Well, that was not a classic I was expecting: 2/10.
A recent radio favorite:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYEDA3JcQqw
Well, that was not a classic I was expecting: 2/10.
A recent radio favorite:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYEDA3JcQqw
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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See, some might say that that was derivative, formulaic and a pale imitation of the originals it cites. But I think that rock - in the widest sense - music is now a sufficiently mature form that it has developed and established a series of vernaculars within which it's perfectly valid to operate. And that's a pretty good piece of music that absolutely works within and as part of one of those established vernacular forms. 7/10.
Here's one of my favourite bands of the nineties - a bunch of kids who had obviously grown up with dads who introduced them to all the right stuff, and who then melded it to make something that manages to sound familiar without ever quite sounding like anyone else.
Last edited by MarkBastable; 03-25-2011 at 09:00 AM.
It was just the first thought to cross my mind. The synthesizers and stuff just made me think, "If ELP were a bunch of pansies, this is what it would sound like."Originally Posted by OrphanPip
Anyways, I didn't really say they did sound like ELP--I said quite the opposite.
Quite - they don't sound like ELP. They don't sound like Gershwin either. Or Bavarian folk music. Or Three Dog Night. Now I come to think about it, the list of people they don't sound like is pretty damn lengthy.
(People often say to me, when I make this kind of slightly fatuous point, "That's just semantics, Mark." - as if pointing that out were a kind of Big Eagle demolisher of any argument I might be presenting. I usually reply, "Yeah - without semantics, we wouldn't be talking at all. But back to my original fatuity..."
Obviously, MM, I know what you mean. You're saying they sound sufficiently like ELP that it's worth pointing out that they sound nothing like ELP. The premise might be debatable - as Pip has demonstrated - but the priniciple is faultless. Still, I get a lot of innocent pleasure out of deconstructing the use of language in this tiresome way. I'm more to be pitied than censured.)
Last edited by MarkBastable; 03-25-2011 at 04:09 PM.
No offense Mutatis ol' bean, but you seem a little defensive lately like you've been looking for an argument - WHICH IS GREAT! Let's start an argument thread!
Um, this selection - a little old, but not quite old enough - I have to imagine myself in ten years reflecting back 25 years with a nostalgic tear welling in my eye - but competent enough to earn eight black rubber rats
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FIfi...eature=related
Just a cotton-picking minute, Muskie. Rate Gomez from my last post but one....
That's what I rated - okay in Anglais: eight black rubber rats out of a possible ten because it's not quite old enough
Last edited by MystyrMystyry; 03-25-2011 at 10:38 AM.
Jesus, and I think I'm facetious.
Fair enough, sorry, I missed that.
Hmm. Maybe I have. I'm not sure. If I am being more defensive or confrontational than usual the reason must be on a subconscious level, because I can't think of any particular reason. I must admit I'm usually more defensive when it comes to music--something I do my best to remedy, but I doubt it will ever be remedied completely. But, I'm always up for an argument. What are forums for, after all?
On a totally unrelated no, Mystyr, I've been meaning to ask this for a while, and this seems as good a place as any. Why no periods? Stylistic choice?
Okay, I admit, after a couple minutes I started to sort of skip through that song. It ain't my thing. But, it does a good job of creating a dark and creepy atmosphere (the voices along with the meandering tones struck me as unsettling), which I assume it its goal. So, a 5/10.
Of the dozens and dozens of songs named after a woman, this is one of my favorites.
Born of Osiris: 6
Gomez: 6
Adele: 6.7
YMO: 6.5
Architects of Tomorrow: 7
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0Gdg9zTwvU
Band: Heldon
Year: 1978
Country: France
My Rating: 9.2
Not too keen. 4/10
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyrFpR59_vQ
What about this one.
I can see why you were not too keen.
Allman: 6.8
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nq-S9...eature=related
Artist: Devin Townsend
Year: 2001
Country: Canada
My rating: 9.3
For a minute I thought.....but no. 3/10
My latest favourites...
Why? It seemed to me just annoying. 2/10 I'm also surprised to find them on the Roadrunner label, which is (or I guess was, since I've seen this) a heavy-metal label.
And, did anyone rate my earlier post of "Melissa" by The Alman Brothers? It doesn't look like it.....
P.S. Devin Townsend is awesome--submitted a song of his myself not too long ago.
Last edited by Mutatis-Mutandis; 03-25-2011 at 10:53 PM.
I actually love the Dresden Dolls, there's a certain pop-punk sensibility to their music that just falls short of being mainstream, largely because of that theatrical (Brechtian) dark playfulness that permeates a lot of their songs. Also, Amanda Palmer is bonkers.
Amanda Palmer actually got dropped by Roadrunner for fighting them because they wanted her to become more accessible (particularly she fought them over them wanting to edit one of her music videos to make her look skinnier).
6/10 for Allman Brothers. My mother has poisoned me against them.
So, here's the classic Bertold Brecht song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QXJ3OXWaOY
(I had a link of Lotte Lenya singing it, just because she's a more talented singer, but decided to post a recording of Brecht singing it)
Last edited by OrphanPip; 03-26-2011 at 01:10 AM.
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