[jannar85]

The Pirates of the carribbean soundtrack
The Two Towers soundtrack
Treasure Planet Soundtrack
about a boy Soundtrack
The longest journey soundtrack
the cmi soundtrack...
Justified

Wow, how many sountracks!

[Henke]

Glad to see that the site and the forum are back up and nice to see a music thread.

I am also really looking forward to the new album by A Perfect Circle. The song Weak And Powerless is great and the musicvideo is really odd and cool. I have heard that they have lost some bandmembers. This fact means no more violins which is really sad according to me.

Most recently I have been listening to Suidakras latest album and a really great norweigen band called Ásmegin. Opeth two latest album has been played most frequently (I am going to see them live TWICE in a couple of weeks). I have also listened very much to Metallica. I have drowned my sorrow about how bad St Anger is by listening to Master Of Puppets, ...And Justice For All and the black album.

Ooops, I forgot about A.F.I. I have been listening to their new album "Sing The Sorrow" and I have taken out their old albums again. I saw them not long ago and it was a really great concert.

[Egarthen]

Originally Posted by James

Maynard James Keating, of Tool, was lead guitarist on the debut album of A Perfect Circle, Mer de Nom.

Actually, Maynard James Keenan is the lead singer for A Perfect Circle. He sings for both bands simultaneously. He's the best rock vocalist ever, in my opinion.

And yes, a couple of members did leave APC (Including Paz, the violinist). They've been replaced by James Iha (Of Smahing Pumpkins) and Jeordie White (Formerly known as Twiggy Ramirez, of Marilyn Manson). So the new line-up is still pretty sweet.

[amishler]

Verve Remixed/Verve Remixed 2
For some reason, lately I've really been into the great jazz vocalists: Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, etc., and that's how I found out about these albums. Basically, Verve Records invited top DJs/remixers (sorry, no remixors) to pick any song out of their catalog and have at it. Talk about a kid in a candy store! My current favorite is the Rae & Christian remix of Dinah Washington's "Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby?"

Shivaree, "Rough Dreams"
An American band, but I had to import this CD from the UK. This is a wonderful album that proves pop music doesn't have to be brainless to sound good, and in fact, sounds better when it's not. On top of that, their first album (which is also very nice, and is available in the U.S.) has quite possibly the best title ever: "I Oughta Give You a Shot in the Head for Making Me Live in This Dump."

Maroon 5, "Songs About Jane"
Fun and funky pop-rock. The lead singer sounds a bit like Stevie Wonder at times. I hadn't heard of them before they opened for a concert I went to this summer, and I was blown away. The album is really good, but they're even better live.

Other things I've been listening to of late, in no particular order:
Nickel Creek, "This Side"
"Grim Fandango" music, ripped with SCUMM Revisited
U2, "Achtung Baby" (this is unlikely to ever leave my playlist for long, really)
Steve Earle, "Jerusalem" [especially "Amerika v6.0 (The Best We Can Do)"]
Norah Jones, "Come Away With Me" (also playing her "Live in New Orleans" DVD through the stereo without turning on the TV)
Dan Bern, "Fleeting Days"

[Marek]

Yay! I've had the Dinah Washington remix as an mp3 for some time. Love it. Now that I know that it comes from an album I'm going to look into buying it.

Remixor: Bad Company is both a hip hop and a drum'n'bass artist name. Which one were you refering to?

Apparently not many people are into electronica, btw.

[Erwin_Br]

I'm going to buy a few André Hazes CD's for in my car, how's that?

--Erwin

[Marek]

I have to say that's pretty scary

[Henke]

Originally Posted by Marek

Apparently not many people are into electronica, btw.

What type of music is electronica? Like Laibach???

[Pappapisshu]

Originally Posted by Marek

Apparently not many people are into electronica, btw.

And fewer still are into 70's funk...

[Starflux]

Erwin you are cra... wait, André Hazes isn't all that bad. Certainly not my taste, but it isn't very awful to listen to. As opposed to Frans Bauwer, which is an absolute HORROR to listen to. I mean it, I know so from experience, my father is a fan. There are only a few genres that I truly despise and simply can't listen to. Trance/dance is one, Frans Bauwer is another

[Henke]

There are only a couple of genres I despise too. I can't listen to rap/hip hop. Sorry to upset people who likes it but it makes me psychicaly ill.

[Starflux]

I don't hold it against you
But the thing is, trance/dance/Bauwer makes me PHYSICALLY ill. Those first two I don't even see as "music". Honestly.

[Marek]

With "electronica" I generally mean the whole spectrum of electronic music, from ambient to drum'n'bass, to techno and house. Not that odd subgenre I forgot it's also associated with.

I don't like using the word techno to describe all electronic music (e.g. like Eminem calls Moby's music techno). That gets way too confusing because techno is now generally associated with a very specific style (i.e. heavy bass, 120-150bpm, and pretty repetitive to the untrained ear). I don't know what else to call it!

It's kind of sad how techno and house easily get shunned thanks to the raver/club/trance crap they put on the airwaves. Like Flux, that stuff makes me physicially ill :eek:

[Tamara]

Actually I'm getting into techno/electronica quite a lot now, because of the guy I'm going out with now .. he's a DJ and plays mainly techno and some house. You're right, I did have the completely wrong impression of it before, and I still don't like that crap, but most of the stuff he plays is really good and totally unlike the popular conception..

[twifkak]

• Bad Company is also a classic rock band, and a crappy one at that. Aren't these the guys that wrote "Feel Like Making Love" and that one about smelling people, or am I confusing them with another crappy classic rock band? (Crappy classic.. heh)
• Verve Remix0red sounds interesting. I'll check it out, hopefully.
• I'm into electronica (and yes, I mourn the loss of a proper word to describe it). BTW, if anybody knows of some solo work by Clint Mansell besides the Aronofsky soundtracks, let me know. I'm not as big into house/dub (well, depending on what you mean by dub)/hardcore, but the "Intellectual" crap I'm kind of a fan of (Squarepusher, Clint Mansell.. I've yet to try out Plaid, but I plan to). Also breakbeat and dnb, but that doesn't really fit into my whole music philosophy .
• Grrr. There are so many good jazz albums that I can't afford to get into it like I'd like. *roar of thunder*
• Nick Drake

[amishler]

Originally Posted by Marek

Yay! I've had the Dinah Washington remix as an mp3 for some time. Love it. Now that I know that it comes from an album I'm going to look into buying it.

The Verve Remixed site has a pretty fun Flash video for the song.

Originally Posted by Marek

Apparently not many people are into electronica, btw.

I've been getting more and more into it. I'm new enough to it, though, that I don't have any particular favorites. And since the radio is my primary source, often I don't even know who I was listening to unless I remember to check the station's online playlist when I get home. Slowly but surely, though, I'm picking up on it.

[Wajus]

Recenty I've focused on Faith no More discography (especially "AotY" and "KfaD, FfaL").

I'm eagerly anticipating to buy apc's new album - 13th Step. I also hope that Incubus will release their new album soon.

The constant for me is listening to my "Sonic Triad":
Tool
Incubus
Queens of the Stone Age (and Kyuss before them)

Originally Posted by Egarthen

Actually, Maynard James Keenan is the lead singer for A Perfect Circle. He sings for both bands simultaneously. He's the best rock vocalist ever, in my opinion.

MJK is also a guitarist. He plays guitars on both APC's and Tool's latest albums (respectively "13th Step" and "Lateralus") - though he is not credited.

I agree he is one of the best, especially when it comes to empathy/emotions in music.

But I think that Mike Patton (FNM, Mr. Bungle, Fantomas etc.etc.etc.) exceeds him when it comes to technical and experimentatory side. He has broader range of vocals simply and therefore more possibilities. With the voice like his he could have easily perform as a professional opera singer if he wanted to I guess

And yes, a couple of members did leave APC (...)

Yes, Paz Lenchantin and Troy Van Leeuwen left apc recently.

np FNM - Pristina

[Egarthen]

Originally Posted by Wajus

MJK is also a guitarist. He plays guitars on both APC's and Tool's latest albums (respectively "13th Step" and "Lateralus") - though he is not credited.

But not lead guitar, which is what I was saying. He also knows how to play bass guitar, which he did in his first band (TexA.N.S.).

A lot of Tool fans talk about Mike Patton, but I've never really gotten into him. Tomahawk opened for Tool when I saw them last year, and I thought they were just horrendous. What would you reccomend of his to check out? Maybe I just need to let him grow on me.

[Wajus]

Originally Posted by Egarthen

A lot of Tool fans talk about Mike Patton, but I've never really gotten into him. Tomahawk opened for Tool when I saw them last year, and I thought they were just horrendous. What would you reccomend of his to check out? Maybe I just need to let him grow on me.

Well I recommend you listen to:
Faith no More - "Album of the Year"
Faith no More - "Angel Dust"
Fantomas - "The Director's Cut"
optionally:
FNM - "The Real Thing"
FNM - "King for a Day, Fool for a Lifetime"
FNM - "Who Cared A Lot?" (this is compilation - general rundown of FNM's music)
Some John Zorn with Mike Patton appearences - especially live.
Mr. Bungie - "Disco Volante"
Tomahawk - "Mit Gas"

You can also check this site for a list of bands, projects etc. Patton is/was involved with:
http://www.he.is.a.busy.man.this.patton

[Henke]

If you guys like Tool I have heard there is a big chance that you will like Katatonia.

http://www.katatonia.com/