Offbeat Observations About Music

Neapolitan · 03-17-2010, 10:15 PM

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Originally Posted by TumorAttitude

Why do they play country music at roller rinks?
I live in Ohio. I don't hear it much. Don't ask me why I was in a roller rink. I know this isn't 1974 but I was. And they were playing country music. Not just one song, a continuous loop of country songs. The roller rink was filled with preteens who bitched and requested Lil' Wayne songs all night.

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Originally Posted by lucifer_sam

I think we've arrived at the crux of your problem right here...

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Originally Posted by Violent & Funky

Heh, it's even funnier because you're from Pennsylvania!

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Originally Posted by Violent & Funky

Kinda like how it would depend if the other poster was from Cincinnati, Columbus, or Cleveland instead of Eaton, Ohio?

Well yeah that's because people from rural and urban areas generally have different tastes, it is hard to please everyone, you have to find a song that would suit both

mr dave · 03-18-2010, 01:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Neapolitan

Well yeah that's because people from rural and urban areas generally have different tastes,

a slight tangent to this initial comment.

i've noticed more variety and ability with Canadian musicians who come from a French background over their English counterparts, and i think the rural / urban angle plays a big factor in that, especially on the east coast.

it's not that one is better than the other but the English areas are more urbanized and rather than promote diversity it seems to have the opposite effect. musicians seem to become either too concerned with maintaining the integrity they had when they first started out that they don't branch out of their comfort zone as much or they end up getting too caught up in the scene - especially when they've been part of 'the scene' since high school.

on the flip side the French musicians tend to grow up in more rural areas and lack the 'big city diversions' their English counterparts have and in turn end up stretching out more and spending more time honing their chops.

on the more national level, you hear far more prog-ish raggae influence far more often in popular music coming out of Quebec than anywhere else in Canada where the bulk of the offerings stick to established methods.

not exactly offbeat but an observation none the less.

Alfred · 03-18-2010, 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by gunnels

Alopecia by Why? may be the single whitest album ever made.
While this may be the whitest song ever made.

The best song from Raditude by far.

Unrelenting · 03-18-2010, 10:17 AM

Most people who listen to power metal play Dungeons & Dragons

bubu · 03-18-2010, 11:24 AM

Singing Bobby Mcferrin's piece in the bathroom. There's always a measure or 2 with some bass note you can't play and you do some strange humming..goes great with the sound of the water.

One time when I was under the shower I raised my head to sing a high note loud and water started to fill my mouth and I choked in a weird way.

Daktari · 03-19-2010, 10:51 AM

This is more of an amusing musical anecdote:

Ok, last Summer we had a cook out and I had the good old 'LEGEND' album playing in the background. Suddenly our youngest grand daughter stomps up and says,

"I'm not keen on this, can we have Hawaiian on".

Ok, I thought it was an unusual request but thought she may have been doing Hawaii at school or she may have seen it on 'Dora the Explorer' or something. After searching for about 10 minutes I found something vaguely Hawaiian and put it on. I asked her if that was ok...

"No", she said, "I wanted 'In the Jungle, Hawaiian Sleeps Tonight" like in 'the Lion King'.

Strange but true....

Gordon.

IWP · 03-19-2010, 02:23 PM

Everytime I tried singing black/death metal styled vocals in the shower, I would always end up hiccupping. =P

Daktari · 03-19-2010, 02:31 PM

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"Everytime I tried singing black/death metal styled vocals in the shower, I would always end up hiccupping".

That's just what I found too. It's better to get that sound whilst sat on the loo I find.

Gordon.

Alfred · 03-19-2010, 02:58 PM

Pitchfork refuses to give metal albums "Best New Music", unless the metal band is either Mastodon or Sunn O))), because hipsters love Mastodon and Sun O))).

to prove this theory correct:

three metal albums:
Pitchfork: Album Reviews: Baroness: Blue Record
Pitchfork: Album Reviews: Pig Destroyer: Phantom Limb
Pitchfork: Album Reviews: Converge: Axe to Fall

three indie albums:
Pitchfork: Album Reviews: Liars: Sisterworld
Pitchfork: Album Reviews: The Morning Benders: Big Echo
Pitchfork: Album Reviews: Atlas Sound: Logos

The three metal albums all managed to score higher than all three indie albums, yet none of the metal albums were awarded "Best New Music", and the three indie albums were.

This is because Pitchfork knows that hipsters won't enjoy the metal albums, but they will absolutely eat up the indie ones. So once a hipster hears about a few BNMs, spins them, and likes them, they keep coming back to Pitchfork for more.

A friend and occasional MBer pointed this out to me and I'd say he's absolutely right.

lucifer_sam · 03-19-2010, 04:04 PM

Anybody else notice that women make fantastic bassists?

Yeah me neither.

03-18-2010, 10:17 AM	#34 (permalink)
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Alfred one big soul Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 5,096	Pitchfork refuses to give metal albums "Best New Music", unless the metal band is either Mastodon or Sunn O))), because hipsters love Mastodon and Sun O))). to prove this theory correct: three metal albums: Pitchfork: Album Reviews: Baroness: Blue Record Pitchfork: Album Reviews: Pig Destroyer: Phantom Limb Pitchfork: Album Reviews: Converge: Axe to Fall three indie albums: Pitchfork: Album Reviews: Liars: Sisterworld Pitchfork: Album Reviews: The Morning Benders: Big Echo Pitchfork: Album Reviews: Atlas Sound: Logos The three metal albums all managed to score higher than all three indie albums, yet none of the metal albums were awarded "Best New Music", and the three indie albums were. This is because Pitchfork knows that hipsters won't enjoy the metal albums, but they will absolutely eat up the indie ones. So once a hipster hears about a few BNMs, spins them, and likes them, they keep coming back to Pitchfork for more. A friend and occasional MBer pointed this out to me and I'd say he's absolutely right. __________________ LAST.FM / VINYL COLLECTION / RYM

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03-18-2010, 11:24 AM	#35 (permalink)
bubu Music Addict Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 112	Singing Bobby Mcferrin's piece in the bathroom. There's always a measure or 2 with some bass note you can't play and you do some strange humming..goes great with the sound of the water. One time when I was under the shower I raised my head to sing a high note loud and water started to fill my mouth and I choked in a weird way.

03-19-2010, 10:51 AM	#36 (permalink)
Daktari Music Addict Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Originally from Lancashire, England, lived near Largs, Scotland and now live in Rocky Face, Georgia Posts: 154	This is more of an amusing musical anecdote: Ok, last Summer we had a cook out and I had the good old 'LEGEND' album playing in the background. Suddenly our youngest grand daughter stomps up and says, "I'm not keen on this, can we have Hawaiian on". Ok, I thought it was an unusual request but thought she may have been doing Hawaii at school or she may have seen it on 'Dora the Explorer' or something. After searching for about 10 minutes I found something vaguely Hawaiian and put it on. I asked her if that was ok... "No", she said, "I wanted 'In the Jungle, Hawaiian Sleeps Tonight" like in 'the Lion King'. Strange but true.... Gordon.

03-19-2010, 02:31 PM	#38 (permalink)
Daktari Music Addict Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Originally from Lancashire, England, lived near Largs, Scotland and now live in Rocky Face, Georgia Posts: 154	Quote: "Everytime I tried singing black/death metal styled vocals in the shower, I would always end up hiccupping". That's just what I found too. It's better to get that sound whilst sat on the loo I find. Gordon.