OT: Music

[abazzio]

As far as soundtracks go, I find I have a weakness for John Barry's music.  It's often very soulful and elegiac (Dances with Wolves; Out of Africa; Born Free).  But he's also good at writing dramatic, hair-raising music, like in the James Bond films or on tracks like "The Buffalo Hunt" in Dances with Wolves.  

I'm a big fan of Ennio Morricone's work in Clint's old spaghetti westerns (though my personal favorite is his haunting score to the Clintless Once Upon a Time in the West).  He's also made memorable contributions to some of Warren Beatty's more recent films, like Bugsy and Bulworth.  

Lastly, I  find Thomas Newman's gentle, wistful music in movies like the Shawshank Redemption and Road to Perdition to be very affecting stuff.   A major talent  IMHO, just like his cousin Randy.

Away from the movie theatre, my tastes fly all over the map.  I identify with the one poster who said his/her listening habits go through phases.  Me, I'll get hooked on a certain artist for months at a time and I'll listen obsessively to everything they've done--until finally I suffer burnout and I'll  tune out their music entirely, sometimes for years.  I've gone through my Beatles, Stones, Hendrix, Sex Pistols, Beach Boys, and Sinatra phase.  I wonder what the next drug's gonna be.

[odinn7]

Laurie Berkner...lots and lots of Laurie Berkner...

[Mr_Vindictive]

Odinn7,

That's one that I omitted from my list.  I feel your pain, I really do.

[Scott H.]

Brian Eno and his travelling band of minstrels.

SOmehow i have extracted music from the writing of Hunter S. Thompson and how I do enjoy reading his writing.

ALso as a farce, NWA.

[Ozzymandias]

I'm listening to a lot of different stuff and it usually depends on the writting project I'm working on. I was in a heavy 50s mode (Perry Como, Kay Starr, Jo Stafford, Elvis, Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry etc.).

However what I've listened to the most (good old cassette tape in car and Walkman, no fancy Ipod) recently:

"A House is Not a Hotel"  by Love
"Wooden Ships" by CSN
"All Along the Watchtower" by Jimi Hendrix
"Hard Rains Gonna Fall" by Bob Dylan
"The End" by the Doors
"When I Was Young" by the Animals
"Golden Country" by REO Speedwagon
"I'd Love To Change The World" by Ten Years After
"What You Gonna Do About Me" by Quicksilver Messenger Service
"Revolution" by The Beatles
"Get Together" by the Youngbloods
"Electric Funeral" by Black Sabbath
"Eve of Destruction" by Barry McGuire

Before anyone says I'm in a doom ladden mood, I managed to play "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep" on the nostalgia show I produce.

[Ellie]

Gotta admit Jimi Hendrix's "All along the Watchtower" is a damn good tune.

[Master Blaster]

Today, Kraftwerk. I brought everything from Kraftwerk 1 to Tour de France Soundtracks with me to work to see if I could get through them all. I'm on Autobahn at the moment.

[Brother Ragnarok]

You poor bastard.

[Brother Ragnarok]

Strapping Young Lad - "Alien"
Nile - "In Their Darkened Shrines"
Clutch - "Blast Tyrant"
Corrosion of Conformity - "Wiseblood"
Macabre - "Murder Metal"
Exodus - "Tempo of the Damned"
Mastodon - "Leviathan"

[Chopper]

Ozzymandias, by show you run do you mean radio show? i'd like to get into some form of radio when i get out of the military one day, perhaps the college radio scene. i've got quite the "interesting" music collection, plus a unique voice from what i've been told :)

[Chopper]

wow Brother R, you brought me back a lot of memories of an awesome young lad i was friends with in tech school. he was a mad black metal fan and used to be in a couple bands. real smart, compassionate guy too.

[Brother Ragnarok]

Many, if not most, metal fans are, although popular media would have you believe otherwise.  I cannot, however, speak for most of the people who post on Blabbermouth and similar metal sites.  Sadly, as with most any area of belief/fandom/whatever, the idiots have the loudest voices.

\m/

[Scott H.]

Kraftwerk is one of the most interesting electronic bands in the world today. They have been making such good music for so long, I consider them to be the best.

Ralf & Florian is one of my favorites, and the song Tongebird (sp?) rocks.

[Chopper]

yeah i hear ya Brother R, i'm into a lot of hardcore and punk, the mentioning of the term "hardcore" around people makes most cringe from ignorance and exploitation of the term. also a lot of stupid young kids, who aren't even what the music is all about, act violent at shows or destroy property and give us all a bad name.  i think Greg Graffin from Bad Religion said it best: "punk is about being human."

[saintmort]

I just finished a documentary for my film class called "Moving Underground: The Study of Local Music" and when I asked one indie studio owner "What Style of Music is the most popular right now?"  I love the his answer was "Fake Hardcore"