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^^Case and point.

^Yeah, but if I go with you you'll still be asking 5 more girls out before it's all said and done. :P

I have a couple of big scars on my finger where I accidentally shot it with a bb gun and had to get the bb cut out. Long story, don't ask. Be careful with those, kids. They really will put your eye out. The nerve there is dead but it still itches like crazy sometimes. :mad:

It so is! :laugh3: Wonder if there are actually any guys over 20 left.... :anxious:

Florence and the Machine need some more love in here! [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nxO-yPQesA]YouTube- Florence & The Machine - Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0ZPTFfpO40]YouTube- Florence And The Machine - Dog Days[/ame] Bought their album last week- it was the only way to get it out of my head. Some wonderful songs on it. Just listen to "Cosmic Love" on a good stereo system- it's massive. It was like a huge pillar of sound swirling around in the middle of the living room. Breathtaking.

So then why am I still one of the only girls in the whole trades program at my school? :thinking::(:angry::freak: There may be more women working, but it's because so many of them work crap jobs for bad wages. They aren't getting laid off as much because part timers aren't such a strain on the bottom line. Electricians will generally earn more than secretaries, will have more job opportunities because of all the boomers retiring from trades right now, and will have to spend just as much time in school as someone going into business at a technical college hoping to become a secretary.

Really happy about all the classical love here. :nice: Some people think it's scary, but It's really rewarding if you give it a chance. Balanced musical diets are a good thing. :cool:

That's great. I'll update the link. :thumbsup: I seem to ask this every year, but should we put the limit up to 30 - say 5 bonus albums 50 points each for the indecisive? It's not like there will be a huge number of takers...

40K in less than a year... :facepalm: What the h-e-double hockey sticks... :P

I wish I could roll my r's. :embarassed: I always used to lose points in French class because of that. Perrine is a beautiful name. :D Thanks. I do post here... but my life as a thread-killer continues. :wacko: Guess only the crickets hear me half the time.

Well most of my CPing time has been eaten up sorting out albums of the year stuff lately, and I'm more of a listener to begin with. *shrugs*

For all the fuss about literacy, Numeracy is more important. (and very probably less common) Think about it. :worried2:

Thanks. :uhoh: ...I'm usually here... Oh right, lurking doesn't count, does it? :embarassed:

^Hello! :D

*scratches head* Cool? :cool: :uhoh2: Same. Or was I 16? Good afterschool mental junk food, anyway.

Is it just me or does the guy/girl ratio around here get more lopsided ever year? :\ Heh... this thread makes me think of this: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAnyYTjjhJ0]YouTube- The Dresden Dolls 'Coin-Operated Boy' music video[/ame]

New Moon? Yes.

So are there actually any spares still left?

Aww! He looks like a Samuel. Congratulations! :D

:deal2: Reminder: The Deadline is Sunday, December 6th. That means there is now just under 1 MONTH LEFT! Please make sure that your final lists are updated by that time. :)

Ah, me too. :embarassed: When I was really little my dad used to put on "In the Hall of the Giant King" from that and chase us around the house pretending to be the giant. It was fun. :D

Don't. I had to study this stuff for school once. But it all really does explain why music is the way it is. For instance music is going to have to change again sooner rather than later- people have just plain run out of chord combinations. What's next? We'll see. But people's brains are usually trained to listen to a certain part of music and think that that one part is music. That's why rock was the devil's music. It worked on the basis of chords and to some extent rhythm- which was heresy to a brain trained on melody. The Grammy awards were actually set up by melody-based musicians like Frank Sinatra to show the rock and rollers what "real" music was. Every era change went through the same thing. It was a reaction to what the last era had become, but worked on a new basis and so "wasn't music" in the eyes of preceding generation. It was particularly nasty at the end of the Baroque era. I think people might have even been jailed for it. Rameau was banned for a time. Look at what's happening now- all the old rock types are pointing and saying that rap isn't music. It doesn't have melody. Ironic, eh?

The big thing to realize about the different eras is that each one has been built on a different aspect of music. Medieval music was built around simple melodies, often with very little accompaniment. Baroque started meshing several of those melodies together in layers which is what gives it such a big, rich sound. That's called counterpoint Over time the melodies became more and more complex until we ended up with the brief, completely over-the-top era known as Rococo. The Classical era started when people got sick of the layers and wanted to base music around a single, very embellished melody line with everything else supporting it. As the melodies became more complex and frilly people began to think that they should have a point, a story to explain them. That is where the Romantic era began. Music started sounding less like formal pieces and more like soundtracks. The more abstract pieces became thanks to Romanticism, the more people in the early 20th century became fixated on the idea of throwing out all the rules and seeing what they came up with. Atonality became the rule of the day, and structure was often thrown out the window. This is referred to as the modern era. (We're in the post-modern era). The problem was, most normal people couldn't handle modern era music. It often wasn't very pleasant to listen to. At the same time, since the freeing of the slaves after the American civil war African and folk music styles were blending into to popular consciousness in waves, first in Ragtime, then Jazz and swing, and finally in the Blues. These styles were formed on the basis of chords and rhythms rather than melody. The blues gave birth to rock, modern day music became all about chords, and the rest as they say is history... ...Until now, where even chords are fading and music is more and more frequently being formed entirely around rhythms. (see rap). And that is why all the different types of music sound different in a nutshell.

Baroque, eh? Check out Rameau. He was awesome. For something wacky check out Bob James' versions... You can't go wrong with Vivaldi, especially the Four Seasons. I love a lot of his work. Handel's stuff is mind blowing if you ever get the chance to hear it well done live. And of course, there's the master, Bach. His organ music is something special. His big orchestral stuff is great too. Classical era- I'm not the biggest fan of the era myself, but of course there's Beethoven. His 6th Symphony is a classic (That was the one in Fantasia, right?). There's one movement of his 7th symphony that gives me chills every time I hear it. It's so dark compared to most classical-era music. (According to grooveshark it's the second movement). It's one of my absolute favorite classical (in the broad sense) pieces. Mozart you can't go wrong with the Magic Flute. Romantic era- now we're talking. Gustav Holst - The Planet Suite Just listen. It's all around awesome. Mars and Jupiter are the classics from it, but my favorite is Saturn- it's terrifying, listening to time slip away into the darkness like that. And (is it Neptune or Uranus? Neptune, I think) where the mad wizard is dancing around. Smetna's Moldau - Mentioned already, but it's my #1 favorite 'classical' piece. I love it so much. The rest of the suite is great too. It's so beautiful. Respighi - The Pines of Rome - Beautiful work. Great for studying to. Chopin and Rachmaninov- don't know anything specific to recommend, I usually just listen to them in phases. Well that ought to help get you started, huh? Have you studied any of the eras/styles or are you just enjoying what you hear as you go along?

They like both bands quite a lot. I think they've dodged the question before when asked. Chris is friends with Noel, but Blur have had a huge influence on their sound.