Music!

Bo_SelectaBo_Selecta Join Date: 2002-11-19 Member: 9374Members, Constellation
edited August 2004 in Off-Topic
<div class="IPBDescription">wow, a thread about music. original.</div> Ok, since threads about random songs will probably be locked, I'll -try- and be a bit more specific:

I really, really, enjoy music. I try to listen to as many different genres as I possibly can, because practice has taught me I like most of them.
(I'm gonna see DJ Marky & Stamina this week! (dnb4eva!!) and Felix da housecat & Miss Kitten too!)
soooo...
Does anybody know some good -classical- tunes? I like Wagner (even though he was a nazi (well not a literally a national-socialist, but still...))
also, I'd like to know more about Opera. Chances are I'll probably hate it, but you never know.

Ow and metal? I want to know more about metal. To give you an indication, Children of Bodom and Fear Factory \m/

... so much for being specific, but I hope someone will inspire me anyways <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->

*edit* omg spelling error. the world ends.*
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  • AllUrHiveRblong2usAllUrHiveRblong2us By Your Powers Combined... Join Date: 2002-12-20 Member: 11244Members
    Oh you want metal do ya? One word: Rhapsody.

    I think I could get a few people to back me up here in saying the Rhapsody is the greatest single effort mankind has ever undertaken.
  • OmegamanOmegaman Join Date: 2004-01-11 Member: 25239Members
    Wait.

    You want original songs?

    Wellll....I did make one...

    Gentlemen...<a href='http://www.houseofparanoia.com/Tree!.mp3' target='_blank'>BEHOLD!</a>
  • ConfuzorConfuzor Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 2412Awaiting Authorization
    Been pimped often in regular media... but for classical music, how about some Vivaldi? There's a flavour for every season too! On my personal list, I also have Rossini (Barber Of Seville, William Tell Overture), as well as Frederic Chopin (Fantaisi, Minute Waltz).

    For some operaish music with a twist, I strongly suggest E.S. Posthumus... it's more like Rock-Opera... difficult for me to describe, just listen to 'Pompeii' and you'll understand.
  • douchebagatrondouchebagatron Custom member title Join Date: 2003-12-20 Member: 24581Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    if you want to hear some opera, the thing to do is go see opera. i thought i would hate it but my parents dragged me to phantom of the opera, and it was amazing. cats on the other hand blew. hard. i reccomend seeing phantom of the opera.
  • pardzhpardzh Join Date: 2002-10-25 Member: 1601Members
    Well, Warped Tour comes around here tomorrow, I'll tell ya how that goes.

    Lately I've been listening to Sublime a ton, they're so mellow and awesome.
  • ThansalThansal The New Scum Join Date: 2002-08-22 Member: 1215Members, Constellation
    edited August 2004
    <!--QuoteBegin-6john6doe6+Aug 17 2004, 08:16 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (6john6doe6 @ Aug 17 2004, 08:16 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> if you want to hear some opera, the thing to do is go see opera. i thought i would hate it but my parents dragged me to phantom of the opera, and it was amazing. cats on the other hand blew. hard. i reccomend seeing phantom of the opera. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    <!--QuoteBegin-6john6doe6+Aug 17 2004, 08:16 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (6john6doe6 @ Aug 17 2004, 08:16 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->if you want to hear some opera, the thing to do is go see opera. i thought i would hate it but my parents dragged me to phantom of the opera, and it was amazing. cats on the other hand blew. hard. i reccomend seeing phantom of the opera.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    /SMACK

    that is NOT OPERA!
    thats a musical (big difference, hehe)

    let us see...

    Clasical?
    Well, it isn't realy classical but I love Carmina Burana
    <a href='http://www.botproductions.com/music/carmina.html' target='_blank'>http://www.botproductions.com/music/carmina.html</a>
    Info aobut, as well as midis of the songs (yes, that is actualy legal).

    Most people know O Fortuna (though they do not know it as that), it was infact used for Marry Shelly's Frankenstien <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->


    Oh, and b/c you like lots of stuff, here are some of my favorite things:
    <a href='http://www.digitallyimported.com/' target='_blank'>http://www.digitallyimported.com/</a>
    Fun, free, streaming Techno (and Jazz)

    And my personal Favorite Band is MSI (from my home town of NYC)
    they have no genre, you just gota listen to understand, though Punk is generaly what is closest (though it still misses)
    <a href='http://www.mindlessselfindulgence.com/' target='_blank'>http://www.mindlessselfindulgence.com/</a> Warning: Exesive Bad Language, and other rather inapropriate things, however it is music, so what can yah do.
    or, just jump directly to <a href='http://www.mindlessselfindulgence.com/inside/music.php' target='_blank'>here</a> for some free downloads of their music <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
    Bring the pain IS a cover of the Meathod Man song (and it is wonderfull)

    enjoy <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
  • douchebagatrondouchebagatron Custom member title Join Date: 2003-12-20 Member: 24581Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    <!--QuoteBegin-Thansal+Aug 17 2004, 08:42 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Thansal @ Aug 17 2004, 08:42 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->
    <!--QuoteBegin-6john6doe6+Aug 17 2004, 08:16 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (6john6doe6 @ Aug 17 2004, 08:16 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->if you want to hear some opera, the thing to do is go see opera. i thought i would hate it but my parents dragged me to phantom of the opera, and it was amazing. cats on the other hand blew. hard. i reccomend seeing phantom of the opera.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    /SMACK

    that is NOT OPERA!
    thats a musical (big difference, hehe)
    <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    it was at the opera house. on the tickets it said it was an opera. and now some guy on a forum tells that phantom of the OPERA is a musical! OMG IVE BEEN LIVING A LIE!!
  • ThansalThansal The New Scum Join Date: 2002-08-22 Member: 1215Members, Constellation
    poor man, deluded for all these years....

    so sad.

    oh, and in case that was sarchasm, Weber don't make operas

    <a href='http://www.thephantomoftheopera.com/home.cfm' target='_blank'>here yah go</a>
  • douchebagatrondouchebagatron Custom member title Join Date: 2003-12-20 Member: 24581Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    what exactly would be the difference between an opera and a musical then, oh teacher to my eager pupil
  • TestamentTestament Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 4037Members
    edited August 2004
    Rhapsody is ****.

    Metal? Slayer, Pantera, Norther, Arch Enemy, Iced Earth, Manticora, and Symphony X for a few. Most of those are thrash, extreme thrash, or death metal. Iced Earth is dark power, Manticora is just...really frickin' good. And Symphony X...the best dark prog metal band on the face of the planet. Ever.

    Oh and...maybe Testament. They're okay. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->

    Eeee...I forgot Megadeth too. Just....sweet-**** true metal. Countdown to Extinction and Rust in Peace are their best albums.
  • ThansalThansal The New Scum Join Date: 2002-08-22 Member: 1215Members, Constellation
    I admit I can't tell you exactly

    IT has something to do with the style of music.

    Forinstance, Madam Butterfly is an Opera
    Miss Siagon (a musical bassed off of the same story, and that happens to suck) is NOT.

    And if you ever told an operetic singer that Less Miss was an Opera they would stone you alive <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
  • douchebagatrondouchebagatron Custom member title Join Date: 2003-12-20 Member: 24581Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    cool story thansal [/derek zoolander]
  • WheeeeWheeee Join Date: 2003-02-18 Member: 13713Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    classical music you say? some of my personal favorites:

    Arcangello Corelli - Op 5 No. 12 Sonata in D minor 'La Follia'
    -> lots of variety, although mainly for violin, has other chamber strings as backup

    Antonio Vivaldi - Op 8 No. 1-4 'The four seasons'
    -> everyone should know this one.

    Johanne Sebastian Bach - Partita 2 in D minor 'Chaconne'
    -> another great violin song

    Felix Mendelssohn - Op 4 No. 2 Concerto in E Minor
    -> another one you should have heard before.

    Modeste Mussorgsky - Night on Bald Mountain
  • Crono5Crono5 Join Date: 2003-07-22 Member: 18357Members
    Poison the Well, Killswitch Engage, Element Eighty, Spineshank...

    SOME of E-Town Concrete is listenable...

    And Rhapsody rules :X
  • MedHeadMedHead Join Date: 2002-12-19 Member: 11115Members, Constellation
    www.billbrownmusic.com

    Has free, legal, downloadable music (around 200!) including the link he supplies to Lineage 2's sound files.
  • TestamentTestament Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 4037Members
    Oh yeah...forgot Spineshank. They're good too. Killswitch is TERRIBLE though. Sorry to say. ;(
  • TequilaTequila Join Date: 2003-08-13 Member: 19660Members
    Certain Metallica albums, such as Master of Puppets and The Black Album, are good, just avoid all their modern stuff like the plague.
  • WheeeeWheeee Join Date: 2003-02-18 Member: 13713Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    Btw, try the Dvorak violin concertos too. They're pretty sublime. And for virtuoso cello, i like Tchaikovsky's "Pezzo Capriccioso" (op.62)

    Also, if you're into orchestral stuff, you could listen to some of the remixes on <a href='http://www.ocremix.org' target='_blank'>overclocked remix</a>, or get some of the better game soundtracks - Xenogears, Grandia, and the Final Fantasy ones come to mind.
    Those have more of a cinematic flourish though.
  • Vaporiz0rVaporiz0r Join Date: 2004-08-07 Member: 30428Members
    I love the songs after cheap **** commercials!

    Why buy a matress anywhre else? *ding*
    Albertsons...Its your store!
    good stuff good stuff
  • Vaporiz0rVaporiz0r Join Date: 2004-08-07 Member: 30428Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Wheeee+Aug 18 2004, 01:43 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Wheeee @ Aug 18 2004, 01:43 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Btw, try the Dvorak violin concertos too. They're pretty sublime. And for virtuoso cello, i like Tchaikovsky's "Pezzo Capriccioso" (op.62)

    Also, if you're into orchestral stuff, you could listen to some of the remixes on <a href='http://www.ocremix.org' target='_blank'>overclocked remix</a>, or get some of the better game soundtracks - Xenogears, Grandia, and the Final Fantasy ones come to mind.
    Those have more of a cinematic flourish though. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Are those bands like german?? Seems like it from their name (sry if it takes an offense on you?)
  • VaratharVarathar Join Date: 2004-03-17 Member: 27382Members
    Umm... Metallica, Jerk, Children of bodom, Cradle of filth, Night wish, Sentenced..... <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
  • Ron2KRon2K Join Date: 2004-05-25 Member: 28904Members, Constellation
    Classical: take a listen to Saint-Saens's "Organ Symphony" and Holst's "The Planets" (the Jupiter theme is pretty well-known, they use it in the Rugby World Cup anthem).

    To the guy who was asking about the difference between an opera and a musical - well, a musical is an opera without the acting, if you know what I mean <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->

    I'm also a major trance addict (Ferry/Armin/Tiesto/PvD).
  • WheeeeWheeee Join Date: 2003-02-18 Member: 13713Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    <!--QuoteBegin-Vaporiz0r+Aug 18 2004, 01:53 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Vaporiz0r @ Aug 18 2004, 01:53 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Wheeee+Aug 18 2004, 01:43 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Wheeee @ Aug 18 2004, 01:43 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Btw, try the Dvorak violin concertos too. They're pretty sublime. And for virtuoso cello, i like Tchaikovsky's "Pezzo Capriccioso" (op.62)

    Also, if you're into orchestral stuff, you could listen to some of the remixes on <a href='http://www.ocremix.org' target='_blank'>overclocked remix</a>, or get some of the better game soundtracks - Xenogears, Grandia, and the Final Fantasy ones come to mind.
    Those have more of a cinematic flourish though. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Are those bands like german?? Seems like it from their name (sry if it takes an offense on you?) <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    <a href='http://www.tchaikovsky.host.sk/life.htm' target='_blank'>Tchaikovsky</a> was one of the most famous composers of all time. The Nutcracker Suite ring a bell?

    <a href='http://dvorak.musicabona.com/' target='_blank'>Dvorak</a> was also one of the most famous composers ever.

    They're not bands, they're composers of classical music.
  • MelatoninMelatonin Babbler Join Date: 2003-03-15 Member: 14551Members, Constellation
    Operas usually contain a number of very specific and well established forms (aria, recitative etc..)
    Musicals have no defined tradition yet, and so have no established forms, the are just music and talking (similar to opera i guess).

    both are similar, but really since opera is a much older art form it deserves the more 'respect'/ 'snobbery'.
  • coilcoil Amateur pirate. Professional monkey. All pance. Join Date: 2002-04-12 Member: 424Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    Tchaikovsky's violin concerto is probably my favorite piece of classical music.

    Beethoven's 9th symphony is wonderful, but I'm sure I didn't need to tell you that.

    <i>Carmen</i> is an amazing opera; one of my favorite recordings is a number of selections performed by violinist Anne Sophie-Mutter. She's wonderful.

    Schubert's "Unfinished" Symphony (#8)

    There are tons more, but those are a good place to start. I second the recommendation of Dvorak, too - especially his 9th symphony, "New World."
  • Bo_SelectaBo_Selecta Join Date: 2002-11-19 Member: 9374Members, Constellation
    Thanks for the suggestions!
    I'll go and check stuff out after I come back from <a href='http://www.lowlands.nl/flash.html' target='_blank'>> this <</a>
  • rabbityrabbity Join Date: 2003-07-02 Member: 17866Members
    im listening to metallica with S&M ochestra right now and its teh win \o/
  • coilcoil Amateur pirate. Professional monkey. All pance. Join Date: 2002-04-12 Member: 424Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    Incidentally, thanks for reminding me about classical music. I'm listening to Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition" right now and *loving* it. (:
  • CreepieCreepie Join Date: 2003-02-19 Member: 13734Members
    edited August 2004
    For opera, try Puccini: La Boheme, Tosca and Madame Buttefly. I've been fortunate enough to see good productions of the former two. Take a hanky though ... I can wholeheartedly recommend coil's choice of Bizet's Carmen - tour de force at its most magnificent.

    For light opera, try Gilbert & Sullivan. Great fun.

    Chopin.

    [edit] If you want to try something *really* off the wall, check out Django Reinhardt, especially when partnered by Stéphan Grapelli during the Hot Club de France era.
  • X_StickmanX_Stickman Not good enough for a custom title. Join Date: 2003-04-15 Member: 15533Members, Constellation
    Don Estelle. woo. Not exactly classical, but hardly rock n' roll.
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