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Sept 8, 2007 8:12:06 GMT -5
Post by Fladrif on Sept 8, 2007 8:12:06 GMT -5
The world was created by music, in what musical style is your world created?
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Sept 8, 2007 9:53:29 GMT -5
Post by Ancalagon on Sept 8, 2007 9:53:29 GMT -5
I picked rock, because although my tastes vary a bit, rock is where my heart lies
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Sept 8, 2007 14:25:56 GMT -5
Post by Fladrif on Sept 8, 2007 14:25:56 GMT -5
Hope many will follow and that ones sharing hte same genre can learn from each other.
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Sept 8, 2007 18:59:57 GMT -5
Post by ArPharazon on Sept 8, 2007 18:59:57 GMT -5
My taste branches out in several directions (though I have a thorough dislike for R&B/Soul/Rap), but Soft Pop, approaching Rock, would be my main interest. Especially alternative pop/rock like Coldplay, Keane, Enya, Dido, and comparable.
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Sept 14, 2007 17:56:21 GMT -5
Post by Arveleg I Jun2007 - Sep2015 on Sept 14, 2007 17:56:21 GMT -5
How can anyone not be in awe of the great classical composers of the world's history?
This also includes even The Lord of the Rings Soundtrack, which is remarkably one of the most famous modern classicalish scores.
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Sept 15, 2007 4:06:17 GMT -5
Post by Eonwë on Sept 15, 2007 4:06:17 GMT -5
Generally speaking, I will listen to just about everything but Country and Rap, and I guess I would include R&B with Rap. I have found neither to my liking, whether for lyrical or musical reasons.
Generally I like rock, ranging all the way back to classic. The Rolling Stones have some good songs. Aerosmith is ok, but I am not really a fan of their newer works. Lynyrd Skynyrd, Kansas, Fleetwood Mac, the Eagles,... all good.
I enjoy some of today's bands, but mostly on a song-by-song basis. Linkin Park's first two albums were good. Their newest is ok. It has some good sound. Evanessence's albums are generally pleasing. DHT featuring Edmee has some good songs, and Edmee has a pretty good voice, at least in my opinion.
I'd say the one band that has the most cds in my collection is Blind Guardian with 6. I enjoy most of them, but I think their best work of the ones I have is Nightfall in Middle-Earth. This is not bias as a Tolkien fan, I assure you. That particular album though seems to me to be the most about the song and not about making it really loud and repetitive.
I enjoy classical music as well. I can't identify composers by their work as readily as I can with other genres, but I do enjoy it. There are always those times when hard rock is just plain too loud :}
I generally don't like "Live" albums because the songs on them are typically worse than the studio version for one reason or another, mostly because some singers have this weird idea that the audience should be singing instead.
Probably my biggest pet peeve in music right now is the overabundance of "Tribute" albums. Tribute to the Rolling Stones? Great, go for it. Tribute to Linkin Park? Not so much. I like Linkin Park, but they just have not been in the public eye long enough to deserve a tribute album. In 15-20 years, maybe.
Anyway, I wish I could pick multiple, but I went with rock since it covers the most categories of music I listen to regularly.
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Sept 17, 2007 15:04:47 GMT -5
Post by ArPharazon on Sept 17, 2007 15:04:47 GMT -5
I generally don't like "Live" albums because the songs on them are typically worse than the studio version for one reason or another, mostly because some singers have this weird idea that the audience should be singing instead. Oh, I know what you mean... some of my favorite songs I first got in live version, and didn't like them much, and was much happier with studio-versions. Besides making the audience sing, and addressing the audience during the song, and the inclusion of applauding all the time, it's always so different from studio-versions... they speed up the singing and slow down the singing and there are always pieces of the melody missing. I understand that not all performances can be perfect, but I don't understand why people would think that those live versions would be better. That's probably one of the reasons I never go to concerts. It just doesn't beat listening to the songs from the comfy chair behind my pc
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Sept 17, 2007 16:03:45 GMT -5
Post by Fladrif on Sept 17, 2007 16:03:45 GMT -5
Nothing can compete against a good life performance. I have seen Nightwish live (ok old miss tarja on the vocals) that was really astonishing. Also I prefer classical music live... the livyness (is that english? fear its not) oh well new word for the english language the sprankling tunes of a live act > livyness) and mood are totally destroyed on a cd.
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Sept 17, 2007 16:22:18 GMT -5
Post by ArPharazon on Sept 17, 2007 16:22:18 GMT -5
That could very well be true (I don't have much concert experience), and I admit listening to studio-versions and seeing them live both have their benefits.
Still, IMO, an audio-recording of a live performance published on cd loses the benefits of both, having neither the pure quality and audibility of a studio-version nor the mood and livyness (why not) of actually being present at the performance.
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Sept 17, 2007 19:46:06 GMT -5
Post by Eonwë on Sept 17, 2007 19:46:06 GMT -5
I see the studio version as the "clean" version, namely the standard/original version of the song, or how it's "meant" to be heard. Concerts give the band a chance to play around with that, showboat a bit, that kind of thing, and I have no problem with that. Sometimes they can make the song sound better that way. Not always, but when they do, it's fairly pleasing. I'd recommend listening to "Hotel California" by The Eagles in its original form and then the live version from the Hell Freezes Over album/tour and you'll see what I mean. Different, but still good.
I don't mind so much the audience banter between songs as I do the audience singing the songs. Applauding/shouting/whistling is fine,... between songs. It'd be kind of a dead concert if the audience didn't applaud, and I think most bands would begin to get concerned if the audience didn't at least make some noise when they finished a song :}
I don't think I've ever heard anything missing in a live song that was in a studio song on any of my albums.
As I said, generally I don't like live albums, but there are exceptions. Fleetwood Mac's The Dance is a live album. It was a live concert, not a studio performance. I enjoy that album, and even prefer some of those song versions over the original, like "Big Love" on this album as opposed to its original version on the Tango in the Night album. It helps, of course, that the audience was more interested in hearing the band than hearing themselves, and the band was more than happy to oblige. I hope we're not reaching/haven't reached the end of those days.
I would say the studio cut of the song and the live concerts each have their own appeal and are not mutally exclusive. True, live concerts have an energy that is hard to replicate via cd, but the reverse is also true: studio version cds offer something that live concerts cannot or do not offer. For one, you can always hear the performers in a studio song version. Another, you don't have to hope the person next to you showered, heh.
By the way, the word I think you're looking for is "liveliness" :}
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Nov 27, 2008 8:11:07 GMT -5
Post by arienv on Nov 27, 2008 8:11:07 GMT -5
A shame you cant vote for more than one style As I am listening mostly to (Power) Metal at the moment i cast my vote there, but as you know i am very variable in the styles of music i like. There is gaidhlig folk and choirs, scottish traditional folk, some classical stuff, even jazz and big bands when i am in the mood . I might have forgotten some but i guess that covers most hehe. Oh yeah , i even like some of the chart songs, grin.
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Jun 1, 2009 7:58:58 GMT -5
Post by Indis on Jun 1, 2009 7:58:58 GMT -5
I voted for classical, as it is far and away my favorite. However, I also enjoy folk music, some jazz, and anything else that's melodic.
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Jun 10, 2009 7:38:49 GMT -5
Post by Thror on Jun 10, 2009 7:38:49 GMT -5
voted rock, though I do venture off in to other areas I remain a rock "kinda guy at heart" some bands I love inclued Disterburd, Breaking Benjamin, Stained, Seether, Hurt, Creed, Crossfade, Earshot, Fuel . . . just to name a few
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