Non-Urban Music I want to get into more music.

[Preach]

I've been very strictly hiphop since i started listening to it. there are some other music i like, but it's more like a song here and an album there than a whole genre.

Chronic has been listening to rock lately and sent me a bunch of tracks. We often talk about music so he influences me a little. Here's the thing. Two things he has shown me has appealed to me. Through listening to songs he sent me i re-discovered my love for the sound of the guitar. I promptly listened to "Dark side of the moon" and realized that album is so great i want to kill myself. I love the sound of it, the way the instruments are played, the compositions. Another song I think he sent me that I liked was an industrial rock track by Kidneythieves. I checked more of their music and liked a few songs. "Before I'm Dead" rawked.

If anyone can do so, please use this information to suggest some albums for me. I will rep of course

 

[Casey]

You came to the right place.

You mentioned that you liked industrial. In that case, start with Nine Inch Nails and the album "The Downward Spiral"....and also "Year Zero" which came out this year, a few months back and is my #1 album of 2007 so far. That has a whole theme to it so I think it would appeal to you if you like Dark Side Of The Moon as well.

 

[Rahim]

george michael is good too!

 

[EDouble]

George Michael what the fuck

 

[ChrisZimbo]

lol ^

 

[Jeremy]

You just now listened to Dark Side of The Moon? Talk to me on AIM. I'm a huge Pink Floyd fan. I rarely listen to hip-hop anymore.

 

[Flipmo]

ATB - No Silence.

It's Electronica. Some great tracks on that album like Marrakech, Ecstacy and Here with me.

It's 3 years old though, was released in 2004.

 

[Casey]

ATB - No Silence.

It's Electronica. Some great tracks on that album like Marrakech, Ecstacy and Here with me.

It's 3 years old though, was released in 2004.

Ahhh that takes me back. I havent heard that name in years.

9PM (Till I Come) was my jam of '99. Or was it '98? I forget.

 

[Illuminattile]

Coheed & Cambria

 

[Preach]

You just now listened to Dark Side of The Moon? Talk to me on AIM. I'm a huge Pink Floyd fan. I rarely listen to hip-hop anymore.

nah six months ago. i'm bad at changes. i need long transitional phases, or they happen without me even thinking about it. it took me six months from thinking "hey, this cd is actually fuckin nice" to the point where i admitted to myself i like this type of music and want to check it out more.

George Michael what the fuck

actually, there are a few older george michael songs i like for the beats alone lmao. when i was a younger my dad would listen to that one album that had the song "fast love" on it. so it takes me back to road trips to sweden and other fond childhood memories. it's more about the memory than the music, and to a lesser extend, the man behind the music lol.

 

[Preach]

btw as far as nine inch nails goes, i'll give it a shot, but i am filled with prejudice. with no reason what so ever. seriously, for the life of me i can't figure out why, but i'm negative towards it lmao.

 

[Salar]

If you want to expand these are some albums that you have to get and listen to, some of them you'll think they're shocking to begin with but they grow on you so fast it's not even funny.
Nirvana - Nevermind (Get their greatest hits as well)
Oasis - Whats the story
Radiohead - Kid A
Radiohead - OK Computer
Radiohead - The Bends
(Anything Radiohead)
Arcade Fire - Funeral
Tool - Enema
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream (get their greatest hits as well)
Garbage - Version 2.0

Anyway that should get you going...
It's good that you're expanding your musical knowledge. You'll start getting an understanding of music as a whole rather than just a small segment of it.

 

[Glockmatic]

Go for the classics. Late 60's Beatles is a fav, they matured and have songs that aren't just catchy love songs. Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band is my favourite.

If you want folk rock, check out Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan, its a record that influenced many artists when it was released, and still does today.

 

[Preach]

how do i put this. i find the beatles music too sappy. i have no understanding of the music compared to the period of time it was released in, i have no perspective on the beatles, but i do not particularly care for most of their music. it makes me thing about pink vw beetles with yellow rim caps and green dots and shit lol. i know this is basically stupid of me, but i don't really like the beatles and never have lol, sorry. however, if you can specify album names so i can go right on oink and just get whatever you suggest that would of coursely be better. i am lazy, but i am willing to give late beatles a chance. could you name a couple?

could you tell me more about what characterizes folk rock?

 

[Glockmatic]

The late 60's Beatles is where its at, theres no songs like "I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HANNDDDDD!", its a period when they started to experiment with drugs (introduced by Bob Dylan).

Check these albums by Beatles
Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
White Album
Abbey Road

Folk rock is hard to explain. Folk is traditional music, mainly by poor or lower class citizens. It can also be songs that are ripped from the headlines or old stories. Songs like "This Land Is My Land" is a traditional folk song. Now mix rock music in it and it's Folk Rock. "House Of The Rising Sun" by the Animals is an example of Folk Rock, check it out on Youtube and you'll get a feel of it.

 

[Casey]

If you want to expand these are some albums that you have to get and listen to, some of them you'll think they're shocking to begin with but they grow on you so fast it's not even funny.
Nirvana - Nevermind (Get their greatest hits as well)
Oasis - Whats the story
Radiohead - Kid A
Radiohead - OK Computer
Radiohead - The Bends
(Anything Radiohead)
Arcade Fire - Funeral
Tool - Enema
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream (get their greatest hits as well)
Garbage - Version 2.0

Anyway that should get you going...
It's good that you're expanding your musical knowledge. You'll start getting an understanding of music as a whole rather than just a small segment of it.

co sign on all of those albums. defo get some radiohead, pumpkins and obviously nirvana.

 

[Preach]

The late 60's Beatles is where its at, theres no songs like "I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HANNDDDDD!", its a period when they started to experiment with drugs (introduced by Bob Dylan).

lmao at you saying that like it's generally understanded that drugs make better music. you are awesome lol

i'm gonna check those albums. i dont have any headphones next to me at the moment and peeps are sleeping, so i'll check the house of the rising sun later. when someone say "folk rock" i am thinking typical pop-ish rock music with a distorted guitar and drums, but with instruments like the accordion, the bagpipe and similar "folk" instruments. are my very early assumptions of the genre misguided?

 

[Glockmatic]

lmao at you saying that like it's generally understanded that drugs make better music. you are awesome lol

Well TBH, many artists get VERY creative when influenced by drugs. I personally don't do any drugs, but sometimes listening to songs by some artists I want to try

i'm gonna check those albums. i dont have any headphones next to me at the moment and peeps are sleeping, so i'll check the house of the rising sun later. when someone say "folk rock" i am thinking typical pop-ish rock music with a distorted guitar and drums, but with instruments like the accordion, the bagpipe and similar "folk" instruments. are my very early assumptions of the genre misguided?

Well folk music is different in every region. Seeing as you're from Europe, maybe folk music there has accordions and bag pipes. In East Asia the folk music would have Erhu's and Pipa's. In North America its acoustic guitars and harmonicas mainly. Folk rock incorporates the lyrics of Folk music, but the instruments of rock. Like A Rolling Stone by Bob Dylan is an example of Folk Rock.

 

[Preach]

yeah. basically i didn't know all the names for asian instruments and such but i know off them. the sitar is one, the banjo is another i guess, although i'm not sure where any of those two really come from. i strongly believe the sitar is indian.

it's funny, but acoustic guitars and harmonicas and those two alone are actually pretty much considered norwegian folk instruments too i think

as for the drugs, steer clear lol. if you have done various drugs, the contrast you experience when you listen to drug-inspired music is smaller, and the degree of being mind blowed, lower. besides, part of me wants to kick the weed too.

 

[Little Skittle]

yeah. basically i didn't know all the names for asian instruments and such but i know off them. the sitar is one, the banjo is another i guess, although i'm not sure where any of those two really come from. i strongly believe the sitar is indian.

it's funny, but acoustic guitars and harmonicas and those two alone are actually pretty much considered norwegian folk instruments too i think

as for the drugs, steer clear lol. if you have done various drugs, the contrast you experience when you listen to drug-inspired music is smaller, and the degree of being mind blowed, lower. besides, part of me wants to kick the weed too.

Interested in newer punk/ alternative at all?