Orbital and Goldfrapp, eh? I'm guessing you're into a particular kind of music. Like Leftfield, Kraftwerk, Royksopp and Faithless, too? I've a mate who's really, really into that stuff!
As for me: Classical -- Only piano music; Rachmaninov, Chopin, Mozart Piano Concertos and Sonatas & Beethoven Sonatas. Really, though, I'm absolutely hooked on Ravel. His music is like perpetual motion. Steven Sondheim's musicals (in the main) really remind me of Ravel's music. Also got hooked on Gershwin for a while, although i'm not sure whether that's classical or Jazz. That one, clean, striking trumpet note in the middle of 'An American In Paris' still gives me goosebumps. Porgy and Bess is also superb.
Jazz -- again, more piano stuff; like the humour and fun in Fats Waller, the beauty of Oscar Peterson and the energy of Dave Brubeck. Swing music is fantastic and is definitely 'getting ready to go out' music -- Benny Goodman is cool, but Count Basie is the man. If you're in the mood people like Thelonious Monk or Bill Evans have produced some of the most beautiful music ever.
Funk -- got pretty hooked on the JBs for a while; the driving rythms and timbre are superb. For downright dirty (filthy, sweaty, funk), there's Parliment, Bootsy's Rubber Band, KC and the Sunshine Band. The Meters are really accomplished and I love the hammond sounds of Jimmy Smith and Jimmy McGriff. The classics are also cool -- The Meters and the Gaturs are standard classics.
Hip-Hop -- Really like the funky low-fi west coast sound of Jurassic 5, Pharcyde, Jungle Brothers, Tribe Called Quest and, of course, De La Soul. Dr Dre's first solo album, 'The Chronic' is filthy funky. The Roots have a real band, so don't sound over produced: very cool.
Musicals -- i'm a bit of a musicals nut (which is odd for a straight bloke) so like most musicals.
That about sums it up. It's probably easier to state what I hate: Indie Rock of any kind. The Fratellis, The Killers, The Foo Fighters, et al. When did 'rock' music become jangly slightly distorted guitars? What happened to the rocking of AC/DC and Deep Purple? Where's the tunesmithery gone that was evident in people like Paul Simon or Fleetwood Mac? Why doesn't anyone put an album together like 'Dark Side of the Moon'?
Believe it, or not, I am 26 years old...
As for me: Classical -- Only piano music; Rachmaninov, Chopin, Mozart Piano Concertos and Sonatas & Beethoven Sonatas. Really, though, I'm absolutely hooked on Ravel. His music is like perpetual motion. Steven Sondheim's musicals (in the main) really remind me of Ravel's music. Also got hooked on Gershwin for a while, although i'm not sure whether that's classical or Jazz. That one, clean, striking trumpet note in the middle of 'An American In Paris' still gives me goosebumps. Porgy and Bess is also superb.
Jazz -- again, more piano stuff; like the humour and fun in Fats Waller, the beauty of Oscar Peterson and the energy of Dave Brubeck. Swing music is fantastic and is definitely 'getting ready to go out' music -- Benny Goodman is cool, but Count Basie is the man. If you're in the mood people like Thelonious Monk or Bill Evans have produced some of the most beautiful music ever.
Funk -- got pretty hooked on the JBs for a while; the driving rythms and timbre are superb. For downright dirty (filthy, sweaty, funk), there's Parliment, Bootsy's Rubber Band, KC and the Sunshine Band. The Meters are really accomplished and I love the hammond sounds of Jimmy Smith and Jimmy McGriff. The classics are also cool -- The Meters and the Gaturs are standard classics.
Hip-Hop -- Really like the funky low-fi west coast sound of Jurassic 5, Pharcyde, Jungle Brothers, Tribe Called Quest and, of course, De La Soul. Dr Dre's first solo album, 'The Chronic' is filthy funky. The Roots have a real band, so don't sound over produced: very cool.
Musicals -- i'm a bit of a musicals nut (which is odd for a straight bloke) so like most musicals.
That about sums it up. It's probably easier to state what I hate: Indie Rock of any kind. The Fratellis, The Killers, The Foo Fighters, et al. When did 'rock' music become jangly slightly distorted guitars? What happened to the rocking of AC/DC and Deep Purple? Where's the tunesmithery gone that was evident in people like Paul Simon or Fleetwood Mac? Why doesn't anyone put an album together like 'Dark Side of the Moon'?
Believe it, or not, I am 26 years old...
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