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Neapolitan · 12-17-2017, 11:40 AM

Marble Sounds - The Time To Sleep

Marble Sounds - No One Ever Gave Us The Right

JiggleMonster · 12-17-2017, 12:25 PM

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I've done those, but you need to nevertheless highlight ONLY the bits after v= and before playlist. That's all you need.

You're right. I just ****ed it up.

Trollheart · 12-17-2017, 01:02 PM

Might as well give you some Irish stuff...

In Tua Nua (In too-ah noo-ah) "The Innocent and the Honest Ones"

The Adventures - "The Trip to Bountiful (When the Rain Comes Down")

Rory Gallagher - "At the Depot"

**Frownland** · 12-17-2017, 01:09 PM

~~MicShazam~~ · 12-17-2017, 05:45 PM

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That "jazzy video game music" sound you are talking about originated with T-Square (formally The Square) in the early 80's. They've got the cheese factor down to a science, but their influence on video game music (90's especially) is pretty much impossible to ignore. They've got dozens of albums to explore too.

As long as it's GOOD cheese, I'm completely on board with the dairy.
This is pretty great, to be honest.

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Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire (full album)

I've heard about this band before, probably even listened to a bit somewhere way back, but I can't remember anything. They're not too far from what I imagined, musically speaking. I think I can get into this, honestly. It varies from track to track how much I like it, but when I'm on board, I'm very much so. The fact that I like some tracks less is no problem. It gives me something to grow into.

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I assumed as much, but for someone who's picky with thrash it's still a pretty great album to check out. It's definitely an extreme thrash record with tech sensibilities, so the Dark Angel comparison makes sense, and I guess Death depending on the album.

Curious what you think of a weirdo Japanese thrash band who sound like Voivod with more balls and more weirdness. I don't like Voivod btw. Doom are pretty nice though. I'll **** you up if you don't like this btw cause I had to upload it myself. For some odd reason a super obscure Japanese thrash/prog metal band from the 80s don't have many videos on Youtube.

Doom - Complicated Mind

I'm pretty lucky with the posted tracks right now. This is actually pretty good.
I definitely see the Voivod comparison. Voivod is a band that I've only really started opening up to during the last year or so. They used to be sort of offputting to me, but I got over that. When I first encountered the band, I was honestly a lot more musically closed minded.

But, yeah, Doom = good music. I like it.

~~MicShazam~~ · 12-17-2017, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by JiggleMonster

This is the song I think you should check out. The rest of the album is good too. Self Titled album.

Very mellow. I kinda liked the bass, but otherwise, I have to say I wasn't very into it. It sounds a bit too much like various things going on in contemporary pop that I'm not a big fan of. The dude's voice especially isn't exactly working wonders for mey.

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Oh hey here. Have an ICP track that isn't a goofy artifact from the early 2000s when they were starting to make the whole sound into a bank account for taking money from juggalos. For some reason this is one of my absolute fav tracks that juggalos never seem to mention. In a lot of ways it's kind of the ultimate ICP song.

The music sometimes reminded me of this old Apogee shareware game that I used to play on my old DOS computer. It was called Halloween Harry (known as Alien Carnage or something elsewhere).

There's some fun details in the music, I'll give them that. If you removed the rapping (which I'm not too fond of here, I must say), you could have some pretty good video game music. I'd like to jump some platforms and blast some aliens while listening to this sans the vocals.

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You clearly asked the right person.

EDIT by MicShazam: Video overload! So I'm cutting these 4 tracks:

"Let 'em Talk"
"Rainbow"
"Hunt You Down"
"Boogie Feet"

You can find Batlord's OP on page 8 if you want the video links.

Kesha time!

"Let 'em Talk"
Probably the closest I've been to liking a Kesha song so far. It's pretty energetic and her vocals are definitely not boring.
I wouldn't say that I'm really feeling it 100%, but it's a better pop tune than most of what they play on the radio these days.

"Rainbow"
Sorry, I'm bored to death here. Even when I do sort of like the music of some popstar, I still tend to skip the power ballads.

"Hunt You Down"
I'm no fan of country and not the biggest fan of pop, so when the two collide, that's bound to be a match made in heaven?
No, I don't like this song. It isn't awful, so that's something.

"Boogie Feet"
I think she should stick to punchy pop tunes. That's what she does best and it's what seems like the easy fit for her vocal style and ability.
This one is ok. It's got some spark, but I really do like "Let 'em Talk" better.

Overall ... her image as a low rent, trashy pop star is probably undeserved at this point. I'd probably rather listen to these than the music of Beyonce, Ariana Grande, Swift, the Chainsmokers (awful, awful group) and several other currently big pop names. But I'm not really feeling it.
I'm ridiculously picky when it comes to pop, I'll admit that right away.

The Batlord · 12-17-2017, 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by MicShazam

The music sometimes reminded me of this old Apogee shareware game that I used to play on my old DOS computer. It was called Halloween Harry (known as Alien Carnage or something elsewhere).

There's some fun details in the music, I'll give them that. If you removed the rapping (which I'm not too fond of here, I must say), you could have some pretty good video game music. I'd like to jump some platforms and blast some aliens while listening to this sans the vocals.

Kinda want to play that game tbh. I'll give one more shot before giving up with a more old school track from when they were grimier and more hip hop. If you can't really dig any of the styles you've heard up till now and this then it's probably a lost cause. Or at least you just need to get more shoved down your throat till you come around despite your best judgement like what happened with me, but since you don't hang with juggalos I don't see that happening. In any case I can quote this song almost word for word and it's just massive fun. From my fav hip hop album.

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Kesha time!

"Let 'em Talk"
Probably the closest I've been to liking a Kesha song so far. It's pretty energetic and her vocals are definitely not boring.
I wouldn't say that I'm really feeling it 100%, but it's a better pop tune than most of what they play on the radio these days.

"Rainbow"
Sorry, I'm bored to death here. Even when I do sort of like the music of some popstar, I still tend to skip the power ballads.

"Hunt You Down"
I'm no fan of country and not the biggest fan of pop, so when the two collide, that's bound to be a match made in heaven?
No, I don't like this song. It isn't awful, so that's something.

"Boogie Feet"
I think she should stick to punchy pop tunes. That's what she does best and it's what seems like the easy fit for her vocal style and ability.
This one is ok. It's got some spark, but I really do like "Let 'em Talk" better.

Overall ... her image as a low rent, trashy pop star is probably undeserved at this point. I'd probably rather listen to these than the music of Beyonce, Ariana Grande, Swift, the Chainsmokers (awful, awful group) and several other currently big pop names. But I'm not really feeling it.
I'm ridiculously picky when it comes to pop, I'll admit that right away.

So her last album isn't up to your standards. There will be time to shove more down your throat.

Neapolitan · 12-18-2017, 11:59 PM

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Never even heard of the band and I have no idea what kind of music it is, so it will be interesting

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Neapolitan: Sleep Party People - Floating

Sine I did a whole bunch of songs all at once, I chose to only do the two tracks that you recommended specifically from this album:
Change in Time and In Another World. Maybe I will check out the whole thing at a later date.

Change in Time:
Ok first impressions are not too good, in that I'm admittedly not very into things that have that twee indie sound. But upon a closer listen, there really is some quite nice details in the music. There's some atmosphere to it, but I'm not entirely sold, especially not on the vocals.

In Another World:
This immediately sound more like my kind of thing. I'm not a fan of Radiohead, but somehow still pleased that it reminds me of them.
A bit further into the track, I'm thinking that I really love the bass guitar here. Some very cool, reverby instrumentation in some sections. It almost sounds creepy.
I no doubt enjoyed this song a lot more than the first track. I might come back to this album and see what other surprises it's hiding.

Sleep Party People is from Denmark. The sole member is Brian Batz. It's a one man band when recording, however when he plays live he has friends to help him out onstage. They have a gimmick of wearing bunny masks (imo they horribly made and creepy looking). The album cover goes along with that whole bunny motif.

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Trollheart:A-ha - Birthright
His voice is kind of evocative, so that's good. Those cymbals are unusually loud in the mix when all other instruments are quieting down. Hmm...
This doesn't strike me as the sort of song I could usually make up my mind about in one listen. It's very laid back and not catchy as such.
My first, possibly unfair reaction, will have to be that I think I prefer A-ha when they're more shamelessly catchy and energetic. This starts feeling a bit like U2, in a way.

Sorry. Didn't leave much of a first impression.

Have you heard a-ha's debut album? It's one of my favorites, The Sun Always Shines On TV and I Dream Myself Alive, Blue Sky.
a-ha - Blue Sky

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Very nice, that's for sure, but I do wish there was a bit more "action", to sound like a pleb.
It's quite "sondtrackey" in nature. The general vibe of this track is quite enjoyable.

I'm glad you didn't hate it.
Wixel is a band from Brussels, Belgium. Originally started as a solo project of Wim Maesschalckout, but has added at least two other members. His goal is to "releases music dedicated to fall asleep to."

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Sort of like Vashti Bunyan, crossed with some modern indie-singer/songwriter (a lot of such is very low key and soft-voiced, at least of what I've heard).
Not the sort of song that announces itself by barging down the door and making itself part of your life immediately.
I will need to hear this some more times to get a feel for it. Maybe I'll dive into the album.

The Colour Green was home recordings of Sibyllie Baier. It was her son who passed the recording to J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr. who had it passed on to a record label and it was released on CD. I went to through a phase of listening to Tonight, after when I came home from work.
Sibylle Baier - Tonight

rubber soul · 12-19-2017, 04:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Neapolitan

The Colour Green was home recordings of Sibyllie Baier. It was her son who passed the recording to J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr. who had it passed on to a record label and it was released on CD. I went to through a phase of listening to Tonight, after when I came home from work.
Sibylle Baier - Tonight

Yeah, it's a great album from start to finish. It's a shame she didn't get a career going starting with that album.

~~MicShazam~~ · 12-29-2017, 05:12 PM

I haven't given up on this thing. It's just been christmas. If anyone wants to test my mettle with something very difficult, I promise I'll be ready for just about anything very soon, and not be a bitch about it. If anyone has something interesting in the classical and / or avant-garde categery, I think that I have more than just a few holes in my musical knowledge... Anyway... just saying...

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Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,992	Might as well give you some Irish stuff... In Tua Nua (In too-ah noo-ah) "The Innocent and the Honest Ones" The Adventures - "The Trip to Bountiful (When the Rain Comes Down") Rory Gallagher - "At the Depot" __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

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~~MicShazam~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Aalborg Posts: 7,634	I haven't given up on this thing. It's just been christmas. If anyone wants to test my mettle with something very difficult, I promise I'll be ready for just about anything very soon, and not be a bitch about it. If anyone has something interesting in the classical and / or avant-garde categery, I think that I have more than just a few holes in my musical knowledge... Anyway... just saying...