Franz Liszt is probably the composer with the most occurrences, three, in my youtube playlist. His piano works are fantastic. This orchestral version is nothing to be sneezed at either of course. You can hear the folk influences a little better in it I think… The orchestra makes the piece seem more grand to.
Also, nice that someone else likes classical music Nobodyman! :)
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Oh man, I love it when grown dudes who look totally unassuming just let themselves loose and rock the fuck out, that's why Sambomaster is one of my favorite bands. They were just improvising, right? There are bits where it just sounds like noise, but when they harmonize it's aural crack, you can't get enough
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I really enjoyed the jamming in this song quite a bit, but the vocals not so much. Would have enjoyed it more with out them. It was nice though!
Franz Liszt is probably the composer with the most occurrences, three, in my youtube playlist. His piano works are fantastic. This orchestral version is nothing to be sneezed at either of course. You can hear the folk influences a little better in it I think… The orchestra makes the piece seem more grand to.
Also, nice that someone else likes classical music Nobodyman! :)Loved the ending to that song a lot!, over all was very sweet. And I agree Franz Liszt is awesome!
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Here's something more relaxed.
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Not gonna lie, I was pretty bored up until the 3 minute mark. The song takes way too long building up and I'm not very fond of that in particular. I know it's meant to relax to but somehow it's so slow that I can't even relax to it. I mean no offense at all and I don't mean to judge your choice or taste in general, but I just frankly didn't really enjoy that song all too much. I acknowledge it for what it is, but I have a large collection of music that you'd listen to to relax, and most of it if not all is not as slow or dull as this.
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Ah, Gotye. I remember hearing about this guy in one of Todd's reviews and he seemed like he was worth checking out. Really enjoyed this song. Very upbeat, very positive, and a lot of fun to listen to. My only complaint, I guess, is that the lyrics and tune are a bit repetitive, but they're nice to listen to and don't go on for too long, so I can't complain too much. Really does make me want to check this guy out even more. Good choice.
Here is, in my opinion, one of the best covers The Beatles ever did (the song is from The Music Man).
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It's the freakin' Beatles. Does anything else really need to be said?
Anyway, an outstanding song choice Nobodyman–from the instrumentation to the vocalization. I love most of--if not all of--the Beatles work. In fact, they're the band that got me into pop/rock, which, eventually got me into metal and deepening my love for instrumental music; music that uses instruments, not purely instrumental. My mother first played them for me at the age of 6, I'm 21 now, and still enjoy their work. The Beatles will remain timeless, and, close to my heart.
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Ah, Power Metal. It's allways there. Ever since my teenage years, power's allways been there. What can I say? It's just so much fun. It's cheesy, yeah, but that's just part of what makes it so much fun.
I'm no longer a "power metal" head myelf, but to this day, I still enjoy it from time to time. And this song was as enjoyable as the other I used to listen to. Epic, with a good sense of "strength" and melody. Both powerful and collected at the same time. For me it's the same old same old, but it's allways just so much fun that I can't stop loving it. So massive respect to that. It has a very strong reminiscence of Angra in there, and that can't be a bad thing. Never.
And for something different:
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Well been quite a while since I last posted here:
Never really listened much to ska, so this is probably one of the first times I've exposed myself to the genre. This song's unusually breezy, the type of song as mentioned in the comments: skating, couch potato, biking whatever. I find myself digging the jazz influences too, should try checking out more of this act when I get the time.
Now here's some funk metal I've been encouraged to check out after Stereogum revealed it to recently be the 20th anniversary of Faith No More's Angel Dust:
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I've always been on okay terms with Faith No More, but never spent a lot of time listening to them. Don't like this song, too much, though. Incredibly predictable song structure accompanied by some pretty bland riffs disappoints me a bit. The verse-chorus-verse-chorus-bridge-chorus doesn't usually bothered me when played well , but this song didn't really ever hook me or interest me. Can't say I'm a fan of this one.
Gotta rep my avatar's-sake.
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Make your voice heard over here if you think a music subforum sounds pretty peachy keen!
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Like I normally do, I listen to a song at least twice before passing judgement on if I like it or not. This song, though outside my normal realm of listening, I actually enjoyed; and the guy looks freaking awesome too. I love acoustic instrumentation, especially when done right (and it fits the song), which, the song you posted does–nothing like music with a person who ACTUALLY plays an instrument. The thing I disliked the most about the song is the vocalization, but, that's because I don't understand the language he's singing in; so it doesn't sound amazing to me, or, doesn't strike a relatable cord with me.
Good pick though! I enjoyed it overall.
Oki Kuma's Adventure by Machinae Supremacy:
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I'm confused. The beginning is like chiptunes and then it turns into metal! :O Hahaha. Okay. Overall a well put together piece. It could have been a mess with the chiptune/metal combo. I'm not digging the male vocals. Sounds kinda whiney. :P
Also, do they like Firefly? "No power in the 'verse can stop me!"
Nice. :) "More Firefly everywhere all the time", is pretty much my life philosophy.William Basinski - The Disintegration Loop
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Since I really like Ambient, I mean really, I stopped doing anything else and laid down for the track. It's perfect for relaxing. Though I gotta say, I wasn't expecting such a minimalist approach and was anticipating a changing tone of the horns. That's why it's called 'Loop' I guess :P. Also, with music like this I wished it would come in the best quality. Thouroughly enjoyed it nonetheless.
So, here's something I didn't listen to for a few years:
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Alright, so I liked this song, but I felt like there was 1/3 of the song that was just pounding over and over. The beginning's orchestral sounds gave a very somber tone, and was an excellent way to begin the piece. It reminded me of a ship in a storm, for some reason. When the heavy beat came in, it initally added to the song, but was quickly replaced with the heavy banging, which was good for a time. The song built itself very well, ebbing and flowing, and when the electronic sounds took over for the pounding, it was really cool. After another slow build up with added lyrics and heavier synth, we once again reached more loud bass and smaller synth, which I felt was the real gift to the song. The synths were very well done, but sometimes the bass was too loud to actually get a good listen to the synths, which should've been the 'frontman'. But the loud bass did give very drastic changes to the song, and these drastic changes in tone made this song much better to me, especially at around the 8 minute mark, which became a very somber section with piano. The storm and lyrics behind the string solo and piano really helped finish out this song strongly.
This one comes from one of my favorite songwriters, Paul Simon. Not his most famous stuff, but I'm sure some of you have heard it.
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Took some time before I realized that the instruments are mostly percussions. :) It's nice, it gives the song a sort of "primitive" feel. I guess he's going for that..?
At some times it's even a little carribean maybe.
Despite the name of the song I get the feeling of running. Or, jogging rather… :P
I like the refrain. Dunno about the rest of the lyrics, the delivery makes them good though.
A great song for sure.Ros Sereysothea - Khernh Snaeh Khnyom Te
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Man, this is very cool. It's like old Asian pop and psychedelia. Incredibly trippy sound. The lo-fi quality helps that, but I assume that that's the product of its time more than any intentional techniques. It's weird hearing that reserved, beautiful and precise pop voice going over such naturally dirty-sounding music and I like the effect that it has. Cool stuff all around.
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Well, the video you posted was taken down before I could listen to it (damn Youtube copyright laws), but I found another video of the song, although this one was 30 seconds longer. So yeah, I'm pretty sure it's the same song, but it might be a different version.
Anyway, for the version I did listen to, it's a nice simple song. Kinda surprised me actually when he dropped an f-bomb. Honestly though, I can't think of much to say about the song. The acoustic guitar is good, Barlow's got a good voice on him, but it just didn't do that much for me personally. Again, this may be because I'm listening to a different version than you intended, but the song feels incomplete, like maybe there should have been more instruments involved. Maybe I'm just not a fan of guys playing just acoustic guitar.
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I'm not exactly familiar with They Might be Giants outside of that one song they did for a Cartoon Network Ed Edd n Eddy bumper. I liked that song, and this is a pretty nice song too. Has a 60s folky hippyish vibe. I can't say I'm a big fan of the vocals. Reminds me of Weird Al mixed with Beatles. Is the band ska or do they play ska? Sounds a lot like they would. I've heard a few other songs by them here and there and they seem to be a very unique band with distinct unique and talented sounds. Nothing I would go out of my way to look for and download, mind you, but it's still good music.
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I haven't listened to much Japanese rap before. I tried it a couple of times but never found anything I really like. Usually I found that the language didn't fit to well with rapping. In this song I don't hear that "disconnect" between the rapping and the language… Maybe I was wrong before or just listened to some really bad songs?
I also like the subdued brass, the percussion is a little annoying with one of 'em to sharp. But that's a minor complaint. It's still not the one "really good" song I'm looking for to get me into Japanese rap, but it's nice. And the guy in yellow looks mega-cool! :DThis Heat - Paper Hats
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Definitely different. I tried to get into experimental music awhile back but I was never really able to get absorbed into it. It always felt a bit chaotic, somewhat discordant. With this song, at the very least I did feel as though there was some sort of order, even though at times it felt a bit un-harmonic. Not really quite sure the feeling this song is supposed to invoke in the listener. I won't lie, this song felt quite a bit dark to me. The guys singing voice is really creepy, the screaming felt somewhat unsettling, and how all of this was followed by a somewhat calming chant really gave the song a conflicting tone. The song got calmer as it went on which I actually started to enjoy. The song was different from what I usually listen to but I still enjoyed it overall.
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omigosh the jazz intro was already great on its own, I couldn't believe it when the rapping came on, I was prepared to be content with hearing that same damn looping tune for 4min.30sec. The words definitely add a lot of their own, another kind of magic instrumental beats onto the whole listening experience. And man do I love the smooth chorus. It's a shame I haven't bothered to look for more jazz-oriented rap/hip-hop or even R&B/Soul like this, last one I suppose was… D'Angelo's Voodoo? Shit, need to listen to more albums.
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Very nice pick!
I REALLY enjoyed this song. I'm a big fan of groovy, relaxation music to begin with–I don't know if you would classify it as relaxation music though--and, even though the song was relaxing to me personally, I could easily see myself dancing madly to it as well. An outstanding instrumentation piece. The beats and the like are something I would walk down the city street, at night, listening to--just taking in the sights of a neon forest.
Doomsday Party by Sybreed
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In a sense, this was exactly what I was expecting from your description. It feels like it belongs more in a video game soundtrack or as the opening to some anime. It's very straightforward and formulaic. I'll give it credit for trying to reconcile a more electronic sound with metal, but I don't think it works well. I should rephrase that. It works to the ends of the artists, but it doesn't do anything interesting or particularly well. I feel like I've heard this sort of thing a thousand times before and it doesn't really move me. Sorry man, but I can't dig this.
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Really dug the traditional Asian vibe it had going in the first 30 seconds. Then it turned into the hardcore heavy metal thrashing with the gravelly-voiced screaming guy. You know, whenever I hear singers doing that, I just think of the Tasmanian Devil. I guess my response is more or less the same as yours to Laughing Man. Yes, it succeeds in being active and chaotic, and it's not unpleasant to listen to, but I don't see anything unique about it (aside from the intro). So yeah, good song, but not all that memorable.
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Radiohead is a name I've heard quite a lot of times. I think I've heard a couple of their songs but nothing that sticks out in my memory.
Based on this song, will I rectify this gaping hole in my musical knowledge?
Nope. :)
It's a good song though. Had I've been more into slow, moody, whatever, songs like this I might.
Also, it totally sounds like a christmas song. You know, if christmas was the most melancholic thing ever. :PKonono No. 1 - Fula Fula
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I really liked this song, Sarfallet. Then again…I like the "world music" genre in general. It makes me feel like I'm in a foreign land, foreign from my own; and it makes me want to take a year long vacation around the world. I enjoyed pretty much everything about this song; from the song's vocalization to instrumentals. (Though I wish the song had a bit more vocalization than it does).
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The synth is a little underwhelming and the lyrics are a too allegorical/symbolical/whatever for me. The delivery of the lyrics are pretty sweet though. Even the pronunciation is good. What Swedes that can sing in English! :O
And the instrumental sections, especially the second one, are great.
The two random notes at 2:30 are super strange. Sounds like a special event bell. Like you should call in to a number if you hear it and say whatever the singer is singing at that time and you'll get a very metal price! :)Hans Reichel - Give Me Money
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"….That's what I want!"
No, but seriously, that was, umm.....something. Well, if there is an avant garde genre of music as they've been discussing in the prog rock thread, this is probably it. Can't say it's really my cup of tea, but I can at least give the artist(s) credit for manifesting such unique and idiosyncratic sounds in what I suppose is a very warped style of music. It's certainly memorable if nothing else. Not sure if this is supposed to be in the context of something else, but as it is now...yeah, I don't think I'll be listening to this again any time soon, but it's always fun to try new things. Thanks for the experience.
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Ah, the first Weezer song I ever heard. I love this song not only for the nostalgia, but it's just a plain fun song. I love the opening riff, something that Weezer always does really well. And the chorus is so infectious! The one thing I love about early Weezer is how they can make such simple songs seem so whole. My only issue with this song is how overplayed it was on the radio, but it's still one of my favorite pop songs.
Too bad this is the last album by Weezer I actually liked.
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Really nice piano intro! It's a very soothing song. Pretty dangerous to listen to when one should be studying :).
His voice is really good, very clear and clean. I wonder how it holds up in song that requires more power though.
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Usually, this kind of music isn't my cup of tea. However, I did enjoy this particular song (and it's the first time I have ever heard of the band, which I like being introduced to new bands). The sound of both the vocals and instrumentation are "clean" and "crisp", and the the overall melody is quite a catchy one; completely unrelated, I also like the photo. I may have a deeper look at this band, thanks for the introduction!
Devil & the Deep Dark Ocean by Nightwish
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Pretty cool tune. It's got a really intense tone and rhythm that really gets me pumped. It also seems to have some operatic undertones going on (which is, I guess, why it's categorized as symphonic metal). As for the vocals though, while the falsetto singer is good enough, I honestly giggled at the deep-voiced singer. Sorry, I guess they were going for dark and demonic, but I think it just ended up sounding kinda goofy (well, it was good at the end when put his voice through the sound modifier). But anyway, that aside, this was a really fun and cool song to listen to.
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I love the Who! The piano is beautiful on this song. Probably my favorite part. It works well with Pete singing. He's got a more mellow sound than Roger. I like how the song picks up pick pace as it goes along. One thing I really like about this song and the Who in general is what Springsteen describes as a "cinematic feel", basically meaning it's as if the music tell a story and evokes the same feeling as watching the story of a movie unfold. Like how the lyrics at the end of this song goes into Pure and Easy. I listened and I heard music in a word and the words as you play your guitar.
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I've never actually listened to these guys, though I know how popular they are. This song sounds all bright and sunny. Nice, fun and lighthearted summery music. There is nothing in this song that really stands out as original or boundary-pushing in any way; it's incredibly safe. The band puts it all together pretty well, though and have made a pretty catchy tune. It's not trying to be outside the box at all and that's fine, because that works for it. The music is solidly written and that's all that's important. This song may not stick to my mind, but it is certainly an enjoyable tune.
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Well this is hard and heavy. Almost got this sorta oppressive feel to it.
Like an unstoppable force, a freight train runaway or a large wave growing at sea. puffs his pipe :silly:
I crank the volume up and enjoy myself.
Not jumping out of my boxer shorts or anything, but I'll admit to the occasional head nodding.
With my limited experience in metal stuff I'll say… It's nothing groundbreaking but solid.
And I kinda like it, yes I kinda do.Philemon Arthur and the Dung - In kommer Gösta
My attempt at translating the lyrics:
! In comes Gösta
In comes Gösta, Gösta
! In comes Gösta
In comes Gösta
In comes Gösta
In comes Gösta
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In comes Gösta
! And greets
Yes, he greets
He greets
He greets
He greets
Greets
Yes, he greets
He greets
He greets
He greets
He greets
! G'day
G'day
G'day
G'day
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G'day
! Do you have coffee?
Do you have coffee?
Do you have coffee?
Do you have coffee?
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Do you have coffee?
! No, we dont
That we dont have
We have no coffee
No, we dont
That we dont have
No, we dont
We have no coffee
! No, we dont
No coffee
No coffee
! Then I'll leave
Then I'll leave
Then I'll leave
Then I'll leave
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Then I'll leave
! Goodbye
Goodbye
Goodbye
Goodbye
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Goodbye
! Out goes Gösta
Out goes Gösta
Out goes Gösta
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Man, you always bring forth some insane music. Even after looking up this band and listening to their music, I still don't understand them, haha. I really dig the sound they put forth in this song. It sounds like the rough equivalent of folk minstrels in a tribal society putting on a production of Spiderman. Incredibly simple and catchy on basis, but the sound texture in particular is wild. It hooks hard and has a lot of force, but also manages to sound disjointed and off tune at the same time. Great stuff.
Maybe I posted this before, maybe I didn't. Either way, I don't mind posting this a thousand times.
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Oh, a Wagomu song! Always a good experience. There is something very unsettling about this song… I really liked the lead singers voice at the beginning. I thought this would be another good 60s song and then the singing stopped and I heard the group of people saying some sort of evil prayer or something. I caught myself looking around my room a couple of time through the course of the song to make sure there weren't ghosts or something around. When the girl started singing again I felt as if there was something there that wasn't there before(lol, as I read through this post to edit it I realized that I just made a Beauty and the Beast reference). Her voice felt a lot more haunting. I had to listen to the song again with the lyrics this time, and now did I understand what they were singing about. Should of realized by the band name and title of the song. A very interesting song that I normally would have never stumbled upon.
I'm gonna post two songs. Both of them are somewhat short and don't really have much content to them in terms of singing. Mostly just good beats. You can review just one of them or both.
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I'll do both, since my feelings about them are pretty much the same.
They have good beats, but not good enough to carry an entire song by them self. Not even short ones such as these. They get a little monotone. Might be used as some sort of hiphop "elevator music"? ;P Hahaha.
I prefer the Apollo Brown one because it has more things going on in it, even some vocals, which make it easier to follow along with it.
So yeah, maybe I could see them as background music as they are chilling. But they wouldn't be something that I actively listened to.Igor Wakhevitch - tenebres
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I enjoyed this song quite a bit. Feels like an over-dramatized version of music that would play in the background in a movie or video game when someone walks into a haunted castle or something. I feel as though this song has like 3 different parts to it. The first is a bit more electronic and more light-hearted. Then it starts to mellow out to almost silence. Then it starts feeling a bit more dark and classical. The violins and the drums gave it a somewhat chaotic vibe. With all its different moods, it feels like its telling a story with its music. Good pick.
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You have a very particular style of hip hop set aside for your listening. My breakdown would be typical, nice beautifully-mixed beats with vocals that carry the sound but don't take center stage. A lot of the music you post, though, is very minimal in their mixes and this song is no exception. The composition got me to thinking about how odd hip hop is as a form of music. It takes an incredibly top-down approach to music, searching for individual sounds, picking them apart and putting them back together to create an emotional space to contain the artist's vision. It's a very nice approach that allows a lot of artists to directly convey their ideas the way they want them to be understood, but sometimes it can get to feel a little bit… impersonal. I feel the beauty of the song, but the guy's heart doesn't feel as into it. Either that or he's overblowing his vision. It sounds great overall, but it's missing the staying power of a fully realized piece of mind. That's the dilemma of top-down music, you're producing a soundscape and not a sound, and you've got to keep it well populated to achieve greatness. Those are just my musings, though.
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Because of the picture of the video I thought this was gonna be a prog rock song. Was quite surprised when the metal started. Well, it does have a sort of prog rock feel to it too, though.
I liked the intro building up to the lyrics.
…the lyrics. Well, nothing wrong with the singing. It's good and has some variation in it. But man, once again I'm wrecking my brain trying to get what the hell the lyrics mean. It's fast becoming a pet peeve of mine with metal music. :)
So far I've got it's about a twilight of some sort. Maybe the guy is dying. Day is life, twilight dying and night/tomorrow death... No wait, doesn't really make any sense. Argh. >_>Carlo Gesualdo - Moro, lasso, al mio duolo
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Reminds me of childhood days. Being taken to the church by my parents :P Now admitadly our church choir wasn't quite as vocal as these five. I like the parts where they come together and I dislike those where they als sing their own thing. Two or three voices ok, but five is too much for me :/
I recently found this one again. They used to play it on the radio a lot.
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They are very, very 90s. Kind of post-grunge sounding, without the awful vocals applied to it. It even has that kind of rhythm guitar interlude. I do actually like that guitar tone, although not quite in the context of this. It sounds like a French version of some college-oriented pop rock I might have listened to when I was 10, which goes along with what you're implying actually. (Although I don't quite like it now orz). It has a sort of Safety to it, or it is without a clutch? I can't place what the vocals remind me of, speaking of that time period, although it might be because there were a lot of artists who were rhythmically doing staccato/"throw out" vocals.
Whoever gets to listen to this is the luckiest person.
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Delia Derbyshire, the creator of the Dr Who theme. I found her and Daphne Oram, also of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, when looking into early electronic music.
I haven't listened to them a whole lot but I do know a few compositions of theirs.
This one, I dunno, I don't think I have heard it before.
It's kinda minimal and the vocals gives it a nice dark feeling. And of course… It's awesome, nothing more to it. :)@The:
Whoever gets to listen to this is the luckiest person.
Pff, it's all in the wrist. :P
Phil Minton, The Cutty Wren
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Well, technically speaking, yeah, this was pretty amateurish. I don't know, it's just really hard for me to judge this song. The vocals don't sound right, like they're out of sync with the music and the sound kind of muffled (I couldn't really understand what the guy was saying/singing). Honestly, I can't really dig it. I mean, it sounds like it could be a good song. The tune sounds decent enough, but even with better technology, I think they should find a better since this guy, well…doesn't sound good. Oh, and I'm pretty sure I heard a guy chuckle off-camera.
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It feels like the only times I hear They Might Be Giants anymore is when I follow one of your posts in this thread, haha. They always had some odd sensibilities sprinkled over their music, which is what I appreciate most about them. This reminds me of something out of the late 60s/early 70s by character and writing, but with a much more modern-sounding production and instruments. Like if someone temporally displaced Santana about 20 years or so. It's catchy, fun and sounds perfectly natural with just enough idiosyncrasy to let it stand out on its own. Good stuff.
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Been a while since I posted in here.
I assumed going in that this would be metal, so for the first minute I was very surprised and thought I was wrong. But then all the instruments started up and the song really got moving. By far my favorite part of the song was the vocals, especially the woman's. Metal with operatic female vocals almost always sound good to me. It has a very epic feel, with the more gentle beginning and interludes working into it nicely. Definitely enjoyed it, nice pick.
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The song feels like an aimless walk, which isn't necessarily a band thing. Just as long as you haven't any shortage of time. I myself would like to see more of a meander sort of thing in a song like this… It had my attention in the beginning, I mean, it's a good song. But it just goes on straight ahead. Not leaving the well trodden path it set out on.
The lyrics dosen't help keep my attention much either, it's just like... Feel good stuff?
I can see the songs raison d'être of course, it's nice, very nice and very good.
But none of that for me, please!R. Stevie Moore - Cool Daddio
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Not sure what I listened too just now…but...I think I liked it (to some degree). Nice instrumentation and a pretty nice beat, and vocals which match with the instrumentation perfectly. Would I listen to the song non-stop, like I do with some of my music? More than likely not. However, I did enjoy listening to it just a couple of minutes ago--and, I did listen to the entire thing (with no faces of disgust). (Did I mention that the song is...eccentric? I should expect this from you Sarfallet; lolz)...
Kingdom by The Devin Townsend Project
Genre(s): Progressive metal, progressive rock, experimental metal, experimental rock, extreme metal, New Age.
Album: Epicloud (2012)