Fishhead Family Reunited
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Slightly Off Center
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For the past few weeks, have been listening to down-tempo metal. Perfect autumn music. In heavy (pun intended) rotation: Sleep, Saint Vitus, The Sword, and Yob.
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: At home
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Metallica live from Rock In Rio... Right now ! Check it out, live feed on youtube.
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I am worthless beyond hope. Join Date: Dec 2005
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The only reason is because he is an actor on TV. There are so many better blues musicians, and so many better blues albums.... and those guys can't catch a break, meanwhile this tool will be in front of every register at Starbucks for the latte crowd. edit: Like i said, unfortunately the album actually is pretty good... it's just annoying to see how some artists struggle, and this guy can do whatever he wants and make millions. Last edited by Brave Ulysses : 2011-09-28 at 12:04. |
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Mr. Vieira
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Tennessee
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Welcome to earth, BU. That's pretty much s.o.p.
Believe me...the year I lived in Nashville - all the songwriters, musicians, singers, etc. I'd see in the seediest dives throughout the city at 11:30pm on a Tuesday night. Then walk outside to get in my car, look up and see a billboard with some lame-ass pre-fab "male model dons a cowboy hat and gets a singing contract" act, promoting an album with (awful) songs he didn't write, each one meticulously crafted solely for radio-play and disposability, etc. When you see actors put out albums, 98% of the time it's exactly because of their fame/clout from their day gig. There have been 1-2 exceptions over the decades, I suppose. But, yeah...that's just how it is. The purest, sweetest voice I ever heard was from this pudgy redhead in some low-rent, questionable tavern/billiards place just across the river from downtown Nashville. I was transfixed for hours, listening. And she wrote everything she sang (and played a mean guitar). Just her and an acoustic, and hardly anybody even listening. But she wasn't "pretty" (in the technical, top 40/marketability sense), although, to me, her talent made her quite beautiful. She didn't dance, or have her tits splayed all out. Her songs didn't sound like they were written in a scheduled meeting among professional staff writers whose goal that day was to "write a new hit for Brooks & Dunn", etc. This was over 10 years ago. I assume she's still doing that, or gave up. I've not seen her on any album covers, TV shows or billboards in all this time. So, yeah...it sucks. People like her, barring some crazy bit of luck, will never get seen or heard outside that crusty, stale bar (or at family get-togethers), while [fill in the blank with anyone currently clogging up the country top 40 chart], and their stylists, reigns supreme. It's beyond sad. I think about her, and about all the lousy acts that have been signed, nurtured, promoted, recorded, toured (and eventually kicked off the label because it was finally obvious to everyone they had nothing going for them), etc. And how she probably never even got a legit shot (because she wasn't a Barbie doll or swimsuit model, or some other ace-in-the-hole like an existing TV or movie career). But if some moderately-talented cast member from Grey's Anatomy or How I Met Your Mother got the itch to "record a country album", they'd automatically, with no credentials or reason other than "they're on TV!", get the top studio, producer(s), musicians, writers, etc. all working for/with them...to produce, at best, some mediocre, derivative shit that nobody with any sense would actually buy on purpose. All the above applies to all genres, of course. I'm just speaking from my experience, and where I lived/what I listened to and saw first-hand... Last edited by psmith2.0 : 2011-09-28 at 12:27. |
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FWIW, Laurie actually admonishes anyone who buys the album to seek out any other number of blues musicians if they like his album, and to support local scenes, etc. He rather understands that if it wasn't for his fame, many who buy the album would never realistically be exposed to the blues.
If you want to be pissed off, be pissed off at the record labels that try to take the pretty types with no real ability. At least Laurie is trying to educate others. No, he's no Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley, Skip James, etc. But he shares the passion for the music that they do, and he's at least using his fame to try and share with others something that they would never even try to listen to otherwise. Authentic Nova Scotia bagpipe innards |
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I am worthless beyond hope. Join Date: Dec 2005
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He seems to try to be very humble in the interviews I have seen, and he has surrounded himself with great session players which he has pointed out. But, at the same time, I can't help but think he was sitting at home one day thinking how he always wanted to be a blues player, and then snapped his fingers and had the resources and fame to make it happen and be successful. |
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apparently Steve Martin is actually pretty good too. But the bruce willis, tim robbins, types.... bleh |
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M AH - ch ain saw
Join Date: May 2004
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..yeah okay, I know; he's a comedian not really an actor. ...alright, alright. Haha |
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I hope you die. It's part of a Spotify playlist posted by one of the music blogs I follow.
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If it's not red and showing substantial musculature, you're wearing it wrong. |
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I'm trying out MOG now and while I'd like to like it more than Spotify, it's really struggling to impress me. At least the iPhone app is kind of crappy and that's how I'll be interacting with it since I prefer to listen to music using my iPhone even when I'm at a computer.
Right now, I'm listening to Broken Social Scene "Sweetest Kill". It's part of a "working on a rainy day" playlist. Perfect for a day like today. |
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Formerly “AWM”
Join Date: May 2009
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Pretenders by The Pretenders. Quite possibly the best debut album ever.
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I am worthless beyond hope. Join Date: Dec 2005
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Hates the Infotainment
Join Date: May 2004
Location: NSA Archives
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I discovered a pretty awesome band by accident yesterday. The television was tuned to one of those music channels. "CoffeeHouse Rock" I think it was called... which right there you figure about 3 chances in 1000 you get something worth listening to. Who goes to Starbucks for the music? No one. You go there to get ripped off on over-hyped coffee!
So anyway... there's this band called The Raconteurs. I know nothing about them but there was this sort of 70s groovin song called "Old Enough" on and I thought it was pretty decent. So I busted out iTunes and there are about 4 other songs on that album that sound pretty decent, so I buy: You Don't Understand Me - (not sure who to compare this too but it's a good drunken-piano-rant-with-drum-accompanyment) Consoler of the Lonely - (Chili-Pepper-Like... slightly angry/edgy without being angst-ridden madness) Top Yourself - (Sort of Tom-Petty-meets-wailing-slide-guitar type deal...) Old Enough - (That 70s thing... sort of) All of these seem like good songs to have going when you have friends over for a few drinks or whatnot. A good mix between mellow-semi-down-troddenness-and-rock-and-roll-with-a-real-beat. If my descriptions amuse you (Mr. Bond), it's worth noting the best bands usually defy obvious descriptions or definitions. Ya Dig? ...into the light of a dark black night. Last edited by Moogs : 2011-11-03 at 17:45. |
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Paris, France
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You've described The Raconteurs well, Moogs, but what's that photo?
Jack White of The White Stripes does vocals and guitar for them. I have an acoustic version of Steady, As She Goes on vinyl, which must have a pretty decent "play count" by now... |
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Join Date: Nov 2006
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For that past couple weeks, a steady rotation of:
The Melvins High on Fire Leonard Cohen Fang Island |
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Hates the Infotainment
Join Date: May 2004
Location: NSA Archives
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I've been listening to Mumford and Sons quite a bit lately (I can't get the image of Sanford and Son out of my head every time I hear that band's name. Am I the only one?) so, per Maciej's suggestion, I've started listening to the Heart and the Head. It's right up my alley. Thanks.
If it's not red and showing substantial musculature, you're wearing it wrong. |
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Hates the Infotainment
Join Date: May 2004
Location: NSA Archives
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You wanna know what I'm listening too as I enjoy my Spaten?
That's right, bitches... the founder of our internet feast... Spoiler (click to toggle):
...into the light of a dark black night. |
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¡Damned!
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Purgatory
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Moogs is just a fantasy....
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¡Damned!
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Purgatory
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This is totally beneath me and the lyrics makes my head teh dumb, but I've been listening to Friends non-stop. Just a couple of singles, mind you. They're new. They make me entirely uneasy and their stupid lyrics suggest that I don't know the younger generation at all - which makes me want to jump off of the nearest bridge.
But they are pop with an awesome groove and I love them immensely. Today. So it goes. |
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Hoonigan
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Canada
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I've been rockin Puscifer's new album, Conditions of My Parole. I have a favorite few tracks that clicked right away, and I think the rest just need a few more listens. Pretty sweet stuff.
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*AD SPACE FOR SALE*
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Cleveland-ish, OH
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I've had the new Childish Gambino album, Camp, on replay all day. So good. Great to hear original hip hop.
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Hoonigan
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Canada
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Oh yeah, have to tip my hat to Moogs. Awesome stuff, man.
I have to admit I listened to that album a thousand times when I was younger. I could sing every word in every song off that sumbitch. |
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I'm really digging the new Feist album, Metals. I don't know if it's "good" in the Pitchfork sense, but I like it.
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Hates the Infotainment
Join Date: May 2004
Location: NSA Archives
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I've been trying to remind my wife of that fact recently. Will let you know on Friday if it worked.
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Aldo only sounds better with age, like a fine wine. I think it's the helicopter-and-laser sound-effects-leading-to-massive-guitar-riff at the beginning that does it for me. You don't need 5 hour energy when you got that in your ear. [/legendary80srock] ...into the light of a dark black night. |
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Paris, France
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Maybe you understand Azealia Banks' lyrics better. 212 reminds me of Dizzee Rascal in his Boy in da Corner days. ENERGY. Fresh fresh fresh. |
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