It’s afternoon, I just returned from an excursion to the Haight to pick up a few pairs of fishnets and frilly lacy things for burlesque, and now I’m sitting in my favorite chair in my living room, the chair that gets all the afternoon soon. In fact, the sun is streaming in with so much vigor that I can barely see my computer screen–reflective glare, and all that. I like the sun too much to be bothered to move.
It’s the kind of afternoon that calls for music and lemonade. I don’t have lemonade, unfortunately (though I do have two quarts of local strawberries from the farmers’ market this morning), but I have music in abundance, and putting music on reminded me that I’ve been promising Kara that I would do a music post for a while now (she did one a while ago, and I discovered we have overlapping taste!). “Music post” being a post in which I share the music I like. I’ll probably do these sporadically, since there’s absolutely no way I can put everything I like in one post.
First of all, I will warn you that this is going to be a pretty chaotic post, just because my music taste varies so widely and I want to share a little bit of everything so that you get the “big picture” of what I like to listen to. So I’ll give a little sample of my favorites of the genres I listen to.
1) Classical (I started playing classical piano when I was 5, and have always been an avid classical music listener). My favorite composers are Schubert, Brahms, and Shostakovich. One of my favorite pieces is Brahms’ Piano Trio in Bb Major (which I’ve played with my brother and sister!).
2) Popular music. I’ve gone through quite a few phases of what I like, but I’ll just share some of my more recent favorites. I tend to like electro-pop and indie pop.
And I really really really love this Lady Gaga song… sorry…
3) And now a few random things! I adore Jimmy Cliff.
And last but not least…
That’s my favorite from their new album, Sainthood. You didn’t think I was going to do a music post without something gay in it, did you?
Hi Alpha…those were all great songs. I have to admit I never heard of the two groups from the 2nd and 3rd videos but I did enjoy the two songs. I’m looking forward to listening to more of their music. I do listen to a little classical, but mainly when I’m studying, I won’t put it on randomly. I love all Lady Gaga :S Plus you can’t go wrong with Jimmy Cliff and Tegan & Sara.
Well thanks for doing this post and I’ll most definitely be looking forward to see other music you enjoy :)
Kara XOXOXOXOXO
i have not heard of the 2nd and 3rd videos either, but i am liking their sound. i always enjoy discovering new bands. lady gaga, i shamelessly dig!
i think classical music is underrated these days, which is a shame. debussy and chopin are among my favorites. anything stormy and intense.
I LOVE Lykke Li! Little Bit is one of my favorite songs by her – I also really like Dance Dance Dance. Lady Gaga and Tegan & Sara are always have good songs to listen too (Bad Romance is my favorite too, haha).
And every time someone mentions Brahms, I always think of this – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKgBdrsqvjs
I’m majoring in music (flute), so I’m surrounded by classical music. I have to say though, that I prefer 20th century music to that of Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, etc. And even then, I don’t really care for the European composers – I love South American composers such as Astor Piazzolla (his tangos are AMAZING! Everything he writes has such passion in it!) and Heitor Villa-Lobos.
Hah, sorry for such a long comment. Any time someone mentions music (especially when they mention they play an instrument and have played one for most of their lives) I kinda geek out a bit.