Music

I've been always quite a big fan of music. Which style ? Pretty much everything you can imagine.

When I was a kid I listened to Beatles, Bee Gees, Simon& Garfunkel, Boney M., Abba - my parents' discotheque. Also a lot of czech music from those times. As I wasn't yet able to catch the lyrics well (not even in czech songs) I often made up quite funny dummy lyrics just so I could sing it. When I joined the high school I started listening to radio.

My first ever casette was Queen: The Greatest Hits II, a gift from my parents. That tape was worn out very soon. My second tape was Guns'n'Roses. Surprisingly, this was also a gift from my parents. In any case this was a sign something's going wrong with me. Next came Nirvana. At that period a lot of people at school were into czech punk bands. I wasn't much into that at that time, but at least discovered the style.

My first big concert at the age of 16 was Roxette :). Nevertheless even when Nevermind was at the top of charts, Bee Gees still belonged to my favourites :).

Later I started digging more into heavier music, as well as things such as britpop: Oasis, Pulp, Soundgarden, Body Count, Midnight Oil. I also started listening to some alternative and electronic stuff: Renegade Soundwave, Prodigy, Chemical Brothers, Bjork, Nick Cave.

Then I discovered (welsh/irish) stuff - Pogues. There came my first open-air festivals, and I became a fan of world music and mix of it with electronics - Transglobal Underground, Fun'da'mental, Vartinna, Ole Lukkoye.

Then I got into heavier period again: Nine Inch Nails, Smashing Pumpkins, Sepultura, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Faith No More, Dead Kennedys, Lard, Metallica, Pearl Jam. Then came AIESEC, - at that time I liked Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan very much.

I also discovered african music - a band called Imbizo from Zimbabwe which I saw at a Womad festival in Prague (listen to Paul Simon's Graceland album for a sample). Very cool live performance a'capella. Actually probably the best performance I ever saw.

Quite late at university I discovered Rollins Band, Alice In Chains, Leftfield, Leonard Cohen, Cypress Hill, Levellers, Massive Attack, Porthishead, Radiohead, Skunk Anansie, Toy Dolls, Underworld, Apocalyptica, Bob Marley, Propellerheads, Wu Tang Clan, Cornershop, U2, Primal Scream, No Means No, Tom Petty, Pink Floyd.

Recently I had a period of checking out my parents' discotheque again: Glenn Miller, Ennio Morricone. And on that note, I like some shitty music too! - 2 Unlimited, Toto Cotugno, New Kids On The Block, Vanilla Ice.

The list of bands could continue for a couple of more pages. The point is: my collection of music in past 15 years became so big, that I'd have to listen approx. for 2,5 months, 24/7 to hear every single song once. I did a calculation a couple of weeks ago. But it's money and time well spent. Now you also understand why I haven't been listening to a radio for the last 4 years. :) It's quite useless thing for me.