yet another newbie seeks acceptance into mb
 

Hey everyone. I'm 17, live in the midwest, and really enjoy music. (Why else would I be here?) I know this forum is awesome because I've already been lurking around here for a while, and I've found a ton of promising looking music that I'm going to check out when I get back home in a couple weeks. Anyway, I play drums and bass, but I'm not that great at either. I know I could be good if I put more effort into it, but I have lazy tendencies. The following activities consume at least 90 percent of my available free time.

films
video games (I also love video game soundtracks. My favorite is FF5 by Nobuo Uematsu)
books
music (surprising isn't it?)

Anyway, here's a list of 10 of my favorite musicians/artists right now in descending order. The top 5 will be in order.

Frank Zappa
Parliament/Funkadelic
Captain Beefheart
The Fall
Pixies
Curtis Mayfield
James Brown
The Velvet Underground
Howlin' Wolf
Jaco Pastorius

Honorable Mentions

David Bowie
B.B King
Public Enemy
Miles Davis
T.Rex

Yeah you can stay.

Not happy about the video games though

What if I told you I played video games while listening to The Fall? Good to see some appreciation for them on here, I don't meet many fans in person, if you know what I mean. Mark E. Smith rates amoung my top 5 vocalists.

Welcome. Nice intro. Don't pay any attention to Urban - he's old and often flaccid. Video games are a plus in my book. And Zappa at the top of the list? Mm-hmm. And you're only seventeen? Well done, sir.

Curtis Mayfield hey? You'll do.

Welcome to MB morgos.

I've never been so much into the Pixies, but otherwise that's a damn cool top 10 you've got there.

Welcome aboard.

Flaccid?

Adj. 1. flaccid - drooping without elasticity; wanting in stiffness; "a flaccid penis"
soft - yielding readily to pressure or weight
2. flaccid - out of condition; not strong or robust; incapable of exertion or endurance; "he was too soft for the army"; "flabby around the middle"; "flaccid cheeks"
flabby, soft
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Just thought I'd clear that up for yer'. ;)

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hello and welcome.

The coolest band you mentioned was Captain Beefheart. I'm not saying they are better then the others, it's just don't hear much about them. I have this aversion for bands that are named drop ad nauseum, but I'm not questioning how talent they are, when I say that.
Thank you for not having Muddy Waters in your top ten, it's breathe of fresh air to see Howlin Wolf then Muddy Waters, but then again I would rather see Jimmy Smith or Wes Montgomery then Miles, but hey it's your list - pretty cool list
David Bowie can be just as avant garde or weird as Zappa at times. I like reading about Zappa more so then listening to his music. When he got on his soap box and started bitchin about the Music Business, I can't put the book down, it's riveting.

Where The Ventures that instrumental band you were talking about being your fave?

Hello. Im a professional dancer and I love music.

Funny, I thought the most ridiculous band mentioned was Captain Beefheart, what with the music being musically ridiculous and all...

But I won't hate.
Welcome to the forums.

The fact that people consider Beefhearts music ridiculous only increases the appeal of it for me.


He definitely is awesome.

I've never really listened to Muddy Waters much - I've only heard a song or two. Should probably give his stuff a shot sometime. I do have a Wes Montgomery album, I never really absorbed it though. Probably deserves another listen.

His autobiography is a fantastic book. A lot of the speeches he gave were pretty hilarious/awesome. One of my favorite parts is when he's talking about all the ****ty experiences he had with different orchestras.


Many thanks to all who posted

I'm glad someone around here knows about flaccid penis. I knew I could count on you.

same here

[QUOTE=morgos;704625] He definitely is awesome.[/quopte]
I saw Captain Beefhearts' name couple times in guitar magazines, so when I saw a greatest hits in the discount section I picked it up. One of my favorite albums,

One way of understanding Wes Montegomery is by dividing his career into sections. He first started out as a guitarist in a big band who strictly playing Charlie Christian. He played for Riverside, Verve, and then A&M. Every label has its own style, it's up to you to decide wether or not what style you like, eg Cool Jazz, or his later Pop style, but either way he is worth getting into.


I was amazed how he stoled a professional xylophonist from orchesrta. Or using a strobe tuner on stage so he could splice the best parts in the studio later. It's not hilarious stuff but it adds to he eccentricity I guess.