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Departments => Music => Topic started by: The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers on May 10, 2003, 01:53:30 PM
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You can post your favorite album here, but I'm more interested in what you happen to be listening to the moment you post here and how you feel about that song/album/station. Post each time the mood strikes you.
I have the Soup Dragons "Hang-Ten!" on. This is the album released about 3 years before their "hit" "Lovegod" (with the famous "Free"). I like it. It's a lot more Indy and doesn't try as hard. Definitely much better than the post "Lovegod" releases. The song "Head Gone Astray" (one of the best on the album) just finished. The best song on the disc is "Man About Town with Chairs," an instrumental "based on the original short story" (I couldn't tell you what story). It gets a thumbs up for anyone interested in a group of guys just trying to have fun with a piano, a guitar, a bass, and drums.
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Let's see, I'm actively listening too---
Wilco: Being There, Their best before Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
The Who: Quadrophenia, as it rarely if ever leaves the changer
Frank Black: self titled, post pixies, pre-crappy
My Morning Jacket: mix cd, I just found out about this band a few months ago and they have quickly become one of my favorites.
Bob Dylan: Blonde on Blonde, One of the greatest albums ever recorded, period
Daft Punk: Discovery, the best thing to listen to before going to any type of party.
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OK Go - Get over it
I love the lyrics. Don't know why. Great tune in general.
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right now im listening to some sonic remix by jivemaster from http://remix.overclocked.org/index.php this really brings me back to the days when i used to play megadrive at my friends house
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this really brings me back to the days when i used to play megadrive at my friends house
That's the Sega Genasis for all us americans.
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I'm listening to Alison Kraus's Now that I've Found You. It's about 10 years old, but I just never get tired of it.
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I gave my wife a CD of classical piano tunes for Mother's Day. That's what we're listening too. The pianist is actually pretty good, which isn't common on collections of concert music like this. So I guess I made a good purchase.
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i'm listening to Avril Lavigne
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o think this belongs in the shameful listening thread, tsk tsk tsk
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Right nwo the mp3 playing is Shonen Knife's "Banana Chips" Japanese girl pop-punk rock. Lots of fun, amusing, and no depth. I recommend it.
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Hey E can I get you to mix and burn a few CD's for me... just random stuff (CD's not MP3's)
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I sing the banana chips song to my daughter every time we eat banana chips. I've even got my wife singing it.
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The Clash happen to be in my CD player right now.
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Right now I've got 93.9 WKYS out of DC on. They're playing X gonna give it to ya by DMX right now.
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erg... remind me not to ride in your car, but greetings to another Greater DC Metropolitan area time waster.
I've got Placebo's "Every You Every Me" on winamp right now. I don't know why, but the vocals for this band really grip me. They're that sort of alternative/punk sort of tinge, but with a very unique brand. I love it.
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Lately my Winamp list has become filled with songs from Rasputina. Never thought I'd hear an electric cello used the way they do. Fun, if creepy, stuff.
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Right now I'm listening to Natalie Merchant, although I'm pretty much always listening to Natalie Merchant. Good frickin stuff.
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In the Jungle by Ganga Girl. If you ever listen to internet radio (and even if you don't), you have to check out Radio Paradise.
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In my car this morning I listened to a CD that my twelve year-old sister made me to commemorate my engagement. She called it "Loco Love Songs" and it has tracks from the Bee-Gees, Alicia Keys, Good Charlotte, The Beatles, and Brak (to name just a few.) I don't know how this will affect me.
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Telemann's "Quartet 1 in D" for guitar. Kevin Perkins performing. He's not my favorite performer, but he's pretty good. and there's a nice ambiance with the guitar.
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Listening to Evanescene while I work on a game engine. Trying to decide if I like it or if I wasted $13.
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Well After listening to this CD about 4 times I'm pretty disapointed. Bring me to life is the best song and none of the others come close to that one. It's just an adverage CD with one good song.
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I've listened to the 60-second demos they have an their website, and yeah, their normal stuff is pretty tame. Not lame, necessarily, just tame. They should co-write with 12 Stones more often.
Still, right now I have a mix of the best songs from P.O.D.'s Satellite, Linkin Park's Meteora, and the one Evanescence song. They all go well together.
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Ya I agree with you Tage. Also that sounds like a cool mix you've got. But dang the lead singer is hot.
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I'm listening to U2's All that You Can't Leave Behind album. "in New York" is playing now.
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"In New York" is perhaps the worst song on that CD. Perhaps one of the most worthless U2 songs ever, in my opinion. Sad really, because that's the best CD they've had out in a long time.
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Yeah, I liked that one. However, currently, Winamp has chosen for me to listen to Blondie's classic "One Way or Another" which I downloaded in a gleeful fit of insanity (alsong with several other Blondie hits) after watching a Muppet Show rerun where Blondie sang "The Rainbow Connection" in a duet with Kermit. Ahh... the Muppet Show...
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My favorite Muppet Show of all time was when Paul Simon came on. Gonzo sings to Paul in his dressing room one of his own creations, "For Yoooooouuuu." "For you, I'd fry my legs and eat them too, wash my hair in sticky glue...." etc. Hilarious. He also calls Paul's guitar a clarinet right after claiming he's "musically educated." If you haven't seen it you have to. They also do a hilarious skit with Paul and the Muppets in medieval garb and Paul singing "Scarborough Fair" with the Muppets doing their normal antics all around him. As usual, somebody says something about pigs that Piggy takes the wrong way and "hi-ya!" she gets them and causes chaos.
Okay, so it's a common thread for the Muppets, but they have a way of making it hilarious every time.
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I don't ever tire of the muppet's antics. Especially Sam the Eagle and Lou Zealand. The bit players are the funniest to me.
Back to music though. This thread inspired me to download "The Rainbow Connection" which I'm currenlty listening to.
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I'm listening to Meteora, which Sprig kindly loaned to me.
It's too bad to hear about that Evanescence CD. Most of the reviews have been lukewarm. It was still number six on the charts this week, though. All the reviews warn not to expect NuRock, except Bring me to Life. Maybe I'll have to borrow it from you, Sprig.
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Just finished "Boys Better" by the Dandy Warhols. What can I say about them? They're dark, they're odd, but they're fun. don't recommend them to everyone, but if you want to try something different, check 'em out.
Now on Winamp "Leave My Kitten Alone" by the Beatles. Ah... pre-Yoko Beatles. <sigh>
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"Race with the Devil on a Spanish Highway" by Al di Meola. He also has a song with a similar title "... on a Turkish Highway."
Al does jazz-rock fusion guitar. He's quite good and I recommend listening to any of his tracks.
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A fusion guitar sounds like a weapon.
And i have been listening to the Matrix: Reloaded soundtrack. Same as the matrix soundie - wierd mixture of classical, rock and techno.
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"Oil on my head" by Janah. I have no idea who they are, but they're very cool. I love Internet radio.
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They Might Be Giants. Anything by them. It's all good in that neighborhood. Songs like "Puttin' On the Ritz" or "O Tannenbaum" all make for some crazy tunes. I swear if I had never heard of this band then I'd still be whom I am, but to maybe a lesser degree. But who knows.
There's also Five Iron Frenzy and The Mighty Mighty Bosstones.
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Morphine's always a good bet.....
I also just bought some Classical music.
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I'm listening to Shakira - Objection (Tango), but I've got "Fire Fight"/"Bang Bang" by Ramstein running through my head.
With my limited knowledge of German, some of their songs can be rather depressing, but still the beauty of it makes me want to find EUOL, and beg him to let me borrow some. Or maybe Brenna wouldn't mind. . .
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I love They Might Be Giants! I saw them live last year and it was a genuine hoot-nanny.
If you all are looking for something extremely creepy...and I mean freakishly so...check out Current 93's Faust. Spooky stuff, great for horror gaming.
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You lucky bastard Mr. P! I hope that I can go see them in Ohio this year, but if not I want to see them sometime!
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i've seen them twice. ~Apollo 18 (before the band) and ~john Henry (with the band). I must admit that while they had some clever bits, and I enjoyed the performance of "Spy" and they had an all around tighter sound, I enjoyed the earlier concert better, when it was just the Johns and come recorded tracks. their "Ana Ng" was FURIOUS and incredibly intense (they invited opener Otis Ball onto the stage and he did a very good Jimi Hendrix, everything but burning the guitar...). They just had something there.
Oh, and maybe it was because we (meaning just a couple of us who were bold) were able to a) play John's guitar, b) pilfer the stage for artifacts, and c) speak with John F. for a bit and get him to sign several T-shirts. But then again, it might also just have been high school enthusiasm and novelty.
I'll give the John Henry concert this as well: I found a twenty on the floor, which got me a really nice TMBG hat (which I then had stolen from me at BYU, but I'm not bitter)
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Well you should be. But apparently they're going to be in Buffalo in July, so :P I'll be seeing myself some giants.
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They're a good show either way, i just like the old band better.
Right now I have J Mascis and the Fog on. He's that guy from Dinosaur Jr and Porno for Pyros. I dig his vocal stylings. this whole album is worth it.
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Man, I haven't thought about Dinosaur Jr. in years. I'll have to dig that album of theirs I own out and give it a spin to see how it has held up over the years.
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Well, I changed my CD's (or, actually, switched playlists on my car MP3 player) so I thought I'd mention it. Now I'm listening to a randomized playlist of:
1) Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon
2) System of a Down, Toxicity
3) Moby, Play
4) Queen, Greatest hits disc II.
I'll tell you, the combination of trippy mellowness, thrasher Nu Metal, house, and 80's pop/rock is very, very interesting...
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Trippy. when I design a playlist, I usually thematize it. At home though, I just throw everything into one long list (http://www.thelemur.net/music/) (that's outdated by 4 or 5 months, btw).
Right now Shadowy Men from a Shadowy Planet are playing "customized." It's one of their more memorable, but not necessarily best songs. If you don't know who the Shadowy Men are, I pity you.
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I've actually been listening to Sacred Spirits fairly regularly. It was a CD put out by the Something-Or-Other Fund to raise money for underpriveledged Native American kids. It's traditional American Indian songs, arranged with modern beats. Kinda weird, but I listened to the stuff constantly while I was in New Mexico and it's stuck with me.
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Toad the Wet Sprocket's easy listening cover of "Rock and Roll All Knight." Yes. it's a sick and wrong idea. But it's surprisingly good.
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I learned yesterday that Vanessa Carlton did a cover of Paint it Black. While not as bad as you may expect, it was still pretty...wrong.
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Some newer stuff actually
David Bowies Heathen....
Massive attack vs the mad professor
Kronos Quartet
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More Toad. This time "Hobbit on the Rocks" which is pretty catchy, without beign gratuitous. Not their best, but worth the 3 minutes.
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Still got TMBG on my ears. THe difference now is that I have 4 of their albums instead of the 100+ mp3s(no, I don't actually have any mp3s, why would I need mp3s?).
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I've got all of TMBG's albums and a pretty good collection of live stuff.
Speaking of live stuff, I foolishly missed out on a free concert they were featured in downtown last weekend. Stupid tiredness!
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I bought the Evanescence album (Fallen) and Linkin Parks Meteora album today. Fallen is wierd. Not metal, closer to classical with vocals - awesome vocals i think. Since i like classical music, thats cool. Its like a lot of music i like, it puts me in mind of the WoD and Tolkiens elves; haunting stuff that is filled with a sense of loss. Perfect for putting on during a White Wolf RPG session.
And Meteora is just the pure mosh stuff i like. Loud, hard, powerful.
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Morphines greatest hits... Berlioz and the Sex Pistols... :)
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FLCL soundtrack. It's as good as the anime. Sounds like Weezer in a lot of respects.
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You terd, I must have it!
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Los Straitjackets doing a cover of "Sing, Sing, Sing"
they're a sort of psuedo surf guitar in the tradition of Shadowy Men. I highly recommend this group.
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So I happened upon myself at the mall last night, was in that Fye store that has DVDs CDs and a few other types of paraphanalia. I was browsing the CDs, taking notice I had only $14, and went straight to the T's. To find what? Well a TMBG CD of course. Instead I hadn't enought for such overpriced CDs and instead found one for $5.99. So I took it to the listening place, listened, liked it, and bought it. "Go Kart vs the Corporate Giant" is the name of the CD. Its just a collection of the record labels bands, has 30 songs on it, and was priced at what CDs should be priced. Now for something complete.
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Nicey. Any recommendations from the disc?
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Not yet, I've just given the whole CD a glossy overtone. Meaning that I just let the whole CD played whilst I did other things in my room.
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well, let us know...
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Alright, I've taken another listen through to the CD. And its pretty good. I believe its mostly punky/grungey sorts of sounds. Let me list the bands on it:
Capture the Flag
The Control
Daycare Swindlers
Guff
Toxic Narcotic
I Farm
Pseudo Heros
Manda and the Marbles
G.B.H
Two Man Advatage
Heads vs. Breakers
Carukers
Revolution Summer
Justin Sane
INDK
Sick of the Bus
Brothers of Conquest
Anti-Flag
Icons of Filth
Lunachicks
Bantam
The Hellbenders
46 Short
Plan a Project
Leftover Crack and
Star Strangled Bastards.
And there are only 4 bands that have a 2nd song on the CD. So overall its a pretty good CD. Plus I must say, hearing a chicks voice is something that soothes me even more. I wish there were more chicks that sang stuff that I like. None of that Enya/Celine Djion/Spears junk. The female I speak of is from the band "Manda and the Marbles." Adendum: There is another FemBand, Bantam is its name. Sweet sweet nectar.
So if you have a $10 bill on hand and are in a CD store, try to find this one. "Go Kart vs the Corporate Machine 3."
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This very instant I'm listening to the remix with additional guitar track of Shriner Bar-B-Q's cover of "Wonderful Tonight." heh. Bet none of you (with possible exception of Jeffe) have ever heard that one.
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I'm listening to a mix my friend put together with songs ranging from violin performances by Itzhak Perlman Annie Lennox's "Love Song for a Vampire" which is not what I would have expected to Poe, whom I had never heard before, but think is really cool. All in all it is a very interesting compilation.
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a cd I bought on my mission: a collection of Andrés Segovia recordings (1927-1936, the CD proclaims). This guy is amazing. Simply amazing. you know, if I were to take up the guitar again, I'd try to be like this guy long before all those rockers. Not that people like hendrix or Satriani aren't amazing in their own right, but man...
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Just another reason for Fell to make fun of my musical tastes: I just got the new Dido CD "Life for Rent", and I've been really diggin it.
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/me is exceedingly jealous
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/me is listening to AC/DC's "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap." These guys are so cool. I wanna see their heads in a jar in 300 years.
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I am listening to Anthems
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This may show my lack of knowledge, but: By Anthems, do mean a group or a genre?
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Anthems is the title of an Album which features 16 all-time great music artists. It includes:
Deep Purple
Ugly Kid Joe
Scorpions
Status Quo
Eric Clapton
Tears For Fears
Faith No More
The Moody Blues
Dire Straits
Bee Gees
Survivor
INXS
Del Amitri
Extreme
Blues Traveler
Santana
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i hesitate to put Ugly Kid Joe and Eric Clapton on the same album. What are the songs?
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I hesitate to call Ugly Kid Joe an all-time great artist. Though the rest of the artists are pretty good.
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Deep Purple- Smoke On Water
Ugly Kid Joe - Everything About You
Scorpions-Winds Of Change
Status Quo-In The Army Now
Eric Clapton-Cocaine
Tears For Fears-Everybody Wants To Rule This World
Faith No More-Easy
The Moody Blues-Nights In White Satin
Dire Straits-Walk Of Life
Bee Gees-Stayin Alive
Survivor-Eye Of The Tiger
INXS-Suicide Blonde
Del Amitri-Always The Last To Know
Extreme-More Than Words
Blues Traveler-Runaround
Santana-Jingo-Lo-Ba
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Yeah, sup with that. "Everything About You" is hardly comparable to most songs on that list. I also really dislike be beegees (said with a hard "g" a la Space Ghost).
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I'm listening to the "Innocent Eyes" album by Delta Goodrew. It's ever so slightly too pop (as opposed to classical) so i reckon it was a bad purchase.
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I'm listening to the 50th anniversary Jim Croce cd, a 2-cd set of songs that I'd mainly never heard before, but there are some hidden gems in there. He really liked prison songs, old American folk, that sort of thing. Right now "Careful Man" is on.
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Last night I listened to SW4: Disk 2 and The Princess Bride soundtrack to help me write. Luckily I have more movie soundtracks than that, because after listening to TPB 3 times and SW4: 2 twice, I'm sick of both.
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Amazon.com has some fairly good New Age/Celtic music free for download. Medhi is pretty good, as is Laura Powers.
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"Jungle Book Groove" a sort of techno remix/medly of songs from er.. The Jungle Book, the Disney one with Phil Harris. Primary elements from "Bear Necessities" and "I Wanna Be Like You"
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Kill Bill Vol. 1 soundtrack. It is like crazy go nuts in my mouth. Without all the popping and scaring people. This thing sure is something else. Of course I wish that the case would of came with it, but thats what I get for finding it on half.com and not reading the whole entry until upon further examination. But I am not without fail! For it is a good soundtrack!
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BNL thanks to Saint. I wish there was more. :)
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The Gitaroo Man OST.
It rocks; now I don't have to play the video game everytime I want to hear a song. Now Playing: Bee Jam Blues.
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"Hooch" by Everything. Those of you in Utah may recognize them, as that song got pretty popular for a while, and did well on "Adult Contemporary" stations for a while. I listen because they're out of Annandale, VA, and the guitarist is a Mormon (ok, a really inactive one) and the brother of a former roommate (and a co-worker of Tage's).
Oh, and then the song ends and I get Morphine's "Super Sex" heh. I have no explanation for that song.
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Today was a "Rent" day- the soundtrack which I stole from my wonderful sister.
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Emmet Swimming, "Arlington"
Rick's an accountant, who likes tattoos
He keeps them all hidden, so his boss approves.
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They all have a motto: "Be rich dress poor!"
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Pirates soundtrack. Good.
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Pirates? What Pirates does you speak of lass??
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"Welcome to the Caribbean love."
That Pirates, ya landlubber.
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Honestly, since I'm a pretty honest guy, I still have no idea what you're talking about. Maybe a number will help.
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Pirates of the Caribbean
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Ok, ok ok ok. Everyone should listen to this. Ivan Rebroff's Cossack Patrol. Oh it is magnifick. Now go, listen to it.
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I just finished watching/listening to G&S' great The Pirates of Penzance, and on top of Kevin Kline's amazing performance, I remembered exactly how many GREAT songs there are in that play. Pirate King, Major General, Tarantara, Paradox, and one of the most hilariously shouted "NO SOUND AT ALL! WE DON'T SPEAK A WORD!" etc. heheh, yeah.
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I thought you said musicals were too girly.
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Quiet you!
It's an Operetta. Not a musical.
Plus it's more manly. It's about pirates, and only about love tangentally. Plus it's a satire.
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Saint, are there other musicals that you like?
My husband can't stand musicals, so maybe he might like Penzance too....
Hmm
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Pirates of Penzance is easier to take because it doesn't take any time out to be "artsy" like Singin' in the Rain or a hundred others do. When it is artsy, it's purely satire, at least in my favorite version (starring Kevin Kline, Linda Ronstadt, and Angela Landsbury), where they make references to Elvis and some other pop by using echoes and such. when Mabel does her major virtuoso solo, Fredrick is getting frustrated because he's trying to kiss her. Every time she pauses, he leans in, but then she starts.
Now: there IS artsy stuff. Kevin Kline does some amazing dance stuff, as do the policemen, but it's FUNNY. More like Danny Kaye than Fred Astaire.
Anyway, I think that Guys and Dolls is a passable musical, but that's partially because I saw it with my wife at the Kennedy Center. And I enjoyed Les Mis, though the novel (especially if you can cut out 50 page descriptions of the layout of the Battle of Waterloo and the whole sewer/bowels metaphor) was far superior.
I don't hate musicals as much as I sound like I do. It's just really easy to mock Fell that he is "out of the closet" about his musical liking.
But if he doesn't like musicals, it may just be a macho thing, and you may never get him over it.
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It's not a macho thing with him- he just cannot accept people bursting into song for no reason. The singing interrupts his watching of the show, therefore it always annoys him and he doesn't enjoy watching musicals. I just can't understand it, because in *my* reality it's perfectly normal to burst into song at any moment. (I think it's partly my psyche, and partly being raised on Sesame Street).
He did, however, enjoy Moulin Rouge and Chicago, so I figure there has to be *some* hope.
I forced him to watch Joseph & the Technicolor dreamcoat, and while he laughed from time to time, he didn't particularly like it.
I also forced him to watch The Sound of Music, because he'd never seen it, and in my book that's criminal.
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Phantom of the Opera and Les Miserables are operettas as well.
And fuzzy, maybe he would like operettas better because no one "bursts" into song, they are always singing.
I made my husband sit down and watch Gone With the Wind, despite his tragic experience with the book in 8th grade where his teacher tried to convince the class that Scarlett was this amazing hero (huh ???). He liked it a little better as I pointed out that GWtW is more like a Greek Tragedy, but mostly because I was free to admit that Scarlett is no hero.
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You've got to pick the right musicals, where the songs are an extension of the talking rather than a randomly-inserted dance number. Phantom of the Opera, though it tries to integrate song into story, isn't going to win any fans over to musicals.
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Hrm... I hadn't thought of it that way, but I think you're at least partially right, Fell. It does help explain my choices.
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Funny thing is, much as I'm a fan of musicals, I prefer conversational music, too, over the random-dance-number bit. Though I also love Gene Kelly and Judy Garland with all my heart, random or not. Most of the songs in Meet Me In St. Louis, for example, are part of the storyline, as opposed to Singin' in the Rain, in which that 20-minute dream sequence in the middle is only mildly related to the plot, as it's the characters' descriptions of what should happen in the movie.
I think of watching musicals sort of the way I think of fantasy: suspension of disbelief. These people live in an alternate universe in which ideas are expressed through song half the time, and in which sometimes the entire community knows the song of one's heart. ;D
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riiiight....
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or, you could just say "supension of disbelief" and leave it there
I love musicals, though I have to say that Fred Astaire is my favorite.
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See, it's not suspension of disbelief for me. I firmly believe in a world where people sing at random times for any reason at all. I LIVE in a world where that happens, much to the amusement of my husband. Therefore musicals are usually fine for me.
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ok, i know this sounds weird, but whenever I watch a musical, I always catch myself thinking, "How do they all know the same words and tune to this song?" (they being the characters, not the actors)
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I've decided something. Somebody needs to turn 2001: A Space Oddessy into a musical. This would be excellent for several reasons.
1. Random songs would fill in the annoying 20 minute blocks in the movie where there is no dialouge and no music. I hate the movie because of this.
2. Songs would contain lyrics explaining everything, therefore making it a comprehensible story instead of a drug trip on a high budget.
3. There would have to be a love interest. How they would work it into the story would be amusing to see.
HAL: "The space probe from the moon is messing with my mind- I think I'll kill the crew because there's nothing here to find!"
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Chorus: "Weeeee're... Going on a drug trip to another dimension, who knows what we'll see or what scary things we'll find! We're going on a drugh trip to another dimension, (or maybe we're not and we've all just lost our mind!)
"First we're standing in a corner of weird and creepy room, then we're looking at ourselves and filled with a sense of doom. Are we sitting, are we standing, are we lying in a bed? Have we regressed to being born or are we simply dead.?"
I'd give just about anything to have the end of that stupid movie just make some kind of sense. I'm told that reading the book helps, but I'm terrified to find out.
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fuzzy--I'll ask my dad, since he owns the movie and has read the book. I remember him saying something along the lines of "If you watch the movie without reading the book, it will not make any sense. If you read the book and then watch the movie, you will be bored."
Very clever lyrics.
Saint--I always wonder how they all know the same dance steps.
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Alright, I got TMBG's "Flood" album the other day. A piece of work this is, it is. I've heard most of these songs already. But, I'm glad that I now have them on a CD. I readily enjoy "Women and Men" immensly. The Theme for Flood is most excellent.
I think if you're new to the Giants, then this is one you should definately have.
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I still can't figure out how you think you're a TMBG fan if you've only bought Flood in the last week or so.
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As a long time TMBG fan, I have to agree with SE on this one, Gemm.
I just picked up Warren Zevon's farewell album "The Wind" the other day. It's marvelous. And terribly sad.
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Saint: He's young, so he's got to start somewhere. I didn't hear and buy Flood until my junior year of HS.
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You know what SE and/or Mr. P, you can just shut it. What if I was a Beatles fan, and someone else was a fan of them longer than I. And I told them that I just heard "Help!" or "Yellow Submarine" just the other day. They would probably say the same thing.
So I say to you, stereotypes only come in mono. It isn't fun, so maybe turn the volume on your bass down, and turn the treble up.
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Lol!
Calm down, Gemm. I was just giving you a little good-natured ribbing between TMBG fans. I meant no harm.
Should have turned my sarcasm up a bit higher it seems.
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Yeah, just naturally agreeing with SE can make the worst possible plan of action. So next time, try to disagree with him, but also jab me. And I just wanted to pull that stereotype thing out and see how it worked.
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it uh... didn't. I'm not sure anything you said made sense, I was too baffled to respond, so I guess your ploy worked.
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Stereotypes only come in mono.
C'mon.
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yeah, well, for one thing, I'm still not sure what you mean by that. Yeah, I caught your pun, it just didn't make sense. Also, we weren't talking about stereotypes
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Thats why I gave you an example of one. Doofus.
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"... I do not think it means what you think it means."
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*puts fingers in her ears and digs through the closet for a fireproof suit*
Oh, and since it's no longer relavent to this topic, now I'm listening to Dragon Ash and it's all Sprig's fault
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I'm listening to No Doubt. I love this CD. . . .
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Which No Doubt, old No Doubt, or new No Doubt? Because I don't really like either. But thats just me.
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Depends on which old and new No Doubt you mean.
And of course you don't like them.
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Yeah, well, yeah. Thats why I listen to TMBG. For whatever reason it is I'm trying to prove.
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I used to really like TMBG, but they somehow lost their charm for me after John Henry. Kinda like Wierd AL. Im just not into them any more.
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I'm with Jeffe, TMBG were great but I've never listened to anything after John Henery (Space Ghost theme song is the best track). Wierd Al, on the other hand, is a mixed bag some of his new stuff is still good ,but not like his older stuff.
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Flood was my second CD ever, after Beethovan, followed by the Police Singles album...
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Jeffe - you REALLY need to buy "No!" then. I don't know if you've listened to it, but it's an excellent album.
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Im not sure if I understand your spurious logic. ;)
Jeffe: "Im just not into them any more."
Fuzzy: "you REALLY need to buy "No!" then."
What makes "No!" worth buying? Is it silly? Improvizational? Raw seething Anger?
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"Mink Car" is also a good one. Very old school TMBG. Getting away from the band thing. Less trying to be hip.
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*rolls eyes*
So sorry if my illogic offended you, but I was under the impression that you lost interest because you didn't like their newer stuff. No! is good because it's randomly carefree and silly like some of their earlier stuff.
But if it's just that you don't like TMBG at all anymore, then don't worry about it. I'll arrage to have Saint's ninjas slay you for your traitorous thoughts.
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I really like john Henry (e.g. listening to it right now), as well as their older stuff. And their new stuff. One reason I don't have a favorite is because I like all of it. There is nothing that I can say I don't like. My neighbor friend though, he has a different opinion about it, which I am trying to convert. I never knew the inquisition had it so hard at the beginning. Other thoughts to come once remembered or thought up.
I do absolutely adore "Absolutely Bill's Mood." That one gets my ticker in a fancy.
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The Willow soundtrack. Oldie, but goodie.
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There's a soundtrack for that movie? Thats cool. I'll take a look for it sometime.
And Fuzzy, I appreciate you too. Thanks. =P
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I was just kidding, but its not just the silliness, take flood for example, yeah it has some silly songs, but some of them are just downright cool, and really creative.
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The willow soundtrack is excellent.
Too bad I've never been able to find it for sale anywhere but on the net. Someday I'll get proactive and order it.
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I've got to throw another vote in for Mink Car. There's some great stuff on that album.
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I found Willow at a CD store that sold used CDs. I also found The Princess Bride sdtk, which is also enjoyable. What I really want is The Hunt for Red October and Crimson Tide. Rousing Russian hymns :)
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I keep watching that video by the Darkness - "I Believe In A Thing Called Love."
Very disturbing.
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Well, since I couldn't find the Willow soundtrack at my local retailer of all things unfarily priced, I instead found "The Original Dueling Banjos."
My thoughts on banjos. Banjos can make anyone happy no matter how sad they are. If you object to this, then you are an even bitter person than some of the most bitter people alive or dead today.
This album is of the most excellence. Much banjoing goes on, along with fiddles. There may be other instruments, but I can't tell all that well. So, in the so and so, I like this one. And so can you.
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I own and occasionally strum a banjo. I love Banjo, (thats its name btw, Banjo) Banjo has a garter a cute girl once gave me as a mute. Banjo's do make you happy.
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"On birth, every boy should be issued a banjo and a puppy." - Charles Schulz
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Audioslave's "Like a Stone" is very good.
I've been quite impressed with what I've heard of Audioslave; perhaps I should pick up the album.
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Geddy Lee's solo album. "Favorite Headache." Oh yeah.
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I am listening to Ween's Chocolate and Cheese. This is a good one. If you like TMBG then you should probably pick this one up. I haven't heard much else of the Ween, but they seem rather good.
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I just got the Pirates soundtrack, and I think it's pretty darn good. One of the best soundtracks I've heard in a while.
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The same theme gets repeated a lot, which makes it hard to listen to on repeat (of the CD). But I think you're right EUOL. It seems like everybody now releases soundtracks with pop bands singing songs that have little to do with the movie. Sad, and yet you can sometimes get good collection of songs.
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You know, I've downloaded a few OC Remixes lately that were really stellar.
http://www.ocremix.org/detailmix.php?mixid=OCR00731
That one's particularly good.
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Fresh Aire, Mannhein Steamroller.
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mmm the smiths!
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Elton John's "Circle of Life"
... must... supress... violent... urges...
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If those urges involve eating steak give in!
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MMmMmm, Elton John, the other colored meat.
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The Kinks!
I brought in a few of my favorites and listening to them roughly Chronologically. First was Greatest Hits, which is entirely recordings from the first 3 or 4 years otheir career. I should have brought in the EP collection I have, which is essentially the same thing, but with less interesting liner notes (which I don't have time to read right now anyway) and a slightly more comprehensive song collection.
Now I'm on Something Else By The Kinks. (Oh how I wish I could be like David Watts) which has a lot of classic Kinksness including "Death of a Clown" (yay Dave!) and Waterloo Sunset. Again, I was tempted to bring in something else that would be more comprehensive (namely Kronikles), but I like this album by itself without getting wrapped up in whether some songs on Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround were worth including. (Yeah, I know none of you have any idea what I'm talking about, but take them as recommendations).
I also brought Arthur, Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire. Following on the tradition of The Who and even Pink Floyd in doing a "concept" or story album, this one was also actually taped and televised at production time (it worked for them too, they later did Percy and Preservation, both of which were produced on screen or stage). It starts to show Ray's absorbtion in his nationalism yet existential ennui, which he seems to believe extends to his whole nation. The title character ends up moving to Australia.
Finally, I brought Muswell Hillbillies, in which we see the Kinks trying to LOOK like Credence Clearwater Revival, but sound like... well... not anything else. More ennui, but in a more humorous way and it's pre-Chrissy Hynde marriage/break up, from which, as far as I can tell, he never recovered from. Includes the notable Acute Schizophrenia Paranoia Blues, 20th Century Man, (together which must have had SOME influence on King Crimson's song) and the title track, which must have influenced Eddie Vedder's angst at being famous.
What's cool about the Kinks is partially how much they anticipate later alternative trends: the absorbtion in wondering what tech will do to us without being SF anticipates a lot of punk and alternative, not the least of which includes Bad Religion and Orgy, and grunge as a whole. They also, esp. going into the 80s, have a lot of archetypal melodies and rhythms that feel familiar the first time you hear them without actually being stolen from anywhere.
Yes, I'm a fan. How did you tell?
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Cliar
Bought them when I was in Scotland and can't get enough of them, though they don't seem to be known outside Scotland (Ent, you heard of them?). They're Scottish folk, fiddling and piping and tin whistle kind of stuff, and they sing in Gaehlig (or however the Scots spell it). Traditional tunes and mouth music, and new songs that sound traditional. Kind of in the same line as Kate Rusby, who I also highly recommend, a Yorkshire singer who's married to a Scot in her band, John McCusker, who's also a great instrumentalist and composer in his own right.
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Do you mean Gaelic?
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No, Scots Gaelic is spelled differently. There's a D or an H in there somewhere and I can never remember where. It's a different dialect, some say almost a different language. It's what they speak up on the Hebrides, upper highlands, etc. (in addition to English), and many roadsigns are in both languages with the movement to bring the language back. I found a Scots Gaehlig (that looks right) station on the radio when I was there. Unless it was coming over from Ireland and was Irish Gaelic, which is possible, because I was on the western coast.
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Ah. Okay. And Gaehlig does look right, though I'm not sure where I would have seen it before.
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well, it's only spelled different if you spell it in their language, but you don't type español or français or so forth
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:P For some reason it just seems like it's supposed to be different.
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Three new discs:
Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express: great, but I've already got 90% of it on other discs.
Kraftwerk - The Man Machine: Brilliant, once again I've already got most of it, bit it includes three tracks I havn't heard before. Space Lab, Metropolis, and The Man Machine. Space lab is cool, Metropolis if Fantastic, and a counterpoint to Neon Lights. As such, this was a good purchase.
Marco Zaffarano - Minimalism: I'm listening to this now. Rather good. It's minimalist techno, that seems to be ingeniusly minimalist in that it isn't just minimal techno, but it's minmal minimal techno, stripped down so much that it isn't so much listening to minimal techno as getting the *impression* of listening to minimal techno.
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Marco Zaffarano - Minimalism: I'm listening to this now. Rather good. It's minimalist techno, that seems to be ingeniusly minimalist in that it isn't just minimal techno, but it's minmal minimal techno, stripped down so much that it isn't so much listening to minimal techno as getting the *impression* of listening to minimal techno.
That sounds absolutely horrid.
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Not if you like Minimalist Techno, as I do.
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Jesus Jones "Doubt"
I haven't listend to this CD since High School, but it is VERY cool. I found out one of the guys in the service dept has very good tastes, and I've started borrowing his CDs. I'm very happy.
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Lately I've been rediscovering both Tears for Fears and Roxette. Fun albums I haven't listened to in years.
The rediscovery was spurned on by a watching of Donnie Darko where they do that amazing cover of "Mad World"
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/me is jealous of everyone else's cool CDs.
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The Donnas. I do love their version of "Keep on lovin' you"
And I'm listening to them because ABC Family is showing "Drive Me Crazy" (again) where they played the Electrocutes, before their album hit it big.
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Ace of Base. Which I suppose should be counted as "guilty listening" but isn't.
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I've been listening to Thirteenth Step by A Perfect Circle for about a month now. It's really, really good. I love Maynard's lyrics and singing.
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Schroeder's Greatest Hits.
Yeah, BMG got me to buy half a dozen CDs from this line of concert music by just putting a Peanuts character on the cover of a CD collecting piano music. Of course, at first they only got me to buy the one disc, but they did a good job of it, so I bought "TV Classics," "Classical Music for Home Improvements," "Pachabel's Cannon and Other Baroque Hits," "Classics Greatest Hits" and "Vivaldi's Greatest Hits" as well.
They were a pretty decent line. Though their recording of "The Planets" isn't as good as the one conducted by Mehta. Unfortunately, the good one was lost when I wrapped my Buick around a tree some years ago. That made me sad. I shall go cry now.
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I just picked up a copy of The Darkness's Permission to Land. Wow. I don't know if this is supposed to be a joke or serious or what...but it's good. The singer's high pitch is laughable at times (all in good rock 'n roll fun) but the music is great all the way through.
To put it as a comedian on VH1's The Best Week Ever: "It's like all the 80's hair bands got together and had a baby that gestated and mutated until it popped up 20 years later to rock you."
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To put it as a comedian on VH1's The Best Week Ever: "It's like all the 80's hair bands got together and had a baby that gestated and mutated until it popped up 20 years later to rock you."
LoL. That guy... he's so ugly. But you just keep looking at him because you're convinced you must be seeing him wrong. He has great hair though. I'm a sucker for long hair.
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if that's the singer of the same song on the radio that I'm thinking of, then I will never trust your taste in music again. The song I'm thinking of SUCKS. I always turn it the moment I hear it, so I have no idea who it's by. But he sings really high pitched like that, and erg... it's wrong on so many levels.
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Miles Davis, Porgy and Bess. A friend lent it to me tonight and I'm on my second listening. I've wanted to hear good jazz forever and he's lending me cds to help me know what to look for. Good stuff.
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Good, good. Since you're/we're on the topic of Jazz let me ask here. Know of anywhere that I could get samples of works from these artists:
Mutt Carey
Buddy Bolden
Jack Carey
Baby Dodds
Bud Scott
and Alex Hill.
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now, for Jazz (as in any music) I *love* guitar. My two current favs are Al DiMeola (Jazz Fusion, but intense stuff) and Mark Whitfield (more traditional, with a mellow sound). Mark I like more, his guitar sounds well, perfect. And he's got some great tunes. His improve is very nice. I recommend his album "True Blue" most.
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As a cornet and horn player, I'm partial to the horns. So Miles Davis (trumpet) is some slick stuff.
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I love Jazz. I discovered about three weeks ago I was a beatnik by chance. Since then, I have accumulated about six jazz albums around he house that I'm listening to. and some Brian Eno, Funnily enough.
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Everyone here makes me feel really young/less sophisticated...
I could never stand listening to Jazz. I've tried. It wasn't pretty.
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there are a lot of different types of jazz. What have you listened to?
Actually, not all music is for all people, but Jazz comes closest. What I should be asking is "what do you listen to music for?"
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I listen to music as a way to escape from the chaotic thoughts constantly running through my head. I do the same thing with video games. Depending on my mood I'll listen to everything from Bad Religion, to Slipknot, to this 2 hour cd of Mozart my brother gave me.
The Jazz I've listened to is the kind my grandfather listens to. I like the sound of saxophones, but I really can't seem to get into the music. It's probably due to my lack of attention span (screw you MTV, I hate you!).
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hrm
seems like fusion or bebop would be right up your ally. A lot of complex progressions, etc. They require paying attention to them to follow. That'd empty your head of all else.
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Dave Brubeck Trio is cool.
Brian Eno is cool.
Secret of Man soundtrack is cool.
That is all.
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I've tried to get into jazz before, but it just doesn't do it for me. I've never been able to pick up on the progressions and exchanges that people seem to talk about. I think I'm missing all the subtleties. I've only listened to it live though, never sat through an album, so that could be a reason.
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wow. Live is the way it's supposed to be heard. it helps to be familiar with the repretoire, though, because than you can pick up better on when they're ragging or improvising.
Like i said, no music is for everyone, though. I recognize that being familiar with jazz before you can appreciate it can be more work than many people are willing to put in.
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I don't know. It kind of bored me. Everyone takes their turn playing, rinse, wash, repeat. As a psuedo-musician myself, I think it would be fun to play in one, but I don't think I could without understanding the music more.
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they take turns playing is the key. It's not just playing. It's usually 100% improvisation. In modern jazz and later (since the late 50s or so, that is) usually when someone takes over is completely improvised as well. NOTHING is written ahead of time except hte basic chord progression, which itself can be difficult to find in some songs. Like I said, it can be a lot of work. And if you don't love it on the first listen, it can be hard to feel like the work is worth it. Which is understandable. I don't think less of anyone for not liking jazz (though it disappoints me that my wife doesn't), but I do think that anyone who goes through the work to appreciate what's going on will find it worth it.
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"Ska for Your Soul" a mix of 2nd generation ska (late 60's through the 80s) that a friend made for me while I was a missionary in his ward.
Yeah, we'll be taking the fifth on any questions about the first time I listened to it.
Anyway, I almost didn't take it to work. I thought "I don't really want to listent to that." Well, I took it, and it's all I listened to today. Nice stuff. I mean, bands like Reel Big Fish and No Doubt and Save Ferris are ok, but this second generation stuff.. nicey nicey.
The best song is See No Evil's "Ghetto Charged." Yeah. I like it like that. Though it really shows you where a lot of rap was headed right after that.
Another nice one is Maroon Town's "Nostalgia." More rap precursor (which really makes sense that the stuff that came out that goes on the alt rock stations is more punk than ska), but looking at what he did in the 60's. What's cool is that among the things he lists most prominently are Batman, The Prisoner, Captain Scarlet, the Thunderbirds (TV show), and Dr. Who. Yeah, the SF gets more representation than other movie stars. These guys would be cool to hang with.
Anyway, it's convinced me to add some of these artists to my wish list.Get some Toasters, Neville Staples, Thae Bakesys, and Bim Skala Bim, folks. They'll show you what ska is REALLY about.
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I like ska. But that isn't really Jazz is it? If it is, it's a cross between new punk and jazz. I've always been a fan of Reel Big Fish, ever since I heard "Sell Out" when I was like 10.
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Reel Big Fish ruined "Take On Me" for me, as I like their version much better and now I hate the original.
Ok, so maybe that's not the definition of 'ruined'. But whenever I hear A-Ha sing it I'm like, "No! Where's the beat! You need a beat!"
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No, it's definitely not jazz. I was returning to the original subject of the thread. RBF's version of "Take On Me"is fun but a bit weak, imo. It's all camp, and it's a good song in its own right.
If you just need a beat, there's a good techno remix of A-Ha's recording.
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Well I've started back up watching VH1 in the mornings before I leave home, (I have good reasoning, if anyone's curious why) And so I have this song stuck in my head which I'm sure I would not under any other circumstances. It's by Katy Rose, who is one of these blonde, "I'm 20 but look like 15-year-old jailbait" singers. Very mainstream; her song is called "Overdrive" - very unremarkable, with a semi-catchy chorus, in a minor key.
Chorus: "Yeah-ah, I'm independant,
yeah-ah, I'm borderline
yeah-ah, I'm California
My heart's all spinning upside down,
but my heart's in overdrive."
Now the reason I'm mentioning this, is bedcause this is sthe first time I've heard California referred to as an abstract concept. If you know of other instances let me know, but the chorus of a cookie-cutter punk/pop song is not where I expect to hear this kind of thing.
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I'm sure you have a very good reason.
I also like how a top 40 style singer insists she's "independent" and "borderline."
What about "California Dreaming?"
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I always figured California dreaming meant you were dreaming of California and the warm weather, beach, etc. This seemed to be referring to California for it's liberal nature, independant reputation or something.
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<shrug> C'est possible. I never thought that much about the lyrics.
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So I realize I've been living under a rock when it comes to popular and alternative music for the last 10 years. But the girl that used to work at this computer had Barenaked Ladies on her ITunes, and it never got deleted when I took over. So I've been listening, and I like it, surprisingly. It's really my kind of music. Funny, all this time I've never heard them before, or just hadn't wanted to wade through radio stations to hear that kind of music.
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wow, I'm kind of surprised you hadn't heard of them. Not like one of my mission companions who had never heard OF the Rolling Stones. No lie. Not just that he didnt' recognize their songs or be able to sing along, he had NO IDEA who they were. It was very strange. Fortunately, he HAD heard of the Beatles, but couldn't identify anything they sang. Sad. Very sad.
So, what songs did she have? and what recommendations can I make related to this? I have a few in mind, actually, but I'll have to get home to give you full details.
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No, I had actually heard OF them, just not heard them. Or if I had, it was too brief to have made an impression. Her songs were from two different albums--Born on a Pirate Ship and Gordon. So far I like Hello City and Enid, but have been working at the same time and haven't been paying attention to the rest. Box Set is really funny. Here are the songs:
When I Fall
The Old Apartment
Break Your Heart
Shoebox
Same Thing
Hello City
Enid
Grade 9
Wrap Your Arms Around Me
What a Good Boy
Box Set
New Kid (on the Block)
Blame It on Me
The Flag
NOTE: Augh! I think I accidentally deleted a few last week when I was backing up my computer in case they were going to replace it. I kept a few BNL songs, but not all, because I didn't have enough room on the zip disk I was using, and the cd burner doesn't work. :-( But I do have some of these above.
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ah, there's a few more BNL songs that we need to get you as well, then. THey're fun.
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I can't get enough of the new Five For Fighting song, 100 Years.
Man, those guys can write some good songs...
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I've got Rush's Vapor Trails in right now. I'd totally forgotten I'd bought this disc. But I'm glad I did.
I've also been listening to this "indie" mix I made. Not all of it is Indie by a long shot, but it's got similar tone for me. I'm pleased with the decisions I made, but must have been rushed when I planned it because they're on the disc alphabetically by band, which is a major sin for me. Anyway, still liking it.
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I could never get into any Rush album that came after the mid-80s. I still think their older stuff is the best.
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Many do, and while their best songs are from that era (Spirit of Radio, Tom Sawyer, etc), they have some very strong later albums. Roll the Bones and Vapor Trails very notably. I like Test for Echo ok, as well. One of their least popular that I like a lot is Presto.
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Roll the Bones definitely has its moment, but I despise Test for Echo. Despise.
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Well, to each his own. suppose you wouldn't care for Vapor Trails either than. Question though, two of my favorite listenings are Different Stages and A Show of Hands. Did you like either of those?
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Yes, I do like those two, though I haven't listened to them in some time.
Their debut album, 2112, and Moving Pictures happen to be my favorites.
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I'm a bigger fan of Fly By Night than the debut album, but those other two are excellent.
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Current selections:
Sweet: Little Willy
Flaming Lips: Do You Realize?
Five For Fighting: 100 Years
Blue Country: Good Little Girls
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*spit take*
It's the Flaming Lips that sing "Do You Realize" ?? Crap and a half, I've been listening to the stupid commercial that uses that song and wondering for MONTHS now.
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Yeah, that's about the same reaction I had. After hearing the start of the first verse on countless commercials and movies over the last few months, I finally decided to find out who did it and dl it.
It's worth it...really good song.
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"Swag American Style"
A cool, promotional semi-indie CD collection from Geffen records back in 1996. Features songs from Jawbreaker, Boss Hog, the Raincoats, and the like. On the whole, some really good tracks. Even some better known bands like Sonic Youth and Garbage are on here. I've had it a long time, but don't pull it out very often.
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Nerdcore Hip-Hop: Del, lots of Frontalittle, some MC Paul Barman, and some MC 900 Foot Jesus (Thanks to SE)
Evangelion soundtracks. They're cool.
War of the Worlds. A kind of musical telling of the sotry (the book I have in my cupboard, yet to read). The music is awesome though.
This very moment: Bubble Bobble West Side Homies OC ReMix, mixed by Cuddly Battleship Kattywampus
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ah, not to get off subject, but I read that book when I was 8. My teacher gave me a free ice cream for the accomplishment. (I realize around here that reading HG Wells and Tolkien from 8-10 years of age isn't a major accomplishment, but obviously it impressed my teachers)
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MC 900 Foot Jesus? I remember of video of his on Alternative Nation waaaaaaaay back in the day....rolling around in a cardboard box or something. I remember liking the song...what was that...something about a spider?
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The song was "If I Only Had a Brain," and it was on an album called "One Step Ahead of the Spider." I have that video on tape. Way back in the day for some reason I subscribed to a sort of record club, but instead of records, they sent video tapes with 10 current alternative rock videos on it. some of the songs are good. Others are kind of crap, so I stopped after about 3 videos.
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Spacemonkeyz vs Gorillaz--Laika Come Home
(yes thats the full album name)
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I've been listening to Jimi Hendrix "Blues" all week. And it kicks some serious butt. This is one of the best CDs I've ever listened to.
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yes but Jimi Hendrix's albums don't have monkeys in spacesuits on the album cover like what I'm listening to does :)
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ok, you win.
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Right now I'm listening to Supertramp's "Even in the Quietest Moments." Far and away their best album.
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once again, I point to the monkeys
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I chose an interesting variety for today's listening. First we have King Crimson's "THRAK," along with "Presto" from Rush. For follow up we have "Joyride" by Roxette, and "Hotwire" by The Soup Dragons, followed by Sting's offering "Ten Summoner's Tales" and closed out by Soul Asylum's "Grave Dancer's Union."
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Another odd assortment of CDs for this week.
Enrique Iglesias "Vivir"
Bela Fleck "Daybreak"
Morphine "Cure for Pain"
The Refreshments "Fizzy Fuzzy Big and Buzzy"
The Guitar Trio (Al DiMeola, Pasco de Lucia, and John McLaughlin)
"A Jazz Valentine" (various jazz artists)
Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack "God's Army"
"Polar Shift" (collection of "new age" performers like Steve Howe and Vangelis)
different = better
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Time Flies, The Best of Synthesis (the BYU jazz ensemble). Very very cool. More accessible than a Miles Davis cd my friend lent me several weeks ago (not the one that had Porgy and Bess, a different one). I love jazz, but I don't really go for stuff without a melody. This is much more my style. Maybe fusion is an acquired taste. Evan, my friend/neighbor/home teacher/etc., loves fusion, but I haven't worked myself up to that yet I guess. We're both trumpet players, and I'd say that I'd love to play it because it's interesting technically (if I could still play well, that is), but to sit and listen is about the same as sitting and watching sports--I'd rather be playing.
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Today:
Live - Throwing Copper
Slim Cessna's Auto Club - Always Say Please & Thank You
S.C.A.C - American Country Music Changed Her Life
Blade II - Soundtrack
VNV Nation - Further
Self Compiled Rap Album - Mystikal, Clipse, KRS-one/Eminem, Snoop, and a few others
That's all I brought to work with me....more tomorrow!
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I listened to 4 Non Blonds today. Remembered why I hadn't in a long time. I'm purging it from my mind by repeated listenings of The Kinks "UK Jive."
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James Taylor, "Fire and Rain," and "Something in the Way She Moves"
Dan Fogelberg, "Leader of the Band"
and
Van Morrison, "Brown Eyed Girl"
That song makes me want to be a brown-eyed girl so a boy would sing it to me. I'm learning to play these on the guitar, which is so fun. I've had a little spare time now that I don't have school and don't have an assignment hanging over my head, so I've been getting my guitar out more often. Good stuff.
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I have brown eyes, and no one's sung it to me! :'(
Seriously though, I've nothing to complain about. Neither my husband or I are musically gifted. I really like the U2 song with the line "a blue-eyed boy meets a brown-eyed girl" because my husband has blue eyes (not gray--blue). ;)
I've got a music compliation together on Winamp of all the CDs I've ripped to my computer at work. Includes Travis, Natalie Cole, Ace of Base, No Doubt & Vertical Horizons.
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I used to play it for an ex-girlfriend *makes sure wife isn't looking*
Besides, it's easy enough to change it to "blue" or "green" if you're singing it.
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/me laughs
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Rage Against the Machine. I really love this band, and every time I listen I'm reminded of it. The quality of it is evident in the fact that I do not, in general, like hard rock music.
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or perhaps just have really really bad taste. </tease>
Speaking of bad taste, I'm listening to "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm." AND I CAN'T GET ENOUGH!
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once there was this kid who got into an accident and couldnt go to school.
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"Ordinary World" Duran, Duran. It's really too bad I missed the 80s and early 90s.
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Alison Krauss that angel voiced lady...
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"God shuffled his feet" is the better song on that album, SE. Mmm mmm mmm us good, but not as good as the title track.
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Supermans song is their best song though
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That's what everyone says. I wish I had heard it--I keep waiting for them to put that album up on Itunes. I haven't checked in a while, but last I saw they only had GSHF and another album I hadn't heard of. No Superman's Song.
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"Superman never made any money saving the world from Solomon Grundy."
Really it's interesting that two of the best "superman" songs in the world (excluding REM's of course) are about him becoming disaffected. As if no one could be that noble and capable. The evil eventually wears him down. Strange.
I've never listened to the full CTD album though. Maybe I should sometime "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm" and "Superman Song" are the only two I know.
I'm listening to Simple Minds right now. Alive and Kicking, Sanctify Yourself, etc. Man. I like this CD.
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Saturday Morning Cartoons is playing in Itunes now...
Speed of lightning roar of thunder fighting all who rob and plunder Underdog!!!
Underdog- by the B'holesurfers
/me grooves
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I just got TMBG's newest EP, Indestructible Object. The CD has 5 tracks on it, one of which (Ant) is redone very well. Another one you may have heard if you've ever watched that one Medical tv show they had on TLC or the Discovery channel, or something (Am I Awake). The other three tracks (Memo to 'Human Resources', 'Au Contraire', and 'Caronline, No') are very good as well. Memo has an odd sound that I really haven't heard from TMBG, Au Contraire has to be the funnest thing about anything French I've heard in a while. And Caroline, No is a sort of slow, dancey type of song that makes you want to scream out "Why Caroline, why?!"
Now go buy it, freaks.
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The soundtrack to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III. Oh yeah.
And the Indigo Girls "12:00 Curfew." Live. good.
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Those movies did have good soundtracks.
Do the Ninja!
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actually, for the most part, no, they didn't have good soundtracks.
And I assume you mean "Go Ninja Go Ninja Go"
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/me waves hand in a vague manner
Whatever.
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good answer
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"Bet you never thought you'd hear Dylan with an Irish accent, did you?"
I've got the Bob Dylan 30th Anniversary Concert Collection in. All Bob Dyaln songs, performed by Ronnie Wood, Stevie Wonder, George Harrison, Tom Petty, Roger McGuin, Eric Clapton, Neil Young, Chrissie Hynde, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, and Lou Reed. I *love* this album.
The best song is The Clancy Brothers with Tommy Makem singing "When the Ship Comes In." It's like you can't tell it's a Dylan song, not an Irish folk song. Beautiful.
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so is it a folk song?
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No, it's a song written by Bob Dylan, sung by Irish folk singers, who have made it their own.
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but isnt Bob Dylan considered a folk musician?
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ah, so the object of this question is to pick nits.
I assumed that since I originally said "Irish folk song," that my meaning of "traditional Irish folk song" would be understood, and that by abbreviating it to "folk song" that you would be preserving that meaning.
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Well you have a louse ridden monkey as an avatar so of course I have to pick nits, but I had you going for a second...
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had me going to what?
and the ninja monkeys take exception to your comment. Don't expect a visit, it'll be over before you know they've arrived.
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Excellent I'll set some fleadip aside... do they like Bananna Cream Pie?
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I just found some mp3's I'd forgotten I had. So I'm listening to Midnight Star's "Freakazoid" and "No Parking on the Dance Floor".
Not enough synthesizers around these days.
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Just rediscovered the joys of Green Day's Minority...
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U2. Unforgettable Fire. *nod*
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I've been having fun listening to several albums by Medieval Babes. Good stuff!
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because I know you're interested, this is the current week's listening:
U2 "War"
Rush "Test for Echo"
Simon and Garfunkel "The Concert in Central Park"
Joe Satriani "The Extremist"
They Might Be Giants "John Henry"
The Throes "All the Flowers Growing in Your Mother's Eyes"
U2 "The Unforgettable Fire"
Sheryl Crow "Tuesday Night Music Club," "C'mon, C'mon" and her self titled
Lemonheads "It's a Shame About Ray"
"Jazz for When You're Alone" (various artists)
Cathy Morris "It's about Time"
Joemy Wilson "Celtic Dreams"
Garbage (self titled)
"The 2 Tone Collection: A Checkered Past" (various ska artists)
Billy Currie w/ Steve Howe "Transportation"
"Music from and inspired by Mission: Impossle 2" (Mission impossibler)
Eric Clapton "From the Cradle"
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I've been listening to a lot of:
system of a down
rem
sex pistols
the clash
bloodhound gang
ratm
bad religion
and of course... hit it with a stick...great band...
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I have a newfound interest in Creed, especially Higher
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ugh, that is possibly their worst song.
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I... agree... with...... OUCH... SE.
:P
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see Gemm, that didn't hurt that bad. Soon I will have you assimilated... er... converted. Then you will be a party fo the mighty army that is Ninja monkey assassin Viking priests!
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No, you just can't see the blood frothing from my ears and the toes that I've lost.
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when was "viking" added to the name
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I like that song, thank you very much. My brother has the CD with him at Princeton though...I want it back.
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you only think you do
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hunh?
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ignoring the last two posts.
It's still a terrible song, whether you like it or not.
Viking was added the other night when talking to another friend who was making a joke about Vikings. I'm trying to decide if it stays or not. certainly the berserker ability would be a nice touch.
oh, and the blood frothing and missing toes don't hurt THAT much. I mean, I could have crushed your spleen before your eyes.
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NOTE: A terrible song in your opinion (and I respect that), and probably in many others' opinions, but I still like it, hence, I think it is good. Anyway...the song of the day for me would be Evanescense's My Immortal. Recently I came upon a band called Floggin Molly, and they're kind of cool.
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if you like evanescence you should listen to some tricky, they isa really good
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Hear Hear Sminja! Evanescence Rocks. And recently, though I used to hate it I've been starting to listen to a little bit of rap. Who's heard of Lords of the Rhymes?
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YEah, Evan. is cool. It's hard to keep track of their songs sometimes because a lot of them are instrumental...but that doesn't make them "not cool" or anything...
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i sagree evanescence is pretty cool, oh and sam whatever you do dont start saying "Intoxicate me now" if you do I will reach through the screen and hurt you...
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Once again, "hunh?" Max, don't start da personal chat in here, this is for sharing your interests.
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Just so you know, probably the best way to stop a personal conversation from forming in a thread is actually NOT by telling someone it's becoming PM material, it's by not responding to it, or by, i dunno, SENDING A PM!
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Sorry...
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Floggin' Molly is an alright band. But Jackdaw has them beat through and through I'll tell ya what. They are a really good Irish band. Bagpipes, fiddles, everything.
And Evanescense is alright. I wouldn't put them past my top 50, were I to have a top 100.
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bagpipes are scottish
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You know what he meant...
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I've heard of Lords of the Rhymes (Obviously). All that nerdcore stuff rules - my favourite would have to be MC Frontalot. MC Chris rules, MC Paul Barman is hyper-intelligent. Frontalittle is really fun. Mc Hawking is great. Also some of the rap remixes by Double A Ron on VGMix.
BTW, Outkast, make sure to play some LOTR at the next social. I reckon everyone would like it, given the success of the movies.
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Hm, Thanks JP, I hadn't heard of some of those people *opens winmx*. And I'll talk to Bones, but somehow I doubt that the ppl will like it *that* much. I mean, seriously, can u see at a social where all they want to do is dance and make out, LotR? In such a bunch of fools? I'll try, but somehow I doubt it would work.
Awesome music though, I've listened to all the soundtracks many many times.
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Hey, the LOTR at the social was Muldoon's suggestion. Here's the breakdown of nerdcore, don't have to bother with WinMX for most of it.
MC 900 FT Jesus - Precursor to Nerdcore. Ask SE about it, but it's commercial music, and very good.
Del the funky homosapian/ Deltron 3030 - I think the first commercial nerdcore artist. I've only heard one track, but it owned. It was called Proto- CUlture, and I could go into a page long breakdown, but suffice to say it's about Video Game cred.
MC Frontalot - The guy who invented the genre. All available free over at www.frontalot.com. My favourite, witty lyrics, and a slowish, cautious rapping style.
MC Hawking - Rapping Stephen Hawking! Available for free at www.mchawing.com, but he's currently working on releasing a CD.
Lords of The Rhymes - available free at www.lordsoftherhymes.com. You already know the deal, they rap about LOTR.
MC Chris - at www.mcchris.com you can download some tracks, and buy some cds. Ultra fast, super skileld rap, unique because of his high pitched voice, but it works. He raps about some fairly explicet stuff though.
MC Paul Barman - only a few free tracks at his website, for the rest, buy the disc. Hyper-intelligent rhymes about stuff like Politics and stuff. Be warned, he has tracks so rude (but intelligent) that make MC Chris look like a pansy.
The Frontalittle Squad - An group of internet nerdcore artists, 2nd generation, who rap about really nerdy stuff like video games. Some of my favourite stuff, available at http://frontalittle.songhole.org.
Double A Ron - Some of his stuff is at www.vgmix.com. I really really like his stuff so far. He's a christian rapper who raps over video game music remixes.
Assorted - a bunch of other ametuer rappers do nerdcore at www.vgmix.com. Also check out DJ Crono, who has stuff at www.ocremix.org.
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Hah! That LOTR thing is awesome!!!
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Tsunami bomb-invasion from within(it's my favorite of all thier albums)
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Secret Knives - Wolf Parade
My All ft. Ill Bill and Breez Evaflow
Snakes!- The Winks
People Who wear their own - the Epidemic
Just Wait Colecovision
Visualize the Verb- Anonymous Twist
Samsara- Green Tara
Alibis -The Hoodwinks
Sleep Deprived- Little Miss Moffat
And Deeper- Circlesquare
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Yup, it's time for the weekly update! THis week's CDs:
Peter Gabriel - "Up"
The Kinks - "Greatest Hits", "Kronikles" Disc 2, and "Live at Kelvin Hall"
U2 - "7", and "Under a Blood red Sky"
Bob Dylan - "Desire"
Matthew Sweet - "To Understand"
Depeche Mode - "Catching Up"
Eric Clapton - "Unplugged"
"The John Lennon Collection"
Led Zeppelin - discs 3 and 4 of the first boxed set they did
Duran Duran (self titled, 1993)
"Swing Time!: The Fabulous Big Band Era, 1925-1955" disc 3
Rush - "Every Soul a Battlefield", and "Cold Fire in Hotlanta"
"Stone Free: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix"
The Black Crowes - "Shake Your Money Maker"
INXS - "Live Baby Live"
Buddy Holly - "From the Original Master Tapes"
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it's like my listening blog! this weeks music selections:
American Music Club "San Francisco"
Lynyrd Skynyrd "Southern by the Grace of God"
The Cult "Ceremony"
The Kinks "Powerman Versus Lola and the Moneygoround, Part 1", "The EP Collection, Vol. 2" and "One for the Road"
The Dead Milkmen "Cream of the Crop"
"Jazz for a Rainy Afternoon"
Béla Fleck and the Flecktones "Flight of the Cosmic Hipo"
Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians "Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars"
U2 "The Joshua Tree"
Too Much Joy "Mutiny"
Soundtrack to Swing Kids
Soup Dragons "Hang-Ten!"
Levellers "Levelling the Land"
Toad the Wet Sprocket "Pale"
Rush "Exit...Stage Left"
The Presidents of the United States of America (self titled)
R.E.M. "Automatic for the People"
Elvis Presley "Golden Records"
and a mix of Heavy Metal music I made.
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a whole lotta irish folk music
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Dub side of the moon - Man, I love good Dub
Deltron 3030 - Awesome Nerdcore Rap. I've "aquired" a few tracks, but I wish I could find somewhere to buy the full album.
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Shaggy "It wasn't me"
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Yeah, Sprig, that should go in the shameful music thread,...
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Barnaked Ladies - "Be My Yoko Ono"
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A Count Basie disc: Basie Boogie.
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Utah Saints.
This is funky stuff. They did the Mortal Kombat movie theme, y'know.
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the grunt of my hard drive as it records the incoming email
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If your harddrive makes grunting sounds, I'd be backing up...
If your harddrive makes clunking sounds, it's too late...
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I back up weekly. In fact, tonight is back up day.
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"Etcetera, etcetera, etcetera!"
AMC is showing The King and I.
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I have no idea, I found some more MD's when cleaning out my room and just poped one in. It dose sound like an extended or remixed version of the Miami Vice theam.
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Rush "Different Stages."
SOOOO yummy. I just want to crank it.
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Yeah, I am in the happy. I now have added "Then: The Earlier Years" and "Factory Showroom" to my collection of TMBG CDs. That now makes 12 CDs.
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Today is a guitar today. Steven Pasero, a couple classical guitar CDs from various artists. Right now it's Guitar Player's "Legends of Guitar, Jazz" yummy yummy yummy. I adore really old school jazz guitar solos. They rock my face off.
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tonight is 80's night...
"The Vapors - Turning Japanese" is on right now
Next is "Falko - Rock Me Amadaeus"
Then, in no particular order..
The Scorpians - Rock You like a Hurricane
Flock of Seagulls - I Ran
C.W.McCall - Convoy
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a lot of modest mouse and franz ferdinan
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I've been listening to Sunny Day Real Estate's "Diary" and Elliott's "False Cathedrals". Both are really good albums to listen to when you're bored.
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A lot of stuff by the Decemberists... like July, July
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Mono Puff -Unsupervised (Johns solo album)
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Super Furry Animals - At least it's not the end of the world.
The band I started listening to sheerly because they had a cool name, then realized they were really good.
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So much new music:
White Stripes - Elephant: Why did I wait so long to get this? It rocks on toast. Great variety of music and done really well.
My Morning Jacket - the entire library: I've fallen in love with this band in the last six months or so. Just great music.
Wilco - a ghost is born: Sigh. Wilco is my favorite band, but I just can't get into this album. I loved Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, but this evolution of the band just doesn't do it for me. I wish they'd go back to their roots. Being There is still their best album.
Loretta Lynn - Van Lear Rose: Yep, that Loretta Lynn. The Coal Miner's Daughter. Jack White (of the White Stripes) produced this album and it is amazing. It's an odd blend of garage rock and traditional country....and it works!
Guster: Just saw these guys on tour with Ben Folds and was highly impressed. Pretty good stuff all around
Phish: Undermind and Junta: One out of every four Phish songs is amazing. The rest are just so-so.
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My brother-in-law is in love with Guster.
I have a love-hate relationship with Phish too. Rift however, is a pretty solid album all over.
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Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries" while on hold with my new ISP's tech support. I should get a big Wagner boxed set. Even if he was an anti-semite, the man could compose.
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My supervisor has interesting taste in music. So I've listened to The Cure, Blondie, Sheryl Crow and Fugazi today.
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see, that's what you'd listen to if I were your supe too.
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mostly bloodhound gang
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Lateralus by Tool
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The Bob Dylan 30th anniversary concert, which I recommend to anyone who likes music to be something other than dissonant aggression. Who knows, those of you who think RATM is the pinnacle of music may learn something to. Bob himself is only on 3 or 4 of the tracks on the 2 disc set, but you get rare interpretations by Johnny Cash, Tom Petty, George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Stevie Wonder, and the track that's on now that I can't seem to take off repeat, the Clancy Brothers. "You never thought you'd hear Dylan with an Irish accent, did you?" Man, it sounds native. That bobby boy sure as heck knew how to write a song. This track deserves enshrinement, if not the whole set.
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A lot of MSI(mindless self indulgence) and the cellular soundtrack it has a great song by moby(sinnerman) on it.
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Smash Mouth's "Fush Yu Mang"
my coworker brought in a ton of CDs. not sure where they came from. She claims there her daughters, but why she's throwing out all the jewel boxes I'll never know.
Anyway, she's giving away the CDs she doesn't like, so I grabbed this one (after passing on 4 Non Blondes)
I'm pleased.
Oh, and "You're the Fonz"
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Intolerance by Tool
I have been wanting to get Undertow (the cd that this is on) for a while, and now that I have it I am going to listen to it forever.
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Rush in Rio. Reading the liner notes just makes this album that much cooler. It's pretty darn cool to hear the audience singing along with EVERY song. Even YYZ.
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The Eberron Soundtrack
I'm much more impressed with it than I expected to be. Of course, I didn't expect an actual orchestra but instead two keyboards and a drum machine.
Not that the album breaks any new ground musically. It uses a lot of musical clichés and some predictable movements, but it does show some talent. And it's not all cliché. Some of it is quite impressive. Though, again, much of it sounds like I've heard it before in something composed by John Williams or perhaps a horror movie. However, I have to stress that none of it is annoyingly repetitive or too familiar. The composer handles his source material well, and I think it's good mood music. It's very evocative.
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The Dead Milkmen... Punk Rock Girl, Bad Party, and Burrow Owl....
I like you Stewart, your not like the other people, here, in the trailor park
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Dead Milkmen is awesome.
I've been listening to Cake's Comfort Eagle, like, three times a day.
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That's a so-so one of their's JP. I like their older stuff more, but Comfort Eagle is fairly well.
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Yeah, I plan to go out and buy the rest of their stuff soonish, starting with Pressure Chief.
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I am listening to LUSTMORD!!! Muahahahahahaha!!!! Muahahahahahaha!!!! Muahahahahahaha!!!!
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Some good ole Minor Threat - Filler.
Ian Mackaye rocks.
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I finally acquired a copy of Jimmy Eat World's self titled (formerly "Bleed American"). I don't think there's a single song on this disc that I didn't already have on mp3. However, there's also not a single song that I wouldn't love with all of my body if it were physically manifested in front of me. It makes me want to up and groove in my office in front of all my coworkers. This is quite possibly the 2nd best CD purchase I have EVER made.
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I'm glad you like that CD so much Saint. That even raises my opinion of your musical taste.
I'm listening to Remy Shand, who is the smoothest white musician to ever hit the Motown label.
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see, you already knew I had good taste. I introduced you to the Young Fresh Fellows (via Kije's CDs, though) and I don't remember introducing you to Remy Shand, but I've been listending to him for a while. Then there were those Jazz CDs delivered to your dorm for me. :)
Ok, I'll stop talking about myself. I'm just happy that someone appreciates what I appreciate.
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Actually I stumbled upon Remy Shand myself.
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well, then I am impressed with your stumbling AND your taste
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I've spent most of the day listening to The Donnas' "Too Bad About Your Girl". 'Cause it's stuck in my head. And it's catchy.
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Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros...
Viva los Clash!
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In the second post of this years-spanning thread I mentioned I was listening to Dylan's Blonde on Blonde and that it was one of the greatest albums ever.
Two years later, it has made it back into frequent rotation and I can't come up with a good reason I ever quit listening to it.
Sure, some people can't stand the way he sings, but it's lyrical genius. The man can paint pictures with words an conjure images that one would never think to juxtapose. If you buy one Dylan album, this is the one.
Sheer musical genius.
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Dude were you and I seperated at birth...
I totally agree...
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So Currently I have a sweet mix going on my Ipod, Right now the Who's Baba O'Riley is playing...
This is one of my favorite songs ever, Guitar driven with synth and great lyrics... Roger Daltry rocks too...
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The pixes here comes your man........
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We must be seperated as I am a GIGANTIC Who fan.
Between the five or so normal albums and their 30 years of maximum R&B boxed set, they probably take up more space on my iPod than any other one band.
Holy cow! And a Pixies fan too.
This is getting weird.
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well you already like the same games I do... so...
Ahh the soothing tones of Morphine....
"The Night" is possibly the coolest song ever,... and most rock bands cant include wierd instruments and make it work...
It a good make out song too...
Too bad the lead singer OD'd
Morphine - The Night Lyrics
you're the night, Lilah
a little girl lost in the woods
you're a folktale
the unexplainable
you're a bedtime story
the one that keeps the curtains closed
I hope you're waiting for me
cause I can't make it on my own
I can't make it on my own
it's too dark to see the landmarks
and I don't want your good luck charms
I hope you're waiting for me
across your carpet of stars
you're the night, Lilah
you're everything that we can't see
Lilah
you're the possibility
you're the bedtime story
the one that keeps the curtains closed
and I hope you're waiting for me
cause I can't make it on my own
I can't make it on my own
sweet-ass sax solo
unknown the unlit world of old
you're the sounds I've never heard before
off the map where the wild things grow
another world outside my door
here I stand I'm all alone
driving down the pitch black road
Lilah you're my only home
and I can't make it on my own
you're a bedtime story
the one that keeps the curtains closed
I hope you're waiting for me
cause I can't make it on my own
I can't make it on my own
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see, the problem here is that I couldn't fit all my music on a single iPod. I have over 400 CDs, around 200 or so albums on vinyl (plus the 45s), and 200 tapes. Then there's my songs I have only on mp3. Right now I have around 2 weeks worth of music on mp3 if I just played it straight through without stopping.
I used to love the Who. Not so much anymore. Though several of their songs consitently make it onto my playlist. I likewise became disenchanted with the Pixies. Not sure why. Maybe if I started listening again I'd be happier with them.
Dylan, on the other hand, is a musical genius. I have several of his. I'm not sure I agree Blonde on Blonde is the best, Hwy 61 Revisited has some very strong points, and my Indy nature keeps pulling me back to Desire for a great listen.
Morphine, I have everything by in at least one medium. Sheer brilliance. I cried (real tears and everything) when the singer died.
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I did too... such an amazing amazing sound... and now that he died, we know where it came from...
I guess he found a cure for his pain.
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I couldn't fit all my music on a single iPod
I bet you could.... they do make a 60 gig one... which stores up to 15,000 songs
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For my Money Dylons basement tapes is also one of the best albums I've ever heard..
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and how many hundreds of dollars is that? So how realistic is it that I'll ever have one in my hands to use it?
So maybe there IS an ipod that could do it? Sure. For now, But using the conservative number of 12 songs per album, plus all my mp3s, I have around 12-13000 songs already. By the time I have the spare funds to allocate to an ipod, I'm sure I'll easily have more than 2000 more songs. So maybe not.
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Do what my friend steve does SE, he bought a CD player that reads MP3s for about $80 and just burned CDs with 800megs of songs on them. Or me with my MD player, about 400 megs. Sure Ipods, or the like, are nice but it's a lot of money to spend at once.
And when Jeffe or others tell you about the iPod you can point them to this comic:
http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?date=2003-05-28
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unfortunately, PA has been broken since yesterday.
I'd love an iPod. I could fit a LOT on it. I don't NEED all my songs on it, I'm just saying I couldn't do that anyway.
But I can't buy one
I make the occassional mix, and I back up all my mp3s to CD every now and then (though I still lost my Too Much Joy mp3s somehow).
but finding an mp3/discman is a good idea. I can probably afford that soon.
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PA is working again today, unless it just went down. I have one of those CD players too and rarely use it anymore so I could probaly sell it to you for $50 plus shipping. It's hold button is broken but besides that it works fine. I bought it about 6 months before I bought my MD player and never ended up useing it for MP3s since I don't have a CD burner.
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PA borked again.
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yeah, I hadn't tried it since about noon yesterday, but when I went this morning, no dice.
I don't have the free funds right now, but I'll keep you in mind, Sprig. Better the money go to a friend that The Man!
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NP SE, I was just putting that outhere since this conversation reminded me. Take your time.
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Why is it so bad of us to tell someone about a product we like to use Spriggan?
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Becasue it's redundent now Jeffe, we all know how much you like the iPod and how much other people like it. The product has been around for so long now we don't need to be told anymore.
Also most of us don't have iPods becsaue we either don't want one or cannot afford one, like SE, who said several times he wants one yet cannot afford it. Despite that you kept on telling him to buy one anyway. It would be like me constenetly telling people to get a broadband cable conncetion for the internet everytime I could fit it into a conversation, people on this board either have Broadband, or don't have it for other reasons (like cannot afford it or don't want it), and for me to keep on telling those that don't have it to get it would be really annoying. And for those that want one, yet cannot afford it, me allwayse telling them to buy one would be like rubbing it in their face. That's how your iPod tangents go sometimes, and that's why I liked to that comic.
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I never told him to get one in this thread...
ever... In fact Ive only joked with him about getting one...
Pleasington brought up the ipod this time. But you assumed it was me. Saint responded that they didnt make one big enough for him and I said they did. How is that rubbing someones face in it?
Plus you should keep in mind that I know Saint IRL, I know how he lives and have an idea of what he can afford and I would never tell him to buy something like an Ipod. Im not saying he's poor, cause he isnt... just that with 3 kids an Ipod isnt the best investment.
But I do think you could lay off me a little when I dont do anything... Its like your just itching to attack me over something. (Im not saying this in a mean way)
Yeah I like the Ipod, Yeah Im gonna say how much I like it... If you dont want it or cant afford it or whatever you dont have to be mean about it.
Thats all Im asking and I dont think that thats unreasonable.
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Well maybe you're not like most people but if you're being constantly reminded that you can't afford something you'd like to have, it's really depressing.
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Ok keep in mind that I am not yelling, or ticked when I say this. My tone is light and conversational.
Its not me doing the constant reminding... which is my point.
We've had a few threads on the ipod, most of them were in the distant past (ie months and months ago) every once in a while it gets brought back up by someone (like pleasington in this thread and in the Random folder) and you know as an owner I like to respond to questions about it...
People are in fact talking about the ipod... its the single most popular music player in the world right now. If you want it and cant buy it, its not my intention to make you jealous when I talk about it. But if other people want to talk about it and coincidentally I like to talk about it. I cant help that, I like the product and I've had one long enough that I've had about all the problems that can happen to it. Im not constantly harping on it and its sort of torquing me off a little that Im getting acused of that. Like people expect me to be cruel and mean, I dont like that.
Before Pleasington brought it up in the Rants thread I hadnt said a word about it in 6 months. Unless you count podcasting which I've said about 500 times doesnt need an ipod to work or just taken the time to announce the Ipod shuffle, which I said I thought was kind of weak.
So I guess I dont get where people think Im harping on it, because I dont think I am.
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How embarassingly mainstream...I love the lyrics though - I'm listening to Linkin Park, Meteora and Hybrid Theory.
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Do you Wanna Have some fun? by Rare Essence...
Let us get on down Junkyard Band
Its Go-Go music!!! The most fun local music ever...
(Its pre hip-hop funk Jam)
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I am listening to yummy!
I just got my new copy of The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society (here after VGPS). I gave my dad my old copy for Christmas because it has the "Picture Book" song that's used in all those HP commercials now (I won't talk about the probable irony of that song choice). I ordered this disc BEFORE Christmas, having chosen this version because it's a reissue/remaster with 3 discs instead of one with lots of alternate versions as well as most of the songs from "The Great Lost Kinks Album" (an album that was recorded but never released anywhere). I got an email just after Christmas saying it takes a long time to get anywhere from this island off the coast of Britain, so not to respond that I hadn't received it for 28 business days. So I called last week, and they tell me it shipped on 2/11. Why it took nearly 2 months to get it in the mail is beyond me.
Anyway, I have it now, and, as I said, it is very yummy. I am pleased. Quotes about it.
It "is Ray [Davies, the lead singer/songwriter]'s masterwork. It's his Sgt Pepper, it's what makes him the definitive pop poet laureate" -Pete Townshend (of The Who)
"It's the most successful failure of all time" -Ray Davies himself. (partially because it was a major departure and it was released at the same time as Electric Ladyland and The White Album.
"It's the best album we ever made." Pete Quaife (Kinks bassist)
I concur. It is the quintessential Kinks. They've grown up since recording the frat-rock of You Really Got Me but they haven't lost contact with the real world like the strange concept album period like Preservation or A Soap Opera, and it hasn't gotten bitter like later works UK Jive and Phobia. This album is one of the things that has made me love the Kinks as my favorite band of all time.
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So, I just got my copy of TMBG's "Here Come the ABC's." This is so freaking awesome. If you have kids that want to learn, then this is totally for them. Plus seeing Linell wearing a tux singing Violin with a seemingly professional violinist and celloist is just marvelous. As well, Flansy coming out in a bear costume "conducting" them on the MOP part.
Oh lordy!
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Is this a DVD?
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It is a CD or a DVD. Or both. Your choice.
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So I'm listening to this weird Raffi song called "Banana Phone". And I'm wondering if anyone else knows it, (like Eric).
Yeah. It was all related to a really funny flash cartoon, but that involves more swearing than I'm comfortable posting around here. (the cartoon, not the song)
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I actually have heard very little Raffi. I should make a correction to that mistake.
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"To Keep My Love Alive" by Blossom Dearie
Very funny. I had AccuRadio to the "Women Who Croon" channel, because I'm actually a sucker for female vocals, esp Jazz vocals.
Weird thing though. next to Judie Garland, Ella Fitzgerald, and Julie Andrews, I found Sheryl Crow and Alanis Morrisette. Is what they do really "croonng?" V. Strange.
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I'm listening to some of PartyBen's mixes. He's got a mix of Green Day's "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" and Oasis's "Wonderwall" that has become extremely popular. If you like the green day song check it out, it's really good.
He's got some other fun mixes too, like Daft Punk and Queen. I've always been impressed by people who do this kind of thing- it takes a good ear and real creativity, IMO.
http://www.partyben.com/downloads/
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If it's the one DC101 has been playing, it's more than just those two songs.
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Yes it's got quite a few other songs mixed in but I'm too lazy to list them, and the site lists all of them.
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Laziness is something I can understand.
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hey, Jeffe, did you listen to that free CD we picked up on Monday? Turns out that she's a pretty decent vocalist. Not the worst lyricist either, but it helps that she covered Bob Dylan on the second track.
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Maire Brennan's Perfect Time. I bought the CD a few years ago, but it disappeared about a year ago. It magically reappeared yesterday.
This album can be roughly described as Celtic Christian.
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Yaeh, Catholic Celts. Asidely, I'm listening to my mom's 1 GB of music on her iPod. Somehow, I'm disappointed in the vast size that isn't filled. She has all these CDs but does nothing with them. Forshamed.
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Song cravings are weird. I realized tonight that I don't have a copy of The Clash's Rock the Casbah. And apparently I need one.
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hrmmm.... I wonder what you'll see if you follow this link that will only exist for a couple days.
JP says: Bad admin! No links to MP3s.
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SE I'm going to have to ask you to remove that link. Posting links to illegal music/movies/games is a violation of the forum TOS and grounds for suspension.
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What did he link to? I got a site not found error.
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he spelled his site name wrong, not hard to figure out though.
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What a foolish admin, heh.
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Thank you though, SE.
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actually, Sprig, if we want to try and enforce it, especially with threats of banning, then perhaps we shouldn't lie about it being in the TOS. Because it's not anywhere in the agreement. In the past we've asked people not to do that sort of thing, but we've never threatened banishment on a first offense. Sorry, it was a little slip, but geez guys, calm down.
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Not that you guys are taking a vote, but I would just like to say that it doesn't seem to be that big a deal. SE indicated that he was going to take down the link a little later anyway, and he was just doing fuzzy a favor. Yeah, it is against the rules, but not something worth getting upset over.
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Yeah, we all need to calm down. This thread is long, so I'm gonna lock it. Anyone who wants to stay on topic can start a new one.