mr dave

have you checked out their latest one yet? Love2. it's fantastic, their best album in a long time.

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Schizotypic

Thanks, that's actually quiet a compliment. =) I really don't listen to as much as it sounds like. There's one Redding album, a couple Jpolin, etc. I love bands like Slint, Comus, or a lot of the 60's bands I've been finding most because they don't have intimidating discographies. Honestly I think music just takes time though. It's all about enjoying it.

Actually it was really nice to hear your musical story too! Such a great thread this is, because I get to hear the exact tastes of all those I was curious about- and you were definitely one of them. Most of these I just skimmed over, but you and a few others like Anteater and Mr.Dave I just had to know.

Bulldog if you are reading this post one of these, and you Loathsomepete, and you Zarko, and I think Stu and Lucifer_sam already did one. Also people that I don't have much contact on the boards with but am just REALLY curious, from most to last: 1)Big3, 2)Janszoon, 3)Right-track

Air released another album!? Wooooo!! Well, honestly I just finished downloading it but when I first read your comment and started actually writing this post it was new news. Strangely I was just listening to Moon Safari. Haven't spun that album in a while because for months every time I spin an AIR album it's been Premiers Symptoms or Late Night Tales.

But the way you describe it I'm going to give it a listen right this second. But seriously thank you for the heads-up... I don't know how long it would have been before I found out. =/

Zarko

As big of a 'fuck you' as it might be to those who are even partially interested in my music taste, the only way that I could describe my current train of thought when it comes to describing what music I like, would be experimental. For waht its worth, I used to quite enjoy Kiss in my early days

The main areas of focus though would probably be jazz and electronic, with the third area constantly changing. Last month it was neo-/classical and folk, these last few weeks have most definitely belonged to hip hop though.

What led me here though, without a doubt, was jazz, as I alluded to in Bulldog's and mine 2000's thread, with the story pretty much all in there.

Its interesting to look at this from a decades POV though. Most of my musical tastes can easily be defined by albums from the 2000's/mid to late 90's. Majoirty of my favourite albums fall in these two areas, which I have always found interesting. Its not really production values which stops me from loving a lot of older music, its just something I can't quite put my finger on. Who knows, maybe its a mental thing. Would be interested in finding out none the less. Maybe I'm just not tyring hard enough anymore like I used to

Bane of your existence

I grew up on really bad country music, so there's still a soft spot in my heart for that.
In high school I listened to typical top 40 music at first, and then started to get into punk my sophmore year. After high school the punk thing grew, and I started to get in to metal too. Those were my first introductions to underground type music, and from there I pretty much took some time to discover what I really liked about music. Since then I've almost stopped listening to Punk and Metal, and now listen to a lot of hip-hop, very poppy stuff like Tegan and Sara, Of Montreal, or All Girl Summer Fun Band. I also listen to Folksy type music and country rock. I like a lot of electronic music. I like post-rock. Actually, other than hip-hop I really don't listen to any genre of music, I just enjoy of a lot of different stuff, and dislike even more.

Notveryskilled

I don't exactly know how to explain my music taste. I enjoy a lot. My pops listens to older rock like; The Police, Tom Petty, ect. I picked that up from him. While my mom listens to hard stuff like; RATM, S.O.A.D, ect. I got that as well. I discover stuff like Tool and One Day as a Lion myself. I also grew up with a lot of Dave Matthews. So, to put into simpler form I like the whole rock genre, meaning like anything related to rock... I guess.

Alfred

In general I like music that is somehow linked to punk rock. Not that I have to prove my 'punkness', I just like the general attitude and aesthetic of punk and its offshoots. I am into lots of artists from other genres as well, but punk is my first love.

Stuff I dig:
The Clash
Lagwagon
At The Drive-In
Bad Brains
The Dillinger Escape Plan
Genghis Tron
Alexisonfire
Opeth
Pink Floyd
Refused
The Mars Volta
The Fall Of Troy
16 Horsepower
Envy
Maylene & The Sons Of Disaster
Cancer Bats
He Is Legend
Saetia
Rage Against The Machine
Underoath
Every Time I Die
HORSE the band
Echo & The Bunnymen
Matisyahu
The Ramones
Teenage Bottlerocket
Screeching Weasel
Bob Dylan
Asian Dub Foundation
Coheed & Cambria
The Wallflowers
P.O.S.
and lots of others...

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Tipsy101

I like so many different types of music it's hard to say. I listen to metal, rock, indie, alternative, dubstep, some dance and chart music. My favourite bands are Lostprophets Check out the new Lostprophets, Enter Shikari and Muse. But then I also really like other music such as Funeral For A Friend, Mindless Self Indulgence, ACDC, Crystal Castles, David Guetta, Kaiser Chiefs, Killswitch Engage, System Of A Down, Thrice, Chase & Status, Children of Bodom, Taio Cruz, Placebo... Just to show you how diverse my music taste is. I'm on the lookout for new music all the time and will listen to anything at least once.

Flower Child

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.

Akira

I was fortunate enough to be exposed to a lot of music since I was born and also to buy what I wanted when I wanted new albums etc.

I guess the earliest music I would have been exposed to would be stuff from the 60s and 50s plus classical stuff as well. I started buying albums at about 8 years old which is when the biggest spurt in music started since once you get one ting then you want another and another and so on. I bought Hunky Dory and Ziggy Stardust when I was 9, among others, and Bowie from then on played a big part of my musical interest for some time afterwards. It was around that time also that I was taken to various live music shows, a lot of stuff at the time I enjoyed but most of it was new to me so I didn't appreciate it as much as I would have done if I were already into the artists. For example, I was ten or eleven when I saw Prince, who obviously blew my mind, but I would have loved it so much more if I had been a fan already.

So during that time I managed to get exposed to a lot of really good stuff, stuff that I still listen to today. In the late 80s, also, I was a member and mod on several musical bulletin boards which were great, and obviously exposed me to more music and some great albums. It wasn't as easy back then to come up with a list of classic albums, so forums helped immensely to share ideas of what to listen to and seek out. So throughout the years my collection has grown considerably, not even including my classical library. I am currently in the process of slowly digitising them, though only favourites go first and stuff I want to listen to.

As far as influences on what I listen to, I generally go for what I feel I will enjoy, by who has recommended it, or by what reviews say about it etc. I won't just give an album a listen because 'everyone else is'. I'm not interested in fitting in with any particular group or looking cool. I just want to listen to good music which affects me (in any way) and if other people don't like that music it doesn't affect my joy of it.

In mid-90s it was a bit odd as the majority of my friends didn't know much about the music that made up the majority of my collection, there were only two lads who I was close to who knew the joys of older classics, the rest mainly listened to current chart music. I started to listen to the radio also in my early teens, probably the most I have listened to the radio in my life. The soundtrack to our school was the usual mix of Blur, Oasis, Pulp, Nirvana etc, which was good because I enjoyed it all, though Nirvana was wearing thin by the time Cobain died. At least I could talk to others in my school about the same sort of music and try and get them into similar artists (which mostly failed).

After school was done and dusted I spent a lot of time attending gigs in various parts of the world, this time it was much better as I was long-time fan of most of the acts, got to meet and hang with some and become semi-friendly with a few.

Now, in my twenties, I have spent less time travelling for fun due to work, but I have still been expanding my library and exploring new avenues of music. Regrettably, in my older age, I was getting more frustrated with current music. It seemed like you would have to wade through more sh!t to get to the good stuff. And this is still true in my eyes today, and though I still listen to current music as much as I can, I'm not one for trying to listen to new music all the time. Some people are all about new music, but I'm more into music that's new to me, regardless of whether it is current or quite old. It's easier, though, to find good music from yesteryear as it has passed through the refining process of time and stood up, rather than with current music as most of it in the public eye is more about who's the latest trend. I'm more than happy, if it comes to it, to let other people wade through the crap and bring me the diamonds. In the meantime there is still a lifetime's worth of great music yet to be discovered that has already been made. (If all that makes sense, lol).

My general outlook on music is that I don't like to use too many labels to pigeon hole music. I don't mind general terms of genre, but I think that using, and getting too anal about, sub-genres goes against what music should be. I'm open to listening to anything, I won't say that I love all types of music because I hate it when people say that. I can't name every type of music that's out there and I'm sure the people who say that cannot either. I also don't like it when people say 'Oh I hate [insert genre]' etc, just because they have an idea in their heads as to what [insert genre] really is. It's usually a few tracks or artists that they have heard and don't like and from then on just completely blank out any similar stuff that comes their way. I think its a great shame that a lot of people automatically shut themselves off from potentially great stuff. I believe that no matter what type of music you prefer listening to on average, that there is something that will move you in all the other areas. I'm sure a lot of people on this forum have found albums that have shot to the top of their favourites or changed their outlook on music, which has come from an area of music that they never looked into before or maybe even had a prejudice against at one point.

Anyways, I'm sure I'm rambling as I have my music quite loud and it's a bit difficult to determine whether or not any of the above sentences have made sense to anyone.

Keep digging and sharing guys and gals.

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My philosophy when it comes to music- just listen to it without prejudice or pre conceived notions. I am not interested in fads or phases and I will judge any music on it's own merits without any outside prejudices.

It does help if you are open minded I guess.

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