William Shakespeare, what hast thou on thy Walkeman?

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The Bard likes words. He's into Italian culture in a big way. He's not averse to violence, but likes to mix it up with romance, whimsy and low comedy. He's a bisexual in the service of the royal family, a pusher of the creative envelope but bit of a social conservative when it comes to women and jews...

Does he like rap, of which Brian Eno recently said 'Who (apart from me) would have predicted that men shouting poetry would become the most successful form of pop?' Or does The Bard have Fairport Convention and Richard Thompson's 'Mock Tudor' on the 8 track of his half-timbered Morris Traveller?

― Momus, Monday, 6 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Possibly Eminem, so long as he's not too fussy about the Italian culture/romance/bisexuality/royalty bit. So maybe not Eminem then.

― jamesmichaelward, Monday, 6 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

William Shakespeare would like Shakespeare's Sister.

― Jagannatha, Monday, 6 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

i believe he would listen to slick rick.

― ethan, Monday, 6 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Prince, obviously. Although Prince's lyrics are generally pretty bad, but from Momus' description of the Bard they seem to have a few things in common.

― dave q, Monday, 6 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

He's into Italian culture in a big way. He's not averse to violence, but likes to mix it up with romance, whimsy and low comedy. He's a bisexual.

Like a pseudo-mafia, Tarantino-sampling, "Is this some Kharmic-Chi love thing happening here baby or what?", especially good-looking, semi-comedy band, yo?

Badebing badeboom, The Fun Loving Criminals.

― Graham, Monday, 6 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I think he would listen to Bob Dylan but secretly long for Tone Loc

― Mike Hanle y, Monday, 6 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Actually the egotistical chap would probably listen to Krenneth Branagh reading Hamlet.

― nathalie, Monday, 6 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Iron Maiden!

― jel, Monday, 6 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

the Bard would love rap-- no doubt. Above all Shakes was a man of density, and there is no music that currently exists with the level of density that rap provides. Rap lives and dies on double-entendre, hidden meanings, inside jokes, and wordplay-- all wrapped up in a high/low dichotomy that Shakity Shakes brought to the game.

However rap is still waiting for its Shakespeare, someone who can marry the high and low promise of the genre together as the Bard did with popular theatre.

― Chaz A. Bartok, Monday, 6 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I think he would love chamber pop. You know cute boys singing overly clever songs about love and sex. So you momus,Rufus,Stephen Merrit .

As well Alice Randall was a hugely popular Country soungwriter. She said it was the music that reminded her of the Cavaliers and was the only music that spoke in narratives anymore. I think shakepeare might listen to Wilco, Smog and the Silver Jews.

― anthony, Monday, 6 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

The soundtrack to Hedwig and the Angry Inch! And maybe Rent, too.

― turner, Monday, 6 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Well, Japan being the Italy of today, WS (shakespeare, not the fresh prince) would have a cleverist appreciation of J-Pop, plus a stack of mini-discs burnt from his op-shop singles collection. oh, and a kind-of weird over-enthusiasm for Eminem, in fact, he'd probably augment his nihophilia by only buying Japanese releases of Eminem records.

― *, Monday, 6 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Oukast, the bard would feel for Mrs Jackson. Public Enemy's Black Steel in The Hour Of Chaos would strike a chord as well. Possibly Eels as well.

― zacko, Wednesday, 8 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

five years pass...

The Decemberists

― Stephen Bush (Stephen B.), Sunday, 27 August 2006 22:18 (nineteen years ago)

edit to Ipod, surely? Hang on, I guess they didn't have Ipods in his day. Proceed as normal...

[/awful humour]

Billy S would surely listen avidly to MBV and Radiohead like the rest of us.

― Scourage (Haberdager), Sunday, 27 August 2006 22:27 (nineteen years ago)

something he could put on at a bear-baiting match, too.

― poortheatre (poortheatre), Sunday, 27 August 2006 22:31 (nineteen years ago)

A bootleg of Oh, Mama Omaha, the never-released collaboration between Jimmy Webb, Willie Dixon and Jim Steinman.

― Monty Von Byonga (Monty Von Byonga), Monday, 28 August 2006 03:51 (nineteen years ago)

Greensleeves

― JTS (JTS), Monday, 28 August 2006 14:03 (nineteen years ago)

The Humpty Dance is pretty Shakespearian. u know it.

― Kim (Kim), Monday, 28 August 2006 14:13 (nineteen years ago)

Busta Rhymes et al - "Touch It" (remix)

― Young Fresh Danny D (Dan Perry), Monday, 28 August 2006 14:16 (nineteen years ago)

Bad Brains - "I Against I"

― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Monday, 28 August 2006 14:25 (nineteen years ago)

The Kinks - "Lola"

― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Monday, 28 August 2006 14:26 (nineteen years ago)

New Order - "Bizarre Love Triangle"

― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Monday, 28 August 2006 14:27 (nineteen years ago)

Massive Attack and Mos Def - "I Against I"

― Young Fresh Danny D (Dan Perry), Monday, 28 August 2006 14:28 (nineteen years ago)

Lard - "Time To Melt"

― Young Fresh Danny D (Dan Perry), Monday, 28 August 2006 14:28 (nineteen years ago)

various artists - when love speaks (2002)
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:ic1uak3k0m3l

― tiit (tiit), Monday, 28 August 2006 15:01 (nineteen years ago)

Robyn - "Who's That Girl"

― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Monday, 28 August 2006 15:04 (nineteen years ago)

Jan & Dean - "Surf City"

― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Monday, 28 August 2006 15:05 (nineteen years ago)

The Rolling Stones - "Under My Thumb"

― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Monday, 28 August 2006 15:06 (nineteen years ago)

Dire Straits - Romeo and Juliet

― someteenpartying (someteenpartying), Monday, 28 August 2006 15:11 (nineteen years ago)

The Reflections - (Just Like) Romeo and Juliet

― PappaWheelie, Olives, Red Wine, Coffee, Scotch, and Me (PappaWheelie 2), Monday, 28 August 2006 15:18 (nineteen years ago)

Rehearsing My Choir?

― Zeno Piston's Cruel Cartoon (Haberdager), Monday, 28 August 2006 15:22 (nineteen years ago)

Circulus

― Neil Stewart (Neil Stewart), Monday, 28 August 2006 15:51 (nineteen years ago)

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y176/edwardiii/ys.jpg

― Emily B (Emily B), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 03:44 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.music.iastate.edu/antiqua/eaglegrove/03renfair/1b.jpg

― cosmo vitelli (cosmo vitelli), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 04:02 (nineteen years ago)

The Bard likes words. He's into Italian culture in a big way. He's not averse to violence, but likes to mix it up with romance, whimsy and low comedy.

He sounds like an Only Built 4 Cuban Linx kind of guy.

― Rodn y Greene (R. J. Greene), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 04:17 (nineteen years ago)

Okeh, okeh... I'll be the first then to mention Rondellus's Sabbatum
*sigh*

― tiit (tiit), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 11:14 (nineteen years ago)

RJ is on the money!!

― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 11:52 (nineteen years ago)

Definitely, Anticon guys like Buck 65 and Sage Francis.

― Mike M (FirstBass), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 12:30 (nineteen years ago)

Who the hell designed that Newsom cover, Thomas Kinkade?

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 20:39 (nineteen years ago)

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