Current song you are listening to(or the Last song you listened to) - by Andarthiel
Tocky on 18/8/2019 at 01:45
Well you certainly out weirded me. Rather than going weirder how about this? It's got that smooth sound which just thrills my soul. I could strangle the mixer for not concentrating on her voice. I hate the non video thing too. I could have done better on both in one afternoon. But the song and her voice just win me. So sweet. So smooth. Oh let go of my heart. It hurts. No wait. Don't.
[video=youtube_share;AUgXjGKJJRo]https://youtu.be/AUgXjGKJJRo?list=RDAUgXjGKJJRo[/video]
Well hell, I found this one which is what I asked for but now I think it's too much. Now the other seems more authentic. There is no pleasing me.
[video=youtube_share;RfxmogJxdUs]https://youtu.be/RfxmogJxdUs[/video]
It NEEDS the keyboard. Her voice is still good but maybe it needs her feeling instead of focusing. But the keyboard brings out a certain flavor you can't get otherwise. And it lacks the smooth factor somehow.
Gray on 19/8/2019 at 17:05
I just had a WTF moment.
I was looking up some Laibach, to continue the theme of weird covers (such as their brilliantly subversive sarcastic cover of (
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZAD7W3M4zc) Queen's One Vision), when I stumbled upon something I did not expect.
This.
[video=youtube;PlEOsXG619w]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlEOsXG619w[/video]
They did a cover of The Normal's 1978 cult classic (
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITSB_6m4up4) Warm Leatherette. I did not expect that. And they did it WELL. I had no idea they did it, I need to start paying attention more.
For those who don't know, (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laibach) Laibach are a Slovenian band that use totalitarian imagery and sounds to sarcastically mock the oppressive Soviet state that they were once subjected to. One Vision is subverted to its most sinister extreme, there's only ONE vision, and it's ours, and you damn well do what we tell you. Laibach protested against the communist regime with art and music, and a quite lethal dose of sarcasm that was often mistaken for sincerity, that's how they could fly under the radar of what was allowed. If you listen to the original (
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OGd4gplxQM) Queen version, the lyrics are actually quite weird, and it lends itself rather easily to totalitarian mockery. Ein volk, ein welt... sounds slightly nazi already.
[Edit: Queen links]
Gray on 26/8/2019 at 21:12
Been listening to a lot of Hugh Reed lately, and I was looking for Scots and Proud, a subversion of the James Brown track, but alas, it was not on youtube. But this was.
[video=youtube;kksxpyxleak]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kksxpyxleak[/video]
So many cultural references, I find it hilarious. To you, maybe old hat.
[Edit]
Hugh Reed may have been low budget, but every single one of his shows were a spectacle, full of props and jokes. Sometimes he'd change costumes six times within one song, wear a television set on his head, and run around the audience and cover us in sticky tape (SCOTCH tape!). He was hilarious. "I wanna be a punk rocker but me mama wouldnae let me".
[Edit again]
My wife befriended Hugh, so when he moved to China, he sent us a lovely wedding present from there. It's still on our wall, but it took me Daxim to explain its cultural significance.
SirLord Best on 26/8/2019 at 21:34
As I've been in a retro gaming mood recently ...This!...
[video=youtube;5Fl1pCPb504]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Fl1pCPb504&t=12s[/video]
SubJeff on 27/8/2019 at 00:32
Great track for a great game!
I wish games had that level of complexity now. They're all so damn involved these days.
Tocky on 27/8/2019 at 01:37
Quote Posted by Gray
Been listening to a lot of Hugh Reed lately, and I was looking for Scots and Proud, a subversion of the James Brown track, but alas, it was not on youtube. But this was.
So many cultural references, I find it hilarious. To you, maybe old hat.
[Edit]
Hugh Reed may have been low budget, but every single one of his shows were a spectacle, full of props and jokes. Sometimes he'd change costumes six times within one song, wear a television set on his head, and run around the audience and cover us in sticky tape (SCOTCH tape!). He was hilarious. "I wanna be a punk rocker but me mama wouldnae let me".
[Edit again]
My wife befriended Hugh, so when he moved to China, he sent us a lovely wedding present from there. It's still on our wall, but it took me Daxim to explain its cultural significance.
Well shit. Don't tell us what's on your wall or anything. Could be a kilt with a pecker hanging out for all we know.
And yeah, hadn't heard that one in twenty years, it was a nice trip down memory lane. That girls eyes. Oh.
And you don't want to know how Scotch tape was actually named.
Here is one I like:
[video=youtube_share;YklPK6DwOzM]https://youtu.be/YklPK6DwOzM[/video]
qolelis on 27/8/2019 at 09:01
Another thread made me return to Steve Reich again, and his
Music for 18 Musicians:
[video=youtube;yRQw85LdRbI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRQw85LdRbI[/video]
My fondest concert memory is from attending my very first concert, as an independent unit, which was Kroumata playing Steve Reich. Kroumata is/was a Swedish percussion ensemble which was sadly more appreciated abroad (just like Ingmar Bergman is/was), but at least I got the pleasure of hearing them twice. Among the general public they were considered too highbrow, and living in Sweden can be quite limiting if you're not part of the mainstream (especially if you grow up outside of the big cities, although that's a side-note).
I also remember ending up on the balcony overlooking the scene. I wasn't supposed to be there and realized afterwards that I could have snuck in for free.
Kroumata playing Steve Reich's
Drumming (hearing it live was fantastic):
[video=youtube;Qg3otbM2vGg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qg3otbM2vGg[/video]
Jiří Kylián has also used it in his choreography for
Falling Angels:
(
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joCoAQ18Idc) (excerpt)
(
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=as4gdQZjI9E) (longer, but potato)
...and, of course, the (
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1HA6315Lgs) parody.
Edit:
I'm saying "was", because they are so much a part of a past life now.
Gray on 27/8/2019 at 10:55
Quote Posted by qolelis
Kroumata
Holy shit, someone else actually
knows of them? I'm impressed.
Because of the loud lawnmower outside, I had to play something loud to drown it out, so I dug up this old thing. Does the trick.
[video=youtube;nXKAjmHxbpk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXKAjmHxbpk[/video]
MDFMK was a one-off project with members of KMFDM, or rather what would become the new-and-improved KMFDM, with only Sasha K left as the original member.
[Edit]
Hilarious. Not seen that for ages. Thank you.
qolelis on 27/8/2019 at 11:37
Quote Posted by Gray
Holy shit
Speaking of which, I forgot to react to you mentioning Eläkeläiset. I discovered them in 2012 when I was investigating Finnish live dance orchestras (for a hobby project I was doing). The very first song of theirs I listened to was
Elän Humpalla:
[video=youtube;yfBS0Be7EFc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=yfBS0Be7EFc[/video]
...or was it
Humppanirvana:
[video=youtube;2TvJGKYuEm4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TvJGKYuEm4[/video]
Also jealous of you for having heard Neubauten live; that must have been quite the experience.
Edit:
I don't remember how I found out about Kroumata. Internet was hardly a thing back then, so I don't think it was that. Could have been from the telly.