This translates to me as "anything with lyrics/meaningful". I'm obviously not allowed to post. =)kroner wrote:I'm confused about the rules! What counts as GIBBERISH THEME? Can you give some examples of good gibberish theme music?
Aha, being an amateur chess player i can see the trap here.kroner wrote:I'm confused about the rules! What counts as GIBBERISH THEME? Can you give some examples of good gibberish theme music?
Truly just kept me unmoved. really Sacred Music.HappyQuark wrote:My favorite composer, by miles, is Arvo Pärt. I struggled to pick a single example of his music but I settled on "Summa for Strings".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzSlmWQuHFw
If you are craving more, some other fantastic works of his are "Tabula Rasa", Cantus In Memoriam "Benjamin Britten" (a memoriam for the famous British modern composer), his many variations of "Fratres" but in particular his "Fratres for 8 Cellos" or "Spiegel im Spiegel".
In my case, this type of ranking would not represent my "favorites". I buy a lot of music, therefore any artists with more songs would rank higher than they probably should. But just for the hell of it, here are my top 10 artists by number of songs in my itunes library.HappyQuark wrote:On a whim I decided to use a disk utility to rank the artists in my iTunes library in terms of the amount of data I have for each of them.
What I learned from this is that I have way too much Crystal Method, especially considering how rarely I listen to them. The 'Various Artistis' that shows up approximately 9 down is a 6 cd anthology of western classical music.
My list of favorites is not too different from my list of most data and this is probably in part because I refuse to keep songs that I don't like, regardless of whether or not it means I don't have the complete album from a certain artist. In fact, with a cursory skim of itunes, the only albums which I have in their entirety areWhoaNonstop wrote: In my case, this type of ranking would not represent my "favorites". I buy a lot of music, therefore any artists with more songs would rank higher than they probably should. But just for the hell of it, here are my top 10 artists by number of songs in my itunes library.
70 - Fall Out Boy
68 - System of a Down
64 - Portugal. The Man
63 - Say Anything
60 - Motion City Soundtrack
56 - Horse The Band
52 - The Jamestown Story
51 - Taking Back Sunday
50 - The Matches
48 - The Blood Brothers
Although I don't mind Fall Out Boy, I can guarantee you they aren't my favorite band/artist. I'd say my top 10 look something like this (no particular order):
Alesana
Pierce The Veil
Asking Alexandria
Bring Me The Horizon
We Came As Romans
A Skylit Drive
In Fear And Faith
The Blood Brothers
Mayday Parade
Eyes Set To Kill
Notice only one band/artist makes both of these lists?
-Riley
I own nearly 600 albums and do not have a single song by any of these artists. But I'm sure you could easily say the same about my list. =PHappyQuark wrote: My list of favorites is not too different from my list of most data and this is probably in part because I refuse to keep songs that I don't like, regardless of whether or not it means I don't have the complete album from a certain artist. In fact, with a cursory skim of itunes, the only albums which I have in their entirety are
Aphex Twin - drukQs
Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill
Squarepusher - Do You Know Squarepusher
Squarepusher - Ultravisitor
Squarepusher - Feed me weird things
Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92
Z-Trip - Shifting Gears
DJ Qbert - Demolition Pumpkin Squeeze Music
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
And as for my actual rankings of favorites, it would go a little something like
Squarepusher
Aphex Twin
Autechre
Venetian Snares
Wisp
Apparat
Mouse on Mars
Boards of Canada
Prefuse73
Plaid
Telefon Tel Aviv
DJ Shadow
Ratatat
LOL, same here.WhoaNonstop wrote:I own nearly 600 albums and have do not have a single song by any of these artists. But I'm sure you could easily say the same about my list. =P -Riley
I've got roughly 200 albums, or more accurately music from 200 different albums, and I too don't have a single song from any of the musicians,bands you listed. I almost exclusively purchase my music in digital format because of the way I selectively choose songs from entire albums.WhoaNonstop wrote:I own nearly 600 albums and have do not have a single song by any of these artists. But I'm sure you could easily say the same about my list. =PHappyQuark wrote: My list of favorites is not too different from my list of most data and this is probably in part because I refuse to keep songs that I don't like, regardless of whether or not it means I don't have the complete album from a certain artist. In fact, with a cursory skim of itunes, the only albums which I have in their entirety are
Aphex Twin - drukQs
Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill
Squarepusher - Do You Know Squarepusher
Squarepusher - Ultravisitor
Squarepusher - Feed me weird things
Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92
Z-Trip - Shifting Gears
DJ Qbert - Demolition Pumpkin Squeeze Music
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
And as for my actual rankings of favorites, it would go a little something like
Squarepusher
Aphex Twin
Autechre
Venetian Snares
Wisp
Apparat
Mouse on Mars
Boards of Canada
Prefuse73
Plaid
Telefon Tel Aviv
DJ Shadow
Ratatat
-Riley
I use to buy most of my music through iTunes when it first was available. However, over the past 3-4 years or so I have changed to buying physical copies of the CDs (even rebuying ones I had previously owned digitally). In a sense, I basically "collect" CDs.CarlBrannen wrote:LOL, same here.WhoaNonstop wrote:I own nearly 600 albums and have do not have a single song by any of these artists. But I'm sure you could easily say the same about my list. =P -Riley
By the way, good on you for "owning' 600 albums, if by that you mean that you actually paid for em.
Doc Watson hm...you m or f?sphy wrote:Well My favorites (apart from Indian songs):
U2
Enya
The Beatles
Radiohead
Evanescence
Brian Adam
Eminem
Backstreet Boys
'N Sync
Train
Westlife
Bob Seger
Hans Zimmer
Carl Sagan
Andy Gibb
Johny Cash
Bee Gees
Metric
Amy Grant
Without any apparent order or something. It's relative and mostly depends on my mood.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOMhN-hf ... re=related
dun worry he's just indiantwistor wrote:hm...you m or f?sphy wrote:Well My favorites (apart from Indian songs):
U2
Enya
The Beatles
Radiohead
Evanescence
Brian Adam
Eminem
Backstreet Boys
'N Sync
Train
Westlife
Bob Seger
Hans Zimmer
Carl Sagan
Andy Gibb
Johny Cash
Bee Gees
Metric
Amy Grant
Without any apparent order or something. It's relative and mostly depends on my mood.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOMhN-hf ... re=related
Hah,twistor wrote:hm...you m or f?sphy wrote:Well My favorites (apart from Indian songs):
U2
Enya
The Beatles
Radiohead
Evanescence
Brian Adam
Eminem
Backstreet Boys
'N Sync
Train
Westlife
Bob Seger
Hans Zimmer
Carl Sagan
Andy Gibb
Johny Cash
Bee Gees
Metric
Amy Grant
Without any apparent order or something. It's relative and mostly depends on my mood.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOMhN-hf ... re=related
I find it quaint when international students say things in the most politically incorrect way possible. As a general rule, the following form is not politically correctsphy wrote:Hah,twistor wrote:hm...you m or f?sphy wrote:Well My favorites (apart from Indian songs):
U2
Enya
The Beatles
Radiohead
Evanescence
Brian Adam
Eminem
Backstreet Boys
'N Sync
Train
Westlife
Bob Seger
Hans Zimmer
Carl Sagan
Andy Gibb
Johny Cash
Bee Gees
Metric
Amy Grant
Without any apparent order or something. It's relative and mostly depends on my mood.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOMhN-hf ... re=related
If you are a M, sorry I am not a Gay like you and If you are a F (not Lesbian or Something) PM me.
Don't pollute this forum. Better prepare for your thesis which is due soon. Fcuk you.
Why disagree with me when you know how good it feels to agree? Perhaps you realized that I was being sarcastic and, as such, disagreeing with my statement on objectively good and bad music was in fact an act of agreement and, as such, it feels goooood.WhoaNonstop wrote:As much as I love to agree with Quark, I must say that pawning this music offfff as objectively bad is not correct. Obviously, many of these artists were or are big in the mainstream. Although I don't agree, objective music is what is listened to by most, which is a lot of these artists. However all music should be subjective, that is why we alll love different things. There is no definite wrong or right here
-Riley
I wondered if I ever ran into you at a conference or something whether or not I'd be able to recognize you. At least now I know I will be able to pick you out, I'll just look for the pointy white hood.negru wrote:sphy don't retard yourself to the PC level of US liberals. count them gays and blacks whenever you feel like it! live long and live true.
I'm neither, and I'm also pretty sure PhysicsGRE isn't a racist website. Given how intolerant you are, how do you feel about immigration mr. international? I'm cool with immigration, but I wouldn't oppose sending you back to whatever backwards a** eastern European country you came from.negru wrote:sometimes i think you people are on the wrong website. here, i'll help you be on your way http://www.gnaa.eu
Are you going to have some fight?midwestphysics wrote:I wondered if I ever ran into you at a conference or something whether or not I'd be able to recognize you. At least now I know I will be able to pick you out, I'll just look for the pointy white hood.negru wrote:sphy don't retard yourself to the PC level of US liberals. count them gays and blacks whenever you feel like it! live long and live true.
I agree with you that you too have a horrible taste in music and that is objectively true.HappyQuark wrote:Why disagree with me when you know how good it feels to agree? Perhaps you realized that I was being sarcastic and, as such, disagreeing with my statement on objectively good and bad music was in fact an act of agreement and, as such, it feels goooood.WhoaNonstop wrote:As much as I love to agree with Quark, I must say that pawning this music offfff as objectively bad is not correct. Obviously, many of these artists were or are big in the mainstream. Although I don't agree, objective music is what is listened to by most, which is a lot of these artists. However all music should be subjective, that is why we alll love different things. There is no definite wrong or right here
-Riley
Touché good sir.
YOU are disparaging these great artists, who don't need your objective opinion to be labeled as good musicians. Buy any album of U2 (don't select some songs; that's the class of people who don't have any taste at all and they have testy nature. You are from that group) and tell us how bad they are or any Hans Zimmer's and tell us how horrible his music sounds Or any awesome Indian Music.HappyQuark wrote:...... horrible taste in music and that is objectively true.
Well I am not a racist at all and I don't approve that in our society but I laughed the hardest on this statement of your's negru. I just wanted to see you in face to face and listen it from your mouth after being asked by midwestphysics.negru wrote:yeah what about it. it looks like a friendly group of people who are black and gay? what's wrong with it?
sphy wrote:I agree with you that you too have a horrible taste in music and that is objectively true.HappyQuark wrote:Why disagree with me when you know how good it feels to agree? Perhaps you realized that I was being sarcastic and, as such, disagreeing with my statement on objectively good and bad music was in fact an act of agreement and, as such, it feels goooood.WhoaNonstop wrote:As much as I love to agree with Quark, I must say that pawning this music offfff as objectively bad is not correct. Obviously, many of these artists were or are big in the mainstream. Although I don't agree, objective music is what is listened to by most, which is a lot of these artists. However all music should be subjective, that is why we alll love different things. There is no definite wrong or right here
-Riley
Touché good sir.
First, I think you misunderstood my point, in particular when I said that your taste in music was bad and this was "objectively true". I think you have terrible taste in music but of course this is subjective. This is so obvious that I feel a bit patronizing pointing it out to anybody. In my opinion, your taste in music is horrific but, again, it my personal opinion and it is based only on what I feel are valuable attributes of music.sphy wrote:YOU are disparaging these great artists, who don't need your objective opinion to be labeled as good musicians. Buy any album of U2 (don't select some songs; that's the class of people who don't have any taste at all and they have testy nature. You are from that group) and tell us how bad they are or any Hans Zimmer's and tell us how horrible his music sounds Or any awesome Indian Music.
not my problem he immediately associates skin color with negative characteristics, and that the only way he can block the automatic prejudice in his head is to pretend the respective color doesn't exist. you know harry potter had a good reason to not mention the word which must not be mentioned, but that's only because if he did voldemorte would appear and whoop his ass. are you scared some black person is going to appear and whoop YOUR ass?.sphy wrote:Well I am not a racist at all and I don't approve that in our society but I laughed the hardest on this statement of your's negru. I just wanted to see you in face to face and listen it from your mouth after being asked by midwestphysics.negru wrote:yeah what about it. it looks like a friendly group of people who are black and gay? what's wrong with it?
Take care buddies.
To this: Well don't waste your time and other's, nobody asked you to give any opinion about my music sense or get patronized and show it to others. Did any? You should better read the first post of this section by modernphysics. I am not saying you to listen to these. I just placed my interest as you have already done. And seriously man I don't like your music sense either, but I didn't mention that until you did.HappyQuark wrote: First, I think you misunderstood my point, in particular when I said that your taste in music was bad and this was "objectively true". I think you have terrible taste in music but of course this is subjective. This is so obvious that I feel a bit patronizing pointing it out to anybody.
You're always doubtful. They should not better read this.HappyQuark wrote: Second, I highly doubt that U2, Eminem, the Backstreet Boys, N Sync, etc read the Physics GRE forums so I seriously doubt I am disparaging any of them.
The whole album tells you a continuous story so if you miss some songs then the story is left unfinished. And you don't get a better picture out of it. So I urge you to buy full album. And the shitty artists like yours whose names we have not heard of before don't know the music themselves and they don't have a story line about their album so if you select some songs of their album selectively, subjectively then that's ok. They wanted to sell those songs only. But if you buy their complete album I am sure you'll start hating them as well because you'll know they have nothing in their album. And that's why they don't have any international presence either. Because nobody listens to them except bunch of freaks whose opinion don't count at all.HappyQuark wrote: Third, I don't know where you get this idea that a person who purchases only parts of an album has poor taste in music. No musician or artist I have ever listened to always makes flawless albums without exception. Even my favorite artists have made music I didn't like and so I don't buy it. I would argue that a person who can't distinguish between good music and bad music just because they like the artist would be the one with bad taste in music.
I am sorry to tell you: You better take some rest. That's good for your health and MIND.HappyQuark wrote: Fourth, I'm struggling to understand what your final sentence is trying to say. Are you suggesting that I made some negative comment in regards to Hans Zimmer and Indian music in general or are you asking me if I dislike either of these? Assuming the second, I know very little about Indian music and have no opinion on it but I do feel that Zimmer is one of the most overrated modern composers the world has ever known.
Well here I agree with you. He is not but i liked his Symphony of Science project so I mentioned him. That's it.HappyQuark wrote: Fifth, since when is Carl Sagan a musician?
What are you 12, harry potter? In any case, either you are the dumbest s.o.b. alive or you're really good at playing it, because 80% of your posts make it so that I don't even need to refute you. The underlying fact of the matter here is that you're some internet ******, who would turn b**** in two seconds in the presence of any of the people you like to insult. I refuse to be a racist or a homophobe like you not because I'm scared, but because unlike you I live around all kinds of different people and I have too much respect for them to let some p.o.s. like you run your mouth without at least someone calling you out on it. You're a loser, and I know that because character is who you are when nobody's looking, and I see a loser.negru wrote:not my problem he immediately associates skin color with negative characteristics, and that the only way he can block the automatic prejudice in his head is to pretend the respective color doesn't exist. you know harry potter had a good reason to not mention the word which must not be mentioned, but that's only because if he did voldemorte would appear and whoop his ass. are you scared some black person is going to appear and whoop YOUR ass?.
and he's preaching others on racism? please.
Because in general circumstance it isn't someone's appearance or sexuality that is being discussed. When you refer to someone as "a black" outside of being asked to describe his/her outward appearance, what you're really asking someone to do is appeal to a stereotype. That's naturally offensive to the person being described.negru wrote:how exactly have I expressed intolerance by making reference to some people's color and/or sexual preferences
Oh! hahaha. wow. !sphy wrote:Well My favorites (apart from Indian songs):
U2
Enya
The Beatles
Radiohead
Evanescence
Brian Adam
Eminem
Backstreet Boys
'N Sync
Train
Westlife
Bob Seger
Hans Zimmer
Carl Sagan
Andy Gibb
Johny Cash
Bee Gees
Metric
Amy Grant
Without any apparent order or something. It's relative and mostly depends on my mood.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOMhN-hf ... re=related
Whatguthria wrote:Oh! hahaha. wow. !sphy wrote:Well My favorites (apart from Indian songs):
U2
Enya
The Beatles
Radiohead
Evanescence
Brian Adam
Eminem
Backstreet Boys
'N Sync
Train
Westlife
Bob Seger
Hans Zimmer
Carl Sagan
Andy Gibb
Johny Cash
Bee Gees
Metric
Amy Grant
Without any apparent order or something. It's relative and mostly depends on my mood.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOMhN-hf ... re=related
Nothing, actually. I've been crazy about some of these people myself, a long time ago * shudders *sphy wrote:Whatguthria wrote:Oh! hahaha. wow. !sphy wrote:Well My favorites (apart from Indian songs):
U2
Enya
The Beatles
Radiohead
Evanescence
Brian Adam
Eminem
Backstreet Boys
'N Sync
Train
Westlife
Bob Seger
Hans Zimmer
Carl Sagan
Andy Gibb
Johny Cash
Bee Gees
Metric
Amy Grant
Without any apparent order or something. It's relative and mostly depends on my mood.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOMhN-hf ... re=related
