Favorite music genres?

[shido]

gilder said:

shido: check out Ferry Corsten. Just discovered him from the DDR SuperNOVA and bought his album because it's incredible. Reminds me a bit of Daft Punk.

d5.ffshrine.org/soundtracks/Dance%20Dance%20Revolution%20Supernova%20V-Rare%209%20Music%20Sampler/01_-_ferry_corsten_-_lef_(loud_electronic_ferocious).mp3

I know Ferry Corsten, good DJ, kinda famous. He did some great tracks with Tiesto. But he is nothing like Duft Punk, he doing Trance.

[Gilder]

ahhhh, sorry about that. His single L.E.F. sounded to me like it could have been on Daft Punk's "Human After All" CD.

[necromaniac]

Hmmm, favorite genres.
It's kind of hard to pinpoint it, I'm all over the place.
But I have a pretty strong taste in music (I know what I like and I like what I know).
That said, I seem to lean towards the progressive, experimental and the symphonic.
Artists that I like:

-The Mars Volta
-Pink Floyd
-King Crimson
-Genesis
-Deftones
-Portishead
-Radiohead
-Camel
-Futurecut
-Nine Inch Nails
-Mindless self indulgence
-Rush
-Fantomas
-Van der Graaf Generator
-Massive Attack
-Deepeche Mode
-Doves
-Jethro Tull
-Godspeed you black emperor
-Tool
-Tom Waits
-Nick Cave
-Dj Shadow
-Unkle

...and many more.

[kal]

Melaodic Death Metal I suspect, though I also have a perverse pleasure derived from chiptunes..can't get enough of that wonderful *blip blip blooooop*.

[Vaccy]

Metal (Mostly Death and Black)
Industrial
New Wave/Darkwave/Goth/Whathaveyou
Game OSTs

[kyouki]

I generally like metal and progressive rock, as well as psychedelic, stoner, and noise rock/metal. I'm pretty picky when it comes to music... like with movies and games, there are certain things that REALLY bother me and will leave me disinterested. My big things with music is lyrics... the band singing and playing the song absolutely has to write their own material. And the lyrics have to be at least tolerable. I can put up with Dio's Dungeons & Dragons lyrics and some of the sillier metal stuff, and actually like nonsensical/vague lyrics like you might find in a song by The Mars Volta. I can't stand sappy/cliche stuff. I also can't stand groups that noodle around on their instruments like they have something to prove. Dream Theater comes to mind.

Anyway, some bands I like:

-Arcturus (awesome Norwegian progressive metal)
-Dio (Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Dio)
-Boris (Japanese group that alternate between heavy rock bordering on punk and experimental drone and atmospherics)
-Borknagar (somewhat similar to Arcturus but closer to black metal)
-Bruce Dickinson/Iron Maiden (I find his solo career a lot more interesting than his work with IM... Chemical Wedding is a fantastuc metal album)
-Chage & Aska (I enjoy their earliest albums (folk) and their newest albums. In between was a lot of awful J Pop)
-Frantic Bleep (ridiculously awesome band with only one album out currently. Expert musicians... like Dream Theater with the sappy lyrics replaced with nonsense/stream of thought and a distinct lack of instrument noodling!)
-Goatsnake (very cool "rhythm and doom" band)
-Marillion (I only have "Brave" which has really grown on me)
-The Mars Volta (awesome progressive metal with elements of jazz)
-Mr. Children (really great Japanese rock group that really hit their stride with "Shinkai." Earlier albums are very J Pop as opposed to their deeper more recent albums)
-Pink Floyd
-Porcupine Tree (I can only enjoy their latest two albums. In Absentia is really awesome and seems to have the concept of a serial killer going on. I found Stupid Dream to be really whiny and petty, lyrically)
-Queens of the Stone Age
-The Stars (Japanese psychedelic rock group with Michio Kurihara on guitar and You Ishihara on vocals... You is interesting because he sounds like a Japanese Jim Morrison at times. He sings in English (at least on the album I've got) and it's strange because at times he has no accent at all, and at others his accent is so thick it's hard to make out the lyrics)
-Sunn O))) (experimental drone artists who collaborate with all sorts of interesting people. Their collaboration with Boris (Altar) is a work of art!!)
-Ulver (yet another amazing Norwegian band... progressive metal with hints of electronica)

[papersquadcontrol]

Kyouki, based on some of the bands you've listed, you might enjoy Sigh (www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=51), if you don't know about them already, particularly their later albums.

Anyway, I mainly listen to metal (some favorites include Nocturnus, Watchtower, Summoning, Drudkh, Atheist, and so on), but also listen to a lot of prog/experimental rock (King Crimson, Hawkwind, Can, Frank Zappa), and electronic/industrial (Kraftwerk, Aphex Twin, In Slaughter Natives).

[Akirasfriend]

I have a pretty varied mix. I'm not a fan of any particular genre, I just like good music.

An example of the wide span of my musical interests:

Rap (Mainly older stuff, though there's new artists too)
Cypress Hill
N.W.A.
Dr. Dre (though he did come from N.W.A)
Missy Elliott
Goldie Lookin' Chain (A Welsh rap group, which some/most Americans may not have heard of)
Nujabes
Brand Nubian

Dance/Garage/Similar stuff
Daft Punk
Stanton Warriors
Fat Boy Slim
Massive Attack
Ratatat
Faithless
Overseer
Prodigy

New Wave (If there was a favourite genre, this'd be it)
Animotion
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Spandau Ballet
Blondie
Sigue Sigue Sputnik
ABC
Gary Numan

Rock (Different types, to save space/time)
Death in Vegas
Bloc Party
The Who
Q and Not U
Jane's Addiction
Stone Tmeple Pilots
Cake
Led Zeppelin
Alice In Chains
Sound Garden
Quarashi
Death From Above 1979

Punk/Ska
The Vapors
The Damned
Buzzcocks
Madness
The Specials
The Cure (not sure if they go here, really. Best place on the list)
Adam & The Ants
The Smiths
Sex Pistols

Just a few. I won't bore you with any more, but there's a taster for ya

[kyouki]

papersquadcontrol said:

Kyouki, based on some of the bands you've listed, you might enjoy Sigh (www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=51), if you don't know about them already, particularly their later albums.

Anyway, I mainly listen to metal (some favorites include Nocturnus, Watchtower, Summoning, Drudkh, Atheist, and so on), but also listen to a lot of prog/experimental rock (King Crimson, Hawkwind, Can, Frank Zappa), and electronic/industrial (Kraftwerk, Aphex Twin, In Slaughter Natives).

Thanks for the recommendation! Sigh do look interesting... "Imaginary Soundscapes" appears to be out of print, so I'll look around for it and see what I can find. Thanks!

[megatronbison]

shadax said:

haircute said:

Oddly enough, I think the only thing we can all agree on is Rhapsody and Dragonforce.

I seen Dragonforce a few months ago at a local gig and man, I felt too old for the audience. I did however grin my face right off when they played Kens music from Street Fighter 2 when they went on stage

[kyouki]

papersquadcontrol said:

Kyouki, based on some of the bands you've listed, you might enjoy Sigh (www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=51), if you don't know about them already, particularly their later albums.

Anyway, I mainly listen to metal (some favorites include Nocturnus, Watchtower, Summoning, Drudkh, Atheist, and so on), but also listen to a lot of prog/experimental rock (King Crimson, Hawkwind, Can, Frank Zappa), and electronic/industrial (Kraftwerk, Aphex Twin, In Slaughter Natives).

Exalt on the suggestion! I picked up Sigh's Gallows Gallery and it is pretty cool. The CD starts out on a low point as the first track sounds really screwed up... like it wasn't produced correctly. I am thinking they may have muddied the vocals in production to hide some of the shortcomings there but ended up worsening it. However, it definitely picks up by Track 2 and continues strongly throughout. Ater listening to it I went online and found the OOP Imaginary Sonicscape which just came today.

[joshf]

I mainly listen to slow/sludge/stoner metal and noise rock.

The Birthday Party
Boredoms
Fantomas
Goon Moon
Melvins
Mr. Bungle
Mudhoney
Hella
Lightning Bolt

[neomerge]

Im mainly in to hip hop but i also like some rock.

Rock I like:
Rage Against the Machine
3 Doors Down
Red Hot Chlli Peppers
Foo Fighters
Linkin Park

Rap:
Mobb Deep
Smilez & Southstar
Eminem
Obie Trice
Pacewon
Field Mob
Fort Minor

Other Groups/Artists I like:
Nirvana
Jack Johnson

[The bag of sand]

Alrighty, then ... picture this if you will.

10 to 2 AM, X, Yogi DMT, and a box of Krispy Kremes,
in my "need to know" pose, just outside of Area 51
Contemplating the whole "chosen people" thingy
when a flaming stealth banana split the sky
like one would hope but never really expect
to see in a place like this.
Cutting right angle donuts on a dime
and stopping right at my Birkenstocks,
and me yelping...

Holy fucking shit!

Then the X-Files being,
Looking like some kind of blue-green Jackie Chan
with Isabella Rossellini lips, and breath that reeked of
vanilla Chig Champa
Did a slow-mo Matrix descent
Outta the butt end of the banana vessel
And hovered above my bug-eyes, my gaping jaw,
and my sweaty L. Ron Hubbard upper lip,
and all I could think was:
"I hope Uncle Martin here doesn't notice
that I pissed my fuckin' pants."

So light in his way,
Like an apparition, [that]
He had me crying out,
"Fuck me
It's gotta be
the Deadhead Chemistry
The blotter got

on top of me
Got me seein' E-motherfuckin'-T!"

And after calming me down
with some orange slices
and some fetal spooning,
E.T. revealed to me his singular purpose.
He said, "You are the Chosen One,
the One who will deliver the message.
A message of hope for those who choose to hear it
and a warning for those who do not."
Me. The Chosen One?
They chose me!!!
And I didn't even graduate from fuckin' high school.

You'd better...
You'd better...
You'd better...
You'd better listen.

Then he looked right through me
With somniferous almond eyes
Don't even know what that means
Must remember to write it down
This is so real
Like the time Dave floated away
See, my heart is pounding
'Cause this shit never happens to me

I can't breathe right now!

It was so real,
Like I woke up in Wonderland.
All sorta terrifying
I don't wanna be all alone
While I tell this story.
And can anyone tell me why
Y'all sound like Peanuts parents?
Will I ever be coming down?
This is so real
Finally, it's my lucky day
See, my heart is racing
'Cause this shit never happens to me

I can't breathe right now!

You believe me, don't you?
Please believe what I've just said!
See the Dead ain't touring
And this wasn't all in my head.
See, they took me by the hand
And invited me right in.
Then they showed me something
I don't even know where to begin.

Strapped down [to] my bed
Feet cold [and] eyes red
I'm out of my head
Am I alive? Am I dead?
Can't remember what they said
God damn, shit the bed.

Hey ...

Overwhelmed as one would be, placed in my position.
Such a heavy burden now to be the One
Born to bear and bring to all the details of our ending,
To write it down for all the world to see.

But I forgot my pen
Shit the bed again ...
Typical.

Strapped down [to] my bed
Feet cold and eyes red
I'm out of my head
Am I alive? Am I dead?
Sunkist and Sudafed *
Gyroscopes and infrared
Won't help, I'm brain dead
Can't remember what they said
God damn, shit the bed

I can't remember what they said to me
Can't remember what they said to make me out to be the hero
Can't remember what they said
Bob help me!
Can't remember what they said

[We] don't know, [and we] won't know (x12)

God damn, shit the bed!

[necromaniac]

And the Exalt of the day goes out to thebagofsand for being a tool