Speaking of Classical music, when I was a kid I used to like Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart. Influenced by my music teacher. ;) Later on I discovered other composers like Wagner, Chopin, Vivaldi, and Albignoni. Mostly very emotional pieces, emotions of different kind. I seem to like deep and sad, but rage and heavy emotions as well... just not flat and meaningless, what I call entertainment music.

 

This is normal. We do all like the minor keys more in general. c and d-minor are definetely the most beautiful keys you can write in ! Also f-major is very beautiful sometimes.

 

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Here´s my humble list:

King Crimson
Gentle Giant
Genesis with Gabriel
Gabriel himself
Hatfield and The North
National Healt
Van der Graff Generator
Yes until Going for the One
Pink Floyd until The Wall
Egg
Henry Cow
Happy the Man
The Enid
Nick Drake
Gong
Jefferson Airplane
Cream
Hendrix
Talk Talk
Tears for Fears

 

my top 20 offhand in no real order
Pink Floyd
The Prodigy
Def leppard
Massive Attack
Future Sound Of London
Metallica
Guns N' Roses
Megadeth
Dokken
Iron Maiden
Astral Projection
Talamasca
Ozzy Osbourne
Europe
Metal Church
Yngwie Malmsteen
Jason Becker
Joey Taffolla
Allan Holdsworth
J S Bach

Also
David Bowie
Paul Gilbert
Marty Friedman
Tony Macalpine
Django Reinhardt
Orbital
Ratt
Goldie
Roni Size
Paul Oakenfold
Black Sabbath
WASP
Whitesnake
Greg Howe
Scott Henderson
Yahel
Infected Mushroom
Vinnie Moore
Scorpions
Suicidal Tendencies
Crimson Glory
Ac/Dc
Helloween
Marillion
Michael Romeo
Shawn Lane
Frank Gambale
Joe Satriani ...last but not least

Wow That Was fun
Most of the Music is early stuff of the artist/band.
Most lost that Initial fire they had..exceptions being PInk Floyd, Astral Projection,Talamasca, David Bowie.
This is stuff i still enjoy...

 

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Hey we've all borrowed the odd thing over the years and forgot to give it back! I've also lost a few belongings lending them out to friends and then losing touch with those friends. I guess it goes both ways! What about Top 30 Albums? Has that been done here yet I wonder!

 

Yeah it was 1980 for me and I was a young teen also growing up in the Eighties. The music then had bags of personality and was varied. Not like today unfortunately

 

Yeah I agree! I have enjoyed classical music with Sturm and Drang elements full of rage and angst. Beethoven, prokofiev and Wagner come to mind.
Some of Mozarts later Piano Concertos have evoked emotions in me that some of my fav modern bands with actual lyrics don't. At the end of the day SineWave it's hard to have favourites if you are open to so many great musical styles and artists.

 

Yes
Emerson, Lake and Palmer
Pink Floyd
Genesis (pre 1980)
Jethro Tull
Renaissance
Deep Purple
Focus
Frank Zappa
Jeff Beck
Moody Blues
Traffic
Trans Siberian Orchestra
Dream Theater
Iron Maiden
Judas Priest
Led Zeppelin
Steve Morse
Petula Clark
Melanie

Alan Menken (composer)

Of the above bands, I had the pleasure of seeing 12 of them in the building in the
picture on the left: Madison Square Garden (shown under construction in the pic)

 

Siouxsie & The Banshees
Chameleons
Julian Cope/Teardrop Explodes
Killing Joke
Associates
Adam & The Ants
Cocteau Twins
Echo & The Bunnymen
Shamen
Portishead
Love
Faith No More
Southern/Death/Cult
Fall
Nile Rodgers
Sneaker Pimps / IAMX
Captain Beefheart
Cure
Mansun

 

When you're constricted to just picking 20 bands, it may reveal something about you, to others and yourself, too. This is not bad.

I agree we should make a thread about top 20 albums. Who's going to start it? It's going to be fun.

The thing is, if you appreciate other AS member's opinions, all this workout can open your mind to maybe check some "new" bands and music out. I find it a bit hard to pick the best because I love so many different kinds of music. It's easier for me to pick out those I don't like.

Kinda like the food. I really like to cook tasty things. I find many parallels between these two kinds of cooking.

 

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Aah yes i forgot that genre classical music too, such as this one

I like his "raw" translation of the master himself

 

1. Love
2. 13th Floor Elevators
3. Funkadelic
4. Rolling Stones (mid/late 60's)
5. Jefferson Airplane
6. Captain Beefheart
7. New Order/Joy Division
8. The Byrds
9. Pink Floyd
10. The Orb
11. Can
12. Stone Roses
13. Miles Davis
14. Lemon Jelly
15. Andres Segovia
16. Jimi Hendrix
17. Cocteau Twins
18. The Specials
19. King Tubby
20. Fela Kuti

Honorable mentions: Future Sound of London, The Smiths, Madness, Paco Pena, The Doors, The Beatles, 808 State, John Coltrane, The Pogues, Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Buzzcocks, Electric Prunes, Kraftwerk, Lee Scratch Perry, early Grateful Dead, Howlin' Wolf, Ennio Morricone and.... (deep breath) The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band.

 

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