What are your music tastes?

by sirfluffington on Wed Feb 17, 2010 9:13 am

So I was browsing this thread and a) noticed there was nothing in it and b) had this flash of thought, what exactly is geeky music?

I find it hard to believe that we have a 'type' but what better way to find out than to ask on here?

I'll start: I love a diverse range of pop, contemporary country, world and instrumental music.

How about you?

by xombiekitty on Wed Feb 17, 2010 11:26 am

There is definitely music out there that I would call geeky, such as Weird Al Yankovic, Tripod, Transvision Vamp, etc, but people that are music geeks tend to like all kinds of music.

For anyone that is ever wondering if something fits the bill, keep in mind that geekery equals passion Smile

It doesn't have to be what the non-geeky people of the world would consider geeky... it just needs to be something you're passionate about!

I am also a lover of a wide range of music and I would consider myself a bit of a music geek because I love listening to it, get hyped going to live gigs even when it's the first time seeing a band play, and tend to know the strangest bits of trivia about bands even when I'm not a fan of their music Smile

Let's just say that Spicks and Specks is a big hit in this household Very Happy

I enjoy rock, trance, blues, dance, classical, instrumental, industrial, alternative, metal, punk, pop, goth, grunge, ska, ballads, r&b, rap, jazz, comedy, c&w etc... pretty much a bit of everything! I'm just one of those people that likes it when the world has a soundtrack Smile

by Darth Salem on Wed Feb 17, 2010 7:07 pm

well based on my knowledge of fellow geeks (hardly scientific but work with me here); I reckon we are more likely to have a diverse range of musical tastes. Or maybe that's just me ! Bring me Kylie or KMFDM, it's all good.

by mysticalmum on Fri Feb 19, 2010 1:00 am

I love all types of music (apart from c&w) - my tastes range from ABBA to Voltaire. Being a 70's child, my earliest musical memories were of Neil Diamond and Barbra Streisand - and I was brought up with Mario Lanza and other operatic giants of the time so music was and still is an important part of my life Smile

by Darth Salem on Fri Feb 19, 2010 2:32 pm

So does the Mashup count as a musical style? At least its honest enough to admit there is little new under the sun and is openly recycling music. There are some great Mashup podcasts in iTunes ATM. there is something rather spooky when Pink Floyd is played under C+C Music Factory.

by xombiekitty on Fri Feb 19, 2010 3:37 pm

I would count musical mash-ups as a style.
There are some fantastic mash-ups out there... and some terrible ones too, lol.
Have you seen http://www.mashup-charts.com ?

by Fluffy_Duck on Sat Feb 20, 2010 9:39 pm

Just got my hands on a Colin Hay CD. It's an older one, but for my generation... it's cool. Some of his classic songs, acoustic style.

by xombiekitty on Sat Feb 20, 2010 10:39 pm

Colin Hay in Scrubs was AWESOME!

by Fluffy_Duck on Sat Feb 20, 2010 10:45 pm

The CD I just got, has that song on it. Took me 3 weeks to find it.

by cyspazzz on Sun Feb 21, 2010 7:22 am

Thats a great song, very enjoyable.

by Grenge on Tue Feb 23, 2010 8:03 pm

I'm also a fan of any sort of music as long as it is good, except for R&B.

I'm a big fan of the band The Mercy Bell (aka Eat The Menu),
As well as Butterfly Boucher, Lovers Electric, Sixpence None The Richer, Smashing Pumpkins.

I also a huge fan of Dr Horribles Sing Along Blog & the music. I think I have seen it almost 50 times.

by ZenBubble on Tue Feb 23, 2010 8:25 pm

Lately I've been on a serious Daft Punk kick.

Youtube: Daft Punk - Da Funk (AKA Big City Nights)

Did everybody know that they're doing the soundtrack for Tron Legacy?

-Chris

by Grenge on Tue Feb 23, 2010 9:45 pm

ZenBubble wrote:
Did everybody know that they're doing the soundtrack for Tron Legacy?

-Chris

I get the feeling you are excited about Tron?

by ZenBubble on Tue Feb 23, 2010 9:56 pm

You've seen my posts on GRD, Haven't you ? (Besides our own podcast)

Smile

-Chris

by cyspazzz on Wed Feb 24, 2010 7:33 pm

I'm lucky my fav music artists live in Melbourne and I've seen them live a few times. I like listening to The beautiful voices of Wendy Rule, Moneque Brumby and Kerry Simpson. Sometimes they sing together these are my fav gigs.

by xombiekitty on Wed Feb 24, 2010 7:52 pm

Monique Brumby has some great stuff

Another local lass that I love is Coby Grant.
Saw her perform live at a pub while waiting to go to a TV show taping and she was just awesome

Left after purchasing one of each of the DVDs and CDs she had on sale!
Also signed up to her mailing list and enjoy seeing her career grow

Actually, I really enjoy buying CDs from buskers and discovering artists I may not find by other means.
Have done this a few times in both Melbourne and Sydney now.

by ZenBubble on Thu Mar 04, 2010 7:22 pm

Met Monique Brumby at Armageddon a couple of years ago, bought her albums, enjoyed listening since.

-Chris

by ZenBubble on Thu Mar 04, 2010 7:28 pm

How's this for something different;

Is anybody else her a fan of Philip Glass' Koyaanisqatsi Soundtrack?

I've always used this album when I need to block out the world. Gimme an mp3 player, this album, and a set of headphones and I can hide almost anywhere.

-Chris

by cyspazzz on Thu Mar 04, 2010 7:28 pm

Monique has a new album coming out soon. Can't wait

by xombiekitty on Thu Mar 04, 2010 8:00 pm

Ooh, very cool!
Do you have a release date cyspazzz?

by cyspazzz on Fri Mar 05, 2010 7:42 am

Check out www.moniquebrumby.com no Melbourne dates that I can see yet. But the release is this month.

by geekchic on Tue Mar 09, 2010 10:37 pm

My favourite artists are quite diverse (fits with the argument above), ranging from Eminem to Guns n Roses, Garbage to Green Day, Ben Lee to Chris Isaak. I also love Lady Gaga, Madonna, The Cure, Kylie, Fall Out Boy, kd lang, Cyndi Lauper and Tenacious D!

by cyspazzz on Wed Mar 10, 2010 7:29 am

Ben Lee you mean Ken Lee right

by Cybertron Ax on Wed Mar 10, 2010 7:36 am

I really like Anima Soundtrack,I like that Japaneses Pop music in them. I also like all types of music.

by JazzSanti on Wed Mar 10, 2010 8:38 am

When it comes to music I gravitate towards Hip Hop & R&B but really I like any type of music if it has a sound.

by ZenBubble on Wed Mar 10, 2010 9:46 am

cyspazzz wrote:Ben Lee you mean Ken Lee right

KEN LEE!

Libba dibba dabba doo!

If you have no idea what I'm on about, follow cyspazz's link above.

-Chris

by geekchic on Sat Mar 13, 2010 7:39 pm

cyspazzz wrote:Ben Lee you mean Ken Lee right

ROFL !!! Yeah sure, thats what I meant!

by Baralier on Sat Mar 13, 2010 8:43 pm

"Eclectic" is an understatement with my musical collection. I studied classical piano for 6 years and that gave me a huge interest in music beyond the pop realm and may have also contributed to my interest in film soundtracks.

Of the more contemporary stuff It's hard to pin things down. I do love a good novelty choon and some of the "Nerdcore" music that has been getting around. I've recently been introduced to Trock (Timelord Rock) and while normally not a fan of filksongs the stuff I've heard with the Trock genre has had a high level of polish.

I loves me some Kylie, some New Order, some Sister of Mercy, some Big Bad Voodoo Daddy and lots more stuff in between.

I generally avoid rap and hip-hop though Mr. B The Gentleman Rhymer has made me rethink this idea

by ZenBubble on Sat Mar 13, 2010 9:29 pm

You made me go look up a bunch of LL Cool J film clips on Youtube.

Momma Said Knock You Out and Goin' back to Cali are two long-time favourites.

Now if you'll all excuse me, I have the second half of a podcast to record Smile

-Chris

by Darth Salem on Sat Mar 20, 2010 9:48 pm

Perhaps it's because it's Saturday night and I'm building a laptop for my 3 year old that's filled with Charlie Lola, Sesame Street, ABC Kids activities, but NIN Year Zero Remixed is going down very nicely at the moment.

throughly recommend the last couple of pop/industrial NIN releases if you need an bit of an anti-cute hit. Smile

actually anything by Trent Reznor is gold in my book, so I may be a little biased.

http://yearzero.nin.com/remix/

by ambivalence on Mon Mar 22, 2010 8:08 pm

Currently, I am really into county music, in particular Jamie O'Neal. Otherwise I am listening too albums from Abba, or the amazing Lady Gaga (who I shall see this Wednesday and it will be the first time I have seen anyone other than Peter Combe live in concert). That said, I will listen to basically anything that avoids anything hip-hop and rap related.

by geekchic on Mon Mar 22, 2010 10:40 pm

Wow, enjoy the Lady Gaga concert, it looks like an amazing show! I'm jealous!

by Baralier on Tue Mar 23, 2010 1:47 pm

ambivalence wrote:or the amazing Lady Gaga (who I shall see this Wednesday and it will be the first time I have seen anyone other than Peter Combe live in concert).

Just make sure you don't take any 9 year-olds to the concert with you... Rolling Eyes

by Caribou on Tue Mar 23, 2010 9:54 pm

Like most of the people in geek society, I love just about any type of music. That doesn't mean that I like everything in every type...just the good stuff.

Currently I have My Chem Romance, Paramore, Eagles of Death Metal, The Creepshow, Reel Big Fish and Danny Elfman's Alice in Wonderland in my car's CD player. Hmm...that is a bit of a mishmash....

My favourite singer is Wendy Rule (Cyspazzz you are lucky to live in her home town...I have seen her live several times. Took my daughter one time when she was 4 years old and Wendy sang her to sleep with my daughter's favourite song, Artemis. I assume you know she has a new CD? I missed her concert here last week, so I am going to have to buy it from her site. Sigh...not signed...yet

)

by ambivalence on Thu Mar 25, 2010 7:20 pm

Baralier wrote:
ambivalence wrote:or the amazing Lady Gaga (who I shall see this Wednesday and it will be the first time I have seen anyone other than Peter Combe live in concert).
Just make sure you don't take any 9 year-olds to the concert with you...

I did see quite a few young and pre-teens there which I just feel is irresponsible. Apart from the swearing, which although infrequent was strong, the general content and nature of her show really suits a mature audience. Oh, and the opening Semi Precious Weapons in no way could be considered appropriate. I rather liked the whole evening, although there did seem a lengthy delay between the opening act and Gaga. That said, the show clearly wanted for nothing in regards to the set design and choreography; the show even carried a story between songs, although I found it rather difficult to hear spoken words, or even lyrics if I did not already know them. Perhaps I am just getting old, I certainly left with my ears ringing. She did sing all my favourites, excluding Paper Gangster which I love but never thought she would use anyway. The stand out moments would be the opining with Dance in the Dark, the flaming paino for Speachless, the dance moves for Telephone, and Bad Romance because it just is so fantastically awesome. cheers

by darth_sully on Fri Mar 26, 2010 9:45 am

Well what is really geeky music....for me Stan Bush has to be up there with two of the great songs that will come from a movie soundtrack ever...Dare and You Got The Touch both from the 1984 Animated Transformers Movie which also featured Weird Al's Dare to be Stupid

Now my music taste is very diverse... Some of the music I listen to Era, Enigma, Taylor Swift, Chris LeDoux, Michael Buble and of course lots of classic Australian music.. Midnight Oil, ACDC, Crowded House, Icehouse and Dragon, these as just the tip of a very large asteroid to try and list them all would take me all day

by darth_sully on Fri Mar 26, 2010 10:25 am

Just also wanted to remind everyone that it is 5 years to the day since we lost a great Australian Musician in Paul Hester

by xombiekitty on Fri Mar 26, 2010 3:15 pm

Wow darth_sully... I had no idea it had been five years since Paul died

I hope he's in a better place now

BTW, I love Icehouse & Dragon too!

I love seeing all these bands being posted by people because it keeps pointing out acts I love, while it's also a suggestion list for finding new acts to enjoy Smile

by Matt1971 on Sat Mar 27, 2010 10:01 pm

I feel a little strange

I like to listen to Mettalica, W*A*S*P, Iron Maiden, Motorhead, Guns and Roses, Green Day, Def Leppard, Baby Animals, The Offspring, Led Zepplin and Live.
I was so relieved to read that Darth_Sully listenes to AC/DC.
I have been a bit of a head banger since I was 16, although i will give anything a go once.

Dose being a bit of a headbanger exclude me from the realm of geekdom??

by xombiekitty on Sun Mar 28, 2010 1:25 am

Matt1971 wrote:I feel a little strange I like to listen to Mettalica, W*A*S*P, Iron Maiden, Motorhead, Guns and Roses, Green Day, Def Leppard, Baby Animals, The Offspring, Led Zepplin and Live.
I was so relieved to read that Darth_Sully listenes to AC/DC.
I have been a bit of a head banger since I was 16, although i will give anything a go once.

Dose being a bit of a headbanger exclude me from the realm of geekdom??

xombiekitty wrote:*snip* I enjoy *snip* metal *snip*

I edited out most of my first post in this thread to show the important bit for this response

You are not alone in your choice of music at all Smile

by ambivalence on Sun Mar 28, 2010 4:45 pm

Well I want to the Petty's Orchid Festival today, mostly to see family, but also because Peter Coombe made an appearance. His material was aimed at younger children, mostly, but this was to be expected at a family event. Some of the songs I did not know as they were newer, but he did sing "Juicy, Juicy, Green Grass", "Newspaper Mamma", "Spaghetti Bolognese", "Rain Keeps Tumbling Down", and of course the Belly Flop in the Pizza one. Now at his 18+ gigs the whole audience sings along wearing newspaper hats. Here, the hats were few and far between (I wore one as I have no shame), but he did have young children singing loudly and dancing around - some were even mini-groupies trying to climb on the "stage" (bed of truck). Actually, it felt lovely seeing a young generating watching him with their parents as I know I used to be one of those kids.

At one point when he was showing hand movements to one of his songs, one little boy called out "the Wiggles", to which he received an exaggerated shocked look, before being told in a mock hurt voice that "this comes long before them".

by cyspazzz on Fri Apr 02, 2010 8:32 am

Caribou wrote:My favourite singer is Wendy Rule (Cyspazzz you are lucky to live in her home town...I have seen her live several times. Took my daughter one time when she was 4 years old and Wendy sang her to sleep with my daughter's favourite song, Artemis. I assume you know she has a new CD? I missed her concert here last week, so I am going to have to buy it from her site. Sigh...not signed...yet )

I've been enjoying Wendy's music since 2000, when I accidently discovered her beautiful voice. She was playing around Melbourne and also working part time at The Esoteric Bookshop. I walked in and she served me after buying some books and other pieces. I saw her poster on the wall and didn't realise it was her, after pointing to the poster I asked her if that singer was any good, she said yes, and I bought her album Zero.

I listened to it on the way home and was hooked straight away. The next week I went back and bought her album Deity, she wasn't working that day and I still hadn't realised that she was the one that sold me Zero. When I payed for the CD I commented to Julie one of the owners of the shop that I listened to Wendy's first albumn last week and loved it, thats why I was back to buy her second album, and she said that Wendy worked there part time, then I realised who had sold me Zero

. Since then I have been to all her CD launches and a lot of her shows, since most of them are only down the road. She's a great person, very friendly and very down to earth, but at the same time not

especially in her music.

by Darth Salem on Sat Jun 05, 2010 5:38 pm

Was watching a bit of Spicks and Specks the other night when their guest band "The Breaks" were on and I was rather pleased with their modern surf rock, when the other hald says... "well if you like that then you need to go back to the source of all good surf rock Dick Dale"

And you know what she was right...

If you like surf rock... try this on for size

http://www.dickdale.com/

by ambivalence on Sun Jun 06, 2010 1:43 pm

Well I have currently set aside my other albums, and now I listen primarily to the Glee soundtracks. I have volumes one, two, and three, plus the forth one pre-ordered - not to mention the Madonna one too. I also listen to two different Glee podcasts. All while I am driving or doing housework. That said, I am behind in the episodes; I am only now up to the Madonna one. Finding time to sit down and watch them does not always present itself.

by Darth Salem on Sun Jun 06, 2010 4:46 pm

ambivalence wrote: and now I listen primarily to the Glee soundtracks. I have volumes one, two, and three, plus the forth one pre-ordered - not to mention the Madonna one too. I also listen to two different Glee podcasts.

Ahh... Glee. quite the guilty pleasure :)

So which of the poscasts do you listen to and which would yo urecommend for someone who is quite timepoor like myself?

by Grenge on Sun Jun 06, 2010 7:12 pm

Darth Salem wrote:
ambivalence wrote: and now I listen primarily to the Glee soundtracks. I have volumes one, two, and three, plus the forth one pre-ordered - not to mention the Madonna one too. I also listen to two different Glee podcasts.

Ahh... Glee. quite the guilty pleasure

Me Three!

Lately when I can't find anything else to listen to I just fall back on Glee.
It is funny that I cannot stand listening to Madonna doing Madonna songs, But I love the Glee versions of them. Probably because I just can't stand Madonna.