Burgeoning Battle Gamma Masquerade Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 For Christmas i recieved an ipod. I know that people my age usually have musical intelligence coming out the wazoo but the the aformentioned Aspergers Syndrome tended to lead me away from social conventions and i was never too interested (and too frugal) in spending all my pocket money on cds. I don't like modern music much anyway (please don't start ranting, its only one persons opinion, its alowed to be different from yours) thus i wasnt game to touch my sisters collection. But when i had a rubbish through my parents cupboards i found some things that i like, mainly some stuff from what im told are "Ska" bands mainly: Ultravox, Electric Lights Orchestra and Men at Work which are my favorites of the bunch along with some traditional rock bands: Queen, The Beatles, David Bowie Some pop bands: Abba and John Paul Young who i don't like as much and finally a bunch of movie soundtracks which make for good "calm down the heck down and study" music. I'm quite content to listen to some songs that i like on repeat but with a 7 hour road trip coming up I'd like to put some new stuff on it. But i have no clue about how to navigate the big, bad world of music. Its a bit of a new frontier for me so is there anyone out there that can tell me about some good bands along those lines that i can check out? Dates are unimportant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dintiradan Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 If you want to look at a unorganized dumping ground of musical tastes, check out this thread on Shadow Vale. The thread was quite nice in its heyday; I found out about a lot of artists I wouldn't have heard of otherwise. For instance, I was listening to Laura Marling tonight; as a North American I never would have heard of her if not for Nikki's recommendation. Very Joni Mitchell. Your definition of ska might be a bit different than mine, but I'd recommend checking out bands like Madness or Reel Big Fish. What kind of film scores do you like, exactly? For instance, a John Williams score (Star Wars, Superman, etc.) is pretty different compared to a Randy Newman score (Toy Story, Awakenings, etc.) (Speaking of Awakenings, and completely off topic: will completely ruin the movie for you. Don't click it. Seriously.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgeoning Battle Gamma Masquerade Posted March 23, 2011 Author Share Posted March 23, 2011 Oh just a bunch of random ones, there's some disney in there and Les Mis and the neverending story and some bbc things. Speaking of which i should go and stick the Sweeney Todd soundtrack on this thingie, who wants pie? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgeoning Battle Gamma Masquerade Posted March 23, 2011 Author Share Posted March 23, 2011 Took a look at that thread, looks like its worth investigating but i should wait until i have a bit more time, heh. We should start one of those dump threads here, it would get my post count up if nothing else Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Enraged Slith Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Jazz is great for long trips. You can't go wrong with masters like Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk nikki. Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Originally Posted By: Masquerade Took a look at that thread, looks like its worth investigating but i should wait until i have a bit more time, heh. We should start one of those dump threads here, it would get my post count up if nothing else Also because my tastes/pool of artists has literally exploded in terms of numbers compared to what I was listening to back then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Originally Posted By: Masquerade Took a look at that thread, looks like its worth investigating but i should wait until i have a bit more time, heh. We should start one of those dump threads here, it would get my post count up if nothing else There used to be one here like the what are you reading topic, but it fell into inactivity and got purged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgeoning Battle Gamma Masquerade Posted March 25, 2011 Author Share Posted March 25, 2011 My sister has given me a Mark Wells cd, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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