[kfay]

Probably have had a thread on this before but... what's your pref?

For me I'm big on

Bluegrass: Chris Thile and Trampled by Turtles
Folk: James Taylor
Irish folk and alternative: Old Blind Dogs, etc.

but I listen to a lot, obv. 3EB fan, hip hop, jazz, classical.

I bring it up because I've been feeling a little down lately and was listening to some Julieta Venegas, which really cheered me up. Haven't listened to her really since college, and it just brought back so many happy memories and almost seemed to transport me back to Friday nights past when we were gearing up to go out for the night... so I'm gonna try to get my friends together tonight after my hockey game and get some serious drinking done and fun times... all b/c of one song mostly, really made me feel better!

Similar/more dramatic stories?

[luke warm]

classic rock, jazz, blues

[kenberg]

Within easy reach while driving I have Hank Williams, Loretta Lynn, Rod Stewart (The American Songbook, not Hot Legs), Duke Ellington, Ella, Satchmo, Miles Davis, Bob Seeger, The Mommas and the Poppas, Emmy Lou Harris, Jim Croce, Dave Brubeck,... I'm tempted to say etc, but that would imply a discernible pattern. And Frank Sinatra. And an autographed disc from Charlie Byrd.

You might notice that these are all people who are a bit long in the tooth (at best). I'll be interested in seeing some younger names appear. Eg, my bad but I don't know Julieta Venegas. Probably my wife does.

Getting over the blues with a song from my school days might be tough. How much is that doggie in the window, arf arf, the one with the waggly tail....

[PassedOut]

luke warm, on Mar 6 2010, 08:39 AM, said:

classic rock, jazz, blues

Same here, but also enjoy (but listen to less frequently) classical piano, orchestral music, and opera, and also old-time country, gospel, and folk music.

[Fluffy]

I also like classic rock, and some metal and trash, but I can live with somo pop also.

Many of my favourite groups sing in spannish and you will never ever hear about them.

[jjbrr]

I find that I enjoy a very wide variety of stuff. My iPod has everything from Miles and Sonny Rollins to Tupac and Nas to Lady Gaga, and I listen to pretty much all of it regularly.

I wish I had cool stories about how music could regulate my feelings and inspire an adventure, but I can't think of any off the top of my head. Perhaps my eclectic tastes have prevented me from forming any kind of connection with any one particular song, artist, style, whatever.

[hrothgar]

Sleater-Kinney
Garbage
Concrete Blonde

starting to get into Florence and the Machine

[babalu1997]

i like a wide variety of styles

in my own native country there are many

i more or less tend to associate music with the folks who introduced me to it

my father-- to post bossa nova brazilian music
high school classmate-- disco
college friends- blues, classical, reggae
colleague-- trinidadian soca
a former boss-- 1960s calypso
stepchildren-marron5 and norah jones

when i listen to these songs i keep thinking of the people who introduced me to them

the one below i found on you tube-- but one of the best voices i have heard in a long time

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=zie5paDsUBg

[Hanoi5]

I like many things. A song for sadness would be 'In My Darkest Hour' by Megadeth. But I can also listen to The Beatles or Bezerra Da Silva (Brazilian). Sometimes I'm on a one-song period (I remember a couple of years ago listening to Siniestro Total 'Me Pica Un Huevo' over and over again). Music is great in general, Julieta Venegas has a nice voice and nice songs, which one were you listening to? I love 'Wish you were here' (any version) and, well, many things.

[kenberg]

Fluffy, on Mar 6 2010, 12:57 PM, said:

I also like classic rock, and some metal and trash, but I can live with somo pop also.

Many of my favourite groups sing in spannish and you will never ever hear about them.

Could you make a suggestion or two on the Spanish groups? I might think of buying one for my granddaughter, her Spanish is pretty good and I would be happy to encourage her to keep it that way.

[Aberlour10]

I would recommend>>> Heroes del Silencio

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=DMMj1FrRFH4

[jjbrr]

Aberlour10, on Mar 6 2010, 06:22 PM, said:

I would recommend>>> Heroes del Silencio

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=DMMj1FrRFH4

AVALANCHAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[Fluffy]

kenberg, on Mar 6 2010, 11:09 PM, said:

Fluffy, on Mar 6 2010, 12:57 PM, said:

I also like classic rock, and some metal and trash, but I can live with somo pop also.

Many of my favourite groups sing in spannish and you will never ever hear about them.

Could you make a suggestion or two on the Spanish groups? I might think of buying one for my granddaughter, her Spanish is pretty good and I would be happy to encourage her to keep it that way.

not sure what to recomend, there is a very wide variety to pick from.

For a teenager I guess she'd like pop music, the best pick for that would be "Amaral" she speaks very clearly (kind of what Celine Dion does in english, everyone can understand her lyrics).

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=vn5Kk0eE3wM


For rock music "Heroes del Silencio" would be really great, also very clear speaking, althou they are already retired (About 10 years ago)

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=KWz15aDO14M

Also related its "Mana" who ain't spannish but Mexican, she might apreciate the different accent:

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=z3vkQZWO_Bw


Also a good classics are "Joaquin Sabina", and "Julio Iglesias"



For a harder level, best is today's spannish rock, wich is hard to understand even for spannish people

Sinkope:

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=kl_ueJFGDbI

Marea:

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=iZ8A6668kt8

[Lobowolf]

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=rE22iX-Xd1s

Does Argentina count?

[y66]

Saw this guy at a local club a few weeks ago: Ben Sollee. A very talented, playful, witty young musician. He's touring the U.S. now. Check him out if you get a chance.

Re: OP's question, what takes me home musically? Saw the the Monterey Pop documentary recently. That was transporting. Didn't want to come back.