Who is/are your favorite singer/music band?

[fullerene]

Iron & Wine (I love sam beam sooo much)
Vienna Teng
Radiohead
Andrew Bird
Death Cab for Cutie
The King's Singers (A cappella group, pretty solid)
Maroon 5 (Songs about Jane only... the other cd rather sucked)
I went through my phases of Tool, Dream Theater, and a slew of "great" really technical guitar players. I kinda grew out of them, though, because really technical music started to sound very similar after a little while. Of those Tool is definitely my favorite still.

Every once in a while I get in the mood for the Gregorians (who do monk chants of famous songs) and Psalms sung in 4 parts a cappella, which some unknown Reformed Presbyterian group puts out.

 

[Jordan~]

I know I've already posted it here and elsewhere like a hundred times, but Joanna Newsom. I can kind of understand how the religious feel about Jesus in the way I feel about her.

 

[PreAlgebra]

Tekton, I am glad to see you listen to bands like Digitalism, Simian Mobile Disco, MSTRKRFT, and Soulwax. They are all so great I just hope that they have some lasting power. I love that filthy Electro stuff. Oh, I just want to geek out on music right now.
Other greats include;
Elliot Smith
The Black Lips
M83
The Modern Lovers
Boys Noize
Jay Reatard
Apex Twin
Annuals
Mew
Danielson
Daniel Johnston
and a lot of Post-punk and late 90's indie stuff
As for the Beatles, they were one of the most important bands of the 20th century. With that said, I cant stand to listen to the Beatles. Every time I hear them, it is like hearing a commercial and I feel like I am supposed to buy something or like I am watching a really touching moment in a movie. Plus , to me, hearing them is like eating a 6 month old loaf of bread. Yeah at one point that loaf of bread was great but now I need something new.
Music makes me very very happy.

 

[October]

Favourite singer: Tarja Turunen, ex-singer of the finnish metal band Nightwish. She's a soprano and she's really a good one. Have been my favourite singer for 3 years, since I found out about this band.

Favourite band: Nightwish (the old one with Tarja). The band which introduced me to the metal scene. Before I didn't really listen to music, only on the radio in the car, but never really payed any attention to it. Now I have tastes and because of Nightwish. What I first liked about this band was Tarja's voice - a classical voice - and then later the whole style. I also like the themes of the lyrics, no "I love you baby" and that sort, these lyrics are far more better than those. Also Tuomas - the songwriter, keyboarder and the man behind Nightwish wrote about nature a lot (escaping in the nature) and of course he had to write some "love" lyrics, but of unrequited love and in more mature words and not "You don't love me, I cry" bla bla that sort of thing - I don't really know how to explain it. All well, that's it...

 

[Agent Intellect]

mostly listen to hip hop, so i imagine many of you won't know who i'm talking about, but:

Aesop Rock
El-P
Atmosphere
Cage
Brother Ali
Eyedea & Abilities
Cannibal Ox
Canibus
Wu-Tang Clan (group and solo albums)
Gravediggaz
Gang Starr


non hip hop that i listen to:

Sublime
Rage against the Machine
System of a Down
Requiem for a Dream soundtrack (really nice when i'm writing/reading)

 

[spockguy]

I listen to a TON of music, one of my passions I'd say. I can spend hours looking for new sounds and bands, laying in bed listening to a new CD, shit never gets old. I listen to so many damn genres and bands of music its crazy.

http://www.last.fm/user/TheSpock

this sums up most of it I'd say. I'm surprised to see that a lot on here confined themselves into a small space in the musical spectrum. Music = one of my many loves.

 

[ElectricWizard]

My favourite vocalist is probably Kelly 'Sundown' Carter. Especially on Outworld's self-titled album, his voice is molten steel. Also, an inevitable mention of Ronnie James Dio comes next. Out of female vocalists, I've never really liked any of the sopranos (though out of metal, they can be awesome), so my favourite is probably Danielle Draconis from Original Sin.
As for favourite bands/composers, I have too many to name.

 

[Friar Pug Rush]

Agent Intellect:
You're the man. For real. Aesop Rock, Brother Ali, and Atmosphere are all kick ass and rock socks.
My Top 10, in no real order:
Flogging Molly
Radiohead
Lynyrd Skynard
Pink Floyd
MC Chris
Say Anything
Coheed and Cambria
Queens of the Stone Age
Cake
The Raconteurs

 

[zxc]

Dream Theater!

 

[AAA]

Let me start be saying that I hate almost eveything that is out these days except for a few acts, but maybe im just getting old.

My Favorite music acts below

The White Stripes - Easily my favorite of all time and I just started getting into them recently ...like i said I dont really like most of todays stuff, but this is truly an awsome act. Original Sound, and not one of their songs sounds like their other songs. While I think that most truly great bands have about 20-30 solid songs. I would say the Stripes have at least 50 extraordinary songs. Also I know I just joined here but, I cant believe on an INTP forum I didnt see them mentioned once.

Led Zepplin

The Doors

Stevie Ray Vaughan

RATM

Jimi Hendrix

Bob Marley

Natalie Merchant - Has the coolest female voice. I dont know what it is but It just beeps something deep in my cerebral cortex.

 

[Agent Intellect]

White Stripes and Radiohead (and i know people will think i'm crazy for saying this) are two bands i never understood why people like them so much. now, i don't think they suck or anything, but i don't understand why people think they are so great.

 

[Jordan~]

I feel that way about most music that everyone seems to like.

 

[Kiosk_GW]

Roger Waters

 

[Dissident]

White Stripes and Radiohead (and i know people will think i'm crazy for saying this) are two bands i never understood why people like them so much. now, i don't think they suck or anything, but i don't understand why people think they are so great.

I wont say anything about White Stripes, but Radiohead, well...
Here it goes my super explanation:

Wait for it...

BACAUSE THEY ARE!!



(Sorry about that) I understand that its probably not for everybody, but maybe you didnt listen to much of them?
How about these:

Go to Sleep
Let Down
Exit Music
2+2=5
Just (you do it to yourself)
Street Spirit
Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
Knives Out
Fake Plastic Trees
Black Star
A Wolf at the Door

 

[Thomas Young]

The best rapper that ever lived was 2Pac, but at the moment I'm listening to:

Jadakiss
Dipset (Cam'ron, Juelz Santana, Jim Jones, Hell Rell, J.R. Writer)
Lil Wayne
Young Jeezy

Anyone into rap music around here? Or am I the only one in this damn forum who's into it?

I agree... I can't see what all the fuss is about, Radiohead drone on there a bore. Most bands these days are crap cos they all sound the same and have these stupid names like... I dunno just crap names that make no sense.

 

[Waterstiller]

Here are a few:

Radiohead
The Beatles
The Flaming Lips
Belle And Sebastian
Of Montreal
Mika

Edit: I'll throw in some of my more embarrassing favorites for the hell of it:
John Fahey
Leo Kottke
Pedro the Lion


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[Inappropriate Behavior]

Smashing Pumpkins but it all depends on my mood du jour. I followed the Grateful Dead for awhile once (a month and a half anyway) but on any given day I wanted to listen to Motorhead or some such.
Top 40 drives me nuts just on principle but most of it is whiney uncreative drivel anyway so I don't feel like I am being unfairly judgemental.

 

[ChaosTheory]

Three Days Grace
Linkin Park
System of a Down
Fuel

 

[Decaf]

Weezer
KT Tunstall
Flight of the Conchords
The Killers
Craig Carothers

I don't know... I like a lot of individual songs, like Blind Faith's Can't Find My Way Home, Citizen King's Better Days or Soundgarden's Burden In My Hand. Oh, and I like Weird Al Yankovic.

 

[Agent Intellect]

The best rapper that ever lived was 2Pac, but at the moment I'm listening to:

Jadakiss
Dipset (Cam'ron, Juelz Santana, Jim Jones, Hell Rell, J.R. Writer)
Lil Wayne
Young Jeezy

Anyone into rap music around here? Or am I the only one in this damn forum who's into it?

i'm a hip hop head, although our tastes seem to be quite different. 2Pac was good, the best at his style, but i wouldn't go so far as to say the best ever. you ever listen to any underground hip hop (Def Jux or Rhymesayers type stuff)?

 

[nocultureicons]

I like all sorts of stuff.

In the past week or so my favorite songs have been:
Brainy--The National
Heroin--Velvet Underground
Desolation Row--Bob Dylan
Grounds For Divorce--Wolf Parade
Haha--Mates Of State
Isolation--Joy Division
That's Life--Frank Sinatra
It's Tricky--Run DMC
Great Destroyer--NIN

 

[Calamedes]

Music?

I wonder... is there a correlation between INTP's and music?

I'm a bit of the opera-hound. I also like "easy listening" (Josh Groban, Celine Dion, Sarah Brightman, etc).

Anybody have any ideas?

 

[scarymary777]

Heavy Young Heathens..

http://www.myspace.com/heavyyoungheathens

 

[nocultureicons]

I heard that INTP's usually enjoy classical a lot.

I'm a Schubert fan myself.

 

[Auburn]

Classic, definitely. I especially like meditative oriental flute music, as well as indian flute music. Actually, anything that has a nostalgic or mystical feel to it automatically entrances me.

*I'm such a hippie*​

 

[Loraella]

I'm quite obessed/fanatical with my favourite bands XD I love specially:

Héroes del Silencio
Enrique Bunbury
Siouxsie & the Banshees
Dead can dance
Epica
Elis
Saviour Machine
Macbeth
Tristania
Lacrimosa
Faith and the Muse
Virgin Black

 

[stercusaccidit]

I have a new group of bands I like every couple months... Right now:

Gogol Bordello: gypsy punk and amazing live

Manu Chao: Latin alternative; iconic

Mano Negra: Latin punk

Jewish-Ukrainishe-Freundschaft: Collaboration between Gogol Bordello and Balkan Beat Box; awesome eastern european inspired stuff

Gypsy.cz: Romani rapper from the Czech Republic

Balkan Beat Box: Dance music inspired by Balkan beats (of course)

Gipsy Kings: Roma flamenco stuff

Circo Abusivo: Also Roma inspired; from Italy I think

DeVotchKa: More gypsy punk

Asian Dub Foundation: Nice dub...

Kultur Shock: MORE gypsy punk


I'm considering majoring in Slavic Studies. Don't know if that comes through at all.

Other groups that are also awesome:

Young Marble Giants
Talking Heads
Modern Lovers
The Clash
The Cure
Devo
Happy Mondays
Delta 5
The Jam
James Chance and the Contortions
Velvet Underground
Joy Division
The Ramones
The Pop Group
Scritti Politti
Tom Tom Club
Sonic Youth
The Slits
X

And many, many more...

 

[Waterstiller]

I'm quite obessed/fanatical with my favourite bands XD I love specially:

Saviour Machine

I forgot about them! I listened to Saviour Machine near constantly in high school. *listens to some of Legend 1* Actually, yeah I still like them.

 

[Loraella]

I am just discovering Saviour Machine now... I already heard of them like 2 years ago but for an unknow reason never checked anything by them until now. Sounds great!

And I forgot Ultravox! I really enjoy the album Vienna.

 

[Taylored]

Anyone able to recommend some music without lyrics?

 

[FuriousEvolved]

Circa Survive is my favorite band. I never know what to classify them as because they are so unique in their sound.. I haven't heard any band that comes close to replicating their instrumentals or the voice of Anthony Green (vocalist). They've been my favorite band for about 2 1/2 years now and I can't get tired of them. Every time I listen to one of their songs its iike an adventure in my mind because it's so complex and interesting.

Epic music indeed.

 

[bdubs]

I like a lot of Three day's gace, Nickelback, Linkin Park, Green Day, Breaking Benjamin, and Three Doors down. I'd say my range of music mostly includes country, rock, metal with some other geners inbetween. I love collecting some of the songs from my favorite animes. Death Note and Full Metal Alchemist have some good ones.

I'v been using this thread to widen my range of music a little bit too. Recently I'v added rage against the machine to my library because I heard it on guitar hero. Apperently people take offense to the fact I use that game to find some good bands.

 

[perkins_o1]

Rammstein, Ruoska, Turmion Kätilöt, The Wolfe Tones, Mozart, Mediengruppe Telekommander, Red army Choir, Peter Fox, Johnny Cash.

and I just started listening to the "Scary Bitches" lol. They're british punk and some of their stuff is pretty amusing... songs like "Piss All Over Your Grave" and "Lesbian Vampyres From Outer Space".

 

[millyflowers777]

I love Matt Lowell!

 

[Lise]

Modest Mouse is love. Isaac Brock is an absolute musical/lyrical GENIUS.


Alexi Murdoch, Nick Drake, The Killers, and Coldplay are pretty great as well.

 

[Ermine]

I recently discovered the band Isis. Really cool stuff.

 

[Zezon Vice]

Dream Theater!

Go Dream Theater!!

I slide anywhere between Linkin Park all the way to Lamb of God (Chris Adler is amazing, but then again i am a drummer)
I do not have a favorite but two favorites, Machine Head and Killswitch Engage.
To anyone who likes metal i suggest checking them out.

 

[Ermine]

Yay, another Dream Theater fan! Killswitch is pretty good too. Do you like Opeth by any chance?

 

[Zezon Vice]

I havent really given them a chance to honestly say if i do or not.
Something i eventually plan to do though.

 

[Minuend]

My absolute favorites are:

Diablo Swing Orchestra
Kamelot
Helloween
Scar Symmetry
Machinae Supremacy

 

[Zombicide]

I believe thee greatest musical artist of all time may be Marilyn Manson.

I also like
Hendrix
Gwen Stefani
Coldplay
Uematsu Nobuo

and many others I fail to recall at the moment.

 

[aahzombies]

Currently I am exploring Contemporary Classical along with orchestral cover bands. I tend to favor rock in general though.

My Current 10 songs to listen to are as follows.
Jarvis Cocker - Don't Let Him Waste Your Time
Say Anything - A Walk Through Hell
Dresden Dolls - Pretty In Pink
Fall Out Boy - I Don't Care
Apocalyptica - Fade To Black
The Vitamin String Quartet - You're So Last Summer (Taking Back Sunday Cover)
Rufus Wainwright - Cigarettes And Chocolate Milk
Arvo Paert - Magnificant
Aaron Copland - Fanfare For The Common Man
Alexisonfire - Rough Hands

The above list is a mix of some of my old favorites and some recently discovered tracks that I've been listening to for the past few days.

 

[Ben]

The Misfits is my Favorite band, but i like a variety of music. Far too many types to name, I usually like either indie music or someitmes music that is more rhythmic.

Ah! I love the Misfits! But the Clash would have to be my favorite band ever. Joe Strummer is the greatest.

 

[MattSeven]

Smashing Pumpkins
Incubus
Radiohead
David Grey
The Future Sound of London
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Pink Floyd
Van Halen (version 1.0)
Prince

 

[Fordy]

Billy Talent
Rise Against
Metallica
Tenacious D
System of a Down (and a few Serj Tankian songs)
Linkin Park
Reel Big Fish
Drop Kick Murphys
Pendulum
Kings of Leon


I do like a lot of the older stuff, like Hendrix and Van Halen and Oasis (ok maybe not so old), but I just hardly listen to them anymore.

 

[adastrac]

currently, i am enamored with muse. i enjoy rock, jazz and classical. but usually it depends on my current mood.. for example, if my emotions are intense then rock is perfect. i generally like everything

 

[dbtng_thomas]

I have a huge music collection that spans every major genre I know of. Quite a few favorites, but only one hero. Dave Wyndorf of Monster Magnet.

 

[Luzian]

Loreena McKennit
The Birthday Massacre

 

[ejames]

My favourite kinds of music are- and i know this is typical- just anything that sounds good really. I especially like music when it's played by an orchestra (classical, swing, big band, etc.). It's great because you can hear so many instruments.
As far as bands go, here are a few.

Michael Jackson
Benny Goodman
Louis Prima
Beethoven
Duke Ellington
Brahms
Carl Orff
Jimi Hendrix
Led Zeppelin
Bob Seger
Mika
Elton John
Diana Ross
Glenn Miller
Simon & Garfunkel
Zapp
The Who
Bob Marley

 

[Raku]

The Vitamin String Quartet - You're So Last Summer (Taking Back Sunday Cover)

Vitamin String Quartet is amazing. I really enjoy their tributes. I especially like the U2, Paramore, Dido and The Killers tributes.

Also I love classical crossover/classical pop. Sarah Brightman, Sissel, Hayley Westenra as far as vocalists go. Vanessa Mae and Bond as far as instrumental goes.

I also love Symphonic Metal and sometimes Power Metal. Too many bands to list but mostly Nightwish, Epica, Within Temptation.