General Music Discussion (Non-Japanese)

Rage Against The Machine makes some awesome workout music.

anyone knows where to find the lyrics of romance or romance d' amour?..that is played in the korean movie whispering corridors: the voice..

onegaishimasu :bow:
^^V

I'm having an MTV flashback: been downloading all the cool music videos from the 80's... Great stuff. :victory:

Does MTV exist anymore? What are they doing nowadays? :headscratch:

bmwracer wrote:I'm having an MTV flashback: been downloading all the cool music videos from the 80's... Great stuff. :victory:

Does MTV exist anymore? What are they doing nowadays? :headscratch:

I quit watching MTV a long time ago. I would guess they have mostly Real World reruns :sweat:

I used to download music videos often, but since I really haven't been following what's good in the music lately my downloading has stopped. The last album I bought was Feist - The Reminder back in May of last year, so it's been a while. I don't listen to radio either, so I'm really out of the loop.

deseipher wrote:I quit watching MTV a long time ago.

Back in the 80's, a couple of friends and I would record something like a day's worth of music videos, then each one of us got a chance to copy all of the ones we wanted to keep.... :sweat:

I think I still have those tapes somewhere. :beaten:

Currently watching The Untouchables - Free Yourself :victory:

bmwracer wrote:
Does MTV exist anymore? What are they doing nowadays? :headscratch:

they make sthupid reality tv shows that are barely real

I took my son and his friend to see Joe Satriani in Sydney last night. Damn, he rocks hard for an old(er) guy - he's 52 now I think. It was also fantastic to see Stu Hamm in action again - the guy is just amazing. One of the best bass players ever.

Stu Hamm: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwaMeThlvzE

I miss the old MTV that played music.

Yo Anime Dad long time no chat

shiroi_tora wrote:I miss the old MTV that played music.

Yo Anime Dad long time no chat

Hey Tiger! Where you been? I was just thinking it had been a while...

Ive been busy. working mostly

That's a shame. :(

:sniff: I know :(

got my gladiator ost cd on. at high volume it's stirring stuff. feel like running my hand through some barley....

so glad kid rock isn't number one anymore. :woot:

Yes's cover of Simon & Garfunkel's classic "America" available here:

http://www.sendspace.com/file/6ady4a

Here's some video to give you an idea!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lS2FUW7UkR0&feature=related

i've recently invested in an 8gb memory card for my mobile phone so i now use that as my mp3 player. i can switch the phone function off so it can be used on planes but i bet it'll still cause some concerns with other passengers. has anyone encountered any problems?

runpup wrote:As fans of asian media, we frequently hear music performed on instruments we in the west are not familiar with...

One instrument I hear quite a lot is the erhu, sometimes known in the West as the "Chinese violin"...for the most part, it has a high pitched sound, sometimes even sounding like a woman singing...

I've become quite fond of this instrument of late, and thought I'd let others get a sample...

This piece has the erhu carrying the melody in a very popular song by Coldplay...
http://www.sendspace.com/file/ozxcvp

If you listened to the first download, you'll have no trouble recognizing the erhu in the opening of this classic anime...
http://www.sendspace.com/file/la9vpd

Finally, while the prior two pieces are excellent, this is a stupendous performance by a virtuoso erhu player...
http://www.sendspace.com/file/66vxaz

I have two close friends who are professional musicians...one is a violinist with the Houston Grand Opera and the Houston Ballet...the other is a violist with the same orchestras...both of them, after hearing the above music, were amazed by the subtlety achieved by an instrument that's relatively crude compared to the ones they play...

Anyway, I love the erhu and hope you enjoy hearing it as well...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erhu

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/features/6201298.html

Andrea Bocelli- Con te Partiro...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcrfvP11Hbo

anything rock music is fine!!!!

rock and roll to all of ya!!!

runpup wrote:Andrea Bocelli- Con te Partiro...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcrfvP11Hbo

Here's Journey/Santana guitarist Neal Schon's cover of this... its sweet...

http://www.sendspace.com/file/60o3ul