I've had a few people ask me how my playlist differs from my brother, Fiel, and his "oh lookie, I can play really fast and all I sound like is noise and a scream soundtrack from a pre-1990's horror film slowed down to really slow so it sounds all grungy" metal song list and figured...why not? See where things match up, and where things are way off the path compared to his.
I have some that I can't put up due to Universal Music Group stopping all embedding of certain songs, like One Headlight by The Wallflowers and Warning by Incubus. I hate you, Youtube. Instead, I'll just put hotlinks to them. That way you can link because god forbid thing's be easier.
THOSE WITH A ** BEFORE AND AFTER THEIR NAME ARE HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! I INCLUDE THE REASONS WHY FOLLOWING THE NAME!
Alt/Rock Favorites
Muse - "Hysteria" [youtube]DR2DpgV8fPw[/youtube]
The Killers - "Mr. Brightside"
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Three Days Grace - "Animal I Have Become"
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**Fatboy Slim - "Weapon of Choice"** (Christopher Walken was a broadway dancer before he became an actor. Don't believe me? Check this crazy pomegranate out.) Click for Youtube Link
**Strangeworld Underground - "Lord of the Flies"** (Underground band, met the singer through a mutual friend, ended up sharing a love for Doom and Portal. I did an acoustic cover of this song for her as a gift.)
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Willow - "Lord of the Flies" (My Acoustic Cover...wasn't the best I've ever done, recorded it without any editing...I may re-record it again.) Willow - Lord of the Flies (Acoustic)
Stone Temple Pilots - "Creep"
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Stone Temple Pilots - "Plush"
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Nirvana - "In Bloom"
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Audioslave - "Like a Stone"
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Moved to Tears
Being a musician, there are times that something I hear is just so amazing and powerful that it can move me to tears. Not an easy thing, especially considering my 4 years of hardening in the Marines, but these have done it. Even still they are so moving for me. Pretty much recommend these all, but I'll point out the very special ones.
**Radiohead - "Creep" (Acoustic)** (The video is simply stunning. Watch it. It's truly a work of art)
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**Jeff Buckley - "Hallelujah"** (One of the most moving songs ever, sang by a man who immortalized the song. Rest in peace, Jeff.)
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Elton John - Your Song
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**Paul Potts - "Nessun Dorma"** (Oh...my god...just watch. I still tear up listening to it...)
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Final Fantasy VII - "Aerith's Theme"
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Phantom of the Opera - "Music of the Night"
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Bill Withers - "Ain't No Sunshine"
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Cranberries - "Zombies" (Unplugged)
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**Stone Sour - "Bother"** (This video is amazing. I've loved this song since the day it came out. Such a difference between this and Slipknot too...)
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Trapped in the past
I may be off on some of these dates...still, meh.
Falco - "Rock Me Amadeus"
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AC/DC - "Big Balls"
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Phil Collins(a.k.a. God Almighty) - "Against All Odds"
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Shut up, don't judge me...
**My Chemical Romance - "Helena"** (especially because of the video...one of the most impactful machinama's I've EVER seen...MUST WATCH THIS)
[youtube]LUIARmEfhcQ[/youtube]
Avril Lavigne - "My Happy Ending"
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Hootie and the Blowfish - "Let Her Cry"
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As Fiel said, I listen to strange stuff
**Flight of the Conchords - "Jenny"** (One of the funniest songs I've ever heard. Fiel cracked up through the whole thing too, so it must be good.)
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GLaDOS - "Still Alive"
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**Electric Six - "Danger (High Voltage)"** (ITS JACK WHITE FROM THE WHITE STRIPES DOING THE WOMANS VOICE! WOO pineappleING HOO! This song is straight bad ass. Hands down.)
[youtube]aQQeg3jYgOA[/youtube]
Ronald McDonald - "Trippy Techno wtp" (I dont know what it's called, I just made something up)
[youtube]Q16KpquGsIc[/youtube]
**Stephen Lynch - "D&D"** (I want to do this song with Fiel once at an open mic. I'd love to get you guys a video of this.)
[youtube]YyxnEKTjhj0[/youtube]
Bloodhound Gang - "Ballad of Chasey Lain"
[youtube]O0o_258mU3Q[/youtube]
I'll update more later, it's late and I have other stuff to do. Enjoy.
Thats BS, it wasn't even the overplayed Teen Spirit song, it was In Bloom, and you can understand that one easily. Atleast he doesn't sound like a member of a boys choir who forgot to take his medicine.
- Apparently, the AC/DC singer's wife complained that he never wrote any songs about her. That's when he decided to write Big Balls, an act for which she promptly divorced him.
- Zombie is by far the Cranberries' best song... Their drummer recently joined my cousin's husband's band
- I played through all of Gears of War and never got the Gary Jules song. Damn advertising
but yeah.. your interests are way more mainstream than Fiel's...
Here's a happy compromise for a song between you two; it Gollums, it's understandable and it's got nice melody. I personally love the contrast.
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I love Jeff Buckley's "Hallelujah" as well. It brought me back to the late 90s when I saw Hootie in there lol. Here is the other Stone Sour song I absolutely love ~
I'm just completely unable to take Stone Sour seriously. Back in the Slipknot days, they said that the day the masks come off is the day the music sucks & dies.
'lo and behold, the masks come off and he's trying to sell the music
Same here. And it is very amusing to see the two of them debate back and forth over music. :o
Some of the stuff I like, and some of the stuff is too much for me. Although that Ronald McDonald thing is a serious challenge to my crazy music tastes.
