Wow, I'm surprised by the lack of "indie" music in this thread.
I like a lot of JPop (Japanese popular music) (Chara... mmm... ) and anime sound tracks... plus, JPop covers of english songs generally turn some heads (such as a cover of "Stop In The Name Of Love" by Globe - a JPop band who has songs like "Overseas Call", which consists of, to a danceable beat, a person going up an elevator and making a call to someone who doesn't speak their language; and "2" which uses a cash register as an insturment).
I like a lot of dance covers... I have a ragtime version of the inspector gadget theme and a techno version of "The Price Is Right". I have a trance version of "Killing Me Softly", remixes of songs from the video games "Star Control II", and orchestral covers from Final Fantasy VII. Mmm, there's some good video game music... when I want to disturb people, I listen to the sound tracks of "Dungeon Keeper" or "Blood". My directory of ameteur evil music works pretty well too... my favorite is probably "Talking About God", which is a 7-minute remix of a televangelist speaking fire and brimstone lyrics to .
I created a 13 disk archive of peace music, ranging from Yoko Ono doing a dance cover of "Give Peace A Chance" to a parody of "Fast Car" called "SUV", to a song called "Anthrax" which talks about the anthrax attacks and 9/11, with references to how it's probably not healthy to breathe in "computers, and carpets, skin and bones and telephones, and file cabnets; coke machines, firemen, landing gear, and cement", despite the EPA statement. The songs by the Compassionate Conservatives are some of my favorites in the set. But it's hard to pick favorites
I have an hour's worth of Afghan music sung by a band of children associated with the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan. I have the talking Merriam Webster Dictionary singing songs ranging from "We Like Repartee' " (to the tune of "We Like To Party") to "Wolly Bully"
I like Tori Amos, and Tori Amos mixes - my one pop indulgence. Tori is a goddess.
Ok, Ani DiFranco too... anyone who writes something like "Self Evident" ("... it doesn't take a weatherman to look around and see the weather; Jeb said he'd deliver Florida, folks, and boy did he ever; and we hold these truths to be self evident: number one, George W. Bush is. not. president...") is up there in my books
I could go on forever... I'm currently listening to Destiny's Child singing to AC/DC ("Destiny's Problem Child"). I think I'll probably listen to The Laziest Men On Mars next (they also have some good pusher robot/shover robot mixes). Or perhaps some Chikyuu Shoujo Arujyuna ("Earth Girl Arujyuna" - an anime whose sound track is by the very talented Yoko Kanno)...
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