eclectic tastes

Hard one, since there are times when there's good music with post-1989 "genres" by its side 

micky wrote: you get an A Lucas for taking the time to type all that out.. .yowsers. I'm electric.. so choosing A.   Nothing I won't listen to.....

Same here, though this doesn't mean that I have CDs belonging to all those genres in my collection. On a side note, I endorse Lucas' suggestion of Astor Piazzolla as potentially appealing to prog fans. When my late mom came back from a trip to Argentina, she brought back some Piazzolla CDs, which really blew me away.

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lucas wrote: Dean wrote: I'll go "Y : electro, trip-hop, gothic, world, electronic music, pop, metal, classical, rock"   I love most post-punk but really dislike punk and psychobilly with a passion (crust, no wave, horror punk and Irish punk mean nothing to me) Strange that a goth dislikes punk as both genres are intertwined... Anyway, some recomendations : punk : check out the Stranglers, the first two Adicts albums, The Damned's 'black album' and 'strawberries' (well it's more psychedelic pop than punk, but still there is punk in it), Dead Kennedys 'fresh fruit for rotting vegetables', french band 'Bérurier Noir',  Jello Biaffra with Nomeansno 's 'the sky is falling and I want my mommy', MC5, Minor Threat, Minutemen, GBH, Nomeansno's 'wrong', you will change your mind.  psychobilly : check out Meteors' 'wreckin' crew' and The Cramps' 'songs the Lord taught us' these are really good albums, and classics in the genre. horror punk : early Misfits is mandatory, check out also 'american psycho'. Also the excellent polish band Miguel and the living dead (more gothic punk though). irish punk : 'The Pogues' 'red, sodomy and the lashes' , although more folk than punk, is a must-have. I saw Dropkick Murphys live recently, they were fantastic...  no wave : check out James Chance and the Contortions, excellent punk/funk/jazz. The album 'buy' is a must-have. Saw the guy live recently with a french backing band (les Contorsions) it's really stunning. crust : check out Uphill Battle

Thank you for the kind list Lucas, but I'm 52 years old - in 1976 I was 19, living in England and fully aware of the music scene in all its forms, so I have heard of most (if not all) of the bands and albums you have recommended at some point in the intervening 34 years and I am not going to change my mind, or my definition of what is and want is not "punk". For example by 1981 The Damned were a long way (and 5 years) removed from punk rock, as the 17 minute Curtain Call ably demonstrates.

trip-hop, electronic music, pop, metal, jazz, funk, tango, soul(or R&B) and rock

Edited by The Quiet One - February 28 2010 at 13:46

I'll go "Y : electro, trip-hop, gothic, world, electronic music, pop, metal, classical, rock"

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^^^  Or you should just vote Y, which is what I am going to do  and what most are going to do, it's going to be hard to work out a precise combination which tallies with any of the ones lucas has mentioned.

Y:  Rap/hip-hop, soul, funk, electro, electronic, trip-hop, world, lounge, rock'n'roll, country/southern, pop, punk, hardcore, metal, folk, blues, classical, jazz, rock.

This however is based entirely on if there is even one artist/band I like from the genre...I like Peeping Tom so in goes hip hop, likewise with Portishead, Kraftwerk, Nusrat, etc.  I don't have time to follow so many genres at the same time.   If I listed genres from which I like at least a few artists, they would be folk, soul, pop, metal, blues, classical, jazz, rock. 




Edited by rogerthat - February 28 2010 at 03:48

lucas wrote: J-Man wrote: This is a pretty flawed poll IMO. For example, I love metal, but I don't care at all for blues. I guess I'll vote Y. So you probably don't like Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, and Jimi Hendrix ? I don't say they are blues but the blues influence is undeniable... Check out RL Burnside's 'Mr Wizard' for some mind-blowing blues (Spencer Blues Band guys are featured, metalheads usually like Spencer Blues Band).

I wouldn't call either Sabbath or AC/DC blues, and Zeppelin and Hendrix are more hard rock than they are blues. I enjoy rock with a bluesy touch (Zeppelin, Eric Clapton, Henrix, etc.), but blues in general doesn't grab e too much