[Ninja Dodo]

So what does everyone listen to?

As for me...

I've already mentioned K's Choice, Tenacious D and Tarantino music. The only Tarantino soundtrack I don't own is Jackie Brown. Dunno, might buy it if I come across it sometime... although I can't really remember the music from the film, so I'm not sure if it was really that memorable. All the other ones are brilliant anyway!

I'm pretty much open to any style of music that's not techno or dance. Among other things, I listen to Blöf (a Dutch band), Dropkick Murphys (punk meets Irish folk), Eminem, Evanesence, Everclear, Fat Boy Slim, Garbage, Jimmy Eat World, Laura Pausini, Manu Chao, Marilyn Manson, Nelly Furtado, Rammstein (the Mutter album), Spooks, The Hives, U2 and some of Vanessa Carlton's songs.

I really don't like most of Manson's stuff but one particular album (The Golden Age of Grotesque I believe it's called) I thought was good. Eminem I think is a genius... but I can't stand listening to "Kim". Perhaps I haven't been desensitized enough?

A special note on Shakira... In my opinion, she can't write, but she makes good music, so as long as it's in Spanish and I can't understand a word, I like it! ("Te Aviso Te Anuncio" and "Te Dejo Madrid" are cool for example)

Then there's also a bunch of random pop and guitar songs I like ranging from "Bohemian Rhapsody" to "Pure Shores". I also have kind of a love/hate relationship with hip-hop and R&B... some songs/raps I really like - for example "Sista Sista" (Beverly Knight) and some of Busta Rhymes tracks - but I absolutely can't stand rappers like Sean Paul or 50 cent.

[jaf]

I only like Britney Spears. She's a genious.

[Pappapisshu]

Ooh, this is fun.

Weeell, let's see. At the moment, I'm mostly listening to (prog-)rock from the 70's. Pink Floyd, Gene Clark, John Cale, Camel, Genesis, Led Zeppelin, Love, Van Morrison, The Doors, Kign Crimson, Bo Hansson, The Moody Blues, Nick Drake... all friggin' great stuff.

Oh, and there's Supersister, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Kaleidoscope, Sagittarius, Spirit, The Move, Wigwam, Yume Bitsu, Eloy, Wind, Jade Warrior..

Of course, Ani DiFranco, as always. She released a new album the 20th of january. It's not that good compared to her other stuff, but it's still kick-ass compared to other stuff.

Other random stuff I like atm: The Postal Service, The Shins, Shaolin Soul vol. 2 (the greatest fucking soul album ever!) etc.

[Ninja Dodo]

Jaf

Surely you jest.

I was kinda being serious.

[Ninth]

Originally Posted by jaf

I only like Britney Spears. She's a genious.

No no no, you're getting it all wrong! Britney is a fraud, Kylie Minogue is the real deal!

I can listen to pretty much everything as long as there's someone singing (which means no rap and no techno), and preferably "real" instruments (instead of computers, that is).
Which means that most artists I like are in a genre which contains the word rock.

[nordic_guy]

Originally Posted by Ninth

I can listen to pretty much everything as long as there's someone singing (which means no rap and no techno), and preferably "real" instruments (instead of computers, that is).
Which means that most artists I like are in a genre which contains the word rock.

... and folk music.

[ragnar]

I listen to Shostakovich, Stravinsky, Bartok, Mahler, Bach, Beethoven and a lot of others.

I also listen to Cornelis Vreeswijk, Alf Hambe and more humorous stuff like Povel Ramel, Hasse & Tage, Galenskaparna & After Shave and Monty Python. Some Jazz and Blues can fit into my music agenda too and Beatles. Plus probably lot of other things.

[Henke]

I like Dropkick Murphys and Rammstein too.

My favourite type of music is metal, punk, rock, folk and classical music. The music I rate as the best is folk music mixed with some form of rockmusic.

[Firefoot]

A sample:
After Forever
Autumn
Apocalyptica
Ayreon
Edenbridge
Epica
Lacuna Coil
Nightwish
Rain Fell Within
Rammstein
Rhapsody
Sirenia
The Gathering
Trail of Tears
Without Face
Within Temptation

and lotsa others

btw. check out my site for a list of concerts I visited...

[Zanthia]

Beatles, ATC, Army of Lovers
Lately ABBA.

[Kolzig]

Hmm... here's some of my favourites

Rush, Van Halen, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, The Doors, R.E.M., some of Metallica's stuff and many many others...

Finnish bands like Timo Rautiainen & Trio Niskalaukaus, Kotiteollisuus, Mokoma, CMX, Maj Karman kauniit kuvat...

[Swordmaster]

Lemon Jelly, Bent, Zero 7, Ultra Bra, 4 Hero, Abba, Agit-Prop, Aimee Mann, Air, Alanis Morissette, Aphex Twin, Basement Jaxx, Björk, Goldfrapp, Groove Armada, Kylie Minogue, Madonna, Massive Attack, Meco, Moby, Op:l Bastards, Paul van Dyk, Quincy Jones, Rinneradio, Super Furry Animals, Vangelis, Way Out West, Aretha Franklin, Belle and Sebastian, Chet Baker, Cher, Christina Aguilera, John Williams, John Debney, Tchaikovsky, Strauss, Dusty Springfield, Enya, Fatboy Slim, Jamiroquai, Joan Baez, Kyoto Jazz Massive, Macy Gray, Moloko, Orbital, Pizzicato Five, Ayumi Hamasaki, Prodigy, Propellerheads, RJD2, Sade, St. Germain, tribal house, melodic trance, classical music, film soundtracks, game soundtracks, folk music, ethnic music... is that enough already?

Or put it differently: most anything, as long as I like it.

[Ninja Dodo]

I don't listen to classical music much but I do like it. Only (mostly) classical CD I have is the Gladiator soundtrack but I do have a few mp3's with stuff ranging from Bach to Beethoven... I love the Lucas Arts "Best Of" soundtrack but I wish I had the whole Grim Fandango CD. I also really like the music on Outcast. That desert track is my favourite.

Genres always confuse me, but Cornelis Vreeswijk, that's Jazz isn't it? I've heard some of his songs... pretty nice.

[Wormsie]

This is everyting I listen to at the moment:

Stravinsky (Rite of Spring, Petrushka, Firebird, Soldier's Tale, Pulcinella)
Debussy (All piano stuff, don't have much else yet)
Beethoven (once again, piano stuff)
Chopin (piano...)
Ultra Bra (the collection. hey, I'm a poor student, no money to buy whole albums, and the library collection is crap)
U-Street all stars: Helsinki sessions (I've been listening to this record for a year now. Kick-ass hard-bop!)
My own recordings ("Kellalan äänen juhlakonsertti")

[Ninth]

Originally Posted by Henke

I like Dropkick Murphys and Rammstein too.

I don't get it ... Aren't you supposed to hide it when you like Rammstein??

I like them too...

[Ninth]

Originally Posted by Ninja Dodo

I don't listen to classical music much but I do like it.

Same here. I know it's great, and I'll even say it's the best music that was ever made but... it bores me. (usually)

[Swordmaster]

Originally Posted by deadworm222

Ultra Bra (the collection. hey, I'm a poor student, no money to buy whole albums, and the library collection is crap)

Considering the albums cost ~12€ a piece and they only released four of them, you must be really poor.

[Wormsie]

Hey, cut me some slack! I'm actually a filthy stinking rich capitalist, but still I've got no money. I'm not saving, but... it's a lifestyle, I guess. Besides, I have been unsuccesful in finding them, probably have to buy them online one day. But the time has to be right.

And then there's the 25 other CD's I'd still rather have than any UB stuff...

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One more thing: I remember I listed the Ultra Bra CD the last time we had this list. It was two years ago. I don't get bored of that CD. The most important thing about music is that you can listen to it over and over again without becoming bored. Another CD is the Clockwork one. I always find new things from that record.

[Curt]

My music likes cover too great a spectrum to name specific groiups or styles nowadays. I think I've become more open minded in my latter years. I'd be better off saying what I don't like, but I'm not going to do that.

Anyway, if I was going to base it on my vinyl and cd collections then I'd have to say that over the years my favourites have been:

Pink Floyd
Depeche Mode
New Model Army
The Clash
The Levellers
Metallica
The Jam
The Smiths
Bauhaus
Simon and Garfunkel
Led Zeppelin
Guns 'n Roses
The Damned
Coldplay
Lynyrd Skynyrd
The Mission
Black Sabbath
U2
The Wonder Stuff
The Corrs (the sisters are all hot! Plus they're extremely good live - I also have 2 DVD's of them)

Anyway. that's just the ones that I have more than one album or 12" of (Depeche Mode made some exceptional 12" singles - unfortrunately I only have them all on vinyl back at my parents in the UK ).

[Swordmaster]

Originally Posted by deadworm222

Besides, I have been unsuccesful in finding them, probably have to buy them online one day.

Well, they are easily available at Stockmann and I'd guess Free Record Shop, Anttila and any other major music store too. Enough with your excuses, just go get them.