What a legend, my only claim to fame is that I have shaken this man’s hand.
True true benson’s version is also very nice. Although this is what led me to affirmation in the first place
Can’t forget Dwight Yoakam!
I love Radiohead. They’re fantasic. Since their lryics are dark, yet ambiguous, I like to take in the songs from an anti-statist perspective - espically “2 + 2 = 5” which has lines like “all hail to the thief!”.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waJWRYa7weo
But in reality Thom Yorke is just another uninspired lefty. 
His arguement is that poor countries have basically been fucked over by imperialistic entities like the IMF and the World Bank (debt slavery) and western Governments (corporate subsidies, intellectual monopoly “rights”, tariffs) and this is the fault of “free unfettered trade”… WTF! I just don’t get it. Why can’t people tell the difference between political-capitalism and the free market…
You’ve shaken Chuck Berry’s hand? brewing envy
You know he’s still playing!
Experiemental rock-Pink Floyd, Radiohead, The Velvet Underground, The Beatles, Rush, Porcupine Tree, Mars Volta (some of their stuff sucks, though)
Classic rock-Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones
Metal/Prog Metal-Tool, Black Sabbath
Hip Hop-Wu-Tang Clan, Various underground groups, MF Doom, Notorious B.I.G., 2Pac, Eminem (before he sold out)
Singer/Songwriter-Bob Dylan, Jeff Buckley, Sufjan Stevens, Elliott Smith
Grunge-Pearl Jam, Nirvana
Some of my favorite artists: Interpol, The Presets, David Fonseca, Tegan and Sara, Modest Mouse, Scissor Sisters, MuteMath, Zoot Woman, Peter Gabriel, Radiohead, plus dozens more. I’m a music addict and I get a couple new albums every month, but I’m still quite picky about what I like.
New additions to my collection: Home Video, Phantom Planet, The Faint, The Chap, Florence and the Machine
I try to give any genre a chance, but anything rap/country/heavy metal has to really wow me if I’m to give it a second listen.
^Dude there is so much good hip hop and country out there. You just have avoid all the new mainstream trash.
Go check out some Mos Def, or Rakim. As for country, check out some Charlie Feathers or Gun Club.
I am a music addict as well. My new obsession: Charles Mingus:
Jeff Beck
There is a name that doesn’t get tossed out too often. I grew up on the Yardbirds. O*ver Under Sideways Down, Shapes of Things, and Rain (*by the Beatles) were the 1st 3 songs I ever learned on guitar.
Yes, you are correct unfortunately. Jeff Beck is a brilliant guitarist extraordinaire who never became a “household name”, but whose influence within musical circles is truly legendary and puts him in a very small group of like musicians. Seeing him/hearing him LIVE is an experience one would not soon forget.
I feel oddly “conformist” after reading the majority of the answers in this thread.
My musical tastes have been becoming more stagnant as I become older, but recent (i.e. active) bands I’ve been listening to would include Avenged Sevenfold, Shinedown, Disturbed, Halestorm… I don’t really feel elitist about my musical selection as many (no one specific) seem to. Hell, I even listen to the radio!
But on a selective note, I tend to lean towards music that catches my interest in an identifiable way–whether because it’s creative timing/composition (Tool, Liquid Tension Experiment) or vocal talent (Well, Tool again, but also Shinedown, Halestorm) or instrument mastry (Andy McKee). Other than that, whatever is making me tap my foot.
^No worries man, music is subjective just like value. I always like encouraging people to listen to all different types of music. Genres are more like attributes then borders, that’s the way I see it.
My present “problem” is finding new music without investing time and intention to do so–i.e. I don’t want to scour the internet to find something new, I want a means of finding new [to me] music at minimal time investment.
However… I haven’t invested the time to find out if there is already something that will accomplish this . Is that what Pandora accomplishes? (I haven’t been to the site since it’s baby days)
I use wikipedia and allmusic. Allmusic.com is a good source for album reviews and album comparison. Pandora sucks at all this when compared.
Last.fm, SoulSeek, and blogs. That’s all you need.
It’s funny because the creation of the IMF was spearheaded by Soviet agent Harry Dexter White.
Alex’s resturant.
These are some of my favourites tunes, from video game soundtracks.
I suggest Mars Volta:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z16-LoZRFVo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPeSbITit5U
Very unique band and probably extremely polarizing.