Favorite type of music?

[Chukchi Husky]

Btw-what would everyone class REM as?

R.E.M. is alternative rock.

 

[nonconformist]

Thanks, Husky.

Also, could anyone tell me what this "indie" rock I hear about is?

 

[~Corsair#01~]

Rock and Metal are not the same. Both very good though.

 

[Chukchi Husky]

Rock and Metal are not the same. Both very good though.

Britannica says that it is a genre of rock.

Heavy Metal
genre of rock music that includes a group of related styles that are intense, virtuosic, and powerful. Driven by the aggressive sounds of the distorted electric guitar, heavy metal is arguably the most commercially successful genre of rock music.

EDIT: For those who like classic rock here is a classic rock radio station.

 

[Hygro]

Electronica/Techno is my favorite music genre. Some current favorites are:

Dj Ferry Corsten
Dj Shadow
Ladytron
Miss Kitten
Fischerspooner
Felix Da House Cat

Your music preference is excellent.

But stop calling it Electronica/Techno.

 

[IglooDame]

Classic rock all the way-
Queen
Pink Floyd
Dire Straits
Beach Boys
and satire as well.

Btw-what would everyone class REM as?

I'm with Noncon on this one, though I'd add Billy Joel, Eric Clapton, and Jimmy Buffett as well.

 

[Iggy]

Sex Pistols
Joy Division
The Ruts
The Clash
UK Subs
The Libertines
Dead Kennedys
Bauhaus
Cracker

Of the Rock and Pop gaints:
Some Queen
Some Dire Striaghts
Most Beatles
Most Beach Boys
Some Bing Crosby
Some Meatloaf

 

[thetrooper]

Voted other: industrial, synth, ebm (cross-overs in these categories). My fav is Frontline Assembly (http://www.mindphaser.com/).

 

[andrewgprv]

Your music preference is excellent.

But stop calling it Electronica/Techno.

What do you call it? I've heard alot of people get upset at those labels but I havn't heard a good alternative.

 

[The Last Conformist]

I'm a bit eclectic (like, it seems, plenty of people here). I voted Current Rock, and much of my favourite music is indeed metal, alt rock and the like, but I also like much of classic rock, some electronica/techno (I like it, so I'm allowed to call it whatever I want!), some folk music, and even some forms of pop (I've got an inexplicable weakness for the German popsinger Blümchen - AKA Blossom - , for no reason I'd like to know). Never listened much to jazz or classical music, but there's some good there too.

What I can't stand is hip-hop and rap. Never heard a track of either that I liked, as far as I can recall.

 

[Cashie]

My tastes are far too varied to go into much detail here*

Tool
Tricky
Masive Attack
Kosheen
Pink Floyd
Velvet Underground
Lamb
Radiohead (nmot as much these days, though)
Björk
Cog I have to plug these guys every chance I get - they're that good...
DJ Shadow
Jeff Buckley
Elliott Smith
P J Harvey

I could go on like this...I mainly listen to electronic stuff these days, however

Oh and I actually don't mind some country, either. More of the 'classics' though most recent country is absolute rubbish.

*I was going to say ecelctic, but I forgot the word, because it was too pretensious.

 

[andrewgprv]

My tastes are far too varied to go into much detail here*

Tool
Tricky
Masive Attack
Kosheen
Pink Floyd
Velvet Underground
Lamb
Radiohead (nmot as much these days, though)
Björk
Cog I have to plug these guys every chance I get - they're that good...
DJ Shadow
Jeff Buckley
Elliott Smith
P J Harvey

I could go on like this...I mainly listen to electronic stuff these days, however

Oh and I actually don't mind some country, either. More of the 'classics' though most recent country is absolute rubbish.

*I was going to say ecelctic, but I forgot the word, because it was too pretensious.

Good List

 

[The Last Conformist]

I was going to say ecelctic, but I forgot the word, because it was too pretensious.

You accuse me of pretensiousness? Chose your weapon mister - we meet at dawn!

 

[jonatas]

oh my favourite is definitely funk.... and from that you can go into rythm and blues and soul music... im not into jazz though, modern or fusion

 

[Bozo Erectus]

Classic Rock. Anything from Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, early Elvis and Chuck Berry to Bob Dylan, Beatles, Black Sabbath and AC/DC. I stopped caring alot about popular music circa the mid 90's.

 

[Suppersalmon]

A mixture of Current Rock and Classic rock

 

[Aphex_Twin]

Right now it's funk, but I'll always have a special place for goa/techno/trance music.

 

[Hygro]

What do you call it? I've heard alot of people get upset at those labels but I havn't heard a good alternative.

Why, you must have posted without reading all the posts

I don't actually have a problem with people calling it techno/electronica if they like the stuff. It's just the people that say "techno sucks" make me turn to over genrefying everything.

As for what to call it, I generally call the whole shennanigan EDM for electronic dance music (its too broad a subject to call it much else). Electronica tends to refer to stuff like prodigy and similar kinds of breaks.

A good place to start learning the names, albiet horrifically biased and somewhat arbitrary but nevertheless entertaining and mostly right is www.ishkur.com/music . Just click the big "launch the music guide" button and have fun! It's really not a boring thing to check out (and have your sound on). Just don't take this place as your bible.

 

[Hygro]

Right now it's funk, but I'll always have a special place for goa/techno/trance music.

Aha, another one lets his presence known

 

[Cashie]

You accuse me of pretensiousness? Chose your weapon mister - we meet at dawn!

I was trying to pretend that I'm not pretensious. But if you do still demand satisfaction...it's on!