Soundtrack To Your Life
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Thanks y'all. It was a bit of a dump. Definitely went super roots today at work to clear my head. It was all Smithsonian Folksways Recordings, all day. Our rep from Toyota Financial was like, what is that, Mariachi? Nope, just some early 20th century Irish jig. Felt wholesome, like some beans and cornbread, good for the spirit, cleansing, if you will. May be riding the roots train again tomorrow, see if I'm over my post yet.
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Stevie wonder, "I don't know" 100% pure awesomeness sourced strait from the master.
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After today I'm off for the rest of the year. I'll finally have time to do this, should be cathartic for me.
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For those that requested it, I finally achieved the proper frame of mind to give this a go. As with everyone else I am sure I will forget something, but this should serve as a rough outline. A artist might make the list based solely on strength of one song, but that song hangs heavy if so.
In no particular order, Merle Haggard, Boston, Johnny Cash, Elvis, Prince, Steely Dan, Pink Floyd, REM, Black Sabbath/Ozzy, Commodores/ Lionel Richie, George Strait, Stevie Wonder, Motley Crue, Aerosmith, Doobie Brothers, Allman Brothers, Lynrd Skynrd, Molly Hatchet, Jim Croce, James Taylor, Van Morrison, Andrew Gold, Yngwie Malmsteen, Eric Johnson, Brad Paisley, Jerry Reed, Eric Clapton, BB King, Leadbelly, Hank Williams(all three), Temptations, ZZ Top, Little River Band, Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Eddy Arnold, Bel Biv Devoe, Pearl Jam, Vince Gill, Eagles, James Brown, Steve Winwood, Dire Straits, The Cars, The Clash, Motorhead, Chris LeDoux, Stone Temple Pilots, Gene Watson, Nirvana, Bon Jovi, Patsy Cline, Bee Gees, Christopher Cross, Rolling Stones, Beatles, Desert Rose Band, Ray Price, Louis Armstrong, Dean Martin, Glen Campbell, Bill Monroe, Flatt & Scruggs, Jimmie Rodgers, Earth Wind & Fire, Barry White, White Zombie, Fleetwood Mac, Charlie Pride, Conway Twitty, Hall & Oates, Genesis/Phil Collins, Metallica, Guns & Roses, Beach Boys, Tool, Johnny Paycheck, Animals, Johnny Horton, Hollies, CCR, Randy Travis, Charlie Daniels, Steve Earle, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Alabama, Ronnie Milsap, Roger Miller, Steve Miller Band, George Jones, Tom Petty, Bad English/John Waite, Soundgarden, Wall Flowers, Oak Ridge Boys, Earnest Tubb, John Anderson, Georgia Satellites, Marshall Tucker Band, Johnny Lee, Eddie Rabbit, Incubus, Bob Seger, Gordon Lightfoot, Don Williams, Jimi Hendrix, Brent Mason, Chuck Berry, Led Zepplin, Merle Travis, Living Colour, AC/DC, Miles Davis, Elton John, Billy Joel, Ray Charles, Seals & Croft, Dan Seals, Pantera, David Allan Coe, Jamey Johnson, Beck, Foghat, Aretha Franklin, Les Paul, Chet Atkins, Redd Volkaert, Albert Lee, Everly Brothers, Ricky Skaggs, James Burton, Mark O'Connor, U2, Simply Red, Too Short, Cypress Hill, Greatful Dead, Etta James, Reba McEntire, Joan Jett, America, Moody Blues, Crosby Stills & Nash, The Who, Roy Acuff, Loretta Lynn, Journey, Janis Joplin, Blackfoot, Jimmy Buffet, Bob Marley, David Bowie, Queen, Queens of the Stone Age, Jefferson Airplane, Keith Whitley, Earl Thomas Conley, John Conlee, Ian Tyson, Hellecasters, Junior Brown, Los Straitjackets, Ronnie Earle & the Broadcasters, Chicago, The Band, Peter Frampton, Four Tops, Supremes, Gladys Knight, Lit, Hootie & the blowfish, Roy Orbison, Son House, Woody Guthrie, Grascals, Del McCoury, Del Shannon, Frankie Avalon, George Clinton, Parliament, Rick James, Gap Band, Supertramp, Deep Purle, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Dwight Yoakum, Manfred Mann, Chili Peppers and the occasional classical number typically tuned in when the mood strikes. Of course I know I'm forgetting something.
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Lets rejuvenate this thread, it was one of my favorites.
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I listened to a lot of classical growing up (Mom made me play the piano)… classical and Queen. I've always loved Freddie Mercury, except for that bullshit Radio Ga Ga song. Had one of their greatest hits CDs when I was 4 or 5... would always skip that song.
Mom passed away when I was seven, so Dad's musical tastes dominated the airwaves. Heard a lot of that damn Alabama NSYNC crossover on the country radio stations. Some of it wasn't so bad- the twangier stuff. Didn't mind Garth Brooks.
My first CD that I got to pick out all on my own was No Doubt. Still have a crush on you Gwen.
Napster came along when I was young. I spent all day downloading stuff. I thought I was really dark and brooding so I would download a bunch of industrial techno stuff. Nothing good. Velvet Acid Christ. Then, I found MetallicA (stylized like this of course). I didn't get much into them at this point in my life, but I sure loved 'One'. Still do. Then I started getting into Tool, pretty heavily. Got Reign in Blood for Christmas as well. But Static-X was my fav band, so of course I dressed like Wayne Static with the big ass pants. Silly me.
I liked Tool a lot, but I REALLY loved A Perfect Circle. I must have wore out Mer De Noms. Still remember the first time Judith came on in the car with my dad...
Dad made me turn off the Sabbath on the way to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame cause it was too loud. Went to Ozzfest that year, saw Sabbath original lineup in 01. Didn't truly appreciate it (same deal that I went through with Metallica) but certainly loved War Pigs.
Then punk was popular and all my friends listened to it. I didn't get the Ska nonsense, but I bought ...And Out Come the Wolves and Minor Threat's Complete Discography on the same day (didn't even notice it was the same album cover). The Misfits Collection II would be one of my most played albums. Then we started hanging with some trad skins so I started to appreciate the old ska - The Specials. and some oi!- mainly Oxymoron. I couldn't ever stick to one genre, so Oxymoron made so much sense to me- were they skins or punks? who knew. Both. Saw Blood for Blood. Loved Hatebreed. Went to both Ozzfest and Warped Tour when it came around.
At this point, I started to get really into the hardcore scene- Hatebreed's Satisfaction is the Death of Desire, Killswitch Engage's cd with My Last Serenade. Poison the Well, that Atreyu CD Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses.
And for some reason, I was in a car with people I barely knew and we were driving down an icy road packed into a car, coming home from Hot Water Music/Thrice/Vendetta Red and out of the middle of nowhere, this dude starts clapping in the middle of a folk punk song... turns out it was Against Me!'s Those Anarcho Punks are Mysterious. That band changed my life. That was fucking real man. Before they got big, man. Shit, those guys (guy and one girl?) were so nice. I bought their Acoustic EP at a show one time, go up to Laura and tell him (her? at this point he was a him) that I loved their shit. He asked me if I had their new EP (As The Eternal Cowboy)... I said I didn't have enough money because I already bought their Acoustic EP. "No worries"- signed my punk vest, gave me the EP.
At this point, dad couldn't stand anything I listened to, except for I told him I got down with some Johnny Cash. The only CD we listened to from then on was Live at Folsom Prison.
Then, I got lucky. The cool thing in music was d-beat. I now didn't have to choose between the punk shows and the metal shows. I just listened to a bunch of Motorhead, and then came the metal. A LOT of metal in college. Evergrey was one of my favorites because they actually sang and I could understand the words. Slayer still played a bunch. Dark Tranquillity. Maiden, often and loud.
I spent some time drinking with one of my cousins who bought me one of my first punk rock albums - Social Distortion's White Light White Heat White Trash. We started talking about what he'd been listening to. "Alt-country". Put on some Old 97's and got really into it. Fell in love with Lucero. Re-fell in love with Social D's eponymous album.
Then came gradschool and the indie shit came. Typhoon's Hunger and Thirst became one of my most played albums of all time, pretty quickly. Old Crow Medicine Show was pretty much on the radio when Typhoon wasn't. And then someone told me I should put on this band Godspeed You! Black Emperor...
Since I spent all my time listening to music and reading economics, I got really bored of everything... so I put on a Blackstar album. Turns out I love Mos Def... and Talib.
The most awesome thing I found while in gradschool though... was Mariachi El Bronx. I'll sing to 48 Roses any time it comes on.
Then I graduated, got a job, but first I had to sit at home in Cleveland installing floors (while waiting for my career to take off), so I got real angry and started listening to metal again. Thrashy shit- Municipal Waste, Toxic Holocaust, etc. Put on Metallica again and REALLY gave it a listen. Loved it, but the constant thrash started to give me anxiety, so I started slowing it down. South of Heaven made some more rounds on my playlist. Then Candlemass. Then Red Fang. Then Baroness. Then the inevitable Black Sabbath go around that hasn't stopped.
That being said, its really hard to program to metal all the time... so put on that Godspeed record again and fell in love with Explosions in the Sky, These Arms are Trees, (insert any 4 word post-rock band name here). Pined for something heavier, went to Russian Circles.
And here I am today. I've accepted that I'll never be able to listen to one genre for more than 2 months at a time because I get sick of it. I've also accepted that I love it all. I listen to whatever the fuck I want. I wear whatever the fuck I want. It makes me want to get a motorcycle and ride off into the sunset- hence the outlaw country I've been listening to lately... or the motorhead... or the stoner metal...
about that motorcycle..
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Great thread boot, let's hear from more people on this. I love reading through peoples musical journeys.
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@bubbapest insane post, this is a perfect example of what I was looking for when I created this thread. I wasn't asking for a list of bands. I wanted to here personal stories. Thanks for sharing.
Who is Next?
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I nominate @trail and arrow .
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for me its simple one track …....beck ............loser (so why dont you kill me )
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@bubbapest insane post, this is a perfect example of what I was looking for when I created this thread. I wasn't asking for a list of bands. I wanted to here personal stories. Thanks for sharing.
Who is Next?
thanks
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ok will do
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Appreciated
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a quick timeline in songs:
Early years 4-5 (learned to play on the piano):
Little later 7-8:
8-9:
10-11:
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College:
gradschool:
post gradschool:
and the latest kicks:
recent playlists i've put togther:
OUTLAW: http://grooveshark.com/#!/playlist/OUTLAW/101970722
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Well, let's have a go at this… I'm 33 and this is the kind of music that has me setting chairs a fire and tossing 'm out the window (starting round 2'): https://soundcloud.com/iron-bonehead-productions/cult-of-fire-vltava
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my dad was a university piano teacher (now retired), but also a very gifted (classical) pianist, who did gigs with other musicians... For instance, he did a duet with my uncle, who's first clarinet at De Munt (http://www.demunt.be/), and formed a "quatre mains" duo with my uncle, who is also a piano teacher and extremely gifted. There were also people who came over to practice at our house during my childhood - from opera singers, to violin players, and students needing private tutoring. Needless to say: classical music was rather omnipresent in my day to day existence as a wee'un...
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I have no idea how I got into metal, but at age 9-10 I was wearing a Guns 'n Roses hoodie... It was pictured on my ID back then, wished I still had the pic... This was around '91, so right around when Use Your Illusion came out... I remember the daughter of landlord dubbing them for me... I also remember me buying me very first tape - a bootleg of Iron Maiden's "Sanctuary"... My Jehova's Witness aunt's hubby looked at it and forewarned me "it was Satan's music"... Cool!..
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A year later, last year of pre-school, us non-religious, heathen kids had an alternative party to the first Communion... I remember my mate had dubbed Body Count's "Cop Killah" and I had it in me walkman on reverse... I also only had Iron Maiden tees to wear at "camp"...
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There was lots and lots of Metallica then... My uncle's girlfriend's brother dubbed me Injustice For All, which blew my mind... I bought all the old albums on CD, then the Black Album came out and well, it sucked... Although I do remember the t-shirt design of "Harvest of Sorrow" kicking max ass...
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Then there was Nirvana, cause y'know I was hitting puberty and it kinda fitted in...
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Then it was onto punk!.. Age 13 by now, summat like that... Sex Pistols, of course, and lots of it!.. Then onto bands such as Dead Kennedies, The Exploited,... Also some goth... My sis, bit older than I was, always had brilliant dubbed tapes (CDs were still expensive then)... Her boyfriend then sold me a Resist CD when I was about 15-16... I was also receiving dubs from Chaos UK and Conflict from what is now one of me best mates... Started a band... Drummer was 11-12... The rest of us was a bit older...
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Me mates and I got into DIY punk, crust, powerviolence and all then... We had some brilliant distros close-by... No internet back then, so we tried doing our homework by reading tons of zines (anyone remember Sludge & Lettuce or, later on, Inside Front?)... My first gig I attended, was in Ghent... Local guys, bit older than us, were opening for a band from Ghent, introducing their first LP... If anyone here knows of Katastrophobia, or Insane Youth, I'll be massively impressed haha... We were followed and harrased by boneheads on our way home... I'll never forget...
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Next couple of years (rushing through) I got MASSIVELY invested in the DIY scene, really getting to know people worldwide, exchanging music and letters... Doing orders from lads in the UK, Poland, Czech (anyone remember Malarie Records or Nikt Nic Nie Wie?)... I was also politically active... Radical left-wing of course...
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From those years, the most important bands were His Hero Is Gone, Dystopia, and a million weird, €uro bands I doubt anyone here will know... Later on, I also got into hardcore... For some reason, as a drunk, I liked sXe hc most (straight edge)... Trial, Catharsis, Undying, Integrity... I was still doing tons of small, local shows then, and the "skram" (screamo) wave hit hard... But I'm not ashamed to say I fell in love with La Quiete and Shikari... Saw so many bands then... Even went to Germany in 2005 or 2006 for the Cry Me A River Fest... La Quite, Louise Cyphre, Raein,... Brilliant that was, tons of mates from all over €urope I had been getting to know over the net...
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I toughened the fuck up and got me arse back into gear: Jap punk!.. Crow, Death Side, GISM, GAS, Gaizi, Geizz,... This is where me vinyl collecting days hit a financial high... And also when I decided to sell all my recs...
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Somewhere in the early naughties, I got into black metal, and that's kinda the only shit I listen to these days... Leviathan, Blut Aus Nord, Cultes des Ghoules, Cult of Fire, Weakling, Bölzer, Evilfeast, Kaos Sakramentum, Paysage d'Hiver, Lunar Aurora,...
But weirdly enough, the music I want at my funeral, is this:
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