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It's hardly surprising that there would be lots of Music examples for [[Awesome Music (Sugar Wiki)|Awesome Music]]. So, here they are.

 

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* [[Awesome Music/Classical|Classical]]

** [[Taylor Swift/Awesome Music|Taylor Swift]]

* [[Awesome Music/Electronic|Electronic]]

* [[Hard Rock/Awesome Music|Hard Rock]] (Includes Glam Rock)

** [[Black Sabbath/Awesome Music|Black Sabbath]]

** [[Iron Maiden/Awesome Music|Iron Maiden]]

** [[Peter Gabriel/Awesome Music|Peter Gabriel]]

** [[Pink Floyd/Awesome Music|Pink Floyd]]

* [[Awesome Music/Post-Punk|Post-Punk]]

* [[Rap/Awesome Music|Rap]] (Also Hip-Hop, Soul, R&B, etc.)

* [[Awesome Music/Rock|Rock]]

** [[Coldplay/Awesome|Coldplay]]

 

 

* The music of Stan Rogers is always good, but [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fT-aEcPgkuA#t=1m40s "The Mary Ellen Carter"] is the essence of '''gar'''.

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== Gospel, Hymns, and Other Religious Music ==

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNf0K1y7kGM "The Judgement"]. This song is...Wow. The powerful singing, the sweeping, uplifting music, and the power in the sheer feeling of it! YES!

** Also [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_T0R8uOHTQ "Battle Hymn of the Republic"] is great, if only for the brilliant lyrics by Julia Ward Howe:

*** Try the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKlOYWwgRo8 Martina McBride] version. Wow...

** Sticking with Christmas carols, "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" especially as done by Trans-Siberian-Orchestra, and "Do You Hear What I Hear?".

* The hymn "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God" tells the story of a climactic battle between the forces of Good on earth and all the devils in Hell. Just as things are looking bad, the music reaches its final verse, where the organ kicks it into high gear as Jesus comes onto the battlefield and utterly routs Satan.

** For even more awesome, try John Rutter's arrangement, with an 80-voice choir, organ, and orchestra. The third verse is just the men singing, in a minor key, and sounds as dark as hell itself. The fourth verse builds back up to full power in triumph and joy.

* Anything by the late Moses Hogan, who arranges spirituals for full choirs completely a capella. Particularly awesome pieces include "Battle of Jericho", "Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel?", and "Elijah Rock".

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tyTErGO538 "Kedushah"] is an immensely powerful prayer, building to a crescendo of "ANI ADONAI ELOHEICHEM!" (I AM THE LORD YOUR G-D!)

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4_i-6QPjZ0 "Hallelujah, Praise Jehovah"]. It's downright goosebump-inducing when there's a strong bass singer to back up the congregation singing it.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Pmj3iCDxqk "Yehei Yehei"] by The Chevra. It's just five words, "yehei shlama rabba min shemayah" (May there be abundant peace from heaven), repeated through the entire song, but DAMN if it isn't catchy! Also makes awesome dance music.

 

== Grunge ==

* "Just Dance" by [[Lady Gaga]]. Seriously, it's freaking legend.

* [[Lemon Demon]]'s "Ask For Nothing" is one of those songs that seems uninteresting the first time, but gets better every time you listen to it. Even though on first listen it sounds like the time signature is screwed up, it's actually in 4/4. It's just disguised as what appears to be 17/8. That takes skill.

* Kristoph Klover's rendition of Jordin Kare's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ryd_p20XEU Fire in the Sky] made Buzz Aldrin cry on live television. 'Nuff said.

* [["Weird Al" Yankovic]], Jim West, Steve Jay, Rubén Valtierra, and Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz. They have taken any and most genres released in the past thirty years and parodied and homaged it, while playing it, flawlessly.

* There's a reason [[Amazing Freaking Grace]] has its own trope. It's not just the public domain thing. Almost all hymns are public domain, but none of them have ever earned such a hallowed spot in our culture as Amazing Grace. The song is simply wonderful.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrZdvW6BBkc ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS TO KICK YOUR ASS!!!!!!]

* William Joseph. The two most notable examples are Piano Fantasy and Within (the orchestra versions).

* Rodrigo y Gabriela has an interesting story. They are a Mexican duo, that after searching for success in the metal scene decided to move to Europe and eventually changed to flamenco. Listen to their rendition of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNc5o9TU0t0 "Stairway to Heaven"]. Now listen [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KBgg-hrtyo some] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqplTlpTF6s of their original songs]. Now remember that every single thing you hear is ''two fucking guitars''.

* [[P!nk]] has a crap-load of songs that are awesome, but "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjVNlG5cZyQ Raise Your Glass]" is her most recent one. ''We will never be, never be/Anything but loud and nitty-gritty/Dirty little freaks.''

* Pogo (Nick Bertke) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IBaIBxv_uQ He's been played at the Guggenheim!] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4jmB9fdZc8 Small] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1jmhbw3JHw taste] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBN-CAhOYQ0 of his] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVxe5NIABsI work.]

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpPvl0X1hKA This]. Also doubles as [[Crowning Music Of Heartwarming]]. Also, how, just how, as it possible to not be in LOVE with this song? So sweet.

* What happens when you fuse together classical violin with hip hop? You get [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZ78f1gUa5Q something] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q40vXg5caF0 completely] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S3WtJYgy1Q awesome]. Nuttin' But Stringz. YES.

* Hybrid's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoV9d9y-DdQ Finished Symphony] would damn near be a stock piece of music as a climactic song of triumph, were it not for the 9.5 minute length.

* Rajaton's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oghj7y4hluU "Butterfly"] deserves a place on here for sure, but the 3:45 mark of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXEoVw7ETKM "Dobbin's Flowery Vale"] will ''bring you to your knees''.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDE2kGuIXp0 Listen to me, my children now...]

* How about [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHthbtSbGLM "Dragon's Heartbeat"] from the soundtrack of ''Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story'', by Randy Edelman? This seems to get used all over the place, most memorably from Elvis Stojko's figure skating routine in the 1994 Olympics. Timestamp 1:00 in the link is when it gets memorable, and 1:35 is when it gets epic.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWTFG3J1CP8 More Tetris], but with a twist: It's the complete history of the Soviet Union, sung to the theme. It's impossible to stop listening.

* "O Magnum Mysterium" by Tomas Luis de Victoria, especially as sung by the Boston Camerata. 2:32 of pure harmony. There are some pieces of music that make you stand up and cheer, and there are some that make you just lie down and listen. This is one of the latter.

* [[Buckethead]] is so great he can make a [[Funk]] and Blue grass hybrid and make you enjoy it.

* What happens when someone blends the lyrics of the Nat King Cole classic "Nature Boy" with the [[Mad Men]] theme? Well, an actual band was assembled to give us [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEj0z0maxzM this treat], with the icing on this cake courtesy of the vocals of Allison Williams (daughter of NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams).

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