What's your favourite music genre?

[silentC]

We haven't had a poll for awhile...

Some people listen exclusively to one 'kind' of music and scorn all others. Some people listen to anything and everything. Some people believe that music is the work of the devil. So where do you fit in?

Some of my favourites in no particular order:

Frank Black (Pixies)
Pink Floyd
Frank Zappa
David Bowie
Michael Nyman
Schubert
The Jam
The Oils
LED ZEPPELIN
Deep Purple
Django Reinhardt
The Pogues
Red Hot Chilli Peppers

Flavour of the month: Jet and Queens of the Stone Age

[ozwinner]

I was thinking we havent had a Poll for awhile, maybe Stinky can't find the Poll button.

My fave at the moment are the Wiggles, and High 5.


Al

[silentC]

Oh yes, I discovered High 5 a couple of years ago. Is it wrong to enjoy it as much as I do?

[craigb]

Darren,

You don't have R&B on there. The real kind I mean, not the modern crud that they call R&B.

[silentC]

Not to mention Blues, Soul, and Funk all of which I love as well. I kind of lump them under 60's, 70's, 80's Rock. It's a bit hard when there's only 10 options. I s'pose I should have done away with the silly one that no-one will pick.

[silentC]

Hey look at that, it's magic!!

The power of the moderator is awesome indeed.....

:eek:

[DaveInOz]

Heavy metal
Punk
Reggae
Ska
Aussie Rock


ahhhhh screw it - 60's, 70's, 80's will have to do

BTW those hi-5 girls sure can move, Grrrrrrr

[ozwinner]

All you have to do is ask the moderators and poof.

Al

[craigb]

Darren,

At first I thought your new avatar was Ted Mulry (R.I.P) but I see that it's the guy from Spinal Tap.

BTW I got that out on DVD a few months ago. It's still very funny.

Craig

[silentC]

Ted Mulry! I went to see him at the Tathra Hotel in 1980 something.

I haven't watched Spinal Tap for years, I'll have to get it out. I played in a band very much like Spinal Tap in the 80's. We even had a song called 'Stonehenge'. The words were something like:

Stonehenge (big power chords),
Monumental Rock (awesome lead lick)

Terrible really. Don't know what we were thinking...

[Rocker]

Silent C,

Your poll short-changes classical, lumping it in with jazz. And, now that the the 10-variable limit has been lifted, it could easily be subdivided, with categories for Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Handel, Gregorian chant, Baroque, Tchaichovski, Khachaturian, Opera, Gilbert and Sullivan, and so on. For some of us, the Beatles were after our time

Rocker

[ozwinner]

Gees Rocker. you must be ancient?

[jackiew]

Music is one of the things that make life worth living ... one of the cheapest pick me ups going. I don't know if i've encountered a genre that I could find nothing I liked ... although rap and house seem to be better in VERY small doses

even some of the "artificial" bands can be quite fun ... has anyone listened to the Monkees recently ... i picked up an album cheap recently and have to say they have has lasted quite well ( although have yet to play it to anyone who isn't old enough to remember the monkees ... so it might just be nostalgia kicking in )

to the great embarassment of my son I like what I describe as "jumping up and down music" ... punk, ska, irish ... something that makes you want to tap your feet and throw yourself about the dance floor ...

recommend Motorhead when you do the ironing ( not my favourite occupation I hasten to add )

do not recommend The Living End as the sound track when you play roller hockey ... our accident rate went sky high so its probably to be avoided while in the car or using power tools too

and if you really want to get someone out of bed on a Sunday morning my dad discovered Mahler at full blast worked a treat

[Driver]

Quick survey of what's currently loaded into the CD player in my car (in no particular order)

2 Dire Straits albums
John Coltrane (very cool!)
Eric Clapton x 2 (both plugged and unplugged)
Rod Stewart
Paul Simon
Bob Seger
The Beatles
George Harrison
Ry Cooder
Steve Miller

I guess that places me firmly in the 60s, 70s & 80s rock category with a bit of jazz to salt the mix. I'm also partial to Beethoven and I've been known to listen to opera now and then (particularly Verdi). There are not many forms of music that I actively dislike. As a kid I had a pretty good grounding. Both my parents were musicians and the house was always full of music: live, canned and radio. Interestingly, neither I nor my two siblings can play a note on any instrument. However, we all love music and several of our children have some talent - it clearly skipped a generation.

Jackie - I reckon your dad's choice of Mahler as a Sunday morning reveille was inspired. About the only music I can think of that might be a more effective wake-up would be a Highland regiment pipe band at full throttle and point blank range. George McDonald Fraser writes feelingly about that experience in his book: "McAuslan In The Rough"

Col

[AlexS]

Aaaah, Saturday afternoon in the workshop, with ABC Radio National and 'Singers of Renown' turned up so I can hear it over the assorted machinery. Haven't had the neighbours complain yet, but...