The *Official Net54 Music Thread*

[drc]

I have a very wide range of musical likes, and enjoy trying new music. I've had an allergy to Top 40 radio music since I was a teenager. Favorite genres include:

Traditional classical : Beethoven, Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev, Samuel Barber, Handel. I have season tickets to the Seattle Symphony.

Avante guard classical : Gyorgi Ligeti, Anton Webern, Alban Berg, Krzysztof Penderecki

1980s alternative rock : The Psychedelic Furs (my favorite band), The Cure, Echo and the Bunnymen, Bauhaus, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

Hardcore Punk: Discharge, Black Flag, Dead Kennedys, Minor Threat

Extreme Metal: Sunn 0))), Celtic Frost, Electric Wizard

Other: Roxy Music/Brian Ferry, Cliff Martinez (modern movie soundtrack composer)

Of the above Ligeti, Penderecki and Sunn 0))) are the most challenging-- very different than traditional or 'normal' music.

Remember when I added my comments about the Rock 'N Roll Hall of Fame elections? Now you have an idea of my point of view.

** Sample below of Sunn 0))) if you want to know what extreme metal sounds like:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOyvQEQYFLY


** Sample below of Gyorgi Ligeti, avante guard classical composer from Hungary. One of director Stanley Kubrick's favorites. Amazingly, this piece is played by a life classical orchestra:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aI0P1NnUFxc


** Sample of Discharge, legendary underground band from England that produced some of the loudest music on the planet. "Hurricane Wall of Sound" is how one early critic described their sound. All their very short songs (hardcore punk songs are usually short, sometimes under a minute) are traditional British protests songs but communicated in a sonically 'scorched earth' way:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rk9v6AM1hUk


** And last, but least, a much more accessible wall of sound 'pop' song from the wonderful British band The Psychedelic Furs. The singer, Richard Butler, has one of the most distinct voices in rock. Hoarse, flat yet melodic-- well demonstrated in this song. One of my favorite bands since I was 15.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfwidISjX2c


P.s. I wasn't trying to convert anyone to Sunn 0))) or Discharge, but I wasn't attempting to post to stuff (or type of stuff) you've heard 100 times before. I'm sure you all already now what Lovely Rita Meter Maid sounds like (a song that I like, by the way).

[steve B]

Hendrix
Black Sabbath
White Zombie

I like a bunch of stuff, but those are probably my three favorites.

The rest comes down to individual songs, although I'm partial to later Beatles, and most stuff from say 67-70.

Steve B

[39special]

I'm a huge Rolling Stones fan.I listen to a classic rock sation all day at work.
Some new stuff also.(Offspring,Linkin Park) stuff like that.

[toppcat]

Melodic Hardcore Punk and alt.Americana are my two favorite genres. Bad Religion and Leatherface i.r.o. the former and Two Cow Garage and Lucero re the latter pretty much sums it up. I like a lot of other stuff too but that's what really does it for me.

[E93]

I have pretty eclectic tastes. Some examples:

Grateful Dead
Tom Waits
Laurie Anderson
Tom Russel
The Jam
X
The Specials
Jazz - especially avant garde/outside and bebop
Led Zeppelin
Peter Case
Sonic Youth
Opal
Rolling Stones
The Selecter
Dave Alvin
Thelonious Monster

JimB

[tiger8mush]

Slightly Stoopid and Rise Against are my top two favorites, I see them in concert as often as possible.

Others include Strung Out, Anti-Flag, Swingin' Utters, Good Riddance, and Rancid.

But I'll listen to almost anything as long as its not Justin Bieber haha

[Bocabirdman]

71 Dead Shows from 1976-1993 qualifies me as a Deadhead but I rarely listen to them any more. I have slid into a little of this and a little of that.

Recent eargasms include...
Freddie King
Albert Collins
Lonnie Mack
Etta James
John Lee Hooker
Santana Blues Band
Sidney Bechet
Roy Buchanan
Delaney and Bonnie
Bessie Smith
Dusty Springfield
Coleman Hawkins
Kooper Stills Super Session
Gatemouth Brown
Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac
Derek Trucks
Benny Goodman
Jimmy Hall
Quicksilver ...Happy Trails

oh hell, you get the idea Here are some of my wallpaper here at work.

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[sdkammeyer]

Originally Posted by Bocabirdman

71 Dead Shows from 1976-1993 qualifies me as a Deadhead

MORE than qualified sir!! Here's one just for you. I tried to find a "short" version but we both know that's just impossible

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2HukzKoQ44

[sdkammeyer]

Originally Posted by Bocabirdman

71 Dead Shows from 1976-1993 qualifies me as a Deadhead

Birdman??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYA16z2-xFg

[EvilKing00]

Love Zep, the who, the stones, Billy Joel, Metallica, nervana, mostly rock.

I havent heard much REALLY GOOD rock in the last 10-15 years - till I recently heard this song - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KISf2eNYOHM

give it a listen if your into music like this.

O yea...Dont forget to crank up your speakers! lol

[yanks12025]

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QK8mJJJvaes

[Jlighter]

Originally Posted by yanks12025

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QK8mJJJvaes

I love that you posted this song. I listen to it at least once a week.

That's a Cold A$$ Honkey.

[GrayGhost]

Springsteen, Kinks and Ray Davies, Stone, Who, Beatles and Solo, Joel, Fogerty, Elton, Johnny Cash, Peter Paul and Mary, Mellencamp. and on and on.

[T2069bk]

I pretty much like everything listed so far, but find like with my card collection my tastes always move around. Lately I am venturing overseas a bit ...

Recent additions to the ipod include:
Volbeat
Rammstein
Lacuna Coil
Siouxsie & the Banshees

And some American bands
Halestorm
Mudvayne
Hellyeah
Civil Wars
Minnie Ripperton (Yeah I was watching SP when I bought it)
Redbone
Serj Tankian

[71buc]

Originally Posted by GrayGhost

Springsteen, Kinks and Ray Davies, Stone, Who, Beatles and Solo, Joel, Fogerty, Elton, Johnny Cash, Peter Paul and Mary, Mellencamp. and on and on.

You and my wife have the same play list! I'm a child of the R&B 70s. I still listen to Al Green, The Staple Singers, Curtis Mayfield, Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder,EWF, and Sly. I really miss that kind of music. Hearing it brings back great memories of playing whiffle ball with my dad in the back yard and watching my mom dance around the house as she cleaned while listening to it. I miss her as well.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Dzs1K3c...eature=related

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=QnbdXWvmysg

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hBCky_Evbfc

http://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=r...&v=4B5EtjNNf60

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Jo50otY1nLI

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gPuUXppUWUQ

Joss Stone and Amy Winehouse are about as close as it gets today.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qZidLDMER9g

http://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=r...&v=mX4n8u3drAo

[teetwoohsix]

A track off of one of my all time favorite albums:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iw1Fm61HBA8

Sincerely, Clayton