As long as I've been on these forums I dont think I've seen one non-"classical" music thread...

So I thought I'd make one myself!

I wasn't sure whether to put it in the Cafe or not.. but as it's musical, here it shall stay!

Basicly.. talk about anything regarding non-"classical" or "pop" music!

I would be interested in hearing about which bands, artists, singers, girl and boy groups you all listen to or are part of and what type of music (e.g. Indie, Rock, Country etc.) you listen to for enjoyment!



So to start things off -

I listen to a lot of rock and Indie. e.g. kasabian, razorlight, the klaxons, Lostprophets, Panic! at the Disco, Fall out boy, All American Rejects, Jet, Feeder, etc. etc. etc.

My recent favourite are The Fray.
And I can't stop singing Grace Kelly by Mika. (it's really bugging me now!)

Having said that I also like the odd club mix like Miricle by Cascada.

I also like the golden oldies like The Beatles, especially Bull Dog and I love the sound of the Beach Boys...

I'm not a great fan of rap or HipHop.



But enough about me, what about you?

I like grace kelly too! I love the beatles and the beach boys.

Bands/ artist I listen to a lot are, to name a few:

rufus and martha wainwright, Joan As Police Woman, jeff buckely, tim buckely, john martyn, joni mitchell, nick drake.....I love Joni and Nick they're my two favourite artists! Also recently I've been getting into Sandy Danny, and thomas leeb!

Oh and the fratellis!

Goodness! I really wouldn't know where to start

It depends on what mood I'm in. At the minute I'm listening to a band called Dream Theater

Big Queen fan too

I dunno who dream theater are..but queen are simply fantastic!

ooohhh!!! i missed Queen off my list!

There must be a film out at the minute with Queen in it somewhere as one of my 8 year old students came in raving about it!

At the end of the lesson I played "Don't Stop me Now" and she sang the whole thing

That one now also reminds me of the scene in "Shaun of the Dead" where it's playing on the Jukebox

-The Used
-My Chemical Romance
-Simple Plan
-Goo Goo Dolls
-Snow Patrol
-Coldplay
-The Killers

What good taste you have there!

I know reminds me of it too!

Gosh, you sound like a cool teacher, busting into don't stop me now! Fantastic, I wish you taught me!

Apparently now her dad wants to hear it!

Cool!

I love lots of music. Right now some favourite bands are

-Muse
-Hadouken!
-: ( (This is the name, no joke)
-yourcodenameis:milo
-OK Go
-Scissor Sisters
-Larrikin Love
-Idiot Pilot
-The Knife
-Ratatat

I'm going to see Cat Power soon

Oh, the scissor sisters are great! I'd love to see them live, but I don't think their 2nd album was anywhere near as good as their 1st...

Chemical Romance
The Kaiser Chiefs
Greenday


Older stuff:
Deff Leppard
Black Sabbath
AC/DC
The Fall

Groups like Queen, Genesis, ELO, Pink Floyd etc ARE classical music!

Steve

PS Anyone heard of Barclay James Harvest?



One more thing....

Why can't modern groups be super cool and reserved like they were in the past?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Rt4VSKvU8Q



Steve

his laugh is simply insane!

Michael Buble.

who?

Radiohead, Oasis, Coldplay, Franz Ferdinand, Muse, Travis, U2.

I've really gone off Queen at the moment, it makes me annoyed. I don't know why.

I like indie, techno, some chill-out, pop, rock... in fact I very much like "non-classical" music as it makes me... relaxed!!!!

What I like:

-Texas
-Michael Buble
-Dover
-Franz Ferdinand
-Stéphane Pompougnac (as a mixer)
-Madonna

Etc...

Oooh lots! I usually listen to rock but i'm a fan of swing and some blues too. Here's a list of some personal favourites:

-Pink Floyd (possibly the best band the world ever saw)
-Queen!
-Jools Holland
-Damien Rice
- Led Zep
-Eva Cassidy
-Norah Jones
- The Beatles
-The fratellis
-Cat Stevens

I could go on forever!

Oooh yeah!

I like so many bands that trying to think of them all is impossible... REM are a solid favourite though.

Amongst many others : Stevie Wonder, most 60s/70s Motown, Swing Out Sister, '80s-'90s 'acid jazz', Jools Holland......

Anyone heard of Barclay James Harvest?
Yes !

Sting
The Police
Norah Jones
Beach Boys

one of my students played something by the Fray that he'd taught himself from an online tutorial - I was impressed (I think that should be well impressed).

Jamiroquai Brilliant stuff!

ELO, Paul Simon, Kate Bush, The Killers, Motorhead, Scissor Sisters, Gorillaz, Faithless, The Prodigy, Beatles, Dire Straits, RunDMC, New Order, Greenday, lots of 60s/70s, Rock, Bluegrass, Traditional Irish

In no particular order of preference, and it could go on and on!

Also - I still watch my old Michael Jackson videos a lot.... Despite his weirdness - you just can't beat dancing zombies

I listen to stuff that teenagers/pre-teenagers listen to, but I don't know that many songs. I've got nothing on my MP3 player compared to everyone else.

My faves are -
Pussy-cat dolls (beep, doncha, buttons)
Avril lavigne (together, who knows, don't tell me)

halloback girl (by gwen steffani)
fihgting over me (by paris hilton)


I also like things that my dad playes when he playes along with the drums, like Jazz and Pop(the Beatles)


My older brother listens to a lot of metal stuff, and I can't say it's my favourite even though I don't hate it that much.

agreed.

Also just heard some Randy Crawford on the radio, and there's another singer I think's very good.

Jamiroquai is great.
I like Michael Jackson's music too.

On the grounds that immitation is the sincerest form of flattery, here are some of the original artists/composers & writers (other than me) for the songs I play(guitar) and sing at folk clubs (you will notice that they are not all what you would normally call folk):

Eric Clapton
Queen
James Taylor/Carole King
Harold Arlen/Johnny Mercer(Frank Sinatra)
Randy Newman
Jimmy Buffet
Pink Floyd
The Eagles
Brad Paisley
Weird Al Yankovic
Weird Al Yankovic/Don MacLean
Fred Wedlock
Instant Sunshine
Richard Stilgoe/Peter Skellern
The Beatles
Buddy Holly
Chuck Berry
Bryan Adams
Billy Joel
Jake Thackray
Neil Innes
Jim Croce
Duke Ellington
Hoagy Charmichael/Johnny Mercer
Tom Lehrer
Michael Flanders & Donald Swann

If you were to add in the songs for the last band I played Bass guitar in you could add another dozen or so, including Status Quo and Chris Rea!

Given that I'm currently spending several hours a day playing Mozart, Chopin, JS Bach, Debussy, Gershwin, Shostakovich and Joplin and the CD currently in my car CD player is of John Irelands piano music, I think you could say I have a fairly eclectic taste in music!

How can you go off Queen?! i would find that impossible lol.

I missed all the ones you said off of my list.... =(

I missed quite a bit off of my list... i have way too much music to actually type out lol

Whatever my friends happen to be listening to if I'm around thier houses - I don't get much choice then! My choices would be Queen (Sometimes), Petra, and various other older stuff.

Coming from the bird who is currently 'trimming' her top 500 of all time...

Snow Patrol
Foo Fighters
Feeder
Killers
Rozorlight
Fratellis
Fray
View
Feeling
Maroon 5
Vertical Horizon
Semisonic
Matchbox 20
Train
Bryan Adams
Bon Jovi
Meatloaf
Dire Straits
James Taylor
Queen
Guns 'n' Roses

There will be very many I've forgotton..

My tastes are a bit random...

The Killers
Snow Patrol
Kelly Clarkson
Katie Melua
Westlife
S Club Juniors
Avril Lavigne
Pink
Celine Dion
Delta Goodrem
Brian McFadden
Turin Brakes

Now analyse that...

Well... On my ipod at the moment there is:
Aqua
Spice Girls
Gareth Gates
Led Zeplin
Chris de Burgh
Elton John
Paul Simon
Disney Classics
Lemon Jelly
Tom Jones
Status Quo
Beatles
Belinda Carlise
Selection of worship music
Flanders and Swann
Tom Lehrer
Abba
Britney Spears
Monty Python hits
Scissor Sisters
Petula Clark
Rhythm of life with Sammy Davis Jr
And soundtracks from Happy feet, Les Miserables, Annie, My fair lady

Ooh ooh ooh!!! I like this thread!!!

OK, things I am really into at the moment... I absolutely LOVE all the old Rock classics. Led Zeppelin is an absolute favourite of mine, I love Stairway to Heaven and Kashmir in particular. Along those lines then I am a huge fan of British music from the 70's onwards, everything from The Clash to Queen to The Who to.... well everything really!

Keeping it in the same mood, I like SOME modern pop music today, like Kasabian, Kaiser Chiefs, Coldplay (although they've sold out recently). But I also like music with a happy upbeat mood like The Feeling, Mika, etc. Gosh, there is so much I like!


My anthem would have to be that one by the New Radicals though... 'Don't let go, you've got the music in you', that one? That's my 'battle song', all my friends had one and this one would get me through tough times like exams or writing a tough composition...

Of course, Bonzo Dog Band aren't bad either....

Oh oh oh oh!! Malone, you are without doubt a fine and discerning individual. (Extra credit for Monty Python)



Excellent, excellent. This IS going well.

Ah, the measured tones of Vivien Stanshall ... "and introducing, on spoons, Adolf Hitler ... "

Since I am an Asian, I like chinese pop singers.
I fancy Jolin Tsai, SHE, Rainie Yang, Cyndi Wong (females).
For the English pop singers,
I fancy Hilary Duff, though she is not quite in the scene these days.

Oh, YES *nostalgia*...(Wasn't it the Bonzo Dog Doodah Band originally???).

I'll get my coat.

Why thank you!

Many of those already mentioned but would also add:

Joanna Newsom (Her album Ys is a work of genius IMO!)
Espers - particularly second album
Joanna MacGregor with Britten Sinfonia, Andy Sheppard etc - Moondog Matinees (although perhaps not strictly "non-classical" )

There now follows the most anoraky post in the history of the AB forums.

It was originally the Bonzo Dog Dada Band, but the third word was changed to Doodah because people didn't realise that Dada was an "anti-art" movement formed by Hans Arp in 1917. It was the precursor of the Surrealist movement, which was formed by the poet Andre Breton, who had himself been a Dadaist.

I thank you.

At the moment, I like Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitsgerald, Nora Jones, Gabrielle and I have a couple of country music compilations I enjoy.

The only live bands I've seen are Status Quo and Eric Bibb. Anyone heard of him? I especialy love "New Pair Of Shoes", he's a BRILLIANT performer!

Ah - you learn something new every day - thanks, sonataform!

My favourite band of all time are The Rolling Stones, can't believe nobody's mentioned them yet!

Also like;

Queen
The Kinks
The Eagles
Status Quo
Elton John
Scissor Sisters
Otis Redding
Michael Buble
Amy Winehouse
George Michael
Bee Gees
Dirty Dancing Soundtrack

And lots more that i can't think of at the moment

I also can't stop playing the Mika - Grace Kelly song!

Division 1:
- The Pet Shop Boys (seeing them at Hammersmith Apollo soon )
- Coldplay
- Keane
- Embrace

Division 2:
- Travis
- Snow Patrol

I like loadsssssssssssssssssssss of stuff!!


From Jools Holland
Phillip Glass
Tool!
Red Hot Chilli's
Beyonce
Eminem
Metallica
Snow Patrol
Marcus Miller
Glenn Miller
Jaco Postorius
Miles Davis!
Nelly Furtado
David Gray
Coldplay
....pretty much anything!

'You Get What You Give'

Yeah that's an awesome song.

does seeing the Spinners live count ....?
Great fun, great performers.

I had the good luck to see Flanders and Swann live once

My husband once moved Donald Swann's piano for him, in a folk club!

In no particular order (apart from putting Billy Joel at the top!)

Billy Joel (seen him live twice - 1991 and 2006 - brilliant!)
Elton John (saw him in about 1986)
Tom Lehrer
Kipper Family (for the lyrics, not the music, as anyone who knows them will probably agree!)
Bellowhead
Queen
Brian McNeill
Battlefield Band
John Tams
Kate Rusby (Husband knows her dad - I remember when she was a little girl at folk festivals - now she's a star!)
Coope, Boyes & Simpson
The Tannahill Weavers
Coldplay
Vin Garbutt
Blowzabella
Dire Straits
The Fratellis
Martin Carthy
Fairport Convention
Steeleye Span
John Kirkpatrick
Silly Wizard

Ok, so I could probably go on for ever, but I've got to stop somewhere!

Steeleye Span : well now I've got 'All Around My Hat' going round and round in my head.....

But I guess that should really have been said on another thread here!....