Do you listen to music?

Blush_01

I don't listen to as much music as I'd like, and I'm largely ignorant when it comes to music, but I like what I like. I tend to get obsessive about a certain CD and listen to it to the point of wearing it thin, then go off it for a few months. Seems like a waste to do that though, when there's so much to hear, and I have only two ears...

entropi

javaboy wrote: »

That's hearing music. He means listen... man. I mean really listen. Dude.

Would have said something similar myself

I listen to a song, if it has a rhythm or beat i find quite nice, i'll like it no matter what the words are...helps when i have a varied taste in music

DominoDub

Non stop ,,,any chance I get !

3- 6 ALBUMS A DAY

deleriumtremens

I do indeed, not as much as I used to but probably for about an hour a day!!!

Karl Hungus

Earthhorse wrote: »

This thread has just become an excuse for Karl Hungus to expose us to music not in 4/4. Don't be fooled kids!

4/4 is the enemy! :mad:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gomIjNTru0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Czu6DRRNSo

Censorsh!t

I couldnt live without it

ec18

Ultimate Chin wrote: »

Someone tries to take music away from me, I take their life. No negotiation:mad:

completely agree

Creamy Goodness wrote: »

i would listen to > 100 tracks at day, easily.

in fact i'm listening right now.

i would die if i couldn't listen to music, i really would

me to!

Elessar wrote: »

I don't understand what the point of it is. Do people get high listening to it? Does it take you to another place? Watching a film with a great soundtrack I can understand, but music on its own? Is that what it does?

Music just is not a part of my life in any significant way, so I'd like to know what people actually get out of the experience. /dons helmet

I don't understand people like that. Saying that though I do have friends like that who only listen to music on the radio or in the car.

Some quotes about Music that sum up my feelings on it

Without music life would be a mistake. ~Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche


A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence. ~Leopold Stokowski


Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. ~Berthold Auerbach


Music is what feelings sound like. ~Author Unknown


Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life. ~Ludwig van Beethoven


Music is the universal language of mankind. ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow,


Music is what life sounds like. ~Eric Olson


Rock music in its lyrics often talks ahead of the time about what's going on in the country. ~Edmund G. Brown

Music is something you are either into or not.

The guy

Karl Hungus wrote: »

4/4 is the enemy! :mad:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gomIjNTru0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Czu6DRRNSo

More Petrucci

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t25AOSxZZkI

javaboy

Isn't there an ear porn thread in Music somewhere?

Earthhorse

Karl Hungus wrote: »

4/4 is the enemy! :mad:

Dream Theatre, eh? Isn't that where Man Utd play their games?

titan18

Nah, it bores me.

takola

Creamy Goodness wrote: »

i would listen to > 100 tracks at day, easily.

in fact i'm listening right now.

i would die if i couldn't listen to music, i really would

What he said.

Earthhorse

Although music is really important to me and I understand why people are puzzled by people that's not the case for, do you not think that other people feel the same way about things you don't? What I mean is, you might live quite happily without watching dance, reading poetry or going to the theatre, whereas other people couldn't live without those things and feel as dearly about them as you do about music.

yerayeah

Really can't imagine life without music. I can never manage more than a 5 minute walk without pining for my iPod when it's not charged.

Diabhal Beag

Music is one of the most important aspects of my life and I couldn't imagine how ****e my life would be without it.

Wexford Girl

I'd seriously crack up if i couldn't listen to music

Heisenberg.

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Terry

Earthhorse wrote: »

Come to think of it, it's mostly Nirvana's Unplugged session. How predictable. Also have a RATM Live 'n' Loud on the same tape (that's right VHS). I do keep meaning to pick up Pearl Jam's Touring DVD and Alice in Chains Unplugged too.

Do you think that live performances lose anything in translation to the small screen?

They both kick ass.
I've also got Pearl Jam live at the gorge. 6 discs of live material and not one song repeated.

Elessar wrote: »

I don't understand what the point of it is. Do people get high listening to it? Does it take you to another place? Watching a film with a great soundtrack I can understand, but music on its own? Is that what it does?

Music just is not a part of my life in any significant way, so I'd like to know what people actually get out of the experience. /dons helmet

I see where you are coming from.
Two films that spring to mind are Juno and Donnie Darko.
They have excellent soundtracks, but only from the perspective of watching the films. Without the films the songs don't really have as much of an impact.

latchyco wrote: »

Absolutly ,listeing to my favorites every couple of days can change my moods for the better . Listening to music is a healthy activity and depressed people are encourged to do so .Just dont listen to depressing music which by defination could be anything .

One mans heaven ( music) is another ones hell :cool:

I actually listen to what would be described as depressing music when I'm depressed (clinically). I find it helps me. Each to their own though.

I find that I don't listen to as much music as I did when I was younger. I'll still blast out some metal when I'm drunk though. Nothing like a bit of S.O.D. or Slayer to get you going when you're hammered.

My sober msic tastes are stuck in the early 90's too. Mostly grungeand the like.
I'm also a huge U2 fan and anyone who doesn't like that can go and **** themselves. I make no apologies for it. I've been a fan for 26 years.

Heisenberg.

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chopperbyrne

Listen and play.

Jesus Juice

I dont stop listening to music...
i really hate it when people pull my earphones out of my ears!!:mad:

we've established that people listen to music,yes but does anyone listen to Muzik??

Latchy

julep wrote: »

They both kick ass.

I actually listen to what would be described as depressing music when I'm depressed (clinically). I find it helps me. Each to their own though.

I see what your saying ,like i remember my brother always had some deep down tune on by black sabbath something like '' my name it means nothing ,my fortune is less ( followed by deep weepy hollow clarinet ) .

This would be followed by something more depressing like Leonard Cohen ......jezus he looked depressed, sitting , staring with mad eyes there into the abyss when in fact he was quite happly stoned outtta his brains

Latchy

Jesus Juice wrote: »

I dont stop listening to music...
i really hate it when people pull my earphones out of my ears!!:mad:

we've established that people listen to music,yes but does anyone listen to Muzik??

When it's piped into the supermarket audio system I do ,otherwise it's popular classics I am more familiar with at home and on the big screen/radio/ tv .

Ruu_Old

Oh yes, a bit of Pure Moods or some instrumental stuff before work sets me up for the day.

jpm4

latchyco wrote: »

I see what your saying ,like i remember my brother always had some deep down tune on by black sabbath something like '' my name it means nothing ,my fortune is less ( followed by deep weepy hollow clarinet ) .

Pretty sure that song is called 'Solitude', if you are interested. Great album it is from too.

Latchy

jpm4 wrote: »

Pretty sure that song is called 'Solitude', if you are interested. Great album it is from too.

Solitude ,that's the one thanks, and it is indeed a great song from a great album .Very much about loss and being alone .Was one from my older brothers fav albums .

Sharpshooter

latchyco wrote: »

This would be followed by something more depressing like Leonard Cohen ......jezus he looked depressed, sitting , staring with mad eyes there into the abyss when in fact he was quite happly stoned outtta his brains

I do like Cohen, but I prefer Don McLean.
Vincent:
Empty Chairs:
The Grave:
All on American Pie.
At least his songs tell a story.

Latchy

Sharpshooter wrote: »

I do like Cohen, but I prefer Don McLean.
Vincent:
Empty Chairs:
The Grave:
All on American Pie.
At least his songs tell a story.

I dont mind Cohen either ,perhaps more becuase I was listening to his stuff through my older bros/sisters LP's.And remember Vincent /American pie well ......jeeze

Sharpshooter

latchyco wrote: »

And remember Vincent /American pie well ......jeeze

Great song.
He wrote it after reading a book about Vincent van Gogh.
A very pure song from a very talented song writer.

Stinjy

I have to say at the moment im all a bit obsessed with phil collins- in the air tonight, take a look at me now, true colours, youll be in my heart etc and genesis no son of mine, home by the sea etc.. Theyre al amazing!

K-9

Any mention of Ziggy yet?

scudster

I'm listeming to some classic Steppenwolf right now.


BOOOOOOOOOORRRRRN TO BE WIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIILLLLLLLLD!:D


Feckin' Savage!

Karl Hungus

Music listens to me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3zdYRW7jI0

Rowley Birkin QC

Karl Hungus wrote: »

Music listens to me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3zdYRW7jI0

I like that piece but mostly as a compliment to a truly superb film.

Latchy

Sharpshooter wrote: »

Great song.
He wrote it after reading a book about Vincent van Gogh.
A very pure song from a very talented song writer.

Aye ,In American pie were he sings ' the day the music died ' is supposedly about buddy holly who died 50 years ago this month .

Seanies32 wrote: »

Any mention of Ziggy yet?

Didnt't he play guitar and jam with will and gilly ,and ther spiders from mars to ?

Xavi6

I most certainly do.

Headphones permanently in while I'm working so that's 8 hours, then the train in and out (2 hours) and probably an hour or two at home with some guitar playing thrown in. I'd have to die if I had no choons.

Right now I have Biffy Clyro on as I just found out they're playing here in March \o/

minidazzler

I couldn't live without Music, I am a child of the Early 50's who enjoyed the mid-late 60's of the American Music Scene, who happened to be born in 1989.

Without Music life would be a mistake.

Loomis

2:40 - 3:30

You Can't Hear Jimmy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZq6iPU1JCI

Black Swan

Tuned in... zoned out:D

JC 2K3

Earthhorse wrote: »

The way I always put it is that I am broad minded but have narrow taste. I will listen to anything recommended to me but I tend to find myself gravitating toward the same music, or type of music, over time.

Any time I find this happening to me, I make a concentrated effort to listen to different music to what I've been listening to. It can be a bit difficult trying to listen to something completely different when in the back of your mind you just want to listen to that album you love for the 100th time, but it's infinitely more rewarding, and I find I get into a lot of different styles this way.

That said, I've been a bit disinterested in getting into new styles of music in maybe the last year or so, and have found myself just listening to largely the same things (with a few exceptions, generally involving electronic/dance music, which most music fans I know don't really care or know much about). I must start again.

Firetrap

Yes I listen every day of my life. I have an mp3 player that I listen to, a phone with mp3s on it just in case and a spare mp3 player just just in case. :pac:

I do have a friend though who owns about 3 albums - I still can't understand how someone in their mid thirties can only have 3 albums in their house.

sunshine007

I LOVE listening to music.... I find it really difficult to restrain myself from belting out certain tunes if am on a train or bus listening to mp3!! In fact Id love to do it, just to see the expressions on some faces ha ha or just scare the sh**e outta them... Thats would be priceless

Earthhorse

Sharpshooter wrote: »

Great song.
He wrote it after reading a book about Vincent van Gogh.
A very pure song from a very talented song writer.

Yeah, Vincent is a brilliant song. Breathtaking.

JC 2K3 wrote: »

Any time I find this happening to me, I make a concentrated effort to listen to different music to what I've been listening to. It can be a bit difficult trying to listen to something completely different when in the back of your mind you just want to listen to that album you love for the 100th time, but it's infinitely more rewarding, and I find I get into a lot of different styles this way.

Yes, I should probably try doing something like. With the advent of the net I've found that when I find one song I love by an artist I can investigate a few more online and I'm usually dissapointed. Perhaps exposing myself to a whole album and making more "risky" purchases would reap rewards.

jebuz

you see, the kids, they listen to the rap music which gives them the brain damage. With their hippin', and the hoppin', and the bippin', and the boppin', so they don't know what the jazz…is all about!

You see, jazz is like the Jello Pudding Pop … no, actually, it's more like Kodak film … no, actually, jazz is like the New Coke: it'll be around forever :pac:

Earthhorse

jebuz wrote: »

you see, the kids, they listen to the rap music which gives them the brain damage. With their hippin', and the hoppin', and the bippin', and the boppin', so they don't know what the jazz…is all about!

You see, jazz is like the Jello Pudding Pop … no, actually, it's more like Kodak film … no, actually, jazz is like the New Coke: it'll be around forever :pac:

Heh heh heh.

johnnyrotten

Yes

Hrududu

Every now and again I'll hear a song I've never heard before that blows me away. And for some reason one of the first thoughts I have is "Imagine if I went deaf yesterday, I'd never have heard this song." Quite sad really, I fecking love music, like most people in this thread.

LeahBaby

I love music. But I'm going deaf.

So...

What...?

Epic Tissue

I voted yes because I like and do listen to music but I think I could live without it.

Some people are really into music.. that bores me.

Creature

julep wrote: »

They both kick ass.
I've also got Pearl Jam live at the gorge. 6 discs of live material and not one song repeated.

Hold on, what? Have you got the same one that I have? Plenty of songs are repeated. With that said though it's still a pretty damn good live set. The Sept 5th set is class.




Anyway yeah, music, very important to me. I couldn't live without it.