What is the Strangest Music you listen too?

[phee]

OK, most people think that almost all the music that "us types" listen to is strange. But I am talking about music that is so weird, that your weird friends think that you are weirder for listening to it; so strange that you catch yourself going "I can't believe I am listening to this... and enjoying it"

What are your choices?

Here are some of mine

The Residents

Merzbow

Coil

Final

Evolution Control Commitee

(to name a few)

[Guest Game of Chance]

Deerhoof

[Paper Hearts]

Anything by Nick Cave is strange.

Especially if you listen to Nick Cave in the morning as your sort of 'here I am in another wonderful morning, trying to convince yourself' music.

[Paper Hearts]

Yes, I've tried it before.

[phee]

What makes some of these choices strange?

[Paper Hearts]

Try it. You'll see.

[phee]

I love Nick Cave...

[Paper Hearts]

Exactly.

[Head Wreck]

shooglenifty

[The_Dark]

Robert Fripp and Brian Eno - the found objects stuff

[Homicidalheathen]

Old acid rock and I dont do acid anymore. I think that is pretty strange.

And reggae

[Guest Game of Chance]

I like Robert Fripp. Yeah, he's pretty out there.

[Guest Game of Chance]

Bill Laswell

Husker Du

[JaneDead]

def leppard. hey, that is strange to some isn't it?

[soothsayer]

Celtic.

[FarrIL]

New Age music like Enya, Enigma, Massive Attack and Delerium. Dude this stuff kick arse.

Also, on the Industrial side...........

I gave the band Throbbing Gristle a shot. Their song "Hamburger Lady" scares me. oO

[DarkenedCharm]

For pure strange, I listen to Diamanda Galas. For "unusual" (I don't consider it strange, perse...Maybe strange for ME when you consider my main musical bloodline and passion), I will have to go with two...Blackmore's Night and Fleming and John.

[Guest Game of Chance]

New Age music like Enya, Enigma, Massive Attack and Delerium.  Dude this stuff kick arse.

Also, on the Industrial side...........

I gave the band Throbbing Gristle a shot.  Their song "Hamburger Lady" scares me.  oO

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Not to be a music nazi, but I'm not sure that I would consider Massive Attack to be in the same category as Enya. They're closer to Tricky or Portishead. I'm pretty sure that they're typically categorized as trip-hop.

btw...I like them a lot too.

[Head Wreck]

faril and sooth should try shooglenifty

[phee]

I love the Residents.... wow

[the eternal]

Not to be a music nazi, but I'm not sure that I would consider Massive Attack to be in the same category as Enya.  They're closer to Tricky or Portishead.  I'm pretty sure that they're typically categorized as trip-hop. 

btw...I like them a lot too.

Yes, and yes.

When I first got into Neubaten, it surprised me because some of their stuff is just refined noise especially their early-mid 80s work.

Yet, like fungus, they grow on you.

Futter mein ego! Futter Mein Ego! Futter Mein Ego! Futter Mein Ego! Futter Mein Ego!

(See, they're still growing) :laughing

I'd like to think my musical tastes are constantly evolving. I used to have fairly boring musical tastes as a kid. Each year I try to test the boundaries a little.

BTW, anyone heard of the musical style Fado???

It's apparently like this hundreds-years old Portuguese goth music.

I'm pretty curious about that.

Not all world music sounds like Enya

[Paper Hearts]

I find myself having to turn down the volume on a lot of the music I listen to in my cube, because I don't want to give away to my coworkers that indeed, I am a weirdo, as they probably already suspect.

Here's a list of the top artists I've listened to from my internet radio site:

1The Smiths 158

2 The Cure 130

3 Joy Division 76

4 The Clash 67

5 The Jesus and Mary Chain 65

6 The Libertines 61

7 Bauhaus 60

8 The Psychedelic Furs 58

9 Siouxsie and the Banshees 55

10 Morrissey 45

11 Kraftwerk 41

12 Echo & The Bunnymen 40

13 Ramones 37

14 Babyshambles 36

15 Roxy Music 35

16 Adam and The Ants 33

17 David Bowie 32

18 The Jam 28

19 The Birthday Party 26

20 Peter Murphy 24

21 Pulp 22

22 Television 20

22 The Postal Service 20

24 Depeche Mode 19

25 Leonard Cohen 17

25 Billy Bragg 17

27 Love and Rockets 16

28 Sex Pistols 15

28 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 15

30 Dead Kennedys 13

31 Talking Heads 11

32 Electronic 10

33 Iggy Pop 5

33 The The 5

35 The SugarCubes 4

36 Cocteau Twins 3

37 Devo 2

37 Japan 2

39 Suede 1

[the eternal]

Just found this on the web, BTW

Fado has been described as "a lament that is eternal."

(OK, now I'm REALLY hooked)

Fado means fate or destiny, a destiny suffused with existential tragedy.

The music shares a tangle of Arab, gypsy and European influences with Andalusian flamenco, but it is less percussive and more melodic than flamenco.

Fado contrasts pristine, elegantly fingerpicked counterpoint for guitar and the mandolinlike Portuguese guitarra with singing that merges refinement and searing emotionality.

[Homicidalheathen]

Hey Eternal whatcha doin right now? :cheerful

[holliwood66]

Weird music?

*hmmm*

Probably these would raise a few eyebrows:

- Alexander Borodin: Prince Igor *has one of the most glorious entrace pieces*

- Cossack Patrol by Ivan Rebroff

- Maori War Chants

- Armenian Duduk folk music

- Constance Demby space music *a few CD's or so...cheesy yeah*

- Tanz Bruderchen/Hyperactive