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Post by espy on Mar 29, 2007 8:35:25 GMT -5
I've been thinking about how music influences the way we view the world and our thoughts. I also have noticed that there is a small community of people who come to this site on a regular basis. I don't know if anyone will take this seriously but I thought we could use this thread to get to know each other just a bit more and possibly see if there is a connection between what we listen to and how we respond to each other. Especially since most of these threads are so serious. I will take the ball first. All day at work I listen to drum & bass and some classical, for those of you who may not know what drum & bass is, here is a link to a good example, there is a small player on the right, click on space station kru, most of what I listen to sounds like that. www.myspace.com/cyantific If your into this another site with some great archives for download is www.echoradio.org/archive/anyway, I hope someone takes this serious, I'm sure a lot of you may go to other forums but this is the only one I go to and I feel as though we should get to know each other as much as we can.
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Post by bamagatr on Mar 29, 2007 9:30:16 GMT -5
I love classical music...
As far as our "getting to know each other as much as we can"...that's an individual thing...it happens as it happens...
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Post by espy on Mar 29, 2007 9:39:30 GMT -5
well, I was going for the angle of how music might influence our comments, like someone who listens to death metal might be a bit more aggressive with there comments, or someone who listens to country (old style) might be a little more depressive with there views and so on. Just looking for patterns. and as far as getting to know each other, in my work I do not get much interaction with others so I kind of feel as though this is part of my community of people I interact with.
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Post by bamagatr on Mar 29, 2007 9:53:45 GMT -5
you have told me (us) in the past that you own your own business... It appears that it might be cyberpsychoanalysis, or is that just a hobby?
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Post by espy on Mar 29, 2007 10:04:23 GMT -5
wow, what a word, I guess you can call it a hobby, I love to analyze people and it is important to do so in my business, I have to be able to read my customers reactions to my designs so that I can better serve them.
I have a Tile and Stone installation company. 2 years as my own boss and I cant imagine working for someone else ever again
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Post by zoomixer on Mar 29, 2007 13:07:01 GMT -5
I'm big into Rock right now. I spent about a year listening to classical, another listening to world music, and have been listening to Rock for about 8 years. I keep finding good bands that keep me interested! I'm really into Muse, The Music, Radiohead, Starsailor, U2, and plenty of others. I also spend alot of time listening to these guys: www.myspace.com/shakehandswiththemoney
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Post by fragerella on Mar 29, 2007 17:47:02 GMT -5
I listen to just about anything, really. A few of my top favorite bands would have to be Incubus (those guys can write some smoooooothe lyrics), Cake & Pink Martini. I like classical music and I've got a TON of soundtracks (Schindler's List, Kill Bill I & II, Annie, Doctor Zhivago, All the Star Wars movies...I could go on!). I think the most beautiful piece of music ever written is Pachabel's Canon in D, bar none. The violin solo by Itzhak Perlman in Schindler's List is a beautifully haunting piece of work. I enjoy some country music, but it's not my favorite. I like the cheesier Hank Williams Jr. songs like Family Tradition & Ka'liga, though. And those old "story" songs like The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, That's the Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia, The Harper Valley PTA...stuff like that. I've been into electronica/techno lately (makes for awesome workout music). I like The Chemical Brothers but I LOVE The Crystal Method--they're probably my absolute favorite in this particular genre. I don't like death metal, and I only got into the same two Metallica songs that everyone else did (Unforgiven & Enter Sandman, which are usally all that non-fanboys have ever heard of, LOL). I've got a weird preoccupation with pretty much all of the music from the 80's. Also stuff from the early 90's when I was in high school...some of that I'd be embarrassed to admit to! Hmmm, what else... I like CCR, old Linda Rondstadt (my mom used to sing alot of her stuff when I was little), some of the oldies from the 50's & 60's. And I've got a good bit of Latin music, too (shut up, I'm a legal born American & the one foriegn born parent I have HAS ALWAYS BEEN LEGAL, kthx ). I like The Gypsy Kings alot (y'all have probably never heard of them, LOL) & I've got a ton of Santana's music. This was a cool idea for a thread, espy...it'd be neat to see everyone's playlists (or i-Tunes library...whatever folks use).
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Post by zoomixer on Mar 29, 2007 18:57:49 GMT -5
This was a cool idea for a thread, espy...it'd be neat to see everyone's playlists (or i-Tunes library...whatever folks use). Hah! I have 5421 songs on my IPOD. I don't think anyone would want to bother reading my playlist!!!
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Post by solinvictus on Mar 29, 2007 21:00:40 GMT -5
I've been listening to a weird mixture on my iPod shuffle lately: I've had Johnny Cash "Live at Folsom Prison", Wumpscut, Front 242, Maria Callas, Modest Mouse, and Skinny Puppy. I listen at work while I'm performing the administrative aspects of my job.
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Post by bamagatr on Mar 29, 2007 21:01:51 GMT -5
You can find my playlist in Schwann's....the unabridged version...
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Post by dixiepixie on Mar 31, 2007 0:40:20 GMT -5
I like anything from country to pop to hip hop (don't like rap, it seems kind of pointless) to Contemp Christian. Carmen is my favorite CC artist, I guess because he is like the old country story tellers, but being a child of the 80's I also loved WASP. I like Classic Country, love Patsy and Jeannie Pruitt, Johnny Cash, Freddie Fender, Charlie Pride..Gee, the list could go on for days. Kenny Rogers is also a favorite. I love his new album almost as much as his old stuff. Being a child of the 80's (I know, I know...) I love all the stuff they are calling "classic rock" these days. Something that will make you feel old in heart beat? Go to a music store and find your favorite band in the "classic" bin. My kids tell me that I am like the mom in the Bowling for Soup song 1985. Too bad I don't look like Tawny did back in the day...Ahhhhh...the memories... ;D
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Post by deovindice on Mar 31, 2007 9:11:46 GMT -5
I love music of all kinds. I suppose my favorite is rock. Heart is one of my favorites. Hendrix kicks. Southern rock is great.
Modern country, with the exception of Sara Evans is lacking. Anything from before the 90's is great. Cash was the man.
Classical? Love it. Vivaldi is cool.
R&B is awesome.
Disco wasn't as bad as we thought. Yes it was.
Techno is okay when inebriated. Not really.
The "tennis shoe in a dryer" hip-hop /urban crap sucks. Snoop Dogg is an exception. Why I don't know.
Oh yeah. I'm kind of partial to "Dixie" and "The Bonnie Blue Flag".
I had eight years of music theory. I'm a saxophonist and drummer. I respect all musical genres and see much to admire in most.
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Post by Chris Hobbs on Apr 4, 2007 19:03:23 GMT -5
Wow...I am impressed and surprised to see the number of techno fans here. Back in college my 50 disk CD player was filled with all types of techno CDs. Mainly trance, house and drum and bass. Aphrodite is my favorite D&B DJ. Best house DJ has to go to John Digweed. But my all time favorite producer/DJ is BT. His latest work 'This Binary Universe' is amazing. It's actually a collection of songs he wrote for his young daughter using nontraditional instruments (such as broken toy keyboards and furbies) Yes, you read that right. The CD comes with a DVD of computerized videos to go with the music. It's truely brilliant. Here's a short sample: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHVUQEvqSDM
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Post by Chris Hobbs on Apr 4, 2007 19:16:22 GMT -5
It must be said though...
Pink Floyd is my all time favorite band. Although classic rock is my favorite genre, Floyd is in a class all to themselves. The stories behind the concept albums Darkside of the Moon and The Wall are beyond compare. Realistic stories of the human condition set to great music. Can't be beat.
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Post by espy on Apr 4, 2007 19:17:31 GMT -5
Wow...I am impressed and surprised to see the number of techno fans here. Back in college my 50 disk CD player was filled with all types of techno CDs. Mainly trance, house and drum and bass. Aphrodite is my favorite D&B DJ. Best house DJ has to go to John Digweed. But my all time favorite producer/DJ is BT. His latest work 'This Binary Universe' is amazing. It's actually a collection of songs he wrote for his young daughter using nontraditional instruments (such as broken toy keyboards and furbies) Yes, you read that right. The CD comes with a DVD of computerized videos to go with the music. It's truely brilliant. Here's a short sample: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHVUQEvqSDMare you for real a techno fan or is this another set up....hehe....I have a hard time finding someone here in Alabama who even knows what a rave is let alone D&B, everyone I know likes classic rock, 80s music or country, most people think techno and drum & bass is like hip hop or rap.....not even close.
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Post by espy on Apr 4, 2007 19:19:12 GMT -5
It must be said though... Pink Floyd is my all time favorite band. Although classic rock is my favorite genre, Floyd is in a class all to themselves. The stories behind the concept albums Darkside of the Moon and The Wall are beyond compare. Realistic stories of the human condition set to great music. Can't be beat. Totaly agree !!!Pink Floyd rules!!!
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Post by Chris Hobbs on Apr 4, 2007 19:39:28 GMT -5
No set up. I've seen Aphrodite three times. Digweed twice. BT twice. Chrystal Method twice (before they got busted for selling GHB to 14 year old girls). Rabbit in the Moon put on probably the most amazing show I've ever seen. Fatboy Slim was good until he sold out to the MTV crowd. There was a good techno CD many years ago called "Sunshine State of mind" featuring DJs from Florida.
When the drug culture took over the rave scene and people started dying, "raves" were all but abolished in Florida. City by city passed "Rave Ordinances" which mandated that bars and clubs selling alcohol shut their doors by 2am (3am and 4am in some places). Which was funny because at most raves, everyone was drinking water. Hell, the scene started underground in Orlando and in a little over two decades, it's been forced back underground.
I don't really lsiten to it much anymore, but 10 years ago, that was the only thing you'd find in my CD player.
My guess is Alabama never really had a rave or techno scene. It's the devil's music. Kind of like that Elvis Presley.
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Post by espy on Apr 4, 2007 19:52:38 GMT -5
No set up. I've seen Aphrodite three times. Digweed twice. BT twice. Chrystal Method twice (before they got busted for selling GHB to 14 year old girls). Rabbit in the Moon put on probably the most amazing show I've ever seen. Fatboy Slim was good until he sold out to the MTV crowd. There was a good techno CD many years ago called "Sunshine State of mind" featuring DJs from Florida. When the drug culture took over the rave scene and people started dying, "raves" were all but abolished in Florida. City by city passed "Rave Ordinances" which mandated that bars and clubs selling alcohol shut their doors by 2am (3am and 4am in some places). Which was funny because at most raves, everyone was drinking water. Hell, the scene started underground in Orlando and in a little over two decades, it's been forced back underground. I don't really lsiten to it much anymore, but 10 years ago, that was the only thing you'd find in my CD player. My guess is Alabama never really had a rave or techno scene. It's the devil's music. Kind of like that Elvis Presley. We had an ok scene for a while, they were advertised on the radio on a saturday night underground dance show, until the police got involved and they actually moved one of the rave venues to the Birmingham FOP lodges on greensprings, that was the last one that I know of. I have some friends who are into it to. but its mainly "stoner" music now.
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Post by solomon on Apr 6, 2007 8:06:43 GMT -5
The Holy Bible, King James Version
Colossians 3:16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
Three types of music: Psalms, hymms and spiritual songs are criteria for christian worship.
The music shouldn't be sang by a Bible blockhead that does know enough bible to put in the left eye of a blind mosquito. He should sing the truth.
John 4:24 (KJV) 24God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
A good guideline for the lyrics of the songs is: Proverbs 8:8 All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them.
And if they want to dance it shouldn't be sexual in nature.
1 Thessalonians 5:22 Abstain from all appearance of evil.
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Post by solomon on Apr 6, 2007 8:16:32 GMT -5
I'm an independent baptist and I've heard the folks that believe that people that live in other countries should go by 17th century hymms. Basically most of the current contemperary "christian" music is weak, no mention or little mention of the Lord or anything spiritual. If you go to a "christian concert" and the girls are screaming like they are at a back street boys concert that means God isn't getting the glory and some frosty headed faker is eating up the little girls lusting after him.
Most of the contemerary stuff you hear is ambiguious so that if you heard it on the radio you could just think of someone while singing the song and nobody would know the difference.
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Post by solomon on Apr 6, 2007 8:32:12 GMT -5
Also music is spiritual. When it leaves the instrument you can't see or touch it. Music can affect your spirit. When some folks listen to the eye of the tiger they get pupmed, when some people listen to classical music they get relaxed, when some people listen to gangster rap they want to get violent and finally when some people listen to Barry White or other love song singer they get something else.
The music must encourage worchip and praise not some funky movement of the body or a concert.
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Post by fragerella on Apr 6, 2007 10:28:05 GMT -5
Hi, Solomon,
Are you saying that for you personally, music must meet biblical criteria according to your religious beliefs, or are you saying that the people who've posted in this thread are listening to music for the wrong reasons (if it's not being listened to for the purpose of worship and praise)?
Or maybe none of the above...just wondering.
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Post by solomon on Apr 6, 2007 11:45:56 GMT -5
The music is to worship God not entertainment or anything like a line dance or something. There is room for preference as long as it doesn't violate any scripture. Whether it be African drums, electric guitar or an old pipe organ.
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Post by fragerella on Apr 6, 2007 11:55:39 GMT -5
OK, thanks for the response.
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Post by solomon on Apr 6, 2007 12:30:51 GMT -5
No problem
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Post by espy on Apr 7, 2007 2:33:00 GMT -5
The music is to worship God not entertainment or anything like a line dance or something. There is room for preference as long as it doesn't violate any scripture. Whether it be African drums, electric guitar or an old pipe organ. for the record, I completely agree with this statement.....my music is nothing but electronic music and a hard beat gangsta rap and hip hop are a cancer eating away at our youth......
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Post by W.O.M.I on Apr 7, 2007 23:01:59 GMT -5
I got two words for you:
The Beatles.
One of the great missed opportunities of my life (so far) was a bad decision I made back years ago.
My wife and I went to Atlanta for a weekend away and for me to visit a baseball card show. One of the dealers at the show had a pair of tix to see Paul McCartney at the Lakewood Ampitheater (think that's the right venue) that night. He wanted $150 for the pair. I had the money but, instead of spending it to see one of music's- not just rock but ALL music- greats, I bought a few boxes of cards.
I couldn't tell you if I still have any of the cards I bought that day but I do know some memories that I don't have because I made the wrong choice.
Past The Beatles, I like most of the British Invasion stuff from that era (Kinks, Cream, Fleetwood Mac, Bluesbreakers), Led Zeppelin (more now than I did then), Pink Floyd, Yes, ELO, etc.
I love Rush. Anybody says Neil Peart isn't the best drummer of all time, I'll bust a cap in their a$$.
I also love New Wave stuff from the early 80s: Gary Numan, Devo, Blondie, Clash, Go-Gos, The Fixx, Asia.
Hell I even liked Abba.
I like the One Hit Wonders from around then too...but then there's a ton of those to choose from- Dexy's Midnight Riders, Haircut 100, Modern English, Spandau Ballet- so the variety is there.
Current stuff? Pretty much anything but rap.
I'll listen to a tiny bit of country- Hank Williams, Jr., Charlie Daniels Band and not much else.
My parents grew up during the Big Band ear, so I got to listen to some of their old 78s growing up- Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, Glen Miller, Louie Armstrong, Sinatra....good stuff.
My 10 year old daugher likes Mozart, so I like Mozart. But I've got her listening to Fleetwood Mac, Queen and The Beatles too.
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Post by espy on Apr 7, 2007 23:16:32 GMT -5
gee wiz, Im starting to actualy feel quite young around here, no wonder we all have such different opinions......W.O.M.I, I love Louie Armstrong, and Sinatra but its been years since Ive heard them.
You must be in your 50s, am I right? I know Im asking everyone there age but I think its good to know what everyones frame of reference is ( what era they grew up in ).
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Post by solinvictus on Apr 7, 2007 23:30:20 GMT -5
Wow...I am impressed and surprised to see the number of techno fans here. Back in college my 50 disk CD player was filled with all types of techno CDs. Mainly trance, house and drum and bass. Aphrodite is my favorite D&B DJ. Best house DJ has to go to John Digweed. But my all time favorite producer/DJ is BT. His latest work 'This Binary Universe' is amazing. It's actually a collection of songs he wrote for his young daughter using nontraditional instruments (such as broken toy keyboards and furbies) Yes, you read that right. The CD comes with a DVD of computerized videos to go with the music. It's truely brilliant. Here's a short sample: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHVUQEvqSDMare you for real a techno fan or is this another set up....hehe....I have a hard time finding someone here in Alabama who even knows what a rave is let alone D&B, everyone I know likes classic rock, 80s music or country, most people think techno and drum & bass is like hip hop or rap.....not even close. Back around 1990, there used to be a roving biweekly rave called Sanctuary. The people who ran it rented a different locale (usually a garage/warehouse/etc.) every two weeks, promoted it with fliers, and had some damned incredible industrial music from the time (Skinny Puppy, KMFDM, Thrill Kill Cult, Lords of Acid, Ministry, Front 242, Revolting Cocks, etc.). It lasted, I think, for about 6 months or so. Now, after that, O3/The Drown did the same thing in a really, REALLY cool dance club (22nd Street near Morris Avenue). I think they got busted for ecstasy several times and that's what hastened their end. *Edit: I'm 37 & remember when MDMA/ecstasy was more or less ignored by local authorities as it's legal status with the FDA was kind of in limbo.
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Post by espy on Apr 7, 2007 23:59:22 GMT -5
are you for real a techno fan or is this another set up....hehe....I have a hard time finding someone here in Alabama who even knows what a rave is let alone D&B, everyone I know likes classic rock, 80s music or country, most people think techno and drum & bass is like hip hop or rap.....not even close. Back around 1990, there used to be a roving biweekly rave called Sanctuary. The people who ran it rented a different locale (usually a garage/warehouse/etc.) every two weeks, promoted it with fliers, and had some damned incredible industrial music from the time (Skinny Puppy, KMFDM, Thrill Kill Cult, Lords of Acid, Ministry, Front 242, Revolting Cocks, etc.). It lasted, I think, for about 6 months or so. Now, after that, O3/The Drown did the same thing in a really, REALLY cool dance club (22nd Street near Morris Avenue). I think they got busted for ecstasy several times and that's what hastened their end. *Edit: I'm 37 & remember when MDMA/ecstasy was more or less ignored by local authorities as it's legal status with the FDA was kind of in limbo. o3 was cool, completely black, lit up by black lights and strobes, the bar was suspended by chains and there were chalk outlines on the floor. I was totally into all of it....before I was saved........but I never gave up the music.
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