gberger Posted August 2, 2006 Share #21 Posted August 2, 2006 Advertisement (gone after registration) Bach, Beethoven, Bizet, Brahms, Elgar, Donezitti, Puccini, Verdi, Hayden, etc., etc.Symphonies, Chamber music, Concertos, Opera - and bluegrass. Bryston electronics, Thiel speakers, Magnum Dynalab FM tuner, Sony CD player, SOTA turntable, Stax headphones, understanding spouse. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted August 2, 2006 Posted August 2, 2006 Hi gberger, Take a look here Musical preference. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
adan Posted August 2, 2006 Share #22 Posted August 2, 2006 What's an "iPod"? ;^) I enjoy everything from Offenbach to Tom Waits to "The Boss" to Peruvian black jazz. Plus a little merengue now and then. Trivia question: What's the cultural link between Tom Waits' "Innocent when you dream" and photography? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
masjah Posted August 2, 2006 Share #23 Posted August 2, 2006 I recall a very interesting long discussion on this topic arose as one of those enjoyable thread "spin-offs" on the Old Forum. For myself, I enjoy all the classical greats (except Wagner whom I loathe) but Bach is the very greatest. I'm not a great Jazz fan, but Keith Jarrett I do find very interesting. Otherwise old fashioned stuff like Beatles, Stones, Floyd, Dury. Oh, and Half Man, Half Biscuit's "Trouble Over Bridgewater" is fun. Hi-fi nothing too exotic: B&W CM1, Linsley Hood kit built amplifier (alternatively an AURA SE-x), Marantz CD60000SE CD player, LIsnley Hood kit built analogue FM tuner. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael-IIIf Posted August 2, 2006 Share #24 Posted August 2, 2006 Mmmn, interesting thread, and interesting to see how much musical taste there is in common. For my part I'm with Andy on his modern selection, and with Steve on the Bach, however if I had to choose one LP for my desert island it would be Brendel's 1962 recording of Schubert's impromtus. I have this on vinyl and the emotion that has been successfully passed down the centuries is spine-chilling. To paraphrase Samuel Johnson: if a man is tired of Schubert he is tired of life. Steve, I would love a pair of ESLs - if only I could persuade my other half that they would fit in our tiny flat! Michael Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overgaard Posted August 2, 2006 Share #25 Posted August 2, 2006 High end audio. Loudspeakers dominates the living room, cables as thick as arms and made of materials that would make even NASA envy. Broad music taste. Some of the names that I get back to again and again are Chick Corea, Van Morrison, Niel Young, lots of lounge music (Air, Pan*American, Hotel Costes, etc), Bach (Welltempered Clavier, etc), Dvorak, Isaac Hayes, Jimi Hendrix, Miles Davis, Snoop Dog ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddp Posted August 2, 2006 Share #26 Posted August 2, 2006 Hmmmm....my tastes run towards the more Industrial / Electronic & Metal end of the spectrum...but to name a few - Depeche Mode, :Wumpscut:,Judas Priest, Led Zeppelin, Johhny Cash, Eminem, Aphex Twin. Depends on the mood really....my collection has a bit of everything from classical to jazz to '80's "hair metal" lol.... Audi equipment is more home theater oriented - Anthem AV20, Marantz MM9000 amp, Sony SACD DVP 9000ES and Definitive Technology speakers... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lll Posted August 2, 2006 Share #27 Posted August 2, 2006 Advertisement (gone after registration) Answered already to my musical taste in the german forum. The technical side: very similar to my decision for Leica. Thorens, Revox, Restek (Speakers), Pioneer (CD/DVD). In long term, nothing is cheaper than the best. I´m satisfied with my Thorens since I have bought it more than 30 years ago, same with the beautiful Revox preciever from 1989. Gave them the needed service and got perfect performance over all the time - like Leica :-) Friedhelm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leopold Green Posted August 2, 2006 Share #28 Posted August 2, 2006 What's an "iPod"? ;^) Trivia question: What's the cultural link between Tom Waits' "Innocent when you dream" and photography? one of my favourite of his songs [i suppose franks wild years is probably my favourite of his albums] but i can't think of the connection and i know this is going to really bug me so do tell... it has been really good to read this thread and see both the variety and commonality of good taste... Leopold Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
beramos Posted August 2, 2006 Share #29 Posted August 2, 2006 In this order: - Johan Sebastian BACH - Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART and - Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Once God said: If it had that to be a composer of music would be J. S. BACH and if he had that to be he interpret of music, he would be MOZART. - BR Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Findus Posted August 2, 2006 Author Share #30 Posted August 2, 2006 I didn't mean "general" musical preference, but the one, or two artists which have made their stand in time, composers, musicians, bands that have secured a place in one of your brain halves .... music you never get tired listening to, music that can influence your mood, mindset, thought .... music that if the right peron was their could open up your deepest thoughts, expose all the skeletons in all of your cupboards :-)) ... simply the music you love the most ..... BTW as for musical appliances, I have apple Itunes, on an apple computer obviously, I make use of apple airport extreme in 7 diffenret locations throughout the house all hooked up to Harmon kardon speker sets.... Our main stereo set is a quad system, own made loudspeakers and a thorens turntable, between the husband and myself we own over 5000 longplay records. We have cd's which we play over the apple system ..... I like the "cracks" and "tings" of records, As for records we only have the older recordings, newer ones we have on CD (and Mac). Nothing like hearing menuhins1962 recording of Opus 62 on a crackly old record.... Or for that matter Blue for you by Miles Davis.... CD's are perfect, so is my Canon IIDs full fornat sensor thingie .... but boy is perfection boring !!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael-IIIf Posted August 2, 2006 Share #31 Posted August 2, 2006 MIchaela, Never mind your Modiglianis, it's your 5,000 LPs I envy In a similar epiphany moment where I rediscovered film, I have recently rediscovered vinyl. Yes perfection might well be boring but dust can be a pain in both the film and vinyl media. However with my new Pro-ject turntable and MC cartridge I've been amazed at how clean my twenty-odd year old LPs are. Much cleaner than I remember them. An anti-static gun works wonders too. And the one artist I couldn't live without: Schubert. M Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Findus Posted August 2, 2006 Author Share #32 Posted August 2, 2006 Schubert, yes it was metnioned before, very nice music indeed, listen to it quite often. Now I've mastered the German language his songs start to appeal. As for turntables, the cartridges are harder to get, and becoming quite expensive, somewhat like film. And PS. I don't have the Modigliannis, they are, and have been a prized family possesion since I can remember, amongst other things they are in a trust sort of thingie.... people, even family members would murder to get hold of these items. my grandfather has seen to these things well :-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Findus Posted August 2, 2006 Author Share #33 Posted August 2, 2006 Actually just cecked on the numbers (moleskin) and there are 5823 albums of a single title. This elevates to 6788 single records including things like "concert for bangladesh" which are three albums under one title. 2722 of these are classical titles of which 536 are Beethoven albums ..... just a statistic.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertwang Posted August 2, 2006 Share #34 Posted August 2, 2006 I listen to mostly jazz, rap/hip-hop, and Russian pop music. I also listen to classical and other genres... best classical pianist has to be Glenn Gould, hands down. Not even the Russian pianist can touch the god of piano playing. Fazil Say maybe. but it's mostly rap music using Shure or Grado headphones: stuff like. N.W.A., Public Enemy, A Tribe Called Quest, Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth, Eazy-E, Akinyele, Nas, Black Moon, and so on. Of course, I'm probably one of the oddballs but I'm pretty much immersed in Afro-American culture. I think that most alternative music sucks. For example, I find U2 absolutely boring. Even R.E.M. which I used to listen to a lot back at Vanderbilt is borrrriiiiiing. If it doesn't talk about street knowledge or macking out, it kinda bores me. I like Miles and obscure jazz too, mostly free jazz and bebop. I hate Kenny G. It's like shooting with Canon wide angles... suckssssssssssss. Also I really think that Ashlee Simpson kicks a** as well. Straight off da hook, boyz! So yeah, you got me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ed_oneal Posted August 2, 2006 Share #35 Posted August 2, 2006 In more or less chronological order: Vivaldi, Bach, Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Brahms Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overgaard Posted August 2, 2006 Share #36 Posted August 2, 2006 Seems like music photos made with Leicas of Miles Davis (+others ) could be a good marketing positioning for Leica - at least when pointed at existing Leica users... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adan Posted August 2, 2006 Share #37 Posted August 2, 2006 Leo: If you are familiar with the movie "Smoke", think of the closing credits. For those who have not seen this movie, it's a strange-but-wonderful little set of character studies. The closing credits involve Harvey Keitel, the acquisition of a camera (Canon AE-1) and the Tom Waits song. Directed by Wayne Wang. Keitel, William Hurt, Stockard Channing, Forrest Whittaker, Ashley Judd. back to music... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brunom Posted August 3, 2006 Share #38 Posted August 3, 2006 Puccini, Greek music and Techno ! Bruno Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbretteville Posted August 3, 2006 Share #39 Posted August 3, 2006 Can't think why I didn't mention Pink Floyd in my first post, but one album that I never tire off is "Wish you were here" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted August 3, 2006 Share #40 Posted August 3, 2006 Seems like music photos made with Leicas of Miles Davis (+others ) could be a good marketing positioning for Leica...quote] He used a Leica himself - look at the cover of the live at Newport album and he has what looks like an M3. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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