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POLL: Favorite styles of music, ok stuff, dislike?

Many types of music are readily available.
Each of use has favorites: Classical, Rock, Jazz...
And perhaps some we really only listen to if politeness demands... and a few one would need earplugs to stay in the same room!
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POLL QUESTION: What are your favorite types of music?
Second? third? etc. What forms are tolerable but you would not buy? and what types do you head for the door?
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For me: first desert island music is Classical... Always loved classical music since teen. Preferences within Classical music: Mozarts Operas, Beethovens chamber music, Bartok/Stravinski, Debussy...
Second has been Rock, In Rock I like middle of the road stuff, Beatles, girl groups, Dylan (no heavy metal)
but I would say recently I have been learning about Jazz, and Jazz, from 1930 through 1969, is now my most played form of music. I am still learning about Jazz so picking favorites is hard. Some single items that stand out: Benny Goodman's 1939 Carnagie Hall concert. Miles Davis Kind of Blue, and Sketches ...
Stuff I am so so on is country,reggae,world,folk.
I am not willing to bear Thrash rock, most rape (though J.J.Kool is sort of listenable... Easy listening (Lawence Welk)
So this is the idea: list the stuff you like....
elizabeth
fathom7
57 posts
 
Marakanetz:

Got it. That's how I got saddled with the requirement for multiple disc players. Now at a Sony SCD C555ES that has been modded. The mods make it worth it though. It's a transport for redbook and, well, thank god I got the mods for the SACDs I have. One of which is Carol King's Tapestry. Guess why.

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shubertmaniac
348 posts
 
Elizabeth:Are talking about music as enlightenment or music as entertainment. If it is for enlightenmnet then Schnittke, Schubert, and Beethoven. If it is for entertainment then Yardbirds, Nirvana, and the Rolling Stones. The only problem with classical music is that it takes so much energy to absorb its content and reflect upon what the composer is trying to communicate. It takes a goodly amount of time to reflect on something like a symphony by Schnittke or a string quartet by Schubert, even though I might have heard it a 100 times. That is what is so amazing about classical music, each time it is played, it comes back to you anew, something fresh and vibrant.
wildoats
339 posts
 
I'm a product of the "sixties" which i define as the early 60's to mid-seventies. That's my favorite music, I guess, classic rock. Course, for me and the hellions I ran with, we also listened to a lot of country/bluegrass in those days. Mind altering substances involving sunny summer days listening to the likes of Doc Watson, Norman Blake, Asleep at the wheel, Commander Cody, Waylon and Willie, and Ozark Mountain Daredevils to name a few.
I can handle some classical; Beethoven, Mozart, Vivaldi - "Four Seasons", and will use some of the recommendations posted previously to increase my classical collection. Same with Jazz.
I go running from the room when I'm subjected to rap, electronica, or DJ crappola equivalents. To me, this is machine made gruel. I know, I sound like my parents, but IMO that stuff isn't music. Music is made by humans playing real musical instruments that take talent and skill to master, accompanied by human singing.
Really, nobody can tell me that anyone will remember virtually any artist of the rap/electronica crowd for long. The obnoxious judge from "American Idol" described one of them, Eminem, best. He claimed Eminem was a musical genius because he figured out a lot of young white boys wanted to be black. I'm going to rush right out and buy his latest.
xiekitchen
819 posts
 
Wildoats: you said it! REAl music is something to admire.
fab4fan
41 posts
 
Favorites: Lots of different kinds of classical music.
As far as R&R, the Beatles are my favorite band, but I like a lot of classic rock. Basically, the music that was popular when I was in high school (with the exception of disco).

HATE: All those power balladeers (Celine/Shania/Whitney/insert your shrieker of choice); same with male crooners; little boy bands like N'Stink (and all solo efforts by these guys); country; rap; some of the really awful music from the 80's.
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