Music preferences

[Anonymous]

Kings X, Rush, Saigon Kick, Queensryche, Big Wreck, Beatles, George Lynch, Steve Vai, Boston, Joe Satriani, Sonny Landreth, I Could Go On Forever.

[Hawks05]

Joe Satriani is GOD on guitar. i bought his DVD "Live in San Fransico" best DVD ever music wise.

[AntonioFP45]

I used to listen to top 40, R&B, Latin and Country years back. Today I very much enjoy a lot of the modern jazz instrumental songs with good catchy beats, slow or fast. (I don't mean the sleepy smoke filled room style jazz ). This may seem a little strange to you all, but a lot of the modern "COOL JAZZ" music makes me visualize the feeling and atmosphere of riding passenger trains and enjoying the slight rocking and swaying at 80 mph, or, watching 70mph, mile-long freight trains zip by, or seeing 6 axle giants slowly rocking side to side as they coast into a yard. What I find really neat is that the jazz beats "coincide and complement"" these mental pictures. Chuck Loeb (song: High Five) , Brian Culbertson, Steve Cole, Chiali Minuchi, Greg Karukas, Joyce Kooling (song: Daddy Oh!), and Jeff Kashiwa (big hit: Hyde Park) all have some pretty upbeat tunes that even my "hard rocker" and "hip hop" co-workers like (I play jazz slightly on the "loud side" on my job in my office during my break. I especially enjoy Chuck Loeb while I'm working on my models. Dont' take my word for it, check it out!

[Anonymous]

Classical, Opera and 'serious music' from the '20s and '30s. But then again I'm a 'rivet counter'.

Randy

[Anonymous]

[;)] Easy-listening works best for me. It's relatively unobtrusive while playing in the background, yet there is just enough spark to remind you that you're not experiencing total silence while you model, plan, repair, etc. Jazz is also a good option.

[Anonymous]

[^] This is where I (Arvo Part) from the crowd. (Mozart) people prefer rock, C & W, blues, Sinatra, Dixieland, bluegrass, and other popular forms. Give me (Arcangelo Corelli) classical any day. Mostly composers from the 17th, 18th, and 20th centuries: Shostakovich, Schnittke, Honegger, Villa-Lobos, Penderecki, Arvo Part, Walter Piston, John Adams, need I go on? Oh, and I compose this "stuff" as well.

[Anonymous]

I like rock from the 70's to 80's as it has a lot in the tunes (As long as it's not "Moany"!) Back in the "Bad old days" of Napster, I downloaded a lot of old rock.

My favorite bands so far: Trooper, Bryan Adams, ACDC, and Eagles.

[brothaslide]

QUOTE: Originally posted by puffie40

I like rock from the 70's to 80's as it has a lot in the tunes (As long as it's not "Moany"!) Back in the "Bad old days" of Napster, I downloaded a lot of old rock.

My favorite bands so far: Trooper, Bryan Adams, ACDC, and Eagles.

I've come to the conclusion that the following bands are really one and the same:

1) Bachman Turner Overdrive ; Blood Sweat and Tears, Three Dog Night. They're all the same group.

2) Kansas, Styxx, Eagles. They're all the same group.

3) Parliment, Funkadelic - Gee, they really are the same group!

[Anonymous]

I'll grant you #1. Styx stinks like the river they named themselves after. But Kansas and the Eagles?? Their styles are nowhere near each other!!! Kansas has an earthy ideology to their sound. The Eagles?? No other band to has had such success with the many different vocalists and genres with which they have recorded. Don Henley, Glen Frey, Timothy B. Schmidt, Joe Walsh, Randy Meissner have all sang lead vocals on their songs. Whether it's "Life In The Fast Lane", "Seven Bridges Road", "I Can't Tell You Why," or "In The City", the Eagles certainly do not sound like any other band. Buy an album an listen for yourself. From Rock (Hotel California) to Pop (Lyin' Eyes) to Country, (Desperado), The Eagles are not like any other band.

[AggroJones]

Lately I've been listening to some classical as well.

[Anonymous]

Good to see this topic back--listened to a Waylon Jennings cd and followed it up with Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise. Tomorrow I've got The Archangels and some Tom Petty lined up when I shake a couple of Roundhouse tank cars together.

[AggroJones]

QUOTE: Originally posted by emory

Good to see this topic back-

I had to bring it back from the dead. [xx(]

[Anonymous]

Speaking of mood, what a coincidence that I am currently listening to Glenn Miller's In the Mood! Up next is Chattanooga Choo Choo. Which leads me to ask:

HOW COULD YOU FORGET SWING?!

My first choice is classical/opera (by the way, when was the last time any of you listened to La Traviata?) Next to that is swing, such as I am currently listening to, although I'm probably going to change it out soon because the CD has repeated itself four times now! On occasion, I have been reported to listen to the Beach Boys, but it's mostly Classical and Swing. I happen to be a violinist (not proffessionally) as well as a model railroader, and as such know quite a bit about Classical music (anybody want to know the difference between Major and Minor???). There are some composers I do not like, particularly Stravinsky and Prokofiev, but that's just my opinion and some Classical music bigwig is probably going to get on my case because of it. Other than that, I don't really like much else, unless it has trains in it....

See you around the forums,
Daniel

[Anonymous]

My favorite artist is Bruce Springsteen--my favorite album is "Darkness On The Edge Of Town"--wore out the vinyl, 2 cassettes but the CD is still going strong. Really helped me living in foster homes!

[Anonymous]

Lynyrd Skynyrd all the way.

[Anonymous]

I like a lot of different kinds of music; metal, classic rock, grunge, indie rock, some alternative and some hip hop. Too many labels nowadays.

[CP5415]

If it isn't Boy George, George Micheal or Micheal Jackson, I'll listen to it.

Gordon

[Anonymous]

OLDIES ROCK !!!!!!!!!!!!![:D][{(-_-)}][{(-_-)}][{(-_-)}][:-^][:-^][:-^]

[Hawks05]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Train-Master

Lynyrd Skynyrd all the way.

heck ya. they were awesome until everyone started dying. wait thats the Allman Brothers. another good band.

how could i forget Tom Petty. he's another great musician.

my tastes are so messed up. for a teenager i listen to a lot of stuff. i get crap for listening to older rock and country because its either you listen to heavy metal or you listen to rap at my school. i don't listen to rap much but heavy metal i can stand for awhile.

[memsd]

Never thought I'd ever say this, but I can't listen to metal while I'm workin cuz I'll end up choppin something short. Can't listen to the classics cuz I start rememberin hearing those songs while I was a kid playin with my Lionel set (which I still have) and then I don't get anything done. What works best for me is listening to the likes of Rush, Satriani, Rippingtons, Larry Carlton, Mastedon, and newer Peter Frampton.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by brothaslide

3) Parliment, Funkadelic - Gee, they really are the same group!

It is the same group. It’s even the same name - George Clinton and the Parliament Funkadelic.

They are also known as Wild Cherry, KC and the Sunshine Band, and, if I am not mistaken, Hot Chocolate (not completely sure on this one).

[Anonymous]

50's rock, classical, movie themes, easy listening. Favorite big band, Glen Miller. And we can't leave out the Cliedus Magard, Willie Nilly, Little Dirt Bag Band, only the most famous Classical arts band of all time. Maybe you've all heard of their greatest hit entitled, "Dirt Bag Eyes or What Time Did You Go Home Last Night"[:D]

[Anonymous]

I listen to "Classic Head Banger Rock" or National Public Radio. Not N.P.R. with the Mozart crap but talk radio.

Classic Rock RULES!!!!!

[Anonymous]

I love classic rock. I'm a big Beatles fan as well as Clapton (GOD), The Stones, Led Zep, etc.

I also listen ot NPR. Every morning I have to get the news from Bob Edwards/Carl Kasell. I also enjoy Wait, Wait Don't tell me, Car Talk and of course A Prairie Home Companion.

[vsmith]

Another NPR listener here too, every day at work.
buts thats only because I really get alot of flak when I play Black Flag!

[dragenrider]

What? No one else voted for opera? [:O] Its not all shrill voices and foreign languages, you know.

On the flip side, I love 80's rock and roll, too. [8D] I burned out on country when I was a radio station DJ for a country music station. [xx(]

[ClinchValleySD40]

Bluegrass.

[Anonymous]

To lump together Metal & alternative then to seperate Country & Western to me has problems. Slayer, Pantera & Iron Maiden sound a lot different then STP, Soundgarden, & Nirvana. Just like country sounds different then western I guess. Just Make it Rock & turn it up

[Anonymous]

AC/DC, Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by vsmith

Another NPR listener here too, every day at work.
buts thats only because I really get alot of flak when I play Black Flag!

Ever seen Henry Rollins live? COOL!! I really dig his spoken word work too!![}:)]