Awesome Music (band): Difference between revisions

* [[Awesome Music/Classical|Classical]]

* [[Awesome Music/Country|Country]]

* [[Awesome Music/Electronic|Electronic]]

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

* [[Useful Notes/Heavy Metal/Awesome Music|Awesome Music]]

** [[Power Metal/Awesome Music|Power Metal]]

** [[Technical Death Metal/Awesome Music|Technical Death Metal]]

* [[National Anthem/Awesome Music|National Anthems]]

* [[Pop/Awesome Music|Po P]]

* [[Awesome Music/Progressive|Progressive]] (Both Prog. Rock and Prog. Metal)

* [[Useful Notes/Punk/Awesome Music|Awesome Music]]

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

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

* [[Awesome Music/Rock|Rock]]

 

== Drum Corps ==

** "When the Roll is Called Up Yonder"

** "Wonderful Grace of Jesus", with a chorus that splits into two melodies, the men singing a deep, rumbling ostinato, and the women joining in with a descant, building in volume, until the two voices meet at the end in three triumphant chords. Pure win.

* "The Doxology"... short, sweet, to the point and it gives any listener goosebumps every time.

* The Navy Hymn, a/k/a "Eternal Father, Strong to Save" is probably one of the most comforting ones out there.

** Also, "Spoonman" is the best song off of ''Superunknown''.

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9318WhMQr18&ob=av2n "Live to Rise"].

** "Would?" is as awesome, and the Opeth cover is EPIC.

** Also "I Stay Away".

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nGsT_qFMBs "Touch Me, I'm Sick"] by Mudhoney.

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxxR2iUc2r4 "Save You"].

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hs8y3kneqrs "Yellow Ledbetter"]

*** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrZUfKk_mPc Requiuem for a Tower makes everything epic]

*** And now there's the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyvN0LzXxrI Requiem for a Dream Guitar cover]. It's just as epic, if not more so.

** Their music would be peak CMOA if it weren't for the tiny little fault that... '''their music cannot be legitimately obtained'''!

*** Immediate recently released an album on iTunes, including their [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHPYOcgde98&fmt=18 "Lacrimosa."] Big Yes!

*** Immediate also sets lyrics to their music, released under the band name ''Globus.'' Standouts are [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5q6skxRLnsI "Preliator"], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WEQLJUYb68 "Orchard of Mines"], and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeSOO8Alb1U "Sarabande Suite (Aeternas)"]. One can definitely not forget [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GIyaiYCneM Europa], a truly epic song about the bloody history of Europe.

** "''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlnkahNbHm8 Diem Ex Dei]''" is one of Globus' best.

* ''Canon Rock''. There's a reason why [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjA5faZF1A8 this] is one of the most viewed videos on [[YouTube]]. (Hint: It isn't because of the hat.)

** Anything Funtastic Power is CMOA.

* When you ask the question of who the greatest pianists of the 20th century were, Fats Waller's name is definitely at the top of the list, and his rendition of ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHN9OUDs-ys "Carolina Shout"]'' does more that show you why. Flawless multitasking isn't just something computers can do, and working it all into something that swings rather than stands stiff is something that the best do with ease.

** Also of note is [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPFYAd96WqE Bad Idea], at least for "Too Much Spare Time" for the flash work, and [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7084489538066105747 Word Disassociation] for getting away with [[Word Salad Lyrics]], and still being awesome.

* 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.

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VuiBBX6aZA "Genius in France"]--Al's ''nine minute'' tribute to the late Frank Zappa, with none other than Frank's son Dweezil himself on guitar. Because it's as ridiculously complex and awesome as you'd expect it to be, calling this song a parody is immediately ''out'' of the question.

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEDbhhP5uFw "Albuquerque."] Enough said.

* Of all the musical tributes to Michael Jackson after his death, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R12QVtuB0_Q&feature=channel this medley of his songs] by Sam Tsui is the most astoundingly awesome and [[Tear Jerker]] worthy of them all. And while we're on the subject of Mr Tsui, also check out his amazing cover versions of "Don't Stop Believin" by Journey, "Run" by Snow Patrol, and a High School Musical song.

* The Doug Anthony All Stars. Rude, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fs_XDadEgH4 crude], hilarious and incredibly NSFW one moment,and the next they blew audiences away with [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssEBcrATK68 stuff] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-j0g2oG_w2g like] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNre0nnlo_U this]. If Paul [[Mc Dermott]]'s voice doesn't move you, nothing will.

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6rLMchPYSw Hell In A Handbasket].

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqHS8k2-u8o&feature=related This Sea], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVCLc_k3xqM&feature=related The Beast of Pirate's Bay], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVbjMzDCJ3I&feature=related Death Death Song], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tHULNYWQ2Q Cannibal Buffet].

* ''Psychobilly''.[[Ear Worm|Ridiculously catchy]], [[Lyrical Dissonance|upbeat, '50's-style]] songs about the ''[[Zombie Apocalypse]].''

** Considered psychobilly for whatever reason is The Quakes' cover of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6mJR7r9VUU The Killing Moon], originally by awesome 80s group Echo and the Bunnymen.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRv8gnBMiWM This] remix/medley of Wind Waker tunes by Fredde Gredde HAS to be recognized. Not only is it astoundingly beautiful, it was all played and synchronized by ONE GUY. Crowning awesome, indeed.

* [[Kronos Quartet]] do impeccable covers as well as their own material. Their cover of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UP7rjppeRA0 "Purple Haze"] may outdo the [[Jimi Hendrix]] original.

* eRa. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtbeH7IJeq4 Voxifera is awesome distilled].

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7NSdSEFxTQ This] Chinese song.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0RbWg0UCKE This is war, like you ain't seen.] To an awesome WWII battle, even. Also contains a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] at the end, when the German soldiers leave the mother and her newborn baby alone.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1pLmcVKH6o "Matsuri"] by Kitaro.

* Don [[Mc Lean]]'s "American Pie" is an eight minute long tribute to the Baby Boom generation. And it's amazing.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IqH3uliwJY Zoot Suit Riot].

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQkbwhHfohY NEDM?] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9Lh1YqMMcE NEDM].

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJ0xBCwkg3E LOL!] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MP1sQ1HPgUM INTERNET!]

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DoDLyx4OSY So I Herd U Liek Musics...] (which also happens to be the best tune on 420chan's album Lulz: A Corruption Of LOL).

* Motown '''''as a whole''''' deserves its own page.

** Not to mention [http://youtu.be/6XAT2C9CCPY his cover] of Adele's "Someone Like You".

* Gabriel Kahane's song cycle ''Craigslistlieder''. The piano forms a hilarious counterpoint to the lyrics, taken almost verbatim from particularly pathetic Craigslist posts. An example: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-O4J0XQ1_c Neurotic and Lonely]

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9o8OWVWOE0 Death May Die], a [[Cthulhu Mythos|Lovecraftian]] pastiche of ''Auld Lang Sye''. Even if you don't like [[Cosmic Horror Story|the lyrics]], one must admit the instrumentals are AWESOME.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lekcEhYgQXw Where Eagles Fly] combines the power of two very different vocalists: [[Sarah Brightman]] and [[Manowar|Eric Adams]] to create something incredible.

* In the 90s in Indonesia, there was a group called ''Padhayangan Project'' or ''P-Project'' whose portfolio was to take one song and then make a parody song from it. For instance, take an already good and powerful song like [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIRbzF3ur7k "Tenda Biru" (Blue Tent) by Desy Ratnasari (then a popular artist/idol)]... and they turn it into [[Crowning Moment of Funny|an utterly hilarious and awesome music out of it (with the same title)]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewLtRRbqTjM with its music video equally funny].

* [[Sucker Punch]] soundtrack, is actually life changing. Covering everything, like, rock, metal, industrial, pop, rap and alternative. All made all the more theatrical and over the top, cuz it is possible. Army Of Me is industrial and rock screaming for power and taking no crap, Tomorrow Never Knows is trippy, but healing, I Want It All/We Will Rock You's rap is funny but true, Where Is My Mind and its fellow track Asleep both touch you in a emotional level and Sweet Dreams is one of the few geniunely life changing addictive songs ever which really never gets old. They kept both the dramatic moments of the movie in the soundtrack and kept the songs intact for casual listening purposes and to relive the movie without watching it. How often does a various artists soundtrack do that right?