Your Favorite Music
Agent Purple
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Besides having different tastes in movies, I'm sure we also have different music tastes. I'm interested to hear what my colleagues here enjoy listening to.
I'm a huge rock fan, so here are some of my fave rock bands, unranked:
Pearl Jam
Soundgarden
Alice in Chains
The Smashing Pumpkins
Sublime
Garbage
Megadeth
Anthrax
Metallica
Judas Priest
Deep Purple
Black Sabbath
Led Zeppelin
The Doors
The Rolling Stones
Santana
Rush
Pink Floyd
Genesis
King Crimson
Queensryche
Bryan Adams
I also like some pop music and R&B, such as:
Seal
Sade
Depeche Mode
Tears for Fears
Prince
Michael Jackson
I listen to some other stuff as well, but here's a sampling of my favorite music.
So, what do you guys listen to?
I'm a huge rock fan, so here are some of my fave rock bands, unranked:
Pearl Jam
Soundgarden
Alice in Chains
The Smashing Pumpkins
Sublime
Garbage
Megadeth
Anthrax
Metallica
Judas Priest
Deep Purple
Black Sabbath
Led Zeppelin
The Doors
The Rolling Stones
Santana
Rush
Pink Floyd
Genesis
King Crimson
Queensryche
Bryan Adams
I also like some pop music and R&B, such as:
Seal
Sade
Depeche Mode
Tears for Fears
Prince
Michael Jackson
I listen to some other stuff as well, but here's a sampling of my favorite music.
So, what do you guys listen to?
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New 2020 ranking (for now DAF and FYEO keep their previous placements)
1. TLD 2. TND 3. GF 4. TSWLM 5. TWINE 6. OHMSS 7. LtK 8. TMWTGG 9. L&LD 10. YOLT 11. DAD 12. QoS 13. DN 14. GE 15. SF 16. OP 17. MR 18. AVTAK 19. TB 20. FRWL 21. CR 22. FYEO 23. DAF (SP to be included later)
Bond actors to be re-ranked later
Comments
My tastes are mostly folk and rock...other favourites include:
The Beatles
Paul Simon/Simon & Garfunkel
The Rolling Stones
Punch Brothers
Carole King
Don Maclean
Jimi Hendrix
Joan Baez
Johnny Cash
Leonard Cohen
The Proclaimers
Travelling Wilburys
I also listen to a lot of film soundtracks, Favourite composers are:
John Barry
John Williams
Ennio Morricone
Henry Mancini
Maurice Jarre
Ron Goodwin
Bernard Herrmann
Jerry Goldsmith
I also enjoy a bit of jazz:
Louis Armstrong
Ella Fitzgerald
Nat King Cole
Glenn Miller
Frank Sinatra
Metallica
Dave Matthews Band
Pearl Jam
U2
Coldplay
Primal Fear
Godsmack
AC/DC
Bruce Springsteen
Guns N Roses
Korn
Linkin Park
I'm sure theres more, but I'm tired and it's almost bed time.
country and western
Garth Brookes
Phill Collins
Fleetwood mac
Underworld,,
The Jam
Elton John,
Peter Gabriel
Springstein.
Sea sick Steve,
The Stranglers,
Delta blues
Genesis
Groove Armada,
Yes ,and many more
CSNY
The Seekers
The Searchers
Peter, Paul and Mary
etc...
but I really like AC/DC, The Ramones, old country and western, big band swing and bluegrass.
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British Invasion (and later):
Beatles
Rolling Stones
The Who
The Kinks
Cream
The Yardbirds
Led Zeppelin
David Bowie
Pink Floyd
The Alan Parsons Project
The Moody Blues
Queen
Deep Purple
Black Sabbath
Judas Priest
Manfred Mann's Earth Band
American:
Cheap Trick
Blue Oyster Cult
Aerosmith
REO Speedwagon
Kiss
The Eagles
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Warren Zevon
The Refreshments
Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
The Doors
Van Halen (pre-Hagar)
Stone Temple Pilots
Nirvana
Green Day
Also, as I get older, I seem to be getting more 'punk'...
Sex Pistols
Ramones
The Hives
The Strokes
This list is by no means all-inclusive. Before my divorce I had 900 LPs and about 1000 CDs. Now I have iTunes ;% ...and a very slow-rebuilding collection of essentials on vinyl.
Also have an appreciation of Blues, Country, Jazz & Classical
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Goth/Darkwave
Joy Division
Bauhaus
The Cure
Sisters of Mercy
Siouxsie & the Banshees
Nick Cave
Faith & the Muse
This Ascension
Love Spirals Downwards
Claire Voyant
Trip-Hop/Electronica
Portishead
Massive Attack
Moby
Hooverphonic
Conjure One
Lunascape
Morcheeba
Thievery Corporation
Hungry Lucy
Air
I've also been listening to quite a bit of Warpaint lately.
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