BBC Sherlock Fan Forum - Serving Sherlockians since February 2012 / What music do you hear?

**Posted by Mary Me** January 9, 2013 4:32 pm

I'm listening to Evanescence and Disturbed, when I'm at mood. Usually I listen to Hip Hop, german and american, or soundtracks from different series.

**Posted by Davina** January 9, 2013 10:00 pm

I must say I enjoy some of the Hip Hop and Rap that my son plays, especially some of the French rap. I also admire much of Macklemore's work.

**Posted by Mary Me** January 9, 2013 11:04 pm

Davina wrote:
I must say I enjoy some of the Hip Hop and Rap that my son plays, especially some of the French rap. I also admire much of Macklemore's work.

Hehe :D
I must say it's of course not for everyone, but for me this kind of music is honest. I don't like the whole mainstream � la Katy Perry, Rihanna, whoever...

**Posted by Davina** January 10, 2013 1:11 pm

My son really likes Drake as well. Daughter is the Macklemore fan (she's even had a Tweet from him...excited much? Nah! )

**Posted by Hera** January 11, 2013 6:28 pm

I listen to a wide range of rock... really everything with someone singing, and someone holding a guitar. Also, the occasional bit of other genres.

**Posted by Mell92** January 16, 2013 4:21 pm

I like rock the best. Some of my favourite bands are Green Day, Rise Against, Imagine Dragons, Fall Out Boy (oh, how I miss FOB), My Chemical Romance, etc.
I also like a couple of artists that are completely different in genre: Owl City, Mika (most of his work), Fun, Adam Lambert, etc.
Then there are the broadway musicals Mostly 'Wicked'. And Glee, of course.
And then the complete opposite of my 'rock music': Disney classics Love Disney songs.
I also like movie soundtracks by Hans Zimmer.

**Posted by Mattlocked** January 16, 2013 4:38 pm

Mary Me wrote:
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I don't like the whole mainstream � la Katy Perry, Rihanna, whoever...

Same here. Very few songs that I like sometimes. That's why it's really hard to bear that we have a radio in the office..... All the same the whole day long..............................................................

**Posted by Jacco111** January 21, 2013 11:18 pm

Bob dylan, dire straits, johnny cash also metal like nightwish or within temptation, indie rock, also celtic music like enya or gwyneth glyn, and soundtracks if they are epic.

**Posted by ShadyBaggins** January 22, 2013 7:09 am

Maybe I'm one of the few that enjoy hip-hop/rap. They're one of my favorite genres. I listen to almost everything - rock, metal, jazz, blues, soundtrack, pop - depends on my mood. I don't really like the current mainstream artists that are out - I rarely like a song by them.

**Posted by Mary Me** January 23, 2013 6:25 pm

ShadyBaggins wrote:
Maybe I'm one of the few that enjoy hip-hop/rap. They're one of my favorite genres. I listen to almost everything - rock, metal, jazz, blues, soundtrack, pop - depends on my mood. I don't really like the current mainstream artists that are out - I rarely like a song by them.

Yay! Another one!

**Posted by Lily** February 25, 2013 1:38 am

I mostly listen to indie rock or alternative rock. I don't really have many favorite bands, my music collection is a mix of many different interpreters. Oddly enough I get into most songs via fanvideos. I watch a lot of those on Youtube and I already found so many great songs by doing so. The only 'negative' side effect is that I can barely listen to any song without seeing scenes from Sherlock because I always make the connection to those videos. ;)

Some examples of bands/interpreters that I like are The xx, Placebo, Muse, Massive Attack, The Script, The Fray, Andrew Bird, Dillon, Florence and the Machine, Of Monsters and Men, Marina and the Diamonds, Mumford and Sons, Blackmail, Ellie Goulding and Owl City.

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**Posted by Mary Me** February 25, 2013 9:24 am

Lily wrote:
I mostly listen to indie rock or alternative rock. I don't really have many favorite bands, my music collection is a mix of many different interpreters. Oddly enough I get into most songs via fanvideos. I watch a lot of those on Youtube and I already found so many great songs by doing so.

I can stand you so well. Same thing with me. Through those fanvidos, it even happens that I am beginning to like the songs I had not liked previously, but I can make a connection then and suddenly it makes sense.

**Posted by Lily** February 25, 2013 10:45 pm

Mary Me wrote:
Lily wrote:
I mostly listen to indie rock or alternative rock. I don't really have many favorite bands, my music collection is a mix of many different interpreters. Oddly enough I get into most songs via fanvideos. I watch a lot of those on Youtube and I already found so many great songs by doing so.
I can stand you so well. Same thing with me. Through those fanvidos, it even happens that I am beginning to like the songs I had not liked previously, but I can make a connection then and suddenly it makes sense.

It's the same with me!

Last edited by Lily (February 25, 2013 10:45 pm)

**Posted by sherlockskitty** March 28, 2013 11:47 pm

I don't know if I've said this before, but I really like Celtic Thunder and Celtic Woman music groups. I've seen most of their programs on My PBS stations. I did rent some dvds that I hadn't seen, but those weren't captioned or subtitled. But I enjoy their songs, thanks to the captioning thru PBS, and their songs are contemporary I think. Isle of Tears, Isle of Hope is the one about Ellis Island. I loved CT's New special, called Mythology. Keith Harkin reminds me of John Denver.

**Posted by Sampy Arctica** April 2, 2013 5:24 am

Haha. I thought this was going to be one of those "What are you listening to now?" threads and was going to tell you all about how I was watching Judge Judy. Which I've ended up doing regardless, heh.

As for favourite artists, my musical taste is a little all over the place. I was raised on country and trucking music, while also having a tase for classical as I used to play piano growing up, I also love metal of all sorts, although melodic metal is probably one of my favourite genres (European folk metal - eg Ensiferum, Turisas, Eluveitie, etc), and I also quite enjoy kpop. I also like Il Divo.

So...if I had to list some artists...

Sonata Arctica
Turisas
Eluveitie
AFI
Avenged Sevenfold (pre-City of Evil)
Ensiferum
Moonsorrow
Kamelot
Super Junior
SHINee
LEDApple
Block B

Etc and so on.

**Posted by Davina** April 2, 2013 3:31 pm

Really enjoy Bastille. Introduced to him, as usual, by my daughter.

**Posted by mara** May 7, 2013 4:40 pm

I mainly listen to singer/songwriter, folk, indie, etc. music.
At the moment that includes singers/bands like Marcus Foster, Johnny Flynn, Ben Howard, Matthew & the Atlas, Joker & the Thief (oh that saxophone!) , Laura Marling, Noah & the Whale, Josh Ritter (great storyteller), Dan Mangan, Youth Group, Decemberists, Long Winters, Band of Horses, Catherine Feeny, Joe Purdy, Lisa Hannigan, Damien Rice, Eels, Frightened Rabbit, Angus & Julia Stone, Bright Eyes, Shout Out Louds, Wilco . . . just to name a few

I never listen to the radio and always buy the CD as I don't like mp3 .

Last edited by mara (May 7, 2013 4:42 pm)

**Posted by Zann** June 19, 2013 4:01 pm

I'm young (14 ;) but I like (now) oldschool music. My favourites are: Pearl Jam, U2, Jeff Buckley, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nirvana... I don't like techno, disco, hip hop...
Cassical music? I'm not into it, but when I hear this kind of music I am a bit thoughtful ;)

**Posted by Pav** October 12, 2013 7:36 pm

My favourite group is Blackmore's Night (wikipedia says it's traditional folk rock) I love them they're amazing!!!

**Posted by sherlocked4ever** January 8, 2014 7:23 pm

I like movie soundtracks the most, followed by slow music from the 80's and 90's. I hear what I like, there are some modern songs, too, or really old ones.