MUSIC: tastes: likes and dislikes

From: Amara Graps (amara@amara.com)
Date: Wed Apr 16 2003 - 02:46:18 MDT

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    Robert Bradbury:
    >Does anyone else on the list like Fiona Apple?

    She's great. Her first album was recorded when she was young (17?
    19?). I was amazed by that because her music has the kind of 'soul'
    (lyrics, emotion) that I've heard only from those musicians who have
    had large life-altering emotional experiences. (Perhaps she did,
    only earlier than the rest of us.)

    >I have really strange musical tastes -- I changed out the CDs in my
    >computer from Fleetwood Mac to Fiona Apple today. And have been
    >known to "appreciate" everything from Three Dog Night to the Blues
    >Brothers to Russian pop music.

    I bought some more Bratsch when I was in France last week... (my favorite
    band for the last few years)

    http://www.bratsch.com

    And another of my favorites: Happy Rhodes is touring ...

    Auntie Social Music
    http://www.auntiesocialmusic.com

    ... in an unusual way.. From an email I received recently:

    -------
    "Dear Listener of Happy Rhodes music,

         I'm writing to you to let you know that Happy is planning a tour in
    support of her upcoming CD. A large part of this tour will be in the form of
    House Concerts.
         For those who might not know, a house concert is a show that is given in
    an individual's home. Folks who want to host a house concert, book it with
    the performer and provide a cleared and preferably large room, where people
    can comfortably watch a private performance from their favorite artists.
    Usually, 100% of the proceeds go to the artist, assuming there are no
    expenses for the homeowner."
    ---------

    >So I'm probably just strange.

    We could have an eclectic music tastes contest. I have not met
    someone who has as strange (OK, eclectic) as me ...

    http://www.amara.com/aboutme/music.html
    (dated URL... my tastes have become even more diverse!)

    Amara

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