Who do you listen to...

The secular music I enjoy most would have to be:

Wilco
The White Stripes
Blonde Redhead
Radiohead
Sigur Ros
Bob Dylan
The Beatles
The Kinks
Belly
Mogwai
The Beta Band
Belle and Sebastian
Lucinda Williams

It goes in phases and I typically only listen to music in the car, but that's pretty much what I am listening to the most at present.

 

I have extremely eclectic tastes in music and I know I’m missing some people...

Groups/Solo Artists:

Barenaked Ladies (Quirky pop with a twist – they are excellent in concert)
The Beatles (all phases except for the dreadful parts of the “White Album” and “Let It Be”)
Buddy and Julie Miller (alt-country/bluegrass/folk/Americana/neo-traditional country – they’re not easy to classify)
Daniel Lanois (One of the most underrated artists out there – his new album “Shine” is amazing)
Dire Straits
Emmylou Harris (“Wrecking Ball” and “Spyboy” are excellent)
Janis Joplin (in very small doses – she was from my hometown area and I have a sense of some of her inner struggles and musical/lyrical references)
Moby (I’m normally not big on dance music, but he manages to make it interesting)
Paul Simon/Simon and Garfunkel (Paul Simon is an amazing lyricist)
Sam Phillips (aka “Leslie Phillips”)
U2 (all eras)

Older music:

Hank Williams Sr.
Nat King Cole
Frank Sinatra
Vince Guaraldi

Even older music:

Bach
Beethoven
Vivaldi
Mozart

Music collections:

Any Wim Wenders movies soundtrack
Any Motown collection

 

I like happy, sad, romantic, military ---- it
depends on my mood.

Moody Blues (their old stuff)
Simon & Garfunckle (together they were great)
Scott Joplin (orchestrated ragtime)
Leroy Anderson
Debuccy
Ravel
Sousa
Aaron Copland
Tchaikovsky
Tommy Dorsy

 

Lately my listening would include a lot of :

U2 (who woulda thunk?)
Radiohead
Coldplay

Other bands that may slide through

Train
Remy Zero (if you like the above three give The Golden Hum a try)
REM (before Bill Berry left)
The Cure
BNL (whole heartedly agree with the statement above about them live)
Live

 

Elton John
Madonna
Cher
Live
U2
Delerium
Portishead
Enigma
Buckwheat Zydeco
Tori Amos
Frank
Ella
Billie
Dinah
Cranberries
Sweet Honey in the Rock
Yma Sumac
Indigo Girls
Bjork

and myriad others, including loads of classical, opera, musicals, and Ultra Lounge

 

There's not much I don't listen to.

I have a lot of favorites but they change from day to day. The only constant is Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band. Seen them 24 times and going to see them again in a couple of weeks. To be honest though, I do prefer the late 70's era version of the band.

I like Little Feat, Willie Nelson and Lyle Lovett, C,S,N and Jackson Browne quite a bit, too.

I listen to a lot of other Parrothead music, country, rock, folk, singer songwriter stuff, R&B, cajun, reggae, a little Irish, a lot of bluegrass, some jazz and all kind of other stuff.

I guess it's easier to tell you what I don't listen to.

 

I listen to some New Age. Notice the word Some. I like groups like Skyedance, and Enya. Other than that, I don't listen to secular music.

 

Bluegrass collections.
Emmylou Harris
Toby Keith
George Jones
Patty Loveless
Alan Jackson
Johnny Cash
Hank Sr.
Cledus T. Judd
Country music radio stations generally
Jimmy Buffett
Occasionally I get in a hard rock mood and enjoy some KISS, Bob Seger, AC/DC, Black Sabbath

 

BrotherJesse writes:
>>I listen to some New Age. Notice the word Some.
>>I like groups like Skyedance, and Enya. Other
>>than that, I don't listen to secular music.

Greetings Brother Jesse.
As far as I know, Enya is not New Age, although the New Age'ers seem to love her music. Enya is a Roman Catholic, which upsets the New Age'ers when you bring that to their attention.
If you like Enya, check out the album Perfect Time, by her sister, Maire Brennan - if you haven't already. I purchased mine at either Lifeway or Family Christian Stores.

Hope you are doing well on this first Sunday in June.

 

It's funny but, when I was a kid, John Denver was the last person you'd admit you listened to but now that I'm an adult, I like his music a lot. Especially his early stuff before he got so big.

By the way, I'd like to add Steve Goodman to my list. I can't believe I forgot about "Chicago Shorty".

 

??? Enya is not only new age but one of the biggest new age artists out there.

 

??? Enya is not only new age but one of the biggest new age artists out there. </font>[/QUOTE]I think he's referring to the spiritual movement of New Age instead of the music store category of "New Age".

 

All of you have great tastes in music, and have picked some great artists.

Some direct comments to some of you:

ScottEmerson writes:
&gt;&gt;Beatles (Their early period, before their music
&gt;&gt;got weird)

WHAT? Revolver is the greatest rock album of all time, even the folks at VH-1 agreed
(according to their website) and they never get anything right.

BaptistBeliever writes:
&gt;&gt;The Beatles (all phases except for the dreadful
&gt;&gt;parts of the White Album and Let It Be)

&lt;still laughing&gt;
You mean like the cheerleaders screaming "Hold that line" in Revolution 9???!!

Dr. Bob Griffin writes:
&gt;&gt;Have a hard time getting through a day without that spiritual giant JOHN DENVER

&lt;laughing again&gt;
You mean the pantheist?? Great music, but twisted doctrine! Good choice, Dr. Bob. I will follow your lead, and publicly acknowledge my love for his music as well.


Alright, to add to this wonderful eclectic list of groups/performers:

Crowded House (the most underestimated band of the 80's)
Gypsy Kings

 

Christian:

Vineyard praise and worship.
Phil Keaggy
Jim Cole
Iona
Edens Bridge
Crystal Lewis
Out of the Grey
Steve Bell
Phil Driscoll
Waterdeep
Bruce Carroll
Kathy Trocolli
Third Day
Big Tent Revival

Bluegrass and "Old Timey":

Lonesome River Band
Tony Rice
Norman Blake
Dry Branch Fire Squad
Larry Sparks
Gary Brewer and the Kentucky Ramblers
Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys
Longview
Richard Bennett
Doc Watson
Jack Lawrence
Blue Highway
Rhonda Vincent and the Rage
Alison Krauss and Union Station.

Contemporary secular:

The Allman Brothers Band
Neil Young
James Taylor
70's era Jackson Browne
B.B. King
Big Band music(Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, etc)
some Jazz
Andres Segovia

I'm leaving out some in all categories, I'm sure!

Gotta go, my wife is yelling "I'm leaving without you!..." lol!

Mike

 

??? Enya is not only new age but one of the biggest new age artists out there. </font>[/QUOTE]I think he's referring to the spiritual movement of New Age instead of the music store category of "New Age". </font>[/QUOTE]Gotcha.

In that case, he's right. She's "new age" as a marketing category but you guys are right, she and her sister, Maire Brennan, are Catholic.

 

The Brothers Gibb

 

The Brothers Gibb!?!?!?!?

I could never stand that falsetto----even when it
was the style.