The Sound Studio

Dizi · Post by **Dizi** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 19:40

okay here is a little place for all you music lovers out there

So anything you wish to chat about to do with music then do it in this thread.

Here is a little questionaire to get you started, as always if I have missed something out you wish to add then do so, and try to answer as many as you can

Favourite band?

Favourite solo musician?

Favourite album?

Favourite album artwork?

Best band (not necessarily favourite)?

Favourite vocalist?

Best band name?

Favourite genre?

Best guitarist?

Best bassist?

Best drummer?

Best keyboardist/pianist?

MVP? (A member of any band)

Best lyricist?

Most innovative band?

Worst band?

Most underrated band?

Most underrated album?

Best live band?

Favourite song?

eMTe · Post by **eMTe** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 1:47

Favourite band?
Pink Floyd

Favourite solo musician?
Roger Waters

Favourite album?
Pink Floyd - The Division Bell

Favourite album artwork?
Pink Floyd - Animals (geez...)

Best band (not necessarily favourite)?
Pink Floyd...

but there were times when I would choose The Beatles

Favourite vocalist?
Kate Bush

Best band name?
don't know exactly what does mean "best"...but the weirdest I know is Jesus Chrysler Suicide - Polish metal band

Favourite genre?
rock, blues, cold wave, avant-garde jazz, electronica...I listen to everything...

Best guitarist?
David Gilmour, Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, Pat Metheny

Best bassist?
Sting

Best drummer?
Stewart Copeland, Chester Thompson, Matt Chamberlain

Best keyboardist/pianist?
Lyle Mays

MVP? (A member of any band)
Roger Waters...?

Best lyricist?
Roger Waters, Bono

Most innovative band?
The Beatles

Worst band?
I have few on my mind...

Most underrated band?
...

Most underrated album?
...

Best live band?
Thin Lizzy

Favourite song?
Too many... (it's not the song title

)

Usul · Post by **Usul** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 14:30

Favourite band?
Really hard to make a choice. Placebo, Weezer, The Hellacopters and Rammstein are fine bands.

Favourite album?
Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie & Infinite Sadness

Favourite vocalist?
Keith Caputo from Life of Agony

Favourite genre?
Rock, but also oldschool Metal like Iron Maiden and Trip Hop (Portishead, Archive)

Best guitarist?
Kirk Hammet or good ol' Angus Young.

Best drummer?
don't remember his name but The Police drummer was cool.

Most innovative band?
Propagandhi

Worst band?
There are so many...

Most underrated album?
Stone Temple Pilots - Core

Most underrated band?
Rocket From The Crypt (RFTC)

Best live band?
BAP

Best lyrics?
Rammstein - Heirate Mich (amazing!)

Favourite song?
can't make a choice, it depends on my mood. Goes from 'Weeds' to 'Glory Box', passing by 'Planet Caravan' or 'Every you and every me'

mariesa · Post by **mariesa** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 19:51

Favorite band: die toten hosen
favortite song: after dark (tito&tarantula)
best live band: beatsteaks
favorite genre: cannot decide... metal, rock, punk, blues, RnB, gospel, blues, 80s pop, black music, german hip hop... everything with a good beat

Ibhansen · Post by **Ibhansen** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 20:13

Favourite band?
Dire Straits

Favourite solo musician?
Bruce Springsteen

Favourite album?
Vaya Con Dios "Time Flies"

Favourite album artwork?
4 Non Blondes "Bigger, better, faster, MORE"

Best band (not necessarily favourite)?
Cream

Favourite vocalist?
Kathy Mattea

Best band name?
The Who

Favourite genre?
Rock - any variety

Best guitarist?
Mark Knopfler

Best bassist?

Best drummer?

Best keyboardist/pianist?

MVP? (A member of any band)

Best lyricist?
Heather Nova

Most innovative band?
Velvet Underground

Worst band?
Pussycat Dolls

Most underrated band?
Vaya con Dios

Most underrated album?
"Lovesongs for Underdogs" - Tanya Donelly

Best live band?
U2

Favourite song?
Glory Days - B. Springsteen

greezlee · Post by **greezlee** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 1:16

Favourite Band(s): Pink Floyd, The Clash, RATM, Tool, Joy Division

Favourite Solo Musician: Nick Cave, Lou Reed, David Bowie

Favourite Album: PF- Dark Side of The Moon, The Clash- London Calling

Favourite Album Artwork: PF - Dark Side..., TOOL - Lateralus

Favourite Genre: I listen to everything but rock is my fav 1

Best Guitar Player: Tom Morello, David Gilmour, John Frusiante, Jimmi Hendrix, Eric Clapton (The Cream period)

Best Bass Player: Peter Hook Joy Division/New Order

Favourite lyricist(s): Ian Curtis of Joy Division, Syd Barrett (Pink Floyd early period), Lou Reed, Nick Cave, Bob Dylan

elgado · Post by **elgado** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 2:27

Don't mind my unorthodox post, it's just that I find list-only posts rather stale.

I tend to follow various types of music, depending on the moods I'm in and the time that has passed since I last listened to a particular group. Representatives from the various genres I like are as follows: Ray Charles stands in for the blues, NWA takes care of the rap department, JS Bach nearly monopolises the classical music section, and Ennio Morricone wins the soundtrack genre by landslide. Recently, I've started to open up to rock, namely Dire Straits, and Irish folk and contemporary music (The Pogues + Dropkick Murphys).

Dead Prez, Grandmaster Flash, U2 and Michael Jackson get honourable mentions =D

Dizi · Post by **Dizi** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 11:53

The list was just a starting point so you can chat about music anyway you want

As you may find lists stale, but I find multiple threads such as whats your fave genre, do you like pop music?, do you like rock or metal? to be annoying and just wanted there to be no excuse to have all those threads, when onlt one is needed

And I must agree that Dire Straits are great

mariesa · Post by **mariesa** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 18:37

elgado wrote: Ray Charles stands in for the blues

I'm in complete agreement

Maturin · Post by **Maturin** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 2:14

hum... this is gonna be difficult

Favourite band?
at the moment, Edguy and Helloween

Favourite solo musician?
Eric Fish, Eric Clapton, Eric Cantona, Bruce Dickinson (one of the 3 erics is wrong, guess which one

)

Favourite album?
Helloween - Keeper of the seven keys (all of them)

Favourite album artwork?
Stratovarius - Infinite

Best band (not necessarily favourite)?
Queen

Favourite vocalist?
Freddie Mercury, Bruce Dickinson, Tobias Sammet, Timo Kotipelto

Best band name?
Excrementory Grindfu**ers (I guess everyone knows what fu**ers means, to me it's the best name because it's the most funny one I ever heard)

Favourite genre?
Metal (heavy, speed, melodic), classic rock (the good old stuff) and movie/anime soundtracks (instrumental/orchestral)

Best guitarist?
Timo Tolkki

Best bassist?
none

Best drummer?
don't know their names, the one from rhapsody and the one from dragonforce, they have an awesome speed

Best keyboardist/pianist?
Again, the one from Stratovarius

MVP? (A member of any band)
Timo Tolkki (Stratovarius go up and down with him)

Best lyricist?
don't know, I never care about who writes the songs I listen to

Most innovative band?
Good question...

Worst band?
Tokio Hotel

Most underrated band?
lots of heavy metal bands. underrated seing that they don't appear in the german charts although they deserve it (they sing, they write, their lyrics are better, even their ballads are better)

Most underrated album?
...

Best live band?
JBO. They don't simply play their songs, they party with the audience

Favourite song?
at the moment, whitesnake - here I go again

Addition:
Best Composer?
Nobuo Uematsu

Oh, and by the way: Dire Straits really are great

elgado · Post by **elgado** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 2:37

Dizi wrote:The list was just a starting point so you can chat about music anyway you want

I got the from the get-go; just thought I'd jump in with a non-list. Perhaps 'stale' wasn't le right word. =D

That aside, you familiar with a chune that goes by the name of "Deceptacon"? =D

Maturin · Post by **Maturin** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 2:56

Of course the list was just kinda get-go, but it made things easier for me...

eMTe · Post by **eMTe** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 4:16

Someone mentioned Knopfler... Knopfler belongs to a narrow group of musicians who are like wine - the older the better. To name only the few - Gary Moore, Bill Wyman, Nick Cave. I dont say Dire Straits period is not worth mentioning - some DS songs are evergreens, especially from the first album. But when Ive heard Knopfler's solo album "Ragpicker's Dream" I fell in love with it. This is amazing how this man can create 12 different songs playing almost the same tunes all the time. Each song has its own melody and tempo and its own unique beauty. I dont remember any DS album with such great set of pieces.

And Usul, Police drummer was Stewart Copeland. ^_^

Maturin · Post by **Maturin** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 5:02

Ok, now I'll just throw in some more bands, even I came to the decision that that list thingy's not that good...
I have to mention Simon & Garfunkel, great songs.
And Queen, to me personally, the most important band in my life
And I'll just re-ask a question I already asked in the oldgames-forum.

What is the most impressive song cover for you?
I'm talking about impression, not about the best or the worst, but the most impressive one.
To me it definitely (and still) is 'A perfect circle - imagine'.
They managed, to completely change the meaning of the song without changing the lyrics.
They just used different instruments and altered the background and voila, imagine became a totally depressive and 'bad' song.

Oh, and I totally messed up with my favourite song...
It can't be anything else but Led Zeppelin - Stairway to heaven.