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The random artists disussion thread

glasshouseglasshouse Posts: 1,762
edited November 2007 in Other Music
ok, so why not open a general thread discussing bands that are currently rocking your socks off?

so, lately i've been digging pavement.
Athens, Greece: 2006/09/30

"Call me Ishmael. Some years ago- never mind how long precisely- having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world." Herman Melville : Moby Dick
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  • glasshouseglasshouse Posts: 1,762
    and faith no more's woodpecker from mars is the biggest instrumental blast i've heard in such al ong fucking while
    Athens, Greece: 2006/09/30

    "Call me Ishmael. Some years ago- never mind how long precisely- having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world." Herman Melville : Moby Dick
  • JulienJulien Posts: 2,457
    this morning, I lostened to Marilyn Manson's mechanical animals.
    it rocks I hadn't listened to this album for a long time and I almost forgot how good it was...
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  • BlyssBlyss Posts: 166
    i've been really liking cat power a bit behind the times i suppose.
  • glasshouseglasshouse Posts: 1,762
    i've never been lured by Manson's music - maybe i should dig up some of his stuff and give it a chance.

    i'm just not into his "Antichrist" persona which is a total false (commercial) gimmick by the way. That's kind of pathetic. i need to believe what an artist is trying to sell me, irrespective of the quality of the music.
    Athens, Greece: 2006/09/30

    "Call me Ishmael. Some years ago- never mind how long precisely- having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world." Herman Melville : Moby Dick
  • JulienJulien Posts: 2,457
    glasshouse wrote:
    i've never been lured by Manson's music - maybe i should dig up some of his stuff and give it a chance.

    i'm just not into his "Antichrist" persona which is a total false (commercial) gimmick by the way. That's kind of pathetic. i need to believe what an artist is trying to sell me, irrespective of the quality of the music.

    I don't like his character neither. It's commercial and it sucks.
    But seriously, he has done some great albums.
    Mechanical animals is awesome. the production is very good and the album is not too dark.
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    2010: MSG, Arras, Werchter
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  • KannKann Posts: 1,146
    I've looked into the black angels (passover) after seeing they opened of a little number of qotsa shows. Quite a nice album, the instrumentation is great though the voice gets a while getting used to.
  • glasshouseglasshouse Posts: 1,762
    Kann wrote:
    I've looked into the black angels (passover) after seeing they opened of a little number of qotsa shows. Quite a nice album, the instrumentation is great though the voice gets a while getting used to.

    some good "random artists" posting right there ^^ Kann
    Athens, Greece: 2006/09/30

    "Call me Ishmael. Some years ago- never mind how long precisely- having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world." Herman Melville : Moby Dick
  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    Blyss wrote:
    i've been really liking cat power a bit behind the times i suppose.
    ohhh yes.

    seriously. one listen to Maybe Not from You Are Free and I was in love :)
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • glasshouseglasshouse Posts: 1,762
    i've been thinking sad eyed lady of the lowlands is not the best song on blonde on blonde. visions of johanna and 4th time around i find more enjoyable.
    Athens, Greece: 2006/09/30

    "Call me Ishmael. Some years ago- never mind how long precisely- having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world." Herman Melville : Moby Dick
  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    glasshouse wrote:
    i've been thinking sad eyed lady of the lowlands is not the best song on blonde on blonde. visions of johanna and 4th time around i find more enjoyable.
    one of us must know (sooner or later) is maybe my favourite but I think Sad Eye Lady and Visions of Johanna are two of the best songs ever written.
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • glasshouseglasshouse Posts: 1,762
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    but I think Sad Eye Lady and Visions of Johanna are two of the best songs ever written.

    i find Sad Eye Lady to be way to dragged out. personally there's probabaly more than 15 dylan songs i prefer to Sad eye Lady
    Athens, Greece: 2006/09/30

    "Call me Ishmael. Some years ago- never mind how long precisely- having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world." Herman Melville : Moby Dick
  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    glasshouse wrote:
    i find Sad Eye Lady to be way to dragged out. personally there's probabaly more than 15 dylan songs i prefer to Sad eye Lady
    me too but he has such a wealth of incredible tracks that there can be 30 or 40 that I prefer and Sad Eyed Lady can still be amazing :)

    for me Glasshouse, Gates of Eden/It's alright ma (I'm only bleeding) back to back on Bringing it all back home is untouchable. two of the greatest lyrical songs ever written.

    EDIT - I didn't mention which artist were rocking me right now.

    The Van Pelt (incredible band, hugely overlooked. hard to find any material)
    Dinosaur Jr
    Tortoise
    Slint
    Binary Star (unbelievable hip-hop group. broke up while practically unknown)
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • glasshouseglasshouse Posts: 1,762
    Jeremy1012 wrote:

    for me Glasshouse, Gates of Eden/It's alright ma (I'm only bleeding) back to back on Bringing it all back home is untouchable. two of the greatest lyrical songs ever written.

    reading this gave me the chills - no jokes!!!!! :eek:
    my thoughts exactly my brother!!!!!!!!
    what a magnificent album
    Athens, Greece: 2006/09/30

    "Call me Ishmael. Some years ago- never mind how long precisely- having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world." Herman Melville : Moby Dick
  • glasshouseglasshouse Posts: 1,762
    Jeremy1012 wrote:

    EDIT - I didn't mention which artist were rocking me right now.

    Dinosaur Jr

    beyond ~ hell yeah
    Athens, Greece: 2006/09/30

    "Call me Ishmael. Some years ago- never mind how long precisely- having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world." Herman Melville : Moby Dick
  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    glasshouse wrote:
    reading this gave me the chills - no jokes!!!!! :eek:
    my thoughts exactly my brother!!!!!!!!
    what a magnificent album
    I remember the first time I heard Gates of Eden. I bought BIABH during lunchtime at school, stuck it in my portable CD player and went to a tiny little garden planted in memory of William Shakespeare in his hometown (no kidding :p the setting was perfect) and sat on a park bench and listened to it.

    Mind = blown

    I had never heard anything like it in my life. and then obviously it's alright ma came on. To paraphrase something a critic once said about The Doors, Gates of Eden blew my mind. It's alright Ma was for afterwards, when the mind was already blown.
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • glasshouseglasshouse Posts: 1,762
    it's all over now baby blue is on par with the 2 preceding songs imo, so it's actually a tripple play straight out of the deepset abyss of the rock and roll library
    Athens, Greece: 2006/09/30

    "Call me Ishmael. Some years ago- never mind how long precisely- having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world." Herman Melville : Moby Dick
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    http://www.myspace.com/therealblabbermouth

    This bloke has an album just out. Nice fella, great new artist.
  • glasshouseglasshouse Posts: 1,762
    anyone here familiar with his music?
    Athens, Greece: 2006/09/30

    "Call me Ishmael. Some years ago- never mind how long precisely- having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world." Herman Melville : Moby Dick
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    glasshouse wrote:
    i find Sad Eye Lady to be way to dragged out. personally there's probabaly more than 15 dylan songs i prefer to Sad eye Lady

    From the perspective of someone who tries to write songs, I'd have to disagree here. Every image, trope, and nuance of phrase is different in the song. I think it's one of the very finest love lyrics in popular music. To be honest, I don't care for Blonde on Blonde as much as Bringing It All Back Home and Highway 61 Revisited: it gets a bit samey in places. However, Sad Eyed Lady really stands out, and I don't think even his finest achievements since quite manage the song's sustained lyrical brilliance. It's the songwriting equivalent of watching Muhammad Ali, circa 1966, going fifteen rounds dancing and popping, and never flagging for an instant as he delivers a masterclass.
  • glasshouseglasshouse Posts: 1,762
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    From the perspective of someone who tries to write songs, I'd have to disagree here. Every metaphor, image, and nuance of phrase is different in the song. I think it's one of the very finest love lyrics in popular music. To be honest, I don't care for Blonde on Blonde as much as Bringing It All Back Home and Highway 61 Revisited: it gets a bit samey in places. However, Sad Eyed Lady really stands out, and I don't think even his finest achievements since quite manage the song's sustained lyrical brilliance. It's the songwriting equivalent of watching Muhammad Ali, circa 1966, going fifteen rounds dancing and popping, and never flagging for an instant as he delivers a masterclass.

    this may be true, but at the end music is about much more than just brilliant lyrics (for me anyway). maybe his best lyrics, not his best music.
    Athens, Greece: 2006/09/30

    "Call me Ishmael. Some years ago- never mind how long precisely- having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world." Herman Melville : Moby Dick
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    glasshouse wrote:
    this may be true, but at the end music is about much more than just brilliant lyrics (for me anyway). maybe his best lyrics, not his best music.


    I don't know. I'm partial to a slow waltz using major chords. Women are, too. ;)
  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    I don't know. I'm partial to a slow waltz using major chords. Women are, too. ;)
    what he said.
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • DiRtyFranK38DiRtyFranK38 Posts: 3,131
    allllll i have been listening to lately is RAAAAAAAAAGGE BABY ... especially battle of los angeles
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  • bedface cooper.bedface cooper. Posts: 193
    I think The Cooper Temple Clause need a mention somewhere on this board. They are no more, but oh were they fucking brilliant...
    http://www.myspace.com/thecoopertempleclause
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  • glasshouseglasshouse Posts: 1,762
    i havent's seen a King Crimson discussion around here for some time. i have in the court of the crimson king and the power to believe.

    which album to investigate next?

    bible black?
    lark?
    red?
    Athens, Greece: 2006/09/30

    "Call me Ishmael. Some years ago- never mind how long precisely- having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world." Herman Melville : Moby Dick
  • glasshouseglasshouse Posts: 1,762
    yesterday i updated my bob dylan collection

    i bought

    the freewheelin' bob dylan
    the times they are a - changin'
    another side of bob dylan

    for only R150.00 (roughly equivalent to $23)

    i cannot express (in words) the admiration i have for Bob.
    Athens, Greece: 2006/09/30

    "Call me Ishmael. Some years ago- never mind how long precisely- having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world." Herman Melville : Moby Dick
  • glasshouseglasshouse Posts: 1,762
    anyone really digging this album?
    i love the guitar work throughout the album
    Athens, Greece: 2006/09/30

    "Call me Ishmael. Some years ago- never mind how long precisely- having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world." Herman Melville : Moby Dick
  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    glasshouse wrote:
    yesterday i updated my bob dylan collection

    i bought

    the freewheelin' bob dylan
    the times they are a - changin'
    another side of bob dylan

    for only R150.00 (roughly equivalent to $23)

    i cannot express (in words) the admiration i have for Bob.
    you didn't already have the freewheelin' and The times they are a-changin'? how did you survive? :D

    The times... was my first Bob album. Only a pawn in their game was the first song that ever struck as meaning something important. I was just like "holy shit" when I heard

    "From the poverty shacks they look from the cracks to the tracks
    and the hoofbeats pound in his brain,
    and he's taught how to walk in a pack
    shoot in the back with his fist in a clinch,
    to hang and to lynch,
    to hide 'neath the hood,
    to kill with no pain like a dog on a chain"
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • glasshouseglasshouse Posts: 1,762
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    you didn't already have the freewheelin' and The times they are a-changin'? how did you survive? :D

    up to yesterday i had:

    bringing it all back home
    highway 61
    blonde on blonde
    blood on the tracks
    desire (my first dylan album)
    love and theft

    i am fucking blown away by freewheelin'
    Athens, Greece: 2006/09/30

    "Call me Ishmael. Some years ago- never mind how long precisely- having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world." Herman Melville : Moby Dick
  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    glasshouse wrote:
    up to yesterday i had:

    bringing it all back home
    highway 61
    blonde on blonde
    blood on the tracks
    desire (my first dylan album)
    love and theft

    i am fucking blown away by freewheelin'
    The fact that Bob wrote Blowin' in the Wind at the age of 21 floors me. Especially considering when he wrote it. The Beatles were still singing "I wanna hold your hand" etc.

    You need Time Out Of Mind man. seriously. I prefer it to Love and Theft definitely. The best song on LoT in my opinion is Mississipi and that was a Time out of mind outtake anyway. Songs like Not Dark Yet, Tryin' to get to heaven and Standing in the doorway are amazing.
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
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