The Sound of Music...what you like - Can we talk? Forum

I've never cared for U2. And yes, Bono does have a massive ego. Even big enough to rival Celine Dion's.

This should really go in the joke thread:

There are some people you should never invite to your house, particularly if you're having a party.

1. Dolly Parton - she would never get her bosom through the door.

2. Liberace - he would never get his piano through the door.

3. Bono - he would never get his ego through the door!

#52 May 09th, 1:46pm

Not sure I get the Bono ego thing. I guess I've never seen him in interview.

#53 May 09th, 1:50pm

It's always been a running joke back home. The other cool thing to do is to either claim you went to Mount Temple (the school where they met) or that you know their families.

#54 May 09th, 1:51pm

I haven't either but I can tell he thinks he's all that.

#55 May 09th, 1:52pm

It's probably the way he walks. Allegedly, it's a swagger, but actually it's the weight of his ego!

Rats! I've fallen back into the "cool" thing. I do love him, really. :D

Edit: do people have a "right" to have a big ego if they are supremely talented and have piles of dosh and whatnot?

#56 May 09th, 1:54pm . Edited May 09th, 1:55pm

I have a huge ego about being smart. I once said to my mom that it's alright to think you're superior to people when you are. What else are you supposed to feel?

#57 May 09th, 1:59pm

I have a huge ego about being smart. I once said to my mom that it's alright to think you're superior to people when you are. What else are you supposed to feel?

You get such a ragging back home if you act superior that I learned not to do it. There are times when I have laid claim to vast swathes of knowledge - only to be knocked on my bum! I reckon God is carrying on where my parents left off! ;)

#58 May 09th, 2:01pm

Yeah well Ryan and I are much more scholarly than our families and we tend to know all the answers to everything including 'why is the sky blue'.

Back to music.

I want to complain about the price of large venue concerts. I wanted to see The Police when they were on tour but not for $130. Anyone else?

#59 May 09th, 2:22pm

Yazoo have been dead since the 80's and Vince Clarke's other project, Erasure, hasn't had a hit for ten years or more. So why are the cotton-picking tickets to Yazoo's show £45 quid, eh? Eh? UB40 didn't charge that much, and they are still going!

ROAR!!

#60 May 09th, 2:29pm

Daughter of Thranduil

Good grief, yes! Trying to get tickets to any gigs around where I live costs a fortune!

#61 May 09th, 2:30pm

Yazoo's gig details:

Manchester Apollo, Manchester, Lancashire Sat 7 Jun 2008, 19:30

Your Ticket(s) Section Row Seats Description CIRCLE U 19 - 18 PRICE LEVEL 1 REAR CIRCLE RESERVED SEATING Type 2 FULL PRICE TICKET Ticket Price £45.00 x 2 Service Charge £5.50 x 2 Rear circle? ROAR!!

#62 May 09th, 2:36pm

Nine Inch Nails is going on tour again and I can get advance tix cuz I'm on the mailing list. They aren't coming around here the first leg. The last time we saw NIN tix were $60, we had to drive 120 miles (gas and tolls) pay $10 for parking and NIN only played for an hour and a half at most. I was SOOOOO **. The concert was over by 11 pm. They played just as long as Queens of the Stone Age who opened for them. Not that I didn't enjoy QotSA (see previous post) but I didn't buy the tix to see THEM.

#63 May 09th, 2:43pm

OUCH!

*Sympathy*

#64 May 09th, 2:45pm

Obelisk of Light

I've been listening to some Frank Klepacki's compositions over and over again lately. The man is a fantastic video game music composer. His music is mainly electronic stuff, or "rocktronic", as he likes to call it.

#65 May 11th, 10:12pm

A song I keep listening to lately is Stargazer by Rainbow. It's sort of what you'd call proto-symphonic metal. Symphonic metal is metal music infused with orchestral elements. Stargazer is, as far as I know, the first metal song to be played with a full orchestra. It's a fantastic song, Ritchie Blackmore on guitar, Dio on vocals, and some really good lyrics. Most of Rainbow's stuff is very fantasy-based and this song is no exception. It tells a story of a man enslaved along with many others by some sort of a wizard, as he's called. They're forced to build a tower of stone, by which the wizard hopes to reach the sky (probably linked with the ancient belief that by building up, people would reach the gods). Of course, when the wizard tries to use his tower to leave the Earth behind, he falls as the builders of the tower look on. It leaves off with the people now free and going back home. There's another song that continues the story, A Light in the Black, which is also very good. I'd recommend these songs to anyone who enjoys that sort of music.

#66 May 13th, 4:41pm

otherrealmwriter

I have been listening a lot to Avenue Q songs and these songs by this regge rabbi called Matisyahu

#67 May 21st, 6:42pm

Interesting point: The story of the Odyssey was made into a 24 minute song by Symphony X. Good song.

#68 May 29th, 6:41pm

Virtuella

My favourite singer of all is Paul Simon. I especially like the "One Trick Pony" album, followed by "Rhythm of the Saints" and "Graceland".

#69 May 30th, 10:12am

I was just listening to Simon & Garfunkel's Greatest Hits. I've been listening to 'The Boxer' on repeat. I do love that song - well ALL their songs are great. And I just recently learned why Scarborough Fair makes no sense to modern listeners - it's a 1600's folk song about an elf capturing a girl and promising to set her free if she can do an impossible task. The refrain 'parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme' represent different emotions and are explained in herb lore. Pretty cool huh? You can learn more by googling the song meaning.

#70 May 30th, 10:29am

Virtuella

Oh, I always thought is was some kind of spell that she had to break to get her lover back.

#71 May 30th, 10:34am

It was originally a duet with a woman and a man - the man would tell the woman to do an impossible task and then the woman would reply with a more impossible task. The Scarborough Fair was an old month-long festival where people from all over Europe would come to trade goods.

#72 May 30th, 10:41am

Virtuella

Well, I like a lot of the old Simon&Garfunkel stuff, too, but some of it I find just too cheesy, especially "Bridge over Troubled Water".

I am very partial to Paul Simon's lyrics. :D

#73 May 30th, 1:51pm

Me and my buddy are finally co-ordinating to get our tickets for Alice Cooper :p. Might get 'em this weekend, though the concert's not till October.

#74 May 30th, 4:01pm

otherrealmwriter

Nice! Alice Cooper rules and if you can get them more power to ya! :) (and I'm so jealous there's an Alice Cooper concert where you are at)

#75 May 30th, 6:57pm

Good band: Kamelot. I only started listening to them recently, but they're really good.

#76 Jun 04th, 2:46pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuK2A1ZqoWs&feature=related

I heard this song the other day and it is f'ing amazingly good. I just bought the album on ITunes. I haven't listened to the whole thing but it is very impressive. Most new music nowadays doesn't do much for me.

It's 'Handlebars' by Flobots

#77 Jun 17th, 3:50pm

My buddy sent me a song last night by a band called Avantasia. Pretty good stuff. I'd recommend one song of theirs called The Scarecrow.

#78 Jun 27th, 3:19pm

Years ago, the Guiness Book of World Records used to have an entry for 'Loudest Band in the World'. This category was held for many years by the Who, but it was eventually discontinued because the people at Guiness thought it might be promoting hearing loss. The band commonly believed to hold the title of Loudest in the World is the American metal band, Manowar, and they are apparently constantly trying to break their old records to continue holding their place.

#79 Jul 03rd, 1:36pm

The Eighties musician and singer Howard Jones played a concert somewhere in Canada, and the police came to investigate complaints of excessive noise. Howard proved to them that his instruments were not the problem - 'twas the crowd cheering. "So if you want to go to each one of them and ask them for $2.45 as their share of the fine," explained Howard, only to be told it would not be necessary!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE61Bz7IHKg

http://www.howardjones.com/

#80 Jul 03rd, 2:00pm

Saber Apricot

I like classical, OSTs (basically soundtracks to TV shows, games, movies, etc), instrumental, and popular Japanese music (it's a ridiculously large and vague genre).

#81 Jul 03rd, 2:46pm

Hall of the Mountain King, anybody? By Edvard Grieg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzyi3C4gNnE

That, and March of the Toreadors, by Bizet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DNGMoMNLRY&feature=related

#82 Jul 03rd, 3:15pm

Peachss

I love almost every genre of music.

Artists, on the other hand, I am picky about.

I also play/write my own sheet music, so I always sit and scrutinize music until I can hear and feel every note played (or sung, I guess this shows I love classical or symphonic music most).

#83 Jul 03rd, 6:16pm

Kalani Lin Titania

The music I listen to, I would say is mostly Pop, R&B, and Ballad, and you can throw a little Rock in there as well. I mostly listen to Japanese, Korean, and Chinese boy/girl band songs. I also like listening to Reggae and Hawaiian songs like Ekolu, Zack Kekona, or Justin Kawika Young.

#84 Jul 03rd, 7:44pm . Edited Jul 03rd, 7:45pm

I also play/write my own sheet music, so I always sit and scrutinize music until I can hear and feel every note played (or sung, I guess this shows I love classical or symphonic music most).

RESPECT!! I wish I could do that. Tell us more about the instruments you play, and post links to websites if you have made any clips of yourself.

Edit: Hi Lin, welcome to the forum. Please feel free to post links to relevant websites that have footage of your bands playing, so we can enjoy them too.

#85 Jul 04th, 10:46am . Edited Jul 04th, 10:47am

Kalani Lin Titania

Well before I leave to go places, I decided to place some music. (Glad to be here Wendy-onni)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwSDM0EZ2S0 - Tong Hua by Guang Liang (Fairy Tale by Michael Liang)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3DBMZsF0Gk - Yue Ding by Guang Liang (Commitment by Michael Liang)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZiYYpmpKSc - Good Lucky by Super Junior H (Happy)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8wFzQu1WGQ - One More Aloha by Justin Kawika Young (Don't be fooled by the video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F02-riBo4NE&feature=related - My Eyes Adore You by Justin Kawika Young

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODpRui6sOGA - Marry U by Super Junior M

#86 Jul 05th, 3:57pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaX4Ac2-Fww

I just found this studio recording of Nine Inch Nails 'The Becoming' (Still version). For those not into NIN, Trent always records like, five versions of ever song he writes. I always loved this song. The original version is pretty creepy. This version is very beautiful and more intense than the original studio recording. I really like the live performance feel. I've been listening to it for 2 days. If you like progressive metal weird rock styles you'll probably dig it.

#87 Jul 06th, 2:55pm . Edited Jul 06th, 3:02pm

omfg it is stephy

I like whatever that sounds good to me. O: I don't like listening to music on the radio most of the time. I usually don't like rap or country. _ Uhh, the genres I tend to listen to are Electronica & Industrial. Blahh, most people don't like my music, so yeahhh.

These songs have been stuck in my head O_o:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-bQCleq0zU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxYh-6Nf5IQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlDSZDXBJTQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4yndU6NqUE

#88 Jul 17th, 3:38am

Nemblewhiska

Looks like I'm the first country music fan to post here. Give me screeching guitars and wailing fiddles any day of the week and I'm happy. I've been listening to a lot of Miranda Lambert, Josh Turner, and Big & Rich lately, mostly through YouTube, because the country stations around here only play the popular artists.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCd8Ig9RLqY - "Gunpowder and Lead" by Miranda Lambert. Can you tell me what little girls are made of?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_uhQu0JUXc - "Between Raising Hell and Amazing Grace" by Big & Rich. One of my all-time favorites!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhQHkPSHZRw - "Nothin' Better to Do" by LeAnn Rimes. Another of my favorites.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPPXHiaiKqs - "Firecracker" by Josh Turner.

Yes, I am a hick and I'm proud of it! YEE-HAW!!!

#89 Jul 17th, 7:06am . Edited Jul 17th, 7:09am

X With Some Y

Meh, I'm more of a metal person. Mostly for NWOBHM (And bands that are just plain heavy metal, British or otherwise), symphonic metal, gothic metal, power metal and progressive metal.

Anyways, one of my favorite metal bands is Tarot. They hail from Finland and have had a good underground following for many years, until their lead singer/bassist joined Nightwish, and they emerged from the underground. But hell, they deserve all the fans they can get.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWMPVjCgQPI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAQcvfddEGQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5J0qMu_l34

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_qsBD9b-Cw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SpPRe58ps4

I could list as many as Youtube could give me.

Anyways, I could list many more bands. I also like some rock, and I happen to like Depeche Mode as well.

#90 Jul 17th, 11:38am . Edited Jul 17th, 4:34pm

K.E.R.P

When it comes to music, I really into the older bands like Iron maiden, but I have been listening to alot of Nickelback and have become a fan of them, oddly enough I like Caramelldansen!

#91 Jul 17th, 2:40pm

Hello K.E.R.P., welcome aboard. What's your favourite song?

#92 Jul 17th, 2:41pm

K.E.R.P

Can I have more than one? becaus eif so then they are 'The Nomad' by Iron Maiden, 'Hallowed be thy name' by Iron Maiden, 'Rockstar' by Nickelback, 'Her portrait in black' by Ateryu and 'The kiss of dawn' by HIM

#93 Jul 17th, 3:06pm . Edited Jul 17th, 3:06pm

I like Iron Maiden's Run To The Hills.

My favourite song is "Ain't Nobody," by Chaka Khan. My taste in music is wide and varied.

#94 Jul 17th, 3:12pm

Iron Maiden rocks. 'Nuff said.

#95 Jul 17th, 3:15pm

K.E.R.P

I agree Iron Maiden rocks, UP WITH THE IRONS!! Sorry just had to do at! Gotta go now, be back soon.

#96 Jul 17th, 3:26pm . Edited Jul 17th, 3:28pm

Hey K.E.R.P., care to join us in the chat thread? Al is in there now.

#97 Jul 17th, 3:31pm

X With Some Y

"Iron Maiden, 'Hallowed be thy name'"

Good taste there, comrade. I love Iron Maiden.

#98 Jul 17th, 4:33pm