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Footballers, or any other non-music famous people that have decent taste in music

shimmetry [Edit] [Delete] 189 replies 16:26 February 6th, 2013

Xabi Alonso just tweeted a link to My Bloody Valentine. This makes me like him more. In a similar vein, Dawn French chose This Mortal Coil on Desert Island Discs. Who can you name that's down with DiS?

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The Wire (/Wire - I'm never sure) always talk about how Matt Groening's been a subscriber for years

and I believe he's curated an ATP or two. Good guy! Also, Graham Linehan often makes & tweets Spotify playlists that are pretty DiSsy.

brainfeedr | 6 Feb '13, 16:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
- His ATP in 2010 was feckin amazing
  
  The line up was bonkers
  
  Yesiamaduck @brainfeedr | 7 Feb '13, 20:52 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  chasingabee this'd this
- On Groening
  
  I once read that he originally wanted John Zorn to compose the theme tune of The Simpsons, but the rest of his writing team eventually voted for Danny Elfman.
  
  nononolimits @brainfeedr | 19 Feb '13, 16:41 | X | ^ This | Reply
Joey Barton

and The Smiths

1986_and_all_that | 6 Feb '13, 16:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
- David Cameron
  
  and The Smiths
  
  sean @1986_and_all_that | 7 Feb '13, 10:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
Rio Ferdinand

Rio Ferdinand ?@rioferdy5

the track Snuff by Slipknot. This type a rock is soooo me!

soapy | 6 Feb '13, 16:31 | X | ^ This | Reply

wiggy99 this'd this
- nu metal gives me the confidence and tenacity to unleash my classic merks
  
  mute-branches @soapy | 6 Feb '13, 17:25 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  seedler, fuck_this_band, chris_81, SCROTUM, rleedham, and godspeed_steve83 this'd this
Sasha Grey and her love of Coil

I know that technically she's a musician herself these days, but to me she'll always be that shy girl who talks with her mouth full...

pentargo | 6 Feb '13, 16:32 | X | ^ This | Reply

DaddyorChips this'd this
- eurgh
  
  brainfeedr @pentargo | 6 Feb '13, 16:38 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  poptimusgrime, DarwinDude, unfamiliar, and joeymahone this'd this
- she's generally got a wicked taste in music
  
  mute-branches @pentargo | 6 Feb '13, 18:03 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  Antelope, pentargo, and GoatmeatMF this'd this
- Haha
  
  OvertakenByTractors @pentargo | 7 Feb '13, 03:55 | X | ^ This | Reply
if only

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lx16q4Zbi01r9pmh3o1_500.jpg

soapy | 6 Feb '13, 16:32 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Ha! What's that from? Bane are one of those bands who've
  
  never released a decent album (or song) but keep hammering away all the same.
  
  Alex-in-Ciderland @soapy | 6 Feb '13, 20:43 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - CAN WE
    
    START AGAIN
    
    badmanreturns @Alex-in-Ciderland | 16 Feb '13, 14:23 | X | ^ This | Reply
- There were rumours that he was at the American Nightmare reunion shows
  
  a few years back
  
  bozo @soapy | 6 Feb '13, 21:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
Alonso likes Wilco too

He's my favourite man in the world

wrightylew | 6 Feb '13, 16:46 | X | ^ This | Reply

harman_kardon this'd this
David Cameron

The Smiths, Gillian Welch...

Infinite_Jest | 6 Feb '13, 16:47 | X | ^ This | Reply
current wwe tag-team champions Daniel Bryan

does guest vocals on a Kimya Dawson song and has been bigging up that sort of music in the past

soapy | 6 Feb '13, 16:51 | X | ^ This | Reply

trickquestion this'd this
- Just watched the wrestling road diaries yesterday
  
  He is a vinyl addict and collects quite about on the road but mostly 70’s stuff
  
  Knightboat @soapy | 6 Feb '13, 17:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - <3 him
    
    soapy @Knightboat | 6 Feb '13, 17:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
- big fan of you calling him tag-team champions :D
  
  Jordan_229_2 @soapy | 6 Feb '13, 17:45 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  Antpocalypsenow this'd this
former wwe champion cm punk

is pals with like rancid and scott ian from anthrax (who isn't?) and tweets about Converge, The Misfits, and muscle bands like Terror and has worn Cro-Mags merch to the ring

soapy | 6 Feb '13, 16:52 | X | ^ This | Reply

poptimusgrime and gonad this'd this
Duff who runs the bakery that Ace of Cakes was filmed in

is a HUGE Clutch fan

soapy | 6 Feb '13, 16:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
- mary-alice who works in the bakery is the sister of neil fallon the singer from clutch and there's an episode where they make clutch a cake and duff talks about how he didn't know mary-alice was neil's sister and total flipped when he found out
  
  soapy @soapy | 6 Feb '13, 16:54 | X | ^ This | Reply
In more Spanish footballer news

Gaizka Mendieta was tweeting about good bands from Glasgow. Mentioned Frightened Rabbit, The Pastels, Biffy, Franz, a few others. The Pastels ended up having a conversation with him.

Infinite_Jest | 6 Feb '13, 16:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Mendieta is a massive indie kid...
  
  and here is proof.
  
  http://blitz.sapo.pt/como-um-ex-futebolista-de-top-se-transformou-em-dj-indie-eis-gaizka-mendieta=f79149
  
  Juninho10 @Infinite_Jest | 6 Feb '13, 22:32 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Fantastic
    
    I liked him already, but now...
    
    Infinite_Jest @Juninho10 | 7 Feb '13, 07:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Nice
    
    Isn't it pretty much obligatory for British footballers to only be into R&B?
    
    Twats.
    
    saps @Juninho10 | 7 Feb '13, 11:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Leighton Baines
      
      Maintains a music blog on the Everton FC website every now and then which is pretty decent: http://www.evertonfc.com/blogs/?auth=53
      
      He's probably the exception that proves the rule however.
      
      tphrthms @saps | 7 Feb '13, 12:01 | X | ^ This | Reply
WWE champ Wade Barrett

is a big Manics fan. Has a huge msp themed tattoo on his arm

1986_and_all_that | 6 Feb '13, 17:03 | X | ^ This | Reply

spiritofjazz this'd this
- and yet
  
  they've never given him anything even pretending to be decent entrance music
  
  soapy @1986_and_all_that | 7 Feb '13, 12:03 | X | ^ This | Reply
Pat Nevin & his love of Cocteau Twins

I’m actually away to see Robin Guthrie in Edinburgh tomorrow night and will look out for him

Knightboat | 6 Feb '13, 17:07 | X | ^ This | Reply

Lofisongsaregreat this'd this
- Apparently he arranged to get subbed at half time in a reserve match
  
  So that he could go to a Cocteau Twins gig. Gotta love that man.
  
  shimmetry @Knightboat | 6 Feb '13, 18:17 | X | ^ This | Reply
- The Mighty Lemon Drops
  
  In the late eighties there would always be some spot on Scottish football programmes about how Pat Nevin was a footballer but he went to art galleries and shit. I think we were supposed to be laughing at him, but that backfired when Belle & Sebastian had him in their five a side team at ATP the other year.
  
  The_Cosh @Knightboat | 6 Feb '13, 22:18 | X | ^ This | Reply
- DJing at Underachievers in Manchester on the 22nd February
  
  Alongside Colin Murray!
  
  http://www.theroadhouselive.co.uk/whats-on/eventdetails/22-feb-13-pat-nevin-vs-colin-murray-the-roadhouse/
  
  His set last year was awesome. Manchester folk, come on down and say hello!
  
  geordiedave1981 @Knightboat | 7 Feb '13, 09:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
Ricky Gervais favourite musician ever

is David Bowie

soapy | 6 Feb '13, 17:07 | X | ^ This | Reply
- he also managed Suede in the very early days of their career.
  
  sean @soapy | 6 Feb '13, 18:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
- radiohead fan also.
  
  although on his xfm show he described aerodynamic by daft punk as "sounding like they left the sequencer on and forgot to turn it off" (or words to that effect).
  
  BarryShitpeas @soapy | 6 Feb '13, 18:48 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Just telling like it is then
    
    That's how pretty much all Daft Punk songs go.
    
    H-Stein @BarryShitpeas | 7 Feb '13, 13:03 | X | ^ This | Reply
- right down to the teeth
  
  and please, will someone tell him there are other men's shirts besides black tees!
  
  theintl @soapy | 7 Feb '13, 07:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Liking David Bowie
  
  is no indication of anything about someone's taste in music
  
  GoatmeatMF @soapy | 7 Feb '13, 08:42 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  Antelope this'd this
Stewart Lee

the fall, jazz, other 'difficult' music

soapy | 6 Feb '13, 17:09 | X | ^ This | Reply

Cementimental and berksy this'd this
- his radio 1 shows with Richard Herring from the nineties
  
  had excellent playlists that he picked himself. Radio 1 has literally strode backwards since then.
  
  mute-branches @soapy | 6 Feb '13, 17:28 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - literally
    
    fuck_this_band @mute-branches | 7 Feb '13, 12:25 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    SCROTUM this'd this
- He's a big fan of Guided By Voices as well.
  
  Frank Skinner is also a big Fall fan.
  
  Icarus-Smicarus @soapy | 6 Feb '13, 17:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Frank Skinner is a huge comics fan too.
    
    One of his letters is in Phonogram (Kieron Gillen's 'music is magic' comic).
    
    marckee @Icarus-Smicarus | 6 Feb '13, 22:07 | X | ^ This | Reply
- -
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jk_l1pKTUZg
  
  Cementimental @soapy | 6 Feb '13, 18:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  DaddyorChips this'd this
David 'Bumble' Lloyd

Cricket commentator and Fall fan.

bornin69 | 6 Feb '13, 17:10 | X | ^ This | Reply
the comedian Andrew O'Neill

wrote for Terrorizer
drops references to sick of it all, darkthrone, fear factory, burzum, slayer and all kinds of other such stuff and even managed to get phil jupitus to help him recreate the cover of transylvian hunger on never mind the buzzcocks

soapy | 6 Feb '13, 17:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
people in liking music shocker

Ricky_Ronco | 6 Feb '13, 17:15 | X | ^ This | Reply

Cementimental, Oissin_, andyvine, and berksy this'd this
former wwf/wcw champion hulk hogan

covered gary glitter's leader of the gang with green jelly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsXNIN-YH7M

soapy | 6 Feb '13, 17:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
- He also once...
  
  tryed to tell everyone he nearly joined Metallica: http://www.nme.com/news/metallica/61668 :')
  
  jimitheexploder @soapy | 7 Feb '13, 12:08 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - i don't think anyone has ever bought into their own bs as much as the hulkster
    
    soapy @jimitheexploder | 7 Feb '13, 12:17 | X | ^ This | Reply
No mention of Leighton Baines?

This was a playlist he posted on an Everton blog a while back:

Cats Eyes - Cats Eyes
Miles Kane - Counting Down The Days
Donovan - Hurdy Gurdy Man
Mercury Rev - Hudson Line
Golden Silvers - Please Venus
Giggs - Dont Go There
Crystal Stilts - Through The Floor
Beirut - Nantes
Crystal Castles - Untrust Us
Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi - Two Against One
Lykke Li - I Follow Rivers
The Kills - Satellite

automatik | 6 Feb '13, 17:21 | X | ^ This | Reply

sunstroke_house, CharlieClown, Dinohead86, politelydeclined, _TheBeautifulOnes_, Antelope, tphrthms, jontosh2001, and the_dazzled this'd this
- he namechecked mark lanegan too
  
  8stepstoperfection @automatik | 6 Feb '13, 19:47 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Baines' music blog...
    
    can be found here:- http://www.evertonfc.com/blogs/?auth=53
    
    Not the most prolific of posters but he did put up his end of year list on Spotify:- http://open.spotify.com/user/evertonofficial/playlist/08gsXj0KW06B38N3q3ds5z
    
    CharlieClown @8stepstoperfection | 6 Feb '13, 21:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Love the blog entry he had where he was in HMV with a £10 gift voucher deliberating over which album to get with it.
  
  djodell @automatik | 7 Feb '13, 15:18 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Whereas I bet Ashley Cole
  
  listens to some proper dogshit.
  
  Raanraals @automatik | 17 Feb '13, 09:20 | X | ^ This | Reply
HARRY POTTER HIMSELF

The XX, Hope of the States, Radiohead, Manics, The Cooper Temple Clause and a load of older classic stuff.

There's a picture of him holding a vinyl copy of The Lost Riots and I love for it. Fucked if I can find it though.

pichaelmarker | 6 Feb '13, 17:22 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Lost Riots is such a class semi-forgotten album
  
  soapy @pichaelmarker | 6 Feb '13, 17:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  pichaelmarker, Antpocalypsenow, Lambchops, Morzan, rikx, incandenza_, Noblet, Christophales, justanothersheeldz, Comaboy, teamcooperuk, and Acquiescence this'd this
  - *shares an emotionally weighted look with pichaelmarker, hibster, Arfie*
    
    incandenza_ @soapy | 7 Feb '13, 04:05 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    pichaelmarker and hibster this'd this
- He introduced Gary Oldman to the Pixies
  
  what a dude
  
  Antelope @pichaelmarker | 7 Feb '13, 01:50 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  pichaelmarker this'd this
there's an interview with Clive Anderson from the early 90s

where Stephen Fry makes a passing reference to liking My Bloody Valentine

mute-branches | 6 Feb '13, 17:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I got a bit over-excited when I saw Fry tweet about Explosions in the Sky.
  
  sean @mute-branches | 6 Feb '13, 18:28 | X | ^ This | Reply
- ok, that's it, i'm out....
  
  no-class @mute-branches | 7 Feb '13, 03:17 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  Antelope this'd this
  - :')
    
    Antelope @no-class | 7 Feb '13, 04:17 | X | ^ This | Reply
Juan Mata is a huge Beirut fan.

He likes some crap too but fuck you, he's Juan Mata.

DanielKelly | 6 Feb '13, 18:12 | X | ^ This | Reply

soapy, politelydeclined, and lobotomypop this'd this
- *He likes some crap too but fuck you, it doesn't Mata.
  
  meths @DanielKelly | 7 Feb '13, 11:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  lobotomypop this'd this
Charlotte Church

Posted this picture on Twitter. https://twitter.com/charlottechurch/status/243458174332571650/photo/1
Kinda fits in with the new direction she's taken.

withakay | 6 Feb '13, 18:12 | X | ^ This | Reply
- definitely wouldn't've expected Disco Inferno!
  
  mute-branches @withakay | 6 Feb '13, 18:13 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  pichaelmarker this'd this
  - Amazing!
    
    She's single now, right?
    
    Raanraals @mute-branches | 17 Feb '13, 09:23 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - If she's not
      
      then maybe Sasha Grey is.
      
      mute-branches @Raanraals | 18 Feb '13, 13:55 | X | ^ This | Reply
- she started following me on Twitter too
  
  sean @withakay | 6 Feb '13, 18:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - #famousmates
    
    pichaelmarker @sean | 6 Feb '13, 18:37 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - she's downloaded some of my stuff from my Bandcamp page
    
    which is nice
    
    Body_In_The_Thames @sean | 7 Feb '13, 21:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Trans Am?!
  
  orangejuice @withakay | 6 Feb '13, 18:28 | X | ^ This | Reply
- All with price tags still on
  
  I woke up this morning feeling a bit indie
  
  in_limbo @withakay | 7 Feb '13, 01:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
- blates a Pitchfork reader
  
  incandenza_ @withakay | 7 Feb '13, 04:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
- still think she had these selected for her
  
  fuck_this_band @withakay | 7 Feb '13, 12:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Ha
    
    Are Spillers offering a personal shopping service now?
    
    pichaelmarker @fuck_this_band | 7 Feb '13, 13:20 | X | ^ This | Reply
Author David Nicholls (One Day, Starter for Ten)

is a big post rock fan, I heard him do an interview on the radio where they asked what he liked and he actually said 'you probably won't have heard of it'.

hip_young_gunslinger | 6 Feb '13, 18:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
I saw Sanjay from Eastenders at a Kaki King gig at The Luminaire

a few years ago.

BMS1 | 6 Feb '13, 18:43 | X | ^ This | Reply
Stuart Pearce big punk fan

appeared on the back of a lurkers album (in the audience). I spotted Rod Liddell at a Luke Haynes gig once.

lordscopie | 6 Feb '13, 20:05 | X | ^ This | Reply
there's that mp (for part of bristol I think) - can't remember her name

that likes loads of post-punk/ industrial stuff

she once did a blog post where she mentioned clock dva, early simple minds, and 23 skidoo amongst others

anal_schwarzenegger | 6 Feb '13, 20:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Kerry McCarthy
  
  Alex-in-Ciderland @anal_schwarzenegger | 6 Feb '13, 20:47 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Apparently she was trying to flog a Dinosaur Jr ticket for Sunday's gig at Fiddlers.
    
    Dunno if she was there or not as I've no idea what she looks like.
    
    fellover @Alex-in-Ciderland | 7 Feb '13, 11:18 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Her blog is called 'Shot By Both Sides'
  
  With subheadings including 'From Under the Floorboards' and 'Give Me Everything'.
  
  bornin69 @anal_schwarzenegger | 17 Feb '13, 12:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
The heavy set bloke with the Yorkshire accent who did all those Nationwide ads

Big metal fan it turns out, and apparently he goes to Bloodstock pretty regularly. Even sat next him briefly at at Damnation the other year. I didn't say hello. :(

http://www.visit4ads.com/sitecontent/LG/fullZZZZZZTVC060426092429PIC.jpg

Puds | 6 Feb '13, 20:28 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Not that it really makes a difference to your comment
  
  but I'm certain he's got a geordie accent.
  
  Coja @Puds | 17 Feb '13, 16:00 | X | ^ This | Reply
.

Mark Lamarr is a big hip hop fan. I stood next to him at a Gang Starr gig.

CHAIRMAN_LMAO | 6 Feb '13, 20:34 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I saw Lamarr at a Credit to the Nation gig once
  
  True dat.
  
  shimmetry @CHAIRMAN_LMAO | 7 Feb '13, 00:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Saw him at a Gallon Drunk gig once
    
    ThirstyDog @shimmetry | 7 Feb '13, 02:04 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Credit to the Nation!
    
    Never thought I'd read those words again.
    
    whynot @shimmetry | 7 Feb '13, 02:39 | X | ^ This | Reply
gary neville likes oasis

shrewbie | 6 Feb '13, 20:37 | X | ^ This | Reply

seedler this'd this
I think there's a China Mieville book where he mentions Burial in the acknowledgements

and, on the subject of writers, Haruki Murakami makes some decent musical reference -- including a rather DiS friendly allusion to 'Kid A' in Kafka on the Shore that made me somewhat cheery.

mute-branches | 6 Feb '13, 21:15 | X | ^ This | Reply

tphrthms this'd this
Saw Matthew Horne pre-'Gavin and Stacey' at an Idlewild acoustic gig

and thought he was great cause we already loved him so much in Teachers.

Saw him again post-'Gavin and Stacey', surrounded by idiots, hanging around the 'We Are Scientists' tour bus like a chump.

Also, saw Phil Jupitus outside a Belle and Sebastian show. I guess comedians have better taste than most famous people?

bokonon | 6 Feb '13, 21:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I remember reading some thing in the NME where he'd picked a bunch of his favourite tracks
  
  There was something from Aphex's 'SAW 85-92' in there, and I think some other quite good stuff.
  
  Comedians do seem to have good music taste (or involve themselves with good music at least), though -- Chris Morris (who worked with Amon Tobin and tends to use really good music in soundtracks and whatnot), David Cross and Bob Odenkirk's Yo La Tengo video (which is so damn good, by the way), Josie Long's mentioned liking Belle and Sebastian and Los Campesinos! before... the list probably goes on.
  
  mute-branches @bokonon | 6 Feb '13, 22:02 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Sugarcube?
    
    love, love, love it.
    
    pichaelmarker @mute-branches | 6 Feb '13, 22:25 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - yup
    
    Josie Long wore a Jeffrey Lewis t-shirt on Nevermind The Buzzcocks
    
    politelydeclined @mute-branches | 6 Feb '13, 23:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Very big ^ to Chris Morris
    
    Of all the comedians who integrates music with comedy to maximum effect, Chris Morris is the man. Hunt down the bluejam radio show mp3s - they are amazing (full of quality Broadcast, Aphex, Stereolab, Pixies etc). Best of all the music frames the sinister comedy very, very well.
    
    funkycow @mute-branches | 7 Feb '13, 10:08 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Very big ^ to this.
      
      It's incredible.
      
      pichaelmarker @funkycow | 7 Feb '13, 13:22 | X | ^ This | Reply
      
      Loui_Tacceh this'd this
  - Josie Long
    
    She seems to be really involved with the Fence Collective, appears at their festivals, does gigs with them and is always tweeting Kid Canaveral and the Pictish Trail. I actually spotted her at the Grandaddy gig in Glasgow with members of Kid Canaveral. She seems cool.
    
    kubrahhh @mute-branches | 7 Feb '13, 10:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - She seems to be doing quite a few indie-pop festivals now
      
      djodell @kubrahhh | 7 Feb '13, 15:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
Leighton Baines is the man

Aaron | 6 Feb '13, 21:49 | X | ^ This | Reply

Lofisongsaregreat this'd this
- Reading his blog
  
  has made me understand the clamour for him to start over Ca$hley and want to join in.
  
  Ekels @Aaron | 7 Feb '13, 19:34 | X | ^ This | Reply
Pretty sure I remember an interview with Ruud Gullit where he was talking about Pixies

Then there was a clip of him playing in some rotten punky reggae band. Good lad.

The_Cosh | 6 Feb '13, 22:23 | X | ^ This | Reply
I'm pretty sure

MP for Winchester once listed his 'albums of the year' as being by Dido and erm... Matmos.

johnwiddop | 6 Feb '13, 22:39 | X | ^ This | Reply
- :D
  
  fuck_this_band @johnwiddop | 7 Feb '13, 12:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
- It's just occured to me that I'd love it if David Cameron ranked up his music-based cool-trying lying
  
  by talking about his collection of obscure library music on vinyl and by releasing a three-disk remix album of the entirety of 'Dark Side of the Moon' where the first disk in the style of hauntology, the second is electroacoustic minimalism, and the third is seapunk
  
  mute-branches @johnwiddop | 7 Feb '13, 12:38 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  Cementimental this'd this
jack osbourne

once mentioned Godspeed You! on TRL

TheKennedyCurse | 6 Feb '13, 23:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
- erk
  
  one of his binge buddies probably had a cd in his car
  
  theintl @TheKennedyCurse | 7 Feb '13, 07:25 | X | ^ This | Reply
One of, or all of

The Inbetweeners guys

did 'guest playlists' on itunes, one of them chose Animal Collective, i remember

politelydeclined | 6 Feb '13, 23:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
i wish this thread would go on forever

favourite thread

politelydeclined | 6 Feb '13, 23:31 | X | ^ This | Reply

pichaelmarker this'd this
- :)
  
  shimmetry @politelydeclined | 7 Feb '13, 00:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
- :)
  
  shimmetry @politelydeclined | 7 Feb '13, 00:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
i know he's a musician, but...

Preston (from Ordinary Boys, CBB) still confuses me with his taste.

wore a Girls t-shirt on Big Brother, and check out his blog...
http://samuelpreston.blogspot.co.uk/

politelydeclined | 6 Feb '13, 23:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
Matthew 'The Wright Stuff' Wright

Hawkwind

http://www.wrightonproductions.com/hawkwind.htm

TheWza | 6 Feb '13, 23:34 | X | ^ This | Reply
- he covered for Stuart Maconie on 6music once
  
  and talked quite a bit about Sparklehorse
  
  mute-branches @TheWza | 7 Feb '13, 09:49 | X | ^ This | Reply
- i can't believe i forgot about this
  
  ps Hawkwind's website is INCREDIBLE
  
  soapy @TheWza | 7 Feb '13, 11:20 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I saw Matthew Wright
  
  at a Mogwai gig.
  
  SpartacusHughes @TheWza | 7 Feb '13, 11:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - we have a winner!
    
    jontosh2001 @SpartacusHughes | 7 Feb '13, 13:14 | X | ^ This | Reply
Gordon Brown <3's Arctic Monkeys

TheWza | 6 Feb '13, 23:43 | X | ^ This | Reply
Leo Messi is a Bryan Ferry fan

http://yfrog.com/scaled/landing/861/ponsi.jpg

alhorner | 6 Feb '13, 23:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
Steve Davis

is the only person I'd consider for this thread - an all-time master of his field and a genuinely encyclopaedic knowledge of avant-garde music. And he's bloody lovely.

Loui_Tacceh | 7 Feb '13, 00:32 | X | ^ This | Reply

Anthonyc this'd this
- I guess this is pretty cool
  
  crashingthrough @Loui_Tacceh | 7 Feb '13, 02:07 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  fuck_this_band this'd this
- Yes.
  
  http://thequietus.com/articles/07728-steve-davis-interview-magma
  
  Comaboy @Loui_Tacceh | 7 Feb '13, 13:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
I had a 2 minute chat with Bob Mortimer about how great

Stephen Jones and Babybird are a few months ago.

yuggy | 7 Feb '13, 00:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Stephen Davis was played a lot in web-based games comedy show
  
  Consolevania, along with a bunch of music that were Rab and Ryan's personal choices (or possibly just Rab, not sure) including Múm and Andrew Bird, amongst others.
  
  mute-branches @yuggy | 7 Feb '13, 12:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
Fred Armisen from Portlandia *LOVES* Zach Hill/Hella/Death Grips, apparently.

Also, here's a video of Rainn Wilson playing bongos for Frightened Rabbit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngyErXZYxko&list=SPzvRx_johoA-HwuP429ZWOTsa84S60x9H&index=1

...and in another video he describes them as "one of [his] favourite bands of all time".

iizcallum | 7 Feb '13, 01:47 | X | ^ This | Reply
- dude was in Trenchmouth before he got into the comedy game
  
  or, if you like, I preferred Fred Armisen *before* he was a famous comic/actor.
  
  incandenza_ @iizcallum | 7 Feb '13, 04:14 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Pretty sure
  
  Fred Armisen drummed with Yo La Tengo on Fallon a couple of weeks ago when they played Ohm
  
  kubrahhh @iizcallum | 7 Feb '13, 10:59 | X | ^ This | Reply
- isn't that the whole point in that show tho
  
  fuck_this_band @iizcallum | 7 Feb '13, 12:28 | X | ^ This | Reply
I don't want to sound like a nob, but are a lot of these really that amazing?

'Person likes Some Bands' SHOCKER!!!!! Of course they do. Is the subtext to this thread that only people here "have decent taste in music" (OP's words) and anyone similar in the outside world must be dangerously ALT? 51 year old Ricky Gervais likes David Bowie and Radiohead?? AW SHITTTTTTTTTTTTTT

crashingthrough | 7 Feb '13, 02:05 | X | ^ This | Reply

Albert-Swearengen, GoatmeatMF, _TheBeautifulOnes_, and andyvine this'd this
- BBC Wildlife dude Chris Packham
  
  like The cure n shit
  
  1986_and_all_that @crashingthrough | 7 Feb '13, 03:48 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - He always drops song titles into his script
    
    when he gets the chance. During the recent Winter Watch programme it was Madness, and not so long ago in Spring or Autumn Watch he was doing Smiths songs.
    
    H-Stein @1986_and_all_that | 7 Feb '13, 13:10 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    1986_and_all_that this'd this
    - did the manics as well on a previous series
      
      hibster @H-Stein | 19 Feb '13, 08:59 | X | ^ This | Reply
- i see your point but it's just a bit of fun
  
  some examples are more notable than others
  
  ithica @crashingthrough | 7 Feb '13, 07:59 | X | ^ This | Reply
George Wendt

aka Norm from Cheers. Used to regularly be sighted at gigs by the likes of The Replacements, Husker Du, Soul Asylum & Buffalo Tom.

ThirstyDog | 7 Feb '13, 05:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
Stood behind Lily Cole at a Sunset Rubdown show

She was at Wolf Parade's Electric Ballroom gig too.

citizenmeh | 7 Feb '13, 06:10 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I may have struggled with that.
  
  I really do have a serious thing for Lily Cole...
  
  geordiedave1981 @citizenmeh | 7 Feb '13, 09:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
- How close behind?
  
  bornin69 @citizenmeh | 7 Feb '13, 12:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  bokonon this'd this
Quentin & Jarmusch

too close to being a musician?

theintl | 7 Feb '13, 07:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
- jarmusch is (was?) a musician
  
  fuck_this_band @theintl | 7 Feb '13, 12:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Spike Jonze has good taste too judging by the bands/artists he directs videos for and soundtracks to some of his short films.
    
    iizcallum @fuck_this_band | 7 Feb '13, 14:20 | X | ^ This | Reply
ahaha forgot rooney had a stereophonics tatoo

TheKennedyCurse | 7 Feb '13, 09:45 | X | ^ This | Reply
Jonathan Franzen included a detailed description of a Lifted-era Bright Eyes gig in Freedom,

so I assume he's a fan.

Despite loving Franzen and Bright Eyes, it was strangely excruciating to read though.

hip_young_gunslinger | 7 Feb '13, 10:02 | X | ^ This | Reply
- probably worth a new thread for music mentioned in literature?
  
  the Radiohead mentions in Palahniuk and Coupland are always a bit wonky.
  
  sean @hip_young_gunslinger | 7 Feb '13, 10:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - there was a brilliant article
    
    in the second issue of Loops about the nature of descriptions of music in sci-fi. How the music is always so conservatively estimated compared to the worlds it exists in. There's a lot of examples of people reverting to classical music, or when trying to create a new future music they end up at a kind of music that existed a couple of trend-cycles ago from the time of writing.
    
    It considers how most sci-fi authors seem to find it very hard to create a new future music.
    
    Relatedly - seems Loops has ended - their last tweet was March 2011 and all links to it are dead. Shame, I really enjoyed all the articles - even/especially Paul Morley's epic Michael Jackson piece
    
    GoatmeatMF @sean | 7 Feb '13, 11:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - the description of futuristic music in William Gibson's Neuromancer is pretty well-observed
      
      he describes it as being dub, but it's fair to say that he's basically talking about sample-based music, in general.
      
      mute-branches @GoatmeatMF | 7 Feb '13, 12:15 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - but that was written in the 80's as sampling was taking off
        
        so it's not necessarily a huge leap forward.
        
        Although sampling is the future.
        
        GoatmeatMF @mute-branches | 7 Feb '13, 12:20 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        I thought all music in the future
        
        would sound like Ministry
        
        soapy @GoatmeatMF | 7 Feb '13, 12:28 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - ^Yeah I really liked Loops. I guess there just wasn't a market for it.
      
      I think it was a bit awkward in what it was trying to do: an in-depth, well-written, almost academic journal-style publication, but focusing on relatively left of centre music (i.e. not the more "avant-garde"-y or whatever stuff you'd maybe expect from something of its form.) I guess Faber and Domino just didn't think it wasn't worth investing in any more.
      
      That article by Mark Fisher in the 2nd issue, "Why don't bands split up anymore?" was superb.
      
      crashingthrough @GoatmeatMF | 7 Feb '13, 12:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - also, that Sci-Fi article was great (by Simon Reynolds, I think)
      
      It was a follow-up to one in the previous issue where he discussed a similar thing in Sci-Fi films. Similar conclusions about difficulty of OST composers in imagining genuinely futuristic soundscapes. Although it did also point me in the direction of the Louis and Bebe Baron's late 1950s Forbidden Planet soundtrack - worth checking out!
      
      crashingthrough @GoatmeatMF | 7 Feb '13, 12:41 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - (massively off-topic)
        
        crashingthrough @crashingthrough | 7 Feb '13, 12:41 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - I remember a passing reference to 'white noise concerts' in one of Alfred Bester's novels :D
      
      Cementimental @GoatmeatMF | 7 Feb '13, 13:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
- 90% through that book now actually
  
  A lot of excruciating music references & made-up band names in it, but otherwise a great book.
  
  ThirstyDog @hip_young_gunslinger | 7 Feb '13, 11:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
Nick Hornb.... nevermind

soapy | 7 Feb '13, 11:21 | X | ^ This | Reply
Louis Theroux is a massive gangsta rap fan, I think he wrote an article on it for the Idler. Also recall former Man City player Spencer Prior being interviewed in Kerrang backstage at a Marilyn Manson gig

chris_81 | 7 Feb '13, 12:43 | X | ^ This | Reply
- yeah Spencer Prior has a pretty horrendous love of metal
  
  jontosh2001 @chris_81 | 7 Feb '13, 13:16 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Haha I can totally see Theroux getting down to some gangster music.
  
  furio @chris_81 | 7 Feb '13, 16:16 | X | ^ This | Reply
Simon Pegg

Aside from the references in Spaced and the record box in Shaun Of The Dead, I saw him at a gig at The Garage in the late 90's. It was either Man Or Astroman or Russell Simins. Unfortunately he's also a big Coldplay fan...

H-Stein | 7 Feb '13, 13:13 | X | ^ This | Reply
Graeme Le Saux confessed to liking 90s indie/rock in an interview I read with him once,

mentioning Reef and another band whose name escapes me now.

I stood next to Jonathan Ross and his wife Jane at a Biffy Clyro gig a few years ago - only noticed right at the end.

Petr Cech loves banging the drums - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hF2oo7oPtJw LOVE this!

tre_cools_sticks | 7 Feb '13, 13:43 | X | ^ This | Reply
MP for Hove Mike Weatherly claimed to have worn an Iron Maiden do deliver his 'Maiden' speech to the house. He used to present a 'ROCK SHOW' on some crappy internet radio station.

He's a prick.

Jawstheshark | 7 Feb '13, 14:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
- the maiden tshirt thing is pretty cool
  
  We need more Metaller members.
  
  oojimaflop @Jawstheshark | 19 Feb '13, 16:49 | X | ^ This | Reply
Bill Oddie loves his folky bands!

djodell | 7 Feb '13, 15:16 | X | ^ This | Reply
Bill Bailey

Mastodon, Metallica, Slayer

soapy | 7 Feb '13, 15:20 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Bill Bailey is a Mastodon fan?
  
  I find this fantastic
  
  1986_and_all_that @soapy | 16 Feb '13, 14:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - saw him at the kraftwerk double header in brixton as well
    
    hibster @1986_and_all_that | 19 Feb '13, 08:59 | X | ^ This | Reply
Viktor Fischer (best player in the World 2018) seems to have very decent taste

John Coltrane, Dave Brubeck, Phoenix, Massive Attack, Benga etc.

http://www.facebook.com/viktor.fischer/favorites

OvertakenByTractors | 7 Feb '13, 15:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
marcus haenemenn is a big TOOL fan

not saying that means he have decent taste but he gets points for:
a) wearing a TOOL cap on a subs bench.
b) being marcus haenaman

Jordan_229_2 | 7 Feb '13, 16:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
- was he the one who went on motd2
  
  and got ribbed off clin murray for loving 'death metal' and they played some highlights of him playing with enter sandman over the top like a bunch of n00bs
  
  soapy @Jordan_229_2 | 7 Feb '13, 16:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
- is 'hahnemann' really so hard to remember
  
  Loui_Tacceh @Jordan_229_2 | 7 Feb '13, 16:25 | X | ^ This | Reply
christian dailly once reviewed the singles of the week in kerrang back in the day

8stepstoperfection | 7 Feb '13, 19:38 | X | ^ This | Reply
- He liked Keep Fishin' by Weezer the best I remember
  
  fullerov @8stepstoperfection | 16 Feb '13, 11:40 | X | ^ This | Reply
Colin Pillinger (man behind Beagle 2) is a Mercury Rev fan

'The Dark Is Rising' was one of his Desert Island Discs.

RobinPlaysChords | 7 Feb '13, 20:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
Cesar Sampaio is a massive M.Ward fan

jacques_le_biscuit_ | 7 Feb '13, 20:48 | X | ^ This | Reply
- :D
  
  OvertakenByTractors @jacques_le_biscuit_ | 7 Feb '13, 20:51 | X | ^ This | Reply
Met Sunday Oliseh at a Suburban Kids with Biblical Names gig in Malmo

jacques_le_biscuit_ | 7 Feb '13, 21:14 | X | ^ This | Reply
Daniel Bryan from WWE

sung backing vocals on a Kimya Dawson track.
CM Punk has Living Colour as his entrance music as well

Annoying_person | 7 Feb '13, 22:42 | X | ^ This | Reply
Kat Dennings / The Electric Six

<3

cowcow | 16 Feb '13, 11:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
The comedian Adam Buxton has an exceptional taste, which includes The Pixies, Wild Beasts, Guided By Voices.

FWBTS | 17 Feb '13, 08:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
- i sat next to Adam Buxton and his kid at a Van Dyke Parks gig once
  
  fuckyeahdubstep @FWBTS | 17 Feb '13, 09:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
JASON SEGAL

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8v1zf05RG1qz8vv5o1_500.jpg

jopzorz | 17 Feb '13, 15:01 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Penny smith (gmtv etc)
  
  Really likes Nick Cave and Bonnie Prince Billy.i remember reading this once.
  
  chasingabee @jopzorz | 17 Feb '13, 15:35 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  matt_ this'd this
  - Google suggests you remembered correctly
    
    Scroll down to the bottom: http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/i-couldnt-live-without-481338
    
    matt_ @chasingabee | 17 Feb '13, 21:32 | X | ^ This | Reply
Peed next to Cilian Murphy at Grizzly Bear's Roundhouse show

and the bloke at the urinal on the other side ecstatically rang his mates after we left the toilet to tell them he'd 'just met Dillian Murphy'.

marke | 18 Feb '13, 13:28 | X | ^ This | Reply
recent new order shows have seen

kevin cummins, tim burgess, one of dick & dom (who knows which one), bobby gillespie, james brown (not that one, the magazine guy)

hibster | 19 Feb '13, 09:00 | X | ^ This | Reply
oh & on the comeback pixies gig at brixton

jonathan ross was down the front for about 3 songs in a cream suit before he had to leave for safety at the sides

was a bit mental though

funniest thing was as he was trying to get away everyone was accosting him

hibster | 19 Feb '13, 09:07 | X | ^ This | Reply
kraftwerks man machine gig

had a fair few according to the nme review
brian cox/ jarvis & others i forget now

hibster | 20 Feb '13, 09:01 | X | ^ This | Reply

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