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offline Ophecks from Nova Scotia (Canada) on 2002-06-16 23:11 [#00269351]
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Is your heart more with rock or electronic music?

I'd have to say, recently, I've come to the conclusion I'm
more of a rocker at heart... not so much TODAY'S rock,
although there's some good stuff out.

But the music I enjoy listening to most is classic rock from
the '60s and '70s, early 80's... Pink Floyd, Doors, Stones,
The Who, Kinks, Clash, Zeppelin, Sabbath, Hendrix, Beach
Boys, CCR, Cream, Velvet Underground, Dylan, Zappa, Smiths,
stuff like that.

Of course it's been all downhill since then, but I like
other more modern guitar based stuff... Radiohead, Travis
and Coldplay (heh), Sigur Ros, Metallica, System of a Down,
Sloan, Tool, etc etc etc. All the popular rock bands now are
WAY too formulaic.

I guess I'm more of a rocker... though I like modern
ELECTRONIC better than modern ROCK... but my favorite music
was made decades ago. Listening to crazy 60's art rock was
the most exciting phase for me, and it's my favorite style.
It gets old, but it never gets OLD, unlike so much 80's
stuff.

Eh, best of both worlds, I'm obsessed with both, that can't
be a bad thing.


 

offline RobE from London (United Kingdom) on 2002-06-16 23:20 [#00269366]
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Good topic.As U probably know,i was heavily into the
Beatles,60's thing.At the time (early 90's),i also got into
the 'shoegazing' era(i.e. My Bloody Valentine,Ride...who
both still f.rock ,,by the way etc).I feel electronica IMO
is more thoughtful and more mature than these 'plug in ,turn
up the amps'type rock groups,but it's good to see that both
types can produce the results every so often.Oh yeah,before
i forget Ophecks,do you like the solo Beatles stuff ,as
well? }:>


 

offline nacmat on 2002-06-16 23:21 [#00269371]
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to be honest...my heart is more with electronic music...

I hope the beatles can ever forgive me...
I would love to see lennon working with aphex


 

offline Duble0Syx from Columbus, OH (United States) on 2002-06-16 23:22 [#00269372]
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I'd say electrohead, though I don't like the word. More
like "Do you prefer rock or electronic music?" But yeah,
Eletrohead...Though I love shit System of a Down and Tool,
and Korn's first album...


 

offline Amonbrune from Vancouver (Canada) on 2002-06-16 23:22 [#00269375]
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Me...i like electronic music but have veered recenely into
oncoming traffic with the likes off Radiohead, Sigur Ros and
Coldplay. Im an Electrolite at heart...and probably always
will be. I do like jazz to..avant garde crazy stuff....its
cool.


 

offline Duble0Syx from Columbus, OH (United States) on 2002-06-16 23:24 [#00269377]
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I said I love shit...but I meant "I love shit like" though
that was proly obvious...


 

offline earthleakage from tell the world you're winning on 2002-06-16 23:26 [#00269378]
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soft rock rules


 

offline Ophecks from Nova Scotia (Canada) on 2002-06-16 23:27 [#00269380]
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Yeah, electrohead is just some crap name I came up with
right quick, you know what I mean though.

System of Down is awesome, it gives me an energy that no
electronic music can give me...

But each style has its own place, and NOTHING is better than
SAW2 or BOC is you're kicking back and in a weird mood. Rock
usually takes a back seat for me in that case...


 

offline Monoid from one source all things depend on 2002-06-17 00:33 [#00269462]
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Electronic Music has so much more to offer.........its so
much more varied.....


 

offline The_Funkmaster from St. John's (Canada) on 2002-06-17 04:43 [#00269717]
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a bit of both for me... but more electronic now...


 

offline Zeus from San Francisco (United States) on 2002-06-17 04:46 [#00269720]
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"technofreak"
as my friends call me

yeah yeah, techno is the wrong term... but go easy on em...
they no not the ways of electronic music.



 

offline wayout from the street of crocodiles on 2002-06-17 05:33 [#00269769]
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eh, fuck rock

it seems the only 'rock' thats going anywhere these days
uses electronic equipment and influences..

just because something has been around longer and is more
popular doesnt make it better, imo


 

offline The_Funkmaster from St. John's (Canada) on 2002-06-17 05:35 [#00269772]
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"it seems the only 'rock' thats going anywhere these days
uses electronic equipment and influences.."

You know, I thought the exact same thing the other day...
and it's true... rock music I think is at the end of the
line, and the really good rock bands like Radiohead are
bringing in electronic stuff into the mix... I mean, there's
only so much you can do with guitars and drums...



 

offline Ophecks from Nova Scotia (Canada) on 2002-06-17 06:07 [#00269815]
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I love guitar and drums, but nobody knows what to DO with it
anymore... now, the instruments seem to be the center of
attention... who's got the loudest riffs, the heaviest
drumming, the most detuned bass...

Before, the instruments took back seat to coolness! Like Jim
Morrison! They provided a kick ass backdrop for the SONG.


 

offline supreme from Antwerp (Belgium) on 2002-06-17 06:13 [#00269823]
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I definitely like both genres,and this is a hard choice to
make,but when I look at my cd-collection,I see a big part of
it is by electronic artists,so I guess I'm an Electrohead!!


 

offline corngrower from the fertile grounds of Iowa, w (United States) on 2002-06-17 06:14 [#00269825]
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The past couple years I've definetly become much more of an
electrohead, but my soul will always be a rocker baby!


 

offline Ophecks from Nova Scotia (Canada) on 2002-06-17 18:28 [#00270918]
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I want more answers.

Electrohead's are winning... gah.

Then again, rock is dead... I guess I just like living in
the past.


 

offline Ophecks from Nova Scotia (Canada) on 2002-06-17 18:29 [#00270919]
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Whoops, bad grammar, now I want to shoot myself.

Electroheads, with NO apostrophe. Whoopsy.


 

offline weatheredstoner from same shit babes. (United States) on 2002-06-17 18:37 [#00270932]
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I used to be 100% rocker. Now i'm 25% rock, 75% electronic.


 

offline Inverted Whale from United States Minor Outlying Islands on 2002-06-17 19:32 [#00271001]
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I started out listening to "classic rock" (zep, floyd,
beatles, doors)

Then I got into "noisy alternative guitar rock" (dinosaur
jr, sonic youth, pixies, my bloody valentine)

Then "electronica."

Now I'm into ambient and classical mostly. Getting old, I
suppose.

My favorite phase was the "noisy alternative guitar rock"
phase, since there were so many good albums being cranked
out and I had many friends in the same scene.


 

offline Asche XL on 2002-06-17 19:35 [#00271007]
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id learn more towards electronic

altho u mix the both u get industrial and thats fuckin
awesome


 

offline Nexus 6 from Netherlands, The on 2002-06-17 19:43 [#00271022]
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cool topic!

I'll have to say 50% each... it's simpley the truth!


 

offline Smyrma from Beloit, WI (United States) on 2002-06-17 19:56 [#00271067]
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I am a rocker at heart as well.. I like electronic music
very much but I am still a rookie in that field. I have
liked rock music for as long as I can remember.


 

offline Smyrma from Beloit, WI (United States) on 2002-06-17 19:59 [#00271076]
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Oh, and there is definitely a lot of metal around that has
no electronic edge to it at all. Not Static-X type metal
(which is very electronically motivated and a stretch to
even call metal), but death/grind etc..

I hope that made sense


 

offline Clic on 2002-06-17 20:44 [#00271167]
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Electronic music.

Jesus, you like the Beach Boys, Ophecks? They are horrid.


 


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