We've already posted photo's of ourselves lately, so why not get go on learning about each other and share what your favourite piece of music is? My favourite piece of music is: Concerto for violin and Orchestra in D minor, op. 47 from Jean Sibelius. (If you don't know it and you's like to hear it you can contact me by e-mail and I might be able to give you a sample) So what's your favourite piece of music?

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Ok, i have many favourites so its hard to pic just one. But ill have to go with "Papua New Guinea" by Future sound of London. Although everything with Jonn Serrie is pretty close... :)

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Impossible to pick one. My taste in music is probably the widest of anyone I know. From classical to rock, hip-hop to folk, new-age to motown. My son is a hip-hop artist, I listen to public radio with classical all day, I love driving to rock and club techno. This would take some deep investigation. Oh yeah, I grew up watching Bugs Bunny which is loaded with classical too. ;)

The live version of Texas Flood by Stevie Ray Vaughn. For three years it was the only song I listened too. I still love hearing it.

Afraid I am with ICM on this one...almost too ecclectic, seven years DJing in clubs, 3 years as a jazz dj on radio, performed in musical theater and grew up with classical music in the house, steady diet of funk R&B and Drum & Bugle Corp in high school, more recently Afro-celt and celtic music ...but... "In Your Eyes" - Peter Gabriel "Firebird Suite" - Stravinski "Appalachian Spring" - Copland I could go on and on....

My music tastes are rather eclectic, classical, new age, techno, motown, classic rock, hard rock, fusions, latin beat, depends on my mood really and what I'm doing, i.e. if it's an Assemblage work = techno or new age, Painting = classical, Sculpture (stone)= techno, latin beat or acid rock, Welding (sculpture)= new age, latin beat or techno, etc....Cleaning the house = dance remixes..;)

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I like most things apart from rap (although I do like eminem) and some classical. Mostly my favourites vary, depending on my mood, but my constant favourite is "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out" by The Smiths. A few of my favourite bands / artists are The Smiths (of course), Talking Heads, Eminem, Kate Bush, Guns n Roses, The Fall, Frank Black, Barenaked Ladies and almost anything from the 80's.

...and my favourite film music is Los Lobos from "Desperado".

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Listen to this... :)

That's pretty Hot.

Difficult to refine choices - Often whole albums are the favourite, and occasional single pieces, but mainstays that always have me coming back for another listen would include: 'The Lark Ascending' by Vaughn Williams (Classical) - brings tears to my eyes and creates a weightlessness in my stomach! 'Into The Light' by Dreadzone (ambient/dub/classical/dance) - the whole album is satisfying and takes you on an eclectic and whimsical sample laden tour of blended sound, ironically also samples a little of the first favourite above! 'Forget the Few' from 'Spirits' by Caroline Lavelle (classical/new age/dance) Produced by William Orbit - beautiful! 'Logical Progression' by LTJ Bukem/Various (Drum & Bass) - just brilliantly done and great to work to! 'Aint Nobody' - Rufus & Chaka Kahn (fusion/dance) - a classic that always makes me want to get and shake it! ;) and many more...

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...'Clocks' & 'Spies' by Coldplay - incredibly well written, produced and melodic tunes!

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Slayer, any of the last three albums rock for me. "Circle of Beliefs" is a wonderful tune, like a warm fuzzy blanket, or curling up with an old lover in front of a fireplace... (grins big!) Although I think my favorite pieces range from Lorena McKinnit to Edge of Sanity's "The Other Side"... Some spectrum there!

You've got another "very" eclectic listener here. Classical, classic rock, hard rock techno, fusion, new age, middle eastern, Japanese drums, etc. There is a special place in my heart for traditional celtic music. It just really seems to click with me. A small sampling of some artists I like are: Loreena McKennitt, early works of Clannad, Pentangle, Kate Bush, Metalica, Lisa Gerrard, Dead Can Dance, Phillip Glass, Copland, and Carl Orf. If we are talking movie scores... I like Hans Zimmer's work (Gladiator) not to mention many others. Hey, how about the score to A Nightmare Before Christmas. :-)

I'm one of those "just about anything" people, altho my tastes run to a type of sound rather than a type of music. I'm the easy-listening type (yes, I like Barry Manilow). I don't care for rap or heavy metal, love the 60s and 70s, some country (even more if it's the old country music like Patsy Cline), some classical... For pure sound that makes me shiver - the theme song from Out of Africa and Donny Osmond's Close Every Door to Me from Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat. And I harmonize. Fortunately, I work with people who don't mind me playing music and quietly singing along. :o)

Pop: Vanessa Carlton's "Twilight" Classical: Camille Saint-Saen's "C Minor Concerto" Jazz: Manhatten Transfer "A Nightengale Sang in Barkley Square" Progesive Jazz: Dixie Dregs "When Night Meets Light" Rock: Jethro Tull "Thick as a Brick" Classic Rock: ELP version of Copland's "Rodeo" Country: Leeann Womack "Will You Dance?" Electronic: Isao Tomita's version of Stravinsky's "Firebird Suite"

AH yes, Tull...CLASSIC tune...and the ELP you refer to I believe is Hoedown from Copland's Rodeo...the Tomita sounds interesting too. Alan-ASD you might want to check out Afro-celt Sound System...cool blend of traditional celtic instruments and afro percussion.

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My own Thrashin is what I like to hear,BUT,when I cant shake rattle or rock the roof then I love listening to everything from www.twistedtunes.com(These folks rock with Parodies Especially "OSAMA got run over by a Reindeer") to OZZY and of course The Radio station "FUNKY MONKEY 104.9"

Anything by Incubus is good. Also, I get into Metallica, Limp Bizkit, LINKIN PARK!!!, Jimmy Hendrix, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jewel, Enya, Pearl Jam, Enigma, And many, many more. I lean more towards new rock, but I really have never disliked any other styles of music, other than rap, and country.....lyrics about self pity and wanting to "cap someones ass" just turns me off, LOL. Just kidding. I know not all rap and country revolves around those ideas, I just never care for them.

I listen to all music with the exception of Rap & Opera. I've played ( guitar & harmonica ) Blues, Rock, Southern Rock, Jazz, Country, Folk, Contemporary Christian. Favorite Group is Steely Dan ( love that jazz fusion ) Favorite album is Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon. Favorite song Steely Dan, Deacon Blues.

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Woah...Hey what happened to Lynard Skynard one of my all time Favs....

beatles - while my guitar gently weeps

Another with wide and varied tastes here. I love new age, techno, electronica, new rock, classical, top 40 stuff, you name it, I'll probably listen to it. My absolute faves would have to be: the album "The Eleventh Hour" by Mars Lasar the album "Throwing Copper" by Live Can't think of a bad song on either one. :)

Trippy Kromekat...The Lark Ascending...I have it too on mp3...would have never guessed anyone would have known that piece...and Bolero...Seems like many of us are alike...I like all from hip hop to country to classical...;only thing hard for me to listen to is opera...prob cause I can't understand the lyrics :)

A lot of things from the 80s; The Smiths, Cocteau Twins, Echo & The Bunnymen... and also classical; Bach, I love Ravel's Bolero. Not rap nor techno. That's about it ;-) Josselin

I like Irish, New Age, Chinese, ambient, Native American, Buddhist, Enigma, Era you know that kind of music :-)) and classical music, Mozart, Gounod, Dvorzak..love the New World Symphony,violinconcerts. I like Spanish Guitar (flamenco). I also like lots from the 60-70s (Animals, Bob Dylan, Cat Stevens etc.). I don't like Techno, Trance, Rap, Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Middle Eastern Arab music and most pop music from today.

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Favourite CD is "Operation Mindcrime" by Queensryche. Also like (80s vintage) Iron Maiden, Dio, Black Sabbath, Warloch, Jethro Tull sort of stuff.

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There is too much great music around to isolate it to one piece. I like everything but rap and opera. My favoirte right now is a new artist named Vienna Teng. Her new song 'gravity' is just wonderful. I saw her perform it on Letterman and ordered the CD as quick as I could. I like Windham Hill and Tangerine Dream for brycing music. Techno is good too. I could also listen to Rush all day along with a lot of other progressive rock and alternative and metal bands. Metallica is nice when you really want to hear some crunch! Mozart piano pieces are great and so are the great symphonies of Bach, Beethoven, Handel and Mozart. Music is so rich and diverse and that is what makes it so amazing. The world would be an empty place without it. Great thread here! Scott : )

Like most here my tastes range across a great variety of styles, but if I am down and blue the the last movement of Beethoven's 9th does it for me every time.

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Quite a lot of styles, but I do tend towards the newer metal, but not in its speed or trash incarnations. Also, guitar or power pop. OTOH, there are some specific slower songs that I adore: James, Sit Down Billie Myers, Am I Here Yet? Coldplay, Clocks Big Country, Chance Jovanotti, Ragazzo Fortunato Jamiroquai, Cosmic Girl then there are old songs like Jefferson Airplane and Somebody to Love, or White Rabbit. Or the early Who.

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Hmm, tough question, but here goes: Vivaldi's Concerto in F for Three Violins -rather uplifting Loreena McKennitt's Samhain Night -I am Wicca afterall :) Anything from Led Zepplin -I dig their bluesy tunes. NIN and/or M. Manson -we all have a dark side And, oh, about a million other songs from about as many other artists. ;)

Cool. There's a lot of those songs that I never heard of, but I do know some of them. ACtually, I think I once played Camille Saint-Saen's "C Minor Concerto" myself. I'll do a search to try and find it.

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"Keep on truckin' momma",(Truck My Blues away!)
can't remember whether it was Hot Tuna or not.

Lorenna McKennett's good! Her singing does something to my ear that travels well past my brain. There's a few other
female singers that do that to me though - but perhaps not as well.

BB King's "The Thrill is gone" drives into a part of me that I can't seem to reach myself anymore; Lonelyness What's That?

LZIV & Song remains the same "Stairway to Heaven" an Unmaterialized Promise of a better life.

Of course I couldn't have lived in Fresno with out hearing
the perfect country and western song which goes something like: "It was rainin the day my momma got out of prison
and I went out to pick her up in the rain
but before I could pick her up in my pick up truck
she got runned over by a damned old train
...and I'll hang around as long as you will let me
and I never minded standin' in the rain"

Classical:
Cannon in D, the cat fugue,Anything by Wagner.

When I played guitar it was mostly old blues leads and Bob Dylan songs "Hurricane", "Positivly 4th Street", "Mediteranian Homesick Blues"

oops it goes "I was drunk the day my momma got out of Prison ..."

bikermouse, my wife & I just saw BB King a couple months back at Foxwoods Casino. Fantastic show, Thrill is Gone was the finale.

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Rayraz - The C-minor is usally called the "Organ" Concerto. Glad you started this - it's interesting to see what people like!

Then it's another one then the one I played. I play the viola (and the violin). But the extra info makes it easier to find it. thanx.

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Here's a link to what I don't like. I like almost anything else. I LOVE anything blues.

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I'm in the ecclectic group too. I like most every type.. jazz - traditional, new age, acid rock - 70's,90's and 00's-- I really like [LINKIN PARK] and Incubus hiphop/pop (todays hits) techno/trance country - old and new classical - all ... well, except ahhhhhpra, just a little screeching goes a long way :-) world beat - Japanese (koto, kabuki), Celtic, Aboriginal, Native American what music I listen to prolly depends on what I'm doing, like working out in TaeKwonDo.. something fast like techno, working on the computer either classical, jazz or world beat, driving hummm prolly a mixture of country, rock, hip-hop .. changing stations becaue of commercials oh.. a bit about me.. I'm 46 and live in a small college town.. College Station .. home of Texas A&M .. Gig'em AGGIES

id have to say Sisters of Mercy. anything off their "Slight case of overbombing" album

"id have to say Sisters of Mercy" It's true that their cover of Gimme Shelter is excellent, and 1969, and... Josselin

mmmm... Sisters goood... Bury Me Deep...

Hey uncle bobby, Linkin Park Rocks! Listening to High Voltage right now. Disturbed and Limb Bizkit are cool too. I also like Rap; Dr. DRE, Busta Rhymes, Eminem, Snoop doggy dogg, Wu-Tang Clan, Run DMC, DMX, Brainpower they're all great.

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Blues and jazz are cool too. Don't listen to it very often (don't have very much of it, just a few MP3's from MP3.COM's free disks) but every once in a while I'm in the right mood.

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gad..I've been listening and playing since '65, I can't say one song is my fave. I like oh...a little jazz, ragtime, Classical (baroque and classical, don't really get with the '12-tone stuff'), heavy metal, progressive, 80's new wave, lots of the 'jangle' alternative stuff from the late 80's/early 90's, techno, a smidgen of grunge, and anything that's fun to drum to..;)
Dang, where to start; Deep Purple, ELP, Yes, Genesis, Kansas, Curve, Cure, Smiths, Ultravox, Cult, Connells, Jethro Tull, Orb, Chemical Brothers, Allman Brothers, Blues Brothers, Living Color, Moby, Marillion, Church, Mission UK, U2, Sisters of Mercy, c'mon..I've got 600 LP's, 300 CD's, and lawd knows how many downloaded MP3's..;) And you want just one?..;)

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I don't have specific favourites but the follow are my most returned to disc's: Classical: Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 / Yo-Yo Ma - Japanese Melodies Jazz: Jan Garbarek - Works Rock: Pink Floyd - A Momentary Lapse of Reason, The Wall / NIN - Fragile / Rammstein - Mutter, Live Aus Berlin (have this on now actually)/ Deep Purple - Made in Japan / Yes - Yessongs, Drama New Age (I hate that title) Tangerine Dream - Optical Race

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Bach, toccata and fugue in D minor... Physical Graffiti is a personal favorite. Rush, Soundgarden, Alice and Chains, Tool, System of a Down, Helmet, Satriani, Robert Johnson, ZZtop, Iron Maiden, Jimi Hendrix, Yes...

A favorite? Do we have to pick a favorite...sometime Queen or Moody Blues, sometime Celtic, sometime Vivaldi, Motzart, Bach or Chopin...and there are many, many more. I just don't like to limit myself with what I listen to, I guess that it is kind of like artwork...there isn't a genre I tend to dislike there either.

I have been a fan of all Savatage music since they first released their Sirens Album.... I have all their music including some music under their former name of Dr. Butcher. I am a Hard Rock/ Heavy Metal listener. Used to play in a band and will never be able to get music out of my blood... I also love listening to a good Symphony and some Orchastral music. I am fascinated by anyone that can fluently play the violins of Paganini's creation. I can not stand listening to Opera.

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Paganini's pieces are VERY difficult to play. I've had a try once, but I didn't get very far in the hard parts. I could play all the notes, but not really fluently. I'm now at the point that getting better at the rate I'm used to takes 2 hour of practice a day to get the technique perfect. Unfortunately I don't have the time to do that because of all the exams I have this year. Sometimes I work really hard for a week or more to try and save some free time to make some progress for a week or two, but after I've had 3 or 4 days time school already catches up and I don't have much time to practise. That's actually very frustrating since I realy want to get really good at playing the violin and viola. I'm already better then the average violinist of my age (according to some people I work with) and my teacher says I've made great progress the last couple of years, but I just feel like I could have done twice as good if I had more time. Within a mont or so my exams will be over and I'll have all the spare time I want and then I'm planning to kick some paganini ass (or at least some other really nice, but hard pieces of music).

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The problem with my current viola is that it's not the most easy instrument to play with. It's got a really nice sound, but it's hard to get the maximum out of it. If I play something with difficult notes I have to really have good technical skills to make it sound good. When I play it right though I can amaze people with the sound the instrument's got and then it all comes together. Good thing is that I didn't find wolf-tones (is that the english term?) yet. My viola is my best friend in the world, I like it even better then Phtalo (my computer). Music is the most beautfull thing there is.

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I am impressed with the diverse and sophisticated musical repertiore we Brycians have! I, like many others, have huge eclectic selection from which to choose. Off the top of my head, this week's favorites are: "Heaven and Hell" (Album) Vangelis "Symphony for the New World" No. 9 Dvorak "Fanfare for the Common Man" Copeland "LeftOverture" (Album) Kansas "Banba" (Album) Clannad "Melrose" (Album) Tangerine Dream "Heartfelt" Fourplay (Album)

Mozart, Adagio and Fuge in Cminor (K 546)

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Quatuor pour la fin du temps from messiaen is great too. I've heard it played life and I was lucky enough to sit close enough to be able to read the music as the musicians where playing. Great tension builing up in the piece. I can go to some relatively exclusive concerts (no more then 100 or 150 people) for extremely low prices and those concerts are always of top-quality. Afterwards you can speak with the musicians and check out the score (according to my dictionary that should be the right word) and analize the music.

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I'm gonna have to go with albums Aphex twin, selected ambient works 85-92 Global communication, 76:14 Dreadzone, "into the light" and "sounds" Orbital, the brown album Future sound of London, Accelerator Air, moon safari David Holmes, Lets get killed CJ Bolland, analogue theatre Jeff mills, The transmission series Luke Slater Four cornered room Uziq, tango and vectif and for an all time classic track, Derrick May, "strings of life". If any body should happen to have the original vinyl of this, it's not worth much so you may as well give it to me, no honest, I wouldn't lie!!!!!!!!

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Rayraz.. have you heard Meteora ? It is awesome, I have the enhanced CD version (2 disk set) that has a DVD with the making of Meteora on it, well worth the extra bucks.

Don't have it yet. I'll have a look. Is there a making of the points of authority video on the DVD too?

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no .. just Meteora. I have the Frat Party DVD with the video The End on it.. VERY GOOD !! When I was at Best Buy last weekend I noticed there was a second DVD with The End on it as well as Point of Authority Video. Yeah the song is on Frat Party.. but it's just clips from a concert (still great in any event).

I don't have a favorite piece. I love Kasmir by Led Zepplin and a lot of there other stuff. U2 is my favorite group. I like stuff from every album they've ever done and they have a few albums that I like every song on. thats very hard to do. I like, Live, Pink Floyd, Rolling Stones-mostly 60's and early 70's stuff tho. J. Giles only the 70's stuff,can't stand "angel is a centerfold and their other 80's hits. Can't stand Limp Biscits swearing crap but like "Rollin" Love "In the end" by Linkin Park but didn't care much for the rest of that CD. Cold Play, seems very promising. Love "Clocks" by them. I like a lot of the 70's music that you don't hear played on clasic rock stations (ain't nothing but a house party - j giles. I got to see them in concert pre 1980). I have albums by "Flash in the Pan, Klatuu, and some other very forgotten groups. Yeah, I'm weird when it comes to music, I even liked Disco, but wouldn't ever admit to it, lest I be ousted from society. Also, I like Yanni and Enya and Sarah Mclaughlin. My spelling sucks so if I got anyones name wrong sorry.

Orbital: Nice list of music there. Haven't you missed out The Chemical Brothers, Groove Armada... :)

Whoa, this is tough question... I'm most into classical, but I listen also a lot of... oh, well, everything. So, I'd say... Classical: Absolute #1: Everything by Richard Wagner #2: Everything by Gustav Mahler #3: Everything by George F Handel #4: Everything by Ludwig Van Beethoven #5: Bach played by Glenn Gould Non-classical: #1: Everything by Nine Inch Nails (just love 'em! Or, better, him) #2: Jethro Tull's first 10 albums #3: Everything by Tom Waits #4: Almost everything by Lou Reed #5: The Doors It was hard to narrow the choices... :) Stefano

alright.. i've been doing a lot of thinking.. and i've desided what my favorites are.. my favorite song of all times, the one i can listen to the most, over and over..(although, i can listen to no song more then 4 times in one day, before i don't want to hear it again for a month Would be; "O Fortuna" by Therion... i adore that song with utmost passion.. The other songs that i enjoy hearing the most would be; "One" - Metallica "Du Hast" - Rammstein "When Worlds Collide" - Powerman 5000 "Wolf" - Iced Earth "Kings of the Nordic Twilight" - Luca Turilli "Chop Suey" - System of a Down "Super Beast" - Rob Zombie these would have to be My top songs over all others.