What do y'all listen to?

intangible
intangible Posts: 262
edited February 2011 in Music & Movies
Since most of the posters here appear much older than me, I have pigeon-holed all of you as listening to exclusively classic rock and/or classical/jazz. Am I spot on? I personally listen to a lot of punk, indie rock, stoner rock, and hip-hop along with a little bit of most other genres.
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,253
    edited February 2011
    In a word, music. Anything and everything but rap and opera. I lean more toward listening to well recorded music, but that's just me.

    I believe that you would be extremely surprised at the vast array of music folks here listen too.
    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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  • mdaudioguy
    mdaudioguy Posts: 5,165
    edited February 2011
    Anything But Country. I like some classic rock on occasion, but eventually it bores me. I'm always craving something new and different. Besides the main categories, I hate the use of genres in music. I like musicianship, but I prefer a good song.
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  • intangible
    intangible Posts: 262
    edited February 2011
    I was just kidding about classic rock stereotype. I figure people who care enough about music to frequent a speaker forum likely have broad tastes.

    Are y'all excited about the new Earth album? I'm trying to hold off on listening to the leak until my copy gets here.
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  • janmike
    janmike Posts: 6,146
    edited February 2011
    Before I found Polk Audio it was strictly Rock. Over the years it now includes Blues, Jazz, Classical, Orchestral to name a few. Thanks guys.
    Michael ;)
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  • vc69
    vc69 Posts: 2,500
    edited February 2011
    Mostly rock. Classic rock... not so much, but some. A little Jazz. My collection spans nearly a century of what I would consider good music. Good music has no genre.
    -Kevin
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  • quadzilla
    quadzilla Posts: 1,543
    edited February 2011
    In more or less this order: Jazz, Classical, Rock - old and new, Blues, Big Band and Swing, Electronica (mainly trance, house, drum and bass, but others too), Gospel, R&B/Funk/Soul, and Punk. That covers about 98% of my listening.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,034
    edited February 2011
    I really enjoy the interchannel static on FM.

    Otherwise, in my dotage I've become a big, big fan of what Tom Brennan refers to as "little girl with guitar" music.

    among my faves, the Wailin Jennys, who have a new album coming out just next week, as luck would have it.

    www.thewailinjennys.com

    Otherwise, I listen to pretty much everything except jazz and rap. I don't "get" most forms of jazz (no matter how well recorded - to me, noodling is noodling).
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  • Bababouey
    Bababouey Posts: 129
    edited February 2011
    I am 57 years old, obviously into classic rock.
    I am in to bluegrass music, jazz.
    I listen to the Jam On station on Sirus Satellite and have gotten on to a lot of bands from hearing them.
    Widespread Panic, John Butler Trio, MOE, Umphries McGee.
    I strongly advise you check these CD's
    Widespread Panic.. Dirty Side Down
    John Butler Trio.. Sunrise Over Sea
    Umphries McGee... Live At the Murat
    They are all incredible albums.

    Glen
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited February 2011
    I listen to almost everything, sans punk, speed metal, rap, and gospel. Being a native STL'n, I love Jazz.
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  • PrazVT
    PrazVT Posts: 1,606
    edited February 2011
    A little of everything...

    Classic Rock:

    Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Jethro Tull, Dire Straits, The Moody Blues, The Who, Rolling Stones, Paul Simon, etc.

    Alt Rock: 311, Rage against the Machine, Weezer, Green Day, Guster, Mae, Interpol, The Strokes, The Shins, Broken Bells, The Cranberries, Nirvana, STP, Primal Scream..all the 90s grunge

    Electronic: Underworld, Daft Punk, Orbital, Prodigy, Chemical Brothers, Air, Zero 7, etc.

    Hip Hop: Fugees / Wyclef, Outkast, The Roots, BEP, Kanye West, etc.

    And good ol' 80s pop :)

    Just no country...
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  • dkg999
    dkg999 Posts: 5,647
    edited February 2011
    Music is like candy, it's all good once you get rid of the rappers.
    DKG999
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  • Almadacr
    Almadacr Posts: 185
    edited February 2011
    For me since i m more guitar driven i go for Rock , blues or heavy metal , with Jazz i only hear Django Reinhardt since i have a "bad" variation in the cord changes i stick more to flamenco .
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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited February 2011
    Having a good system open's your ears to well recorded music. I have mostly metal, blues, and new-age, but also jazz and blue grass in my collection now.

    The down side to having a nice system, is, you can hear just how awful some of your music sounds as well.
    I refuse to argue with idiots, because people can't tell the DIFFERENCE!
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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited February 2011
    dble post?
    I refuse to argue with idiots, because people can't tell the DIFFERENCE!
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,520
    edited February 2011
    Symphonic Metal pretty much 24/7.
    If...
    Ron dislikes a film = go out and buy it.
    Ron loves a film = don't even rent.
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  • PrazVT
    PrazVT Posts: 1,606
    edited February 2011
    Music is like candy, it's all good once you get rid of the rappers.

    LOL - that's probably true for 95% of rap music. But some groups like The Roots, really are quite talented. But I'd rather listen to rock than rap any day.
    ALL BOXED UP for a while until I save up for a new place :(

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  • On3s&Z3r0s
    On3s&Z3r0s Posts: 1,013
    edited February 2011
    It doesn't matter what you normally listen to, you just haven't truly heard music until you have heard David Garrett's cover of Michael Jackson's Smooth Criminal. Not to mention he is just an outstandingly beautiful man.

    <iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/GSFPQDEkc-k&quot; frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

    Feel free to also search YouTube for his equally excellent renditions of AC/DC's Thunderstruck and Metallica's Nothing Else Matters.
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,253
    edited February 2011
    Maybe on the rig but definitely NOT on these computer speakers!
    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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  • Rev. Hayes
    Rev. Hayes Posts: 475
    edited February 2011
    Wow.

    Now I know what I'm going to do first thing tomorrow; go buy a violin and smash it. Then I'm going to take the resulting splinters and shove them into my ears so I never accidentally hear that shlock again. (strike that, the splinters go into my eyes so I never see that putz again)
    Sounds good to me...
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  • concealer404
    concealer404 Posts: 7,440
    edited February 2011
    Rock of any kind.
    I don't read the newsssspaperssss because dey aaaallllllllll...... have ugly print.

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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited February 2011
    Rev. Hayes wrote:
    Wow.

    Now I know what I'm going to do first thing tomorrow; go buy a violin and smash it. Then I'm going to take the resulting splinters and shove them into my ears so I never accidentally hear that shlock again. (strike that, the splinters go into my eyes so I never see that putz again)

    While I won't go that far...BUT...

    The Michael Jackson song I can't comment on much because I don't really like the original...so I definitely didn't care for the violin "cover". The whole time I was thinking of a couple of bluegrass "fiddlers" that would eat this guy for lunch.

    To be fair...I searched for "Thunderstruck" which is an AC/DC favorite of mine. WHAT AN ABOMINATION! I can imagine Angus, Malcolm, Brian and the boys clawing at their ears and grimacing in pain upon hearing what is being done to their tune….


    If I never hear David Garrett play another note on a violin during my lifetime...that is just fine by me. :rolleyes:
    "Just because you’re offended doesn’t mean you’re right." - Ricky Gervais

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  • On3s&amp;Z3r0s
    On3s&amp;Z3r0s Posts: 1,013
    edited February 2011
    shack wrote: »
    To be fair...I searched for "Thunderstruck" which is an AC/DC favorite of mine. WHAT AN ABOMINATION! I can imagine Angus, Malcolm, Brian and the boys clawing at their ears and grimacing in pain upon hearing what is being done to their tune….

    If I never hear David Garrett play another note on a violin during my lifetime...that is just fine by me. :rolleyes:

    Yeah... he's apparently German... it explains a lot. I think the Smooth Criminal cover is hilarious. The others are borderline offensive. When I made my first post about him I wasn't aware he also did Led Zeppelin's Kashmir. I only made it through the first minute before thinking this has to be illegal. I couldn't get all the way through it.

    Seriously, though, I like pretty much anything, mostly Jazz, Rock, and Industrial, but some things only in small doses. Not a fan of opera, but can listen to Pavarotti or 3 Tenors kind of stuff, don't like rap, but have some good vintage rap, don't like country at all, but I do have some old country and like looking at Sara Evans album covers.
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  • Erik Tracy
    Erik Tracy Posts: 4,673
    edited February 2011
    Just got a mix of CDs and SACDs:
    * Lynyrd Skynyrd: Essential Skynyrd -2 CD set - VERY good
    * Fleetwood Mac: Rumors - yeah I know everyone has a copy except me - ya know -this is a clean impressive CD!
    * Gary Burton (w/ Chick Corea, Pat Metheny, Roy Haynes, Dave Holland): Like Minds - way cool jazz SACD!

    * Dexter Gordon: GO - SACD - up next!

    H9: If you don't trust what you are hearing, then maybe you need to be less invested in a hobby which all the pleasure comes from listening to music.
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited February 2011
    If you want to know what CP members listen to...here are 5,000 ± "whats".

    http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=16043

    Knock yourself out.
    "Just because you’re offended doesn’t mean you’re right." - Ricky Gervais

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  • erniejade
    erniejade Posts: 6,321
    edited February 2011
    The Wiggles, Polka, and basically anything the Muppet's have done.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,034
    edited February 2011
    erniejade wrote: »
    The Wiggles, Polka, and basically anything the Muppets have done.

    Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem is great stuff!
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