Musical tastes

[Perry]

I'm really curious about something.
I wonder what the musical tastes of some of our members are? Most of us fall into a certain age bracket (give or take), and I know some are born in different parts of the country(s).
I like to listen to all kinds of music (except rap) but I wonder if any of you would be surprised to know that I really like the RHCP's. I wonder how many of you are now scrambling to google RHCP as we speak? LOL
One of my favourites is "otherside" by RHCP, (a song about overcoming heroin addiction).
Would this just shatter the pre-conceived conceptions we all have of each other, the songs that we like listening to?
I remember listening to "Morning has Broken" by Cat Stevens as a kid and being absolutely flabbergasted when I saw his picture. I always pictured a short bald guy in my head. LOL
Anyway, what are some of your favourites?

[LazyBkpr]

Hrm...  Used to listen to a lot of different stuff.. Aerosmith, Meatloaf, Loverboy, Nugent, Pink Floyd and even a little REO.. listen mostly to country now.
   Have seen Nugent in Concert, Aerosmith, Saw Kiss in a bar down in the Keys once..  Even had Charlie Daniels yell at me for fighting during one of his Concerts   

[iddee]

OK. Now it's time to give Perry a shock. My alltime favorite singer is a Canadian. He always was, and will always be, my favorite. Also, one of the nicest guys I have ever met in person when he was at a performance. He died Dec. 20,1999. Now let Perry head for google.

[Perry]

Without going to google I'm gonna say Hank Snow. Now I'll head to google and see if I was right. LOL

[Perry]

Nailed it. A good ol Nova Scotia boy too. 

[LazyBkpr]

My Grandmother listened to old country and always had the radio tuned in when I was growing up..   So am Pretty sure I know who it is..   will PM the anser just to see if I was right..
   NM..  posted while I was typing LOL
   Golden rocket???   I dont recall the names of the songs but I can still hear them bouncing through the halls of time...

[iddee]

When in Germany in 1966, he was with a USO show. While one was singing, the others were backstage doing whatever they do backstage. NOT HANK. He was in the audience having a beer with the GI's. He would spend a few minutes at each table, then move to another table.

Then in about 1990, I met him again at the Grand Ole Opry. He stopped, shook hands and I reminded him of the day in Germany.He said, yes, he always enjoyed spending time with "his" boys in the services.

He will always be #1 in my book.

My favorite. 90 mile an hour down a dead end street.
Next favorite.  I've been every where.

[G3farms]

With two sisters 10 and 8 years older than me I was introduced to the devils music at an early age LOL

All of the early rock bands all the way through the mid '80's. Then went cold turkey to country. Radio went out in my truck several years ago so not much music any more.

Ted Nugent was my first concert Cat scratch fever.

Kind of glad them days are behind me, whew what a ride that was!!

[mamapoppybee]

i prefer country and rock. love hank williams patsy cline rock is more of five finger death punch, avenged seven, Metalica ect.

[riverbee]

i love music of all genres, but no hip hop or rap and really don't listen to music on the radio much, we have xm, but they play the same stuff over and over.  my favorite really is old country, country swing (reminds me of my mom and growing up when i listen to the old stuff) and old rock and roll, and some big band stuff, and acoustic, love to listen to the instruments.  i load up my own cds, flash drive or mp3 player with my favorite tunes to work out to, or jam away while working on equipment etc....  i love to listen to folks who can really play an instrument.  i came across this guy, a child prodigy of blues guitar, don't listen to much blues but this guy is phenomenal, all acoustic concert, wish i could play guitar like this guy does, joe bonamassa:

[Slowmodem]

Even had Charlie Daniels yell at me for fighting during one of his Concerts   

The very first concert I saw was Marshal Tucker Band opening up for the Charlie Daniels Band in Chattanooga.  I saw CDB several times (of course, they're from TN), but I got to see them at the Armadillo World Headquarters in Austin, TX back in 1976.  That was a treat.

[Slowmodem]

i love to listen to folks who can really play an instrument.  i came across this guy, a child prodigy of blues guitar, don't listen to much blues but this guy is phenomenal, all acoustic concert, wish i could play guitar like this guy does, joe bonamassa:

Yep, he's really tallented.  I like his music, too.

[Slowmodem]

This is a hard one to answer.  My dad was born and raised in the Smoky Monutains and my grandad played and made fiddles, so I got the bluegrass/country from that side of the family.  Mom played piano in church for as far back as I can remember, and she liked 101 Strings and Big Band music.  So I know a lot of all that stuff. (I especially like Glenn Miller)

But the 70s were my formative years.  I learned how to play the guitar listening to the Allman Brothers and Led Zeppelin.  So I listen to "A to Z" I suppose (Allmans, Alice Cooper, Deep Purple, Ted Nugent, Nazareth, Rolling Stones, Frank Zappa (watch out where the huskies go), Johnny Winter, Edgar Winter, you get the picture).

Me in my prime:



All respect due to The Guess Who, BTO and Rush, Perry! 

Of course playing in a band around east TN, you have to play tear jerking country, too.  So I had to learn sad country songs, too.

Lately (and I highly recommend it!) I've been listening to a public radio station in Knoxville that has a powerful 250 watt transmitter and started out in a 14-ft (I think) camper trailer.  You can listen online at http://www.wdvx.com  .  They play Americana, bluegrass, and on Friday Nights from 9:00 pm to 3:00 am is the Johnny Mack Blues Attack.  It's really a great little station and they've really grown and have a worldwide audience as you can see on their website.  There's a lot of great musicians that never make it on pop radio.  Here's an example that I really like.  Leftover Salmon:



Whew!  That was a long post. 

[apisbees]

I like all genres of music, including rap and hip-hop. As long as it is good. In any of the genres there is a lot of crap songs. why listen to crap when much better songs are available. I've done a bit of DJ-ing so have a pretty large selection of music from all the different genres of music. Both my daughters have been into collecting music since before they were teens and I started buying albums and 45's in grade 8. I follow and give a listen to all new music that shows up on the British top 40. All summer on Thursday nights the downtown association hostess a different local band, only missed one concert in the last 3 years. One of my favorites is a band called Cod Gone Wild. They play a Celtic mix of music. Only one member is from Newfoundland the rest are from BC and Alberta.
Their You tube page is http://www.youtube.com/user/chazcarver/videos?shelf_id=1&view=0&sort=dd

[Ladyleo191]

At the risk of being labeled some Pinko Commie spy, I have to say that I was forced to listen to horrible caterwauling my entire childhood. If it has a banjo or a fiddle in the band, or someone 104 year old man twanging the lyrics...I don't want to be within earshot of it.

Give me the 50s, 60s and some 70s. I don't care for much loud stuff and much prefer to listen to lyrics as opposed to musical accompaniment. I guess it's the latent poet in me.

I can, however, listen to some good classical (read Wagner and some of the 3 tenors).

Otherwise, I'm content with the music my hens and the local frogs give me.

[DMLinton]

That's a very interesting question, Perry.  Some may find this a bit odd but the Rock and Roll I couldn't live without back in the seventies has fallen from favour and, in its place, I am increasingly partial to Classic Country.  My friend was flabbergasted last evening when she discovered that I enjoy opera.  I enjoy choral music if I am part of the choir.  I enjoy symphony music if it is live.  Above all, I can listen to Donnell Leahy, Natalie McMaster or Ashley McIsaac on their Celtic/Cape Breton fiddles for hours on end.  Most often though, I will grab my fiddle and knock off tunes like Crooked Stovepipe, Saint Anne's Reel, The Woodchopper's Reel, The Maple Syrup Reel, Flop Earred Mule, Tam Lin or Toss the Feathers.
I almost never listen to music while driving - drove up to Cochrane and back one day a few weeks ago (about 1,560 Km) and my truck radio was on for maybe half an hour the whole trip .... and that was to try and find out what the weather might be up ahead.

[Crofter]

Groups I really liked were Peter Paul and Mary, Gordon Lightfoot, Ian tyson, I cant listen to something where the singer is wailing unintelligibly or totally drounded out by the instruments. I sure  dont like harsh and clanggy! I like the Celtic music

[Bakersdozen]

Well, let's see here.  Where to begin.  In my childhood home, we listened to "both kinds of music, country and western."  I don't care much for it now as a result.
Currently, I picked up playing old time fiddle about the same time I started beekeeping.  It is all an effort to keep the brain young.  I played the piano since a small child and was in the high school and college band.
I like lots of music, but appreciate it most when heard live.  We get out and support musicians by seeing them in concert, music festivals, at a bar or even some dumps.  We see a lot of up and comers on the verge of stardom in some of the oddest places.  I saw Bonamassa at a small community celebration.  We've seen Alabama Shakes, The Civil Wars, Leon Russell (several times in a honky tonk), Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi (several times at a casino), Jay Ungar, Mark O'Connor, Edgar Meyer,  Bela Fleck, Sam Bush (comes to a free community concert every year), Bob Dylan, Eileen Ivers, Natalie McMaster, Taj Mahal, Chick Corea, Emanuel Ax, Little Feat, Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings, etc.

Last Christmas my husband had my old turntable refurbished.  I never owned very many LPs because I couldn't afford them.  Since last Christmas, I have started picked up LPs when ever I find them.  Anything that strikes my fancy, because the price is right.

I agree with apisbees, there is a lot of crap out there and some of it is on the Top 40.

I have a bucket list..musicians I want to see live before they kick the bucket.  But that's another thread.

[Slowmodem]

I have a bucket list..musicians I want to see live before they kick the bucket.  But that's another thread.

Sadly, they're going faster and faster anymore.

[Riverrat]

old country all the way really like John conlee, Vern gosden and others in that area