On Music....

[said_scarlett]

I honestly do like music from artists that are current and making music today. I swear I do.

I've been recently sort of paying a bit of attention to indie music. Indie folk, mostly, but I've had a couple of bands recommended and I discovered Portugal, The Man through last.fm and fell in love. And I've been getting here and there this weird 'but I thought you only liked music from dead people or whatever' reaction.

It's no secret that my heart belongs to the greats of the 60s and 70s. But I do like a variety of music! In fact, here is a list of current, actively music-making artists I absolutely love!

Cloud Cult
Dream Theater
Vienna Teng
Newfound Glory
Within Temptation
The Waterboys
Regina Spektor
Beck
Blitzen Trapper
Ghoultown
Cake

There! Ten articles of interest off the top of my head! I honestly have a ridiculously eclectic taste in music - quite obviously! - and it's a bit odd to realize that I apparently give this impression of being snobby about music. Which...well, I am, but not in that sense. I'm snobby when it comes to covers, sure, but that has nothing to do with chronology or bias towards beloved artists. I love Bowie's covers of Pink Floyd, but I would rather stuff my ears with anchovies than listen to his cover of 'Across the Universe'. However, I'm more likely to listen to Fiona Apple's cover than the actual original, and that's The Beatles. It's all about quality and what speaks to me.

I'll confess I'm more likely to be open to music from a couple of decades ago, but that's mainly because the mass produced widely consumed music I hear on the radio these days strikes me as empty and lacking. I can appreciate the efforts of certain current artists to return to a more classic age of musical entertainment, but those days are gone. Forget influences of days gone by, put some damn heart and soul into your lyrics and your composition....

Yeah, I don't know where exactly I was going with this other than 'I like lots of music!'.

I hope husband_brother was able to catch up on sleep today.

Comments

[trialia]

Oh, you have last.fm? What's your username over there?

[cross-the-sky.livejournal.com]

Oh, I don't actually have an account! I just use it for the radio station option where you can type in three band names and get all music in a similar vein. I'm super, super picky about what music I have on during certain activities, and I get bored with my Ipod selection. So to last.fm I go, to get the quasi-psychedelic music I need, without spending another evening in The Shed listening to Pink Floyd, staring at my black light poster and feeling like some sort of throwback stereotype.

I suppose it could be worse, though. I could default to Bob Marley...

[trialia]

Aww, darn. You should totally get an account, seriously. Then we can compare music taste xD because it looks like we have a lot in common. ♥ Within Temptation live, they're just awesome. ^_^;

(my music community > endlessgravity)

[cross-the-sky.livejournal.com]

I shall get an account, then! :D Oh man, I can imagine! I'm also a huge Nightwish fan. And Hammerfall.

Oooh, shiny....

[trialia]

*laughs* In that case, I think you may have registered and forgotten. Look up the user Feylene xD

^_^ shall add you.

[yggdrasill.livejournal.com]

But Cake and Within Temptation go together so well. ;)

I dunno, I'm inclined to agree with you. While I find older music great on the whole, there are some duds, and there are definitely some covers I prefer to the originals. As long as you stay away from what gets radio airplay today, you're fine, in my experience. *shrug*

[cross-the-sky.livejournal.com]

:D:D:D Cake is seriously one of the most underrated bands out there, as far as I'm concerned.

Yeah, that exactly. And I can't think of a single song this year I've heard on the radio that I really liked, so... (I can dig some music for the beat and/or vocal talent of the artist, but the lyrics are just...blegh. And I needs me lyrics that speak to me.)

[13thleprechaun.livejournal.com]

Omg, Vienna Teng and Within Temptation <3333333333333