The wonderful group from Liverpool - John, Paul, George and Ringo - the Beatles, is in my opinion one
of the best things that have happened in music in the twentieth century.
They have written and performed great songs of many different generes in about a decade
of their existance. After the group has broken up, its members, most noticably
John Lennon, have continued writing and singing wonderful songs.
I can't really say which of the Beatles songs I like the best. I like the quiet songs (like "The Fool on the Hill", and "Julia"), the louder songs (like "Happiness is a Warm Gun"), the famous songs (like "When I'm 64"), and even many of the earlier songs (like "If I Fell"). Since I have on CD all the 15 Beatles albums, I can safely say that each and every one of them is worth having.
I really love to listen to classical music, from the Baroque and earier, to
twentieth century orchestral music like Mahler's.
I have a large collection of classical CDs, to which I usually listen at
least an hour a day. My collection includes pieces by over 80 composers,
and I really like many of them. However, my personal favorite composer
is probably Ludwig van Beethoven (whose picture you can see on the right), who has written
countless beautiful pieces. Some of the other composers I like are Dvorak,
Tchaikowski, and Schubert, but as I said there are many other very good
composers. Besides being beautiful, relaxing, and complex, the best thing about
classical music is that I can listen to the same piece over and over, enjoying
it more instead of getting tried of it.
After reading I like classical music, you might be suprised to hear that I like Rap music.
Indeed, rap doesn't have such complex melodies, or even a complex anything.
However, I still really like to listen to rap music, especially when I am
in a mood when I don't want to relax. I like rap's capturing rythms, and
I sometimes like to look at the lyrics - although they usually have something
to do with drugs and cops. It was my brother
who first got me acquainted with rap music, when we were staying in the US.
The first rap CD I got was Bel Biv Devoe's 1990 album "Poison", which was
still quite melodic. I have a very small collection of rap CDs, since I
tend to get tired of rap songs after having listened to them too many times.
My latest favorite rapper is Nas, whose picture you can see on the right.
Since the Beatles, there have been a number of very good singers and
bands that have left their mark, unlike the countless singers and
"pop" groups that have been forgotten a year after their only hit song
was released.
These still important bands and singers include Don McLean (whose picture
you see on the right), Donovan, The Beach Boys, Pink Floyd, The Stranglers,
Queen, and many many more. Some of them are not really "old", but none of them
are something you'd expect to find in MTV. I don't like older music,
from before the 60s. In Israei, we have a very good radio station called
Galgaltz which plays mostly such immortal songs (and some new
songs too).
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