music

[gerbie]

I like my music, but I always find it very difficult to define what my taste is. People ask that a lot, but an easy answer is impossible for me. But as over here I've got plenty of space, I'll try to explain.

I like artists that do something original, like mixing some styles that you'd normally wouldn't expect together (Guru, John Cale)

I like any song that stands up when it is being played acoustic, i.e. only with a guitar or piano (John Hiatt, Fishbone)

I like people who dare to different things, who dare to be different (Elvis Costello, Gavin Friday)

I like someone who dares to make bad albums, but therefore makes other albums even more brilliant (Neil Young, Lou Reed)

I like rock music sang by females (Garage, some Pixies and Sonic youth)

I like songs in languages I can't understand (Cheb Khaled, Reboelje)

I like bands that are even better live than on album (Mano Negra, les Negresses vertes)

I appreciate people who are brilliant, though I wouldn't become a fan of them (Prince, Beck, Miles Davis)

I think I don't like extremes. So I do like hardrock (Queensryche), but no metal. I like Latin music (Buena Vista social club), but not the trashy variety. I like some classical music (Tjaikovsky), but not too often.

I like bands that I think are doing something new (Massive Attack, Radiohead)

I like old music (Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald) and Jazz (Charlie Parker). I like Dutch bands who dare to sing in dialect (Skik, Klinkhamer), knowing that they'll never become huge anywhere.

I like political messages to be put in the lyrics (Donovan, Rage against the machine, Michelle Shocked)

I like bands that put humour in their music (Mojo Nixon) or don't take themselves seriously (The Presidents of the USA)

I love bands for sentimental reasons (Trockener kecks, old U2 albums)

I like bands who influenced the history of music (Velvet Underground, Pink Floyd)

There are some styles that I haven't covered: Ska (madness, Jammah Tammah), Crossover (Gotcha, Red hot chili peppers), Country (Guy Clark) but not too much, Britpop (Blur, Oasis, Supergrass, Pulp).

I've got favorite artists in a lot of countries: Germany (Herbert Groenemeyer), Colombia (Shakira), Italy (Paolo Conte), Belgium (Soulwax), Ireland (Sinead O'Connor) and France (MC Solaar).

I think I could go on for a bit on the subject. I think I missed out several of my favorites still (REM, Krang, John Lennon) and probably some styles as well.

Possibly I could have made it easier for myself by defining what I don't like. Basically anythin that hasn't got any GUTS. Anything that was produced and made up. Any band that didn't form spontaneously.

Comments

Re: Shakira

[gerbie.livejournal.com]

Seguramente en medio ano tu neerlandes sera mejor que mi espanol, porque yo no aprende nada mas, puedo comunicar, pero estoy perdiendo poco a poco, cuando tu vienes alla, con tu talento para idiomas, no sera ningun problema!