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What group appeals most to sufferers of Asperger's Syndrome?
Radiohead 20%  20%  [ 18 ]
Radiohead 20%  20%  [ 18 ]
The Smiths 11%  11%  [ 10 ]
The Smiths 11%  11%  [ 10 ]
Joy Division/New Order 8%  8%  [ 7 ]
Joy Division/New Order 8%  8%  [ 7 ]
The Talking Heads 6%  6%  [ 5 ]
The Talking Heads 6%  6%  [ 5 ]
The Cure 6%  6%  [ 5 ]
The Cure 6%  6%  [ 5 ]
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04 Apr 2006, 4:01 pm

i think Belle and Sebastian could be appealing to those with AS- their songs are very much about awkwardness and outsider-just in a twee way.
i love them they're my fave band :)



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04 Apr 2006, 6:23 pm

I would have to say none of them would be appealing for me but that's only me and I don't know about any other Aspie.


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06 Apr 2006, 4:24 am

monastic wrote:
Here's my fav top ten (not in any particular order)
I go to my "zone" listening to them. They are quite, ahem... stim-a-licious

1. Pink Floyd
2. Rush
3. Jethro Tull
4. Queen
5. Yes
6. Jimi Hendrix
7. Talking Heads
8. Peter Gabriel
9. Switchfoot
10. Led Zeppelin


I love music (classical and jazz, too) but these are the ones I seem to play over and over again.


I know what you mean about Yes and the other prog rock bands there. :) Something about prog rock just seems to suit my mind so well, just listening to it is enough of a stim when I feel stressed. Particularly Yes, I can just lose myself in the different passages of their music. :) There seem to be certain aspects of music that just appeal to my Aspie-ness, I can't quite describe it but it's something to do with the sound of the songs. "Spirit of the Radio" by Rush, "Special Needs" by Placebo, "Precious" by Depeche Mode and "And You And I" by Yes all have this sound in common to me, I'm still not sure what it is about them but if you listen to them you might see what I mean. :)


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06 Apr 2006, 7:09 pm

I am a classical music buff (90% of the time that is what I listen to)... but when it comes to contemporary / being pop / rock, etc. here would be my top 10 (groups & / or performers)...

1. Pink Floyd
2. U2
3. The Cure
4. The Beatles
5. Emerson Lake & Palmer
6. Depeche Mode
7. The Doors
8. Carlos Santana
9. Procol Harem
10. Eric Clapton



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06 Apr 2006, 8:54 pm

Tough choice. Loved The Cure as a teenager. Listen to the Smiths. Like New Order. Ditto the Heads, but they're more arty and quirky than AS-y.

Radiohead, past their prime they may be, has probably the "soundtrack" to any sort of paranoidal outsider music with OK Computer and Kid A.



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07 Apr 2006, 9:42 am

moomin wrote:
i think Belle and Sebastian could be appealing to those with AS- their songs are very much about awkwardness and outsider-just in a twee way.
i love them they're my fave band :)


My girlfriend likes them

God they suck

Radiohead one the vote...sad

they haven't made a decent album since the bends



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07 Apr 2006, 9:51 am

Laz wrote:
moomin wrote:
i think Belle and Sebastian could be appealing to those with AS- their songs are very much about awkwardness and outsider-just in a twee way.
i love them they're my fave band :)


My girlfriend likes them

God they suck


I can't vouch for anything beyond <I>If You're Feeling Sinister</I>, but that's one heck of an album. There's some amazing songs on there -- and not one single dud -- tho they do have to grow on you a bit.

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they haven't made a decent album since the bends


I can understand how people dislike Kid A or anything after that, but OK Computer? Key-ripes. Them's are fighting words. ;-)



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08 Apr 2006, 7:49 am

1. Pink Floyd
2. Allman Brothers
3. Cream
4. Hendrix
5. Black Sabbath
6. Bad Company
7. Led Zeppelin
8. Van Morrison
9. Stevie Ray Vaughn
10. Kenny Wayne Shepherd



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08 Apr 2006, 8:24 am

1: Motörhead
2: Deep Purple
3: Metallica
4: Black Sabbath
5: Iron Maiden
6: Judas Priest
7: Arch Enemy
8: Bleeding Through



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08 Apr 2006, 3:28 pm

Artists/Bands that appeal to my group of Aspies at school:
1.Dropkick Murphys
2.Flogging Molly
3.Bon Jovi
4.Alan jackson
5.Garth Brooks


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09 Apr 2006, 8:07 am

Hi, here are my favorites..............Rush, Pink floyd, Todd Rundgren and Utopia, Queen, Yes.....