Topic: ~music that means something to you~

What's some music that meant something to you once or still does currently? Or maybe a playlist that helps you get through your day.

and Spotify links work btw

Huh, I was expecting to see introvert singer songwriters with lyrics about finding yourself/recovery or angsty teen music that gave yourself strength in your yoof rather than Spock’s novelty album.

I love jazz, blues, rock and merges of these styles. Belgian artist Bert Dockx is the front man of several projects that fit that bill. This is my favorite song of his band Flying Horseman. It means a lot to me because it perfectly conveys how I struggle to fit in this capitalistic society.

I mean, if that's what you want

K.K. Marathon
It's represent Bali, also part of my country Indonesia. 🇮🇩

Wish I could say something more indie but what can I say? I absolutely love these guys!

@skywake I never got Silverchair tbh, had a mate that tried to get me into them as they loved them but I never felt it.

I was more thinking of stuff like My Chemical Romance, Bring Me The Horizon, Paramore where I’d scoff at them for only being alright rather than great because they didn’t have troubled childhoods, drug addictions and lived longer than 27.

Going through the entire box set at the moment (DVD as the episodes on Netflix are cut)

I will keep it to 5 otherwise I’d be here all day…

Streetlight Manifesto are a band I only ever listen to when I’m properly prepared for. The music is meticulously and brilliantly crafted which leaves me in awe and despite being a lowly ska punk band they attract blues, jazz, RnB, folk, prog fans as they appeal to more than ska punk fans. I will also lose track of the afternoon thinking about the lyrics.

Every generation has a band like this for the yoof to vent their unarticulated frustrations to when you realise the world is full of poop. Mine was Gallows with legendary live shows that felt like a cross between a riot and mass with wall to wall bouncing, the entire venue becoming a mosh pit, the frontman getting tattooed in the crowd whilst singing. The frontman left to do more ambitious music than mere hardcore but it never had the same impact on me.

Being part immigrant (although not gypsy) this always bring up thoughts of my roots and family connection to the old country.

I listened to this around the same time my Mum was dying of cancer so a song about celebrating the small amount of life left when dying of cancer might be a tad on the nose but hey-ho.

Another Frankie T song of rejecting social norms even past the teen years to not be boring because you don’t have the imagination or will to do other things.

I've been listening to a lot from Rise Against. It's sad that their early songs are still relevant today.

@jump
Was kinda hard to not be at least somewhat into Silverchair when I was growing up. Although I was certainly more of a fan than most. Many an hour of my teenage years were spent in my room with a guitar playing along to Spawn Again, No Association, Dearest Helpless, One Way Mule. Horrible lyrics, solid riffs

Also before I got into Silverchair I was into Creed..... we won't talk about that....

On topic again, ignoring the above. Another hugely impactful album for me was The Avalanches - Since I Left You. I know, probably a bit cliché. But I remember my friends and I being kinda obsessed with it in High School. Mostly Frontier Psychiatrist, as you would be

Is Dexter Ill, Is Dexter Ill, Is Dexter Ill, Is Dexter Ill today
I'm Afraid he's not Ms Fishbourne! Dexter's truancy problem is way out of hand
The Baltimore county school board has decided to expel Dexter from the entire public school system
(beat kicks in)
Oh Mr Kirk, I'm as upset as you are. But SURELY expulsion is not the answer!
I'm afraid expulsion is the only answer. It's the opinion of the entire staff that Dexter is criminally insane

@Rambler that’s the kinda noise to wake me up me in the morning. Lol

I’ve not heard of Kevin Martin for awhile now, is he still about?

@Bunkerneath I use to love Red Dwarf! I’ve got to try and finally watch those 2-3 revival series that pop up every few years.

White Sparrows by Billy Talent. It was the first time a song hit me hard. It's a beautiful song about grief.

@k8sMum The Sufferer & The Witness is my favorite album of theirs and one of my favorite albums in general.

At the moment, anime music with pop influence.

I can’t link it because the content is pretty sensitive but the “dairy of underage observation” is a vocaloid album, and man, I felt heck of emotional for a week ): I still can’t even listen to it even though I love it to bits.

Radiohead/The Smile
Sigur Ros
Mogwai
My Bloody Valentine

I was a kid at a festival having spent the weekend dancing, drinking, moshing, singing and all around partying decided to ditch my mates who wanted to see a metal band on one of the other stages so I could go to the main stage see Nine Inch Nails. I knew of them but I wouldn’t call myself a fan of them at that point. This was on the tour to promote Year Zero so I knew the singles from that album plus the I Want To Cuddle You Like An Animal song and a few others and I was blown away with them in general but one song in particular, Hurt (before Johnny Cash did a cover of it), manage to get me to cry for the first time seeing live music. Just an insanely raw and vulnerable song magnified by Trent Reznor’s powerful performance of it.

@Late I’ve always found Billy Talent an odd band, in the UK they play relatively small venues like less than 1k, then over in Germany they are huge and will play arenas. It’s so odd how some bands gain fans in one country but not the other.

I've got to post some Deerhoof here

I feel like my taste in music has had several "eras". Before around 2002 I don't think I really had much of a specific "taste" in music, not one that was that well defined anyways. The CDs I had were all just top 40 stuff, although I mostly just listened to the tracks from Gorillaz, Spiderbait, Live, Regurgitator. Into from mid high school and into Uni I was really into Silverchair, The Smashing Pumpkins, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Powderfinger, The Vines etc

2008 I kinda flipped a switch and started to listen to a bunch of different artists entirely. I just outright deleted Silverchair and Smashing Pumpkins from my computer to force myself to listen to something else. So I got into Sonic Youth, My Bloody Valentine, Sigur Ros, Deerhunter. But Deerhoof was well and truly on the top of that list. And also one of a handful of artists I listen to when it comes on shuffle people ask "who the **** is that?", and often not in a nice way!

edit: also if I was to guess my other "eras" would be
2014-2019: Starting with Drones, Tame Impala, Pond ending with COVID hitting
2020-now: Not entirely sure but, my music listening habits changed significantly during lockdown

@jump I've listened to Billy Talent all my life. My older brother was my gateway to music and while my music taste has evolved since, Billy Talent has always stayed on top. I feel like they're relatively well known here. They have couple of songs that still play on radio every now and then.

Germany seems to be more open towards foreign music in general. At least that's what I've heard. I know German-speaking countries make up the largest export market for Finnish music. I think it originates from our mutual love for metal music.

I listen to quite a bit of Japanese music as well and I know Japan's music market is completely different from anywhere else. Last time I checked, physical CDs were still outperforming streaming. Their market is very self-contained. They don't see the need to market their music outside of Japan and I don't think they listen to music outside of their country that much either. They live in their own bubble. Though that's true for many things when it comes to Japan.