The Music thread

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  1. Pittsburgh Ref

    Pittsburgh Ref Member+

    Oct 7, 2014
    da 'Burgh
    Yeah he's a bad seed
     
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  2. taosjohn

    taosjohn Member+

    Dec 23, 2004
    taos,nm
    I did the same with Nick Cave.

    Some guys just give me the creepy ick -- Morrisey, Robert Smith, JJ Cale, Delbert McClinton, Nick Cave-- for no easily detectable reason. They just make me feel as though someone is squirting runny mayo in my ear...
     
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  3. Q*bert Jones III

    Q*bert Jones III The People's Poet

    Feb 12, 2005
    Woodstock, NY
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    Yeah, I enjoy Nick Cave's writing far more than I like his music.

    The thing with his music is that when he was young, it was all about aural dissonance and making the listener uncomfortable. After the horrific tragedies in his personal life, he began to lean more into empathy, into curiosity, and into the craft of songwriting.
     
  4. Cascarino's Pizzeria

    Apr 29, 2001
    New Jersey, USA
    (Alternative nose up in air)
    Like he totally peaked with The Birthday Party.
     
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  5. YankHibee

    YankHibee Member+

    Mar 28, 2005
    indianapolis
    That's Billy Corgan for me, at least when he's singing. I've watched segments of his podcast and some other stuff, and I like him when he's not singing. I even appreciate what he does musically...I just can't listen to him. The ubiquity of it during my high school years surely made it worse.
     
  6. yossarian

    yossarian Moderator
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    Jun 16, 1999
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    I will be that guy with regard to Smashing Pumpkins----everything after Gish? M'eh.
     
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  7. YankHibee

    YankHibee Member+

    Mar 28, 2005
    indianapolis
    I draw the line at Dave Matthews though. The contrived and forced vocal affectations are insufferable. And dudes who are into it are almost all date rapey.
     
  8. yossarian

    yossarian Moderator
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    Jun 16, 1999
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    Can't stand him and have always felt that way. I don't like most jam bands either. And I've born the brunt on these boards before in saying "Yeah, Steely Dan? I don't get the appeal."
     
  9. superdave

    superdave Member+

    Jul 14, 1999
    VB, VA
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    I guess I should check that out.

    To me, Pumpkins’ albums typically had 2-3 great songs and the rest boring filler at best, crap at worst.

    I could make a tremendous Greatest Hits record for them though.
     
  10. Cascarino's Pizzeria

    Apr 29, 2001
    New Jersey, USA
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    I do like me some Steely Dan songs. Very well-crafted.

    They're another band that falls in with the vast majority that have like 5-10 good tunes, I don't mind hearing them on the radio but overall I don't go bananas over. Boston, BTO, The Cars, Deep Purple, Frampton Comes Alive, etc. Groups like that.
     
  11. Cascarino's Pizzeria

    Apr 29, 2001
    New Jersey, USA
    Nature kid, he don't have no function
     
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  12. yossarian

    yossarian Moderator
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    Jun 16, 1999
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    Apologies if I already asked have you seen "Pavements" the movie yet?
     
  13. Val1

    Val1 Moderator
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    Arsenal
    Mar 12, 2004
    MD's Eastern Shore
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    So I caught Modern English, Soft Cell and Simple Minds last week.

    Have you ever had a song that you truly, madly, deeply loved, and then completely forgot about? Like for a couple decades?

    That happened to me. I love Soft Cell, have their first two albums and two early new wavish compilation albums that have early pre-Tainted Love contributions.

    I love Tainted Love and Sex Dwarf and Torch and Bedsitter, but my favorite of all was (is) Say Hello, Wave Goodbye. It's new wave, and it's a ballad, and there ain't many of those. It was not a top 20, pantheon song for me, but it would have been in the next 20 songs. For 20 years. And then, inexplicably, I forgot all about it.

    It was the strangest sensation when Marc Almond started singing it. How do you "discover" something you already love? But that's what I did. It was deja vu writ large.

    On an added note, Simple Minds are really loud. Really loud. I'd seen them before. Don't know why it surprises me, but it does.
     
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  14. Cascarino's Pizzeria

    Apr 29, 2001
    New Jersey, USA
    I have not
     
  15. Cascarino's Pizzeria

    Apr 29, 2001
    New Jersey, USA
    Notice someone in the back row?

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  16. usscouse

    usscouse BigSoccer Supporter

    May 3, 2002
    Orygun coast
    I loved this movie when it first came out, a Rock Opera featuring all Beatles songs.
    The beginning shots of the Liverpool dock our hero works is next dock over from where I worked. Then the timeline in the US is almost the same as mine, his is San Francisco while mine was ‘the next City’ or the LA Beach cities.
    It’s been over 10 years since I watched it and i plan on doing it again perhaps tonight.
    First half is very good. Viet Nam era. But the second half falters but the music is still a big part. Its worth a watch. Really good cast.

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    It’s on Pluto Tv for Free. Other stations if you’re subscribed.
     
  17. rslfanboy

    rslfanboy Member+

    Jul 24, 2007
    Section 26
    It’s a good flick. My wife didn’t grow up with much Beatles, and I had a hard time getting her into them at all until we saw this.
     
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  18. Kazuma

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    Chelsea
    Jul 30, 2007
    Detroit
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    Nick Cave has one good song and he didn't even write it, it's Stagger Lee.

    Not a fan of his. I think he tries too hard. And he cheated on PJ Harvey, the cad.

    Yeah, can't stand the guy.
     
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  19. Kazuma

    Kazuma Member+

    Chelsea
    Jul 30, 2007
    Detroit
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    Chelsea FC
    Dave Matthews remains one of my least favorite concerts (Most likely number one) that I ever worked and that was 20 years ago. Him and the country shows were never fun.
     
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  20. Kazuma

    Kazuma Member+

    Chelsea
    Jul 30, 2007
    Detroit
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    Chelsea FC
    "Now that my friend, is a hit."

    Said by one Hesh to a Christopher Moltisanti in the Sopranos episode, A Hit is a Hit. Hesh, for those that haven't seen the Sopranos, is a Jewish loan shark who also owned a record company in the 60s. One episode deals with some of his artists descendants suing him for royalties. The episode also portrays one character, Christopher who wants to help his girlfriend push a band to success but the band isn't great. Hesh says it, with the line, "a hit is a hit."

    Later on, Hesh walks in on Christopher listening to this song, Hesh mentions how great it is. Hence my first line. And quite frankly, it's a great song in a soundtrack deep with great songs.

    Funny enough, this song is hard to find as it is. Apple Music doesn't have it. Nor does Spotify. Amazon just links me to a CD. So here we are. As much as people complain that the internet has become worst, I still think despite all that, it has its strong suits. This is one of those strong suits.

    Anyway, Dori Hartley had involvement in Rocky Horror as the Frank-n-Furter impersonator for the crowd, wrote songs for Tears for Fears, Goo Goo Dolls, and Santana. Not a bad career honestly.

     
  21. Kazuma

    Kazuma Member+

    Chelsea
    Jul 30, 2007
    Detroit
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    Rediscovering artists: Siouxsie and the Banshees.

    I had the CD for this album around 2004, 2005 I think. When listening to it earlier, I made the conclusion to pick this up on vinyl when I shop for records.

    My dad was a big fan of the 80s alternative sound so his taste influenced me a little bit. But then there are times where I might be a little too left field for him or my mother, who had some serious connections to the music scene in Detroit prior to when I was born. I think Siouxsie and the Banshees might be one instance for both. The difference between me and them is I can play music, so I hear things that they won't pick up. The guitar and bass in this song for instance, caught my attention when I first heard it.

     
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  22. usscouse

    usscouse BigSoccer Supporter

    May 3, 2002
    Orygun coast
    I look for ballad type songs for when I’m playing with our jam group. So i took a look/listen to ‘Say Hello Wave Goodbye’
    I lasted about 3 lines of him “singing through his nose” words or language I couldn’t understand.
    And I even cover a couple of Green Day ballads.
    Guess thats what makes the world go around.
     
  23. yossarian

    yossarian Moderator
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    Jun 16, 1999
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    Arsenal FC
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    United States
    No love for Red Right Hand ??
     
  24. Cascarino's Pizzeria

    Apr 29, 2001
    New Jersey, USA
    Saw something where Christofuh said that Gandofini's favorite record was Dookie. Even named his dog that
     

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