Current song you are listening to(or the Last song you listened to) - by Andarthiel
demagogue on 27/4/2021 at 06:01
I would never have guessed that Total Eclipse of the Heart was written in Meat Loaf's style* (i.e., the hybrid Meat Loaf-Jim Steinman-style that's just part of Jim's musical DNA that whole article is about), but just thinking about it next to I Would Do Anything for Love, it's very easy to hear it, and it would have been a perfect song for Meat & his style.
Probably it would have made him more immortal than he is now, since that's such an immortal song. I feel like he doesn't get the respect he deserves often, and him being attached to that song would have obliterated even the idea that that could happen.
But I guess in the grand scheme of things it's okay. Bonnie Tyler's version is really special too, and it's hard to criticize great art getting out into the world however it happens.
* Jim Steinman had a different story than Meat Loaf's you can read in the wiki page for the song. He said he didn't write it specifically for Meat Loaf and didn't finish it until it was for Tyler. It's still in that characteristic style anyway.
Kolya on 28/4/2021 at 00:21
As mentioned on ss.org my most eye opening moment about Jim Steinman was when I found out he wrote my most beloved Sisters of Mercy songs (More, This Corrosion). But then it made perfect sense.
Tocky on 28/4/2021 at 01:45
That requires posting at least this song.
[video=youtube_share;BURM7l6_pvg]https://youtu.be/BURM7l6_pvg[/video]
Tocky on 28/4/2021 at 02:33
Since I'm posting old stuff today, here is one I suggested to test out my cousin Tony's sound system which is a series of speakers made into bird houses in his yard. He makes and sells them. There must be thirty in his yard. It sounded as great as I thought. It's one of the few songs made for quadrophonic sound systems. And if I had one song to listen to forever this would be it.
[video=youtube_share;NNBb7SUqSzg]https://youtu.be/NNBb7SUqSzg[/video]
Karras35 on 29/4/2021 at 12:40
[video=youtube;KVjeheaFfsM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVjeheaFfsM[/video]
dö-dö-dö-dödödö-dö-dö! dödö-dö-dö-dödödö-dö-dö!
henke on 29/4/2021 at 18:09
Um... I may have found a new favourite album today, Carole King's "Tapestry", from 1971. Listened through it twice while playing Subnautica and pretty much every song is a HIT!
[video=youtube;zBMGovfHccI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBMGovfHccI[/video]
I know Carole King is like A BIG DEAL but I only discovered her recently through the Simpsons ep where Lisa goes to visit Bleedin Gums Murphy in the hospital and sings this King song. :)
[video=youtube;OuNSrgLV648]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuNSrgLV648[/video]
howeird on 29/4/2021 at 19:30
There is a new band called *Greta Van Fleet* that have YouTube videos. Their sound, and lead singer, sounds like is a cross between RUSH & REO Speedwagon lead vocals. *Wig Wam* is another band that has a 80's sound - old guys - YouTube as well.
The two songs I'm enjoying the most.
- Wig Wam - "Never Say Die"
- Greta Van Fleet - Heat Above (Live)
- *Dirty Honey* has a new interesting YouTube video - Dirty Honey - California Dreamin' - got that Robert Plant squeal down pretty good.
If you're into the 80's sound it doesn't look like any of these guys are popular. I guess 'the in crowd' doesn't like the 80's sound anymore.
qolelis on 1/5/2021 at 08:49
Quote Posted by Malf
@qolelis:
Huh, didn't expect to see DJ Scotch Egg here!
I used to work with a guy who knew him. The London music scene he's part of is quite small and everyone seems to know everyone, with a lot of people flowing between bands.
Hey Colossus, Gum Takes Tooth, Bad Guys, Shit and Shine, those guys are all part of the same scene, although often playing wildly different music.
My friend from work is the guy behind Drumcunt.
He was a terror in the office, who would lull us in to a false sense of security with a relatively normal playlist, then leave having queued up some combination of white noise, static and feedback.
Nice. And thanks for the "recommendations"; I'll have a listen later if I can.
demagogue on 4/5/2021 at 16:10
[video=youtube;M7X6oYg6iro]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7X6oYg6iro[/video]
[video=youtube;idcaRTg4-fM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idcaRTg4-fM[/video]
Kolya on 4/5/2021 at 22:58
This is actually a request. I'm looking for reggae inspired new wave, most likely British, most likely late 70s/early 80s.
Like what made (
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX6MvV8cbh8) The Police famous. Or like Elvis Costello's Watching the Detectives, or 10CC's (
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUNTk5xsxk4) Dreadlock Holiday. Do you know anything that sounds similar?
[video=youtube;oqSIux0jKOg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqSIux0jKOg[/video]