Why do you like your kind of music sooo much?

Question

I mean if u like R&B why? did u listen to it growing up?

Answer 1

I listen mostly to Rock based stuff. Rock, Metal, Blues Rock, Folk. I also llisten to some Classical, strait up Blues, New Age, Celtic and a scattering of other stuff.

I grew up listening to Country but around 10 years old I discovered Pop then shortly after that Rock. For about six months I listened too all three. After a bit I noticed when listening to tapes I made from the radio that the Country songs next to the Rock tunes were pale, empty lifeless things. That the Pop songs seems so fake compared to the Rock tunes. So I quit listening to Country and Pop instead listening purely to Rock for a long time.

I got interested in Classical after hearing some Rock groups do covers on Mozart and Bethoven. Found a few pieces I liked.

Blues I have friends who are into it and they introduced me to it.

Regea (however you spell it) is pretty cool on a relaxed day. I used to live next to a Rasta long ago and every Saterday morning started with Regea. Not a bad way to wake up. Not my thing for most occasions, but on a nice relaxed lazy day a good style of music to listen too.

As for Celtic, really it's Celtic influenced New age music I love the sadness of the tunes. Nothing can sound more heart rending than a good Irish/Scottish tune with it's forlorn pipes and lyrics. There is a strong mystical edge to the sounds. Folks like Lorenna McKennit, David Arkenstone create such rich layered sounds. For an example check out Behind Walls of stone or Dragons breath by Arkenstone Or with McKennit try All Souls Night, Huron, Mummers Dance. With Mystic's dream it's sort of a Celtic base with strong Arabic influences. Marco Polo true to it's name has influences from ancient Celtic, Arabic, Jewish music forms with a strong modern twist to it. Lyrically McKennitt I think did the best rendition ever of "The highway man" one of the best romantic tragidy lyrics ever written. Also a song with strong overtones about fighting the system and inequeties. I think it was written in 1600s.
Standing stones is another tragic love song. I think it's an old Irish folk song.

I have had some friends try to get me into Jazz. I could appreciate the technical difficulty of what some of the best Jazz guys were doing. It just never grooved with me. Except for some heavily Rock based Jazz I really couldn't get into it.

With Classic Rock it's got that energy and range. Unlike almost any other music form Rock can be so soft that it whispers in your ear or so heavy it breaks the door down grabs you by the shirt and drags you out to listen. It can be primal or it can be a very complex series of crossing rythems that make Jazz seem simple by comparision. It is all of that and everything inbetween. So even with the same group you often see huge variences in styles, modes and what they play. Led Zep for example is Bluesy and very basic with songs like Dazed and Confused then get Classical with a full symphony backing them with Kashmier. I can hear a variety of instramental ideas in Rock and see them synthsized, tortured, glamorized and anything else you can do to a melody or concept. Devo's Whip It is a really dumb song but it's contagious. Catchy to the point of being rediculous. You like it even when you intend not too. The feeling and passion is the heart of Rock. Whether it be down home Southern style like Simple Man by Lynard Skynard or Urban love for all mankind like many Rush songs are. Lyrically many Rock songs are missing style or logic but some Rock lyricists are pure genius. Niel Pert of Rush writes with a strong style but says some truely wise things with his lyrics. Some of BOC's lyrics are so oblique that I doubt THEY knew what they were writting about. The net result however was a few songs that had universal appeal. Almost everybody who listens to the lyrics of Veteren of the Psychic Wars finds a deep personal meaning in those lyrics. The lyrics to Astronomy is one of those puzzles you can't help but try to solve. The artistry which he constructed those lyrics leaves one of the most memorable set of lyrics I've ever heard. Last Days of May one of the sadder tunes I've heard. While these are atypical of BOC lyrics these particuler songs are very memorble lyricall. Stairway to Heaven by Led Zep lyrically is a true classic.

When it comes to power nothing can touch hard Rock and Metal. The most evil Metal tunes can send a quiver down the spine of even vetern horror film fans. Musically it can sound like there is something evil in the room with you when at it's best. E5150 by Black Sabbath might be one of the most evil songs ever constructed. The dark athmospheres conjured up by Gothic Metal outfits make you almost feel like there will be a mist outside even if your listening to them in broad daylight. When it comes to getting the blood boiling they've found in research that people listening to Metal and certain Classical music forms just plain drive faster. The music carries them away. It's raw, aggressive and primal.

Rock based music is able to carry you to so many places. Whether it be nostalgic, adventerous, historical or just personal associations. For me the accoustic version of All in my Mind just reminds me of times where I'd get away at night. Sit on the concrete listening to the city around me. Just evokes a very urban melencholy feel for me. Not really anything the lyrics are about. REM's Drive is another song that to me is really melencholy. Not really an urban feel. Pink Floyd's High Hopes talks about how much different life is now than what you thought it'd be when you were young and how fast the time went.

While Country is better known for humerous tunes Rock has quite a few. Joe Walsh a very accomplished guitarist often wrote humerous lyrics. Life's Been Good to Me being one of his best.

Politically you have the whole spectrum in Rock. When you listen to Rock based stuff you are not TOLD what politics to have. There are Left and Right, there are representations of many religions, creeds and ideas. Few other music forms if they have any social concious at all have such a wide representation of ideas, cultures and ideals. If you believe in something you can probably find a Rock song that promotes or talks about that belief. Might take a bit but I bet you can find one. If not give it a few years and somebody will write one.

In Rock you can find some of the greatest instramentism ever performed. Classical, Jazz, Blues and other music forms have some great parts and individual performers. In Rock you find the very elements that made those performances great and musicians have sought to perfect them and deliver a truely enhanced ideal of those. On bass on Jazz has any compitition for the great Rock/Metal bass players. There is a strong emphisis on talent with many times and genres in Rock based music forms.

When it comes to building a world musically so many Rock based groups have truely accomplished wonders. Trower with Bridge of Sighs is an example. Heavy Hendrix influenced riffs against a smooth flowing background almost takes you to a whole other world. It might be the last days of the Natives as in Elton John's Indian Sunset, or ancient times like Jethro Tull's Broadsword and King Crimson Court of the Crimson King, or a mix like Hendrix All Along the Watchtower, it could be a Nam like place as The Rooster by Alice in Chains seems to be sort of about.

In Rock/Metal you often find that rythmic groove. Songs like Kashmier by Led Zep, Voodoo by Godsmack, Stranglehold by Ted Nudgent, Heaven and Hell by Black Sabbath, Sweet Emotion by Aerosmith, Songs that just grab you with irresitable sway.

Some of the most elequent composing I've ever heard was in Rock tunes. Complex and subtle enough to outdo most Classical music. Stairway to Heaven is way overplayed but you cannot deny the sheer genious in it's composing. It is one of the most beuatiful songs I've ever heard. Took me a million times hearing it (literally) before some of the shine wore off. Still it is delicate in phrasing, bright glittery steel in it's strength. Mellow but not go to sleep mellow. No this song still grabs you even though it is so mellow. There are many pretty songs in the Rock/Metal genres. The Scarlet Pimperal by Black Sabbath is almost classical in it's construction and phrasing. Very beautiful song.

When it comes to energy there's nothing better than AC/DC to lift weights too or do hard work to. Slow enough you don't kill yourself but it has so much energy you do the work twice as fast without even realizing it.

As for instraments represented only Classical has more instraments. Rock/Metal groups have adopted Guitars, practically invented bass playing, drums, keyboards at it's core but in addition you see just about everything. Jethro Tull's lead singer Ian Anderson played flute so most Tull tunes had a flute in them. Kansas and Blue October have violen players, Red Rider used a Steel guitar in Lunitic fringe, Bagpipes, Irish harp, Piano, Cellos, Congas, and you name it appears in Rock/Metal songs. Many Rock/Metal artists have recorded peices or full albumns with full symphony orchastras backing them. Metalica did so with S&M, Led Zep and Moody Blues are two of many others that also recorded with orchastras.

When it comes to concept composistions Rock/Metal and Opera are your only two choices. Whether it is The Wall by Pink Floyd, Operation Mindcrime by Queensryche, 2112 by Rush or the slew of others you can find plenty of albumns where each song is related to the others and they tell a story. Folk lyrics and history are also frequently used in Rock/Metal tunes. Scarborough fair has been recorded by dozens of Rock/Metal artists. Whysky in the Jar an old Irish drinking song has been recorded by groups like Thin Lizzy and Metalica for example.

If you have a mood there's a Rock/Metal song about it. Depressed, happy, hopefully, hating, angry, heart broken, whatever you can feel there's a tune about it.

I am a big Science Fiction and Fantasy fan. Rock/Metal has embraced both genres. You find songs about robots, space travel, the Lord of the Rings, other Fantasy charactors, Superheros. Rock/Metal artists despite the ragged edge also have some of the most well read composers. Influences from classics to comic books. Some even contribute ideas to the genres. The imagionation that goes into some Rock/Metal tunes is awesome. Of course if you want to hear about sex, love, drugs and such plenty of tunes about those LOL.

Rock/Metal is still about rebellion and about fighting the system. It always was.

So that's why I tend to listen to Rock based stuff. You'll find Godsmack and Ozzy tunes right next too Moody Blues and Elton John tunes. You'll find Pearl Jam tunes next too Iron Maiden songs. I like the slow and heavy, fast and heavy, just plain heavy, slow and mellow, mellow and groovy, 60s Hippy stuff, new age, Metal, Gothic, progressive Metal, Bluesy Rock, Acid rock, and so on. There are literally hundreds of genres in the Rock realm. Each genre is almost it's own music form. So when I listen to other genres they are basically a genre. That's it. Rock is hundreds all rolled into one.

Anyway you asked :)

Answer 2

I think most of our musical tastes are set in adolescence. Sort of a musical imprinting.
But, our tastes can evolve or find variations of that core music that is satisfying and reflects our current maturity or simple needs.

As one grows older, one does not need to go chasing the next hottest thing in pop culture. Musical tastes are more refined, I believe, and listened to in a broader context.

So, my teenage influence was "blues rock", Led Zep, Allman Bros and the like. Now, I have explored the roots of blues and found it satisfying as well as continued interest in the careers of my original bands. Newer bands that have come along echoing that style are discovered with great interest. For example, when Guns and Roses came out I found them to be refreshing and enjoyed how they shed new light on the genre.

Answer 3

I listen to heavy metal, and the reason that I like it so much is probably because I was not allowed to listen to it while I was growing up, so it was totally new to me when I started. Now I just really love headbanging music. ^_^

Answer 4

Rock&Roll...Because when I was growing up I had a couple friends who worked for a local rock station.