Your favourite music... share with us!

[waywardclam]

I betcha there's gonna be a SERIOUSLY eclectic mix of music preferred by the people round here.

I adore good music and am always looking for new bands to try out.

(P.S. Was there already a thread like this that got lost?)

Some of my favourites:

The Arrogant Worms - funny and intelligent (their good songs, anyways )
Garbage - energy and raw emotion... Shirley Manson can wail like a banshee when she wants to
Great Big Sea - very high adrenaline, sort of folk / celtic approach
Inkubus Sukkubus - goth/pagan (warning: some songs may be offensive to some of those following a mainstream religion)
Moxy Fruvous - funny and intelligent
The Offspring - I find them surprisingly funny and intelligent too...
Sarah McLachlan - raw emotion in her songs.

A lot of pop 80s tunes as well on my playlist... Tom Petty, Stevie Nicks, Heart, Pretenders... lots of one hit wonders...

[Keppig]

I like all kinds of music!

REM
INXS
Midnight Oil
Thomas Dolby
Talking Heads, are on my 80s list

The rest of my partial list is:
Sinead Lohan- her Irish voice is beatiful, I would by a CD by her even if she sang nursery rhymes.
Gray Eye Glancing- Her voice is so cool! Great road songs
Andrea Bocelli - This Tenor gives me chills, love him!
Pearl Jam - I love the song "Wishlist"
Alice Cooper- My most fav song "Might as well be on Mars"
Alanis Morissett- Her songs has helped me through many painful times!
Chumbawamba- Good kick butt music ("I get back up off the floor again...")
Peter Gabriel- Loved his singing for 20 years now
Toby Keith- The only country singer who I would listen to every song he sings.
October Project-She have a really interesting voice, good songs.
Enya- This is the music I play to calm down.
Garbage- I love her voice, the music gives you such energy
Sarah Mclachlan - Who doesn't like "Your love is better than chocolate"?

[waywardclam]

Mmmm, I like everything I recognize on that list, so that mean's it's time for me to go investigate everything I don't recognize on it.

[Andrew]

Here's a long list of songs that ADDers have been listening to:

http://www.addforums.com/forums/show...p?threadid=139

[waywardclam]

I suspected such a thread would exist. Maybe I should check with you in advance before posting things like this.

[Keppig]

But what you are listening to vs what are your favorites is different... I like both questions

[Andrew]

Originally posted by Keppig
But what you are listening to vs what are your favorites is different... I like both questions

Point well taken, but...if ya didnt like it...would you listen to it?

[Andrew]

Originally posted by Paul S
I suspected such a thread would exist. Maybe I should check with you in advance before posting things like this.

There are actually one or more threads on this topic. You can find them by using the SEARCH button on the upper right hand corner of the screen in the Forums.

...and given my short term memory issues, I would probably be the LAST person you would want to check with!...lol

[Keppig]

LOL!!

I don't know about you, but sometimes I am a victim of passing music in my office or in my car.... That's how I got hooked on Ant Farm

[joanrdtobe]

Paul: You can check with me if you want regarding if a topic has been brought up as I MAY remember....yes, there have been threads about people's favorite music....what you can do is--if you locate an OLD thread on a topic-and Andrew suggested how above -- just bring it up again and we can continue it with some newer people.... ...incidentally I also agree that Tom Petty and the Heart Breakers rock!!!

I also like Pearl Jam, Simon and Garfunkel, Moody Blues, Rolling Stones, Neil Young, James Taylor, Jimmy Buffet, Aerosmith

and a few country western singers as well.....

[tiggwin]

Originally posted by Paul S
Great Big Sea - very high adrenaline, sort of folk / celtic approach

Well, after reading that, I went to Amazon to hear some samples. Loved it, especially the REM "End of the world rendition", maybe even enough to buy some of their stuff. What would you suggest?

Ecclectic is right. Here are some of MY favorites:
Neil Young
Grateful Dead
Billy Bragg
Wilco
Bob Marley
Beethoven
Miles Davis
Dave Brubeck
80's REM
The Gear Daddies (Alternative rock with a slide/steel guitar)
The Jayhawks (ditto)
The Clash
Aztec Camera (listen to a tune called "Good Morning Britain"!!)
most bluegrass
Giuseppe Verdi (Riggoleto)
The Specials
The Skatalites

[waywardclam]

Tiggwin - I have no idea which albums are the best (I use MP3s -- shhh!!! -- but I have paid to go to their concerts)

But I know which songs I like by them...

Fast/energetic beat songs:
Mari-Mac
The Night That Paddy Murphy Died
It's The End Of The World As We Know It
Ordinary Day
When I'm Up (I Can't Get Down)
The Old Black Rum

Mellow / Moody:
Boston & St. John's (my personal favourite song of theirs)
Wave Over Wave
I'm A Rover

Other favourites by them:
Consequence Free
The Chemical Workers Song (aka Process Man, or the I.C.I. song)

Also... if you like the adrenaline music from Great Big Sea, you might also try to find a song called "Home For A Rest" by a group called Spirit Of The West. Similar in style and energy.

That and Mari-Mac were played at my wedding reception and the entire room was jumping up and down on the dance floor... covered in sweat...

[why]

Abba
Air
Blur
Boney M
Chemical Brothers
Dave Brubek
Depeche Mode
Fat Boy Slim
Groove Armada
James Brown
Jimi Hendrix
Led Zeppelin
Lemon Jelly
Mozart
Radiohead (up to and including OK Computer, but nothing after)
Simon & Garfunkel
St. Germain
The Who
Thievery Corporation
Tom Jones
Zero 7

....this is the current "A" list ....it changes over time - some will stay for ever (Zep) some will fade away (St. Germain, Lemon Jelly, Fat Boy Slim are flickering already) ....the only music I don't care for is country and celtic, although that Jonny Cash - ROCKS!

[tiggwin]

Originally posted by why
that Jonny Cash - ROCKS!

Why - looks like we have pretty similarly diverse tastes in music. I agree on johny cash. His "ring of fire" makes it into my top 10 songs of all time. Also, regarding zep, there has never been a better drummer than jon bonham. it's just a fact. (sorry keith.)

sometimes i think i was supposed to be a drummer, but i never had the opportunity to take it and run. oh well. i always listen to and watch drummers first. that's the part that stays in my head after the song ends. that and the voices (just kidding!! ) ok no more rambling. must go to sleep.

[fasttalkingmom]

Linkin Park
The Used
The Ataris
AFI
Metallica
Drop kick Murrphys
Evanescence
Korn
Distrubed
Chevelle
Bush
Dave Matthews Band
Mighty Mighty Bostones
B52's
AC/AC


There are many more.... Mostly anything metal, punk or Alternative........