Whats on your MP3 player

[kodydog]

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)

[Jim101]

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

[JuneC]

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

[Mojo]

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

[gene]

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

[Mike]

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.

[Mojo]

Gene:

My all time favorite opera's:

La Traviata
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8zE-WNA6os

Tosca
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Egs5vGOVtc

And my all time favorite:
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

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

[gene]

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

[Mojo]

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

[kodydog]

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

[Gregg @ Keystone Sewing]

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.

[jojo]

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.

[regalman190]

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.

[fingers]

Ray Wylie Hubbard, Los Lobos, Keb'Mo', Stevie Ray Vaughn, Buddy Guy, Albert King......or anything that sounds good in my ear.

[Ihavenoname]

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