View Full Version : How did your music taste evolve?
Foxhound
24-06-2009, 04:49
Don't lie.
Here's mine:
From 1996-2000:
Michael Learns to Rock
Boyzone :faceplm:
Backstreet Boys :faceplm:
XPDC
Amuk
the ones in italics are Malaysian band
2001-2002:
any song that were popular on the radio
Eminem
Dr Dre
Linkin Park
2003-2007:
Blink 182
Green Day
Sum 41
The Offspring
Plus 44
Angels & Airwaves
2008-now:
3 Doors Down
Muse
Oasis
The Verve
Radiohead
One Buck Short
some Indonesian bands.
Post yours.
FutebolArte
24-06-2009, 05:11
I only listened to jazz and classical up until I was 12... then the rack and pop, backto jazz and then hiphop and house...
Gun_Runner
24-06-2009, 06:07
the first time I really got into music if I remember was when I was about 9/10 (im 18 the now)
but my first favourite artists were definitely Eminem & So Solid Crew - Marshall Mathers LP = what a classic
The same as Gun Runner really, although from around 12-14 I was listening to a lot of commercial hip-hop that just sounded nice then I started getting into the classics.
Over the years I have been influenced by no one other than my Dad, I never really got into the 'grime' that a lot of my mates were getting into and the phase where Linkin Park, Limp Bizkit and Alien Ant Farm appealed to some of my friends. My Dad used to play The Eagles, Bon Jovi, REM, Queen and Johnny Cash in his car which me and brothers would sing along to.
requiem7
24-06-2009, 09:41
Early 80's. Anything on the radio. The beach boys and the Pet Shop Boys in later 80's. Borrowed a beach boys tape from my uncle. Great tunes.
Early 90's Nirvana, Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, Oasis. This was probably my stoner period. Mid 90's I got into dance music. About 2 years into hardcore but progressed onto classier tunes thanks to Sasha and Digweed. Tenaglia and Warren came soon after. During the 90's some kid came over from the states with his NWA collection. Memories of listening to NWA on the tape consoles in german class brings a smile to my face.
Started out loving all the mainstream stuff. (Backstreet Boys etc.)
Began listening to a lot of rap around 2003-2006.
After that listened to some rock from the 70's & 80's.
At the middle of 2007, listened more to alterantive and mellow from new bands.
Recently trying to get back into listening to rap, but its really changed from the time I used to like it.
Theres no harm in listening to the older stuff. There are only a handful of rappers out there these days who can put out material worth listening to over and over again.
Well my first cassette I bought was TQ's Bye Bye Baby I think, followed by Eminem & Dre's Guilty Conscience so I was around 8 or 9. Like most people though, when I first started listening to music, it was understandably the stuff that was in the charts and on the TV. I must have stayed around the commercial area until I was around 14, which is when I began actually delving deeply for music. After 14 years old is when I really started to appreciate music outside of the commerical area, with people like Common, Talib Kweli, Immortal Technique and others. Now that I'm 18, I like a mixture of laid back commerical music and the more independent stuff, but I'm loving the older music such as Big L, KRS One, NWA etc.
mufcsean
24-06-2009, 12:05
Well from as early as I can remember i was into really gay pop music, Take That, Boyzone etc. That lasted until i was about 11, i then got into Rap and RnB, which i still listen to now at times.
Then from about the age of 16 i got into Indie music and still listen to that mostly now. At about the same age i started listening to a lot of music from the 70's and 80's.
And over the past few months i have started to listen to classical music, don't know how that started but i really like it.
Makavelian
24-06-2009, 12:06
Here's mine:
From 1990-1997:
comercial hip hop
oasis
garage
mary j blige
2pac
1997-2009:
garage
rnb
hip hop
hip hop
hip hop
I was a massive boyband fag back in the day. I was also well into Oasis ad Blur.
Didn't really truly get into music until I was like, 14-15. And after that, I got into everything. I really do love all genre's of music.
When growing up I never really was into music, I just liked what ever was going around, except for dance music, never have and never will enjoy it.
Then around 14, I started to get into rap and hip/hop, favourite artists were jay z, kanye west, nas etc
Soon after started to get into indie, began to love to razorlight, other favourite bands were killers, snow patrol
The indie scene kept me going for a few years with bands like arctic monkeys, kasabian
In the past 3 years (im now 19), ive really got into ray lamontagne, damien rice and new artists such as bon iver, fleet foxes, mgmt. Still am big arctic and kasabian fans, but killers and razorlight are poo. Dont listen to any rap now with the exception of matisyahu, however i can listen to early nas/kanye stuff.
Recently ive just got into older music, such as beach boys, the animals etc.
Mjällharth
24-06-2009, 15:20
I listened to a tremendous amount of bizarre things in my younger days (Modern Talking and the like)
At one point it could've been D'n'B (something I resent nowadays) and Beyonce and such, but thanks to my siblings I listened to some great shit like from the age of roughly 5 (Illmatic and Pete Rock y'all)
From 2000-something onwards I've explored pretty much the bigger part of hip-hop's history, and from there to the music that was sampled (especially jazz, which could well be my greatest love as of now) and in the future I'll definitely check out classical.
90s -
Mainly what my eldest sister listend to which was alot of hip hop mainly eminem,dr dre,2pac you know the rest!
2000s -
60s,70s rock e.g - The Doors,Led Zeppelin,Black Sabbath etc
Grunge(Mainly Nirvana)
Psychedelic - Pink Floyd,Jimi Hendrix, Beatles, The Velvet Underground
Punk - Ramones,Clash,Circle Jerks,The Germs etc
Funk/Rock - RHCP,Funkadelic,Parliment etc
Acoustic - Cat Stevens,John Frusciante, Fleet Foxes,Nick Drake,Syd Barrett
and some lesser known bands/groups such as Warpaint,Alex & Sam, Dot Hacker etc.
So it's changed drastically this is probably due to me getting a drum kit and changing the music I listened to because of that.
My Dad was a big Status Quo fan, so spent my formative years listening mainly to them (in the car, not actually out of choice to begin with).
At age 8 on a visit to my cousins house (he was 15/16 at the time), he introduced me to Deep Purple, Led Zepplin & Thin Lizzy amongst others. From then on I have been predominately rock/metal oriented.
During college I discovered a liking for traditional Jazz and the roots of rock, the blues.
I'll listen to most things (barring beeps & squeaks shite), purely mood dependant.
Early to mid teens: Eminem, Dre and all that shit.
Mid to late teens: Goldfinger, Reel Big Fish, Blink 182, Millencolin
Early to mid twenties: Muse, Radiohead, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age
Funnily enough the ska-punk part of my life was triggered by Tony Hawk's Pro Skater. Superman by Goldfinger. I bought one of their albums (I remember it coming from Amazon when I got home at silly o'clock from a United match) and it all took off from there.
What a song though, eh?
Phatmann
24-06-2009, 18:54
In the 90's I listened to Oasis, Blur, Pulp, R.E.M., David Bowie, U2, Pink Floyd for the most part, due to my dad listening to them in the house or in the car. However, my first cassette was PJ & Duncan - Let's Get Ready to Rhumble and I had a few other pop singles like Eiffel 65 and Phats & Small.
From around 1999/2000 I discovered bands like Nirvana, The Offspring, Green Day, Linkin Park, Limp Bizkit, mainly because my friends listened to them. After a few years I started listening to punk/ska bands like Less Than Jake, spunge, King Prawn, Reel Big Fish, Rancid etc. but mainly Less Than Jake.
Since then I've broadened my musical horizons and I listen to all kinds of genres from hip-hop to heavy metal to classical music.
Eric Clyde
24-06-2009, 20:17
age 11-13 (2000-2002) Was into dance, trance etc as my brother was into it. I can't remember any of my favourite songs or DJ's.
age 13-15 (2002-2004) I got into rap, mainly because one of my mates was into it a lot. Artists I listening to a lot that I can remember were Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, 2Pac, Notorious B.I.G., Dr. Dre, Eminem, Snoop Dogg etc.
age 15-20 (2004-present) Rock. I would probably say my other brother influenced me on rock and I first started listen to indie rock like The Killers, Razorlight, The Kooks etc then I moved onto more post-grunge/hard rock, southern rock and alternative metal bands such as Alter Bridge, Shinedown, Buckcherry, Theory of a Deadman, Black Stone Cherry, Saving Abel, 3 Doors Down, Three Days Grace. I still listen to a variety of rock genres ranging from The Fray to Five Finger Death Punch.
This will be boring for almost all of you :|. Its pretty accurate though not perfect as I can't always be sure what order I discovered certain bands in.
Stage 1 The Police, various other classic 70s, 80s and early 90s hits
Stage 2 Jazz (based around rock elements as opposed to typical, classic saxophone jazz) plus all elements of stage 1
Stage 3 Nirvana, Rage Against The Machine, Tool, Alice In Chains, Pearl Jam, Silverchair, Foo Fighters (all grunge or alternate rock) plus stage 2
Stage 4 Helmet, Quicksand (post-hardcore), Jamiroquai (acid jazz/funk) plus all of stage 3 excluding Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Pearl Jam, Silverchair
Stage 5 Failure (alternative rock), Gob, Treble Charger (punk), Veruca Salt (alternative rock) plus all elements from stage 4
Stage 6 Roni Size (drum & bass), Way Out West (house) and various other house and electronica plus all elements from stage 5
Stage 7 Earthtone9 (alternative metal) and Aphex Twin/AFX (electronica) plus all elements of stage 6
Stage 8 Filter (alternative rock), Isis, Mouth of the Architect, Rosetta, Tombs, Zodiak (post-metal) plus all elements of stage 7 excluding Roni Size and Way Out West
Stage 9 Shedloads of progressive house and deep house acts including Jaytech, Jerome Isma-Ae, Interplay, Electrobios, David West, Office Gosisp plus Deadmau5 (electro), hed kandi and various elements from stage 8
*NOW* Stage 10 Uplifting trance including Tritonal and Nitrous Oxide plus almost all elements of stage 9 (progressive house, deep house, hed kandi, electro, post-metal, alternative rock, post-hardcore, jazz, 70s and 80s classics)
Stage 11 Fuck knows what's coming next.
Eric Clyde
24-06-2009, 20:47
Well it wasn't all that bad Sweey. Seeing your post reminded me to get some Filter.
Sweey do you like venetian snares?
Aged 11-13 I listened to Linkin Park, Limp Bizkit, Blink-182, Slipknot and all the like. I even had a Limp Bizkit hoodie. Good Lord. I still have a few Slipknot and Blink 182 songs on my iPod.
14-16 I mainly listened to 80s music (mostly pop) non-stop thanks to Vice City, Eminem, Dr. Dre, The Game, 50 Cent and even some dance music. I had a Club Land album for the love of Christ.
17-19 I went through a "Old music is superior, modern music is shite" period. It was basically nothing but "Dad rock" and the GTA soundtracks for quite a while.
A few months before I turned 20 I was pointed into the direction of Modest Mouse, Neutral Milk Hotel, MGMT and Justice. The last two made me wake up a little and I changed my view on modern music and I went back and listened to a few bands I missed when they were "hot." I'll listen to pretty much anything now, but still have a preference for Bowie, Pink Floyd, The Doors and the like. Modest Mouse are up there though. Definitely in my top 10.
Stage 11 Fuck knows what's coming next.
Straight up pure gangster rap!
Sweey do you like venetian snares?
Nope. There's obviously a wide array of talent there but it isn't my thing.
Straight up pure gangster rap!
Ha! I like the ODD bit of rap but have always found it inaccessible as a genre or even by artists despite getting recommendations of albums to try from various individuals.
Hopefully my post partly explains why I'm quite so intolerant of certain bands I don't like.
From reading a lot of the members' tastes, rap comes into the lives from an like the early teens, I guess that helped a lot of us how to swear and become familiar with common slang. Well, rap and the GTA series.
I'd love to hear Dragonfly's music evolution.
Eric Clyde
24-06-2009, 21:44
Well maybe it was just me but I thought everyone learned all these swear words before your teens. I was a foul mouthed little bastard when I was like 6-years-old.
TheAlchemist
25-06-2009, 00:10
2-11 years old: dope shit (Michael Jackson, Nursrey rhymes)
11-16 years old: doperer shit (N Sync, Ludacris, Dr Dre)
16-20 years old: the most doperist shit possible (J Dilla, Beastie Boys, Mos Def, Madlib, Jehst)
Dragonfly
25-06-2009, 03:09
I'd love to hear Dragonfly's music evolution.
I'll record it and send you a link to the podcast.
There are too many things to include, so anything omitted is because I couldn't think of it while typing this mother out.
1983-90 : It Began In Africa (Pre-England)
Before the family came over to England in 1990, all I can remember listening to is Michael Jackson; Boney M; 'Maggie May' by Rod Stewart; 'Walk Of Life' by Dire Straits; some disco - my mum used to say 'I Feel Love' by Donna Summer was my song; and Eritrean Music.
Song of the period : Donna Summer - 'I Feel Love'
1990-94 : Untutored Youth (Primary School)
Still plenty of Michael Jackson. I even had a black leather jacket. My brothers, cousins and I used to imitate him. Apart from that, there were no specific artists or genres I listened to, just what was in the charts and TOTP, especially one-hit-wonders. Does anyone remember the ITV Chart Show? You had charts for about five different genres. It was class. I remember it being "hosted" or voiced-over, to be more accurate, by Pat Sharp. I think it was also sponsored by Twix.
'There She Goes' by The La's was one of the first songs I remember hearing in England. Meatloaf's 'I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)' was probably one of the songs I couldn't get enough of. Mc Hammer and Vanilla Ice got me running and Madona's 'Vogue' got me boxing my head in. I loved 'The Whole Of The Moon' by Waterboys and other re-releases that I really got in to were 'It Must Be Love' by Madness, 'Young At Heart' by Bluebells and 'Bohemian Rhapsody' by Queen.
Song of the period : Meatloaf - 'I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)'
1994-99 : And I Was A Boy From School (Secondary School)
The fanaticism with Michael Jackson started to fade in my first year of secondary school and ended by the time I took my GCSEs. I still like the classics from the first three albums, though. Pop/chart music and one-hit wonders still made up the majority of my musical education. Scatman John was probably the most impersonated singer in my class. I started watching the Eurovision song contest. I liked some of the boy bands - Take That, East 17 and Boyzone would be the only three I can remember. I actually own a best of CD by Boyzone, which I only bought a few years ago. It's good. However, the first album I ever bought was 'Boombastic' by Shaggy, on casette. This was actually a purchase made in error. I bought it thinking I was only getting the single. I've since recorded over it.
The Brit Pop scene, which I understand is celebrating it's 15th birthday, was gaining popularity at a high velocity. Oasis was in your face, blur were prancing around you and Cocker pointed at you. Apart from Oasis, I was not a huge fan of anyone in particular during that period and did not buy any of their albums, but I did buy Now That's What I Call Music 33, which had a fantastic track listing. TWO OASIS TRACKS! Click here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Now_That%27s_What_I_Call_Music !_33_(U.K._series)) for the track listing; some great bit of nostalgia, especially the last track and Luniz. 'Guiding Star' by Cast is probably the song of the period. I even sang it for someone and he recorded it on his (then brand new) dictaphone. I never consciously had any favourite genres or artists during this period, if I heard anything I though was good, I enjoyed it without looking any further in to the artist.
Song of the period : Cast - 'Guiding Star'
1999-2001 : Narrow Minded Social Club (Sixth Form & College)
It was only the last few months leading up to my GCSEs that I started getting in to a particular genre of music, which in this case was Indie/Rock/Alternative. During the previous period, I predominantly listened to Capital FM, which, due to the booming Brit Pop scene, played music I enjoyed. As Brit Pop faded, plastic pop was choking my ears and hip-hop was taking a turn for the worse. My dad used to listen to Heart FM in the car and when I got my new cassette/radio player - which I actually bought primarily for my Spanish oral exams - I used to listen to Heart. They mostly played old songs and classics from the past few years. I used to tune from Capital to Heart, but then I stumbled upon Virgin and Xfm. These two stations, at the time, were rock-focused. This is when I really started to follow and take interest in a genre. I officially became an "indie kid", despite hating the label. These two stations would provide the soundtrack of my late teens.
Although I had already shown appreciation and familiarity with the major commercially successful Indie bands/music from the Brit Pop era, they had a more juvenile sound. I discovered a more mature sound in Radiohead, in particular. However, maybe I'm confusing maturity with darkness, because I started to listen to Placebo, Nirvana, R.E.M., blur's post-Brip Pop music, etc. The first album I bought since Now 33 was 'Performance & Cocktails' by Stereophonics, which, to this day, is still one of my all-time favourites. I had also bought a Walkman. With these two purchases, I went through an embarrassing stage where I would sing the album wherever I went...even in the courtyard of the church I used to attend; after mass, of course.
The sixth form common room had a hi-fi and there used to be battles over who got to listen to their music. You had the garage kids, grungie mungies and indie kids. At the time, everyone was very narrow-minded and snobbish about anything different to their music, but then 'Kid A' by Radiohead came out and blew everyone's minds. There were no rules left to break. It was truly a period of discovery. My parents bought an Arab satellite service, which showed German music channels. This is where I discovered Muse, in late 1999. The video for 'Muscle Museum' was miserable, but I loved the song. I bought the album at the next available moment and played it to my mates. This was the first time I ever introduced a band to people and I felt like the John Peel of the school. There was a band in my year at 6th form and a bunch of us used to hang out in the drama hall watching them rehearse and messing about on the school drum set, which we managed to break. It was a very pseudo-bohemian environment.
This was actually an underrated time for music, in my view. The Strokes, Coldplay, Muse (first two albums), Badly Drawn Boy, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Doves, Idlewild, Elbow, Starsailor and White Stripes all released their debut albums. You also had the following awesome releases: 'Xtrmntr' by Primal Scream (in my opinion, one of the best of all time); 'Golden Greats' & 'Music Of The Spears' by Ian Brown; 'Performance & Cocktails' by Stereophonics; 'The Man Who' by Travis; 'Kid A' by Radiohead; 'Discovery by Daft Punk '; 'All Is Dream' by Mercury Rev and 'Play' by Moby.
Song of the period : Badly Drawn Boy - 'Magic In The Air'
2002-06 : Darts Of Pleasure (Height Of Musical Interest)
This stage was, without doubt, the period where I actively tried to discover as much new music as I could. I started going to gigs and even bough a guitar. The internet, particularly Myspace, was a key tool in quenching my thirst. Even though, to start with, I was still focusing mostly on "Indie and alternative" (British) music, I eventually widened my horizons. I was more aware of and appreciated different genres, but still nowhere near to the same degree as Indie. With programs like Later...With Jools Holland, the Mercury Music Prize, Xfm's new music show, and HMV's free HMV Playlist compilations (with selected new albums), I discovered excellent music in Dizzee Rascal, M.I.A, The Streets, Asian Dub Foundation, The Rapture, Hal, Keane, Kings Of Convenience, Honeyroot, Richard Hawley, Sigur Ros, Hot Chip. Some of these bands may not be too dissimilar to the earlier stuff I listened to, but albums like 'Kid A' and 'Xtrmntr' showed me rock and roll and music doesn't have to be played exclusively in a band consisting of a drummer, bassist, guitarist and singer.
However, my favourite music of the era was still the Indie/Rock/Alternative that had developed over the years. Kasabian, The Libertines, Kings Of Leon, Cooper Temple Clause, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, British Sea Power, The Cribs, Bloc Party, Delays, Electric Soft Parade, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Futureheads, Franz Ferdinand, The Go! Team, Hope Of The States, Clor, Interpol, The Killers (first album only), Snow Patrol, 22-20s, Art Brut, Jim Noir, The Others, Nine Black Alps, concluded with the inception of Arctic Monkeys' careers. That 2004-06 was just full of media hype, pumping out great new band after great new band. It was an exciting time for fans of that music.
These modern artists (and those I listened to in the last period) directed me to their influences from decades gone, such as Stone Roses, The Smiths, The Beatles, Joy Division, New Order, Rolling Stones, De La Soul, Marvin Gaye, Kraftwerk, The Kinks, Chemical Brothers, Paul Weller and The Jam, Louis Armstrong, Television, The Sex Pistols, The Clash, Durutti Column, David Bowie, Blondie, Nirvana, Pixie, Pink Floyd, Lou Reed and Velvet Underground, Bruce Springsteen, Led Zeppelin, etc. Again, technology aided me in developing my music knowledge with the aid of P2P services. There were some music I couldn't legally acquire, so file sharing had to be exploited. Almost everything passing my ears was good.
Song of the period : Kasabian - 'Club Foot'
2007-09 : Hung In A Bad Place (Waning Interest)
This period wasn't as bad as the subtitle may suggest, but I just felt the quality of song-writing was deteriorating and bands were becoming more self-aware of their popularity and/or falling foul to the hype machine. There was still a healthy amount of good music, but a lot of it became generic and boring. Any interest I had in most new bands was ephemeral. I was depending on the old guard to produce the goods, which Oasis and Radiohead did with 'Dig Up Your Soul' and 'In Rainbows'. I also saw both bands play live for the first time during this time. I also found myself looking across the Atlantic for anything stimulating. British music was becoming stale.
America was producing exciting music. I found myself listening to Cold War Kids' debut 'Robbers & Cowards' incessantly. 'Hang Me Up To Dry' and 'Hospital Beds' were two of the outstanding tracks of the decade, let alone the year. Fantastic. Around the same time, LCD Soundsystem release 'Sound Of Silver' and The National put out 'Boxer'. Again, these would be up there as two of the best albums of the decade. Although these two bands weren't exactly new, my obsession with discovering exciting new British talent blinded (or deafened) me from discovering all the good that was out there. To add to the American invasion, Kings Of Leon came back with their brilliant third album 'Because Of The Times'. They took a new, more experimental (for them) turn and provided us with, arguably their best record. There was also the forgotten Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, who released 'Baby 81', a modern rock classic, which was even better when played live. Then you have 'Oracular Spectacular' by MGMT, Vampire Weekend's self-titled debut, (Santa)Santigold, Fleet Foxes and Bon Iver, but it still is nothing in comparison to the periods passed (in terms of quantity of quality). Perhaps I'm just bored and disillusioned with modern music.
With this disenchantment in new talent, I've found myself reverting back to the stages during my school days. I'm enjoying a lot of music from solo female pop artists, such as Ladyhawke, La Roux, Adele, Amy Winehouse, Little Boots, Katy Perry. I'm even liking Take That again! However, despite this, I still see that there are still signs of hope for new British music, as well as new music in general, with the likes of The Horrors, The Maccabees and Glasvegas releasing follow-up and debut albums, respectively, in recent times. I'm sure there is a lot of new good stuff out there, it's just a matter of looking in the right places and patience. Bombay Bicycle Clubs' long awaited debut is coming out in a few weeks and I have a lot of hope and faith that they'll be a great new band for a long time to come.
Song of the period : MGMT - 'Time To Pretend'
2010- : Tomorrow Never Knows (The Future)
If my hopes for continuous great music bears no fruit, then maybe 2012 is going to be the end of the world.
I'd love to list all the artsist and songs I've liked, but you guys would have been scrolling for a fair few minutes. I know I haven't covered everything, but that'll have to do.
mufcsean
25-06-2009, 11:41
The ITV chart show, you mean CD:UK??
Dragonfly, you should write a book :laugh:
Dragonfly
25-06-2009, 12:55
I'm not Fick, I'm afraid.
The ITV chart show, you mean CD:UK??
No, it was before that. Early to late-mid 90s.
http://hub.tv-ark.org.uk/images/music/music_images/itv_chartshow1990_a.jpg
Before I was 10, I was never a music lover. I rarely watched Top Of The Pops or listened to the radio, and most of what I heard came from my sister's stereo. This led to me quickly hating the likes of Boyzone and The Corrs. I didn't mind the Spice Girls or S Club 7, but this may be down to pre-anorexic Geri and Rachel Stevens. Most of the songs I enjoyed were extremely cheesy. I despised most classical music or opera.
10-12, I was into mainstrean music and listened to Chris Moyles' radio show most days. It broaden my appeal from pop to a bit of rock and rap, and despite buying a few 'NOW' albums, I still wasn't a huge music guy.
12-14, the Vice City revolution. Grew a loving of 80s music, particularly pop and new wave. My interest in modern releases died down.
14-16, broaden my taste much more. Funk and soul were high on the agenda, as was classic 60s/70s rock. A little bit of reggae was enjoyed (admittedly, only Bob Marley really) and country/disco music was listened to for the craic. The modern scene became totally dead to me with too much ear-splitting dance, awfully boring rap and talentless pop bands such as Busted and McFly dominating the charts. Before then I would listen out for the top 40, not anymore.
16+, classical musical became more of a favourite after being on the backburner. Started out with film scores from the likes of John Williams before I delved into Tchaikovsky and other pre-19th century composers. Classic rock, funk, pop, a bit of hip hop and reggae are still thoroughly enjoyed. Modern music is still largely dead but I dabble in the better bands such as Kasabian. I'm still 'discovering' some older acts that I never had time for in my youth. I've grown to adore bands like Led Zeppelin, and classic smooth singers like Bobby Darin.
In a genre summary;
pre-10: pop
10-12: pop, rap, rock
12-14: classic pop, new wave
14-16: classic pop, new wave, funk, soul, reggae, country, disco, classical rock
16+: classic pop, new wave, funk, soul, reggae, country, disco, classical rock, classical, classic hip hop, big band, big beat
Something tells me death metal and rave won't be added next time. :erm:
Foxhound
26-06-2009, 05:57
Theres no harm in listening to the older stuff.
Exactly. I used to think old music were awful, until I heard Hey Jude by the Beatles. I was blown away.
Back then, I've always had the impression that the Beatles were only famous because Lennon died. How wrong was I.
I.N Extasy
26-06-2009, 18:54
Pre-2001
I grew up listening to whatever my cousin and brother were listening to: anything from Metallica, Guns N' Roses, Bon Jovi, The Offspring and Nirvana to Michael Jackson, Aqua, The Moffats and Backstreet Boys.
Then, when my brother went to uni, I was barely listening to music.
2001-2006
Anything that I liked in the charts, including RnB and Rap, although my personal preference was Rock. (surprise...) There were the likes of Linkin Park, The Rasmus, blink-182, Green Day, Evanescence, Avril Lavigne that I was listening to.
2007
In mid-2007, I got hold of most, if not all, of a cousin's music library. I got into blink-182 again and other similar bands. Then there was Bon Jovi and the list could go on. To cut things short, let's just it was dominated by hard rock and power pop, with the odd track from the Marshall Mathers LP and Discovery.
2008
I was listening to Hot Fuss by The Killers a lot and various tracks by 90s alternative rock bands. From another cousin, I got Time for Heroes: The Best Of The Libertines - that was the album that really got me into music. It was then that I started to appreciate music and wanted to find more of it.
A night in July that year, after an MSN conversation with Original?, I acquired R.E.M, Oasis, The Verve and Muse albums.
Several MSN coversations (and constantly pestering him) later...I was hooked on metal. Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Savatage - hell, half of what I currently listen to was recommended by him.
Now and Beyond
Not much has changed since last year, I just feel that I've a better understanding of rock and metal music in general. Metal is my favourite genre and I am slowly getting into its many sub-genres.
Rock and Metal aside - I'm starting to enjoy house and electro. I tried listening to some Rap but was put off by the vocals of most artists. However, I like some artists, in Example: and Eminem.
Ha. Done. :D
I tried to keep it as simple as possible. :)
Late 80's pop music, New wave, Nu Romantic that grabbed me alot.
My mum and dad always played greatest hits of bands like...
Ultravox, Roxy Music, Alison Moyet, Bob Marley, General Reggae stuff, Communards, then mid 90's rave, dance stuff then late 90's my mate got me into Nu Metal namely, Korn, Limp Bizkit, Slipknot then he went off it but i totally got into and changed my life, i started looking into stuff on big record labels that never got much press like early Chimaira, American Head Charge...
The it grew more extreme, Norma Jean, Converge and Dillinger escape plan got me into Chaotic hardcore then i just found so many unknown unsigned bands.
Delved into some Emo, Ambient, Screamo recently getting back into my 80' stuff, Adam Ant, Ultravox, Japan, OMD really electronic new wave stuff. Also getting into Dubstep aswell.
Also progressed into Deathcore, Grindcore too.
Near 2000 totally changed my life though.
When growing up I never really was into music, I just liked what ever was going around, except for dance music, never have and never will enjoy it.
Then around 14, I started to get into rap and hip/hop, favourite artists were jay z, kanye west, nas etc
Soon after started to get into indie, began to love to razorlight, other favourite bands were killers, snow patrol
The indie scene kept me going for a few years with bands like arctic monkeys, kasabian
In the past 3 years (im now 19), ive really got into ray lamontagne, damien rice and new artists such as bon iver, fleet foxes, mgmt. Still am big arctic and kasabian fans, but killers and razorlight are poo. Dont listen to any rap now with the exception of matisyahu, however i can listen to early nas/kanye stuff.
Recently ive just got into older music, such as beach boys, the animals etc.
A year later, American folk/acoustic blues has practically taken over my music library with bands such as The Felice Brothers, AA Bondy, Phosphorescent and many many others. Sam Cooke has probably turned into my second favourite artist of all time, Ray LaMontagne is still number one. Other new guys to the music collection include Cat Stevens, Neil Young, Black Keys.
The first song I ever remember liking was Doo Wah Diddy, this was when I was under 4 years of age, was on my dad's 50's/60's compilation cassette.
In late primary school, like many in that era, I was into crap pop music like the Spice Girls and Five. The first "band" I ever saw "live" was Five, but I mainly went because of a mate.
Between the ages of about 12-15, I went through my Oasis phase, where they were practically the only band I listened too. Also had a brief moment where I liked Eminem. I actually had one of his albums (2nd one I think, with "Stan" on it). Also liked the crap 90's/early 00's dance music like "Castle in the Sky" etc.
Since I went to college, started to vary my music taste a bit, but it was when I went to uni that the most drastic change occurred, mainly due to the people I lived with. Started to like Indie, some rock music (not the really heavy stuff), and have generally branched out a bit.
The bands I listen to now include:
The Smiths
The Courteeners
Editors
We Are Scientists
Kasabien
White Lies
Kaiser Chiefs (a little)
Oasis (still a little bit)
Temper Trap
The Beatles
The Kinks
Other stuff too, just can't remember off the top of my head.
Mine has really evolved in the last year and a half to be honest since posting.
I'm now listening to the vast majority of sub-genres within rap, and no longer sneering at the more mainstream rap, but enjoying it for what it is - good music for the club. There's a time a place for all forms of music, and it's pointless to turn your nose up at more commercial music simply because it's popular, just appreciate all these forms for what they are as I say.
But my taste has evolved from simply rap music to more historical music that has ultimately had an influence on rap music, these genres being:
Funk
The George Clinton era, need I say more? P-Funk, and then the subsequent G-Funk era as a result.
Doo-Wop (I really do love this genre now)
The Platters - The Great Pretender (I love a lot of The Platters work, but this song in particular is one of my all time favourite Doo-Wop tracks).
Old School Rock n Roll
Just starting to get a little into this, the likes of Little Richard and Fats Domino etc.
Foxhound
07-01-2011, 09:43
Stereophonics and OAG are pretty much the bands I listen to at the moment.
I remember buying a Victoria Beckham CD when I was young. :faceplm:
I was brought up pretty well though, as my Dad got me into music really early. He would play the record player with classic bands such as The Specials, The Jam, The Clash, Small Faces, The Who and David Bowie, amongst many others. However then I started watching Keerang most nights when I got home from school, and I enjoyed the music of Limp Bizkit, KoRn, Linkin' Park, and Weezer. I was also a HUGE fan of Red Hot Chili Peppers as a kid, I was known for being the only fan at my school as none of them had even heard of the band, because they were all into Busted.
I then had my rap phase in early high school, listening to Nas, Tupac and Biggy quite a hell of a lot. I much prefered 90s rap though and never did follow modern rap. The funny thing is though, I never listen to any Keerang music anymore as a majority of it is terrible (Limp Bizkit, for example), I barely ever listen to rap either.
Nowadays all I ever listen to is 'older' music. I think because a lot of this music is from my childhood, it means a lot more to me than any other type of music. But i'm not fussy seeing as I listen to classic rock, blues, funk, punk, 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s dance, reggae, some 90s rap and some metal. I just don't follow modern mainstream music as in my honest opinion it's rather dreadful at it's current state. I also discovered Ramones, The Smiths and Led Zeppelin in the last 5 years, and Ramones top my Last FM with over 1,400+ plays. Which is, of course, a fun fact. :serial:
I remember buying a Victoria Beckham CD when I was young. :faceplm:
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I remember my local ice rink (where all hoodlums gathered) would play Spice Girls a lot when they were popular so looking back it seems quite ridiculous of course, but if I heard a Spice Girls song, a Five song and whatnot I'd probably know some of the lyrics, or at least the chorus as embarrassing as it is to say.
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I remember my local ice rink (where all hoodlums gathered) would play Spice Girls a lot when they were popular so looking back it seems quite ridiculous of course, but if I heard a Spice Girls song, a Five song and whatnot I'd probably know some of the lyrics, or at least the chorus as embarrassing as it is to say.
Blimey, that brings back memories. Going to the ice-rink in my teens but not to skate! Just walking round and round the rink waiting to find girls to chat up or wait for them to chat you up! To think, that used to qualify as a social event on a friday night! :dundons:
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I remember my local ice rink (where all hoodlums gathered) would play Spice Girls a lot when they were popular so looking back it seems quite ridiculous of course, but if I heard a Spice Girls song, a Five song and whatnot I'd probably know some of the lyrics, or at least the chorus as embarrassing as it is to say.
Exactly. My sister was a huge Spice Girls fan and they were total mainstream. You couldn't really escape them. I was an Emma Bunton fan due to her being hot. I remember a kid at my school who had a Spice Girls packed lunch, which I used to laugh at. He denies it nowadays, though, which I don't blame him for.
Dunno what song it was from Victoria Beckham, but the song titled 'Out of your mind' rings a bell. :laugh:
Blimey, that brings back memories. Going to the ice-rink in my teens but not to skate! Just walking round and round the rink waiting to find girls to chat up or wait for them to chat you up! To think, that used to qualify as a social event on a friday night! :dundons:
Exactly. :laugh: I remember skating once. I didn't fall over but I was literally just running around the ice rink thinking I could skate. :laugh:
It was better to just buy a hot chocolate for 20p anyway and relax.
Exactly. My sister was a huge Spice Girls fan and they were total mainstream. You couldn't really escape them. I was an Emma Bunton fan due to her being hot. I remember a kid at my school who had a Spice Girls packed lunch, which I used to laugh at. He denies it nowadays, though, which I don't blame him for.
Dunno what song it was from Victoria Beckham, but the song titled 'Out of your mind' rings a bell. :laugh:
Featuring Dane Bowers I think. "You're not wasting my tiiime"
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EDIT: The song isn't actually as bad as I thought it was going to be from my memory. Fair play. :lol:
Exactly. :laugh: I remember skating once. I didn't fall over but I was literally just running around the ice rink thinking I could skate. :laugh:
It was better to just buy a hot chocolate for 20p anyway and relax.
Featuring Dane Bowers I think. "You're not wasting my tiiime"
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That's it, yeah. Blatently a classic.
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You lot :lol:
From my last post, I missed some stuff out which I listened to, but not religiously. Stuff that was played by people in school. To be honest, i'd listen to it because others would but giving some songs time, I enjoyed them regardless. Just stuff like old garage/grime as its called now. Kano, So Solid Crew, D Double E (Newham Generals), I cant remember the rest. Even today I dont mind listening to it, some of it is just so funny. Stuff from like Tinie Tempah, Prof Green is pure shit though.
This is still fresh in the mind :lol:
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Hip Hop is still all around me though, everyday. It's always changing for me but that's a good thing in my opinion. I think sticking or being too loyal to one side of hiphop is bad because you dont allow yourself to hear other great things. Sounds from like Waka Flocka Flame and Soulja Boy are usually frowned upon but I think as I got older I was more accepting of it.
I listen to more of the newer guys now, but not neglected classic, older stuff.
You guys are making me feel really old! I was 23 in the summer of 2000, my abiding musical memories were
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This will be boring for almost all of you :|. Its pretty accurate though not perfect as I can't always be sure what order I discovered certain bands in.
Stage 1 The Police, various other classic 70s, 80s and early 90s hits
Stage 2 Jazz (based around rock elements as opposed to typical, classic saxophone jazz) plus all elements of stage 1
Stage 3 Nirvana, Rage Against The Machine, Tool, Alice In Chains, Pearl Jam, Silverchair, Foo Fighters (all grunge or alternate rock) plus stage 2
Stage 4 Helmet, Quicksand (post-hardcore), Jamiroquai (acid jazz/funk) plus all of stage 3 excluding Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Pearl Jam, Silverchair
Stage 5 Failure (alternative rock), Gob, Treble Charger (punk), Veruca Salt (alternative rock) plus all elements from stage 4
Stage 6 Roni Size (drum & bass), Way Out West (house) and various other house and electronica plus all elements from stage 5
Stage 7 Earthtone9 (alternative metal) and Aphex Twin/AFX (electronica) plus all elements of stage 6
Stage 8 Filter (alternative rock), Isis, Mouth of the Architect, Rosetta, Tombs, Zodiak (post-metal) plus all elements of stage 7 excluding Roni Size and Way Out West
Stage 9 Shedloads of progressive house and deep house acts including Jaytech, Jerome Isma-Ae, Interplay, Electrobios, David West, Office Gosisp plus Deadmau5 (electro), hed kandi and various elements from stage 8
*NOW* Stage 10 Uplifting trance including Tritonal and Nitrous Oxide plus almost all elements of stage 9 (progressive house, deep house, hed kandi, electro, post-metal, alternative rock, post-hardcore, jazz, 70s and 80s classics)
Stage 11 Fuck knows what's coming next.
Update time as I want to keep a record of this.
Stage 11 Doom metal, post-metal, alternative rock, post-hardcore, jazz, piano music, some classical, 60s, 70s and 80s classics (The Temptations, The Police, The Cure, Duran Duran*, Marvin Gaye etc.) and deep house. Nothing else.
Stage 12 (now) - Dark ambient, ambient drone and all of stage 11.
*specifically four of their tracks
BarnDoor
30-11-2012, 21:19
I think it's high time for the 'Classic Rock' phase Sweey.
I like to think I'm at a point now where my musical change have 'matured' and will not change drastically, at least not for the next decade.
Ah. Music.
The 1980s
As a nipper I was subject to the music choices of my parents, naturally this had an impact on my tastes as I grew up in various ways. Firstly, Duran Duran’s album Rio is synonymous with my childhood, the album cover sat flush against the base of the HiFi in 1982. I had no idea what it was a 4 year old child other than it was incredibly distinct and visually captivating for a toddler, a bright and vibrate picture that was and still is instantly recognisable. Rio wasn’t the track of choice in the house, it was Save a Prayer. Still holds up as a decent radio tune even today.
Beyond my mothers love for Duran Duran the only other records from my formative years to resonate were Moonlight Shadow, which I love still today as an adult and Running up the Hill by Kate Bush. I remember that vividly from the childrens drama series “Running Scared”. Beyond that it was all something of a blur as my developing mind attempted to assimliated the vast amount of information around me, everything bright and unique stood out and grabbed you because everything seemed bland in comparison in the early 80s. Adam Ant was another childhood memory, his appearance more so than his music.
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IronCity
02-12-2012, 06:33
The Early Years: Peter Pan records - great compilation label for kids that boasted such album title greats as "When the Lion Sleeps Tonight and Rockin Robin", "Monster Mash", "On top of old spaghetti", and read and listen records such as G.I. Joe, and Christmas Albums like the Little Drummer Boy. Check out Peter Pan records.
The 45rpm years (1975-1978): loved saving my money to go buy 45 records at Record Rama. I had some greats - Chic - "Le Freak", the Bee Gees and the Disco Era, Gordon Lightfoot - the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald., Bay City Rollers, Paper Lace - the Night Chicago Died, and so on This 45 collection still sits under my childhood bed at my parents house. Someday I will pull it out but remains as part of me there.
KISS Army - 1978 - I had all their records, lunch box, posters, jacket badges, etc.
The Album Years(1979-1983): Moved put to album rock and roll with the main albums I owned being a Best of the Doors, The Doors - Waiting for the Sun, Molly Hatchet. AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (bought as a gift from my sister but had my mother made me get rid of it after hearing Big Balls, I was only 7yrs old), Rush, Rolling Stones,all the FM standard rock greats.
The MTV Years - probably a huge music revolution for me. I remember seeing One Step Beyond on MTV; never realized what a seed that planted in me that didn't sprout until years later (see garage rock years). But Men At Work, Duran Duran, REO Speedwagon, the entire second British Invasion, Huey Lewis, Wall of Voodoo, Pat Benetar, Blondie, the GoGos, Billy Idol, Phil Collins (yes Phil Collins), Simple Minds, Elvis Costello and everything Breafast Clubby or Pretty in Pinkish - I was fixated on this channel and listening to a greater diversity of music than ever before.
The Cassette Years - moved on to Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd as artists I played over and over, and over and over. Might also call this the booze and marijuana years. I think I listened to the Wall every single night I went to bed. In High School a local station started a 2hr show called Classic Trax that played classic Rock - 1967-1975 stuff. Rod Stewart and all his bands, Golden Earring, Hocus Pocus from Focus, Humble Pie, all that stuff. That show became 4hrs, then 8hrs, and then the station went full Classic Rock. It was rare at the time. Other stations soon followed with the format.
The early CD Years: Overlapped much with my undergraduate career. Might as well call this the booze, marijuana, lsd, and shrooms years. Bob Dylan became a deity to me. Bought everything, recorded everything, bootlegs, anything i could get may hands on. Started listening to jam bands, Grateful Dead, Widespread Panic, and all the hippy stuff (don't listen to it anymore, was a phase). Never gave up on the Classic Rock and always liked the the pop stuff during the time- R.E.M.,U2, Modern English, Janes Addiction, B-52s, Beastie Boys, Talking Heads, etc. Also started listening to classical music to be cool, and world music, such as african beat.
Sirius Radio and The MP3 Years: MP3s opened a door of anything goes, and everything at my disposal. And Sirius Satellite Radio makes me never, ever listen to regular FM radio. I absolutely despite regular FM radio, mostly because in the U.S. it is really bad. With MP3s I am able to find a lot of out of print stuff. Nearly completely focused on Garage Rock/Garage Punk right now. By definition, Garage Punk is a short period of music history from 1965-1966 when Punk was invented (fuck the Sex Pistols, they copied). Kids making sick records that were better than the big record company bands. Compilations such as Back from the Grave capture the genre perfectly. I am as equally interested in the stories behind this music http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_garage_rock_bands. These kids weren't making money just great music. Along with this stuff comes Rockabilly, old surf, and some odd stuff I can't classify (see the Big Itch compilation). Garage Rock revivalists in the 80s also attact my attention with bands such as the Mummies, Fuzzotones, Billy Childish and all his derivative bands. Aside from this I can listen to Joe Stummer and the Mescaleros first two albums anytime anywhere. Went on vacation to Maine a few years back and listened to these two albums back to back, twice, every single day. Something special about these albums to me that I seem to have only convinced one other person how good they are.
Along with this fetish is a lot of indie rock - Shins, Arcade Fire, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Clap your hands and say yeah, LCD Soundsystem, Luna, and bands list too long to list. I think I take to this music just like Duran Duran, the Smiths, and all that 80s pop stuff attracted my attention. Of course there is still plenty of this stuff I don't like, mostly of late because I think the sound is becoming homogenized
I rarely listen to Classic Rock anymore; heard it all too many times even though i still respect it. I guess that is why 60s Garage Punk has taken over - it has that vintage sound but everything is new to me. Oddly enough I was never a metal head, nor a Radiohead fan, nor a grunge fan (always disliked Pear Jam, although Nirvana was OK - probably like them better in retrospective listening than when they were hot).
btw, I heard the Faces "I'm Losing You" and "Stay With Me" just the other day and forgot just how balls out rock and roll those two songs are. Just heavy rock. Man, what happened to Rod Stewart.
In summary, I have probably spent too much of my life chasing music, I love listening to it all the time, and have an insatiable lust for it.
didn't expect this to be so long
I fucked up and originally missed out ambient drone in my previous post. For shame.
BarnDoor
02-12-2012, 13:06
Rod Stewart died after the 'Every Picture...' album. The odd good song but a real waste of a great talent.
Viperized
02-12-2012, 13:24
I listen to just about anything, as long as it sounds good, whether that includes rock, pop, 'epic music', R&B, or hip-hop.
But I mostly listen to house/trance/electronica nowadays.
I despise heavy metal and all other genres associated with it though.
I despise heavy metal and all other genres associated with it though.
Not that you will particular care but that is an incredible generalisation. I don't like heavy metal but I like post-metal. I don't like death metal but I like doom metal. I don't like black metal but I like sludge metal. I don't like nu-metal but I like alternative rock/alternative metal. They're all rather different. The only crossover tends to be between black metal and death metal - neither of which I like - and post-metal and sludge metal - both of which I like.
Dragonfly
02-12-2012, 14:18
I don't mind metal music, but I'd probably actively listen to it was it not for the singing styles.
Mjällharth
02-12-2012, 15:23
I listened to a tremendous amount of bizarre things in my younger days (Modern Talking and the like)
At one point it could've been D'n'B (something I resent nowadays) and Beyonce and such, but thanks to my siblings I listened to some great shit like from the age of roughly 5 (Illmatic and Pete Rock y'all)
From 2000-something onwards I've explored pretty much the bigger part of hip-hop's history, and from there to the music that was sampled (especially jazz, which could well be my greatest love as of now) and in the future I'll definitely check out classical.
Well-well, classical has been one of my favourite things for a few years; a stout Wagnerian I am. Also, indie rock - as vague a term as it may be - and trip-hop have been more recent favourites. This can be added to my "musical biography", haha.
Hip-hop/some 90s rock > Jazz > Classic rock, prog, whatever + classic R&B & Funk > Classical, Trip-Hop, modern forms of rock music, et al, to sum it up roughly.
I listen to just about anything, as long as it sounds good, whether that includes rock, pop, 'epic music', R&B, or hip-hop.
But I mostly listen to house/trance/electronica nowadays.
I despise heavy metal and all other genres associated with it though.
I agree with Sweey here, generalisations such as this are morbid stuff really. It's like saying: "I hate Mozart and all that other classical shit" or the same for Louis Armstrong and jazz. Meaning, foolish.
Viperized
04-12-2012, 18:08
I generally keep an open mind. However, listening to people screaming their heads off into a mic is hardly what I would consider a pleasent listening.
There is nothing remarkable at all about heavy metal music. I am missing nothing. So to compare heavy metal to classical music or Mozart is incredulous.
JohnSound
04-12-2012, 19:16
didn't expect this to be so long
That's what she said! ;)
Mine could easily be just as long, but I'll try and be as brief as possible.
A lot of people here seem to have started with pop music as a kid, I guess I did too but the pop king at the time, and arguably of all time, was Michael Jackson. So the first album I owned was "Bad" on cassette.
I liked Queen a lot back then too, and Meatloaf for some reason! I also remember Ace Of Bass being a big hit at my primary school!
I got into dance music at high school, really bad dance music including rave, which was reigned back in thankfully by quality acts such as The Prodigy. I also had a spell listening to some techno like Carl Cox.
It was Indie music that properly broke the rave spell though, with Oasis, The Verve & The Stone Roses getting to me, this is when I started going to gigs and hunting out bands that weren't in the charts or at all mainstream. I was also listening to late night radio a lot and was heavily influenced by John Peel and Mary-Anne Hobbs. Anyone who knows of these legends of music will understand how and why my musical tastes now split off in all sorts of different directions and with no restrictions. Bands like The Lo-Fidelity Allstars, Regular Fries, Mansun, Mogwai, UNKLE & Radiohead opened my mind and started to dominate my life.
By the time I left school I was the most open minded music listener I knew. I liked a lot of rock including some metal, I was into reggae, funk, soul & hip-hop, African music, Latin music, Asian music, techno and chill out, even some classical, or drum & bass, or a mixture of both in some cases.
You may not be surprised to read that I now have a career in music. Having an open mind is not only an enjoyable thing but almost a necessity. You can't always pick and choose what kind of music you get to work on like you can when you're sitting at home listening to your CDs. I've just been working on some reggae music and I have a heavy metal gig this weekend. Last week I mixed an album full of Christmas Carols, I have some classical piano to work on tomorrow. I also do folk music, psy-trance, African music, jazz, ska, blues, dub-step - sometimes all at the same event. Variety is great!
OK I may not enjoy everything I work on, but it sure as hell beats working in an office!
There we go, still a long post but I skipped as much as I could!
Mjällharth
05-12-2012, 17:33
I generally keep an open mind. However, listening to people screaming their heads off into a mic is hardly what I would consider a pleasent listening.
There is nothing remarkable at all about heavy metal music. I am missing nothing. So to compare heavy metal to classical music or Mozart is incredulous.
I was referring to the large amount of subgenres that fit under any umbrella genre. You, however, are a retard. Go wash your hands and post hate texts about Wenger
Not to mention that you claim to "generally keep an open mind" and then follow it up with a massive generalisation.
Over the past 18 months or so I've started to get back into hip-hop, alot of classic artists like Gang Starr, The Roots, Digable Planets and modern day acts like The Weeknd. Also started listening to Aaliyah, never listened to her music when she was around but she has some stellar tracks like 'I Miss You, 'Come Over', 'If You're Girl Only Knew' etc.
JohnSound
05-12-2012, 19:47
The Roots, Digable Planets and modern day acts like The Weeknd.
Awesome, proper musical soulful hip-hop, that's when it's at it's best. Cee Knowledge from Digable Planets was a buddy of mine when I lived in Philadelphia.
I liked what I saw of The Weeknd on Jools Holland last weekend. Interesting atmospheres.
Viperized
05-12-2012, 19:56
I was referring to the large amount of subgenres that fit under any umbrella genre. You, however, are a retard. Go wash your hands and post hate texts about Wenger
Not to mention that you claim to "generally keep an open mind" and then follow it up with a massive generalisation.
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Perhaps you should revisit primary school for some basic English comprehension. Key word: 'generally'. And you have the nerve to call me a retard! Idiot.
Awesome, proper musical soulful hip-hop, that's when it's at it's best. Cee Knowledge from Digable Planets was a buddy of mine when I lived in Philadelphia.
I liked what I saw of The Weeknd on Jools Holland last weekend. Interesting atmospheres.
That's pretty cool that you were friendly with Cee. I would say that Digable Planets are probably my favourite from that era. Just love their style.
The Weeknd are just incredible, they're coming to the UK in March and I'm considering going to see them. Unfortunately they're only playing in a few of the larger cities like Manchester & London and not in Belfast, not even in Dublin. So I'll need to cross the water.
Mjällharth
06-12-2012, 00:07
:lol:
Perhaps you should revisit primary school for some basic English comprehension. Key word: 'generally'. And you have the nerve to call me a retard! Idiot.
Lol
Well, you're correct in the sense that anything regarding metal is not one of the cases where you keep an open mind, so in that matter I'll leave it be. But still, I brought up Mozart as an example of generalisations ("Mozart and all that other classical"), which you somehow interpreted as Mozart being compared with metal. Yes, I do have the nerve to call you a retard, a cretin, a buffoon, a Ramsey of the non-footballing world et cetera.
Viperized
06-12-2012, 00:18
Lol
Well, you're correct in the sense that anything regarding metal is not one of the cases where you keep an open mind, so in that matter I'll leave it be. But still, I brought up Mozart as an example of generalisations ("Mozart and all that other classical"), which you somehow interpreted as Mozart being compared with metal. Yes, I do have the nerve to call you a retard, a cretin, a buffoon, a Ramsey of the non-footballing world et cetera.
"I agree with Sweey here, generalisations such as this are morbid stuff really. It's like saying: "I hate Mozart and all that other classical shit" or the same for Louis Armstrong and jazz. Meaning, foolish."
Obviously not. You seem to be quite offended over what really should be a non-issue. And you have still continued to harp on like an inane cunt!
Mjällharth
06-12-2012, 10:09
"I agree with Sweey here, generalisations such as this are morbid stuff really. It's like saying: "I hate Mozart and all that other classical shit" or the same for Louis Armstrong and jazz. Meaning, foolish."
Obviously not. You seem to be quite offended over what really should be a non-issue. And you have still continued to harp on like an inane cunt!
My tone stems from me not liking you (and me strongly disliking close-mindedness, especially with regard to music). I did not, however, compare Mozart to metal.
Viperized
06-12-2012, 11:55
My tone stems from me not liking you (and me strongly disliking close-mindedness, especially with regard to music). I did not, however, compare Mozart to metal.
Pipe down you daft twat. I know you feel comfortable and rather brave behind that keyboard of yours, but I am certain you would lack the testicular fortitude to even utter a word to me in person.
And I'm sorry you dislike close-mindedness, especially with regard to music. Poor you. Go sit in the corner and cut yourself to allievate this misery.
Mjällharth
06-12-2012, 14:18
Pipe down you daft twat. I know you feel comfortable and rather brave behind that keyboard of yours, but I am certain you would lack the testicular fortitude to even utter a word to me in person.
And I'm sorry you dislike close-mindedness, especially with regard to music. Poor you. Go sit in the corner and cut yourself to allievate this misery.
Well, you're evading the point and simply slinging profanities at me. I'm not really going to be provoked into an internet-verbal-duel by a hypochondriac who would probably faint at the sight of an used handkerchief. As for that lacking of testicular fortitude...
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IronCity
06-12-2012, 14:38
ok fellas, you are ruining a good thread now. lets get back to the music. I kinda liked it better when we could read about people's interest in music rather than bashing them.
Viperized
06-12-2012, 14:39
Well, you're evading the point and simply slinging profanities at me.
Pot, meet kettle.
Mjällharth
06-12-2012, 14:42
ok fellas, you are ruining a good thread now. lets get back to the music. I kinda liked it better when we could read about people's interest in music rather than bashing them.
Alrightie, it was getting a bit tiresome anyway.
JohnSound
07-12-2012, 14:20
That's pretty cool that you were friendly with Cee. I would say that Digable Planets are probably my favourite from that era. Just love their style.
I was gonna PM ya Rainey to avoid going off topic but seeing the conversation that's just gone on maybe this will actually help us come back On topic!
Cee was a really cool guy, very quiet but very inspirational. Everyone seemed to understand what he wanted in the studio but you hardly heard him speak. One of the bands we were working with were called Infectious Organisms, you should hunt them down if you can. Very jazzy & emotional hip-hop, often really psychedelic too. They had a great live following and sold close to 10,000 albums independently but somehow they never got signed when far less talented people in the area did. It really opened my eyes to the hip-hop world and I guess the music industry on the whole in that the ones who are easier to market are the ones who are more likely to get help, regardless of how interesting their music is or isn't.
As for the metal discussion, it's a strange genre. In metal I come across some of the most talented and committed musicians I have ever met. Some of them make great music that is incredibly intricate & epic, which is why I think classical comparisons sometimes come in, but then some of them mask all their talent with, in my opinion, over the top distortion and often unnecessary unintelligible shouted or screamed vocals - which is baffling sometimes when they put so much effort into their lyric writing!
Each to their own!
So to compare heavy metal to classical music or Mozart is incredulous.
They're far more closely linked than most other genres actually.
What you need to remember - and if you choose not to care that is of course your business - is that the metal I'm talking about and the metal you're talking about are completely different.
"Heavy metal" - a term you keep using - I do not like or have any interest in. The types of metal I do like, however, can be soundscapes without vocals (Rosetta's Sol is utterly wonderous) to things like Isis' Garden of Light (another favourite of mine) which has heavy vocals in the first 40% of the song and a gorgeous instrumental outro for the remaining 60%. The average length of metal tracks is probably in the region of 7-8 minutes. Heavy metal is on average 4-5 minutes in length with vocals consistently through the piece.
The heavy vocal style is obviously not to your taste and once upon a time I felt the same as you. Personally I feel more educated that I am able to discern between some of the different styles of it. There are some styles - where I find it needless - that I simply will not listen to. Conversely, where I believe it has a place and isn't over-the-top for the sake of it, I enjoy it on the same level that I can enjoy the vocals of traditionally great singers.
The reason I keep a note of this thread is because I wonder how I got here. From The Police and Michael Jackson to styles so far removed from those that you really wouldn't expect to find many people who listen to solo piano one minute, sludge metal the next and then 80s stuff. I've certainly not met anyone like me in that regard. When you ask people what music they're into they often say "oh a bit of everything" which lasts about 30 seconds in a conversation with me.
Foxhound
09-12-2012, 09:53
For now, I just listen to whatever is on the radio.
JohnSound
13-12-2012, 15:21
From The Police and Michael Jackson to styles so far removed from those that you really wouldn't expect to find many people who listen to solo piano one minute, sludge metal the next and then 80s stuff. I've certainly not met anyone like me in that regard.
You have now, virtually at least, I'm just like that. Some people find it hard to keep up when they're in my company and I'm picking the music. Others are entertained in ways they never thought possible because they are enjoying music that they had long since (incorrectly) ruled out of their lives. Then again some people genuinely hate half the stuff I put on so you can never win!
Great summary analogy of the metal vocal debate as well Sweey. Again, I agree. When shouting/screaming/roaring has it's place it can be extremely effective and have a great impact. When it's constant, however, it often seems unnecessary and can be very ineffective.
From as far back as I can remember I would listen to bands like The Jam, The Who, The Clash, The Specials, David Bowie, The Beat, etc. Thanks to my Dad blasting tunes out daily on the record player. In my Junior School years I was known to be the only person in my year that liked the Red Hot Chili Peppers, or atleast the only one who spoke out about it. Everyone else were obsessed with Busted.
Then I started listening to rap in about 04'/05', Notorious B.I.G., 2Pac, Dr. Dre, the big names really. That lasted for about 2 years. Now i'm 20 years young and listen to everything, from metal to jazz, from blues to 80s power ballads, from ska to classic rock. I do mainly tend to listen to classic rock more than anything else, however.
WALK_ON_GR33N
15-01-2013, 01:51
I changed from Hip-Hop/Rap to House and Electro. I find myself more into House and Electro music now than Hip-Hop and Rap. Going to the clubs a lot made this transition.
Dundon's
15-01-2013, 04:23
On music taste. It evolves it evolves and then it evolves some more. Then you hit a certain age and it stops.
Kind of like Girlfriends.
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