Godspeed You! Black Emperor (soundtrack, tracks, show, quote, bands)

Lisnaholic · 02-28-2015, 06:38 PM

Thanks for replying, Josef K.

TBH, I´ve calmed down from my initial infatuation with Black Emperor and now find some of their material a bit dull (to copy GreenSplendor´s judgement). I am especially disappointed with the Yanqui UXB album; it sounds as if they deliberately purged their material of all the things that made the earlier albums so good - the atmospheric violins, the sampled voices and the sinister poetry were all abandoned. Maybe they were trying to make some existential statement about artistic austerity, but imo they threw out the baby with the bathwater. It was those well-placed touches that gave their music its special atmosphere, and without those, Urban´s dismissal begins to ring true:-

Quote:

Originally Posted by Urban Hat€monger ?

You too can be a genius by playing the same 4 notes for half an hour.

Laces Out Dan! · 11-26-2006, 11:43 PM

You're pretty stupid arent you?

~~hiu~~ · 11-26-2006, 11:46 PM

Not stupid enough to spend 40 minutes listening to a Godspeed You! Black Emperor song.

Laces Out Dan! · 11-26-2006, 11:54 PM

Good One O_o

IndiElectronica · 11-27-2006, 05:51 AM

it's a band you have to LISTEN to.. not just check out. I'm rarely in the mood for them myself, but the critisism on this thread I find a bit naive...

Sound Devastation · 11-27-2006, 08:13 AM

same..

Im a big fan of post-rock, and although Godspeed aren't nearly one of my favourites (i find they spend far too long messing around and not going anywhere) its pretty obvious why they are one of the leading bands of the genre.

~~hiu~~ · 11-27-2006, 04:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sound Devastation

Im a big fan of post-rock, and although Godspeed aren't nearly one of my favourites (i find they spend far too long messing around and not going anywhere) its pretty obvious why they are one of the leading bands of the genre.

Why?

Alo · 11-27-2006, 08:20 AM

I never gave them a chance, does anyone happen to have an upload so I can check them out?

(Don't bother with megaupload, it doesn't let me download...)

Sound Devastation · 11-27-2006, 08:38 AM

i can find lots of megaupload links but no others.

Sound Devastation · 11-27-2006, 05:31 PM

They do... though i do prefer Sparrows..

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Sound Devastation Music Addict Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 728	same.. Im a big fan of post-rock, and although Godspeed aren't nearly one of my favourites (i find they spend far too long messing around and not going anywhere) its pretty obvious why they are one of the leading bands of the genre. __________________ Out soon... AMENRA - Mass III 2xLP [stunning vinyl release of the belgian sludgecore giants epic 06 album] FALL OF EFRAFA - Owsla & Elil CD&LP [British crust/doom/post-metal band Fall of Efrafa deliver part two (Elil) on their dark conceptual trilogy. Part one (Owsla) will also be re-released for the first time in the UK] *** visit... Sound Devastation Records website**

11-27-2006, 08:20 AM	#8 (permalink)
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~~hiu~~ Account Disabled Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1,174	Not stupid enough to spend 40 minutes listening to a Godspeed You! Black Emperor song.

11-27-2006, 08:38 AM	#9 (permalink)
Sound Devastation Music Addict Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 728	i can find lots of megaupload links but no others. __________________ Out soon... AMENRA - Mass III 2xLP [stunning vinyl release of the belgian sludgecore giants epic 06 album] FALL OF EFRAFA - Owsla & Elil CD&LP [British crust/doom/post-metal band Fall of Efrafa deliver part two (Elil) on their dark conceptual trilogy. Part one (Owsla) will also be re-released for the first time in the UK] *** visit... Sound Devastation Records website**

11-27-2006, 05:31 PM	#10 (permalink)
Sound Devastation Music Addict Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 728	They do... though i do prefer Sparrows.. __________________ Out soon... AMENRA - Mass III 2xLP [stunning vinyl release of the belgian sludgecore giants epic 06 album] FALL OF EFRAFA - Owsla & Elil CD&LP [British crust/doom/post-metal band Fall of Efrafa deliver part two (Elil) on their dark conceptual trilogy. Part one (Owsla) will also be re-released for the first time in the UK] *** visit... Sound Devastation Records website**