# And now for something completely different **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 4, 2007, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-for-something-completely-different/428774 "2007-12-04T15:09:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2007, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-for-something-completely-different/428774/1 "2007-12-04T15:09:39Z")
\ Pythonites – Ha! Psych! Move on, it’s not what you thought. Instead – it’s listening to music that’s a totally different genre from your usual. As I’ve mentioned a truly annoying number of times, my current commute is a tad over an hour each way, so I listen to a lot of CDs in the car. I do okay on finding new and interesting stuff to listen to – lots of African dance music, Brazilian and Cuban jazz, been getting more into blues recently – and I make a darned fine mix CD, I must admit. Sometimes, though, I’m just sick to death of everything I’ve got, and haven’t yet found my new favorite CD. And sometimes I’m just need something … completely different. On a whim, I grabbed a couple of Beethoven CDs on my way out of the house this morning – so was rocking out to piano concertos all the way up. #3 in C Minor – one of my favorite pieces of music evah! #5 – hell, Napoleon couldn’t be all bad if he could inspire a piece like that. When you desperately need something completely different, musically, what do you grab? ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2007, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-for-something-completely-different/428774/2 "2007-12-04T15:56:14Z")
I usually listen to Indie/emo-ish rock and some classic hard rock/prog rock, but when I’m sick of that and want some different music I put on a smooth jazz channel. If I knew of a good baroque or early music station I’d put on that. I rarely grab a totally different CD from my selection because by definition if I like the genre enough to buy it it’s not “completely different” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2007, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-for-something-completely-different/428774/3 "2007-12-04T16:08:55Z")
I don’t listen to much classical music or opera - but once in a while I’ll pull out my Gilbert & Sullivan CDs. I’ve even gotten my husband attached to _HMS Pinafore_. ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2007, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-for-something-completely-different/428774/4 "2007-12-04T16:15:14Z")
I start going through Billboard’s lists of the top 100 albums and Amazon’s new releases to see what I don’t recognize. I’ll test the album or song out, see if I like anything. If I do, I’ll try more albums from that singer or band. I usually find something worth listening to that I never would have tried otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2007, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-for-something-completely-different/428774/5 "2007-12-04T16:17:30Z")
That’s probably not going to send you to a different genre, though, **Lionne** , is it? I’m not talking about finding new albums – but when you listen to something totally opposite from the **type** of music you listen to day in and day out. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2007, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-for-something-completely-different/428774/6 "2007-12-04T16:19:19Z")
So lets see, **twickster** fooled me. Curses, I should know better, her name is as obvious as a Rowling character. I mainly listen to classic rock and blues. My change-ups would be some old Broadway music like West Side Story or Godspell, anything by Gershwin, but especially Rhaspody in Blue & American in Paris. I really enjoy Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition by Barry Douglas, Mozart, Holst’s The planets, etc. Jim ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2007, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-for-something-completely-different/428774/7 "2007-12-04T22:37:29Z")
I’ve been looking around for “new music” for a few months. And have I found something completely different in the new music department. [The Pipettes](http://www.myspace.com/thepipettes) (Warning: autoplays music.) Holy molly. Knocks my socks off. Rock’n Roll didn’t die, it just took a holiday to Brighton. Almost all their songs are their own. Just a few covers. (Which is a Very Bad Idea, their “These Boots Are Made For Walking” is a “good” example of why covers are bad.) And since this is the 2000s, many of the lyrics and topics are suitably modern. I suggest “Pull Shapes” on the page linked above. On their album, my fave is “ABC”. (But then I’m a geek.) There’s also a song called “The Burning Ambition Of Early Diuretics” that is very good despite the title. If anyone knows of other groups doing _their own_ classic Rock’n Roll type music, I’d appreciate a link. [Banky] I got a weird thing for girls who say [del]“Aboot”[/del] “Dahnce.” [/Banky] ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2007, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-for-something-completely-different/428774/8 "2007-12-04T23:37:50Z")
[QUOTE=ftg] I’ve been looking around for “new music” for a few months. And have I found something completely different in the new music department. [The Pipettes](http://www.myspace.com/thepipettes) (Warning: autoplays music.) Holy molly. Knocks my socks off. Rock’n Roll didn’t die, it just took a holiday to Brighton. Almost all their songs are their own. Just a few covers. (Which is a Very Bad Idea, their “These Boots Are Made For Walking” is a “good” example of why covers are bad.) And since this is the 2000s, many of the lyrics and topics are suitably modern. I suggest “Pull Shapes” on the page linked above. On their album, my fave is “ABC”. (But then I’m a geek.) There’s also a song called “The Burning Ambition Of Early Diuretics” that is very good despite the title. If anyone knows of other groups doing _their own_ classic Rock’n Roll type music, I’d appreciate a link. [Banky] I got a weird thing for girls who say [del]“Aboot”[/del] “Dahnce.” [/Banky] [/QUOTE] Wow, retro. Tres cool! Not quite what you were looking for, but for retro classic 70s hard rock goodness, I like [Wolfmother](http://www.wolfmother.com/) [warning: Flash, pop-ups ‘n’ stuff]. The lyrics are silly, but classic rock lyrics were pretty silly to begin with. Here there’s no pretension and the guitar riffs are impeccable. For retro 60s psychedelic rock goodness, I go for [The Black Angels](http://www.theblackangels.com/). They’ve even got some anti-war songs going on, the war being Iraq. Click on “Downloads” and check out the “Black Grease” video. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2007, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-for-something-completely-different/428774/9 "2007-12-04T23:43:18Z")
When I want something different, I turn to Eminem’s ‘‘Eminem Show’’ album. This music is completely unlike anything else I own. I might whip out some Mary J. Blige or Jennifer Lopez or something as well. ---
**Author:** ![YellowTail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/b5ac83/32.png) [@YellowTail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YellowTail)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2007, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-for-something-completely-different/428774/10 "2007-12-05T00:31:55Z")
There’s a show on Sunday nights on KBCO called the Groove Show that plays very eclectic music, the vast majority of which I haven’t heard before. There’s also an AM station at 1190 (don’t know the call letters) that is always playing something weird and (usually) listenable. When I take my laptop to the library on weekends to do research, I pluck a few CDs from the rack\* and listen to them. This weekend I discovered Opie Gone Bad, whom I liked, and Bill Wyman’s Rhythm Kings who blew me away! - I don’t copy the CDs. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2007, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-for-something-completely-different/428774/11 "2007-12-05T00:40:37Z")
I’m mostly a rocker (progressive rock, pretentious album rock) with forays into classical, but every now and then I’ll be in a different mood and put on something bluesey-folksey, like [Michael Hurley](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_hurley).