OT: Whatcha Listening To?

[HFsNumber1Heel]

I like all kinds of music, although it stops at the more extreme electronic music fields like Schranz or in the case of rock and metal, doom metal and extreme core and **** like that. I despise mainstream pop music and usually dig anything metal/rock.

Favorite bands:

'tallica: all the old **** up until the Black Album, after that only here and there. The tune of my youth.

Arctic Monkeys: Up until the crying lightning bs, I could listen to each and every song, hell I still know all the lyrics ... but these past LPs have been horribad.

System of A Down: Not much to say here, I know 98% of the songs and lyrics. Probably the most influential music I've ever experienced.

Jamiroquai: Just plain awesome. Had the fortune to watch them live at Rock am Ring 2006. Music for happy summer days and thoughtful rainy days too.

Coldplay: Fight me. I've listened to all their **** when I was younger. Helps unload emotions when sad. Also saw them live at Rock am Ring (priceless).

Classic/Progressive rock: Pink Floyd, Deep Purpdrank, Black Sabbath, The Doors, Gentle Giant, Porcupine Tree (!!!)

Diamond City Radio: I literally thought Bethesda had improvised and created several songs for Fallout 4. Nope, all original tracks from the 50s and 60s ... the most beautiful music I found these past couple of years.

Another one of those bands who have done well but I always felt they should have been much bigger. They have a hardcore fanbase and were big among music nerds in the early-mid 90s, but most of the world still things of the as either a one hit wonder from Virtual Insanity or knows them only for the conveyor belt video and Canned Heat.

 

[Edge]

Music is kind of like defining who you're attracted to.

There's not always a rhyme or reason for it, and it's definitely in the eye of the beholder.

Always makes for an interesting conversation.

 

[HFsNumber1Heel]

RHCP was one of the bands that just kind of gravitated away from me as I got older.

I loved their stuff until through the early 90s, but their output past 1994 became less and less my thing.

They have changed a lot since MM. BSSM was it's own thing and they started using a lot more influences and playing different styles since. I love OHM think it gets a bad break because automatically the consensus was no Frusciante not good which is not true.

My favorite album they've done since BSSM would be BTW. If you're a music fan you'll love it, they went all over the place.

I still feel they have it in them to release another excellent album but they have to get back to more instrumentals ,bridges, and not defer so much to AK during each song. The last track on The Getaway was an example of that. All about the producer.

I don't have any sources but my gut feeling is I see them doing one more album for the Klingohffer era which is being worked on now, and then they make one final album either as a five piece with Klinghoffer and Frusciante, or a six piece with the two guitarists and Irons rejoining them on guitar/drums/etc.

 

[FIRE DRURY]

I heard this hip hop song the other day and there was a loop that reminded me of a different song that I hadn't heard in ages. It was either from an older NHL game, maybe Fifa, possibly even Madden. Drove me crazy. Not because it was a great song, I just couldn't put my finger on where remember it from.

So yesterday I spent about 3 hours on my phone listening to Fifa, Madden, and NHL soundtracks from 2003 and beyond. Finally found the song. It was NHL 2008 by Santogold.

Listening to these soundtracks was so nostalgic. I found myself downloading songs I haven't heard in over a decade. Some house music, some rocks songs, some older hip hop songs.

 

[NCRanger]

Not sure I agree. After Appetite, Brittny Fox seemed really bad. And Ratt could never measure up to that either.

Agree it was never really good, just saying the amount of hair metal bands and their stupid popularity in the 1989-ealy 1991 range was beyond incredible.

There was an interview with Nikki Sixx where he stated that Motley Crue started a tour in Spring 1991 and they were selling out arenas. They were shocked as they never thought they were THAT popular AND they were shocked at the makeup of the crowds. Preppy college kids were making up half the crowd; he even said, looking back it shouldn't have been that shocking because NOTHING was out there in rock, other than hair metal, and G'n'R. By late summer, the crowds dwindled to almost nothing. Why? Well, the Black Album and grunge.

 

[RangerLifer]

When my dad was a boy he was a paper boy for Benny Goodman. So he’s always been more into big band and jazz music. My love for that music came from there, but I wouldn’t say my dad is a big music guy.

My mom always loved music and it was usually her tastes in music, food and politics that influenced us the most.

My earliest memories were the Beatles, The Eagles, Billy Joel, Elton John and Frankie Valli. I can remember all of her old records on a shelf. It was like a treasure trove.

My first concert was Elton John on my 10th birthday at MSG. I remember getting my first Walkman when I was 8, along with a tape of Master of Puppets. Needless to say, my tastes have always been eclectic.

You're like me. I listen to everything except the modern country/pop stuff that I can't stand.

Lately I'm listening to Aerosmith Unplugged, the CD finally came out and I got it and love it. Also, Elton John's Goodbye Yellowbrick Road. I love all the songs on that album that never got played on the radio, at least not where I grew up on LI, like, The Ballad of Danny Bailey, Sweet Painted Lady, Roy Rogers and Social Disease. I could listen to that album, ahem...CD, all day.

**Off topic:

You mention Master of Puppets and it makes me think of the guy in here years ago whose user name was Pastor of Muppets. I wonder if he's still here but changed his username.

 

[NCRanger]

Appetite was nowhere near "hair".

BTW, hair metal also holds a special place. There are reasons why Poison fans will never die off.

Agreed on Black Ablum being hard rock. Though much harder (aside from Nothing Else Matters) than what other hard rock bands were putting out, including my favorite Van Halen.

Also, as an aside, I can listen to Tupar and Biggie all day long.

I did not mean to imply that Appetite was a hair album.

As for hair bands, I'll occasionally flip to Hair Nation on XM, when Octane is playing something really awful, and Ozzy's Boneyard is playing a Ozzy song for the 40th time that week. Funny, some of that stuff wasn't all that bad in retrospect and still holds up. Majority of it though, was terrible, and remains terrible today.

I absolutely loved Van Halen as a teenager into my college years. I have completely outgrown them. Musically, not so much, but the lyrics are so damn juvenile when I hear them as a 48 year old.

I can't stomach rap and hip-hop at all. The closest I could handle was the Linkin Park/Jay-Z collaboration.

 

[Edge]

You're like me. I listen to everything except the modern country/pop stuff that I can't stand.

Lately I'm listening to Aerosmith Unplugged, the CD finally came out and I got it and love it. Also, Elton John's Goodbye Yellowbrick Road. I love all the songs on that album that never got played on the radio, at least not where I grew up on LI, like, The Ballad of Danny Bailey, Sweet Painted Lady, Roy Rogers and Social Disease. I could listen to that album, ahem...CD, all day.

**Off topic:

You mention Master of Puppets and it makes me think of the guy in here years ago whose user name was Pastor of Muppets. I wonder if he's still here but changed his username.

Aerosmith is definitely on the concert list for later this year. Either when they tour again for their 50th, or when I go back to Vegas to visit some friends.

I've been revisiting some of their work from the 70s recently. Been on a weird 70s kick with a lot of bands.

 

[MyLoveIsBlue]

 

[Blazephr]

 

[Ghost of jas]

Aerosmith is definitely on the concert list for later this year. Either when they tour again for their 50th, or when I go back to Vegas to visit some friends.

I've been revisiting some of their work from the 70s recently. Been on a weird 70s kick with a lot of bands.

70’s Aerosmith has been with me since high school. I saw them in 1984 and 1985 after Perry and Whitford came back. But, for me, the last song that caught my interest was Love in an Elevator.

 

[True Blue]

As for hair bands, I'll occasionally flip to Hair Nation on XM, when Octane is playing something really awful, and Ozzy's Boneyard is playing a Ozzy song for the 40th time that week.

I LOVE listening to Hair Nation. Just some fun stuff.

I absolutely loved Van Halen as a teenager into my college years. I have completely outgrown them. Musically, not so much, but the lyrics are so damn juvenile when I hear them as a 48 year old.

Can never outgrow VH. juvenile they may be (though less so with Hagar) but there is so much to like. Jaime's Cryin, Panama, etc.

Super Bands - or so called. Two to mention had only two albums each but some of the best stuff I have heard from such bands: Audio Slave and Velvet Revolver.

 

[True Blue]

70’s Aerosmith has been with me since high school. I saw them in 1984 and 1985 after Perry and Whitford came back. But, for me, the last song that caught my interest was Love in an Elevator.

That is a good one, but the one that stood out for me was Rag Doll.

 

[Ghost of jas]

That is a good one, but the one that stood out for me was Rag Doll.

Just my opinion, but Rag Doll was something Tyler and Perry could write in their sleep. It definitely swings, but for me, it doesn’t have the coke-fueled fire of classic Aerosmith.

 

[Ghost of jas]

I LOVE listening to Hair Nation. Just some fun stuff.

Can never outgrow VH. juvenile they may be (though less so with Hagar) but there is so much to like. Jaime's Cryin, Panama, etc.

Super Bands - or so called. Two to mention had only two albums each but some of the best stuff I have heard from such bands: Audio Slave and Velvet Revolver.

Hair metal was where I checked out of the hard rock scene. Crue put out an amazing first album, and then slid into mediocrity. Ratt could write some catchy songs. But the rest of their ilk was too hackneyed and formulaic.

 

[Jabroni]

I LOVE listening to Hair Nation. Just some fun stuff.

Can never outgrow VH. juvenile they may be (though less so with Hagar) but there is so much to like. Jaime's Cryin, Panama, etc.

Super Bands - or so called. Two to mention had only two albums each but some of the best stuff I have heard from such bands: Audio Slave and Velvet Revolver.

Unpopular opinion: Van Halen was better with Sammy Hagar. Better lyrics, more meaningful music, and more focused instrumental work.

 

[Edge]

Unpopular opinion: Van Halen was better with Sammy Hagar. Better lyrics, more meaningful music, and more focused instrumental work.

They were such different bands with DLR and Hagar.

The former was more of a fun times kind of band --- at the beach, or a BBQ, or a bar.

The latter was more introspective to me.

I feel they were better musicians and artists with Hagar, but a maybe a better "rock band" with DLR.

I also feel that time has been a little kinda to the DLR material --- but that's not terribly surprising based on my opinion stated above. It's easier to go back and revisit the fun times, than the deeper times.

 

[Ghost of jas]

They were such different bands with DLR and Hagar.

The former was more of a fun times kind of band --- at the beach, or a BBQ, or a bar.

The latter was more introspective to me.

I feel they were better musicians and artists with Hagar, but a maybe a better "rock band" with DLR.

I also feel that time has been a little kinda to the DLR material --- but that's not terribly surprising based on my opinion stated above. It's easier to go back and revisit the fun times, than the deeper times.

I kind of felt Hagar joining VH made them sound bland. And I’m a fan of Hagar’s work elsewhere- Montrose, his solo work, his one-off with Neal Schon in HSAS, right up to Chickenfoot.

 

[True Blue]

Unpopular opinion: Van Halen was better with Sammy Hagar. Better lyrics, more meaningful music, and more focused instrumental work.

Just a different band. Not bad or better, just different. I can and do listen to both with much enjoyment.

 

[One Winged Angel]

Eh, I can’t really do much of Van Hagar. They had some decent songs, but they just got bland as other have said. Van Halen was great though. Hang Em High, Mean Street, Little Guitars... could go on and on. The only thing that sucked about Van Halen was Alex dumbed down his drumming big time after the first album. He was an incredible jazz rock fusion drummer, just listen to I’m The One or Hot For Teacher and you can see exactly what he can do.

 

[ReggieDunlop68]

RHCP was one of the bands that just kind of gravitated away from me as I got older.

I loved their stuff until through the early 90s, but their output past 1994 became less and less my thing.

Do you like California?

 

[Edge]

Do you like California?

I love California.

But I preferred RHCP when they were penning love letters to George Clinton and Parliament, rather than Mike Love and The Beach Boys.

Just a personal preference.

 

[One Winged Angel]

As for me, I definitely have ADHD with music.

I could be listening to metal like Metallica, Slayer, Pantera, Anthrax, Machine Head, Suicidal Tendencies, Fear Factory, etc.

Then I could go punk with Pennywise, Bad Religion, Rancid, NOFX, Face To Face, Distillers, TSOL, Misfits, 98 Mute, Millencolin, Social D, AFI and Offspring (before they both changed).

I’ve always had a soft spot for rap and hip hop since the first time I heard Christmas Time In Hollis by Run DMC, so that opened the door for Nas, Tupac, Biggie, Wu-Tang, Busta Rhymes, Big Pun, Big L, Tribe Called Quest.

I got into Ska after hearing The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, so I got into Less Than Jake after hearing them in Goodburger and Reel Big Fish, Mustard Plug, Big D, etc.

I’m not huge into Reggae but I do love Toots and The Maytals and Bob Marley.

80’s and 90’s music will always make me happy. Between the one hit wonders, grunge and alternative.

I grew up on a mix of classic rock and metal, my mother and father were responsible for a lot of it... Metallica, Sabbath, Zeppelin, Priest, Pink Floyd, Doors, Who, Queen, Electric Light Orchestra and even some lighter stuff like Elton John, Billy Joel, Rod Stewart and Fleetwood Mac.

I also have an aunt who is a huge hippy/flower child at heart... Beach Boys, Mama’s and Papa’s, Jefferson Airplane, The Dead, etc...

I do enjoy some Bee Gees every now and then too.

 

[ReggieDunlop68]

Agree it was never really good, just saying the amount of hair metal bands and their stupid popularity in the 1989-ealy 1991 range was beyond incredible.

There was an interview with Nikki Sixx where he stated that Motley Crue started a tour in Spring 1991 and they were selling out arenas. They were shocked as they never thought they were THAT popular AND they were shocked at the makeup of the crowds. Preppy college kids were making up half the crowd; he even said, looking back it shouldn't have been that shocking because NOTHING was out there in rock, other than hair metal, and G'n'R. By late summer, the crowds dwindled to almost nothing. Why? Well, the Black Album and grunge.

Yeah there was that huge explosion at the turn of the decade. People couldn’t seem to get enough of the “monster ballad”.

After that super-saturation and many ealier 80s bands getting in on cash grab and embarassing themselves, the radio was ripe
for the faux-revolution transition to “alternative” rock.

I hold Kip Winger responsible for Billy Corgan.

 

[ReggieDunlop68]

I love California.

But I preferred RHCP when they were penning love letters to George Clinton and Parliament, rather than Mike Love and The Beach Boys.

Just a personal preference.

Well if you love California, boy do I got a band for you from 1999 until today!