I had that as a kid; I’d love to have it burned to a CD now. The longest version of it I have runs about 15 minutes (starting with the clock ticking/parade of children on the outside to a run-through of the entire ride).
Backstreet Boys and O-Town. Trust me, it doesn’t fit my image or friends in RL at all.
I saw her in Providence, RI a few years ago. I was geeked because she was one of the few people I wanted to see live before I died. But it was without a doubt, the most boring concert I had ever sat through.
Mind you, I was one who sat fascinated listening to “United States Parts 1-4” non-stop when it first came out on CD. But her whole schtick that night was to come on … say a few words … play her violin a bit … say a few words … play her violin a bit … etc, ad finitum. There was none of the variety of sound, music and text that I had expected. I was extremely dissappointed.
Wow, I can handle a lot and appreciate even more, but that sucks eggs. While his technique might be tighter than a dolphins rear end the end result is harder to listen to than Sun Ra.
Well, as long as you don’t think any worse of me for enjoying Derek Bailey’s music, what the hell? I don’t think any worse of you for not liking it. So now I know what not to put on when you come over for a dram. (Unless you overstay your welcome, in which case I know how to drive you out of the house.)
Interesting that you bring up Sun Ra - I love that whole stream of free jazz, from Eric Dolphy and Ornette Coleman to Sun Ra and Anthony Braxton. It’s not the only stuff I listen to, but when I’m in the mood, there’s nothing like it.
I almost never use the shuffle everything switch, though. I just find it too jarring to go from Palestrina to Xennakis to Og knows what. And sometimes silence is cool, too. That’s the John Cage influence, I suppose.
I never think less of someone because of musical taste unless they really like the Eagles.
Female Japanese pop. Most people I’ve met just can’t get past their voices. Like my favorite, aiko. People think I’m listening to some little girl sing, and don’t believe me when I tell them she’s over 30.
The bulk of the music on my 4GB iPod Nano consists of the nearly complete catalogs of aiko, Rush, and ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic.
Canadian Objectivists, American Absurdists, and J-Pop. That is one WEIRD iPod…
The Annoying Song by the Butthole Surfers?
Adore might be pushing it for some of these, but I have a fairly odd music collection. In times past I’ve deliberately gone looking outside the standard musical range presented in the mainstream media. Not everything I’ve found I’ve liked but some of it has stayed with me.
Merzbow: Japanese noise based soundscape artist. I tend not to listen to this at the ear-splitting recommended volume but as a white noise background.
Mongolian Folk Music: A flatmate of mine introduced me to this. Most typically identified with its unusual vocal technique of throat singing I find it pleasant to listen to and evocative of a culture completely different to my own.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DY1pcEtHI_w (The distinctive throat singing style starts at about 0:16)
Pauline Oliveros: Specificaly one album called deep listening. Recorded in an abandoned cistern. Difficult to categorise it but i suppose it fits under soundscapes again.
John Adams: Whilst regarded by some as a great composer none of my friends can stand his stuff. Shaker Loops is something I regularly listen to and enjoy very much.
