Proof How Diverse Members' Tastes Are........., Genres and favs Options

[Lively Chick]

I'm gonna start by posting my fav genres and my fav artist/s of that genre. Jump on if you like.


ROCK ~ Live, System of a Down, Cranberrries, Ours, Morrissey/the Smiths

R&B ~ Anita Baker, Babyface

POP ~ Micheal Jackson, Whitney Huston, Britney Spears , Mariah Carey ( old skool )

REGGAE ~ Beenie Man, Buju Banton

CLASSICAL ~ Andrea Bocelli ( I wish I spoke Italian )

I always hated funk and Disco ( with a few exceptions ) oh and death to anyone playin Techno and Trance near me

This post has been edited by Lively Chick: May 28 2007, 8:48 pm

[Senghe]

I typed out my list but it got a bit out of hand, so I'll try a different angle:

What I can't listen to:
I can't abide is modern R&B. I've yet to find one redeeming artist unless you can count the odd Justin Timberlake song that I half like.
I'm not too fond of club/dance music which always sounds like a car alarm going off with some random girl singing over the top of it.
Rap isn't my bag either unless it's the odd song by Public Enemy, Run DMC or Cypress Hill.
Disco - bleurgh! Nauseating.

What I kinda like in the right context:
Jazz, though freeform and scat is too much for me to comprehend.
Classical though I veer towards Medieval rather than the Romantic.
Opera - oh, the overblown melodrama!
Pop. Oh, come on, who doesn't like the odd pop song? Mika's Love Today is hilarious, Shakira kicks ass and The Backstreet Boys are fabulously good for a laugh.
Country. I like bluegrass and the insane Alt-Country greatness that is Sixteen Horsepower.
Funk - Grandmaster Flash?
Folk - gotta love people with something to say!

What I absolute ADORE:
Mainly rock and it's many subgenres from Rock N Roll, Alternative, Goth, Punk, New Wave, Metal etc... You can't really neatly pigeon hole artists as the Folk and Country I like very often crosses over into rock territory. Even singer songwriters like Jeff Buckley who had extremely diverse influences can very much fall in the rock genre in many ways. And yes, even Roy Orbison who I absolutely love falls under Rock N Roll far more than anything else.

Okay, so we'll start with - Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash, Fleetwood Mac, The Doors, Moody Blues, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC.

Moving on to the 70s/80s - Blondie, The Clash, The Stranglers, The Cult, The Cure, Siouxsie And The Banshees, Gary Numan, Stiff Little Fingers, Pre Joshua Tree U2, Simple Minds,
Buzzcocks, The Mission, Sisters Of Mercy, Hanoi Rocks, The Smiths, Psychedelic Furs, A-Ha
Big Country, Killing Joke, The Skids, Depeche Mode, Crass, Crowded House, Seal.

Sort of 90s to now:
Manic Street Preachers, Jeff Buckley, Alice In Chains, Soundgarden, AFI, pre-With Teeth NIN, HIM, Sixteen Horsepower (best country band ever!), Ours, Septembre, InMe, Live, VAST, Vex Red and Dave McPherson.

Shedloads I've forgotten, but these are the ones I either listen to rabidly now or have very fond memories of.

This post has been edited by Senghe: Jun 24 2007, 6:39 am