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Topic: The Music Thread
Posted By: Clobber
Subject: The Music Thread
Date Posted: 28 April 2011 at 11:34am
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I doubt we have enough of a user base to worry about needing to create threads for sub genres so one thread will cover it all for now I expect. What do you like musically? Who are your favourite bands? What albums are you enjoying right now? Got any concerts coming up?
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Posted By: Andrew_Wood_CW
Date Posted: 28 April 2011 at 11:37am
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My favourite band is The Cure.. I also like Mike Doughty, REM, 15-16 Puzzle, The Smiths and She & Him to name a few How about you Clobber?
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Posted By: Clobber
Date Posted: 28 April 2011 at 11:39am
| I have a musical taste which in some ways is quite narrow, but broad in others. I grew up as a heavy metal loving teenager, then discovered punk in my late teens so those remain at the heart of my taste, but I also enjoy electronic music in various forms (Kraftwerk, Neu, Ulrich Schnauss, Boards of Canada, Pendulum). Then I absolutely love Eels, who are quite hard to categorise, and then to go in a completely different direction altogether, I am a huge Billy Joel fan too. |
Posted By: Clobber
Date Posted: 28 April 2011 at 11:49am
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Try this folks - Favourite bands - Iron Maiden, The Damned, Eels, Bad Religion Favourite albums - Fishing for Luckies (The Wildhearts), The Black Album (The Damned). In Silico (Pendulum) Best concerts attended - Iron Maiden at Castle Donington 1988, Twisted Sister at Birmingham Odeon 1986, and now I have gone blank so might add to this later! Favourite music videos - Here It Goes Again (OK Go), American Jesus (Bad Religion), Learn To Fly (Foo Fighters), and any one of several amazing Rammstein videos.
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Posted By: Andrew_Wood_CW
Date Posted: 28 April 2011 at 12:15pm
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Favourite Artists - The Cure, Blink 182, The Smiths, REM, Mike Doughty, 15-16 Puzzle.. Favourite Albums - Kiss me, Kiss me, Kiss me (The Cure), Blink-182 (Blink 182), Disintegration (The Cure) and an REM album, but i can never choose, it varies.. right now it would probably be 'Monster' Best concerts attended - None, as of yet.. Favourite music videos - Always - Blink 182 would probably top that for me, so funny. Punk videos are always better
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Posted By: spin wizard
Date Posted: 28 April 2011 at 1:33pm
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Believe it or not guys but my favourite genre of music is Country! Just love the smooth soothing effect of it. Not such a popular thing in the Caribbean but the little 7 square mile Island I grew up on loves it, although it may not be their number option but they don't have no issues listening it!
So, my favourites would have to be George Jones, Conway Twitty and George Strait. Love many more too! ------------- In troubled times, being philosophical helps a great deal, it helps you to remain sane and not do any further damage. |
Posted By: vote4peace
Date Posted: 28 April 2011 at 2:03pm
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Naming favourites is so hard for me. Cos I got many.Depends mainly on the mood, ranges from Rock to Country to even the occasion Hip Hop. Few of my best are Dire Straits, The Doors, Pink Floyd, GnR, Deep Purple(Smoke on the Water), Bob Marley, Johnny Cash, a few Eminem numbers . I'll stop for now. ------------- I distrust a camel.. and anyone else who can go a week without a drink. 
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Posted By: zuhair_abbasi
Date Posted: 28 April 2011 at 2:56pm
| Pink Floyd any day - huge fan. |
Posted By: Sledger
Date Posted: 29 April 2011 at 7:11am
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I'm with you there Zuhair , I saw Floyd 3 times in the 70's and they were simply brilliant - David Gilmore is the man! I've always been a rock fan from the early days of Cream , Jimi Hendrix , Led Zeppelin , Deep Purple through to Nirvana , van Halen , and Motorhead. I love Blues as well (probably the Clapton influence whilst still at school) and the finest blues guitarist on the scene at the moment just has to be Joe Bonamassa. He played with BB King in front of 2,000 people when just 12 years old - a real child prodigy. He's made in excess of 20 albums now and his latest Dustbowl is fantastic - go give it a listen! He's touring the UK in the summer and my daughter and brother are off to Blackpool to see him - lucky devils! ------------- Mental disintegration works for me !! |
Posted By: Mikey
Date Posted: 29 April 2011 at 8:55am
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I went to the Usher concert with my sisters, was quite poor to be honest. I rather like 90s RnB, but he's just got pop written all over him. I'm very put off by RnB right now, it's just become way too sexualised and graphic. It's not as tasteful as it used to be. I've been however listening to a lot of European dance/house/trance. The best performers so far for me are Akcent, Dash Berlin, Edward Maya, Swedish House Mafia and Tiesto. 
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Posted By: Sledger
Date Posted: 29 April 2011 at 8:58am
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Thanks for that Mikey - you've just reminded me of how old I am !
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Posted By: Mikey
Date Posted: 29 April 2011 at 9:02am
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I'm almost 21 Sledger, nearly a man .
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Posted By: Clobber
Date Posted: 29 April 2011 at 9:34am
| Sledger likes Motorhead, I am impressed! Hearing Ace of Spades for the first time was probably the biggest influence on how my musical tastes turned out, and I still go to see their concerts fairly regularly even now. |
Posted By: vote4peace
Date Posted: 29 April 2011 at 1:09pm
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As a youngster I wasn't initially struck by Floyd. Took me a lil bit of hemp(not anymore) for Gilmore's magic to touch my soul. And yes How could I forget My stairway to heaven Led Zeppelin. Big Fan ------------- I distrust a camel.. and anyone else who can go a week without a drink.
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Posted By: zuhair_abbasi
Date Posted: 29 April 2011 at 1:47pm
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Zeppelin was all class I must say. Ludwig van Beethoven's moonlight sonata is a thing that I listen to almost daily.
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Posted By: spin wizard
Date Posted: 29 April 2011 at 2:11pm
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Forgot to mention I like Raggae music, although I don't listen it too often but Bob Marley is a legend. One of the finest singers ever!
I guess i'm the most niave person when it comes to music, haven't even heard of most of the stuff you guys are posting. ------------- In troubled times, being philosophical helps a great deal, it helps you to remain sane and not do any further damage. |
Posted By: Amal
Date Posted: 29 April 2011 at 4:03pm
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My favorite band- Back street boys. I specially love their song "show me the meaning of being lonely" ------------- Cricket for peace! |
Posted By: Mikey
Date Posted: 29 April 2011 at 6:27pm
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Foreign music guys? Egyptian, Lebanese, Turkish music goes down well with me
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Posted By: spin wizard
Date Posted: 29 April 2011 at 7:47pm
Seems like you're in love with "ancient countries".  ------------- In troubled times, being philosophical helps a great deal, it helps you to remain sane and not do any further damage. |
Posted By: zuhair_abbasi
Date Posted: 30 April 2011 at 6:45am
| I am a huge fan of the local music too - but only the fellow Indians would know about it - Lata, Rafi, Kishore, Talat Mehmood, Noor Jehan - love the classical music here. |
Posted By: Mikey
Date Posted: 30 April 2011 at 11:04am
| I'd like to think there's still some cultured people left around the place Spin! Aussie music, by and large, is rubbish! |
Posted By: flipper
Date Posted: 01 May 2011 at 11:15pm
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As I come From the birth place of heavy metal and my father is quite a well known guitarist I only have and only will listen to one genre of must. I started off with Thin Lizzy, Queen UFO and Status quo in the mid to late 70s but was Into my fathers music before that. Bands like The Who, Hendrix, Deep purple, Emerson lake and Palmer early ZZ Top. When The ‘NWOBHM’ (New wave of British Heavy Metal) Broke out in 1979 I became a ‘Heavy Rocker’ and still live and dress the same outside work as I did when I was 14 years old. I’ve Seen all the big hitters live over the years and still go these days, but not in the pit any more as its too much for the wife. I like so many bands it would take too long to name the all, But Iron Maiden are my all time favourite band, I even have a shrine to them in my house and am a collector of all things maiden. First saw them on the Killers tour 1980. I play guitar myself and own many ‘Axes’ I even build them Stay Heavy……and up the Irons. ------------- Warwickshire County Cricket, Edgbaston Birmingham England. County Champions 2012 |
Posted By: flipper
Date Posted: 01 May 2011 at 11:20pm
------------- Warwickshire County Cricket, Edgbaston Birmingham England. County Champions 2012 |
Posted By: Clobber
Date Posted: 01 May 2011 at 11:52pm
| who is your father then Flipper? |
Posted By: Sledger
Date Posted: 04 May 2011 at 6:32am
Big Motorhead fan Clobs , they get plenty of airplay in our house! Love AC/DC too - any band that has been at the top for 30-odd years has to have talent - Angus is my age as well ! ------------- Mental disintegration works for me !! |
Posted By: Clobber
Date Posted: 04 May 2011 at 9:55am
| I hope you aren't still dressing in your school uniform though mate! |
Posted By: Sledger
Date Posted: 05 May 2011 at 9:36am
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Actually it's close Clobs - nearly always in shorts , even in winter!
------------- Mental disintegration works for me !! |
Posted By: flipper
Date Posted: 05 May 2011 at 11:14pm
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Spoke to Angus on the phone, briefly. My old man was having work done on his Gibson in a guitar builders in Brum . My father has the same guitar as Angus but his is quite rare. Les Paul RIP, Made Gibson take his name off that style, as he never liked the design. Gibson then renamed the model S.G which simply means Solid guitar. My fathers has Les Paul on the Stock and worth a few quid. Anyhow, Angus had seen his guitar in the workshop and phoned to see if he wanted to sell, The old man was doing a gig so I passed on his message. He never did sell it to him, and these days never uses it, preferring to use his Strats or Tele’s. ------------- Warwickshire County Cricket, Edgbaston Birmingham England. County Champions 2012 |
Posted By: Clobber
Date Posted: 11 May 2011 at 9:31pm
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Posted By: Clobber
Date Posted: 11 May 2011 at 10:12pm
I was just watching a clip on TV there of Joe Bonamassa doing Just Got Paid at the High Voltage Festival in London last year - good grief he can play! |
Posted By: -JP-
Date Posted: 15 May 2011 at 11:43pm
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Favourite bands - James, Embrace, Dire Straits, The Stone Roses, Matchbox 20, Iron Maiden Favourite albums - On Every Street (Dire Straits), Millionaires (James), This New Day (Embrace) Best concerts attended - My concert experience is pretty limited but I have seen Fun Lovin Criminals (very good) and JJ72 (entirely unmemorable) play live when I was at university. Favourite Music Videos - Not a great one for videos and none spring to mind. Can anyone remember their first single / album they bought was? My first album was What's The Story, Morning Glory by Oasis (number one at the time) and my first single was, I believe, Mr Writer by Stereophonics. Still got it on tape! Agree with the Joe Bonamassa stuff - my Dad played me some of his stuff in January and I was impressed. The boy can play. |
Posted By: Sledger
Date Posted: 16 May 2011 at 6:27am
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Quite right fellas - Joe's the next big thing! Stevie Ray Vaughan was another hero of mine , along with Gary Moore ,alas , both have now gone. The 1st single I bought was Twist and Shout by the Beatles , back in 1964! (actually was an E.P and I wanted I want to hold your hand , but it was sold out!!). My 1st album was Deep Purple in Rock - 1970 - still a favourite ! ------------- Mental disintegration works for me !! |
Posted By: Clobber
Date Posted: 16 May 2011 at 9:17am
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The first single I ever bought was We'll Bring The House Down by Slade :) I can't really remember what the first album I bought was, but the first one I was given was a compilation called Axe Attack, on the then mighty K-Tel label!
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Posted By: Clobber
Date Posted: 08 June 2011 at 5:12pm
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I was on Napster today so had a listen to Joe Bonamassa's Live At The Albert Hall album. I am generally a bit loathe to listen to too much blues stuff as it is all samey samey after a while, but to Joe's credit he mixes it up really well, with a good dollop of rockier stuff and even some terrific acoustic material too. His playing throughout, it goes without saying to those that have heard him before, is sensational. |
Posted By: Sledger
Date Posted: 09 June 2011 at 2:21pm
It's a fantastic concert Clobs and getting Clapton to guest on "Further on up the road" shows how respected JB is. He definitely mixes it up and with Glenn Hughes and Jason Bonham they've made 2 albums - Black Country Communion - well worth a listen as well !
------------- Mental disintegration works for me !! |
Posted By: kirankri
Date Posted: 10 June 2011 at 5:32am
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One of my favorite albums was "Man Machine" which I used to listen a lot in 80's.
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Posted By: Clobber
Date Posted: 10 June 2011 at 9:26am
Did you see this zuhair? [TUBE]-L42YTWSJtI[/TUBE]
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Posted By: Sledger
Date Posted: 10 June 2011 at 2:20pm
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Simply one of the greatest pieces of music ever written Clobs - I have Pulse at home and drive the old girl to distraction playing it practically every weekend !
------------- Mental disintegration works for me !! |
Posted By: Clobber
Date Posted: 10 June 2011 at 2:56pm
| I love the look on Waters' face as he turns round to the wall on that clip |
Posted By: Sam_D
Date Posted: 15 June 2011 at 4:09pm
| Just back from Download Festival at Donington Park. Seen some great bands there over the years. My favourite was Iron Maiden in 2003. They're one of my favourite bands and it's the best outdoor/festival venue in the world so perfect match. |
Posted By: Max Power
Date Posted: 15 June 2011 at 4:22pm
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We're off to Glastonbury next week, I hear there are some bands playing there too!
------------- There's 2 ways of doing things - the right way, and the MAX POWER way! BT&OBCC |
Posted By: Sam_D
Date Posted: 15 June 2011 at 4:29pm
i'd imagine so :-) . Never done Glastonbury, would like to some year, got Knebworth and Reading coming up though so that'll do me for now. :-)
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Posted By: Clobber
Date Posted: 15 June 2011 at 4:59pm
| I think Iron Maiden has to be the official band of the forum! |
Posted By: Sam_D
Date Posted: 17 June 2011 at 10:40am
They should be the official band of almost everything.
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Posted By: zuhair_abbasi
Date Posted: 17 June 2011 at 11:41am
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Posted By: Sam_D
Date Posted: 17 June 2011 at 1:05pm
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Booked some tickets for The Darkness this morning. I know they get looked down on by some but they're great fun.
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Posted By: Sam_D
Date Posted: 30 June 2011 at 11:26am
| Tickets for Sonisphere Knebworth arrived this morning. Much relief as it starts on Thursday of next week. Was getting worried. |
Posted By: Sam_D
Date Posted: 05 September 2011 at 1:16pm
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Well, that's festival season over with :-( Few weeks off then somewhat unbelievably i'll start to plan for next year (buying tickets, deciding which to go to etc.)
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