Kevin's Watch

I surprise myself by being into harder stuff than when I was a teen. I'm old enough to be your mother but I'd rather listen to Switchfoot, P.O.D., Nickelback, Skillet, or This Beautiful Republic than the pap being shoveled out for my demographic's consumption... how about you?

I've gone from listening to the radio (mostly oldies and country) to finding bands I like and listening almost exclusively to them. The main bands I listen to are Iron Maiden, Pink Floyd, The Moody Blues, and Gordon Lightfoot. Of course, I am young enough to be your son

Lord Foul wrote:www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN75im_us4k

Just saw that in Vespers - very disturbing!

I refuse to click the link, knowing LF's sense of humor, and am now even more unwilling to do so after hearing it is "very disturbing."
...but, I wouldn't mind someone describing what it really is to me...

It is disturbing, but not in the way you think. If it's any reassurance, it was originally posted in Vespers by Loremaster. That means no Danson, however much Foul's in the mood for it.

It is a videomash of Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give You Up overmixed with Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit. It is not that disturbing, and IMHO it works.

Yes it works in a disturbing, disturbing way.

ah, thank you, guys.
I saw that, as I do trust Loremaster's humor.
*bows*

It's interesting (well, to me, anyhow ) how my musical tastes have evolved over the years. In my teens, I listened to pop and soft rock (think Jim Croce and John Denver, with a side of Chicago). In college, I had a roommate whose taste was harder and more eclectic (everything from Hall & Oates to Steve Miller Band to Aerosmith) and I found I liked nearly everything she listened to. That stuff pretty much defined my popular music taste for the next 30 years or so.

Then a few years back, I discovered world music, specifically Irish trad, and went hard-core on that for awhile. I still like it, but I don't play the hell out of those CDs like I used to.

This week I've been listening to the local oldies station -- oldies as in "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "Stairway to Heaven" and "Strawberry Fields Forever". (When they played "Bohemian Rhapsody," I told Magickmaker it was like they were hitting the stations of the cross, lol.) And I think I'm kinda over this stuff -- I can take it in small doses but I've just heard it all too many times.

There isn't much I've heard by newer artists that has made me want to rush right out and buy their CD. I liked Maroon 5's "Songs About Jane", but not much else has grabbed me in the past few years.

The stuff aimed at my demographic -- Diana Krall, Sting Sings the Standards, etc., etc. -- just leaves me cold. Urk.

So I dunno what to tell you, DotD. I think I'm between musical eras...

Savor Dam wrote:It is a videomash of Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give You Up overmixed with Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit. It is not that disturbing, and IMHO it works.

It's stalking me!

It seems I'm primarily into the same artists I have been excited about over the past 10+ years. Thankfully, a few of them even put out new albums now and again. I'll pick up music from new artists now and again, but I lose interest in them after a couple albums, for some reason. I plan to pick up a Regina Spektor CD soon, and I'm hoping she'll wow me. I seem to be hearing songs now that blow me away, but after picking up the album, I am disappointed. Thankfully, You Tube exists, so I can try out different artists.
I miss my CMJ magazine subscription. I used to throw out the magazine itself and just hold onto the CD sampler that came with it. That was the best selling tool for me, and a great way to find artists I like.

Menolly wrote:I refuse to click the link, knowing LF's sense of humor, and am now even more unwilling to do so after hearing it is "very disturbing."
...but, I wouldn't mind someone describing what it really is to me...

Nah, you're just too lazy to click the damn thing.

Cag wrote:

I seem to be hearing songs now that blow me away, but after picking up the album, I am disappointed. Thankfully, You Tube exists, so I can try out different artists.

You Tube's good in a way, but bad too. Some albums need multiple listens to appreciate them, as I'm sure you know, and youtube means you can make a decision without depth. Buying a cd probably means you'll give it more of a chance, maybe a few listens, and possibly discover a gem.

I hope whoever invented the modern music player (ipod type things) is a multimillionaire cos s/he's rekindled my passion for music like nothing else.

Thread hijack over, sorry dotd!

When I was younger, I listened to Tool, Metallica, Alice in Chains, and Nine Inch Nails. Some GnR, AC/DC, Nirvana, and Pantera as well, though not quite as much.

A few years later, mostly the same. Throw in some Korn and Godsmack. Rob Zombie (though I was a White Zombie fan in HS, so not much difference there), Powerman 5000, Drain STH, Nerf Herder, and Bloodhound Gang. A bit of Eminem as well.

After that, it got harder to find music that I liked. Nu Metal (Korn playing no small part in this trend, their albums after Follow the Leader sucking as bad as anything else out there) and boy/girl bands seemed to be all that was out. Emo-Core was slowly creeping into the national scene. About the only band I picked up at this time was System of a Down.

Then, thanks to the miracle that is filesharing, I discovered the awesomeness that is called Stoner Rock (also a few gems like The Toadies, whose album at the time was good but far below their prior album Rubberneck, Flogging Molly, and folk metal bands like Therion, Ensiferum, and Finntroll). Started with Queens of the Stone Age. Got reintroduced to Clutch (my wife had actually bought me Elephant Riders years before, though it didn't grab me then).

Now, I primarily listen to Truckfighters, Clutch, QOTSA, Alice in Chains (who have a new album coming out, if nobody saw the thread in Vespers), Pelican, Karma to Burn as well as several other SR bands. Occasionally I'll listen to some Tool or Metallica (Guitar Hero: Metallica was a kick) or some of my old favorite bands.

Some of the bands on my hard drive that I haven't mentioned earlier are Bad Religion, Stan Rogers, Great Big Sea, Saor Patrol, Cake, Tom Waits, Eagles of Death Metal, Elysian Fields, Rolling Stones, and Tom Petty.

I wouldn't have pegged LF as an Astley fan.

I should have said I also love all kinds of trad, world, reggae, country, Indian classical (particularly the singing), black metal, etc.

My son got into classic rock a couple years ago. At first it was like, cool! Now it's like, Black Dog again??

deer of the dawn wrote:I wouldn't have pegged LF as an Astley fan.

I'm not, at all. I just wanted to ruin some lives by posting that.