OT: Who is better.

[Laughing Cow]

There are a few knowledgable people about Music out there.

So who would you reckon is your prefered musician.

Jean Michel Jarre
Vangelis
Isao Tomita
Kitaro

I never managed to catch Tomita-San in concert, but been to concerts by the others.

Jarre and Vangelis prefer their earlier stuff.

Kitaro Just seems to getting better and better, his "Silk Road" concert in China was excellent.

[Laughing Cow]

Hmmm.

Lack of responses.

Can it be that those Guys are that unknown these days.
:p

Or is it because not one of them is American??

Would have thought that some of the forms people would use this type of music.

[David Jamieson]

well Jarre is the one in my books. :)

oxygene was wild!

Jean Luc Ponty and Stephan Grapelli are pretty dang good too.

cheers

[Xebsball]

I dunno those guys, xecpt i heard of Kitaro before but never listened to his music.
You mentioned some japanese names... i like the dude that does the soundtrack for Final Fantasy games, he is Uematsu... something... i think

[Laughing Cow]

Xebby.

Jean Michelle Jarre:
Oxygen, Magnetic Fields, Popcorn.
He was also supposed to do an Earth-Sky live concert with an Astronaut which was cancelled due to the Challenger exploding.

Vangelis:
Blade Runner, Charriots of Fire, etc.

Isao Tomita:
he mostly redid classical music also did a good take on the Star Wars theme.
Pictures at an Exhibition, etc.

Kitaro:
Check his recent China "Silk Road" tour concerts.

Most of those guys been arouns for a few decades now.

[Xebsball]

Charriots of Fire was very cool, but i already voted on "Neither" :D

[Laughing Cow]

Originally posted by Kung Lek

Jean Luc Ponty and Stephan Grapelli are pretty dang good too.

cheers

Agreed.

Another good musician I really like is

Jeff Wayne his War of the Worlds & Spartacus are excellent pieces.

I better stop before people see how old I really am.


;) :p

[David Jamieson]

war of the worlds was totally cool!

hahahaha,... so this is 40ish eh? :)

cheers

[Laughing Cow]

Originally posted by Kung Lek
war of the worlds was totally cool!

hahahaha,... so this is 40ish eh? :)

cheers

Just a wee bit younger than you. You are closer to my Wifes age.

;)

Cheers.

[David Jamieson]

well, I hope you're not another one of those twenty somethings who digs older women because he was unlatched from the teat to young :D

kidding

cheers

[Laughing Cow]

Originally posted by Kung Lek
well, I hope you're not another one of those twenty somethings who digs older women because he was unlatched from the teat to young :D

kidding

cheers

Naah, over here they say that men that marry older wifes walk in golden shoes.

4 yrs (corrected) diff. ain't that much and she is older than you.
;)

cheers.

[David Jamieson]

golden shoes would weigh a lot! :D

I always thought if you married inside of five there'd be no jive.

Then a buddy of mine tells me his formula and it works out to half your age plus seven.

cheers

diclaimer: this is quickly gonna be one of those threads that falls to the bottom and starts drinking if someone doesn't mention contemporary music.

[Laughing Cow]

Originally posted by Kung Lek
war of the worlds was totally cool!
cheers

"War of the Worlds" hold a palce of honour on my CD-rack (got the vinyl too).
;)

Perosnally, I think that "Spartacus" is his better work, but it appears to be less known.

Like many people I got my first intro to Vangelis via the TV-Series "Cosmos" hosted by Carl Sagan.

Jean Michel Jarre was "Popcorn", still got the single too. Big fan of Vinyl records.

Tomita I first heard at School when our Music teacher brought in some of her personal records.

Cheers.

[Chang Style Novice]

The problem is there are no musicians on your list - only wimpy new-age air-pudding purveyors.;)

In that general area, I'd sooner go for somebody like Bill Frisell or Hariprasad Chaurasia. Sure, it's instrumental, relaxing, meditative, etc. but the connection to a classical/folk tradition (jazz and raga, respectively) give it a little more human, 'juicy' feel. The guys you mention just are dry and unaffecting for me.

[joedoe]

You left out Yani

[Laughing Cow]

Let me guess you are tone-deaf too.
:D

kidding

I find Kitaro rather good for meditation and doing my Yang Forms too, he helps me a lot to relax.

Tomita "The Sea named Solaris" is good too.

Never mind. I also like Pan-flute and south american native music.
:D

cheers.

[TaoBoy]

Tough call. Jarre and Vangelis have done some great stuff.
Can't say I know the others.

[Serpent]

Vangelis, purely due to the BladeRunner soundtrack.

[Laughing Cow]

Kitaro net. (http://www.kitaro.net/english/info/new.html)

For the People interested in Kitaro.

The China Tour was held last year to celebrate the co-operation between China and Japan.

At the moment it appears that a lot of japanese musicians are popular in Korea, China, Taiwan and other Asian countries.

You can also download some of his songs via Kazaa or similar.

He incorporates a lot of asian classical instruments with digital music.

[Chang Style Novice]

I like shakuhachi almost as much as bansuri.

[Laughing Cow]

I like.

Shakuhachi as well as Japanese traditional drums.

Big Taiko fiend here, will soon start taking classes.
Will be good for stance training too.
:D :D

But than I also like the Shamizen (Japanese and Chinese) and the flutes too.

[FatherDog]

Royce would choke all of them.


















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