• Re: What's Your Favourite

    From Dennisk@VERT/MINDSEYE to ryan on Fri May 8 09:41:00 2020
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    1. Hard Rock
    2. Soft Rock
    3. Heavy Metal
    4. Pop
    5. New Wave
    6. Trance
    7. New Age
    8. Instrumental
    9. Classical
    10. Opera
    11. Progressive Rock

    For me, it depends. Usually metal when I'm worshipping Satan. Typically industrial when engaging in sadistic acts of sexual deviance. Every now and then punk when I want to start a riot. 90s gangsta rap is my
    favorite to get amped up to do drive bys or commit armed robbery.

    For basic stalking it's either Dave Matthews or The Police.

    What else...

    I listen to Marilyn Manson when I try to perform autofellatio.

    Beyond that, anything but country.

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    I tend to have preferences for artists more than genres. I like some prog rock and metal artists, and find many others unappealing. I like some pop, find others unappealing.

    But I do tend to prefer Prog Rock, Metal, Instrumental or Classical.

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  • From Moondog@VERT/CAVEBBS to Dennisk on Fri May 8 08:57:00 2020
    Re: Re: What's Your Favourite
    By: Dennisk to ryan on Fri May 08 2020 09:41 am

    ryan wrote to The Millionaire <=-

    1. Hard Rock
    2. Soft Rock
    3. Heavy Metal
    4. Pop
    5. New Wave
    6. Trance
    7. New Age
    8. Instrumental
    9. Classical
    10. Opera
    11. Progressive Rock

    For me, it depends. Usually metal when I'm worshipping Satan. Typically industrial when engaging in sadistic acts of sexual deviance. Every now and then punk when I want to start a riot. 90s gangsta rap is my favorite to get amped up to do drive bys or commit armed robbery.

    For basic stalking it's either Dave Matthews or The Police.

    What else...

    I listen to Marilyn Manson when I try to perform autofellatio.

    Beyond that, anything but country.

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    * Origin: monterey bbs

    I tend to have preferences for artists more than genres. I like some prog r and metal artists, and find many others unappealing. I like some pop, find others unappealing.

    But I do tend to prefer Prog Rock, Metal, Instrumental or Classical.

    ... Dennis Katsonis

    As I attempt to make an honest to myself rank list, I find dsome of the descriptions I use have probably morphed or have become outdate. For
    example, what used to be called college rock or alternativive rock probably doesn't make sense to kids currently in college, and groups such as REM
    brought alt rock into the mainstream. Even with metal I have a problem,
    since bands like Judas Priest and Iron Maiden are in no means the same
    category as Cannibal Corpse, Dieicide, or Sepultura.

    I like Pantera, however the local radio station plays loads of bands that
    sound like Pantera was a major influence, yet miss the energy of the music
    that influenced them.

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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to RYAN on Fri May 8 11:07:00 2020
    For me, it depends. Usually metal when I'm worshipping Satan. Typically

    I KNEW IT! :D

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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to GAMGEE on Fri May 8 11:07:00 2020
    I don't see "Classic Rock" listed, so I can't answer the question.

    Nor Jazz. :(

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  • From Dennisk@VERT/MINDSEYE to Moondog on Sat May 9 13:40:00 2020
    Moondog wrote to Dennisk <=-

    Re: Re: What's Your Favourite
    By: Dennisk to ryan on Fri May 08 2020 09:41 am

    ryan wrote to The Millionaire <=-

    1. Hard Rock
    2. Soft Rock
    3. Heavy Metal
    4. Pop
    5. New Wave
    6. Trance
    7. New Age
    8. Instrumental
    9. Classical
    10. Opera
    11. Progressive Rock

    For me, it depends. Usually metal when I'm worshipping Satan. Typically industrial when engaging in sadistic acts of sexual deviance. Every now and then punk when I want to start a riot. 90s gangsta rap is my favorite to get amped up to do drive bys or commit armed robbery.

    For basic stalking it's either Dave Matthews or The Police.

    What else...

    I listen to Marilyn Manson when I try to perform autofellatio.

    Beyond that, anything but country.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/04/13 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: monterey bbs

    I tend to have preferences for artists more than genres. I like some prog r and metal artists, and find many others unappealing. I like some pop, find others unappealing.

    But I do tend to prefer Prog Rock, Metal, Instrumental or Classical.

    ... Dennis Katsonis

    As I attempt to make an honest to myself rank list, I find dsome of the descriptions I use have probably morphed or have become outdate. For example, what used to be called college rock or alternativive rock probably doesn't make sense to kids currently in college, and groups
    such as REM brought alt rock into the mainstream. Even with metal I
    have a problem, since bands like Judas Priest and Iron Maiden are in no means the same category as Cannibal Corpse, Dieicide, or Sepultura.

    Thats why when people ask what music I like, I rattle off bands and artists, because if I say "Metal", they think I like all these other bands that I don't like. I can listen to something like Cattle Decapitation's new album, "Death Atlas" and really enjoy it, but there is other death metal which to me is just noise. It's like there is this magic quality in music, where if it is there, I'll like it, regardless of what it is, and if not, it wont interest me. Probably something to do with the musicianship and the quality of the artist. For example, Devin Townsend had created music accross many genres, and it is all great, not because of the genre, but because he infuses something which makes both his extreme metal and haunted country style music enjoyable.


    I can however confidently state that I don't like R'n'B and Hip Hop

    I like Pantera, however the local radio station plays loads of bands
    that sound like Pantera was a major influence, yet miss the energy of
    the music that influenced them.

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    Pantera I got into later in life. I think part of it is that some music is intertwined with the time that it was created.

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  • From Arelor@VERT to Dennisk on Sat May 9 07:12:39 2020
    Re: Re: What's Your Favourite
    By: Dennisk to ryan on Fri May 08 2020 09:41 am

    But I do tend to prefer Prog Rock, Metal, Instrumental or Classical.

    You know, a lot of people think we metal heads only like noise and guturals and torturing guitars. They would be surprised by the amount of us who like things like Bach and Wagner in addition to Rainbow and Rhapsody.

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  • From Moondog@VERT/CAVEBBS to Dennisk on Sat May 9 11:50:00 2020
    Re: Re: What's Your Favourite
    By: Dennisk to Moondog on Sat May 09 2020 01:40 pm


    Pantera I got into later in life. I think part of it is that some music is intertwined with the time that it was created.

    ... Dennis Katsonis

    Nostalgic value has it's merits. There's some songs I hear and refer to as Su mmer Songs because they remind of summer vacations growing up. My family
    never went anywhere and we raised animals and grew crops, however there were always times where relatives from outside our area would visit, or my parents would drop me and some friends off at the theater to catch whatever the big movie was.

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  • From Dennisk@VERT/MINDSEYE to Arelor on Sun May 10 11:07:00 2020
    Arelor wrote to Dennisk <=-

    Re: Re: What's Your Favourite
    By: Dennisk to ryan on Fri May 08 2020 09:41 am

    But I do tend to prefer Prog Rock, Metal, Instrumental or Classical.

    You know, a lot of people think we metal heads only like noise and guturals and torturing guitars. They would be surprised by the amount
    of us who like things like Bach and Wagner in addition to Rainbow and Rhapsody.

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    Well, some metal musicians are apparently classically trained, and there are some similarities. Have a listen to metal covers of classical music, and not only does it often work, it sounds like it could have originally been a metal song in the first place. But I note it doesn't always work the other way around. Some metal artists work well in classical style, others not. Metallica is one example (in particular, their earlier work), which seems more heavily influenced by Western classical traditions of music.

    ... Dennis Katsonis
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  • From Dennisk@VERT/MINDSEYE to Moondog on Sun May 10 11:11:00 2020
    Moondog wrote to Dennisk <=-

    Re: Re: What's Your Favourite
    By: Dennisk to Moondog on Sat May 09 2020 01:40 pm


    Pantera I got into later in life. I think part of it is that some music is intertwined with the time that it was created.

    ... Dennis Katsonis

    Nostalgic value has it's merits. There's some songs I hear and refer
    to as Su mmer Songs because they remind of summer vacations growing up.
    My family never went anywhere and we raised animals and grew crops, however there were always times where relatives from outside our area would visit, or my parents would drop me and some friends off at the theater to catch whatever the big movie was.

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    Many songs, or albums, are forever linked in my mind with particular, or some very specific times. There are many that when I listen to them, it often invokes a memory of a particular place and time where I heard it, and of that specific time. It can help take me back to that state of mind.

    ... Dennis Katsonis
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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Arelor on Sun May 10 07:37:00 2020
    Arelor wrote to Dennisk <=-

    But I do tend to prefer Prog Rock, Metal, Instrumental or Classical.

    You know, a lot of people think we metal heads only like noise and guturals and torturing guitars. They would be surprised by the amount
    of us who like things like Bach and Wagner in addition to Rainbow and Rhapsody.

    My car USB stick has a lot of prog rock, metal, jazz and 1980s new-wave haircut bands. It's a lot of fun putting it on random shuffle and getting Devin Townsend, Porcupine Tree, Marillion, John Scofield and Kajagoogoo.


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  • From Dennisk@VERT/MINDSEYE to poindexter FORTRAN on Mon May 11 20:58:00 2020
    poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Arelor <=-

    Arelor wrote to Dennisk <=-

    But I do tend to prefer Prog Rock, Metal, Instrumental or Classical.

    You know, a lot of people think we metal heads only like noise and guturals and torturing guitars. They would be surprised by the amount
    of us who like things like Bach and Wagner in addition to Rainbow and Rhapsody.

    My car USB stick has a lot of prog rock, metal, jazz and 1980s new-wave haircut bands. It's a lot of fun putting it on random shuffle and
    getting Devin Townsend, Porcupine Tree, Marillion, John Scofield and Kajagoogoo.

    You would get heaps of variety just from Devin Townsend alone. I have all his albums, and a playlist that goes from Alien to Ghost to Sky Blue to Casualties of Cool to Ziltoid to The Hummer would leave people who didn't know his work struggling to believe it is all the same artist.

    ... Dennis Katsonis
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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Dennisk on Tue May 12 07:05:00 2020
    Dennisk wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

    You would get heaps of variety just from Devin Townsend alone. I have
    all his albums, and a playlist that goes from Alien to Ghost to Sky
    Blue to Casualties of Cool to Ziltoid to The Hummer would leave people
    who didn't know his work struggling to believe it is all the same
    artist.

    Glad to see another fan! Yep, going from SYL to Ocean Machine to Terria to
    DTP is certainly a reach.

    What's your favorite album of his? Mine has to still be Ocean Machine, although Transcendence is becoming a close second.


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  • From Dennisk@VERT/MINDSEYE to poindexter FORTRAN on Wed May 13 16:57:00 2020
    poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Dennisk <=-

    Dennisk wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

    You would get heaps of variety just from Devin Townsend alone. I have
    all his albums, and a playlist that goes from Alien to Ghost to Sky
    Blue to Casualties of Cool to Ziltoid to The Hummer would leave people
    who didn't know his work struggling to believe it is all the same
    artist.

    Glad to see another fan! Yep, going from SYL to Ocean Machine to Terria
    to DTP is certainly a reach.

    What's your favorite album of his? Mine has to still be Ocean Machine, although Transcendence is becoming a close second.


    Tough call. If including SYL, I would say Alien definately, partly for the musical qualities, and partly for the particular time of my life that record entered, and the memories associated with it. Closely behind it, maybe Ocean Machine or Empath, though it is hard for me to rank them, as each is a unique listening experience. A song or album for every occasion. I still rate "The Death of Music" as a clear personal favourite.

    ... Dennis Katsonis
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