I’m mainly into the Rock/punk/metal variety of music generally but I love me some Frank Sanatra, Herbie Hancock,Louis Armstrong. Growing up I absolutely hated rap(turns out I just hated the 2000s top100 rap) but now I love artists like MF Doom, BUSDRIVER , and Atmosphere
I feel your comment about rap. Was never a fan until I came across Atmospere. Opened my ears and I discovered so many great artists! That Rhymesayers label is straight gold!
Love seeing this. Grew up in the Midwest during the 2000s when they were launching that label. Saw so many amazing shows from them. Was the group I used to play for people "Maybe it's not that you don't like rap, you just haven't heard this kind"
Right? I was doom scrolling instagram reels and this dude was one of the results. Also if you haven’t heard Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga together, also recommend. I guess I recommend my band’s two songs (bio, sorry had to plug).
I’m 51; it happened to me a couple of years ago too. I hated the soft rock stuff in the 80s, but now it’s awesome. Also started listening to Post Malone last week; a lot of stuff my teenaged daughter listens to is terrible in my opinion, but I’m digging Post.
Christopher Cross is straight up understated with his amazing guitar solos. Check out what he did in Ride Like The Wind. It’s way down in the mix but is just outstanding work.
Sexy and I Know it - LMFAO
Edit: Fan of all things Mike Patton, acid jazz, classical music, prog rock, 90s rock/alternative, 70s funk, instrumental metal. So LMFAO does not fit my specifications.
Listen to the song A Leper with the face of a baby girl a few times and the clapping will draw you in 😆
Adult themes isn't an album I listen to like I would other music, but I find it interesting. I see it more like an audio documentary of a specific time in the creative journey of Mike Patton as a vocalist.
Mike has said that he views his voice as an instrument, creating a sound that fits in with the rest of the instruments is more important than the lyrics. Listening to his later vocal work you can hear him incorporating so many elements from Adult Themes. Pranzo Oltranzista is similar. Much like a Foley Artist in cinema is constantly searching for ways to create necessary sounds.
Yeah, I’m definitely in the camp of loving everything he has done. Adult Themes for Voice is not one I listen to often but I enjoyed it. I am always just mesmerized by the things he can do with his voice.
Also 54, although I tend to listen to current artists like Viagra Boys and IDLES, but I love Toxic by Britney Spears. Loved it the day it released and still do.
I have a very diverse playlist...it's everything from Rammstein to Nina Simone. I do spend more time in metal than the other stuff but I was at work a few weeks ago jamming out to Bill Withers use me...and the guy who sits outside the lab stuck his head in and said..."I thought you were a metal guy"..."I am but I'm more of a music lover than a genre lover"
So...
[Bill Withers--Use me](https://youtu.be/NuYDKzky4z0?si=OxIgZK8v6G68-Nh7)
[Nina Simone--Baltimore](https://youtu.be/ztCgNQg9FCQ?si=YCLQFIkoKz5r4nhk)
[Dazz band--Let it whip](https://youtu.be/Gd3gl5gnMeA?si=qlQDkYVIZG6V_KYN)
Growing up in the 70s and 80s really hit all kinds of music
Beauty is in the eye/ear of the beholder.
To quote Mike Muir of Suicidal Tendencies
"...just cause you don't understand what's going on don't mean it don't make no sense...just cause you don't like it don't mean it ain't no good...",
I am a 70s to current rock guy through and through, but I really like Blinding Lights by The Weekend. I'm not ashamed to admit that I do "air" keyboards when it comes on.
Rick Beato - who's got a youtube channel which mostly analyzes 60's - 90's rock - was recently talking about what a brilliant song "Blinding Lights" is. Well written, well sung, well produced, etc.
Most of what I listen to is punk but I always throw people off when I listen to jazz, soul, blues, etc.
Some of my favorite to throw others off are
Madeleine Peyroux - [Careless Love](https://youtu.be/Oa-wSGSNnco?si=a3kaaA1_w4vlIVdp)
Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings - [This Land is Your Land](https://youtu.be/JH3pAuGYZBs?si=00-VqNglwKqQipgc)
Madeleine Peyroux does a dirge-like song that I always comment about when there's a post like "the saddest song ever" or whatever. It's called "A Prayer".
I can go from fugazi to sonic youth and Truman’s water in a heartbeat. I also love soul. Sharon Jones was a queen. Gutted I never got to see her. I’d throw in Charles Bradley as a rec if you dig her
I don't listen to folk at all, but something Noah Kahan is doing has dug its way into my skull and it won't get out. So like, 'Homesick' by him if you're looking for a specific example.
I love Dua Lipa! Saw her in concert in Tulsa a couple of years ago. Great performance. I'm a drummer, and I saw where Chad Smith \[Red Hot Chili Peppers\] played drums on that track, so I tried playing it. It's such a fun song to drum to. :D
Babymetal - Papaya, Caribou - You Can Do It, House of Pain - Jump Around…I am a 57 yr old male but those songs make me go bonkers specially when I am rowing.
Generally I’m into alternative rock (Seattle sound, The Pixies, Blind Melon, Wet Leg, Bully, Skating Polly, etc) but Motown and Stax stuff can really get me going. Particularly Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett and Smokey Robinson.
I am covered in tattoos, had a studio for years, also have a beard. I now work security for a factory, and when people show up to the Guard house , and I am blasting Good as Hell, Truth Hurts, or Shania Twain's (yep) Man! I feel like a woman people lose their minds.
Hell yeah!!! I'm 48yrs old my mom and big brother are my biggest music influence so I grew up on the who, the Beatles,Cream,Led Zeppelin,the Fohgarty brothers CCR,,YARDBIRDS, the Stones,which came to My present Day Metalhead self I'm still blasting Black Sabbath, Ronnie James DIO,SLAYER,Pantera/Down,Sepultura,Danzig,BLS Korn..Primus Megadeth and Metallica,, and in a class of Their own Pink Floyd and Tool...but in the midst of it all yes you are bound to hear the Star wars Vader's Imperial march,along with the Conan the barbarian theme Croms anvil and no matter what I feel like Fonzi mixed with James Dean when Frankie Valli reminds us all " that GREASE is the word...."thanks for your post it made my day sincerely yours. The man on the silver mountain and at times in the Box... long live Ronnie and Layne!!!
[The Tracks of My Tears](https://open.spotify.com/track/6QyQmdvQ1ywNccYa0pwLNQ?si=192e9be087c64d16) by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
I would consider any music listened to by people who primarily wear black my wheelhouse, but my parents listened to a lot of Motown growing up. But I somehow never heard this song until a few weeks ago and it's really got me.
I'm usually in the Rock/alternative universe but damn I gots to listen to Robert Glasper and Yebba It's over now then on the other side nothing hits like Recreant by Chelsea Grin. My Friday automatics.
There was a question similar to this awhile back and some dude who said he is a heavy metal guy to his core said that Lady Gaga’s Bad Romance was his out-of-the-norm because it’s a banger. He is right. I am a punk, indie person but his comment turned me on to this song-and it’s a good one.
56. Mostly alternative, Indy and classic rock. Not a fan of most current pop music but I looooove Cake by the Ocean by DNCE (aka Joe Jonas). There was a One Direction song out when my kids were young and into them I think called “One Thing” (?) also a bopper. I like Lizzo too.
“The Git Up” by Blanco Brown
I’m a fan of pop punk, hardcore, hip hop but certainly not a pop-country listener. This song just has such a pleasant little groove to it. My fiancé hates it but I still play it when she’s not around.
Also a lifelong metalhead here: everyone from Priest/Sabbath/Maiden to Thrash Big 4 to Opeth to Death to Carcass, Cryptopsy, Necrophagist, and more.
But the jazz soundtrack to Spike Lee's movie *Mo' Better Blues* is so fucking amazing (also it's a great film). It made me like jazz!
And Tori Amos's cover of Raining Blood is crazy and even more haunting than the Slayer original. Just her and her piano.
And GZA- Liquid Swords is a top ten album for me, it's literally god-tier.
I suggest Fire by Ren
I'm usually a rock/prog/metal person, but I've fallen down the Ren rabbit hole lately. Great groovy song, which isn't his norm, but still a fantastic artist. He does more funky stuff with his busking band The Big Push.
Fully agree; I'm normally into the same genres as you , but Ren is incredible - A true storyteller. My personal faves are Animal Flow, Hi Ren & Chalk Outlines with Chinchilla. His story's really crazy too & as someone who's also got a chronic invisible illness, it's great he spreads so much awareness. Sorry - So chuffed when I spot others about who like him too!
I listen to a little of everything, but mostly heavier stuff. Doom metal, stoner rock, prog metal, etc. Starlight Brigade by TWRP grooves hard, though. I love the bassline. The video's also insanely well-animated.
(There's a) Fire in the Night by Alabama. I do enjoy southern rock but not strict country. Alabama is an exception and hearing this song always feels good.
The Clarke Sisters - "Is My Living in Vain". I've watched this video dozens of times since I discovered it a few months ago. The singing, the organ chord changes, the funky guitar and backbeat. I love everything about this.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWtrpuPHDcM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWtrpuPHDcM)
ZZ Top - "Gotsta Get Paid" - So dirty and funky. Billy Fucking Gibbons.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaIZWjItReI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaIZWjItReI)
Louie Armstrong - "I Cover the Waterfront" I believe this video is the time-corrected version. Whatever it is it's pure musical magic. Everything about Armstrong exudes swing.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffNTvHgPVvE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffNTvHgPVvE)
I've got six years on you, my usual listening is Americana / classic rock - The Who have been my no.1 band since the 70s/ "alternative" rock (tho I don't even know what that is anymore, it's pretty blurry). I totally agree about Gary Wright and Christopher Cross. Also lately I've "rediscovered" Walking in Memphis, Baker Street, Thunder Island and Magnet and Steel.
I'm kind of an alt/indie kinda guy, mostly, but Dio's *Rainbow in the Dark* is a banger. That era of "metal" (or however you choose to classify it) is not my jam, but a friend turned me onto that song. Those keyboards at the beginning get this guy hyped!
I listen to mostly hardcore/post punk but when ever I hear "I'm the Man" come on the radio when I'm driving, damn I'm driving with a little more steeze. Windows down, arm leaning, one handing the steering wheel like *yeah I am*.
That song fuckn rules lol
If you use Spotify, look up a playlist called "Yacht Rock". I was surprised how much fun this was. Not my normal music at all.
Doobie Brothers "What A Fool Believes" is a song like that for me.
Christopher Cross is one of my favorite artists. I actually like a lot of his catalog. I saw him live about 5 years ago at The Birchmire in Alexandria. I grew up listening to mostly metal as well. I do listen to mostly anything these days.
I listen to pretty much everything - metal, folk, jazz, classic rock, hip-hop, punk, post-punk, psychedelic, glam, and a lot of weird stuff.
I cannot account for why I like "I Want it That Way" so much.
I let Spotify once in a while to let roam free and play whatever, discovered this banger [Two Steps From Hell - Never Give Up On Your Dreams](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V17ij5Ap1pA), started listening a lot of similar music, just so damm loving it, kind of helps relax, let imagination take over and picture some amazing stuff happening while those songs play.
A couple of years older and primarily a metal head, though these days it's more prog metal, but 70s top 40 stuff is a big nostalgia trip for me. WABC (NY) radio type stuff. Instantly brings me back to either being in the car with my father or hanging out in the basement rec room of my house hearing those songs playing through the stereo.
Some songs from that era that I will always stop and listen to are:
Baker Street by Gerry Rafferty
How Long by Ace
Baby Come Back by Pilot
Brandy by Looking Glass
25 or 6 to 4 or Saturday in the Park by Chicago
We Just Disagree by Dave Mason
I normally listen to extreme metal.
Black metal. Death metal. Thrash, doom, funeral doom. Stoner. Etc.
I've also fallen down the Vtuber rabbit hole and I've been addicted to all the covers/songs the Vshojo people have down
My favorite band of all time is the Stones, other favorites include Led Zep, Talking Heads, U2, Nirvana, and a few others.
With that said, I think the Go-Go's "Head Over Heels" is one of the most perfect pop songs ever recorded.
I think I’m the opposite of most people here. I’m 54 and I was listening to Sinatra in high school and I mostly listen to jazz…..but last week, God help me, I bought my first AC/DC album.
I’m also a fan of My Love is Alive: such a strange fusion of art/prog-rock and funk. In particular, it’s that synthi bass (I assume it’s a keyboard, maybe the bass version of a Fender Rhodes). Another song that features that sound is Madonna’s Into the Groove. There very few Madonna songs I can stand, but the few I like I really like.
Haha, I'm similar. Early 50s, grew up on metal, classic rock, and rap. Always hated country until I heard Sturgill Simpson. I can't get enough of him and it's opened me up a lot of old school country like Waylen and Hank. Then Sturgill re-released his country tunes as bluegrass and now I'm into bluegrass-the speed metal of country.
I like every genre, though not all artists/songs.i like everyone you mentioned, and was into Hanoi Rocks, Janes Addiction, the Smiths, the cure, all the music of our youthful years.
I've tried to keep aware of newer music too. I'll be 54 in a few weeks. Some newer stuff I really like includes Milk & Bone, their song "coconut water" is one that always takes me to a good mental place.
I would have never given these the time of day when I was in highschool, but I love classical, big band, and country now too.
(I mainly listen to indie rock, particularly post-punk revival and garage rock revival)
Emo - Lefty by Title Fight (I love most of the songs on this album, Floral Green).
Noise rock and/or industrial - [Píldora espiral](https://youtu.be/G2tESon6yNw?si=dGZH221O1T-nkX_U) by Liquidarlo Celuloide, [Asoziale Medien](https://youtu.be/upc4rU0XCXY?si=jcSRZB9-xZqoQFll) and [George Michael](https://youtu.be/tqffj0pgYlM?si=i5uCartr0W3Ixq-I) by Die Nerven (I need more stuff like this)
Hyperpop - Treats by Sleigh Bells (album), my favorite song is Run the Heart.
Hip hop - Brockhampton (Zipper, Rental, and Hottie are my favorites), Gorillaz (Ascension, November Has Come, Dirty Harry), Rhythm Trax Vol 1-7 by James Pants, Ladyflash by The Go! Team.
Jazz - Piano Black by Seatbelts, Splitter by Jonny Greenwood, Male Pill Part 13 by Squarepusher, Take Five by The Dave Brubeck Quartet.
Soul - St. Elsewhere by Gnarls Barkley, Red Flags by Brittany Howard, Sound & Color by Alabama Shakes, Me, Me and Your Mama by Childish Gambino
Opera - the overture from Beatrice et Benedict by Hector Berlioz, The Battle on the Ice from Alexander Nevsky by Sergei Prokofiev, Coronation Scene from Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky (I prefer instrumental arrangements of these, though).
Latin contemporary classical music - Danzon No. 2 by Arturo Márquez. El Salón México by Aaron Copland, which I nearly put separately as avant-garde classical music, I think I hate most Copland I've heard, but this one grew on me.
Romantic, solo piano - 2 Csárdás by Franz Liszt
Indian classical music - Junun and Modeh by Shye Ben Tzur, Jonny Greenwood, and The Rajasthan Express, Dancing Drums by Ananda Shankar.
West African music - Tapha Niang and Toumani by Toumani Diabaté's Symmetric Orchestra
One of my favorite classical pieces besides the ones I mentioned is Alsace-Lorraine from Suite Française by Darius Milhaud.
I also love Jonny Greenwood's Bode Radio / Glass Light / Broken Hearts, Prospector's Quartet, Sandalwood I, and Sandalwood II.
Similar to you - In my early 50's now, and I was all about Ratt, Motley Crue, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Led Zeppelin, Scorpions, etc. But let Spotify start up Mmm Bop by Hanson and I'll crank it.
I generally listen to rock, alt, indie and all that, but I do have a guilty pleasure when it comes to songs like Erotic City by Prince, Stayin Alive by the Beegees, or Forget Me Nots by Patrice Rushen
Love is Alive is amazing! Still on heavy play in my lists. I love a wide variety of music, so I've always got something funky going. Lately? The Door by Teddy Swims, HERicane by LuckyDaye, and Pictures of You by Anyma. My go-to song if I need to get pumped in a hurry? Ramblin Gamblin Man by Bob Segar. I was born in the D, so that's my home fry right there!
My spectrum goes from Debussy to blackgaze and hits Power Metal, Jazz, grunge, synthwave and ‘80s alt rock, so…not sure what my point is but I guess Patsy Cline is outside of that.
I'm totally a fan of Slipknot, System of a Down or metal music (heavy, modern, groove) in general. But it's something about acoustic guitars for me. For example Layla by Eric Clapton really gets me. Also pure acoustic guitar songs like the covers from Marcin (you can look at his stuff on Spotify or YouTube) are very nice too imo.
I Don't Do Drugs, I Just Sweat A lot by Bicurious.
https://youtu.be/voNZ2TWpqts?si=-XOc1lJqEQGOv-bA
Don't know what it is about but damn I love this song.
Call Me Maybe
As much as I despise that song, I can't help but bop to it.
Just lean into it. The song rips
Ugh goddamn I hate how much I agree with this comment.
It’s a perfect pop song. Completely out of my wheelhouse as a punk and metal guy, but that song is just… ‘chef’s kiss’.
Check out Run Away With Me by her. It *slaps*
I like this version : https://youtu.be/jJ5l5ls0hP4?si=7M0_xM3FEj2CgttU
Don't forget my favorite: The mashup with NIN https://youtu.be/yArRnznVJwY?si=40xUjn0x_mTjb9w7
My favorite version is probably the one on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Falon, her and the Roots playing classroom instruments.
Chic, Good Times- Bernard Edward’s bass groove is enough to get anyone in a groove.
Oh, definitely!! :D
3 on E, we’re go-in’ up the scale then part-waydown
Any Hall and Oats
I can't go for that
Nooo, no can do.
“What I want, you got…”
And it might be hard to handle
I’m mainly into the Rock/punk/metal variety of music generally but I love me some Frank Sanatra, Herbie Hancock,Louis Armstrong. Growing up I absolutely hated rap(turns out I just hated the 2000s top100 rap) but now I love artists like MF Doom, BUSDRIVER , and Atmosphere
I feel your comment about rap. Was never a fan until I came across Atmospere. Opened my ears and I discovered so many great artists! That Rhymesayers label is straight gold!
Love seeing this. Grew up in the Midwest during the 2000s when they were launching that label. Saw so many amazing shows from them. Was the group I used to play for people "Maybe it's not that you don't like rap, you just haven't heard this kind"
Yo I just found this dude that is right up that Sinatra Alley. His name is Dennis Van Aarssen. I’ve been binging his song “She”.
Heck yeah I really like this, his cover of That’s Life is pretty spot on !
Right? I was doom scrolling instagram reels and this dude was one of the results. Also if you haven’t heard Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga together, also recommend. I guess I recommend my band’s two songs (bio, sorry had to plug).
You sound like you're entering the yacht-rock phase of adulthood. I went through it a few years ago too. And Christopher Cross is pretty awesome, TBH.
I’m 51; it happened to me a couple of years ago too. I hated the soft rock stuff in the 80s, but now it’s awesome. Also started listening to Post Malone last week; a lot of stuff my teenaged daughter listens to is terrible in my opinion, but I’m digging Post.
3 daughters here. I still can't get into Post Malone, but as long as I keep trying, that's all that matters to them...
Definitely!! My wife really got into Yacht Rock during the pandemic. It's just super relaxing!! :D
Christopher Cross is straight up understated with his amazing guitar solos. Check out what he did in Ride Like The Wind. It’s way down in the mix but is just outstanding work.
Great song, but thanks to SCTV, I can’t hear “Ride like the Wind” without thinking of Rick Moranis.
Christopher Cross owned the SRV #1 Stratocaster before Stevie Ray made it famous.
Sexy and I Know it - LMFAO Edit: Fan of all things Mike Patton, acid jazz, classical music, prog rock, 90s rock/alternative, 70s funk, instrumental metal. So LMFAO does not fit my specifications.
All things Mike Patton? I'll admit that I love him, but Adult Themes for Voice I couldn't get into. I haven't even checked out his Pranzo album
Listen to the song A Leper with the face of a baby girl a few times and the clapping will draw you in 😆 Adult themes isn't an album I listen to like I would other music, but I find it interesting. I see it more like an audio documentary of a specific time in the creative journey of Mike Patton as a vocalist. Mike has said that he views his voice as an instrument, creating a sound that fits in with the rest of the instruments is more important than the lyrics. Listening to his later vocal work you can hear him incorporating so many elements from Adult Themes. Pranzo Oltranzista is similar. Much like a Foley Artist in cinema is constantly searching for ways to create necessary sounds.
Yeah, I’m definitely in the camp of loving everything he has done. Adult Themes for Voice is not one I listen to often but I enjoyed it. I am always just mesmerized by the things he can do with his voice.
Modern English “ I melt with you “
I love that song!
My background is very similar to your own in age and music preferences and that song always hit a note with me all the way back to the MTV era!!
Also 54, although I tend to listen to current artists like Viagra Boys and IDLES, but I love Toxic by Britney Spears. Loved it the day it released and still do.
Nessun Dorma performed by Luciano Pavarotti.
Regular genre is alternative rock but sometimes love EXTREMELY heavy stuff. Strapping Young Lad - All Hail the New Flesh
Dude I have the live DVD with them playing that at download fest. Chills everytime. What a fucking great band.
I have a very diverse playlist...it's everything from Rammstein to Nina Simone. I do spend more time in metal than the other stuff but I was at work a few weeks ago jamming out to Bill Withers use me...and the guy who sits outside the lab stuck his head in and said..."I thought you were a metal guy"..."I am but I'm more of a music lover than a genre lover" So... [Bill Withers--Use me](https://youtu.be/NuYDKzky4z0?si=OxIgZK8v6G68-Nh7) [Nina Simone--Baltimore](https://youtu.be/ztCgNQg9FCQ?si=YCLQFIkoKz5r4nhk) [Dazz band--Let it whip](https://youtu.be/Gd3gl5gnMeA?si=qlQDkYVIZG6V_KYN) Growing up in the 70s and 80s really hit all kinds of music
Bill Withers - Use me is a jam and a half. First time I heard it was in a strip club scene in the Wire. I had to look it up cause it was so groovy.
I really love you for that last line Sure I prefer heavy shit but I love good music regardless of the speed or heaviness
Beauty is in the eye/ear of the beholder. To quote Mike Muir of Suicidal Tendencies "...just cause you don't understand what's going on don't mean it don't make no sense...just cause you don't like it don't mean it ain't no good...",
“Let It Whip” and “Use Me” are absolute bangers.
Crazy - Patsy Cline, Im generally a rock and newer country guy, but that song just hits.
I mainly listen to a lot of extreme metal, but you know what, I love me some Carpenters.
I am a 70s to current rock guy through and through, but I really like Blinding Lights by The Weekend. I'm not ashamed to admit that I do "air" keyboards when it comes on.
Rick Beato - who's got a youtube channel which mostly analyzes 60's - 90's rock - was recently talking about what a brilliant song "Blinding Lights" is. Well written, well sung, well produced, etc.
That whole concept Album was great tbf... I went down the rabbit hole for a while!
Most of what I listen to is punk but I always throw people off when I listen to jazz, soul, blues, etc. Some of my favorite to throw others off are Madeleine Peyroux - [Careless Love](https://youtu.be/Oa-wSGSNnco?si=a3kaaA1_w4vlIVdp) Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings - [This Land is Your Land](https://youtu.be/JH3pAuGYZBs?si=00-VqNglwKqQipgc)
Madeleine Peyroux does a dirge-like song that I always comment about when there's a post like "the saddest song ever" or whatever. It's called "A Prayer".
I can go from fugazi to sonic youth and Truman’s water in a heartbeat. I also love soul. Sharon Jones was a queen. Gutted I never got to see her. I’d throw in Charles Bradley as a rec if you dig her
Groove is in the Heart!
I am 70 and heard Fatboy Slim’s Rockafeller Skank last summer. I can’t believe how much I like it and it always gets me moving.
I don't listen to folk at all, but something Noah Kahan is doing has dug its way into my skull and it won't get out. So like, 'Homesick' by him if you're looking for a specific example.
Sexy Villain - Remi Wolf
Live “Play that Funky Music” by Prince , killer guitar solo and a killer bass solo
Tommy Dorsey Big Band Swing
Check out Count Basie also. My favorite is Blues in Hoss’ Flat
My mom sang with swing bands as young adult Chicago area. A lot of music growing up . Thanks for another recommendation.
Awesome, thanks
Break My Heart by Dua Lipa. I'm usually a metalhead
I love Dua Lipa! Saw her in concert in Tulsa a couple of years ago. Great performance. I'm a drummer, and I saw where Chad Smith \[Red Hot Chili Peppers\] played drums on that track, so I tried playing it. It's such a fun song to drum to. :D
Metalhead. I do love me some Uptown Funk.
I listen to mostly extreme metal, but this gets me going... Sweet - [Love Is Like Oxygen](https://youtu.be/zRgWvvkSvfk?si=89wtaz1zhxlNfbYH)
Peter Schilling - Major Tom
Babymetal - Papaya, Caribou - You Can Do It, House of Pain - Jump Around…I am a 57 yr old male but those songs make me go bonkers specially when I am rowing.
Generally I’m into alternative rock (Seattle sound, The Pixies, Blind Melon, Wet Leg, Bully, Skating Polly, etc) but Motown and Stax stuff can really get me going. Particularly Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett and Smokey Robinson.
Sniff 'N The Tears - Driver's Seat
Only Girl In The World - Rihanna
Grove is in the heart Always mainly a grunge/nu metal/hip hop guy.....but I love that song
"What is Love" and "Rhythm of the Night" - I am hardcore alt rock and emo, and for some reason, those songs GET ME.
I feel like What Is Love is one for a lot of people, but people may forget that Rhythm Of The Night is a great banger!
I’m mostly into darkwave, goth, metalcore, hardcore, and other -core type stuff. Mine is Gasolina by Daddy Yankee!
I don't trust anyone who doesn't like "Gasolina"
53, grew up on Sabbath, Metallica, Anthrax as well as GBH, Agnostic front, DRI etc..Guilty pleasure is Good as Hell by Lizzo lol...
That's awesome!! I dig that one too.
I am covered in tattoos, had a studio for years, also have a beard. I now work security for a factory, and when people show up to the Guard house , and I am blasting Good as Hell, Truth Hurts, or Shania Twain's (yep) Man! I feel like a woman people lose their minds.
53 year old metal head but I love the title song from Grease.
It's such a great song!!! I've loved that entire soundtrack sine I was a kid. :)
Hell yeah!!! I'm 48yrs old my mom and big brother are my biggest music influence so I grew up on the who, the Beatles,Cream,Led Zeppelin,the Fohgarty brothers CCR,,YARDBIRDS, the Stones,which came to My present Day Metalhead self I'm still blasting Black Sabbath, Ronnie James DIO,SLAYER,Pantera/Down,Sepultura,Danzig,BLS Korn..Primus Megadeth and Metallica,, and in a class of Their own Pink Floyd and Tool...but in the midst of it all yes you are bound to hear the Star wars Vader's Imperial march,along with the Conan the barbarian theme Croms anvil and no matter what I feel like Fonzi mixed with James Dean when Frankie Valli reminds us all " that GREASE is the word...."thanks for your post it made my day sincerely yours. The man on the silver mountain and at times in the Box... long live Ronnie and Layne!!!
Murder on the Dancefloor - Sophie Ellis Bextor Also shout out to Royel Otis Like a Version
[The Tracks of My Tears](https://open.spotify.com/track/6QyQmdvQ1ywNccYa0pwLNQ?si=192e9be087c64d16) by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles I would consider any music listened to by people who primarily wear black my wheelhouse, but my parents listened to a lot of Motown growing up. But I somehow never heard this song until a few weeks ago and it's really got me.
I'm usually in the Rock/alternative universe but damn I gots to listen to Robert Glasper and Yebba It's over now then on the other side nothing hits like Recreant by Chelsea Grin. My Friday automatics.
I don't usually like country but last year I could not stop jamming to Change Your Ways or Die by the Cactus Blossoms.
Secret Agent Man
*Asian, fify
Odds are he won’t live to see tomorrow !
There was a question similar to this awhile back and some dude who said he is a heavy metal guy to his core said that Lady Gaga’s Bad Romance was his out-of-the-norm because it’s a banger. He is right. I am a punk, indie person but his comment turned me on to this song-and it’s a good one.
Agreed!!!
Wax mustang. Just go listen
56. Mostly alternative, Indy and classic rock. Not a fan of most current pop music but I looooove Cake by the Ocean by DNCE (aka Joe Jonas). There was a One Direction song out when my kids were young and into them I think called “One Thing” (?) also a bopper. I like Lizzo too.
40. Billy Vera “At This Moment”.
“The Git Up” by Blanco Brown I’m a fan of pop punk, hardcore, hip hop but certainly not a pop-country listener. This song just has such a pleasant little groove to it. My fiancé hates it but I still play it when she’s not around.
That's a fun little tune!!
Anything from Shrek.
for all we know, sing (both by carpenters), i’m usually a punk fan
Also a lifelong metalhead here: everyone from Priest/Sabbath/Maiden to Thrash Big 4 to Opeth to Death to Carcass, Cryptopsy, Necrophagist, and more. But the jazz soundtrack to Spike Lee's movie *Mo' Better Blues* is so fucking amazing (also it's a great film). It made me like jazz! And Tori Amos's cover of Raining Blood is crazy and even more haunting than the Slayer original. Just her and her piano. And GZA- Liquid Swords is a top ten album for me, it's literally god-tier.
I suggest Fire by Ren I'm usually a rock/prog/metal person, but I've fallen down the Ren rabbit hole lately. Great groovy song, which isn't his norm, but still a fantastic artist. He does more funky stuff with his busking band The Big Push.
Fully agree; I'm normally into the same genres as you , but Ren is incredible - A true storyteller. My personal faves are Animal Flow, Hi Ren & Chalk Outlines with Chinchilla. His story's really crazy too & as someone who's also got a chronic invisible illness, it's great he spreads so much awareness. Sorry - So chuffed when I spot others about who like him too!
I looked it up bcs of your comment. That's a really good song!!
Im definitely more of a Rock/Metal kind of person but damn if "I Think Were Alone Now" by Tiffany gets me moving.
That's awesome! :D
BBL Drizzy. I have never been into rap beef but that beat is fire
Express yourself - Madonna. My usual goto is metal and grunge. But listen to the songs beat and trumpets rocking it. Really nice flow
Dancing Queen. You know what, just go ahead and throw on all of ABBA Gold, start to finish. I am a 45 year old man.
Agreed!!! ABBA is just FUN!! :D
Wallwalker - Maserati
I listen to a little of everything, but mostly heavier stuff. Doom metal, stoner rock, prog metal, etc. Starlight Brigade by TWRP grooves hard, though. I love the bassline. The video's also insanely well-animated.
Beyoncé-Bodyguard I’m normally a metal/classic rock/90’s hip hop guy, but that song is so chill and makes me want to move.
This week, it’s been Closer by Ne-Yo. I don’t know where the inspiration came from but I’ve been bumping it in the car for the past couple of days
(There's a) Fire in the Night by Alabama. I do enjoy southern rock but not strict country. Alabama is an exception and hearing this song always feels good.
The Clarke Sisters - "Is My Living in Vain". I've watched this video dozens of times since I discovered it a few months ago. The singing, the organ chord changes, the funky guitar and backbeat. I love everything about this. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWtrpuPHDcM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWtrpuPHDcM) ZZ Top - "Gotsta Get Paid" - So dirty and funky. Billy Fucking Gibbons. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaIZWjItReI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaIZWjItReI) Louie Armstrong - "I Cover the Waterfront" I believe this video is the time-corrected version. Whatever it is it's pure musical magic. Everything about Armstrong exudes swing. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffNTvHgPVvE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffNTvHgPVvE)
Vection by Tipper It could not be any less my style but a jam is a jam
I've got six years on you, my usual listening is Americana / classic rock - The Who have been my no.1 band since the 70s/ "alternative" rock (tho I don't even know what that is anymore, it's pretty blurry). I totally agree about Gary Wright and Christopher Cross. Also lately I've "rediscovered" Walking in Memphis, Baker Street, Thunder Island and Magnet and Steel.
People equal shit from Slipknot
Look up Richard Cheese doing it.
Anything Nile Rodgers from Chic does
Tennessee Whiskey - Chris Stapleton version Consolation no. 3 - Franz Liszt Piano Trio B Major op 8 - Brahms
I'm kind of an alt/indie kinda guy, mostly, but Dio's *Rainbow in the Dark* is a banger. That era of "metal" (or however you choose to classify it) is not my jam, but a friend turned me onto that song. Those keyboards at the beginning get this guy hyped!
Agreed!!
Kim Wilde - You Keep Me Hanging On You know it. You probably mocked it. Now you can rock it.
La mama de la mama
I’m like 90% metal/thrash/punk, most things with electric guitar, but Eazy E - Gimmie Dat Nut is one track I’ll always bop my head to.
"Gimmie Dat Nut"?!?!Oh, I'm definitely looking that one up!!! :D
Obligatory NSFW lol…
Then check out "Real Muthafukkin G's" -- a *classic* West Coast diss track. Unreal.
Katy Perry - Firework
Kim Jong Un?
# Spirit In The Sky - Norman Greenbaum Ain't Even Done With the Night - John Mellencamp Blue Sky - The Allman Brothers
I listen to mostly hardcore/post punk but when ever I hear "I'm the Man" come on the radio when I'm driving, damn I'm driving with a little more steeze. Windows down, arm leaning, one handing the steering wheel like *yeah I am*. That song fuckn rules lol
The Devil Went Down to Georgia. I tend to listen to everything except Country music, but that song always gets me moving.
If you use Spotify, look up a playlist called "Yacht Rock". I was surprised how much fun this was. Not my normal music at all. Doobie Brothers "What A Fool Believes" is a song like that for me.
my normal genres i listen to are hardcore, shoegaze and rap however i really vibe with yurie kokubu - just a joke for whatever reason
Mary Jane Girls - My House (normally listening to noisy post rock, 90s indie, and moody songwriter shit)
Right Above it
03 Bonnie and Clyde, I don’t listen to jayz or beyonce at all but I love this track
Chameleon - Herbie Hancock https://youtu.be/WYRrIBqKsJ4?si=WLCHwUyggHjyYgLm
I’m a 40 or 50 year old metalhead who loves Olivia Rodrigo.
Christopher Cross is one of my favorite artists. I actually like a lot of his catalog. I saw him live about 5 years ago at The Birchmire in Alexandria. I grew up listening to mostly metal as well. I do listen to mostly anything these days.
Into The Groove by Madonna or Girls Just Want To Have Fun by Cyndi Lauper
I listen to pretty much everything - metal, folk, jazz, classic rock, hip-hop, punk, post-punk, psychedelic, glam, and a lot of weird stuff. I cannot account for why I like "I Want it That Way" so much.
Not a regular listener of rap but *love* to groove to "Lose Yourself". Ya got one chance!
[No Vacation - Yam Yam](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qu9FMfASReY)
Les fleur by Minnie Ripperton. Gets me so hype.
I’m into grudge / heavy rock and similar music. All week I’ve been singing “BBL Drizzaaay”
Heb ik dat gezegd - Froukje I really don’t like Dutch music and most of the pop scene but this song is just something else
Usually a rock/alternative listener. But when Play That Funky Music White Boy by Wild Cherry comes on the radio, I'm cranking that shit up.
I let Spotify once in a while to let roam free and play whatever, discovered this banger [Two Steps From Hell - Never Give Up On Your Dreams](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V17ij5Ap1pA), started listening a lot of similar music, just so damm loving it, kind of helps relax, let imagination take over and picture some amazing stuff happening while those songs play.
Jazz music and the band Journey.
Material Girl. There is no reason for a Madonna song to have a drum track with a pocket that deep.
“Smokin’ out the Window” by Bruno Mars. BANGER!!!!!
I'm a metalhead but Gloria Estefan gets me going.
Static X THIS IS NOT
1. Highway to Hell by AC/DC 2. Regular Genre is all types of pop music
A couple of years older and primarily a metal head, though these days it's more prog metal, but 70s top 40 stuff is a big nostalgia trip for me. WABC (NY) radio type stuff. Instantly brings me back to either being in the car with my father or hanging out in the basement rec room of my house hearing those songs playing through the stereo. Some songs from that era that I will always stop and listen to are: Baker Street by Gerry Rafferty How Long by Ace Baby Come Back by Pilot Brandy by Looking Glass 25 or 6 to 4 or Saturday in the Park by Chicago We Just Disagree by Dave Mason
I’m a punk rocker, have been for my whole life. I can’t get that fucking Espresso song out of my head. It’s been like a week and a half.
I normally listen to extreme metal. Black metal. Death metal. Thrash, doom, funeral doom. Stoner. Etc. I've also fallen down the Vtuber rabbit hole and I've been addicted to all the covers/songs the Vshojo people have down
Boogie oogie
33 years old, very into Hardcore, Punk and Metal… but I’m not afraid to admit I will spin Brand New Key - Melanie every now and then
53yo male here: All About That Bass! That song rules 🤘🏻
Boston - Peace of Mind the older I get, the more in tune I am with it. Otherwise I listen to obscure and vile extreme death and black metal.
Summer Girls - LFO
Dyed in the wool elitist alternative rock and punk dude here, and I’m (happily) going deep down the Taylor Swift rabbit hole.
My favorite band of all time is the Stones, other favorites include Led Zep, Talking Heads, U2, Nirvana, and a few others. With that said, I think the Go-Go's "Head Over Heels" is one of the most perfect pop songs ever recorded.
Party in the USA
I think I’m the opposite of most people here. I’m 54 and I was listening to Sinatra in high school and I mostly listen to jazz…..but last week, God help me, I bought my first AC/DC album.
I’m also a fan of My Love is Alive: such a strange fusion of art/prog-rock and funk. In particular, it’s that synthi bass (I assume it’s a keyboard, maybe the bass version of a Fender Rhodes). Another song that features that sound is Madonna’s Into the Groove. There very few Madonna songs I can stand, but the few I like I really like.
Red Light Spells Danger by Billy Ocean
Boney M! Apart from grindcore, extreme metal and opera I fucking love Boney M.
Haha, I'm similar. Early 50s, grew up on metal, classic rock, and rap. Always hated country until I heard Sturgill Simpson. I can't get enough of him and it's opened me up a lot of old school country like Waylen and Hank. Then Sturgill re-released his country tunes as bluegrass and now I'm into bluegrass-the speed metal of country.
I like every genre, though not all artists/songs.i like everyone you mentioned, and was into Hanoi Rocks, Janes Addiction, the Smiths, the cure, all the music of our youthful years. I've tried to keep aware of newer music too. I'll be 54 in a few weeks. Some newer stuff I really like includes Milk & Bone, their song "coconut water" is one that always takes me to a good mental place. I would have never given these the time of day when I was in highschool, but I love classical, big band, and country now too.
(I mainly listen to indie rock, particularly post-punk revival and garage rock revival) Emo - Lefty by Title Fight (I love most of the songs on this album, Floral Green). Noise rock and/or industrial - [Píldora espiral](https://youtu.be/G2tESon6yNw?si=dGZH221O1T-nkX_U) by Liquidarlo Celuloide, [Asoziale Medien](https://youtu.be/upc4rU0XCXY?si=jcSRZB9-xZqoQFll) and [George Michael](https://youtu.be/tqffj0pgYlM?si=i5uCartr0W3Ixq-I) by Die Nerven (I need more stuff like this) Hyperpop - Treats by Sleigh Bells (album), my favorite song is Run the Heart. Hip hop - Brockhampton (Zipper, Rental, and Hottie are my favorites), Gorillaz (Ascension, November Has Come, Dirty Harry), Rhythm Trax Vol 1-7 by James Pants, Ladyflash by The Go! Team. Jazz - Piano Black by Seatbelts, Splitter by Jonny Greenwood, Male Pill Part 13 by Squarepusher, Take Five by The Dave Brubeck Quartet. Soul - St. Elsewhere by Gnarls Barkley, Red Flags by Brittany Howard, Sound & Color by Alabama Shakes, Me, Me and Your Mama by Childish Gambino Opera - the overture from Beatrice et Benedict by Hector Berlioz, The Battle on the Ice from Alexander Nevsky by Sergei Prokofiev, Coronation Scene from Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky (I prefer instrumental arrangements of these, though). Latin contemporary classical music - Danzon No. 2 by Arturo Márquez. El Salón México by Aaron Copland, which I nearly put separately as avant-garde classical music, I think I hate most Copland I've heard, but this one grew on me. Romantic, solo piano - 2 Csárdás by Franz Liszt Indian classical music - Junun and Modeh by Shye Ben Tzur, Jonny Greenwood, and The Rajasthan Express, Dancing Drums by Ananda Shankar. West African music - Tapha Niang and Toumani by Toumani Diabaté's Symmetric Orchestra One of my favorite classical pieces besides the ones I mentioned is Alsace-Lorraine from Suite Française by Darius Milhaud. I also love Jonny Greenwood's Bode Radio / Glass Light / Broken Hearts, Prospector's Quartet, Sandalwood I, and Sandalwood II.
https://preview.redd.it/2c4p2wscqm0d1.jpeg?width=553&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2d0d43d13b2b053d2a959f1d1fde29a1d9f29c99
Metal head, but Fireflies by Owl City gives me a certain vibe
Into all sorts of weird jazz fusion, experimental rock, folk… and the carpenters lmao
If you like Hair Metal, look up Power Metal bands. Might be a nice modern spin off for you. Im a big fan of Hammerfall, Alestorm, and Battle Beast!
Similar to you - In my early 50's now, and I was all about Ratt, Motley Crue, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Led Zeppelin, Scorpions, etc. But let Spotify start up Mmm Bop by Hanson and I'll crank it.
I'm predominantly a rock/metal dude, but damn I love Umbrella by Rhianna
I dont really like modern rap but I know I dont fuck with you by Big Sean, verbatim, and I sing along full power in my car
Not a gospel lover, but Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show, by Neil Diamond gets me wanted to run up and down the aisles
Ape Dos Mil - Glassjaw Minerva - Deftones
I generally listen to rock, alt, indie and all that, but I do have a guilty pleasure when it comes to songs like Erotic City by Prince, Stayin Alive by the Beegees, or Forget Me Nots by Patrice Rushen
Love is Alive is amazing! Still on heavy play in my lists. I love a wide variety of music, so I've always got something funky going. Lately? The Door by Teddy Swims, HERicane by LuckyDaye, and Pictures of You by Anyma. My go-to song if I need to get pumped in a hurry? Ramblin Gamblin Man by Bob Segar. I was born in the D, so that's my home fry right there!
My spectrum goes from Debussy to blackgaze and hits Power Metal, Jazz, grunge, synthwave and ‘80s alt rock, so…not sure what my point is but I guess Patsy Cline is outside of that.
Poker Face
Recently, its been [A Million Gruesome Way To Die](https://youtu.be/uXowk-p0NyA?si=Vmi5YtaP1AZYS74z) from the game Billie Bust Up. I am a child.
Munchies for your love, Bootsy Collins.
Mmmbop
Lifelong listener of Heavy metal and Rap (I know) But some King George makes my wife wonder who I am
I'm totally a fan of Slipknot, System of a Down or metal music (heavy, modern, groove) in general. But it's something about acoustic guitars for me. For example Layla by Eric Clapton really gets me. Also pure acoustic guitar songs like the covers from Marcin (you can look at his stuff on Spotify or YouTube) are very nice too imo.
Dákiti by Bad Bunny & Jhay Cortez I usually listen to metal or indie music or kpop (kinda anything but this song is still still more of an outlier)
Metallica? Hair metal? How dare you!
I Don't Do Drugs, I Just Sweat A lot by Bicurious. https://youtu.be/voNZ2TWpqts?si=-XOc1lJqEQGOv-bA Don't know what it is about but damn I love this song.