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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2018 14:39:31 GMT
I’ve recently been trying to figure out what it is that attracts me to a particular music artist, and have come up with the following.
Rhythm
Nice tune
Melody
Singing, not shouting
So what does it for you?
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Post by MikeMusic on Jul 12, 2018 14:47:35 GMT
Don't know. Have tried many times to work it out
I have all sorts of favourites that are opposite to others.
I love both
Low, quiet and slow
The Fall, usually heavy riffs, loud often disjointed, nearly all shouting with no singing at all !
Dead simple, Eno as well as complicated Gentle Giant
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Post by MartinT on Jul 12, 2018 14:52:36 GMT
If only I could identify the 'magic essence' of a good song! A few things...
- unusual chord changes
- unusual key changes
- unusual instruments
- characterful voice (doesn't have to be perfect)
- good bass line
- atmospheric
- tight playing and timing
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Post by Slinger on Jul 12, 2018 16:31:19 GMT
I've come to the conclusion that it's totally indefinable, in my case at least.
I like my classical a bit melodic, but that doesn't necessarily apply to my taste in rock.
I love good musicianship, but I also enjoy listening to punk rock.
I'm a fan of relaxing "chillout" style music, but I quite like Motörhead.
Many of these "likes" are dependant on my mood. I probably wouldn't follow Steeleye Span's 'Parcel of Rogues' with Lemmy and 'Ace of Spades', but then again, I might.
I could argue that I like the "best" of any given genre that appeals to me, but then there would be endless arguments about what the best actually is, or was.
I either like things, or I don't, and life's too short for trying to work out why that should be.
If you play me something I can probably put into words what I like, or dislike, about it. Working out why one dislikes something, though, is probably the simpler task. Ultimately, the less time spent analysing, the more time is left over for discovering.
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Post by John on Jul 12, 2018 17:08:27 GMT
I love the contrasts Paul.
I enjoy good musicianship I love the guitar, violin and cello. I enjoy music that usually quite tight with a good drummer who has good sense of rhythm. Deep lyrics help. But of course there plenty of stuff that does not fit this mould that I love. Music will always throw stuff at you that challenges your perceptions from time to time and long may that continue.
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Post by MikeMusic on Jul 12, 2018 17:47:45 GMT
Stumbled across a great contrast today
Mekons - Rock n Roll. Seems like they wanted it to sound like a shambles. Good music and very enjoyable
Was (not Was) - Boo. Staggered at the sound quality and what they have in there. Such a well made album, as I expect from Was.
The best modern soul I can think of
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2018 17:55:05 GMT
Many of these "likes" are dependant on my mood. Yeah I get that, I find exactly the same, sometimes I'll put an album on and just can't get on with it, and then on another day I will play it over and over. No rhyme or reason for it, other than mood. |
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Post by MartinT on Jul 12, 2018 19:26:51 GMT
Then there's music like some Tangerine Dream or Jon Hopkins that just breaks every rule, having no tangible rhythm or melody.
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