Poll: The best elevator music EVER!

[mr_pikachu]

It's time for another one of my crazy polls! Today's subject is... music!


--GENERAL SECTION--

1. What do you think about music lately? (As in, too childish, too "adult", too much rap, pop, rock, hip hop, country, etc. Or is it just right?)

2. What is your favorite style of music, and why?

3. What's your opinion of the newly-named "kissing cousins" (aka Britney Spears and Madonna). And please, don't start spouting flames. Wouldn't want to burn my shirt.

4. Are you an avid listener of a certain band, or theme of music? (By theme I mean Final Fantasy soundtracks, Pokemon soundtracks, holding a Game Boy up to your ear for an hour, etc.)

5. What's your favorite topic in music?

--POKEMONIZED SECTION--

6. Do you own any Pokemon music CD's? If so, how many, and which ones?

7. What is your favorite song on a Pokemon CD?

8. What is your favorite theme from the Pokemon anime? (i.e. the original, Orange Islands, Johto Journeys, etc. themes)

9. What song, if any, do you think should NOT have been included on any of the Pokemon CD's? Why do you feel the way you do?

10. Would you consider buying more Pokemon CD's, if they came out? Why or why not?



And my answers:


1. Honestly, I think the music industry's gotten too caught up in the "adult" image. I'd rather go back to the days of fifty trillion boy bands than see some of the newer stuff.

2. Other than Pokemon, I'd have to say classical. Yes, I'm weird. So sue me.

3. I don't mind if those ladies do stuff in their spare time, but I think kissing is out of place during a nationally televised awards show, whether it's heterosexual, homosexual, etc. (I hate to think of what you could come up with for "etc", but I'm sure there's something.)

4. I'm a huge fan of the Pokemon CD's. I've also got a friend who has all the Final Fantasy soundtracks (hence my mentioning it in the question).

5. Probably goal-oriented, positive stuff. I'm not into the "kill, hate, destroy" stuff myself, though I'm sure some people can relate.

6. I own every one I could get my hands on. Let's see... 2 B. A. Master, Pokemon the First Movie soundtrack, Pokemon 2000 soundtrack, Pokemon 3 soundtrack, Totally Pokemon, and Pokemon Christmas Bash. That amounts to six (which just happens to be the number of this question! Wow!).

7. Probably "Dreams" on the Pokemon 2000 CD (track 2), though Wonderland and Flying Without Wings (tracks 4 and 7, same CD) come pretty close. I also get a kick out of some of the old 2 B. A. Master songs, and Brock's dilemma in "Two Perfect Girls" on the Pokemon 3 CD (can't remember which track, though I do know it also has a karaoke version) was great.

8. Well, I always seem to like the newer themes better than the ones before, but for some reason I've always enjoyed the Orange Islands theme. I want to take the ultimate step, have the courage to be full... to risk it all, and not forget, the lessons that I hold... I wanna go where no one's been, far beyond the ground... to learn the way to take command, to use the power that's in my hand... *trails off dreamily*

9. Ugh, I have always hated "Dance of the Bellossom" on the Pokemon 2000 CD (track 15). Really, hearing the Pokemon chant their names means nothing, even to the biggest fan, without seeing what's going on. Plus, if you have a non-Pokefan in the car, while most of the other songs make perfect sense even out of context, Pokemon noises wouldn't make sense to anyone who didn't watch the show. I would have rather the anime version of the Orange Islands theme taken up that space. Of course, I can't say I like the karaoke songs much better on the Pokemon 3 CD, but "Dance of the Bellossom" can be downright irritating if played at the wrong moment. (Note to self: NEVER turn on CD player with friends in the car!)

10. Most definitely. Heck, I've even started a thread in General Discussion over my search for the newer CD's!

[ChicRocketJames]

1. What do you think about music lately? (As in, too childish, too "adult", too much rap, pop, rock, hip hop, country, etc. Or is it just right?)
I know I'm sick to death of reality tv show wannabes using up their fifteen minutes of fame to pollute the world with bad cover versions. Apart from that, I'm mostly indifferent.

2. What is your favorite style of music, and why?
I like musicals. ^^; Not crap like The Sound Of Music, but creative, funny, original stuff like Little Shop Of Horrors. As for why, it's hard to say. I just generally like the songs more, and I find the voices a lot more impressive than the latest reedy popstar.

3. What's your opinion of the newly-named "kissing cousins" (aka Britney Spears and Madonna). And please, don't start spouting flames. Wouldn't want to burn my shirt.
I'm not sure what this refers to ... did they kiss or something? I think I heard that. Meh, lesbians are pretty boring to me, fake ones even more so.

4. Are you an avid listener of a certain band, or theme of music? (By theme I mean Final Fantasy soundtracks, Pokemon soundtracks, holding a Game Boy up to your ear for an hour, etc.)
I know all the broadway, off-broadway and movie versions of Little Shop Of Horrors off by heart. Does that count?

5. What's your favorite topic in music?
What?

6. Do you own any Pokemon music CD's? If so, how many, and which ones?
No. I want a copy of the very first CD so I can own "Double Trouble", it's awesome!

7. What is your favorite song on a Pokemon CD?
Double Trouble. I especially loved how they used to feature it on Kareokemon, with clips of all the various mottos and stuff.

8. What is your favorite theme from the Pokemon anime? (i.e. the original, Orange Islands, Johto Journeys, etc. themes)
Definately the first one. It sounds like one of those classic retro 80's cartoon themes from my childhood, and it had the coolest TR clip ("in this world we must defeeeend"). All the others have been a bit blah.

9. What song, if any, do you think should NOT have been included on any of the Pokemon CD's? Why do you feel the way you do?
Probably most of them, except "Double Trouble".

10. Would you consider buying more Pokemon CD's, if they came out? Why or why not?
Nah. There's only one song I ever wanted to own, and I've already said what that is, so....

[Indecent Exposure]

1. There's a lot of crap out recently, but then again, there's been a lot of really good stuff too. I don't think it's particulary fantastic or bad overall. Just average, as usual.

2. I don't really have a favorite style of music, as I'll pretty much listen to anything I think sounds good. But that's generally more in the rock direction (rock of all sorts really). Although I wouldn't really call it my favorite genre, it's probably the one I get most enjoyment from.

3. Meh. What I hate most about publicity stunts like this is the media hype around them, saying how much of a bad idea these sort of stunts are. Of course without even realising it, they're giving them the exact exposure they were hoping for... idiots.

4. I sort of go between bands constantly, the only band I've really stayed listening to constantly for a long period of time is Blink 182. BTW, nice list for this Q McGraw... apart from radiohead :p

5. Generally anything thats written by the performers I don't mind if it's a soppy love song, as long as they really feel it. I don't have a favorite topic, unless I'm in a certain mood.

6. No.

7. I'm gonna guess the original theme was on one, so that, cos it rocked

8. The original one.

9. All of them?

10. No, mainly because the songs are not of high enough quality to spend money on. Some are ok, but not worth buying.

[RedStarWarrior]

1. What do you think about music lately? (As in, too childish, too "adult", too much rap, pop, rock, hip hop, country, etc. Or is it just right?)
I don't really pay attention to the music scene.

2. What is your favorite style of music, and why?
I like many styles. It just depends from song to song.

3. What's your opinion of the newly-named "kissing cousins" (aka Britney Spears and Madonna). And please, don't start spouting flames. Wouldn't want to burn my shirt.
I am tired of just Britney and Madonna recieving all the publicity over that, what about Christina? She was there too.

4. Are you an avid listener of a certain band, or theme of music? (By theme I mean Final Fantasy soundtracks, Pokemon soundtracks, holding a Game Boy up to your ear for an hour, etc.)
I listen to many bands.

5. What's your favorite topic in music?
Death?

--POKEMONIZED SECTION--

6. Do you own any Pokemon music CD's? If so, how many, and which ones?
No.

7. What is your favorite song on a Pokemon CD?
*shrugs*

8. What is your favorite theme from the Pokemon anime? (i.e. the original, Orange Islands, Johto Journeys, etc. themes)
The original is the best, IMO.

9. What song, if any, do you think should NOT have been included on any of the Pokemon CD's? Why do you feel the way you do?
I don't know.

10. Would you consider buying more Pokemon CD's, if they came out? Why or why not?
No, I don't buy Pokémon CDs.

[phaedrus]

--GENERAL SECTION--

1. What do you think about music lately? (As in, too childish, too "adult", too much rap, pop, rock, hip hop, country, etc. Or is it just right?)
rap sucks. so does pop. go rock.
2. What is your favorite style of music, and why?
rock. period. there's no need to explain.
3. What's your opinion of the newly-named "kissing cousins" (aka Britney Spears and Madonna). And please, don't start spouting flames. Wouldn't want to burn my shirt.
nothing. standard lesbian action. only mtv likes to do that. or the people at the super bowl.
4. Are you an avid listener of a certain band, or theme of music? (By theme I mean Final Fantasy soundtracks, Pokemon soundtracks, holding a Game Boy up to your ear for an hour, etc.)
Jet, blink-182, Queen, Green Day, The Vines, stuff like that.
5. What's your favorite topic in music?
does there need to be one?
--POKEMONIZED SECTION--

6. Do you own any Pokemon music CD's? If so, how many, and which ones?
1 burned copy of the first movie's soundtrack. =P
7. What is your favorite song on a Pokemon CD?
dunno. haven't kept up.
8. What is your favorite theme from the Pokemon anime? (i.e. the original, Orange Islands, Johto Journeys, etc. themes)
look up sonny, the sun's up. (aka see above answer)
9. What song, if any, do you think should NOT have been included on any of the Pokemon CD's? Why do you feel the way you do?
look up sonny, you should've last time (aka see above answer from the above answer)
10. Would you consider buying more Pokemon CD's, if they came out? Why or why not?
this is getting too damn annoying to keep typing 'look up sonny' so i'm stoppin here.

EDIT: OMG I FORGOT TO ADD THE VINES!!!![/hystairykal]

[DarkTemplarZ]

1) It sucks pretty much.

2) New Wave rocks. Some of the underrated punk groups like Lagwagon, Goldfinger, and Rise Against are cool too.

3) umm yea whatever. I didn't get what was so special about that, two girls made purely out of plastic kissing, wow, amazing.

4) I listen to lots of different bands.

5) However I'm feeling at the moment

6) no

7) N/A

8) Orange Islands and Johto League Champions were by far the best IMO.

9) N/A

10) N/A

[Krystalline Kabutops]

--GENERAL SECTION--

1. .....

2. Linkin Park, but I dunno what type that is....

3. I don't really give a crap either way.

4. Like I said, Linkin Park. I also like Play, so shoot me

5. o.O;

--POKEMONIZED SECTION--

6. 2, Pokemon 1st Movie and Pokemon 2000

7. I dunno what it's called, it's the really sad one near the end of the 1st movie.

8. The one at the beggining of the 3rd movie where Ash is fighting the girl with the Aipom.

9. Can't name one, sorry.

10. Yes, because the ones I currently own are good, so I'm guessing that the others are too.

[en0miz]

1. What do you think about music lately? (As in, too childish, too "adult", too much rap, pop, rock, hip hop, country, etc. Or is it just right?)
Fine with me. I personally enjoy 90's rap compared to today's where everything mainstream is about going to clubs and ****, but it's alright when you like to dance and such. *shrug*

2. What is your favorite style of music, and why?
Rap/hip hop and r&b because I grew up on this type of music.

3. What's your opinion of the newly-named "kissing cousins" (aka Britney Spears and Madonna). And please, don't start spouting flames. Wouldn't want to burn my shirt.
Didn't this happen like last summer? It was funny at first, now I don't give a crap.

4. Are you an avid listener of a certain band, or theme of music? (By theme I mean Final Fantasy soundtracks, Pokemon soundtracks, holding a Game Boy up to your ear for an hour, etc.)
I like Biggie, Jadakiss, Tupac, Kanye West, and a few other rappers... when a new single of theirs come out or they have a new cd, I'm usually interested.

5. What's your favorite topic in music?
*shrug* I usually like songs about growing up in the hood/coping with things (Tupac's good for that), party songs, some love songs, and other stuff.

[Angel Blossom]

1) Music today is kind of bad, IMO. It's all a bunch of meaningless trash - rap, hip hop, pop rock, etc. All of these artists are out for the money because they know how popular some genres are. It's not really like the old days when music artists were there for the music, heh. ;/ That's why I listen to my old CD's.. Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots, Nirvana, Alice in Chains.. they were great bands and it's a shame there aren't bands like them out today. I don't really listen to Rap much, but like Simone, I would prefer the old Rap over the new crap anyday.

2) I love rock, mostly Grunge. It's just my kind of stuff. ^_^" I love the guitar solos from Pearl Jam, Eddie Vedder's voice.. and don't ask about Nirvana, but I've been listening to them ever since I was a kid and they bring back a lot of old memories. I can tolerate just ONE hip hop artist, and that's Usher, lol. I also like a lot of old rock like The Beatles, The Doors, Queen, etc. ^^;;

3) Who cares about them? They NEEDED the attention because they weren't selling any albums. Big deal, they don't deserve our attention too. I think Britney Spears & Madonna need to go away, but that's not gonna happen, unfortunately.

4) I love Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, Stone Temple Pilots, Queen, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nirvana, & The Beatles. ^^ I also like Jet.. they're probably the best band out today, heh. Thank God that atleast some guys remember what rock's all about.

5) *shrugs* XD As long as it's not about sex, drugs, stupid crap, or about a guy/girl complaining about a breakup, it's okay with me.


Sorry, but I won't be able to answer the Pokémon section. ^^;;; I have never listened to a Pokémon CD in my life, and I definately don't remember any of the theme songs. x-x Sorry!

[Dean]

1. It's been a good year for rap, with several great CD's already released and more to come.
2. I only like rap.
3. They are hot
4. Not really.
5. Politically motivated rap rocks.

[Wolfsong]

--GENERAL SECTION--

1. What do you think about music lately? (As in, too childish, too "adult", too much rap, pop, rock, hip hop, country, etc. Or is it just right?)

I thinks its just right. There's something for everyone.

2. What is your favorite style of music, and why?

I like country music. Its sorta like real life in some songs, and others you can just connect with.

3. What's your opinion of the newly-named "kissing cousins" (aka Britney Spears and Madonna). And please, don't start spouting flames. Wouldn't want to burn my shirt.

I have no opinion as this is the first that i have heard of this.

4. Are you an avid listener of a certain band, or theme of music? (By theme I mean Final Fantasy soundtracks, Pokemon soundtracks, holding a Game Boy up to your ear for an hour, etc.)

[b]Not really. I basically only listen to country music and the occasional movie soundtrack.

5. What's your favorite topic in music?

Errr, don't really have one

--POKEMONIZED SECTION--

6. Do you own any Pokemon music CD's? If so, how many, and which ones?

I don't own any

7. What is your favorite song on a Pokemon CD?

Not applicable

8. What is your favorite theme from the Pokemon anime? (i.e. the original, Orange Islands, Johto Journeys, etc. themes)

Probably Johoto Journeys

9. What song, if any, do you think should NOT have been included on any of the Pokemon CD's? Why do you feel the way you do?

I really have no opiniono as I don't own any of them.

10. Would you consider buying more Pokemon CD's, if they came out? Why or why not?

Nope. I'd rather spend my money on country music CDs

[Green_Pikachu]

1. What do you think about music lately? (As in, too childish, too "adult", too much rap, pop, rock, hip hop, country, etc. Or is it just right?)

for the most part it's terrible. just a few bright spots among talentless embarassments such as britney, any rap really, and most of the pop-emo-crap like good charlotte.

2. What is your favorite style of music, and why?

i guess classic rock.

3. What's your opinion of the newly-named "kissing cousins" (aka Britney Spears and Madonna). And please, don't start spouting flames. Wouldn't want to burn my shirt.

omg they kissed!!!11 omg janet showed her nipple!!!1 omg. America is so prude

4. Are you an avid listener of a certain band, or theme of music? (By theme I mean Final Fantasy soundtracks, Pokemon soundtracks, holding a Game Boy up to your ear for an hour, etc.)

eh...beatles...green day...nirvana...cream...some of radiohead....jefferson airplane...fleetwood mac....good stuff.

5. What's your favorite topic in music?

? what?