Music lovers unite.
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Music lovers unite.
I love music.
That's almost an understatement really. I like (and have in my music folder) almost all types of music. That includes everything from classical to rap, from dubstep to death metal. I am always very open to hearing new styles, especially some that are not so mainstream.
So what I'm going to do is post a few good selections here, and include under the link some info such as when I discovered it and where I was at in my life. What I would like you to do is enlighten me with something I've never heard before.
Have fun!
When I was 9, I found a mix tape (yes a tape) while walking down the road, and popped it into my walkman to see if it worked. To my delight it did indeed work, and was my introduction to gangsta rap. This was one of the songs on it.
Listening to gangsta rap didn't influence me like the media would have you believe. I was still a nerd to the core! And this song is here to prove it. It was one of my favorites at the time it was popular. (Yes I own the whole album.)
Ok, one more from my teenage years...
Eminem's first album came out when I was a junior in high school. I remember the all the commotion it caused in the white circles at my school. You had half the white boys in school dying there hair bleach blonde to try to look like him. What a bunch of fools they were.
This is still one of my favorite songs of all time, at least in the rock genre. I used to sit in my room after a typical shitty day and blast this album in my headphones until it seemed my ears would bleed. It would always pick me up when I was down.
Beethoven is my favorite classical composer by far. He really was way ahead of his time. Symphony No.5 most people have heard it in bits and pieces, but not nearly enough people have heard it in its entirety. I urge you to if you have never.
I can see that I could go on like this forever so I'll cut it short with two more songs.
Muse - Supermassive Black Hole
Today I discover a lot of music when it plays on one of my Pandora stations, and this one is one of those songs. I fell in love with all of Muse's music after that and now own about half their albums. I hope to one day see them live in concert.
I heard this song on Shadey 45 satellite radio station for the first time and just knew that I had to buy his new album. I was not disappointed this time. (I was disappointed in his 2 before this one.)
Well, I hope that you guys and gals have enjoyed entering the mind of a deranged person. I have enjoyed sharing and look forward to some that you share. :)
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No, you suck.
Golden Earring - Radar love
Victor de Andres - La Isla Mágica
Anouk - Nobody's wife
Johnny Cash - Hurt
Die Ärzte - Westerland
Foo Fighters - Wheels
Led Zeppelin - Stairway to heaven
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird
Marvin Gaye - Sexual healing
Bryan Adams, Sting - All for love
Maybeshewill - He filsm the clouds part 2
Meatloaf - Bat out of hell
The Who - Baba O'riley
The Rolling Stones - Angie
The Black Keys - Little black submarines
Oh c'mon, don't insult Led Zeppelin and the Golden Earring w/ the most commercial songs they ever produced. It's like saying ur favourite song from The Doors is 'Riders on the storm'.
Those are obviously not the only songs from Zeppelin and Golden Earring that I like. Figured most people don't know songs like another 45 miles etc.
Stairway to heaven is definitely Zeppelins best song, though.
That obviously is down to taste, I'm more of a 'dazed and confused' and 'black dog' guy. I kinda am on the rougher side of the spectrum w/ R'nR, so probably not surprising ;-)
I asked for songs I've never heard before, not ones that the local radio station has been playing 4 times a day for 50 years.
Ok, I take it back, there are some good ones on your list too.:)
I'll post some lesser known songs later.
Doubt you knew La isla magica, which is one of my favourites.
No I had never heard La Isla Magica, and it was outstanding!
Chael is a proud Dutch, obv :)
I was about 16, looong haired, and that Radar Love rocked big time !
The only non-English song on that list in Westerland (German), so who knows. :)
It's so rare to find someone with such a diverse taste in music; it's something you and I share in common! Here's my list:
Infinite - Eminem (My all time favorite song. Complete lyrical domination)
Space Lion - Seatbelts ( Super awesome jazz music from Cowboy Bebop. The sax just melts me)
Toast to the Dead - Immortal Technique ( From his new album. Free to download. Such strong and uplifting lyrics)
Tokuno Shimasetsu - Ikue Asazaki ( Japanese folk song. Ancient. Enchanting)
Farther than the Sun - Caroline Lavelle ( Saw her performance at a ted talk. Amazing voice )
That's all I can think of off the top of my head. I'll check my playlist tonight and post some of my other favorite tunes. In the meanwhile, I'll listen to the music you guys posted :)
It's not rare, you just have to be in the right circles.
Haha I guess I have found my circle now :p
Infinite is definitely one of Eminem's greatest songs, but I wish he would reproduce it in high quality. I have The Martyr and Revolutionary Vol.1 and Vol.2 by Immortal Technique, and I can listen to them all the way through. (except Dance with the Devil, too graphic for me)
Cool tunes everyone.I mostly listen to hip hop, but love to hear some good jazz, rock and classical music from time to time, so i`ll just name some faves from different genres of the top.
-Carmina Burana (Carl Orff)
Epic composition.One of the ex top K1 fighters Jerome Le Banner used to play it as his entrance music to the ring and that`s when i fell in love with it.Huge boxing, K1, MMA fan lol.
--Nature Boy (Nat King Cole)
This is such a weird, sad and strange tune.It`s somewhat melancholic, but you can still enjoy it in any mood because of the narrating skills of Nat King Cole`s voice.
--D`Evils (Jay-z)
This is probably one of my top five all time favorite songs.Everything is just out of this world, starting from the era it was recorded in to the lyrics and production.While still misunderstood by many to this day, Jay-Z was so much ahead of his time and tells a crazy story about capitalism (illuminati) trough his own visions and experiences of poverty and street life and Dj.Premier follows him with the beat.
--The Soft Parade (Doors)
A friend from high school put me on Doors, while i was listening to hip hop exclusively and i loved them from the get go.I remember after seeing the film Oliver Stone made about the group i just listened to their records for days.Jim Morrison`s lyrics are crazy and metaphorical with meanings probably only known to him lol, but the whole song is a trip.
--Papa Can You Hear Me (Michel Legrand) or just instrumental version.
One of those indescribable compositions for which you have mixed feelings but can`t stop listening to it because of the melody.
''Huge boxing, K1, MMA fan lol.''
Carmina Burano gave me goose bumps all the way through, and I can see why it is used so much in movies. D' Evils is one of my favorites from Jay Z also, and I love the hidden meaning. Jay Z is our modern day rags to riches story. It's all about being in the right place at the right time, and capitalizing on your opportunity, his opportunity just happened to be the blow up of crack in the ghetto.
Thanks for that Doors song. I now have a new but old venue to go down in my listening endeavors.
Robert Johnson- Crossroad Blues
John Lee Hooker - Boogie Chillen
Kokomo Arnold - Milk Cow Blues
Mississippi Fred McDowell - Kokomo Me Baby
Big Joe Williams - 49 Highway Blues
Scrapper Blackwell - Kokomo Blues
Muddy Waters - Rollin' Stone
I see your unknowns and I raise them:
Anathema - The Storm Before the Calm (one of my favourite songs at the moment, a modern electro prog masterpiece)
The Aristocrats - Bad Asteroid (supreme Jazz fusion from three of the most accomplished musicians of our time: Marco Minneman, Guthrie Govan and Bryan Beller)
Apocalyptica - Hall of the Mountain King (classical cello metal covering Edvard Grieg's seminal piece. What more do you want?)
Big Big Train - Judas Unrepentant (retro modern Canterbury prog, made me insta-ship the album upon hearing this the first time)
The Black Keys - I Got Mine (who doesn't love the Black Keys?)
Cream - Crossroads (My favourite blues song. Any band that can successfully cover this song is alright in my books)
Gary Moore - The Messiah Will Come Again (blues guitar destruction)
Haken - Cockroach King (a metally, proggy, jazzy wonder)
King Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man (one of the most influential pieces in rock music history. Even Kanye digs it)
North Atlantic Oscillation - Savage With Barometer (electric, fuzzy beauty)
Nosound - Someone Starts to Fade Away (melancholic, haunting beauty)
Opeth - The Lotus Eater (what other band can so successfully integrate folk, jazz, rock, prog and death metal, sometimes all in one song, as well as Opeth? And in this case, have a breakdown which resembles something from super mario. Super mariopeth.)
Pink Floyd - Dogs (simply the greatest song they've ever made. About 1000 times better than Another Brick in the Wall)
Porcupine Tree - Arriving Somewhere But Not Here (the best British band since Pink Floyd)
Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto Number Two (in my opininon the greatest classical musician ever, and the most forward thinking)
Rush - La Villa Strangiato (my favourite band, playing arguably the greatest instrumental ever penned)
Steven Wilson - Luminol (and outstanding opener to what is in my opinion the greatest album (The Raven That Refused to Sing) since Yes's Close to the Edge. The crowning achievement of all albums)
Ulver - As Syrians Pour in, Lebanon Battles With Ghosts of a Bloody Past (Modern Scandinavian chamber music from one of the most forward thinking bands around)
Yes - Close to the Edge (As you read earlier I hold this album in extremely high esteem, and the title track is probably the densest song you'll ever hear. I've listened to it countless times but I'm still finding new things in the song I haven't heard before. I don't think I'll ever work what Rick Wakeman is playing in Morse Code during the second verse)
I'm sure I could compile much more if asked for, but at 6am my mind is pretty dashed.
Fever Ray - If i had a heart
Ledfoot - Wicked state of mind
Miss Kittin - Frank Sinatra
Queens of the stoneage - Mosquito song
Sivert Hoyem - Prisoners of the road
Ten Years After - Help me
Chrysta bell - Swing with me
John Mellencamp - Crumbling down
Claw boys claw - Ellah & Devol
The Cursed - Evil in the bag
The Black Belles - What can I do
The Doors - Woman is a devil
Electric Wizard - Funeralolopis (hefty rock ^^ )
Black Sabbath - Into the Void
AC/DC Rock 'n Roll ain't noise pollution
Just some random songs in different areas. If i have some more time later this week I'll put up more and in genre order :)
One of my favorite albums to listen to while grinding:
Alt-J
Moriarty - Ramblin' Man
Moriarty - «Little Sadie»
just wow !
Boris Brejcha - You will rise
Boris Brejcha - Hashtag
Sam Smith - I'm not the only one - LIVE
Paloma Faith - Only Love Can Hurt Like This - LIVE at Letterman
Ornella Vanoni - L' Appuntamento
Riccardo Fogli - Storie di tutti i giorni
Marco Mengoni - L'essenziale
Evgeny Kissin - Chopin Waltz Op.64 n.2
Evgeny Kissin - Chopin Etude Op.10 Nr 12, Waltz e-mol opus posth
Umm, how come I missed this thread?
I studied music pretty seriously since I was like 4. Had I not known poker (or grad school), I most likely would have ended up as a musician. I am still debating on it these days :)
Anyway, I'd listen to pretty much everything, but I'd prefer music without lyrics (i.e. instrumental). Here's some random picks:
Dave Grusin & Lee Ritenour - Romanian Folk Dances by Bela Bartok https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbPBvBbUPS8
Viktor Wooten - Overjoyed by Stevie Wonder https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHRtVEytt5I
Art Tatum - Tea for Two https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKb0Sc2lYVU
Mondo Grosso - 1974 Way Home https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs5uCxXJdos
(This one has lyrics) Monday Michiru - Sands of Time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TycBeLure74
Sviatoslav Richter - Piano Concerto, 3rd Mvt by Schumann https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdsWrf_8S1g
music fish, all of you.
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