Conference marvin::uk_music

    Cripes, David, that's a wide subject!
    
    I listen to music for so many different reasons, from the purely
    fun stuff at parties if I want to jig around (if you'd seen me moving,
    you'd realise it could never be called dancing!) right through to
    music that has to be sat and listened to intently to get the most
    out of it.
    
    Some days I'll want the energy of punk, at other times I may want
    to listen to acoustic music. Maybe I want to dig back in to my hippie
    past, sometimes I feel the need for some hip hop, it all depends
    on who I am with, or if I'm on my own, whether it's early in the
    morning or late at night.
    
    As to the when, well the answer to that is 'at any time possible'.
    
    If I had to make the choice for 'home entertainment' between music
    and TV, well, it'd be no contest!
    
    Bob

    
    RE: 1
    
    Yep, similar with myself.  Sometimes I wanna hear something wild and
    full of energy, so I might put on The Jesus & Mary Chain's Phsycocandy
    or maybe something like Red Lorry Yellow Lorry or Crazyhead.  Other
    times I'll wanna hear The Sisters Of Mercy or Joy Division or The Cure
    when I'm dossing aroung on my ownsome.  
    
    When Linda's over on a Saturday I'll play a mixture of stuff, including
    previously mentioned bands and the likes of The Smiths, Depeche Mode,
    New Order, etc.
    
    It all depends on what kind of mood yer in, I mean, I wouldn't play The
    Jesus And Mary Chain if I wanted to sit back and relax late at night.
    
    
    Stuart B...
    
      

    
    If I wanted to sit back and relax I'd play something easy and pleasant,
    maybe Frazier Chorus or The Lilac Time.
    
    
    Stuart B...
    
    

    
    Thanks for the mention Stuart!
    
    Me I listen to music cause I just happen to LOVE the stuff! I mean I
    could never sit somewhere in silence if I knew I could play something.
    To me it adds something to whatever I'm doing, whether it be when I'm 
    reminiscing, feeling wild and outrageous, or down right depressed.
    I don't really know why I like the bands I do, or what there music does
    for me; it's just Damn Good!
    And yes I too would jump off a cliff if ever Maggie band tunes!!!!
    I shudder to think........
    
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    | Linda .....A swaying flower at heart
    
    

    Right Linda, same here I couldn't sit somewhere in silence if I
    knew I could play something I liked.
    
    Music is a therpy to me. From the quiet  slow songs for relaxation
    or if they are sad - emmotional release. While the loud and fast
    stuff...I suppose thats another form of emmotional release - getting
    the anger/hate out my system.
    
    I listen mainly to stuff, that says something to me about my
    life...lyrics that are really down to earth mean alot. I also like
    strange imagery such as the Cure's stuff...Because the images help
    you paint your own picture that referes to you.
    
    I can't listen to 'artificial' music, stuff that is programmed (on
    some sort of computer) not played...like House music and S.A.W....
    because I just don't see it as music...music should be RAW as if it 
    has just been created, as if it is being played live.
    
    Bruce.

> re. Note 492.5 by BAHTAT::STURROCK "Times tide will smother me..."

	Agree with almost all of this one....however there are times
	when even 'House' music satisfies a particular mood/desire.

	The mood dictates the music, Motorhead one day, Eek A Mouse
	the next.....as long as *you* enjoy it, don't worry what
	*they* say !!!

	P1

    I'm find that as i am getting older, my reasons for listening are
    changing. I'm listening to more old fogey stuff like the beatles and
    60's music. Starting to feel like my dad sitting around listening to
    his big band albums. Music is more of a means for me to communicate
    with people than it used to be. I used to think i was a serious
    musician but now i've come to terms that i like entertaining people.
    I would rather listen to music that isnt recorded as well, but has
    feeling and something i can relate too as apposed to a formula rock
    album recorded on a 9 zillion digital machine.
    But i cant wait to get the Batman soundtrack by Prince...whew! I 
    still feel a little bit hip.  *8^)
    
    J who_isnt_that_old
    
    
    

    re -.1
    
    >> still feel a little bit hip...
    
    You wanna be really hip, you have to be into some sixties band that
    no one else is, like f'rinstance the Bonzo Dog Band ;^)
    
    Hey, P1, that was a memory jogger - whatever happened to ol'
    Eek-a-Mouse?
    
    Bob

    Bad blood is like an egg stain on your chin...you can lick but it
    still won't go away...!!!
    
    :-)
    
    - Dave K.

    
    Why do I listen?
    Normally to enhance a mood that I'm already in. Sometimes to change
    the mood if it's not a good one. To relax and forget the yucky
    old world outside my flat.
    
    When?
    First thing in the morning, sometimes the radio but I don't like
     being dictated to this early, so normally my choice!
    To and from work. This is the best time to get "into" new stuff!
    We have an additional  amp and speakers in the bedroom. Here plays
    stuff like; Vega, This Mortal Coil, "E.T.B.T.G" to drift off to
    or Robert Palmer,Grace Jones,etc if I need a "jump-start.
    
    On a nice evening we pile up onto the roof and mellow to Boz Scaggs,
    Aztec Camera, Black among others, whilst counting stars.
    Then into a club to "house-out"!! 8^)
    
    Unless there are guests for dinner LOUD volume is a must.
    
    David                                                   

    How do your neighbours react to LOUD, David? I'm in the fortunate
    (?) position of having an empty, condemned house on one side, and
    a woman on the other side who is usually too drunk to notice when
    I crank it up!
    
    Bob

    My neighbours have on one side have complained profuslly about my 
    loud music...they have threatened us with petitions and twice now 
    have come round with threats of violence...I stay calm and shut 
    the door in the guys face. 
    
    They expect us to keep our windows shut all summer - double glazing
    as well and no way am I gonna do that...I will consider them but
    they will have to accept us...next time he comes round he's gonna
    get a kick in the balls and a packet of cotton wool that we bought
    especially for him. 
    
    Neighbours, everybody needs good neighbours, next door is only a
    footstep away!
    
    Bruce

    RE .12
    
    Hmmmm, nice guy!
    
    :')
    
    Julia

    re:8
    
    ok, i guess i will have to keep listening to my Syd Barrett CD 60 more
    times. 
    
    does anyone know if he is dead? Those of you who dont know who he is,
    he was the founder of Pink Floyd.

    Sid Barrett ?
    
    	I think one of the music papers said he is in Wales somewhere.
    
    Probably growing mushrooms ? (man)
    
    Ric.

    We play TOO LOUD TO SHOUT. No-one has ever complained ( it is an
    old house which helps) A mirror fell off a shelf in the 2nd 
    bedroom when the speakers in the lounge were "belting" last week!!
    
    8^)
    We had the Carnival to compete with recently though.
     
    I hate music when it's just there in the background. You miss some
    details/depth and as I've been in several bands before my current
    dabblings I know the level music is "conceived" at. Now I always
    play stuff at the level I think the band originally produced it
    at!!
    
    David. 
     BTW: I think someone ought to keep an eye on Bruce!!  8*)

    I think there is some music that serves a purpose as 'background',
    for instance, what could be considered 'partying' music, which is
    basically there to be shouted over, got drunk to, or danced to.
    But yes, it does ^%&$% me off when someone puts on something more
    'meaningful' (maan) and then proceeds to jabber all the way through
    it.
    
    Bob

    When i'm at a party, er, when i used to go to parties, i didn't care
    too much for 'meaningful' stuff. I think a good party is one where some
    one plays all music you usually hate, but you are having such a good
    time you enjoy it...if you remember it afterwards. Its usually in these
    states of mind that you start understanding why there is jazz. :-)
    
    

        Sorry about getting back to the topic at hand, but...
    
        I listen to music because I like to.  I like the way some music and
    songs make me feel.  Music can affect me in two ways, the overall sound
    seems to get to the feeling side of my brain, and the lyrics can make
    me feel satisfied "intellectually" (can't think of a better word for
    it).  I usually react more to the emotional effects of music than to
    the lyrics, but my favorite songs affect me in both areas.

        I listen to music as often as I can.  I've got my walkman tuned to
    my favorite college station now, and I'm listening to a group.  When I
    don't like the DJ on the radio I'll put in a tape or put on a CD
    sometimes.  I listen to music about half the time here at work.  At
    home I don't listen to music as much as I'd like to because my wife and
    I don't have the same tastes.  I take refuge by doing errands and
    blasting the music out in the car.

        When I'm not listening to music, I'll usually find myself "playing"
    a song in my head by thinking about it and I can hear it.  I find
    myself doing it unconciously at time, and sometime my unconscious has
    very questionable taste.
    
        I've done a lot of thinking about how I acquired my musical tastes,
    but I still really can't say why I like the things that I do.  I also
    can't describe why the things I used to like don't thrill me as much as
    they used to.  I really used to be into Yes, ELP, ELO, and other
    heavily produced groups with the "big" sound.  But now they just don't
    interest me as much.  I prefer bands that record stuff that they could
    probably reproduce live.  I also like a rougher sound, and I don't mind
    off key singing or playing, if it goes along with the whole "feel" of
    the song.
    
    ASP

> re. < Note 492.8 by WELMTS::GREENB "The Rotters Claub" >
>    
>    Hey, P1, that was a memory jogger - whatever happened to ol'
>    Eek-a-Mouse?

	Sorry Bob, last I saw of him was a concert on TV (anyone
	got a copy ?), havn't seen any new albums by him recently either.

	I won't rathole this topic much, but continuing with the theme...
	...I find that if I have a headache the best way to get rid of
	it is to chuck on Hawkwinds' 'Space Ritual' at a high enough
	volume not to annoy Basingstoke, and close my eyes......If the
	headache hasn't gone by the time i've played both records, I
	shoot myself !!

	P1

    
    
    RE: .4
    
    Agree totally Linda.  I could never imagine life without my Hi-fi.
    
    I tell ya, one thing that'd kill me would be having my stereo and/or
    record collection nicked!
    
    
    Stuart B...
    
    
    (I won't say what the other two things are, they're personal!)
    
    

    
    re: .19
    
    I agree with the "playing" something in my head I do it rather alot
    when I can't be near some music. It's strange becuase it's never just
    the vocals, or the music but the whole damn lot that goes swirling 
    around my brain. I can pick out everything as on the record.
    Strange what the brain can do!
    
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    | Linda