Hmmm, great topic...
, glad that I could prompt a civil exchange of ideas for once.
As for me. Growing up, I liked all music, everything from Andy Williams to Tom Jones as far as vocalist went. I have to say though I did lean towards the British sound quite a bit, in particular the blues that was coming out in the early 60's era. Much different from out American styled blues, but intriguing just the same. I preferred the Stones over the Beatles at first listen, only because they were more raw and louder. I've since changed my appreciation and now prefer the Beatles because of their song writing skills.
I liked the early sounds of Sabbath, Deep Purple, Uriah Heep but at the same time I loved Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young and early acoustic T.Rex, especially CSNY because of their flawless harmonies.
Now adays, you'll find me listening to NIN one minute and George Winston the next. I go from Rob Zombie to Guy Clark and Townes Van Zant. Have always been an outlaw country fan, Johnny Cash, Willie, D.A. Coe, Haggard and such. Love classical, Vivaldi's Four Seasons is probably one of my favorites, especially when it was played by then Walter Carlos, who now goes by the name of Wendy. I like Ennio Morrocone, Bernard Herrman for soundtracks, as well as Tangerine Dream and Goblin.
I like Public Enemy, early Ice T of which Original Gangster and Body Count still top my list of favorite rap albums.
I like the Pink Floyd with Syd Barret, Genesis with Peter Gabriel and the original Thunderbirds with Chris Farlowe, not the American Fabulous Thunderbirds, although they are good in their own right.
I love Johnny Winter much more than Stevie Ray, thought the first Kiss album was still their best, everything after Destroyer pretty much blew in my book.
Listened to the New York Dolls till I wore grooves in the record. Still prefer Alice Cooper to Marilyn Manson, though some of Mansons stuff is cool, if you over look the fact that most of it is based on three chord beach music, think I'm kidding, listen to the 'Beautiful People' and think of 'Help me Rhonda' by the Beach Boys.
Was lucky enough to see Bowie on the Ziggy Stardust tour, and the Plasmatics on their last tour before Wendy O Williams killed herself. Saw the Clash before they took themselves too serious and saw the Sex Pistols who never took themselves serious enough.
When I'm in a gothic mood, I listen to Dead Can Dance or Cocteu Twins, or if I want it cranked up a bit, I'll toss in the Damned. Would rather read Bob Dylans poetry than listen to him sing. If I never hear Stairway to Heaven or Freebird again, it'll be too soon. Never really understood the appeal of Nirvana, but was still sad when Kurt died. I still miss Elvis, Jim Morrison, Jimi and even more Johnny Cash, the one person I wanted to meet the most but never got the chance. Was never a huge Joplin fan, though I understood her pain, and thought her death was indeed very tragic.
So when does music become noise? When the artist become parodies of themselves.
Which is why I don't like rap or nu metal, I can't take it serious because it's formula for a cash register, not for artistic sake. Another reason I avoided most glam metal, it didn't really say anything worth remembering. To me as long as it says something, and it doesn't have to be life changing, but if it expresses something from the heart, it's all good.
I sing Karaoke, because it gives me a chance to perform all of the songs that I loved growing up and helped influence me as a person and as a performer.
So when does music become noise, I guess it really doesn't for me at least. I find that life sometimes can be viewed as a musical jukebox, so many songs mark events that were pivotal in my life.
It's not so much the noise that bothers me, it's the silence in between songs, that I find deafening and unbearable.
James
Maninblack
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He's so cute. 
