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Favorite Bands to Listen to?

Nate505 said:
I don't know about him, but I saw Tool in 2001 at Red Rocks. They put on a pretty good show, although I'm sort of a fan of the lead singer engaging with the crowd and Maynard pretty much didn't do that. I guess Maynard has a reputation of being a total a-hole, so it could have been worse I guess (and I say this as a big fan of Tool, well, at least their first three albums. I love Opiate to death). He (and the rest of the band) did set a sort of cool, darkish atmosphere.
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Hahah yes Maynard is really a character. He knows no matter what he will do, people will still love him and buy their music, i find it hilarious. The band makes up for their lack of interaction with the crowd with their light show. Was the light show any good at that outdoors theater? I think it would be a lot better indoors
 
It must not have been great because I don't remember it that well (of course all the semi-licit substances I've done since then may be a cause of that too). What I remember most is that the whole stage was sort of cloudy (like they had fog machines but not pumping ridiculously), the stage was sort of a black lit with most of it being black and purple, and you could barely see any member of the band clearly, just outlines. It was all sort of mysterious, but it worked pretty well with their music (I think this was just after Lataralous? came out). I'm sure lights shone on them at various points in time, but I see that with just about every band at Red Rocks.
 
Nate505 said:
I don't know about him, but I saw Tool in 2001 at Red Rocks. They put on a pretty good show, although I'm sort of a fan of the lead singer engaging with the crowd and Maynard pretty much didn't do that. I guess Maynard has a reputation of being a total a-hole, so it could have been worse I guess (and I say this as a big fan of Tool, well, at least their first three albums. I love Opiate to death). He (and the rest of the band) did set a sort of cool, darkish atmosphere.
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Could explain their name being "tool".
 
TroutBum said:
Pop/Teeny Bop Garbage: Nothing. It should all rot in hell.
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I applaud your musical diversity. May a recommend Aly & AJ - Potential Break Up Song. Picture to burn - Taylor Swift

The ting tings shut up and that's not my name.

That's right, I'm willing to put up with a lot when it comes to sexy young beaches serenading me or cursing me to burn in hell. Either one.

Also, The Donnas.(not teeny bop, but chicks doing their thing in an ac/dc-esque manner.
 
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At the end of 2010 I put together these lists for a music site on which I post every now and then. They overlap, but I'll just copy-and-paste them here.

TOP 15 FAVORITE ALBUMS:
No order:
Super Ae - Boredoms
Endless Summer - Christian Fennez
On The Beach - Neil Young
Kid A - Radiohead
Endtroducting DJ Shadow - DJ Shadow
A River Ain't Too Much To Love - Smog
Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth
Torch of the Mystics - Sun City Girls
Tago Mago - Can
Kind of Blue - Miles Davis
Eureka - Jim O'Rourke
I'm Happy, and I'm Singing, and a 1, 2, 3, 4 - Jim O'Rourke
God, Time, and Causality - John Fahey
Laughing Stock - Talk Talk
More Songs About Buildings and Food - Talking Heads


Should have made the list:
13 - Blur
Sufer Rosa - Pixies
Everybody Digs Bill Evans - Bill Evans
Low - David Bowie
Blacklisted - Neko Case
The Coming - Busta Rhymes
Heaven or Las Vegas - Cocteau Twins
In Rainbows - Radiohead
Spirit of Eden - Talk Talk
Sheer Hellish Masma - Kevin Drumm
45:33 - LCD Soundsystem
Drums and Guns - Low
In an Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel
The Shape of Jazz To Come - Ornette Coleman
Aquemini - Outkast
Murray Street - Sonic Youth
Remain in Light - Talking Heads
Velvet Underground - Velvet Underground
Rubber Soul - The Beatles
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco

BEST ALBUMS OF THE DECADE (2000-2010)
Boredoms - Vision Creation Newsun
Angels of Light - Everything is Good Here/Please Come Home
Radiohead - Kid A
Jim O'Rourke - Insignificance
Frank Black - Show Me Your Tears (I've especially fallen in love with the more marginal songs on this record)
Fennesz - Endless Summer
Jim O'Rourke - I'm Happy, and I'm Singing, and a 1,2,3,4 (I'll never forget my trip out to the spiral jetty listening to this record)
Low - Drums and Guns
Bill Callahan - Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle
 
country music is an oxymoron
 
Avenged Sevenfold is the best band alive right now. I like maybe two death metal songs outside of them too.

Hurt is a must hear for Tool fans. They are little known. I first heard of them from a random at Walmart. It's high quality, but for some reason I thought I had purchased a garage band on the first time through and put it down for at least a month. Second go was ok. Third listen hooked me. Someday J. Loren will blow up huge. I wonder if anyone will stick with him long enough to enjoy the success. He's lost band positions multiple times.

I've promoted J. Loren before, but here it is anyway. It's best loud just like all intricate music.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9KBKXoWvQ4
 
I'm liking what I'm hearing out of Volbeat. Darby on 94.9 described them as a cross between Elvis and Old School Metallica. I think that fits. They did one hell of a cover of "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry"
 
TroutBum said:
And then you posted your 'favorite albums' post and invalidated anything/everything you have said and/or will say from here on out.
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part of how I get PAID is writing about, contextualizing, and critiquing music. But, I'm sure you still feel comfortable with what you said.

By contrast, I would feel uncomfortable ****-talking to you about how to sell insurance or how to be a head-to-toe stereotype. I leave that to you, brough. Thanks for doing the dirty work.
 
Boondocksaint27 said:
I'm liking what I'm hearing out of Volbeat. Darby on 94.9 described them as a cross between Elvis and Old School Metallica. I think that fits. They did one hell of a cover of "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry"
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They remind me of a new age Elvis too. I like the song Still Counting a lot, but outside that they aren't for me. I try to get into them every 3 months or so, but they just don't stick. They have a unique style though and make quality music. It's always nice to hear something completely new whether it's up my alley or not.
 
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