Music I can't believe I'm just discovering

by **RetroRomper** » Wed Feb 28, 2018 12:09 pm

Described to me as sounding "oriental," Septic Flesh manages to infuse a smooth, drum and cymbal driven beat into heavy metal. Stored behind a few marvelous sounding guitar solos, its amazing that I didn't know about this band any earlier. Overall, the sound is wide, lush, and doesn't fall to the normal tropes of heavy metal music.

by **Tdarcos** » Sat Feb 17, 2018 9:06 am

AArdvark wrote: ↑Mon Mar 20, 2017 2:59 pm This just came on Netflix a little while ago. Quite fascinating. I never really loved The Rolling Stones but it's enlightening to see where they came from. I can't imagine all the riots and crazy things happening at a concert today.

Travis Scott Pleads Guilty to Disorderly Conduct Related to Concert Riot ,E! News Feb 7, 2018 http://www.eonline.com/news/912279/trav ... ncert-riot

by **RetroRomper** » Fri Feb 16, 2018 3:14 pm

If I'm going to listen to pop, its going to be KPOP, yo.

by **RetroRomper** » Sat Jul 08, 2017 12:27 pm

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I had quite a bit of trouble getting into Peter Gabriel - every one of his songs sounded derivative from countless parodies and later tonal tributes that played off his motifs. But then I realized that he had done alot of this first and had started a couple trends:

*Experimental pop music.
*Tone deaf / neutral sounding lyrics

Both of which is personified in this song (especially with the minimal instruments and vocalization that I can imagine was ahead of its time.)

I thoroughly enjoyed this song and am glad to add it to my list of songs I can't believe I haven't heard.

by **Tdarcos** » Sun Mar 26, 2017 9:32 pm

Flack wrote:You didn't put a "/" in front of your closing YouTube link. Video links with dashes work just fine.

You're right, sorry.

Here's one I found by accident when Amazon Music on my Fire TV device presented this song, I had never heard of this artist. I'm trying to remember who she reminds me of.

Rachel Platten, "Fight Song"
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by **Flack** » Fri Mar 24, 2017 7:06 pm

You didn't put a "/" in front of your closing YouTube link. Video links with dashes work just fine.

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by **Tdarcos** » Fri Mar 24, 2017 5:14 pm

Here are two. The first I stumbled upon on YouTube, the second I first heard on the Muzak in a local pizza place. It wasn't until I looked up the lyrics to find the song and discovered that both were by the same group, The Decemberists.

Both songs are enjoyable. The first, whose actual title is "Summersong", has a machinima story called "Summer in City 17" done using Half-Life 2 that was apparently designed around the song, including an interesting trick that when the scene focuses on a radio the audio is downgraded to sound like something played on AM radio.

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The second apparently is about a hardscrabble pan miner called "Rox in the Box". This one shows the lyrics.

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I just discovered something which is why I left the broken reference there. YouTube video id references containing a - are broken as a hyphenated word and not translated correctly. This is the same as the "https bug."

Here's a different link.

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"And if you ever make it to ten you won't make it again."

by **AArdvark** » Mon Mar 20, 2017 2:59 pm

This just came on Netflix a little while ago. Quite fascinating. I never really loved The Rolling Stones but it's enlightening to see where they came from. I can't imagine all the riots and crazy things happening at a concert today.

lousy version
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by **Flack** » Sat Mar 18, 2017 6:27 am

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"I have to go home."
"You are home."

by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Fri Mar 17, 2017 9:50 pm

I'm back in. Got no issues with Elton John.

by **Jizaboz** » Fri Mar 17, 2017 12:39 pm

Alright, I'm out now too.

by **RetroRomper** » Fri Mar 17, 2017 9:54 am

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This one came up so randomly on my playlist that I didn't even know who the artist was originally, but there was so much to enjoy about this song:

*The sound stage (as they say in headphone lingo) is HUGE.

*The complexity and overlapping of instruments lets me engage in the music in ways normally only classical lets me.

*The song itself overpowers the lyrics, making them almost trite. For what crudely amounts to a pop song, this is truly remarkable.

*Elton John's voice has deepened over the years, adding a different dynamic and letting the music reverberate on a number of levels depending on which version you listen to.

*The version I listened to, drowned out the lyrics in the sound stage and dynamics of the music itself, as opposed to letting them reverberate. But this really highlighted the fact the music takes center stage, which for a pop song is still pretty weird.

by **AArdvark** » Sun Feb 19, 2017 11:22 am

as I noted I've never heard Stairway to Heaven or really any Zeppelin music.

OK, now I'm out.

THE
C-YA!
AARDVARK

by **RetroRomper** » Sun Feb 19, 2017 9:32 am

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After listening to the intro to Nektar's Journey to the Center of the Eye, I had to confirm that...

1. They weren't a Japanese band.
2. The actual year this music was produced in (71' apparently)

Because this synth pop rock techno THING could have easily been a far upscale version of any scene or club song since the early 90s'. The twang of the guitar that sings on its own while a synthesizer plays over it and the drums melt into the medley, telling your ID that "hey! We're here!" is magical. After listening to too much Yes in my life time, the synth does sound dated (its modulated to sound more like an organ,) good god does the guitar and the overall dynamics makes up for it. It even ends on a chaotic note that gives way to the rest of the album, reminding me of how the Olivia Tremor Control played off their own transitions.

This is officially a 'WOW' award winning single.

by **RetroRomper** » Sun Feb 19, 2017 9:13 am

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James Taylor isn't new to me, except the last time I listened to him was in a car ride from Santa Maria to El Toro in... 1993? Hearing his smooth vocals brought back those memories of listening to a mix tape my mothers friend made with her, but now this song slapped me from the right because of the subject matter (post 2016 election crud) and the sentiment where its hard to tell if the singer is being sarcastic or not because of the memory he is describing. THEN we get what sounds like bongos or wood stocks or similar in the chorus, juxtaposing a completely different and even confusing note to the song.

James does a good job using his laid back sound to describe his impressions of a memory then using it as a bit of a jumping off point to relate to the listener, if not confusing them as if this was a GOOD or BAD memory.

by **RetroRomper** » Sat Feb 18, 2017 8:41 pm

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This is a special PINBACK REQUEST as I noted I've never heard Stairway to Heaven or really any Zeppelin music.

Quite a bit of this song bangs on your head like like a hollow drum and coalesces into a coherent form what I see as hair bands: vaguely about sex, a loud sound with quiet drum / cymbal solos, and the combination of stereo effects really brings this one down to earth for me. Its also strange that they have stronger beat, more loud drum and vocals than the toned down sound of the Rolling Stones - the latter didn't have loud percussion nor too many guitar effects, instead substituting sound that compliments instead of being the focus of.

Led Zeppelin obviously had a lot of influence in determining where music went to in the 80s and feels like a the second step (one up from the Rolling Stones maybe) in foundation Rock N Roll (where you have louder sounds and more energy behind the music.)

by **pinback** » Sat Feb 18, 2017 8:18 pm

I have discussed the matter with Retro offline, and this is now the greatest thread in this BBS' history.

I will lay low, and allow it to unfold. Sorry, I didn't... I didn't know.

I didn't KNOW!!

Paul, don't post here.

by **RetroRomper** » Sat Feb 18, 2017 8:18 pm

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Opening with a really lovely, heavy electric guitar / bass which plays with a really wide sound stage, this song becomes kinda trite ("good horse" is just an obvious substitute for "finding myself a good man.") But the vocals are clear, dynamic (you can hear the trailing off of her breath and of the instruments,) and it ends up being a FUN song from the Cardigans, their strongest aspect that I can say applies to alot of their music.

by **RetroRomper** » Sat Feb 18, 2017 8:00 pm

pinback wrote:
the Rolling Stones aren't an actual rock and roll band
Right, I'm out. Retro, thanks for the hot sauces over the years. Hope things turn out well for you.

Okay, yes, they ARE a Rock n' Roll band, but they were Rock n' Roll before it was an actual thing: I'm just sitting here, appreciating the mixture, the fusion of genres that went into the genre they defined.

And ya, this is a thread for all the Crackers out there :: fist pumps chest ::

by **pinback** » Sat Feb 18, 2017 7:54 pm

Well, that's just awful. I don't want you listening to that. Go back to the Stones immediately.

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