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Is there a single song that can define your taste in music... if so, what is it?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3HbGh7lgM4
I like women voices, slow pace, what can I say I'm a lover.
Ramses II CP
03-28-2009, 13:04
Just for modern music... probably's NIN's March of the Pigs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCjpyPqwXNA
Violently aggressive, uncompromising, hate-the-world stuff... but still with enough of a note of self awareness to acknowledge that it's comically over the top, as the video makes clear. You've gotta be able to laugh at yourself even when you feel like tearing everything apart.
:egypt:
Michael Jackson's Thriller, hands down. 'nough said.
AggonyDuck
03-28-2009, 13:22
Freebird by Lynyrd Skynyrd. :2thumbsup:
DemonArchangel
03-28-2009, 15:31
Set to Fail by Lamb of God:
It's fast, it's thrashy, its complex without being inaccessible and it has this sort of swagger that is totally awesome.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bd2LfMHivRE
Tristuskhan
03-28-2009, 15:36
Plantec - Kaz a Barch'h
http://www.deezer.com/track/262480
My musical tastes are so eclectic that it's useless to seek for ONE song that could define them... but this one reflects my state of mind of today: I miss my motherland.
Hey! :laugh4:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-k3sMC1l4Y
More than any other music, Soul Coughing's Ruby Vroom (http://www.amazon.com/Ruby-Vroom-Soul-Coughing/dp/B000002MUG) sums up both my musical tastes and my love of the absurd. Unfortunately Warner Music is on a jihad against everything online, so you can't really hear the music on YouTube or anyplace else, but the Amazon link I gave allows you to hear some brief samples. (I really, really hate the music labels.)
How can you not love an album when one of the songs (http://www.mtv.com/videos/soul-coughing/47399/down-to-this.jhtml#artist=757) has the chorus: "You get the ankles and I'll get the wrists—It's come down to this."
But the tip-top song from that album is "Blueeyed Devil," a beyond-funky ode to a door-to-door salesman with a heroin problem.
Seriously, if you dig on unusual music, you owe it to yourself to give Ruby Vroom a try.
The Spartan (Returns)
03-28-2009, 17:08
Just for modern music... probably's NIN's March of the Pigs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCjpyPqwXNA
Violently aggressive, uncompromising, hate-the-world stuff... but still with enough of a note of self awareness to acknowledge that it's comically over the top, as the video makes clear. You've gotta be able to laugh at yourself even when you feel like tearing everything apart.
:egypt:Hey nice song there, NIN is one of my favorite bands. :2thumbsup:
This a really hard choice for me... but I guess If Only (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucry7ZxDD_g&fmt=18) by Queens of the Stone Age.
Strike For The South
03-28-2009, 18:06
Freebird by Lynyrd Skynyrd. :2thumbsup:
Marry me
Spongebob FTW (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpT0yVmJRKg)
PanzerJaeger
03-28-2009, 19:49
Any live Led (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYWxE-ShdXc&feature=related) where Jimmy goes into extended riffs...
Marry me
Heirate mich:clown:
(no there really is a song called that)
well, I can't really place a single song that would sum my tastes (I have almost none anyways). I prefer anything depressing, as well..its depressing.
Anyone know of a song that combines jazz, blues, rock, metal, classical, and a little funk together?
Lord Winter
03-28-2009, 21:12
You could try some Cynic:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fhVLykF3nU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRbLaNqsxhM&feature=related
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsI-30k6uuA&feature=related
The Spartan (Returns)
03-28-2009, 21:29
Anyone know of a song that combines jazz, blues, rock, metal, classical, and a little funk together?Definitely. Queens of the Stone Age has the blues, rock, metal, jazz influence in some of it's songs.. but you probably wanna look at Audioslave. Audioslave definitely has the blues, rock, I guess jazz influences. Definitely have the funk as well, I'm not sure about the metal influence or classical though in Audioslave.
Try:
Audioslave:
What You Are
Like a Stone
Shadow on the Sun
Getaway Car
(Revelations)
Revelations
Queens of the Stone Age:
(Queens of the Stone Age)
Give The Mule What He Wants
(Rated R)
Auto Pilot
The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret
In the Fade
(Songs for the Deaf)
No One Knows
Gonna Leave You
(Lullabies to Paralyze)
Burn the Witch (definitely has the jazz, blues, and metal)
In My Head
Little Sister
(Era Vulgaris)
Make it wit Chu
Into the Hollow
Audioslave has the funk that Queens don't have, and Queens has the metal that Audioslave doesn't have. I think they're a very good match for what you're look for. Listen to all these songs, you're bound to like at least three of 'em.
Legosoldier
03-28-2009, 21:47
Breaking the Law! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psTUiQzNoxw)
Hooahguy
03-29-2009, 03:23
Master of Puppets (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_z-hEyVQDRA)- Metallica
Lord Winter: Interesting band. I like the music and the vocoder bits but the inclusion of death metal vocals kind of ruins it for me. I've never been fond of the style, except for Lee Dorian's funderal croak on Cathedral's first album (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ1pmK0Qxok) which isn't really the same thing.
Sorblade: Thanks for the recommendations. I've heard songs from both bands already though. I mildly dislike Audioslave. Like the QotSA a good bit but none of their songs "capture" my tastes in one go. It's hard to fit Handel in with Miles Davis in with Iron Maiden in with etc.
Incongruous
03-29-2009, 08:36
A bit of the old Sigur Ros, I don't understand it but it paints pictures in my head.
http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doc1eqstMQQ
General Appo
03-29-2009, 10:21
One song? Impossible, as I don't actually like musical genres, just bands and songs. Besides, my two favourite bands are bands that transcended any easy categorising, namely The Clash and The Kinks.
But I guess if I have to chose two songs from each to show what I like...
(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais - The Clash
Ghetto Defendant - The Clash
Shangri-La - The Kinks
Big Sky - The Kinks
I don't really like punk as a musical genre, yet I love The Clash early work, and I love punkbands Sham 69, Cock Sparrer and two Swedish punk bands. I don't like pop or even Britpop as a genre, yet I love the masters of that genre, the Kinks.
In the end, I just like quality music.
Edit: Argh, no I can't just mention so few songs! There are so many more, so many. Jimmy Jazz, Rudie Cann't Fail, Somebody Got Murdered, Village Green, Phenomenal Cat, Prince of the Punks, Sweet Lady Geneive, Alcohol, Know Your Rights, Garageland, Stay Free, Drug-stabbing Time, Mirror of Love, London Calling, Corner Soul, Up In Heaven (Not Only Here), Starstruck, Days, Dedicated Follower of Fashion, Arthur, Art Lover, Waterloo Sunset, Strangers, Some Mother's Son, Sean Flynn, Victoria, Death is a Star, Straight to Hell, The Card Cheat, Death or Glory, All The Young Punks ahhhh I can't stop myself!!!
One song? Impossible
Ya. Some more from me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nGuhK5oVs0 Cardigans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ex2E4vyGem0 Cardigans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=styYbRWQYP8 Cardigans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-f8PDZvPYs Lamb
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pt1Ef_ai_C4&feature=related Lamb
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utV8iS835rw&feature=related Lamb
Cardigans and Lamb are probably my favorite bands, not afraid to experiment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oc5QmKymSnw&feature=related
^- especially brilliant
Anyone know of a song that combines jazz, blues, rock, metal, classical, and a little funk together?
The Mars Volta (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mars_Volta)?
Anyway quite broad range of tastes here.
So hard to choose... one song... urgh... I'm torn... requires much deliberation. Much deliberation!
_Tristan_
03-29-2009, 14:25
Anything from Morcheeba, Massive Attack, the Kinks or Creedence Clearwater Revival or some funked-out Hendrix...
CountArach
03-29-2009, 14:39
Tough question but probably State of the Union by Rise Against (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWZyZAGyFbI) (Language warning). Loud and fast hardcore punk with a highly political motive. I had the incredible experience of being in the mosh pit during the song last night at their concert. I will never forget it.
Anything from Morcheeba, Massive Attack ...
That does it, we must now be friends. I didn't figure anybody had heard of Morcheeba (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVXu_xXuaA8), and Massive Attack (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZsHNkAJBDU) doesn't get a tenth of the respect they deserve.
Yoyoma1910
03-29-2009, 17:46
:beatnik: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5njWAq4Qq3k)<------ click here.
That does it, we must now be friends. I didn't figure anybody had heard of Morcheeba (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVXu_xXuaA8), and Massive Attack (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZsHNkAJBDU) doesn't get a tenth of the respect they deserve.
Check out my contributions should be right up your alley.
Aemilius Paulus
03-29-2009, 21:15
The only stuff I have watched was Weird Al Yankovic. I did not just listen to him. I watched and listened to his music videos on YouTube. The guy is hilarious. I consider his songs as jokes, and his music defines my tastes. I do not like music that is made for listening and appreciating its musical qualities. So, here is my favourite and defining musical piece: White & Nerdy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xEzGIuY7kw).
Holy crap, I just replied to you with that song in another thread.
Aemilius Paulus
03-29-2009, 21:36
Holy crap, I just replied to you with that song in another thread.
Yes, and I replied to this thread before you replied to that other thread. I was also going to put this song on that thread, but you beat me to it through my indecisiveness.
The only stuff I have watched was Weird Al Yankovic. I did not just listen to him. I watched and listened to his music videos on YouTube. The guy is hilarious. I consider his songs as jokes, and his music defines my tastes. I do not like music that is made for listening and appreciating its musical qualities. So, here is my favourite and defining musical piece: White & Nerdy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xEzGIuY7kw).
Not bad, just shows how incredibly simplistic rap music is.
Lord Winter
03-29-2009, 21:56
Lord Winter: Interesting band. I like the music and the vocoder bits but the inclusion of death metal vocals kind of ruins it for me. I've never been fond of the style, except for Lee Dorian's funderal croak on Cathedral's first album (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ1pmK0Qxok) which isn't really the same thing.
Sorblade: Thanks for the recommendations. I've heard songs from both bands already though. I mildly dislike Audioslave. Like the QotSA a good bit but none of their songs "capture" my tastes in one go. It's hard to fit Handel in with Miles Davis in with Iron Maiden in with etc.
I can understand that, it's a kind of acquired taste.
If you don't listen to them already you many want to try (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2QNXQBwUnQ) King (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoHzjkdeb1U) Crimson (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSe_A3VQXso). They're the closest I can think to of your Handel/Davis/Maiden mix. There's defiantly a strong Jazz influence running through there and the keyboard gives somewhat of classical feel. The metal parts a little more difficult but there's traces of some Sabbath-esque rifts in there.
Aemilius Paulus
03-29-2009, 22:01
Not bad, just shows how incredibly simplistic rap music is.
Well yes, that is a part of the purpose of that "song". As I have mentioned before, I do not like music. But Weird Al is like comedy to me. His "music" is parody, so it is not true music; it is also relevant to me, a nerd, making it all the more amusing and enjoyable.
If you want to hear another rap parody, watch I'm on a Boat (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7yfISlGLNU), if you have not already.
Technically, we posted it at the same time.
As I have mentioned before, I do not like music.
Neither did Ulysses S. Grant. He once said "I know only two songs: one is Yankee Doodle Doo and the other one isn't." :laugh4:
Aemilius Paulus
03-29-2009, 23:24
Neither did Ulysses S. Grant. He once said "I know only two songs: one is Yankee Doodle Doo and the other one isn't." :laugh4:
Hehe, my respect for the guy went up considerably. But he lived in the time before radio, phonograph, cassette/CD/MP3 Players, and Internet. Nowadays you do not see many people like me. In fact, in all my life, I have not met anyone who did not like music. What a waste music is. Waste of time, money and effort. An average US teenager listens to two hours of music a day (statistic from Time magazine).
seireikhaan
03-29-2009, 23:38
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2Ma4BvMUwU
Well, music is one of our species-defining things. And if 99% of the population enjoys it, then it certainly isn't a waste of time. Otherwise you could call out practically anything as a waste of time.
Lord Winter
03-30-2009, 00:09
Hehe, my respect for the guy went up considerably. But he lived in the time before radio, phonograph, cassette/CD/MP3 Players, and Internet. Nowadays you do not see many people like me. In fact, in all my life, I have not met anyone who did not like music. What a waste music is. Waste of time, money and effort. An average US teenager listens to two hours of music a day (statistic from Time magazine).
Your missing out on one of the most amazing forms of art there is.
_Tristan_
03-30-2009, 15:17
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2Ma4BvMUwU
Simply hearing that title sends shiver down my spine and creates a whole "taking it out on the world" mindset...
How did I forget to name it ?
And the movie is well worth watching as well...
I of the Storm
03-30-2009, 15:35
As has been said before, it's impossible to have all this in one song. There are some that come close and can serve as indicators though.
just lovely:
Sia - Breathe Me (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6PGrub3jUc)
testosterone shot:
B. Springsteen - Candy's Room (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0ZTIwAlerI)
I prefer this way over the original:
Them - It's all over now baby blue (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCNPREFMlRw)
approaching the classical stuff...
Lisa Gerard - Sanvean (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xpkRj99FH0)
and arriving there...
Barenboim conducting the CSO on Nimrod by Elgar (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUgoBb8m1eE)
I will stop here. I'm about to get carried away...:dizzy2:
As I have mentioned before, I do not like music.
Bet I could change your opinion on that with 10 songs. :cool4:
rasoforos
03-30-2009, 17:09
I am surprised (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3940806668555855882) noone mentioned this!
Well yes it pretty much sums it up!
_Tristan_
03-30-2009, 17:58
But if I had to choose a song that revolutioned my comprehension of music it would be that one :
Unfinished sympathy (http://www.deezer.com/track/18442) by Massive Attack
Reverend Joe
03-30-2009, 21:36
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SY63KTMrkTM
I love Skynyrd. Listening to them is like throwing all my favorite music into a blender: blues, country, hard rock, good ol' rock-and-roll... the only thing missing is funky soul.
seireikhaan
03-30-2009, 21:40
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SY63KTMrkTM
I love Skynyrd. Listening to them is like throwing all my favorite music into a blender: blues, country, hard rock, good ol' rock-and-roll... the only thing missing is funky soul.
And Celtic. :juggle:
Reverend Joe
03-30-2009, 21:45
And Celtic. :juggle:
:inquisitive:
I can understand that, it's a kind of acquired taste.
If you don't listen to them already you many want to try (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2QNXQBwUnQ) King (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoHzjkdeb1U) Crimson (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSe_A3VQXso). They're the closest I can think to of your Handel/Davis/Maiden mix. There's defiantly a strong Jazz influence running through there and the keyboard gives somewhat of classical feel. The metal parts a little more difficult but there's traces of some Sabbath-esque rifts in there.
Why didn't I think of King Crimson to start with? Even though I don't like the beginning of the song, Providence (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0G6P3PZYak) has some classical elements, jazz improv, and nasty metal in there. Still missing a few things but if I can pick the entire "Starless and Bible Black" album, that should about cover everything.
Aemilius Paulus
03-31-2009, 01:53
Bet I could change your opinion on that with 10 songs. :cool4:
Alright. I am in. To tell you the truth, I am more curious as to what you think is good music, but whatever.
Strike For The South
03-31-2009, 01:54
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SY63KTMrkTM
I love Skynyrd. Listening to them is like throwing all my favorite music into a blender: blues, country, hard rock, good ol' rock-and-roll... the only thing missing is funky soul.
Marry me
Aemilius Paulus
03-31-2009, 05:16
Marry me
I do not see why people always make such a great deal about someone who listens to the same music as them. :shrug: Is it truly that important that SFTS had to make such a dramatic joke?
Queens of the Stone Age - Someone's in the Wolf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1mxEdlNeFs
It´s heavy, distorted, paranoid and edgy, but at the time has soft and gentle parts....
Alright. I am in. To tell you the truth, I am more curious as to what you think is good music, but whatever.
hmm...well I have music tastes from every corner of the spectrum, so goodluck pinning me down. :laugh4:
I will try to pick ones from a broad set of tastes and you can tell me when you like one. hmmm...I got 10 chances, let's see....
Well, I think it is appropriate to start off with a true classic in recent musical history (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrNb-8v7jUs). This is from the first time Tubby and his two stooges joined forces, and honestly, I do not think they did a better rendition since.
After you tell me what you think of that, I will post #2. :beam:
Reverend Joe
03-31-2009, 17:11
I do not see why people always make such a great deal about someone who listens to the same music as them. :shrug: Is it truly that important that SFTS had to make such a dramatic joke?
I think that, rather than marrying Strike myself, I should marry you to him.* A good dose of Skynyrd every day for the rest of your life would do you some good.
*Which makes me wonder if I can legally marry people in Texas...
rock n roll singer by AC/DC, the song isn't my favourite but angus is on fire in this song, truly some of his best work.
hmm...well I have music tastes from every corner of the spectrum, so goodluck pinning me down. :laugh4:
I will try to pick ones from a broad set of tastes and you can tell me when you like one. hmmm...I got 10 chances, let's see....
Well, I think it is appropriate to start off with a true classic in recent musical history (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrNb-8v7jUs). This is from the first time Tubby and his two stooges joined forces, and honestly, I do not think they did a better rendition since.
After you tell me what you think of that, I will post #2. :beam:
Oh, this sounds good... not the piece, but the idea of winning someone over in 10 tracks. Keep going. :2thumbsup:
Oh, this sounds good... not the piece, but the idea of winning someone over in 10 tracks. Keep going. :2thumbsup:
lol, I will do my best. :P I will post #2 as soon as I hear his opinion of #1. I will use the feedback from previous songs to help me select the next ones.
No one song defines my music tastes as I like a variety of music....
Reverend Joe
04-02-2009, 23:16
Thought of another one... I know we should stick to one song because otherwise we'll end up posting half our repertoire, but this one was necessary.
Motorhead - Going to Brazil. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOIdEtAA2wE) My favorite Motorhead song; I really wish they were just a crazy rock-and-roll band instead of the quasi-thrash-metal band they've turned into, 'cause this is a kickass song.
Major Robert Dump
04-03-2009, 05:13
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Lay me Low
http://video.google.com/videosearch?hl=en&q=nick+cave+lay+me+low&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=QozVSebnJ9PflQew1JDeDA&sa=X&oi=video_result_group&resnum=4&ct=title#
Nothing really defines me, but Jeff Buckley has always had a striking effect one me because he seemed like just a guy and his guitar making his way, and died in a normal type accident void of the usual drugs and alcohol and rootin-tootin lifestyle of most musicians.
Here, he outdoes Leonard Cohen on his own song, not too common
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AratTMGrHaQ
I think Billy Holiday did this one, or Nina Simone, anyway, his version is awesome
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DqZAXQqoag
Motorhead - Going to Brazil. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOIdEtAA2wE) My favorite Motorhead song; I really wish they were just a crazy rock-and-roll band
They are. According to Lemmy anyways. I wouldn't contradict him. :sweatdrop:
Thought of another one... I know we should stick to one song because otherwise we'll end up posting half our repertoire, but this one was necessary.
Motorhead - Going to Brazil. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOIdEtAA2wE) My favorite Motorhead song; I really wish they were just a crazy rock-and-roll band instead of the quasi-thrash-metal band they've turned into, 'cause this is a kickass song.
if you're looking for crazy rock-and-roll you can't go past AC/DC, especially the bon scott era
Aemilius Paulus
04-04-2009, 19:28
Oh yeah: Tunak Tunak Tun (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bAN7Ts0xBo&feature=related). Well, to us/me it is sort of farcical, corny, and kitschy while to the Punjabi people it may actually constitute a good song. This basically says that my music tastes are not authentic and I merely look for something amusing rather than something that is actually a worthwhile piece of music.
Billy Bragg:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTEt1LWiL4E
Reverend Joe
04-04-2009, 21:58
if you're looking for crazy rock-and-roll you can't go past AC/DC, especially the bon scott era
I agree with you over the Bon Scott era, but post-Scott? Nah. Too boring.
I agree with you over the Bon Scott era, but post-Scott? Nah. Too boring.
Boring? Just cause they aren't as good as they were at their best doesn't mean they're not good, and there are very few bands today that are better than them, and even those are basically copies of AC/DC like airbourne for example(ok so i'm biased towards aussies but seriously, who does hard rock better :beam:)
I agree with you over the Bon Scott era, but post-Scott? Nah. Too boring.
As an Aussie I agree 100%. So boring, they should have just stopped there and then.
One song? One. Christ. Has to be Echoes (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hurn3-Y2b1g), pt. 2 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6y1bTyOMqqU), pt. 3 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqmJKXNW6ow), pt. 4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLjXgRo2WGs), by Pink Floyd. :bow:
Then again Hot Rails to Hell (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pc9PPy0jzc8&feature=related) by Blue Oyster Cult also defines it. Good solid rock.
Reverend Joe
04-05-2009, 21:25
ok so i'm biased towards aussies but seriously, who does hard rock better :beam:
Americans? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xm5DPlNCmtk)
~D
(OK, granted, John Kay is German, but the rest were American.)
The Misfits, Where eagles dare. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrtsemeiUGo)
GeneralHankerchief
04-06-2009, 00:04
The Scott era was fun. It was just a bunch of guys screwing around and making awesome music. Now? No.
Psychonaut: Echoes in one place (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f88NZ1sxWX0). Synchronized with the final part of 2001 to boot. :smoking:
As for me, I can't really name one. The closest thing for me is Jungleland by Bruce Springsteen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmz7eZ2tXWQ). A true masterpiece.
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