I am a "moody listener". I play different things to suit my moods. My husband will tease me and say I'm on a whomever "kick". What are you currently listening to and when you get into certain moods, who do you seem to return to listening to most often ?

Right now, I am a Styx kick. Don't know why. Think it is because my husband has been on a Kiss kick. I know that makes little sense other than I have never much been into Kiss but always liked Styx. I'm listening to their greatest hits package right now.

When I am in need of relaxation I go to artists such as: pat Metheny, Lyle Mays, Nnenna Frelon, Dave Brubeck or David Benoit

When I am retrospective or reminiscent I go to Dan Fogelberg or James Taylor

I also listen frequently to Kenny Loggins, Annie Lennox, Natalie Merchant, Joni Mitchell, Ricki Lee Jones, Seal, Earth, Wind and Fire, Oleta Adams and Julia Fordham.

I listen to just about anything, but my love lies within neo-soul, R&B, and ballads. I don’t listen to heavy metal and hardly any country, but everything else is fair game.

Right now, I'm listening to punk. Not the Ramons type of punk, the new stuff, like Sum 41 and Saliva.

I was just listening to my old jazz tape with people like Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, and Fats Waller before I popped in my punk CD.

I don't yet know whether my mood determines what type of music I listen to or the type of music I listen to determines my mood.

I'm constantly singing or humming to myself and I'll jump right from rocking to, "We're not gonna take it," to “come to my window,” to "the sun will come out tomorrow, betcha bottom dollar," to "oye como va," hum “The Magic Flute,” and finish with a finale of ”always be my baby.”

I’m not always that dramatic, but it happens.

I just love music.

I was listening to my Celtic stuff when I got my computer here and could finally play CDs. I always go back to Simon and Garfunkel too. I am on a bit of a Sting kick and once again, my Tennessee counterpart and I Malizma and I have a lot of musicians in common including Fogelberg.
As to your guitar thread there, I did get pretty far in the Taylor songs, reading that pesky tablature stuff.
I have some history of the Blues CDs from a collection we found. Not bad.
The kids are playing some modern stuff and I listen to that too.

all pop! like aaron carter, dreamstreet, backstreet boys, nsync, people like them

Charles Trenet. Lovely 1930's French jazz. Although there's a lot to be said for brit groups like Radiohead too.

You should enter the eclectic thread! I didn't even put down most of the French music I listen to!
"La Mer, qu'on voit danser..."

I'm on a Pogues kick right now. I just got into them, so I'm kind of doing them to death right now.

Electro Pop Techno! Lots of catchy tunes and thumping beats with silly robotic singing....ahhhh!! There's a fine French fella who lives in Tokyo called Steril (I presume it's a psuedonim) who's been producing the finest music I've heard of late, and luckily enough he's playing in Glasgow on Friday, so that's me happy then! Me, I shoulda been born a robot!

At the moment I've been going through my old Elvis Costello stuff. Last weekend I actually went through all my cd's & pulled out a couple that I haven't listened to for a while. So this week has largely consisted of Elvis Costello, Urge Overkill & a couple of old soundtracks (a la "Hair" & "The Rocky Horror Picture Show"!!

For the past few days, I've been listening to Peggy Lee, who passed away on Monday. There is a lustiness in her voice that just won't die, though now it seems a bit eerie. If you've not heard her before, I urge you to listen to 'Is That All There Is?', you'll find it in the jazz section. "Is that all there is? If that's all there is, my friend, then let's start dancing. Let's break out the booze and have a ball." RIP.

mmmm...different music for different moods. Very understandable. Love to spend a Sunday afternoon sipping a few cold ales to the likes of Sting (&the Police),Roxy Music,Elvis Costello etc. Sometimes Fatboy Slim,Amok, Tori Amos (dance remixes) when I,m ready to go out and anything except slow love song sloppys when I've got a hangover.

I've been on a Kylie Minogue listening kick. Having loved her recent material I went back into her older material. The girl's done some good stuff! Although I was a fan from childhood I never heard her SAW albums in full before. Some of it is mawkish rubbish but there's some hidden gems like Secrets, the original version of Shocked, Enjoy Yourself etc, which could've been hit singles.

I bought Peggy lee's best of after hearing some tracks on her sad death. Wow! From jazz to Latin to Rock n Roll... she did it all!!! What a singer and a songwriter too! MUch respect!

Litleowl!

I was on a Linkin Park kick for a while... now that i've seen "A WALK TO REMEMBER" I love New Radicals

I was on a Linkin Park kick for a while... now that i've seen "A WALK TO REMEMBER" I love New Radicals

I just bought "Native Love (Step By Step)" by Divine, the enormous transvestite famed for supposedly eating s**t at the end of John Waters "Pink Flamingos" film, and it's absolutely incredible electro disco nonsense. At the same time I also picked up "You Spin Me Round" by Dead Or Alive, and it's STILL wonderful. I guess I'm on a retro-disco-80's-electronic kinda tip at the moment, and I'm loving it! Lots of Human League, Yazoo and Depeche Mode too! Maybe my musical growth got stunted around about 1982?

SuperFurryAnimal........I'm with you! ElectroTechnoPop! Can't get enough!

No one has yet mentioned any opera, I don't think...Pavarotti rules for me, at least. Problem is, I only like two or three selections. Period. But Nesum Dorma blows me away...and the duet from the Pearl Fishers...and Caruso(the song)....

I also like a religious quartet! ...and I'm not religious! The old Cathedrals (most are dead now) get me halfway to Heaven all by their OWN selves!

Phil Ochs, Arlo Guthrie, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, etc. etc., Richard & Mimi Farina, YES..stop me...I was a FOLKIE!

I can get on a Stan Rogers kick (Canadian) though many of his songs sound Irish (he came from where all the Irish immigrants settled in southern Ontario in the 17-1800's) and I might go and listen to him right now....

...and I've not even begun...

BUT THE OLD GUY WANTS TO PLAY INTERNET CHECKERS!

...back later....

I think you'd best hunt up that eclectic thread here somewhere. Don't think anyone's added to it!
That's what I like about moderating and editing here at QL and FT as I get to have my finger on the pulse of the world's music tastes!
I just listened to Boccelli on the Italian TV here (I'm a borderline...no..I mean a border person here) at the San Remo song festival. What a voice. He hasn't lost anything of his power.

My Italian hubby introduced me to San Remo...and it's great...but, I have to point out one thing...

Listen to Boccelli singing "Caruso" and then Pavarotti singing "Caruso"...or vice versa...and compare...

I know it's another forum, BUT....

Boccelli or Caruso?

LOL...........ME!

SO SHOOT ME!

THAT SHOULD BE....

Boccelli or Pavarotti???

*sorry*

U2, because I'm technically working on a problem set.

U2 is the only band whose lyrics I know well enough that I can sing along without getting distracted!

One more in the name of love!

I prefer Bocelli to Pavarotti.
I listen to my Celtic stuff at home when I work, and they didn't put any sound card on the pc at work.
If I'm translating the music cannot have words though.

My kids study with music on and have no trouble, but they can't do it around their father as I guess his mother didn't let him!

It's kinda funny. The music I've been listening to hear lately are completely opposite.
I've been listening to Linkin Park for a long time now so that's one type I guess.
But I've also found a love for New Age and Big Band. I'm not quite sure either. Wish I knew how I come to love it.

Oh please...

What are all these Bocelli and Pavarotti...?
I don't judge anybody for listening to them but, what I think of their "music", eeeeesh!

As I like hard rock and music of that kind, I really like 'Sevendust' and 'System of a Down' these days. 'Linkin Park' are good too but I'm mostly waiting for a new album now.

I have different 'favorites' at any given time. Lately, it's been Eminem, especially "Stan", I think it started as a way to relate to what my sons were listening to, but it sort of took on a life of it's own. I actually enjoy it! And believe me, I am not a rap fan (read: I'm 44 years old!) Bocelli? Pavorotti? Ouch!!! At this moment I'm listening to "Man Of Constant Sorrow," by The Foggy Bottom Boys. Go figure!

I stumbled upon an old Lloyd Cole album lately and have been giving that a severe going over.
Also Concrete Blonde and Stan Ridgeway. Yeah so im an eighties guy.
I tell you what i hate though, this whole R&B thing, Those songs all sound the bloody same. It's just riding on the back of a afro-american culture invasion over here. You should see the sad little wannabe hommies waving there little hand signs around at Maccas, then its of home to get mum and dad to fork over some more cash for the latest t-shirt with that bloody Rhino on it. Whatever happened to Stussy for god's sake.