The ever-popular "Currently Listening" thread

[dteowner]

Seems only natural to carry over Xen and Sammy's threads.

Post yer tunes, folks. Links to sound clips are strongly encouraged. If it's worth posting, it's worth sharing.:D

Today's tune for me:
"Melinda" from Tearwave (http://www.myspace.com/tearwave)

[txa1265]

I've got my iPod on my latest buy:
'Kali's Son' (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:eb8uaknkdm3l)by Jonas Hellborg ... wild bass innovator - I miss Shawn Lane, but the wild east/west jazz fusion on this is pretty nice.

[Jaz]

Listening to one of Joseph Haydn's trumpet concerts. - Yes, I still am weird.

urrrrrrrrärrrrpooorpoer säppppppppppttpüpt <-- Greetings from my 2 1/2 years-old sonny.

[txa1265]

Since when has Haydn been weird? ;)

[Jaz]

Well, I never really liked Haydn, or the rest of the Vienna classical composers... I'm more into early Baroque, Romantics or the so-called Contemporary Classics. Yet I spent a little more time with the Vienna folks recently, and I actually came to like them.
Yes, Haydn is THAT weird.

Right now I'm listening to Roger Cicero...

[xSamhainx]

The Cramps - Naked Girl Falling Down the Stairs

dont ask, it's a long story

[txa1265]

Well, I never really liked Haydn, or the rest of the Vienna classical composers... I'm more into early Baroque, Romantics or the so-called Contemporary Classics. Yet I spent a little more time with the Vienna folks recently, and I actually came to like them.
Yes, Haydn is THAT weird.

You know what they say, if it ain't baroque ... ;)

'Contemporary Classics' - what is that? Are we talking 12-tone stuff, minimalism, or ? That is the stuff I like in classical - Beethoven is the *earliest* of the composers I love :)

Now listening to the Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines Sountrack (http://www.stevemv.com/forum/vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines-game-soundtrack-rip-t47.html).

[chamr]

- Beethoven is the *earliest* of the composers I love :)


Good God! How can you like any classical music and not love Bach?!?!?!

:confused:

[txa1265]

OK, my post wasnt wholly accurate - I was more dating my general taste as being from Romantic period and forward. I love stuff from Vivaldi, Back, Mozart, and so on ...

[chamr]

OK, my post wasnt wholly accurate - I was more dating my general taste as being from Romantic period and forward. I love stuff from Vivaldi, Back, Mozart, and so on ...

Phew! ;)

Would have to say Romantic is my favorite period as well.

Mozart? Meh... evolutionarily important, but mostly bores me... Requiem is good...

[Corwin]

I recently bought a DVD of all the ABBA film clips!! :) Please don't throw things; I'm too old to duck!!

[Ammon777]

Im listening to Darkthrone, Mayhem, Burzum, ect... I really love black metal.

Sometimes i listen to Bach. I like Bach's haunting organ works.

Hey, its Halloween...

[Jaz]

'Contemporary Classics' - what is that? Are we talking 12-tone stuff, minimalism, or ? That is the stuff I like in classical - Beethoven is the *earliest* of the composers I love :)
Well, I meant 20th+ Century composers, like my favorite Brits (Vaughn Williams, Elgar, Holst, Britten), the 12-toners like Schönberg and Schreker (in sense), Shostakovitch and others.
Good God! How can you like any classical music and not love Bach?!?!?! It's a matter of definition. I (for example) love Bach, but he is a Baroque composer and thus not a 'true' Classical composer of the Vienna period (which was truly short, as Beethoven - the last in line - was more of predecessor of the Romantics than anything else).

Currently listening to web radio... 'Gimme gimme gimme' by Abba (feel comforted, Corwin, I love Abba).

[r3dshift]

Now listening to the Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines Soundtrack.

Wow, thanks for that link, mate! I really loved the game and the music, and it seems now I can finally get it on my PC! I hope you are seeding it, too, BTW ;)

Otherwise, I listen to gothic metal/dark rock, starting with the founders and the kings of the genre, Paradise Lost (http://www.myspace.com/paradiselostuk). The site I've linked to contains a few songs for your listening pleasure.

[JonNik]

A classic Topic:

When at home I have foobar2000 cycle through my ~20GB mp3 collection
This Ranges from Bach or Ravel to Loreena McKennit or Amalia Rodriguez
To Fields of The Nephilim or Bauhaus to John Lee Hooker or Otis Redding to
Moonspell or My dying Bride.... You get the picture...

Anyway an excellent example of gaming music Will allways be Grim Fandangos
soundtrack... Damn what a Great game...

This is the Link I recently used to download from but curriously it doesn work for
me today :( http://grimfandango.net/?page=soundtrack

[chamr]

It's a matter of definition. I (for example) love Bach, but he is a Baroque composer and thus not a 'true' Classical composer of the Vienna period (which was truly short, as Beethoven - the last in line - was more of predecessor of the Romantics than anything else).

I used classical with a little "c" to refer to the genre, which encompasses the periods of Baroque, Classical, Romantic and Contemporary.

[dteowner]

"Tell Me That I'm Nothing" (http://www.myspace.com/etheraura) by Ether Aura

[Jaz]

I used classical with a little "c" to refer to the genre, which encompasses the periods of Baroque, Classical, Romantic and Contemporary.Yeah, now that you said it I saw and understood. Sorry about the confusion!

I'm currently listening to Samael: Jupiteran Vibes.

@JonNik: Missionforce: Cyberstorm had wonderful music, too.

[crpgnut]

I recently bought a DVD of all the ABBA film clips!! :) Please don't throw things; I'm too old to duck!!

I've had the ABBA collection (4 CD's) in my car for several years :)

Outside of ABBA, I listen to the music from highschool: Journey, Kansas, Chicago,
REO Speedwagon, STYX, Rush, etc. I also like Michael Jackson's stuff before he became a weirdo.

[xSamhainx]

Arcturus - Maquerade Infernale

You know, this cd just gets raves from practically everyone Ive seen mention it, I just dont get it. Ive had it for weeks, and every time I put it on it's an effort to finish it. This and "Mandylion" by The Gathering, both highly praised cds in the metal community that I just cannot for some reason like. At all.

Total waste of money

[JonNik]

@JonNik: Missionforce: Cyberstorm had wonderful music, too.

To be Honest never heard of the game, but I'll try to find the soundtrack...
I am always on the lookout for stuff like that. All suggestions welcome...

This and "Mandylion" by The Gathering, both highly praised cds in the metal community that I just cannot for some reason like. At all.

Total waste of money

Now calling "Mandylion" A total waste of money is a bit Heavy. I personally like
The Gathering a lot generally speaking . Perhaps you consider the Album's
compositions a bit on the "overstuffed" side (they do tend to drag on a bit) ?
Sort of like most stuff from Dream Theater ;)

[Jaz]

Cyberstorm was a turn-based small-unit tactics game in the Earthsiege universe - quite brilliant, actually, too bad the successor was a real stinker (so difficult it was unplayable, and the atmosphere of part 1 was completely gone). It came with two CDs so you could play against a friend if you felt like it, those CDs had three quite atmospheric tracks. I still chuck it into the CD player when GMing the occasional RPG.

Other older games with nice to great soundtracks were Mechwarrior 2 and The Dig - I especially love the latter (by Michael Lands). Oh right, and Tommy Tallarico's MDK soundtrack is great, but I had to buy it seperately.

[JonNik]

Other older games with nice to great soundtracks were Mechwarrior 2 and The Dig - I especially love the latter (by Michael Lands). Oh right, and Tommy Tallarico's MDK soundtrack is great, but I had to buy it seperately.

I am trying to get my hands on The Dig for quite some time now.
Now it seems I have one more reason to.

[Neo]

Moonlight party - Forrenzelli

trance/dance like mix of great tunes. This song is awesome.

[r3dshift]

Thanks to Mike, who pointed at the Vampire: Bloodlines Soundtrack, I've been listening to these haunting pieces ever since yesterday :)
Great stuff and brings back fond memories.

EDIT: Np. "Vesuvius" -- great guitar effect, and OMG, the beautiful fellow vampiress who dwelt there :)

[txa1265]

I had most of it pulled from the game directory, but the levels and quality were uneven, so I eventually settled on ~9 tracks. Getting the remixed and balanced versions was great, and I immediately started playing again!

Now playing: Cake - Fashion Nugget (recommended by someone when I mentioned the new 'Weird Al' CD)

I do listen to pop stuff on rare occasion ;)

[Inauro]

Lots of Pacifica dub at the moment (i am from Aotearoa after all):

Cornerstone Roots
Fat Freddy's Drop
Salmonella Dub

Also a really great reggae/dub album by Tommy in the Neighbourhood, a local favourite in my adopted hometown, Melbourne.

Added to that, a variety of indy rock:

Death Cab for Cutie
Sigur Ros
Jacob

The list goes on...

[xSamhainx]

Tristania - World of Glass


Now calling "Mandylion" A total waste of money is a bit Heavy. I personally like
The Gathering a lot generally speaking . Perhaps you consider the Album's
compositions a bit on the "overstuffed" side (they do tend to drag on a bit) ?
Sort of like most stuff from Dream Theater ;)

My problem with Mandylion is first and foremost the vocals, she's so utterly unremarkable in my opinion. I'm more into Vibeke Stene, or Floor Janssen-type singers with some style, I just dont get any emotion or subtle flourishes from The Gathering's female vocals. To me she sounds like she's singing a soap commercial or something, it just strikes zero chords with me. She bores me to death.

I'll admit the first couple tracks on Mandylion arent that bad, but they arent that good either. There's some nice doomy gloomy hooks here and there in the cd as well, but in the end it just isnt anything that i find myself thinking about later, or wake up in the morning and just have to hear on the way to work. Overstuffed and drawn out are not a problem in my opinion, I actually love twenty minute long songs, the problem with their material is that it just seems so uninteresting to me personally.
I can get into a long song if it holds my interest, which The Gathering for some reason simply do not.

[svencha]

Top 5 on my Itunes most played -

Rain - Tones on Tail
Darkest Dreaming - David Sylvian
Second Skin - The Chameleons
Bi -Pet - Lali Puna
Evil - Interpol

[txa1265]

Now playing: The Way Up by Pat Metheny Group

IMO the best composition of 2005 ... and one of the best bits of modern music.

[dteowner]

Top 5 on my Itunes most played -

Rain - Tones on Tail
Darkest Dreaming - David Sylvian
Second Skin - The Chameleons
Bi -Pet - Lali Puna
Evil - InterpolSlowdive in one thread and the Chams in another. I'm impressed.

Sorry, no link could I find for this one:
"Trip Seat" by Thee Heavenly Music Association

[Jaz]

Now playing: Michael Jackson - Rock with you ('Off the Wall' actually was the first and last MJ album I really liked).

[pink-hippo]

Now Playing: Lia - Tori no Uta
OP song for the AIR anime / comic / game series

[xSamhainx]

Blind Guardian - Battalions of Fear

Blind Guardian's first cd from 1987. Have been wanting to check out more of this group, but this was the only one they had in stock at the local metal specialists. So I guess Im taking it from the very beginning, but so far it aint bad, and suprisingly not very bad production on it either.

With songs like "By the Gates of Moria" and "Gandalf's Rebirth", I have a feeling I'm going to grow to like this one!

[JonNik]

I can get into a long song if it holds my interest, which The Gathering for some reason simply do not.

Well All opinions respected of course (it goes without saying naturally, especially
in such a diverse and emotionally involving artform as music).

But 20 minute long songs :) Got anything specific on your mind ?

[txa1265]

But 20 minute long songs :) Got anything specific on your mind ?

Miles Davis stuff starting at Bitches Brew and going through the 70's (up to 45 minute songs) I have always loved. Keith Jarrett's extended pieces. And the aforementioned Pat Metheny Group 'The Way Up' (68 minutes in three segments)

[JonNik]

Miles Davis stuff starting at Bitches Brew and going through the 70's (up to 45 minute songs) I have always loved. Keith Jarrett's extended pieces. And the aforementioned Pat Metheny Group 'The Way Up' (68 minutes in three segments)

Heh, that explains why my mind didnt go anywhere. I respect all the artistry and
performing excellence that goes into jazz improvisation but cannot really say I follow
it (though I am a sucker for Blues).

[dteowner]

There's a lot of 15+ minute songs in the spacerock genre. Shoegazers and dreampop bands also can extend themes out that long from time to time although most of those seem to end up 12-13 minutes long for some reason.

"Running up that Hill" (http://www.myspace.com/theeheavenlymusicassociation) by Thee Heavenly Music Association
(can ya tell I got a new cd recently?;) )

[txa1265]

"Running up that Hill" (http://www.myspace.com/theeheavenlymusicassociation) by Thee Heavenly Music Association
(can ya tell I got a new cd recently?;) )

When I see that title I can only think of the Kate Bush song from the 80's (MySpace is mega-blocked at work so I can't check out the link)

[Jaz]

Venom: Warhead. It's a very long song, too :).

[Gulshog]

Kyuss-Blues for the Red Sun, Corrosion of Conformity-Blind, and Electric Wizard-Dopethrone are always close by...

[dteowner]

When I see that title I can only think of the Kate Bush song from the 80's (MySpace is mega-blocked at work so I can't check out the link)Iz a cover of that one. Quite a good cover, IMO.

[dteowner]

"Strict Machine" (http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=3623432) from Goldfrapp
The YouTube concert video on that page is for the same song. Kinda fun, kinda weird.

[slam23]

Now playing on my iPod Shuffle:
A daily required dose of Das Wohltemperierte Klavier by J.S. Bach, a collection of different preludes, performed by the likes of Gould, Schiff, Zacharias and Holland's own Ivo Janssen. Then it's on to the etudes of Chopin, played by Pollini, Perahia and Lugansky. I like to compare different performances of the same preludes and etudes. After that it's the integral Joshua Tree all the way to the soundtracks of Lost, Shine, The Gladiator, Lord of the Rings, Finding Nemo, American Beauty and Forrest Gump. In between somewhere I pass Keane (only selected songs though), Coldplay, Radiohead, Snow Patrol, Soundgarden, Limp Bizkit and the unsurpassable voices of Annie Lennox, Bjork and Bobby McFerrin. To top it off some Dutch artists named Marco Borsato and Acda & de Munnik. Cramped into the last megabytes are some tracks from Planescape: Torment. And I didn't even let it fill up randomly.......

[txa1265]

I had done a blog entry (http://txa1265.blogspot.com/2006/03/ipod-shuffle-freedom-i-have-had.html) a while ago when I got a shuffle about how it freed me from the 'what am I listening to next' decision making process ...

[slam23]

Liked the blog, especially the "control issue" is very recognizable. What is it with guys obsessing about organizing stuff into neat categories? While life has it's way with us in an often completely random and haphazard way we desperately try to put some order into things that we can control. In neuroscience they often say that the brain of an autistic person is just a man's brain in overdrive. I'm ashamed to say I haven't tried out the shuffle function.....it scares me.....Well, at the least it annoys me :-) Tomorrow I'll walk on the wild side for once...I'll liberate my muscial cortex and feed it random tunes...

[Haitham]

Listening to "She Moves in her Own Way - The Kooks". =)

[dteowner]

"Long Time Coming" (http://www.myspace.com/delays) by Delays
"Faded Seaside Glamour" is an incredible cd. I could listen to it daily and never get bored. Too bad "You See Colours" couldn't maintain that level of quality (although it was a decent cd in its own right).

[Jaz]

Listening to my all-time favorites Laibach - WAT

[xSamhainx]

Celtic Frost - Dawn of Meggido

No better time to listen to good old school heavy metal than Halloween! Followed later of course by a steady hours-long Samhain/Misfits/Danzig marathon

[xSamhainx]

Katatonia - In Silence Enshrined

[dteowner]

Cheery Britpop for me today:
"Into the Heart of Love" (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000666BG/102-4367482-0384144) by Mighty Lemon Drops

[Maylander]

It's all about Iron Maiden at the moment for me, as I'm going to a concert in about three weeks with them.

Also, the Gothic 3 soundtrack sticks to my mind after a few hours of gaming, great music.

[Horst Wessel]

Camerata Mediolanense - Campo di Marte
ah, such beautiful music!

[Cormac]

Bach's Brandeburg concertos, which I never tire of listening.
Stuff by Hildegard of bingen, beautiful, haunting music.
Led Zep, always.

[dteowner]

Clips, ye lazy bums! Clips!

[xSamhainx]

Blind Guardian - Somewhere far Beyond

My power metal guilty pleasure. I'm sorry, it just sounds like 80's metal sped up, it's the stuff Id normally hate. But I have just grown to like it, I dont know quite how but it's sunk in.....

[xSamhainx]

"It - The Gathering" by Savage Circus

Thomen left Blind Guardian and busted out his own power/speed metal outfit, and Dreamland manor is their debut. It's really grown on me. Lots of diverse songs, really speedy, and sufficiently technical, this is good metal by people who obviously love metal! For instance, this song is all about Stephen King's story "It", my favorite song on the cd.
You just dont get stuff like this every day, I cant wait til their next cd.

[txa1265]

After the Arcanum discussion, this afternoon I have stuff to do at my desk so I strapped on my headphones and plugged in my iPod and am listening to the Arcanum soundtrack (http://www.terra-arcanum.com/sierra/media/media-soundtrack.html) ...

[dteowner]

In honor of the band putting two songs in the October top25 on the Vertigo Live365 radio station:

"Add Up to Two" (http://www.myspace.com/bluescreenband) by blueScreen

[Alrik Fassbauer]

Until some minutes ago the "Mike Oldfield live at the Montreux Jazz Festival" DVD.
For fans like me, I consider this a "must-have".

[dteowner]

Living out of a hotel has cut into my listening time a fair bit, but I'm still spinning Thee Heavenly Music Association regularly.

[Imago Storm]

I'm currently listening to Nate James: "The Message".

[Wulf]

Here's a couple of Dire Straits tracks - that clean sound which highlights knopfler's superb guitar style is always dominant.

"So Far Away From Me" (5.12 minutes)
http://music.musictnt.com/listen/326-Dire-Straits-468-Brothers-in-Arms.php

"Where Do You Think You're Going" (3.43 minutes)
http://music.musictnt.com/listen/326-Dire-Straits-486-Communique.php

Enjoy

[KazikluBey]

/me dunkar huvudet i väggen i takt med: Mayhem - Chimera -02- Dark Night of the Soul

[dteowner]

"The Pedestal" (http://www.amazon.com/Pedestal-Siddal/dp/B000001LZV/sr=8-1/qid=1164148608/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-2115711-2938216?ie=UTF8&s=music) by Siddal

@Wulf- although I never get interested enough to buy a cd, Dire Straits does some excellent tunes. Knopfler is, indeed, a talent.

[txa1265]

On my commute tonight I listened to Miles Davis - ESP (http://www.amazon.com/E-S-P-Miles-Davis/dp/B00000DCH2/sr=1-1/qid=1164161659/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-8015341-8440141?ie=UTF8&s=music), which was the last of the 65-68 great Shorter / Hancock quintet stuff bought, and subsequently the least familiar ... still very nice stuff.

[Horst Wessel]

The Moon Lay Hidden Beneath A Cloud - "The Smell of Blood But Victory"
Hmmm, niiiice

[xSamhainx]

Cadaveria - Far Away from Conformity

While it isnt as diverse as the title would have you believe, Cadaveria does take many disparate elements of black, death, power metal, and even punk to some degree and weaves them into a quite powerful cd worthy of a spot in any metal maniac's collection who is yearning for a powerful female metal vocalist. Im new to her myself, and havent heard her previous band Opera IX. Dont let that title fool you tho, there is nothing operatic or even truly remarkable about her voice, she has a lo-fi sort of harsheness about her if anything, but she does have some range within her metal-gurl strata. Unlike Arch Enemy's female vocalist, who ends up just sounding like "one of the boys" Cadaveria retains her feminine sound, which I see as a plus. \

She's horrifyingly harsh at times with a black metal shriek, sometimes bluesy, sometimes sexy, sometimes absolutely perverse. My kind of chick.

But it's nice, gets my heart pumping head banging. Slightly anyway, my neck is sensitive from my younger years of self-induced whiplash, but Cadaveria is worth a slightly sore neck IMHO. Just skip that godawful version of Blondies "Call Me", for crissake.

[dteowner]

Found a couple of Sammy's stuff on MySpace. Not a good soundtrack for a lazy holiday morning with a Benadryl hangover, let me tell you. ;)

"Treasure Box" (http://www.myspace.com/autumnsgreysolace) by Autumn's Grey Solace
Gonna have to buy the new album...

[xSamhainx]

Autumn's Grey Solace - Myspace stuff - Actually like this, thanks for the referral!

So you jammed out to a little Cadaveria (http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=80688673), DT? Nice!! That "Out of Body Experience" song they have up is an ear-shatterer when cranked. I'm on Benadryl too this time of year, that's some miserable stuff until you get used to it. As Cadaveria can be as well, for the uninitiated! ='.'=

[dteowner]

*getting up off the floor*
Didn't see that coming. Sammy, you ought to run over to Projekt.com when you get a little time. Most of the stuff will be too keyboard-centric for you, but there might be a few things that will catch your ear. In particular, give Love Spirals Downwards (not Lovespirals, which is the offshoot band) a listen. AGS is following LSD's trail pretty closely. LSD also has a MySpace page, although they only take 1 track from each album and the last two will probably be of no interest to you. Stick to "Idylls" and "Ardor".

Planning on spending some quality time with Ether Aura during the drive back to Madison (the Bustling Metropolis of...).

[txa1265]

Patridge Family Christmas Card

I'm digitizing the entire catalogue of their stuff for my wife to give to her sister for her birthday in a few weeks ... figured I'd share the pain ;)

[MonGoliat]

Currently Listeing to:

All my classmates making a riot on a Monday Morning... =p
That includes 3 difrent PC's with 3 difrets songs on...

Juhu!

[dteowner]

"Marigold Girl" (http://www.myspace.com/thecurtainsociety) by The Curtain Society

Their latest release strayed from their gazer roots, but was pretty good if judged on its own merits.

On a side note, my latest discovery, Tearwave, got signed to Projekt Records, a good match for both sides. Every once in a while, good things happen to good people.

[Alrik Fassbauer]

Was listening to Rondo Veneziano some minutes ago.

[dteowner]

Sound clips, ye lazy slugs!!!

[xSamhainx]

Battlelore -Journey to Undying lands (http://www.battlelore.net/download/Battlelore.wmv)

Elves, wizards, etc, jamming out in Middle Earth! What's not to like???

[abbaon]

My Brightest Diamond (http://stream.qtv.apple.com/qtv/toolshed/asthmatickitty/dragonfly_ref.mov), pretty much non-stop since August. CAUTION: EXTREME GIRLINESS.

[txa1265]

Still ripping vinyl for my wife ... made it through all of the albums, on the 45's now ... hit one that I *loved* in the 70's and didn't know she had:

Mr. Jaws by Dickie Goodman (http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=206473397&s=143441)

I loved all of his stuff in the mid-70's ... really funny stuff.

[abbaon]

I didn't think much of Bonobo's decision use female vocals on his latest album, but this track (http://www.scissorkick.com/blog/music/bonobo_transmission94.mp3) hearkens back to his early work and provides a nice introduction to his style. CAUTION: EXTREME SMOOTHNESS.

[Cm]

I liked that one abbaon. My constant standby is Claire Voyant. Finding a good clip seems to be my biggest problem. http://www.clairevoyant.com/ Wanderlust is one of my favorites. You can get a full taste of some songs at http://www.myspace.com/clairevoyant The first two are my picks, but they don't match up to her albums.

[dteowner]

Not too shabby, abbaon. I don't generally get too excited about jazzy instrumentals, but that one had some good points.

Those are the best sources I know of for CV clips, cm. Keep an eye out for their rendition of "What Child is This" which they usually post somewhere this time of year and is simply divine.

I was doing til tuesday's hits collection on the drive home. Aimee Mann could write great songs.

[Cm]

It is on the Myspace link I posted. It was the first one.

[Horst Wessel]

Watched "Coonskin" recently and it got me so much into Barry White... He's awsome

[xSamhainx]

My Dying Bride - Turn Loose the Swans

Doom masterpiece.

[booyah_boy]

Waking Ashland - I Am For You (Composure Album)
http://www.myspace.com/wakingashland
Pop-rockage with heavy piano and vocals. Similar to Jimmy Eat World, Something Corporate, and the like.

AND

Secret Garden - Passacaglia
http://www.yourmusic.com/browse/album/Secret-Garden--Dreamcatcher-38392.html?cname=BROWSE_DISCO_12778_ALBUMS
Violin and piano compositions. Passacaglia is one of my favorites, which I listen to over and over again...

[Wulf]

Here's a taste (with great lyrics) of a past, live performing band, all analogue capable players, their 'bagpipes' sound was unique.
Sadly missed, the death of Stuart Adamson was a great shock.

"Hold The Heart" - by Big Country.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0EoDOUEI2U

[dteowner]

Some Fergie/Black Eyed Peas thing I heard on the radio. I couldn't turn away from the carnage. Please kill me now.

[Cormac]

I'm on vacation, and I just ripped my favourite Led Zep songs on my XBox 360. All that glitters is gold !

[txa1265]

Some Fergie/Black Eyed Peas thing I heard on the radio. I couldn't turn away from the carnage. Please kill me now.

Sort of sounds like my wife watching the Paris Hilton video on MSN music when it came out ... she said 'it was so terrible I just couldn't stop watching'

[Jaz]

Something by 'And One'... forgot the title, but dte might be interested.

[dteowner]

Sort of sounds like my wife watching the Paris Hilton video on MSN music when it came out ... she said 'it was so terrible I just couldn't stop watching'
My selection of radio stations in the bustling metropolis of Madison are rather limited (particuarly since I don't care for country and radio ministry), and the choices I've got all seem to be playing the damn song on an hourly rotation. I can't escape the agony. This is more insidious than that infernal "milkshake" song from a few months ago that would get branded into your brain and leave permanent scarring.

@Jaz- can't really do a hunt from work, but I'll see what I can find once I'm back on line at home. Perhaps another clue if you think of anything?

[txa1265]

Which is why I have my iPod fully loaded and chargers at home and work.

[curious]

@dteowner-i'm a big shoegazer myself by the way and might have to have a 'discussion' with you at somepoint. kdvs is one 3 freeform stations in the country, ie the djs can play/say whatever they want as long as it doesn't violate fcc regulations of course. you can listen to it online at www.kdvs.org there's new schedules every quarter so if you do find a show you like check back in a few months. you might like the 'vicious cabaret'...

[dteowner]

If we're talking internet radio, I HIGHLY HIGHLY recommend a Live365 station called Vertigo done by Groovyjim. Dream/gaze/Sarah-sound and a bit of appropriate indie thrown in. I can't afford to listen to it because I keep hearing new stuff I have to go buy. Once I'm online at home, I'll give kdvs a listen.

Any time ya wanna talk, you know where to find me. Just ask all the former NFGers from the Dot--I get real excited when someone will talk shoegaze with me (although, technically, I suppose I prefer dream-pop). I would also recommend a very nice gazer board, http://www.shoegaze.co.uk/

Your recommended listening of the day: Go to MySpace and find a band called Tearwave. Enjoy. You can thank me later. ;)

[Jaz]

@Jaz- can't really do a hunt from work, but I'll see what I can find once I'm back on line at home. Perhaps another clue if you think of anything?It was this track (http://www.amazon.de/gp/music/clipserve/B000H9HZYI001003/1/ref=mu_sam_ra001_003/028-6088259-3522941) from the album 'Bodypop'. Over at Amazon.com, they do list the album, but don't have any samples, so you must resort to this Real Player snippet (I hate Real Player, won't install it ever agaon, and thus have no idea which part of the song they sampled). And One's musical style ranges from Depeche Mode to Andreas Dorau, their lyrics are English one day, German the next.
While this track is very fun-poppy, they have made stuff you might like better, but I couldn't find any samples.

[xSamhainx]

Katatonia - Gateways of Bereavement

[dteowner]

Well, I'm finally getting back to normal down here, so I'll be able to put up some tunes with links soon. It's challenging getting decent links with the e-policy at work.

For now, we'll go with:
"Crash" by Ether Aura
(they've got a decent video for it over on their MySpace page)

[Wulf]

..and here's some previous missing links
Re: dte "Clips, ye lazy bums! Clips!"
via YouTube. (effort is rewarding!) :D

Re: dte. Ether Aura - "crash"
yep, i like it (for a change):)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TN4EsgxewU

Re: Sammy. My Dying Bride - "The Songless Bird"
(perhaps lacking some raw authentic 'earthiness' of what they are capable of?)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJFRq0qKwMY

From Wulf
The Zutons - "Confusion"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1DBlF0_K4Q
............................
enjoy! :D

[dteowner]

Thanks for the assist, Wulf.

I'm enjoying another Ether Aura track tonight. It helps if you happen to have heard the original by Curve--emphasizes the unique take on a gazer classic. If not, you just have to appreciate it for what it is, I guess. ;)

"I Speak Your Every Word" (http://www.myspace.com/etheraura) by Ether Aura

[dteowner]

Kind of a theme going for me here. Ether Aura put up two tracks from their upcoming release. Good stuff, and probably a little more accessible for you heathen non-shoegazers. "Your Favorite Song" is firmly entrenched in my brain today. The link from my last post will still apply.

[abbaon]

Of 'gazers: This sucks. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV5cOhA4EZ8&mode=related&search=) Carla Azar's godawful timing drives me nuts. Just gnaws at me from beginning to end. Why can't I stop listening to it?

[dteowner]

I never really thought using a fuzz-bass automatically put you in the gazer camp, although Autolux is certainly lumped in with the scene. I guess I just don't enjoy the noisy end of the shoegaze spectrum as much as the dreamy end.

For me:
"Threnody" (http://www.thedaysleepers.com/home.htm) by The Daysleepers

[dteowner]

@ Jaz and Sammy:
Stumbled on some goth-folk stuff that might appeal here (http://www.projekt.com/projekt/product.asp?dept%5Fid=&sku=KAL00012). There's a sampler link after the track list. Not really my speed, but thought I'd point it out.

[Dez]

Dylan

"Blonde on blonde" and essential Bob Dylan have been playing on my stereos a lot lately.

[dteowner]

Gawdawful beautiful vocals here. Just bought the EP, so I did. Reminds me a lot of the Sundays.

"Invitation" (http://www.myspace.com/thehighviolets)by The High Violets

[Krzychu]

Take a Breath - David Gilmour

Not bad, actually. My dad bought himself "On An Island" lately, so I'll get the opportunity to listen to the whole album.

[txa1265]

Listening to some Satch caused me to dig out an old CD I'd not listened to in years ...

Bix Beiderbecke - Singin' the Blues (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kpfpxqqhldje)

Some really cool stuff that transcends time on this definitive recording (mixed, of course, with some stuff that defines it as 20's music)

[Wulf]

We've got to keep them golden oldies alive...... before we become dazzled in a haze of shoegaze. :D

"Hotel California" by the Eagles
http://music.musictnt.com/player_mp3_4/3.php?track_id=1&id=3

[dteowner]

Ah, but the clouds are fluffy and warm and oh-so-comfortable and they beckon with an inescapable "come hither" call. Bask in the bed of sound, all ye misguided masses. Can I get an amen? Yeaaa-yezzzah!

No clip today, I'm afraid. Their other stuff (such as their MySpace offerings) doesn't really represent the straight-forward Brit-pop foundation of this one, although you can sense that the singer could be a stand-in for Morrissey.

"Believeable" by Mighty Six Ninety

[dteowner]

Got my care package from toneVendor the other day, so I've been spinning High Violets and Daysleepers quite a bit. I'd say the song that's sticking with me most today would be:
"Cloudless" (http://www.thedaysleepers.com/home.htm) by The Daysleepers

[txa1265]

I was really enjoying 'Evolution of the Dark Side of the Moog (http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=83264099&s=143441)' and came across a new release by Pete Namlook called 'Air V - Jeux Dangereux' (http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=205692671&s=143441)

Nice stuff ... technically called 'ambient' or electronica

[Cm]

One Hand Away (http://www.myspace.com/etheraura) by Ether Aura is pretty good I think. It is new from their upcoming album.

[dteowner]

It is new from their upcoming album.21 days and counting until my pre-order (complete with extra goodies!) ships! :)

cm, make sure you check out Tearwave and Autumn's Grey Solace when you get a chance. Should fit in nicely with your Claire Voyant collection.

[Cm]

You know me well Oh Gazemaster. Tearwave isn't available yet but I love Lotus Flower. Let me know if you see it available before I do. I put my order in for Autum's Grey already.

Edith Says: Melinda is up there too for that matter.

[dteowner]

IIRC, Tearwave is coming out February 27th. I know they finished recording a couple weeks ago, so it's just got mixing and duplicating to go.

You'll actually have the new AGS before me. Since Tearwave is being released by Projekt Records, I decided to hold off until I could buy both discs straight from the label (Sam and crew are nearly as nice and every bit as reliable as toneVendor). Gotta save $0.25 on postage, doncha know...

[Temptress]

*sighs*

I will tell you what I'm currently listening to but you have to promise NOT to call me a Drag Queen! :D

The Phantom Of The Opera soundtrack.

*ducks*

The other quick grabs at my station are:

Andrea Bocelli - Nessun Dorma and Sogno
Disturbed - The Sickness, Ten Thousand Fists
Korn - Greatsest Hits
Nickelback - Someday
Hoobastank - The Reason
Phil Collins - You'll Be In My Heart

The last three are particular songs for particular reasons. :)

Ok, so I don't have the most up to date tastes, but I enjoy my eclecticedededededdedness. :D It's part of my charm. *bats eyelashes*

Loves ~T

[dteowner]

Nothing wrong with that, T. There's some serious pipe organ playin' going on there. I used to attempt the "intro" regularly back in the day, and even managed to do it right once or twice. They had two "dueling" organs on Broadway, so it wasn't even a fair contest but I did my best.

And to insult ya, we'd probably call you a prom queen rather than a drag queen. Drag queens are more intelligent and get far more respect. ;)

[Cm]

Hey T! I have two different cd sets of Phatom. Someone gave me a knockoff version. lol Glad to see you and I will gladly subject Dte to the Pitch Fork of Flame if you want for his last comment. :lol:

[Temptress]

*evilly grins*

YES! The Evil PitchFork Of Flame would be quite appropriate.

Thank you ;)

[dteowner]

Wha? I didn't call her a prom queen. I was just pointing out that her request not to call her a drag queen was a little off. I's a good boy, I is. No pitchforks for me, thank you.

[VPeric]

I've been listening to "Symphony X - The Divine Wings of Tragedy" a lot recently. It's a great album, and the title track is especially good (a 20 minute epic). It is some sort of progressive metal, I suppose, but I'd heartily recommend it to anyone!

[xSamhainx]

Ive heard some Symphony X, it's pretty good stuff IMHO.

Im stuck in Penumbra's - Seclusion cd again.

Too extreme and screamy beauty/beast symphonic metal for most, but I cant help but love it. I love "Enclosed", one of the best dramatic gothic metal B&B duets ever!

http://www.myspace.com/penumbrarocks

[txa1265]

Strange how tangents take you from one thing to another ... I was listening to the Namlook stuff and it triggered a thought to pull out my old Who Quadrophenia (http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,185324,00.html) CD and drop it on my iPod.

So I did ... listened to it through on my commute to and from work yesterday, it was nice ... don't know if/when I'll listen again, though.

[Temptress]

EVERYONE deserves a little fork now and then, even the good. . .SPECIALLY. . .the good boys. :D

[txa1265]

...


Well, I am back to my normal jazz listening ways ... with what I consider to be the greatest composition in recent years, the Pat Metheny Group's "The Way Up" (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:elf8zfa4ehok) a 68 minute wonderful piece that often blurs the boundaries between composition and improvisation. Very listenable, very good stuff.

[xSamhainx]

I dont know why, but classic rock, once the staple of my musical life, grates on me terribly now. I cant stand it. Perhaps part of it is Wayne and Garths fault. The sight of them with those idiot looks on their faces headbanging away to Bohemian Rhapsody ruined that song for me for all time. They destroyed the underlying badness, for lack of a better term, of hard rock. That and those stupid Burger King and car commercials, playing their awful commercials to the tune of once-beloved hard rock anthems. Music is by it's very nature a commercial endeavor, but it's finally hit it's zenith. At least for me, "Rock is Dead". My little attempt at a Nietzche-ism there, tho I cant take credit really, I think it was Marilyn Manson who said it first.

That's by no means the core of my disenchantment, just an aspect of it. I'd say the heart of my disdain for all things classic rock is just being hammered with it for so long, it's just too familiar. Familiarity breeds contempt. If I ever hear Iron Man or Stairway to Heaven again, it'll be too soon. And if I ever hear "Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo" again, so help me God, youll probably see me on the evening news.

Just thought I'd go on a drunken tear about that. I dont drink much, but when I do, i need to ramble a bit. Listening to The Cure!

[txa1265]

Music is by it's very nature a commercial endeavor, but it's finally hit it's zenith.
Maybe in the rock / pop world, but don't forget that there is a vast world in which music is primarily an *artistic* creation, where the motivating factors for starting are not 'getting chicks' or 'being famous'.

At least for me, "Rock is Dead". My little attempt at a Nietzche-ism there, tho I cant take credit really, I think it was Marilyn Manson who said it first. ... Listening to The Cure!
Let's not forget 'Long Live Rock' ;)

And where is the irony about you saying Rock Is Dead ... and then listening to the Cure, yet another revival band ...

[dteowner]

And where is the irony about you saying Rock Is Dead ... and then listening to the Cure, yet another revival band ...You're going to have to define your terms here, Mike, cuz I certainly wouldn't pull "revival" out of the hat to describe Bob and the boys.

[curious]

yeah thats rather confusing though i doubt mike meant it as an insult. while i'm not a huge fan of the the cure i do really enjoy a good lot of their work. they were great too at coachella 2004. by the way there are some of their videos on youtube that are quite good and you might not have seen as my fiance hadn't seen them and they are her favourite band.

[xSamhainx]

Maybe in the rock / pop world, but don't forget that there is a vast world in which music is primarily an *artistic* creation, where the motivating factors for starting are not 'getting chicks' or 'being famous'.
Let's not forget 'Long Live Rock' ;)
And where is the irony about you saying Rock Is Dead ... and then listening to the Cure, yet another revival band ...

I should have said "popular music" when I spoke of it being by it's very nature, a commercial endeavor.

As far as The Cure goes, I think that there's a big difference between them and say, the Eagles, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, or some other classic rock icons such as that. Their style, their overall tone and mood. Their following is nothing like the average Joe Six Pack that hoists his lighter during Free Bird at a Skynard concert. That's because theyre different, theyre not classic rock fossils. They arent the textbook standards of rock that you can flip thru the dials of any major city and within the hour, most likely hear a song by them. Every jukebox doesnt have a Cure cd in it, every neighborhood corner bar isnt playing them. The Cure is still "alternative" music to this very day, not until we're old fogeys will it possibly be played in sports stadiums between innings.

No, come to think of it, the Cure could never be played in such a venue ='.'=

That's what I mean, it's different. I still have to give props to The Doors tho, I can always listen to them. "Riders on the Storm", I'll hoist the proverbial lighter to that one. Nothing like driving late night down a long stretch of highway, alone, listening to that song. I do like the Doors ='.'=

[txa1265]

You're going to have to define your terms here, Mike, cuz I certainly wouldn't pull "revival" out of the hat to describe Bob and the boys.

General apology - I was thinking of INXS and their 'reality show singer' revival ...

[dteowner]

And here I thought we were leading into an intelligent conversation about music genres... Crud.

Bit of a curveball from me today:
"Sophia" (http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=74035759) by Cruxshadows

[Jaz]

Crüxshadows? :uhoh:
Not my cup of tea at all - I find their stuff extremely boring, but they seem to be the latest fad among teenage kids over here. Might have to do with Rogue. No no, please give me the Deathstars instead... anytime.

Speaking of which, I went to a local Goth club last night, and this time they didn't have a motto as usual (when some style or other is featured... say, Industrial or Electro or Medieval). To satisfy the patrons who whore different shades of black, they played music ranging from Feindflug's boom-boom-boom to Type O Negative's 'Best of Toilet' gargle songs, with a sprinkling of punky crap in between. The Fashion SWAT (thank you, somethingawful.com) was somewhat disappointed, too... watching a clumsy beanstalk in a patent suit iron his way across the dancefloor to just about anything was not that engrossing, either.
Not my best night. I'll visit a themed party next time.

[VPeric]

Been listening to Deep Purple lately, particulary the album which goes by the name of "Purpendicular" -- great stuff! Blues-y hard rock describes it, I reckon... again, would recommend to anyone!

[xSamhainx]

I had heard neither Cruxshadows or Deathstars prior to your post Jaz.
Listening to both of them, Id have to say that I feel the same initially, deathstars>cruxshadows. Eventually tho, I feel that in the long run I would most likely come to like Crux better. I'm a sucker for violin in modern music, and the fact that this Rogue character sounds like Peter Murphy makes me think that I very well may have a crux cd in my collection one of these days.

the old gothic drama FTW every time ='.'=

[dteowner]

Definitely hear the Peter Murphy vibe as well. Stumbled on them over at Projekt.com while looking for a release date for Tearwave. You really ought to wander over there, Sammy (actually, there's some medieval stuff that Jaz might like, too). There's a lot of stuff that you'll hate, but there might be the occasional thing to suit as well. I actually figured Cruxshadows would be too electronic for your taste.

[xSamhainx]

I like electronic as long as it's not the totally minimalist dance stuff. You know, one beat with a little hook now and then, and some sound clip repeated over and over again. Music itself is repetitive, and industrial tends to be very repetitive and bleak minimalist at times, but techno is just repetitious simpleton overkill. I feel like my intelligence is being drained as I listen to it. I was in some bar the other night and techno was going, and a beat with some guy simply saying the words "down to the store" were repeated so many times during this song, it made me feel nuts. I just wanted it to end. I felt like putting my head thru a wall. I seriously couldnt stand it, I started feeling like freakin Travis Bickle or something.

Might as well be listening to some ultra-minimalist noise crap like Merzbow, where it's a five minute "song" which consists of a bunch of static and what sounds like someone scraping old paint off the exterior of their house. That's just me tho. I need a little bit of ingenuity, complexity, some purpose in my music beyond simply listening to sound as a distraction. It has to sound like something that I cannot do myself, something which I'm on some level admiring.

Then again, techno is dance music, youre not supposed to be sitting down listening to it. It has a purpose indeed, it just isnt a purpose that I'm looking for. Needless to say, I've never been much of a dancer. With four paws going, seems I'm always stepping on someone's toes. As for Merzbow's purpose, I have no goddamn clue what the purpose of that is. I thought I was weird and listen to some flaky stuff, but whoever it is that listens to that shit flat out scares me.

I actually have some Yanni in my collection, believe it or not!

[Jaz]

Oh, if you like to be scar(r)ed by noise, try Weena Morloch :).
Personally, I like Techno (not the kiddy stuff, though). When I go to a disco, I expect to be thrown across the floor by the bass. When it comes to extreme couching at home, I prefer to listen to other sorts of music... Jackson 5, Ralph Vaughn Williams, Schandmaul, Rob Dougan... you name it.

[xSamhainx]

Merzbow - "Pulse Demon"

I spoke of Merzbow last post of mine, and with my apparent latent masochist tendencies, I decided to go to Amazon and just sample a little bit again. I made the mistake of picking up a Merzbow cd many moons ago used. Ive scored some good music on a whim before. 5 bucks or so, why not?

So Ive went and retrieved the link to what is supposedly Merzbow's masterpiece. I love the editorial snippet on this one "Pulse Demon is a more psychedelically-flavored follow up to some of Merzbow's more brain-pummeling releases".

Can you imagine living next to someone in an apartment who is into this??? You very well may be able to get away with murder, a slight slap on the wrist once you present Exhibit A to the jury.

So check it out, this is Merzbow meets Frank Zappa. I would say that my favorite one is probably "UltraMarine blues". This must be what it sounds like getting those gnarly aural implants imbedded in your skull.

http://www.amazon.com/Pulse-Demon-Merzbow/dp/B00000112O/sr=8-2/qid=1169443793/ref=pd_bbs_2/102-6155951-0466538?ie=UTF8&s=music

[xSamhainx]

Listening to Merzbow now for about 10 minutes, I have come to the realization that he is indeed a genius. I'm not kidding!

Anyone who can take a radio, a television, and a walkie talkie, and jam them into white noize frequency, while fluctuating a white noize wav with reverb in windows sound recorder, and have people hail him and trip over themselves to run out and buy his material is a freakin genius. This guy is probably sitting back in his mansion laughing his ass off at these clowns.

Over 200 hundred cds this guy has. See, just listening to Pulse Demon samples cranked up has me talking like Yoda. Genius!

[txa1265]

And here I thought we were leading into an intelligent conversation about music genres... Crud.

Well ... why don't you start one - but in a different thread ... this is supposed to be about sharing cool listenings.

I'm listening to Gary Burton's Passengers (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:25820r4ar48c), which is nice as it features two bassists - fretless Eberhard Weber and standard Steve Swallow, both very lyrical and imaginative ... as well as young Pat Metheny, and of course Burton's incomparable vibe work. Great stuff!

[magerette]

I finally made it over to this thread to see what was up about dte's shoes and I must say I am amazed at the great diversity of sounds I've managed to listen to in ten minutes! Most of them I've never even heard of before. Very cool--though Samhain you scared me off the merzbow thing-probably just as well. And i am right there with you on the new(to me) dance music--it makes me feel I am being held in a cell, deprived of sleep and tortured with monotonic rhythyms til i freak.
I enjoyed the shoegaze clips--ether aura especially. Does the group Swans fit in anywhere there--one of my sons faves. I also like Ween but can't find any of their cds here in Oklahoma, so mostly I listen to Pink Floyd, whose influence I see in a great deal of this stuff. You guys rock.

[dteowner]

Re Merzbow- I guess I'm just too pedestrian cuz I don't "get it" at all.

Re Swans- We claim Doves, Cranes, and Wild Swans (somewhat), but I'm afraid Swans would fit far closer to Sammy's territory than mine.

Re Pink Floyd- They were ruined for me by the "in crowd" back in high school, but I can enjoy David-Gilmour-smooth PF in small doses (as opposed to Roger-Waters-grating PF)

*sensing a convert, checking the cd list for some good lures*
How about a little Orchards and Vines (http://www.orchardsandvines.com/music.html)? "In the Darkness" is pretty solid, and might give some of you classic stoners a "White Rabbit" flashback.

[xSamhainx]

Battlelore - Journey to Undying lands

Yeah, Swans are pretty cool, but I dont own any of their stuff yet. Theyre one of those weird bands that I'm saving for later, so to speak. Merzbow (here I go again) is something that I see a serial killer listening to. You know, Cannibal Corpse and other repugnant death metal doesnt strike me that way. Maladjusted people, social misfits, what have you, sure, but not the true sickos. The true sickos I think do the Merzbow thing. I see someone cutting up their latest victim, or dancing around wearing someone's skin to that stuff. Ok, thats all Im gonna say about that ='.'=

[Jaz]

Okay, here's some Weena Morloch (http://www.tineoidea.de/Audio/razor.mp3) clip for you... there are more, but I don't want to hurt anybody ;). Yet. They are the Industrial Death side project of one of hubby's favorite bands. While I find the 'regular' band's stuff fascinating, I prefer Morloch. Great when the lights are out.

Here are two videos of one of my favorite bands ever, Laibach; both are from their current album: video links (http://www.laibach.nsk.si/volk_video.htm).

Here's a whole page of sound clips by another (more recent) favorite of mine: German-language musical theater act Goethes Erben (http://www.goetheserben.de/english.php?action=hproben). Their performances are very intensive.

[xSamhainx]

Weena link doesnt work, got a 404 here.

I love Laibach too, but I cant say that I'm particularly thrilled with those kinda boring, flat tunes from them. I dont know, maybe Im judging too harshly something Ive heard literally once. He's usually croaking in his dreadful monotone, spitting out passages with awesome venom, or proclaiming something like a booming amplifier to the entire earth. Here he's just... too normal for me. Usually such an interesting vocalist.

The Goethes Erben was interesting, not like I have a freakin clue what theyre saying ='.'=

[Jaz]

I like nearly everything by Laibach, but I really came to love this new album... it's not my favorite (this honor goes to OpusDei, Krst Pod Triglavom and JCS - yes, all three), but I like it because they finally borrowed a decent singer, and because I like the soothing, flowing quality of the stuff.

Yup, the Morloch link seems to be broken. Here's another one: another one (http://www.samsas-traum.info/Downloads/Audiofiles/waldorf.mp3), hope this'll work (have no way to check it out from here).

[Wulf]

Got problems? - lost control? - can't face the world anymore? - don't know who to turn to? :'(

There's no need to be sad anymore for Wulf has another golden oldie to cheer you up and let you realise there's a lighter side of life. :D

"Think About Your Troubles" - - Harry Nilson
http://youtube.com/watch?v=qrLzX_L9Qko

[dteowner]

A little news for the one or two of you that might care. I post it to demonstrate one of the reasons I love a "niche" genre like shoegaze--these folks are so darn nice and very passionate about their music (lord knows they aren't gazers for the money). I've never quite got it set in my head that these "rock stars" are real people, so I guess I get more excited about this sort of thing than I should.
--------------------------------
Thanks so much for being a friend of our band - TEARWAVE.

We are so honored that you have listened to our music.

Our record company - Projekt Records is releasing our full length 10 song CD which will be available on iTunes, Tonevendors, FYE, etc... in March or April of 2007.

Keep us in mind we play from our hearts and souls in order to touch other's hearts and souls.

Please come on over and visit us again when you get the chance.

Thanks so much !

John
TEARWAVES drummer

[txa1265]

Being that I listen to avant garde jazz, I'm used to the fact that I make more in a year than the entire band I'm seeing combined ... and that they are just plain nice people who are passionate about making art that they care about.

I know that someone was looking for a genre war, but the pursuit of passionate artists should be a non-genre deal. Which is the great thing about this thread. Listen, and learn.

[dteowner]

Hey, I like a good genre war. If handled with a little respect, it forces you to really explore what it is about "your" music that makes it perfect for you. Which often leads to the realization that unrelated genres usually have more in common than you'd expect at first blush. I've spent some time picking out the connections between the 80's new wave of my childhood, thru the early 90's Britpop, on into shoegaze/dream-pop. Starting at the Thompson Twins and ending at Slowdive is quite a journey, and yet the kingdoms share a lot of borders if you really look.

[curious]

heard of bloodruby? they're a pretty good dream pop band that i noticed oneday had added me as a friend in my extremely rarely used livejournal.

http://www.bloodruby.com/

the thing i like shoegaze/ethereal/dream pop is the 'soothing'ness of it all. its not the most creative music and only a small percentage of what i listen to but its beauty and sound gives me the feeling of being inside a 'womb'--protected, nourished, and loved.

[dteowner]

Good stuff. I remember somehow stumbling on them a long time ago, but had forgotten about 'em. I think the closest cd in my "library" would be "Dark Moon Night" from The Shroud. For similar vocals, I'd probably offer up Mira.

Yep, relaxing and comforting would be good adjectives for the genre, keeping in mind that that doesn't automatically mean sleepy, although it sometimes can.

[txa1265]

Hey, I like a good genre war. If handled with a little respect, it forces you to really explore what it is about "your" music that makes it perfect for you. Which often leads to the realization that unrelated genres usually have more in common than you'd expect at first blush.

I guess I would start by saying that there is a tendency to make up new names for music 'genres' based on a desire of fans for their favorite stuff to seem 'new' and 'creative' based on a label as opposed to the music itself. For example, Speed Metal isn't a genre, but rather a sub-genre of Heavy Metal which is itself a sub-genre of Hard Rock which is a sub-genre of Rock.

But sub-genrefication seems to happen to the extent now that each one is analogous to 'all whole numbers greater than 12 and less than 14'.

[magerette]

Listening to your bloodruby clips as I post, curious, and I agree that the womb sensation is strongly present. Lovely voice also.
With this and your shoegaze clips dte (have progressed to the Orchards and Vines clip now-nice)--I like most the fact that I can distinguish certain elements of music that appeal to me--melody and lyrics.:) A lot of contemporary music in the alternative genres seems to avoid these concepts as somehow being less expressive for their angst, relying on rhythym and what to my aging ears seems like merely noise and mumbling. That doesn't say much to me.

I regret that time's passage has made it impossible for young sprouts like you guys to hear older rock with any freshness. Along with the rest of the general crappiness you guys have inhierited is the fact that all this music is tainted with the commercialism and overexposure of mass media.

Dte, when you talk about the Floyd being spoiled by the context where you met it, I can't agree with you more. Music is more contextual, because more intangible, than other art forms, and a lot of what makes it effective is what it evokes in the psyche of each differing listener. they say smell is the most evocative of all the senses, but I have to think music trumps it every time. When I hear the first few piano notes of After the Gold Rush(neil young) I am once again young, new and lost in the world.

Thanks for the turn on:)

[magerette]

I guess I would start by saying that there is a tendency to make up new names for music 'genres' based on a desire of fans for their favorite stuff to seem 'new' and 'creative' based on a label as opposed to the music itself. For example, Speed Metal isn't a genre, but rather a sub-genre of Heavy Metal which is itself a sub-genre of Hard Rock which is a sub-genre of Rock.

But sub-genrefication seems to happen to the extent now that each one is analogous to 'all whole numbers greater than 12 and less than 14'.

A lots of excellent points here. I think there's a tremendous burden on musicians to exceed the past, and to as you say ' seem "new" and "creative".' Along with things like body piercing and tatooing , it's a "where can you go from here?" type of thing --it's difficult to be an original, a misfit, an outsider or a rebel( that is, creative) in any real way when we've seen it all before in one form or another.

[xSamhainx]

There are people Ive spoken with on and offline who turn their nose up and pretty much abhor "labels" in music. I personally like them. I would say that labeling music by it's own little genres is pretty important in a utilitarian way, especially for the consumer. I like various types of music, and am willing to try new stuff, but I want to know exactly what I'm getting when Im looking for something in particular. For instance, I dont like "stoner doom", but I love "death doom". Theyre both doom metal technically, but one is generally more about rolling joints and getting wasted, being generally low rent, and women that done you wrong etc, and tends to be more rock-like and has clean vocals. The other is about well, death, gloom, the futility of life, mythology, and eternity, and uses lots of double-bass drumming and tends to have gruff or distorted vocals. Theyre pretty different in many ways, yet they both technically fall under the doom moniker.

They arent seperated because people want to sound hip, theyre seperated because lots of people dont care for "lets get stoned" music, and many bands in this genre either go one way or another. I personally hate most stoner doom that I hear, that's just me.

[Black Hood]

Hello all - I was just reading back through this thread and taking notes so I can check out some of the stuff I haven't heard.
xSamhainx - I just got unreasonably excited at your mention many posts back of Blind Guardian. I saw them play in the Boston area a month or two ago, they are a lot of fun. Blind Guardian's "Nightfall In Middle Earth" album is one of my all time favorites (and I'm listening to it at work right now), which is a wee bit ironic for me because I was a strictly punk rock and hardcore guy for most of my life and bombastic, operatic metal anthems were about as far from what fell under "acceptable" listening as could be.
I played a lot of Dark Ages of Camelot over the past few years while listening to "Nightfall..." and it certainly made running around on my enchanter blowing people up more enjoyable. Really gets the blood racing.
Another band I enjoy in the "Music To Listen To While (Action) Gaming" category is Finntroll, who blend growling (troll-like, natch) vocals with fast bludgeony metal... and polka. Their lyrics seem to be largely about trolls eating people.

[xSamhainx]

"Nightfall in Middle Earth" is a great cd in my opinion, especially if youre into Tolkien-themed music. Make sure you check out Savage Circus's "Dreamland Manor", it's Thomen from BG new group, and it seriously rocks. I'm not normally a power metal listener, but this cd is great imho.
You need to also check out Battlelore, they have 3 cds out and are all Tolkien, all the time. Some of their stuff like "Buccaneer's Inn" actually transcends their Tolkien-heavy lore because it's so fantasy-atypical, and more just seems like a typical D&D party sitting around in Ye Olde Tavern at the end of an adventure. It's corny to some, but I seriously love it. I cant recommend Battlelore enough to people who like fantasy metal, as these poor people on this message board can attest to! You should have heard me when I first discovered them, back on our old message board.... I'm stoked, just found out that theyre coming out with a new cd next month!

Two of their videos!
JOurney to Undying lands (http://www.battlelore.net/download/Battlelore.wmv)

Storm of the Blades (http://www.battlelore.net/download/battlelore-StormoftheBlades.wmv)

Bal Sagoth is good barbarians/dark lords/wizards type fantasy metal as well, but it tends to be pretty extreme, lots of double bass and black metal-style screamy at times. I like it, but it's a bit harsh for most normal people

Ive heard Finntroll once before, and the "folk/polka-metal" thing (there's a sub-genre for ya Mikey!) kinda freaked me out, but I havent given it any real serious listening.

[abbaon]

I guess I would start by saying that there is a tendency to make up new names for music 'genres' based on a desire of fans for their favorite stuff to seem 'new' and 'creative' based on a label as opposed to the music itself.
How many emerging genres are named by their fans? I know "shoegaze" was coined by some music journalist, and I'd expect the music press to do most of the duty of grouping and classifying bands. To their fans, local bands are just la cosa nostra, our thing.

[Wulf]

Money has no meaning to me musically speaking, nor does the genre seeking identity factor. I would have no reservations whatsoever in putting on my old glad rags and go busking all day in the accoustic enhancing pedestrian underpass in the town centre. With 12 string guitar in hand and cloth cap on the floor (the traditional method) the music would come from within myself, there would be no modernistic interpretations, only raw earthy sounds with hoops and hollers if required, authentic offerings from some years back - there would be no fame seeking necessity - no visions of grandeur - just self expression of the soul conveyed to the listener.

In this track there is less than 5 seconds of lyric to beat stomp (at 3:15) only a momentary (intentional) fragment yet it portrays 100% that progressive folk-rock element wich many sought but could 'not' produce correctly, of course it is applied to the old number retrospectively by a maestro.

"Goin To Brownsville" - Ry Cooder
http://youtube.com/watch?v=TEIwM2AUY0s

[dteowner]

@magerette- my problem with Floyd was twofold. First, I thoroughly embraced new wave back then, so PF really didn't fit into my taste at the time. Combine that with the tendency of the "A List richies" to play Dark Side of the Moon endlessly to document their membership in hip and rebellious druggy culture, and PF never stood a chance. These days, I can listen to some of their smoother stuff (Run Like Hell, Learning to Fly (that stupid 2 note guitar riff pulls me in like a bug to a light)), but I still don't much care for their less melodic stuff (Dogs of War that follows Learning to Fly on the cd is the only one I remember by title).

@all- I've got a regular soapbox over at the shoegaze forum about innovation. Many offshoots of the gazer realm can get downright experimental, and some of my fellows put all sorts of stock in such innovation, to the point of turning up their nose at any well-crafted 3 minute pop song. There's nothing inherently wrong with a PB&J sandwich. If ya want to use wheat bread or strawberry jelly for an individual touch, that's fine, but a standard PB&J is timeless if it's done with some care and passion. There's no shame in following a recipe.

[curious]

ill be getting to see one of my favourites, lisa germano, when she opens up for michael brook at the great american music hall in san francisco tomorrow. saw her a few years back but only caught the last 3 songs as my friends and i were late driving all the way up to oregon. of course we got to see all of david byrnes set, but that was just alright...

[lghartveit]

Currently I'm listening to A Perfect Circle: "The Package" from the album "Thirteenth Step".

My main musical interest is progressive metal (Dream Theater, Fates Warning, Porcupine Tree) and Tool, but I listen to a lot of different music.

[Cormac]

Anyone likes Soundgarden ? This is the clip of my favourite SG song, Fell on Black Days.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sm596W2qCZg

[dteowner]

Not really a grunge fan, but I like "Black Hole Sun".

@curious- what phase was Byrne in at the time? His orchestral stuff?

For me tonight:
"Judy Staring at the Sun" (http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,207992,00.html) by Catherine Wheel
full song video on YouTube here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVj4f6qP3zA) (it's the single version and unfortunately Tonya takes over the second verse which was actually Rob's best of the song on the album version)

[curious]

yes he played with the 'tosca strings'. i don't own any of his solo stuff, but i have a couple talking heads cds which i do enjoy now and again. i like his label though--luaka bop. most notably the artist jim white, who i also saw at the great american music hall--he's a good man. anyone who can write songs like 'god was drunk when he made me' and 'if jesus drove a moterhome' is cool in my book. (those aren't my favourite songs of his, just the titles;))

http://www.luakabop.com/jim_white/

[Jaz]

Anyone likes Soundgarden ? This is the clip of my favourite SG song, Fell on Black Days.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sm596W2qCZg
Unlike dte I'm a huge Grunge fan, and Chris Cornell still has a fantastic voice :).

[magerette]

@Samhain--dug the Battlelore stuff extremely. I'm going to have to get some headphones for my pc so I can not freak out the other inhabitants of my house.

@dte -Re; Floyd-you've got a sounder knowledge of their stuff than I do probably-all I know is not to ask which one's Pink. When I first heard them they were raw cutting edge--yes hard to imagine;) and the alpha high schoolers sneered at them, believe me. The music that now fuels a billion soundalike zombie fm stations once could hardly get airplay.Life is full of little ironies.

I am really getting an education in this thread, and please forgive my digressions and not posting clips and stuff--all music needs an audience, so just file me there.

[dteowner]

Jaz has got to have the most eclectic taste in music I know. Grunge, medieval goth, something close to krautrock, something close to doom metal, and heaven knows what else. All over the map. She must be a deranged serial killer in her spare time.

Sammy, you need to post the Battlelore video you've put up before. Magerette needs the full monty to comprehend their dedication to their craft. They're geekdom gone wrong, but they're certainly full-on participants.

Edith points out that Sammy is well ahead and I should pay better attention. Sorry.

[abbaon]

I haven't seen anyone bring up Opeth yet. Is it possible that we haven't a single devotee among our legion of prog and metal fanatics?

[txa1265]

One of my favorite guitarists - and a most challenging listen on a regular basis - was Derek Bailey. He died at 75 between Christmas and New Years just a few weeks ago. So I re-ripped some of his CD's and loaded them up on my iPod.

This is an interesting collaboration of pure tonal & melodic freedom and wild funkiness ... Mirakle (http://www.amazon.com/Mirakle-Derek-Bailey/dp/B00004NRTB/sr=8-5/qid=1169819071/ref=pd_bbs_sr_5/002-8066148-9369616?ie=UTF8&s=music)

[Jaz]

Jaz has got to have the most eclectic taste in music I know. Grunge, medieval goth, something close to krautrock, something close to doom metal, and heaven knows what else. All over the map. She must be a deranged serial killer in her spare time.A really neat description, especially of my favorite pastime :p. I just wonder where Krautrock figures into all this? This header describes a collection of bands from so many different genres that you'll nearly always have a hit...

[dteowner]

Some of the German electro-industrial stuff you've posted seemed to be an appropriate fit for Krautrock. Being foreign to the genre (pardon the pun), I may have mis-categorized. And yes, the "centers" are so spread out that you'd be hard pressed to find something that wasn't at least "in the vicinity" of one--exactly my point. The key is that your "centers" are pretty specific and varied. You cover the map from the edges.

[Jaz]

Seeing that Kraftwerk would fall into the Krautrock category as well, you're right :). I love Kraftwerk. I also love Mike Batt, Rick Wakeman and Art Rock in general, most of early and classical music, Puccinis operas, Swing, Enya,xxxxxxxxycvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv
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EDIT: the kid decided to do something else and left the room. Okay, let's continue: 70's disco, glam rock... covering the map from the edges seems like a good description.

[abbaon]

"And I glow with the greatness of my hate for you." (http://www.zshare.net/audio/ute-lemper-little-water-song-mp3.html) I wasn't trying to insult anyone in the Oblivion thread, Jaz. Just alluding to (and misremembering) this lyric.

[dteowner]

Got a present for Sammy. Got mentioned in the "other genres" section of the gazer board, and the description screamed to be passed along. Who knows, might catch the ear of some of the others around here as well.

"We Hate You" (http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=48279784) by Electric Wizard

[Jaz]

I wasn't trying to insult anyone in the Oblivion thread, Jaz. I suspected as much, and I'm pretty sure you didn't insult anyone. I wouldn't have connected your words with these lyrics, though, mainly because I didn't know them - up to now :p.

[xSamhainx]

While Electric Wizard is pretty stonerish lyric-wise, I have to admit, they are so absolutely BRUTALLY doomy, they just sound like a huge boulder rolling along, crushing everything in it's path. I just gotta respect that sludge, simply cannot deny their awesomeness.

As far as Soundgraden goes, I have always thought that they were the best of the Grunge Wave. They didnt sound like the atypical Nirvana/STP/Pearl Jam pack of bands, they always sounded different to me. Pearl Jam is easily one of my most absolutely hated bands of all time, I cannot stand their music, their persona, just the sight of Eddie Vedder makes me cringe. Just thought I'd add that little tidbit of Sam Trivia. Chris Cornell's voice is awesome indeed, what a great scream, and when dual-tracked with him screaming very faintly in the back, such as in "Mailman" it's a hell of an effect. SuperUnknown I would say is my favorite cd by them, favorite tracks are the aofrmentioned "Mailman" and "4th of July". SuperUnknown is one of those rare cds in which every.single.song.is.good. Period

Unfortunately, those two Battlelore vids are all we have = [

[magerette]

"And I glow with the greatness of my hate for you." (http://www.zshare.net/audio/ute-lemper-little-water-song-mp3.html).

A song informed with clarity. Powerful.

[Jaz]

Pearl Jam is easily one of my most absolutely hated bands of all time, I cannot stand their music, their persona, just the sight of Eddie Vedder makes me cringe. While I like some of their stuff, I feel pretty much the same about Eddie. Heh.
My favorite grunge band were Alice in Chains, my favorite non-grunge bands of the same period were Faith No More and House of Pain (I have quite an assortment of Hip Hop and Rap CDs from the early Nineties). Needless to say I also like (current band) Taproot (http://hifidelity-taproot.11345.com/catalog.php) who sound a bit like FNM meets AiC (what wonder, they are - or at least were - produced by Jerry Cantrell). I am not all that excited about their latest album, though, since they seem to have lost their FNM touch.

[Cormac]

As far as Soundgraden goes, I have always thought that they were the best of the Grunge Wave. They didnt sound like the atypical Nirvana/STP/Pearl Jam pack of bands, they always sounded different to me. Pearl Jam is easily one of my most absolutely hated bands of all time, I cannot stand their music, their persona, just the sight of Eddie Vedder makes me cringe. Just thought I'd add that little tidbit of Sam Trivia. Chris Cornell's voice is awesome indeed, what a great scream, and when dual-tracked with him screaming very faintly in the back, such as in "Mailman" it's a hell of an effect. SuperUnknown I would say is my favorite cd by them, favorite tracks are the aofrmentioned "Mailman" and "4th of July". SuperUnknown is one of those rare cds in which every.single.song.is.good. Period[

I agree about Vedder: I used to love Pearl Jam and I thought Stone Gossard was a fine songwriter but since Vedder's bloated ego took over the band isnt the same anymore, I cant stand the man's obsession with politics, saving the whale, the rainforest, abortion, etc. Who gives a fuck, really ? Ironically, the album Lost Dogs, which is a collection of B sides and leftovers -- left over by the prima donna Vedder -- contains some of the band's best stuff.
Oh and Superunknown is fantastic.

[xSamhainx]

Battlelore - Sword's Song

Now Im on a Battlelore kick, here we go, doing all 3 cds of theirs in a row!

I cant believe I forgot all about AIC, "Dirt" is one of my favorite cds in the old collection. Just about worn that thing out! Then again, I dont really consider AIC truly part of the "Grunge Wave" of bands purrsonally, their "Dirt" album in particular is far more a gloomy metal in my opinion than any of the other aforementioned grungy post-punk like bands. "Facelift" has some great moments such as "Sea of Sorrow", "Sunshine", and of course the classic "Man in the Box", but it isnt the true gloomy metal powerhouse that is Dirt. That is their defining cd in my opinion, and a true classic. Again, every song is good.

I shunned AIC initially, embarassingly enough, because of the name. It sounded like a glam metal or something group name to me, but then when I finally gave them a listen I was totally floored! The harmonizing is unbelievable, one hell of a band in their prime.

If you want to hear post-AIC Layne Staley that is really good, I recomend his Mad Season side project. They only made one cd, "Above", but it's excellent IMHO.

[dteowner]

Alice in Chains was a strange experience for me. I heard "Man in the Box" on MTV (maybe even on 120 Minutes) and didn't care for it, but that driving bass line finally sucked me in. As various singles were released over the years, I could listen to most of them and actually liked several. So I finally went out and bought the greatest hits cd. Listened to it about twice. Just never pulled it out of the rack. Stone Temple Pilots would probably fall into the same situation although I haven't bought their collection as yet.

@Sammy- glad you enjoyed EW. Most gazers seem to have a strange "secondary genre" (mine is new wave), so there's some crazy stuff that pops up on our "other genres" sub-forum. I'll keep an eye, or ear as it were, out for everyone.

Too tired this morning, so my mind is a blank slate. No tunes swirling around asking to be shared...

[Alrik Fassbauer]

Currently listening to "Woodhenge" by Mike Oldfield.

Very unusual piece, like most of his music anyway. ;)

[Cm]

I wasn't sure if I should put this (http://www.heylisa.com/music.html) here or in the daily smile. I may just do both. ;) Click Middle Aged Women.

[dteowner]

Now, now, let's play nice. Turn the other cheek. Have a Coke and a smile. Sing Kumbaiya (this is a music thread). If y'all don't behave, I'm going to link that "Milkshake" song and we'll all be scarred for life.

And now for something completely different.

Sorry, these folks are so obscure they probably never made a ripple on the internet, so it's safe to say there's no links to be had.
"Fuschia" by Evescape

Edith puts in a little extra info here (http://www.crackrabbit.com/cgi-bin/moin.cgi/EvescapeTheFeelEp). An internet ripple, but still no sound.

[Cm]

I wasn't sure if I should put this (http://www.heylisa.com/music.html) here or in the daily smile. I may just do both. ;) Click Middle Aged Women.


I think this seems even more appropriate after all that. ;)

[xSamhainx]

Listening to HIM - Razorblade Romance

Who? HIM. who? Nevermind! :biggrin:

Speaking of middle age women, I saw the most captivating lady at the place I went for lunch a few minutes ago. Looked early 40ish, but just an absolute stunner, I was fumbling over my tounge like a 6th grader in love with his teacher. Totally disarmed me, there was no smooth operations whatsoever going on for this tiger. She was working the counter at this sandwich place (i think she owns the joint from some things she said), unfortunately I was getting my stuff to go (as I was appointed the sandwich lunch go-fer today at work). She even gave me a punchcard with a couple extra punches.

I havent seen such eyes in years, they were like gems, and this dame sure knew how to use them. Truth be told, I'm not an "eye man". You look into the eyes, and yes they are nice, yes she has two of them and theyre pointing in the same direction, yes she isnt afraid to make eye contact, and so on and so forth, but arent normally the attribute that I'm initially ga-ga over when it comes to women. It's part of the overall facial package. "Gabriela" however, my lord this woman could probably make me get down and bark like a dog if she wanted to with those eyes. That's saying something, because me and dogs are like water and oil, we dont mix. At all. For obvious and not-so-obvious reasons ='.'=

I see myself volunteering for many more sandwich runs. She certainly has "the power", in spades..

[dteowner]

Mrs. Tiger would probably not approve, Sammy.

*currently listening to Sammy dig a hole*

[xSamhainx]

Well, when I do finally get married, I'll make sure to conceal any trace of this thread from her!

[Corwin]

She may already have read it!! :biggrin:

[dteowner]

Well, color me stupid. I thought you had already ended any hope of happiness like so many of us here. You can usually ID us pretty easily--kinda feisty, but no real will to live. :p

Tonight's song (http://sample.music.yahoo.com/radio/clientdata/616/player.asp?cid=616&iid=1&sk=3&ltw=LaunchRadioTarget&p=6&m=0&d=0&modeInitialized=1&mode=1&resized=1&bridgeInit=1&bridgeMode=1&sids=2090291)

[Jaz]

Just back up after the Noro flu, and what do I see? I missed the only fight on these forums in months. Anyway, it's over, and I'd like to share what I was just listening to. Unfortunately, I didn't find a clip... of Manowar's 'Carry On' :).

[xSamhainx]

listening to My Dying Bride - Turn Loose the Swans

You didnt miss anything Jaz. It was just your basic blustery type 1 nazi/klansman analogy and comparisons. Anyone who blinked while scrolling, missed it.

[abbaon]

If you don't care enough to try to comprehend what you're reading, you might not be the best person to interpret it for others. Still Orphans (http://www.anti.com/catalog.php?id=69).

[Jaz]

It wasn't my intention to rekindle the debate. I'll split the thread and push the debate part over to the politics and religion forum:

Link (http://www.rpgwatch.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1244)

[xSamhainx]

beatles - come together

way too magnanimous and stuff. Toejam football, monkey finger! Feet down below his knees!

[dteowner]

Did one of my occasional tours of my MySpace friends and discovered that Siddal has put up a song for download. I wouldn't call it their best, but even "average" Siddal is well worth a listen when the opportunity presents itself.

"Frozen Garden" (http://www.myspace.com/httpwwwmyspacecomsiddal) by Siddal

[spars]

Mori Chieko's Jumping Rabbit off the tzadik label. The track, Charm Music Box. This piece is solo koto.

few samples here (http://www.boomkat.com/item.cfm?id=16585)

[xSamhainx]

video of sort of bizarre duet of Trent Reznor and Peter Murphy doing "Bela Lugosi's Dead" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8W4tslqVSg)

I think Trent does well, for doing a cover of this in his style of vocals, and it is live, so theres inherent problems with sound in a live venue. This is a very atmospheric song that is very hard to do well, by distilling and encapsulating it like this, there's like 3 or so minutes of lead-in material in the original. It paints a picture in the mind that sets up the entire song's bleak and creepy backdrop. The imagery of two guys on stage in broad daylight, sorta ruins it for me. It's alright, but I wish the roles had been reversed, with peter doing the heavy lifting and trent supporting. In a darker venue too, geez, someone kill the lights!

I also kinda wish that Trent's industrial-type influence would have been present. You know, youre gonna change the song from the get-go, it's gonna sound different anyway, go the distance and make something impressive.

[abbaon]

Imogen Heap's Hide and Seek (http://www.myspace.com/imogenheap) (fourth item in the Myspace player): gimmicky and overwrought. The cover by Sam Lea and friends (first item in the iNspired Player): the greatest thing ever? I think so, but you have to listen to the original first.

[dteowner]

Got a friend request from these folks on MySpace. Hadn't heard of them at all, but the tunes are surprisingly decent, so thought I'd share.

"Curtain of Stars" (http://www.myspace.com/fourthofjuly) by July Fourth

[dteowner]

Heard this one on Vertigo and it really caught my ear. A little more ambient than my usual, but what a voice.

"Tinsel Starred" (http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=112806850) by Titania

[Wulf]

Yes dte, Mandy Cousins has a great voice and gives a clean uncluttered sound, i preferred the Pale Sister track of the four - because the rhythm backing matches her chordal sounding voice.:)

[magerette]

beatles - come together

way too magnanimous and stuff. Toejam football, monkey finger! Feet down below his knees!

always wondered about that rhyme
"hold him in your arms and you can feel his disease..."or is it dis-ease-as,like, not at ease at all??:S and is it the same thing???

Also--who's the original for Bela Lugosi's Dead? There was something strangely David Bowie-ish about the lyrics, if not the vid.

[magerette]

Yes dte, Mandy Cousins has a great voice and gives a clean uncluttered sound, i preferred the Pale Sister track of the four - because the rhythm backing matches her chordal sounding voice.:)

Nice voice indeed, and I agree on the Pale Sister track--but only because I can hear more of the lyrics:). You have to love a band that releases a collection called "Lovesongs of Chaos and Desire."

[xSamhainx]

The original BLD is by Bauhaus, widely believed to be the song and band that kicked off the "gothic" genre of music and what not. It was featured in the beginning bar scene of the vampire movie "The Hunger", and the rest is history. Youre right tho on the David Bowie thing, he's a major influence of theirs, and if you listen to the original, it's plain as day! I spotted a few vids of it and remakes. Needless to say, after listening to the song about 10 times over the last couple days, I'm "Bela'd out" now!

Undead, undead, undead!

Original band doing it (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kq2RXSboWMs&mode=related&search=), still a shortened version. I dont care what anyone says, I love the 80's

Scene from "The Hunger" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gfa_x7lnRl0&mode=related&search=)

Opera IX cover (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=745P38yE0ik&mode=related&search=)- cool video, but of course she ruins it ultimately because she cant sing, and has to scream full-throttle thru it.

"The Sims" do BLD (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7114581602711517622)

As far as "Come Together" goes, your guess is as good as mine. Some things are just not meant to be understood, methinks ='.'=

[dteowner]

I think I liked the Sims video best. :) The models of David J and Daniel Ash were quite good. For that matter, the Peter Murphy wasn't too bad. Daniel did some weird guitar work with Bauhaus and right into Tones on Tail. I always liked that Love and Rockets single, too.

re Titania--I'll never quite understand the dichotomy I've got going on vocals. I don't particularly like instrumentals, and vocals are clearly a make-or-break component of the music for me. And yet, she could be singing the Hokey Pokey lyrics and I wouldn't even notice. I hear the tones, but the words just don't register. In some ways, it's a relief not having to worry about the tortured souls and anguished agony wrapped up in deep prose. You'd think I'd get more excited about Cocteau Twins and Liz Frasier's tonal singing, but I seem to need real words to ignore. Almost like that Cambridge University thing where they showed that you can read a hodgepodge of letters as long as the first and last letters are in the right place, only in reverse.

[magerette]

Have to agree that The Sims video had me actively choking with laughter-thanks for putting that show together, Sammy :)

@dte I know what you mean about the divorcing vocals/lyrics thing. Years back(after the earth's crust had cooled but while the black monolith was still pulsing)I had a friend who was hooked on Joni Mitchell. When you went to her place, that was what was playing--fortunately she had quite a few tunes--but I remember thinking that she really could be singing opera or in a foreign language--the voice is an instrument--but seldom do you really feel it's being played by a virtuoso.
And tho this a rather subdued live cut that doesn't show her range, it's a bit on the dreamy side and you can get the feeling perhaps:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcpCUpjZ6ig

[txa1265]

I liked Joni Mitchell's stuff from the early 70's, but it was when she teamed up with a set of jazz mega-stars that she really caught my ear. Particularly the live "Shadows & Light" stuff - you can see/hear a sample here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZABRLvAbN4). Jaco is perhaps the best electric bassist ever, Pat Metheny is a tremendous guitarist and composer with a deeply lyrical style, Lyle Mays has been Me