I think that’s what I like about Vince Clark, actually. He’s straight (by all accounts) but he seems to just take the camp in stride. Even back when he formed Yazoo with Alison Moyet, they had camp out their ears…look at the video for “Don’t Go”. Haunted House, mad science, vampires, frankenstein monsters…of course, it WAS the 80s, so camp was the order of the day, but still.
C’est soirees la. Recognize the tune?
Heh…there was a time about two years ago that I was listening to the Jersey Boys cast recording at least once a day…
On my Itunes shuffle you can get anything from Romanian rap, old Soviet protest ballads,Russian ballads, Mongolian throat singing of original folk tunes or covers of Led Zeppelin, Rammstein, Beatles, medieval German drinking songs or Hildegard von Bingen…
Back when my job mostly consisted of tasks that didn’t require me to hear what was going on around me, I used to listen to CDs a lot (this was before I had an MP3 player). I was listening to the cast recording of My Fair Lady one day and totally oblivious to the fact that my earbuds had come loose from my computer, during “Quit, Professor Higgins!”, which is well outside the bounds of pop. My nearby coworkers were raising eyebrows, as if they wanted to say “WTF?!”
I always got that response from Brewer and Shipley’s “Shake Off the Demon.” Apparently I’m the only person in the world who likes that song.
I studied ethnomusicology and keep posting stuff on Facebook which is liked nor wanted by anyone.
For example today, it would be fantastic music from Epiros!
Wait! Come back!
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Seriously though, do you vary geographically, or just concentrate on one particular locality?
I agree. Her version of “Wish You Were Here,” is great.
Anything by the Bran Flakes would apply here.
A bunch of songs by Ke$ha, especially “Tik Tok” and “Take It Off.”
Seriously. In fact, she’s coming to town in late February and I might go if the ticket prices go down from the $135 price they are now.
Completely stunned that anyone else here has heard of the Bran Flakes. They’re excellent. Played them for some friends the other night and the responses were generally amused. And maybe a bit bemused as well.
I’ve recently been into outsider music in kind of a big way. No one agrees with me that Daniel Aliangana is genius.
My friends are also sort of apprehensively tolerant of my love of disco.
Rory Phillips’ remix of The XX went down like a rock at a party recently.
And a lot of people I know don’t understand the appeal of the old time music I love.
But of course I sing and listen to shape-note so I think I win the thread.
You might like to catch my buddy Lil’ Rev if he blows through your town.
Some of my coworkers have been swapping/merging mp3 collections. I’m a bit afraid to get involved lest they think differently of me after seeing mine.
For one thing, I play background music during the Ravenloft Horror D&D game I DM. So I’m always on the lookout for freaky and unusual stuff.
To wit: Varttina, anyone?
Oh, I feel so understood. Friends for sure!
And yes, I do vary, though I have my preferred regions. But, for example, Gonzoron’s Varttina are totally cool by me. And I’ll add Ranarim, if we want to stay up north.
Okay, I know zero about gaming, but if Varttina does the trick there, you might (if you don’t know them yet) want to check out Garmarna and Hedningarna.
These are really good! Who gives you WTF for these?
Linkin Park. Yes, the entire catalog.
You need new people to hang out with, because that song is AWESOME.
Except for that stupid rap part in the middle.