Your favorite non-critical listening to band or artist??

Toolfan66
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edited June 2015 in Music & Movies
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,304
    edited June 2015
    It was supposed to say band or artist.. :-(

    Edit: I didn't know you could fix the title..
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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,086
    Technically almost all the music I listen to is for non-critical listening.
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,304
    edited June 2015
    Yeah, I have quite a bit as well but most of mine is Metal from the 80's..

    I have a great copy of RATT out of the cellar that sounds exceptional though..

    Most of it is for listening in the car, and when I think AC/DC I don't think turning down the lights and vegging to some tunes, that's cruising music to drive fast to.
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    aprazer402 Posts: 3,149
    I mostly enjoy the blues and blues-rock for chillin.knge7p2lv4n0.png
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  • gudnoyez
    gudnoyez Posts: 8,124
    Non critical for me, Accept Udo only, AC DC Bon Scott era but since my Grandson has shown a intrest in all things AC DC I've been weening myself on the Brian Johnson era. Judas Priest, Ratt Out Of The Cellar, awesome can't remember how many times I played Lack Of Communication, Cinderella, Iron Madien, pretty much all the 80s stuff. Like you say Crusin tunes. I just put some new JBL'S in the truck and this is pretty much all that I have been listening to while driving to work.
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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,086
    Would Rush and Tool be considered critical listening material? I think so.
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  • headrott
    headrott Posts: 5,496
    What is non-critical listening music? :p
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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,086
    headrott wrote: »
    What is non-critical listening music? :p

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGe6-xzbISw
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  • Toolfan66
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    Nightfall wrote: »
    Would Rush and Tool be considered critical listening material? I think so.

    It is to me, but I do wish Tool had just a little better quality recordings. I have a lot of good Rush recordings..
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  • Toolfan66
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    Nightfall wrote: »
    headrott wrote: »
    What is non-critical listening music? :p

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGe6-xzbISw

    That's not listening to music.. :smiley:
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  • Nightfall
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    Toolfan66 wrote: »
    That's not listening to music.. :smiley:

    :D

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWdd6_ZxX8c
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,728
    Nightfall wrote: »
    Would Rush and Tool be considered critical listening material? I think so.
    I love Tool, but my favorite album of theirs 10,000 Days is a compressed hot mess, that thing is barely listenable on even moderately revealing gear forget about critical listening.

    Many Rush records aren't particularly bad sounding, but most of them are pretty lean in the bass. Some of their teamsters though are superb, I have the 2112 BluRay and it IS one of my albums for critical listening.

    Ultimately and overall though, neither of these bands really come to mind when I think critical listening as most of their albums are lacking in one or more key areas for such listening.
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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,086
    edited July 2015
    AsSiMiLaTeD wrote: »
    Nightfall wrote: »
    Would Rush and Tool be considered critical listening material? I think so.
    I love Tool, but my favorite album of theirs 10,000 Days (is) barely listenable on even moderately revealing gear forget about critical listening.
    Well I'm glad I have a (relatively) cheap stereo lol :p Sounds fantastic to me. Haven't listened to it on headphones yet though. I don't listen to music on headphones much, they're for late night gaming on occasion.
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,572
    let see Queensryche, Godsmack, Rush got them all and Triumph...come on Tool out with a new album
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    Tom Waits & Nick Cave! oh wait I have them all in Vinyl so I take that back!
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