Well first of all, my music taste would be nothing like it is now if it hadn't been for the year I've spent with you fine folks of musicbanter. You have introduced me to so many excellent genres (punk and electronic and some that quickly come to mind) that I wouldn't have listed to otherwise. Enough blowing smoke up all your asses and now for my taste in music.
Grew up listening to some great
classic country tunes which I still hold dearly in my collection today.
Willie Nelson is one of my favorite artists out there and always will be. But I have a feeling you guys know that by now. I find classic country very comforting because it reminds me of the good old times with my family. Anytime we celebrate, whether it be just a Friday night or welcoming my brother home from his far away adventures, Willie and Waylon are always accompaning us. No matter how many different genres I have gotten into, none of them could replace classic country.
When I was a young little twirp I was quite the grunge fan. The whole
Alice In Chains, Pearl Jam, Nirvana scene. Loved it and still get in the mood for it every once in a while now. I guess when all of my little friendsies were listening to Brittany Spears and Nsync, my grunge music made me feel like a big tough rebel and this genre eventually pushed me into new and exciting things.
Southern rock is and has been a huge staple in my library.
Marshall Tucker Band, Blackfoot, Skynyrd...name it, I love it. I have always been so attracted to the powerful masculinity of southern rock and the hard living stories it entails.
Jimi Hendrix and the psychedelic 60's was my next love. The skills of the southern rock guitar gods led me into the world of Jimi Hendrix. I had every piece of music he put out within a month. My Hendrix obsession led me deeper into the sixties and one thing led to another...and I was into all the big names
Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd and a fanatic of each to boot. But with this site and more digging, my favorite sixties bands are:
The Electric Prunes, The Doors, Donovan, The Zombies, off the top of my head. Its those haunted keyboards, chaotic atmosphere, uninhibited instruments, and crazed vocalists that I just can't get enough of.
And ohhhhhh the blues.
Muddy Water's music puts some vivid imagery in my head and warps me back decades.
BB King can wail out the most depressing tune then turn around and do a humorous song complaining about his woman and her pain in the ass friends. Not to mention
Howlin Wolf, Albert King, John Lee Hooker and the restof the bunch. Love the blues.
Funk- Oh yes!
Kay Gees are my choice out of the funk genre.
soul- love it.
Al Green in particular.
I can't forget one of my favorite genres ever- Latin.
Buena Vista Social Club evokes something inside of me that no other band has done. So exotic. I close my eyes and their music transports me to a hole in the wall venue in Cuba. The foreign language may scare most people off- it is an asset to me.
I can't leave out
Reggae. My#1 favorite song in the world is
Come Mek We Run by Pablo Moses. I started off with Bob Marley and thanks to the reggae guys on the site, I love a broad spectrum of artists.
Recently gotten into punk and electronic.
Who Is She and Daydream in Blue by IMonster is sublime.
Thats enough for now.
