Is Ozma your favorite band?

[Potentially Tim]

Are they?

[cesarsalad]

They tie weezer as my favorite too.

[The Other Jon]

My favorite band is The Beatles, followed by Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin.  So I don't think Ozma would feel too slighted.

[schwarz]

I don't pick Favorites, but if i did they would be near the top.

[Not Jason]

in certain respects, yes.  i like so much music though, it's not as though any one band is the end all.

[amish]

in certain respects, yes.  i like so much music though, it's not as though any one band is the end all.

exactly my feelings. I have certain moods. During certain moods (definition of mood in this context is a collective feeling over an extended period of time) I enjoy certain types of music. Sometimes I'm heavy on Ska. Sometimes heavy on grunge/punk. Sometimes I'm heavy on Ozma. Sometimes "anything BUT ____". It's an always moving sort of thing.

I can't say Ozma is my favorite. Because that would imply that they are always my favorite. However, consistently I always enjoy Ozma and would never say "turn it off".

EDIT: For example, today at work (right now) I am in such a mood for Songs of (In)Audible Trucks and Cars it's funny. It's looping around and around... Lorraine, Iceland... mmm... Good coding music.

[RedStarBandit]

i would say Ozma is in my top 3 of favorite bands. i really dont think i can pick one to be "The Favorite" because i really love them all.

In alphebetical order only:

Beatles, The
Handclaps and Harmonies
Ozma

[funwithsponges]

I used to consider them my favorite band, but I haven't really listened to them in a while.  However, I'm not even sure what favorite band #2 is, and I don't think I would be willing to promote them to #1.

Lately I've been listening to the same shit, but I don't think I would call any of it my favorite.  So just because I dislike change, I'll call Ozma my favorite.  For now, at least.

[Tri$tan]

rrp3/ddd are the two albums that i own that i can put on and keep on repeat without getting pissed. pinkerton comes close but i have stupid memories associate with weezer now. mainly my ex.

but ozma is one of my top bands. the other ones rotate depending on mood.

[noonchild]

I  am an ozma freak, and love them as my favorite.


(Pink floyd is still the best band however)

[Pyronite]

I wouldn't really consider Ozma a favorite... I like their music, but honestly I don't listen to the band all that often.

[falyn]

They tie weezer as my favorite too.

[icecreamman]

I would say they definitely are my favorite.

[The Other Mike]

nah... they might make my top ten though.

[Ianny]

I have a top 10 of bands, and there really is no set #1.  But Ozma certainly is on the list.  If I'd have to make a list, the 10 would be, in no particular order...

Ozma
Rilo Kiley
Muse
Harvey Danger
Radiohead
Snow Patrol
They Might Be Giants
The Cardigans
REM
The Postal Service

[Lando_Calrissian]

Ozma
Weezer
Nada Surf
Pixies/Frank Black

I weep when I think I'll never go to an Ozma gig. 

Really.

[kitten]

i get really sad too.  as much as i like the albums, the absolute best part of ozma was seeing them live.  usually i don't like live stuff nearly as much as the albums, but they really had something.

[heysarahsarah]

Well, see, there is favorite as in music I like absolute most (which changes daily) and favorite as in a band I am passionate and care a great deal for and feel connected to on a lot of levels (musically, lyrically, socially [dude, I met my boyfriend through Ozma])...Ozma is my favorite in that sense.

[billy]

like most people's tastes....mine have changed over the past 4 years.  All i know is that BECAUSE of Ozma and especially because of the OOF...I've found out about more bands that I can handle...and have grown to LOVE some of them....like for example:  I've been falling in love with Rilo Kiley and now consider them top 3 in the eschlons of Weezer.  I knew about Elliot Smith, but never bothered to listen to him until people on here told me to....and I'm so glad they did cuz Elliot Smith has now become one of my favorite artists (bumping J. Timberlake from my top 5 singer/songwriters). 

basically...ozma and this forum has led me to sooo many new things that I can't really claim it ALL as being a "band" anymore.  Ozma has become synonymous, to me, with music, people and even small things like Flash Games.....

I really dunno how to describe it but like that....

[funwithsponges]

as much as i like the albums, the absolute best part of ozma was seeing them live.Ã, 

I think Ozma was infinitely better live than on the album, and juding from the reaction to the production on STOTB, I think most would agree. Ã, On this note, I am excited to see what Jose does in Yes Dear because he was probably the best member to see live.

[Ianny]

I think Ozma was infinitely better live than on the album, and juding from the reaction to the production on STOTB, I think most would agree.  On this note, I am excited to see what Jose does in Yes Dear because he was probably the best member to see live.

Well, now that he will be playing guitar and not drums, chances are it will be more of the Jose we know and love, bouncing around and spreading his energy throughout the crowd.

And yes, Ozma was fantastic live.  I found them at a live show, and their live "Battlescars" has always blown me away.  Substantially better than the R+RPIII version, which is Samuel in its own right.

And "Eponine" was always fun to watch live.  Great stuff indeed, and I'm sure Yes Dear shall follow that tradition quite well.

[Seb]

I sort of have tiers of bands... I have my all-time top two, then a few below that, then a few below that. But within each grouping, there's no particular order of favourites - I'd find it impossible to choose between them. Ozma, however, only make it into the second tier, like so :

Blur
Weezer
(the two that are above all others in my eyes, and probably always will be)

Then the next lot, in which Ozma fall, are (but in no order) :

Ozma
Nada Surf
Gorky's Zygotic Mynci
They Might Be Giants
Muse
The Get Up Kids
Rilo Kiley
Radiohead
Ooberman


... and then there are more below that grouping that I'd find it impossible to order. So yes, Ozma are one of my favourite bands, but I doubt they'll ever find the same place in my affections as Blur or Weezer, especially as they're not recording any more.

[kitten]

seb, i would really like you to send me more Ooberman  and silver sun.  please.  aim:  fouette52

[crushedhat]

Not since 2001. I don't listen to them all that much lately. But RRP3 will always hold a ridonkulously special place in my heart, and I still pull it out now and then. Sometimes I get a giddy feeling and think "I'm going to listen to Ozma today when I get home!" I've been meaning to buy the DDD remaster pretty much since it came out. If I had that copy I'd probably listen to that album more often too.

[Clive Warren]

no.  i'd say they were at one time, which was when i joined the original oof, but definitely not anymore.  right now, it would either be muse or pinback.

[~IYQ]

I didn't realize how many others really dug Muse til now.


they were #3 when I got into them my sophomore year of HS.
#5 junior
around #7-9 senior

these days, every now and then they make the top ten (changes monthly) but not often.

[NewYorkerNick]

Yes.... Ozma is my favorite band. Ever.

Oh by the way,

Hi, name's nick, I was on the ozmaonline boards and now I'm here. w00t!

[tannerillingworth]

what a tough question

i also have a tier system with my favorite bands

my sophomore year of high school through my senior year, ozma was number one, and the only other bands that made it to the first tier were weezer, rilo kiley, and modest mouse

ozma hasn't fallen from the first tier, but it is getting crowded (cursive, the good life, bright eyes, piebald, radiohead, the long winters, nada surf, etc.)

[mike]

Ozma seriously wouldn't even be in my top 15.


- Mike

[whitney]

i would have considered them to be one of my favorites at a point in time, but that time has passed. i think my system is similar to the tier system of one tanner illingworth.