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Miscellaneous => General Discussion => Topic started by: Graystripe77 on August 15, 2012, 09:13:50 pm
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Since I looked and did not find such a topic, I made it.
What's everyone's favorite/least favorite Music genre/artist/song?
My personal favorite artist is Two Steps From Hell, they are just awesome. The genre is an awesome genre called Epic music, that is getting fairly popular. As for what I don't like, I absolutely despise Pop, Rap, Hip-Hop, Country Rock, and Dubstep. Everything else, I just tend not to listen to.
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"Pop, Rap, Hip-Hop, Country Rock, and Dubstep." That's a lot of music! I have the feeling you're wrapping a blanket around some of those, but I'm sure you have your reasons and I'm not here to judge. For the record, I also hate dubstep (it being one of the few genres I just don't understand). Even blanket genres I'm not warm to, like prog and metal, I've at least been able to find one group I can appreciate on some level. (Also, technically rap is just a non-genre that falls under hip-hop, but eh, it's semantics on the base level)
I use the website Rateyourmusic to help me find new stuff, and have for several years. It's probably slanted my perspectives, but I can't complain because I never really found anything I liked besides video game music before I went there.
I listen to lots of singer-songwriter/folk music, indie pop, video game music, Brazilian music, post-rock and post-punk era stuff. My favorite bands are Talking Heads, Godspeed You Black Emperor and Los Hermanos. My favorite solo artists are Tom Waits, Bob Dylan and Fiona Apple. I also like making lists of things and was tempted to just list 500 things, but I stopped myself.
My least favorite genres of music are pretentious [insert genre name here] metal, electronic music that sounds like it was made in FLStudio by amateurs, most dance music, stuff that plays in grocery stores, and hardcore gangsta hip-hop. I don't really have anything against most of those, they just audibly annoy me.
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"Pop, Rap, Hip-Hop, Country Rock, and Dubstep." That's a lot of music! I have the feeling you're wrapping a blanket around some of those, but I'm sure you have your reasons and I'm not here to judge. For the record, I also hate dubstep (it being one of the few genres I just don't understand). Even blanket genres I'm not warm to, like prog and metal, I've at least been able to find one group I can appreciate on some level. (Also, technically rap is just a non-genre that falls under hip-hop, but eh, it's semantics on the base level)
I use the website Rateyourmusic to help me find new stuff, and have for several years. It's probably slanted my perspectives, but I can't complain because I never really found anything I liked besides video game music before I went there.
I listen to lots of singer-songwriter/folk music, indie pop, video game music, Brazilian music, post-rock and post-punk era stuff. My favorite bands are Talking Heads, Godspeed You Black Emperor and Los Hermanos. My favorite solo artists are Tom Waits, Bob Dylan and Fiona Apple. I also like making lists of things and was tempted to just list 500 things, but I stopped myself.
My least favorite genres of music are pretentious [insert genre name here] metal, electronic music that sounds like it was made in FLStudio by amateurs, most dance music, stuff that plays in grocery stores, and hardcore gangsta hip-hop. I don't really have anything against most of those, they just audibly annoy me.
I don't think I've ever listened to much Video game music. Do you have anything you recommend?
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I usually listen to music from games I like, which helps gateway it a bit. If you have no idea what to try, the soundtrack to Nier (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzDx3PCbXig) is fantastic. I can't really recommend to genre to people who aren't familiar with the games I guess, or people who don't need tons of background music like me.
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Tbh, I didn't really like the Nier stuff, it was too.... I dunno.... boring?
I like intense and/or fast paced and/or really intricate stuff like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqNRIM2pdaQ - This is my all-time favorite tsfh song.
and this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kzj6wdJuyQ - my all-time favorite song.
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It's really hard for me, personally, to explain what I like without delving into personal artists. So I'll just start out with this: http://www.last.fm/user/ZBuchalski
I really love blues rock, also singer/songwriter and some folk. It's really hard to generalize, though, because there are very few genres I dislike just because they're a member of that genre. I even like some of that hardcore gangsta rap jsh mentioned earlier. I haven't heard any dubstep I like, but I wouldn't put it out of the question.
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This is now a last fm thread: http://www.last.fm/user/jsh357
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http://www.lastfm.se/user/Lekkit
It's not really up to date. But it's pretty accurate anyway. You could possibly add Muse to that list.
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Rock, Metal, some Singer/Songwriter.
=> stuff like Rush, Springsteen, New Model Army, Led Zeppelin, Queen, Primus, Overkill, Testament, Nevermore, Slayer, Dylan, Cash, Beatles, Stones etc.
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This is now a last fm thread: http://www.last.fm/user/jsh357
woo last.fm!
http://www.last.fm/user/dutchbrowncoat
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Since I looked and did not find such a topic, I made it.
What's everyone's favorite/least favorite Music genre/artist/song?
My personal favorite artist is Two Steps From Hell, they are just awesome. The genre is an awesome genre called Epic music, that is getting fairly popular. As for what I don't like, I absolutely despise Pop, Rap, Hip-Hop, Country Rock, and Dubstep. Everything else, I just tend not to listen to.
You might like the Pandora "Epic Soundtracks" radio. I listen to it when working or boardgaming.
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Since I looked and did not find such a topic, I made it.
What's everyone's favorite/least favorite Music genre/artist/song?
My personal favorite artist is Two Steps From Hell, they are just awesome. The genre is an awesome genre called Epic music, that is getting fairly popular. As for what I don't like, I absolutely despise Pop, Rap, Hip-Hop, Country Rock, and Dubstep. Everything else, I just tend not to listen to.
You might like the Pandora "Epic Soundtracks" radio. I listen to it when working or boardgaming.
I have something similar if you're all interested: http://www.pandora.com/station/907802464688804950
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I like a whole lot of music from the mainstream to the completely obscure. Actually there is very little music I find myself unable to derive any enjoyment from. My collection is outrageous in scope and size.
All that said, the band I most like that pretty much everyone recognizes and knows at least one song they dig is Modest Mouse.
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I like a whole lot of music from the mainstream to the completely obscure. Actually there is very little music I find myself unable to derive any enjoyment from. My collection is outrageous in scope and size.
All that said, the band I most like that pretty much everyone recognizes and knows at least one song they dig is Modest Mouse.
I'm like a hermit when it comes to music. I honestly do not know anything about a supposed band named Modest Mouse, nor any of its songs.
And I know, per xkcd 903 (and the alt-text on xkcd 333), that I could go find these things fairly easily. I have very little motivation to do so, tbh. Because in the end, I just don't find the discovery of music as compelling as the discovery of other things.
I do enjoy singing, though. The right kinds of choral music is amazingly fun and fulfilling to sing.
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Since I looked and did not find such a topic, I made it.
What's everyone's favorite/least favorite Music genre/artist/song?
My personal favorite artist is Two Steps From Hell, they are just awesome. The genre is an awesome genre called Epic music, that is getting fairly popular. As for what I don't like, I absolutely despise Pop, Rap, Hip-Hop, Country Rock, and Dubstep. Everything else, I just tend not to listen to.
You might like the Pandora "Epic Soundtracks" radio. I listen to it when working or boardgaming.
I have something similar if you're all interested: http://www.pandora.com/station/907802464688804950
I'm digging this! Added to my stations.
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I like a whole lot of music from the mainstream to the completely obscure. Actually there is very little music I find myself unable to derive any enjoyment from. My collection is outrageous in scope and size.
All that said, the band I most like that pretty much everyone recognizes and knows at least one song they dig is Modest Mouse.
I'm like a hermit when it comes to music. I honestly do not know anything about a supposed band named Modest Mouse, nor any of its songs.
And I know, per xkcd 903 (and the alt-text on xkcd 333), that I could go find these things fairly easily. I have very little motivation to do so, tbh. Because in the end, I just don't find the discovery of music as compelling as the discovery of other things.
I do enjoy singing, though. The right kinds of choral music is amazingly fun and fulfilling to sing.
I strongly recommend Pandora. The way I have it set up now, I basically have one station that 80% of the time plays songs I know and like, and 20% of the time plays a new song for me that I also like.
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Yes, definitely Pandora.
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Punk (well, actually, Serbian bands only), Power Metal, Irish Rock/Pank/Whatever.
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Punk (well, actually, Serbian bands only), Power Metal, Irish Rock/Pank/Whatever.
why only serbian punk? is that it's own subgenre, or do you just prefer that style of music sung in that language? im curious to hear some of it now.
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I'm from there. I didn't really get into any other bands than locals (mostly due to concerts and stuff).
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I mostly listen to video game music - original soundtracks, chiptunes, and remixes. If you are interested in that kind of stuff, I highly recommend Rainwave (http://rainwave.cc/). It is a social online radio site that hosts 5 different channels: newer game music, chiptunes, game music covers, remixes from OCR, and a channel that plays a combination of all 4 other channels. It's great to listen to while playing Dominion (especially compared to the Goko music).
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I don't think I've ever listened to much Video game music. Do you have anything you recommend?
I don't either, but Bastion is the exception (and also a great game).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDflVhOpS4E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-aexLJKwME
I have a pretty eclectic list shouldered by Tom Waits, Porcupine Tree, and Wuthering (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcAk0oyU8Pk) Heights (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qO4aY8Rxhz4&feature=relmfu).
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When it comes to video game music, Castlevania is the only thing I listen to. But that music is great!
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When it comes to video game music, Castlevania is the only thing I listen to. But that music is great!
I have the tune from the Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past as my ringtone. ;D
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I had http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33fN8W293no for the longest time.
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My favourite piece of video game music:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDsoN48HI54
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I will listen to anything, and I do mean anything. I 100% support lastfm, http://www.last.fm/user/danboyle86 (http://www.last.fm/user/danboyle86) is my page. Grew up listening to pretty much only classic rock so bands like the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Electric Light Orchestra will always be among my favorites, but I really don't discriminate. As far as I'm concerned, there's pretty much a time and place for any song, even if I'm playing it in jest.
Pandora is definitely a great site too, but I really like Lastfm's recommended radio suggestions as well. And if you love statistics (pretty much anyone on this forum as near as I can tell), you can't beat the listening and trending stats it provides.
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i would encourage the last.fm users out there to also check out the last.fm playground (http://playground.last.fm/) as well as lastgraphs (http://lastgraph3.aeracode.org/). they both take your listening data and do some cool stuff with it. i am a big fan of the genderplots on the playground, which attempt to guess a user's age and gender based on listening history. lastgraphs has detailed plots, a few nice visualization options, and lets you pull all your own data to a working file.
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Those are definitely some cool sites, especially that playground one. Almost makes me want to be a subscriber to try the VIP ones...
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My favourite piece of video game music:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDsoN48HI54
While the music is nice in that game, I really hate it. We played it during a marathon, and we couldn't get past the laboratory...
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Too bad last.fm won't put out a working Android app since that's the only way I wold check them out.
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theory has mad piano skills. You should hear him play Vanessa Carlton ;P.
I want to see video.
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Too bad last.fm won't put out a working Android app since that's the only way I wold check them out.
simple last FM scrobbler works in all my players
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Since I looked and did not find such a topic, I made it.
What's everyone's favorite/least favorite Music genre/artist/song?
My personal favorite artist is Two Steps From Hell, they are just awesome. The genre is an awesome genre called Epic music, that is getting fairly popular. As for what I don't like, I absolutely despise Pop, Rap, Hip-Hop, Country Rock, and Dubstep. Everything else, I just tend not to listen to.
I love TSFH. In addition to this, the occasional rock or metal (The Black Keys - Little Black Submarines (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k8es2BNloE))
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I love TSFH. In addition to this, the occasional rock or metal (The Black Keys - Little Black Submarines (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k8es2BNloE))
i've become quite a fan of the black keys in recent months. good stuff.
and not sure how many other fans of punk there are out there, but i figured id toss out that i just got to spend last weekend at the fest (http://www.thefestfl.com/fest11/). pretty solid experience, overall.
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Speaking of video game music, this was the song my wife marched down the aisle to at our wedding: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2jxrcKAxvA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2jxrcKAxvA)
All you nerds may now be jealous of me. :D
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All you nerds may now be jealous of me. :D
as a nerd i am indeed totally jealous. you have a wife!
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Classical.
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Meaning classical music.