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Can’t live without it

Posted by: mrmadden | 24 July 2007 | 9 Comments |

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Music, that is. I cannot imagine a world where I am unable to turn on some music somewhere. I would go completely nuts. It would be like living in a house with no windows, and very little light, with stuffy air, and no cats. Yecch.

Now, I believe that all of us are music snobs to some degree. Most people seem to be drawn to a particular type of music. Some only listen to one or two kinds of tunes, while other people listen to all kinds of songs. My family, for example, when we get together for holidays or picnics or whatever, there is anything from the Gypsy Kings to Donna the Buffalo to Dixie Chicks to the blues, cajun, classical… Sometimes, a family member will be disgusted with the lameness of a particular cut, and decide to be the DJ and mess with the music in the middle of a song. This activity has been known to create hostility and arguing in the family. But arguing is in our blood, so it usually works itself out in the end with some sort of musical compromise.

Me? If I am in the kitchen cooking, or outside in the garage, I will listen to a jazz station on the radio, or choose a CD to play. I am planning on getting a dock for my iPod so that we can just plop it in and let it shuffle itself without having to mess around with greasy hands to change CDs or change the station.

Lately, I have been listening to a female singer named Feist. I quite like her voice, and the song lyrics are pretty good, too. I enjoy hearing new music, classic rock or oldies are okay once in a great while, but sometimes I feel stuck listening to songs I have heard hundreds of times over the years.

What about you people? I know from experience that most of you have very particular tastes in music. Who or what do you listen to? When do you listen the most? Why do you like certain types of singers/bands, but not others?

Be honest. Music carries a bit of peer pressure with it. Even now, I get people telling me what kind of music I should be listening to. What is cool, and what is lame. I tend to go my own way. Why listen to music that does not please me?

Variety (like Tabasco) is the spice of life. Or at least that’s what “they” say.

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Everything. Well- mostly everything. When (well, if) you boot up my iTunes, look at my “25 Most Played” playlist and see my top songs you either…
a.) laugh. They don’t all make sense.
b.) stare. Asking-have you actually heard this song?
or c.) listening to them all because they’ve never heard of it before.
Looking at this certain playlist you see everything. Country (a lot of it, too), Broadway (a lot also), movie soundtracks, hip hop, pop, rock (we all need John Mayer now and again, right?), techno, and farther down the list you’ll find Disney and the FRIENDS theme song.
Sad. Isn’t it?
Most my friends can deal with my hip-hop, rock, and pop. My country they can’t all deal with.
Lonestar, Rascal Flatts, Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood, Beverly Mitchell, Jason Michael Carroll, and LeAnn Rimes. They fill my iPod, country style.
And we all have our guilty pleasures: mine? Hannah Montana/ Miley Cyrus. I’m a Disney freak. What can I say? I bet I’m not the only one. ;-]
The things I get made fun of for (but I couldn’t care less) is my Broadway. I have um’ all. Hairspray (the movie was great- dontcha’ think?), Wicked (who ever saw it- wasn’t Victoria Matlock FANTASTIC!?!), Legally Blonde, Anastasia, Annie, Disney on the Record, Camelot, Beauty and the Beast, Fiddler on the Roof, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Starlight Express, Mama Mia, and Pippin. So what? I don’t care. I’m a crazy music lover….
And I have nothing better to do- so I’m naming my favorite songs.
1. Our Song (Taylor Swift)
2. Never Again (Kelly Clarkson)
3. Bigger Then Us (Hannah Montana)
4. Rockstar (Miley Cyrus)
5. Great Escape (Boys Like Girls)
6. Heads Carolina, Tails Californa (Jo Dee Messina)
7. Beer In Mexico (Kenny Chesney)
8. Picture To Burn (Taylor Swift)
9. Not Ready to Make Nice (Dixie Chicks)
10. Backwards (Rascall Flatts)
11. I’m Already There (Lonestar)
12. She Said (Brie Larson)
13. East Northumberland High (Miley Cyrus)
14. Gypsy Woman (Hilary Duff)
15. Potential Breakup Song (Aly and AJ)
Sorry this is so long. I have a lot to say about music!

   By: XxKlugmeisterxX on 24 July 2007
at 8:24 pm

I absolutely LOVE music. I’m around it and listening to it all the time.

I listen to a variety of genres. My favorites (alphabetically) are:

Alternative
Blues
Hip-Hop
Hip-Hop/Rap
Other
Pop
Pop/Punk Rock
Punk
Punk Rock
R&B
R&B/Soul
Rap
Rock
Rock/Pop

And those are just a few…

Some of my favorite artists (singers) are:

Akon
Avril Lavigne
Ciara
Diddy
Fergie
Gwen Stefani
Huey
John Mayer
Justin Timberlake
Kayne West
Nelly Furtado
Paolo Nutini
Rihanna
Sean Kingston

Some of my favorite bands are:

All American Rejects
Blue October
Boys Like Girls
The Bravery
Dashboard Confessional
Daughtry
Fall Out Boy
The Feeling
The Fray
Goo Goo Dolls
Green Day
Gym Class Heros
Hinder
The Killers
Life House
Linkin Park
Maroon 5
My Chemical Romance
Panic! At The Disco
Plain White T’s
Rooney
Shop Boyz

Some of my favorite songs are: (boy this is hard)
I have about 75 favorite songs…so I’ll try to narrow it down a bit to the most frequently listened to (in no particular order)

1. When Your Gone (Avril Lavigne)
2. The Great Escape (Boys Like Girls)
3. Like A Boy (Ciara)
4. Dance, Dance (Fall Out Boy)
5. Sugar, We’re Going Down (Fall Out Boy)
6. This Ain’t A Scene, It’s An Arms Race (Fall Out Boy)
7. Thnks Fr Th Mmrs (Fall Out Boy)
8. Big Girls Don’t Cry (Fergie)
9. Working Class Hero (Green Day)
10. Read My Mind (The Killers)
11. What I’ve Done (Linkin Park)
12. Makes Me Wonder (Maroon 5)
13. All Good Things Come To An End (Nelly Furtado)
14. If Everyone Cared (Nickleback)
15. Hey There Delilah (Plain White T’s)
16. Umbrella (Rihanna)
17. Beatiful Girl (Sean Kingston)
18. Party Like A Rockstar (Shop Boyz)
19. Buy You A Drank (T-Pain ft. Young Joc)
20. Time Won’t Let Me Go (The Bravery)
21. Stolen (Dashboard Connfessional)
22. Before It’s Too Late (Goo Goo Dolls)
23. LoveStoned (Justin Timberlake)
24. Stronger (Kayne West)
25. Lip Gloss (Lil Mama)
26. Money In The Bank (Lil Wayne & Young Money)
27. Welcome To The Black Parade (My Chemical Romance)
28. Teenagers (My Chemical Romance)
29. Last Request (Paolo Nutini)
30. Same Girl (R. Kelly ft. Usher)
31. Shut Up And Drive (Rihanna)
32. Go Getta (Young Jeezy ft. R. Kelly)
33. I Tried (Bone Thugs N Harmony ft Akon)
34. Glamorous (Fergie)
35. 4 In The Morning Gwen Stefani)

I guess that’s all. I’m really sorry that it’s so big. I just can’t help it!

Kaitlyn S.

P.S. On my AIM Page, you can listen to some of this music!! Except a couple of the songs are by piano…they’re still cool though. Anyways, you can go to my page by clicking on my name!!

   By: Kaitlyn S. on 25 July 2007
at 9:11 am

WOW…….. I don’t know if I have as many favorite songs as Kaitlyn, but I do have a few! I mostly listen to my favorite radio station, 97.5 because it has all the latest songs playing. Also in the morning I watch VH1 because they play music videos. The only other thing I listen to for music is my Zune( It’s like an ipod only I think it’s way cooler!). So, here I go…….(Random order):

1. Rooney-When Did Your Heart Go Missing?
2.Plain White T’s- Hey There Delilah
3.Mandy Moore-Extraordinary
4.Paul McCartney- Dance Tonight
5.ELO(Electric Light Orchestra)-Rockaria
6.” ”- Sweet Talkin’ Woman
7.Carrie Underwood-(Whole album- Some Hearts)
8.Natasha Bedingfield-(Whole album-Unwritten)
9.Hall & Oats-Rich Girl
10.Three Dog Night- Joy to the World
11.The Fray-Over My Head
How To Save A Life
She Is
12.Avril Lavigne-Girlfriend(Dr.Luke mix featuring L’il Mama)
13. Beach Boys- Whloe album- 20 Good Vibrations
14. Sean Kingston- Beautif Girl
15. Kayne West- Stronger
16.Feist-1,2,3,4
17. Hellogoodbye- Here in Your Arms
18. Peter Bjorn and John- Young folks
19.Skids- The Saints are Comming
20.Aly and AJ- Potential Breakup Song

I guess I had more then I thought!

Delanie :)

   By: Delanie O. on 26 July 2007
at 10:32 am

If you think about it…music is everywhere. On TV shows, on the computer, on video games, and much more. Without music, life would be
B-O-R-I-N-G!! I have quit a few favorite songs. Mostly from my favorite radio station; 97.5, here they are:

1; Gwen Stafani– 4 in the morning
2; (artist slipped my mind– Buy you a Drank
3; Riannah–Umbrella
4; Destiny’s Child– Loose my Breath
5; Beyonce&Shakira– Beatiful Liar
6; Fall out boy–Thanks for the memories
7; Nelly Furtado–Man Eater
8; Nickelback–Rockstar
9; Natasha Beningfeild– Single
and
10; Hairspray–you can’t stop the beat

I have TONS more, but I think I’d better just stop at 10 before I go nuts!

~Nicole G~

   By: Nicole G on 27 July 2007
at 3:58 pm

In my earlier comment, I wrote that I have about 75 favorite songs. Well, I was wrong. Today I was adding a playlist of all my favorite songs for my iPod. I then looked at the bottom of the screen and it said that I had 107 songs on the list. Plus I still have more than 65 reeeeeeally good songs (that would go on the list) at the moment that I still need to download. So I guess my prediction was was a little off (by about 100 songs). Oops!!
Also, I have another thing to say.
My favorite band is Plain White T’s. I love every single one of their songs. I really do.
And the runner up to the greatest band of all-time is Fall Out Boy. They have good songs too.
So, yeah, I guess you can tell that I like music. But, hey, I can’t help it. Music ROCKS!! Especially rock music. That’s my favorite genre.
Music rocks my socks off…how bout you?!
Kaitlyn S.

   By: Kaitlyn S. on 27 July 2007
at 8:43 pm

WOW! Some people with their capital letters. Such, what is the word? Oomph? Grrr? Passion? Emphasis? How did you become so psyched, geeked, (insert-your-own-verb-here), about music?

All right, all right. Here is a top-of-the-head question for you as I sit here writing with Zephyr purring on my lap trying to paw at the keys: What makes good lyrics? I don’t know enough about musicology, instrumentation, or composition to explain exactly why I like the way a song sounds. I just know when the melody hits me in a certain way, I fall in love with the music portion of the song.

As for the lyrics, I do think that I am smart enough to know good writing, song writing, when I hear it. At least, the kind of lyrics that appeal to my soul.

So? What about it? You guys showed me and your classmates what splendid writers you are. For you, what makes good lyrics? (Remember, good lyrics to one person, could be Yucch, tooey!! to another person. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, right?)

(I would put that in all CAPS, but I don’t want to step on anyone’s toes.)

   By: mrmadden on 28 July 2007
at 10:21 am

In my opinion, good lyrics are lyrics that DON’T repeat themselves!!! For instance, Rihanna’s new song, Umbrella, I HATE IT! It says the same exact same thing over,and over, and over, again and again.(This is just my opinion Rihanna lovers) That is the only thing that bothers me when it comes to lyrics. A good example of lyrics are ALL the songs in Hairspray.(I LOVE THAT MOVIE)
Delanie

   By: Delanie O. on 28 July 2007
at 8:37 pm

I know good lyrics when I hear them. Most of the time, I start to like a song by the sound and beat. I don’t pay attention to the lyrics at first. I love when I’m able to hear every word the lead singer is singing. With that kind of song, I hear the lyrics and sound together…and love the song from the very start. For example, the first time I heard “Hey There Delilah” by Plain White T’s, I was immediately drawn to everything about the song. Especially the lyrics!! Which is why it’s my favorite!! To see the ROCKIN (actually pop/rock/punk) lyrics go to http://www.plyrics.com/lyrics/plainwhitets/heytheredelilah.html
Also, to hear it you can go to my AIM Page by clicking on my name!!
That’s all for now!!
Kaitlyn S.

   By: Kaitlyn S. on 29 July 2007
at 1:03 pm

I have to agree I hate songs that repeat themselves. Exspecially this one song where the chorus (and like 1/2 the song) goes like this: thyre trying to make me go to rehab but i said no no no………….That song gets on my nerves.

I mostly listen to 97.5 like the most awesomeist station ever. and when I’m with a my friend that likews country I’ll listen to 100.7. Which brings up another point. Why do all the people that I talk to at Hayes hate country. I mean I don’t like it but I’ll listen to it. But the type of songs I despise is rap and r&b and most of the songs played on 96.5. Other than that I don’t hate any music

Tess

   By: Tess on 30 July 2007
at 6:45 pm

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