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My musical tastes can only be described as eclectic.  I like

Glen Miller
Genesis
America
Moody Blues
John Denver
Fleetwood Mac
George Winston
Boston
Kenny G
Eagles
BeeGees
Carpenters
Hall & Oates
Santana
Temptations
Nat King Cole
Simon & Garfunkel (but not Paul Simon solo)
Billy Joel
Chicago
Crosby, Stills, & Nash
Peter, Paul & Mary
Glen Campbell

In fact, I like almost anything but country, opera, and metal.  Oh, and I can't stand anything that screams, no matter the genre!  

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I have to admit that my favorite "secular" music is classic rock.  Since others have listed some artists I will share as well.  

The Beatles are my all time favorite hands down
The Byrds
Boston
Van Halen
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Pink Floyd
Bruce Spingsteen
ZZ Top
Led Zepplin (yes, I confess it)
Eric Clapton
CCR

Today I really like

Creed
Collective Soul

Jars of Clay
Third Day

My weakness  :blush:
Bobby Valentine

Hi All,
I'd like to ask a question that is sort of related to this topic:

Why do people in acappella churches refuse to allow instruments in the church but have no problem listening to Christian music on CD/Tape that does have instrumental accompaniment? This has always seemed very inconsistent to me.

IHS,
Barry

After I set aside the Eiffel-tower-high stack of Christian CD's... my secular listening features everything from Glenn Miller to Tchaikofsky (who can spell that?) to Bobby McFerrin to Wayne Toups & Zydecajun...   Old hill-country bluegrass & pre-bluegrass... showtunes  (I often play "C'est Moi" from Camelot to poke fun at my Mike, who is Lancelot in many ways... he's just about perfect.)

The only thing I can figure about instruments on tape being OK if it's not a worship service, and being OK in the car worshipping and loving God, but not in the worship service... It's gotta be some sort of self-delusional mental split to make desires and conveniences "OK".

I recall singing "Faithful and True" (Wagner, yes?  That "here comes the bride" march-in?) in 4-part hrmony for a church wedding.  No recordings, neither instrumental nor vocal.  All voice.

I think I'll find some Eagles for the CD player right now; gotta get everyone up for worship services, it's 7:30 a.m. already.  God bless y'all today.

I like the Eagles, U2, The Rolling Stones, Van Hailen, Bon Jovi, David Matthews, Three Doors Down, and Train to name a few.

Lee

I like listening to 70's and 80's country.
Southern Rock.
R&B.
sometimes a little bit of everything.

I don't like Avril Lavigne's music and if you have young daughters who listen to her, I am sorry you have to listen to this.  Not really fond of much current pop music either.

Today's country for the most part isn't country anymore.  Seems a lot of it is adult contemporary now.  Brad Paisley seems to be the new country guy to listen to.

I kinda like the Strokes.

Bluegrass is fun to listen to every once in awhile.  O Brother definitely put a lot of this back to the forefront.

Alternative Rock

Put me in that eclectic category too:
This list is an attempt to recall them chronologically (and given that I'm 48, that's a lot of chronology, lol), and that have survived the test of time:
Beach Boys
Beatles
Rolling Stones
Temptations
The Lovin Spoonful
The Doors
John Prine
Simon and Garfunkel (and Paul by himself)
James Taylor
Carole King
Santana
Jimmy Buffett
Fleetwood Mac
Eric Clapton
Leon Russell
Joe Cocker
Dire Straits
Lyle Lovett
Doc Watson (discovered late)
As we get into the 80's and 90's the list is much shorter....guess I went through a picky stage!
Manhattan Transfer
Mozart (after seeing the film "Amadeus")
Bruce Hornsby
Huey Lewis
and then a big gap to present day, in which I think there is a lot of fresh talent
Sheryl Crow
Matchbox 20
Fastball
Counting Crows
Dave Matthews
and whoever wrote the score to "Les Miserables"
I'm sure I left some out.....but you asked!

I was a huge ELO fan in the seventies, and still think the band is underrated by people who tend to take them too seriously.  Otherwise:

Springsteen
James Taylor
John Hiatt
Cold Chisel (I know no one's ever heard of them)
Split Enz (the better band that was before Crowded House)
Paul Simon (and Garfunkel as well)
Beatles
Johnny Cash
Tom Petty
Sinatra
Al Stewart (beyond Year of the Cat and Time Passages, some really weird stuff)
Sting (particularly 1st two solo albums)
and many, many more.

I've also been listening to a bit of big band-era blues lately.

My music choices are extremely diverse.  I am currently listening to Van Morrison but have George Gershwin waiting in the wings.   :thumbup:

I'm all over the map...I'll listen to anything but rap, and "Today's Hit Country!"

Bill Monroe
Third Thyme Out
The Seldom Scene
Hot Rize

Ladysmith Black Mambazo
The Bobs

They Might be Giants
Doug and the Slugs
Squeeze (featuring Paul Carrack)

The Police
The Cars
The Monkees ("They were a major influence on the Beatles..."   "I know!"  from what movie???)

Tim Wilson

Son House
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Five Blind Boys of Alabama
The Dixie Hummingbirds

Perry Como
Nat King Cole
Dean Martin
Sinatra

George Jones
Don Williams
Larry Norman
Elvis

Time to fire up the old CD player...

OD

I have the majority of my cd collection on my computer right now in the form of MP3.  Over 100 cd's worth.  It takes up about 10 Gigs on my machine.

I like:

Chet Baker
The Beach Boys (generally)

But mostly I like:
Mozart
Haydn
Handel
Bruckner
Mahler
Rachmaninoff
Tschaikovsky
Faure
Ravel
Stravinsky
Sibelius
Durufle
Prokofieff
ktl

A good deal of Lloyd Webber, and Chet Baker's
MyFunny Valentine

[moving post to "Instrumental Music in Worship Service" thread]

Thanks, Trois! You're right!

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How could I forget to add saxophone to my list?  (Well, I did have Kenny G, but...)

I absolutely  :inlove: adore  :inlove:  the sax!!  The lower pitched one -- alto?  Anyway, put that right at the top of my list.

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Spurly can attest to the wide range of music on my shelves.

Late '70's - early 80's rock
Old Bob Wills-style tunes (Asleep At The Wheel, George Strait, Marty Stuart)
The Beatles
Favorite secular female singer -- k. d. lang
Favorite secular male singer -- Lyle Lovett

oops...
looked at nevertheless"s list and realized I left out CSN&Y and very much Neil Young solo....even the hard stuff.
Best musical performance in concert....Dire Straits and Lyle Lovett.
Most entertaining in concert....Jimmy Buffett and Arlo Guthrie
Worst performance in concert.....Beach Boys and Alice Cooper
Least entertaining in concert....James Taylor and any opera (unless you need to catch up on your sleep :) )

Hey let's not hi-jack this thread and make it something it shouldn't be. :frowning:

Secular mp3's ...  included Creed in the list since they play on MTV and stuff and a coupla 6PNTR that are mainstream:

Don McLean, Electric Amish, Heywood Banks, Rodney Carrington, Steve Goodie (Ned Beatty song - the Tom Petty parody), Aretha Franklin, Frank Sinatra, Patridge Family/David Cassidy, Michael Jackson, Martika, Judy Garland (1 each); Cat Stevens (3); Creed (2); Six Pence None the Richer (2 mainstream); They Might Be Giants (5); O Brother, Where Art Thou (5); plus 20 or so TV/movie theme songs, including Bonanza, Flintstones, That Thing You Do, Star Blazers ...
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Secular CD's:

A Broadway Christmas; Peter Pan; Prime Time Musicals; Unsung Musicals II; Drat! The Cat!; Unsung Irving Berlin;
D*mn Yankees 1994 Original Broadway Cast Recording
- the above are all various artists, put out by Varese Sarabande; I have 'em 'cos Gregory Jbara's on 'em.
1776 The New Broadway Cast Recording  - because Paul Michael Valley's on it.
Holiday Classics - freebie w/ a box of Chex from a few years back - has Gladys Knight and others on it.
Scattered about the place are some CD's from a "various artists" jazz collection; ditto some various artists Big Band cd's and one or two el cheapo 60s hits various artists cd's.

My 16 year old son has an extensive cd collection; if I want to hear Beatles, Dave Matthews Band, Jewel, Metallica,Third Eye Blind or some 70 or so other artists (including some local Nashville bands), I can raid his stash. heh heh

Parliament/Funkadelic... entire collection
Bootsy Collins... First three albums
RUN-DMC... entire collection
Elton John... Hits Anthology
ELO... Turn To Stone and Midevil (sp?) Woman
Stevie Wonder... all albums except Journeys Through The Secret Life of Plants (yech!!! :doh: )
Eagles... (late 70s/early 80's)
Prince... Purple Rain/Sign Of The Times (except for the really nasty stuff)
Janice Ian... 17 (You know the one... "I learned the truth at seventeen...blah..blah.. blah... Great song! :noddingsmiley:)
Phoebe Snow... Poetry man
Luther Vandross... All 80's and Early 90's
Bar-Kays... Move Your Boogie Body (OK! It was my Pop-Locking days! Give me a break! :doh: )
Garth Brooks... Hits Anthology
Phil Collins... No Jacket Required

I could go on. But you've got to love a guy who can listen to Bootsy Collins and Garth Brooks! :thumbup:

I knew I liked you.
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