I’m tone-deaf as far as I can see, but it doesn’t stop me from loving music. I enjoy pop, hip-hop, classical music, EDM, trap, rock, a bit of metal and a whole lot of chill music.

What makes the music great is not the genre but the people who made it. To the surprise of no one, this white boy likes to listen to rap while walking to his 9 to 5 job (s).

I don’t use Spotify. Instead, I like to look up random words on SoundCloud and look for smaller artists, cheer them up in comments, and experience a greater variety of songs.

I bet you will like at least a couple of my favourite songs. Sit back, relax, or stand up and dance.

Goats

Greatest of all time, part of the 🐐 series.

• Guns N’ Roses – Paradise City is my alarm.
• Dirty Dancing – Time of My Life (Final Dance) Yes, seriously.
• Steve’n’Seagulls – Thunderstruck (LIVE)
• Ram Jam – Black Betty
• Rick Astley & Choir! Choir! Choir! – Never Gonna Give You Up
• Kansas – Carry on Wayward Son
• Kings Of Leon – Sex on Fire
• Johnny Cash – Hurt bummer at the end.

Chill

These are in the goated territory as well.

• Grover Washington – Just the Two of Us (feat. Bill Withers)
• Lady Antebellum – Need You Now
• Grits – My Life Be Like

Hype songs

Music with a lot of drum beats.

• El Estepario Siberiano – Blinding Lights cover. The most technically skilled drummer on the planet using the hardest techniques on the planet. That guy has some powerful motivation.
• Top Secret Drum Corps from Switzerland, just watch the whole thing, I promise you, the payoff is huge.
• The Glitch Mob – Warrior Concerto
• Swiss Lips – Carolyn
• MrSuicideSheep – Can’t Stop Won’t Stop – Mighty & High
• Harrison – Whats Poppin’ (feat. Sebastien Dior)
• Keys N Krates – DUM DEE DUM
• Traktion – Mission ASCII

Songs that make me cry

European anthem, mainly because of how inspiring the song is what we have is a bureaucratic nightmare with extremist voices getting louder.

Look no further than Beethoven’s Ode to Joy.

This flashmob reminds me to always look for good in people, that unity is possible, and that Europe should lead the world by example, not copy-paste exclusively bad aspects of American culture. It is embarrassing, we had such a head start…

Sets

Various genres, various artists.

• Classical Music for When You’re on a Deadline
• Coins – The Exploding Hot Death Lava Mixtape
• Anderson Paak & The Free Nationals: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert Imagine NPR-level white people nervously shuffle hearing the very first sentence of this song. Drummers will understand why I like this particular set.
• Relive Ultra Miami 2012 man if I was flying, Ultra Miami would 100% go on my bucket list. I guess Ultra Croatia will have to do it!

Hip hop

There is a great deal of truth in hip-hop slash rap. I listen mainly to Slovakian hip-hop, so you probably would not understand the lyrics. Well worth the listen even if you can’t understand a word. That is how most older Europeans experience English music, we have genuinely no idea what words in English songs mean. Slovenský hip hop žije.

• Strapo – Daj Peňáz
• Strapo – Starý Pes
• Strapo – Echo my current ringtone!
• Strapo – Dekel
• Strapo – Loading

English rap?

• NEFFEX – POTUS (copyright free)
• NEFFEX – New Year, New Me (copyright free)

Pop

I put it on the bottom so you don’t judge me too harshly.
I am proud to say I like catchy pop tunes.

• Harry Styles – Watermelon Sugar
• Maroon 5 – Sugar