The Music Thread

[PURIST]

I don't think there's any thread on music here yet, about which I'm surprised. Let's talk about our favourite music and musical instruments we like/play. Or anything about music!

I like all types of music. I like pop, rock, jazz, classical, instrumental.... all kinds of music if they sound good to me!

I listen to classical guitar quite a lot these days. The one I recommend is this one:



Barrios' music is melodically beautiful. I'd call him Chopin of guitar. We mainly associate Spanish composers when we talk about classical guitar, but if you are not so much into classical guitar, I think Barrios will convert you into a guitar lover.

BTW, I like electric guitar, too. I used to like this guy:



My favourite rock guitarist, Yngwie Malmsteen. Sounds very different from classical guitar in that it is very loud and sharp. As I'm getting older, I don't listen to those loud stuff as much, but I still like to hear them. The technical display of these rock guitarists are just amazing. Paul Gilbert and Tony McAlpine are others that I recommend.

[Invité]

Nice idea for a thread!

LadyR likes also a lot of artists....but my main fav genres are pop, alternative rock and indie....I also love new wave, synth pop, trance and music in foreign languages, especially from Finland, Romania and Russia

here are some of them: Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Keane, Coldplay, Cheryl Cole, White Lies, Oasis, The Killers, MGMT, Radiohead, Muse...

Music from Finland: Jenni Vartiainen, Viola, Tavaramarkkinat, The Rasmus
from Romania: Vama Veche, Vama, Travka
from Russia : t.A.T.u., Сплин, Мумий Тролль

I'm sure, I haven't written them all down here, but feel free to take a look on my lastfm profile:http://www.last.fm/user/PurpleSelma?setlang=en

These are probably the best records in my view- here a short excerpt :

[clovnul]

Lots of autotuned artists there.

[clovnul]

Don't know if I posted this show.
http://donspodradio.podomatic.com/

This man offers great music every show. Blues, classic rock, disco-pop. You should listen to his shows.

[Sennamacher]

Some of my favorite albums... they are all Finnish metal bands except for the last two...

[Mach]

I like strong guitar and / or vocal bands like Beatles, Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, The Who, Clash, Bob Dylan, Rod Stewart, Lynyrd Skynyrd , Black Sabbeth, Queen, Deep Purple, Pink Floyd, styx, Jefferson Airplane, Alice Cooper, Sex Pistols, David Bowie, Fleetwood Mac , Heart, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Niel Young, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Bachman–Turner Overdrive, U2, AC/DC, ZZ Top, Moody Blues , Chicago, Janice Joplin, Nazareth, Santana, Black Eyed Peas, Madona, Dire Straits, Lady Gaga, Blue Oyster Cult, Grateful Dead, Guess Who, Blondie,Canned Heat, Cream, Eric Clapton, Rush, Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, Boston, Aerosmith, Van Halen, Scorpions, The Kinks, Duran Duran, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Foreigner, Elvis and Mozart....I think that covers it all

[f1-cobra]

That's cool, but can you give us some examples.

[Mach]

Here you go...

[f1-cobra]

Haha, awesome.

Seriously, I second all the bands you posted.

[Mach]

Haha, awesome.

Seriously, I second all the bands you posted.

Thanks...I feel peaceful with my music ringing in my ears

[arizal_adl]

I listen to a lot of music mostly Pop, R&B, Hip Hop, varios metals, rock and guitar instrumentals.

Play a bit of guitar, and occassionally have a jam session with friends. Currently concentrating on Red Hot Chili Peppers

Some of the songs played during my jamming session
Metallica
Megadeth
Gun n Roses
Nirvana
Pearl Jam
Rage against the machine
Offspring
Ramones
Joe Satriani (trying.. hahaha)
Some local rock bands
Some 70's local songs

like yngwie.. but hate him because cant play his songs
any guitar players in da house?

[Pixx]

i listen to pretty much anything but my all time favs are:

Patti Smith
Led Zeppelin
Tom Waits
Nina Simone
Jeff Buckley
Cat Power
Damien Rice
Godspeed You Black Emperor!
Nine Inch Nails
Moloko
Massive Attack
Pink Floyd
Sigur Ros
PJ Harvey
Madonna

and some others that i like
Travis
Radiohead
Goldfrapp
Elvis, Beathes, Queen, the Doors, Janis Joplin etc...
Frank Sinatra
Explosions in the Sky
Portishead
Opeth
Tool
Anathema
Violent Femmes
Alice in Chains

etc...

some screenshot of someone's library - which i found online

[GUP]

Mozart
Queen
Coldplay
Michael Jackson
Alicia Keys
Michael Buble

Many others but depends of times, moods, what movie i saw etc. And some i only like 1-2 songs but dearly.

These are some of my fav CD's.

[Pixx]

i'm going to David Helfgott's concert tonight.

[GUP]

Whoo that's big!

[emziibbyx]

I'll listen to anything really, expect gangster rap, happy hardcore and death metal. Music is the only true love of my life. My favourite genre would have to be rock/alternative.

My favourites...
Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Foo Fighters
Kids In Glass Houses
YouMeAtSix (My favourite band)
Elliot Minor
Plain White T's
3OH!3
The Automatic
Enter Shikari
Green Day
Blink 182
Finch
AFI
Lostprophets
Biffy Clyro
Simple Plan
Weezer
Boys Like Girls
Oasis
The View
Alkaline Trio
Red Jumpsuit Apperatus
Tokio Hotel
The Academy Is
Taking Back Sunday
Paramore
All Time Low
Gigi D'Agostino (My favourite DJ)
Cascada
David Guetta
Ke$ha
Steve Aoki
JLS
Esmée Denters
Ashley Tisdale
Dima Bilan
Crazy Loop [Dan Balan]
Cheryl Cole
Owl City
Hadouken!

[quite a lot of those are 'obscure' bands and only a handful of people have heard of them, so if there are bands on my list that you'd like to hear, please let me know!]

[PURIST]

i'm going to David Helfgott's concert tonight.

Wow. I loved the movie 'Shine'.

[Pixx]

Wow. I loved the movie 'Shine'.

yeah, me too

[PURIST]

Michael Jackson led me to like pop music. I liked his Thriller album so much and since then, I became a pop-music fan.

I like the 80s stuff. Too mellow, maybe, but I grew up with 80s music so that sounds good to my ear.

Some of the stuff I used to listen to a lot:

Michael Jackson
Duran Duran
Foreigner
Madonna
A-ha
Wham! and George Michael
Lionel Richie
Chicago
Peter Cetera
Boston
Whitney Houston
Cutting Crew
Heart
Bryan Adams
Richard Marx
Europe
Bon Jovi
Starship
Whitesnake
Pet Shop Boys
U2
Bruce Hornsby and the Range
Wang Chung
Survivor
The Jets
Debbie Gibson
Tiffany
Fleetwood Mac
Huey Lewis and the News
Genesis
Phil Collins
Bangles
Def Leppard
Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine
The Cars
Dire Straits
Cindy Lauper
Eric Carmen
Stevie Wonder
Air Supply
Crowded House
Olivia Newton-John
John Farnam
Kylie Minogue
Belinda Carlisle

Pretty much an 08s collection I guess!

I also like Beatles, ELO, Carpenters, Elvis, Sinatra, Elton John, Billy Joel, Simon and Garfunkel, Eagles, Scorpions, Don Mclean, Jim Croce, Eric Clapton.... the list goes on.

I got hooked by electric guitar pieces when I was in highschool and Yngwie Malmsteen was the one who's responsible. Then, I got to like Gary Moore, Paul Gilbert(Racer-X and Mr.Big) and Tony MacAlpine. Other technical guitarists like Impeliteri, Marty Friedman, Jason Becker, Vinnie Moore, Michael Angelo, etc. all have awesome technique. I play classical guitar, but sometimes I try their stuff, although I'm not that good.

[clovnul]

[PURIST]

Hahaha, good one, clovnul.

[Mach]

Had to listen to my Sony Walkman this morning whilst I was fishing today cuz I couldn't find my iPod!!!!

[Mach]

Smoke On The Water by Deep Purple.....my neighbour’s kid is playing it on his guitar

[Pixx]

going through 72 gb of music to choose 4 gb to put in the ipod.

i hate doing this

[Mach]

oh my goddddd