Define your taste in music

PVB · Post by **PVB** » Fri Aug 22, 2003 11:04 pm 0

I forgot to give a classical one;

Mussorgsky - Pictures At An Exhibition (any version, incl. ELP's)

Jon · Post by **Jon** » Sat Aug 23, 2003 1:39 am 0

Hhhmm, I can't say that these songs define my musical taste because I don't think that it can be defined but these are tracks that I consider to be very personaly special.

Two Lone Swordsmen / Death to all Snitches - A cool as a cucumber, electronic concoction of noises and sounds that makes me grin and nod my head every time guaranteed. If my radio broke I would want it to sound like this.

Boards of Canada / Telephasic Workshop - It could really be one of many BOC tracks but this one seems to condense the goodness. Vowels never sounded as good as this before.

Schneider TM / The Lights 3000 - A cover of 'There Is A Light That Never Goes Out' by 'The Smiths' beautifuly arranged and executed and suprisingly emotive for a song that sounds like it has come out of a robot.

Ben Harper / Another Lonely Day - This song is special. It is absolutely spot on.

Orbital / The Box - Classical music in the truest sense for me.

thrash · Post by **thrash** » Sat Aug 23, 2003 2:02 am 0

Yngwie J. Malmsteen - Valhalla - if anyone's entitled to write a heavy metal/hard rock song about vikings, it's Yngwie. I love this song, that's all there is to it.

ooooooo hooooooooooo hahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
oh yeah of all the bad taste choices and guilty pleasures in this thread
that has got to surely top them all.....
that makes me cringe to admit that i know it

when time stood still - shiv kumar sharma
metallica - master of puppets
tom dissevelt - song of the second moon
miles davis - sketches of spain
arvo parte - tabula rasa

im sure theres millions of things ive missed out

aunt

Rod_S · Post by **Rod_S** » Sat Aug 23, 2003 8:24 am 0

thrash wrote:
Yngwie J. Malmsteen - Valhalla - if anyone's entitled to write a heavy metal/hard rock song about vikings, it's Yngwie. I love this song, that's all there is to it.
ooooooo hooooooooooo hahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
oh yeah of all the bad taste choices and guilty pleasures in this thread
that has got to surely top them all.....
that makes me cringe to admit that i know it

It's a bit

isn't it?

leica · Post by **leica** » Sat Aug 23, 2003 9:45 am 0

God how to narrow it to songs (I'd be hopeless on Desert Island Disks).

Probably bands/artists are easier:

Pink Floyd
Radiohead
Fat Boy Slim
The Cure
NIN
Ministry
Nirvana
Beatles

are probably the current + perennial top...Coldplay is up and coming, now I'm getting over the ubiquity of the music.

Fuseball · Post by **Fuseball** » Sat Aug 23, 2003 10:56 am 0

Moosely wrote:Sugar Coated - Aimee Mann (never piss off a woman in a relationship guys - men hide when I put this on v loud) - appeals to my slight rock chic side :-)

I can vouch for this. Definitely time to leave the building when that one comes on. Music to shred shirts to.

koworld · Post by **koworld** » Sat Aug 23, 2003 10:59 am 0

Fuseball wrote:
Moosely wrote:Sugar Coated - Aimee Mann (never piss off a woman in a relationship guys - men hide when I put this on v loud) - appeals to my slight rock chic side :-)
I can vouch for this. Definitely time to leave the building when that one comes on. Music to shred shirts to.

I had an ex girlfriend shout the lyrics to Jagged Little Pill at me one time. But at the bits she really meant she would go all quiet and twisted. Very scary stuff. I've grown-up a bit now and can see that she had a point.

Muttley · Post by **Muttley** » Sat Aug 23, 2003 11:12 am 0

1. Bob Dylan - Series of Dreams (because it is a bloody masterpiece)
2. Sisters Of Mercy - Temple Of Love (Great Song & great memories)
3. The Cure - A Forrest
4. Bob Marley - No Woman No Cry
5. Bush - Glycerine (Every band needs one decent song fnarr fnarr)

Stone · Post by **Stone** » Sat Aug 23, 2003 11:26 am 0

Gabriella wrote:2. Sisters Of Mercy - Temple Of Love (Great Song & great memories)

So true

Since everyone else's been adding stuff I'd like to contribute Stabbing Westward - What Do I Have To Do just cos it's class

Stone

Muttley · Post by **Muttley** » Sat Aug 23, 2003 11:30 am 0

Marcy Playground - Sex & Candy

lightengine · Post by **lightengine** » Sat Aug 23, 2003 12:25 pm 0

The Mars Volta : Take The Veil Cerpin Taxt - No, I don't know what that means....incredible rhythms, vocals, lyrics, guitar, everything...

The Yardbirds : I'm A Man - Insane proto-metal version of slow blues tune....My favourite band from the 60's.

Velvet Underground : Sister Ray - Not just 18 minutes of horribly loud noise, but also the best ever improvised group performance by a rock band.

Robert Johnson : Kind Hearted Woman - Sublime guitar and voice...

Bob Dylan : Like A Rolling Stone - The best thing he ever did, therefore the best rock song ever....

Thats a pretty good cross section of my musical brain.

Muttley · Post by **Muttley** » Sat Aug 23, 2003 5:54 pm 0

Hmpf, now like A Rolling Stone is a masterpiece and would easily be the greatest rock song ever, would it not be for all of his Bobness' other masterpieces... I'm just saying the superb Blood On The Tracks album, the fantastic Pat Garrett featuring Billy The Kid, Desire... I could go on and on and on...

I need to go and worship at his Bobness' shrine

Rod_S · Post by **Rod_S** » Sat Aug 23, 2003 6:33 pm 0

Gabriella wrote:Hmpf, now like A Rolling Stone is a masterpiece and would easily be the greatest rock song ever, would it not be for all of his Bobness' other masterpieces... I'm just saying the superb Blood On The Tracks album, the fantastic Pat Garrett featuring Billy The Kid, Desire... I could go on and on and on...

I need to go and worship at his Bobness' shrine

How about 5 from Bob? My faves-

Oh Mercy
Strteet legal
Bringing It All Back Home
Highway 61 Revisited
Rolling Thunder Revue

I also love the Byrds Play Dylan album, have you heard that?

thrash · Post by **thrash** » Sat Aug 23, 2003 7:51 pm 0

Rod_S wrote:
It's a bit

isn't it?

ooooo yeah
good ole nigel tuffnel
i dunno its worse than that
for me spinal tap
is just a run of the mill tour diary
nothing untoward there
all seems perfectly normal..
yngwie or mongy malmsteen
or manky malmsteen as i like to call him
hes just another level above you know?

aunty

PaulEMoz · Post by **PaulEMoz** » Sat Aug 23, 2003 8:17 pm 0

thrash wrote:[ooooo yeah
good ole nigel tuffnel
i dunno its worse than that
for me spinal tap
is just a run of the mill tour diary
nothing untoward there
all seems perfectly normal..
yngwie or mongy malmsteen
or manky malmsteen as i like to call him
hes just another level above you know?

aunty

Each to their own, like. I even went so far as to say there would be those that would mock my choices, but you know what, I don't really care if anybody thinks it's funny. That's the stuff I like, I make no apologies, laugh it up.