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I know a great majority of people on this forum enjoy classical rock. And I have also observed that most don't like rap. I was just wondering what part of music attracts you the most. I am a big Eminem fan...his rhyming ability and the topics he covers just amaze me. Although I haven't experienced a life he usually raps about, I can still see where he is coming from with his lyrics. However my music preference isn't just rap. I enjoy bands like Phish, The Doors, DMB, Rage Against the Machine, Oysterhead, String Cheese, and thats just to name a few. The main thing I look for in music is the meaning of the lyrics. When I listen to a Phish song such as "The Squirming Coil" for instance, I really don't understand what is being stated, if there is anything being stated at all. However, the instrumentals are incredible. Thats just a small example of what I think of music. How does everyone else feel about music.

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I don't think,describe in words what music means to me.I remember being in high school and the board had some classical quartet brought in to play for the school.I really was just mezmerized by the quality and perfection it takes to produce those sounds for me.I was thrilled.

That perhaps gave me the real appreciation for music I have now.Plus Mamabear is a classical pianist and celloist.

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Well, I do listen to classic rock, But mostly I listen to Jazz and certain classical periods. I hate rap with a passion that best be ignored, i think it is intelectual filth. Also, contemporay pop music can only be described as childish. While I would 'do' Brittney Spears, I would not and do not listen to her music.

Generaly music is mass marketed to and created by the youth. As such it doesn't speak to me. I never felt comfortable with teen ager culture and now I could care less.

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I don't know what it means to me, I could probably write a poem about it. I'm into rock/alternative, I don't really know what to call it- punk rock, industrial, and some hip hop. I think I'm pretty open to anything except country or pop. Pop makes me cringe....

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imported_brownie

I'm with ya there. I also can listen to anything besides pop or country. cept I do like Johnny Cash and that old school **** he lays down. Although you could almost classify that as folk.

For me music is all about integrity of emotion. If I think its coming straight up from the artist I can usually dig it. One moment I'll be listening to Phish, the next Pearl Jam, then som Bob Marley, maybe some Coldplay, on to DJ shadow, maybe a little Spearhead or Ozomatli, then to some chill acoustic stuff like reedkd or stephen covell, then maybe rage against the machine, anti-flag, bob dylan. As I said it really varies but i feel most of the artists I listen to have the commonality of truth to the music and themselves.

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mindraver

i could write an entire book on what music means to me, but ill keep it short here.

for me, music is a part of my life. it would be hard to be without music for an extended period of time...but even then (and i have been) you can always recall it in your mind when you are not around it.

lyrics do not play a huge roll in my thoughts toward music because i think each of us takes something different away from a song when we listen/contemplate it. also, i listen to lots of electronica type music and much of it is non-lyrical.

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schwadood

Music is love. Period. When I hear a band I am looking for two things, is this guy playing from the heart (I can tell if people are or not) and are these guys having fun. I love to hear bands jam and push the envelope. Go off into places they've never been before and take the audience along for the ride. In fact, the audience is the engine while the music is the rest of the car. I try not to look for a specific sound or style which I enjoy. If I get off, then its good. Whether that be herbie hancock, bill monroe, jerry garcia, or jimi hendrix. its all the same thing. Too many bands out there are too burdened with style. Forget all that bull**** and just play.

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could write an entire book on what music means to me, but ill keep it short here
Ooh, how i feel you...

I've been around music my entire life. My mother, who is the most beautiful person I know, sung to me all through my early development. I used to love to hear "Parkin, Parkin" (Fenniculi Fennicula is the real name, I got my name from the part that goes "Harken, Harken! Music sounds afar!" ) I started piano at 9 and was thoroughly enthralled with the possibility of making my own music. Cello at 12, guitar at 16. Classical music and jazz has surrounded me the longest, I originally started listening to Nirvana and Pearl Jam and such when I was 13. Then, digging deeper into their musical roots, I found Neil Young, who changed my life more than anyone that I don't personally know. His music was so beautiful. His voice was a plea for change and a perfect type of beautiful melancholy. Neil
young eventually led to other classic rock....which is the general sound i like now. Not to say that I don't listen to other kinds of music.

I don't know why I rambled like that in the previous paragraph, but it took a long while so I'll leave it...

Music is the ultimate vehicle to convey emotions. I become so enveloped in the music that it has a powerful control over my emotions...If I'm listening to Jessica, I'll be floating on cloud 9. A Keep On Rockin in the Free World will always put me on edge and make me discontented. Good music is the universal language. No music video is necessary to understand it. No drugs are necessary (although they sometimes help). No "stage show" ala Kiss is necessary. In short, no pretense is necessary. Music is pure power.

DoritosMan

i do know music is esential, i dont know if i could live with out music. If music is made from the soul, its probably good stuff. I dont have any musical talent, well almost none. I have tried to learn a lot of instruments i know a little bit of each but i dont master any i have played (in order of learning). Organ (one of the coolest instruments ever, i was 9), harmonica, guitar and bass. Since i cant play it with my hands i have to listen to it with my ears and heart. Music is energy

I can play a kick ass air guitar though!

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schwadood

Oh my god, deadhead, I can't believe that you said Jessica! I saw the Dickie Betts Band play at a hookahville not too long ago. I was very "high" when the band hit the stage. Imagine seeing thousands of people all smiling whenever that melody came around. I now see Jessica as the happiest song ever written. I still crank it everytime I hear it. (That show also included an instumental Frankin's Tower>Blue Sky. It might have been one of the happiest shows ever)