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Blindwillie
New Member
USA
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 Posted - 01/27/2005 : 17:21:32
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Im new here and i would like to know what skeptics listen to. But try to stick with your favorites from the past. Im just curiouse. im new here and i would like to make new friends.
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Dude
SFN Die Hard
USA
6891 Posts |
Posted - 01/27/2005 : 18:28:56 [Permalink]
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Lets see...
Beethoven, Beastie Boys, Motzart, Metallica, Vivaldi, Iron Maiden, Floyd, Led Zepplin, Buffet, Skynnard, Clapton, BB King, and I could go on here for a couple of pages.
Metal, rock, classic rock, classical, and blues. That kinda sums up what I listen to, but I will say that my taste in music is rather diverse. The only music I really don't care for is country.
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
Sweden
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Posted - 01/27/2005 : 18:37:46 [Permalink]
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Symphonic Rock makes up a substantial part of my collection.
In no particular order: Magnum, Kate Bush, Jethro Tull, Marillion, ZZ-Top, Dream Theater, Kiss, Depeche Mode, Queensr˙che, ABBA, Jean Michel Jarre, Classics (sometimes: Bach, Mozart, Grieg, Chopin, Beethoven, Verdi, Bizet... Not Vivaldi though). 10CC and City Boy, and then there are some domestic (Swedish) bands I enjoy that aren't much known outside Sweden. |
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H. Humbert
SFN Die Hard
USA
4574 Posts |
Posted - 01/27/2005 : 19:19:30 [Permalink]
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I like the Beatles and Lennon, Dylan, Zeppelin, CCR, the Birds, Doors, etc. I like mostly classic rock. I like blues. Some country, like the old stuff. Cash and Waylon and Willie. I like new rock too, and some metal.
The only genres I really can't stand are Jazz (I know, I've tried to like it..just sounds like people playing scales out of tune to me) and gospel.
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
Posted - 01/27/2005 : 20:21:31 [Permalink]
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Mostly classical day to day. It plays here all the time as a sort of a background. Also folk, particulary Buffy St. Marie (whom I've met), the Kingston Trio (yeah, I know), Woody Guthrie, Jimmy Driftwood, among many others. Jazz: Louie 'Gatemouth' Armstrong, Dizzy Gillispie, Ray Charles, Tiajuna Brass, Santo and Johnny, Billie Holiday, not to mention some of the Tin Pan Alley composers such as Scott Joplin. Blues: Leadbelly, Lightning Hopkins, Mississippi John Hurt, Manse Lipscomb, Etta Speed, Libba Cotton, Josh White, Sonny Terry and Browny MaGhee, et al.
I'm a listener to solo, acoustic guitar, classical and otherwise, and not necessarly old stuff: John Williams, Leo Kotke, Liona Boyd, Sharon Isbin, and the king of the flat pick: Doc Watson, who is also a fine singer.
Johnny Cash and The Pearl are in a class of their own.
I also like some '70s rock. As for modern pop, it sucks sewage through a straw.
Welcome to SFN, Blindwillie!
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Blindwillie
New Member
USA
8 Posts |
Posted - 01/27/2005 : 20:31:43 [Permalink]
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Nice,
filthy i like all that solo stuff to.
H.Humbert, what do you mean about why you dont like jazz? i dont understand your reason. |
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
Posted - 01/27/2005 : 20:38:29 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by Blindwillie
Nice,
filthy i like all that solo stuff to.
H.Humbert, what do you mean about why you dont like jazz? i dont understand your reason.
Say, are you the reincarnation of Blind Willie McTell? 
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"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist!
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H. Humbert
SFN Die Hard
USA
4574 Posts |
Posted - 01/27/2005 : 20:49:59 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Blindwillie
H.Humbert, what do you mean about why you dont like jazz? i dont understand your reason.
I guess it's what's called "free form" jazz or whatever. Basically two guys honking on clarinets, but not necessarily playing the same notes or making music in tune...
Like I said, just not my thing. I'm probably not explaning it well. It's just that when I've tried to sit down and listen to the stuff it doesn't do anything for me.
But I do like Louie Armstrong. It that Jazz? Maybe it's only some jazz I don't like then.
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"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself - and you are the easiest person to fool." --Richard P. Feynman
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
Posted - 01/27/2005 : 20:58:56 [Permalink]
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But I do like Louie Armstrong. It that Jazz? Maybe it's only some jazz I don't like then.
You betcha. Gatemouth was a jazzman extraodinair. He once broke the callus in his lip, and played anyway. Blood in the horn; that's dedication!
Jazz is anything you want it to be. You have simply not heard what what is best for you. I love the pianos of Tin Pan Alley.
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist!
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Ricky
SFN Die Hard
USA
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gezzam
SFN Regular
Australia
751 Posts |
Posted - 01/27/2005 : 22:07:41 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dude
Lets see...
Beethoven, Beastie Boys, Motzart, Metallica, Vivaldi, Iron Maiden, Floyd, Led Zepplin, Buffet, Skynnard, Clapton, BB King, and I could go on here for a couple of pages.
Metal, rock, classic rock, classical, and blues. That kinda sums up what I listen to, but I will say that my taste in music is rather diverse. The only music I really don't care for is country.
Jeezus Dude, I was wondering what bastard stole my CD collection......
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
13477 Posts |
Posted - 01/27/2005 : 22:35:07 [Permalink]
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Plyss
Skeptic Friend
Netherlands
231 Posts |
Posted - 01/28/2005 : 03:55:17 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Blindwillie
Im new here and i would like to know what skeptics listen to. But try to stick with your favorites from the past.
Hmm, favourites.. Lemme think.
Dark Tranquility, Dimmu Borgir, Dissection, Children of Bodom. Black metal is somewhat overrepresented in my CD collection.
Oddly enough the one band i have most CDs off is a punk-rock band, Bad Religion.
I guess I'm a child of the nineties :) |
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woolytoad
Skeptic Friend
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Posted - 01/28/2005 : 04:15:00 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by H. Humbert
I guess it's what's called "free form" jazz or whatever. Basically two guys honking on clarinets, but not necessarily playing the same notes or making music in tune...
I was going to go over to your place and wash your mouth out with soap. But I don't like free style myself. So its OK.
I like Jazz, Blues, Rock, Classical, Soul. Mostly things by people who are dead or old. There are a few fresh faces in my CD collection though. For some reason I also like Weird Al.
I don't see Brittney Spears or N'Sync anywhere. Yay! |
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
Posted - 01/28/2005 : 04:27:30 [Permalink]
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I don't see Brittney Spears or N'Sync anywhere. Yay!
Who?
Another form of music I like are the Gregorian Chants. A little goes a long way, though. I also like Gosple, oddly enough.
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist!
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Wendy
SFN Regular
USA
614 Posts |
Posted - 01/28/2005 : 07:51:53 [Permalink]
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Welcome to the SFN, Blindwillie!
Great thread. I know I will forget some music I love, but here goes (in no particular order): Jackson Browne, Aerosmith, Pachelbel, Billy Joel, Pink Floyd, Barenaked Ladies (yeah, I know but I like 'em!), B.B. King, Louie Armstrong, Jimmy Buffett, The Police, The Ennis Sisters (Celtic), Mandala (local Bluegrass), Neil Young, Bach, The Eagles, John Prine...
... and I agree with filthy about Gregorian chants, but not gospel.
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