Your Favorite Music

[DarkScythe]

you and me should meet, Valentinus. I am a fellow Metalhead as well. I love all forms of Rock.

[Tacenda]

From my teenage (Jr. High) years...Eagles, Bread, Barry Manilow, Stevie Wonder, Chicago, America, Carly Simon, Roberta Flak, Dan Seals...someone mentioned Billy Holiday on here, during Jr. High, I'd wake up to her singing from the soundtrack of the movie that Diana Ross played her in. I guess my older sister had gone to the movie and bought the album with the soundtrack, she'd play it every morning, very good.

During HS, I remember liking Billy Joel (Don't Go Changin'), Elton John, (saw them in concert together later on!),Steve Miller Band, Little River Band, Boz Skaggs, Journey, Kansas, Peter Frampton, Barbara Striesand, Bee Gees, too many to list.

After HS, I'd listen to Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers (Here You Come Again), I liked some Ann Murray songs. Oakridge Boys, Alabama...I think I was dating a country western guy, and would listen to country. Charlie Daniels Band who would sing "Put Another Log on the Fire", I believe. Blondie, different girl bands.

Now my tastes are usually a radio ststion that plays current stuff, any suggestions would be great or I'll look at what has been provided.

[ERayR]

 any suggestions would be great or I'll look at what has been provided.

 

Try this.

 

http://www.deannaedwards.com/

[Tacenda]

Try this.

http://www.deannaedwards.com/

Lol I did this yesterday, but since my computer konked out I couldn't find a way to listen to her. I'll try again.

[Mola Ram Suda Ram]

Music has always been an important part in my life, as it is for everyone. And I like to think I have a very eclectic taste in music. My favorite band since high school has been Alter Bridge (their music has gotten me through some pretty dark times in my life, and several of their songs are extremely meaningful to me), but I'm a fan of many different styles. Alter Bridge is a hard rock band, but my favorite genres are the more soulful kinds, like soul and blues. I also love country music, gospel, heavy metal, some hip hop, a little bit of jazz, pop, New Age, and several styles of rock.

 

This is my favorite song ever:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yz_j7nVCJJ0

Speaking of these guys. I really dig what Slash and Myles are doing. I think that is some of the best stuff around thjat is new. I have had a hard time getting into alterbridge. Mostly because of Tremonti's involvment with Creed. I mean the dude can play but...... I just can't seem to get into them.

 

As for me I am a hard rock metal head. I like anything from Queen to Pantera. Right now I am listening to Extreme live in Boston 2009. It is a great recording. I have been into Trans-Siberian Orchestra too. I am learning alot of guitar parts as I am thinking of being my Wards entertainment for the Christmas party. I also like alot of classical music. Mostly Franz Liszt and Brahams. My goodness I could listen to those guys for hours.  

[Mola Ram Suda Ram]

 

 

It's funny, I never was much of a Stones fan . . .

Me either. Just not sure what the appeal is to those guys. Oh well. Never like Jimi Hendrix much either.

[Mola Ram Suda Ram]

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I love that rock band they are good.

 

 

[Mola Ram Suda Ram]

Machinehead

Guttermouth

Five Finger Death Punch

Avenged Sevenfold

Spineshank

Mushroomhead

Satanic Surfers

H2O

Voodoo Glow Skulls

Flogging Molly

Streetlight Manifesto

The Letter Black

No Savatage? No Ozzy Osbourne? You heritic.

[altersteve]

Speaking of these guys. I really dig what Slash and Myles are doing. I think that is some of the best stuff around thjat is new. I have had a hard time getting into alterbridge. Mostly because of Tremonti's involvment with Creed. I mean the dude can play but...... I just can't seem to get into them.

 

I'm a big Creed fan too. I saw them in Salt Lake City on their 2009 reunion tour. I'm a bigger fan of Alter Bridge, though. Their new album Fortress comes out next week and I'm stoked. And yes, Slash and Myles Kennedy are doing some great stuff lately. I wanted to see them at the Depot a couple months ago but couldn't make it.

 

Myles Kennedy is probably the guy I look up to most as a musician. I'm a huge fan of everything he's done. He needs to get that solo album of his out already!

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aXX5XJhsio

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HP7SI8XAiw

 

And Mark Tremonti is a beast.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ouz-T5JKh8

Edited October 3, 2013 by altersteve

[Storm Rider]

For me it is:  Patsy Cline, Patty Page, Nat King Cole, Vivaldi, Jack Johnson, Bob Marley, Jonny Lang, Eric Clapton, Michael Bublé, Rumer (she is fantastic), Etta James, Edith Piaf, Paul O'Dette, Jacques Brel, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Allman Brothers Band, Joshua Bell, Kiri Te Kanawa, Jose Carreras, and the Gaither Family of Gospel singers. 

 

One church singer that I enjoy is James Conlee, There is a few more, but I am drawing a blank.  If anyone enjoys classical, try "Bach in the Morning" as a disk.  Wonderful.

[ERayR]

Lol I did this yesterday, but since my computer konked out I couldn't find a way to listen to her. I'll try again.

If you can find her "Music, Laughter and Tears" Play it.

[Damien the Leper]

No Savatage? No Ozzy Osbourne? You heritic.

 

I mentioned Black Sabbath in my first list.

[Damien the Leper]

One of my favorite Manson songs: The Disposable Teens

 

 

And Angel With the Scabbed Wings

 

[Storm Rider]

There is certainly a lot of difference when it comes to musical taste.  Val, those are ones that are completely beyond my ability to appreciate.  It makes me laugh to hear those words in my head; my father had little appreciation for Rock beyond Elvis Presley. 

[EllenMaksoud]

For me it is:  Patsy Cline, Patty Page, Nat King Cole, Vivaldi, Jack Johnson, Bob Marley, Jonny Lang, Eric Clapton, Michael Bublé, Rumer (she is fantastic), Etta James, Edith Piaf, Paul O'Dette, Jacques Brel, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Allman Brothers Band, Joshua Bell, Kiri Te Kanawa, Jose Carreras, and the Gaither Family of Gospel singers. 

 

One church singer that I enjoy is James Conlee, There is a few more, but I am drawing a blank.  If anyone enjoys classical, try "Bach in the Morning" as a disk.  Wonderful.

I have such eclectic tastes in music, that one could say I am a musical tourist. I like Handel, Wagner, Thomas Tallis,  Bach, and also, Abba, and Turbo Tabla ( I loved the dancing to it).    Being where you are, you perhaps have not seen the TV series "Haven", one of the few clean TV presentations I have seen. The theme music to it is quite catchy.

[MorningStar]

U2

Arcade Fire (I refer to them as lovable weirdos)

Chris Isaak

Coldplay

Morrisey/The Smiths

Psychedelic Furs

David Bowie

The Sundays

Harry Connick Jr.

Ocean Blue

Lots of Classical

Lots of Jazz

And my 5yo singing opera in the bathroom

[Stroopwafel]

As is to be expected, my musical taste changed quite a lot during my teenage years, but I've always enjoyed both heavy and calm music. I've always had a little something for scandinavian/european metal bands (a few cheesy powerr metal ones...), although one of my favorite band is American. I also enjoy solo guitar players.

 

Some bands I enjoy now, and some I enjoyed back then:

 

Dream Theater

Opeth

Symphony X

Megadeth

Metallica

Blind Guardian

Sonata Arctica

Rhapsody

Stratovarius

Helloween

Nightwish

Kamelot

Angra

Ayreon

Steve Vai

Joe Satriani

Jason Becker

Led Zeppelin

Deep Purple

Rainbow

(some I most likely forget)

 

And... despite the laundry list above, I actually tend nowadays to listen more often to classical music; older composers and more recent ones such as Sibelius.

[EllenMaksoud]

So, just asking here, no condemnation really. Listening to the things that some of you do, how do you think that influences your closeness to Heavenly Father?

[Nathair/|\]

Here's just what's on my Amazon cloud drive:

Alastair MacDonald (Traditional Scottish Ballads)

Alestorm (Scottish Pirate Metal)

The Black-eyed Peas 

Black Sabbath (Heavy Metal)

Blue Oyster Cult (Hard Rock)

Brobdingnagian Bards (Scottish and Irish folk and filk)

Carman (Christian rock)

The Corries (Scottish folk)

Damh the Bard (Celtic Neopagan folk)

David Bowie

Dubliners (Irish folk)

Enya (Irish New Age)

Gaelic Storm (Irish/Scottish folk)

Great White (Heavy Metal)

Laura Powers (Pagan Folk)

Megadeth (Heavy Metal)

Metallica (Heavy Metal)

Motley Crue (Heavy Metal)

The Muppets (Various)

Paul Mitchel (Satirical Pagan Folk)

Pink (Pop)

Silly Wizard (Scottish Folk)

Sinead O'Connor (Irish Rebel Folk)

Slaughter (Heavy Metal)

Telling the Bees (Pagan Folk)

Tyr (Viking/Asatru Metal from the Faroe Islands)

Warrant (Heavy Metal)

Weird Al Yankovic (Various Parodies)

 

I also have the Rock version of If You Could Hie to Kolob from the RM soundtrack.

 

I'm hoping in the near future to get some punk, probably the Pogues and possibly some of the little country I actually like, such as the Charlie Daniels band.  

Edited October 5, 2013 by Nathair

[ERayR]

Another old group that was good is "Sunshade and Rain".

[altersteve]

So, just asking here, no condemnation really. Listening to the things that some of you do, how do you think that influences your closeness to Heavenly Father?

 

I know this question wasn't directed to me, but I've felt the Spirit listening to several hard rock songs.

[EllenMaksoud]

I know this question wasn't directed to me, but I've felt the Spirit listening to several hard rock songs.

I will not dispute that. If you read the lyrics of several popular songs that Katy Perry, Taylor Swift and Lady Gaga have performed, some of them are full of complaints about social injustice, how ever, I will not place them on the same plain as "More Holiness Give Me".  I can be extremely driven by the beat in some music, especially certain Middle Eastern Music like "Tabla Turbo", and I love to dance to this. I must be careful to not over indulge in these things as the senses it arouse in me, I have no way to satisfy. We must be careful not to engage in practices that lead to violation of the covenants. Most Middle Eastern women's dance music is fertility rites. This is fine for before husband, but how can this be useful in bar in front of men who are not? Truth is, it can't and is evil.

[3DOP]

Ellen,

 

I am open to a well-defined and objective measure that shows us when music is incompatible with Christian faith. St. Paul commends to us that we should "speak to ourselves in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in our hearts to the Lord." I therefore admit the idea that there is music, and perhaps music in which I like to indulge, that would not qualify as a psalm, hymn or spiritual song. If there is a spiritual song, it seems to follow that some songs are unspiritual. Maybe there is some music which is neither, which is permissible but "spiritually neutral"? I would think that most popular music is an expression of natural genius and common themes and experiences that we can enjoy even though there is lacking a transcendently spiritual note to it. But maybe I am justifying musical tastes that should be questioned more deeply? The difficulty seems to be about an objective rule.

 

I have seen on some kind of Christian TV, music that was as violent and ugly as I could ever imagine, with lyrics about mercy and grace. Bizarre. I think most of us here can evaluate for ourselves when lyrics disqualify the music as incompatible with our faith. But when does the "sound" become "unspiritual"? I have heard arguments that I never quite understood about syncopation, and rhythm over melody and harmony. It is because it seems to me that some music that I have heard, including that which I tried to describe from that TV video sounds like death and hatred that it seems like I should be able to discern some rule that shows when music is approaching a boundary over which I cannot pass. I believe that "music" I heard with lyrics about Christian themes is somehow wrong and bad. But why? Can music be evaluated non-subjectively? How do I describe why I am convinced that some music, regardless of lyrics is spiritually harmful?  

 

3DOP

Edited October 5, 2013 by 3DOP

[3DOP]

Here's just what's on my Amazon cloud drive:

Alastair MacDonald (Traditional Scottish Ballads)

Alestorm (Scottish Pirate Metal)

The Black-eyed Peas 

Black Sabbath (Heavy Metal)

Blue Oyster Cult (Hard Rock)

Brobdingnagian Bards (Scottish and Irish folk and filk)

Carman (Christian rock)

The Corries (Scottish folk)

Damh the Bard (Celtic Neopagan folk)

David Bowie

Dubliners (Irish folk)

Enya (Irish New Age)

Gaelic Storm (Irish/Scottish folk)

Great White (Heavy Metal)

Laura Powers (Pagan Folk)

Megadeth (Heavy Metal)

Metallica (Heavy Metal)

Motley Crue (Heavy Metal)

The Muppets (Various)

Paul Mitchel (Satirical Pagan Folk)

Pink (Pop)

Silly Wizard (Scottish Folk)

Sinead O'Connor (Irish Rebel Folk)

Slaughter (Heavy Metal)

Telling the Bees (Pagan Folk)

Tyr (Viking/Asatru Metal from the Faroe Islands)

Warrant (Heavy Metal)

Weird Al Yankovic (Various Parodies)

 

I also have the Rock version of If You Could Hie to Kolob from the RM soundtrack.

 

I'm hoping in the near future to get some punk, probably the Pogues and possibly some of the little country I actually like, such as the Charlie Daniels band.  

 

 

Nathair,

 

You like Alastair MacDonald?The Sheep and Stag Remain is that one about Scotland's children who fled to foreign shores. He makes me a little proud to be one of those children in many of his songs, especially when he sings of McKenzie's men and McGilliivray's men, I can't remember which song. He has made me wonder about my great uncles and fathers.

 

Rory McKenzie, aka 3DOP

[EllenMaksoud]

Ellen,

 

I am open to a well-defined and objective measure that shows us when music is incompatible with Christian faith. St. Paul commends to us that we should "speak to ourselves in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in our hearts to the Lord." I therefore admit the idea that there is music, and perhaps music in which I like to indulge, that would not qualify as a psalm, hymn or spiritual song. If there is a spiritual song, it seems to follow that some songs are unspiritual. Maybe there is some music which is neither, which is permissible but "spiritually neutral"? I would think that most popular music is an expression of natural genius and common themes and experiences that we can enjoy even though there is lacking a transcendently spiritual note to it. But maybe I am justifying musical tastes that should be questioned more deeply? The difficulty seems to be about an objective rule.

 

I have seen on some kind of Christian TV, music that was as violent and ugly as I could ever imagine, with lyrics about mercy and grace. Bizarre. I think most of us here can evaluate for ourselves when lyrics disqualify the music as incompatible with our faith. But when does the "sound" become "unspiritual"? I have heard arguments that I never quite understood about syncopation, and rhythm over melody and harmony. It is because it seems to me that some music that I have heard, including that which I tried to describe from that TV video sounds like death and hatred that it seems like I should be able to discern some rule that shows when music is approaching a boundary over which I cannot pass. I believe that "music" I heard with lyrics about Christian themes is somehow wrong and bad. But why? Can music be evaluated non-subjectively? How do I describe why I am convinced that some music, regardless of lyrics is spiritually harmful?  

 

3DOP

I am not and can not be Haram Music Police. I can however sense how the music I listen to affects my spirit.

 

I used to sail a lot. There were terms in sailing that so readily translate to modern life. It is tempting to get really metaphorical, but I will repent of that. Close hauled describes sailing as close to the wind as one can and still catch the wind. Once in a while a sailor will sail too close to the wind and the sail stops working, and if the person at the helm (steering wheel) does not make a change in direction quickly, the boat wind up In Irons. The the crew must either back wind the sail to push the boat around or simply wait for the fates to turn the boat.

 

I am not going to belabor this illustration but some people get as close to real sin as they can, without really, um sinning. If they go too far, they wind up In Irons to sin. Sometimes remorse and repentance is enough, and sometimes it destroys a life.

 

I have been drinking some weak coffee at times to relieve what I think are Gall Bladder Disease symptoms. It seems to work and I will be talking to my Doctor. Will I continue with Coffee? I hope not.

 

I used to listen to some pretty licentious music when traveling. It made the miles pass. Now days, music like EFY, the MTC, and other Mormon music keeps me alert and the original music is not appealing.