Current song you are listening to(or the Last song you listened to) - by Andarthiel
demagogue on 3/10/2019 at 12:05
There used to be an awesome AMV of that song paired with Cowboy Bebop clips. I still have the ripped file on my harddrive, but it's apparently off of YouTube now.
But anyway, it reminds me of the other Cowboy Bebop AMV I always watch along with that one, done with some unknown trance track, which is this...
[video=youtube;UpGqh9MeO3k]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpGqh9MeO3k[/video]
Gray on 4/10/2019 at 06:43
Scapa Flow: Kangaroo
[video=youtube;AlbroIvwZgw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlbroIvwZgw[/video]
Not that often that you hear a tribute song to a particular brand of beer. I've tasted it, and meh, it's beer. It was alright. Pretty much like any other cheap lager. I like the song more for how it sounds than what it praises, and when/where/how it fits in my personal history of the early 90s.
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Oh, what the hell, I might as well tell the story.
I'm a massive fan of Depeche Mode. I hated them at first, during my heavy metal years, but I eventually, begrudgingly had to admit to myself I liked them, and when all metal became lame hair metal Bon Jovi poodle crap, I turned my back on it and went for the exact opposite, Kraftwerk. And from there, discovered many electronic bands, and Depeche Mode became my favourite. I bought all their stuff. But, in 1991, there was a bit of a lull, they didn't release much. I distinctly remember one moment, doing the dishes in my parents' house, with the radio on, and there was a short segment about some Swedish record label doing a tribute album to Depeche Mode, to celebrate 10 years since the release of their first single. They played a couple of songs off this cover compilation. I liked what I heard. I made a mental note to remember the name "(
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6xd4cpIbew&list=PLWGkQMsZKJBZp2IQW5owtZ1lPG8d0F22m) I Sometimes Wish I Was Famous: A Swedish Tribute To Depeche Mode". I later found it in a mailorder catalogue (yes, before webshops and streaming music, an actual paper mailorder catalogue, which was the only way to find Good Music[TM] if you lived in such a small faraway town as I did), and promptly bought it. About half the covers were purely awful, I mean, really bad, but some were quite good, or very good, so I tracked down these new bands that I liked, and bought what little other stuff they had released. Scapa Flow was sort of one of those bands, on the compilation they did an excellent cover of To Have And To Hold under the band name No Hotel, they took what was basically half a song and fleshed it out to become bigger and better than the original. I had already started to listen to somewhat harder electronic stuff like Front 242, Nitzer Ebb and Front Line Assembly, but now I was made aware that there was an active electronic music scene in Sweden. One of the bands on this compilation, (
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OL1kk-vEOo) S.P.O.C.K, would tempt me to start going to rock festivals down south, where I later discovered so many other new exciting bands. But I digress. (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scapa_Flow_(Swedish_band)) Scapa Flow, and in particular their album Chased By Sunset where this track is from, was something I played heavily in my first year of university, so I associate that with the sense of freedom and happiness of those days. And now, decades later, when I live in Scotland, I've become much more aware of (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scapa_Flow) Scapa Flow the place and the event that may have inspired the Swedish band name.
Sulphur on 4/10/2019 at 06:58
Quote Posted by demagogue
There used to be an awesome AMV of that song paired with Cowboy Bebop clips. I still have the ripped file on my harddrive, but it's apparently off of YouTube now.
But anyway, it reminds me of the other Cowboy Bebop AMV I always watch along with that one, done with some unknown trance track, which is this...
[video=youtube;UpGqh9MeO3k]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpGqh9MeO3k[/video]
Unsure why anyone would take a pivotal scene from early-on Bebop that's also one of the most gorgeously-scored moments in the series, then shaft it with anonymous trance. Good editing, but yeesh. Anyway, I always wondered if Pierrot le Fou was named after the Jean-Luc Godard film of the same name, but Godard's style of expressionistic anarchy doesn't quite sync with the clown gone wild horror of the Bebop episode.
While we're on the subject of unofficial videos, you can't go wrong with David Dean Burkhart's stuff. He keeps pulling out gold from old, obscure films paired with modern music.
[video=youtube;ssXR8BGZWN8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssXR8BGZWN8[/video]
(
https://player.vimeo.com/video/49736456)
There's also this, which is extremely NSFW as it's put together from, ah,
questionable movies, but it's a masterclass in repurposing footage to amplify a mood.
demagogue on 4/10/2019 at 11:06
Well, if somebody asked me to post an inspiring AMV, I wouldn't pick that one. I just wanted to point out the Cowboy Bebop AMV of that Crystal Method song. But it doesn't exist, so I couldn't. So I guess I got carried away and just posted the song after it in my playlist because it connects with me personally ... It's interesting how even anonymous trance can really stick in someone's mind in the right circumstances though.
If had had to pick my favorite video / song mash-up, well there are a lot, but I like this one very much. I won't say it's even that masterful with clever editing. It's just that imagery paired with that sound does it for me.
[video=youtube;v8LY2VgiikE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8LY2VgiikE[/video]
I also like a guy named hihuy's Buster Keaton electronica pairings, the videos at the very bottom of (
https://vimeo.com/hihuy) this list.
And the really simple one of Quantic's (
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvUeo5sagkA) Time is the Enemy with a drive down 1910s San Francisco.
Sulphur on 4/10/2019 at 19:04
It's certainly possible for otherwise unremarkable things to work as anchor points around a moment. I'd be more intrigued to hear about the story around the track, because contextualised pattern recognition tends to be more interesting than the pattern in and of itself.
In music news, props to Jesh for finding this song, which is bluesy and horny and wanton and hilarious. The video's a bit plain ol' weird though.
[video=youtube;rRkYgLuEn80]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRkYgLuEn80[/video]
Gray on 5/10/2019 at 22:07
I've been going through the last dozen or so songs of this thread, and there's a lot of stuff I like. I'm taking notes.
However, what I personally have been listening to this weekend is mostly Lassigue Bendthaus. If you think Kraftwerk is too organic and not synthetic enough, then perhaps this is for you.
Fiber:
[video=youtube;Lw5bbaFK8_c]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lw5bbaFK8_c[/video]
Superbad (James Brown cover):
[video=youtube;mQz72-ib9e8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQz72-ib9e8[/video]
If you don't see the humour in Superbad, you've got no soul.
Uwe Schmidt, aka Lassigue Bendthaus, wrote the software himself to make his voice stutter that mechanically, so he had a plan all along to really try to be as machine-like as possible. He later changed his style completely and became Señor Coconut, but that's another story.
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Just for reference, this is the James Brown original:
[video=youtube;LJ9CLOEOB5U]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJ9CLOEOB5U[/video]
Massive James Brown fan, me.
Next week I'll probably go back to 1930s blues again, just for contrast, not done that for a while now.
Gray on 5/10/2019 at 22:42
Quote Posted by Tocky
And if you don't like Samantha...
[video=youtube_share;tfxDT76qbRA]https://youtu.be/tfxDT76qbRA[/video]
I'm sure it's just coincidental, but there's an old KMFDM track with the exact same title and drumbeat. Here, have a listen. The songs are clearly different, I'm not shouting "plagiarism", I just thought it was amusing. One is "you can go to hell", the other "I wanna go to hell". Maybe they're both inspired by a song I haven't heard yet.
KMFDM: Go to Hell
[video=youtube;J0UsAhvXwSI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0UsAhvXwSI[/video]
And yes, I do like the Samantha Fish song, it reminded me I need to listen to more blues. She's the kind of artist I'd go see live in my old home town, except she's a lot better. But also that I need to listen to more angry shouty KMFDM.
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And about Chvrches, they're from the very town I live in, and I always like what I hear by them, but I've yet failed to go see them live. I have to fix that. It's on my to-do list. Weirdly, my younger brother who lives in a country far far away tipped me off about them a few years ago, before they became the Big Thing they are now, he obviously knows what's good for me.
qolelis on 6/10/2019 at 17:28
Quote Posted by Neb
You should get around to watching that. It's a really great indie thriller that makes up for its tiny budget with authenticity.
Finally watched it. Liked it. Have to watch it again some time, though, with better quality -- and, preferably, (english) subtitles.
Gray on 6/10/2019 at 22:42
Tonight I've been chatting about EBM and industrial metal for hours and hours with my niece. She reminded me that Nitzer Ebb are playing here in November, so I finally got myself a ticket. Oh, how I've thoroughly missed having these lengthy rants with people who are actually into these subgenres! I knew she liked Rammstein, but didn't really know the other stuff she was into. I pimped her about a dozen songs she's too young to have heard yet, and while doing my research I was reminded how much I absolutely love, love, LOVE angry shouty stuff with hard basslines and drum machines. But I was doing most of the talking, next time I'll have to do a bit more listening.
I can't wait to see NEP live now, only seven more weeks to go.
[video=youtube;x0HsjYtdAKM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0HsjYtdAKM[/video]
And only two days later, at the same venue, Die Krupps are playing. I want to see both, but can I afford it? Can I afford to NOT go? I'm sure the angry shoutiness will soothe my restless soul.
[video=youtube;lgL0RsDeiKg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgL0RsDeiKg[/video]
Gray on 6/10/2019 at 23:07
Quote Posted by Gryzemuis
Because of Sonoio, I also listened to some NiN. They suck. Their old albums sound like crap. I also listened to the remastered versions. The sound of some songs sounds better. But the music is still crap. So over the top cliche boring, it must be American. :) The remastered version of a song called "Closer" has good sound. But I still can't listen to it.
That is a perfectly valid opinion to have, as long as you know you're very severely wrong :)
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Just to clarify, that is the asshole way of saying "I disagree". Sorry about that. You are of course entitled to your opinion, I was just trying to make a stupid joke. I want to make that clear before it pointlessly escalates. I'm trying to be less of an arrogant smug prick, it's just that sometimes I fail. I'm sorry.
"Change what you're saying, not what you said." - Eels. I could have deleted my post, but I'd rather just stand up to my poor choice of humour and apologise.