Members Exocaster Posted March 9, 2007 Members Share Posted March 9, 2007 Interesting to see the popularity of 80s pop within the metal community here - I think a lot of those bands actually utilised melodic patterns quite similar to those used in metal, as well as the fact that despite appearances, some of them were quite dark in tone.I've noticed the similarity myself. I've always enjoyed metal-izing those songs. It's good fun. ("A Question Of Time", anyone?)Stuff I like that's not metal: The Cure, Depeche Mode, The Sisters Of Mercy, New Order, Oingo Boingo, Bauhaus, Fields Of The Nephilim, Nine Inch Nails, KMFDM (sorta metal...), Skinny Puppy, Frontline Assembly, Collide, Delerium, Switchblade Symphony, Devics, The Elysian Fields, Massive Attack, Portishead, Ladytron, The Crystal Method, Juno Reactor, Muse, Porcupine Tree, The Tea Party, Sigur Ros, Mogwai, Alice In Chains, Soundgarden, The Smashing Pumpkins, Gov't Mule, Pink Floyd, The Doors, David Bowie, Tom Waits, Johnny Cash, Ani Difranco, Regina Spektor, Tori Amos, Dead Can Dance, King Crimson, Rush, The Cult, AC/DC, and so forth.And classical music. I'm partial to the romantic period, myself, from Beethoven through Mahler and Richard Strauss; once you get much past that, into Schonberg and whatnot, serialism and atonalism, it sorta dissapears up its own arse as far as I'm concerned. 20th century stuff is hit and miss for me; I do like Stravinsky, Shostokovich and Prokofiev; Bartok's cool, as is some stuff by Vaughn Williams and Britten. Baroque and classical period stuff doesn't really move me; it's too formalized and rigidly structured. But I digress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Drago Posted March 9, 2007 Members Share Posted March 9, 2007 Lots of Abstract Classical and jazz. and Enter Shikari www.myspace.com/entershikari Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BrendanO Posted March 9, 2007 Members Share Posted March 9, 2007 Everything. Hip-hop to indie, punk to funk, big band to classical, downtempo to bluegrass, stoner rock to acid jazz and back again. Metal is only a fraction of what I listen to. It does, however, end up being the majority of what I play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soundstorm Posted March 9, 2007 Members Share Posted March 9, 2007 I majored in music, and studied classical guitar and piano. So that's a given. But pretty much anything that has heart and soul and really comes off as genuine to me. Be it country or pop. When music speaks, it speaks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CGord Posted March 9, 2007 Members Share Posted March 9, 2007 80's new wave, j-pop & j-rock, small amounts of late 70s/early 80s AOR rock, small amount of electronic/hip-hop/dj stuff that I don't really know what genre it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members onehourburn Posted March 9, 2007 Members Share Posted March 9, 2007 Bluegrass, classical, blues, jazz and a little big band swing type stuff... Granted I only own metal CD's but when I am listen to sirius radio and I get tired of metal those are the stations I will flip too.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nothx Posted March 9, 2007 Members Share Posted March 9, 2007 cheesy 80s stuff, some trance, random mainstream songs that my girlfriend makes me listen to, classical Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members thermionic geek Posted March 9, 2007 Members Share Posted March 9, 2007 I really like Dead can dance, as well as coctue twins, I also dig classic rock like Pink Floyd and Rush. And even some jazz. Mike stern, Miles Davis. I also love the sun recordings of the million dollar quartet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Goodison Posted March 9, 2007 Members Share Posted March 9, 2007 I listen to just about everything besides Country. I'm a huge underground hip hop fan, i love folk, 80's new wave and pop, ridiculous avant garde post rock (like Godspeed you black emporer), jazz and blues to a certain extent (very few artists i actually enjoy), whatever kids these days are calling Indie music. And of course lots and lots of metal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chudanez Posted March 9, 2007 Members Share Posted March 9, 2007 I think I'll list some genres and some of my fravorites from them Groovey metal (rarely listen to normal metal) - Meshuggah, Bulb, Tesseract, Textures Prog-metal/Death metal on occasion - Dream Theater, Necrophagist, Nevermore, Zyklon, Cynic, Nile etc etc Funk/Soul - Tower of Power, Average White Band, etc Blues/Fusion - Scott Henderson, Jeff Beck etc Jazz/Fusion - Chick Corea, John Coltrane etc Electronic/IDM/Drum'n'bass/Acid-jazz - Squarepusher, Aphex Twin, Dzhian & Kamien blahblah~ I'll listen to generally anything... Except emo lmfao Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Inazone Posted March 9, 2007 Members Share Posted March 9, 2007 I really don't listen to music (even metal) except when I'm driving. I still enjoy hearing some `70s and`80s stuff every now and then - old U2, INXS, Duran Duran, Boston, Zep, etc. - but metal was the only genre that I ever really cared about. There are some female singers that I will listen to if my wife is playing their stuff, but there isn't much that holds my interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mahon451 Posted March 9, 2007 Members Share Posted March 9, 2007 -Early R&B, Motown, Classic Soul... love it. -80s... all genres from that period. -Older country (especially the guitarists... Chet Atkins, Larry Carlton, etc.) -Lots of industrial and gothy stuff (Ministry, Clan of Xymox, KMFDM, etc.) Come to think of it, I don't really listen to very much metal when compared to everything else... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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