I can't think of any strictly hip hop groups I like right off the top of my head, though.

[Stephen Philbin]

I like some Gangster Rap, but I don't care for a lot of it. The same is also true of most modern stuff. Mosly just talentless fakers portraying a false image simply to sell records. James Brown, one of the greatest musicians ever, but I don't remember him ever threatening to shoot me if I ever "stepped into his hood". He was far from a saint, but he wasn't a talentless loser. I'm more into the De La Soul or Blackalicious style. Actual music, as opposed to empty bravado to a beat.

[JPnyc]

Yes, Genesis, King Crimson, Pink Floyd, Steely Dan, bunch of jazz and classical artists.

[Stephen Philbin]

Can't say I care much for Genesis, but Pink Floyd and "bunch of jazz and classical artists" (lol) certainly get my vote. :D

[thedigitalnomad]

I like some Gangster Rap, but I don't care for a lot of it. The same is also true of most modern stuff. Mosly just talentless fakers portraying a false image simply to sell records. James Brown, one of the greatest musicians ever, but I don't remember him ever threatening to shoot me if I ever "stepped into his hood". He was far from a saint, but he wasn't a talentless loser. I'm more into the De La Soul or Blackalicious style. Actual music, as opposed to empty bravado to a beat.

Technically, rap isn't music to begin with. It lacks melody for the most part, which is the main reason I dislike it--It's so monotonous. Dr. Dre was one of the few that actually put a little melody in there, which is one of the reasons I like him (and, conversely, I like eminem for Dre's producing work. I don't care for the content, however).

I'm not sure how comparing James Brown to gangsta rap comes in, though XP

[Stephen Philbin]

Eminem is the only recent one I've heard that I really like, but I haven't heard anything of his since his third album. It's the content I liked. I liked the music, but the real thing I liked was the lyrics. Yeah there are "Explicit lyrics" but the fact that he had something to say and didn't try making himself out to be super gangster number one whilst saying it is what I liked. A bit of honesty.

The James Brown example was just to say that he sold records on quality, not on presenting some fake, glorified "lifestyle" to sell records.

[thedigitalnomad]

I don't really care for the content, for the simple fact that I don't care for poetry ;P

I'm a wierdo. I love prose, but hate poetry. To me, it's much more effective to portray something by describing it, rather than describing what it's like, with as few words as possible (as most poetry seems to me). *shrug*

Which isn't to say I dont' like lyrics, even though they're more or less the same thing. I guess more accurately, I like the voice as an instrument, and I like knowing what the lyrics are purely so I can sing along. I'm a dork like that :)

[Stephen Philbin]

lol.I know exactly what you mean, but then that's the beauty of art isn't it. Thousands can like the same identical piece, but all in their own way and for their own reasons and they each take something unique from it.

To each, their own. ;)

[NogDog]

Modern big band jazz (not '40s swing, but new original stuff), e.g.: Don Ellis Orchestra, some of the Stan Kenton and Woody Herman bands, Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band.
Jazz Rock such as Chase, Blood Sweat & Tears, Tower of Power (jazz funk?), and the first few Chicago albums.
Classic rock, e.g.: Floyd, Yes, Genesis (up through "Trick of the Tail"); plus the lesser-known Renaissance and Gentle Giant.
Classical, mainly symphonic works from Beethoven and later, including Stravinsky, Copland, and Shostakovich.
All sorts of odds and ends from many different genres, such as Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Baroque brass choir music, Kate Bush, and anything else that catches my ear and is creative, not derivative.

[buntine]

thedigitalnomad, I am wearing a Burzum shirt right now as I listen to my old Isengard (personal project of Fenriz rfom Darkthrone) album.

My tastes are quite diverse. My average day normally starts with some Raw Black Metal like Tartosghard, Oblomov, Mystic Forest, or old Summoning. Then I listen to some classical music, usually centering around the works on Bach, Wagner, and Stronimsky.

For lunch I like some post-black, Norse folk music, such as Ogneslav, and Helgadom.

I often end the day with some brutal Death Metal like Decrepit Birth, Nile, Oni, or Beneath the Massacre. Or mayby some Medieval ambient like Acyronical Ritual or Aardia.

\m/

Regards.

[thedigitalnomad]

thedigitalnomad, I am wearing a Burzum shirt right now as I listen to my old Isengard (personal project of Fenriz rfom Darkthrone) album.

My tastes are quite diverse. My average day normally starts with some Raw Black Metal like Tartosghard, Oblomov, Mystic Forest, or old Summoning. Then I listen to some classical music, usually centering around the works on Bach, Wagner, and Stronimsky.

For lunch I like some post-black, Norse folk music, such as Ogneslav, and Helgadom.

I often end the day with some brutal Death Metal like Decrepit Birth, Nile, Oni, or Beneath the Massacre. Or mayby some Medieval ambient like Acyronical Ritual or Aardia.

\m/

Regards.


I haven't heard of half those bands. At the same time, it's relatively difficult to get a hold of all sorts of death and black metal here in Bumfuk Egypt. Black metal in general hasn't saturated much into America yet, either (which is sad). The only "good" (in everyone else's opinion) American black metal group is Goatwhore.

What is the black metal scene generally like there in Australia? I know of at least one or two black metal groups from over there.

Either way, my best resource for new music has been BNR Metal (http://www.bnrmetal.com) and Metalstorm (http://www.metalstorm.ee). And, of course, fellow metalheads I meet online, like yourself :D

[buntine]

You need to hear Burzum.

The metal scene in general is really good down under. There are thousands of us. Black Metal always is, and always will be, a very underground genre.

Black Witchery are a good BM band from America. Forest of Impaled are also extremely good (and from USA).

Regards.

[rhsunderground]

i listen to ALMOST all music. my only exception is country. just can't stand it. but other than that, i have rap, bluegrass, classical, rock, punk, qawwali, barbershop, jazz, and plenty of others. my music library sits at about 6588 songs.

[NogDog]

Just curious, anyone besides me still own and regularly play vinyl records?

[Stephen Philbin]

Yup.

[BeachSide]

Just curious, anyone besides me still own and regularly play vinyl records?
YES!!!!!

Hehe love vinyl man!

I basically love music in general... for instance right now playing on my iTunes is Kitaro, which is like Japanese Symphany Orchistra but that is about to end and who knows what will come on next (it's on random all the time unless I have a particular taste for something that day) maybe John Coltrane maybe Otep who knows... wait it is changing... HAH LOVE IT Barenaked Ladies - Be My Yoko Ono... anyway if I had to nail it down to only a few genres that I prefer over all the rest it would have to be in this order...

Electronica -
Jazzy House
Drum -n- Bass
Jungle
Trance
Ambient/DownTempo <- GREAT for working on websites ;) it's not too distracting

DJ Shadow
Nightmares On Wax
Dj Krush
Ian Pooley
Fatboy Slim
BT
Keoki
4Hero
geez I could go on and on and on about this

Rock/Pop -
80's MUSIC WILL LIVE FOREVER!!!
then again so will the 70's HAHA YES (as a matter of fact The Guess Who just came on iTunes)

Jazz/Acid Jazz -
I love the old stuff for sure! There is a lot of great new stuff too!

Rap/Hip Hop
Really I shouldn't combine the two but I will. They are completly different imo.
Wow this iTunes is reading my mind... ODB w/ Pharrel just came on this is too weird...
Anyway, I like true Hip-Hop. Basically street poetry with a beat. Someone said that it has no melody... It's not supposed to really. It's about the lyrics not the "music" or "melody"
The voice and words are the insturments.
Aesop Rock
Eric B & Rakim
Slug
etc...

I absolutly adore Bjork! I love mixing her music! Oh and how could I forget... GoldFrapp holy monkey!!! She has probably the sexiest voice since that chic from The Cardigans :o


Oh and I forgot to mention... The Beastie Boys & OutKast!!! My Heros!!!


::Edit:: Yo I don't know if y'all visit MySpace or not but check this band out they are kinda growing on me as of late...
Check Em Out: MorrisonPoe (http://www.myspace.com/morissonpoe)

[rhsunderground]

i have a fairly large vinyl collection, all pre-1985.

[MstrBob]

I own a few Vinyls, even if they were before my time :p. Got a turn table hooked up to an old tuner of mine which actually has phono input. Have some Zeppelin, Floyd, and Ramones vinyls.

I kind of bounce around within the broad genre of rock. But mostly I listen to rock, you know, though I do enjoy the occasional jazz or blues piece. From british invasion (The Big Four: Beatles, The Who, Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin) with other classics, Jimi Henrix, The Doors, Pink Floyd, the Eagles, Cream, Iron Butterfly, Black Sabbath, some AC DC, earlier Metallica. Other stuff like Sound Garden, Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave, Jet, The Datsuns, and The Vines. But I'll also listen to other stuff like Franz Ferdinand, the Futureheads, the Hives, and the White Stripes.

One thing I want to know, is listening to an entire album a dieing thing? It seems most everyone I know, especially with the advent of services like iTunes, just download singles "I like this song" and no one likes albums. I still buy CD's, because a good band putting together an album, the album is part of it. Of course the crap pop is a single or two and filler, but a well thought out album is something great. I'm not talking a rock opera necessarily, like The Wall or Tommy, just a well arranged album.

[JPnyc]

Geez Bob, here I thought you were a youngster. I'm startin' to think you're closer to my age. :)

[Stephen Philbin]

I'm definitely an album man. I haven't really gone in for all this downloading business myself. Before I killed the sound on my PC I used to rip my CD's to the PC, but I still ripped 'em and listened to them as albums. I rip 'em to my Xbox now, but i'm still the same with that. I do make kinds of type packages for my games. Like I'll make a grouping of all my favourite driving tunes so I can just quickly select that set of songs for my driving games, so I group songs fitting to a genre, but only for the purposes of games. When I listen to my music straight out of the Xbox dash, I invariably listen to them album by album.

[buntine]

I can't listen to music I have stolen. I feel too guilty. Ya' gotta buy the album -- it is part of the process.

Anyone who steals music can never call themselves a fan.

Regards.

[thedigitalnomad]

I'm an "album man" too. I've downloaded before, but I quit. Heh. Sounds like a drug. The RIAA will do their damndest to make you think that, too.

I do rip my CD's to my PC, but these days it's mostly just for backup purposes. I'm a lot more gentle with my cds than I used to, but I still get a few of them a little too junked up to play. I listen to stuff straight off of my PC sometimes, but not too much anymore as my sound card is slowly dying.

An album is an experience, though. Especially delving into a lot of power metal. I think concept albums are pretty awesome. My favorite overall is Fear Factory's "Obsolete". I've always been a sucker for a good sci-fi concept. Man vs. Machine is a fun concept unto itself.

[buntine]

Agent Steel used to do that back in the early eighties. They were/are awesome. So did GWAR! Luca Turilli did a cool album about galactic battles.

I was always attracted to the Medieval epics that alot of metal bands center their music around. Stuff like ManOwaR, Rhapsody, 1349, DIO, Walpurgisnacht, etc.

Regards.

[thedigitalnomad]

Rhapsody rocks my socks. I only have Power of the Dragonflame, though.

[buntine]

Yeh, everything Luca Turilli touches is great. Symphany of Enchanted Lands (part 1 and 2) were great albums.

Regards.

[Mausau2000]

Vinel rocks i have 1023 vinal reacords i got 4 free..
As 4 fav music i love the crazy frog :)

[Ben Rogers]

I'm mainly into rock, but I'm an electronica and jazz fan, too (Nogdog -- I'm going to have to look into the bands you listed). As for bands...

Semi-mainstream "dark-ish" stuff: Tool, APC, Disturbed, Marilyn Manson, Rob Zombie and Nine Inch Nails (Reznor is to me what Malmsteen, Ozzy, (Billy) Armstrong, or Snoop Dogg are to some others)
I listen to some the classics, but not to the extent that some people (cough, cough Bob) do: Black Sabbath (as well as Ozzy's solo stuff), Soundgarden (not as keen on Audioslave, or Cornell's solo effors, though some of it is good stuff), GnR, The Who (Tommy rules, iffy on most of their other stuff), and Iron Maiden.
Some of the more "kicky" stuff: The Cure, Death Cab, Aphex Twin, New Order, The Killers, and Depeche Mode
And some of the more obscure stuff: Cold (their earlier stuff was better.../sigh), Killing Joke (thank you, Asterisk), Switchblade Symphony (all together awesome, "Sinister Nostalgia" (goth rock+techno is definitely a good thing) is damned orgasmic), and Skinny Puppy.
That's about it. The only jazz band I've listened to is The Seatbelts (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Seatbelts) (true geek rock, very good stuff ... not all jazz, but much of it is), so no point listing them, eh?

EDIT: Borked VB.

[theuedimaster]

1. Rap is music.
2. I really don't like rap that much, except for the smart ones.
3. Its all about ROCK - Nirvana, Hendrix, Clapton, Santana, Pink Floyd, Metallica, Led Zepplin, ACDC
4. Its all about the Indie - Modest Mouse, Killers

[Ben Rogers]

1. Rap is music.
2. I really don't like rap that much, except for the smart ones.
3. Its all about ROCK - Nirvana, Hendrix, Clapton, Santana, Pink Floyd, Metallica, Led Zepplin, ACDC
4. Its all about the Indie - Modest Mouse, KillersAh, yes forgot to mention Nirvana, Floyd, and the Zep--I haven't ripped any of those CDs onto my computer, so they're not in the rotation. Should rip my mom's Santana CD, they're pretty good...Hendrix is obviously a guitarist god, but I'm not terribly fond of his works...that's just me. Oh, and Killers aren't underground/indy/whathaveyou. They're played quite a bit on the radio, 'case you haven't noticed.

[PeOfEo]

I like Gothic metal (not to be confused with pussy, whiney goth metal) a lot too. Nightwish is the best I've heard of the genre.


I actually consider nightwish to be powermetal though.

I listen to all forms of metal, I mean power, progressive, doom, death, black, so on and so fourth. But lately I have been really into the gothenburg sound. I love in flames, dark tranquility, and at the gates.

[thedigitalnomad]

That's about it. The only jazz band I've listened to is The Seatbelts (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Seatbelts) (true geek rock, very good stuff ... not all jazz, but much of it is), so no point listing them, eh?

Nice. Yoko Kanno is awesome.

[buntine]

I listen to all forms of metal, I mean power, progressive, doom, death, black, so on and so fourth. But lately I have been really into the gothenburg sound. I love in flames, dark tranquility, and at the gates.

haha. The Swedish stuff. \m/

[Jupac]

I'm ready go get flamed :p

I listen mostly to west coast Rap ^_^

Tupac
LL Cool J
Warren G
Nate Dogg
Snopp Dogg
Tech N9Ne
Nas
Dr.Dre
NWA <--- :D

I got more ^_^

and viet music :cool:

[gchick]

i like rock music (not hardcore)
like maxim
incubus
rooster
good charlotte
linkin park
etc...

well they're mostly alterrnative rock

[PeOfEo]

haha. The Swedish stuff. \m/
hellz yeah :P

[Ben Rogers]

John...you really can be a tad racist at times...viet music? and remember the time you said you'd try RAtM just because the members were black? WTF?

good charlotte
linkin parkEw.

[mapia]

i love techno, R&B music

[rhsunderground]

my bands, zoomed at 20%. this only gets A-Dash.

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[akay5785]

I think it's more then fair to say that there is no such thing as a "computer geek" anymore. My computer business is something i do on the side. I work full time at a Salon and Day Spa. How many geeks do you know work at a Salon. LOL. I listen to hip hop music and rock music. I have plenty of freinds and have a great social life. I have a strong passion for computers and i don't get associated or caught up with stereotypes. It's just like saying all black people are thugs... lol it's rediculous....

[Jupac]

any one here listen to m-flo?

[Ben Rogers]

Gee, Rizzo. How informative.

[NogDog]

On a related note, a man who influenced much of the music created in the last 40 years or so has passed on to the "great big gig in the sky":

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050822/tc_nm/moog_dc

_

[mapia]

snoop dogg
Dr. Dre

both are great when it comes to R&B

[thedigitalnomad]

John...you really can be a tad racist at times...viet music? and remember the time you said you'd try RAtM just because the members were black? WTF?

Aren't they Cuban?

On a related note, it's interesting that the guitarist went to Julliard. That's where he learned all of that weird **** he plays.

[NogDog]

snoop dogg
Dr. Dre

both are great when it comes to R&B
I'll give you the "R", but not the "B". I mean, I hear the Rhythm, but I sure don't hear the Blues.

[PeOfEo]

EWWW I DON'T LIKE RATM... THEY PISS ME OFF!!!!

[Ben Rogers]

Aren't they Cuban?

On a related note, it's interesting that the guitarist went to Julliard. That's where he learned all of that weird **** he plays.I don't know about that...as far as I know, he just experimented a lot with effects, and became experienced with them. It's a shame he's in Audioslave now...I don't know. It seems to me Chris Cornell's vocal style isn't exercised to it's full potential, and Morello's guitars aren't as innovative and interesting as they were in RAtM. Soundgarden was great, RAtM was great, Audioslave...eh. When I first heard it, I loved it, but it got...so...lame, I guess.EWWW I DON'T LIKE RATM... THEY PISS ME OFF!!!!We've been through this, Peo, and I beleive that we can all agree it's only because you're a silly redneck. Ptsch, politics off topic, my arse. Conservatives are just a bunch of close minded asswipe brownnosers ready to follow the president's every political whim.

[theuedimaster]

We've been through this, Peo, and I beleive that we can all agree it's only because you're a silly redneck. Ptsch, politics off topic, my arse. Conservatives are just a bunch of close minded asswipe brownnosers ready to follow the president's every political whim.

lol.... *gets popcorn*

[PeOfEo]

Just because I live in alabama doesnt make me a red neck!!! I'll have you know that I do not have any kind of a southern accent, I do not drive a truck (because that flew into a tree), and I do not have anything witha confederate flag on it.
I don't even like country music (well I like the lyrics of some of it, some good mushy love songs), and I don't like the dukes of hazard.

But I still say ratm sucks imo, but not because of their political messages (which generally piss me off no matter which way they go (pro-pain tends to piss me off, the offspring started to piss me off because of it, gwar pissed me off a little, etc etc)) but because of their style, I just do not thing they sound good.

[theuedimaster]

Don't know about you guys, but right now I am totally into Death Cab for Cutie...... Awesomeness....

[tinkerbell]

Hmm.. U2 is still my fave band...
err.. got a few new bands I am interested..tho

atm, i like edwin Mccains' could not ask for more

[buntine]

Shutup.

Listen to Summoning from Austria. \m/

[PeOfEo]

Bono likes men.

I second buntine, you should also listen to Morbid Angel, from Gainseville, FL.

[Ben Rogers]

Hmm.. U2 is still my fave bandEw. Bono is an asshole.Bono likes men.Homophobe. Further proof you're a red. And if he does, he gives homosexuals a bad name.

[PeOfEo]

I didn't say anything bad about homosexuals or Bono. I was simply stating a fact, Bono does infact like men. I don't have a problem with that, I hate him for who he is, not his sexual orientation. Don't jump to conclusions Ben!

[Ben Rogers]

Lol. Sorry, I don't exactly keep up on all the latest "celebrity gossip." Jump to conclusions? You mean like a certain rich redneck who said that there were "big bad weapons" in a certain country...?

[PeOfEo]

Lol. Sorry, I don't exactly keep up on all the latest "celebrity gossip." Jump to conclusions? You mean like a certain rich redneck who said that there were "big bad weapons" in a certain country...?
I mean jump to conclusions as in what I am saying. If the cia and certain foreign intelliegence agencies are saying that I am being a homophobe I would tell you to believe them.

[rhsunderground]

*clears throat*

on topic, please, or this thread is headed to the graveyard...

[PeOfEo]

We are talking about how Bono is gay!

[rhsunderground]

topic of the thread:What sorts of music do you guys like to listen to?

[PeOfEo]

Someone said U2 and we were disgussing Bono... I fail to see the problem. But whatever.

Lately I have been listening to Black Sabbath and Ozzy. Don't know why, I have just been wanting to listen to that.

[MstrBob]

Someone said U2 and we were disgussing Bono... I fail to see the problem. But whatever.

Lately I have been listening to Black Sabbath and Ozzy. Don't know why, I have just been wanting to listen to that.

Because Iron Man is quite possibly one of the catchiest riffs ever.

[PeOfEo]

Because Iron Man is quite possibly one of the catchiest riffs ever.
Not Iron man; The Blizzard of Oz album really, and Paranoid (minus iron man).

[Ben Rogers]

NAAAA NA NAH NAH NAH NANANANANAAAH NAH NAH NAH NAH! Ehm. Sorry.

I've been listening to a lot of * Zombie lately. I haven't even opened my copy of Paranoid.

[BigMoosie]

yeah U2 are great but I thought bono was married?

beatles, cat stevens, eagles, queen, ...bit strange I guess for a 16 yr old these days.. but also Red Hod Chilii Peppers, REM, White stripes etc. they all rock.

[Ben Rogers]

IMO, The Beatles are the only good band in that list...