Who is your favourite music artists and why?

[Xenophon]

I just rediscovered Sibelius' "Swan of Tuonela" last night. Magick mood music.

 

[Sabbatius]

I grew up listening to the Doors and The Cure.
I listened to The Sisters of Mercy throughout my High School and College years.
After that, I got into more World Music, Shoegazer and D&B.
Overall, I am picky.

 

[Saint]

Will Wood.
This man is my spirit animal, channeling my inner world and thoughts. Which can be considered as "concerning" at some point, but I find him a real genious as well, quite a phenomenon.

Allow me to cast to the wind a couple of lyrics parts with an URL attached to it, leading you to the song itself. I'll try to keep it short. I trust I'm not the only one who know this man and his pet rats.

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I'm that first-person they talk about in all the books
I'm that perspective you cannot doubt, see how I look
Control the narrative reliably, baby, it's all about me
And I wrote the book about throwing the book
At those who don't do it by it
[...]
So now I'm holding myself hostage
Stockholm lust just looks like justice
And enough lefts don't make the right but two wrongs do
Oh man, Sun Tzu would love this
[...]
So, God forbid I'm seen just as an average human being
I mean, imagine if protagonists just died in the first scene
[...]
I loot plot armor from NPCs
Well, they are to me
Trite, tropes, traits, traumas, trinkets, and treats, it's all XP
Look in the sky, it's a bird, it's a plane, no, it's superego
The underdog you cheer for
Villains are everywhere, that's how I know that I'm the hero

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I noticed that the sunshine is a gaslight
I'm hoping that this one might be my past life
My Lord, I know enough to get my facts right
and that's good enough for me
and everything and everyone will die soon
and we'll have nothing left for us to lie to
No matter what we seek you'll never find truth
and that's good enough for me

True believers, I said, old time religion
Give me that old time religion

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Well, this disease is defined by its treatment, you people make me sick
Parlance of imbalanced, cambia's been challenged at best
AstraZeneca's just theoretical
Prints of your fingers in the Rorschach jigsaw, say you saw a treasure map
Straight-jacket and tie, psychiatric supply, while we tragically try to fit into a trap, but

Who'd want to be human anyway? (Ay, ay, ay, ay)
Who pilots all these crude machines?
Why'd you come into this world or come out that way?
Like freaks of nurture, well, isn't it funny?
(Well, not ha-ha funny, but y'know, funny...)
[...]
Too weird to love, too scared to die (ay, ay, ay, ay), too alien to take you home
Horrified at the sight of my reflection in your eyes, I don't belong there
Well, it's your conclusions that make mine delusions, so I make you sane
You can thank me later

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Read your horoscopes, your palms and tarot cards
But either way your destination ain't very far
You could drown, or choke, or burn, or be hit by a car
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
But something will eventually
[...]
In the fabric of time and in the vastness of space
A billion amounts to nothing in infinity's face
At most a couple generations will remember the ways in which
Your life never mattered
So, who cares if it's a waste?

Well, one day you'll be not even a faint memory, no
At most a ghost or falling leaf from your family tree
Your legacy's not yours to see, nor is your eulogy
And you'll never know what it all means

To save time from you having to scroll, I will not quote lyrics part no more, some beloved song I also love and listen a lot.
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And a couple of my favourite short lines, just bare as they are so, technically I lied, I did quote, once again.

"Bad things happen to good people, Good things happen to me."
"It don’t look like survival b-b-buy now or die!”
"I don’t wanna die... but somebody’s got to go."
"The devil made me do it but I also kinda wanted to."
"What's so wrong about what's wrong with me"

Well... That's all about it. Pardon me for The Great wall of Yapna.

 

[Amadeus]

Alestorm. The songs, lyrics, how they have put together everything, the way how the songs go from beginning until the end, nice flow. Everything has been done so well. I fell in love with their music from the first moments when I heard them on YouTube, must have been more than a decade ago.

 

[neilwilkes]

I grew up listening to the Doors and The Cure.
I listened to The Sisters of Mercy throughout my High School and College years.
After that, I got into more World Music, Shoegazer and D&B.
Overall, I am picky.

The Sisters Of Mercy are outstanding - but you must get the right master of their albums, or it can sound really flat.
For example, I just found out about a Rhino 3CD set ('remastered' by some muppet called Dave Schultz in LA) that sounds bloody atrocious. Lifeless mess - compared to the 2015 'Vision Thing Collection', which is very, very good - the latter edition swaggers in all the ways the Rhino edition is lacking. Their first album 'First & Last & Always' sounds out of phase on the original version, and again the 2015 24/96 'Collection' version has a swagger about it that is unmatched by all other versions. Same again with 'Floodland' in the 2015 'Collection' remaster.

 

[Shade]

Depends on the day but nearly everyday before a workout I listen to Dax - Blueprint 2 (remix) or his “self proclaimed” 3 4

If I’m reading I listen to Chopin, Beethoven or Vivaldi. Sometimes Pagini as well.

I also like to listened to “Burden” for his not giving a f- attitude like in the song “out on bond”


I’m a big fan of KoRn as they were my favorite band growing up so theres just so much nostalgia.

Pearl Jam and Kottonmouth Kings are two other big influences when I pulled all nighters for school,

Metallica holds a place in my heart, Queen, Tech N9ne, George Michaels… the list is endless

I can’t seem to stick with a single genre.

Ren has blown up in recent years (the UK/Welsh artist) I like his song bittersweet symphony and Troubles,

But this was my inspirational song for this morning

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[tazzl]

Definitely Chappell Roan, she creates bops that are very straightforward yet relatable!

 

[Djnenas]

Tool forever!!!!

 

[ramshackle]

too many to name, but lately i've been enjoying a couple in particular that feel relevant to this forum

seeming has a lot of estoterically-minded tracks, but the one i love the most is holy fire

i also really like yes artemis, which is a wonderful little neoplatonic anthem

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aesop rock put out an entire concept album a few years back called the spirit world field guide and every single track is fun and often dripping with esoteric miscellany and stream of consciousness references to adjacent pop culture and history, sometimes in admittedly a bit campy ways

okay, one bonus track – daylight by eric bachmann. i played this a lot while doing some work focused on tiphareth a couple of years back

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i don't want to flood the thread, so i'll stop there

 

[Accipeveldare]

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My most favorite band of all time

 

[Crickets]

Starset doesn't miss

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[Pyrographer]

This is something that really depends on my current mood and activity. The playlist for skiing is going to be very different than the playlist for quietly working. However, according to my frequent plays list, my go-to's, in no specific order are:

Matt Skiba and the Sekrets (also the entire catalogue of A3)
Enter Shikari
Trampled By Turtles
ADtR
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones (RIP)
The Menzingers
Street Dogs
The Briggs
The Rumjacks
Noah Kahan. Okay, okay. I live in Vermont and his music pretty much just echoes down from the mountains here. You can't avoid it. And the song "Dial Drunk" is one I very much identify with.

However, when the house is quiet, I've got a project I'm working on, and a couple of beverages in me; I tend to jump from one nostalgic track to another. These usually include:

"Seven"- Sunny Day Real Estate (the live cover by Saosin is also pure fire)
"When I Grow Up" - FeverRay
"Revival" - Beats Antique
"Here Come the Drums" - Jaya the Cat
Pretty much everything by HIM
"Sink Into the Underground" - CKY
"Body of an American" - The Pogues
Lots and lots of Ska / punk / drinking songs. My so called glory days (they weren't so glorious) were spent drinking and scrapping in Boston. Up tempo punk in an Irish brogue is just in my blood.

 

[neilwilkes]

Depends on the day but nearly everyday before a workout I listen to Dax - Blueprint 2 (remix) or his “self proclaimed” 3 4

If I’m reading I listen to Chopin, Beethoven or Vivaldi. Sometimes Pagini as well.

I also like to listened to “Burden” for his not giving a f- attitude like in the song “out on bond”


I’m a big fan of KoRn as they were my favorite band growing up so theres just so much nostalgia.

Pearl Jam and Kottonmouth Kings are two other big influences when I pulled all nighters for school,

Metallica holds a place in my heart, Queen, Tech N9ne, George Michaels… the list is endless

I can’t seem to stick with a single genre.

Ren has blown up in recent years (the UK/Welsh artist) I like his song bittersweet symphony and Troubles,

But this was my inspirational song for this morning

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I could not agree more about not sticking with a single genre - indeed, the best word to describve my collection would be 'Eclectic' as it ranges from heavy Classical (Wagner, Stravinsky, Shostakovich) through regular classical (Rachmaninov, Holst, Orff) through pop (as in the original use of the genre - throwaway singles etc) and into all manner of odd byways. The non-classical runs from Led Zep through Bauhaus, Love & Rockets, The Mission, The Sisters of Mercy, the genius that is David Bowie, The Sweet - the list goes on & on & on. 1960's through to 2020's and all inbetween.
I simply cannot imagine restricting myself to a single genre - it makes no sense to me at all.

 

[Milton]

Wonder if any is aware of Agalloch? I keep coming back to listen to them from time to time.

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[Konvent]

My favorite band is called Konvent!

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Wonder if any is aware of Agalloch? I keep coming back to listen to them from time to time.

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I love their song "Not Unlike The Waves"

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I also really wanted to share this with someone but none of my friends like metal.

In this video, check the contrast between the voices of two vocalists at 2:45:

Just sounds crazy good.

 

[Djnenas]

I have to mention this... sorry to everybody that don't like instrumentals but hear me out. Music, like love, is a UNIVERSAL language. I bet i'm not the only one here that has listened to a song that even though you couldn't understand a jot of the lyrics, for some weird reason that song ended up ingrained in your heart.?? Sometimes it's just instrumental and it will still do the same to you. Here is a perfect example.... enjoy!!!

 

[WisdomAddict]

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Beside of my love for japanese music
I lost count how many times could I overlisten to this catchy tunes like this
I really like 'this type'of nowdays youngsters 'who value writing beautiful music again and offer originality and artisan spirit like back in the days'...in modern day sense and not sound like 99% of the rest...

 

[electra heart]

Carly Rae Jepsen. I cant relate to the subject matter of majority of her songs, but it's like each and every one of them are crafted to perfection. Her music also gets better with each consecutive release which can't be said for the majority of artists.

The Loneliest Time and Run Away With Me are both competing for best pop song ever created, sorry MJ.

 

[whome]

rediscovered Sibelius' "Swan of Tuonela"

As I recall, Sibelius wrote music to inspire the nationality of the Finns as they recovered from Russian rule.

Similarly Furtwangler is my favorite conductor. He understood and practiced Intent.

There is an account from a string player in the BPO where the orchestra was tuning up very discordantly and suddenly became harmonic. The player looked up and at the far end of the auditorium, Furtwangler had just entered.

It seems that his attention was sufficient to bring the chaos of tuning up into a harmonious whole

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