What Music Do YOU Like?

[Donnageddon]

Originally Posted by RWood

To me there are two kinds of music (that's 10 for you binary types) -- interesting and boring.

That about sums it up.

I, as it seems most of you, have eclectic tastes in music.

My favorite genre is Classical. My favorite of that would be Rachmaninoff, and Elliot Carter (how is that for eclectic?) But I really love it all (including opera).

I also love:

Jazz
Bluegrass
Folk
Soundtracks (classical usually, but the soundtrack to Blade Runner is a favorite)
And good rock music. My most recent joy with rock is a band called Dengue Fever. They mix Cambodian pop with psychedelia, surf music and rockabilly.

Video of Dengue Fever here (youtube)

And of course, King Crimson.

[Donnageddon]

Oh, and rap music and country music are both oxymorons.

[spooky69]

Raaaaaaaaaaap. Maybe dub.

[Darqref]

Originally Posted by vivaldirules

Tell me, what one piece of music absolutely drives you to tears (of joy or whatever) and why?

Can't say it drove me to tears, but two specific performances, both classical.

1. Caught this on a live broadcast on our local classical radio station, from a performance in Berlin. Christmas Day, the year the Berlin Wall came down. Members of the Berlin Philharmonic, plus Dresden Staatskapel, a children's choir from someplace in East Germany, and individual performers from around the world, conducted by Leonard Bernstein. In honor of the occaision, all instances of the word Joy (Freuda ?) were replaced with the word Freedom (Freihart?) Beethoven, Symphony No. 9. This one is available on CD (look for "Bernstein in Berlin")

2. I have a recording of Richard Strauss, "An Alpine Symphony", and have heard several more. Several years ago, I had the opportunity to attend a live performance. It was the first time I'd been able to attend a performance in Seattle's Benaroya Hall, which, regardless of any competition from grand old places like the Vienna Opera Hall, etc., is one of THE BEST sounding performance spaces in the world. This concert was a joint performance of the Seattle Youth Symphony, and the Portland Youth Philharmonic - they each played one work, then combined for the Strauss. The sheer energy that young performers can bring to a work is magical, and this particular work really benefits from having a large orchestra. Sorry, I don't think its available unless you can access the archives of the S.Y.S. (and the Seattle work was a very credible performance of the Brahms Violin Concerto, featuring a young concerto contest winner.)

Outside of that, I like to stop to listen ehenever I hear the last movement of the Dvorak Cello Concerto, which in my opinion is the most glorious piece of cello music ever.

[spooky69]

Favorite artist: Fats domino
Favorite band: The Beach Boys

[yvanleterrible]

Originally Posted by Spartacus2112

Was that actually a reference to the band "Saga"? I have not heard of/from them in years! Glam/Prog/Pop...what the hell would you classify them as anyway? They seemed like "Loverboy" with some talent.

Very far from the typical rock group Loverboy.
Saga is a progressive rock band; any one of which has some roots in classical training. They are still performing and have started a south american tour with the new singer that came aboad in january. You can have alisten on their site.

[Spartacus2112]

Originally Posted by yvanleterrible

Very far from the typical rock group Loverboy.
Saga is a progressive rock band; any one of which has some roots in classical training. They are still performing and have started a south american tour with the new singer that came aboad in january. You can have alisten on their site.

Its been a while since I gave them a listen. I believe the last time I heard them was a song called "On the loose" or something like that. Agreed, very far from Loverboy, everyone was wearing tight leather outfits in the 80's.....even Meatloaf! Thanks for the link to their site, I will be checking some of it out!
As for myself, I am particular to Rush!

[yvanleterrible]

Originally Posted by Spartacus2112

Its been a while since I gave them a listen. I believe the last time I heard them was a song called "On the loose" or something like that. Agreed, very far from Loverboy, everyone was wearing tight leather outfits in the 80's.....even Meatloaf! Thanks for the link to their site, I will be checking some of it out!
As for myself, I am particular to Rush!

Oh, an other icon!

[yvanleterrible]

I occasionnally make speaker cabinets for a high end speaker manufacturer in Montréal and done so for two others now out fo business. So when I needed a pair for my system, I let myself go . Here is a picture and more on my page.

The speakers are bi-amped 300w. I had the guy set the drivers and electronics in a typical size calculated square box and set the box into a curved face that I think helps in diffusion. This face is decorated with the marquetry of a stylised spanish guitar. The funny thing about it is that nobody ever notices that the guitar has two sound holes.

Then I hung a micro system underneath one of the speakers that accomodates an iPod, mp3 CDs and SD cards. That system graces the dining room for excellent soirées.

[Greg Anos]

Most of my musical tastes are obscure, even by this thread's standards. I'll list the top 5 in descending order.

#1 - Garfield - (not the kitty cartoon or the Jazz Drummer) Particularly "Out There Tonight" and "Reason To Be" albums.

#2 - Early Shawn Phillips

#3 - Japanese Image Music (off of LaserDiscs) (i.e. Just Friends, Sundance, Wind and Wave, Pastel Colors, et. al.)

#4 - getting to the commercial world - Warren Zevon

#5 - Blue Oyster Cult - Imaginos (resequenced in a linear order - 9, 2, 3, 6, 4, 8, 1, 7, & 5) One of the finest concept albums ever produced. A H. P. Lovercraft story told as a song cycle. It works both as music and a story.

I can pretty much bet that nobody has listened to at least parts of all 5...RSE

(World without end....)

[yvanleterrible]

Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward

Most of my musical tastes are obscure, even by this thread's standards. I'll list the top 5 in descending order.

#1 - Garfield - (not the kitty cartoon or the Jazz Drummer) Particularly "Out There Tonight" and "Reason To Be" albums.

#2 - Early Shawn Phillips

#3 - Japanese Image Music (off of LaserDiscs) (i.e. Just Friends, Sundance, Wind and Wave, Pastel Colors, et. al.)

#4 - getting to the commercial world - Warren Zevon

#5 - Blue Oyster Cult - Imaginos (resequenced in a linear order - 9, 2, 3, 6, 4, 8, 1, 7, & 5) One of the finest concept albums ever produced. A H. P. Lovercraft story told as a song cycle. It works both as music and a story.

I can pretty much bet that nobody has listened to at least parts of all 5...RSE

(World without end....)

Oh. not that obscure... well apart from that Japanese image music. I've had the pleasure of seeing Shawn Phillips in concert circa 1978. Blue Oyster Cult I was listening to in 1973 and Zevon at his beginnings.
Since you know BOC, would you remember Captain Beyond's first album?

[Sparrow]

Originally Posted by vivaldirules

...what one piece of music absolutely drives you to tears (of joy or whatever) and why?

Arvo Part "Spiegel im Spiegel"
The recording I first heard (and therefore the one I still love most) was Tasmin Little (violin) and Martin Roscoe (piano) from 1978.

It's like listening to the Universe telling you everything is going to be ok.


(Just a shame so many directors misuse it as mood music in their films. )

[tompe]

I seem to have stopped listening to music actively but when I was interested I only listened to the Kate Bush or maybe Ecto genre. At some time the top favourites after Kate Bush was Happy Rhodes, Jane Siberry and Loreena McKennit.

Here is a good guide

http://www.ectoguide.org/

to music that people liking Kate Bush and Happy Rhodes also seems to like.
This guide will probably explains what I mean by Ecto genre.

[yvanleterrible]

Originally Posted by tompe

I seem to have stopped listening to music actively but when I was interested I only listened to the Kate Bush or maybe Ecto genre. At some time the top favourites after Kate Bush was Happy Rhodes, Jane Siberry and Loreena McKennit.

Here is a good guide

http://www.ectoguide.org/

to music that people liking Kate Bush and Happy Rhodes also seems to like.
This guide will probably explains what I mean by Ecto genre.

Ahhh! Good choices! Kate Bush is the soul grandma of Bjork.
I'm surprised that a Scandinavian such as yourself would know a Canadian such as Siberry!

To this short list allow me to add Sarah McLaughlan. Especially her earlyer albums.

[vivaldirules]

Originally Posted by Sparrow

Arvo Part "Spiegel im Spiegel"
The recording I first heard (and therefore the one I still love most) was Tasmin Little (violin) and Martin Roscoe (piano) from 1978.

It's like listening to the Universe telling you everything is going to be ok.


(Just a shame so many directors misuse it as mood music in their films. )

Thanks, Sparrow. I hadn't heard that before but I really like it. I need to find the recording you mentioned.

I'm really enjoying this thread and all the wonderful music you people have posted. Glad I'm saving money by reading public domain books a lot because I'm about to spend some cash on some CDs.

Now I can't wait to ask you to tell me the one piece of fiction (novel, short story, etc.) that most tears you apart/drives you nuts/makes you smile/whatever and why. But that'll have to wait for another thread. And I have no idea which that's going to be for me, either. I'll have to think about it a bit.