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[Kagus]

I was using it just to be silly.  Y'know, since most of the time it's the negative sentiments that are analyzed for tact.  I felt that posting a blatantly positive comment with an attached certification of tactfulness would be somehow comedic.

Cthulhu probably attached it because, compared to what he would have said, his statement was indeed quite tactful.  But then again, he may just have been doing it for kicks too.  Who can truly say what goes through the head-analog of such a creature?  Especially when its true name is something far cuddlier than "Cthulhu"...

EDIT:  Oh yes, and the Black Crowes.  I rather enjoy them, too.

[Cthulhu]

I put it there so it wouldn't  be construed as an attack on the person's tastes.

[qwertyuiopas]

Music: How to create?

[The Willow Wisp]

I put it there so it wouldn't  be construed as an attack on the person's tastes.

By the way, Cthulhu, I'm still waiting for an explaination on how Metallica sold out.

[Gorjo MacGrymm]

I love most metal.  I grew up on classic rock.  I despise nirvana.

I was going to metallica concerts before your highschool buds were born.  IMO, THEY SOLD OUT.  The black album was the srart of the "pussy years" (and music videos they said they would never make, their partnership with Mtv-who they called the enemy of music, and the whole napster thing).  Jason Newstead help them make Millions, but destroyed the music.

Their new album, whichj they say is about "getting back to their roots", kicks ass IMO.
Theres a difference between changing your sound, and changing your style.  Its funny how all the "new fans" (those after the black album) hate the new album, cuz its different, or as I like to put it, actually METAL instead of commercial guitar rock.

[Scope]

I also love 30 Seconds to Mars

[Sensei]

Don't like Nirvana. Loved Kill 'em All, and Master of puppets. A bit of Linkin Park, but not most of it. Then there's the one song by Breaking Benjamin, but I didn't like anything else they did. Similar with Venetian Snares. And what little I've heard of 30 seconds to mars is good. I don't listen to a ton of music, but I've got a taste for cool jazz and I really like some of the stuff by the Blues Brothers.

Oh, and I really really like just about every piece of music ever composed for the Myst games. Especially Sirrus' themes and later variations thereof, is probably among my favorite music ever.

Again from my little experience, but it seems that pop music and rap and the like is getting lazier and lazier. But maybe it's just always been like that.

[Duke 2.0]

 Alright, I'm not quite sure how to describe my music taste. Think songs like Savior from Rise Against, The Pretender from Foo Fighters or Second Chance by Shinedown.

 Yeah, I really have not heard much from the 'classic rock' bands. I really am not a fan of musical solos or incomprehensible lyrics. I prefer active rockout songs and not anything really mellow. Except for everything by Dispatch. For some reason I also really like Jamiroquai. Seems every genre except country has something I like that resembles any of the above.

[Hawkfrost]

In general, most of the Metal genres really don't appeal to me...  I need to hear a lot of emotion in a song, a lot of "feeling".

Insomnium puts alot of emotion into their songs, but it's melo-death so I doubt you would go for it.
Kamelot always came across(at least to me) as a band that really puts their heart into it, so maybe you could try them.
Donno?

Alright, I'm not quite sure how to describe my music taste. Think songs like Savior from Rise Against, The Pretender from Foo Fighters or Second Chance by Shinedown.

I like all of those.
Not bad.



My musical tastes ranges across the board.
Everything but rap* and hip hop really.

Right now I'm leaning into symphonic, melodeath and black metal, with a bit of folk metal.
But it's subject to change at a moment's notice.



*I have heard good rap. My old roommate used to listen to underground rap, and I heard some good songs. It's just that the mainstream stuff is pretty horrible.

[sonerohi]

Very tactful indeed, that tactful use of tact.

[Kagus]

I just watched a recording of the Leningrad Cowboys and the Red Army Ensemble "Total Balalaika Show".

Absolutely freakin' EPIC. 


This stuff cannot be missed.  Seriously, I recommend everyone watch this thing.  Awesomeness had to update its capacity in order to hold all of it.

[The Willow Wisp]

In general, most of the Metal genres really don't appeal to me...  I need to hear a lot of emotion in a song, a lot of "feeling".

Insomnium puts alot of emotion into their songs, but it's melo-death so I doubt you would go for it.
Kamelot always came across(at least to me) as a band that really puts their heart into it, so maybe you could try them.
Donno?

I tried them. They sound good to me. I may have to look deeper into Kamelot.

*I have heard good rap. My old roommate used to listen to underground rap, and I heard some good songs. It's just that the mainstream stuff is pretty horrible.

I agree. Most of the mainstream rap I hear seems to be about the same recycled topics over and over again. The only rap songs I like seem to be songs that have some real meaning behind them. Songs like, "Cleanin' out my Closet", "Like toy Soldiers", "Stan", and "When I'm Gone" by Eminem; "Dead and Gone" by TI (Ft. Justin Timberlake); or "If It all ended Tommorrow" By John Cena.

To me, those songs sound like they have some kind of seriousness or actual subject matter to them.

[Kagus]

Insomnium puts alot of emotion into their songs, but it's melo-death so I doubt you would go for it.
Kamelot always came across(at least to me) as a band that really puts their heart into it, so maybe you could try them.
Donno?

Yeah, first sample of Insomnium I tried out started just fine (Down With the Sun), but then got into the growling which I really just don't have any tolerance for.  Like I said, I've had people tell me you can get used to it, but I'd *really* have to have an incentive to train myself to that point...  Just not my thing.

Kamelot is interesting.  Not something I'd listen to all the time as the symphony-style music can get to be a bit much after a while, but they're still interesting.  The gal who does backup singing for them though (at least on March of Mephisto and Love You To Death) reminds me a heck of a lot of a gal I had feelings for back at school (that didn't work out too well).  Mixed feelings at those memories.

[Siquo]

I've found that every genre has good songs and bad songs. There needs to be another classification, "genre" sais nothing about the quality of the song. I've yet to meet a genre where every song in that genre is horrible to me. R&B comes very close though, but even in there, there are gems to be found.

Cookie for the person that finds a genre where everything sucks.

Metallica didn't sell out as much, as they started to make different music and have different attidudes as before. The different music was not to the tastes of most of their fans.

[Hawkfrost]

Insomnium puts alot of emotion into their songs, but it's melo-death so I doubt you would go for it.
Kamelot always came across(at least to me) as a band that really puts their heart into it, so maybe you could try them.
Donno?

Yeah, first sample of Insomnium I tried out started just fine (Down With the Sun), but then got into the growling which I really just don't have any tolerance for.  Like I said, I've had people tell me you can get used to it, but I'd *really* have to have an incentive to train myself to that point...  Just not my thing.

Kamelot is interesting.  Not something I'd listen to all the time as the symphony-style music can get to be a bit much after a while, but they're still interesting.  The gal who does backup singing for them though (at least on March of Mephisto and Love You To Death) reminds me a heck of a lot of a gal I had feelings for back at school (that didn't work out too well).  Mixed feelings at those memories.

Yeah, my best friend can't stand the vocals either, even though he likes the instrumentals.
I think it helps if you know the lyrics. And Drawn to Black is the best Insomnium song, IMO. The lyrics are in the description. They are a bit intense of a band, but their lyrics are like poetry. Their new album has some clean vocals, like in Where The Last Wave Broke.

Kamelot, ahh... such a good band. The Human Stain is my personal favorite, and my friend who only likes hip-hop even admitted that she likes that song.