What's Your Favorite Music?

[cherokeeprogressive]

For me it's The Blues, and then everything else.

My fiance's nephew hipped me to a VERY cool download site: allofmp3.com

I get my music there for about fifteen cents a song. HUGE selection. Huge is an understatement.

Gotta pre-pay with a credit card. That's okay, I'm old and have lots of credit cards.

So far I've downloaded over a thousand songs, and it's only cost me about $150. Sounds like a lot, but check this out: HUGE SELECTION. I've found songs there that have NEVER made it into the public realm, and I'm on my way to having the most awesome music collection this side of Pluto (I guess that depends on the songs you like, but I've found EVERYTHING I was looking for there, and MORE. I had a cocktail party at my house, made 2 MP3 CDs and just let them play. The life of the party was the music that my friends had forgotten about, never heard before, or just DUG upon hearing them the first time.

Everything else would include Classic Rock first, since I grew up in the late seventies, New Wave, and everything that came after that.

Go there, spend a few bucks, and HAPPY HUNTING!

ps... I am NOT affiliated with the Russian site in any way.

[anti-everything]

1. For me,

punk rock, then death metal.

[cherokeeprogressive]

3. Does that mean you want to die a "Punk Death"? n/t

[anti-everything]

9. Absolutely...

I'm having a contest. What will get me first, the alcohol, the cigarettes, or the red meat. Will it be the liver, the lungs, or the heart? I'm pulling for the liver.

[cherokeeprogressive]

14. I spent ten years in Naval Aviation.

And I've been out for 18. I think every day that any ONE of the hundreds of synthetic compounds I was exposed to is gonna come back to bite me in the form of cancer. 28 years since I was first exposed.

Sometimes I think my days are numbered.

Fuck, I wish I knew what that number was.

[anti-everything]

17. Everyone's days are numbered...

It's just that some of us aren't delusional about it. If I quit smoking, drinking, and eating red meat, I'd probably die in an accident with a semi next week. Then, I'd be really pissed off.

[cherokeeprogressive]

23. I have a CD from a comic from Louisiana

His take on the "If God wants you to die thing"? WHAT IF IT'S THE MOTHERFUCKER NEXT TO ME in seat 24A?

[anti-everything]

25. I've heard that before...

I just can't remember who it was. Funny though.

Although...I'm not sure I even believe in god. I was just commenting on the fact that we're all going to die.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

2. I like everything, but jazz is my favorite.

[cherokeeprogressive]

7. Jazz is too "free form" for me.

I can't explain why, but it is.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

12. I think that's its appeal to me.

The free form in between the bookends.

[cherokeeprogressive]

16. Yeah, I get that. But I'm a big fan of live music.

Seeing B.B. King play a Stevie Ray song and pretty much try and cover I think shows a respect for the Original Artist.

I'm on a constant search to find the same song done by different artists. mmmm I'm gonna have to say that when it comes to Jazz, I can't do that.

Disclaimer: I've danced, drank, laughed, and enjoyed myself to the point I couldn't describe here, and all to Jazz Music. It's just not my fave.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

18. Many jazz artists cover the same songs.

Or are you talking about a note-by-note replica?

[cherokeeprogressive]

20. Of course I'm not talking about a note by note replica.

But if someone says they're going to play a song by Bing Crosby to the crowd, or Wagner, would you expect to hear a song by Ice Cube?

[Starbucks Anarchist]

24. I don't quite get the analogy.

There are numerous jazz standards covered by every jazz musician under the sun.

Each musician keeps the basic framework of the song while also adding their own twist to it, just like cover songs in other genres.

[HuskerDU]

4. Rock-n-roll!

The crazy fun stuff not boring 'rock.'

[ghostsofgiants]

6. Well Husker Du is anything but boring, that's for sure.

[HuskerDU]

15. Hey thank you primate1!

They definitely qualify as crazy/fun RnR, and they were smart too. Hard to beat that.

[ghostsofgiants]

19. Definitely one of my favourite bands.

:thumbsup:

[ghostsofgiants]

5. Punk, hardcore, post-punk, post-hardcore, indie rock, hip-hop.

Impossible to choose just one.

[Wapsie B]

8. You mean there's other music besides Death Metal?

:shrug:


;-)

[anti-everything]

11. Yes.

But not much that's good.

[Ptah]

10. Big Band for me

Benny Goodman: Sing Sing Sing


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jT_IsN9rJJE

[dolo amber]

13. I'm a fan of the Techno

I may or may not have mentioned that. :D

[Broken_Hero]

21. heavy metal, than everything else....nt

[grace0418]

22. 80s Alternative, Industrial, Singer-Songwriters, Funk, Disco, Cuban,

too many really. Maybe I should say I cannot stand popular country music (Reba, Toby Keith, etc.) and Christian music. Most other genres have at least something that interests me.

[mvd]

26. Classic rock, power pop, pop/rock, singer songwriter, folk,

and folk/rock.

Here are some artists I love:

The Beatles, Beach Boys, Herman's Hermits, CCR, Rolling Stones, Pete Seeger, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Shangri-Las, Elvis, Fleetwood Mac, CCR, The Monkees, CSNY, The Who, The Moody Blues, James Taylor, The Byrds, Simon & Garfunkel, Peter Paul & Mary, Cheap Trick, The Cars, The Bangles, Janis Joplin, Carole King, Dusty Springfield, Annie Lennox/The Eurythmics, Blondie, Go-Gos, The Sundays, The Corrs, Michelle Branch/The Wreckers, Avril Lavigne, The Veronicas, Damone, New Pornographers, Fountains Of Wayne, The Donnas, Jag Star, Barenaked Ladies, The Faders, Kate Voegele, Alexa Wilkinson, Alison Ray, Marianne Keith, Madonna, Camera Obscura, The Pierces, Kay Hanley/Letters To Cleo, Lisa Loeb, Susan Cagle, Sheryl Crow, the Charade, Sloan, The Supremes, The Ronettes, The Crystals, Luther Vandross, Marvin Gaye, Aretha, Smokey Robinson, Bruce Springsteen, Aimee Mann, Brandi Carlile, Cindy Alexander, R.E.M., U2, Leigh Nash/SNTR, John Mellencamp, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Indigo Girls, Bonnie McKee, Jo Davidson, Stacie Rose, Melissa Etheridge, Regina Spektor, Tori Amos, Gomez, Stars, Rilo Kiley, Sarah McLachlan, Bree Sharp, Merril Bainbridge, Nina Gordon & Veruca Salt, Belle & Sebastian, David Gray, Abra Moore, Sinead O'Connor, Alanis Morissette, The Decemberists, The Nightwatchman, Guster, Green Day, Garbage, Hole, The Jayhawks, Wilco, Pearl Jam, Neil Finn/Finn Brothers, Josh Ritter, Alicia Keys, Toni Braxton, John Legend, The Dixie Chicks, Loretta Lynn, Patsy Cline, Merle Haggard, Alan Jackson, early Reba, Garth Brooks, Dwight Yoakam, Vince Gill, The Mavericks, Patty Loveless, Wussy, Miranda Lambert (yes, she's a Repuke like Reba, but very good,) Lucinda Williams, Neko Case, Steve Earle, Rosanne Cash, Kasey Chambers, Loreena McKennitt, Frank Sinatra, Beetoven, Mozart...

I could not list all the artists here. BTW, if Brie Larson makes a second album that builds on her very promising first one, and if Mandy Moore's Wild Hope is as good as I think it will be, they would be list-worthy.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

27. A few of my favorite groups

John Cougar Mellencamp, The Doors, Bob Dylan, Mozart, Johnny Winter, Lou Rawls, John Lee Hooker, Janis Joplin, Al Stewart, Genesis, Marshall Tucker, Whitesnake, Little Feat, Pink Floyd, Paul Simon, Rick Wakeman, Jefferson Airplane, Foghat, Head East, Richard & Linda Thompson, Peter Frampton, Traffic, Jo Jo Gunne, Bruce Springsteen, Eric Clapton, The Beatles, The Little River Band, Del Shannon, Wishbone Ash, Blood Sweat & Tears, Black Sabbath, The James Gang, The Byrds, The Classics IV, The Eagles, The Fifth Dimension, The Guess Who, Loreena McKennitt, Joni Mitchell, James Taylor, Boz Scaggs, Frijid Pink, Grand Funk, Golden Earring, Steve Vai, Donovan, The Beach Boys, Carole King, Frank Zappa, Don Henley, Captain Beefheart, The Platters, Smokey Robinson, The Drifters, CSN & Y, The Climax Blues Band, Canned Heat, CCR, Alabama, THe Temptations, Bob Seger, The Henry Paul Band, Jan & Dean, America, The Banges, The Troggs, Kiss, Journey, Jethro Tull, The Blue Man Group, Tangerine Dream, Ten Years After, Savoy Brown, Mott The Hoople, Harry Nilsson, John Sebastian, Chicago, Manfred Mann, Zebra, Yes, Wet Willie, Vanessa Mae, Van Halen, Uriah Heep, Tracy Chapmen, Toires, Toad The Wet Sprocket, Tishamingo, Three Dog Night, The Who, The Small Faces, The Righteous Brothers, The Outlaws, The Moody Blues, The Monkees, The Hollies, THe Cowsills, THe Coasters, The Carpenters, Mungo Jerry, The Band, The Association, The Animals, The Allman Brothers, Styx, Stillwater, Southern Cross, Secret Garden, Santana, Russ Ballard, Roy Orbison, Rough Diamonds, The Rolling Stones, Roger Miller, Rod Stewart, Robin Trower, Robert Plant, Rick Derringer, Rare Earth, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Queensryche, Queen, Procol Harum, Poco, Peter Paul & Mary, Neil Sedaka, Neil Diamond, Montrose, Molly Hatchet, Moby Grape, Mike Oldfield, Melanie, Meat Loaf, Mary Black, Marvn Gaye, Maria Muldaur, The Mamas And The Papas, Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Lovin' Spoonful, Loggins & Messina, Lobo, Leo Sayer, Led Zeppelin, Laura Nyro, Ken Hensley, Kansas, Judy Garland, Jim Croce, Johnny Cash, John Miles, Joan Baez, Humble Pie, The Grateful Dead, Gerry Rafferty, The Ghost Riders, George Winston, Free, Mahogany Rush, Focus, Fleetwood Mac, Elton John, Edgar Froese, Dusty Springfield, The Doobie Brothers, Don McLean, Deep Purple, Dave Mason, Cream, Christopher Cross, Buffalo Springfield, BUddy Holly, Boston, THe Brotherhood Of Man, Blackfoot, Black Oak Arkansas, Bachman Turner Overdrive, Arlo Guthrie, Argent, April Wine, The Allen Collins Band, Alice Cooper, Aeorsmith, 38 Special...

I could go on, but I think you can spot the trend here...

[mvd]

28. Wow - impressive list. I posted mine above

I added a few from your list to mine, but it's late, and I won't be able to get to all. And as you said, I think people will get the idea.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

29. You have more than a few I skipped over as well

My hands were getting tired from typing... :evilgrin:

[mvd]

30. LOL

OK, I'm done with my list. I still didn't get to all from your list, but I'm also tired. Good night, and thanks for the reminders! :hi:

[mvd]

37. See this is why I don't make official lists

Unless I'm trying to make a top 10, and even that can change depending on my mood. Skimming through my list, I left out such artists as Kelly Clarkson, Pink, Anna Nalick, Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton, Hope 7, The Shins - all list worthy artists.

[ForrestGump]

31. More diverse than I thought. But it starts with giving me that Old Time Rock 'n' Roll.

Old stuff, getting older every year but still the freshest music ever. Elvis. The Beatles. Creedence. Ray Charles. James Brown. Johnny cash. Elton John. Wilson Pickett. Three Dog Night. Stevie Wonder. And many others.

Elvis, of course, most of all. Always.

A lot of so-called 'classic rock,' too, the second wave that followed Elvis and the other '50s and early to mid-'60s groups and performers. Not all of the bands' songs, necessarily, but certainly a heavy dose of Southern rock (and, yes, the much-maligned Eagles, with that California country rock sound).

Some disco, for old times' sake. The stuff I heard on the radio when I was a kid (including classics like "Disco Duck," "convoy," and "Kung Fu Fighting," as well as the collected works of The Sweet, Slade, and Thin Lizzy...the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack, too) and some from when I was a teen to early '20s ("My Sharona" is a song, for example, that I grew to hate thanks to heavy rotation on the radio, but now I like it, and ram jam's "Black Betty" is a cool ditty).

Generic '70s pop...eclectic '70s pop, I guess, encompassing everything from the swamp rockers (I love Jim Stafford's "Swamp Witch" and "Spiders And Snakes" -- the dude was best known for great tongue-in-cheek classics similar to those of Roger Miller, but those two songs were legitimate swamp rock a la Tony Joe White and Joe South) to Ray Stevens to Jerry Reed's masterpieces to whoever. Ditto for some of the icons of the '80s -- it wasn't my favorite time, musically (though it sure beats the hell out of what has come since), but Mikey Jackson made some nice music and was entertaining and timeless people like Bruce Springsteen and a few others hit real peaks.

Most of what I really like is rock 'n' roll or based on rock 'n' roll. What rock 'n' roll is based on also appeals greatly. The blues, most of all -- give me that Delta blues sound, too, any day...I much prefer the raw, rural blues to what later came out of Chicago and wherever else. Lightnin' Hopkins kind of exemplifies my preference, though most of the blues appeal greatly to me on a very visceral level. Gospel, another component in the creation of rock 'n' roll (certainly exemplified by the early work of Elvis and Ray Charles), also lifts me up in a very real way, despite my utter lack of conventional religious faith...black southern gospel, in particular, really gets to me. I used to attend traditionally-black churches when I lived in the south, just to experience ('hear' is too limited a word) the music and the feeling that went with the oratory and whatever the heck was going on in those churches...the spirit of something, for sure. I also like a lot of country, the remaining pillar of the trinity from which rock 'n' roll was formed. But I don't like much of the country they make now, most of it very obviously corporate crap as fake as the garbage that bloats the Top 40 these days....also, most of the men who wear the cowboy hats these days sound exactly the same. I am not a huge fan of a lot of the really traditional school of nasal country whining, either. Certain major country icons I am very fond of -- Johnny Cash and Dolly Parton are just two (and I guess you could count the most excellent Jimmy Buffett as essentially a country singer, especially if your country is -- as mine's been -- a Caribbean island) and I think that a lot of the best country music I've heard came out int he '70s (thanks in part to the pioneering work of the Outlaws who took on the country music establishment) and the '80s. I really got into country music in the mid-'80s, and discovered it was about the only new music they were playing on the radio that was worth a damn, but I guess a lot of other people thought the same thing and once the Nashville establishment got wind of it that was over, too.

[enigmatic]

32. Pretty much everything except Opera

Though I have a serious love of Alt-Country since listening to The Silos' "About Her Steps." about 20 years ago, and it's isn't going away soon...

[Sanctified]

33. Indy and Electronica

Currently I am really into, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, The Decemberists and Gui Boratto.

[tjwmason]

34. Two major groups

Renaissance and (slightly more obscurely) 20th century French Organ school.

But also oodles of Baroque, some Classical-era, Wagner, Mystic Minimalism, certain overly cheesy 19th century Church Music, a select gathering of other 20th century stuff (especially Shostakovich).

[mike_c]

35. lots of types, but most of my music collection runs toward folky type...

...singer songwriter stuff at the intersection of rock, country, and folk.

[mvd]

36. I'd be interested in what your favorite artists are

Sounds like a style I like.

[seemunkee]

38. Electronica/Noise/Dark Ambient

I don't care so much about lyrics.

[hellbound-liberal]

39. Hey cherokeeprogressive, if you like the blues, I hope you like Rory Gallagher

he is my favorite guitarist/ performer of all time. I first saw him on Don Kirshner's Rock Concert in the 70s and I have been a big fan ever since. I have yet to see anyone get more enjoyment out of his music than Rory. This is a small sample of his work. If you like it, I strongly urge you to buy his Live at Montreux DVD that was released last year. It has over 4 hours of music spanning his career. It's the favorite DVD in my collection. Enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0if87pp8m8

[graywarrior]

40. Everything except Celine Dion and most country.