So, every once in awhile, late at night, I have these epiphanies. Last night, I had one. I'm supposed to be a musician, right?

You: Yes, you are

Right. So I'm thinking and thinking and wondering why I don't listen to more music than I do. I mean, I like the stuff I listen to, but there's probably SO much more out there. Why, as an artist, am I depriving myself from these other flavors? And then it came to me.

Labels.

People, like you and me, tend to label EVERYTHING. Especially music.

"Oh that's shit music."

"This is SOOOOOOOO deep."

"These guys sold out."

So, I'm asking you guys to show me music. Any kind of music. And I'll listen to it. Be it blues, rock, pop, jazz, hip hop, metal, etc. I'm tired of putting all these types of music under labels, separating what's "good" and "bad". I wanna at least listen to everything.

Now, I'm not saying that I'm gonna LIKE everything. Hell no. There is still going to be stuff I don't like. But I'll know after listening to it. Thanks.

*walks away, muttering about how he's going to regret this*

LISTEN TO TEH DREAM THEATER

Okay, but seriously. iTunes was actually useful for something in recommending me two bands I had never heard of before: Redemption and Threshold. I'll give you my favorite songs from each:

"Pilot in the Sky of Dreams" - Threshold
"Memory" - Redemption

Here's some cool George Michael music too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrxmrS9FIzc

Queen- The Show Must Go On

Chuck Berry- Roll Over Beethoven

Johnny Cash- Sunday Morning Coming Down

Louis Armstrong- La Vie en Rose

Rammstein- Seemann

Josh Turner- Would You Go With Me

Celine Dion ft. Josh Groban- The Prayer

Lynyrd Skynyrd- The Last Rebel

Gary Moore- Hiroshima

Michael Jackson- Ghost

Variety is the spice of life, right? If I can think of anything else to add I'll post it later.

Gorillaz-Stylo
Alice In Chains-I Stay Away
Streetlight Manifesto-Such Great Heights
Infectious Grooves-Violent and Funky
Suicidal Tendencies-Cyco Vision
Brocas Helm-Children of The Nova Dawn
Manowar-Warriors of The World
Aerosmith-Shame On You
An Endless Sporadic-Sun of Pearl
Megadeth-The Scorpion
System of A Down-Shimmy
Primus-Jerry Was A Racecar Driver
Sam Kinison-Wild Thing

Enjoy. :D

Hmmm, let's just pull a few assorteds from my SADF365D

Alabama 3 - Woke Up This Morning

Jimmy Eat World - Work

Jimmy Eat World - Always Be

Bloc Party - Like Eating Glass

Bloc Party - Banquet

Anberlin - Readyfuels

Anberlin - Audrey, Start The Revolution!

(Had to double up on these... I like them)

The Cult - Fire Woman

May get more up... dinner time.

One from each letter of the alphabet?

A: After Forever, "Dreamflight"
B: Blind Guardian, "And Then There Was Silence"
C: Cynic, "King of Those Who Know"
D: Dillinger Escape Plan, "Widower"
E: Eyedea and Abilities, "Read Wiped In Blue"
F: Four Letter Lie, "Firecracker"
G: Gin Blossoms, "Hey Jealousy"
H: HIM, "Join Me In Death"
I: Immortal Technique, "Dance With the Devil"
J: Jean Grae, "Swing Blades"
K: Kamelot, "Memento Mori"
L: Lacuna Coil, "Heaven's a Lie"
M: Mute Math, "The Nerve"
N: Nightwish, "The Poet and the Pendulum"
O: of Montreal, "Enemy Gene"
P: Pavement, "Conduit For Sale"
Q: Yeah, I don't have a Q band.
R: Rebecca Bla...
R: Rilo Kiley, "The Absence of God"
S: Stars, "He Lied About Death"
T: Tegan and Sara, "The Con"
U: The Used, "Blue and Yellow"
V: Vital Remains, "Dechristianize" (I doubt you'll like it though)
W: Within Temptation, "Angels"
X: The only letter that literally did not show up in my library.
Y: Ying Yang Twins, "Halftime"
Z: I've got nothing.

Might link to them tomorrow. Idk.

Zebrahead?

No Frank Sinatra in this thread saddens me.

This may be one of my favorite songs of all time: The March of the Black Queen - Queen

Here's some other shit that's worth a listen.

Let Your Hair Hang Down - Catapult

You Know My Name - Chris Cornell

Suck My Dick - Dickheadz

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly - Ennio Morricone

Teacher's Pet - Extreme

Hell Raiser - Sweet

Alexander Graham Bell - Sweet

I Believe in A Thing Called Love - The Darkness

No Worries - Simon Webbe

Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy - Queen

Mustapha - Queen

This is Not A Song, It's A Sandwich - Psychostick

Talk To Her - Priestess

Let It Die - Ozzy Osbourne

Same Ol' Situation (S.O.S.) - Mötley Crüe

Attitude - Metallica

Wonder Woman - Leaf

Let Me Know - KISS

Love Her All I Can - KISS

I Pledge Allegiance To the State of Rock & Roll - KISS

I think you know most of those bands, but those are some lesser known songs.

This.

I'll try to keep my list somewhat short.

Ghost - "Elizabeth"
Graveyard - "As the Years Pass by the Hours Bend"
Dark Tranquillity - "Terminus (Where Death is Most Alive)"
Björk - "It's Oh So Quiet"
Sybreed - "Revive My Wounds"

There, five songs. Number one...I don't even know what to call the genre, but it's rock/metal I suppose, they kick ass.

The second song is an awesome heavy blues rock song, it's so kick ass, it's very mellow and I think you'll like it. I sure as hell do.

The third song is a melodic death metal song. Don't let the words "death metal" scare you, but as you said, you're not going to label anything. Give it a listen, I personally love it, and I hope it will change your view a little on growling. Note that it's melodic death metal, not death metal. The two genres are not really similar at all.

The fourth song is...well...one of the coolest songs I know of, and I heard of it through MTV a few years back. It's some sort of pop. I don't know what you'll think of it to be honest. It's a bit odd.

The fifth, and last song I'll post for now, is an industrial metal song. Now, when I heard someone say industrial metal before, I thought to myself...urgh, Rammstein (I think they are awful btw), but these guys are brilliant. Sybreed is a band that has made me go "Holy shit".

I hope you like the songs that I posted, and I'm glad you've decided to at least try and broaden your horizons a little. :)

DEM SOPRANOS

It sounds like swing at parts. Which is good, because swing is good.

Like I said, SINATRA. Maybe some Bing Crosby.

God damn. This is gonna take awhile.

I LOVE THIS SONG!

I LOVE Green Day's side project, the Foxboro Hottubs. If you haven't listened to them, here's some songs.

"Stop, Drop, and Roll" - Foxboro Hottubs
"Mother Mary" - Foxboro Hottubs
"Ruby Room" - Foxboro Hottubs
"The Pedestrian" - Foxboro Hottubs

HOORAY!

Guys. Slight delay. Since I have a bad sinus infection in my middle ear, It hurts to listen to music with headphones, which is usually the only way I can. So Imma hold off on listening for awhile. kthnx.

An hero.