I've been noticing lately that my music listening has been very little. About the only thing I've listened to is The Joshua Tree by U2... and even then, it's only like, the first three songs. I need something I can listen to, and just not put it down because of how perfect it is. So bring it. Suggest to me what you may, but may it be the biggest may you've ever mayed, because I'm ready to listen...
So, any suggestions to get me out of this listening slump?
FORIAMSPAM!
There are all sorts of music recommendations by myself and others in this thread (http://freedomreborn.net/archive/index.php?topic=43615.0). Happy listening!
EDIT: just noticed you post regularly in the thread I mentioned... so I guess you're looking for something not there.
I don't really know the breadth of genres you enjoy, but why not try listening to something you don't usually listen to, maybe you'll get re-inspired or something. Some quick recommendations culled from a random sampling of the CDs I have:
Django Reinhardt: Swing From Paris (http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/music/Jazz-Paris-Swing-Paris-Django-Reinhardt/601215985320-item.html?pticket=q2osjbrotrgfnz55aof1mr2uWy4bkUxGyr14CV7st6VHI8wR6xA%3d) (an excellent collection of Reinhardt's groundbreaking pre-World War II jazz guitar work, and a good introduction to classic jazz in general)
Bob Marley & The Wailers: Catch A Fire (http://www.amazon.com/Catch-Fire-Bob-Marley-Wailers/dp/B00005KB9T/ref=pd_sim_m_img_2) (Not nearly as overplayed in bachelor pads and college dorm rooms as Marley's Legend, and my favourite Wailers album from top to bottom. Excellent classic roots reggae)
The Beatles: Revolver (http://www.amazon.com/Revolver-UK-Beatles/dp/B000002UAR) (Not nearly as grandiose as their later work, but IMHO, the best single Beatles album, combining the tight, pop-songwriting of their earlier records with the more experimental and innovative sounds of their post-1966 material)
Pantera: Far Beyond Driven (http://www.amazon.com/Far-Beyond-Driven-Pantera/dp/B000002JR8) (In my mind, the purest, most powerful, and just plain meanest metal album known to man. This album single-handedly brought me back from the depths of teen depression, gave me facial hair, and exponentially increased the size of my testicles to the point where my mum had to kick me out of the house)
Jeff Buckley: Grace (http://www.amazon.com/Grace-Jeff-Buckley/dp/B0000029DD) (Jeff Buckley was emo before there was even a word for emo. Telling that cute, sensitive, vegan girl in your English Lit class that this is one of your top five albums is bound to get you some points, trust me. It's also a pretty good album if you take the time to listen to it)
Paul Van Dyk: Out There and Back (http://www.amazon.com/Out-There-Back-Paul-Van/dp/B00004TLYL) (Everything you need to know about soulful trance music. I know "soulful trance music" sounds like an oxymoron, but give this CD a fair shake, it's actually pretty good)
K-os: Joyful Rebellion (http://www.amazon.com/Joyful-Rebellion-k-os/dp/B0002VYQ4I) (Real hip-hop for real people. K-os is no Tupac, and he's all the better for it)
Shonen Knife: Rock Animals (http://www.amazon.com/Rock-Animals-Shonen-Knife/dp/B000000W4O/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1199194917&sr=1-1) (not really their best album in my opinion, but the perfect introductory record for the first-time SK listener, since it contains their best English-language work. If you don't mind listening to all-Japanese lyrics, try searching out for their earlier releases, since that's when they really crystallized their The Ramones-meets-Sesame Street sound)
Good thread by Zulu and if I recomend music for you it's going to be all metal or weird so let's have PANDORA recomend some stuff to you instead. I know I have friends who have discovered lots of new bands through that site, although personally I havent used it in more than a year.
http://www.pandora.com/
Gurren Lagann Best Sound
Kingdom Hearts II Soundtrack
Nightwish: Dark Passion Play
I think our tastes may differ, but for what it's worth I'm really enjoying the Go! album by Newsboys.
-Radiohead "In Rainbows" - available in stores as of today, it's a brilliant album
-Decemberists "Crane Wife" - one of the best albums of 2006
-Joel Plaskett Emergency "Ashtray Rock" - a great alt pop concept album
-Built to Spill "You in Reverse" - jam rock with awesome melodies
-Broken Social Scene presents Kevin Drew "Spirit if..." - wall of sound + great melodies + great production
That's just the tip of the iceberg for great recent albums. I'd type mroe but my son wants to play computer games.
Tort
The new album by the Editors is really good. It's more Interpol than Interpol. Which is saying they are very Joy Divisionlike.
I've nothing really to add as I've never been metal/rock heavy as the prior posters seem to be but...
Everytime i see your thread title, this pops into mind:
Quote from: BuffyGive me something to sing about (ahh ah ahhh). Please, give me something....[intense dance scene]
Quote from: Previsionary on January 01, 2008, 07:32:26 PM
I've nothing really to add as I've never been metal/rock heavy as the prior posters seem to be but...
I see Pantera in Zulu's list...maybe the 3 posted by Sword (don't know any of them)...that's about all the metal/heavy rock in the thread so far. So I'd say it's a fairly diverse list -- post away!
My genres really don't go too far from rock. I'm not much of a hip-hop/rap guy, I don't really listen to classical music, I'm not big on jazz or reggae... and I despise country. So yeah, call me pathetic if you shall, but I think I have a killer collection on my iPod regardeless. =p
Anyways, I've been wanting to get more into the Beatles. The only album I have from them is the Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band. They probably have more amazing albums that I'm missing out on...
I've also wanted get into the Rolling Stones, which I also don't have any of their stuff. I also would like a Who album, but alas, I don't have one. Except for like, a compilation album, but who wants that? =p
I'm also trying to dig deep into the whole emo and indie stuff. I'm really diggin' all that.
So yeah, I would be interested in pretty much any suggestion anybody would throw out there.
Ok, She Wants Revenge, Interpol, The Faint, Editors, Client, VNV Nation, Assemblage 23, bauhaus, X, Blaqk Audio, Bloc Party, Cicada, David Bowie, Deftones, The Reverend Horton Heat. That should start you off.
Here's a few: The Affair, Architecture In Helsinki, Arctic Monkeys, The Detroit Cobras, Frank Black, The Fratellis, The Greenhornes, Kings of Leon, Modest Mouse (there's so much more there than what they play on the radio!), The Mooney Suzuki, OK Go, and the Pixies.
David Bowie - The Man Who Sold the World - The record I like to refer to as "the first of his Nietzsche albums" (the other being its more low-key follow-up, Hunky Dory): a truly splendid contribution to rock 'n' roll with many of my personal favourites (e.g., "The Width of a Circle," "All the Madmen," "Saviour Machine," "The Supermen"). Bowie's voice and the band's heavy, often bluesy riffs make for a magical romp through dystopia! Fun for all ages! :thumbup:
Pink Floyd - Meddle, Wish You Were Here, and Animals - Just listen. 'Nuff said. ;)
H.I.M. - Greatest Love Songs, Vol. 666 - 'Tis amazing what interesting and ironic combinations one can make lyrically with the themes of love, death, love of death/death of love, good/evil, light/dark, etc. I am currently convinced that, after this album and its follow-up, Razorblade Romance, this band had more or less jumped the shark in terms of album quality. I can listen to this disc from start to finish without skipping a song, which is more than I can say for Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights through the current record, Venus Doom. I can also add that Ville Valo's vocal range and execution are nothing less than highly impressive, and this album's musical diversity (along with RR's) trumps that of all subsequent releases.
Rush - 2112, Permanent Waves, and Moving Pictures - For those who might be starting a new band and who might want to learn more about the rules of rock music and how to bend them, movements and key/time transitions, precision, etc.
Jethro Tull - Stand Up, Thick as a Brick, War Child, and Songs from the Wood - What can one say to address these extremely diverse albums? Blues, jazz, progressive rock, and British folk collide in a highly controlled, staccato locomotive (breath ;)) wreck--Ian Anderson, flute in hand, perched atop the engine car--that one cannot help but stare at/listen to. Once (or if) you become more comfortable with Tull, you might also give Aqualung, A Passion Play, Minstrel in the Gallery, and Heavy Horses a listen. Treat Under Wraps, on the other hand, as if it were the plague. :ph34r:
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