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**Frownland** · 11-08-2018, 07:05 PM

Love's a great experience but goddamn that is some wishy washy bull**** right there. Adele didn't lost her identity to love, she never had one to begin with and found something to glob onto.

Zhanteimi · 11-08-2018, 07:06 PM

Anyway, Adele isn't the hill I'm ready to die on this morning. I like her fine, but if she got cut from my collection, I'd not miss her.

Zhanteimi · 11-08-2018, 07:44 PM

0052 Elton John – Madman Across the Water
(UK, 1971, piano rock / pop rock)

This is one of my favorite albums, mostly because of the centerpiece, “Indian Sunset”, and the deep cuts. “Madman” and “Tiny Dancer” are great songs, but “Indian Sunset” rises above the rest of this already perfect album. It’s not really what you think of when you think of an Elton song. It’s expansive, serious, and bittersweet, kind of like a grander “Skyline Pigeon” or “Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters”. The delicate piano parts giving way to the orchestral finale perfectly evokes not only the sadness and solitude of the Native American warrior but his inevitable and glorious demise. Side B has the deep cuts worth every moment of your time, from “Holiday Inn” through the appropriately-titled final track, “Goodbye”. I just wrap up in this album like it’s a warm blanket.

The Batlord · 11-08-2018, 07:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Zhanteimi

Oh, that's the meaning. Well, her theme is big enough to explore. It is, after all, endless, and if you have ears to hear and eyes to see, you'll understand that love is forever new.

Wasn't the point of her last album, according to your wife, that she had a new beau? If she's still so hung up on the last isn't that very insulting?

Zhanteimi · 11-08-2018, 08:04 PM

Certainly. Her new beau is nothing. None of the other men, no matter how many, matter. She tries to convince herself they do, but she eventually admits that no other man can take the place of "the one who got away", whose identity, by the way, is unknown.

The Batlord · 11-09-2018, 03:40 AM

So I return to either shallow artist or crazy bitch.

Zhanteimi · 11-09-2018, 10:03 PM

0053 Alexander Spence – Oar
(Canada, 1969, psychedelic folk / singer-songwriter)

I enjoy the lo-fi psychedelic feel of this more than I thought I would. This kind of thing can get boring pretty quick for me, but this album holds my interest. It’s got a strong introspective atmosphere communicated mainly through the sparse instrumentation. This kind of sounds like Syd Barrett if he wasn’t English and he brought a country vibe to his music.

Zhanteimi · 11-11-2018, 05:12 PM

0054 Ben Folds Five - Whatever and Ever Amen
(USA, 1997, piano rock / alternative rock)

I prefer Folds' solo stuff, but this is an excellent album overall. There's the catchy lead, "Brick", of course, but for me, there are two songs that makes this album: "Song for the Dumped" and "Steven's Last Night in Town", the former because it's what we're all thinking anyway, and the latter because it's Ben Folds at his most surreal and zany.

Zhanteimi · 11-11-2018, 09:56 PM

0055 Sun Ra & His Solar Arkestra – The Magic City
(USA, 1966, free jazz)

This one is quite the journey for me, and I do mean journey. The music details a step by step—and sometimes leap by leap, or even some somersaulting—journey to the Magic City. I start outside and let the music sweep and draw me into the city walls. Once inside, there’s a parade of freaks making music and leading farther in. Within are inhabitants not of this world, where music is not something to be consumed and enjoyed. Music is not at the service of the listener. Quite the opposite, to be sure.

Zhanteimi · 11-12-2018, 06:28 PM

0056 William Shatner – Has Been
(Canada, 2004, spoken word / rock)

This is a well-produced and put-together spoken word album. Whenever I spin this, I feel like I'm just hanging out with the Shat. He's got tracks with a lot of energy like his cover of "Common People" or his duet with Henry Rollins, "I Can't Get Behind That", in which they both rant about all the shit that pisses them off in daily life. But he's also got some rather touching songs about an absent father meeting his adult daughters as well as what it means to be a famous person but think of yourself as just a normal dude.

11-08-2018, 07:05 PM	#961 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Love's a great experience but goddamn that is some wishy washy bull**** right there. Adele didn't lost her identity to love, she never had one to begin with and found something to glob onto. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

11-08-2018, 07:06 PM	#962 (permalink)
Zhanteimi Mord Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Tokyo Posts: 4,873	Anyway, Adele isn't the hill I'm ready to die on this morning. I like her fine, but if she got cut from my collection, I'd not miss her. __________________ Zhanteimi LetsTalkMusic

11-08-2018, 07:44 PM	#963 (permalink)
Zhanteimi Mord Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Tokyo Posts: 4,873	0052 Elton John – Madman Across the Water (UK, 1971, piano rock / pop rock) This is one of my favorite albums, mostly because of the centerpiece, “Indian Sunset”, and the deep cuts. “Madman” and “Tiny Dancer” are great songs, but “Indian Sunset” rises above the rest of this already perfect album. It’s not really what you think of when you think of an Elton song. It’s expansive, serious, and bittersweet, kind of like a grander “Skyline Pigeon” or “Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters”. The delicate piano parts giving way to the orchestral finale perfectly evokes not only the sadness and solitude of the Native American warrior but his inevitable and glorious demise. Side B has the deep cuts worth every moment of your time, from “Holiday Inn” through the appropriately-titled final track, “Goodbye”. I just wrap up in this album like it’s a warm blanket. __________________ Zhanteimi LetsTalkMusic

11-08-2018, 08:04 PM	#965 (permalink)
Zhanteimi Mord Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Tokyo Posts: 4,873	Certainly. Her new beau is nothing. None of the other men, no matter how many, matter. She tries to convince herself they do, but she eventually admits that no other man can take the place of "the one who got away", whose identity, by the way, is unknown. __________________ Zhanteimi LetsTalkMusic

11-09-2018, 10:03 PM	#967 (permalink)
Zhanteimi Mord Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Tokyo Posts: 4,873	0053 Alexander Spence – Oar (Canada, 1969, psychedelic folk / singer-songwriter) I enjoy the lo-fi psychedelic feel of this more than I thought I would. This kind of thing can get boring pretty quick for me, but this album holds my interest. It’s got a strong introspective atmosphere communicated mainly through the sparse instrumentation. This kind of sounds like Syd Barrett if he wasn’t English and he brought a country vibe to his music. __________________ Zhanteimi LetsTalkMusic

11-11-2018, 05:12 PM	#968 (permalink)
Zhanteimi Mord Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Tokyo Posts: 4,873	0054 Ben Folds Five - Whatever and Ever Amen (USA, 1997, piano rock / alternative rock) I prefer Folds' solo stuff, but this is an excellent album overall. There's the catchy lead, "Brick", of course, but for me, there are two songs that makes this album: "Song for the Dumped" and "Steven's Last Night in Town", the former because it's what we're all thinking anyway, and the latter because it's Ben Folds at his most surreal and zany. __________________ Zhanteimi LetsTalkMusic

11-11-2018, 09:56 PM	#969 (permalink)
Zhanteimi Mord Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Tokyo Posts: 4,873	0055 Sun Ra & His Solar Arkestra – The Magic City (USA, 1966, free jazz) This one is quite the journey for me, and I do mean journey. The music details a step by step—and sometimes leap by leap, or even some somersaulting—journey to the Magic City. I start outside and let the music sweep and draw me into the city walls. Once inside, there’s a parade of freaks making music and leading farther in. Within are inhabitants not of this world, where music is not something to be consumed and enjoyed. Music is not at the service of the listener. Quite the opposite, to be sure. __________________ Zhanteimi LetsTalkMusic

11-12-2018, 06:28 PM	#970 (permalink)
Zhanteimi Mord Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Tokyo Posts: 4,873	0056 William Shatner – Has Been (Canada, 2004, spoken word / rock) This is a well-produced and put-together spoken word album. Whenever I spin this, I feel like I'm just hanging out with the Shat. He's got tracks with a lot of energy like his cover of "Common People" or his duet with Henry Rollins, "I Can't Get Behind That", in which they both rant about all the shit that pisses them off in daily life. But he's also got some rather touching songs about an absent father meeting his adult daughters as well as what it means to be a famous person but think of yourself as just a normal dude. __________________ Zhanteimi LetsTalkMusic