Author Topic: What Music are you listening to in 2012? (Read 38737 times)

Cotigo · « **Reply #600 on:** December 05, 2012, 12:36:29 PM »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8-uYmumlDY

Jo'ou Ranbu · « **Reply #601 on:** December 05, 2012, 02:56:05 PM »

Cocteau Twins - Sultitan Itan

Butterflies.

Jo'ou Ranbu · « **Reply #602 on:** December 05, 2012, 10:35:50 PM »

Arcade Fire - The Suburbs

Sierra · « **Reply #603 on:** December 05, 2012, 11:26:51 PM »

King Crimson: Red

How the fuck have I not heard this after listening to these guys for fifteen years. Oh well, discovering new old stuff~

Jo'ou Ranbu · « **Reply #604 on:** December 05, 2012, 11:35:32 PM »

King Crimson has like seventeen million albums, no?

Sierra · « **Reply #605 on:** December 05, 2012, 11:42:05 PM »

Nah. I want to say it's like a dozen. It's had various periods of being inactive/broken up/Robert Fripp deciding to go work under a different name or something (functionally his band, only person there for every incarnation).

EDIT: I don't count live albums, which...look like they outnumber the studio work. What the hell.

Would it be constructive to point out that they stole Adrian Belew from the Talking Heads for the eighties albums. (Probably not, you would hate 99% of the band's output, but Discipline might just be tolerable.)

Jo'ou Ranbu · « **Reply #606 on:** December 05, 2012, 11:44:33 PM »

Functionally, Robert Fripp -is- King Crimson. By the way, should I listen to King Crimson based on his -amazing- guitar work in Blondie's Fade Away and Radiate?

EDIT:

Arcade Fire - Suburban War

This is pretty Ciddyish.

Sierra · « **Reply #607 on:** December 05, 2012, 11:54:58 PM »

Point A: yes, he absolutely is.

I'm hesitant to seriously recommend them to you because most of their material is seriously anti-Snow. Listening to that track...yeah, that is the quintessential Fripptone employed when he feels like being melodic (and then other times he's just all like, you know what, fuck it, let's invent heavy metal).

I dunno, see if this does anything for you: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlsAjke94Xc

By comparison, this is the other end of the spectrum, probably what I think is the coolest thing he wrote and which I'd be amazed if you could listen to straight through: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tu6Lux24-iM

Discipline has a lot of the Talking Heads circa 1980 guitar sound if that helps any.

EDIT: Suburban War is one of the best songs on the album, yes.

Jo'ou Ranbu · « **Reply #608 on:** December 06, 2012, 12:09:47 AM »

King Crimson - Fracture

This is weird as -fuck-, but not in the way I thought it'd be.

Sierra · « **Reply #609 on:** December 06, 2012, 12:15:41 AM »

I'm not sure what to make of that.

Generally I imagine the song as a wordless narration of someone's descent into madness.

Jo'ou Ranbu · « **Reply #610 on:** December 06, 2012, 12:18:02 AM »

I'd have to listen to it more to actually get a feel for the atmosphere conveyed. I will just leave it out that I don't regret trying either song at all. Amazing melodic acumen. Not sure I'd -actually listen to that kind of music regularly-, but I'll readily bow to good songwriting and musicianship when I hear it.

Grefter · « **Reply #611 on:** December 06, 2012, 11:40:12 AM »

Y U NO PROG WHEN WE TELL YOU TO PROG FOREVER AGO. SATRIANI AND DREAM THEATER ARE LIKE RIGHT THERE WAITING FOR YOU.

Shonen Knife - The Queen of Darkness.

I need to get more of this. What is this, good music from Japan? Oh it is a 3 piece band that play classic indie/punk rock stuff and have been doing it for 30 years? They toured with Nirvana in Europe after Nevermind was released? Why have I not heard of them before? OH I have in passing? Okay, why didn't I try them out sooner?

Good stuff and a reminder that there is actually a decent rock scene there if you poke the right places.

Jo'ou Ranbu · « **Reply #612 on:** December 06, 2012, 11:50:30 AM »

Quote from: Grefter on December 06, 2012, 11:40:12 AM

Y U NO PROG WHEN WE TELL YOU TO PROG FOREVER AGO. SATRIANI AND DREAM THEATER ARE LIKE RIGHT THERE WAITING FOR YOU.

Thank you, Ciddy.

Also, Dream Theater is a bit too much cheese even for me. And I admit to liking Roxette.

Grefter · « **Reply #613 on:** December 06, 2012, 12:23:21 PM »

You say that like either of those things is a bad thing (Also Dream Theater got nothing on Amon Amarth) Edit - IN THE CHEESE DEPARTMENT OF COURSE.

Shonen Knife - Rock Society.

More of the album done the more I like and respect this.

Grefter · « **Reply #614 on:** December 06, 2012, 12:25:54 PM »

Hugh Laurie - St James Infirmary.

Jo'ou Ranbu · « **Reply #615 on:** December 06, 2012, 12:49:17 PM »

Quote from: Grefter on December 06, 2012, 12:23:21 PM

You say that like either of those things is a bad thing (Also Dream Theater got nothing on Amon Amarth) Edit - IN THE CHEESE DEPARTMENT OF COURSE.

It can be. Serious vibrational dissonance in Dream Theater's case.

EDIT: King Crimson also has better musical acumen anyway.

AndrewRogue · « **Reply #616 on:** December 06, 2012, 03:29:10 PM »

Sacrimony (Angel of Afterlife) - Kamelot

Jo'ou Ranbu · « **Reply #617 on:** December 06, 2012, 08:24:58 PM »

Mumford and Sons - Holland Road

Sierra · « **Reply #618 on:** December 06, 2012, 09:04:50 PM »

Quote from: Jo'ou Ranbu on December 06, 2012, 12:49:17 PM

Quote from: Grefter on December 06, 2012, 12:23:21 PM
You say that like either of those things is a bad thing (Also Dream Theater got nothing on Amon Amarth) Edit - IN THE CHEESE DEPARTMENT OF COURSE.

It can be. Serious vibrational dissonance in Dream Theater's case.

EDIT: King Crimson also has better musical acumen anyway.

Too theatrical (DT) vs. analytical (KC) it sounds like. A lot of prog does skew heavily towards the former. Never thought about it before, but I guess there is a pretty sharp distinction between KC and other prog on that account. I say this having never listened to Dream Theater, mind. (*flees Grefter at high speed*)

King Crimson: Starless

Grefter · « **Reply #619 on:** December 06, 2012, 09:06:18 PM »

King Crimson is smarter than many things. Dream Theater is one of them.

Snow is also not known for liking SMART music. Especially over cheesey music.

Shonen Knife - I am a Cat.

Jo'ou Ranbu · « **Reply #620 on:** December 06, 2012, 09:08:23 PM »

That quip certainly intrigues me more towards King Crimson.

Also, Grefter pretty much ignores everything I listen to besides the cheese. <_< Either that or I don't post in this topic when I'm not listening to pop.

Grefter · « **Reply #621 on:** December 06, 2012, 09:35:47 PM »

Tell me when you have started listening to Residents (which is smart enough to be stupid) or are down to try some Fiery Furnaces.

Or better yet, jump straight into Satriani. (Protip: Even smart music is often shallow, stupid and cheeses in its way).

Mumford and Sons - I Gave You All.

Jo'ou Ranbu · « **Reply #622 on:** December 06, 2012, 10:34:22 PM »

Aimee Mann and Elvis Costello off pure lyrics writing merits, for instance. Talking Heads are also pretty damned bright musically, even if a fair deal of it comes from muscle memory. R.E.M., especially in their pre-Life's Rich Pageant period. I'm also kinda shocked you don't acknowledge Blondie, at least pre-Parallel Lines, although they fit squarely into sounding dumb as well. It's not quite mathematical and precise like a few guitar heroes, but You underestimate how much I'm capable of appreciate a cerebral - or at least minimally thoughtful - approach to music.

Grefter · « **Reply #623 on:** December 07, 2012, 04:07:02 AM »

What was that? I couldn't hear you over the sound of Kraftwerk.

Grefter · « **Reply #624 on:** December 07, 2012, 07:42:16 AM »

The chemist - When the Morning Comes.

I keep forgetting this guy isn't part of your lexicon Snow. Remind me to send his stuff to you.

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