What was the last thing you were listening to today when you knocked off.
I just looked at mine and I'm a little embarrassed to say Happy Anniversary by Little Feet. :-[
But the next song is Hard to Handle - Black Crows. 8)
Cryin' - by Aerosmith.
I listen to classic rock most of the day while in the shop.
I have a great sound system in my shop and sometimes I really crank it up loud!
Jim
LOVE!!!! Aerosmith. Also ZZ Top, Counting Crows (Black Crows are good too), Journey, Dire Straits, Stones, Bono, Leonard Skynard, Charlie Daniels, Led Zepplin, it's all over the board. We have a great classic rock station in So Fla that I listen to all day and they throw in some newer stuff just for variety. Couldn't work without it.
June
Being a former musician my musical tastes are varied. I have my MP3 player set up with playlists and I play each one according to my mood. I have playlists for Big Band ( 1940's ), 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, disco ( yes I enjoy some of that ), soul / R & B, Motown ( my all time favorite ), old country, new country, Classic rock, Blues and a playlist with all my favorites songs.
I have over 1,200 songs in my digital library. I love music of all kinds ( except hip-hop and rap ). Somedays I listen to Motown and the next day Opera. It all depends on my mood. Today was 70's day.
I was blessed growing up in a home where my parents played all kinds of music and exposed me to a variety of styles. I LOVE music and could not live without it.
Chris
Mojo: I met a man yesterday evening by the name of Roy Tate. He is maybe 90 years old. He has played jazz trumpet all his life and is still playing. His idol growing up was Harry James and he met Louis Armstrong several times. He's never played with any of the Big Bands but the people he knew and played with did. It was fascinating listening to his stories.
I also enjoy listening to many different genres here at home. If you like opera, check out these:
From Britain's Got Talent a 17 year old kid. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsNlcr4frs4 He starts singing at 1:55. ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE. The 16 year old girl is not so good, but OK for a 16 year old. But this guy, WOW!
And from Austrialia's got talent: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OF4DPszYekQ Again, WOW! He starts singing at 1:05.
At work I listen to about 1300 mostly New Age Ambient Instrumental music songs on my MP3 player, with electric guitar instrumentals from Santana, Walter Trout, Joe Bonamassa, Stevie Ray, Gary Moore, Jeff Beck, Tommy Emmanuel, etc. mixed in. The only vocal I have in the mix is Janis Joplin.
gene
I doo belive on my o pod was Dire Straights . BUt i like pandora also and listen alot to. Blues guitar legends and clspton or buddy guy.
Gene:
My all time favorite opera's:
La Traviata
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8zE-WNA6os (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8zE-WNA6os)
Tosca
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Egs5vGOVtc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Egs5vGOVtc)
And my all time favorite:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5dhyiqhR7Y (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5dhyiqhR7Y)
This song made it onto the Pop charts. In person with a live orchestra....all I can say is that it is powerful.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RmaXLOJ7eU (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RmaXLOJ7eU)
I have seen the Phantom live at the Pantages in Toronto, at the Wharton in East Lansing, Broadway/Manhattan and the original I got to see as a VIP guest at Her Majesty's Theater in London, England. The London performance was astounding and the best and I had amazing seats for that performance.
I was able to see Tosca live at Sydney Australia's famed Opera House. La Traviata I seen at the Wharton and I also seen Miss Saigon at the Wharton.
Of all of them none of them moved me like La Traviata and the Phantom. Verdi wrote a very powerful opera in La Traviata and the Phantom speaks for itself, simply amazing.
Chris
mojo,
Thanks for the links.
When you said "all time favorite" my first thought was Michael Crawford.
As I get older, I find that I enjoy excellence more and more, no matter what or where the excellence is found. Excellence just because it is the best, or unique, or awesome.
It's only been a year or so that I have started listening to opera on a more regular basis. I saw the Phantom for the first time 2 years ago in Dayton, OH. I was blown away. I can only imagine what it would be like to see in the venues that you have.
I saw Mikhail Baryshnikov many years ago and did not have 1/10 of the appreciation then that I would have today.
gene
The funny thing about Opera is you either like it or hate it. But you are right, the older you get the more open your musical mind becomes.
I exposed both of my kids to music at an early age. My daughter was an awesome flutist and my son played the trombone for a short period of time. Both to this day listen to music from many era's. My Mom and Dad had a big cabinet stereo in the living room and you never knew what was going to be playing on it. One day it was Hank Williams Sr. The next Herb Albert. The next Glenn Miller and the next Motown. Al Martino, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin were all staples in out home. My brother and I were both musicians and both of us played in a number of different bands.
Our office at home now is so cluttered with musical instruments you can barely walk through it. My wife is a very talented musician and singer. She actually used to do acting back in Australia. She is one of those people who picks up and instrument and can master it in a few weeks. We have numerous guitars, a drum set, piano, organ, mandolin, violin, horns, acoustic bass and God knows what else stashed all over the house. :)
I started out plying the drums then switched to guitar then later switched to singing and playing the blues harp and guitar in a blues band. My influence was Muddy Waters ( who I had the privilege to meet ) and Sonny Boy Williamson. My idol though on the blues harp was Magic Dick who played harp for the J Giels band. We did a lot of J Giels tunes as well blues and boogie music back then. I miss the stage and performing but I also enjoy a happy marriage. Bar's, nightclubs and concerts along with groupies is never a good thing for a married man. :)
Chris
Every 4 years in Charleston the opera Porgy & Bess is preformed. Set in the SC low country. We were once fortunate to attend. Its called the first American opera and the Gershwin brothers introduced one of my all time favorites, Summertime. I've herd this song preformed by many different artists over the years including Janis Joplin. But the best is Doc and Merle Watson.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNYHJIr0ur4
I'm on a Bob Marley kick, but off the top of my head, Rush, Amy Winehouse, Zeppelin (of course Zeppelin) Juanes, Hendrix, Tool (big fan of Tool), Floyd, The Cure.
This is just a bunch of random music I know I have on my Android phone and ipod.
Gregg! Bob Marley? Are you rollin' some fatties at work?? 8)
I usually listen to podcasts like "This American Life", "Car Talk" and "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me". For music I like Pandora, because I get bored with the same old music.
Great topic! Let's see.....Like June, I'm into all kinds of music.
Queen
The Who
Aerosmith
ZZ Top
Bon Jovi
Journey
Dierks Bentley
Kenny Chesney
Darius Rucker
Maroon 5
Train
Andrea Boccelli
Wow....I guess I am all over the place.
Ray Wylie Hubbard, Los Lobos, Keb'Mo', Stevie Ray Vaughn, Buddy Guy, Albert King......or anything that sounds good in my ear.
Iron Butterfly In-a-Gadda-da-Vida
Have you got 17 minutes
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xbtw9b_iron-butterfly-in-a-gadda-da-vida-l_music
It's more of a novelty then anything else. Just was about 20 years since I last hear it so...
Lots of Stones
Kinks (Ape Man reminds me of family)
Blondie
AC/DC
Clapton
Frank
Dino
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Meat loaf
About 12 audio books
and about 40,000 songs
I've got most of the tunes already mentioned and more besides...
...some that haven't been mentioned-
Ween
Peter Tosh
Captain Beefheart
Weezer
Cake
Daft Punk
Frank Zappa
Grateful Dead
Oysterhead
Ween
and also I have a bunch of my brothers rap. Which I find does wonders for keeping customers from looking over my shoulder while working. E-40 is perfect for that.
I even have some opera on-
http://youtu.be/EGxhPw9iVN4
-or well opera remix...
Lots of Jimmy Buffett, Zepplin, Marley, Meatloaf, Eagles, Prince, Rod Stewrt, Diana King, Elton, ........ A few more. Audio Books by Patrick Obrien (the Aubrey, Maturin series), Clive Cussler.
A day late, a dollar short, but what the hell?
Huge fan of Pandora here. It has changed my life, lol. I loathe what commercial radio has become and listen to "FM" only when I have to (while workin' for the man". The exception would be NPR. and yes! I am a very proud member.
My Pandora stations include the following:
1.) Kool & The Gang radio (yes, I like a lot of the "disco" and dance music for the '70s, '80s, etc.). I am definitely diggin' a recent "discovery"... Mary J. Blige. The Whispers, EWF, Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band (remember them?!), you get the picture.
2.) Classic Soul. Delfonics, Stylistics, Spinners, O' Jays, Temptations, Aretha Franklin, Shirley Brown, Etta James, etc..
3.) Cole Porter radio. Cole Porter compositions by a huge variety of artists. Ella Fitzgerald, Michael Buble, Harry Connick, Jr., Frank Sinatra, Mel Torme, Doris Day, Dinah Washington, Dinah Shore, all the usual suspects.
4.) Hippie music. CSN, James Taylor, Carol King, Cat Stevens, Buffalo Springfield, Bloodstone, Van Morrison, Joni Mitchell.
5.) Western Swing. Asleep at the Wheel, Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys, Reba McEntire, George Strait, Merle Haggard, Lee Ann Womack, The Dixie Chicks
6.) George Carlin radio.
7.) Crusaders radio. The Crusaders, Joe Sample, Bob James, Dave Grusin, Larry Carlton, George Benson, Wes. Montgomery, Earl Klugh, etc..
If you have the time you may find this research article interesting:
http://dspace.nitle.org/bitstream/handle/10090/5777/08_Perkins.pdf?sequence=1
The basic synopsis is that there seems to be specific personality traits and dispositions that are correlated
with preference for a certain style of music. page 25
I found this especially interesting on page 37:
"In the present study heavy metal and religious music essentially form their own factors, implying that there is something uniquely appealing about these types of music."
Wow. Who would have thought that head bangers and holy rollers had anything in common?!?
Now if I can only figure out how to pour the piss out of my boot!
gene
No MP3 player, but I do listen to radio when I can.
1. NPR (except Terri Gross ;) )
2. Local eclectic station that plays a lot of 1940's swing music, some pipe and drums (I turn this up loud and roll down the car windows, so I'm like Ride of the Valkyries), bluegrass, and about anything else you could imagine.
3. Classical
4. Golden Oldies of '60s '70s and '80s. This is usually on at one of the warehouses I work at twice a week. I think they have a catalog of about 100 songs because I hear the same ones over and over.
So, what's that say about me?
I love classical music and my local NPR affiliate is nationally recognized for excellence in that dep't. so that's what I listen to when I'm too lazy to put in any of the myriad in our own CD collection.
Lol, Ride of Valkyries with the car windows down... . :)