This thread was originaly called "Currently listening to".

So, here goes:

"Limp Bizkit - Rollin'
"The Five Satins - In The Still Of The Night"
"Blue Cantrell - Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops)"
"American Noise - Take It all"
"Orgy - Blue Monday"
"Beau Coup - Sweet Rachel"
"The Beatles - Penny Lane"
"Rammstien - Du Hast"
"Mother - Tracy Bonham"

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I wanted my half in the middle and I wound up on the edge.

Hey bunner, I hope you realize that I was just needling you. Not like that vicious Wirthling punk -- he seems to be out for blood!

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Precisely my point: Pegging me as a long winded bore is just as laughable. Your lack of interest in what I have to say doesn't invalidate my point or make my argument without merit. Two generalisations, two comics. There you go, you hep cat, you.
:- )

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Here's what's in my RealPlayer qeue right now (for all to laugh at...)

"see Emily play", Pink Floyd
"people are strange", the Doors
"I know there's something going on", Frida
"we'll make great pets", Porno for Pyros
"Rhiannon", Fleetwood Mac
"Here & Now", Letters to Cleo
"Life During Wartime", Talking Heads
"Cherub Rock", Smashing Pumpkins

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I just put everything of mine in a giant mix on Winamp... aside from all the stuff I mentioned before, there's

Avrigus
Soundgarden
Primus
Bjork
Frank Sinatra
Type O Negative
Rammstein

Yep... Actually, I want to hear a Type O Negative cover for "Would you like to swing on a star?". Whenever hell freezes over, let me know so I can start looking for them to do it.

My favorite piece of music is Beethoven's 5th, 4th movement. There was a quote once by a critic reviewing William Tell's Overture when it first came out. It said something like, "The first theme was written by the composer. The second, by god." That's how I feel about Beethovens 5th, 4mv. It's like a big fat triumphant fuck you to fate.

That's what I'm currently listening to.

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My favorite piece of music is Beethoven's 5th, 4th movement. There was a quote once by a critic reviewing William Tell's Overture when it first came out. It said something like, "The first theme was written by the composer. The second, by god." That's how I feel about Beethovens 5th, 4mv. It's like a big fat triumphant fuck you to fate.

That's what I'm currently listening to.

Yeah. I've always been a great fan of old Ludwig Van. I like the sixth for a variety of reasons. The mental imagery swirls in the verdant green of the fields that he is bursting at the seams to relate his passion and glee about as he rode through the countryside. The storm, the sense of closure and remorse in the french horn figures that close each movement.... It is one of the greatest paeans to the grace of mother nature in the spring. I can almost hear the hoofbeats and the wheels of the carriage. It celebrates youth, rebirth, and the power of nature to renew, invigorate, and call a muster of the mettle of men.

It's a motherfucker, yo.

:- )

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the allegretto from b's 7th is more passionate than any other bit of music ever written or recorded... with the possible exception of "one caress" by depeche mode (download it now!)

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I could never get into Beethoven and Mozart. I just can't find the passion in them that others rave about. They feel kind of like clockwork to me, precise and somewhat mechanical. I prefer Tchaikovsky, Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, Copland, Debussy, Wagner... basically, give me Baroque, skip over Classical, then give me Romantic and later. I'm a sucker for a nice tune.

Regarding the "stratification of musical tastes" that Bunner was talking about, see if you can get hold of a live CD Billy Joel did once called An Evening of Questions and Answers (And Perhaps a Few Songs), recorded at Princeton University. Billy, a piano, and an audience. A must-have if you're a Billy fan (and I am - one of the most under-rated songwriters and performers of the late 20th century, in my humble opinion) it also features Billy having a little rant on the topic of commercial division of musical taste. Like Bunner, he talks about how in the 60s you could turn on the radio and hear a wide range of music all on one station.

The interesting point he makes at the end was that, at that time, music was a unifying force. The young people listened to these radio stations and loved the music, and it gave them all something in common. This days music has become yet another division, another thing that makes us all different and separate, a clear sign that marks "us" and "them". If you have any friends who are Billy Joel completists, I highly recommend you have a listen to that CD (came boxed with River of Dreams during the tour of the same name).

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it also features Billy having a little rant on the topic of commercial division of musical taste. Like Bunner, he talks about how in the 60s you could turn on the radio and hear a wide range of music all on one station.

The interesting point he makes at the end was that, at that time, music was a unifying force. The young people listened to these radio stations and loved the music, and it gave them all something in common. This days music has become yet another division, another thing that makes us all different and separate, a clear sign that marks "us" and "them".

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billy joel is underrated? how many albums has that dude sold?!

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Tons.

And he is underrated. This is due to him not being 27 and fronting Slipknot. He knew the rules when he got in the game. He knew he would one day fade from prominence even if he could manage great acheivement. Billy Joel did well. He has a platinum catalogue and is a legendary writer and performer, but what got him there is the same thing that gets everybody to the top: Talent, passion, faith, and ginguines the size of Wyoming. As his style fades from public taste, he knows that if it all stopped mattering tomorrow, one thing is true: He could walk into a bar and sit at a piano and never go hungry. Isn't that wonderful?

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yikes. i never thought about it in such poetic terms... i normally reserve that sort of speech for describing bowel movements.

just for the record, i love "leningrad" and "laura." you gotta admit, though--he did write quite a bit of tripe. most everything that got on the radio, as a matter of fact. then again, he also got christie brinkley, and for that alone, i must salute the guy. (:

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dexx--how can you profess to be a bach fan and call beethoven "clockwork?" the average bach piece is precisely like listening to an algebra equation as played on harpsichord. no offense, but i'll take PDQ over JS any day.

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Oh, and Aaron Copelands "Fanfare For The Common Man" can actually get me out of my seat and cheering and weeping for joy if properly played. I highly recommend the Cleveland Orchestra. It is widely touted by more erudite minds than my own to be the finest orchestra on the entire planet. I tend to agree. And the acoustics at Severance Hall were designed by God's own acoustician. Breathtaking.

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Beautiful picture you paint of the 6th bunner. Reminds me how I feel when I listen to Spring of Vivaldi's Four Seasons.

I guess I like more of the balls out overtures and what not. The 1812, Also Sprach Zarathustra, Orpheus in the Underworld, Bolero kind of pieces. You know, the ones that make you want to go jump a skyscraper or take over a country.

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yikes. i never thought about it in such poetic terms... i normally reserve that sort of speech for describing bowel movements.

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Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man is, I think, one of the most beautiful and pure pieces of music ever written, the musical equivalent of a perfect haiku. What is depressing is that one of our free-to-air TV stations here in Oz has been using a rocked up version of it as their sports theme for at least a decade and a half. It sucks SOOOO hard when I say, "Hey listen to this piece of music!" and get a chorus of replies saying, "Hey! Channel Seven sports theme!" *choke*

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Cool, never heard of it. Off to gnutella. :)

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you misread me, bunner... i meant that _i_ normally reserve poetic diatribes for describing bowel movements--i would never refer to such a prolific artist in such scatalogical terms (with the exception of the beach boys, who were total shit).

as for your description of billy's career, it was thoroughly beautiful, and nearly convinced me to start liking his music--bad thing is, it's not my cup of tea.

and fyi, i don't have any fresh-pressed suits. (:

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Oh, as for Billy Joel, I certainly don't adore everything he has every written and recorded, but I wouldn't call even the worst of his songs "tripe", not with the utter garbage that crowds the charts these days. Sure, I really don't like "Say Goodbye to Hollywood", but I would rather listen to it on endless loop at 150dB for a year than listen to one solid hour of a top 40 radio station.

Sure, The Beatles produced the drug-fuelled silliness that is "Honey Pie", but you listen to "Strawberry Fields" or "Hey Bulldog" or 99% of the rest of their catalogue, and all is forgiven.

...but when a modern-day manufactured one-hit wonder churns out yet another brainless, soulless, pointless single, you have to ask, "Are you going to make up for this shit?" They don't, of course.

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Cool, never heard of it. Off to gnutella. :)

Yo, Obi: get on ICQ. :- )

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I wanted my half in the middle and I wound up on the edge.

so, this is supposed to be called "Habnem Sings 'Fanfare for the Common Man,'" but i hit the enter key by accident.

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you misread me, bunner... i meant that _i_ normally reserve poetic diatribes for describing bowel movements--i would never refer to such a prolific artist in such scatalogical terms (with the exception of the beach boys, who were total shit).
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err... i meant besides "pet sounds." who woulda thought those no-talent dudes would experiment?

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