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  • wolfbear
    wolfbear Posts: 3,965
    He,he, I saved this thread thinking I would respond soon. Well, it's not soon, but I think it's time to resurrect it.

    1. Represents: Rock from the 60's and 90's. PJ, Doors, AIC, Soundgarden, Neil Young, Stones, Beatles, Depeche Mode, Led Zep, etc.

    2. Outside box: Old blues and classical. Love it but don't listen much.

    3. Guilty pleasure: Monkees.

    4. Admire: Pink Floyd, Allman Brothers, Radiohead.

    5. Despise: Country.

    6. Overrated: Anything pop.

    7. Underrated: Pearl Jam

    8. Current: Arcade Fire

    9. Old school: See #1

    10. Stupid: Mr. Roboto, Styx

    11. Island: PJ - Vitology
    "I'd rather be with an animal." "Those that can be trusted can change their mind." "The in between is mine." "If I don't lose control, explore and not explode, a preternatural other plane with the power to maintain." "Yeh this is living." "Life is what you make it."
  • VictoryGin
    VictoryGin Posts: 1,207
    Group of bands that you feel best represents your taste in tunes:
    Sleater-Kinney, Pearl Jam, Elliott Smith, Gang of Four, Old Liz Phair, Juliana Hatfield, Otis Redding, Metric, Matt Pond PA, The Decemberists, Heavens to Betsey

    Band you enjoy that you consider outside of your personal box.
    I don't know, my box is pretty inclusive.

    Guilty Pleasure
    Used to be Eminem.

    Band(s) you admire from afar but not really your cup of tea
    Arcade Fire

    Band(s) you despise with every fabric of your being.
    Bright Eyes
    Architecture in Helsinki (that almost incites violence)
    Crap rock and psuedo-retro shit

    Overrated...
    Nirvana
    The Killers

    Underrated
    Any of my favorites

    Current music you enjoy
    Spoon, Matt Pond PA, The Decemberists, Sleater-Kinney, Quasi

    Best old school
    Gang of Four
    The Who

    Stupid Song(s) you love.
    Cheap Trick- Surrender

    Alone on an island with 1 album
    Dig me Out, Sleater-Kinney
    if you wanna be a friend of mine
    cross the river to the eastside
  • ms11781
    ms11781 Posts: 88
    Group of bands that you feel best represents your taste in tunes.
    The Clash, Pearl Jam, Rage Against The Machine, Van Morrison, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Mike Patton

    Band you enjoy that you consider outside of your personal box.
    Weezer's first two albums

    Guilty Pleasure
    Elton John
    Michael Jackson

    Band(s) you admire from afar but not really your cup of tea
    The Beatles

    Band(s) you despise with every fabric of your being.
    Guns N Roses
    Linkin Park
    Van Halen

    Overrated...
    The Beatles
    Nirvana
    Guns N Roses
    U2

    Underrated
    Tomahawk

    Current music you enjoy
    Tomahawk - Mit Gas
    Mike Patton/Rahzel bootleg I got my hands on
    RATM - Grand Olympic show
    QOTSA- Rated R



    Best old school
    The Clash's self-titled album - Punk rock at its peak.

    Stupid Song(s) you love.
    H20's cover of Madonna's "Like A Prayer"

    Alone on an island with 1 album
    The Clash - From Here to Eternity
  • AndySlash
    AndySlash Posts: 3,292
    Group of bands that you feel best represents your taste in tunes.

    Pink Floyd, Pearl Jam, Pixies, Johnny Cash, Peter Gabriel, Wyclef Jean, Janet Jackson, James Horner, DJ Shadow, Mussorgsky. Yeah, that'll do.


    Bands you enjoy that you consider outside of your personal box.
    A Silver Mt. Zion
    ...Trail of Dead
    Nick Drake


    Guilty Pleasures
    Janet Jackson
    Sade
    Weird Al Yankovic
    Sesame Street music


    Band(s) you admire from afar but not really your cup of tea
    Tupac
    Frank Zappa
    Grateful Dead


    Band(s) you despise with every fabric of your being.
    Pretty much any modern country act like Toby Keith and Tim McGraw
    Creed/Nickelback/Shinedown/modern 'grunge' acts
    No-talent pre-fab pop artists like Ashlee Simpson and 98 Degrees.


    Overrated...
    See above.


    Underrated
    Blind Melon
    Black Heart Procession
    JJ Cale


    Current music you enjoy
    Secret Machines
    The Mars Volta
    The Ponys


    Best old school
    Classic Rock
    Johnny Cash
    Vince Guaraldi Trio


    Stupid Song(s) you love.
    Love Rollercoaster- RHCP
    Popcorn- Hot Butter
    Chop Suey- Richard Cheese


    Alone on an island with 1 album
    Echoes- Pink Floyd
  • LedZepFan
    LedZepFan Posts: 1,009
    Group of bands that you feel best represents your taste in tunes.
    I guess id have to say my favorites: U2, Pearl Jam, Led Zeppelin, The Clash, The Doors, The Beatles, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Guns N Roses, Stone Temple Pilots, Soundgarden..I like more older stuff and early 90s stuff than anything

    Band you enjoy that you consider outside of your personal box.
    My "box" is growing as of late but some of my more explorational stuff recently would be Johnny Cash, Bob Marley & the Wailers, Beck, Sly & the Family Stone, Jack Irons' solo album, and the weird euro jazz on the Ocean's Twelve soundtrack lol.

    Guilty Pleasure
    Green Day
    some of INXS' stuff
    sometimes Franz Ferdinand, but I can get sick of em

    Band(s) you admire from afar but not really your cup of tea
    cant think of a good answer for this one

    Band(s) you despise with every fabric of your being.
    Nickleback
    Creed
    Lynyrd Skynyrd
    Yes
    Genesis

    Overrated...
    THE RAMONES
    SEX PISTOLS


    Underrated
    Pearl Jam's work post Vitalogy(ESPECIALLY YIELD)
    The Cult
    Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

    Current music you enjoy
    not much..
    Pearl Jam
    Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
    Beck
    new recordings by old artists(new Stones, new McCartney etc)
    Audioslave
    Foo Fighters
    NIN
    Red Hot Chili Peppers

    Best old school
    Led Zeppelin, The Doors, The Beatles, The Stones

    Stupid Song(s) you love.
    again, couldn't think of any

    Alone on an island with 1 album
    Ten or VS -Pearl Jam
    I've faced it, a life wasted, and I'm never going back again.

    Some die just to live.
  • iwalke
    iwalke Posts: 33
    Group of bands that you feel best represents your taste in tunes:
    Pearl Jam, Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave, Soundgarden, Muse, Oasis, Rise Against, New Radicals, Incubus, Tool

    Band you enjoy that you consider outside of your personal box:
    Saul Williams, Lindsey Pool

    Guilty Pleasure:
    Michael Jackson

    Band(s) you despise with every fabric of your being:
    Radiohead
    Black Eyed Peas

    Overrated:
    Nirvana
    The Mars Volta

    Underrated:
    Pearl Jam

    Current music you enjoy:
    Pearl Jam
    Rise Against
    Audioslave
    Panic! At the Disco

    Best old school:
    Run DMC, Public Enemy, The Beatles, Michael Jackson

    Stupid Song(s) you love:
    Chesney Hawkes – I Am the One and Only

    Alone on an island with 1 album:
    Pearl Jam – Ten (Prefer VS. but I think Ten would be better to listen to if you were stuck on an island :p )
  • failedpersephone
    failedpersephone Posts: 3,424
    Group of bands that you feel best represents your taste in tunes.
    The Doors, The Who, Grateful Dead, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Danzig, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, Screaming Trees, PEARL JAM, 10,000 maniacs, Jeff Buckley, Cream, Audioslave, Rem, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Mother Love Bone :) Flying Burrito Brothers


    Bands you enjoy that you consider outside of your personal box.
    RATM
    New York Dolls
    Beck

    Guilty Pleasures
    The Killers
    The White Stripes
    The Darkness (I still think they are in on the joke.)


    Band(s) you admire from afar but not really your cup of tea
    The Clash
    The Ramones
    Bruce Springsteen

    Band(s) you despise with every fabric of your being.
    U2 (generating MORE publicity from the plight of Africa is despicable. Bono lacks authenticity in his actions! MANY very genuine people (musicians included) DO care about Africa, and are able to aid the continent without playing for the cameras.)
    Teen Pop (feeds the monster and kills individuality in our children)
    Any "Musician" that sings/raps about their money and other material things as if this is a reason to respect/emulate them.
    Any "Musician" that doesn't write their own lyrics/music

    Overrated...
    U2
    Nirvana
    Green Day
    Eminem

    Underrated
    Alice In Chains (even here, sob! sob!)
    The Doors (more than just Morrison in leather pants, people!)
    Creedence Clearwater Revival
    SCREAMING TREES
    Tad!

    Current music you enjoy
    Uh, The Killers
    Modest Mouse
    Pearl Jam
    Audioslave (hey, lay off- people!)

    Best old school
    The Doors
    Bessie Smith
    Merle Haggard
    The Who
    Cream (Ginger Baker!!!!)

    Stupid Song(s) you love.
    Every Rose Has It's Thorn
    Like A Cowboy
    The Young New Mexican Puppeteer (Tom Jones!)

    Alone on an island with 1 album
    AAAARGH! uh, "The DoorsTenFaceliftGraceMotorfingerApple By Numbers"
    yep, I cheated. Sorry
    IF YOU WANT A PLATE OF MY BEEF SWELLINGTON, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY THE COVERCHARGE.
  • brhf9
    brhf9 Posts: 1,475
    Group of bands that you feel best represents your taste in tunes.
    - PJ, The Clash, Neil Young, REM, Morrissey/The Smiths.
    and also The Who, Bruce Springsteen, New order, Police, The Cure, Rolling Stones, Faith No More, Oasis, Strokes, Killers, Franz Ferdinand, Interpol, bloc party, razorlight...


    Bands you enjoy that you consider outside of your personal box.
    - "Tehcno/Big Beats" artists like Prodigy, Chemical Brothers, Basement jaxx, Crystal Method.
    - some rap/hip-hop artists such as Beastie boys, kanye west, fugees, etc.

    Guilty Pleasures
    - some 80´s stuff (A-ha, B-52´s, Duran duran, INXS, Tears for Fears, sade, Whan/G. Michael, Pet shop Boys, Billy idol, pretenders...and the trio Madonna/M. Jackson/Prince)
    - old Rock and RnB from the 50´s and 60´s

    Band(s) you admire from afar but not really your cup of tea
    - Ramones, U2, Led Zep

    Band(s) you despise with every fabric of your being.
    - there are a lot of music that i despise( (old/new/hair)metal, most of these "new punk/emo/post grunge" bands) but its not that i hate them. i just ignore and turn my back to them.


    Overrated

    -Coldplay
    -Soundgarden
    -Radiohead
    -The Doors
    -System Of a Down

    Underrated

    -Razorlight
    -manic street preachers


    Current music you enjoy

    -i am always listening to my favs. + brand new stuff that i just heard about.
    but right now i am trying to dig into the pixies and pavement catalogs.


    Best old school
    - Neil Young


    Stupid Song(s) you love.

    -to name one and only one:
    song 2 - blur


    Alone on an island with 1 album

    Pearl jam - yield
    'Go easy, step lightly, stay free!'

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  • psycosmic
    psycosmic Posts: 504
    Echoes wrote:
    Underrated
    ---My Bloody Valentine, The Go! Team

    did you check out the kevin shields remix of ladyflash?
    i thought it was cool but i think i'd rather listen to both seperately...
    ~~~
    Some days you wake up and sit on a park bench next to an eighty year old Russian architect, and some days you don't. I think this is my new life philosophy.

    http://epplehausradio.blogspot.com/

    pearl jam @ the astoria, london, 20/04/06
  • shahril
    shahril Posts: 288
    Group of bands that you feel best represents your taste in tunes.
    ---Pearl Jam, Radiohead, Smashing Pumpkins, Pink Floyd, The Beatles, The White Stripes, The Strokes, Incubus

    Band you enjoy that you consider outside of your personal box.
    ---Coldplay, Oasis, Nirvana, Sufjan Stevens, Elliott Smith, RHCP, Stevie Ray Vaughan

    Guilty Pleasure
    ---Norah Jones?? :D

    Band(s) you admire from afar but not really your cup of tea
    ---Technically brilliant guitarists/shredders

    Band(s) you despise with every fabric of your being.
    ---Simple Plan, The Killers

    Overrated...
    ---Nirvana, The Killers

    Underrated
    ---Incubus (Pearl Jam had their day, so I wont put em here)

    Current music you enjoy
    ---Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans
    ---Audioslave - Out Of Exile

    Best old school
    ----The Beatles

    Stupid Song(s) you love.
    ---The Strokes - Razorblade,

    Alone on an island with 1 album
    ---Radiohead - OK Computer or Pearl Jam - Yield
    I've seen so many people try and copy Eddie Vedder's voice. It's as if if you don't sound like him you're not a man. - Emmett Roslan

    http://theshahril.blogspot.com

    London 20/04/2006
  • evenflow1010
    evenflow1010 Posts: 48
    Bands that represent my taste: Pearl Jam, Pavement, Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr, Smashing Pumpkins, Modest Mouse

    Bands I enjoy outside of my personal box: At the drive-in, david bowie, Funkadelic, Big Black, Blood Brothers

    Guilty Pleasure: I'm not ashamed of what i listen to

    Bands that you admire but are not your cup of tea: Dream Theatre, Rolling Stones, Postal Service

    Bands that I DESPISE: Creed, Staind, Nickelback, Linkin Park, and pretty much any overplayed radio shit

    Overrated: Rolling Stones, U2, STP, Zeppelin, BEATLES, Green Day

    Underrated: Pavement, Dinosaur Jr & J Mascis is general, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Screaming Trees -->Mark Lanegan

    Current Music: Modest Mouse, Mountain Goats, lots of math rock

    Best Old School: Fugazi, Gang of Four, Mission of Burma

    Stupid Songs I love: Mario themesong :)

    Alone on an island album: Modest Mouse - Lonesome crowded west
  • Blyss
    Blyss Posts: 166
    Group of bands that you feel best represents your taste in tunes.

    Jeff Buckley, Pearl Jam, Ben Harper, Bruce Springsteen, Ryan Adams, Ani Difranco, David Gray, Aimee Mann.

    Band you enjoy that you consider outside of your personal box.
    Bright Eyes

    Guilty Pleasure
    lifehouse, coldplay, switchfoot.
    i don't know that i'm guilty but i have none others.

    Band(s) you admire from afar but not really your cup of tea
    u2, REM.

    Band(s) you despise with every fabric of your being.
    Fabricated pop music. Britney, Christina etc. etc.

    Overrated...
    Nirvana, The Doors, RHCP, Franz, The Killers.

    Underrated
    Ani Difranco, Feeder, Pete Yorn...too many to mention.

    Current music you enjoy
    Jose Gonzalez, Kt Tunstall, The Strokes, David Gray.

    Best old school
    Bruce Springsteen, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Marley.

    Stupid Song(s) you love.
    "Life is a highway" - Tom Cochrane (sp?)
    "You can call me al" - Paul Simon
    "Eagle Rock" - Daddy Cool - stupid i dunno.

    Alone on an island with 1 album
    no idea.
  • South of Seattle
    South of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    Group of bands that you feel best represents your taste in tunes.
    ---Pearl Jam, Ben Harper, The Roots, Common, QOTSA, Sublime, Beck, Wu-Tang Clan & Soundgarden

    Band you enjoy that you consider outside of your personal box.
    ---Atreyu, Jill Scott, & John Coltrane

    Guilty Pleasure
    ---Michael Jackson (nothing post-thriller) G-Unit

    Band(s) you admire from afar but not really your cup of tea
    ---REM, Fiona Apple, Widespread Panic

    Band(s) you despise with every fabric of your being.
    ---Creed, Nickelback, Limp Bizkit, 3 doors down, & Master P

    Overrated...
    ---Rolling Stones (sorry), 50 cent, any American Idol contestant

    Underrated
    ---The Roots, 311, Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals

    Current music you enjoy
    ---Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
    ---Damian Marley - Welcome to Jamrock

    Best old school
    ----Led Zep

    Stupid Song(s) you love.
    ---Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo

    Alone on an island with 1 album
    ---Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland
    NERDS!

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