What music does Ron Paul like?

[Carson]

I believe he once told an interviewer (2007/8) he liked Cat Stevens. I think it's on video.

Here's one by a cat named Stevens

 

[Revolution9]

You say some funny shit. I tend to have very diverse taste in music. Public Enemy is something I used to let my cooks listen to in the kitchen, Chuck D had a lot to say.

My business partner deals with alot of rap guys from other business dealings...several top players in the field.. and I have done the flash for their site or video work for some for BET Awards. Some of them are frikkin' clownage to the max and pure phony. Others are alright guys. Most of them bug out when I start finger picking my acoustic and ask me why I ain't famous... I was showing one of his pals a few weeks back how I could make rap songs in literally minutes. I rack up the first loop sets in abut five minutes and he likes it but wants it turned back from 120 bpm to about 85 bpm. It immediately fell into a vampire entrainment feel and he was pleased with that. I was like...no frikkin' way..this sucks..literally... and cranked it back to 120 and it pissed him off as much as the 85 bpm did me. I figure the diff is I like my music lively and he likes his feel deadly. At least Public Enemy knew how to deliver a lyric as a lyric with proper syncopation and timing and not some monotonic beatbox somnambulistic drooling.

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[Revolution9]

This is something RP and Carole did actually listen to.

Your Cash Ain't Nothing But Trash by The Clovers


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[specsaregood]

I've also heard one of his favorite songs is Alice's Restaurant by Arlo Gutrie.

yeah and arlo endorsed him. arlo always puts on an entertaining show.

 

[libertybrewcity]

I don't think he listens to much music. I remember an interview a while back and he didn't really have much of an answer when the interviewer ( i think it was that mad cow radio guy) asked him.

 

[specsaregood]

Hah! I had the woodstock dvd playing today and my 1yr old son was rocking out to richie havens, it was his favorite. As soon as Joan Baez came on he curled up and went down for his nap.

 

[Revolution9]

First of all, everyone was kidding.

I know that wiseass. I use certain topics for my trademarked since 07 rants. And I never write a check my ass can't cash.

Here is a piece with theatrical atmosphere called The Trial that I wrote from a Rock Opera, A House Of Cards, composed and recorded as an example. It is poignant in that though written years ago it is similar to the persecution and rebuttal of the RP movement.

[video]http://www.libertyeditions.com/AHOC_mp3/14-The Trial.mp3[/video]

I have had serious issues for the past ten years with playing guitar without pain due to dental malpractice where some clown left a drillbit in my jaw. I can now, just in the past two months play again without pain in my neck and head. Yer wrong about metal being derived from blues. I write alot of metal based on progression or baroque counterpoint. This particular piece is not derived from blues for example.

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[mediahasyou]

 

[specsaregood]

 

[Revolution9]

Hah! I had the woodstock dvd playing today and my 1yr old son was rocking out to richie havens, it was his favorite. As soon as Joan Baez came on he curled up and went down for his nap.

Sounds like me. The worst birthday present I ever got was from my older sister who insisted I have the Sweet Baby James James Taylor album when I told her I wanted the Grand Funk Railroad album with them in the caveman costumes on the cover. I honestly tried to like it and I think I ended up hating it for good. I am kinda like Belushi in Animal House when some "guitar player" starts jingle jangling some lame ass folk music. It's El Kabong time!

My youngest would crawl from anywhere in the house at one year to sit and suck his thumb to Motley Crew's Live Wire video as soon as he heard it. He is now an incredible math metal drummer.

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[Revolution9]

yeah and arlo endorsed him. arlo always puts on an entertaining show.

That is an American folk singer I like. Lively, likable and easily remembered songs and not just about girls or money.

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[specsaregood]

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[Revolution9]

Haha! haven't seen you go off on a rant(pardon--diss and chuckle) in quite some time. Warms the cockles of the heart.

Arrogant and rude (steppin all over the peoples toes)--yet so true

Drooldonkeys!

occasionally bring the drooldonkeys outta the closet. they suit you well!

pappy

Sorry to use you like an old dishrag for my personal pleasure. just cant resist. There will however be no jerking off. I promise!

Why thank you pappy I know the old regs around here get a kick out of the "rants" whilst some of these newer folks don't quite latch onto the Yosemite Sam-ness of the caricaturization. I get a kick out of writing them. I take a puff and let the fingers roll, doll it up a bit and sometimes I am afraid to see what came of it..heh.. But let's face it. There are certain sacred cows that certainly need a good ol' streetcorner skewering.

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[Revolution9]

My wife's still mad cuz whenever i take my banjo off the wall the boy gets all excited and claps and chatters. When she gets her guitar out he just yawns and watches. And she's 10x the musician I am.

She just needs to paint a huge Awesome Face on her guitar.

HTH
Rev9

 

[specsaregood]

She just needs to paint a huge Awesome Face on her guitar.
HTH
Rev9

Well, I never said t was a fair competition, the awesome face certainly helps. Plus it doesn't hurt that he gets to bang on the head when I'm playing.

 

[Revolution9]

C
And lastly... to people like Revolution9 and I guess yourself.. music is secondary to the musician and the effort,

What a load of bodewashery and gardyloo. The primary reason I don't like certain so called music is because it is acclaimed due to ego trips and not actual musicianship. You sound like some half baked rock critic or hip hop pundit trying to cover for your industry..

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[Revolution9]

Well, I never said t was a fair competition, the awesome face certainly helps. Plus it doesn't hurt that he gets to bang on the head when I'm playing.

Teach him this



I love this breakdown. I want to learn it on guitar.

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[doronster195]

Having gone through the rollercoaster ride that is this thread I have a few things to say:
1) Although I would like to think Ron Paul is on the cutting edge of music, I'm sure he probably likes the classics.
2) Generalizing that rap music is all untalented simpletons is wrong -- If it was easy anyone would be able to do it and make millions, so why wouldn't you? There's a lot of rap that is not on the radio, but even the rap that's on the radio has a particular uniqueness and skill to it. The compositions of the beats are often as complex as many other "good" genres. But Rap music also requires something more of the artist other than music talent -- it requires a relatable and confident personality. Its not a trait everyone has, and the most successful rappers are ones that are able to express relatable content in a confident manner that generates admiration from their fans. Also, much of the music on the radio today, is popular music. Popular music is not intended to stimulate your neurotransmitters, its intended to make you dance. If you're looking for an intellectual rap you can find it -- Immortal Technique would likely fit in with the Ron Paul crowd, though he does get a bit too conspiracy theorist to me.


Much of what Immortal Technique says is similar to what Ron Paul and this community discusses. I don't agree with everything he says, but he does make you think in the same way Ron Paul does.


Let me clarify, I'm not a 911 truther, and I think that truthers make the campaign look bad. I just wanted to prove a point.

 

[heavenlyboy34]

The word 'music' itself is disgusting because it implies that sound made with a human's intent is more valuable than, let's say, sounds made by the natural world.

Zuh? Firstly, we use the word "music" to mean sounds that are purposefully played specifically for the purpose of artistic expression and/or commercial purpose. When we incorporate "natural" sounds into a composition, it is called musique concrete. It's a legitimate medium, but more practical in recorded music than live music. Hell, there are opera scores that call for "wind machine" and "anvils".

 

[Revolution9]

I'm actually a guitarist, keyboardist and a singer and in case you think I'm bull shitting here is me playing a while ago

I wasn't too good back then, but you cant disrespect someone because they enjoy different music than you.

By the way, you sir are trash.

Concentrate on the instruments. The rap thing is an ego trip. Fame is but a vapor, a fortune can be lost in an instant but true character continues forever. And..yes I can disrespect a type of music. The loud, all hours of the night, vampire drone beats, cussing for no reason except they needed a syllable to take up a beat or three, dissing on women and promoting street violence with gangsta drivel drove me out of my 30 year neighborhood into the north Georgia mountains so I wouldn't ever have to put up with that shit waking me again in the middle of the night. The rap catering head shop would blast rap talking about getting their dick sucked by bitches and they betta bring me my money while ladies with babies in strollers were walking by cringing. The idiots would blast rap when there was concerts in the square 50 feet from their door. Fucking rude pricks.

By the way sir. I am not trash. I am just opinionated and the opinion is based on real world reaction and you don't like that. You wouldn't believe the shit I had to go through to get a nights sleep some nights. We are talking having to use hockey sticks and baseball bats against ten or twenty to back them from coming into my yard when told to shut the music down one night. Rap sir..is trash. I see what it had done to my old neighborhood. It is a psy op.

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