I'm not a big person in the emo/pop/punk scene, but these guys are pretty dang good at what they do 
. No wonder those girls scream so much!
Their new CD Infinity on High just came out (by Fall Out Boy). I have to say, I was pretty impressed. The lyrics have a lot of literary elements and I'm surprised their label company didn't make them dumb their lyrics down (considering this music is written for preteen girls
). Catchy tunes. And the lead singer has a good voice that is unique compared to other pop/punk bands. He doesn't whine with the song, he adds another good layer to it. I'd probably put this CD in rock genre, though it has almost hip-hop and R&B beats.
For when I'm feeling mad or somewhat serious, I like a deep bass and will listen to stuff like Usher, Outkast, Jay-Z... romantic or sad moods are often met with Otis Redding, Marvin Gaye, Howie Day, Jamie Cullum, instrumental Philip Glass, or soundtracks from movies like The Good Shepherd. Funny hyper moods, usually met with some Group X, Green Day, The Fray, and just... a TON of other bands and people. I'm finding myself getting rather fond of this Fall Out Boy band.
What about some of the rest of your music tastes? List some stuff, preferably matched to your moods.
. No wonder those girls scream so much!Their new CD Infinity on High just came out (by Fall Out Boy). I have to say, I was pretty impressed. The lyrics have a lot of literary elements and I'm surprised their label company didn't make them dumb their lyrics down (considering this music is written for preteen girls
). Catchy tunes. And the lead singer has a good voice that is unique compared to other pop/punk bands. He doesn't whine with the song, he adds another good layer to it. I'd probably put this CD in rock genre, though it has almost hip-hop and R&B beats. For when I'm feeling mad or somewhat serious, I like a deep bass and will listen to stuff like Usher, Outkast, Jay-Z... romantic or sad moods are often met with Otis Redding, Marvin Gaye, Howie Day, Jamie Cullum, instrumental Philip Glass, or soundtracks from movies like The Good Shepherd. Funny hyper moods, usually met with some Group X, Green Day, The Fray, and just... a TON of other bands and people. I'm finding myself getting rather fond of this Fall Out Boy band.
What about some of the rest of your music tastes? List some stuff, preferably matched to your moods.
Connie Francis 
Fergie, Gwen Stefani, The Carpenters, The Cranberries, Rolling Stones, Roberta Flack, early Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, Mary J Blige, Grandmaster Flash, Justin Timberlake, Goldfrapp, Evanescence, ACDC, Beck, Beyonce, Queen, Led Zeppelin, Panic! At the Disco, Prince, Paris Hilton (Shut up!), Pussycat Dolls, Salt 'n' Peppa, The Smiths, Fleetwood Mack, Violent Femmes. And then I have some specialized songs I like. I Will Survive, Ain't no Sunshine, William Shatner's Common People
, Timewarp. But really. Let's get to the important stuff.
Abba.
I love Abba.
I listen to Abba in EVERY mood. I listen to Connie Francis when I'm feeling wistful, Panic! At the Disco when I'm feeling crazy, William Shatner's Common people when I'm feeling whimsical, Paris Hilton when I'm feeling way bubblegum, Salt'n'Peppa when I feel all cool, Pussycat Dolls and Justin Timberlake and Beyonce and Mary J Blige for when I'm feeling all excited, Gwen Stefani and Fergie when I'm in a -really- good mood. The rest I just cycle through depending on my varying levels of emoness-to-happiness. Though, I'll listen to Fleetwood Mack's 'Gypsy' almost as much as Abba. And Connie Francis is pretty popular for all emotions with me too.
So yeah.
Fergie, Gwen Stefani, The Carpenters, The Cranberries, Rolling Stones, Roberta Flack, early Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, Mary J Blige, Grandmaster Flash, Justin Timberlake, Goldfrapp, Evanescence, ACDC, Beck, Beyonce, Queen, Led Zeppelin, Panic! At the Disco, Prince, Paris Hilton (Shut up!), Pussycat Dolls, Salt 'n' Peppa, The Smiths, Fleetwood Mack, Violent Femmes. And then I have some specialized songs I like. I Will Survive, Ain't no Sunshine, William Shatner's Common People
, Timewarp. But really. Let's get to the important stuff.Abba.
I love Abba.
I listen to Abba in EVERY mood. I listen to Connie Francis when I'm feeling wistful, Panic! At the Disco when I'm feeling crazy, William Shatner's Common people when I'm feeling whimsical, Paris Hilton when I'm feeling way bubblegum, Salt'n'Peppa when I feel all cool, Pussycat Dolls and Justin Timberlake and Beyonce and Mary J Blige for when I'm feeling all excited, Gwen Stefani and Fergie when I'm in a -really- good mood. The rest I just cycle through depending on my varying levels of emoness-to-happiness. Though, I'll listen to Fleetwood Mack's 'Gypsy' almost as much as Abba. And Connie Francis is pretty popular for all emotions with me too.
So yeah.
I'm listening to a lot of dancy music lately. Pretty much anything on the Ministry of Sound compilations is something I'll go for 
.
Other than that, Tori Amos is always a sure thing in my musical diet.
Since everyone else is doing large lists:
Tori Amos, The Dresden Dolls, Jack Colwell, Tv Rock, Rogue Traders, Sarah McLeod, Sneaky Sound System, Scissor Sisters, Basement Jaxx, The Freemasons, Bodyrox, Beyonce, James Morrison, The Gossip, The Knife, The Grates, Patrick Wolf, Kylie Minogue, The Fray, Evanescence, Alanis Morissette, Damien Rice, Gwen Stefani, Tina Cousins, Panic At The Disco.
. Other than that, Tori Amos is always a sure thing in my musical diet.
Since everyone else is doing large lists:
Tori Amos, The Dresden Dolls, Jack Colwell, Tv Rock, Rogue Traders, Sarah McLeod, Sneaky Sound System, Scissor Sisters, Basement Jaxx, The Freemasons, Bodyrox, Beyonce, James Morrison, The Gossip, The Knife, The Grates, Patrick Wolf, Kylie Minogue, The Fray, Evanescence, Alanis Morissette, Damien Rice, Gwen Stefani, Tina Cousins, Panic At The Disco.
Please never use the word "Punk" when talking about Fall out Boy. Thank you!
Good bands/artists (and no, I did not just copy paste from my facebook...):
A Tribe Called Quest, Adventure Time, Aesop Rock, Against Me!, Vivaldi, Beirut, Béla Fleck, Blind Melon, Blood Brothers, The Brian Setzer Orchestra, Built to Spill, Cake, Catch 22, Charlie Parker, Cherry Poppin' Daddies, Clark Terry, Clifford Brown, Count Basie, Dennis Brown, Dethklok, Dexter Gordon, Duke Ellington, Flaming Lips, Gary Burton, Geto Boys, Gorillaz, Grift, In Flames, Infected Mushroom, James Brown, J.J. Johnson, Joe Pass, John Coltrane, John Zorn, Jump Little Children, Kenna, Leftover Crack, Less Than Jake, Louis Armstrong, Mad Caddies, Makoto Ozone, Maynard Ferguson, Michael Brecker, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Miles Davis, Mobius Band, Mountain Goats, Neutral Milk hotel, Offspring, Operation Ivy, Phish, Pixies, Planet Smashers, Postal Service, Powerglove, Prodigy, Radiohead, Ramones, Rancid, Rasputina, Roy Hargrove, Slow Club, Sonny Stitt, The Soul Band, Soulive, Staring at the Sun, Starlight Mints, Stray Cats, Sufjan Stevens, Ted Leo, Tenacious D, Thelonious Monk, Thomas Dolby, Thomas Tallis, Tower of Power, Violent Femes, Wesley Willis, Wycliffe Gorden, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Dizzee Rascal, Le Tigre, Ratatat, Death Cab for Cutie, The Arcade Fire, Enon, Simian, Kilo, Iron and Wine, My Life Story, Benny Goodman, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Blues Brothers, Sleater-Kinney.
Good bands/artists (and no, I did not just copy paste from my facebook...):
A Tribe Called Quest, Adventure Time, Aesop Rock, Against Me!, Vivaldi, Beirut, Béla Fleck, Blind Melon, Blood Brothers, The Brian Setzer Orchestra, Built to Spill, Cake, Catch 22, Charlie Parker, Cherry Poppin' Daddies, Clark Terry, Clifford Brown, Count Basie, Dennis Brown, Dethklok, Dexter Gordon, Duke Ellington, Flaming Lips, Gary Burton, Geto Boys, Gorillaz, Grift, In Flames, Infected Mushroom, James Brown, J.J. Johnson, Joe Pass, John Coltrane, John Zorn, Jump Little Children, Kenna, Leftover Crack, Less Than Jake, Louis Armstrong, Mad Caddies, Makoto Ozone, Maynard Ferguson, Michael Brecker, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Miles Davis, Mobius Band, Mountain Goats, Neutral Milk hotel, Offspring, Operation Ivy, Phish, Pixies, Planet Smashers, Postal Service, Powerglove, Prodigy, Radiohead, Ramones, Rancid, Rasputina, Roy Hargrove, Slow Club, Sonny Stitt, The Soul Band, Soulive, Staring at the Sun, Starlight Mints, Stray Cats, Sufjan Stevens, Ted Leo, Tenacious D, Thelonious Monk, Thomas Dolby, Thomas Tallis, Tower of Power, Violent Femes, Wesley Willis, Wycliffe Gorden, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Dizzee Rascal, Le Tigre, Ratatat, Death Cab for Cutie, The Arcade Fire, Enon, Simian, Kilo, Iron and Wine, My Life Story, Benny Goodman, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Blues Brothers, Sleater-Kinney.
QUOTE(Oraki @ Feb 3 2007, 10:00 AM) 380111
Please never use the word "Punk" when talking about Fall out Boy. Thank you!
You make a good point. They are categorized as being a pop/punk/emo band, but they... don't sound like it. They've got punk elements and pop elements and rock elements, and more elements with this new CD. It's pretty neat how they throw their music together.
And you listed some good bands. Catch 22 and Mad Caddies... good choices.
In no particular order:
Fields of the Nephilim, Sisters of Mercy, Nine Inch Nails, All About Eve, Placebo, Crowded House, The Gathering, Less than Jake, The Doors, Mansun, Tool, APC, Ayreon, Ambeon, Stream of Passion, Within Temptation, Nightwish, Lacuna Coil, Leaves' Eyes, Queensryche, Type O negative, The Cure (their early stuff) Killers, the Whitlams, Skunk Anansie, Death in Vegas, The Cult, Alkaline Trio, Alabama 3, Alice in Chains, the B52s, Barenaked Ladies, Billy Idol, Blind Melon, Ministry, Buffalo Tom, Cake, Darling Violetta, Dandy Warhols, Depeche Mode, Diana Krall, DJ Shadow, Eels, Dredg, Finch, Season's End, Switchblade Symphony, Jane's Addiction, JJ72, Korn, Nosferatu, Ladytron, Led Zep, London After Midnight, Moby, Mogwai, Sigur Ros, New Model Army, the Levellers, Noir Desir, Rammstein, Scarling, Seal, Sirenia, Sister Machine Gun, Soundgarden, the Cranberries, the Cruxshadows, PUSA, The Wonder Stuff... I think that'll do for now
Fields of the Nephilim, Sisters of Mercy, Nine Inch Nails, All About Eve, Placebo, Crowded House, The Gathering, Less than Jake, The Doors, Mansun, Tool, APC, Ayreon, Ambeon, Stream of Passion, Within Temptation, Nightwish, Lacuna Coil, Leaves' Eyes, Queensryche, Type O negative, The Cure (their early stuff) Killers, the Whitlams, Skunk Anansie, Death in Vegas, The Cult, Alkaline Trio, Alabama 3, Alice in Chains, the B52s, Barenaked Ladies, Billy Idol, Blind Melon, Ministry, Buffalo Tom, Cake, Darling Violetta, Dandy Warhols, Depeche Mode, Diana Krall, DJ Shadow, Eels, Dredg, Finch, Season's End, Switchblade Symphony, Jane's Addiction, JJ72, Korn, Nosferatu, Ladytron, Led Zep, London After Midnight, Moby, Mogwai, Sigur Ros, New Model Army, the Levellers, Noir Desir, Rammstein, Scarling, Seal, Sirenia, Sister Machine Gun, Soundgarden, the Cranberries, the Cruxshadows, PUSA, The Wonder Stuff... I think that'll do for now
Ooo, Alkaline Trio, nice pick.
I think about the only music I can't take is Japanese music. Most of my friends are Anime/Manga obsessive and they all went to Japan and take Japanese classes and speak Japanese to each other... it gets old after a while. Really, really old. And stuff like Dir en Grey. Power to them, but that stuff just sounds weird...
I think about the only music I can't take is Japanese music. Most of my friends are Anime/Manga obsessive and they all went to Japan and take Japanese classes and speak Japanese to each other... it gets old after a while. Really, really old. And stuff like Dir en Grey. Power to them, but that stuff just sounds weird...
I have a wider range of music taste than most of the stuff above. Just don't knock it until you try it. 
On the poppish end, there's Eminem, Akon, Blue October, KT Tunstall ( Suddenly I See), Red Hot Chili Peppers (I strongly recommend getting Stadium Arcadium, throwing away the Mars disc, and playing Jupiter for a month solid), or Train.
A lot of my favorite rock bands are locals. 311 might be the only one you can find in heathen territory. If you're up for looking, there's also the Fishheads, Undecided?, and Narcotic Self--they have actual published CDs. Names that you're more likely to know are Tool, Incubus, Three Days Grace, and Hinder.
On the country channels, there's Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood, Faith Hill, Kenny Chesney, and of course, Garth Brooks, or a smattering of tolerable songs from otherwise intolerable artists. It's a hit-and-miss genre. They put out some great songs, but 75% of what hits Billboard's country charts just isn't palatable to my ear.
The best rappers are dead, unfortunately. The late 90's has some good stuff. Look up "Hypnotize" and "Changes."
On the poppish end, there's Eminem, Akon, Blue October, KT Tunstall (
Suddenly I See), Red Hot Chili Peppers (I strongly recommend getting Stadium Arcadium, throwing away the Mars disc, and playing Jupiter for a month solid), or Train.A lot of my favorite rock bands are locals. 311 might be the only one you can find in heathen territory. If you're up for looking, there's also the Fishheads, Undecided?, and Narcotic Self--they have actual published CDs. Names that you're more likely to know are Tool, Incubus, Three Days Grace, and Hinder.
On the country channels, there's Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood, Faith Hill, Kenny Chesney, and of course, Garth Brooks, or a smattering of tolerable songs from otherwise intolerable artists. It's a hit-and-miss genre. They put out some great songs, but 75% of what hits Billboard's country charts just isn't palatable to my ear.
The best rappers are dead, unfortunately. The late 90's has some good stuff. Look up "Hypnotize" and "Changes."
QUOTE(Aison @ Feb 3 2007, 06:20 PM) 380227
Mad Caddies... good choices.
Marry me?
QUOTE(Xavius @ Feb 3 2007, 06:31 PM) 380291
I have a wider range of music taste than most of the stuff above. Just don't knock it until you try it.
On the poppish end, there's Eminem, Akon, Blue October, KT Tunstall ( Suddenly I See), Red Hot Chili Peppers (I strongly recommend getting Stadium Arcadium, throwing away the Mars disc, and playing Jupiter for a month solid), or Train.
A lot of my favorite rock bands are locals. 311 might be the only one you can find in heathen territory. If you're up for looking, there's also the Fishheads, Undecided?, and Narcotic Self--they have actual published CDs. Names that you're more likely to know are Tool, Incubus, Three Days Grace, and Hinder.
On the country channels, there's Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood, Faith Hill, Kenny Chesney, and of course, Garth Brooks, or a smattering of tolerable songs from otherwise intolerable artists. It's a hit-and-miss genre. They put out some great songs, but 75% of what hits Billboard's country charts just isn't palatable to my ear.
The best rappers are dead, unfortunately. The late 90's has some good stuff. Look up "Hypnotize" and "Changes."
On the poppish end, there's Eminem, Akon, Blue October, KT Tunstall (
Suddenly I See), Red Hot Chili Peppers (I strongly recommend getting Stadium Arcadium, throwing away the Mars disc, and playing Jupiter for a month solid), or Train.A lot of my favorite rock bands are locals. 311 might be the only one you can find in heathen territory. If you're up for looking, there's also the Fishheads, Undecided?, and Narcotic Self--they have actual published CDs. Names that you're more likely to know are Tool, Incubus, Three Days Grace, and Hinder.
On the country channels, there's Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood, Faith Hill, Kenny Chesney, and of course, Garth Brooks, or a smattering of tolerable songs from otherwise intolerable artists. It's a hit-and-miss genre. They put out some great songs, but 75% of what hits Billboard's country charts just isn't palatable to my ear.
The best rappers are dead, unfortunately. The late 90's has some good stuff. Look up "Hypnotize" and "Changes."
I agree with the RHCP's new CD. The Mars one just wasn't as good, unfortunately. A couple good tracks.
QUOTE(Oraki @ Feb 3 2007, 07:01 PM) 380305
Marry me?
Taken, sorry.
QUOTE(Aison @ Feb 4 2007, 03:12 AM) 380309
I agree with the RHCP's new CD. The Mars one just wasn't as good, unfortunately. A couple good tracks.
Taken, sorry.
Taken, sorry.
Ew, RHCP
QUOTE(Laysus @ Feb 3 2007, 07:16 PM) 380313
Ew, RHCP
What is this? What is this?!
