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Post by iridethecannibus on Jan 8, 2007 8:36:55 GMT -5
With all the music discussed on this forum, i'm not sure how much of it strays far from the stereotypical bonnaroo music (although the bonnaroo music is vastly diverse, you know what i mean) so what artists do you listen to on a regular basis that aren't typical bonnaroo? Does that runon sentence make any sense? Alright, here's my brief list, as an example:
Marilyn Manson Toby Keith Eminem Dead Can Dance Ludacris Korn Akon Godsmack Spice Girls (haha, what can i say, i was in 6th grade when they came out) Slipknot Sawyer Brown Nine Inch Nails Craig Morgan (the redneck yacht club) Bloodhound Gang Bone Thugs N Harmony Three Days Grace Three Six Mafia Trace Adkins Dr. Hook Kid Rock Garth Brooks Missy Elliott Emerald Rose
Post by steveternal on Jan 8, 2007 11:26:22 GMT -5
Cool thread. For me it's mostly straight jazz, straight classical, or highly experimental/avant garde stuff. Living legends that would never be at 'roo include:
John Zorn Arvo Pärt Steve Reich Ravi Shankar Vishwa Mohan Bhatt Venetian Snares Anthony Braxton Mingus Big Band Ornette Coleman Sonny Rollins John McLaughlin Keith Jarrett Gary Burton anyone from The Blue Series (although Matthew Shipp will always be on my wishlist)
Essentially the rule of thumb is that if you can't move your body to it, then it probably won't be at Bonnaroo.
I started listening to a lot of gangsta rap this year. And the Dixie Chicks. And Justin Timberlake and Beyonce. And a little bit of death metal.
I'm enjoying it all, although it wouldn't all fit at Bonnaroo. Generally speaking I'll leave that question to the guys who book the bands (they ultimately decide). I think Bonnaroo could handle just about anyone who excels in the live setting at this point, although there is probably some threshold for how much pure agression the music can consistently embody and still be appropriate for Bonnaro.
Bonnaroo pushed my musical tastes out of a 10-year comfort zone (during which I mostly listened to jam bands, and kind of tried to be in one), and now I'm just taking it further.
I really like that latest Dixie Chicks album though, I'll tell you that much.
Post by trippindaisy on Jan 11, 2007 9:44:42 GMT -5
Here is my list of must haves on my iPod - other than the obvious jamband stuff I love:
Incubus Disturbed Godsmack Korn System of a Down Tool Linkin Park Tori Amos Seether Chili Peppers NIN Theory of a Deadman Coldplay Evanescence Foo Fighters Pearl Jam Norah Jones
Post by trippindaisy on Jan 11, 2007 10:11:50 GMT -5
knoxville said:
Wow, Daisy:
Norah Jones to Korn to Linkin Park to Tori Amos. Three cheers for Musical diversity!!! What a beautiful thing. :-)
Haha, it's called being around a long time and learning to be open minded I also listen to my daughter's stuff, Panic at the Disco, Fallout Boy, and a bunch of Indie stuff I've never heard of and pretty much like most of it. I do however draw my line at rap and country - I hate all of it!
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Post by steveternal on Jan 11, 2007 12:18:42 GMT -5
trippindaisy said:
I do however draw my line at rap and country - I hate all of it!
Whoa, daisy, that's not all that open minded! Within both genres there is a huge amount of variety and creative activity. I generally don't enjoy the so-called "mainstream" types of either, but to write those genres off completely is a tall order. What about the late great Hank Williams, Sr.? He wrote some of the greatest songs in American history, and helped shape rock n roll. And for rap, there is a lot of positive stuff going on, but even some surprisingly creative stuff as well. the group cLOUDDEAD is really something to hear-- an amalgamation of rap and psychedelia and ambient and electronic and other stuff. Look deeper, girl, I guarantee you'll find something to love.
Post by trippindaisy on Jan 11, 2007 13:02:28 GMT -5
steveternal said:
trippindaisy said:
I do however draw my line at rap and country - I hate all of it!
Whoa, daisy, that's not all that open minded! Within both genres there is a huge amount of variety and creative activity. I generally don't enjoy the so-called "mainstream" types of either, but to write those genres off completely is a tall order. What about the late great Hank Williams, Sr.? He wrote some of the greatest songs in American history, and helped shape rock n roll. And for rap, there is a lot of positive stuff going on, but even some surprisingly creative stuff as well. the group cLOUDDEAD is really something to hear-- an amalgamation of rap and psychedelia and ambient and electronic and other stuff. Look deeper, girl, I guarantee you'll find something to love.
Well I admit that sounded close minded but I guess living in the "Country music capital" makes you kind of sick of it all. But as talented as Hank Williams may have been, I still don't like his music
As for rap, I like some of the creative mixes with other kinds of genres, but basic mainstream chart topping rap, as in 50 Cent etc. is the stuff I am talking about not liking.
Post by steveternal on Jan 11, 2007 15:09:43 GMT -5
Hey, no harm no foul, daisy. I just wanted to put out there that there is essentially something to love about nearly every type of music humankind has created.
Post by steveternal on Jan 28, 2007 22:57:54 GMT -5
A classic. But I might say "Grand Guignol" is my favorite Naked City album. So much variety, and the Speedfreaks suite is astounding. You into Masada at all? Basically all their live albums are killer, especially Jerusalem and Sevilla. I've had trouble getting into the rest of the Zorn catalogue just because it's so dense, but I've enjoyed "Elegy", which is a super-creepy composition in four movements. "Kristallnacht" is frightening. By far my favorite would be the album which has two of his greatest "file card"-composed pieces, "Godard/Spillane". Oh yeah, and his tribute albums to Ennio Morricone and Ornette Coleman, respectively, are both excellent.
Post by oatmealschnappz on Jan 29, 2007 3:34:52 GMT -5
Horace Silver Ming & FS Rainer Truby Trio Authechre De Facto (Jello Biafra and) The Melvins Theivery Corporation Slicker Slide Five Ministry (Amazing live show) Q-Burn's Abstract Message Snoop Dogg Jimpster GodFlesh Donald Byrd Ben Human
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Post by easymorningrebel on Jan 29, 2007 8:31:45 GMT -5
steveternal said:
A classic. But I might say "Grand Guignol" is my favorite Naked City album. So much variety, and the Speedfreaks suite is astounding. You into Masada at all? Basically all their live albums are killer, especially Jerusalem and Sevilla. I've had trouble getting into the rest of the Zorn catalogue just because it's so dense, but I've enjoyed "Elegy", which is a super-creepy composition in four movements. "Kristallnacht" is frightening. By far my favorite would be the album which has two of his greatest "file card"-composed pieces, "Godard/Spillane". Oh yeah, and his tribute albums to Ennio Morricone and Ornette Coleman, respectively, are both excellent.
I've got Elegy, Godard/Spillane, Painkiller, the Ennio Morricone album, and the Big Gundown, and I like them all. I've only seen him in concert once...
Post by ebinchanged on Jan 29, 2007 10:13:53 GMT -5
Sublime Pepper Slightly Stoopid The Expendables Xzibit Kanye West NaS Jurassic 5 Incubus Filter Citizen Cope Cake Blind Melon Alice In Chains 311 The Ramones Starsailor STP Third Eye Blind The Strokes Wheatus
Just went thru my Ipod and picked some of my favorites...
One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain. So hit me with music. Hit me with music, now, yeah. Hit me with music. Brutalize me with music.
Post by coanbread751 on Jan 29, 2007 15:40:49 GMT -5
Rage Against The Machine The Beach Boys Blink 182....just plain fun Bloc Party Broken Social Scene Coldplay Dixie Chicks Guns N Roses Immortal Technique Incubus Jimmy Buffet Jimmy Eat World John Mayer Kanye West the Killers Nine Inch Nails Outkast Rob Zombie Talking Heads Sufjan Stevens Three 6 Mafia Tool The White Stripes Weezer Sigur Ros Mason Jennings
I also listen to my daughter's stuff, Panic at the Disco, Fallout Boy, and a bunch of Indie stuff I've never heard of and pretty much like most of it. I do however draw my line at rap and country - I hate all of it!
