I always loved songs, both instrumental and with lyrics. Some songs can do better without lyrics - Most classical music comes to mind, or EDM tracks I listen to. Lately, I've been listening to artists showcased in Adult Swim's Ghostly Swim albums.
I tend to prefer lyrics just a bit more, though. Some songs that I find absolutely beautiful wouldn't hold up without words, or would be incomplete without them. I love music, but very, very few songs I can say I love, or I think are beautiful. The first I think of is Viva la Vida; it stuck in my head immediately, the melody, and I first heard it when I was nine or ten. I forgot the words, only hearing it when Coldplay performed on SNL, and I didn't know who the band was, or what the song was, and a lack of internet for the next year left me going mad, trying to find the song. When I did spend a month in Detroit in 2009, I stumbled across the album, and I memorized the song overnight. It's still my favorite song.
Few songs have stuck with me like that, usually for the same reasons I find Viva la Vida beautifuk, and for how they became favorites during special time in my life. One is "Flower Forever" by a more obscure Japanese EDM artist, because it incorporated pumped up electronic music and bass, and a cute piano tune. It fit in with the "late summer" vibe I always got in August and September, going out to play and then calming down at night to stargaze.
Cemeteries of London, Princess of China, and Paradise were Coldplay songs I rocked to at night while styling my hair and trying new fashion styles, and I associate those with my urban life and growing up and all. I liked the raw instrumental tunes, rocking with guitars and drums, mixed with electronic bass and melody. Princess of China and Paradise still give me this surreal, dreamy vibe. I'll explain further later.
Obviously, some anime songs come to mind, thanks to it playing a big role in my teen years. I hold a special love for two songs - "Dear my Friend" from a Certain Scientific Railgun, and "Utada Hikaru", played at the end of the Evangelion movies. They both have that "EDM-Piano fusion", and are what I call "Laid back pumped up" for their relaxed, chilled out melodies, despite having some pumped up bits in them. I dunno, I tend to like that kind of music. "God Knows" from Haruhi Suzumiya sticks in my head thanks to playing Eurotrance Remixes while playing birds of steel. My fantasies of piloting Italian fighters often involves Japanese EDM when I'm not repeating Danger Zone.
Honestly, since getting into Sabaton, I'm struggling to think of which song of theirs I love the most. The Last Stand and Winged Hussars are amazing, Carolus Rex and Lion From The North are beautiful, Gott Mitt Uns is catchy, Night Witches and Ghost Division are epic, White Death and Art of War are unique....for some reason, "Lifetime of War" really sticks out to me.
Anyways, my taste in music is diverse, but I tend to adore surreal music that splices traditional instruments - ESPECIALLY piano and violin - and electronic music. More examples? Fireflies (Owl City), Speed of Sound (Coldplay), Spectres de Mouse (Mouse on the Keys), Burn (Ellie Goulding), Human (The Killers) and When You Were Young (The Killers).
I tend to prefer lyrics just a bit more, though. Some songs that I find absolutely beautiful wouldn't hold up without words, or would be incomplete without them. I love music, but very, very few songs I can say I love, or I think are beautiful. The first I think of is Viva la Vida; it stuck in my head immediately, the melody, and I first heard it when I was nine or ten. I forgot the words, only hearing it when Coldplay performed on SNL, and I didn't know who the band was, or what the song was, and a lack of internet for the next year left me going mad, trying to find the song. When I did spend a month in Detroit in 2009, I stumbled across the album, and I memorized the song overnight. It's still my favorite song.
Few songs have stuck with me like that, usually for the same reasons I find Viva la Vida beautifuk, and for how they became favorites during special time in my life. One is "Flower Forever" by a more obscure Japanese EDM artist, because it incorporated pumped up electronic music and bass, and a cute piano tune. It fit in with the "late summer" vibe I always got in August and September, going out to play and then calming down at night to stargaze.
Cemeteries of London, Princess of China, and Paradise were Coldplay songs I rocked to at night while styling my hair and trying new fashion styles, and I associate those with my urban life and growing up and all. I liked the raw instrumental tunes, rocking with guitars and drums, mixed with electronic bass and melody. Princess of China and Paradise still give me this surreal, dreamy vibe. I'll explain further later.
Obviously, some anime songs come to mind, thanks to it playing a big role in my teen years. I hold a special love for two songs - "Dear my Friend" from a Certain Scientific Railgun, and "Utada Hikaru", played at the end of the Evangelion movies. They both have that "EDM-Piano fusion", and are what I call "Laid back pumped up" for their relaxed, chilled out melodies, despite having some pumped up bits in them. I dunno, I tend to like that kind of music. "God Knows" from Haruhi Suzumiya sticks in my head thanks to playing Eurotrance Remixes while playing birds of steel. My fantasies of piloting Italian fighters often involves Japanese EDM when I'm not repeating Danger Zone.
Honestly, since getting into Sabaton, I'm struggling to think of which song of theirs I love the most. The Last Stand and Winged Hussars are amazing, Carolus Rex and Lion From The North are beautiful, Gott Mitt Uns is catchy, Night Witches and Ghost Division are epic, White Death and Art of War are unique....for some reason, "Lifetime of War" really sticks out to me.
Anyways, my taste in music is diverse, but I tend to adore surreal music that splices traditional instruments - ESPECIALLY piano and violin - and electronic music. More examples? Fireflies (Owl City), Speed of Sound (Coldplay), Spectres de Mouse (Mouse on the Keys), Burn (Ellie Goulding), Human (The Killers) and When You Were Young (The Killers).
Growing up, one of my favorite things to do on Saturday night was to listen to the country station. Me and my dad and sister would make a ring with bricks and build a bonfire, or me and my dad would would sit on the back porch in the dim light from inside, and listen to the radio. On Saturday nights, the radio always played old, old country music.
My favorite country musician was always Red Sovine. Almost all of his songs weren't sung, but rather spoken in rhyme and meter, real slow, like a story or a spoken poem. Reds songs were also often about life as a trucker, or life in The South. Every single Saturday they played Teddy Bear, his most popular song. It was about a trucker who met a crippled boy over the radio, and who stopped by to give the boy a truck ride like his Dad did before a wreck. My personal favorite is Phantom 309, about his experience hitching a ride from a mysterious trucker called Big Joe, and the story of what happened to him on a hill during a rainy night several years back.
There are a lot of other great country musicians. Tenessee Erny Ford, Conway Twitty, Dolly Parton, Reba, Johnny Horton (God Bless The Confederacy, Johny Reb), and John Anderson.
John Anderson is great. Swingin' and Straight Tequila Night are classics, and Seminole Wind always gives me chills. It also makes me proud, living near Florida, and in the land where the Seminole once lived. It also makes me upset and driven to protect the land like the Seminole did. I love The South for its geography and wildlife, and protecting Indian land is important.
Music is a great way to get pumped, but it's also easy to get lost in music and just relax. Not that it's a bad thing. It also helps understand reasons for why we do stuff.
My favorite country musician was always Red Sovine. Almost all of his songs weren't sung, but rather spoken in rhyme and meter, real slow, like a story or a spoken poem. Reds songs were also often about life as a trucker, or life in The South. Every single Saturday they played Teddy Bear, his most popular song. It was about a trucker who met a crippled boy over the radio, and who stopped by to give the boy a truck ride like his Dad did before a wreck. My personal favorite is Phantom 309, about his experience hitching a ride from a mysterious trucker called Big Joe, and the story of what happened to him on a hill during a rainy night several years back.
There are a lot of other great country musicians. Tenessee Erny Ford, Conway Twitty, Dolly Parton, Reba, Johnny Horton (God Bless The Confederacy, Johny Reb), and John Anderson.
John Anderson is great. Swingin' and Straight Tequila Night are classics, and Seminole Wind always gives me chills. It also makes me proud, living near Florida, and in the land where the Seminole once lived. It also makes me upset and driven to protect the land like the Seminole did. I love The South for its geography and wildlife, and protecting Indian land is important.
Music is a great way to get pumped, but it's also easy to get lost in music and just relax. Not that it's a bad thing. It also helps understand reasons for why we do stuff.
Rocket Ship is a great song to chill to. Space Dandy did good to use it in American ads. Obscure experimental rock music > everything.
And just to be consistent (not that I really needed to point out where Romy is, but still).
