LA Weight Loss - What Are You Listening To?

We had such a spirited discussion about our tastes in music, I thought we could expand on it here.

What's in your player?

What are your favorite genres?

Some of your favorite artists?

Favorite Songs?

All time favorite country song: Young Love, by the Judds
Favorite Oldies: Eve of Destrucion
Fave 90's song: Black Velvet
These days: Anything that Nickleback does is gold in my world.

What's in your player?
I have a mix cd that I made at home in my player. Right now it's playing "Everything She Wants" by Wham, and Sexual Healing just went off.

Favorite Genres?
70s Soul and Funk, 80s Pop, Reggae, Gospel, Some Jazz

Favorite Artists?
Rick James, Gregory Isaacs, EWF, Stevie Wonder, Sting, India.Arie, No Doubt, Marvin Gaye, AWB, Dottie Peoples, also liked Tears for Fears, New Edition, Culture Club, Basia, Whitney Houston and uh I do like Neil Diamond.

Favorite Songs:
Don't Disturb This Groove-The System, Fly Away-Lenny Kravitz, Got to Give it Up-Marvin Gaye, Joy-Blackstreet, Lovely Day-Bill Withers and many many others.

We have over 24,000 songs in our iTunes...my DH is a musician (not his day job) and is a HUGE music fan. he really loves Funk/Reggae and Soul and I am more into popular music (although I LOVE 70's and 80's stuff too) ..my 2 year old loves Kelly Clarkson and can sing the words to "Fool of Everyone" by Jet. Right now, my latest burned CD's that I mix for the car include "You're Beautiful" by James Blunt, "Speed of Sound" by Coldplay, Green Day, Avril Lavigne, Led Zepplin's "In the Evening" and "Gold Digger" by Kanye West...we REALLY run the gammit. My DH's iPod is really more old school stuff...im the pop-goddess.

We have over 24,000 songs in our iTunes...my DH is a musician (not his day job) and is a HUGE music fan. he really loves Funk/Reggae and Soul and I am more into popular music (although I LOVE 70's and 80's stuff too) ..my 2 year old loves Kelly Clarkson and can sing the words to "Fool of Everyone" by Jet. Right now, my latest burned CD's that I mix for the car include "You're Beautiful" by James Blunt, "Speed of Sound" by Coldplay, Green Day, Avril Lavigne, Led Zepplin's "In the Evening" and "Gold Digger" by Kanye West...we REALLY run the gammit. My DH's iPod is really more old school stuff...im the pop-goddess.

sorry for the duplicates! I was having trouble with 3FC's server- DOH!!!!

Fave 90's song: Black Velvet
These days: Anything that Nickleback does is gold in my world.


Yes Katie Black Velvet is really cool. I also really liked Kryptonite by 3 Doors Down and 2 Princes (oldy) by I think it was the Spin Doctors?

OMG, my kids love Nickleback, LOL! (age 7,4 and 2!) No Barney playing in our car:)

I am also a fool for 60's and 70's protest music.

Well, Katie -that would go with the Peace sign! (a bit of trivia - my mom went to the same high school in Manhattan, NY as Peter of Peter, Paul and Mary - and at the same time, too.. )

I am so bad with song names, groups, etc. . . I fear buying music because it's overwhelming!

(I like Neil Diamond, too, though. .)

What's in your player? Martina McBride

What are your favorite genres? Country, Rock

Some of your favorite artists? Tim McGraw, Faith, Judds, Dixie's (prior to dumb statement), Fleetwood Mac, Doors, Cher, Stevie Wonder, Smokey, Prince, Toby Keith, Stones

Favorite Songs? All time fav "I Swear" John Michael Montgomery

Okay - this could get embarrassing!:o

I was born in 1963 with an uncle who went to Vietnam when I was 5. He was a huge Beatles fan and, since I adored Uncle Neal, I fell in love with the Beatles at 5 years old. We watched Beatle cartoons together on Saturday mornings when I spent the night at my Granny's house. So, the Beatles areIT for me. John Lennon was my man and I was going to marry him. DH took me to see Beatlemania in Houston, Texas the very night that John was murdered. I got home from my date, turned on the television to the announcement that John had been gunned down in front of the Dakota apartments and I screamed. Scared my parents to death.

In my player right now: Third Day's Come Together

Favorite genres: Christian, rock (I suppose it would be oldies now)

Favorite artists: Third Day and Newsboys are my favorites in Christian. I love 70s rock bands (Eagles, Chicago, Kansas, Boston, Journey - love Journey!!) I admit to having a major crush on Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees (saw them in Houston in '79 - John Travolta appeared on stage -:carrot: ) Early 70s I was in love with David Cassidy & Donny Osmond!:D Of course, later it was the BeeGee's, Peter Frampton, Andy Gibb - and always, always, John Lennon.

Favorite Song: In My Life - the Beatles

Andi

Andi - I was born in 1959, so we have similar memories - I loved the 70 rock bands, too - Boston, Kansas (that's an angsty one for me. .)

Wasn't it the 25th anniversary of John's death a few weeks ago?

What's in your player? actually it's still my motown Christmas CD :lol:
India.Arie, Destiny's child (just the "cater to you song" it grew on me:D ), Musiq Soul child, John Legend, Baby Face, Kirk Franklin's Hero CD and the rest out my old mixes. I just made a CD with early Janet Jackson, the Jets, Cool in the Gang, New Edition (the real one in the 80's;) ), the old LL cool J and Hi-five and I am loving it. Donald Lawrence, Reed's Temple


What are your favorite genres? Neo-Soul, some R&B (soem of what they are callign R&B now is far from it), some POP (I love that song that goes..."I don't want to be anything other than what I been trying to be lately"...don't knwo who it is), can listen to country, love old soul music from the 70's (temptations, earth wind and fire..etc) Gospel

Some of your favorite artists?
I still buy/burn evey Janet Jackson CD...but I am ussualy dissapointed that it is not as good as the old stuff.
Love anything by India.Arie, Angie Stone, Musiq Soulchild, John Legend


Favorite Songs?
all time:
computer love- I think Zap
around the way girl-ll cool j
brenda's got a baby- 2pac
tender roni- bobby brown
if I ever fall in love again- Shai

What's in your player? Right now, I have Paul McCartney in my car. I also play Toby Keith, Jodee Messina, Little Texas, Sammy Kershaw.

What are your favorite genres? Country is my fave, also 70's and 80's. (Which is a perfect fit with my job because I work for radio stations that play both) I'm an 80's child. Contemporary Christian.

Some of your favorite artists? Toby Keith, Faith Hill, Tim McGraw, Beatles, Elvis, Martina McBride, Sammy Kershaw.

Favorite Songs? Anythin by Sammy Kershaw, It's your Love by Faith and Tim, and believe it or not...Could I have this Dance by Anne Murray.

Shennie - Earth, Wind & Fire - loved them!! I can remember when they would come on the Midnight Special on Friday nights! (Now that is old!!) Midnight Special was always fun to watch. Of course, I watched Saturday Night Live back in the days of the original "Not Ready for Prime Time Players".:lol:

Julie - Yes! I am trying hard not to buy some of the memoriabilia books that are at Barnes and Nobles right now on John. At our last church, the kids in the youth group bought me one of those purses that have the Beatles on them. I carry it to church!:o In 1993, my sister and I went to see Paul McCartney (her idol!) at the Astrodome in Houston and he started the concert with a montage of Beatle clips and songs. It was great. As for angst...my class song (graduated in 1981) was "Carry on My Wayward Son..." Every time I hear that song, I go back to being 17 again!:dizzy:

And, I do make myself listen to pop radio sometimes because I promised myself that I would not become my dad. When I was a teenager, he still thought that Andy Williams and Frank Sinatra were the only music to listen to. In fact, he took us to see Andy Williams one time (not bad, really, but who would admit it as a teenager?).

As for country music, that was DH thing. I adopted it for the two years we dated before we got married (loved George Strait!), but I never listen to country music now.:p

Andi

Garth Brooks, The Dance, is my angst song. It was sung at my cousins funeral. He was like a brother to me, and the first close death I had to deal with. I was 15, he was 17. A few years later, my DS's and I camped out overnight for GB concert tickets. When he sang that song, I cried my eyes out. I will never forget that.

Did I mention that I LOVE Bryan Adams, Summer of 69, Everything I Do, I Do It For You, many others.

I should have mentioned from childhood - ELVIS, Brenda Lee, Hank Williams, Rickey Nelson, Dion (loved him), the Temps, Supremes....
Dylan, Neil Young, Carly Simon, Maryanne Faithfull, Credence Clearwater, Janis Joplin, Jimmy Hendrix......

Yes, Star - that's what I remember from the 60's . . .and how about some James Taylor?

Shennie - John Legend - YES!!! That album is amazing.

Julie - How could I forget James Taylor????? He was fantastic and so good looking back then - I had a huge crush on him.....I know I'm forgetting so many........
Thanks....for the memories.......
Dan Foglebird anyone?

Shennie - "around the way girl" -ll cool j
I love that one too, you just have to move your body to it....

Shennie- The Jets were so cool. I won tickets to a concert of theirs on the radio and went with my sisters and mom when I was in the 5th grade.

Katie~ you would have been my instant best friend. I loved their videos and would tape them at DGM and watch them over and over. (that was back when cable and videos were luxuries and DGM was the only one who could afford it :lol:) If our kids only knew about life before carton network and video games;)

Star - I'm raising my kids right because they can sing "Runaround Sue":)

Shennie - John Lennon's Legend?? I have that one!

Katie - Yes, I have several songs that I cannot listen to because they have been played at funerals.

And, as Shennie mentioned, my kids have no idea what life is like without all their stuff. They are amazed that I grew up with only 5 channels - and my sister and I were the remote!:lol3:

Andi

Okay - I have to mention this one "Leader of the Pack"
"Duke of Earl"....lol

Okay - I have to mention this one "Leader of the Pack"
"Duke of Earl"....lol

Andi -- I also had only 4-5 channels growing up - the fun part was convincing one of my younger sibs to BE the antenna -- do y'all remember rabbit ears??

(Star - love leader of the pack and duke of earl! And the Beach Boys!)
Julie

We did a ton of 80's kareoke on NYE. Bryan Adams, among many others. It was so fun, and real walk down memory lane.

Julie, I have some rabbit ears in the basement, I still pull them out when the cable goes out from time to time.

i love anything hip hop of today,not really a country music kind of girl,and i refuse to listen to heavy metal! i like normal rock,hip hop and 80's

I think it was Shennie and Carmen that was talking about this, BUT..ok...
DH and I were listening to the radio in the truck last night on our way home, when this song comes on. The words were "All she wants is my pimp juice"
I had to listen over becuz I could not believe what I was hearing......

star, you should hear the one about going taking the girl to the candy shop to lick his lollypop, or the one called “**tch get in my car”. That one is pretty tame compared to the ones now.

Or The Whisper Song. I can't believe they play that on the radio. My DNephew (who JUST turned 18) was playing that in his walkman and I took it and gave it to his daddy. But, the way my DBrother is, he probably just gave it right back. My DB is "the old man in the club."

For those that mentioned James Taylor...his son Ben just put out a new album, its pretty good. His mom (Carly Simon) helped him on some things and it was produced by none other than Kevin Bacon- LOL!

okay I know im a little late jumping in...

I like all kinds of music from the beetles to rock, hard rock, country, and pop.

I was a "new waver" in the 80's listened to Dead or Alive, Depeche Mode, Dr. and the Medix, Thompson Twins, ABC, etc.

Then I was in to Country absolutely love George Strait, Lorie Morgan, John Michael Montgomery, Michael Martin Murphy, Martina McBride,

Loved the retro 70's - Lobo, Jim Croce, Carpenters, Captain and Tennille, Simon & Garfunkel, etc.

Loved the "Big Hair Bands", Def Lepard, Aerosmith, Poison, Kiss, Cinderella, etc.

I also like 3 doors down, lynard skynard, green day, arvile,

So basically I like it all! LOL

Beanie- Are you familiar with an older hard rock band call the New York Dolls?

OMG- my DH loves them...he was born and raised in the East Village (NYC) so he saw them around all the time.

OMG- my DH loves them...he was born and raised in the East Village (NYC) so he saw them around all the time.

sorry, the site messed me up

Katie-
No I have never heard of them. I thought I had heard of almost anything! LOL Although I might know a song of their without knowing who sings it! LOL
Beanie

afew more -Jackson Brown, Queen, Heart
and "Judies Turn To Cry", "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"
LOL

Anyone heard the songs

"Spirit in the Sky" or "Blasphemous Rumours" how bout "White Lines" or "Boom Boom Boom"??

Im with you Beanie:) OMG Blasphemous Rumours makes me feel OLD!

lol and to think in the 80's we were cutting edge! :lol3:

Just thought of another one my hubby and I loved to dance to Relax! by frankie goes to hollywood!:carrot:

When Saturday Night Fever was out, we use to get on our tight peg cut blue jeans (rolled up) put on heels and go out dancing.....LOL

Star - lol Life was good!

How are you doing?

Deets, I had never heard of them before, but there was a documentary done on them recently that DH and I went to. I was about the bass player Aurthur "Killer Kane". It was very strange. After the Dolls broke up, he went on to try to form several bands, but they all failed. He was a major addict, and jumped out an apartment window, nearly killing himself. After a year relearning how to walk, Mormon missionaries (LDS) knocked on his door, and baptized him. He was living on disability, really poor, and got a job working at a LDS temple in CA. Last year in London they had a New York Dolls reunion with the living members. He was so excited to go, and so scared. His guitar was at a pawn shop, and members of his church paid to get it out for him. He was so cute and funny at the reunion. He was kind of slow, like maybe the drugs of his youth or the fall from the window had left him mentally a little messed up. Plus Mormons don't drink or smoke, and he was really out of place in that way. Anyway, the reunion was a huge success, and he came home felling really great about it. 21 days after he came home, he called a church member and asked them to take him to the emergency room because he was feeling sick. They diagnosed him with leukemia, and he died 3 hours later. It was the saddest thing. Anyway, your husband will probably know who that guy was. The documentary is called New York Dolls, and it is a Sundance Film. There were tons of interviews with rockers from the late seventies and eighties. It was pretty cool.

Carmen, did you ever see the whisper video. I walked pass the room and thought they were watching an orgie. I immediately banned BET from my house for a couple weeks.

Beanie~ there is this one 3 doors down song I love, but I can’t think of it, it says love in it though :?:

Star~ we useto wear rolled up jeans in school and the jeans with the socks over them, my DS saw a pic and couldn’t stop laughing. Plus I had the tall hair sprayed bang too. (the wholes I put in the ozone with aquanet :lol: )

Shennie - Thank Goodness the answer to your question is NO! I also haven't seen anything past the 4th chapter of Trapped in the Closet. I hear it goes up to 12 or something like that and it gets really strange. ARRA has some issues - but we know that! :lol3:

carmen~ never heard past the first few until i burned the CD for my nephew for christmas and yes, the man is sick. To actually sit down and make that song take soem strange level of sickness, and let's not get ont he 14 year old girl problem.

I think that i have just crossed over into being old over the past few years becaus eI don't really even listen to that type of stuff anymore and 6-7 years ago I was up in the club with the best of them. guess it's the mother in me, I fought it as long as ai could ,but I am officially an mom.

Shennie - You are too young for the cross over......you still have afew 'young' years......

Katie - Thanks for the story - it's amazing what I learn on here......

Shennie - You are too young for the cross over......you still have afew 'young' years......

Katie - Thanks for the story - it's amazing what I learn on here......

DBF says that I will be the boring parent and the kids willl want to hang otu with him all the time. He is 4 years older than me, but I am the adult in the realtionship :lol: Last week he gave DS cola at 11 PM and then had the nerve to leave and go home while I had the 9 year old human cannon ball running around the house. I have already told him he can spend no time alone with the children until they are old enough to tell on him.

Shennie - :rofl:

Katie- is that out in theaters or video? DH will love it.

It was in our theater for a short time, about 2 months ago.

Katie - I will have to ask dh about them he is really good with sport and music trivia he knows everything! LOL