Help Me Pick My Next Marathon

If you listen to the while working it has to be 'light' enough, so I suggest Marillion.

You know, a I've read a lot of people bemoaning the music experience changing from one where you have to physically put on an album and sit down and listen to it, but it's way cool to be able run a 'thon without having to do so, to be able to shuffle through your whole collection.  At first I thought the whole "mp3" thing was just going to be a novelty for me.  A way to take a bunch of music on vacation instead of having to spend way too much time picking things to take with me on CD.  Having access to my entire collection while away from it is a beautiful thing.  Anyway, I am the current lone Umphrey voter.  Plenty of good stuff, unknowns, and unfamiliars in your list.

Saga, Symphony X, Queen, etc

Slartibartfast wrote: You know, a I've read a lot of people bemoaning the music experience changing from one where you have to physically put on an album and sit down and listen to it, but it's way cool to be able run a 'thon without having to do so, to be able to shuffle through your whole collection.  At first I thought the whole "mp3" thing was just going to be a novelty for me.  A way to take a bunch of music on vacation instead of having to spend way too much time picking things to take with me on CD.  Having access to my entire collection while away from it is a beautiful thing.  Anyway, I am the current lone Umphrey voter.  Plenty of good stuff, unknowns, and unfamiliars in your list.

I am always lugging a case of CDs around with me wherever I go, but I find myself listening to the iPod, or now just the computer more and more.  Since I am at work much of the time, I lose out on the dynamics of playing at at home on the stereo as loud as I like, but it is still an enjoyable experience to be able to work while I am listening to music that I enjoy.

I have nothing from John Zorn, and I have taken a pass on actually listening to anything from him, so I will have to pass on that suggestion.

I voted Queen, just because your list made me realise how long it's been since I listened to them.

It is an interesting vote so far.  Let's see what the Sunday crowd thinks.

Lord no.  I can't even run a 100 meter dash.

Go Pink Floyd, Scott. Start now.

Honestly, based on what bands youve marathon-ed already, I am going to say Umphrey's McGee is the best choice. They also have a lot of material, so you shouldn't run out of things to listen to. May I ask what you have by them?

Dont marathon Porcupine Tree... You might kill yourself


Edited by darkshade - March 13 2011 at 13:06