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I am completely at a loss for what music is good these days. I skip past more than half the songs on my ipod, and I find myself easily bored by a lot of stuff people usually say is good. SO I MADE THIS THREAD. We'll start with me, but anyone else who wants to fish for recommendations can ask at any time. The songs I'm going to list are also my recommendations for anyone who thinks they might have similar interests.
So, to be honest, I don't know how to even classify the type of song I typically enjoy listening to. I find that even emo songs can pique my interest, but I mostly enjoy those that can get me excited. Like, they might start low and steady, without much change in rhythm, then they start to build up and make you want to yell out the chorus. And, I guess lyrics tend to be important as well, since I like to be able to agree with what I'm singing along to. "Call Me When You're Sober," for example, has a bit of a catchy tune, and I'll let it play on my ipod, but it's never going to be a favorite song. So, what do you call... that? That thing I just described. low start, steady to excited awesome.
UHH, bands I know I like:
Five Iron Frenzy
The Killers
Bump of Chicken (when they're not too generic)
Collective Soul (when they're not too slow)
Switchfoot (when they're not overproduced)
Keane (except every song is the same)
Queen (when they're not too poppy)
KIND OF SPECIFIC, yeah, but hey. I realized I like a few of Death Cab for Cutie's songs also, but then when I looked at their popular stuff, I saw a lot of it was too slow for my tastes.
AND THEN AWESOME SONGS that I love and you should listen to:
Kamikaze - Five Iron Frenzy: youtube link
Mr. Brightside - The Killers: youtube link
Inner Universe - Yoko Kanno (Gits:SAC theme): youtube link
MGS3 theme - Harry Gregson Williams: youtube link
Keep Dreaming Upside Down - October Fall (emo): youtube link
And then those awesome old songs like Bohemian Rhapsody, Come Sail Away, Don't Stop Believin, Sweet Caroline, Eye of the Tiger, All you Need is Love, Hey Jude, Princes of the Universe...
Oh, hey, and I like a bunch of trance stuff. Don't know why, actually.
So there's that. What are your favorite bands? Favorite songs? Things you think others might like? Things I might like?
Hmm... you like british poprock... check out a band called Traffic Island, it's a finnish indie rock band, and it's very good IMO.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soYoxKgVd_I
so yeah...
I listen to a lot of emo stuff too (powerpop, synthpop, post-hardcore, deathcore, metalcore and the likes) but I don't think that's what you're looking for : D
I do kinda like them, any other songs you'd recommend?
And there are some metal/speedmetal/crazyshit songs that I like. I mean, who doesn't like Dragonforce?
Well my favourite song from them is ''I keep an eye on you'' but it's not on Youtube. : D Try ''Two Days in a Row''
And lol if you want some crazyshit, try this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAgLPsZ1YuM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jp-SCsOKuD0
beware, this is crazySHIT.
oh my, this is difficult. i listen to most genres. uhh. well, let's be totally random then..
korean hip hop: Epik High - Lesson 4 (Tablo's Word) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61WNZmVDiic
korean pop: SNSD - Gee - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BjAEdPIlss
swedish emo: Kent - Sundance Kid - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuMwN75MpT4
norwegian electro: Xploding Plastix - Far Flung Tonic - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCsI2L8ajKc
awesomeness: Flight of the Concords - Business Time (anyone who hasn't heard this needs to hear it, nao) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGOohBytKTU
Andy McKee - Heather's Song - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKtadARBiYY
this is what i can think of straight away.. :3
Well I'm a big David Bowie Fan ^.^ so anything by him is awesome to me.
I also love The Smashing Pumpkins, I pretty much own everything they have ever put out and even some live concerts someone recorded. Pretty much my fav band.
I also love The Smiths/The Cure/New Order/Depeche Mode-many 80's bands.
I have a pretty eclectic variation of music I like. Anything soulful and jazzy. I don't care for country or rap all that much, I can probably count on one hand the amount of songs from both of those genres I like.
I love Anime OST's and Video Game Soundtracks. My fav's are Silent Hill (Akira Yamaoka) and Ghost in the Shell (Yokko Kanno), and of course Final Fantasy (Nobuo Uematsu) I have a sick fascination and love for J-Pop and all it's syrupy goodness included lol. My likes are: Utada/Namie Amuro/Gackt/Minmi/Kanon Wakeshima/M-flo/Yuki
I love Classical Music too-Bach/Mozart/Beethoven/Schubert/Brahms/Strauss/Tchaikovsky
Classic Rock is a must and takes up a great deal of my music collection. I have far too many to list. I recently added all of my albums/CD's to my Itunes and realized I have over 250 gigs of music. For me that's alot, and I'm not bragging because some people probably have like some ridiculous number like an effin terabyte but that's exactly how much I have, give or take a couple megs lol. Although I'm sure in 30 years people tend to accumulate a lot of music to their collection. =)
Okay I've rambled enough. lol
oh hai thar sintar, ily <3 HIKKI IS THE SHIT EH. do you listen to her english stuff? me muero, apple and cinnamon and merry christmas mr lawrence are amongst my fav songs actually \o/
and you should try out k-pop! \o/
Radiohead
Shnabubula
Kashmir
Crawling Duck Johnsen
Arctic Monkeys
The Strokes
and.. uhm uhm.. there's just too much
Yes! I have listened to her English but I prefer the Japanese. I have a couple Korean pop songs in my collection, I honestly would have to look it up tho lol. I do have a weak spot for Korean Dramas though, I know pathetic because you'd never catch me watching American Soaps, but I think the Korean ones are awesome haha!
my fav album is ultra blue, i think, but i love heart station as well.. but have you heard this is the one? like, merry christmas mr lawrence and me muero <3 of all songs though, take 5 is my favorite. it's just... amazing.
hahahaha, okay, here's what i'm gonna do. i'm gonna start a k-/j-drama thread. cause you and me both, friend xD
Hahah nice! I haven't hear those songs, can you send me like Youtube links or just general links so I can hear them? I would love to! BTW-my fav Christmas Song is White Light by Namie! I love that song so if you haven't heard it, you must!
me muero:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDZw4DO37tE
merry christmas mr lawrence:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHCv_Hi1rsg
take 5:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjPpUTeLEGU <33
i'll look that namie song on yt ^___^
okay honestly my favorite was Me Muero! And Take 5, I didn't really get into Merry Christmas..., something about it I didn't really groove with. I dunno.
Namei Amuro- White Light: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsqxUHidyh0
Minmi M-Flo-Lotta Love: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRmMw8F6OWA
Namie Amuro-Girl Talk: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3BRbapTVkM
white light was really cozy and christmasy :3 the lotta love video was awesome xD
ABBEY ROAD<3 \o/ Lol I love The Beatles atm : D all thanks to my sister
''I'd like to be, under the sea, in an octopus' garden, in the shade''<3
i've rediscovered the cure. shiawase desu~
Err...Music tends to affect my mood too much.. xD so i try not to listen to certain kinds.. (emo music) (hard core music) things like that.. :D
But, i do listen to queen, ozzy, beatles, maroon 5, beethoven, bach, berlioz, Mozart
but thats just me.. :D i only listen to certain kinds of music when doing certain things. because of the effect it has towards my performance.. :3
but if i were to recommend any.. it would definitely be the beatles. and some Beethoven and Mozart.. :D tends to calm me down.. and help me think.
And also.. when i go to play a game.. i like to listen to some techno.. >:3
like this~ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0WkycSNAYQ
This is a list of things I have on my mp3 player right now.
buncha queen
buncha Jonathon coulton
This guy beatboxing the super mario brothers theme on a flute
The zelda overworld theme on piano
the dragon roost island theme played by this guy on bongos and some other stuff
Some one piece character songs
And an amv I put on there to see how well it played video
Not nearly as much japanese music as I would have had a year ago .
Ah. I seriously would've posted Mr. Brightside. Unfortunately, can't find anything right now, but gladly will later.