What do you listen to?

[Elder the Dwarf]

Didn't see a thread on this. Sorry if I missed one. What kind of music do you guys listen to? I personally listen to a wide variety of music. I love Indie/ Jam (favorites are Dispatch, State Radio, Dave Matthews, and Barefoot Truth, also like Bon Iver), like rock, especially from the 70's and 80's, like a lot of rap (ready to get bashed for that one), don't mind some newer country (more bashing) and will listen to almost anything that isn't metal or classical (I hate most pop though). What about everybody else?

[The Blue Lotus]

Oh dear... OK lets see here Cher, MJ, The Culture Club. Basically anything 80's.
I'm a sucker for sugary bubble gum pop. I hate rap or anything with cussing, sex or anything that is derogatory towards one gender or group.
BSB rock! Dashboard Confessionals was a great band, but no one can beat Bon Jovi.

I'm also a huge fan of Bollywood tunes
Not a huge kollywood person but even thay have managed a few good tracks.
Lollywood sucks IMHO.

Oh and Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, Elton John, and some of the old school rockers.

[Crimson Phoenix]

I like a bit of everything tbh, but I always have to have my earphones in to write, if I ever find I'm listening to the music more than concentrating on the writing though I listen to the album 'A Fever You Can't Sweat Out' by Panic! At the Disco. I've listened to it that many times that it lets me switch off to the what's being shouted down my ear and listen to the voice inside my head.

[Hans]

Still the same as I wrote here: What music do you like? Favorite song?

[Elder the Dwarf]

Lotus, not all rap has terrible lyrics. One of my good friends is in a christian rap group called Diicypulz. They're pretty sick, and sorry everyone- not trying to plug a religion here (just a friend haha). Also, there is a lot of rap that carries good messages despite the lyrics. Granted, there is a lot of rap that has neither nice lyrics or nice messages, and I do listen to some of that too

Sorry, Hans. Guess I did miss one. I'll take myself over there then.

[Hans]

Nothing to be sorry about. Just an opportunity for me to throw a link in your general direction.

[Ghost]

I mostly listen to various types of folk music, trip-hop, singer-songwriter, and alternative rock. I used to say I hate hip hop/rap and country, but that can't be true because I like Shing02 and Garth Brooks.

Some of my favorites: Värttinä, Garmarna, Valravn, Gåte, Tenhi, In Gowan Ring, Backworld, Flёur, Niyaz, Mylène Farmer, Emilie Simon, Under Byen, Portishead, Pati Yang, Komeda, Rasputina, Matson Jones, The White Birch, and Carina Round. Recently, I got into The Irrepressibles, Ô Paradis, and Lonely Drifter Karen.

My username on Last.fm is the same as it is here. Does anybody else have an account there?

[Elder the Dwarf]

I don't, is that like pandora or spotify?

[Legendary Sidekick]

Talking Heads is my favorite band to listen to while writing. The songs bombard you with words. Surprisingly, that is NOT distracting.

When I lived in Hong Kong (where I wrote most of my first book), the coffee shop played The Beatles' White Album. I think they skipped Back From the U.S.S.R. and Revolution 9. (My iPod also ignores those tracks.) Good music to edit to... or correct students' papers. (The coffee shop was near my school, and in Hong Kong, teachers get looooong breaks. God, how I miss that now!)

[Digital_Fey]

Just about anything from the 60s onwards, provided the lyrics are good and it's not too mainstream. Punk, new wave, metal, alternative, etc... Celtic deathmetal/folk metal makes me very happy for some reason The only genres I can't stand are RnB and pop (although I make an exception for Lady Gage - shoot me.) I only listen to Apocalyptica or instrumental anime OSTs when I'm writing, stuff with lyrics is too distracting.