Love or Hate?

Machine · 06-15-2015, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by YorkeDaddy

Holy **** someone get this man to listen to Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots now!

Honestly that album just feels a little bland compared to some of their other stuff.

YorkeDaddy · 06-15-2015, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Machine

Honestly that album just feels a little bland compared to some of their other stuff.

It's their best by quite a lot to me

Machine · 06-15-2015, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by YorkeDaddy

It's their best by quite a lot to me

It's good, but Clouds, Embryonic, The Terror, Satellite Heart, Priest Driven Ambulance, Soft Bulletin, and 7 Skies H3 are better.

YorkeDaddy · 06-15-2015, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Machine

It's good, but Clouds, Embryonic, The Terror, Satellite Heart, Priest Driven Ambulance, Soft Bulletin, and 7 Skies H3 are better.

The albums in bold don't even come close

YorkeDaddy · 06-15-2015, 06:24 PM

No Yoshimi is the perfect album, those are just good

Trollheart · 06-16-2015, 09:40 AM

Title: Moondog
Artiste: Moondog
Genre: Classical
Familiarity: Zero

Track 1(Love) Cool percussion and love the violins; brass works really well too. I really like the way layers of sound are built up.
Track 2(Love) Is that clarinet leading the line? Nice flutes too, but the way it powers up suddenly is very impressive.
Track 3(Love) The most beautiful mournful cello and violins open this; heart-wrenching
Track 4(Love) After that spiritually uplifting and heartbreaking rendition, the next piece is a more uptempo, breezy affair on I think clarinet and flutes mostly.
Track 5(Love) Also a pretty uptempo affair, though it slows down with a real stately, majestic grace, then picks up again. Goes through quite a few changes over its run.
Track 6(Love) A short, mid-paced piece based mostly around trumpet I think
Track 7(Love) Sort of a medieval, pastoral feel to this; quite long, in fact the longest of the compositions, broken into three movements. Gets darker and more ominous as it goes through sections like “The Prophecy” and “The Battle”, and on into “Saul's death”, then returning to the lighter tone of the opening movement as the suite comes to a close.
Track 8(Love) Sounds kind of more like an overture than a track to close the album, but still very good.

End result: This would be great music on its own merits, but given that this guy was blind when he wrote it, it's nothing short of phenomenal. Hard to put into words how good this is.

So, Love or Hate? A certain Love

Chances of a full review: 5/10

Micco · 06-16-2015, 10:08 AM

Hey not sure if you heard this one yet, but The Pharcyde's "Bizarre Ride II" is an album I'd hope you'd enjoy, none of the Hip-Hop stereotypes are present and it would probably make my top ten greatest Hip-Hop albums of all time.

Trollheart · 06-16-2015, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Micco

Hey not sure if you heard this one yet, but The Pharcyde's "Bizarre Ride II" is an album I'd hope you'd enjoy, none of the Hip-Hop stereotypes are present and it would probably make my top ten greatest Hip-Hop albums of all time.

OK but if you check the OP I've suspended recs for the moment, as I have too much to get through.I'll let yaz know when we're open again.

Micco · 06-16-2015, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

OK but if you check the OP I've suspended recs for the moment, as I have too much to get through.I'll let yaz know when we're open again.

Oh alright lol, sorry.

Trollheart · 06-17-2015, 01:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

Abrasive? I don't think we were listening to the same album...

Maybe abrasive is not the right word. Certainly not gentle though: like I said, I felt like I was at mass or something. Very forceful, stentorian, almost stilted style. Really hated it.

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Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	Title: Moondog Artiste: Moondog Genre: Classical Familiarity: Zero Track 1(Love) Cool percussion and love the violins; brass works really well too. I really like the way layers of sound are built up. Track 2(Love) Is that clarinet leading the line? Nice flutes too, but the way it powers up suddenly is very impressive. Track 3(Love) The most beautiful mournful cello and violins open this; heart-wrenching Track 4(Love) After that spiritually uplifting and heartbreaking rendition, the next piece is a more uptempo, breezy affair on I think clarinet and flutes mostly. Track 5(Love) Also a pretty uptempo affair, though it slows down with a real stately, majestic grace, then picks up again. Goes through quite a few changes over its run. Track 6(Love) A short, mid-paced piece based mostly around trumpet I think Track 7(Love) Sort of a medieval, pastoral feel to this; quite long, in fact the longest of the compositions, broken into three movements. Gets darker and more ominous as it goes through sections like “The Prophecy” and “The Battle”, and on into “Saul's death”, then returning to the lighter tone of the opening movement as the suite comes to a close. Track 8(Love) Sounds kind of more like an overture than a track to close the album, but still very good. End result: This would be great music on its own merits, but given that this guy was blind when he wrote it, it's nothing short of phenomenal. Hard to put into words how good this is. So, Love or Hate? A certain Love Chances of a full review: 5/10 __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

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Micco Karaoke Crooner Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 170	Hey not sure if you heard this one yet, but The Pharcyde's "Bizarre Ride II" is an album I'd hope you'd enjoy, none of the Hip-Hop stereotypes are present and it would probably make my top ten greatest Hip-Hop albums of all time. __________________ Follow me on instagram @HipHopLand, #salute!