and with that i say who gives a ****, it's just jethro tull
Wasn't sure whether this should have gone in the 'poll' or 'music' subject.
Anyway, yes. Prefered type(s) of music? I have a really broad interest: Rap, Reggaeton, Ragga (not to be confused with Reggae), Dancehall, Rai (most people probably wont know what this is...), then to the OPPOSITE side of the musical spectrum to Metal, some Emo (but not much...can only take it in small doses)...There's probably more, but I can't think of it.
[COLOR="DeepSkyBlue"]Right now, the type of music I prefere listening to is Techno. I like fast beats to stimulate me. If I was to get tired of techno, I'd probably go for Metal. I still love my metallica CDs and my Disturbed stuff :)[/COLOR]
DISTURBED AREN'T METAL. AHHHHHHH
I listen to most kinds of metal (melodic death, industrial, prog, power, folk!) and a few other oddball types. Prog, metalcore, trip-hop, stoner rock, neofolk and acid jazz are always worth a listen.
I prefer to listen to post-hardcore, pop punk, emo, etc. more often than the rest of my music, but during the night I like to chill out with techno and electronica (Juno Reactor is awesome, FYI).
Metal, Classical, Techno, Blues, some Punk, and Jazz. In that order.
Mostly Metal, though.
Nu-Metal/Alternative Hard Rock or whatever. Which is not metal.
I'm not picky, I'll listen to anything. Symphonic Metal (Symphony X), Progressive Metal/Rock (Dream Theater, Porcupine Tree), Power Metal (The Devin Townsend Band), Experimental (Machinae Supremacy), Classic Rock (Def Leppard, Queen, Whitesnake), Alternative Rock (Yellowcard, Sum 41), Techno Rock (Panic! at the Disco).
THAT'S RIGHT, I LISTEN TO DREAM THEATER AND PANIC! AT THE DISCO. OMG WEEEIIIRD :(
Classic rock, heavy metal, alternative rock, industrial, folk rock, and Johnny Cash.
I think he's his own genre, or classic country.
Black Metal, without a doubt. Out of that I prefer the stuff mixed with either Doom (Funeral or not) and Ambient music. Bands such as Nyktalgia, Sleeping Village, Nortt, Xasthur, Beatrik, Veil, Elysian Blaze, Drudkh, Forgotten Tomb, Urfaust, etc. Funeral Doom is also another genre I've been enjoying a lot (Pantheist the most). See, and it's not because I find any of this "Depressing", it's because the Black/Ambient and Black/Doom stuff is very, very beautiful and dare I say majestic; and is some of the most truley atmospheric music, more concerned in its creation than following some tired out accessible, holding-your-hand, pop formula. And the said material is the furthest removed from pop culture I've heard and still found enjoyable, convincing and with purpose (plus, it's sounds good, which is most important).
Alternatif :)
Right now my two favorite genres have to be black metal and electronica.
Other good ones are prog, psychedelic, neofolk, classical, ambient, and alternative rock. In that order.
I'm with SR on the Johnny Cash thing. I really don't care for his music or his voice. But then again, country in general disgusts me.
Hip-Hop, Rap, Instrumentals, Trance.
Just so this doesn't become a Johnny Cash bashing fest, I'll break the cycle and say I like his music quite a bit. "Joe Bean" and "Deliah's Gone" are especially descriptive and quite effective in their shocking lyrical content. You have to consider the time period when appreciating or understanding any form of art, and for his time this was pretty "out there". But yeah, I like quite a few other songs he's done. Then again, I grew up listening to this stuff because (hi stereotype) I live in Texas, and at the Texas/Louisiana border at that.
I will listen to just about anything, except gospel and opra. Opra because it's just a bunch of infernal noise, and gospel because I am a nonreligion and I don't agree with what it says. My favorite kinds of music are rap, any kind of rock, and techno/dance music. They get me the most pumped up.
Video game, anime and classic rock.
EDIT: Forget that. Folk, techno, and video game music are my faves.
...I forgot about techno, and rave, and dance.
Black Metal, (funeral)doom and drone, sludge and stoner, post-rock, ambient and atmospheric, folk and viking.
In that order, more or less.
I'd expand more, but Shin said enough.
folk/viking metal, black metal, 70s progressive rock, Romanian gypsy music, ragtime, bluegrass, circus/carnival music, 8bit video game music, death metal, and classical for the most part.
If you applied the word "progressive" to practically any genre (except house), it'd probably be my favourite. Also symphonic metal, melodic death and non-generic power metal.
Edit: Stone Cold Crazy, what would you consider to be progressive folk? I'm guessing you don't mean folk metal...
everything except for most rap and all country
(and i mean everything)
You don't know what progressive folk music is? The most famous band that plays it is Jethro Tull, and they also have a lot of other weird styles of music, too.
Pretty sure Jethro Tull is just a progressive rock band with celtic/folk elements and a folk rock era.
If you look it up, they're almost always called progressive folk music. I originally asked it as a joke, but then I had to come up with one.
I looked it up and saw a lot of "progressive rock," "progressive blues," and one "progressive folk-rock." And a lot of those seem to have no idea what they're talking about anyways.
I'll try to find some of the websites I found it on later on. I think it's even called that a few times in the wikipedia article, but I'm too lazy to look. Anyway, it's pretty much some combination of progressive rock, folk rock, British blues, and hard rock. Ian Anderson is still the man, no matter what genre they play on whatever album.
Yeah I don't really care. But the wiki article in question pretty much says what I said.
I said progressive folk music because folk music is mainly simplistic and relies primarily on the lyrics of the songs, and progressive rock is all complex and relies a lot on the strength of instrumental performances. It was primarily a joke.
Just for the record, I saw a Jethro Tull DVD with an interview with Ian Anderson, and he said that Jethro Tull could be considered folk rock, flute rock, and a bunch of other genres. However, he said that they are not progressive rock, and that it worried him a bit when people classed them as that. I guess that would mean progressive folk is out too.
Actual bands are the worst at labeling themselves. They usually wish to be classified as something they aren't, or not as something they are.
I prefer music that I enjoy
J-rock, Symphonic, Industrial, Speed, Melodic, Death, Black metal. And anything labeled as Extreme.
I also enjoy Darkwave, Trance, Speedcore, Video Game music and Drum 'N Bass. That sadly I don't have much of.
Thrash, Black, and Doom metal. Best subgenres.
and with that i say who gives a ****, it's just jethro tull
heavy metal, metalcore, hardcore, hard rock, punk. mostly metalcore.
[quote]I forgot to mention, I'm a complete sucker for anything epic.
Then suck my epic balls.
As for whether Jethro Tull is progressive folk or progressive rock, what could possibly possess anyone to give a ****? I don't understand people who seem to spend more time arguing over exactly how the music they listen to should be classified than enjoying the music itself.
The music itself is garbage, so the only thing worth arguing over is the genre.
I'm sorry that you don't like them, but I don't know that calling it garbage is very fair. In short, I don't think they'd have sold so much if it was garbage. Plus, the Aqualung album is awesome.
I'm indifferent to particular genres. As long as it isn't "Pop", most of it is ok with me. Country isn't really big, there may be a song or two I may have enjoyed, but nothing huge. The same really goes for Rap and Classical. In general, I tend to listed to Rock and Metal, mainly.
Aw man, you beat me to it.
Various sub-genres of rock and metal, for me.
Video game. :cookie:
Oh, and I love C64 chiptunes!
the only genres i can say that i actually dislike and have spent time listening to are contemporary country, contemporary "rock" (or whatever it is that "rock" bands do nowadays such as lamenting their situations over ****ty guitar/screaming-singing dichotomy), and most metal.
rather than just say that, here are the respective reasons:
-it has been dumbed down incredibly to the point that the music is boring and the lyrics have been microscopically niched to somehow apply to a group of people on the macroscopic level. it's sad that country lyrics have been dumbed down this much. basically, people are morons, and this is the music they listen to.
-no rock band today (that is commerically successful) has the stones to try anything experimental or different. none. and by that, i do not mean "gimmicky". i mean "experimental or different".
also, most lyrics reek of the manufacturing of emotions by a post-modern suburban caucasian society wallowing in perpetual adolescence.
-i'm sure i'll get crucified here for saying this one, but most popular metal (by which i still mean "underground") to me is more about either showing off a "hard" side to someone's personality or more about showing off musical prowess on an instrument rather than actually making something good to listen to. this one i'm definitely open to changing my mind on, though.
I still win this thread
Metal.
I also like Euro, DnB, trance, hardcore, indie rock, etc.
Pre-post-hardcore >> post-hardcore :p
I really like rock, the good stuff like slipknot, ***smack, coal chamber, disturbed, evenescence, hatebreed, korn, etc.
rap music is horrible, I hate rap so much, it's just black guys singing, well not even singing about their ho's and their drugs, all my friends play it unfortunatley
Emo is so gay i can't stand that either
I hate techno too, its just really lame noise, takes no skill to make and ripetative as hell......oh and I can't forget country as well......
to be fair, none of what he listed is emo. that's one thing he actually, didn't screw up.
Yeah, if he did, it would have at least been funny.
I had been hoping for some irony, but those are all bands that I don't care enough about to know much of what kind of music they play other than that it mostly sucks. Anyway, anyone who has opinions like that probably does listen to emo music while he cuts himself at night and looks at pictures of ugly goth girls on the internet, too.
I don't know enough about it. Anyway, he has some messed up opinions about some things. I still bet he fantasizes about ugly goth girls, though.
ugly goth girls are every man's fantasy
Yeah, unfortunately, even I like them...LOL...
Edit: Yeah, right!
I'm also into music that's very quirky and unusual. On the Sunday of Life by Porcupine Tree has become one of my favourite albums, as well as Estradasphere's Buck Fever. The former doesn't really have much continuity and is rather all over the place, but I embrace that quality, as it's genuinely fun to listen to, especially on the open road. Not to mention, "Radioactive Toy" and "Nine Cats" are splendid tunes to get lost in. And of course, there is all kinds of unique-sounding electronica in my library as well. I don't listen to much plain old rock music anymore, as most of it just sounds too plain and played out to me.