OT- Favorite Music Genres

Submitted by Winchester Wolverine on

I know, I hate OT season as much as the next guy but to keep up with the spirit of the board today and with an hour until Northwestern gets their asses kicked (hopefully) I figured I'd add my two cents.

  • What is your favorite genre of music and why?
  • Specific bands?
  • Hopefully better than Pop Evil and their horrendously lame song they did for UM?
  • (Sorry for bringing that up)
I'm a huge rock/metal fan. Specifically Chevelle. I'm of the minority in my southwesten Ohio roots. Country rules all here. Blah. I also love me some City&Colour.
 
With all the deaths in rock music lately depressing my vibe (especially Weiland) and DEATH STORM 2016 closing in, what are your thoughts?
 
Can also be early drinking thread for those of us closed indoors. I'm enjoying a Coney Island root beer. Sweet, but damn good.
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rob f

February 26th, 2016 at 1:00 AM ^

My 6th Who concert.  The first one was in Chicago (1976 or '77?); since them I've also seen them twice at The Silverdome, again in Chicago, and finally in 2002 at Van Andel Arena in GR (the tour shortly after the death of John Entwistle, the greatest Bass player in Rock history).  I still wish , though, that I could have seen them back in the 60's when  Pete and Keith destroyed their equipment on stage.

LONG LIVE ROCK!  

RIP Keith Moon and John Entwistle.  Like all fans of The Who, sure wish Keith and John were still alive and touring with  Pete and Roger.

 

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ken725

February 24th, 2016 at 6:31 PM ^

Right now anything on majesticcasual youtube channel.

I also prefer female vocals over male vocals.

Ryn Weaver

Banks

AlunaGeorge

George Maple

Wolf Alice

Vallis Alps

Jessie Ware

Japanese Wallpaper

MO

Furns

Anna of the North

Made In Heights

XYLO

Forgot about Alessia Cara. Her songs are catchy as hell.

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Wolverine Devotee

February 24th, 2016 at 6:29 PM ^

I can go from listening to rap and then the next song will be heavy metal. I like pretty much everything outside of country-type stuff. 

KSE when Howard Jones was still around was my favorite band. But he's not there anymore, so they're pretty much dead to me like Three Days Grace was once Adam left.

Bands are different than singular artists. You change vocalists and you're likely going to lose some people as it just won't be the same. 

As for rap, Kanye is the best right now in the 2010s, but I make no secret about who my favorite rappist of all-time is. 

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GoBlueGoWings

February 24th, 2016 at 6:43 PM ^

I have a wide range of music.

  • AC/DC
  • The Who 
  • Van Halen
  • Robert Randolph & the Family Band (awesome band that should be more popular)
  • Frank Zappa
  • Stevie Ray Vaughan
  • Jimi Hendrix
  • B. B. King 
  • Buddy Guy
  • Keb Mo
  • John Lee Hooker
  • Frank Sinatra 
  • Barry White
  • Marvin Gaye
  • Garth Brooks
  • Shania Twain
  • Carrie Underwood
  • Keith Urban

I will stop right now

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Tater

February 25th, 2016 at 2:40 AM ^

I like most of these, "GoBlueGoWings," but I disagree on Robert Randolph.  Randolph is a great sideman/performer but not an elite songwriter.  I have seen them a few times.  The performance is great but I don't end up remembering the chorus of a single song when they are finished.

Playing pedal steel and sounding like Hendrix is great, but Hendrix wrote some of the most memorable and groundbreaking songs of his era.  Randolph hasn't as of yet and I don't see it happening at this stage of his career.  I hope I am wrong, though.

 

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Knight

February 24th, 2016 at 6:36 PM ^

Classic/indie/alternative/folk etc. Don't necessarily have any favorite bands just favorite songs, but Queen, pink floyd, the who, and lynyrd skyward are bands I like a lot of songs from.

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goblueram

February 24th, 2016 at 6:43 PM ^

My list begins with two of the greatest of all-time, Zeppelin and RUSH.

Some other favorites...

Rock - The Who, Sabbath, Bad Company, Hendrix, Jack White
New Wave - The Police, The Fixx
Reggae - Steel Pulse, Bob Marley
African Blues - Ali Farka Toure, Vieux Farka Toure
American Blues - Stevie Ray Vaughan, BB King, Buddy Guy, Blues Brothers, Gary Clark Jr, Black Keys
Souther Rock - Allman Brothers, Skynyrd
Alternative - Beck
Rap - Boosie Bad Azz

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wingedsig

February 24th, 2016 at 6:38 PM ^

I work in music management, so I feel compelled to drop in here.

Favorite band is Animal Collective. If you haven't listened to their new album Painting With, definitely give it a try (not for everyone, but damn it's good).

Also check out Mutemath's new album Vitals, Houndmouth's Little Neon Limelight, and this up-and-coming R&B singer Alina Baraz's Urban Flora.

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Hotel Putingrad

February 24th, 2016 at 6:41 PM ^

Scorpions (duh)... And I'm the last one in the office right now and was given by a colleague two small novelty bottles of Tequila earlier today as a belated birthday present. It's almost like God is telling me to give up.

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pinkfloyd2000

February 24th, 2016 at 6:50 PM ^

Heh.

Other than the Floyd -- and all side solo projects (I'm a big fan of Waters' Amused To Death, for one), I really enjoy Rush, Iron Maiden, Queen, Steely Dan, Porcupine Tree (including Steven Wilson solo projects), Radiohead, Johnny Cash, Springsteen, The Clash, The Ramones, Midnight Oil, IQ, Dream Theater, Fish-era Marillion, Peter Gabriel, The Who, Yes, Neil Young, Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, Elbow, Wilco, The Black Keys, Sufjan Stevens, Sigur Ros, the Chili Peppers, Fleet Foxes, Miles Davis...I could go on and on.

I also have a slightly embarrassing affinity for 80s pop music and...Rihanna. 

I'm not a huge rap/R&B fan, but I don't find it unlistenable. There's only one genre I cannot stand, and that is modern (pop) country. I dig the really old stuff...but the new stuff? That's the soundtrack to my personal hell.

My current earworm is Steven Wilson's Hand. Cannot. Erase. Which might be my favorite album released in at least the past 10 years.

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LSAClassOf2000

February 24th, 2016 at 6:51 PM ^

I am into a wide range of stuff - I have a large collection of classical music, for starters, but if you looked at myself, you would find that a majority of the discs (and a majority of the downloads on my laptop) come from the progressive / electronic arena of music. Starting with some of the early groups - King Crimson, Electric Light Orchestra, Queen, Frank Zappa, The Yardbirds (which was a proto-prog group), moving through Kraftwerk, Genesis, Tangerine Dream, Supertramp, Jethro Tull, Yellow Magic Orchestra, etc... and all the way to some of the modern progressive acts along with a bit of progressive metal like Tool. 

I also sport a very large collection of New Wave music, including a lot of obscure and out-of-print albums that I have Encore in Ann Arbor to thank for.

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BeatOSU52

February 24th, 2016 at 6:51 PM ^

Love Radical Face but realize nobody probably has heard of them.

Other favorite bands/artists include: The Lumineers, Of Monsters and Men, Bon Iver, Sufjan Stevens , Fun, Coldplay (I like their newer stuff a lot better actually), The Crane Wives, Edward Sharp and the Magnetic Zeroes, Bluesky Greengrass

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Winchester Wolverine

February 24th, 2016 at 6:57 PM ^

To elaborate I love all grunge (Nirvana, STP, Alice & Chains) and most post-grunge bands. On the metal side, I enjoy Of Mice & Men, Taking Back Sunday, Beartooth to name a few. But I'm not all rock. I love the Gorillaz and have had an on again off again love for Eminem, Tupac, and MGK.

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OysterMonkey

February 24th, 2016 at 7:00 PM ^

I see everyone here basically just likes top 40. Call me when you've heard the latest snorkelmutt, The Grubs, Frozen Fire, or Did Roger Mexico Fail To Adequately Advance The Cause Of Women's Rights?

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