What's your favourite music genre?

[echnidna]

... if we are now talking classical pieces Ray Stevens takes a lot of beating.
I'm sure you all recall the beautiful melody of "Ahab the Arab"

[echnidna]

... and weird Al Yankovic's absolute classic
"There's Something Weird In The Fridge Today".

[journeyman Mick]

Pictures at an exhibition was by Modeste Petrovich Moussorgsky. He also composed "Night on Bald Mountain" if you watched "Fantasia" that's the piece that the scene with all the witches and devils is set to, very dramatic music. Worth a listen, even to someone who grew up (well sort of) on Ska and Punk.

Mick

[ivanavitch]

I checked my concerts so far this year

Queensland orchestra in the park
Rehersal for the ballet - Peer Gynt
Meatloaf
Deep Purple .. Billy Thorpe supporting
Got tickets on my desk for the opera (Carmen)

Most of my CDs are 60s, 70s but also love Paul Robeson, Nina Simone.

I dunno... everthing except cRAP.

John Scott

[jackiew]

gigs attended so far in 2004,

the real mackenzies - canadian scottish punk ( and we found out what is not worn under the kilt! )

dropkick murphies - american irish punk
paladins + bill kirchen - rock-a-billy
von bodies - american, sort of pop rock I suppose
the dirtbombs - r&b

tickets bought but not seen yet

the mikado
swan lake

missed seeing

Richard Thompson
Burning Spear

[Iain]

Shuffle shuffle, may I have sauce with the humble pie, I actually knew that but the response was posted in haste.
Anyway I'm bloody classical guitarist not an opera buff although do tolerate some Operetta.

[bob w]

Originally posted by echnidna
... if we are now talking classical pieces Ray Stevens takes a lot of beating.
I'm sure you all recall the beautiful melody of "Ahab the Arab"

Not to mention that RS evergreen "The Streak"
Regards
Bob

[silentC]

We Built This City was recently voted worst song ever. Achy Breaky Heart came second.

What about:

One Eyed One Horned Flying Purple People Eater
Itsy Witsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini

[Driver]

Not to mention "McArthur Park" by Richard Harris. The only thing I can think of that might be worse would be a cover version by Rolf Harris!

[bob w]

Originally posted by Driver
Not to mention "McArthur Park" by Richard Harris. The only thing I can think of that might be worse would be a cover version by Rolf Harris!

Not too loud, he might hear you. Any cover by Rolf would be enough to give me an Achey Breaky Heart.
Arghh
Bob

[Christopha]

Christopha was 'ere.

What sort of weird pervert would include "Country" or "Western" in a poll about music?:confused:

[AlexS]

Wierdest words to a song? Ooh eee ooh ah ah, ting tang wallah wallah bing bang....etc from "my friend the witchdoctor", ca 1950.

[bob w]

Originally posted by AlexS
Wierdest words to a song? Ooh eee ooh ah ah, ting tang wallah wallah bing bang....etc from "my friend the witchdoctor", ca 1950.

Would you believe I have that on a SQUARE cardboard record and it still plays.
Bob:confused:

[derekcohen]

I found it hard to clasify my tastes in one category. I can say ..

Predomoinantly jazz, with the greatest jazz pianist at the top - Bill Evans - but ranging from bee-bop jazz to heavy progressive jazz. Stefan Grapelli and Oscar Peterson (both on a Saturday morning for some reason), John Coltrane, Miles Davis ... the list is endless.

Sometimes I cannot tell the difference between jazz and classic.

Blues and more blues. I have recordings that go back to the early 1920's.

Blues-inspired metal, such as Stevie Ray Vaughn. Best late at night.

Blues-inspired rock, such as Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. Theirs was one of the best concerts I ever attended.

Jazz-inspired pop, such as Steely Dan and Van Morrison. Best in the car.

Enjoy it all.

Regards from Perth

Derek

[silentC]

What this all reveals is that some people are very definite about their tastes, others are not.

For example, I occasionally fill in with a local band when their usual drummer is not available. These guys do not play anything that was penned any later than 1969. They describe it as "rock - you know, all the good stuff". In other words, there's no value in anything written during the 70's or later (possibly debatable). They don't listen to the radio or watch TV or buy CDs. Time for them stopped at midnight New Year's Eve, 1969.

Other people just love music, no matter what you call it.

It is very hard to jam all forms of music into pigeonholes. There's so much 'borrowing' that goes on, the edges are always going to be blurred.

The term "Classical Music" is interesting. Most people think of orchestras, string quartets, opera and so on. In fact, this term is a generic one that defines a piece of music that is representative of it's class. Like when you say "that is a classic blues tune". During the 1700's and 1800's music composing was a much more structured thing and there were a lot of rules about what made it a good piece of music. So it is very much easier to classify each composer, but it still tends to be defined in terms of 'periods'.

But where do you fit someone like Frank Zappa?