Music?

So I've always been curious as to what type of music atheists listen to. I realize I am trying to quantify a large group, however, I have found that most critical thinkers tend to look past the top 100 charts to find their music, and usually have an affinity to art music (Classical, Jazz, Metal). So what genres of music do you listen to listen to? What are some of your favorite bands? Who are some of your favorite musicians/composers? Who are some of your favorite atheistic or freethinking bands/musicians?

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Permalink Reply by It's just Matt on January 4, 2009 at 12:16pm
My Ipod only rocks to Robert Van Winkle.
Permalink Reply by Curse it to Hades on January 19, 2009 at 12:09pm
My music taste is pretty eclectic. I love love love classical, particularly Dvořák and the old Ludwig Van. Some other music I've gotten into lately include:

Theodor Bastard - A very odd underground Russian fusion band; dark, nihilistic themes mixed with beautiful music
Heather Dale - Arthurian-themed Celtic singer-songwriter
Omnia - Celtic folk themed around classic poetry; very rich, Earthy sound
Mediaeval Baebes - Self-explanitory
Permalink Reply by deepthought42 on May 27, 2009 at 12:28am
Woohoo, another Mediaeval Baebes fan! Have you ever seen them live? I've seen them a couple of time at the Maryland Renaissance Festival. Well, kind of...I'm short and it was crowded, heh.
Permalink Reply by EccentricSM on May 26, 2009 at 12:20am
T O O L, Jimi Hendrix, Smashing Pumpkins, NIN, RadioHead, APC, RHCP, Chevelle, Deftones, Dead Can Dance, Foo Fighters, White Stripes, Nirvana, SOAD, Johnny Cash, Local H, Old Offspring, Paul Oakenfold, Queens of the Stoneage, Weezer.

and some J-rock (Boris, malice mizer, others)
Permalink Reply by FreeThinker on May 26, 2009 at 4:08pm
I listen mostly to rock music. Led Zeppelin, Rush, Alice In Chains, Pink Floyd, The Black Crowes, and Van Halen are among my favorite bands. I like pretty much any kind of rock and some pop (mostly 80s stuff).

I also enjoy blues, jazz, some R&B, and classical. Led Zeppelin really turned me onto the blues, which is kind of ironic, since they stole from so many blues artists.
Permalink Reply by Eduardo on May 26, 2009 at 5:45pm
Alice in Chains, Breaking Benjamin, Bush, Collective Soul, Deftones, Faith No More, Franz Ferdinand, Guns n' Roses, Héroes del Silencio, Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, A Perfect Circle, Pearl Jam, Pink Floyd, Rush, Stone Temple Pilots, The Strokes and Tool are some of the bands that I absolutely love.
Permalink Reply by Jezzy on May 27, 2009 at 12:38am
I love tricky heathenish songs. :)

How I wish there was a heaven
All for one and one for all
A flawless soul society
Our lives are just a fragment
Of the universe and more
There may be more than we can see

Soul Society
-Kamelot

Imagine there's no Heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today

Imagine
-John Lennon

What if this whole crusade's
A charade
And behind it all there's a price to be paid
For the blood
On which we dine
Justified in the name of the holy and the divine
Hand That Feeds
-Nine Inch Nails


Emm... but my most favorites are mostly weirdish goth metal stuff. Within Temptation I love. I love HIM, and Aqua, Kamelot, etc. Basically anything from Scandinavia. :P I like metal with a female lead a lot, and songs that are deep-- that have their own mood, story, and idea.
Permalink Reply by LeaT on June 4, 2009 at 4:55pm
About Soul Society, one can say it's a bit "heathenish", but it's based on Van Goethe's Faust, and at some point in the story after losing his loved one he starts becoming an unbeliever.
Permalink Reply by St Jimmy on May 27, 2009 at 1:31am
Yeah I dig a lot of different music, from classic rock to rap. I have an eclectic taste in music and recently have been on a irish punk kick (ie. Flogging Molly, Street Dogs, Drop Kick Murphys). Hell I even listen to Country when the subject isn't about GOD, GOD, DOG. Some of the older country is definitely better than the new cookie cutter American Idol pop BS.

Since we are talking music, have any of you ever seen those xian teen shows on the upper channels where they are having a Christian rock concert? Fuck, I swear they are shooting up or snorting riddlin or something before watching the concert. First the music is HORRIBLE! Then you have kids ranging from 5 yrs old up to their early 20's with their hands up, eyes closed, crying, rocking, trying to dance with themselves. It is very disturbing and reminds me of something you would see in a WWII documentary about the NAZI cult brainwashing kids to be perfect servants. Has anyone else seen this? Does it creep anyone else out as well?
Permalink Reply by Mel on May 27, 2009 at 4:40am
I'll listen to pretty much anything EXCEPT pretty much anything thats been in the top ten in the last four years. Bleugh to most of that. I tend to grab friends entire music collection onto my laptop and then delete the things I don't like. So my collection atm contains of 7 disks of Disney soundtracks, HIM, Metallica, Enya, Amici Forever, the Guitar Hero collection, Panic! At the Disco, Bowie, Euthrythmics, a stack of classical music, some J-pop and Korean pop, I'm hoping to get my neighbours anime soundtrack collection soon (there is nothing in the world that cheers a person up like J-pop, I swear), the soundtrack from 3 different Shrek films, The Rasmus, Tool, APC, some NZ music - Bic Runga, Crowded House...
Anything really. I have "Girls just wanna have fun" for craps sake. :D
Permalink Reply by Jezzy on May 27, 2009 at 10:40pm
I think we could get along. :)
Permalink Reply by Mel on May 27, 2009 at 10:46pm
Thanks! That's always nice to hear :D

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