Reluctant Adventures In Music I Don't Like...
 

Decided to make a new journal. Feeling inspired and rest assured, there will be regular posts in both of my journals from here on out...

Forum member Exo_ has inspired me, after more or less putting me in a timeout corner, to venture out, to seek out music I know I have never been fond of as a way to possibly open my heart up to it. Ever since I took notice to music, I have had a specific taste in what music I like/lover, whatever way you could spin it. There have been very few pop artists, country artists, rap artists, so on and so forth, that I have found anything I could connect with musically, to any of those genres I mentioned. Michael Jackson is an exception, the guy made great music.

This thread will serve its purpose in documenting my adventures. I will post up little comments on artists I have checked out, outside of the genres I listen to every day. I hope that this will make me less bitter toward a lot of the artists I despise now, such as Taylor Swift or Niki Minaj...however her name is spelled. I think that my music knowledge could very well be a bit stunted with how closed minded I am to other genres of music I have openly expressed are garbage these days. I want to change my opinion on those genres.

I'll be checking out:

Pop
Country
Rap
R&B (don't actually hate it, just find myself bored of it...)
Emo
Punk (so, this genre in no way sucks, I just never found myself connecting with it...)
Folk
EDM
World Music

And some others. I will take suggestions happily. I am eager to start this adventure! Here we go!

Dibs on folk recs!

What are you looking for in that field?

Well, I really don't know really anything about the genre. I couldn't even really describe what true Folk music is, but I know I've heard it. Feel free to just post some things for me to check out, as I'll be pretty new to the genre.

How do you want this to work then? We suggest you stuff in here or via PM? I'd suggest some albums for whichever genre you want.

Loreena McKennitt's The Visit
Simon and Garfunkel's Bookends
Bob Dylan's Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Maybe some Dan Fogelberg as well.

Those are all pretty good starters.

I am fine with people posting suggestions here, my inbox would be overflowing if I had people suggest things via PM.

And, Goofle I can't suggest albums from really any of those genres. I could only give the names of the artists or bands I'd like to really take a good listen to. Truthfully though, I'd rather people just post suggestions, rather than me ask for specific artists or bands I want to check out.

Think that'd work alright?

Cool, first three to check out, thanks! I'll post up my thoughts within the next day or two Sounds.

Dibs on emo recs.

I think Emo will be a bit of a task for me to really give it a good listen, the genre always seemed to get on my nerves. But I am up for the challenge of giving it a fair shot.

I don't think Goof was asking you for albums, I think he was offering to suggest some.

How about Progressive Rock? You into that at all? Classical? AOR? Ambient?

I thought that might be more what he meant, but I wasn't sure haha.

Yes, I actually do like Progressive Rock, I listen to a few bands in the genre but would love to be exposed to more bands, not so much the popular ones, but also the more obscure bands in the genre. I haven't dabbled much in the Classical genre, actually I'm not too familiar with it outside of what I've heard family listen to when I was little. AOR I know a little of, but still not too familiar with it but would like to dabble it that as well. Ambient? Yeah, I think I have listened to some bands that fall under that, just not too familiar with a lot of it though so feel free to suggest something from each genre you mentioned.

Here are some good classical recommendations:
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Arnold Schoenberg - Orchestral Pieces

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Gyorgy Ligeti - Chamber Music

With your taste for nu metal I figure I'll suggest some trashy rap for idiots like you and me.


Twiztid - Mostasteless

Insane Clown Posse - The Great Malenko

Rehab - Graffiti the World (If you're redneck white trash then this is the crappy rap for you.)

Tech N9ne - Absolute Power (He may be a better rapper than ICP or Twiztid, but he appeals to the same people.)


Actual Good Rap for Angry White Boys...

Necro - The Pre-Fix for Death

Ill Bill - The Hour of Reprisal

RA tha Rugged Man - Die, Rugged Man, Die

Jedi Mind Tricks - Servants in Heaven, Kings in Hell

Checking them out after I get home from work. Thanks Frownland! Keep'em coming. Pretty excited to dive in to Classical music!

Well, I wouldn't say I have a particular taste for nu-metal, but...ya'know.

I'll check your recommendations out after work, haha I still need to check out the ones you PM'ed me too.

Don't worry folks! Listening to these suggestions, just taking it all in and gather my thoughts. I should have something up for review soon.

I've got some Country recs for ya.

Dwight Yoakam - This Time
Br5-49

I'm not even a fan of country, but these caught my attention.

As for prog rock, assuming you haven't already heard these:
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Fact and fiction by Twelfth Night
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A tower of silence by Anubis
and of course
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Script for a jester's tear by Marillion

If you like a bit of folk with your prog, try
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Heart full of sky by Mostly Autumn
or for something with a bit of metal in it,
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Subsurface by Threshold
and
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Room V by Shadow Gallery

I thought I was in the Awful Album Artwork Gallery thread for a moment then.

And i'm slightly bored of posting the same Hip Hop (ish) recs to everyone so I'll hit you with a few I don't see around much.

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Tha Alkaholiks - 21 & Over

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Das EFX - Dead Serious

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13 & God - 13 & God

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Infinite Livez vs. Stade - Morgan Freeman's Psychedelic Semen

http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/60bc2770a23...0a/3711953.jpg

B L A C K I E - True Spirit and Not Giving a Fuck

Twelfth Night is great. I second TH's recommendation.

So!

Here is a summary of what I thought about what has been recommended to me thus far...

Overall, I liked everything that was recommended. The rap was a little hard for me to get a taste for, but I started having fun with it so that gave me a way to connect with it. The classical I thought was awesome! Relaxing and perfect for when I am reading, I certainly want more recommendations for that. Bob Dylan was awesome, love how he writes his music. The progressive stuff you recommended Trollheart, I liked it all, but I have always liked prog, I just need to explore more of it outside of what I know.

So, good job everyone. Mostly all of this stuff were hits for me. So please recommended more!

Here are some more hip hop recs.
Billy Woods - History Will Absolve Me
Madvillain - Madvillainy
El-P - Cancer 4 Cure
Aesop Rock - Float
JJ DOOM - Keys to the Kuffs
Themselves - The Free Houdini

Any particular hip hop that appealed to you?

What about the country recs?

Pretty much all of what you suggested did. But given that rap has always been hard for me to listen to, it took me putting myself in an open minded, frame of mind, to have fun with it and then eventually enjoy it.