Comments on: Musical Taste: Is it innate?

By: Tim Hall

Tim Hall — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 20:00:36 +0000

Surprising how much Bach you can hear in some rock music. And not just Yngwie Malmsteen either.

By: Michael Orton

Michael Orton — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 12:18:30 +0000

Somehow “Thunderbirds” seems the right music for the final minutes of my drive into the office. Perhaps it is all the technology involved in gaining access to the underground car park, perhaps I’m just trying to kid myself that I really am going to make a difference to something in the day ahead.

I didn’t think I liked jazz until I heard “Suite for Chamber Orchestra and Jazz Piano Trio” by Claude Bolling.

J.S. Bach, of course, defined music as we know it.

By: Serdar

Serdar — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 01:11:14 +0000

~~Oh snap, you don't like Bryan Ferry? I hate you forever.~~

By: Tim Hall

Tim Hall — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 16:47:40 +0000

I suspect the Barry Gray orchestra, who did all the music for ‘Thunderbirds’ and ‘Stingray’ had more influence on me that I really want to admit. I was about 5 years old when Thunderbirds first aired….

My dad is into trad jazz. I cannot stand trad jazz. I can listen to some more modern jazz fusion, but trad (on scratchy 78s) just leaves me cold.

By: Serdar

Serdar — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 16:31:25 +0000

I don’t know. I grew up in a household with both a lot of Turkish and classical music, but in the end I gravitated towards stuff with a lot of drum machines. And then I developed a taste for jazz, so I guess anything is possible?

I blame my dad’s copy of “Switched-On Bach.”