The Music Thread

sharatravan · 13th February 2020, 09:57

I have greatly varying tastes in music, and it depends a lot on the mood and ambience. Apart from the usual Indian stuff that a regular 90s kid was exposed to, I started with a distinct interest in Heavy metal - Scorpions, Judas Priest, Motorhead, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin and other similar plays from the genre. By the time I reached college, I was fascinated with pyschedelic stuff led by Pink Floyd. This also introduced me to a lot of fusion between Indian and Western music, mainly raga rock and a lot of other smaller artists.
As I grew older, I've come to appreciate a lot of acoustic and unplugged acts. A lot of other artists made it to my playlists - Dire Straits, Deep Purple, Eagles, Guns n Roses, Skid Row, Def Leppard, Marilyn Manson and stray acts of Electronic/Pop music here and there like Maroon 5 etc.
Though my taste in music transcends genres, I'm mostly a rock guy, that too classic rock acts from 70s to early 90s. I find modern rock extremely uninspiring.

BeantownThinker · 13th February 2020, 10:40

Growing up we had a shop where we used to rent out LPs and cassettes. My interest in music started from there at the age of 7.

Grew up listening to the likes of Neil Diamond, Tina Turner, Eurythmics, Kenny Rogers, Supertramp, Dire Straits, Madonna, etc. Discovered Hard rock when I first heard "Blaze of Glory" by Jon Bon Jovi on a cassette borrowed from a classmate of mine. Roamed amongst many hard rock / metal bands like GnR, Metallica, Iron Maiden, Ozzy, Aerosmith.

At one point of time I had close to 16,000 tracks on my ipod ranging from Metallica to Hari Prasad Chaurasia and from AR Rahman to ZZ Top.

Off late it has become difficult to connect with any contemporary artist that I can listen to. Even among the ones I listened to, I find myself drawn to specific tracks rather than the entire works of the the artist.

This has led to a massive trimming down of my playlist. My playlist now consists of around 80 tracks that I can listen to anytime and on repeat forever.

Some of the tracks on my playlist are:

"Daddy Cool" and "Ma Baker" by Boney M
Entire "Destination Anywhere" album by Jon Bon Jovi
Entire "Madras Cafe" album by AR Rahman
"The Unforgiven" and "Wherever I May Roam" by Metallica
Entire "Brothers in Arms" album by Dire Straits
"Creep" by Radiohead
"Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen
"Zombie" and "Salvation" by The Cranberries
"The Sound of Silence" cover of Simon & Garfunkel by Disturbed
Entire "Brother where you Bound" Album by Supertramp
"Hello" by Lionel Richie
"Heathens" by twenty one pilots
Evanescence
"Sweet Dreams" by Eurythmics as well as cover by Marilyn Manson
"November Rain" by GnR
"Seven Nation Army" by The White Stripes
Phil Collins
Linkin Park
Creed
Dil Chahta Hai
Madonna
David Bowie
Pharrell Williams
Eagles
"Paree" by Sunitha Rao
Unkle
Limp Bizkit

Am partial to the sound signature of Supertramp and Dire Straits.

Old_Salt · 13th February 2020, 10:42

I feel there should have been an option to vote for more than one genre.

If the poll was done 10 years ago, it would have been just rock...and rock. Maiden / Dream Theater / Rush / Pearl Jam / Tool and the likes.

Over the years and ofcourse with age, while rock is still the mainstay i have ventured into folk / country. Bands like Lumineers / Decembrists / David Wax Museum made it up on the playlist.
I am somehow a big fan of 3 members bands like Green Day and Rush.
And then is Rafi Saab...

AZ911 · 13th February 2020, 10:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by ampere

I think progressive rock is the best thing to happen post classic rock era. Porcupine Tree, DT, Riverside, Tool on the relatively newer lot and Rush, King Crimson etc on the reasonably older ones.

Meanwhile I also see some of the vintage being re-incarnated. Case in point: Gretta Van Fleet! A La Led Zep.

Word! I was fortunate enough to watch Karnivool live at HRC, Mumbai in 2012. Man, what a band. As far as I have seen, these prog metal bands like Karnivool, Periphery, DT, Opeth are as tight live as in the studio. Can't say the same for many other more famous mainstream acts.

Skyharbor from India (mostly) is a great addition in this esteemed list.

Old_Salt · 13th February 2020, 11:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by petrol_power

PS: Anyone who had not listened to Children of bodom, please start with "Everytime I die". Such a nice beginning and guitar, but the vocals just make it scary!! And they are one of the beginners in this kind of genre.

Got introduced to COB via Downfall, got some more albums, but soon found little variety in the music.

Was never a Slipknot fan but after bumping into Corey Taylor doing unplugged version of some other artists ( Incl Green Day), i kind of do have some fav numbers on the playlist from them.

I think they deserve a place!

Thad E Ginathom · 13th February 2020, 14:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lambydude

Is it there in the poll options? I don't see them and hence, the question.
Hindustani is something I really enjoy when I'm bored with the mainstream western music. It definitely has a soothing effect.

Good point!

I agree that classical, if not both Indian classical and Western classical, could/should be on the poll. I didn't vote. I guess... Others!

shreyascashyap · 13th February 2020, 14:14

It's always a mix of classic rock - Pink Floyd, Led Zep, Eagles, CCR, Beatles etc. coupled with a healthy dose of metal - mostly progressive stuff like Tool, Opeth, DT etc.
I had a phase of doom/black/death metal a few years ago but I seem to have outgrown it.

When I have company in the car though, then I switch to 90s Bollywood, old Kishore Kumar, Md. Rafi and sometimes Kannada movie tracks. Neither my parents nor my spouse appreciate metal enough to let me play it while driving :P

SmartCat · 13th February 2020, 16:20

Bit surprised that we hardly have any hip hop fans here. I have a decent hip hop collection - 465 songs from 34 artistes. I have recently discovered 1990s artistes like DMX and Rakim. But Eminem, Dr Dre, Lil Wayne, 2Pac and The Game are my favorites.

Eminem fans, check out this song - he belts out 6 words per second (starting from 4:24)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rap_God

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbGs_qK2PQA

Do a Youtube search for 'Tupac mashup' or 'Tupac Remix', for some amazing mixing talent from DJs and other artistes. Tupac/Eminem/Dre mashups are especially good. Example:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pndq5DMZ9UY

Ashwin Morey · 13th February 2020, 17:48

Wow what a fantastic thread and i eventually gave up the count of how many replies i had to re-quote and give a thumbs up to.

I think almost all of us love all genres of music and it really depends on what mood we are in and what is the current favorite genre. Personally i start a genre and keep listening to it for couple of days at least before moving to the next and the genres are a varied lot - Classical, Hard Metal, Hindustani Classical, Reggae, Old Bollywood, Country and even Marathi Bhavgeets or Devotional songs!

Yet if one was to list an evergreen genre then i suppose it would have to be British Rock Bands from the late 60s to the late 70s. Goes without saying that Pink Floyd is an eternal favorite while Led Zepplin, David Bowie, Queen are first among equals. Huge shout out to CCR fans and those who love Mott the Hoople's All the young dudes. These are bands/songs i can listen to on an infinite loop.

sam_babushka · 13th February 2020, 17:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeroen

We attended the super bowl Miami 2010, which was a great event of course.. More importantly, the half time act was the Who

Wow! What a wonderful once-in-a-lifetime experience! I'm sure it was rock heaven

Dieselritzer · 13th February 2020, 19:30

No option to select Indian classical, instrumentals, Carnatic music ?

ranjitnair77 · 13th February 2020, 20:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by SmartCat

Bit surprised that we hardly have any hip hop fans here.

There aren't that many but I happen to be a big hip-hop nerd. I also love metal so that's really an odd combination

The 90s was probably the greatest decade in rap. So many incredible artists telling stories from the street. Hard, dark and heavy and full of poetry, rhythm and flow. That's kind of died down now but there are still some fantastic underground rappers around who are worth a listen.

Here are three of my favourites. Do pay special attention to the incredible lyrics and flow.

This is Prodigy and Nas. Talking about how their mind and their instincts coexist in a situation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_JnNrMwxtI

This is Biggie. Probably the greatest when it comes to flow. Talking about how they double crossed a drug deal. Almost Tarrantinoesque in its imagery and violence.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mBilft7RiE

My favourite underground rapper, Greydon Square. Talking about the paradoxes that exist in this world. This man is criminally underrated.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koF8Wgdb0Vk

saisree · 13th February 2020, 20:41

Voted for others. I’m a big fan of Indian Carnatic music. Thyagaraja Kritis and Annamacharya Songs make my day. If there is one song that I may want to listen for the last time, then, it has to be "Ekkadi Maanusha Janmamu Ethinna Phalam emmunnadi" by Annamacharya, rendered by Great Sri.G. Balakrishna Prasad.

SmartCat · 13th February 2020, 20:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by ranjitnair77

My favourite underground rapper, Greydon Square. Talking about the paradoxes that exist in this world. This man is criminally underrated.

1) Am impressed. I found this Greydon Square 'Top Tracks' playlist on Youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...q00fTk7LQYFyBM
I will play all of them over time, but which songs are worth listening to?

2) Any other 'underground' rappers that are good?

petrol_power · 13th February 2020, 22:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by Old_Salt

Got introduced to COB via Downfall, got some more albums, but soon found little variety in the music.

Was never a Slipknot fan but after bumping into Corey Taylor doing unplugged version of some other artists ( Incl Green Day), i kind of do have some fav numbers on the playlist from them.

I think they deserve a place!

While COB and slipknot uses very haphazard vocals (with slipknot being better organized at times), COB has lot of beautiful guitar leads, which is missing in Slipknot. Slipknot uses only distortion and there is no lead. COB would have been one of the best, if the vocals followed some melody/tune. Its like they made the vocals/tune as bad as possible deliberately. But I loved their guitar.

View Poll Results: What kind of music is in your playlist?
Rock Music	119	38.02%
Hip Hop Music	19	6.07%
Pop Music	43	13.74%
Electronic/ Trance/ Club Music	45	14.38%
Others (Country, Jazz, Instrumental etc)	87	27.80%
Voters: 313. You may not vote on this poll

13th February 2020, 09:57	#91
sharatravan BHPian Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Mumbai Posts: 30 Thanked: 86 Times	Re: The Music Thread I have greatly varying tastes in music, and it depends a lot on the mood and ambience. Apart from the usual Indian stuff that a regular 90s kid was exposed to, I started with a distinct interest in Heavy metal - Scorpions, Judas Priest, Motorhead, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin and other similar plays from the genre. By the time I reached college, I was fascinated with pyschedelic stuff led by Pink Floyd. This also introduced me to a lot of fusion between Indian and Western music, mainly raga rock and a lot of other smaller artists. As I grew older, I've come to appreciate a lot of acoustic and unplugged acts. A lot of other artists made it to my playlists - Dire Straits, Deep Purple, Eagles, Guns n Roses, Skid Row, Def Leppard, Marilyn Manson and stray acts of Electronic/Pop music here and there like Maroon 5 etc. Though my taste in music transcends genres, I'm mostly a rock guy, that too classic rock acts from 70s to early 90s. I find modern rock extremely uninspiring.
	(1) Thanks

13th February 2020, 10:40	#92
BeantownThinker BHPian Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Bangalore Posts: 285 Thanked: 477 Times	Re: The Music Thread Growing up we had a shop where we used to rent out LPs and cassettes. My interest in music started from there at the age of 7. Grew up listening to the likes of Neil Diamond, Tina Turner, Eurythmics, Kenny Rogers, Supertramp, Dire Straits, Madonna, etc. Discovered Hard rock when I first heard "Blaze of Glory" by Jon Bon Jovi on a cassette borrowed from a classmate of mine. Roamed amongst many hard rock / metal bands like GnR, Metallica, Iron Maiden, Ozzy, Aerosmith. At one point of time I had close to 16,000 tracks on my ipod ranging from Metallica to Hari Prasad Chaurasia and from AR Rahman to ZZ Top. Off late it has become difficult to connect with any contemporary artist that I can listen to. Even among the ones I listened to, I find myself drawn to specific tracks rather than the entire works of the the artist. This has led to a massive trimming down of my playlist. My playlist now consists of around 80 tracks that I can listen to anytime and on repeat forever. Some of the tracks on my playlist are: "Daddy Cool" and "Ma Baker" by Boney M Entire "Destination Anywhere" album by Jon Bon Jovi Entire "Madras Cafe" album by AR Rahman "The Unforgiven" and "Wherever I May Roam" by Metallica Entire "Brothers in Arms" album by Dire Straits "Creep" by Radiohead "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen "Zombie" and "Salvation" by The Cranberries "The Sound of Silence" cover of Simon & Garfunkel by Disturbed Entire "Brother where you Bound" Album by Supertramp "Hello" by Lionel Richie "Heathens" by twenty one pilots Evanescence "Sweet Dreams" by Eurythmics as well as cover by Marilyn Manson "November Rain" by GnR "Seven Nation Army" by The White Stripes Phil Collins Linkin Park Creed Dil Chahta Hai Madonna David Bowie Pharrell Williams Eagles "Paree" by Sunitha Rao Unkle Limp Bizkit Am partial to the sound signature of Supertramp and Dire Straits.
	() Thanks

13th February 2020, 10:42	#93
Old_Salt BHPian Join Date: Mar 2017 Location: Delhi Posts: 162 Thanked: 1,155 Times	Re: The Music Thread I feel there should have been an option to vote for more than one genre. If the poll was done 10 years ago, it would have been just rock...and rock. Maiden / Dream Theater / Rush / Pearl Jam / Tool and the likes. Over the years and ofcourse with age, while rock is still the mainstay i have ventured into folk / country. Bands like Lumineers / Decembrists / David Wax Museum made it up on the playlist. I am somehow a big fan of 3 members bands like Green Day and Rush. And then is Rafi Saab...
	() Thanks

13th February 2020, 14:14	#97
shreyascashyap BHPian Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Namma BengaLuru Posts: 117 Thanked: 544 Times	Re: The Music Thread It's always a mix of classic rock - Pink Floyd, Led Zep, Eagles, CCR, Beatles etc. coupled with a healthy dose of metal - mostly progressive stuff like Tool, Opeth, DT etc. I had a phase of doom/black/death metal a few years ago but I seem to have outgrown it. When I have company in the car though, then I switch to 90s Bollywood, old Kishore Kumar, Md. Rafi and sometimes Kannada movie tracks. Neither my parents nor my spouse appreciate metal enough to let me play it while driving :P
	() Thanks

13th February 2020, 17:48	#99
Ashwin Morey BHPian Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Pune Posts: 126 Thanked: 248 Times	Re: The Music Thread Wow what a fantastic thread and i eventually gave up the count of how many replies i had to re-quote and give a thumbs up to. I think almost all of us love all genres of music and it really depends on what mood we are in and what is the current favorite genre. Personally i start a genre and keep listening to it for couple of days at least before moving to the next and the genres are a varied lot - Classical, Hard Metal, Hindustani Classical, Reggae, Old Bollywood, Country and even Marathi Bhavgeets or Devotional songs! Yet if one was to list an evergreen genre then i suppose it would have to be British Rock Bands from the late 60s to the late 70s. Goes without saying that Pink Floyd is an eternal favorite while Led Zepplin, David Bowie, Queen are first among equals. Huge shout out to CCR fans and those who love Mott the Hoople's All the young dudes. These are bands/songs i can listen to on an infinite loop.
	() Thanks

13th February 2020, 19:30	#101
Dieselritzer BHPian Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Mumbai Posts: 585 Thanked: 1,416 Times	Re: The Music Thread No option to select Indian classical, instrumentals, Carnatic music ?
	() Thanks

13th February 2020, 20:41	#103
saisree BHPian Join Date: Jan 2019 Location: TN-11, AP-03 Posts: 957 Thanked: 2,505 Times	Re: The Music Thread Voted for others. I’m a big fan of Indian Carnatic music. Thyagaraja Kritis and Annamacharya Songs make my day. If there is one song that I may want to listen for the last time, then, it has to be "Ekkadi Maanusha Janmamu Ethinna Phalam emmunnadi" by Annamacharya, rendered by Great Sri.G. Balakrishna Prasad. Last edited by saisree : 13th February 2020 at 20:57.
	() Thanks