My wife is a HUGE fan of his music (and attitude!), so for me seeing him in Mystery Men (which she eventually convinced me to watch) was a lot like seeing Meat Loaf in Rocky Horror.
--Patrick
What are you listening to II: Electric Bogaloo
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--Patrick
Just like video game music and movie soundtracks, I am all for symphonies performing hits like this. And Pink Floyd, and Metallica, and Yes, and ... just ... hey, symphonies everywhere...just keep doing it, ok?
--Patrick
--Patrick
See, that one's fine. It's just someone having fun mashing up two songs. The other one is exactly what Kurt Cobain hated and feared his music would be turned into. Some soulless corporate cash grab.
Remember when Guitar Hero added Kurt Cobain as a playable character?
Yeah....
I never paid attention to those games and never knew they did that, holy shit.
I think the emotional story is better than the song. The song is C level at best for me. It's not as bad as Maxwells Hammer, but it quite forgettable, IMO.
So something about these videos came across as really weird to me, and it wasn't until watching a bit I figured it out. She's lipsyncing what I assume is her own pre-recorded performance for the video. Which is perfectly fine, but when you record that close to the mic and then overlay that over a more open performance it hits sort of an aural uncanny valley, at least for me.
This is why some of the Carpenters' videos can be jarring to me, since Karen almost always recorded so close to the mic. There's nothing like being a music guy to ruin recordings of "live" performances for you when the drums don't match what's being played, or they show a trombone player doing what is actually a baritone sax solo, etc.
--Patrick
GasBandit
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Whoa, yeah.
figmentPez
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Dave
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In 1968 Leonard Cohen met Janis Joplin at the Chelsea Hotel. After, he wrote a song called "Chelsea Hotel #2". As you know, every year I post one of my all-time favorite songs, "Ma'agalim" by a group called Jane Bordeaux. It's in Hebrew so I understand none of the lyrics but the song just slays me, especially with the video. (I'll post it in a spoiler below in case you've forgotten which video of which I speak.)
The reason I bring this up is because YouTube suggested a song for me by Jane Bordeaux. It's a cover of "Chelsea Hotel #2". I don't know who the male singer is but it's insanely beautiful. She sings in Hebrew, he sings in English and it just flows.
The reason I bring this up is because YouTube suggested a song for me by Jane Bordeaux. It's a cover of "Chelsea Hotel #2". I don't know who the male singer is but it's insanely beautiful. She sings in Hebrew, he sings in English and it just flows.
Using Google Translate on the video details says that it is "Redband"
Appears to be the name of the band behind the puppet guy.
They have a Soundcloud site with this description:
"RedBand is a puppet folk-rock band. That's right.
Established in 2005 as a street performance originally called The Puppet Folk Revival,
RedBand mix live puppetry, music and uncensored adult humor in a unique way."
Not much else to go in that I was able to find in a quick googling.
Discovered this thanks to Todd's year-end wrap-up of the worst music of 2023. No, it didn't make that list, it was used as what I assume is the interstitial example of "good music" between each of the bad ones.
("This Is Why" - by Paramore)
I love the groove, the complexity in the mix, the whole go-stop-go of it.
Also discovered this artist via Pandora:
(Night Drive [Instrumental Version] - Timecop1983)
I don't tend to stumble over much Synthwave, so having Pandora put Timecop1983 on my instrumental station was different, and got me to look up an album or two. Calling yourself "Timecop1983" sounds a little clunky, but I guess it's less risky than calling yourself "Don Claude VanJam."
--Patrick
("This Is Why" - by Paramore)
I love the groove, the complexity in the mix, the whole go-stop-go of it.
Also discovered this artist via Pandora:
(Night Drive [Instrumental Version] - Timecop1983)
I don't tend to stumble over much Synthwave, so having Pandora put Timecop1983 on my instrumental station was different, and got me to look up an album or two. Calling yourself "Timecop1983" sounds a little clunky, but I guess it's less risky than calling yourself "Don Claude VanJam."
--Patrick
Kavinsky and Mitch are the only ones I don't recognize, might look for 'em.
...also discovered the following about Paramore right after posting the above. Wow.
www.philstar.com
--Patrick
...also discovered the following about Paramore right after posting the above. Wow.
Paramore clears social media, website following 'uncertainty' comment
Fans of Paramore were left in confusion and disarray after the rock band's social media accounts and website were wiped, as was the Instagram account of vocalist Hayley Williams who just turned 35 years old.
www.philstar.com
figmentPez
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Pulling out an old favorite of mine to try to lift my spirits:
Not music but I have been listening to This is Water like twice a week for the last month or so and for some reason it brings me to tears. Not boohoo but tears if I really focus on it.
I heard it sometime back but for whatever reason it didn't resonate. Like I thought it clever and nice. But now it's hard hitting. Anyhow, I feel like it's one of the wisest speeches I have ever heard.
I am sure all of you have heard it. Even if you have, it's worth another listen.
I heard it sometime back but for whatever reason it didn't resonate. Like I thought it clever and nice. But now it's hard hitting. Anyhow, I feel like it's one of the wisest speeches I have ever heard.
I am sure all of you have heard it. Even if you have, it's worth another listen.
I've never heard it, nor have I heard of David Wallace, and looking at what he's written never read anything by him either. And after listening to this, ehh... not sure I agree with many of his points, sounds kinda like any other commencement speech to me, but I'm happy you've found meaning in it.