I like how people think so much of their music tastes that the '2 songs each' thing doesn't apply to them, because what they have to say is too important to be constrained by someone's request. And don't use the 'I couldn't pick just two' arguement, because I'm sure noone has an OCD that means they can't limit any list to two.

I'm sure it's just because I'm in a bitchy mood, but I've really overthought this. He asked people to pick two songs so he could get a small cross-section of everyone's music tastes, not a heap of songs from one person's list. I'm sure if he even got time to download anything from your list, he'd only pick the first 2 songs anyway. Or at least I would.

Please remember this arguement is only semi serious.


The Living End - The Room
My favourite song ever, fullstop. It's an epic song, that's goes through many styles, and Chris Cheney's songwriting abilities make me jealous. My goal in life at the moment is to write a song as powerful as this, and since it came from a band which I respected enormously anyway, I feel inspired to achieve that eventually.

Incubus - Redefine / Vitamin
This makes me hypocritical, since they are two songs, but I never listen to one and not the other. I'm sure many people won't like these, but the whole idea I thought was to pick songs that are unique to your taste. I just like the energy, the lyrics, and the style which I have yet to see in other bands I listen to. Also, the philosophy in them I find thought provoking, something rare for any lyrics I hear. The verses stand out in both songs for me. I hated both songs at first, but they've grown on me incredibly.

My God I love you. This song is fucking insanely awesome.

i haven't heard the original just eric clapton's version

Did Eric Clapton even do a version? I always thought people were just mislabeling the Mason Williams original.

That one is a little bit overplayed. Vivaldi has done much better stuff.

Why do you say that? I love those two, and I know many who do. IMO, SCIENCE is their best album.

Yeah, thats exactly it. Thats what I was trying to say.

I mean people who aren't Incubus fans, if you've got a more mainstream taste those songs are a bit confronting.

to those that listed older modest mouse songs: doesn't the new cd make you sad? i like it, but it's just not the same caliber as the older ones.

I agree 100%.

The Moon and Antarctica is my favorite. By far.

Modest Mouse have always sucked.

I like Sad Sappy Sucker. The new Modest Mouse songs I've heard I do not like.

The people I was talking about aren't Incubus fans...they just have good taste, hah, but yes I still know what you're saying...though I've never thought of that album as something people wouldn't like...I don't know, I don't know enough non-Incubus fans who have heard it and told me their opinion, so I guess I should not say anything, just never an impression I had.

I put it on at a party once, and my friend turned it off because it was 'a bit too much', which is a gay reason for doing anything.

Honestly? I thought Winter was.. It's EVERYWHERE..

Since this is the only music thread I'm going to bother looking for, I think I'll post my essay for college here:

“The Duel That Guitarists Have Always Wished For:”
“Jimi Hendrix Vs Jimmy Page”
As two of the greatest guitarists to grace our earth, Jimi Hendrix and Jimmy Page contributed greatly to the progression of rock music as we know it. Without their prodigious talents, rock may have stagnated, and the resulting cesspool may have stunk worse than anyone could ever imagine (Or ever want to listen to, in this case). Their virtuosities were only surpassed by their respective stage presences. Today, Jimi Hendrix’s and Jimmy Page’s guitar styles and careers will be compared.
Jimi Hendrix was one of the first black guitarists to spring forth with a predominately white audience. He led the Jimi Hendrix Experience, one of the premier, along with Eric Clapton’s Cream, power trios of the 60’s. His style at the time was brutal and raw, shown on his first album, “Are You Experienced?” Hendrix was embraced by the psychedelic movement of the period, and his next album, “Axis: Bold As Love” displayed some of the most beautiful psychedelic guitar work of the periods, along with beautiful ballads such as “Little Wing.” Over the short period in which Hendrix was alive, he changed his styles tremendously. He began as a raw, primitive guitarist, and, by the time of the only live album put out while he was still alive “Band of Gypsys,” he had become one of the forerunners of funk-rock. This album is what influenced such bands as WAR and Parliament. Hendrix’s guitar playing could be as harsh and jarring as a punch to the face, but in the next song, be as tender as a lover’s caress. It is because of this that Jimi Hendrix is one of the premier guitarists to date.
Jimmy Page began his career as a session guitarist, playing on a variety of star’s albums, from the Kinks to Donovan. He was soon picked up to play with the Yardbirds, a band that produced Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck, also leading guitarists of the time. After the Yardbirds disintegrated, Page rebuilt the band as the New Yardbirds, with vocalist Robert Plant, bassist and fellow session man John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham. After their initial tour, they changed their name to Led Zeppelin (named after a famous comment by the Who drummer Keith Moon, who, when he heard of the idea for the band, said the group would “go over like a lead balloon.”) and the rest is history. Where Hendrix was the forerunner in only electric guitar, Page ventured into folk styling with acoustic guitar. Songs such as “Going to California” show Zeppelin’s tender side, and the beautiful subtleties of Page’s playing.

There are two large differences between Page and Hendrix. While Hendrix played some admittedly beautiful songs, the electric guitar never has the beautiful tone of an acoustic guitar, and some of the beauty that could have been enhanced by this tone is lost forever with is unfortunate demise. While Page kept in the spotlight of his band as the lead guitarist, he will never be anything more than just that, the guitarist. Hendrix excelled at playing difficult melodies and singing as the front man at the same time. These two guitarists are elementally different, but have one factor that remains the same. Their music has become our audio history books, and their history will forever replay through our heads.


{I knew everything in there off the top of my head. I'm a self-admitted rock music nerd}

Sparta - Cut your Ribbons
Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet with Butterfly Wings
Goldfinger - Superman
Less than Jake - Boring Town

More music
 

Without A Face- Rage Against The Machine
The Beat Goes On- Talvin Singh

The second one is techno, he dj's in britan, I found his CD in a closet, it's pretty awesome.

Talvin Singh is pretty rad! His music is similar to that of Muslimgauze, only more pleasant on the ears.

T Rabid: Check your PM box.

Answer'd.

Dan-GUH.

I'm hopelessly addicted to this song.

Ennio Morricone - Navajo Joe
Ennio Morricone - Giardino Delle Delizie

Listen to samples of both, as well as other great morricone songs, here: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...glance&s=music