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totaji
So, what type of music do you listen to?
January 13, 2010 06:51PM
How the f*#& do you answer that one?
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M. Johnson
Re: So, what type of music do you listen to?
January 13, 2010 07:32PM
Well, I don't really like music, so I don't worry about it.

I'm surprised the question still gets asked as much as it does. I abandoned such dead-end generalities long ago, and now try and ask things along the line of:

The last time you listened to music while taking a bath, what was it?

or

Did you play any music while cooking breakfast this morning? What was it?
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nosepail
Re: So, what type of music do you listen to?
January 13, 2010 07:47PM
"Mostly hard rock, some rap, some alternative pop, and some country because my boy likes it. A lot of old dinosaur stuff from my college days. Always CDs, never the radio."

That usually gets it done.



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nosepail
Re: So, what type of music do you listen to?
January 13, 2010 07:52PM
Hey, Brad Paisley is not too bad!
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MrFab
Re: So, what type of music do you listen to?
January 14, 2010 10:17AM
"Music that falls between culture's sofa cushions."
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breno
Re: So, what type of music do you listen to?
January 13, 2010 07:49PM
I generally just dodge the question when asked, since I can usually tell that the person asking is just dying for me to say something nice about Nickelback or Brad Paisley or someone else I care nothing about.
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breno
Re: So, what type of music do you listen to?
January 13, 2010 07:59PM
I've got nothing against Paisley. Just someone I've never taken the time to listen to, and who I always get confused with Kenny Chesney.
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Nile
Re: So, what type of music do you listen to?
January 13, 2010 11:55PM
I'm not particularly found of country music, but Brad Paisley is an extraordinary guitar player with overwhelming talent. I regard him in much the same way as I do Albert Lee and Chet Atkins.
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Michael Toland
Re: So, what type of music do you listen to?
January 14, 2010 06:56AM
"Good music."
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Jermoe
Re: So, what type of music do you listen to?
January 14, 2010 08:03AM
I usually just name the 3 or 4 things I've been listening to recently and get blank stares in response.

Last night I made the mistake of mentioning the group The Seventy Sevens in a conversation about hard-to-find OOP music.

My friend: Who are they? What kind of music are we talking about?
Me: Um, they're usually categorized as Christian Rock, I guess.
My friend: Like Stryper?
Me: No.
My friend: Well what are they like then?
Me: In the eighties, I guess they were considered part of a reaction to the dominant white bread CCM scene. Then, they became more singer-songwriter based, maybe. These days, I think they've gone in a blues-type direction.
My friend: So they're like Jars of Clay?
Me: ....



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entropy
Re: So, what type of music do you listen to?
January 14, 2010 08:28AM
Boogie thrash.
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erikalbany
Re: So, what type of music do you listen to?
January 14, 2010 09:23AM
"I have a catholic reach," is my typical answer.
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HollowbodyKay
Re: So, what type of music do you listen to?
January 14, 2010 11:08AM
I just repeat the following mantra until I'm numb to all critical thinking:

"It's-all-just-music-it's-all-just-music-it's-all-just-music!"

And before you know it, I'm feeling fine and ready to resume my day.
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thieves army
Re: So, what type of music do you listen to?
January 14, 2010 12:22PM
the exchange always goes like this:

"so what do you listen to?"

"mostly stuff that isn't really popular, you probably wouldn't be familiar with most of them" ***note, I know this is such a pretentious answer, but its accurate and I try to say it as modestly as I can.

"oh really, like who? Come on, name some"

*names some bands that I'm currently listening to*

"ok, you were right - I'm not familiar with any of them"

*sigh......*
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Jermoe
Re: So, what type of music do you listen to?
January 14, 2010 02:15PM
Welcome to the TP board, thieves army...
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Delvin
Re: So, what type of music do you listen to?
January 14, 2010 01:54PM
My stock answer used to be: "Willie Nelson, Van Halen, Mozart ... you know, that sort of thing."

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STEVE
Re: So, what type of music do you listen to?
January 14, 2010 01:58PM
a garage band in some neighborhood..
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jcakp
Re: So, what type of music do you listen to?
January 15, 2010 12:14AM
a common answer, at least around these parts, is "oh, i listen to a bit of everything", which, at least around these parts means, "oh, i love everything i see on mtv and hear on the classic rock station, but i also own bob marley's 'greatest hits'. "

me? i only listen to hasil adkins and jandek. occasionally i'll throw on something by whitehouse or magma, but won't be very interested in it.

however, a lot of my conversations seem to go like this:

[www.youtube.com]

or this:

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(oh, and i'm the guy trying to buy the beefheart record, btw)
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kieralilly
Re: So, what type of music do you listen to?
January 15, 2010 06:37PM
you mean that band from that town next to the guy with the awesome yard?
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totaji
Re: So, what type of music do you listen to?
January 15, 2010 06:51PM
Nile, you jest but there is some truth to that answer.

I go with "all kinds of stuff" and "mostly obscure sh*t."
"The best of all types of music" is one that sorta works. I like alot of old music so thats easy. I don't explain my obsessions with Parsons, Cale, Bolan or Bowie but I do like the Beatles, Stones and BBs. That works for most.

M.Johnson - No likey music? this place must be a bore for you.
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Nile
Re: So, what type of music do you listen to?
January 15, 2010 01:56AM
totaji wrote:

> How the f*#& do you answer that one?

o Neo-Progressive Death Gospel
o Industrial Twee
o Spazz Pop
o Alkali Jazz
o Klezmer Carnatic Ragas
o Accordian & Bass
o Hardcore Bluegrass Metal
o Anything by Tiny Shostakovich

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Delvin
Re: So, what type of music do you listen to?
January 15, 2010 07:39AM
Actually, it's often easier to answer that question by telling the asker what you choose not to listen to.
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blasmo
Re: So, what type of music do you listen to?
January 15, 2010 08:21AM
I always say "pretty much everything", and then explain that means only types of music. If they try to pin me down, I usually say I have 60 days worth of music on my computer, and then I hit shuffle.

Or I say "The Mekons" and get the stare.
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zoo
Re: So, what type of music do you listen to?
January 15, 2010 11:01AM
My first response is "All kinds."

When pressed for details, I then respond with genres: "New wave, postpunk (or ''80s alternative' if I don't the they'll understand), prog, jazz, alternative..."

Then, if pressed for specific artists, I answer with ones I think they should have heard of: "Elvis Costello, David Bowie, Kate Bush, Blur, etc."

I generally don't dare drop Comsat Angels or The Chameleons on anyone.
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Delvin
Re: So, what type of music do you listen to?
January 15, 2010 11:27AM
There's one really irritating question I've been getting more frequently in recent years (usually from my co-workers, or my wife's friends). Whenever someone asks what I've been listening to lately, or who I've seen in concert recently, he or she follows my answer with: "Who do they sound like that I've heard of?"

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Jermoe
Re: So, what type of music do you listen to?
January 15, 2010 12:05PM
What I love about that question, Delvin, is (based on a conversation with a co-worker a few weeks back):

Me: Well, I just saw The Gaslight Anthem a couple of weeks ago.
Co-worker: Who are they?
Me: Just a 4-piece rock group from New Jersey, you know?
Co-worker: Like Bon Jovi?
Me: No. Well, maybe a little. I mean, they're more like Springsteen meets The Replacements, with a dash of Tom Petty, The Clash and a couple of other things.
Co-worker: Then who do they sound like that I'd listen to?
Me: Well, they're just kind of punk-influenced, straight-ahead rock, really.
Co-worker: That sounds like Green Day to me.
Me: I don't know, I don't actually listen to Green Day.
Co-worker: I thought you liked music!
Me: I do, I just don't listen to Green Day. I've heard them, of course. They had that "Time of Your Life" song, and they did The Skids cover thing with U2, right?
Co-worker: Who are The Skids?
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Delvin
Re: So, what type of music do you listen to?
January 15, 2010 01:48PM
Ahhh yeah, I hear ya Jermoe.

One of my long-time favorites transpired when I told a co-worker that I had seen the Ramones the previous weekend. He asked, "Who are the Ramones?"

That didn't surprise me much. I explained a bit who they were. He nodded and asked, "So were they playing at McNichols?"

McNichols was the big professional hockey/basketball arena in Denver at the time. Any rock group worth paying to see in Denver must have been playing there, right?

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Jermoe
Re: So, what type of music do you listen to?
January 15, 2010 08:18PM
When I think of McNichols Arena, I think of one man: Alex English.
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hoip chiggs
Re: So, what type of music do you listen to?
January 15, 2010 10:11PM
I remember when music was such an imperative in junior high. Kids would quiz me:

Who sang Cold as Ice?

The Icicles.
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hoip chiggs
Re: So, what type of music do you listen to?
January 16, 2010 09:58PM
Actually, I tell people it's a TP thing. You wouldn't understand.

And they say, A TP thing?

Yes. I only listen to the most obscure, newest, freshest music out there and write about it. Say your 12-year-old daughter was taking piano lessons. After she hits only a couple notes, I would write:

Staccato melody with a salsa beat and middle eastern jazz flavored tones peppered with an Upper West Side sensibility, this songstress truly redefines the post-modern purpose of how a pianist works.

Then they walk away.
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dkhazzam
Re: So, what type of music do you listen to?
January 17, 2010 07:18PM
good music.



[buddylove.us]
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Delvin
Re: So, what type of music do you listen to?
January 19, 2010 09:09PM
> When I think of McNichols Arena, I think of one man: Alex English.

What band was he in?
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Jermoe
Re: So, what type of music do you listen to?
January 20, 2010 07:42AM
Here you go, Delvin:


English and his acclaimed sideman Kiki Vandeweghe were known for their "string music" compositions.
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Nephew Ned
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January 30, 2010 08:43PM




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blasmo
Re: So, what type of music do you listen to?
January 31, 2010 08:18AM
So Vampire Weekend, then.
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