How Eclectic is your collection?

[OtherWorldJJ]

How eclectic is your taste in music?

Personally, my tastes change with my mood and one day I might be listening to debussy, and the next, or even later that day, I might end up listening to twisted Individual or W.A.S.P. lol.

If I take 50 random trans from my collection (as can be done under Amarok) they include artists such as:

Foo Fighters
Leftfield
Chopin
Art Of Noise
Pink Floyd
Amel Larrieux &
4 Hero amongst others

Most people think I'm weird to have such a mixed taste... so I guess I'm hoping someone will proved me wrong lol

look forward to your responses

[Kat]

one of my playlists has this order in it:

Avenged Sevenfold
Daft Punk
Goo Goo Dolls
Disturbed
Frou Frou


somewhat eclectic 

[Pica Pica]

Pretty,

I like a bit o'classical a bit o'jazz.
Very into Avant Garde music
Into blues and roots
A little smattering of world, latin, african rhythms, gypsy folk, balkan, Arabic, Flamenco, I have a wonderful CD charting how Arabic and moorish music became flamenco.
Classic rock and roll and rnb (I detest new RnB though)
Crooners

And the big theme

Proto punk, Punk, post punk, new wave, Old Indie, Britpop - That rough timeline of music.

[funnygrl]

Classical / Opera: Mozart, Bach, Paganini, Beetoven, Natalie Dessay...more Mozart.

Opeth, Iron Maiden, Megadeth, Dethklok, The Abscence, Death, Napalm Death, Black Sabbath...you get the idea.

EVANESCENCE!!!, Fiona Apple, Norah Jones, Jewel.

All kinds of 50's & 60's music / artists / Doo Wop:

Pink Floyd, The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, The Grateful Dead.

A whole list of different 80's music: Cars; etc.

Time / life "Country Classics", BR549, Lyle Lovitt, Gillian Welch, Allison Krauss.

Jazz: Miles Davis, Wes Montgomery, John Coltrane, to name but a few.

Blues: way too many artists to list here.

Other Jam bands: PHISH, Gov't Mule, Lake Trout, Widespread Panic.

Hip Hop / Rap: Cypress Hill, House of Pain.

Blah-Blah, the list goes on & on...so, I guess, I like and have just about everything...just about.

[Laura Elizabeth Jones]

Classical (although this section of my music collection is quite small): Varese Arcana Holst "The Planets" and a  4CD Boxset of music composed for the Twilight Zone TV series  by Bernard Herrmann, Jerry Goldsmith, and various other composers. A mix tape of composers such as Debussy, Ives, Phillip Glass, Kronos Quartet, Frank Zappa, and Naked City/John Zorn.

Blues: Just a few tracks by Sylvester Weaver, John Fahey, Fred Frith, John Lee Hooker, and Jimi Hendrix.

Jazz: A few CD's by John Coltrane, Miles Davis, and Ornette Coleman.

Indian Music: A few songs by Trial Of The Bow and a Ravi Shankar boxset.

Experimental/Ambient/Noise: Mainly a few compilations on CD and cassette with a few scattered CDs and tapes like Smell and Quim, Destroy 2, and The Boredoms.

Grindcore/Death/Speed/Doom Metal: The largest part of my collection mainly late 80s/early 90s stuff like Napalm Death, Carcass, Obituary, and about 1000 others.

Punk Rock/Hardcore: just beginning to scratch the surface in this area- Ramones, Discharge, Dead Kennedys, Minor Threat, and lots of Japanese bands like S.O.B., Outo, Lipcream and lots more. Japan rules!! 

[OtherWorldJJ]

wow, awesome!

Great to see such variety in peoples selections makes eclectic taste seem more like the norm lol.
Funnygirl, you might even have a more eclectic mix than me!

I managed to append most of my collection to a html file here: http://www.mediafire.com/?1axm904trmt might take a while to read as its currently at 11877 tracks (approx 6 weeks 2 days) and counting

[tekla]

Its not so much what I listen to but how much of it I can listen to.  So where I can toss on John Coltrane and leave it on all day, 20 minutes of Cannibal Corpse or Slayer is about fine. 

The easy way to do this is just to list the bands that I have more than 4 or 5 shows/CDs by:
Bob Dylan, Mozart, Chopin, Grateful Dead, Blue Oyster Cult, Ozric Tentacles, Beethoven, Miles, 'Trane, Glenn Miller, AC/DC, Joan Baez, Johnny Cash, Francis Vincent Zappa, Neil Young, Yardbirds, Robert Johnson, Jeff Beck, Traffic, Skatalites, Pink Floyd, Gov't Mule, Motown/Stax/Volt and the Beastie Boys.

But I have lots of old dance stuff, country stuff, marching bands, world beat, traditional music, jazz, rock, pop and even a few Brittney Spears songs - hit me baby one more time.

I have 7 complete Led Zeppelin shows spanning their entire career, but none of the studio stuff anymore.  And I've downloaded a big pile of shows by Paul Oakenfold, Sasha and Digweed, Cut Chemist, DJ Shadow and all those guys.

I also have a pile of stuff by the Vanilla Fudge, CDs, live shows, rehearsal tapes, demos - the best band that everyone forgot.

Oh yeah, I'm a total fan of Ennio Morricone and listen to his soundtracks all the time.

[Ell]

one of my playlists has this order in it:

Avenged Sevenfold
Daft Punk
Goo Goo Dolls
Disturbed
Frou Frou

somewhat eclectic 

i love Frou Frou!!

my musical tastes are also only somewhat eclectic. for the most part, i like moody and complex alternative songs, such as "Demons," by Yo La Tengo. but i also really like very simple songs, such as "Lasagna," by The Knife. i absolutely love some alternative country, such as "I Am the Mountain," by Damien Jurado (are you married, Damien?) and the brilliant but unclassifiable songs such as "Tiny," by Tommy Guerrero. if i'm in the right mood, i can go for some Celtic music. but i also love songs with more traditional rock riffs, such as "Regular John," by Queens of the Stone Age.

bands i'm currently listening to include:

Phil Soussan
Cursive
Chevelle         
Sugarcult
Sugarblade         
Safes
Unwound         
Schoolyard Heroes         
Bel Canto         
Dylan Rice
Deftones         
Holy F**k
Ben Lee        
Grandaddy         
Rilo Kiley
Pal Shazar         
Evil Beaver         
Oakley Hall
Ladytron         
Helms         
Carbon Leaf         
Social Distortion         
OMR         
Toshi Reagon         
The Bird And The Bee         
James McMurtry         
Talkdemonic         
El Ten Eleven         
Zilla         
Melissa Ferrick         
April Cope         
Toad the Wet Sprocket
Frou Frou
Caribou         
Sinoia Caves         
The Go! Team         
Radiohead
Donal Hinely         
The Brian Jonestown Massacre         
The Flaming Lips         
My Vitriol         
The Shins         
NOFX         
Lemonheads         
Damien Jurado         
Cat Power         
Primus         
Tommy Guerrero         
Holly Brook         
The Rosebuds         
Rosie Thomas         
Kashmir         
Doves         
Feeder         
Jonathan Kane         
Pegboy         
Judee Sill         
Urge Overkill         
Jill Sobule         
Mortal Love         
Idaho         
The Sea And Cake         
Lily Holbrook         
Pernice Brothers         
Jewel         
Kathleen Edwards         
Rebecca Pronsky         
Hurricane #1         
Calla         
Nervous Nellie         
Heatmiser         
The La's         
Curve         
Shellito         
Anna Ternheim         
Neutral Milk Hotel         
Lucero         
Worm Is Green         
Bjork         
Audioslave         
Marjorie Fair         
The Kooks         
Caesars         
Tanya Donelly         
Frank Black & The Catholics         
Sam Phillips         
The Sugarcubes         
Aine Minogue         
Tara Linhardt         
Danielle Howle And The Tantrums         
The Blow         
Laurie Anderson         
The Knife         
The High Violets         
Rainer Maria         
Jawbreaker         
Chiasm         
Loreena McKennitt         
Silversun Pickups         
Sarah Fimm         
The Jam         
Sebadoh         
Portastatic         
Bob Mould         
Regina Spektor         
Violent Femmes         
The Cardigans         
Dirtie Blonde         
The Stone Coyotes         
Dinosaur Jr.         
Thin White Rope         
Yo La Tengo         
Garrison Starr         
The Breeders         
Piano Magic         
Jonatha Brooke         
Over The Rhine         
Elliott Smith         
The Pussycat Dolls         
Lola Ray         
Talking Heads         
Husker Du         
Cocteau Twins         
Tool         
The Paddingtons         
Morcheeba    
Minipop
Sneaker Pimps
Eyes Like Knives     
Tori Amos         
Queens Of The Stone Age         
Swervedriver         
The Used
Meat Puppets         
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club         
Beth Orton         
Billy Bragg         
Hilary Duff         
Built To Spill                 
Cassie         
Jane Wiedlin         
Aimee Mann         
Heidi Berry         
Lene Marlin         
Nico

-ell

[Tamara]

My CD collection mainly consists of Rock/Metal, and I've got albums from bands from all different forms of Rock/Metal
NWOBHM: Iron Miaden, Def Leppard, Saxon
Thrash Metal: Metallica, Megadeth, Annihilator
Hair Metal: Guns n' Roses, Poison, Ratt
Prog Metal: Queensryche, Dream theater
Power Metal: Helloween, Angra, Dio
Blues Rock: Aerosmith, Whitesnake, The Answer
Shred: Racer X, Van Halen
And other Classic rock artists such as Led Zepplin, Black Sabbath, AC/DC and the Red Hot Chilli Peppers
And more that haven't been listed

Also in my CD collection, right in between Thin Lizzy and Slayer, is a Spice Girls album. lol