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Post by Valjean87 on Jul 27, 2008 4:11:14 GMT -5
I am very eclectic with my music to as one day I would play Asian Music, then Classical Music, then all kinds of Rock Music.
The Classical Musicians Past and Present: Bach, Hayden, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy, Holst, Shostakovich, John Williams and Phillip Glass
Opera singers: Maria Callas, Beverly Sills, Cecilia Bartolli, Renée Fleming, Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, Andrea Bocelli and Montserrat Caballé will soon follow as some of my favorites.
Asian Music(though most of them are from the Japanese scene): Ayumi Hamasaki, BoA(I know she's Korean but she's sung in Japanese), Malice Mizer, Gackt, Versailles, Crystal Kay, Yuna Ito, Hirai Ken, PUFFY and Chemistry.
Rock Music: Nightwish, Sirenia, Evanesence, Within Temptation, Queen, Iron Maiden, KISS, Razed in Black, Kamelot, Sonata Arctica, Nocturnal Rites
I also liked what I heard from Amália Rodrigues, Lucia Mendez and Amanda Miguel though its something I wouldn't play in the computer CD player but only in my regular CD player that's located on the entertainment center.
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Post by Valancy on Jul 27, 2008 5:10:33 GMT -5
I'm very fixated on musicals these days, but I do occasionally listen to other stuff, too. Mainly classical music then, and there I listen to quite a variety of stuff.
Some of my favourite composers are Mozart, Schubert, Liszt, Tschaikovsky, Beethoven, Strauss, Debussy, Satie, Sibelius and Merikanto. Up to quite recently I mainly listened to instrumental classical music, but I've recently taken a liking to opera and other classical singing, too. I mainly seem to like the German/Austrian/Slavic composers for singing, too, Italian opera rubs me the wrong way somehow. Though of course there are good songs in the Italian ones, too.
I haven't really gathered a big collection of favourite classical singers yet, but I really love Lucia Popp, as well as Barbara Bonney, Frederica von Stade, Diana Damrau and some others.
Other stuff that I like: Enya, Adiemus, Nightwish, Sonata Arctica, some Finnish rock/alternative bands such as CMX, Jim Steinman's music... I also like older swing/jazz type music and 50's/60's music but can't name any special performers right now. And then there's just a lot of random stuff I like listening to but don't often actively seek them out.
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Post by Cia on Jul 27, 2008 5:42:13 GMT -5
Rock, metal, etc: Nightwish, Sonata Arctica, Jim Steinman's music (solo, Meat Loaf...), Within Temptation, Sisters of Mercy, Rammstein... Lately I've also been listening to certain songs by Finnish rock bands like Yö, Don Huonot, Neljä ruusua and so on.
Calm: Gregorian, Sarah Brightman, Clannad, Enya, REM... I also like classical music but I don't know the composers well enough to be able to tell what I like most.
Then there are Abba, Boney M, James Bond film music and other very random bands and artists I found before my taste in music got "harder".
In general I could say that I like melancholy and/or dramatic music with opera-like influences, though somehow opera itself doesn't appeal to me that much. I don't listen to radio or keep up with hit music.
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Post by santtu on Jul 27, 2008 5:51:12 GMT -5
FAVORITE GROUPS/BANDS: Abba, Lighthouse Family, Enigma, Suurlähettiläät, Maroon 5, Gregorian, The Supremes...
FAVORITE ARTISTS: Madonna, Sarah Brightman, Enya, Kylie, Tina Turner, Elton John, Patricia Kaas, Andrea Boccelli, Dusty Springfield...
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Post by Eppy on Jul 27, 2008 6:09:28 GMT -5
I have a very wide & varied music taste and really will listen to anything! Apart from musicals I enjoy classical, opera, rock, indie, club/dance, r&b, "golden oldies" and a little bit of country... A few favourites are Regina Spektor, Coldplay, The Beautiful South, ABBA, Cascada, Hayley Westenra, Mozart, Eva Cassidy, The Killers, John Williams, Imogen Heap, Justin Timberlake, M People, Phil Collins, Meat Loaf, Enya...and it goes on  I also have loads of random wee songs from artists...I really will listen to anything! ha |
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Post by Sandrinoo2004 on Jul 27, 2008 12:11:44 GMT -5
I am kinda eclectic except for rap and techno lol. I listen mainly french variety like Julie Zenatti, Gérald de Palmas, Patrick Fiori, Bénabar, Nolwenn Leroy, Lara Fabian, Victoria Petrosillo, Christophe Willem, Amel Bent ... As for international artist I like Gavin de Graw, James Morrison, Christina Aguilera, Alicia Keys, Chris Daughtry
Bands : Simple Plan, Maroon 5 and Tryo (a french band)
And I really like listening to soundtracks!!! And opera or operette (Jacques Offenbach) but it's a while since I didn't listen to it. And also some classical musical but I mainly listen to it when I am in the car with my dad driving ^^
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Post by Fantasma da Opera on Jul 27, 2008 12:30:59 GMT -5
I rarely listen to music not from Musicals or Film Soundtracks (specially composed by John Williams, or Howard something...the guy from LotR. Well Symphonic-like Soundtracks) But when I listen to commercial music I tend to go to: Enya, Within Temptation, Nightwish (Tarja's Era only), Celtic Spirit and all sorts of Celtic music, Rammstein or The Gift. As for Opera, I prefer to listen to it in the Opera House itself rather than in the CDs. As for the popular songs....I have no idea what they are...I never listen to radio (since the only place were I still have one is my car, and I always put a CD playing) and I have took away MTV and all the similar channels from my TV's at home so I don't even have to pass for those rubish channels when I do some zapping |
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Post by Eppy on Jul 27, 2008 12:52:30 GMT -5
Fantasma - it's Howard Shore  |
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Post by IchBinRory on Jul 27, 2008 14:54:02 GMT -5
Personally I dabble in nearly every genre except rap and Dance. Them 2 do my head in. Anywho... Because I can't think off the top of my head I'll just list what I have in my iTunes at the minute. And I do realise this is non musicals. Just easier for me to list everything lol. Aerosmith Les Mis (even though I'd only listen to it about once every 12 months lol) Amy Macdonald (Girl is a musical genius) Amy Winehouse (same as above) Anastacia (The singer not the movie) Chess Rebecca Andrew Lloyd Webber (Mostly Song &Dance/tell me on a sunday, Phantom is similar to les mis, Love Joseph and and gotta love cats) Moulin Rouge Soundtrack (Ich Leibe es!) Celine Dion Daniel Bedingfield (both albums) Danny Elfman (What's this...What's this....hehe) David Bowie (Labyrinth soundtrack mostly and some other's) David Essex Don Mclean Elaine Page (I love her!) Elisabeth (Essen, Vienna, Dutch, Original Vienna and a few random tracks from various other productions) Evanesence Feist Gerard Butler and Emmy Rossum (AHHHHHH! Why is that there!) Wicked Cats Joseph Jason Donovan (his solo stuff) Kylie Monogue (Well you knew it was coming ) Mamma Mia OLC Mamma Mia Movie cast Mark Ronson Mart Webb (Ahhhhhh! WTF do I have this!) Michael Ball (AKA Mike the Ball, love his solo album) Michael Crawford (funny man but.... die! die! Die!) Jekyll and hyde (Do you really I would ever let you go....mwhahaha) Pandora's Box (Jim Steinman Rocks me socks!) Meatloaf (Look up... ) Bonnie Tyler (Anything Jim Steinman) The Rasmus Rufus Wainwright (The Fabulous) Sarah brightman Scissor Sisters (w00t!) The Woman In White Dance of the vampires (demos and boots obviously) Tanz der vampire Susan Rigvava-Dumas (lot of boots and rebecca) Take That Uwe Kroger Vanessa Mae (d**n she can work a violin) Sweeney Todd (Movie and Original cast) Stephen Schwartz Madonna (the older stuff) John Owen Jones Petula Clarke (just "colour my world", nothing else really) Nobuo Uematsu (The Final Fantasy Composer) Maksim Kate Bush (Godess...) ;D And dozens more, They're just not on my iTunes. lol |
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Post by dorothyzbornakfan on Jul 27, 2008 15:03:38 GMT -5
So far... Madonna(the older stuff from 1983-1997), her dance floor type music as well as her Hard Candy CD didn't interest me so I sold them... Kate Bush(listen to Wuthering Heights and The Man With The Child In His Eyes and tell me you are in heaven) Judy Garland needs love.... Oh and lots of things, ! |
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Post by Valjean87 on Jul 27, 2008 16:02:35 GMT -5
death...you listen to David Bowie! He's great!
I listen not only to the Labyrinth OST but also his old stuff(Ziggy Stardust, Suffragette City).
I can't believe I left out everything Jim Steinman...
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Post by IchBinRory on Jul 27, 2008 19:14:57 GMT -5
death...you listen to David Bowie! He's great! I listen not only to the Labyrinth OST but also his old stuff(Ziggy Stardust, Suffragette City). I can't believe I left out everything Jim Steinman... Love both them Bowie Tracks. I love his duet with queen which for some odd reason I left out of my list. Under Pressure was a brilliant song. |
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Post by Valjean87 on Jul 27, 2008 20:36:30 GMT -5
David is great with just anybody, be it Freddie Mercury or Bing Crosby,  ! Freddie and David are the best in Under Pressure, though Freddie's duet with Montserrat Caballé in Barcelona is just.....wow that the world almost literally shook! |
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Post by Lora on Jul 28, 2008 0:47:18 GMT -5
Just some of the artists that are in my iPod right now.
Some French: Natasha St-Pier, Julie Zenatti, Hélène Sègara, Patrick Fiori, Isabelle Boulay, Patrick Bruel, Calogero, Pascal Obispo, Patricia Kaas, Chimene Badi, Les Enfoires, Lara Fabian, Bénabar, Florent Pagny.
Lots of old Greek (you've probably never heard of, Σοφία Βέμπο, Δανάη etc), Greek Operetta and Mario Frangoulis.
Oldies: Dalida, Edith Piaf, Judy Garland, Bing Crosby, Mario Lanza, Lena Horne, Dean Martin, The Andrews Sisters, Nat King Cole etc.
Loreena MacKenitt, Laura Pausini, Andrea Bocelli, Emma Chapplin, Pink Martini.
Some soundtracks (esp. Nino Rota)
Thee are more. These are just the non-musical ones that I have on my iPod.
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Post by urinetown01 on Aug 26, 2008 11:54:41 GMT -5
I finally get to see the one person I have waited for over 20 years to see in concert! MADONNA! October 30th in Vancouver BC!
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