Music

I had already stated in another topic that music is my only relief, but here i want to focus all the attention on music.

What kind of music do you like and why? Bother to name your favorites? Could you live without music?

I usually listen to the rock/heavy metal of the 90's, like Pantera, Metallica, Judas priest, Iron Maiden, Led Zeppelin but i also have some of Deep Purple, Pink Floyd, Guns 'n roses, Rolling Stones and SOAD. I've lately been on Disturbed and Radiohead.

Why do i like them? Most of the songs describe my mood during the year, some of them charge me up,others relax me and some are associated to memories of when i felt something, and so they remind me of those times, giving me a melancholic taste; even tho this "melancholy" isn't exactly a positive feeling, i still like it (probably because it's the only genuine emotion i can still feel). At the moment it's like my ability to feel anything is frozen and music is the only place where i can recall those old "feelings". For me it represents the "hope" that i can still feel.

Still, some pieces of classical music manage to deliver some "feelings" even without being associated to any memory (Some are overwhelming, others are powerful and others are just intense and with crescendos). I'll name my favorites:
(Since i realize that most pieces are long, i'll give you the specific time at which my favorite parts kick in)
Rachmaninoff - piano concerto no.2 - Moderato (The first 2:06 minutes and from 5:30 to 6:36, with eargasm at 6:12)
Rachmaninoff - piano concerto no.2 - Allegro Scherzando (the first 2:55 minutes, from 3:32 to 4:02 and from 8:45 to 9:55, with eargasm at 9:10)
Rachmaninoff - piano concerto no.3 - Allegro ma non tanto (the first 1:33 minutes and from 6:31 to 9:02, with erection at 8:19)
Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake (death) - (The video is only 2:37 minutes... chills at 0:52 and 2:06)
Bruckner - Symphony 8 (The first 1:43 minutes and from 7:45 to 9:08)
Bruckner - Symphony 8 Finale (The first 1:05 minutes)
Verdi - Dies Irae (the first 1:27 minutes charge me up)

There are few other pieces that aren't exactly classical but rather part of movies soundtracks, those being:
John Williams - Across the Stars
John Williams - Episode III (ending) (At 1:11 i always get a chill, no matter what i'm doing/thinking, it's funny)
Two Steps from Hell - Hypnotica (from 1:05 to 2:17; it charges me up)



PS: no, i'm not such a fan of star wars, but when i watched the movies, back then, the music impressed me.

You could say my favorite genre is alternative. My favorite bands are Radiohead, Sonic Youth, Gorillaz, Deerhunter, Pixies, and the Shins. I guess you could add Tame Impala to that list.

I probably could live without music. I just don't want to. Especially considering singing is one of the few things I enjoy and am actually good at.

Anyway, here's my favorite songs for each of those bands.

Radiohead: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WedRDYmtvX4

Sonic Youth: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fn2UGBns8_E

Gorillaz: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAOR6ib95kQ

Deerhunter: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gu_nL7zy-z8

Pixies: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6xU96KLBL4

The Shins: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tdr4L43eac

Tame Impala: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUq3oc0lYbw

Music doesn't necessarily instigate feelings for me, just a distraction really.

Oh right, forgot to add that i like to sing those songs... i actually scream the ones that charge me up.

jacknife wrote:I had already stated in another topic that music is my only relief, but here i want to focus all the attention on music.

What kind of music do you like and why? Bother to name your favorites? Could you live without music?

I can't even name a band.I just listen to random pieces of music. Mainly those from anime ost and instrumental music. I find them alot better than listening to a vocalist trying to sing. Also I can mimic them on some of the instruments that I play.

Bleach Vastro Lorde

I could live without music in the real world. If I want to watch something I usually have some backround playing.

O Fortuna-Carl Orff
Moonlight Sonata-Beethoven
Requiem- Mozart
Abney Park: To The Apocolypse In Daddy's Side Car
The Wrong Side
There's more, but I can't remember them right now.



I live on the wrong side of life,
I’m the one you fear as you hold your wife.
I run were the darker crowds run.
On the rain swept streets were black rain runs.

I play were the darker kids play
I’m the one who goes out when you end your day.
I dance were the darker crowds dance,
In the pitch black clubs in a clove stained trance

I see things the darker kids see
Though you wouldn’t believe all that’s happened to me.
I’ve been to the backside of hell,
And I’ve played with your fear and enjoyed it well

This our time, the nights our day
We ’ll dance this fading life away.

I think my taste in music is mostly described as progressive. Complex melodies, odd rhythms, that's what I like. High level guitar playing, polyrhythmic drumming, you name it. I play guitar myself too, so I am very interested in this type of music. I also listen to DnB, and other soothing music IMO.

My favorite band, Animals as Leaders, progressive instrumental metal:
On Impulse ( one of the most awesome, if not the most awesome melodic song I know)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4G0SIXxx2U
CAFO ( complex rhythms and melodies)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0ZrF7taMHA
Modern Meat ( Jazz guitar, very relaxing)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_jG-cMMtO8

T.R.A.M. , same guitarists as Animals as Leaders, progressive instrumental jazz:
Haas Kicker ( The main riff is amazing)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6IqJNzT4Rg (intro ends at 2:36, might wanna skip it)
Endeavor ( The riff has something that just gets to me)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0J8Pdp6GpNY
Inverted Ballad (cool duo with guitar and saxophone)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJhJOg8iYSw

It's been a long time since I listened any technical death metal, but Necrophagist did the trick and Brain Drill was just for sleeping purposes:
Only Ash Remains, Necrophagist:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oBGixxuu2E
Beyond Bludgeoned, Brain Drill:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEywYigygnk

(don't listen to Brain Drill if you don't want to turn deaf)

Any liquid DnB song will do, but I like the melody of the next one:
Secret Agent, Netsky:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lm0faZrdrg

Other soothing music:
Sonnentanz, Klangkarussell:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMPYmNINxrE
One Day, Wankelmut:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaLeeYox ... re=related

And of course:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOfIDtvfmqg

Edit: @jack, if you like all the crazy SOAD stuff, like Suite-pee, CUBErt and She's like heroine too, or you just love the voice of the guitarist (idk if you know his name, so I will just call him the guitarist), you might wanna check out Scars on Broadway.

Mostly hard rock, progressive rock, alternative rock and thrash/melodic death/progressive/heavy/speed metal. I'm selective when it comes to music, I never embrace an entire genre, just a few artists, sometimes only one. I'm always looking for new music.
Sometimes I suddenly notice I like certain band or artist that I've heard many times but was never interested in before. Then again, I can drop a big favourite from my playlist for good.
I don't like classical music much.

I don't like classical music much.

That's exactly what i thought in the beginning, when i had just heard some overused piece of Mozart; i changed my mind when i was watching some video and there a cool classical piece in it. From then on i searched, didn't find many (like 10-15 pieces in total :/ ), but those were awesome. I still don't like the rest. Imo you just need to search, since the first metalheads were probably them.

I like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fgwr3wrenkQ

I also like some military marches.