Deaths in music
 

So, Davey Jones, from the Monkees - died today. He passed away from a heart attack. We have also recently lost Whitney Houston.

Usually famous people die in threes.

Who's going next? What do you feel about this? What other musical deaths have effected you?

He was just on the cover of People, Davey, not Kurt. My sister bought it for my mommy.

Who knows, but it is a sad thing when things of this sort happen.

Dude, i just found out MCA of the beastie boys died today.. he lost his long battle with cancer..

this may seem harsh but personally celebrity deaths don't really have any effect on me. I never knew them, so i feel no more sadness than i would from hearing about a random death on the news. this is even more so when it comes to musical artists. I listen to the music of a band, but i never watch their music videos, reading about them or anything like that. I tend not to even know the names of most band members.

Am I a bad person? ._.

I've been attacked before for my lack of caring towards celebrities and public figures. To the point where I feel my way of looking at things is not really a socially accepted attitude towards it all.

I can totally understand what you are talking about, and anyone else who is emotionally attached to such things.

I grew up on an island, with a nice small community that hated anything slightly different XD I didn't do to well there.

there are a lot of opinions and ways of thinking that I, probably falsely, believe I am abnormal for having thanks to it all.

I'll admit that the death of the Avenged Sevenfold drummer did get to me, but not because he actually died. It was the music that they made in the wake of it. Emotions in music can really get to me.

the Rev passed in December 09 i believe, so a decent while ago now. Their latest album 'Nightmare' was completely re-written to be a tribute to him. Some of his drums are also included in it, although the passed before they went into proper recordings.

This is the song/video on that album that really got to me. I'm sure there are also many others who can relate to it.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7ry4cx6HfY&ob=av2e

it's weird how that song gets to me though, it has sort of turned into a feel good song for me. a have a feel good playlist which is entirely emotional music. makes me remember that while things may be bad, other people are feeling the same or worse. I'm not alone in my situation.

i chose music to suit the emotions i may be feeling, so angry music tends to go with angry moods >_< though sometimes the energy behind angry music can also get me going and out of a sad time.

What would you consider angry music? like, which genres?

I'm sorry to hear that things are bad for you, but drinking and smoking don't seem like a great way to escape D:

i think my music is probably angrier then o-o Arch enemy for one :P Though i do listen to all the above bands, they're just my regular mood music >_<

generally heavier and more screamy than the bands you listed. also the lead singer is actually a 5'4 woman o-o she has one of the best screams ever.

There are a fair few female metal vocalists out there, you just have to know where to look :P

Vocalist of fujifabric and vocalist of kagrra, kind of surprised me, because I was late on finding out on both accounts. I actually really liked some of fujifabric's songs...

I think I understand your position on celebrity deaths, Ducky. They don't really mean much extra to me either, beyond the fact that a person has died. I suppose Heath Ledger's got to be a bit, mostly because he was so young. I've never really had occasion to witness a death of someone I really admired, they tend to be already dead to begin with, so it might change things if that were to happen.

And just to weigh in on female vocalists, though I hardly know any of their songs, I like the sisters in "Heart." ;). They were apparently front runners for women in rock and roll.

The last death in music that effected me was the death of Taiji, from X Japan. That or the Death of the bassist from Dragon ash. Both kinda bummed me out.

Wayne Static and Dave from Gwar.