What Do You Listen To?

[Henk4Focus]

I don't know if it's been a topic at one stage or the other but last night when I sat listening to some Eric Clapton I started wondering what members on TC fancy music wise.

I am a big fan of Dire Straights, U2, Def Leppard, Metallica, AC/DC, DAD, The Cure, The Cult, Dokken, Cinderella, Nirvana, Bob Seger, Chris Isaak, A-ha, Chrissie Hind, Collective Soul, Crowded House, ELO, oh my, this list might get very long indeed. There are so many to list. I think Nickleback is one of the best rock bands to reach the charts in the last year or so. The Old school like Gary Moore, Motley Crew, Scorpions etc are also on my list.

I listen to most genre but the really Jazzy stuff and Opera can go fly. I will listen to Beethovens piano concerto's but don't invite me to a classic concert. O yes and being a Boertjie entitles me to listen to the Afrikaans music by Dozi (my cousin), Robbie wessels, Karen Zoid and many more. I hate R&B with a passion and if you wanna torture me to give vital info play James "Killing a Cat" Blunt. 5 Seconds flat and I will sing like a canary and give it all up as long as I don't have to listen to him being beatiful.

And just for the fun I would also like to have this question answered.... WHO IN YOU OPINION IS OR WAS THE GREATEST GUITARIST OF ALL TIME?

Was it Clapton, Vai, Hendrix, Knopfler, Satriani, Malmsteen, Slash...........come on add or chose!

[lammac]

Oooh I like this idea.

You have listed some great bands there. My favs are:

Metallica

WASP

Napalm Death

Slayer

GWAR

Testament

Dokken

Cinderella

Vow Wow

AC/DC

Def Leppard

Black Sabbath

Ozzy

you can see were I am going with cant you!

When I am in my quieter moments I like to listen to:

Evanecence

Greenday

Prodigy

Nickleback (the old stuff)

Guns n Roses

Phil Collins

etc. etc.

when I am so laid back I am horizontal I like:

Tangerine dream

Jean Michelle Jarre

Beethoven

The best guitar player ever? Randy Rhoads - guitarist for Ozzy in the 80's

[monster_beetle]

Well, mostly metal here

Like:

- In Flames

- Disturbed

- Children of Bodom

- Amon Amarth

- Opeth

- Another Messiah (not in existance anymore )

- Vreid

- Cradle of Filth

I really love folk-metal like:

- Eluveitie

- Korpiklaani

- Cruachan

And female fronted is always good:

- Within Temptation

- Nightwish

- Epica

- Delain

And something very special that has to be said here is Haggard, a blend of classical music with a very good soprano with pretty heavy metal and grunt.

That is a small selection of the music I listen to, I have loads more of obscure bands.

[HereBeMonsters]

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[Mulsanne]

It's Metallica for me, saw them in Manchester last month. And thus Kirk Hammett is my favourite guitarist.... predictably.

[Jonny Retro]

Electro, hip hop (up to about 1991), dance, modern classical (& some old stuff, but can't stand baroque or most opera), some fluffy pop, ska & reggae, old skool r&b (not the modern pap), some rock (some goth), 40's big bands, a little country ... my tastes aren't eclectic ... they're schizoid

[CarbonRacer]

Electro, hip hop (up to about 1991), dance, modern classical (& some old stuff, but can't stand baroque or most opera), some fluffy pop, ska & reggae, old skool r&b (not the modern pap), some rock (some goth), 40's big bands, a little country ... my tastes aren't eclectic ... they're schizoid

Drum'n'Bass all the way, for 14yrs ive loved it , it just gets better an better...

my 2p worth

[HereBeMonsters]

It's Metallica for me, saw them in Manchester last month. And thus Kirk Hammett is my favourite guitarist.... predictably.

I've never got Metallica. Why are they good? As far I can see they're just Metal-by-Numbers, churning out song after predictable song as a money making enterprise, rather than a band.

When I saw them at Reading back in 2003 I overheard a great conversation in the crowd. There was a bunch of 15 year oldish kids who were slagging off St Anger: "Oh man, Metallica have really sold out with this new album. It's sounds just like every other metal band around."

Then an older biker-type metaller was walking past, must have been around 30-35 years old. He said to the kids "Oh well, I remember when I was your age and Metallica sold out."

Absolutely hilarious.

[Mulsanne]

I've never got Metallica. Why are they good? As far I can see they're just Metal-by-Numbers, churning out song after predictable song as a money making enterprise, rather than a band.

When I saw them at Reading back in 2003 I overheard a great conversation in the crowd. There was a bunch of 15 year oldish kids who were slagging off St Anger: "Oh man, Metallica have really sold out with this new album. It's sounds just like every other metal band around."

Then an older biker-type metaller was walking past, must have been around 30-35 years old. He said to the kids "Oh well, I remember when I was your age and Metallica sold out."

Absolutely hilarious.

"Why are they good?". Don't know. To me, they don't sound like other metal/thrash bands, but I'm not what you'd call a died in the wool metal head. The concert I went to prior to Metallica was Kylie! A lot of it has to do with the fact I've grown up with them, the Black Album came out just as I really got into rock. I like James' voice and Kirk can do a proper old school guitar solo as well as anyone on earth. Lars and Robert Trujillo are just hilarious to watch and good musicians also.

Oddly some of my favorite tracks are on their least well respected albums, such as load and re-load (Fuel is just epic in my opinion). These albums were accused of chasing the main stream with their sophisticated production, so maybe I'm not actually hard-core enough to like 'proper thrash'. So it seems it's the "sell-out" stuff I actually like. Not sure what that says about me. On the new album "All Nightmare Long" and "The Day that Never Comes" just seem to have something extra for me, again it is probably because they are a bit more produced. Even watching them in Some Kind of Monster just made me like them more.

Anyway, other bands I like are....

AC/DC

Beastie Boys

Foo Fighters

Green Day

And just about any track from Guitar Heroe

[adam1973]

Went to see Def Leppard at Ipswich 6 years ago, were brill!! But I like all sorts; http://www.youtube.com/tyrekycker

[HereBeMonsters]

Some very valid stuff about Metallica.

I see what you're saying, but I just think there are loads of other bands that do it so much better. I don't get the hype about Metallica. Last year at Reading instead of watching them we went and had a Ska party at the Manchester Company of Extreme Largeness shop.

I think the way Lars manages the band is what annoys me most of all, that and their opposition to Napster etc. I worked a bit for Napster, and wore my staff T-Shirt to the their 2003 show with the intention of getting on the big screen wearing it. Not sure if I did or not, as I spent most of the show in the bar drinking and chatting to a very nice girl who also hated Metallica.

[Mulsanne]

I see what you're saying, but I just think there are loads of other bands that do it so much better. I don't get the hype about Metallica. Last year at Reading instead of watching them we went and had a Ska party at the Manchester Company of Extreme Largeness shop.

I think the way Lars manages the band is what annoys me most of all, that and their opposition to Napster etc. I worked a bit for Napster, and wore my staff T-Shirt to the their 2003 show with the intention of getting on the big screen wearing it. Not sure if I did or not, as I spent most of the show in the bar drinking and chatting to a very nice girl who also hated Metallica.

Your right about Lars, he is a bit full of his own importance at times, but after watching Some Kind of Monster it becomes apparent Metallica is very much his band, James has nearly as much input and Kirk, Robert are just along for the ride. The Napster thing was a PR disaster for them (Lars in particular), but I think they know it and have learnt from it. They must be doing something right to be the IIRC 7th biggest selling US act of all time.

For those wondering just what HBM and myself are disagreeing about, here's a few Youtube clips

Nothing Else Matters at Live Earth. Not the best vocal performance ever, but just sends shivers down my spine, the two dudes 3:57 some it up for me....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jb50TByPSxE

The video for Fuel, classic hetfield vocals at 2:40....

http://www.metallica.com/videoplayer/media...+May+14%2C+1998

[TWINSET]

Now I got the CD system working in the kitchen, the current CD in it is;

Lobo - Me and You And A Dog Named Boo

AC/DC - Heatseeker

Status Quo+Scooter - Jump That Rock

Scooter - Juming All Over The World

Thunder - Dirty Love

Iron Maiden - The Prisoner

Stone Gods - You Brought A Knife To A Gunfight

Metallica - One

Whitesnake - Guilty Of Love

Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The UK

Dragonforce - Heart Of A Dragon

Scorpions - Rock You Like A Hurricane

Slade - Run Runaway

Airbourne - Cheap Wine

Mott The Hoople - All The Way From Memphis

AC/DC - Back In Black

CCR - Bad Moon Rising

The First Class - Beach Baby

Santana - Well Alright

Manfredd Mann's Earth Band - Davy's On The Road Again

Elton John - Rocket Man

Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (For it's reference to toads )

ELP - Fanfare For The Common Man

Sex Pistols - The 'riggin' song

Helix - Gimme Gimme Good Lovin

Jilted John - Jilted John (Gordon is a moron)

Metallica - Jump In The Fire

Dragonforce - Through The Fire And The Flames

Sly Fox - Let's Go All The Way

Def Leppard - Make Love Like A Man

Quiet Riot - Metal Health

Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant

Sham69 - Hurry Up Harry

Split Enz - I Got You

Poison - Talk Dirty To Me

Tenpole Tudor - Swords Of A Thousand Men

The Dickies - Banana Splits

The Moody Blues - The Question

Kiss - Within

Turisas - Rasputin

The wife stays out the kitchen while I'm creating now

[HereBeMonsters]

Your right about Lars, he is a bit full of his own importance at times, but after watching Some Kind of Monster it becomes apparent Metallica is very much his band,

...but that's not a good thing! He runs it as a business, the music is just a way of making money for him. I really doubt he has the passion - if he wasn't making millions of dollars doing it I very much doubt he'd be keen to carry on.

To change the subject entirely, anyone else on Last.FM?

[monster_beetle]

you can find me there as monster_beetle

p.s. another good epic folk black metal-ish like band is wintersun, pretty unknown. So had to plug them

[Novastar]

Its very interesting to see everyones varied tastes and opinions on music. I was never a Metallica fan, the only metal I really liked was Megadeths Rust in Peace album. Does anyone have any opinions on Megadeth ? I like a variety of new and old music especially hardcore techno and hardtrance but I dont go much on Urban, Country or classical.

So heres the list:

Kylie, Madonna, Lily Allen, Delta Goodrem, Ayumi Hamasaki, Roxette, Jamiroquai, Utah Saints, AC/DC, INXS, The Doors, Jimi Hendrix, Rolling Stones, Guns n' Roses, Chili Peppers, Transvision Vamp, EMF, Blondie, Boney M, Simple Minds, Doris Norton, Rexanthony, Napalm Rave compilations, Thunderdome compilations, Dyewitness, Tall Paul, Terrordrome compilations, and DJ Jimmy Z 4Play club remixes.

[markbt73]

just a few of many...

All-time favorites: Police, Dire Straits, Elvis Costello, Clash, Concrete Blonde, Joe Jackson, The Cars, Red Hot Chili Peppers

More recent: Ike Reilly, G. Love & Special Sauce, Cibo Matto, White Stripes, Decemberists, Chuck Prophet, The Donnas, Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers

Currently in love with: The Gaslight Anthem, Foxboro Hot Tubs, Jenny Lewis/Rilo Kiley, The Hold Steady, Raveonettes (I've been on a neo-roots-rock kick recently)

Oh, and favorite guitarist: Mark Knopfler.

[boogyloop]

i think for me personally it's more of a case of what DONT i listen too! thought for the moment i get my kicks from radio4,dubstep and creative commons license free music.

[Henk4Focus]

Does anyone have any opinions on Megadeth ?

YES I did have two of their albums. Peace sells and Killing is my bussiness. Grew tired of it so moved on. Only track I still remember was Mary Jane. haven't met anyone else ever who was into their music here in SA.

[GGtrialer]

well....metal.

the main bands i listen to are:

Job for a Cowboy

Lamb of God

Amon Amarth

sometimes Dissection

nothing much mellower.

[richytanimal]

Hmmm, a lot of mine is metal/rock:

Iron Maiden, Metallica, Whitesnake, Dogs D'amour, Guns n roses, Kaiser Chiefs, The Zutons, The Who, Prodigy, David Bowie,

The Clash, AC/DC, Wasp! and not forgetting Kylie

[Leethal Driver]

Mostly anything electric will be in the stacker but any deep house (Fish Go Deep podcast is a regular) will be near the top. Streetlife DJ's a close second, and St Germain for some gallic goodness a close third.

Pretty much listen to anything else any given sunday, just depends what mood I'm in.

[Tamichael]

I´m also in Metal/Hard Rock/ Guitarists stuff.

I always preferred Megadeth to Metallica as they just had the more interesting guitar riffs and soli. Mustaine isn´t the best vocalist but it´s the complete package which makes Megadeth my favourite .. best era began with Rust in peace and ended with Youthanasia after Marty Friedman´s exit from the band ...

Metallica is more mainstream but they also set milestones like Master of puppets and Justice for all.

The black album was a real cash cow and the zenith of their ability, all following albums were poor and not worth mentioning ..... especially this ugly St. Anger ....

Naming the best guitarist will be impossible as there are too many styles and directions. I can name Satriani, Vai, Slash, Marty Friedman, Jason Becker ( one of the best and fastest guitarists who unluckily suffers from a bad disease ), John Petrucci, Randy Rhoads, Eddie Van Halen, Zakk Wylde, Nuno Bettencourt and Yngwie Malmsteen ( even when he´s always playing the same stuff ... ).

Bands i listen to

Dream Theater

Porcupine Tree

Pain of Salvation

**** the Machine

Killswitch engage

Opeth

Megadeth

Metallica

Audioslave

Paradise Lost

Anthrax

Pantera

Living Colour

Deep Purple

Led Zeppelin

Filter

Stone Temple Pilots

Pearl Jam

Van Halen

[skip665]

Trance is pretty much all I listen to although I am fond of 70s and 80s tunes...

[dazaa]

Trance is pretty much all I listen to although I am fond of 70s and 80s tunes...

Time to break the trend that all kids listen to rap.....

In happy to listen to any of the following.

dire straits

ub40

gregory isaccs

bob marley

stevie ray vaughn (spelling?)

marc bolan

queen

moby

fleetwood mac

Lots more I can't remember right now...

Also have afew old records I have found...

duke ellington masters of jazz

tracy chapman

pavaroti greatest hits(not hoping to listen to this one any time soon)

frankie goes to hillywood

Unfortunatly I don't have a record player but I would love to find a thorens or linn thrown out...that would be one heck of a find.

dazaa