off topic again : musical tastes...

[devinp]

Hi.

The 72bands post really got me thinking....

What bands / genres get the people on this forum going?

I'd love to find out.

Cheers,
Devin.

P.S. I've even heard Tezza make mention of a guitar....

Anything and everything... there is not much I don't like, actually can't think of anything really...oh, except ABBA. That is worst lot of TV jingles, I've ever heard.

Someone said...can't remember who..Anything that is too stupid to say, usually ends up being sung. I think that must have been Led Zepellin's motto - but I like their sound. Just have to try not to listen to the words, or I run round all day saying, "What the...was Jimmy on about?"

Love Sinead O'Connor's protests. And still pull Melanie out...

I am lucky in that I have a kid who can play anything, and even luckier I don't mind listening to it. She pretty much makes sure the whole day is a cavalcade of music, whether she's singing or playing and we have instruments all over the farm, so she's always picking them up (when the rest of us are doing the work :wink: ). But I can't complain, it always sounds pretty good.

[Tezza]

In chronolgical times

The shadows
THE BEATLES
Pink Floyd
Led Zeplin
Deep Purple
Bob Dylan Anyone from 65/75 The protest era,
Im a younger flower child
Dire Straits
Jimi Hendrix
Eric Clapton
Enya..
Hippy music
Big Fan of anything Pertaining To Woodstock.......
Neil Young
Loving Spoonfull
Free
Status Quo
I hate Country and Western!!!!!
dont like Jaz
Blues is OK but not it all.
Lotsa other great Artists

Songs to be played at my funeral Include

Stairway to Heaven Led.Zep.Live in New York (Lengendry Concert)
Comfotably Numb( live version) PinK F
Abide with Me (English Soccer fans Singing it)
Youll never Walk Alone (AS Above)
Who Wants To Live Forever (QUEEN) good old Freddy
I did it My Way (Frank Sinatra)
Brothers In Arms (Dire Straits)Live version.

Stairway to heaven at your funeral? Far out man... You are one wild hippy child! You hoping to bump into Sister Golden Hair at the shops in the sky Tezza?

...And if you are gonna blast "My Way"....you just gotta let Freddie Mercury do it!

Frank SINATRA????? :shock:

[Tezza]

Ok maybe Frank sinatra is a bit too far but never heard any other versions

Id love to try it Kareoke though,Done 2 joe cockers songs

Tezza

[Tezza]

Talking about dying If i met any of thosde no longer with us it sure sure would be 1 " great gig in the sky" just Imagine that on the ladders top rung

Tezza

:lol: Not sure how we karaoke online Tezza, but if you come up with a way, I will duet with you...

:!: We could duel banjos if you want...

dun..dun, dun, dun-dun, dun..dun...

[ho-hum]

Everything from Vera Lynn, Fats Domino to blues, opera, pop, metal, disco, all ballads, folk, C & W, NO JAZZ and not much Rap either. I am also a bit iffy about 70s band like Led Zepp and Pink Floyd that turn a 3 minute song into a 10 minute bang/clang thing that wont finish.

I have a collection of about 4000 hit songs over 70 years if anyone wants a song I can email it. I am also looking for a 70s aussie hit called 'Captain Zero'[the one and only super-natural hero] if anyone has it.

Particularly taken by a portugese style of music called Fado.

Tully, by Melanie did you mean Melanie Safka?

Tezza, dont try karaoke at your funeral you will upstage and piss the funeral director off.

Cheers,............ PS, I have fixed my 'signature'... :D:D

[Tezza]

ahhhhhhh melonie sings Goodbye Ruby Tuesday the best

Hey capn Zero havent heard that in years..Do you remember Neanderthal Man not sure on group
Do u banjo Rainbow? Dont make hollow promises s there is almost 2 bands in the posters here I think were looking for a singer stilland maybe a drummer for our www permie concertlive from all corners of world

Tezza

[sab]

Some overlap Tezz.
Beatles
Led Zep
Pink Floyd
Genesis/Phil Collins
Free
Yes
Crosby, Stills Nash and Young
Jethro Tull
Alan Stivell
more lately
Corrs
Coldplay
Irish Fiddle

Was 'Neanderthal Man' by the Kinks?
My Way? no way...

[forest]

I like most music genres but I don't like much C&W. I do like Patsy Cline and George Jones. I love some classical music and some opera, particularly Madam Butterfly.

I LOVE blue grass - the really hick foot shuffling stuff from up in the appalacians.

I like Portishead, Radiohead, Bjork, Mercury Rev, some of the Killers newish CD, Eminem, Ray Charles, Nick Cave, PJ Harvey, the Vines, the Pixies, REM, Blossom Dearie, Leonard Cohen, the pre-electric Bob Dylan, Ani DiFranco, Deborah Conway, Beck, Captain Beefheart, The Who, but not after Keith, Foo Fighters, dandy warhols and much much more.

[wwoofertobe]

i listened to lots of hardcore/punk music as a kid (5-6 years ago :) ) lots of bands you've never heard :lol:
now... james brown, bob dylan, johnny cash, aphex twin, jimi hendrix, sigur ros, rank sinatra (yes rank), talk talk, pink floyd, buju banton, my disco, augie march, death cab for cutie, the flaming lips, blue grass... bean flipper, the beatles, tom waits, paul simon, muse, dead kennedys, james taylor, modest mouse, social distortion, joe strummer, deftones, the pouges, you am i, dixie land jazz and any super drumming, neil young, santana, funny 80's music and bad brains. that's just about all i think :lol:

[forest]

yeah, I like aphex twin and my bloody valentine, tom waits too. He's a classic. Oh and the Pogues! Shane McGowan is one of my anti-establishment heroes.

Turnsile, did you even get into Whitehouse?

[earthbound]

I'm a J's listener, and love it.... :D

With a very diverse range of likes, depending on the situation, everything from Marina Prior and Enya, through to Tool and blink 182.

some faves include :
Archie Roach (have all his albums, brilliant )
Jebadiah
Jack Johnson
Little Birdy
Missy Higgins (shame she became so popular)
Tiddas
Waifs
Eskimo Joe
Sia
Hilltop hoods
Youth group
End of fashion
Strange, all except one of the above is AUSSIE .. :D
I'll even admit to being a bit of a closet Kasey Chambers fan.

Forest, you like some coool music... Ani Difranco is an amazing woman, I know Deborah Conways white roses off by heart (I sing it in the shower :oops: ), and do you have Nick Caves murder ballads? What a brilliant album, although it's rather dark the man has some great skills.

[wwoofertobe]

i really enjoy tom waits, i like how he's progressed and experimented with sound. his new album is real good :o
yeah the pouges are great! :drinkers:
i've never heard them, what are they like?

[forest]

Turnstile, I was sent a compliation CD from a friend in the UK. Whitehouse was on it. They are absolutely mind splitting, not sure that I liked them but their singer, William Bennet seems to be a complex pandora's box. Here's a link, beware naughty words for young eyes: http://www.neox.demon.co.uk/whitehouse/

Joel, I don't have Murder Ballards but one of my sons does. Unfortately he took it to Canada with him. :( It's a fine album. Did you know Nick Cave wrote the script for the film, The Proposition. I'd love to see it but I can never be bothered going to the movies anymore. Crowds are a bit more than I can take.

[Jez]

Dylan (deserves his own paragraph!)

Beatles (ditto)


In no particular order:

Tom Waits
Hendrix
Solas
Nick Cave
Parliament
Sly & The Family Stone
Pogues
The Band
Pitchshifter
Orb
Future Sound Of London
ZZ Top (early stuff only)
Janis Joplin (and BB)
Golden Claw
Dreadnaught
Midnight Oil
Dead Can Dance
Bolt Thrower



....awww who am I kidding...I'm just getting warmed up and I haven't even begun... :lol:


I haven't listened to that much in the last few years because I've been busy writing my own music...

[derekh]

Count me in for:

1. Marianne Faithful
2. Tom Waits
3. Fink Floyd
4. Dire Straits

I once went to a Marianne Faithful concert on my wedding anniversary. Big mistake only buying one ticket ..... hell hath no fury like a woman .... etc

derek

[wwoofertobe]

forest- whitehouse may take some conditioning to accept/seperate the noise/music. :compress:

[sab]

Supertramp
Gerry Rafferty - City to City was my anthem in 78-79
Joni Mitchell

[frosty]

John Williamson :D :D :D :D

[baldcat]

Ok so, my tastes is fairly broad, just like many others here..

* In no particular order,

Pearl Jam
Hermits Hermits
Rammstein
Metalica
Poison
Skid Row
Bad English
Ani DefFranco
Guns n Roses
Stone Temple Pilots
Eric Clapton
Gypsy Kings
Nina Simone
Jimmy Eat World
Grinspoon
Shihad (Pacifier)
Motley Crew
The Prodigy
Chemical Brothers
Anything 'Ministry of Sound'
Fat Boy Slim
Silverchair (Old)
CCR
The Eagles
John Waite
Screaming Jets
End of Fasion
iOTA (Fantastic Sydney performer, if you haven't heard him get an album)
Beatles
Hendrix
Sex Pistols
Faith No More
Tool
Disturbed
System of the Down
POD
Boyz to Men
2 Live Crew
Shai
Sting - and the police
Selcted Pantera songs
The Cyrstal Method
Velvet Revolver
Radiohead
Muse

I could go on....

[Franceyne]

Heavy Metal! :headbang:

Amorphis
Annihilator
Black Sabbath
Blaze
Cannibal Corpse
Carcass
Dawn Of Dreams
Dimu Borgir
Dismember
Dissection
Doro
Einherjer
Entombed
Falconer
Forbidden
Grave
Hammerfall
Iced Earth
Iron Maiden
Kreator
Launa Coil
Love Like Blood
Lullacry
Malevolent Creation
Morbid Angel
Motorhead
Mythotyn
Napalm Death
Obituary
Old Man’s Child
Opeth
Queensryche
Saint Vitus
Satyricon
Six Feet Under
Slayer
Suffocation
Testament
Theatre Of Tradgedy
Therion
Thy Serpent
Twin Obscenity
Type 0 Negative
Warlock...

Some 70's rock - Free and Janis Joplin mainly...

...and John Williamson 8)

[seussrules]

Lots of people already named, plus...

Doves
Soda Stream
Decoder Ring
The Bats
The Chills
Bailter Space
The Verlaines
Peg
Fripp & Eno
Saints (Ed Kuepper rocks my world)
Ride
Billy Bragg
Wilco
Southern Culture on the Skids

The list goes on....

[~Tullymoor~]

I'd get laughed off
:oops: :lol: :oops:

[wwoofertobe]

no you wont

[~Tullymoor~]

Whilst you're here Turnstile...I used to have a tape of Tom Waits YEARS ago, when I was about 17. I don't know how I came to have it cos I was a big a dag then as I am now :D
Anyhew, there was a song, a really slow ballad, piano (right, he played piano??) and it was grrrrrrrrrr racking my brains here for any words at all to come to me...um, something about money in a jar maybe ...a fairy or ballerina or something on his piano..um, sorry, it won't come. Alcohol was mentioned I think...was he a boozy, maudlin singer??
ANY idea at all?? I have been wanting to find that song again for all these years...so long that I've forgotten why I liked it eh?


Edited to add: Whiskey! Not money in a jar...that'd be Billy Joel, wouldn't it??LOL

[murray]

hey tully

is the song is "Eggs And Sausage (In A Cadillac With Susan Michelson)"?

whiskey could be "chillie".. sounds similar.. :)

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nighthawks at the diner
of Emma's 49er, there's a rendezvous
of strangers around the coffee urn tonight
all the gypsy hacks, the insomniacs
now the paper's been read
now the waitress said

CHORUS
eggs and sausage and a side of toast
coffee and a roll, hash browns over easy
chillie in a bowl with burgers and fries
what kind of pie?

In a graveyard charade, a late shift masquerade
2 for a quarter, dime for a dance
with Woolworth rhinestone diamond
earrings, and a sideway's glance
and now the register rings
and now the waitress sings

CHORUS

the classified section offered no direction
it's a cold caffeine in a nicotine cloud
now the touch of your fingers
lingers burning in my memory
I've been 86ed from your scheme
I'm in a melodramatic nocturnal scene
I'm a refugee from a disconcerted affair
as the lead pipe morning falls
and the waitress calls

CHORUS

[~Tullymoor~]

Hey Murray, thanks heaps, but nope, don't recognise ANY of those words.. :(
I think I'll go Google his lyrics and wade my way through them til I find it. It's bugging the bejeebies outa me now....well, has been for a few decades really :?

What I'm worried about is that when *do* find it, it'll have zip to do with the clues I gave hehehe

[~Tullymoor~]

Ok, getting closer. I'm working thru his songs a-z and just got to H...I am pretty sure Heart Attack and Vine was the name of the album...was that an album?? If so, I THINK it was the last song.
Any guesses before I find it??? The prize is some comfrey root LOL just to keep it permie related you know :wink:

[murray]

if you do identify it, let me know. i've probably got it here for you.

[~Tullymoor~]

<cough> Found it...well, found one I remember I loved...maybe I loved two, or even more...maybe I meant lullabys/kid's story lines, not a ballerina/pixie...will keep looking.
So, is this song from Heart Attack and Vine? reckon you can buy it on CD these days??

On the Nickel

sticks and stones will break my bones,
but i always will be true, and when
your mama is dead and gone,
i'll sing this lullabye just for you,
and what becomes of all the little boys,
who never comb their hair,
well they're lined up all around the block,
on the nickel over there.

so you better bring a bucket,
there is a hole in the pail,
and if you don't get my letter,
then you'll know that i'm in jail,
and what becomes of all the little boys,
who never say their prayers,
well they're sleepin' like a baby,
on the nickel over there.

and if you chew tobacco, and wish upon a star,
well you'll find out where the scarecrows sit,
just like punchlines between the cars,
and i know a place where a royal flush,
can never beat a pair, and even thomas jefferson,
is on the nickel over there.

so ring around the rosie, you're sleepin' in the rain,
and you're always late for supper,
and man you let me down again,
i thought i heard a mockingbird, roosevelt knows where,
you can skip the light, with grady tuck,
on the nickel over there.

so what becomes of all the little boys,
who run away from home,
well the world just keeps gettin' bigger,
once you get out on your own,
so here's to all the little boys,
the sandman takes you where,
you'll be sleepin' with a pillowman,
on the nickel over there.

so let's climb up through that button hole,
and we'll fall right up the stairs,
and i'll show you where the short dogs grow,
on the nickel over there.


Edited: so I don't runaway with this thread...I'm just tacking this on.
Murray, was THIS a boozy, sloooow, drawn out fabulous ballad???????????
If so, I think it's IT>>>
Mr. Siegal

I spent all my money in a mexican whorehouse,
across the street from a catholic church,
and then i wiped off my revolver,
and i buttoned up my burgundy shirt,
i shot the morning in the back,
with my red wings on,
i told the sun he'd better go back down,
and if i can find a book of matches,
i'm goin' to burn this hotel down.

you got to tell me brave captain,
why are the wicked so strong,
how do the angels get to sleep,
when the devil leaves the porchlight on.

well i dropped thirty grand on the nugget slots,
i had to sell my ass on fremont street,
and the drummer said there's sanctuary,
over at the bagdad room,
and now it's one for the money, two for the show,
three to get ready, and go man go,
i said tell me mr. siegel,
how do i get out of here.

well willard's knocked out on a bottle of heat,
drivin' dangerous curves across the dirty sheets,
he said man you ought to see her,
when her parents are gone,
man you ought to hear her when the siren's on.
you got to tell me brave captain,
why are the wicked so strong,
how do the angels get to sleep,
when the devil leaves the porchlight on.

don't you know that ain't no broken bottle,
that i picked up in my headlights,
on the other side of the nevada line,
where they live hard die young,
nd have a good lookin' corpse every time,
well the pit-boss said i should keep movin',
this is where you go when you die,
and so i shot a black beauty,
and i kissed her right between the eyes.

well willard's knocked out on a bottle of heat,
drivin' dangerous curves across the dirty sheets,
he said man you ought to see her,
when her parents are gone,
man you ought to hear her when the siren's on.

you got to tell me brave captain,
why are the wicked so strong,
how do the angels get to sleep,
when the devil leaves the porchlight on.


Added on again to say thank you Murray for the offer...do you have those songs/that album?








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[grease]

has any one mentioned the best band ever Midnight Oil?

[~Tullymoor~]

Nope, but I remember seeing them live at O day at Deakin University in oh, musta been the VERY early 80's. I hated it 'cos as I said, I was a dag. I was listening to 3UZ country radio when all my friends were into 3XY!

When I was 15 my Mother arranged for me to see Meatloaf with her younger (20's ish) work mates. I'd never heard of him. The Angels were the support band, their first tour I think.....I sat ALL night with my fingers in my ears and praying it would end :lol:

[grease]

Midnight oil weren't only brilliant because of their music and the way they presented it but I loved them most for their message and committment to a cause, be that indiginous land rights or sustainability or oppossition to the US or..... I'm not sure what 3UZ was about but if it was the same as 2RE then I simpathise, I hated the horserace calling on a saturday and the country music every other day ( I do like Slim though)

[Jez]

Tullymoor,

You're right, the album is Heartattack & Vine...have it right here. :D

My favourite Tom Waits recording is the bootleg "Cold Beer On A Hot Night" - recorded live in Sydney 1979.

I mentioned the Oils Grease...nobody who has seen them live could not IMO... 8)

[wwoofertobe]

tully- did you find all the songs you were looking for?
sounds like an album you'd enjoy is a compilation of his old stuff: used songs 73-80, it has heartattack and vine on it, pm me if you're interested.

murray- eggs and sausage is a pretty cool song huh?

[Dani]

We went over to Melbourne to see Metallica when they came over a couple of years ago, was an amazing show, did three encores!!

[Franceyne]

Which tour was that Dani? I saw them in 1993 - they were great then.

Does this mean that you are a fellow metal head? I was a little afraid that I was all alone... :lol:

[wwoofertobe]

hey fran, i thought since you're into metal you'd probably dig hardcore, have you heard any? some melbourne bands like one inch punch are cool i think they're called mid youth crisis now, my disco, the nation blue are some others...
half the bands sound like full ball metal bands except sometimes they're not singing so much about demons and angels of death (sorry thats all i've heard 'em sing about :twisted: ) but more world/social politics.
i'm pretty sure theres a thriving local scene in vic.

[Richard on Maui]

heysuess, I just noticed your into all that great 80's new zealand stuff. and you live in Melbourne... who are you? :lol: do you ever go see the new estate, or bands like that? any of that chapter music type stuff? you're not from Perth originally are you? Perth had the biggest following of post-VU jangly guitar bands I've ever been fortune enough to rub shoulders with. oh, what about the 3D's? tall dwarfs?

[seussrules]

Richard

Jangly guitar sounds rock (or pop?)! Not from Perth - Sydney originally, where virtually all Flying Nun bands were revered by anyone with taste :lol: Loved the 3Ds (Hey Seuss and all that). Tall Dwarves one of my lesser faves. Also loved Jean Paul Sartre Experience (was a sad groupie and used to follow them 'round to all their gigs and try to strike up witty conversations about the cricket and stuff.... :? ).

[Tamandco]

I've only just skimmed over this thread but thought I'd add my bit of diverse taste too.

My all time favorite would have to be shared by Dire Straits and ACDC. Queen's up there, then it starts to get really diverse.

I love the following:

Slim Dusty (brought tears to my eyes singing Walzing Matilda at the closing ceremony.
John Farnham Absolutely love him. Great bloke, loves horses, good family man, fairdinkum aussie bloke (pommy born) that hasn't allowed fame to go to his head.
Crowded House - Great!
Aerosmith - Yay!
Van Halen (!!!) and whilst on that subject,
David Lee Roth
Anything by Mark Knopfler whether with DS or not
and whilst on the subject, Chet Atkins
REM
Stuff I've got and like:
Billy Idol
Bob Dylan
ELOElton John
MeatloafThe Sweet
Hoodoo Gurus
Hunters & Collectors (!!!)
John Williamson
Things of Stone and Wood
Paul Simon
The Wiggles
Eagles (!!!)
Eurythmics
John Mellencamp
Kiss - Oh yeah!
Led Zeppelin (!!!)
Status Quo
INXS (& Max Q)
The Beatles
and whilst on that subject
of course John Lennon
Hootie & the Blowfish *
Counting Crows *
Van Morrison
Johnny Cash
The Whitlams
Yothu Yindi ***
and for a bit of partying
Blondie
Rolf Harris
Michael Jackson
The Village People
Angels

I also like most types of Jazz and frequent the Jazz festivals when I can afford it. Also like Bluegrass and really starting to like Country, something I'd never warmed to before.

Things I hate:

Hip Hop
Dance stuff
Rap

That's about it I think.

[Tezza]

Ooops how can i forget John Lennon he was brilliant......A legend of legends
....Shame some wanker killed him ...hear hes trying to get out on parole
Imagine,working class hero,God,Jelous guy.the list is endless..

Midnight Oil great sound great songs.Mettalica. nothing else matters.Love playing that song on my guitars....da dada da da da da da duh duh dudda

Music Soothes the savage beast they say.................

Love Live Music Saw Pink Floyd in west oz in 88.......Status quo even Alice cooper.wellcome to his nightmare..lol

Bee Gees but hate their Disco stuff.......Word Is absolutly Brilliant simple but an alltime classic

Tezza