Mortal Monkey on 25/7/2006 at 00:20
Quote Posted by metal dawn
the Myst Series does have good music
Funny you should mention that, I'm listening to it right now. Would you know where I can get anything of the I to IV stuff?
Para?noid on 25/7/2006 at 16:29
Another great thread dashed against the rocks of internet chubbies and their COMPUTER GAME MUSIC
BEAR on 25/7/2006 at 18:39
I keep the thief music on my computer just for nostalgia sake, same with a couple other games, SS2 is another. The prob is when it randomizes to those songs and bout makes my heart break. The only game music that I've actually activly listened to is the music from the wheel of time game, which is actually kind of cool. I made fun of my brother for listening to it, even though I played the game too.
I've been listening the ever-loving-god out king crimson lately (damn you noid), and almost nothing else.
metal dawn on 25/7/2006 at 19:12
Quote Posted by Para?noid
Another great thread dashed against the rocks of internet chubbies and their COMPUTER GAME MUSIC
Because God forbid that's not really music, right?
...and the pleasure's all mine.
Aja on 25/7/2006 at 23:37
And I still can't download any Steve Reich! :mad:
This Autechre is fucking cool, though.
Scots Taffer on 31/8/2006 at 14:12
Quote Posted by Spitter
I bought the Thom Yorke solo record, which is nice but not really up to par with his Radiohead stuff. It has some good tunes though.
Before that I got the latest Muse album, Black Holes & Revelations, which is phenomenal and I urge everyone to check it out. It's a bit more pop than their previous albums, but also more consistently good. If you're unsure about it or even a Muse virgin, I'd recommend checking out the videos: (
http://youtube.com/watch?v=LnBAQj1KzAU) Supermassive Black Hole is their take on a pop song whereas (
http://youtube.com/watch?v=YygyHCRrKho) Knights of Cydonia is an epic sci-fi western track and a bit more traditional Muse.
Matthew Bellamy didn't pay me enough for this post.
Quote Posted by Abysmal
I second Black Holes and Revelations; this is Muse's Nevermind/OK Computer (Knights of Cydonia the next Paranoid Android, and holy shit what video can top that), and the best thing I've heard this decade. Their previous record was a bit generic and skippable, but now they are back to their old over-the-top unchecked excess ways. Muse really nailed it with this one. Can't wait for them to rock my fucking balls off the 28th
So fucking agreed. I'm late to the party, as usual when it comes to music. I think I understand where a lot of the hate (surprisingly, or not) that I've been hearing about this album comes from.
The album itself is kinda soulless, it has no defined identity, it's a collection of Muse songs without any raison d'être except
being. You listen and think: ah, there's the quiet Muse song with the soft vocals which later suddenly explodes in a crescendo of guitars, and then later you think: ah, there's the Muse track with loads of guitars and crazy electronics riding over the top of it. It's almost like a greatest hits but with new songs.
That said, the songs are fantastic and in my opinion this is a masterpiece. They're either ripping the shit out of themselves or they just went absolutely balls to the wall crazy over-the-top, since every song is so typically Muse that it's almost parody, Muse on fucking technoguitar acid.
Standout tracks are Knights of Cydonia and Map of the Problematique. Fucking awesome album.
Stitch on 31/8/2006 at 17:14
Quote Posted by Scots_Taffer
The album itself is kinda soulless, it has no defined identity, it's a collection of Muse songs without any raison d'être except
being.
Well, to the two charges here:
Soulless:
Welcome to Muse. Muse are a band so overblown with ludicrous histrionics that they border on insincere parody. And yet they somehow pull it off, albeit as hamfistedly as possible. I wouldn't call them soulless, per se, but it's unlikely they'll ever write that song that rips your heart out and pins it to your ears.
No defined identity:
To this I completely disagree. <I>Black Holes</I> has a very distinct identity, both sonically and lyrically. The songs are all over the map, sure, but they're still tied together quite cleanly. The album has the sound of a band bursting with ideas that are flying off into all directions (one of the main requirements for a great album) and yet Muse is disciplined enough to keep all the ideas grounded enough to cut masturbatory indulgence off at the pass (yet another great album requirement).
<I>Black Holes</I> is by far Muse's best; every song is varied and outstanding and the album builds continuously until it absolutely fucking <I>explodes</I> in the epic final track. I do miss the insane fuckoff monster riffery of, say, Stockholm Syndrome, but Muse will do what they want to do and they haven't had a misstep yet.
Scots Taffer on 31/8/2006 at 23:45
Yes, there is that feeling like the album is bursting at the seams with creativity and perhaps that's why I feel it has no real identity, there's an anti-war screed to kick things off and that sort of comes out of nowhere but at the same time, I suppose it flows thematically if you think about the way the world, as in life, is about black holes and revelations as is played upon in several different ways. Perhaps the theme of the album is ambiguous enough for me to get this impression. Don't get me wrong though, I adore this album, it is insanely good.
I was blasting along the freeway this morning to Knight of Cydonia and had to keep my eye on the speedometer, that doesn't happen often. :D
