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Post by emily41162 on Sept 9, 2009 13:22:02 GMT -5
My favorite type of music: country, pop, gospel. Favorite artist: Merle Haggard and Michael Jackson.
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Post by Mandy_Loves_Alfie on Nov 14, 2009 16:54:10 GMT -5
Favorite music.... I love the 40s, Big Band/Swing Music Buddy Holly, The Beatles....and anything 'British Invasion' really! lol. The total opposite of what my friends listen to! I do need my dose of some loud, scremo/rock music once in a while though.  In the end It all depends on what mood I'm in that day! I honestly have a wide variety....anything but 'Fake country' and Hip Hop.  |
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Post by mickeygubitosifan on Feb 25, 2011 0:38:39 GMT -5
There are so many possibilities for this one that I couldn't really even hope to remember all of my favorite creators of music, so I'll just present an assortment of what I like, to give an impression of the varied nature of my tastes.
Anything by Wolfgang Mozart is good. I used to occasionally listen to his music on headphones while I was writing, because it aids my concentration so well. The more intense Ludwig van Beethoven works are very powerful. I can't resist the film scores of James Horner, John Williams, Randy Newman or Alan Menken. I also like the music groups Bread, Savage Garden (or the early solo work of Darren Hayes), Secondhand Serenade and Owl City.
One soloist that I've come to like especially is Billy Gilman. I'd heard what people used to say about him being the male equivalent of Charlotte Church, and that he had a voice unlike any other, but until last year I hadn't really taken the time to listen any of his recordings. My ears tell me that Billy Gilman was every bit as good as they proclaimed him to be, if not better. His instincts for how to vocally present a song were virtually perfect; in fact, I don't believe that I have ever heard him make a mistake with his voice in any song that he has done, including live performances. I think it's fair to say that Billy Gilman set the platinum standard, especially for comparison of young voices, both from the past and eventually into the future.
Those are a few of my favorites. Of course, I would have jumped at the chance to include The International Silver String Submarine Band, but...they didn't last very long as a music group. Ah, such is luck. :-)
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Post by littlerascal4891 on Feb 28, 2011 22:06:18 GMT -5
^I didn't know Billy Gilman still made music. I remember we had to sing his song "One Voice" all the time in middle school chior. I kind of forgot about him over the years, but he used to be pretty popular. My musical preferences are kind of all over the place. I really enjoy late 50s and early-mid 60s rock/pop. Elvis, Bobby Darin, the Beatles (and the Beatles's later songs too), Benda Lee, Connie Francis, Dion and the Belmonts, The Chordettes, The Supremes, Ricky Nelson, Del Shannon, The Beach Boys, the list goes on and on. I like 80s rock, the kind my dad listened to in high school (Van Halen, Def Leppard). I also LOVE Aerosmith... 70s, 80s, 90s, anytime they make music, I always enjoy it. I like 90s country, like Shania Twain, Garth Brooks, George Strait, Tracy Lawrence, and a few one hit wonders in the 90s country world. Okay, here's where it gets sort of embarrassing... I also can't get enough of 90s pop. Yeah, I'm talking Britney, Christina, N-sync, and my favorite, the Backstreet Boys. I know the lyrics aren't always genius, but they're fun to sing and dance to, or just listen to with friends. I actually still listen to the Backstreet Boys' current music and really enjoy it... they've had a few really good albums in the last few years, they just haven't gotten a lot of media attention for it. Oh, and I love Michael Jackson. "Dirty Diana" and "Smooth Criminal" are my jams! As for music today, unlike a lot of people, I don't find it horrible. I find myself singing along to a Lady Gaga song on the radio, or a Kesha song (hey, they're fun!). But usually I'd rather listen to an oldie on my MP3 player.  |
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Post by mickeygubitosifan on Mar 1, 2011 0:03:14 GMT -5
^I didn't know Billy Gilman still made music. I remember we had to sing his song "One Voice" all the time in middle school chior. I kind of forgot about him over the years, but he used to be pretty popular. Billy Gilman does still perform, but I don't know if he has imminent plans to release anything commercial. A lot of what he does now is for charity, volunteering his services for telethons and other events like that; in fact, he's the official Celebrity Ambassador for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Billy Gilman is on Twitter, so I get most of my updates about what he's been doing by following his tweets. |
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Post by littlerascal4891 on Mar 2, 2011 22:45:19 GMT -5
^I didn't know Billy Gilman still made music. I remember we had to sing his song "One Voice" all the time in middle school chior. I kind of forgot about him over the years, but he used to be pretty popular. Billy Gilman does still perform, but I don't know if he has imminent plans to release anything commercial. A lot of what he does now is for charity, volunteering his services for telethons and other events like that; in fact, he's the official Celebrity Ambassador for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Billy Gilman is on Twitter, so I get most of my updates about what he's been doing by following his tweets. I see. Good for him. I actually looked him up on youtube to see what he sounds like now... he's good! |
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Post by mickeygubitosifan on Mar 3, 2011 1:51:02 GMT -5
My favourite band is a Christian Rock group called Reliant K(after the car). Other than that I listen to :P music on a canadian station called AM 740( Bobby Dean, Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong, Nat King Cole, The Andrews Sisters etc. yeah fogey music), and now and then a little classical. It's a really weird mix. I also like Gordon Lightfoot. I really like the songs "Daylight Katy","Summertime Dream' and "Sweet Guineviere" Relient K performed live at my church a few years ago, and the autographed band poster that they donated to us afterward still hangs on the wall of the green room, backstage. I know The Andrews Sisters mostly by their vocal narration of the Disney short film Johnny Fedora and Alice Blue Bonnet, which comprised one segment of the 1946 feature movie, Melody Time. I've always had much affection for that particular short, with its memorable combination of melodic sound and emotional story, so by extension I also have a fondness for The Andrews Sisters. Billy Gilman does still perform, but I don't know if he has imminent plans to release anything commercial. A lot of what he does now is for charity, volunteering his services for telethons and other events like that; in fact, he's the official Celebrity Ambassador for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Billy Gilman is on Twitter, so I get most of my updates about what he's been doing by following his tweets. I see. Good for him. I actually looked him up on youtube to see what he sounds like now... he's good! I actually haven't heard any of the music that Billy Gilman recorded after he was a teenager, but I'm sure that he's still able to perform at a high level. His voice may be very different now, but all of the studying that he did to develop the fundamental consistency of his sound at age eleven (and even younger than that, to a certain extent) would still be there to guide him today. |
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Post by rascalstooge on Dec 31, 2012 11:53:20 GMT -5
I'm into classic rock, '60s-'70s R&B, and jazz. I'm especially into jazz as done by female instrumentalists-no particular reason.
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Post by Hard-boiled Harry on Jun 24, 2013 12:24:36 GMT -5
Although I come from Liverpool I dunn actually like The Beatles. I have however got a very varied taste in music and bands etc that I'm listening to at the moment include; Yvann Sangsue, Cole Citrenbaum, Аль-Бус, Crooked Preacher, Plowboy, Demon Tjunjakin, Still Pending, Libera, Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come, Porcupine Tree, Sigur Ros, Gerald Ahern, Alfalfa, The Mini Band, Fields of the Nephilim, Coptic Rain and also Rhys Meilyr but that's just a small sample.
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Post by scotty1958 on Jul 26, 2013 19:03:37 GMT -5
I love this original version of "The Wild One (Real Wild Child)" by Johnny O'Keefe & The Dee Jays. Maybe it could be played as background music for some of the Mickey McGuire silents... ;D
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Post by shanalovescarl on Jul 30, 2013 9:54:34 GMT -5
For me it's a loaded question as well. I'll start with the Beatles. I used to like the Monkees, but kind of grew out of it and into Simon and Garfunkel, The Doors and Led Zeppelin instead. I like music from many eras. Also Alfalfa.  |
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Post by Hard-boiled Harry on Aug 18, 2013 8:19:39 GMT -5
Arguably the best vocal performance ever captured on film, with background vocals to match...
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Post by Buppster on Feb 23, 2018 13:45:03 GMT -5
Alfalfa really knew how to put everything into a song, including deliberate wrong notes, but the best vocal performance ever? I think that I have that one beats Alfalfa, good though he undoubtedly was. Scroll to 15:00 on this video to hear a real singer in action...
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Post by Buppster on Feb 26, 2018 6:52:48 GMT -5
This performance never fails to put a smile on my face and I still want to join his gang and play pirates.
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Post by Buppster on Feb 26, 2018 7:12:18 GMT -5
Of course I also like 'real' music. One of my favourite performers is Michael Sele who played guitar in the band Nuuk.
And later formed his own band The Beauty Of Gemina.
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