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Title: Musical Extremes?
Post by: AndyC on February 02, 2010, 03:35:09 PM
I know there are a few of us on here with musical taste that covers some pretty wide territory, sometimes running to the extremes of the musical spectrum. The question is, how extreme are our musical tastes?

I tend to like both ends of the spectrum - hard and heavy, soft and sappy. I like a lot of stuff in between, but left to my own devices, I'll often go to one extreme or the other. For example, I have a workshop with a retail showroom. While I was setting it up, I had the 80s metal on web radio. My wife informed me that I can't have that playing when I'm open to the public. Seems reasonable. Not all the customers will appreciate the subtle nuances of Motley Crue. But that left the question of what to play that would be fairly innocuous, yet not torture for me.

Anyway, fast forward to today, and now my wife is complaining about John Denver, James Taylor and the Carpenters. Hey, it's inoffensive. I also find it very soothing while I work, and there is a certain nostalgic novelty to it, being a variety of music from my childhood that I haven't explored as much.

This is playing right now:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqnUe0vwLPM

My musical taste just seems to run into areas that are either too light, too heavy or too old for the majority of people.

How about you guys? How broad is your taste in music?


Title: Re: Musical Extremes?
Post by: Psycho Circus on February 02, 2010, 03:46:48 PM
Well, I too like soft and sappy and also hard n' heavy.   :smile:

I'd say 80% of my music collection is hard rock/glam metal. That's middle of the road for me, as I swing in and out of phases where I listen to nothing but thrash bands like: Overkill, Testament, Abattoir, Dark Angel etc....Then I'm back listening to the glam stuff: Pretty Boy Floyd, D'Molls, Tigertailz, Poison etc...
The most extreme I go in terms of metal,that I can handle is stuff like Morbid Angel and Bathory.

For soft and sappy, I like listening to Stevie Nicks, Phil Collins, Godley & Creme, Alan Parsons, Bruce Cockburn, Laura Branigan and Michael Bolton.  :teddyr:



Title: Re: Musical Extremes?
Post by: RCMerchant on February 02, 2010, 06:37:41 PM
I like everything from bluegrass...
(the Osbourne Bros. doing 'Ruby')....

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

to hardcore punk....
(Dead Kennedys-'Holiday in Cambodia')

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zf5fbQ2w3oE

to jazz......

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

to the just plain weird....

(Dred Zeppilin-Immigrant Song)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CO7FPU7a2g


Title: Re: Musical Extremes?
Post by: Mr. DS on February 02, 2010, 07:24:58 PM
My musical influences...where to start...my brother was into a lot of pop 80s stuff growing up so of course I followed suit. If it was big in the early to mid 80s pop scene, theres a better than fair chance I'll like it.  
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cB-Crjeqa5M

My mother was into stuff like the Oak Ridge Boys and Kenny Rogers. My father was a huge Elvis fan and also frequented Johnny Cash.  All of these kind of stuck with me as well. I danced with my mother at my wedding to this song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQuRtbx1qOQ

I branched out into Heavy Metal a lot in the late 80s more than anything. particularly the glam rock scene with some thrash thrown in.  
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbEIi46NAno

During the early 90s  I really gravitated towards bands like White Zombie, Prong, Nine Inch Nails, Pantera, Alice In Chains, Fear Factory etc.  
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPNFVj-pISU

So now I'm an odd mix up when it comes to loving music.  I can sing along to music in the supermarket yet blast METAL in my car when I leave.  I enjoy classical music at my desk at work often as well.  Oh...and I f*cking love POLKA!  That sh!t just makes me want to get up and dance goofy   :thumbup:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sshhb5ISHvI


Title: Re: Musical Extremes?
Post by: RCMerchant on February 02, 2010, 07:59:30 PM


So now I'm an odd mix up when it comes to loving music.  I can sing along to music in the supermarket yet blast METAL in my car when I leave.  I enjoy classical music at my desk at work often as well.  Oh...and I f*cking love POLKA!  That sh!t just makes me want to get up and dance goofy   :thumbup:
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sshhb5ISHvI[/url]


My stepma and all here kin were polacks...whenever they had a get together...out came the squeezebox,the glumpkis,the pierogis and the booze-my kin were Norweigan...get us drunk enuff-we'll listen to anything! (and debauch and plunder after!)

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


Title: Re: Musical Extremes?
Post by: AndyC on February 02, 2010, 08:00:58 PM
Oh man. Walter Ostanek! Very well known where I grew up. His weekly TV show, Polka Time, was produced at the local TV station in Kitchener, and he was a regular attraction at Oktoberfest. Still is, as far as I know. I saw him perform live there, or rather, I chugged beer and ate schnitzel while he performed live there.

I can appreciate the influence of parents and older siblings. I learned to appreciate the likes of Hank Williams, Charley Pride, the Statlers, Buck Owens and a lot of other classic country artists from my parents. My older brothers kindled my interest in prog rock, while my older sister had the new wave and early-80s Canadian rock. I took an interest in metal in high school, mostly plain old heavy metal, hard rock and glam. Took an interest in new (at the time) country in the early 90s, and started rediscovering 70s and early 80s pop, disco and crooners like Tom Jones as an adult in the late 90s.

Oh, and in the late 80s/early 90s, my friends and I became huge fans of this man:
(http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/C/Connors_Tom/2006/07/05/tom.jpg)
Stompin' Tom Connors.

He's a music legend in Canada, but not so well known outside the country. His style of music would probably suit your taste, Darksider, and probably RC's as well. It's sort of a mix of country, folk, storytelling and humour. I've seen him play live on two occasions, and I almost interviewed him on the phone once, except that he was in the midst of releasing an autobiography, and his publisher was restricting print interviews. Major disappointment for me. Really, how can you not love this guy...?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrUkE-nUSlc


Title: Re: Musical Extremes?
Post by: Mr. DS on February 02, 2010, 08:15:42 PM
Quote
Took an interest in new (at the time) country in the early 90s, and started rediscovering 70s and early 80s pop, disco and crooners like Tom Jones as an adult in the late 90s.

Ah Tom Jones, my mother LOVED him back in the day and actually went to go see him live.  Oddly I recall her telling me about women throwing underwear up on the stage.   I asked why...she really didn't have an answer.  I myself enjoy Tom Jones as well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpsGh4Amt44

Quote
My stepma and all here kin were polacks...whenever they had a get together...out came the squeezebox,the glumpkis,the pierogis and the booze-my kin were Norweigan...get us drunk enuff-we'll listen to anything! (and debauch and plunder after!)

 :bouncegiggle:  Aw sh!t man you made me laugh with that.  Glumpkis, Pierogis  and Kielbasa was a staple in my house growing up.  


Title: Re: Musical Extremes?
Post by: RCMerchant on February 02, 2010, 08:30:22 PM
Quote
Took an interest in new (at the time) country in the early 90s, and started rediscovering 70s and early 80s pop, disco and crooners like Tom Jones as an adult in the late 90s.

Ah Tom Jones, my mother LOVED him back in the day and actually went to go see him live.  Oddly I recall her telling me about women throwing underwear up on the stage.   I asked why...she really didn't have an answer.  I myself enjoy Tom Jones as well.
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpsGh4Amt44[/url]

Quote
My stepma and all here kin were polacks...whenever they had a get together...out came the squeezebox,the glumpkis,the pierogis and the booze-my kin were Norweigan...get us drunk enuff-we'll listen to anything! (and debauch and plunder after!)

 :bouncegiggle:  Aw sh!t man you made me laugh with that.  Glumpkis, Pierogis  and Kielbasa was a staple in my house growing up.  


I hate to admit..naw I ain't!...I LIKE TOM JONES! Yes! I said it.





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

Check out this....I love Big Band...Heres a song about Kalamazoo! I'm going ther to meet me freind Carrie (a girl!a real live girl,man!)Friday and Saterday!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFv_PoZ2iP0


Title: Re: Musical Extremes?
Post by: Rev. Powell on February 02, 2010, 09:35:22 PM
Sadly, it seems to me that when most people say they have broad taste in music, they mean one that it ranges from one end of the contemporary rock n' roll/pop/hip-hop spectrum to another.  I like my share of rock bands and listen to a lot of it, but like RC as I grow older I find myself listening more to classical, jazz, blues, folk, bluegrass, country, African, and Latin American music.  It saddens me that many people won't even consider listening to music of other countries or eras, but then again they're the ones that are missing out, not me. 

The same thing goes for movies: I like everything from gory horror movies to touching dramas to experimental pieces, micro-budget homemade features to big-budget extravaganzas.  Just so long as it has heart, and a vision of its own that hasn't been preordained to be as bland and familiar as possible with the intent of catering to the lowest common denominators of a mass audience. It's always a bit of a shock to me that majority of people are too timid to watch movies from other countries, movies that are in black and white, or movies that don't have big familiar stars in them.     


Title: Re: Musical Extremes?
Post by: AndyC on February 02, 2010, 10:49:22 PM
:bouncegiggle:  Aw sh!t man you made me laugh with that.  Glumpkis, Pierogis  and Kielbasa was a staple in my house growing up. 

Not a fan of kielbasa, but I love cabbage rolls and pierogi. Before pierogi (perogy in Canada) became common in the frozen food isle (mid 80s or so), I was introduced to them by my brother who was living in rural Saskatchewan at the time. Ukrainian country. An instant favourite. Still a regular part of the dinner menu. Cabbage rolls I could stand to eat more often, but they're a lot of work.

Anyway, back to music, much as I'm enjoying this discussion of Slavic cuisine. We really need a drooling smiley. Oh well... :cheers:


Title: Re: Musical Extremes?
Post by: spongekryst on February 02, 2010, 11:10:30 PM
This'll be super fun!!!

All time favorite band- THE CRAMPS!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB7YhbM4K80
Butthole Surfers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNAkbbKycCM
Old Lady Drivers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQsQvTkpr34
MF Doom
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwc2Dwh-i8s

And that barely scratches the surface. There's still WAY harder and WAY softer stuff.





Title: Re: Musical Extremes?
Post by: Allhallowsday on February 02, 2010, 11:58:48 PM
I like all good music, Classical, Jazz, Pop, Rock, Schmaltz, Soundtracks, .  I also like some bad music.  Great topic, AndyC.  :thumbup:  

Quote
Took an interest in new (at the time) country in the early 90s, and started rediscovering 70s and early 80s pop, disco and crooners like Tom Jones as an adult in the late 90s.

Ah Tom Jones, my mother LOVED him back in the day and actually went to go see him live.  Oddly I recall her telling me about women throwing underwear up on the stage.   I asked why...she really didn't have an answer.  I myself enjoy Tom Jones as well.
Saw TOM JONES last year at the Paramount Theatre in Asbury Park, NJ.  Great fun.

Oh, and "I too like soft and sappy and also hard n' heavy."
RAVEL: Jeux d'eau played only by VLADO PERLEMUTER:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_s--Aa0BEZI

Certain PAUL compositions:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsrQgIQSQSw

CAPTAIN BEEFHEART:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCSPf5Viwd0  hmmm...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptTvko32UVghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1RgUO5E9fwhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hp2ezkV6udMhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWPNetpT4Bs&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnhf9tS291ohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKOlJTT8RuAhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W232OsTAMo8http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnKOVPXhlnEhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkj6tuDwIxE&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJnBF3Taf4Ahttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Hrj6vcUK1Ahttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTsTIS-8IIIhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocwZKIUH650http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHPegoquV5Ihttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrZf3vRHmkwhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sxnXO2RjVg&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Flg4hmrjjVAhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7FdJajqxmU




Title: Re: Musical Extremes?
Post by: spongekryst on February 03, 2010, 01:29:48 AM
Well, let's boggie then

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcfbWcYIXWAhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LV3uuIKkINYhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vclF5gi1jEhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-e-tDelCF9Ihttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0BZ5B-sCUEhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjhNWAo6DN8http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThzPgyAQOfshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbaNqSSE640http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USSFFKb1_r4http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRREB49W504http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwYzfxSKSMUhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCc6ZnUMtD8


Title: Re: Musical Extremes?
Post by: AndyC on February 03, 2010, 06:32:32 AM
I'm surprised this clip hasn't popped up again.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhQgta94IG8
Oh wait.... it just did. :wink:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Xu71i89xvs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pe-MIDDfckw&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ju15ISwPg-8&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVtJKErRBpI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mq5pLi0huhw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNEg65rlnu4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcqauC49Xmc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tn_95hdy6Nw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWaAyPFhvoY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojeLyPo_Wz4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvNOZegkVXo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niberYoJako http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15QXQ_TB1Cc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWu0N0qPeME http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_oBjinZQ7k http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntnvqq4bbXk&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sznVn4R-Gps http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4EhaQklWqA&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MD0XihILQzk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkGS263lGsQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXG0q0qesRw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOzA1DLoSY8&feature=related

Sounds like the kid's awake. Gotta stop there.


Title: Re: Musical Extremes?
Post by: Jack on February 03, 2010, 08:23:13 AM
Well, I like classic rock, though I don't listen to too much of it due to overexposure to a few too many classic rock radio stations.  Love everything from the '80, at least through the mid-late '80s.  Pop, new wave, rock, metal and hair metal.  I love almost all metal, up to the point where they started having hyphenated metal.  I listen to a bit of classical, and I developed a taste for smooth jazz a few years ago.  If you want to listen to good musicianship in a somewhat pop format, that's where you've got to go.  The only country music I've ever actually liked would probably be the Dream Lovers album by Tanya Tucker.  I don't mind most of this "new" country that's more like pop music with a slight Southern accent, but I never listen to it on purpose either.  Like a bit of Reggae now and then, a bit of punk (mostly from the '80s), I've always liked disco, and...that's about it.


Title: Re: Musical Extremes?
Post by: Allhallowsday on February 03, 2010, 11:04:53 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlZYfq1NoVghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKYALsp-sIghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-B0Xe2Zlpd8http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3oHmVhviO8http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Lp_e4wUnz4&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTQVWtSvwUE


Title: Re: Musical Extremes?
Post by: The Burgomaster on February 04, 2010, 07:31:12 PM
I enjoy a very wide variety of music.  My iPod contains songs from the following artists (plus many others):

* The Ramones
* Dean Martin
* Marty Robbins
* Black Sabbath
* REO Speedwagon
* Abba
* Andy Williams
* Lynyrd Skynyrd
* Dropkick Murphys
* The Clash
* Elvis Costello
* Frank Sinatra
* ZZ Top
* Bananarama
* Pink
* Warren Zevon
* Sam Cooke
* The Platters
* Led Zeppelin
* Madness
* Devo
* .38 Special
* Molly Hatchet
* Marie Osmond
* Tony Orlando and Dawn
* The Partridge Family
* ELO
* Blue Oyster Cult
* Journey

And many, many more




Title: Re: Musical Extremes?
Post by: Mr. DS on February 04, 2010, 09:41:24 PM
Listening to my I-Pod on shuffle...heres the first five songs that came up...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pwOiC8aJrs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiW7kraoLVg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNQNF6rKnDk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3muJxOjS5M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WXUk4DC_XE


Title: Re: Musical Extremes?
Post by: JaseSF on February 05, 2010, 02:07:04 AM
I have songs/albums/collections by all the following on CD:

Bing Crosby
The Clash
R.E.M.
Bruce Springsteen
The Cars
Twisted Sister
Leonard Cohen
Boston
Cheap Trick
Minor Threat
The Misfits
Motorhead
Roger Waters
Mark Snow
Sarah McLachlan
Sheryl Crow
The Cure
Frank Sinatra
Fear Factory
Coldplay
Cyndi Lauper
Blondie
Ray Charles
Louis Armstrong
Public Enemy
Living Colour
Midnight Oil
Thompson Twins
Tracy Chapman
The Who
ZZ Top
Nazareth
Lynard Skynard
John Lennon
The Ramones
Peter Gabriel
Blue Oyster Cult

and even more

I think my favourites recently though have been from the 1950s. Can't seem to stop listening to certain hits from that era by:

The Drifters
The Platters
The Everly Brothers
The Del Vikings
Johnny Otis
The Coasters
The Kingston Trio


Title: Re: Musical Extremes?
Post by: Time_Signature on February 05, 2010, 08:37:29 AM
My iPod contains artists ranging from the likes of Ace of Base and Michael Jackson to Napalm Death and Suffocation.


Title: Re: Musical Extremes?
Post by: Rev. Powell on February 05, 2010, 12:48:58 PM
Listening to my I-Pod on shuffle...heres the first five songs that came up...



Ah, the old shuffle quiz!  I did mine and it came up unusually jazz-heavy...

Odwalla Theme - Art Ensemble of Chicago (not on youtube)

Gaviota - Amalia Rodriguez (not on youtube)

Reis glorios - Giraut de Bornelh
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIwxJ8SlX9o

Clip Joint - Lil Hardin Armstrong (not on youtube)

Tutu - Miles Davis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00tzcnyDL68

I'm weird, I know (but proud of it!).


Title: Re: Musical Extremes?
Post by: JaseSF on February 05, 2010, 03:05:22 PM
And even more includes:

AFI
Alice Cooper
Aqua
The Beach Boys
Beastie Boys
Bif Naked
Billy Idol
Bjork
Black Flag
Black Sabbath
Blue Rodeo
Bon Jovi
Creed
CCR
Enya
Eurythmics
Grand Funk Railroad
The Grapes of Wrath
The KLF
Jann Arden
The Kinks
Kiss
Lenny Kravitz
Meat Loaf
Mel Torme
P.M. Dawn
P.O.D.
Pearl Jam
Nirvana
Pop Will Eat Itself
The Punters (Newfoundland Band who sing traditional folk style music)
Rage Against the Machine
Righteous Jams
Rob Zombie
The Rolling Stones
Rush
Simon & Garfunkel
Slipknot
Spin Doctors
Sting
Suzanne Vega
Tom Petty
Type O Negative
U2
White Zombie
Youth of Today
Joy Division
Charlatans UK

And I still have cassettes of the following I'd like to get on CD eventually:

Spirit of the West
Skydiggers
54-40
Chilliwack
Pink Floyd
Jesus Jones
EMF


Title: Re: Musical Extremes?
Post by: AndyC on February 05, 2010, 03:32:29 PM
And even more includes:

AFI
Alice Cooper
Aqua
The Beach Boys
Beastie Boys
Bif Naked
Billy Idol
Bjork
Black Flag
Black Sabbath
Blue Rodeo
Bon Jovi
Creed
CCR
Enya
Eurythmics
Grand Funk Railroad
The Grapes of Wrath
The KLF
Jann Arden
The Kinks
Kiss
Lenny Kravitz
Meat Loaf
Mel Torme
P.M. Dawn
P.O.D.
Pearl Jam
Nirvana
Pop Will Eat Itself
The Punters (Newfoundland Band who sing traditional folk style music)
Rage Against the Machine
Righteous Jams
Rob Zombie
The Rolling Stones
Rush
Simon & Garfunkel
Slipknot
Spin Doctors
Sting
Suzanne Vega
Tom Petty
Type O Negative
U2
White Zombie
Youth of Today
Joy Division
Charlatans UK

And I still have cassettes of the following I'd like to get on CD eventually:

Spirit of the West
Skydiggers
54-40
Chilliwack
Pink Floyd
Jesus Jones
EMF

Funny, I forgot you were Canadian until I read that list. :cheers:


Title: Re: Musical Extremes?
Post by: Psycho Circus on February 05, 2010, 06:25:29 PM
Screw ipod's and mp3's, I have my cd walkman crammed full of glam and thrash. I came home tonight and wham! On went Virgin Steele and Princess Pang on the vinyl deck.  :thumbup:


Title: Re: Musical Extremes?
Post by: violntshags on February 13, 2010, 10:01:50 AM
   My tastes range all over the place as well.  i use my ipod all day at work so one minute ill be listening to Insane Clown Posse or Prozak then ill switch over to alanis morisette  and then over to brad paisley. Not a big fan of classical or Jazz though


Title: Re: Musical Extremes?
Post by: Javakoala on February 14, 2010, 10:05:54 AM
I get the oddest looks when I tell people I love Insane Clown Posse. Everyone knows I dislike rap with a passion, but they don't listen when I try to tell them ICP isn't really rap...then I tell them my favorite artist of all time is Suzanne Vega(yes, yes, Circus, mousy women singing about drinking tea--fat chance, clown boy  :bouncegiggle: ), and then they usually stop asking me about my favorite music.

ICP tune that is very NSFW!!!!!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qv0V98emi1M

And the lovely Suzanne who is always safe for work

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0df0racc3vk


Title: Re: Musical Extremes?
Post by: El Misfit on February 14, 2010, 11:35:59 AM
My List (No particular Order):
A.F.I.
ACM
The Agonist
Apocalyptica
Arch Enemy
Bad Religion
Birdman
Breaking Benjamin
Children of Bodom
Powerman 5000
Dub Pistols
Nirvana
Megadeth
Metallica
Joe Bonamassa
Linkin Park
Green Day
Lacuna Coil
Balzac
System of a Down
Nightwish
Sirenia
Steve Winwood Feat. Eric Clapton
Kenny Wayne Shepard
Nine Black Alps





Title: Re: Musical Extremes?
Post by: voltron on February 14, 2010, 02:56:42 PM
When I was a kid my fave bands were Maiden, Pink Floyd, and The Police. I still listen to them to this day. After that, I got into thrash, death metal, and Earache bands (Carcass, Godflesh, etc). Now I'll listen to pretty much anything as long as it's not popular music. I really enjoy old school blues (Howlin' Wolf, John Lee Hooker), Billie Holiday, electronic music (Skinny Puppy, Controlled Bleeding, Scorn), and lots of 80s music - be it pop or metal.


Title: Re: Musical Extremes?
Post by: Allhallowsday on February 14, 2010, 04:38:30 PM
I never understood long long lists, though lists are what all us Badmovie lovers seem to do best.   :tongueout:  Now heapsa youtubes is another matter.   :wink: 
The diversity that some see in their own tastes is myopic; it's all Pop, whatever it likes to call itself.  Now Jazz is another matter.  Or "classical" selections which run the gamut from Baroque to Romantic to Expressionist to Avant Garde to... perfection:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UElq5e-KyOg


Title: Re: Musical Extremes?
Post by: Mr. DS on February 14, 2010, 09:16:25 PM
Random Five I-Pod Shuffle Game Again...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsKqMNDoR4o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HayjUnLyB3Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1N29vkIT3eo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOkImTbOV_E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmSdTa9kaiQ


Title: Re: Musical Extremes?
Post by: El Misfit on February 15, 2010, 01:21:46 AM
My List (No particular Order):
A.F.I.
ACM
The Agonist
Apocalyptica
Arch Enemy
Bad Religion
Birdman
Breaking Benjamin
Children of Bodom
Powerman 5000
Dub Pistols
Nirvana
Megadeth
Metallica
Joe Bonamassa
Linkin Park
Green Day
Lacuna Coil
Balzac
System of a Down
Nightwish
Sirenia
Steve Winwood Feat. Eric Clapton
Kenny Wayne Shepard
Nine Black Alps





need to add some more:
Slipknot
Sheryl Crow
Weird Al
Three Days Grace
Yellow Card
Rob Zombie
Thrice
The Vandals
Eminem
Chingy
Kasabian
Jimmy Eat World


Title: Re: Musical Extremes?
Post by: Allhallowsday on February 15, 2010, 01:43:21 AM
Random Five I-Pod Shuffle Game Again...
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsKqMNDoR4o[/url]
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HayjUnLyB3Y[/url]
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1N29vkIT3eo[/url]
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOkImTbOV_E[/url]
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmSdTa9kaiQ[/url]
See what I mean?  :wink:


Title: Re: Musical Extremes?
Post by: Mr. DS on February 15, 2010, 08:44:05 AM
Quote
See what I mean? 

Sometimes I do.


Title: Re: Musical Extremes?
Post by: Rev. Powell on February 15, 2010, 11:58:14 AM
 
The diversity that some see in their own tastes is myopic; it's all Pop, whatever it likes to call itself. 


That was my point too, AHD.  I would consider all contemporary vocal music built around a verse-chorus structure as loosely comprising different flavors of "pop" music.  When someone says their taste runs from, say, metal to country, I don't consider that very broad, though most people out there would.  I'm not saying that's necessarily a bad thing, but it surprises me a little that some people don't have much of a conception of how wide the musical sea really is:

Here's another "Ipod" shuffle from me:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qNgi28Truw

Black Angels - "Better Off Alone"  Pretty mainstream sound.




Richard Horowitz & Sussan Deyhim - "Whorl on the Mount of Moon" Not on youtube.  Sort of a melodic classical/electronica/new age blend with wordless vocals and tape manipulations.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc2qsJWZz4I

J. S. Bach - Cantata "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (1/4)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kf34vKlMLrg

Tom Waits - "Please Wake Me Up" (yes, I would define this as "pop," just very experimental pop)

Fred Anderson Quartet - "Bombay" (Children of Cambodia)" Not on youtube.  A 10+ minute, groove based free-jazz cut.


Title: Re: Musical Extremes?
Post by: El Misfit on February 15, 2010, 12:30:07 PM
some samples:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZo4bOZf3B4http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AvUD114Ftshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrSqeS8Ya-Ehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PT0VaU8NJ_0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXLw23jcZJUhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Z_H5lcdq4M


Title: Re: Musical Extremes?
Post by: spongekryst on February 15, 2010, 01:45:16 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3R0pbn6Rht4http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLj5_myY0LQhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Os33ljB76zQ


Title: Re: Musical Extremes?
Post by: Allhallowsday on April 06, 2010, 12:24:05 AM
The diversity that some see in their own tastes is myopic; it's all Pop, whatever it likes to call itself.  
That was my point too, AHD.  I would consider all contemporary vocal music built around a verse-chorus structure as loosely comprising different flavors of "pop" music.  When someone says their taste runs from, say, metal to country, I don't consider that very broad, though most people out there would.  I'm not saying that's necessarily a bad thing, but it surprises me a little that some people don't have much of a conception of how wide the musical sea really is:
Here's another "Ipod" shuffle from me:
...
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kf34vKlMLrg[/url]
Tom Waits - "Please Wake Me Up" (yes, I would define this as "pop," just very experimental pop)
Enjoyed these weeks later listening to your selections... TOM WAITS reminds me of this.  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14flwvMjyAQ 
or this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PK2VtUaeos


Title: Re: Musical Extremes?
Post by: Pilgermann on April 06, 2010, 01:08:27 AM
I did the iPod shuffle thing and here're the first 20:

Steve Kilbey - Double Exposure
Schlippenbach Quartet - Glen Feshie
Magma - Ork Alarm
Bruce Cockburn - Strange Waters (live)
Klaatu - Sub-Rosa Subway
Collective Soul - No More, No Less
Link Wray - Commanche
Klaus Doldinger & Girogio Moroder - Atreyu's Quest (from Neverending Story)
Mississippi John Hurt - Candy Man Blues
Leadbelly - John Hardy
Radiohead - India Rubber
David Gilmour - Echoes (Live at the Royal Albert Hall)
Squarepusher - Massif (Stay Strong)
Popol Vuh - Singet, Denn Gesang Vertreibt Die Wolfe
Dennis Wilson - Love Remember Me
Smashing Pumpkins - Thirty-Three
Joy Division - A Means to an End
The Residents & Renaldo and the Loaf - Woman's Weapon
Howling Bells - How Long
Tangerine Dream - Movements of a Visionary

I think there's some good variety there but it's still mostly pop; even the strangeness of the Residents comes from love and hatred of popular music.  Just for fun I'll toss in a YouTube clip of track 21:

Supertramp - Poor Boy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7g3Uf_iDqc


Title: Re: Musical Extremes?
Post by: wickednick on April 06, 2010, 08:22:47 AM
Allow me to shock and awe you: you can't get much more extreme than these bands.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNXh8_gDyhU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQidsbSjL-w&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_SqtCNhv44&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVR9LanXmJ4&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6w2xg0LZnY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C49H3aWdiK8


Title: Re: Musical Extremes?
Post by: Rev. Powell on April 06, 2010, 11:12:24 AM
Allow me to shock and awe you: you can't get much more extreme than these bands.



We were talking about musical extremes, not "extreme music".  But I do like the Tom Waits mixed in there.   :smile:


Title: Re: Musical Extremes?
Post by: Newt on April 09, 2010, 11:20:18 AM
So...what I have in what I mistakenly thought was a fairly eclectic collection is a whole lot of 'pop', a sampling of 'classical', a modicum of 'jazz' and a slightly larger portion of pipe bands?

I take it we are looking at this from a modern perspective: weren't jazz and classical the 'pop' of their respective heydays?

(ETA: Hang on:  pipe bands/marches would probably come under 'pop' too - or classical. How disappointing!)


Title: Re: Musical Extremes?
Post by: spongekryst on April 09, 2010, 03:25:35 PM
Allow me to shock and awe you: you can't get much more extreme than these bands.

[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNXh8_gDyhU[/url]
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQidsbSjL-w&feature=related[/url]
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_SqtCNhv44&feature=related[/url]
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVR9LanXmJ4&feature=related[/url]
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6w2xg0LZnY[/url]
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C49H3aWdiK8[/url]


Meh, Pig Destroyer are scene-money sell outs. You should check out Lymphatic Phlegm and Hellnation.


Title: Re: Musical Extremes?
Post by: voltron on April 12, 2010, 03:04:29 PM


Meh, Pig Destroyer are scene-money sell outs. You should check out Lymphatic Phlegm and Hellnation.

Pig Destroyer sellouts? :question: I thought Prowler In The Yard was decent,but to me, nothing can top AnB's Honky Reduction as far as crazy-as-s**t grind goes.


Title: Re: Musical Extremes?
Post by: Allhallowsday on April 12, 2010, 11:03:56 PM
Allow me to shock and awe you: you can't get much more extreme than these bands.
We were talking about musical extremes, not "extreme music".  But I do like the Tom Waits mixed in there.   :smile:
Look out!!  PIG DESTROYER!! 


Title: Re: Musical Extremes?
Post by: AndyC on April 13, 2010, 09:56:04 AM
So...what I have in what I mistakenly thought was a fairly eclectic collection is a whole lot of 'pop', a sampling of 'classical', a modicum of 'jazz' and a slightly larger portion of pipe bands?

I take it we are looking at this from a modern perspective: weren't jazz and classical the 'pop' of their respective heydays?

(ETA: Hang on:  pipe bands/marches would probably come under 'pop' too - or classical. How disappointing!)

It can be from any perspective you want. I think when I started the thread, it was mainly about kinds of music at extreme ends of the spectrum (however you define it) in the same collection. Stuff that many people would consider incompatible. Like I have Motley Crue and Barry Manilow in the same collection. I would say pop and bagpipes are not usually found together, although I can think of a few rock tunes that actually use the pipes. Steve Earle's Copperhead Road and It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Want to Rock and Roll) by AC/DC immediately spring to mind.


Title: Re: Musical Extremes?
Post by: Newt on April 13, 2010, 10:19:13 AM
Thanks Andy.

So if on my shelf the 'A's go:
ABBA-AC/DC-Susan Aglukark-The Arrogant Worms-The Alan Parsons Project-America-The Animals-April Wine-Artists Against Apartheid-Rick Astley

and the 'B's go:
B-52’s-B.T.O.-Joan Baez-Long  John Baldry-The Beachboys-The Beatles-BeeGees-Belafonte-George Benson-Chuck Berry-Black Sabbath-Blind Guardian-Blondie-Blood Sweat and Teers-Blue Oyster Cult-Blue Rodeo-Blues Brothers-The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band-Pat Boone-David Bowie-Jackson Browne

in the 'D's you'll find:
Chris de Burgh-Neil Diamond-Def Leppard-Dire Straits-The Dirt Band-The Doors-Bob Dylan

and the 'G's include;
Genesis-Grateful Dead-Great Big Sea-Gregorian Chants-Godspell

the 'I's  are:
Billy Idol-INXS-The Irish Rovers and Iron Butterfly

Carole King sits near The Kinks; Janis meets Scott; Cyndi Lauper and John Lennon bracket Led Zeppelin, followed by Gordon Lightfoot, Little Richard and Lynyrd Skynyrd; Midnight Oil sits next to Glenn Miller; Joni Mitchell meets The Monks and Nana Mouskouri; Ann Murray is near The Nylons, Sinead O’Connor and Roy Orbison; Oscar Peterson meets Pink Floyd; Robert Plant sits next to The Platters, The Pointer Sisters, The Police, Procol Harum and Queen; and The Rolling Stones and Paul Revere and the Raiders bracket The RHPS soundtrack; Carly Simon is followed by Showdown, which leads to Steppenwolf...and so on.

(I am leaving out the classical, Broadway musicals, musical humour (where DOES one put Gilbert and Sulllivan?) and pipe bands because they are on a different shelf) - then maybe I can legitimately claim some diversity?  Cool!


Title: Re: Musical Extremes?
Post by: The Gravekeeper on April 22, 2010, 02:49:42 PM
While my tastes tend to skew more towards the heavier subgenres of metal , I've also got a fair bit of classical, baroque, celtic, etc. on my regular playlist. I have no objections to listening to most genres if I'm hanging out with someone who wants to listen to something else. Except gangsta rap. I just can't stand the sound of that particular genre.


Title: Re: Musical Extremes?
Post by: InformationGeek on May 05, 2010, 04:51:43 PM
You couldn't even pin down exactly what I like to listen to.  My music taste is all over the place.  It be hard to explain it, but here are a couple of my favorite songs:

This Afternoon by Nickelback
Viva La Vida by Coldplay
Blame My Friends on the Other Side (Soundtrack to Princess and the Frog)
Back in Business (Soundtrack to Dick Tracy)
Swing, Swing, Swing
Hey Soul Sister by Train
Rooftops by Lostprophets
Footloose by Kenny Loggins
Play With Me by The Thompson Twins
Wake Up by the Arcade Fire
When I'm Gone by Enimen
Feel Good Inc. by Gorillaz
Word Up by Gun
Combine Harvester by The Wurzels
Pjanoo by Eric Prydz
Carmelldansen
It's Tricky by Run DMC
Jai Ho by the p***ycat Dolls
Bohemian Rhaspody by Queen
Mother Russia by Sisters of Mercy

I could go on, but you get the point.  I'm just all over the map.


Title: Re: Musical Extremes?
Post by: Allhallowsday on June 23, 2013, 03:21:35 PM
You couldn't even pin down exactly what I like to listen to.  My music taste is all over the place.  It be hard to explain it, but here are a couple of my favorite songs:
This Afternoon by Nickelback
Viva La Vida by Coldplay
Blame My Friends on the Other Side (Soundtrack to Princess and the Frog)
Back in Business (Soundtrack to Dick Tracy)
Swing, Swing, Swing
Hey Soul Sister by Train
Rooftops by Lostprophets
Footloose by Kenny Loggins
Play With Me by The Thompson Twins
Wake Up by the Arcade Fire
When I'm Gone by Enimen
Feel Good Inc. by Gorillaz
Word Up by Gun
Combine Harvester by The Wurzels
Pjanoo by Eric Prydz
Carmelldansen
It's Tricky by Run DMC
Jai Ho by the p***ycat Dolls
Bohemian Rhaspody by Queen
Mother Russia by Sisters of Mercy

I could go on, but you get the point.  I'm just all over the map.
It's an itty bitty map...  :wink: