Favorite genre of music?

NomAnor15 · Post by **NomAnor15** » 2006-12-12 09:52pm

Searched, but couldn't find this. If this topic has been done before, I apologize. I'll start it off with metal, and just about any subgenre of it.

Edited a small spelling problem.

darthbob88 · Post by **darthbob88** » 2006-12-12 11:12pm

I'm fond of bluegrass music, personally. I like old-style string bands especially, and volunteer at the Bluegrass Festival every summer.

The Grim Squeaker · Post by **The Grim Squeaker** » 2006-12-13 01:16am

I like many types of music, but if I had to live with only one then Classical (hands down)

Post by **Dalton** » 2006-12-13 02:23am

Hard rock, especially the older stuff like AC/DC and Led Zeppelin.

dragon · Post by **dragon** » 2006-12-13 02:29am

Two equal favorites. Hard rock such as Iron Maiden, Motely Crue and such. The second one is classics such Betheoven, Brhams.

Metatwaddle · Post by **Metatwaddle** » 2006-12-13 02:31am

Since the non-classical stuff I listen to is all over the place and usually isn't really classifiable anyway, I'd go with classical.

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2006-12-13 03:47am

i second Dalton, but I have a very wide range of tastes around that hard-rock nucleus.

Brother-Captain Gaius · Post by **Brother-Captain Gaius** » 2006-12-13 03:53am

I do like a lot of things, especially between 1960-1990, but I also like some baroque, classical, and romantic, as well as various medieval tunes both inspired and authentic. However, if I had to absolutely name one genre...

Well, can't go wrong with heavy metal. 1972-1989.

salm · Post by **salm** » 2006-12-13 06:22am

Punkrock

lance · Post by **lance** » 2006-12-13 08:17am

punk and ska.

JLTucker · Post by **JLTucker** » 2006-12-13 08:27am

My favorite genre is that which TOOL belongs to, which is difficult to say. Sometimes they can be classified as hard rock, sometimes alternative, and sometimes metal. Oh, and recently I have taken a liking into the Dark Ambient genre. See Lustmord.

Bounty · Post by **Bounty** » 2006-12-13 09:30am

Twee pop. And a bit of indie rock.

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2006-12-13 10:51am

I like anything with lots of strings and keyboards, basically. So anything from Industrial to Metal to Electronica and Jpop as long as it sounds good. I really don't like country or rap though.

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2006-12-13 11:08am

Hard Rock or good techno(yeah it's subjective, but I've heard some real shit).

I like other genres but nothing puts me in the mood of doing something manly as easily as those two.

Post by **RogueIce** » 2006-12-13 05:03pm

Non-lyrical, which basically includes (for me) classical and the movie/TV/game scores (as well as the good VG music remixes and the like). Also the occasional techno/dance/electronica/etc that catches my ear.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2006-12-13 06:35pm

A broad range, but my favourite is electronic music, specifically downtempo, ambient techno, and IDM: artists like Boards of Canada and Chris Clark.

Fleet Admiral JD · Post by **Fleet Admiral JD** » 2006-12-13 06:51pm

Oldies. My playlist includes:

Gordon Lightfoot
The Eagles
Jimmy Buffet (both old and new stuff)
Supertramp
The Police
Stevie Wonder
Harry Chapin
Don McLean
The Boss (Springsteen, for you uneducated people)
Bob Seeger
Cab Calloway
Queen

All of this alongside

Various classical
Big Band Swing
Sax solo artists (Trane, Rollins, &ct.)
Sade
Hootie and the Blowfish
Rockapella
Andrew Lloyd Webber and various other show writers.

I don't think I really have a favorite. . .

Davis 51 · Post by **Davis 51** » 2006-12-13 06:57pm

Honestly it depends on my mood.

I can enjoy classical, rock, (all types), metal, dance, jazz, you name it. Pretty much everything except country and rap.

NomAnor15 · Post by **NomAnor15** » 2006-12-13 07:19pm

Dalton wrote:Hard rock, especially the older stuff like AC/DC and Led Zeppelin.

How about Black Sabbath? Around the same time, similar (sort of) kind of music, what do you think of them? Definitely my favorite band ever.

Medic · Post by **Medic** » 2006-12-13 08:09pm

I have to 2nd my mood plays a choice in what I'll play but if I had to pick a favorite, hands down, drum and bass. Now that video is rightly wierd, but the music is just plain awesome. As far as that video goes for a representation of the DnB genre, that song is actually quite slow. A lot [I'd hazard an over %50 majority but I could be wrong] has very fast BPM's of 150 and higher. One more example. That song as far as DnB goes is very trance-infused but in my experience, the genre of DnB has spun off so many unique sounds -- jazzy, soul, hardcore, sorta Spaghetti westernish -- it's hard to pin down something that's representative of "most" of the music. That is why I love it though!

Finally, the "good techno" bit had me chuckle in agreement Ghost Rider. I've sort of given up on the music as a genre since so much of it sounds like it was put through a cookie cutter of creativity and spat out en masse. Buy one of those hour-long mixed CD's and you'll see what I mean -- don't be surprised if not even ONE song sticks out from the rest.

I must admit though, my tastes are very eclectic though, with a slant towards electronica and something danceable, and no lyrics. Right now Drum & Bass happens to strike my fancy in part cause it is so different than everything I've heard so far though I'd temper that by noting that this inimitable quality will probably keep it in my best regards for quite some time.

BTW, I made a thread asking this IIRC, but these threads are bound to repeat and for the most part, it's accepted so long as it's not within a few months and really, it's music!

Darth Quorthon · Post by **Darth Quorthon** » 2006-12-13 08:10pm

Heavy Metal and its many subgenres (black, speed, death, etc)
Progressive Rock
Classical - I know it's a generalization and I lump in here things like baroque, opera, and movie scores.
Classic Rock
New Age
A smidgen of rap and hip-hop
And no country absolutlely no matter what.

Oni Koneko Damien · Post by **Oni Koneko Damien** » 2006-12-14 03:34pm

Second favourites include Indie/alternative rock, hard techno/industrial, and heavy gothrock.

But undoubtably my favourite is tribal/world music. Last summer I got to meet a band called Tartanic that combines bagpipes with djembes, tympanums (or however the hell you spell those) and African woodwinds. It's fucking orgasmic to listen to them.

Rye · Post by **Rye** » 2006-12-14 04:00pm

Anything with a good bassy edge to it, I'll probably like. I really enjoy low notes, I don't know what it is, but they seem to really resonate well within me. I like dance music, industrial, blues, and all sorts of rock music so long as it's got a good bassy sound to it and a catchy riff. If it's not bassy, it had better have fucking awesome melodies and an epic feeling.

In the main, though, I am so fucking metal it hurts. If you want to hear a proper fucking good dirty death metal song that represents what I really enjoy listening to, listen to the song that autoplays on my myspack. That's how a guitar ought to be tuned! Watch the videos, too.

JediMaster415 · Post by **JediMaster415** » 2006-12-14 06:33pm

My favorite genre is at a three way tie, between Country, J-pop and J-rock, simply because the sound helps to calm me down.

I like some rock, like Queen or Aerosmith but I don't listen to them as often as I listen to the others.

NomAnor15 · Post by **NomAnor15** » 2006-12-14 06:37pm

OK, one genre that has not shown up (Oni said world music, but I'm going to call this seperate): klezmer. Anybody?