What is your favorite song and/or band?

[HoRrOrFrEaK]

I am just wanting to discover some new music and was wanting some opinions of who to check out.

[Lizard slushie]

I love Zakk Wylde, 2 albums in particular, Hangover Music Vol. 6 and Book of Shadows.

I also like CKY's Infiltrate Destroy Rebuild.

What bands do you listen to now?

[The Red Queen]

Favorite song: Don't Fear the Reaper by Blue Oyster Cult

Favorite Bands: Blind Guardian and Jack Off Jill

[poisonbat]

One of my favorites:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLYD_-A_X5E

[Lizard slushie]

Favorite song: Don't Fear the Reaper by Blue Oyster Cult

Favorite Bands: Blind Guardian and Jack Off Jill

I love Don't Fear the Reaper, my husband and I play that one on Rock Band all the time.

Ha, and we were just talking about Jack Off Jill yesterday, hadn't thought about them in years. What an odd coincidence.

[Steele]

I have favorite bands for certain activities.
When writing or drawing I like to listen to bands such as Enya, My Dying Bride (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bVO5DduK98)
When I'm running or working out I'll listen to something like Nile that really gets the blood pumping.:biggrin2: I really like the lyrics because they're all based on the history of ancient egypt. Sometimes with entire song lyrics being direct translations from "The Book of the Dead" and other ancient egyptian manuscripts. They have the best song titles like: Dusk Falls Upon the Temple of the Serpent on the Mount of Sunrise, and Chapter of Obeisance Before Giving Breath to the Inert One in the Presence of the Cresent Shaped Horns.:eyebrow: And the guitarist gives detailed explanations behind each song's lyrics in liner notes. A sample can be found here: http://www.darklyrics.com/lyrics/nile/annihilationofthewicked.html

[BRUMMIEYID]

Anything by....

Paul Weller,
Stereophonics,
Manic Street Preachers,
The Kooks,
The Killers,
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club,
U2,
AC/DC,
The Enemy,
David Gray....

so many I could mention.

[Cowboy]

Love the John Hiatt album, Master of Disaster

[rjt65]

Depends upon what you want or are looking for:

Workout/Cruising: Heavier: Led Zepplin, TOOL, Metallica, Megadeath, Guns and Roses, AC/DC, Sabbath, Evanescence, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Pearl Jam, Audio slave-Soundgarden-Chris Cornell, Linkin park, Godsmack, Korn

Lighter: Nirvana, U2, Eagles, John Mellancamp, Aerosmith, Fleetwood mac-Stevie Nicks,, Dire Straits, genesys-phill collins, Police-STING, Doyle Bramhall III, Clapton, Doors, Ramones, 3 doors down,

even lighter - Enya, Cat stevens (old cat), various others and one hit wonders

Favorites right now (and all time) =Led Zep, Metallica Tool, Mellancamp

[Tery]

Favorite band (as everyone knows by now) is Genesis. :wink2:

Favorite song? I just can't pick one.

[The Red Queen]

Ha, and we were just talking about Jack Off Jill yesterday, hadn't thought about them in years. What an odd coincidence.

OMG! You mean there is actually another living person who knows Jack Off Jill! Woo Hoo! Jessika (the singer for JOJ for those of you who are clueless) has another band now: Scarling. It is softer the JOJ, but still pretty good.

[tcgob]

I have favorite bands for certain activities.
When writing or drawing I like to listen to bands such as Enya, My Dying Bride (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bVO5DduK98)
When I'm running or working out I'll listen to something like Nile that really gets the blood pumping.:biggrin2: I really like the lyrics because they're all based on the history of ancient egypt. Sometimes with entire song lyrics being direct translations from "The Book of the Dead" and other ancient egyptian manuscripts. They have the best song titles like: Dusk Falls Upon the Temple of the Serpent on the Mount of Sunrise, and Chapter of Obeisance Before Giving Breath to the Inert One in the Presence of the Cresent Shaped Horns.:eyebrow: And the guitarist gives detailed explanations behind each song's lyrics in liner notes. A sample can be found here: http://www.darklyrics.com/lyrics/nile/annihilationofthewicked.html

A little too esoteric for my taste. I like stuff with five chords or less with a lead singer that gets busted for possession at least twice a year.

Dusk Falls Upon the Temple of the Serpent on the Mount of Sunrise, and Chapter of Obeisance Before Giving Breath to the Inert One in the Presence of the Cresent Shaped Horns

oooookay.... :biggrin2:

[bangoskanko]

some of my favorite bands are bullet for my valentine,shadows fall,mudvayne,pantera,and slipknot

[Ayla]

My favourite band is Everclear. Mainly the early years - self loathing music but pretty.

otherwise i'm pretty eclectic. Mainly alternative and metal though i do dig my pop (justin timberlake, will smith etc). like a bit of folksy type stuff, punk etc.

[JohnK]

Any thing by "The Band." In particular, Music from the Big Pink. (Notice any resemblence to a certain house on the Gulf of Mexico?)

[Rose1986]

1. In Flames
2. Metallica, Megadeth, Melissa Etheridge, Slipknot, Böhse Onkelz, Rage, Rammstein...

Favorite Song: Too much to mention... it depends on my mood

[dejolane]

Do You Think I'm Sexy by Rod Stewart.

Debbie

[udontlooklykacarny]

Funny; my favorite song of all time and my fave band don't have a bit in common:
Band-The Ramones
Song-Anything,Anything-Dramarama

i don't know if he's considered a and but.....Chopin. Seriously.

[Kim L.]

Favorite bands/singers:
Bob Dylan, the Who, The Band, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Richard Thompson, U2, Green Day, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band (will see them in concert April 4), Snow Patrol, the Beach Boys, Steve Earle, They Might Be Giants, Grateful Dead, Buddy Holly, Al Green, Johnny Cash, Jefferson Stairplane, Corrine Bailey Rae, Cowboy Junkies, Gin Blossoms, Elvis Costello, Social Distortion, Neil Young, Alison Krauss, the B-52s, Barenaked Ladies, the Byrds, Emmylou Harris, Dwight Yoakam, Gram Parsons, Jerry Jeff Walker, John Prine, k d lang, Liz Phair, Lucinda Williams, Lyle Lovett, Matchbox Twenty, Muddy Waters, the Pretenders, the Kinks, REM, the Smiths, Simon & Garfunkel, Squirrel Nut Zippers, the Staple Singers, Talking Heads, Patti Smith, Warren Zevon.
And Death Cab for Cutie because I like the name, although the only song of theirs I know is "I Will Follow You into The Dark."

Favorite Songs: Couldn't possibly choose & have already taken enough of your time if you've read this far.

[constantreader85]

U2, Bon Jovi Bruce Springsteen, Ozzy, IRon Maiden etc etc...

[defleppy]

Favorite song? kind of hard.............too many

Favorite band? Led zeppelin and def leppard maybe? lol

[Purp7e_Fi7th]

OMG! You mean there is actually another living person who knows Jack Off Jill! Woo Hoo! Jessika (the singer for JOJ for those of you who are clueless) has another band now: Scarling. It is softer the JOJ, but still pretty good.

I love jack off jill! lol i dont really have any favorite songs....but here are some bands i listen to (not in any order) :

Marilyn Manson (older stuff), Nirvana, Jack Off Jill, Scarling, Type O Negative, Devildriver, Lollipop Lust Kill, Corporate avenger, Danzig, Mindless Self Indulgence, A Perfect Circle, Zeromancer, Coal Chamber, The Doors, Switchblade Symphony, Fear Factory, Xandria, Tool, Alice In Chains, Iggy Pop, Within Temptation, Offspring, Depeche Mode, Damageplan, Hatebreed, Tool, Bikini Kill, Vice Squad, System Of A Down, Pantera, Wumpscut, Buckethead, Morbid Angel, Emilie Autumn, The Cranberries, Otep, Go Betty Go, The Distillers, Tsunami Bomb, Acid Bath, Koffin Kats, Suicidal Tendencies, Gwar, Kidneythieves, Genitourturers, Nina Hagen, DeathStars, Rasputina, Sublime, Tiger Army, Frank Zappa, Dax Riggs...and much, much more

[Megadeth]

Two of my favourite songs are Cemetery Gates by Pantera and Aerials by System of a Down :D

[mojomofo]

Favorite bands/ Singers: Pink Floyd, Led Zep, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Al Green, Peter Gabriel, The Gorillaz, Beastie Boys, Tori Amos, Janis Joplin, Black Death, The Doors, Snoop, Nirvana, Alice In Chains, No Doubt, Black Crowes, U2, the list goes on.

Favorite Song it too hard.

[JohnDalglish]

Hi,

Too hard a question for me too, though I admire everyone who's tried to answer it.

Great list, Kim, and seeing Springsteen and the E Street Band will be GREAT!!!

Didn't Deathcab for Cutie take their name from a Steely Dan song (or did I imagine it?)

Long days and pleasant nights

[Susan]

Favorite band (as everyone knows by now) is Genesis. :wink2:

Favorite song? I just can't pick one.

My favorite band, also.

Phil before he turned Disney...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_uwG79As4A

[mulder1079]

any classic rock, my top three favorite bands are LED ZEPPELIN, AC/DC, PINK FLOYD

[MadamMack]

Corpse Toes!
(Phoolish-Phusion-Phunk)

Toe-Jam-Spam-Ma-Lam . . .
Ham-Bone-Bammed-The-M'am! :eek2:

Due to drop a greatest hits CD later this year!

[Kim L.]

Hi,
Didn't Deathcab for Cutie take their name from a Steely Dan song (or did I imagine it?)

Long days and pleasant nights

Paraphrasing Wikipedia:

"Death Cab for Cutie" was a song written by Vivian Stanshall and Neil Innes and released in 1967 by Stanshall and The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band on their album Gorilla. The song is featured in the Beatles movie Magical Mystery Tour as a lyrical accompaniment for a striptease act. The band Death Cab for Cutie took their name from the song.

[hetfield_86]

Journey - Small town girl
Europe - the final countdown

[mulder1079]

best bands ever:
The Beatles (of course)
Led Zeppelin
Pink Floyd
AC/DC
Metallica

[The Raven]

Thses are ones you never heard of but hell, give em a try. Delain, Poets of the Fall, Nightwish, Muse and Kamelot.... might not be your cup 'o tea but trying something new every now and then cant hurt :biggrin2:

[TerrapinFlyer]

Favorite Bands:

~Beatles~

~Grateful Dead~


Favorite Songs:

~I am the Walrus~

~Terrapin Station~

[Firetalion]

I can't do more than one at once in here, I love 'em too much...

Ummmmm, how about, Garbage! I freakin love Shirley Manson. I'd give her all the candy if she was hungry for it.

She had been in the band Angelfish prior, which was a good 80's band, but that only produced that one album and then broke up.

If you listen to the lyrics of the first album, you can feel the pain she was in. She was a starving artist, literally. I guess the rest of the band didn't even realize that she just made it to America, with nothing. Barely enough to buy a candy bar a day for the days meal. "I'm Only Happy When It Rains", or "As Heaven Is Wide" are extremely powerful songs.

But even when she made it with the band, and living expenses and creature comforts were taken care of, she still didn't stop producing amazing music.

The band Garbage does a kind of harsh techno-rock type sound. I was told, that originally, Butch Vig, who is a lead member of Garbage, sent in a mix of the song "Last", by Nine Inch Nails for a set of remixes Trent wanted, and Trent responded, "this song is Garbage". Ding. The band came up with a name for their music right then and there.

And actually, the Last - Butch Vig mix song is pretty cool. Wish I could find a copy of the original one, not the mono one that's floating around the net.

Shirley Manson writes all the lyrics, or at least she used to. They just expected her to do it when she was in the band, and she had no real problems doing it, although she felt she didn't know what she was really doing with it. But she didn't argue, and she handled it like a true gunslinger.

Her lyrics are mesmerizing, and although I doubt everyone will 'get' them, they really helped me through hard portions of my life. I remember once, I put in her second album, 'Version 2.0' when I hadn't heard it for a number of years, since a whole lot had changed in my life, and the songs instantly drew tears from me. It reminded me of a time in my life that was gone, because I listened to that album constantly back then.

She's one of those women that chose in her heart at birth, to not be the most physically beautiful, because it would have held her back. Nothing but beauty there as far as I'm concerned. She's the type of girl I say yes to, before I know what she's asking, she's just so damn wonderful.

[Firetalion]

Here's my current favorite song by Garbage.

Metal Heart

LYRICS WITHIN

I wish I had a metal heart
I could cross the line
I wish that I was half as good
As you think I am

But now that we know for sure they're telling lies when they say
No one gets hurt and therefore nobody dies
You know it's hard to believe anything that you hear
They say the world is round

Wish I was as big as you
You'd have to tell the truth
I'd be nothing you could hurt
Nothing you could use

But now that we know for sure they're telling lies when they say
No one gets hurt and therefore nobody dies
You know it's hard to believe anything that you hear
They say the world is round
The world is round?

I want to be dependable, I want to be courageous and good
I want to be faithful so that I can be heroic and true
I want to be a friend you can rely on you can lean on and trust
I want to understand so I can forgive and be willing to love

I wish I wasn't flesh and blood
I would not be scared
Of bullets built with me in mind
For then i could be saved

My sweet lord take care of me for i think i'm done
Kiss my mother on her cheek and lay my burden down

But now that we know for sure they're telling lies when they say
No one gets hurt and therefore nobody dies
You know it's hard to believe anything that you hear
They say the world is round
The world is round


Another I love, is that song Parade... "Doctor, we're dying. There's no use in crying. So live for tomorrow, and do what you have to."

Girls (artists) like this make sure hell can't exist, because they're there too, as far as I'm concerned.

[rose madder]

I love all classic rock but i have to say i love 50's and 60's such as bobby vee, sam cooke, th everly brother's, big bopper, richie valens, buddy holly and dion. I also prefer male singer's to female for some reason?

[kingfan missus]

i really like guns n roses

as for my favourite song?

NOVEMBER RAIN

beautiful song and bustin guitar solo

[broadwayscaera]

Hmm...some bands / artists that have been in pretty heavy rotation for me are:

Queen
System of a Down
The Dresden Dolls
Architecture in Helsinki
Ingrid Michaelson
Emiliana Torrini
Black Moth Super Rainbow
Cat Stevens
and The "Jesus Christ Superstar" soundtrack.

Right now, my favorite song is probably "Apocalypse Now" by Muse.

[Samantha_]

I can't narrow it down to a favorite. It's just too much! :wink2:

So, here's a few of the bands/artists/and songs that I love.

U2 - Bad

Counting Crows- Mercury

John Mellencamp- Golden Gates

REM- Nightswimming

Jon Bon Jovi- You want to make a memory

[Srbo]

AC/DC...any song from them will do it.:biggrin2:

[kataline96]

The Beatles are my favourite band. But that doesn't help you much does it?
At the moment I'm really loving Kings of Leon, Charmer is my fav song. I'm also saving my itunes credits for the new Supergrass album. They were my high school obsession, and I still love them.

[Todash]

Favorite song: Don't Fear the Reaper by Blue Oyster Cult

I got a fever, and the only prescription is more cowbell!

One of my favorites:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLYD_-A_X5E
Okay, 1) that was cool, and 2) I'm ashamed to admit this, but I didn't realize Kanye sampled (heavily) from that for his song Stronger. He just lost about 20 coolness points in my book. Not 'cause he sampled, but because that was by far the best part of his song. The rest was just ... meh.

So anyways, I might be the only person left in the US who listens to the radio, at least on my daily commute. I'm a rabid station switcher, though, so I have somewhat eclectic tastes based largely on the radio and things I dig up online. I flip back and forth between pop, country, oldies (although the KC station stopped playing the real* oldies), alternative, classic rock, urban. When I drive our car with XM radio I sometimes dig on bluegrass and folk as well. That being said, some of my favorite musical artists are ones that don't get much airplay. Here's a smattering, by no means a complete list.

Indigo Girls: amazing lyrics
The White Stripes (check out Rag and Bone (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLcnPZbnX5c) from Icky Thump)
Shiny Toy Guns
Nickel Creek (Doubting Thomas and When in Rome (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLh-KQuxcG8) are my two faves of theirs)
Death Cab for Cutie
KT Tunstall
Allison Krauss
And of course some classic stuff. I really like The Beatles, old Cat Stevens, Simon & Garfunkel ... and I have a fondness for KISS, stemming from childhood exposure (older brother).

I used to have a favorite song, but it's impossible to pick one now.

*before I was born

[SlnaMklaFn4]

Favorite Groups/SIngers: Naked Brothers Band, Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana (Same Person), Ashley Tisdale, Vanessa Hudgens, PureNRG, Raven Symone, and much more

Can't pick any one fave song...

[SlnaMklaFn4]

Fave Groups/Singers: Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana, Naked Brothers Band, Raven Symone, Ashley Tisdale, Vanessa Hudgens, and much more....

No Fave song...i love them all...

[constantreader85]

Bon Jovi, Nickelback Iron Maiden, Ozzy, GN'R
Billy Joel, Brucie, John Cougar(?) Mellencamp
Celtic women, The doors, the who, bryan adams
aha, Sting, Katie MElua, Frank sinarta, Mozart (yes i know!!!!!!!!!)
The Stones, Nickaelback, Alanis, Sheryl Crowe, Def leppard
The kings, Juliet turner, The wolfe Tones(Irish folk band) metallica, the bangles, Claire Sproule, Julie Feeney, Abba (Sorry) Metallica, Megadeth,

[kataline96]

There's some amazing bands from New Zealand, that you probably haven't heard because it's really hard to break into the international market. But you could probably hear samples on itunes or something. Here's a few:

Shihad
Goldenhorse
The Mint Chicks
Pluto
Salmonella Dub
Minuit

and for the retro bunch:
Split Enz
Dragon
Hello Sailor

[blackwingedbird]

counting crows

[samuel123]

Hi Guys,

It's difficult to say what is the favorite songs because list is endless of favorite songs.

However, my current addiction is "When I Take Your Hand" from album Big Bang Theory by Shaun Barrowes?

__________________
Samuel

[Leighjavu]

I have been in a Motown coma for the last week. Love the stuff.

[Lizard slushie]

I've got a lot of favorites, but "Crash Into Me" by Dave Matthews band is #1 on the list

[Frizz]

One of my favorite bands ever is Metallica. Really diggin the new album, Death Magnetic. Especially the song, The Day That Never Comes.

[Cody44]

Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill

I've been listening:

Peace Train - Cat Stevens
Here is Gone, Big Machine, Black Balloon, and Slide - Goo Goo Dolls
If I Was Your Vampire - Marilyn Manson (This is the only song I actually like of his, and it was probably from the amazing Max Payne Trailer.. to bad the movie stunk)
Money For Nothing, Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits
Clint Eastwood, 19-2000 (soul child remix) - The Gorillaz
Blinded By the Light, Born to Run, Born in the U.S.A. - Bruce Springsteen
Africa - Toto
Running to Stand Still, Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2
Freedom - Jimi Hendrix

Those are the songs I have been listening to the most lately. :wink2:

[Ubasti]

Let's see ... all time favorite song is Dust in the Wind by Kansas and all time favorite band is The Smashing Pumpkins :love:

I love Mettalica and I'm still a pretty big Def Leppard fan, prefer the old classic stuff from them. The Cure is awesome and what can be said about Pink Floyd?

[wannabnmaui]

Yea!! My voice is still hoarse from seeing the Who last tues. It was their opening show of the tour & they ROCKED!!
They played the good ones, some new ones & a few treasures rarely played.
I love seeing all the happy faces of the crowd before & after. :love:

[LOTUS]

Many song and many bands to mention.
But anyway,if I have to choose:

Metallica

and Harvester of sorrow

[phidgt]

This is nearly impossible to answer. Right now I have been going on a Phish binge (live not studio) since they have started a new tour.

I love some techno - Paul van Dyk is superb. The dual set Out There and Back is my current favorite. The songs are meant to be litstened to in the order that they are on the album. Shpongle is also a goodie.

If I feel like going through the vinyl then it's Grateful Dead, Allman Brothers, Cat Stevens, Booker T, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, or some old Bob Dylan.

If I feel like being mean to the neighbors I'll blast out some Marilyn Manson, Clutch, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin

I pretty much listen to anything (except the radio).

[titansfan]

Hmm let see so many to list depending on what im doing

Although Led Zepplin Whole Latta Love...

I was 6 years old when i first heard that song... You can only imagine what my teacher thought when she heard me singing parts of it... :) And you can bet that my kids are going to grow up that way too. My 3yr old has already started.. :devil:

[Theregulator]

My favourite song changes periodically so I couldn't pick one. Fave bands include; Pink Floyd, The Who, The Stranglers, The Chemical brothers, Underworld, Hot Chip, Air, Alabama 3, lemon Jelly, Mint Royal, Neil Young, Daft Punk, James, Gorillaz, Fat boy Slim, Spiritualized, The Orb, The charletans, The Cure, Echo and the Bunnymen, U2 and Camera obscura. The list is endless really. I love lots of music across many gendres.

[psj77]

Hank Williams III - Pills I Took
Shooter Jennings - Slow Train (w/The Oak Ridge Boys)
James McMertry - We Can't Make It Here
Ray Wylie Hubbard - Choctaw Bingo
Roger Alen Wade - The First Time I Saw Waylon
Robert Earl Keen - The Road Goes On Forever
BR5-49 - After The Hurricane
Old Crow Medicine Show - Wagon Wheel
Los Lonely Boys - Outlaws
Waylon Jennings & The .357's - Outlaw Sh*t

[JRLauer]

My favorite bands are Pink Floyd and AC/DC. I can't choose a favorite sone, there are to many to choose from.

[TCat]

There are soooooo many good ones out there. I just want to mention a few that are great, recent bands that are being terribly underrated right now. With so many Pink Floyd fans out there, I'm surprised that so many people have not discovered Porcupine Tree yet, in particular, the albums "Darkwing" and "In Absentia". Another great band if you are interested in the old southern rock bands and want to hear something new is My Morning Jacket. Check out some of their live performances if you can, especially a live performance of "Run-Thru". They are amazing live!

[Autumnlyn]

Disturbed...any song with monkey noises

[devilboy666]

im a metalhead some of my fav bands are
five finger deathpunch
all that remains
bullet for my valentine
mudvayne

[Girl87]

Kevin Rudolf Ft. Lil Wayne- Let it rock