Do re mi fa so la ti do and all that jazz. A place to talk about music.
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Do re mi fa so la ti do and all that jazz. A place to talk about music.
Continued from Music, v. 2006.3.
First post? Possibly?:)
The violin practice awaits. Hopefully I’ll get through more than usual because of this joyous SNOW DAY!
I am trying to write a song with my guitar. It’s not going so well, though. I have trouble writing the words.
2 ~ That does sound fun.
I can now play fifteen two-octave scales (badly) on the cello. Yesss. ♥
3- OK then, we need a subject to write about… …hmm… …hmm… …hmm… ………..
?????? I’ll be thinking… 
w00t! Thank you GAPAs!!!
Okay my fav. types of music include:
Christian Rock
Rock (soft and hard)
Country
Showtunes (like from musicals… my fav. ones right now are the ones from “Grease”)
Other Random songs….
Yup. I don’t have fav. bands… Well, I luv Relient K but… whatever. OH and I also like Bon Jovi!!!!!
2- I can’t write songs but I can try to help! I’m okay at poetry, isn’t songs almost kinda like poetry?
5: I thought only evangelist fundamentalists listen to christian rock. But then apparently Stryper had some good tunes.
Oh and btw, I am your superior in all things musical.
6-yes. I am still working on ideas for he subject, but everybody seems to like snow-days. Maybe we could write about the various types of frozen moisture.
Anyway, to elaborate on “yes” (heehee): most songs are poetic, and often ryme:
Snow, snow, snow,
It is so white,
O’ let it blow,
all, all night.
That was terrible, me. :blush: Now you know why I am not having much luck with writing songs with my guitar!
play a Dm, then go to C and hit it hard a few times, go back to Dm, then strum Bflat and go either to C or to F#. I’m probably gonna use that in our next dfemo…
Hmmm… I have made it my task to listen to the whole of Der Ring Des Nibelungen before february is over… so far I’m on the third disc of Siegrfied and I like it. Wagner rocks
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Mmmmm piano.
It’s actually fun to play it if you pull the front off so you can see the hammers hitting the strings.
Just make sure you know what you’re doing when you dismantle the piano…or…
xDxD
12, 13: dude. wtf?
15- It STILL didn’t go through? And now I forget what the post was SUPPOSED to say.
5- I have a shirt that says Bon Jovi… what are they like? My grandma got it for me, don’t know if she knew i was a band. been meaning to listen to them a bit…
10- *is confused* Dm? Is that D major? I don’t play guitar so it’s a bit confusing.. of well, you sounded wicked in the song they uploaded to MB, though.
Jadesotn ♥ music/musik
I put my name on the list to try out for our school’s talent show today. I’m so EXCITED! I’m going to sing “Hero”.
I just got the album Insecticide (Finally!) by Nirvana. It’s taken me forever to hunt down a copy because it was pulled of the market because of big bootlegs. I finally got it!
Anyways Alternative music pwns, anything by White Stripes, U2, Nirvana, etc.
cello kills guitar any day.
I reeeaallly like indie and atlernative stuff. THe Shins rock my socks
17- lowercase m is minor, uppercase M or no letter at all is major, D or a degree sign is diminished, and A or a + sign is augmented. I don’t play guitar but that’s how it is in my music theory class.
A song I rather like that rarely anyone’s heard of (vincent by Don McLean
Starry, starry night
Paint your palette blue and gray
Look out on a summer’s day
With eyes that know the darkness in my soul
Shadows on the hills
Sketch the trees and the daffodils
Catch the breeze and the winter chills
In colors on the snowy linen land
{Refrain}
Now I understand
What you tried to say to me
And how you suffered for your sanity
And how you tried to set them free
They would not listen, they did not know how
Perhaps they’ll listen now
Starry, starry night
Flaming flowers that brightly blaze
Swirling clouds in violet haze
Reflect in Vincent’s eyes of china blue
Colors changing hue
Morning fields of amber grain
Weathered faces lined in pain
Are soothed beneath the artist’s loving hand
{Refrain}
For they could not love you
But still, your love was true
And when no hope was left in sight
On that starry, starry night
You took your life as lovers often do
But I could’ve told you, Vincent
This world was never meant
For one as beautiful as you
Starry, Starry night
Portraits hung in empty halls
Frameless heads on nameless walls
With eyes that watch the world and can’t forget
Like the strangers that you’ve met
The ragged men in ragged clothes
The silver thorn, a bloody rose
Lie crushed and broken on the virgin snow
Now I think I know
What you tried to say to me
And how you suffered for your sanity
And how you tried to set them free
They would not listen, they’re not listening still
Perhaps they never will
(22) …I love that song. I remember it was in sime movie or something, and it really struck me how the imagery was used. Thanks for the lyrics! ^^
23- you’re welcome! I like the imagery too, especially how it relates to the painting. it’s by the same person as the song American Pie and as my brother and I were about to leave the bus, American Pie played over the radio. This led to us playing the record we have of him and then me finding Vincent on cd and listening to it on repeat for… a while.
19~ my lucky friend has With The Lights Out (the box set… NO FAIR)
If you haven’t heard Mew, you should check them out. They own.
hello! i agree . . . . great imagery . . .i have a friend who loves the song American Pie although i am more of a classical person
you know . . . like Vivaldi!!!! I think Bach , Mozart , and Beethoven r,like , sooooo overrated
:oops:hahahaha…i love making those:oops:
sorry, off topic.
Well flute rocks my socks and so does panio(sp?) and guitar, even though i am not that great at guitar yet…
…I like that song. A lot. On what all you’ve been saying about imagery, agreed. I think I am going am momentarily oing to forgive iTunes and go listen to a bit of it…
5-ewwwww. okay, don be prejudiced…. name names?
personally, i like metal. all kinds except drone, death, hair, thrash (some) eerr glam. i think thats all i dont like. and some old rock stuff like beatle, floyd, hendrix, the who etc. and i like weird al. musicals sound cool but aren’t worth listening to, because the people aren’t really talented. (at singing) umm yeah. i think thats it.
(7) Yes, FS. You’ve only reminded us your superior musical knowledge 60 billion times. We get the message.
Skipper requires new music. She is bored with her library.
OH! ranty-rant time!
I don’t really deserve to complain, but I was a bit distressed at the fact that my band director placed me in the highest level band for next year, when I specifically indicated in my audition sheet that I was only auditioning for the middle-level band. I mean, high level’s good and all, but I’m not that great of a musician and most of my friends are in middle-level. She only did it because, according to her, the other bass clarinetist (who also moved into high level band) and I have tones that go well together. Meh. So my one attempt at not being an over achiever failed. Ironic or what?
27- Yes, Vivaldi is great. Mozart is OK, Beethoven is good but a plagarizer. He took ideas from Clementi, and Viotti. The beginning of the final movement of Beethoven’s violin concerto is very very similar to part of the Viotti concerto in G major first movement. But what’s wrong with Bach? Besides the fact that everything he wrote sounds the same.
As classical composers go, the most metal (=best) ones were Mozart, Beethoven and Wagner.
the very best band ever would be a cross between Eminem, Black Eyed Peas, Gorillaz, Fantomas, and System of a Down.
30. Plus most musicals have no plot or real point, some aren’t bad though…
33- That is the only time I have (and likely ever will) ever heard someone call Mozart, Beethoven or Wagner even slightly metal. *fights urge to crack up* Yes, I am low on sleep. Why do you ask? *hallucinates*
My absolute favorite composers in the entire world are: Debussy and Chopin. I also like many others, but if I had to pick my favorites, those are them.
(32) Maybe Beethoven took ideas from Clementi, but his music is much more complex. I love Clementi, but he’s no where near as complicated or intricate as Beethoven.
32-that is interesting about Beethoven!Vivaldi is my favorite composer (i LOVE his 4 seasons).As for Mozart and Bach(although,Concerto for two violins by bach is pretty awesome . . . ) i just don’t see why they get all the glory when people like vivaldi and debussy r just as good!!!!!!!!!
38-Beethoven is alright ,but i advise u to look at some of Brahms music ,or,if that’s not your style,try Stravinsky
I’m having a brain block right now!!!! I can’t remember who Vivaldi is!!!! *hits self with brick* ACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
40 (kricket)- He was a violinist/composer who wrote a lot of stuff around the 1600s. He had asthma and red hair. He was awesome.
Did Squire only write for cello or something? I’ve played multiple pieces by him, and no one else seems to have heard of him at all.
(adding on to previous post)-i forgot to add Weird Al and Blind Guardian into my mix. now that would be the ultimate rap/cyber hip-hop/hip-pop/metal-with-ADHD/heavy metal/comedy/powermetal band. w00t!
(39) Debussy. Yes. Claire de Lune is a favorite of mine.
(42) Metal with ADHD! I like how you put that. XD
41- Oh yeah…. Thanks! Who’s Squire?
I don’t have favorite artists or types of music. I just like random songs from all over the place. And I have heard that song by Don McLean.
42: Dude. You like BG and Eminem?? That is so wrong. The gods curse you!
*is happy tat he has no idea what BG is* but anyway. no offense but that would be slightly horrid. ive heard rap metal. it sounds atrocious.
47: BG is Blind Guardian.
Are we going to R.R.R. a song? (see 2)
I haven’t come up with any good topics yet. I hope the idea is still OK with everyone.
A really random fact:
There’s a band called Muse (I think if its labeled right on itunes.) It’s this odd alterinive stuff. The german exchange student left it on the computer. It’s weird.
Also, I am still in charge of writing a musical and another person in my group is a @$% musical genius so i can’t do ANYTHING right.
50: Yes, unfortunately there IS a band called Muse, and a great steaming pile of overrated junk it is. ZOMG ITZ NOT LIK UTHER INDIE MUSIC MUST BE DEEPZ MAN! Bleah…
As for the musical, pull a Mel Brooks and write lots of stupid rhymes, bad puns and jokes on sex.
i write song here: (a spoof of White Christmas)
i’m dreaming of a giant, rubber chicken…
he’s about 5 foot 7 or so…
he’s got glowing red eyes, and really big fangs,
and he only dissapears when i take my medication…
(in case any of you want to know, that’s a Walbridge song. don’t even ask.)
We were at easton today and went into hot topic to laff. Then bill was like “i feel bad, i’m so perky,” so she went up to some lady and was like “am i too happy?” and the lady was like “um…” and bill was like “well i want to be emo but i think i’m too happy” and the lady’s like “well, do whatever you want” and walked off. ’twas hilarious. oh and they had a dead bunny and it was really cute if kind of scary. megan was like “aww, it’s dead, that’s so cute…wait…what did i just say?”
we also went into bose and listened to random moosik on the sweet speakers. they’ve got some good musik on the sample ipod thing there.
Then we went to the apple store and watched charlie the unicorn (with the charlie the unicorn song! that’s musik, right?) we sent it to feathers too. we made up a new yahoo for it but he’ll know it’s us anyway.
rap is painful
queen is amazing
is styx christian? monty says they’re not, but rach says they are. they do some religious type themes, but it’s not like all they do. anyhoo, i like them
I have very recently learned to play Blowin’ in the Wind on my guitar. Oh yeah!
19: I was listening to WS today…Take, Take, Take. It made me laugh. Have you listened to The Raconteurs at all? They’re similar to WS (And, well…Jack White is in the band, so yeah), only not quite as minimalist.
34: Now, that would be interesting.
42 (Oo, super-spaecial 42nd post): Hey, if you want some ADHD metal, try listening to Dragon Force! LOL
Yays! I’ve been waiting for another one of these threads.
I just found a cool new-ish band that I like that – *Gasp* – isn’t metal – The Vincent Black Shadow. I love Cassandra Ford’s voice.
(53) “Emo” is not a state of being. It’s a type of music, and that’s all. I dislike the term because, aren’t we all emotional? Unless you’re a robot.
I think we need a questionnaire, and as such, Axa to the rescue.
1 What is your favorite song/band at the moment?
2 Favorite classical instrument?
3 What’s a song that has a deep/significant meaning to you or in general? (State why, if you like)
4 If you could meet or see any musician (dead or alive) who would it be?
5 If you have a music player that allows shuffling, pick the…um..42 song that comes up. Or the tenth, whichever is easiest.
Answering my own questions XD :
1)Lately I’ve been listening to a lot of Johnny’s Entertainment. Which is actually a company or whatever but you know what they have beautiful voices. Mostly NewS and KAT-TUN. -cries-
2) The cello! I think it has such a deep, sorrowful and soulful sound…if I could play any instrument, I would really like for it to be the cello. Or the piano!
3) Just because I’m listening to it right now, Ain’t Afraid to Die by Dir en grey. The song doesn’t have very heavy instrumentals, but it’s enough. The emotion in Kyo’s voice gives the song everything; at once anguished, raw, and fading away. The lyrics, paired at times with the piano, are simple enough, but paint the vividest picture…and ajfnabajk I’m rambling but this song is amazing I can’t get over it.
4) Conor Oberst (Bright Eyes)
Or Miyavi which could have happened but noooooooo5) HAHAHAHA VANILLA BY GACKT. Okay this is the best song ever. Vanilla Live=Fond memories.
Cool Axa!
1) My fav band at the moment is Relient K. Actually my fav. song is…. hmmmm…. hold on it’ll come to me… ah yes! My fav. song is Keep Holding On by Avril what’s her last name… It’s from Eragon.
2) I don’t have a fav. classical instrument.
3) Such hard questions! Ummm… Probably the song “Undignified” by David Crowder. I don’t know why though….
4) I don’t think I’d like to meet one of my fav. musicians. If I had to pick, I probably would pick Johann Strauss just because he was the “Waltz King” and I did a report on him in German class. Seriously, I really don’t have any desire to meet any famous musician. Now, if he/she were a famous writer… Then it would be different.
5) I don’t get the question.
all right! a questionaire!
1)ummmmmmm… probably Your Horoscope for Today by Weird Al Yankovic.
2)either pipe organ or piano. or harpsichord or clavichord. or all four.
3)I like any Gregorian Chant because it is so beautiful
4)probably Mozart because he was so amazing
5)I Am the Walrus by the Beatles
56-that’s what it started as. not so much any more.
1 What is your favorite song/band at the moment? erm…um…ah…well…um…hmm. i’ve had piano man stuck in my head all night, so i’ll say that…
2 Favorite classical instrument? is trumpet classical? i mean it can be…
3 What’s a song that has a deep/significant meaning to you or in general? deep significant meaning? i’m sure they all do, i’m just too lazy to figure it out
4 If you could meet or see any musician (dead or alive) who would it be? another tough one. i don’t know that i’d want to meet anybody really. i like the music, not the musicians
5 If you have a music player that allows shuffling, pick the…um..42 song that comes up. Or the tenth, whichever is easiest. Not listening to anything right now, and ipod be upstairs. Sowwy.
ebeth is skared for jazzy bandness
56: yes, emo is a state of being. It’s a fashion group, like rappers, mods and skinheads. As far as I’m concerned, emos are way down the line along with rappers, punkers and skinheads. Bleah.
Ok, questionnaire…
1) fave band at the moment? don’t have one, but right now i’m listening to Pagan’s Mind
2)fave classical instrument… probably the violin
3)Anything I listen to.
4)I wanna meet Tony Kakko from Sonata Arctica…
5)Something no one here ever heard of.
1)fave band?no thank u . . . . i have to say Brahms Hungarian dances . .
2) violin . . .(i play) . . . . cello is pretty fr00dy 2 but i don’t even get the point of the viola or piano
3)all of Vivaldi’s 4 seasons
4)Vivaldi!!!!!!!!(see above) or the famous(though i bet no one here has heard of her) violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter
5)what?oh,sry,no ipod
now ,i have a question of my own:
any1 here play the cello?
oh, and HELP my smileys don’t work – they just do this-
hey!!! it wrked!!!-sry
teehee,that’s so much fun
32- um, everything Bach wrote sounds the same? It’s more like everything Vivaldi wrote sounds the same.. Bach’s stuff is reallly diverse and interesting. Vivaldi wrote the same exact piece 300 different times.
Okay, so I just got back from all-state orchestra, and it was _amazing_. This is my second year to go, so I kind of knew what to expect, more or less. We played the Bartok Concerto for Orchestra (hard hard hard) and the Dvorak Carnival Overture (fast fast fast) and it was really fun. I was actually kind of surprised that we managed to pull the entire thing off.. I love the bassoon solos in the second movement.. so great.. Actually, this year, I think the thing I gained out of it most wasn’t playing in the orchestra (we had a really fantastic conductor and violin sections last year, and while this year was good, it wasn’t as good) but a sort of feeling that yes, I actually did belong in the firsts in the top orchestra.. Also I met a lot of people and hung out with my friends and stuff and had a really good time socially..
1 What is your favorite song/band at the moment?
Bartok Concerto for Orchestra. Pretty much the entire thing. the violas are great in the fourth movement, and the bassoons in the second. And the fifth movement is like wow, especially when you’re taking it at 500000 miles per second like we did.
2 Favorite classical instrument?
violin, yo
3 What’s a song that has a deep/significant meaning to you or in general? (State why, if you like)
Shosti 5th symphony. All-state last year. Mindblowing.
4 If you could meet or see any musician (dead or alive) who would it be?
George Harrison.
5 If you have a music player that allows shuffling, pick the…um..42 song that comes up. Or the tenth, whichever is easiest.
10th- Britten: the Young Person’s guide to the Orchestra – Theme.
42nd- wow, from the same CD, Saint-Saen’s Carnival of the Animals : Elephant.
That’s kind of weird that they were both from the same CD…
Ah, the old “all sounds the same” idea.
It’s the way your brains work, me dearios. I’m not sure if it’s inbuilt or cutlural, but the mind is obsessive about categorising things. When it meets something new, it shoves it in a broad category (eg. big loud animal) so it can recognise it again. If it has to deal with the same thing repeatedly, it will progressively narrow down the category ( big loud brown scary animal) until it gets down to the critical details (This – lion. This – cow).
So, all Chinese people look the same if you haven’t seen many and never held a conversation with one. All trees look the same if you’ve never wandered through a forest desperately searching for the one that sells conkers. And Bach all sounds the same. So does Vivaldi, so does Wagner, so does all classical music if you’re not familiar with it. Likewise rap, yodelling and Javanese gamelan. It’s only when you’ve listened to LOTS of Bach that your brain gets familiar with the similarities, ignores them and starts seeing the details.
Oh, and beware of prejudice. Any prior antipathy can lock your mind into the similarities and stop it seeing the detail. It’s the foundation of racism, and it’s the reason a lot of people will say they don’t like classical, rap, gamelan, country, whatever, because it’s not “cool”, or polite, or worthy, or it’s boring, or it’s the wrong shade of green.
Ironically, a lot of people can’t stand Wagner because he was a proto-Nazi, and a lot of his music is racist. Alas, it’s true, but he was also a genius. If FrigidSymphony can work out how Wagner organised those vast chord sequences to create the epic structures of the Ring, we could get Wagnerian Rock. Now that would be a major contribution to world music. Or not, depending on how it turns out.
(57) Oh, well if you have iTunes (and I think Windows Media Player has this options as well) you can shuffle your songs in a random order. I was bored, sorry for the weird questions. XD
(60) Hmm, well I agree it has sort of morphed into a fashion type and etc, but it was still originally a type of music and I continue to think it’s ridiculous to refer to yourself as emo. Blehneskjbsad.
(64) George Harrison…Good choice. Also, good job at that all-state competition!
62- I love Brahms Hungarian dances. I have DEFINETELY heard of Anne-Sophie Mutter. The point of viola is that some people prefer the tone of a viola to the tone of a violin. Piano is such a great instrument. I quit because I got bored and wanted to focus on violin more. I just don’t have time for practicing violin and piano. I wish I did, because it’s a real drawback for my composition not being able to play piano very well.
64- Vivaldi influenced Bach. I don’t really enjoy things Bach wrote for piano. His violin compositions are AMAZING… I mainly admire Vivaldi because his style of writing was completely new.
1 What is your favorite song/band at the moment?
Right now… Elgar violin concerto, 1st movement.
2 Favorite classical instrument?
Violin.
3 What’s a song that has a deep/significant meaning to you or in general? (State why, if you like)
Beethoven violin sonata no. 4 in A minor. I don’t know why.
4 If you could meet or see any musician (dead or alive) who would it be?
Paganini.
5 If you have a music player that allows shuffling, pick the…
um..42 song that comes up. Or the tenth, whichever is easiest.
42nd- Violin concerto No. 1 in B flat major K.207 Allegro Moderato (Mozart)
10th- Spanish Dance Op. 26 No. 8 (Sarasate)
314th- 4. Allegro assai- Sonata No. 3 in C, BWV 1005 (Bach)
65: So he was actually a proto-nazi and not just appreciated by Hitler? Huh… Oh well, the story is good since it’s taken from a Norse epic that’s very good.
And yes, prejudices happen to me too. However, I find myself prejudiced against stuff because it’s bad. And I just can’t get myself to like bad music. Sorry.
1 What is your favorite song/band at the moment?
I’m really into the Grateful Dead right now. Anybody else like them?
2 Favorite classical instrument?
Probably the organ. Yes.
3 What’s a song that has a deep/significant meaning to you or in general? (State why, if you like)
The Who’s “Behind Blue Eyes” is meaningful to me. I’m not really sure why. I don’t even have blue eyes. Oh yeah, and “Comfortabley Numb” by Pink Floyd. Again, I have no idea why.
4 If you could meet or see any musician (dead or alive) who would it be?
I’m currently undecided on this issue.
5 is not applicable.
“Ridin’ that train, high on cocaine…” Isn’t that too drug upholding for you people?
(65) Thank you! Someone is finally able to articulate what I’ve been thinking. Boo at the need to place everything in a neat little box and sell it as rap or emo or whatever. Music is music.
62- eh, I’ve heard of Anne Sophie-Mutter.. I don’t like her interpretation of some pieces, though…
The point of the viola is 1. it’s lower, and 2. it has a different tone. In some ways it serves the same purpose as a second violin or an alto, in that it’s an inside, harmony voice, but also it can like play melodies and make different tone colors and stuff… kind of more like an oboe than a clarinet or flute, for example.
68- what makes it bad?
71: But music does need definition, or you have no idea how to orient yourself.
73: I can’t listen to anything with no talent. If I hear talent, and I might not like the music, I can still respect it, like I do with lots of old 80s rap. But with music like pop, or punk, or britpop, or indie rock, or modern rap, or nu-metal, there’s just no talent whatsoever and I find it horrible.
65- You have a good point there. Just because some people listen to a certain type of music, it doesn’t make them bad or anything.
75- but what do you define as talent? And how do you always know if there’s talent present? I mean, the things that you think make a person “talented” might have nothing to do with someone else’s definition of talent..
14- that is the awestomnest thing to do i love it.
i like the beatles…. they got talent…. i also like songs in japenese.
78- Yeah, the beatles I can actually stand listening to. I mostly listen to classical though.
56: Your survey thingie…
1 What is your favorite song/band at the moment? My favourite band will probably always be MCR, but right now I can’t stop listening to Fear’s in the Water, by The Vincent Black Shadow…esp Metro.
2 Favorite classical instrument? Don’t know
3 What’s a song that has a deep/significant meaning to you or in general? (State why, if you like) Welcome to the Black Parade, and Famous Last Words, both by MCR. They both convey a message that pretty much says to carry on no matter what, no matter how awful your life is.
4 If you could meet or see any musician (dead or alive) who would it be? …One of the guys from MCR.
5 If you have a music player that allows shuffling, pick the…I like to listen to albums separately; I’m not one to shuffle them when listening to my iPod.
58: Gregorian chant is awesome. I like it when it’s incorporated into rock / metal (ex: some of I Am Ghost’s stuff).
Okay, this kind of relates to musik.
Have any of you guys seen those cassette thingies that you can attach to your iPod, put the cassette in your car radio, and then listen to your iPod? How much do they cost?
Ok, questionairre, I just forgot how to spell questionairre so I hope that’s right, but it looks wrong:
1 What is your favorite song/band at the moment?
They Might Be Giants seem to be taking up a lot of time/brain space recently.
2 Favorite classical instrument?
No idea.
3 What’s a song that has a deep/significant meaning to you or in general? (State why, if you like)
Deteriorata. Kidding, kidding, I wasn’t serious. um… I’ll get back to you on that. Birdhouse in Your Soul pwns in general. Your Horoscope For Today is still represetative of Barnum, weird musical friends, and “my husband” from last may/june. The Pi Song is representative of math and my math geek friends from eleven months ago. The Traffic Light Song is representative of friendship and Lisa and insanity, also last year, but I don’t have a recording. Defying Gravity is wonderfully inspirational. more later…
4 If you could meet or see any musician (dead or alive) who would it be?
Tom Lehrer.
5 If you have a music player that allows shuffling, pick the…um..42 song that comes up. Or the tenth, whichever is easiest.
10- The Hunting Song, Tom Lehrer, Remains of Tom Lehrer disc 1
42- New York City, They Might Be Giants, Dial A Song: 20 Years of They Might Be Giants
314 (I hate myself for killing the buttons on my iPod, so I’ll see what I can do in iTunes with a different shuffle)- (It’s) Hairspray, Various Artists, Hairspray: Original Broadway Cast Recording
I also like Weird Al.
58- I ♥ that song. Not even kidding, sadly enough. Your Horoscope For Today was my #1 most played for many many months until I heard Birdhouse In Your Soul. Now it’s #2.
(74) I see what you mean, but I still think you should judge a song by your own standards, and not by what it has been labeled as and the preconceptions that go along with it.
70. FrigidSymphony: “You people?” Are you referring to my religion or what? I can’t believe i’m even answering this… Two points:
1. You’re taking one line from the song and basing your opinion of said song on that. The song you’re quoting from, “Casey Jones”, is about a train engine driver who wrecks into a train coming the opposite way. It is not supportive of, or even about, cocaine use. Next time you want to quote a song, try listening to the whole thing first.
2. This said, i’m not going to try to deny that the Grateful Dead were heavily into drugs. They were. However, you yourself said, “If I hear talent, and I might not like the music, I can still respect it…” I try not to base my musical likes and dislikes on the personal lives of the musicians. If i did that, i’d be stuck listening to the wiggles or something. Sure, if all their songs were just obvious encouragements to take drugs, i probably wouldn’t like them. But they rarely directly mention any drug in their songs. And their stuff actually makes more sense to a person in his right mind than a lot of stuff from their heyday. And don’t you try to tell me that the Grateful Dead didn’t have talent or i’ll probably virtually kill you. Everybody screws up, some are just more obvious about it than others. It’s not like taking drugs made them bad people. Or at least not any worse than anyone else. That is all; sorry for the rant.
Answering the survey because I like surveys.
1 What is your favorite song/band at the moment?: Mmm…heavily into Garbage right now. So I guess they count.
2 Favorite classical instrument?: Cello. Or bassoon. I play both.
3 What’s a song that has a deep/significant meaning to you or in general?: I think “Walk On” by U2 is really quite deep, just because it has so many nice layers to it. There’s the activist part of it and the global part of it and the terribly personal part of it. And it’s a really good song. Just in general.
4 If you could meet or see any musician (dead or alive) who would it be?: Dunno. Actually, I have no clue on this one.
5 If you have a music player that allows shuffling, pick the…um..42 song that comes up. Or the tenth, whichever is easiest.: My music player that allows shuffling is my laptop, and my library is pathetic right now, so I’m not going to attempt this one in real life. I will instead pick the song I am listening to right now, which is “Such Great Heights” by the Postal Service.
@genres: There are two kinds of music: music you like and music you don’t. These categories are fluid, and vary from person to person. I like Apocalyptica. I like U2. I like Gackt. But just because I like them doesn’t mean other people have to to have good taste in music. If they do, that just means they have similar tastes to me. Someone who hates all three and likes, say, MCR (I apologize, metalfaery, but I never understood their appeal) does not necessarily have bad taste in music, but different taste. No music is inherently superior or inferior. The way people hear it and interpret it changes how they feel about it and how good they personally think it is.
I am perfectly willing to argue this more but it is late and I need to get some sleep. Bring it on.
67 Ah, Bach’s piano music. Another old chestnut. Bach didn’t write anything for the piano. The early piano existed towards the end of his life, and he did play around with them, in association with his mate Gottfired Silbermann, but there weren’t enough around to be worth writing music for them. All his so-called piano music is for harpsichord or clavichord. The reason you’re not keen on it might be because it’s always played on the wrong instrument.
And now talent. You’re pushing all my buttons on this thread.
Forget the idea of some God-given aura called talent. It’s a myth. Sure, some people have a natural aptitude for the arts, but 99% of it is hard work. Mozart beacame a musical genius because his father started intensive training when he was 3, and by 6 he was playing concertos, composing and becoming a celebrity. If his dad had been a carpenter, Mozart would probably have ended up as the finest furniture maker in Vienna.
Composing is about the management of complexity. Most people can invent a decent tune, and by hammering away at a keyboard, they could work out some chords to go with it. But doing something really interesting with it is another matter. In the right hands, a ten-second snippet of music can be upended, twisted, supported, paraphrased, and generally extended through variations in instrumentation, key, tone colour, until it turns into a quarter of an hour of compelling, inventive music, which hangs together as a whole without ever repeating itself or becoming random or tedious.
You only get to that level by spending years trying your hand, studying other composers, learning the tricks of the trade, and constantly challenging yourself to create something more difficult, complex and interesting than anything you’ve yet attempted – ultimately, something more difficult, complex and interesting than ayone else has ever achieved. It’s also a distinct advantage to be a really good player on several instruments, so you know the parameters by instinct, adn understand how they fit together.
That’s why Wagner is so brilliant. He can construct a continuous, compelling narrative lasting over an hour, which hangs together as a whole, but constantly changes, drives you along emotionally despite your misgivings about the antisemitic undercurrents, and all seemingly constructed from odd scraps that you could hardly call tunes. He does it by having an absolute, total, hard-won understanding and mastery of how music works.
And it’s the same with painting. But I have to go and get a mailshot in the post.
Have fun!
PB&J.
84- Wow. you really have got a point there. No arguments from me.
65-Wagner point: Goes for Ezra Pound and Konrad Lorenz. Lorenz is the only one I can bring myself to care about. Then again, my ancestors were Cossacks.
1 What is your favorite song/band at the moment? I really like Juliette and the Licks. Favorite song might actually be ‘A Rum Tale’ by Procol Harum.
2 Favorite classical instrument? Serpent. Because Danny Kaye played it.
3 What’s a song that has a deep/significant meaning to you or in general? (State why, if you like) “Holiday In Cambodia” by the Dead Kennedys.
4 If you could meet or see any musician (dead or alive) who would it be? Ravel. “I want to die. There’s music in my head that won’t come out.”
5 If you have a music player that allows shuffling, pick the…um, le plus celebre?
“Beds Are Burning” Midnight Oil
“Where Is the X-38?” The Phenomenauts
Does anyone else sometimes feel that a lot of younger classical musicians are incredibly pretentious? I’m not talking about anyone on the MuseBlog, but someone a few days ago told me not to do my hair that way next time, it made his flow “convolute.” I almost headbutted him in the stomach, Glasgow-style. Wanker.
*sorry for the double post*
83-I agree with you about this. Music =/= narcotics. And yes, after Pigpen died, things got worse for the Dead, but it’s still incredibly influential, important music.
The Zombies are the most underrated band in rock. Duran Duran never got taken seriously, and Arcade Fire I dislike on principle as they are English Canadians who grew up in Montreal and think they’re special. Maybe it’s a Canadian thing no one can understand, but the BareNaked Ladies and Ian Tyson are better examples of Canadian music. Also, Evanescence has problems and I think reparations should be brought to Carrie Underwood and Gnarls Barkley.
(84) Yesssss. For every person who says a song is “good” there will doubtless be someone who dislikes it, and so on. It’s like, there’s no truth, just perspective. Well, so the most part. -fails at explaining things- Okay but you get my point here.
Also. I love The Postal Service.
84: No, you totally misunderstood me. My post was a crack taken at most of the people on this blog, who, IMO, are from very strict parental backgrounds (see some examples in the dating discussion). The GD have talent, I don’t really like ’em that much, but they’ve got some awesome blues guitar. And they were total junkies
As for talent, it’s practice and effort and skill which exists in so many non-appreciated bands and totally lacking in the mainstream appreciated music. It took some jerk 5 minutes to write the latest 50 cent radio hit, and bands like the Arctic Monkies are just messing around with simple chord progressions and ear friendly melodies. They suck. They get appreciated. I hate them.
I love the Zombies! I agree wth Pentatonikk. I think the phrase “good taste in music” is really pretty ambiguous. However, talent is not. Some music just takes more mastery of the instrument used, or the voice, to play. For instance, some singers have good voices, like, say, Grace Slick. Others, like Neil Young. have pretty average voices. But Neil Young can play guitar rather well and Grace Slick doesn’t really do anything but sing. Anyone who has read my other posts would know that i like both Pink Floyd and the Grateful Dead. Within the category of rock, their musical styles are very different. Pink Floyd is extremely precise and exact. If a single note were at the wrong time or the wrong volume, the whole song would fall apart. With the Grateful Dead, the same song is rarely played the same way twice. If you skip a chorus here or add a few words there, who’s going to care? And they can improv like nobody’s business. Both bands have great instrumental talent but used it in very different ways. Bands can be talented in different areas and still sound good, if not necessarily to the same person. Bands can be talented in no area, become extremely popular and sound pathetic to anyone with half a brain.
Mirror (The Outside Looking In)
I feel like I’m so alone
I have a heart so made of stone
As the echoes of my past run through my heead,
And I’m longing for the sunshine just
To down its’ light on me
I want to be somebody else
So I can be set free…..
(Refrain)
Oh let me in, just let me go
I know you here
I feel so-oo
Like I colud be the one to see you
Someone who could even be you
Like a mirror
The outside looking
The outside Looking i-in….
Feeling clouds as pure as rain
Look upon me with disdain
I can’t say Ive never sayn
What I know inside me,
I feel so trapped
So inside out
And i can know without a doubt
That Im not meant to be here in this sea
Of confusion
Illusion
Something that I’m losing all right, all right…(Refrain)
(Bridge)
It’s all right
It’s my time
It’s my life
I’m gonna shine,
It’s all cool
Now I rule
I feel so alive!…(Refrain)
Broken glass all
On the floor
You ain’t in there any mo-or
Im free to find whats there
Discover what’s in store,
I can live my own life
I decide what’s my strife
Im no longer
Never been
On…On…On…
The outside
Look-in’ i-in…….
I agree with penty. People can decide what music they like and don’t like. No one song is superior than the other. It may be of higher musical quality, but it doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t listen to the other song.
80 – Don’t know, but my dad has one and I got my own set of portable speakers for, like, ten or fifteen bucks. That was aroiund Christmas and they’re still working well, so it’s a really good deal.
88 – Well, some people are like that. I play the piano and trombone, both classicals, and everyone tells me that I’m the kindest person in the grade. I think that guy was really jerky.
Just repeating the questions for people who don’t want to dig through all of the posts to find this.
1 What is your favorite song/band at the moment?
2 Favorite classical instrument?
3 What’s a song that has a deep/significant meaning to you or in general? (State why, if you like)
4 If you could meet or see any musician (dead or alive) who would it be?
5 If you have a music player that allows shuffling, pick the…um..42 song that comes up. Or the tenth, whichever is easiest.
1. Fave song – right now (it’s probably going to change in about fivve minutes) it’s Lithium, by Evanescence. Fave artist – I’m gonna go with The Who at the moment becauase “Love, Reign O’er me is stuck in my head from hearing it on iTunes. (though it is becoming rather irritating)
2 – Piano. I’m a composer and actually have had a few of my songs performed for special events.
3 – “My Immortal” by Evanescnece, probably becuase lonliness realtes to my life in lotsa ways.
4 – Snow Patrol. “Chasing Cars” is often in my head and I’ve grown to like the song quite a bit.
5 – Der Kossimar, by Falco, was the random song my mouse landed on. Most of Falco’s other songs are, to say the best, slightly strange.
I am a very music-oriented person and always have a song going through my head. It has now changed to “American Pie” because of being on MB=Kokopelli=Pieing. And I like nearly every genre of music and pretty much every band, except for Rap and some Country. Maybe FridgidSymphony will stop being so harsh about Green Day and Evanescence, and hopefully everyone else too.
I’m sorry everyone, I just like music. Recommend a band and I’ll probably like it.
(95) Ha, my favorite song changes a lot too. ^^ Have you ever woken up with a song in your head? Because I have and it’s odd. O_o
56-okay, imaybe somebody already did this, but ima have to correct you to emotionally charged hardcore punk. and i dont like it either.
95-bleh. evanescence. try lacuna coil.
97: second the motion. Evanescence is a total ripoff off of Lacuna Coil. Lacuna Coil are the main creative force behind the genre, but Evanescence are better known because they’re not italian and get lots of media coverage. HATEHATEHATEHATEHATEARRRGHHH
28- u ever seen a bass flute? i had kiwanis to day and i played bass flute with my flute choir.
now me i think my favrit music is basicaly beatles and themsongs to anime shows.
has anyone seen this is spinaltap? rockumentary of my life… i love it
98-Hey! I like Lacuna Coil! We have something in common! Weird.
99-I love that movie. Ever seen Slayed?
As it happens, I know someone who can play the intro to Fishbone’s “Party At Ground Zero” on a harmonica.
I love ska. And no, No Doubt does not count. What metal is to Fridgey, ska is to me.
99: I really want to see that, but my parents probably wouldn’t let me. Oh well, i’ll see it eventually. I can imagine it now. *screen ripples indicating a daydream* I am 89 years old and in some old folks home watching TV. Spinal Tap comes on. I spring from my chair, suprisingly quickly for a 89-year-old, sending oxygen hoses and IV tubes flying every which way. “I finally saw Spinal Tap!” i shout at the top of my imploding lungs. *falls down dead on the floor, having lived a full life*
100: For some reason i’ve been really into ska lately. Ever heard of this Hawaiian band called Upstanding Youth? They’re froody.
*hides face is corner* whats ska?
102: Cross between punk, folk and jazzy blues. I don’t really like it that much, but it has it’s points. Check out Ska-P.
I just bought I/Between Two Worlds. Awesome Black Metal!!!
102- It’s okay… You can come out of the corner now.
because I’m curious, estimate the number of cds of different genres of music that you own. you get to name the types. For example (not my cds, I’m just giving an example) metal:5 Jazz:22 ska: 12 etc etc.
i don’t really have any cd’s. but i’ll estimate how menny there would be based off what songs i have…classic rock: um…10 or so mebbe? jazz: 4 or 5 musicals: 3 or 5. rock in general: 7 or 8? motown: 2 or 3? idk.
something like that. actually i have a lot where i get like one or two songs off of a cd since i have like NO SPACE grrrrr…but yeah, that’s a general idea…
I counted all my metal cds recently…I have 123 cds.
This is my third day home sick…
I. am so. Bored!!
ok, my favorite bands are:
green day
Gn’R (if you dont know whoat that means then google it)
songs: ok a lot but my favorites are holiday/boulevard of broken dreams by green day, and paradise city by Gn’R
i dont have many cd’s even though i have tons of songs
108: And this belongs in the music thread because…?
Oops, I meant to post that on the random thread. *Realizes how out-of-it she is*
109: Dude. I have to complain. How can you put Green Day together with GnR? It’s just so… wrong!
50- Oh, I’ve listend to some of their songs. They’re okay.
1 What is your favorite song/band at the moment?
Mmm, probably Coldplay. They’re my favorite band in genera.
2 Favorite classical instrument?
Flute! w00t!
3 What’s a song that has a deep/significant meaning to you or in general? (State why, if you like)
Ooh, trickey. Every now and then I pick a song that feels most like me at the moment and listen to it for a while.. havn’t done so in a while though.
4 If you could meet or see any musician (dead or alive) who would it be?
Aggh, another trickey one. Umm… the Beatles all at once is way up there, but I’d also really enjoy meeting Butterfly Boucher…
5 If you have a music player that allows shuffling, pick the…um..42 song that comes up. Or the tenth, whichever is easiest.
42nd it is. Have to get of comp. now though, so I’ll post it later.
Just listened to Lacuna Coil and Evanescence has been bumped down a few spots on my “Favorite Bands” mental list. Kinda sucks that I don’t have enough cash to buy a CD at the moment.
Current song in my head: “I’m a Little Teacup” becuase it was a proposed punishment to some of the people in my choir to have to sing that (with the motions) because they left thier robes all over the floor. I’m choir president, so I’ll probably get to decide at practice tomorrow. I have to admit, It would be pretty funny watching sixth graders singing a childrens’ rhyme.
I’ve been listening to too much They Might Be Giants this week. If such a thing’s possible. It started when I thought the six day snowday weekend was the perfect time to listen to some of the songs I hadn’t heard yet on my iPod, but now one’s almost always stuck in my head.
42nd song on ipod when shuffled- “Bouree” by Jethro Tull. All flute+guitar. I’ve been working out the flute part to that by ear, actually. Hard, I’ve only gotten a few measures in. But oh well.
115-download it.
113-yeah. lol. at first i had n idea what gnr was bt then i saw paradise city and was like oooh. anyway.
the cd’s i have are all ridiculously bad(all like five of them). all my good music is from the internet. but… lemme check my itunes for a count.
okay. that was no fun. too many to count. but i have teh 100 greatest albums ever (rollingstone) and 30 rammstein albums. so i have a lot.
115: LC are one of my favourite bands, too. If you’re going to buy one of their albums, I would recommend Comalies. Karma Code (their newest album) is okay, but they do a lot of experimenting w/ different sounds in it – Comalies defines them more.
10.1 days of music and climbing!
I’d have to say my favorite music is wandering somewhere between the Red Hot CHili Peppers and Nickel Creek
And Audioslave
Anyone even heard of Nickel Creek? I went to one of their concerts and it was amazing.
117-Bouree? Like, the Bach piece? I just played that on cello for a competition
42nd song when shuffled- Uncle John’s Band by the Greatful Dead….Dont really like that band, but their ok I guess
The Lacuna Coil singer needs to discover Claratin, but thats just my personal opinion
Sorry about the double post but….
2/3 Thats kinda funny Ive been trying to write my own guitar song….
Not to sound overly modest, but I can play 12 3 octave scales on my cello
Why, why did they send her over anyone else? How should I react? These things happen to other people. They don’t happen at all. When you’re following an angel, does it mean you have to throw your body off a building? Somewhere they’re meeting on a pinhead, calling you an angel, calling you the nicest things. I heard they have a space program, when they sing you can’t hear there’s no air, sometimes I think I kind of like that and other times I think I’m already there.
Sorry about that. I’m currently listening to that repeated over and over again and it’s stuck in my head. I’ll shut up now.
I can play two or three 2 octave scales on my trombone. You all with your 12 three octave scales can’t do a proper glissando, though.
I was sad to discover iTunes is not anywhere near perfect when the song I was playing (see above) skipped when I was plugging my iPod into the computer. The format issues are intentional, I think.
*sings along*
I found out she’s an angel.
I don’t think she knows I know.
I’m worried that something might happen to me
If anyone ever finds out…
Now it’s stuck in my head.
*sings along too*
I met someone at the dogshow she was holding my left arm but everyone was acting normal so I tried to look nonchalant.
OK, that one goes in the Kokonvention Songbook.
3 days grace is good
122/3/4/5 – darn, now I’ve got that stuck in my head also…
126: Is that the bunch of depressed canadians being lame?
119-yeah. thats what i have. the one with the sunflower.
i only have 8.7 (and climbing, of course.)
*feels extremely happy that he has no idea what these people are singing*
120-$%#@$% u beat me.
has anyone head the new dream evil album? its really good. (united) oh, and by anyone i really mean FS, as no one else even knows who dream evil is
129: United is frickin awesome, but The Book Of Heavy Metal is far superior.
Jeesh, I only have two days of musik (776 songs…somewhere between 50 and 60 CDs)!
how do you figure out how many days of music you have?
132: Itunes tells you at the bottom of the playlist.
I’m playing lots of Blackmore’s Night on the guitar. So I can play songs with a mediaeval/rennaissance feel to them without a whole backing minstrell group with bagpipes, lutes, hurdy-gurdys and whatnot.
Okay, only have 6.6 days of music, and that’s the entire library. Woah.
Judging by the amount of time I spend listening to iTunes and my iPod, I thought that there would be a lot more.
Okay, song in my head right now is “I’m too Sexy” by Right Said Fred because it’s all my little bro has been playing for the past month. That and “Popular” from Wicked.
I have bought some NEW SONGS on iTunes.
Pocket Calculator by Kraftwerk
Tanzmusik by Herbert Weixelbaum
Whip It by Devo
It’s More Fun to Compute by Kraftwerk
That’s Good by Devo
Hoodie by Lady Sovereign
Suddenly I See by KT Tunstall
My Sharona by The Knack
Ya like ’em?
mmk. at some point in time i said on here that the dark ride was the best helloween album, and FS said keep of the seven keys pt 2 was the best. and… hes right. lol.
136: Hahaha… True, Part 2 is probably the best Helloween album, objectively speaking, even though I prefer Keeper Of The Seven Keys: The Legacy.
ARGGHH iTunes. I won’t start. I won’t mention how it deleted all my songs/movies from my iPod because I had manually manage music and movies or whatever it is unchecked and sync music unchecked and I won’t mention how it did that THREE TIMES and how it took me way to long to finally figure out why it was doing that and get the songs to stay on the iPod.
138-well, if sync music was unchecked, why do you expect it to sync your music?
Ah, poor me. Only a shuffle, so barly a day and a half of music. Or at least, thats what it held. I think I left my poor baby in the ice rink, more than an hour away, I can’t find it anywhere…*cries*
Mom says I should get a new one… they do have the new shuffle out in color… but i don’t like it as much as I liked the old shuffle, even though it holds more music. *sob*
mmk. i just was looking around the internet, and i found this linked to on youtube. it was the most disgusting, horrific awesome thing ive like ever seen. and it was japanese. and it was called. Dir　en　grey　OBSCURE yeah. if oyu look tat up on youtube, it will come up. anyone ever heard of it before? or like what else they do”? or like what else is worth listening to by them?
I own you, iPod!!! I pwn you!!!
I’m excited because I just got a video on my iPod from youtube. Even though I followed instructions from wehow.com, it working is still exciting!!! The Helsinki Complaints Choir. It worked!!! The subtitles are tiny, but legible. It worked!!! *skips off humming a bizarre mix of She’s an Angel and some finnish chorus*
Just ordered a new shuffle of iTunes. Hello, 1GB of song space! Whee! …in 2-5 buisness dayy, that is. How long is that in real days?
It’s blue, by the way.
Haha, I laugh at your puny 1GB ipods… Behold, the mighty ipod of power: Sixty GigaBytes of glorious metal!!!
I don’t think I have that much music…
It’s true, I only own 4 cds that I listen to. Then I have a mix of about 20 random songs, and a mix of about 20 random songs my friend gave me. Then I had 3 cds(coldplay, w00t!) from the library on my old one. I’m trying to get a Modest Mouse cd from the library too. I’ve only heard one song by them but hey, I can always take it off if I don’t like it and it’s free music.
Though I’ll probably end up putting more on the new one… holds about 100 more songs than my old one.
On;y 4-6 days left…
I have only 2 days of music on itunes *embarrassed* but, in my defense, most of my cds aren’t on my computer.
135: Yay, Devo…
I now have 796 songs…Everything from metal to power pop.
I’m downloading an album from this band called Escape the Fate right now…I guess if you’re into hard rock, then maybe you’d be into them.
i only have a 2gig mp3 player. i wanted an iPod, but this is what i got. anyways, how can all of you afford these shuffles and nanos and 60gigs? i had to work for half a day just to save up for paying for half of Twilight Princess (my allowance paid for the other half). my sister’s boyfriend has a 12gig, though, and it’s filled to the brim with metal, so it’s awesome when he let’s me use it.
135-i only know the last two.
115-evanescence rocks.
148- 10 dollars a week+never going anywhere besides the library, which is free+no social life+bag lunches=extra cash. Though these past thee days I’ve killed my stash… with the iPod and 3 books from brders and the flute rock songs book… only one was hardcover, though.
Oooooh!! Today, we went to the music store and I got a new flute!! Well, I compared 3 for about half an hour and finally chose one… it has an inline G, though, so they’re ordering one with an offset one for me. SHould be in by Tuesday! Squee!! It’s a Gemimeheart(sp?), very good brand. Solid silver, white-gold springs, and the extra B foot joint.
Open holed! I’m really happy. I wish I could play my solo on it, but I doubt I’ll be used to it by then. 
I currently have a beginner Yamaha, and this one is so much nicer… I can’t wait till we get it ! 
139- I expected it to not delete my music, and to not continue syncing changes made in the library.
I got an ipod for Christmas- its Awesome! Only have a 1 GB, but I don’t see how people can ever listen to more than 1GB. ever.
I play the cello, but i only really started liking it this year, when i look back on all of the horrible music teachers i’ve had, i can’t see how i even got this far. no wonder our band is awesome and our orchestra can only sometimes play with them
151: If you listen to metal, with it’s vast underground of talented musicians constantly making wonderful music, then yeah, you need that much music…
Metal is okay, but I havn’t really heard that much. And the Folk-metal band I thought was cool and stll can’t spell (Elvietie? Elvuitie?) isn’t sold anywhere around here and isn’t on US iTunes. So… none for me. Plus, around here ‘metal’ seems to be Evanescence and things like that. And we all know how you feel about them, Fridgie, so no need to rant more. Meh.
152- actually, if you dedicate yourself to any form of music you need that much. Metal isn’t the only form of music that has substance and intelligent fans..
153: It’s Eluveitie. And actually you can try ordering cds from bookstores. Apparently Barnes and Nobles has a good ordering service.
155- Really? We don’t actually go to bookstores that often though. We’re sort of far away from most, so the library is my main source. But parentals did not take me to the library today despte my earlier request. Meh.
Actually, now that I think about it, the library might order it for me. They do that with any books I want, maybe with cds too. Hmm… I’ll have to ask Pat at the next book group thingy. She’s cool, she was giving out candy at my school once and I got 8 extra peices because I knew her
Yum.
i just discovered a really cool band called korpiklaani. and another called epica. not the album, the band.
157: Korpiklaani is awesome. “Happy Little Boozer!!!!”
I got my flute! YAY!! It has a gold-plated mouthpeice, which I didn’t even know we got! Plus I got to practice my solo with the piano today and yesterday, and probably next week too. That’s waaaaay better than last year, when I only got to play with the piano twice. I got a II on it…
Hopefully I’ll do beter this year, though.
Alright, as I have decided I can’t really say I’m not a big fan of metal music unless I”ve listened to some of the good stuff, I’ve decided I need to listen to some. FS and DDOD, f you could recomend 5 (5 total, from both of you) good songs for me to get off iTunes, what would they be?
omg, I got my new tuner! I love it! It’s a SAT500, and actually tells you how many cents you’re off, and makes pitches, and is really easy to get to respond, and generally IS LOVE!
160- Yeah, I got a nice tuner too(for Christmas).
They definatly are love. Esspecally when you have to tune several times because the heat keeps kicking on, and off, and on, and off while practicing. Does yours have a metronome? I hate playing with a metronome. I normally end up ignoring it. Meh.
i really want a tuner really bad because i use a school viola and those things are always out i am dead serious
161 – I have a seperate metronome that also generates pitches, but the tuner does the little needle thingy and also generates pitches, but doesn’t have a metronome.
My metronome doesn’t go fast enough for the stuff I try to play.
164 – why don’t you just adjust the number of beats you count per metronome beat? For example, you can have 4 beats per metronome count instead fo 2 or 1.
Did someone say metronomes? Yikes. *runs and hides*
Because Yngwie says the piece is played correctly at 16th notes on 200. My metronome goes up to 150.
166- My thoughts exactly. My teacher keeps telling me I absolutly need to practice my solo with one, and I keep procrastinating on it…*shudder* meh.
Metronomes may seem evil, but they’re necessary. Especially if you want to play stuff like Meshuggah, which is some of the most polyry^thmically complicated stuff ever.
169- Doesn’t ‘Meshugga’ mean crazy? Yes, I can se you’d want a metronome for that. But I’m not very good at counting to figure out a tune(esspecally syncopated rythems). I can play better if I hear someone else play it first, the copy the tune a whole lot better than trying to figure it out.
167- your metronome only goes up to 150? *scoff scoff* Mine goes up to 250. And down to 30.
Check out some of Meshuggah’s stuff on youtube. Like In Death-is Life/In Death-Is Death. Extremely difficult.
MUSICA!!!!!!
I have played piano for 9 years. My favorite composers are:
-Khatchaturian
-Ginastera
-Chopin
-Joplin
No one has ever heard of these people, but whatever.
I think that I shall take up violin this summer. Let them buy earplugs!
Going back and reading the posts, here is more:
My favorite bands are:
Green Day (My favorite song is Holiday)
Red Hot Chili Peppers
My Chemical Romance (esp. Welcome to the Black Parade)
Black Eyed Peas
Wierd Al
Lynard Skynard
Beatles
Gwen Stefani (sometimes)
etc.
Basically anything that has a good beat, good lyrics, and not too many swear words or stuff like that. Unless they are saying them too fast for me to understand.
i like
greenday
red hot chili peppers
my chemical romance
black eyed peas
weird al
beatles
gwen stefani
Hmm… I like almost all the music I’ve heard, except for rap and some more recent kinds of hip-hop. Esspecally alternative and rock.
175: One bad band after another (with the exceptions of the beatles, wierd al and possibly chili peppers). Honestly, get some musical education. Go listen to Helloween or Sonata Arctica.
I ♥ the Beatles. But when I don’t have one of the songs by them and look for it on YouTube, all I find is every fool and his guitar playing the opener to ‘Blackbird’ or some other such song.
177- Oh I’m sorry. No one’s as good as you are they? I cannot stand you.
I like:
My Chemical Romance
REd hot Chili peppers
Fergie
Green day
JUstin Timberlake
The Beatles
Nickleback
And pretty much everything else, BUT I HATE RAP!!!!
179- you hate rap, and yet…. nickelback?
159-coolness. umm. nothing too hard….
power-helloween.
back in black-acdc
hmm.
hmm
into the moonlight-dream evil
sweet child o mine-guns n roses.
mr torture helloween.
i mean five songs is like nothing, so its hard to get the best ones, but those are all really good. and many of them are like classic.
sorry if some of that may not be considered metal.
170-yep in yiddish.
gaaah. i just got a guitar. arent i special. its cool. and i got an amp too. and im trying to play back in black. and its very hard.
177-and whats sonata arctica? *goes off to youtube*
wows…… verrrrrrrrry good. *goes off to pirates bay*
sweetness!! discography, with seeds!!! party time…..
180- Okay, I’ll get them then post reactions later after I hear them.
172- Okay.
…
Hmm, it was interesting. I like the way the guitar sounds, but not the screaming quite so much. Though now we see that the actuall reason guys grow their hair long is so they can flip it up and down while playing guitar and screehing.
…
still listening, and one of the guitarists is now drinking red bull durring a lull in the music. Oddment.
…
More hair-fliping. Hmm.
Well, I have to say that was diffeent from what I normally listen too.
I’m currently doing weeding in iTunes. Listening to songs in a smart playlist I just created of songs that haven’t been heard yet. I have some pretty weird stuff in here. The Dr. Demento CD. Why’d I put that on here? Why not, of course. And the Drowsy Chaperone soundtrack. That’s new (last December) I’ll listen to it when I want to relive the show sometime. Deteriorata is surprisingly funny. Anyone ever heard of it? And now something new is coming. I think I bought the Relient K album because it was one of the things suggested to me on the bus to mathcounts. By someone whose suggestions I was feeling especially receptive to. It’s not bad. Really, it’s almost the extreme of early tmbg, the serious songs, with more guitar and drums. Almost. I was worried by the itunes bio mentioning religion, but it’s not bad, and they haven’t said much yet, so I’m ok with it so far. And the song titles can be the best. I’m making excuses now. Really, if I need excuses, is it good? And some of the songs are bad quality (from downloading?). I’m rambling and trying to multitask while devoting my full attention to the music. Not working. As you can probably tell. But seriously, it’s really bad quality sometimes. Should it be doing that?
Pay no attention. Thinking while listening to music for the first time or reading doesn’t work well. An immersion thing.
so did anyone apply for summer camps?
183- I think my mom signed me up for a week of summer band overnight in connecticut. Sometime late July? And I always go to the local summer band program my teacher runs, jr. high/hi skool monday nights whenever. And I think marching band starts over the summer, but I really don’t know about that yet. So that’s a yes? Maybe? Since this is the Music thread.
181: screaming is an acquired taste. The special thing about Meshuggah is the polyrythmic stuff they do and complex intercourse between guitars.
(177) Helloween! One of my favorite bands listed them as and inspiration for their music…wow I definitely need to listen to them. If you had any suggestions for particular songs i would certainly appreciate that. And I agree with your later comment about screaming being an acquired taste. While I’m not exactly listening to screaming, I have been listening to heavier music, and it’s a lot better than before, somehow.
I love listening to completely opposite bands one after another. For example, a song like “Sugar Pain” by the GazettE and then ANYTHING by NewS oh lordy this is fun.
I recommend all of you use radio.blog to listen to music online. No really, half the stuff I like, I wouldn’t have been able to hear if not for that site.
185- Yeah… I don’t really see many people falling for it the first time. I did notice the tricky guitar bits, though, they were cool.
Reacation to songs listed in 180
Power(Helloween)- I liked this one. It seemed a bit heavy for me the first time through, but then after I listened to it again I liked it more. The lyrics are cool too… It’s a bit screehier then my normal stuff, but I like it.
Mr. Torture(Helloween)- I like the opener on this one… the lyrics are a bit creepy, but I expected that. The guitar part is cool, and they’re voices/singing are… interesting. In a good way.
Into the Moonlight(Dream evil)- I like these lyrics… they’re cool. I like this one a lot.
Sweet Child O’ Mine(Guns n’ Roses)- Another cool opener. I didn’t like this one as much at first, then when I listeded more I liked it better. It’s not as heavy as the other ones.
Back in black by acdc I couldn’t get, camron said it’s not on iTunes yet, so I’ll listen to it on You Tube or somewhere. Or that radio.blog place Axa sugests.
Haha, I made my friend Lianna listen to these in Bio, and her words of describing them were “Bondage mistress/kinky kinky.” Her words, not mine. Her way of saying metal(ish)/goth-emo, though it’s not really.
187-heh. most people think dream evil have the stupidest lyrics. and i forgot how acdc wasnt on itunes. go you! i wanna see FS’s list…
166 – why are you afraid of metronomes?
I have many metronomes. I think the battery-operated one with a dial ranges from 30-250, and the really old fashioned one…*doesn’t know*
188- Really? Huh. Well I’m odd like that.
I listened to a bit of Helloween but I wasn’t really that impressed.. it seemed fairly typical and derivative to me..
O_O 187: don’t associate metal with emo. We hate them with a passion.
But whatever, here comes my band list from my ipod with a genre description. looooong list…
Adagio (neo-classical prog metal)
Adorned Brood (black-folk metal)
ADX (speed metal)
Aerosmith (hard rock)
After Forever (acapella operatic metal)
Aina (power metal opera)
Airged L’amh (epic black metal)
Alice Cooper (from psychedelic [late 60s] to industrialish hard metal [2000])
Altaria (power metal)
Amon Amarth (viking metal)
Amorphis (prog metal)
Angel Witch (New Wave Of British Heavy Metal)
Angra (power metal)
Annihilator (thrash metal)
Apocalyptica (classical metal)
Aria (NWOBHM- from Russia)
Aragorn (thrash)
Arch Enemy (melodic death metal)
Arcturus (progressive atmospheric black metal)
Ark (fusion rock metal)
Arkona (folk metal)
Armored Saint (Heavy Metal)
Arsis (melodic death)
Arthemis (symphonic power metal)
Ashen Light (folk black)
Asmegin (viking folk)
At The Gates (melodic death)
At Vance (neo classical power)
Atheist (jazz thrash)
Attacker (powe)
Avantasia (power)
Axenstar (power)
Axxis (melodic power/hard rock)
Bal Sagoth (epic death)
Battlelore (epic power/death)
Behemoth (death)
Black Label Society (hard rock)
Blackmore’s Night (mediaeval crossover)
Blind Guardian (epic power metal)
Bloodbound (power)
Brother Firetribe (retro-80s rock)
Carcass (death of all sorts)
Cellador (power)
Celtic Frost (epic death to doom)
Children of Bodom (melodeath)
Communic (prog)
Coroner (thrash)
Cronian (prog)
Cruachan (folk pagan)=
Cryonic Temple (power)
Cryptopsy (technical death)
Crystall Ball (hard rock)
that’s i for A to C…
192-metalcore….. its just the tr00 or kvlt people who hate emos. well, and everyone else… lol. but still, metalcore.
“Aria (NWOBHM- from Russia)” oxymoron?
nwobhm from russia?
ive heard of about half of those. and listened to about a tenth. and like about a twentyth. lol and why the hell do you have Chrystall ball but not candlemass?
192- Well, neither of us really listens to either that much, but after hearing your previous rant’s I it I don’t really think of them together now either.
Wow, that’s a lot of bands… lotta music. Though you have what, 60GB? Compared to my 1GB? You would have to have a lot of music to fill up that…
180- Umm…. Nickleback is in no way similar to rap.
i have a pink mini 4GB
193: They’re a russian band who play an imitation of NWOBHM bands like Saxon and Iron Maiden. NWOBHM isn’t only a geographical and chronological definiton, it has a certain sound.
And what does Crystal Ball have to do with Candlemass?
Dark At Dawn (power)
Dark Lunacy (symphonic death)
Dark Tranquillity (melodic death)
Deicide (death)
Devil In The Kitchen (folk)
Die Apokalyptischen Reiter (thrash power folk)
Dio (hard rock)
Dionysus (power)
Domine (epic power)
Draconian (doom)
Dragonland (symphonic power)
Dream Evil (melodic power)
Dream Theater (prog)
Drudkh (folk pagan)
Edguy (power/hard rock)
Eidolon (hard rock)
Einherjer (viking)
Elfsword (black pagan)
Eluveitie (folk death)
Elvenking (folk power)
Enforsaken (melodic death)
Ensiferum (viking)
Entombed (death n’roll)
Equilibrium (viking)
Europe (melodic rock)
Evergrey (dark melodic)
Evil Masquerade (theatrical)
Fairyland (power)
Falconer (power)
Falkenbach (viking)
Final Chapter (power)
Finntroll (folk black)
Firewind (power)
Folkearth (folk)
Freedom Call (power)
D – F
Out of all the bands you have listed so far I have heard of four, listend to/enjoyed two, and played one band song version of a song by another.
My new absolute favorite song is “(*Fin)” from Anberlin’s new album… the best word I can think of to describe it is epic. Check it out sometime.
197-well, notihng except their most famous album is called crystal ball. and you dont like them? what, no doom metal?and swap the labels of edguy and dream evil.
also, why no acdc?
i would list my bands, but it would be totally skewed because i got the 100 greatest rollingstone albums in a torrent.. and i only like about a tenth of those.
wait, you know what? im bored. ill just go through, omitting bad ones,
acdc
avantasia
beatles
black sabbath
blind gaurdian
cradle of filth
candlemass
cannibal corpse
darkthrone
deicide
dream evil
edguy
epica
guns n roses
hammerfall
helloween
iron maiden
jimi hendrix
john lennon
judas priest
lacuna coil
ledzep
manowar
metallica
motorhead
motley crue
nirvana
paul simon
pink floyd
pearl jam
rage against the machine
rammstein
ramones
rob zombie
sonata arctica
sum 41
system of a down
u2
the who
wolfmother
misc in no alphabetical order
anthrax
pantera
kiss
white zombie
slayer
slipknot
yngwie malmsteen
ozzy osbourne
megadeath
dio
mmk. i KNOW im missing alot. thats like just the ones i have tons of songs y. (i was scrolling really fast in itunes)
but still, i pale in comparison to FS. “i plead youth!!!! im only 13!!!”
200: wasn’t the best Candlemass cd Epicus Doomicus Metallicus? Not that I’d really know, I’m not into that much doom except Sabbath and Reverend Bizarre, which has a strong rock n’roll influence to it’s sabbathy doomishness.
183- yup, well I haven’t actually applied yet, but I’m guaranteed admission because my teacher is on the faculty. It’s a festival for high school, college, and graduate, and I’ll be in 8th grade in september so I’ll be one of the youngest. My teacher has a couple other students my age that will also be there. 4 weeks in a dorm, with a four hour chunk of time in the morning set aside for practice… bliss.
201-oh oops. indeed. teh song is called crystal ball.
202 – coool. I applied to Encore and also Aria and the camp where I went last year, but I want to go to Encore.
Also, you might know: What is the violin concerto that goes duh duh DUM, da dada SCREECH – like, a a e, a aa e, with the first a the third note on the e string, second a the octave above, and then it goes on later to this part on the G string like, a3-d4 d4 a4, a4 b4 g4 f4 g4 a4 a4 a3 a3 a3 a3 d4, etc. I’m not sure if I’m in the right octave, but yeah…
actually,never mind – it’s Lalo’s Symphonie Espagnole..
WHo likes Damien Rice? I’m learning some of his songs now to woo sweet irish hippie lass. And I bought O today. Cannonball is great.
206- Never heard of him, sorry. What kind of music is it? (knowing you, somthing meatalish, but you never know)
207: Nope, not at all. He’s an irish guy who plays acoustic melancolic songs. Go check out Cannonball on youtube, great song.
WE NEED A NEW THREAD!!!
Request seconded. Hmm… if I wanted to post lyrics to a song I did not write would I do it here or on the Poems&songs thread?
Request granted. Watch for it…