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song recommendations wanted (got gift cards for MP3 player)
« on: June 19, 2008, 08:18:36 PM »
Well, I got a pair of Zune gift cards totalling $50 (can purchase up to 50 songs) for my birthday.

I'm trying to break out of my country/southern rock shell, so any suggestions would be great.  ;) 


PS, it will probably be awhile before I can download any songs.  I'm downloading an episode of Ghost Hunters  right now (mostly as an experiment to test the 80 GB Zune's video capability), and it's taking FOREVER (mostly has to do with the apartment's shitty internet connection)!  :censored:   I need a beer... anyone got any?  :-)
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Re: song recommendations wanted (got gift cards for MP3 player)
« Reply #1 on: June 19, 2008, 08:22:00 PM »
I am interested in this thread as I need some good music to load my zune as well.
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Re: song recommendations wanted (got gift cards for MP3 player)
« Reply #2 on: June 19, 2008, 08:23:17 PM »
Try "Is That All There Is?" by Peggy Lee. 
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Re: song recommendations wanted (got gift cards for MP3 player)
« Reply #3 on: June 19, 2008, 08:45:13 PM »
Is a Zune better then an Ipod?

Serious question, I don't know...my 8-track walkman is getting a little heavy....back in the day 24lbs was not bad for a walkman...

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« Reply #4 on: June 19, 2008, 08:46:04 PM »
Thanks, BC.   I see some good ones in that list that deserve to be on my Zune  (I've heard most of them...)   :)

However, a friend of mine is going to loan me his Led Zeppelin cds for ripping to the mp3 player, so I'll be getting that for free.   :-)
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Re: song recommendations wanted (got gift cards for MP3 player)
« Reply #5 on: June 19, 2008, 08:48:24 PM »
Stone Temple Pilots:  Creep, Interstate Love Song
Deftones:  Shove It, Change (In the House of Flies)
The Postal Service:  Such Great Heights, Sleeping In, Brand New Colony
Beck:  The New Pollution, Debra
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Re: song recommendations wanted (got gift cards for MP3 player)
« Reply #6 on: June 19, 2008, 08:48:44 PM »
Quote from: RobJohnson on June 19, 2008, 08:45:13 PM
Is a Zune better then an Ipod?

Serious question, I don't know...my 8-track walkman is getting a little heavy....back in the day 24lbs was not bad for a walkman...



Oooh, now ya done it.  We're going to have a Zune vs. iPod war on our hands, thanks to you.  :p 

The Zune kicks ass, btw.    :bolt:
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Re: song recommendations wanted (got gift cards for MP3 player)
« Reply #7 on: June 19, 2008, 08:50:11 PM »
I'm drinking a Bud Light Lime right now. You're welcome to have one.  :cheersmate:

As far as tunage goes, I mostly listen to a Christian station...Casting Crowns, David Crowder Band...that sort of thing.
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Re: song recommendations wanted (got gift cards for MP3 player)
« Reply #8 on: June 19, 2008, 08:52:10 PM »
Quote from: ACrazyConservative on June 19, 2008, 08:48:44 PM
Quote from: RobJohnson on June 19, 2008, 08:45:13 PM
Is a Zune better then an Ipod?

Serious question, I don't know...my 8-track walkman is getting a little heavy....back in the day 24lbs was not bad for a walkman...



Oooh, now ya done it.  We're going to have a Zune vs. iPod war on our hands, thanks to you.  :p 

The Zune kicks ass, btw.    :bolt:

Are they both about the same price? Easy to use, etc??? If so I will just buy a zune.
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Re: song recommendations wanted (got gift cards for MP3 player)
« Reply #9 on: June 19, 2008, 08:55:28 PM »
Quote from: jendf on June 19, 2008, 08:50:11 PM
I'm drinking a Bud Light Lime right now. You're welcome to have one.  :cheersmate:

As far as tunage goes, I mostly listen to a Christian station...Casting Crowns, David Crowder Band...that sort of thing.

Is the beer good? I had the Miller w/lime....it was yummy...

I just had a Casting Crowns CD in.....I love the song "if we are the body"

Now I am listening to Blondies Greatest Hits........."call me" still rocks!
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Re: song recommendations wanted (got gift cards for MP3 player)
« Reply #10 on: June 19, 2008, 08:57:53 PM »
Quote from: jendf on June 19, 2008, 08:50:11 PM
I'm drinking a Bud Light Lime right now. You're welcome to have one.  :cheersmate:

As far as tunage goes, I mostly listen to a Christian station...Casting Crowns, David Crowder Band...that sort of thing.

I've never had the beer with lime in it... I'll have to try it one of these days.

That's something else I needed to check into...some Christian rock.   I have yet to check, but I'm hoping the Zune Marketplace has music from Skillet available.  (I'm still waiting on that damn download to finish).

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Re: song recommendations wanted (got gift cards for MP3 player)
« Reply #11 on: June 19, 2008, 09:03:13 PM »
Quote from: RobJohnson on June 19, 2008, 08:52:10 PM
Quote from: ACrazyConservative on June 19, 2008, 08:48:44 PM
Quote from: RobJohnson on June 19, 2008, 08:45:13 PM
Is a Zune better then an Ipod?

Serious question, I don't know...my 8-track walkman is getting a little heavy....back in the day 24lbs was not bad for a walkman...



Oooh, now ya done it.  We're going to have a Zune vs. iPod war on our hands, thanks to you.  :p 

The Zune kicks ass, btw.    :bolt:

Are they both about the same price? Easy to use, etc??? If so I will just buy a zune.

Depends on what size you want... I have the 80 GB, which is $250 (mine was a Christmas present).  I'm never going to be able to fill it up, though.   :lmao:

They range in size from 4, 8, 30 and 80 GB (with the price range running from $130 to $250). 

If you want smaller and cheaper than that, you may have to go with an iPod.  Microsoft hasn't developed anything smaller than the 4 GB Zune yet. 
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Re: song recommendations wanted (got gift cards for MP3 player)
« Reply #12 on: June 19, 2008, 09:11:19 PM »
A second episode of Ghost Hunters would be my suggestion.  That's a great show  :cheersmate:
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Re: song recommendations wanted (got gift cards for MP3 player)
« Reply #13 on: June 19, 2008, 09:12:24 PM »
Explore 70s (the entire decade) music if you haven`t yet.
There are sounds and styles for everyone.
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Re: song recommendations wanted (got gift cards for MP3 player)
« Reply #14 on: June 19, 2008, 09:14:06 PM »
Quote from: Red October on June 19, 2008, 09:11:19 PM
A second episode of Ghost Hunters would be my suggestion.  That's a great show  :cheersmate:

I'm downloading one I haven't seen yet, from season 3, when they visited Ireland.   I'm hoping it's worth it. :popcorn:

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Re: song recommendations wanted (got gift cards for MP3 player)
« Reply #15 on: June 19, 2008, 09:15:18 PM »
PS, for those who also own Zunes, I have to ask y'all a question:  That points system in the Zune Marketplace is teh ghey, is it not?  :mental:
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Re: song recommendations wanted (got gift cards for MP3 player)
« Reply #16 on: June 19, 2008, 09:29:37 PM »
Quote from: ACrazyConservative on June 19, 2008, 09:03:13 PM
Quote from: RobJohnson on June 19, 2008, 08:52:10 PM
Quote from: ACrazyConservative on June 19, 2008, 08:48:44 PM
Quote from: RobJohnson on June 19, 2008, 08:45:13 PM
Is a Zune better then an Ipod?

Serious question, I don't know...my 8-track walkman is getting a little heavy....back in the day 24lbs was not bad for a walkman...



Oooh, now ya done it.  We're going to have a Zune vs. iPod war on our hands, thanks to you.  :p 

The Zune kicks ass, btw.    :bolt:

Are they both about the same price? Easy to use, etc??? If so I will just buy a zune.

Depends on what size you want... I have the 80 GB, which is $250 (mine was a Christmas present).  I'm never going to be able to fill it up, though.   :lmao:

They range in size from 4, 8, 30 and 80 GB (with the price range running from $130 to $250). 

If you want smaller and cheaper than that, you may have to go with an iPod.  Microsoft hasn't developed anything smaller than the 4 GB Zune yet. 

well my mom always asks me what I want for Christmas and never know what to say, so I could say Zune and she would say WTF?

She would think it was a zune buggy for the desert....LOL

yeah, I am spoiled....freaking big time...don't tell anyone....I love my mom
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Re: song recommendations wanted (got gift cards for MP3 player)
« Reply #17 on: June 19, 2008, 09:30:18 PM »
How's this for diversity... these are all albums I HAD to have on my iPod when my wife got me my 80 GB last Christmas:

Moody Blues: Days of Future Passed (<-- the full length version of Nights in White Satin is the most majestic song ever)

Miles Davis: Kind of Blue

Alison Krauss & Union Station: Live

Entire Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin catalouge (honestly, how can anyone go wrong there?)

Rolling Stones: Sticky Fingers and Exile on Main Street (I'll never get tired of Can't You Hear Me Knockin, Wild Horses, Tumbling Dice, and Sweet Virginia)... in fact, I got Fourty Licks because they just have too many good songs not to get the most up to date greatest hits collection

The Beatles: Help (you gotta Hide Your Love Away) and the White Album (while my guitar gently weeps)

Any collection of Tchaikovsky works (Nutcracker selections, the 1812 Festival Overture, it tickles my inner culture-snob, what can I say)

There's tons more.  I could go on and on about what I've got on my iPod  :hyper: :-)

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Re: song recommendations wanted (got gift cards for MP3 player)
« Reply #18 on: June 19, 2008, 09:31:27 PM »
you gotta get some boy george
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Re: song recommendations wanted (got gift cards for MP3 player)
« Reply #19 on: June 19, 2008, 09:32:23 PM »
Quote from: ACrazyConservative on June 19, 2008, 09:14:06 PM
Quote from: Red October on June 19, 2008, 09:11:19 PM
A second episode of Ghost Hunters would be my suggestion.  That's a great show  :cheersmate:

I'm downloading one I haven't seen yet, from season 3, when they visited Ireland.   I'm hoping it's worth it. :popcorn:



Oh yeah, that's a good one.  That and Waverly Sanatorium are my personal faves.
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Re: song recommendations wanted (got gift cards for MP3 player)
« Reply #20 on: June 19, 2008, 09:36:20 PM »
Quote from: Red October on June 19, 2008, 09:30:18 PM
How's this for diversity... these are all albums I HAD to have on my iPod when my wife got me my 80 GB last Christmas:

Moody Blues: Days of Future Passed (<-- the full length version of Nights in White Satin is the most majestic song ever)

Miles Davis: Kind of Blue

Alison Krauss & Union Station: Live

Entire Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin catalouge (honestly, how can anyone go wrong there?)

Rolling Stones: Sticky Fingers and Exile on Main Street (I'll never get tired of Can't You Hear Me Knockin, Wild Horses, Tumbling Dice, and Sweet Virginia)... in fact, I got Fourty Licks because they just have too many good songs not to get the most up to date greatest hits collection

The Beatles: Help (you gotta Hide Your Love Away) and the White Album (while my guitar gently weeps)

Any collection of Tchaikovsky works (Nutcracker selections, the 1812 Festival Overture, it tickles my inner culture-snob, what can I say)

There's tons more.  I could go on and on about what I've got on my iPod  :hyper: :-)



Oh, how I LOVE Allison Krauss and Union Station.   :)    They have never put out any bad music...it's ALL been wonderful.
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Re: song recommendations wanted (got gift cards for MP3 player)
« Reply #21 on: June 19, 2008, 09:38:06 PM »
Get "Die, MF'er Die" by Dope......


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Re: song recommendations wanted (got gift cards for MP3 player)
« Reply #22 on: June 19, 2008, 09:40:01 PM »
Quote from: ACrazyConservative on June 19, 2008, 09:36:20 PM
Quote from: Red October on June 19, 2008, 09:30:18 PM
How's this for diversity... these are all albums I HAD to have on my iPod when my wife got me my 80 GB last Christmas:

Moody Blues: Days of Future Passed (<-- the full length version of Nights in White Satin is the most majestic song ever)

Miles Davis: Kind of Blue

Alison Krauss & Union Station: Live

Entire Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin catalouge (honestly, how can anyone go wrong there?)

Rolling Stones: Sticky Fingers and Exile on Main Street (I'll never get tired of Can't You Hear Me Knockin, Wild Horses, Tumbling Dice, and Sweet Virginia)... in fact, I got Fourty Licks because they just have too many good songs not to get the most up to date greatest hits collection

The Beatles: Help (you gotta Hide Your Love Away) and the White Album (while my guitar gently weeps)

Any collection of Tchaikovsky works (Nutcracker selections, the 1812 Festival Overture, it tickles my inner culture-snob, what can I say)

There's tons more.  I could go on and on about what I've got on my iPod  :hyper: :-)



Oh, how I LOVE Allison Krauss and Union Station.   :)    They have never put out any bad music...it's ALL been wonderful.

This is true, they're an excellent group.  But I feel they're live album was a cut above the rest.  Their high-water mark, if you will. 
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Re: song recommendations wanted (got gift cards for MP3 player)
« Reply #23 on: June 19, 2008, 09:40:14 PM »
Quote from: RobJohnson on June 19, 2008, 09:31:27 PM
you gotta get some boy george

 :mental: :lmao:  I don't think so.
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Re: song recommendations wanted (got gift cards for MP3 player)
« Reply #24 on: June 19, 2008, 09:43:39 PM »
Quote from: Thor on June 19, 2008, 09:38:06 PM
Get "Die, MF'er Die" by Dope......


Red October, you MUST be OLD!!!  :tongue:

:old:  Kids these days!  Gimme a glass of whiskey on the rocks with some smooth late night jazz any day.  Or a Sam Adams Boston Lager and some classic rock. 

Or bowl of Cali bud and some dope-ass gansta beats... I can do it all!

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