david bowie is such a fucking genius.... I listen to Hunky Dory all the time, and it blows me away that he made that album in '71, when he was still just a kid, really.

i think im gonna start getting into classical, i think its got some simualrities to dance.

ACIDCHILDREN Escribi�:

i think im gonna start getting into classical, i think its got some simualrities to dance.

You really should give a listen to some classical music. You are right in that there are similarities - like structure, melody and layers within the music, and once you listen you will be able to easily draw some parallels between that and electronic music. Since you already have an interest, you'll spot it right away.



Baroque era is a good place to start, though technically it was before the classical period. ;) imo the movements within Baroque music and all the textured, intertwining melodies are very akin to the various movements and structures in a lot of electronic music. You can't go wrong with JS Bach who is one of my favorites and pretty much defines the Baroque period. Also check Handel and Pachabel, too.

Ashley Simpson ;-)

I dont really think you can compare different genres of music in a "this genre is better than that genre" kinda way. i just consider them all different and listen to different stuff depending on how i feel at that time.



Well this is some of the non-electronic stuff i listen to:



Opeth

Radiohead

Chidren of Bodom

Iced Earth

In Flames

Dream Theater

Blind Guardian

Iron Maiden

Megadeth

Rammstein

Rage Against the Machine

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Keane *waits for criticism*

The Music

Franz Ferdinand

U2

Nelly Furtado

Cornelius



Don't own any albums but enjoy listening to them.



btw, The Music were born in a village about 2 miles away from where I live so I could say I am supporting local talent!

the music WERE ok....saw them live

saw franz too....rip off, ?40-40 min show....not that i paid!

u2-seen them twice-zoo tv and popmart,amazing live band. didnt bother with vertigo tour tix though...i have a nice jukebox 7" of vertigo, worht a bit already

nelly furtado.......WTF?????!!!! are you high?! 8O

Cornelius-great act...really unusual and great weird electro



but nelly fuckin retardo?!!! dude.......





also currently listening to chet baker, billie holiday,various piano classical music,including the soundtrack to "the pianist" which is a great film...

Besides dance music, I enjoy classical and some altenative rock. Some of my faves:



Beethoven (symphony ****** 9!!!)

Mozart

Bach

Chopin (nocturnes)

Jimi Hendrix

Pink Floyd

Tool (and some of Perfect Circle, though I'm not much for intentionally depressing or negative-attitude music)

Porno for Pyros / Jane's Addiction

Smashing Pumpkins (Melancholie and before)



Whirlygirl's right about the correlation between classical and electronic. Listening to classical music is proven to help you think more clearly, and will help you to appreciate all genres of music.

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the music WERE ok....saw them live

saw franz too....rip off, ?40-40 min show....not that i paid!

u2-seen them twice-zoo tv and popmart,amazing live band. didnt bother with vertigo tour tix though...i have a nice jukebox 7" of vertigo, worht a bit already

nelly furtado.......WTF?????!!!! are you high?! 8O

Cornelius-great act...really unusual and great weird electro



but nelly fuckin retardo?!!! dude.......





also currently listening to chet baker, billie holiday,various piano classical music,including the soundtrack to "the pianist" which is a great film...

Yeah, have to admit Nelly Furtado isn't one of my favorite vocalists. She sounds a bit like she's singing through her nose. I can see the appeal though. She's a lot better than some of the other shit out there!



So you saw U2 during the Zoo TV days - that was da shit, some of the best live shows I've seen. They are definitely in their element when they play live. I would have liked to have seen Pop Mart but tickets were so ridiculously overpriced, plus they played at the colisseum in Los Angeles - seen a concert (U2 during Joshua Tree) once and never again. The place is just too damn big. Anyway - hang on to that Vertigo 7". It's amazing how much money some of that ol U2 shit is worth. I have a stockpile of U2 collectibles I saved over the years... some stuff I have I've never seen anywhere else, not even on ebay or eil. I'm hanging onto all of it though, gotta pay for my son's college education somehow!!

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Besides dance music, I enjoy classical and some altenative rock. Some of my faves:



Beethoven (symphony ****** 9!!!)

One of the best pieces of music ever composed! It's genius and epic, so much passion. I've always wanted to hear this... I'd like to hear it at the Hollywood Bowl, that would be the ultimate in symphony-going experiences - my folks got to do that ages and ages ago. The Hollywood Bowl (I forget which symphony was playing) had a sunrise performance, with this song as the apex as the sun was coming up. Must've been a cool thing to witness.

whirlygirl Escribi�:

You really should give a listen to some classical music. You are right in that there are similarities - like structure, melody and layers within the music, and once you listen you will be able to easily draw some parallels between that and electronic music. Since you already have an interest, you'll spot it right away.

Exactly, i really coundn't agree more. I think trance not that i like it very much is most simular to classical.



Im def gonna check them soon soon. Thank you Whirly and sentientsynthesizer for pointing me in the right direction.

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david bowie is such a fucking genius.... I listen to Hunky Dory all the time, and it blows me away that he made that album in '71, when he was still just a kid, really.

i�m listening to THE BEST OF DAVID BOWIE--->Hallo spaceboy (Pet shop boys remix) quality!!! 8)



and i also love the classic music!!!!



i recently buy a cd with classical film hits (by Mozart Wagner,Bizet,Mahler,Puccini) like:



2001 a space odyssey.

A clock work orange . 8)

Amadeus.

The witches of Eastwic.k

Excalibur.

Apocalypse now.

Death in venice.

Moonstruck



and alot more



i also listen to VOYAGE pretty nice instrumental disco!!! is very funky

also durran duran inxs shit there are a lot of bands!!!! cerrone,u2. etc.

INXS!!



well in mate, INXS are great, i bought theyr greatest hits double cd + dvd over christmass, its great!

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toomuch'stash Escribi�:

david bowie is such a fucking genius.... I listen to Hunky Dory all the time, and it blows me away that he made that album in '71, when he was still just a kid, really.

i�m listening to THE BEST OF DAVID BOWIE--->Hallo spaceboy (Pet shop boys remix) quality!!! 8)



and i also love the classic music!!!!



i recently buy a cd with classical film hits (by Mozart Wagner,Bizet,Mahler,Puccini) like:



2001 a space odyssey.

A clock work orange . 8)

Amadeus.

The witches of Eastwic.k

Excalibur.

Apocalypse now.

Death in venice.

Moonstruck



and alot more



i also listen to VOYAGE pretty nice instrumental disco!!! is very funky

also durran duran inxs shit there are a lot of bands!!!! cerrone,u2. etc.

The song from the Excalibur soundtrack is taken from a classical piece called 'Carmina Burana', the song they use is called O Fortuna.... there's a really cool old skool techno mix of that by a band called Apothosis... I think that's how it's spelled.

My biggest musical love for me is Mike Oldfield's music!!!!!!!!!!i Firstly listen to it when i have 7 or 8. The album was FIVE MILES OUT and track was TAURUS II. This is the great suite from great guitarist and composer! Lot of peopples talking, that Oldfield is known only from Tubular Bells and this album is best of the best. BULSHIT!!!!!!It's good but the others of albums are also great!!I have all discography in originals. Oldfield is famous from his 20-30 minutes long suites of experimental rock with folk elements. For me the best album is AMAROK from 1990. It's one hour long track wchich has lot of styles and geners of music - from folk, jazz, flamenco to african music !!!This track is GENUINE!!!!!!Shame that Oldfeld is creating now more electronic music than real music like few years ago. He has one very fantastic electronic chillout album THE SONGS OF DISTANT EARTH from 1994. Absolute classic!!!!!

I love most types of music, I don't just stick to one genre my mood will determine what music I will listen to. Current fav's include:



The Killers

The Used

Head Automatica

Rammstein

Mylo

My Chemical Romance

Daft Punk

A Dozen Furies

Incubus

The Mars Volta

Jet



To name a few

Roots Manuva to Pearl Jam over to Otto Von Schirach and then back to Metallica.

Depeche Mode,

New Order

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Roots Manuva to Pearl Jam over to Otto Von Schirach and then back to Metallica.

Thinking of checking out Roots Manuva, liked 'Witness the fitness' and a remix of a track where he keeps saying 'Manuva MC', what do you think of his music?

INXS were great. ;)

And not for me.

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Guano Apes and Pink Floyd

hey, pinkfloyd, good choice, i love that kind of music...