[Newsseeker]

Thanks for all the feedback guys. I'll let him know!

However, there are songs like Viking Story that aren't country. Just click and listen

[TWilliam]

Just had to put a plug in for a site I only recently discovered. Don't want anyone to think I'm spamming, so I won't link it, but just type Last.fm (yes, the dot is part of it) into your browser to get there.

A good number of media players include or have available a plugin that lets you utilize the site more fully. You do need a (free) account to use it, but I think it's worth it. With it, I can enter an artist's name and get an instant stream of music from 'artists similar to', or I can listen to the stream that gets built based off of what I listen to in my own library (weighted and constantly evolving, based on what I listen to most), or any of a number of other ways of filtering...

No commercials, no DJs... just music...

I can 'thumbs up/down' any song I hear ( 'Love' or 'Ban' in my particular player) so it might get served to me again sometime, or so it never does...

I've been listening to a stream of 'Artists similar to Tool' all day today, and I've been hearing a lot of excellent stuff. Not everything of course, but I've only 'banned' a few tracks all afternoon. No repeats thus far either...

[cbxer55]

You tube has no commercials,
and yet I can watch old Has-Beens like Randy Meisner and
Kim Carnes get down and boogie like yesterday.
Deep Inside My Heart
Think I'll stick with the tube!

[Tyler_JC]

Also try Pandora.

You basically create your own radio station and the website picks similar music.

It's great because you get to discover new music all the time that you otherwise might have never seen in stores.

[HeckuvaJob]

CNET review here
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The Good: Last.fm offers an excellent library of music and the ability to network with other users. The customized radio makes smart choices based on other users' input.

The Bad: Last.fm monitors user behavior, and your listening choices are discussed with record labels.

The Bottom Line: If you are prone to Big Brother paranoia, this is not the program for you. But if you couldn't care less whether a company or a label monitors your tastes, you'll be rewarded with gobs of new music--and an easy method for navigating it all.

[TWilliam]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')he Good: Last.fm offers an excellent library of music and the ability to network with other users. The customized radio makes smart choices based on other users' input.

[smallpoxgirl]

Sweet site TWilliam! Thanks!

[vision-master]

Seeing as I have a good home sound system connected from the "37" LCD monitor, I'l check it out!

[smallpoxgirl]

Really cool site. Just in a couple of hours of listening to it I've discovered several bands that I love that I'd never heard before. One of the cool features is that if you pick a band that you like, then you can get a "radio station" of similar music.

[TWilliam]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('smallpoxgirl', 'S')weet site TWilliam! Thanks!

[HeckuvaJob]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('TWilliam', ' ')And if their 'discussing it with record labels' leads to a resurgence of good music hitting the mainstream outlets instead of the schlock that most of them put out nowadays then more power to them. There was a time when 'top 40' was actually decent music, not all this beat box, sampled-because-we-can't-actually-play-an-instrument, vocoded-because-we-can't-actually-sing crap...

[Kristen]

To my eurpean friends;
I have been listening to hands up/commercial trance music for ages. Artists such as Cascada, Da Buzz, Rob Mayth, Sylver, Age Pee. and many many others. They don't play this kind've stuff in the United States, but apparently the music is quite popular in Europe.

Is this true? and Do you listen to it?
Kristen

[Kristen]

Sorry I spelled european wrong. Another few artists that were pioneers are Lasgo, Milk Inc. and Dee Dee. All of them are from Belgium. For not having a government there music seems to be united.

[lper100km]

Point taken, HJ

[Kristen]

I'm really curious, where else would I go?

[Chuckmak]

"Bulletproof" by Raheem DeVaughn and featuring Ludacris.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkdRQtDfqYg

A lot of messages and questions to be answered. I thought the PO.com community would appreciate it. There are a lot of truths told in these lyrics...The imagery is great but listen to the lyrics of the song...then let it marinate, please.

Thanks!

I really like this video and song, by the way...

[eastbay]

Wow. Very nice. About time. I do hope this genre catches on and displaces the sexist and racist violence worshipping trash youth now often hear.

Livin' like we're bulletproof.

[Maddog78]

I think it's crap.
I really don't like rap or hip hop.
I guess you like it for the content but this kind of content has been used in metal music for a long time.
Metal will never die but it's not in the mainstream right now.

Just one example.

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') LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Speed metal band Slayer won the first Grammy of its 25-year career on Sunday for a song inspired by the true story of a U.S. soldier who committed suicide shortly before he was due to return home from Iraq.
"Eyes of the Insane" was named best metal performance, ahead of tracks released by Lamb of God, Mastodon, Ministry and Stone Sour. Slayer has just launched a North American tour, and its members were not present at the Staples Center ceremony.

The lyrics for "Eyes of the Insane, the first single from new album "Christ Illusion," were written by singer-bassist Tom Araya the night after he read a Texas Monthly article called "Casualty of War."

[Maddog78]

................and one more classic that is just as relevant today.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbxfe7DMxVo

[2cher]

dude sounds like a lady