Page 18 of 22

Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 10:11 am
by steph
You're cute when you have a crush! ;)

Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 10:34 am
by Gravity Defier
On JT? Oh my, no, though I can see how it might look that way over at SR. I really do just love his voice/music, not to mention the lyrics make me think of a Pwebber...so yeah.


But, if you'd like to lovingly tease me about boys, I made a complete fool of myself yesterday. I was upstairs shelving and all my coworkers were downstairs doing heaven knows what, so when my supervisor looked around to see who could give one of the newer library guys from Main a tour, I was right in his line of sight.

You've been around me, you know I'm pretty calm 99% of the time...not so much yesterday. Certain people turn me into a complete spaz within moments of meeting them and this guy from Main is apparently one of them. I could not shut up or find one intelligent thing to say. I think my coworker noticed I was being a spaz because she saw fit to tell me what a nice boy he was, after.

Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 10:36 am
by steph
You silly! I meant a music crush! :)

I'm sorry you spazzed out in front of a boy. :(

Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 10:49 am
by Gravity Defier
Guilty as charged; I am rather silly. But music is so fun and awesome and needs to be loved and appreciated. :)

I don't mind spazzing out in front of a boy, so much as I mind spazzing out in front of people, period. I also consistently do this around a female librarian from Main but it happens more around males when it happens at all.

Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 1:36 am
by ender1
Grapevine Fires - Death Cab for Cutie

Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 9:51 pm
by Gravity Defier
Gata Brasileira came up on my MP3 player today and reminded me of how much I love Portuguese and this song in particular.

Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 12:14 am
by Mitchi
Listening to the Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga OST. Shoji Meguro is a musical god.

Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2011 11:56 am
by Gravity Defier

Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2011 12:19 pm
by Young Val
I've been listening to Adele's new album, 21, since it came out on the 22nd.

Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 7:01 pm
by Janus%TheDoorman
So Lupe Fiasco's long-delayed album, Lasers leaked a few days ago, and despite being one of the artists I'd gladly fork over cash to support, I'd be pissed if I had paid cash for this. By my reckoning, this album is about 1 part worthwhile music, 2 parts "Recovery"-style self-therapy on record, and 3 parts horrible, generic pop music that sounds more like Lupe's a guest on his own album. He's given a number of interviews to that effect, the majority of these songs are prepackaged bits Atlantic Records had ready, and then simply insert Lupe's lyrics over. B.o.B.'s recent hit, "Nothing On You" was apparently first meant to be a song on Lasers, but he couldn't come to consensus with the label over his verses. Apparently every song on this album except "Words I Never Said" and "All Black Everything" were produced in this manner, and it shows. The music is utterly soulless.

I know I'm being overdramatic, but this was the first album I've genuinely looked forward to in years, and it's tragically disappointing.

Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2011 7:21 pm
by zeldagirl1234
buckethead's night of the slunk and dream theaters panic attack . also, I am playing la folia by Corelli on my violin for a solo at contest.

Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2011 11:20 pm
by CezeN
So Lupe Fiasco's long-delayed album, Lasers leaked a few days ago, and despite being one of the artists I'd gladly fork over cash to support, I'd be pissed if I had paid cash for this. By my reckoning, this album is about 1 part worthwhile music, 2 parts "Recovery"-style self-therapy on record, and 3 parts horrible, generic pop music that sounds more like Lupe's a guest on his own album. He's given a number of interviews to that effect, the majority of these songs are prepackaged bits Atlantic Records had ready, and then simply insert Lupe's lyrics over. B.o.B.'s recent hit, "Nothing On You" was apparently first meant to be a song on Lasers, but he couldn't come to consensus with the label over his verses. Apparently every song on this album except "Words I Never Said" and "All Black Everything" were produced in this manner, and it shows. The music is utterly soulless.

I know I'm being overdramatic, but this was the first album I've genuinely looked forward to in years, and it's tragically disappointing.
I was just about to make a post here saying something to the effect like "The longawaited Lasers will be on my ipod in only a day!" or something like that, but then I read this.

It's been leaked already?

I know certain songs like Beautiful Lazers, And The Show Goes On, and others were already leaked, but I didn't realize the whole album.

However, I don't understand how you can say that. I loved Beautiful Lasers/And The Show Goes On/Words I never said. The songs that were leaked a while ago are really good. I can't imagine that the rest of the songs are as "soulless" as you've claimed.

Let me go check...

Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2011 11:39 pm
by CezeN
Hold the f*** up. Please tell me this autotuned Beautiful Lasers s***

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iINfvsb3lgo

is not the real version off the album, compared to this leaked version (2:20 on is nonlive leaked version)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8DTBiSU ... re=related

....that actually is soulless. What the f***, this is bullshit!

EDIT: Where did you hear it? I don't trust this youtubetrash.

Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2011 9:16 pm
by mr_thebrain
blue oyster cult, the cars, the clash, talking heads.

Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 8:07 pm
by Janus%TheDoorman
Hold the f*** up. Please tell me this autotuned Beautiful Lasers s***

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iINfvsb3lgo

is not the real version off the album, compared to this leaked version (2:20 on is nonlive leaked version)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8DTBiSU ... re=related

....that actually is soulless. What the f***, this is bullshit!

EDIT: Where did you hear it? I don't trust this youtubetrash.
Yeah, actually Lupe's verses on Beautiful Lasers were pretty good, but it's sandwiched between incredibly painful hooks and choruses.

Maybe I'm being prejudiced, but on most of these, even Lupe's delivery is half-hearted. You can just see him in the studio reading the lyrics off a sheet, going through the motions.

I'm betting you have the album in some form or another by now. Is there even a single lyric or turn of phrase on the whole thing that really amazed you? There's not a single song off The Cool that doesn't have amazing bits of poetry in it. Even All Black Everything here is totally straightforward, and while it's passionately delivered, it does have the feeling of having been carefully crafted as a work of art so much as it is a momentary rant.

Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 8:43 pm
by CezeN
Hold the f*** up. Please tell me this autotuned Beautiful Lasers s***

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iINfvsb3lgo

is not the real version off the album, compared to this leaked version (2:20 on is nonlive leaked version)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8DTBiSU ... re=related

....that actually is soulless. What the f***, this is bullshit!

EDIT: Where did you hear it? I don't trust this youtubetrash.
Yeah, actually Lupe's verses on Beautiful Lasers were pretty good, but it's sandwiched between incredibly painful hooks and choruses.

Maybe I'm being prejudiced, but on most of these, even Lupe's delivery is half-hearted. You can just see him in the studio reading the lyrics off a sheet, going through the motions.

I'm betting you have the album in some form or another by now. Is there even a single lyric or turn of phrase on the whole thing that really amazed you? There's not a single song off The Cool that doesn't have amazing bits of poetry in it. Even All Black Everything here is totally straightforward, and while it's passionately delivered, it does have the feeling of having been carefully crafted as a work of art so much as it is a momentary rant.
No, you're right. I can't think of any amazing lyricism. Though, to be fair, I only like and listen to All Black Everything, Till I Get There, State Run Radio, and Letting Go (not counting the prior released songs that I'd heard for monthes).

I don't know about the lyricism of the rest; I didn't like them enough to keep listening.

However, it's not like it's Lupe's fault. According to Lupe, they specifically told him not to rap to deeply or complex on the album. He and Atlantic Records conflicted pretty hard, to the point he was about to commit suicide, and so he had to make compromises to get this Album pushed out.

But yeah, you're right. Lupe even acknowledges this in his songs:
Hi youre on the air now what you wanna hear
Well we aint got the truth but how about a remix
Different is never good good is only what we pick
You aint got a hit unless it sounds like these did
Not too smart you will be a superstar
And if you dumb or something maybe you could be number one


You said it seemed soulless?
Things are getting out of control
Feels like I'm running out of soul
You're getting heavy to hold
Think I'll be letting you go


Despite the contrast to his song Dumb It Down, I really appreciate the meta thing that Lupe has going with this album. That and the passion he puts into certain songs makes it worth it to me.

Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 2:07 pm
by Rei
The Rain it Rains, by Spiers and Boden. (It's the first song in that sequence.) Most everything I've heard by them as a pair or in their band, Bellowhead, has been spectacular.

The song itself is an adaptation from the end of TWELFTH NIGHT, which makes me love it all the more:
Clown:
[Sings]
When that I was and a little tiny boy,
With hey, ho, the wind and the rain,
A foolish thing was but a toy,
For the rain it raineth every day.
But when I came to man's estate,
With hey, ho, & c.
'Gainst knaves and thieves men shut their gate,
For the rain, & c.
But when I came, alas! to wive,
With hey, ho, & c.
By swaggering could I never thrive,
For the rain, & c.
But when I came unto my beds,
With hey, ho, & c.
With toss-pots still had drunken heads,
For the rain, & c.
A great while ago the world begun,
With hey, ho, & c.
But that's all one, our play is done,
And we'll strive to please you every day.
Exit

Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 1:08 pm
by Kill Devil Hill
The entire Skunkworks album from Bruce Dickinson. In my opinion, it's a brilliant album, but I would never recommend it to anybody.

Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 1:19 pm
by mr_thebrain
then what did you just do?

Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 1:33 pm
by Mich
Yeah, he's got you there. Why wouldn't you recommend it if it's brilliant?

Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 1:47 pm
by Kill Devil Hill
It's brilliant to me but every time I show it to people they cringe. It's one of those albums that you have to listen over and over again and be in the proper mood for it in order to truly appreciate it. I'm the only person I know who adores the album.

If I wanted to recommend a Bruce Dickinson album, I'd recommend The Chemical Wedding because it's the most appealing to people. 8)

Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 1:52 pm
by Gravity Defier
It's brilliant to me but every time I show it to people they cringe.
Yep.

Books, movies, or music, I will come on Pweb (or,go out in meatspace) to tell people I thoroughly enjoyed/enjoy/am enjoying something but I like to tack the disclaimer on that I am only sharing my love for and enthusiasm of [whatever] and that I wouldn't think to actively recommend it to anyone else.

If they take my enthusiasm as such, that's on them because I know from experience that 9 out of 10 people are going to disagree with me and think my taste is terrible and sometimes you just want to be able to say, "I love this, this struck a chord with me; in that way, it is brilliant."

Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 2:58 pm
by Kill Devil Hill
It's brilliant to me but every time I show it to people they cringe.
Yep.

Books, movies, or music, I will come on Pweb (or,go out in meatspace) to tell people I thoroughly enjoyed/enjoy/am enjoying something but I like to tack the disclaimer on that I am only sharing my love for and enthusiasm of [whatever] and that I wouldn't think to actively recommend it to anyone else.

If they take my enthusiasm as such, that's on them because I know from experience that 9 out of 10 people are going to disagree with me and think my taste is terrible and sometimes you just want to be able to say, "I love this, this struck a chord with me; in that way, it is brilliant."
Precisely. I find that happens to me more often than it should. People get excited over stuff that I don't understand and I get excited over stuff they don't understand.

Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2011 9:03 pm
by ender1
You are a Tourist - Death Cab of Cutie

Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2011 11:45 am
by Dr. Mobius
I've been listening to the radio a lot recently. Although this list won't mean much to people who don't live here, here's my favorite stations. In numerical order for lack of a better reason to sort them.

89.1 The Bash - Alternative
103.1 WGBF - Rock
105.3 Superhits - Classic rock/oldies
107.1 Jack FM - Pretty much anything*
107.5 WABX - Classic rock

*107.1 is, for all practical purposes, a massive iTunes collection set on shuffle. They don't have any DJs and don't take requests. I think this may be my favorite station. I hear music on Jack FM that I haven't heard anywhere else in years.

Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2011 3:48 pm
by steph
Brian loves Jack FM. Every time I turn it on, I don't get good music, but every time Brian turns it on, it's good stuff. I'll never know why Jack hates me.

Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2011 3:57 pm
by Rei
I wonder if JackFM is a North American station, because I've run into a station of that name in BC and Ontario as well.

As for myself, I've got Overture To Candide by Leonard Bernstein playing at the moment.

Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2011 5:34 pm
by Dr. Mobius
Yeah, apparently it's a chain.

Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2011 9:50 pm
by steph
As for myself, I've got Overture To Candide by Leonard Bernstein playing at the moment.
LOVE!!!!!! The whole opera is amazing music that I just love. I distinctly remember the moment when I realized that the guy who narrated the Harry Potter audio books was the same guy who plays Voltaire in the 1997 revival cast recording.

Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2011 11:09 am
by Rei
I actually don't know the rest of the music. I only know that particular piece because we played it (at half-time because it's so dang fast) in band class and I enjoyed it and hunted out a copy of that piece. Now I think I need to hunt out the rest of the opera!

Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2011 4:55 pm
by steph
I would recommend the 1997 revival cast so you can listen to Jim Dale. I love him!

Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2011 5:38 pm
by Young Val
I would recommend the 1997 revival cast so you can listen to Jim Dale. I love him!
I do love his voice work in Harry Potter and Pushing Daisies. I didn't know he sang as well! I'll have to look into it.

Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 8:54 am
by Rei
It is well with my soul...

Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 6:39 pm
by Gravity Defier
After Nomi made that thread, I went and nabbed a copy of "Glycerin" by Bush and have given it a fair amount of airtime. The only thing is, Gavin Rossdale's accent comes through just enough that "Glycerin" starts to sound an awful lot like "Listerine" to me and that gets me to wondering if halitosis wasn't the cause of all the problems in that particular relationship.

Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 1:56 pm
by Claire
Saw Arcade Fire last night for the first time last night. CD is on repeat.