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Ty1020 
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Posted: February 02 2006 at 00:35 |
 kenmeyerjr wrote:
Howsabout William Shatner and Sigur Ros? |
I love both artists. William Shatner's "Has Been" is actually a really creavite album that shouldn't be overlooked  .
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avestin
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Posted: February 02 2006 at 00:29 |
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I lived in Antarctica once. I can tell you, you don't speak there. There isn't anyone to speak to, and it's too cold to waste energy on speaking to yourself. Besides, the penguins understand sign language perfectly.
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NotAProghead
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Posted: February 01 2006 at 17:33 |
The Miracle wrote:
I can't stand Russian rock(except for Aquarium) |
Can you name a few bands you can't stand? What language people in Antarctica speak?
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Manunkind
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Posted: January 30 2006 at 17:42 |
BaldFriede wrote:
I think it is important to find a balance between open-mindedness and selectivity; too much open-mindedness just becomes arbitrarity. There are some musical styles I just don't feel at home with, which I call "Arschwackelmusik" (a term which is hard to translate; the best attempt I can come up with is "move-yer-ass music"). This is a term for all kind of music which is just mildly rhythmic without any complicated structure, like for example reggae (though I like the kind of dub-reggae the Ozric Tentacles occasionally play). When I dance I want to dance orgiastically, the whole body shaking, and I need the whole dance floor for it because I am prone to run from one corner of the room to the other while dancing. But for this I need something with a real drive. A good example for what I really like to dance to are the last 3 minutes of "Dance on a Volcano" by Genesis; after the words "Let the dance begin". With reggae I just can't do that, and I never understood how people can dance to reggae. It absolute bores me to death and certainly does not create any need to dance in me. But certain riffs just get me and make me want to go really mad on the dance-floor.
Ok, I'm weird.
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You're perfectly normal. It is perfectly normal to move to music, whether one calls this movement dancing or not. I too usually can't sit still when I listen to music I like, I have to move around, often in a 'violent' or 'ritualistic' manner. It's a natural response to music. I am reminded of the time when the avant-garde pianist Cecil Taylor met the neo-classical jazz trumpet player Wynton Marsalis for the first time and asked him whether he could dance to James Brown. 'Sure,' Marsalis answered. Taylor then asked him whether he could also dance to Albert Ayler. Marsalis could only stagger back, completely astonished. Guess whose music I enjoy more .
However, sometimes I don't move when I listen to music - I 'meditate' instead. Funnily enough, I can 'meditate' to any music I enjoy, and this includes a selection of artists from such genres as prog, jazz, rock, metal, blues, classical (in the broad sense, including XX c. and medieval), some pop, folk etc. etc. etc. Basically I try to let the music itself lead me, and if it leads me somewhere interesting, I don't care about the genre.
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Angeldust
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Posted: January 30 2006 at 15:27 |
Music is ONE.That's why i like almost everything,From new order to Pain of Salvation ,from Stanley Jordan to Happy mondays,from Porcupine tree to Infected mushroom .I like brit music(the 90s),progressive/psychedelic/art/experimental rock,tech no,progressive/psychedelic/minimal trance,jazz,trip hop,dub/reggae,lounge,jazzy house and many more which i can't remember right now :).Is it so bad?????????I hate this new pop but i love madonna :P.who doesn't ?????????(what a great piece of a#s  )
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Velvetclown
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Posted: January 30 2006 at 14:38 |
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MikeEnRegalia
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Posted: January 30 2006 at 14:38 |
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I like a really wide range of styles ... in fact, I'm beginning to fear that people might confuse that with arbitrarity. But I'd like to think that I'm quite selective within each genre.
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BaldFriede
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Posted: January 30 2006 at 14:33 |
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I think it is important to find a balance between open-mindedness and selectivity; too much open-mindedness just becomes arbitrarity. There are some musical styles I just don't feel at home with, which I call "Arschwackelmusik" (a term which is hard to translate; the best attempt I can come up with is "move-yer-ass music"). This is a term for all kind of music which is just mildly rhythmic without any complicated structure, like for example reggae (though I like the kind of dub-reggae the Ozric Tentacles occasionally play). When I dance I want to dance orgiastically, the whole body shaking, and I need the whole dance floor for it because I am prone to run from one corner of the room to the other while dancing. But for this I need something with a real drive. A good example for what I really like to dance to are the last 3 minutes of "Dance on a Volcano" by Genesis; after the words "Let the dance begin". With reggae I just can't do that, and I never understood how people can dance to reggae. It absolute bores me to death and certainly does not create any need to dance in me. But certain riffs just get me and make me want to go really mad on the dance-floor.
Ok, I'm weird.
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Syzygy
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Posted: January 30 2006 at 10:30 |
cuncuna wrote:
So, almost everyone is wide enough to listen, at least, a couple of music styles (plus Prog, off course). And one of us (besides me) actually has a Dean Martin and Sigur Rós item on the music collection. So funny... |
Make that two - although I've only got Dean Martin on compilations. I can't honestly think of a genre that I dislike, although some are not so well represented in my collection and prog probably accounts for about half of the CDs I own.
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I've got my doubts about how much to contribute
to the already rich among us...'
Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom
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kenmeyerjr
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Posted: January 29 2006 at 20:26 |
Howsabout William Shatner and Sigur Ros?
Wide, and it would be wider if I had more money! About the only 'genres' that I don't have much of would be opera/classical and country.
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cuncuna
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Posted: January 29 2006 at 18:56 |
So, almost everyone is wide enough to listen, at least, a couple of music styles (plus Prog, off course). And one of us (besides me) actually has a Dean Martin and Sigur Rós item on the music collection. So funny...
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¡Beware of the Bee!
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Hemispheres
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Posted: January 19 2006 at 22:21 |
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my 3 fav genres are Prog,Jazz,Punk so i guess im open minded and i pretty much like everything except rap well at least mainstream stuff like 50 cent
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transend
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Posted: January 19 2006 at 22:10 |
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Love prog, love Slayer, Love Abba, Love Earth wind and fire, love some classical...also have a soft spot for Enya and Shania Twain...
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Gentle Tull
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Posted: January 19 2006 at 21:38 |
I guess in the middle.
I mainly listen to all prog, though I like some jazz and classical as well.
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soundsweird
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Posted: January 19 2006 at 21:30 |
I've always thought that my musical tastes were extremely wide-ranging, especially in recent years. While prog makes up the largest single genre represented in my collection, I have what most people would consider well-represented collections of the following styles, too:
Classical ( Medieval, Renaissance, Guitar, as well as more modern ).... about 80-100 titles.
Jazz ( mostly on the ECM label, but also some big band, swing, "easy" ).... about 100 titles.
Country ; ( from old bluegrass, western swing, 50's, 60's, and some recent )... about 60 titles.
Folk and Celtic ( Fairport, Steeleye type of stuff, singer-songwriters, traditional )... 100+
Avant-Garde Electronic ( from Stockhausen up through recent ElectroAcoustic )... 120+
World ( Asian, Middle Eastern, Indian, Balinese, European, etc. traditional mostly )... 100+
"Other" Rock ( everything from the 50's up through today; you won't see too many collections that have over 15 titles by both Gordon Lightfoot AND Nine Inch Nails! )... 1000+
Comedy, Soundtracks, New Age.... about 150 titles.
Progressive stuff.... about 500-700 titles.
I'm underestimating all these numbers, since I also have hundreds of LP's and cassettes.
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Mongo
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Posted: January 19 2006 at 21:23 |
Wide, I don't limit myself. One friend said I lack focus, I think it was an attempt at criticism. Oh well If something is done well I can ususally appreciate it.
1. Prog
2. Metal
3. Classic rock
4. 50s rock/Roots rock
5. Blues
Jazzfusion, some country(not Nashville), some classsical
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"The options are ever fewer on the ground these days" Fish
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Peace Frog
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Posted: January 19 2006 at 15:52 |
Wide, probably. I don't really even have a favourite genre. For me music is mostly about art and self expression, so naturally, I'm not very accepting of pop music.
I think it's sort of a progression:
jazz
prog
psychedelic
acid
experimental
alternative
post grunge
grunge
heavy metal (Zeppelin, Sabbath)
speed metal, thrash metal, etc. (Metallica, etc.)
prog metal
death metal
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Rosescar
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Posted: January 19 2006 at 14:37 |
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Pretty wide, not I'm close-minded enough not to listen to music I don't enjoy that's popular.
I listen to Classical, some hard rock (LedZep,Hendrix,GN'R), classic
rock (Beatles, Doors, Dire Straits, Simon & Garfunkel, Solo
Beatles, Al Stewart), classical, groove metal (Pantera), prog
(Genesis,KingCrimson,Camel,Focus,Yes,CAN,ELP,GentleGia nt,Mahavishnu
Orchestra,Zappa) some "punk" (Strokes, Nirvana), some techno/electronic
(Nathalie Pompougnac,BeverlyHillsCopTheme,Bjorn Lynne) and the odd
French song/hip hop song ("Hey Ya" and "Chaccaron Maccaron"), some
alternative (Muse,Radiohead) and even opera at times (Andrea Bocceli).
My musical spectrum is not limited to the popular bullsh*t, as is the case with most people.
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Dragon Phoenix
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Posted: January 19 2006 at 13:46 |
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WIDE!
Classical music from Ambrosian chants to contemporary comnposers, Jazz,
New age, Pop/rock from Carpenters to Iron Maiden, and prog of course.
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Blog this:
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paradigm
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Posted: January 19 2006 at 12:57 |
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i like prog,classical,jazz,metal,folk,old blues stuff,hardcore,punk,ska,death metal,black metal, medieval anything as long as it sounds good to me
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