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From A to Z on my iPod
I want a gold iPod...
People who only listen to one genre of music remind me of the guys who never leave their home state or country -- boring.
My iPod is full of motivating, cheery, strange, sad, introspective, harsh, soft, bouncy, bass-heavy, acoustic music. And depending on where I am and what I'm doing, I usually have something to bob my head to, get lost in, or let drown into the background.
So, from A to Z, I present you with assorted artists from each letter of the alphabet that's on my iPod. (Except for Q, V, X, Y or Z. Apparently I don't like those letters.) I also list where you'd most likely find me while the music is on.
A
Alison Krauss and Union Station - Cooking dinner
B
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Driving
C
Common - Hanging out with friends; cooking
D
Damien Rice - Before bed; hanging out with girlfriend
E
Elvis Presley - When I want to laugh and feel kind of old
F
Frank Sinatra - Cooking dinner; when I want to feel like a badass
G
Giant Panda - Working; in the morning
H
He Is Legend - Lifting; working
I
Iron and Wine - Before bed; hanging out with girlfriend
J
Jay-Z - Driving; training
K
KT Tunstall - Cooking dinner
L
Lupe Fiasco - Working
M
Minus the Bear - Driving; Cooking
N
Norah Jones - Cooking; before bed
O
OutKast - Training; Driving
P
The Postal Service - Before bed
R
The Receiving End of Sirens - Training; working
S
Sage Francis - Driving
T
Talib Kweli - Training; driving
U
Underoath - Training; Cooking; Driving; Working
W
The Weepies - Hanging out with my girlfriend; before bed
123
3OH!3 - Driving
Got any new music for me? Let me know in the comments!
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N.E.R.D. (Good beats and good hype)
'Nsync (Man you know you need some POP)
De La Soul (Native Tongue anyone?)
A Tribe Called Quest (Classic!)
Jack Johnson (Soothing stuff)
D'Angelo...Erykah Badu...Raphael Saadiq...Q-Tip(Any Neo-Soul artist is DOPE)
The Roots
The Pharcyde
Tons more...But those should do you well for now... -
Jack's Mannequin....check out the "Everything in Transit" album. Quality stuff. You seem to have similar taste to me, and they are one of my favorite bands.
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Some good music choices Nate. Lupe Fiasco is a juggernaut. Some others:
-Anything by Billy Joel
-Bob Sinclair (dance music, yes, but great dance music)
-Matisyahu (he is awesome, check out Close My Eyes studio version first..incredible)
-Check out Sleeping Sickness by City and Colour (great driving song)
-I'd be remiss if I didn't mention my brother (http://www.myspace.com/jcmahrock) . He's pretty good too. -
-Al Di Meola- jazz fusion, great guitarist
-Regina Spektor- chick rock to the extreme, but fun to listen to on occassion. Very creative pop music
-Imogen Heap- great, techno-influenced pop
-Tommy Emmanuel- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAeHhYHwIZ8
Other than that I listen to a lot of www.pandora.com with a techno station. Chemical brothers, etc. Lots of metallica ends up on my playlists--if you haven't checked out their newest album, it's worth a listen.
I also rock a lot of art music--20th Century is more my thing. Love Shostakovich, Leo Brouwer, Rachmaninoff, others. I also listen to a lot of classical/acoustic guitar music. Check out CandyRat records channel on youtube for some great guitar playing:
http://www.youtube.com/rpoland
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-Bon Iver - Hanging out with girlfriend, relaxing before bed
-A Wilhelm Scream - HIIT or any form of sprints
-Wilco - Cooking, cleaning, or doing chores around the house
-Rush - Pondering awesomeness -
Oh, one more:
-Explosions in the Sky - Making my life feel more important than it is (the tv show Friday Night Lights mainly uses their music. Try brewing coffee to it. It'll feel like the most important and dramatic cup of coffee you've ever had.) -
Minus the Bear... Kicks lots of ass. If you like them check out As Tall As Lions and MGMT for the same type of musical vibes.
Trevor Hall, driving, cooking, cleaning, relaxing even some Steady-State Cardio -
Here are some bands to fill in your missing letters
Q-Queen. Come on? Fat Bottom Girls is a great song!
V-Vetiver-Soft, awesome music for being with the ladies.
Alternatively, the Violent Femmes for when you want to rock out early 90's style.
X-Xiu Xiu. DISCLAIMER-His music is eclectic and sometimes depressing. It's an interesting listen.
Y-Yeah Yeah Yeah's-chick vocals, strong music. High energy awesome.
Z-The Zutons-I don't know how to describe them other than punk meets the Brian Setzer Orchestra and kicks him and his orchestra's ass.
One thing I found that helped me expand my musical tastes was a website called Pandora.com. You type in a song or an artist you like and it will play that song or artist. Then it plays a song that has similar qualities. It does it forever. You can set up 'radio stations' based off of bands/songs/genres and listen to your hearts content. Best of all, it's free. -
I forgot to add some other bands to check out. (please forgive the list, but I love to share good music)
A-Architecture in Helsinki: If you took a children's story book and turned it into an band, this would be that book.
B-Broken Social Scene: Great anytime music. Sometimes has vocals, sometimes it doesn't. Best served when chilling out, making out, or cooking.
C-Cat Power: Sexy female vocals. Relaxing or being with your lady.
D-Domine: Italian metal. Very, very epic.
E-Elliot Smith: Soulfoul indy/rock. Relaxing or cooking.
F-Feist: Fun female vocals. Catchy and upbeat.
G-Godspeed You! Black Emperor: Post-Rock. Umm... Just listen.
H-Hieroglyphics: Del tha Funky Homosapian's group. Hip Hop that gets you pumped.
I-Interpol: Indy Rock. Good for cooking, hanging out or driving.
J-Jackie-O Motherfucker: More post-rock. Quiet music that is good background noise for cooking and stuff.
K-Kings of Leon: This is what you get when you are a traveling pentacostal minister and you take your kids with you. Fast-paced awesome rock.
L-Lupe Fiasco (you already said this one)
M-Manowar: This metal group is so hard, they can cut diamonds.
N-Nick Drake: Old School (think 70's) male vocals. Excellent music for chilling out with some scotch or bourbon, or your lady.
O-Of Montreal: Kind of interesting 'pop' rock. Maybe driving?
P-Portisehead: Trip-hoppy? Electronica with a sexy-female vocal.
Q-Queen
R-The Roots: True Hip-Hop. Anytime music.
S-Sigur Ros: Icelandic music at it's finest. The lead guitarist uses a bow (for a violin I believe) to play his guitar. Deep, soul-touching music. Dinner, relaxing, dreaming, pondering, girlfriend time music.
T-Ted Leo and the Pharmacists: Pop-Rock that gets you moving. Lot's of fun while driving and running.
U-The Unicorns: Hard to find, but kind of silly and irreverent music. Driving music.
See my above post for V-Z
W-Wolf Parade: Umm... I don't know. Rock? I just like them. -
no tupac or biggie? what are y'all thinking?
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A: Alaswasta..Greatest band since Huey Lewis and The News.
B: Boys II Ment: On a perfect day I know I can count on you..When that's not possible...Tell me can you stand the rain?
C: Christina Aguilara: I would like to make love to her face
D: Donnie and Marie Osmand: I'm pretty sure they are brother and sister, and I'm pretty sure they kiss they way brothers and sisters aren't supposed to kiss?
E:
F: Fergie: Cmon' man she is fergilicious.
G: George Clinton and the Parliament Funkadelic: 60 % of the time it works everytime..
H: Hanson: If you get drunk enough you think they are hot barely legal chicks.
I: Insane Clown Posse: They went to clown college and music college and they smoke crank.. Talk about overachieving.
j: Jackson 5: I prefer Mike pre pedophilia.
K: KoRn: RUREADY!!!!!!
L: Limp Bizkit: Because it's just one of those days. It's all about the he said she said bullshit. I think you better quit talkin' that shit or you'll be leavin' with a fat lip.
If that's not poetry than you don't know shit about poetry.
M: Miley Cirus: See the response for Christina Aguilara..Filed under C
N: Nelly: It's fun to say after drinking several appletini's..Nelly.
O:Orgy: I like the name
P: Pat Benetar: Hit me with your best shot shaped rock and roll
Q: Quiet Riot: They were just so damn fist pumpin'
R: Run DMC: Without them Adidas would have been an afterthought
S: Salt N' Peppa: Push it..Push it real good
T: Tim Mcgraw: Cowboy hats are so hot right now
U2: Actually I hate U2
V: The Violent Femmes: They have one song that will never ever die. Blister in the sun
W: Wu tang Clan: Cause' they aint nutin' ta' fuck' wit'
x: No band starts with this letter
Same with y & Z
123: 3 doors down: Because I'm the best at karaoke if I perform their music.
Jokes..
In all seriousness.. William Fitszimmons, The Weepies, and bon iver are all I listen to anymore..
Kyle -
For the guy who posted Jack's Mannequin, they are amazing and my favorite band. Saw them live in November, too!
Also, Tupac and Biggie are musts. -
I want to add a plus for www.pandora.com. Great tool, worth taking a look at.
I am so glad that you put Underoath, and I think it's hilarious that you put pretty much everything for when to listen to them. Fantastic stuff... and I'm listening to it now. -
A few notables after scrolling quickly through my Ipod
A- Alan Jackson, Augustana
B-Big Tymers, Blink182, Boston, Brand New, Bullet For My Valentine
C-Camron, Chris Cagel
D-Dashboard Confessional, Dierks Bently
E-The Early November, Eminem
F-Fall Out Boy, Flynn Arrow, The Fray
G- Gordy Quist, Green Day
H-Hawthorne Heights, Hidden In Plainview
I-Incubus
J- Jessica Simpson, Joe Nichols
K- Kenny Chesney, The Killers
L- LFO, Linkin Park
M-Matchbook Romance,
N- Nappy Roots, Nelly
O- The Outfield
P- Phil Vasser, Phish, Pitbull
Q-Quietdrive
R-Rascal Flatts, Red Hot Chilli Peppers
S- Seven Wiser, Story of the Year, The Spill Canvas
T- Taking Back Sunday, Third Eye Blind
U- The Used
W- The Who
Y- Young Jibbs
123
.38 special
50 cent -
J stands for Jock Jams Vol. 1 - Whatever.
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Blumarten or Kruder und dorfmeister for reading/studying
DMX for training :) -
W - Wu Tang... Wu Tang is here for ever god!
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Jacks mannequin are awesome, city and colour are pretty good too!
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A: Atryeu - Training
Avenged sevenfold - Training
B: Bullet for My Valentine - Training
Z: Zac Brown Band - Driving, chillen -
Nice list Nate. Very well rounded. I liked reading Kyle Hibler's list above, hilarious.
Here are a few must haves, for real, how could not have some 2pac. Too many to choose from, but here are a few must haves:
For workouts:
2Pac-"No more Pain" If you really listen to his words, truer words have never been spoken. If this song doesn't get you hype for a workout, I'm not sure what will. The beat alone makes you want to throw some iron around.
2Pac-"All Eyez on Me" "Picture Me Rollin"
E-Eminem "Soldier" "Til I Collapse" "Lose Yourself"
P-Prodigy. Smack my B-tch up. That song alone will get you through a few sets of power cleans.
L-Lil Scrappy feat Young Buck "Money in the Bank"
O-Outkast "Bombs Over Bagdad" About to run stairs? Put this song on.
Feeling old music:
B-Beatles...anything by the Beatles is classic...and makes you feel old
Sexy time with the Mrs:
S-Sade..anything by Sade, but "By Your Side" in particular
N-Norah Jones. Any song by her, beautiful voice.
Cooking:
C-Clay Aiken......I'm kidding. I don't listen to music while cooking. -
I'm gonna throw out some stuff in honor of the t-nation interview with Dave.
H- Hank Williams Jr. I've listened to Hank Jr. for several years and just recently found out that Hank Jr. is one of Dave's favorite artists. Listen to "Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound"...it will put hair on your yam sack. True country...good drinkin music, but may take some people a long time to get used to.
I- Ice Cube ft Snoop Dogg and Lil Jon. I'm not much of a rap connoisouer, but Dave Tate was listening to the song "Go To Church" while driving to the "compound" in one of his youtube videos. The song was also playing inside the "compound" on another video. Pretty badass song to listen to while training, and since it was Dave Tate listening to it, the song automatically gets 1000 testosterone points. -
Clapton FTW ! ! ! !
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=d1lFxgNj4WU -
NO Disturbed or Tool?!
The Used- a box full of sharp objects is always blastin when i am goin for PR's. -
The clear choice for lifting Amon Amarth, mostly the album Twilight of the Thunder God
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Fast paced rock:
Thrice -- Artist in the Ambulance
Emanuel -- Emanuel
Proof that Los Angeles is the best city:
Super Mash Bros - any album
Two guys that mix seemingly opposite songs together. You'll find yourself saying "I remember that song..." a lot if you grew up in the 90's. -
* Emanuel - Soundtrack to a Headrush
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Peace people.. no fighting.. why not chill on libido enhancers :D
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Hi Nate! Been reading a lot of your stuff. I see you are a fitness fanatic! I have a question, have you ever been on steroids?
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think elvis presley is great!!!i also love his music....
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nice blog Nate...it's very interesting since i love music too...i'll look forward for your blogs soon...
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