Apathetic towards music (genre, quote, song)

TheBig3 · 03-21-2006, 05:43 PM

What ya need to do is take a sharp left. If you stay in anything remotly associated with rock you're going to kill music for yourself.

I get this way alot and Ill get alot of folk and acoustic blues, try some neo-soul, underground (non-gangsta) rap and jazz. Then one day Ill just wake up and want to hear music that sounds like the revolution again. After my last detour I went and purchased:

Prince - Black Sweat
Strokes - Heart in a cage
MC Lars - Hot Topic is not punk rock and Download this song
Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues
Biz Markie - Just a friend
The Clash - This is radio clash
Yeah yeah yeahs - Gold Lion
The Doors - Peace Frog

TheBig3 · 03-21-2006, 05:47 PM

I just realized saying how I went to rock again doesn't really help you out so heres some stuff I got that wasn't rock related:

Bruce Springsteen - Ghost of Tom Joad
Paul Simon - The Boxer (live)
Leonard Cohen - The Future (highly recommended)
Tom Waits - Burma Shave
Cake - Excuse me I think I have a heart ache (Great Buck owens cover)
Miles Davis 'Round Midnight

jr. · 03-21-2006, 07:57 PM

I know what you mean. There have been times when you simply get burned out. The thrill is gone, so to speak.

Exploring music when you are bored with your 'normal' music habits is good and bad. Sometimes, you find something really exciting, but then again, you may be looking for a quick fix, and give up on a certain sound too quickly.

Have you tried just picking some stuff out of your collection you haven't heard in a while? It's always pleasant to hear stuff that you have not paid attention to in a while.

BTW, try some Glenn Miller and his Orchestra. That stuff kicks!!!

If all else fails, simply try going without music for a while. Blasphemous, some will say, but it's surprising, sometimes, to discover what goes through your mind while you're in total quiet.

mosesandtherubberducky · 03-21-2006, 08:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MURDER JUNKIE

The Reverend Horton Heat

Thank me later

He converted me I know have 9 albums. Oh and a list

Tiger Army (Check out the AOTWC thread)
Nekromantix
Horrorpops
Mad Sin
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Lightning Bolt
DFA'79
and I'm not naming any more because if I were to name them they will of already been named with out me knowing.

TheBig3 · 03-22-2006, 12:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jr.

Have you tried just picking some stuff out of your collection you haven't heard in a while? It's always pleasant to hear stuff that you have not paid attention to in a while.

Yeah well that sometimes leads you to find out that there was a reason you hadn't listened to it in ahwile, and forces you to think "man I had ****ty taste in music"

But to be fair, As Bob Dylan suggested to Sheryl Crow in her writing slump, listen to what got you juiced as a child, made you love music. I tried it myself, it works.

In your case, go jam the misfits I guess.

sleepy jack · 03-22-2006, 12:17 AM

I'm just getting bored with rock, punk in paticular I doubt jammin a misfits record'll help. I need something new and just not the typical stuff I listen to. Alot of the reccomendations have reallly been kind of well, I can listen to them and be more into it then saetia or something, especially the shins. But blegh, I still have like..just the same feeling just less =/

Merkaba · 03-22-2006, 02:46 AM

I know how you feel man.

Perhaps you gotta stop cramming so much of it into your ears and head. Take a break for a week and just listen to something really low key, something very mellow for a while before you try anything new.

We all know people can't swim without coming up for air. You've probably been underwater for quite some time now.

littleknowitall · 03-22-2006, 03:22 PM

george clinton and parlament funkadelic
mr.bungle.
hot action cop.
los lobos.
monster magnet.
pj harvey.
psyopus.
richard cheese.
the specials.
wolfmother.

cardboard adolescent · 03-22-2006, 04:32 PM

I'm gonna have to second Mr. Bungle and also suggest:

Sweep The Leg Johnny (really cool punk/jazz fusion)
Thinking Fellers Union Local #282
Polvo (specifically, Today's Active Lifestyles)
Glenn Branca
Captain Beefheart (probably the closest to avant jazz rock has ever gotten)
The Residents

Urban Hat€monger ? · 03-22-2006, 04:35 PM

I`ll do my obligatory PRIMAL SCREAM recommendation.

A different genre with every song

03-21-2006, 05:43 PM	#11 (permalink)
TheBig3 killedmyraindog Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Boston, Massachusetts Posts: 11,172	What ya need to do is take a sharp left. If you stay in anything remotly associated with rock you're going to kill music for yourself. I get this way alot and Ill get alot of folk and acoustic blues, try some neo-soul, underground (non-gangsta) rap and jazz. Then one day Ill just wake up and want to hear music that sounds like the revolution again. After my last detour I went and purchased: Prince - Black Sweat Strokes - Heart in a cage MC Lars - Hot Topic is not punk rock and Download this song Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues Biz Markie - Just a friend The Clash - This is radio clash Yeah yeah yeahs - Gold Lion The Doors - Peace Frog __________________ I've moved to a new address

03-21-2006, 05:47 PM	#12 (permalink)
TheBig3 killedmyraindog Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Boston, Massachusetts Posts: 11,172	I just realized saying how I went to rock again doesn't really help you out so heres some stuff I got that wasn't rock related: Bruce Springsteen - Ghost of Tom Joad Paul Simon - The Boxer (live) Leonard Cohen - The Future (highly recommended) Tom Waits - Burma Shave Cake - Excuse me I think I have a heart ache (Great Buck owens cover) Miles Davis 'Round Midnight __________________ I've moved to a new address

03-21-2006, 07:57 PM	#13 (permalink)
jr. Seeker of Peace Join Date: May 2005 Location: Newark, De. Posts: 341	I know what you mean. There have been times when you simply get burned out. The thrill is gone, so to speak. Exploring music when you are bored with your 'normal' music habits is good and bad. Sometimes, you find something really exciting, but then again, you may be looking for a quick fix, and give up on a certain sound too quickly. Have you tried just picking some stuff out of your collection you haven't heard in a while? It's always pleasant to hear stuff that you have not paid attention to in a while. BTW, try some Glenn Miller and his Orchestra. That stuff kicks!!! If all else fails, simply try going without music for a while. Blasphemous, some will say, but it's surprising, sometimes, to discover what goes through your mind while you're in total quiet. __________________ Be strong then, and enter into your own body; there you have a solid place for your feet. ~ Kabir

03-22-2006, 02:46 AM	#17 (permalink)
Merkaba Whitewater! Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: New Zealand Posts: 2,885	I know how you feel man. Perhaps you gotta stop cramming so much of it into your ears and head. Take a break for a week and just listen to something really low key, something very mellow for a while before you try anything new. We all know people can't swim without coming up for air. You've probably been underwater for quite some time now. __________________ She thinks I'm a reclusive genius, she's going to be very disappointed when she finds out i'm a reclusive wanker

03-22-2006, 04:35 PM	#20 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	I`ll do my obligatory PRIMAL SCREAM recommendation. A different genre with every song __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

03-22-2006, 03:22 PM	#18 (permalink)
littleknowitall Pow! Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,671	george clinton and parlament funkadelic mr.bungle. hot action cop. los lobos. monster magnet. pj harvey. psyopus. richard cheese. the specials. wolfmother.

03-22-2006, 04:32 PM	#19 (permalink)
cardboard adolescent ;) Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: CA Posts: 3,503	I'm gonna have to second Mr. Bungle and also suggest: Sweep The Leg Johnny (really cool punk/jazz fusion) Thinking Fellers Union Local #282 Polvo (specifically, Today's Active Lifestyles) Glenn Branca Captain Beefheart (probably the closest to avant jazz rock has ever gotten) The Residents