Music
A year ago, if I knew the kind of music I'd be listening to today, I think I probably would have scoffed at myself. That's right, scoffed. Not actually sure how to do a scoff, but I'd figure it out. My point is, my tastes in music have changed drastically. Last year I was listening mostly to country and the hits from today, things like Rascal Flatts, Shania Twain, Alan Jackson, Eminem, Simple Plan, and whatever crap was (and is) played on KDWB. Now, I'm finding myself listening to alternative and that sort of music, some popular music too such as Fallout Boy and The All American Rejects, but I'm also listening to things such as The Shins, Weezer, Starting Line, Panic! at the Disco, and Franz Ferdinand. I'm not sure why the change occurred, but I'm liking it, seeing as I now have a wide and varying range of musical tastes. The best part is it's not like I switched completely from what I used to listen to; I still listen to all of that (even the crap on KDWB), I just listen to more of other stuff as well. If anybody has any other bands that they think I should download, I would be more than happy to get them. I'm already planning to download Saves the Day as well, but more and more music is always appreciated!
this is side one
flip me over i know i
'm not your favorite record
the songs you grow to like never stick at first
so i'm writing you a chorus
and here is your verse
this is side one
flip me over i know i
'm not your favorite record
the songs you grow to like never stick at first
so i'm writing you a chorus
and here is your verse


9 Comments:
At 8:41 PM ,
Emily Powell said...
Tilly and the Wall, Imogen Heap, Architecture in Helsinki, Ani DiFranco, Halloween Alaska, Snow Patrol, Nick Lachey, Elliott Smith, Beck...
I could go on and on...
At 9:11 PM ,
Matthew B. Novak said...
I saw Architecture in Helsinki... they were ok. I'd make a ton of suggestions:
Stuff you have to get:
Rilo Kiley, Neko Case, White Stripes, The Kinks, Carlos Santana, Death Cab for Cutie, They Might Be Giants.
Stuff you should get: Arctic Monkeys, The Doobie Brothers, The New Pornographers, The Elected, The Postal Service, The Soviettes, The Strokes, The Cure, Ween, Wilco, and Flogging Molly.
A lot of these I can hook you up with a song or two if you want. Just let me know. Also, check out Cities97 on Sunday nights at 9 - there's a great hour of new, independent, and imported music. It's called Freedom Rock. I love it.
At 9:42 PM ,
Eric Michael Peterson said...
two comments... one, i have walked out of a beck concert before, two, snow patrol is pretty cool, i saw them many a year ago at first ave.
Oh and I have all but the newest white stripes and a TON of death cab as well.
oh one more thing... ween.... lol... ok im done.... ween...
At 10:56 PM ,
Alan said...
i am upset by the lack of CAKE* in this list...
also you could look into:
-the decemberists*
-Dresden Dolls
-Mates of State*
-the raincoats
-DJ Shadow*
-handsome boy modeling school
-julliette and the licks
-the killers*
-le tigre
-belly
-modest mouse*
-depeche mode
-gomez*
-phantom planet*
-pretty girls make graves
-poe
-the roosevelts
-sage francis*(listen to "broken wings" before anything)
-scissor sisters*
-the smiths*
-smoosh
-T.A.T.U.
-toad the wet sproket
-wilco
thats the quick list... i left out what was already mentioned
the ones with stars are the ones you should really listen too
At 11:57 PM ,
Matthew B. Novak said...
Ween... that's a good "explore your musical tastes" group. They've got some good music. ;-)
Alan, I already said Wilco. And some of these bands you listed aren't really worth the time you'd waste listening to them. Actually, the more I look at your list Alan, the more it looks like you've embraced every single independent-label artist. That's just as conformist as only listening to top-40 stations. What kind of crummy fringe-of-society-artist are you? The conformist kind? Man, that's just weak.
At 11:59 PM ,
Matthew B. Novak said...
Also Emily, I'd recommend you check out Chumbawumba. It's hard to find any MP3's besides "Tubthumping" and "Mary, Mary", but they've got some great songs. I've owned 3 of their albums, but sadly two have been ruined, otherwise I'd loan 'em to you.
And keep us updated on your listening!
At 12:31 AM ,
Alan said...
you should also download a lot of john hiatt. he's a favorite of mine.
At 2:25 PM ,
empeterson said...
thanks guys, my music downloading program has sucked lately, but when it gets better i will be sure to download this stuff...well, some anyway. i actually have downloaded a bunch of it (well, 3 or 4 groups) before this but i didn't list everything in the genre that i have!
At 1:55 AM ,
Anonymous said...
I know this is old, but I say Sufjan Stevens.
Ryan Vanasse
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