RE: The PokeBeach Thread of Mucus...erm-Music
One band that I have been listening to a lot lately has been "Gekkan Pro Bowler". They are a Japanese pop-electronica/happy techno band.
Here are some of their stuff. It's amazing cleaning/doing art/feeling down/waking up music.
"Summer of Love" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Is2fAcYEgdA
"Hikari no Hotaru" (Light Firefly) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRk0LAXFP6w
"EYES" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vn2uHdNdNqM&feature=related
"School Girl Frequency" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S599UaqLv_Y&feature=related
”Ryusei Dansa” (Meteor Dancer) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nn3X4q17ZIc&feature=related (this is their official music video)
As for me, I like any type of music that either has a nice, catchy beat that I can hum to while working or thought-provoking music that has a creative genius at work behind it. This way, I cover all my basics and appreciate music in its entirety.
I focus mostly on the following: punk, electronica, trance, ambient, J-Pop, K-Pop, C/M-pop (Cantonese/Mandorin), Ska, heavy metal, folk metal death metal, black metal, gothic rock, gothic metal, game music, experimental, jazz, and classical. I also dabble in blues, generic pop, new wave, Eurowave, hip-hop, JHop, Bollywood, swing, blue grass, screamo, nu-metal, folk, Lord of the Rings Metal, gospel, Christian rock, noise, R&B, rapcore, big band, soundtrack, and talking. I believe that covers the basics. I dislike most country music save for Rascal Flatts but even then, I listen to them once in a blue moon. Oh, and I forgot who but I saw some Daft Punk love going on. Count me in on this lovefest that is occurring because I have a lot of it for them.