Fealiks Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 I'm listening to Roadrunner United: The allstar sessions. Matt Heafy rocks on that album. Trivium just rules altogether, their new single kicks ass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshi Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 I like...table. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrMcCoy Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 ...You're evil. ...Glad to be of service... Because nobody insults Frank Sinatra, Queen, or Michael Buble. Well, Queen are gods, but Frank Sinatra and that Bub(b)le-Head, I don't care about in the slightest... Or expressed differently: They stink. If only I could internet poison you. I'm running a GNU/Linux, I'm secure... ...And to present you my musical taste: link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshi Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 Why is it programmers and Metallica tend to go so well together? I've never understood that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthAve Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 Well, we all have different musical taste. I'll listen to my old school jazz and blues, you can have your metal. No fighting needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smon Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 I can pretty much listen to anything but country. Megadeth and Queen are part of my daily life. ...but that's mostly because of Guitar Hero. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fealiks Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 I like...table. Have you watched anchorman recently? My faviroute song at the moment is Ev...eness...ancs..ese - Call me when you're sober, which is pretty out of the ordinary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrMcCoy Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 Well, we all have different musical taste. I'll listen to my old school jazz and blues, you can have your metal. No fighting needed. Aww, but I like inane fighting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshi Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 Have you watched anchorman recently? Not recently, but one can't help quoting Steve Carell when the occassion calls for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fender Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 Actually she's still here... kinda. You all get Asshole nametags. Except Fender who gets an Awesome nametag. Is this true? If so I'm happy with how it worked out. Oh and The Who/Iron Maiden/Led Zeppelin are the top 3 for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthAve Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 Is this true? If so I'm happy with how it worked out. Yes, I'm here. And you are plesantly nice to me. You get the info on Buffalo Bill, I get my place at Plum Island. Quid pro quo Clarice. Yeah, it's getting SotL up in here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alien426 Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 ...And to present you my musical taste: link Yargh, Nightwish! Some of the music itself may be good, but the female voice is too strained. Tristania is much more effortless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrMcCoy Posted August 16, 2006 Share Posted August 16, 2006 Yargh, Nightwish! Some of the music itself may be good, but the female voice is too strained. Well, they kicked her... Tristania is much more effortless. Sadly, they sucked badly live in Braunschweig... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alien426 Posted August 18, 2006 Share Posted August 18, 2006 Don't care about live performances. If they don't lie about it they may as well cheat with the voices. As long as I like the result... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fealiks Posted August 18, 2006 Share Posted August 18, 2006 I hate Top Of The Pops (A discontinues UK music show) for making the "live" bands mime their instruments. Nirvana showed them by completely taking the piss. Kurt was singing completely the wrong words in a really weird voice, Krist was swinging his bass guituar around in the air throughout the whole song and Dave was tapping random cymbals and in the end, kicked over the drumset and started dancing around with Krist. Twas very funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshi Posted August 18, 2006 Share Posted August 18, 2006 Agreed. I can understand it if there's a lot of dancing for the number, then the out of breath panting sounds comes out of the microphone, and no one wants to hear that, but when people are just playing their instruments and singing, what the hell is the point in making them mime? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fender Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 Agreed. I can understand it if there's a lot of dancing for the number, then the out of breath panting sounds comes out of the microphone, and no one wants to hear that, but when people are just playing their instruments and singing, what the hell is the point in making them mime? I think the idea is to present the 'perfect' and finished piece of music in it's complete form. Such is the nature of music that it would be impossible to recreate a song in exactly the same manner each time, day in day out, that the only way the program could do this is through miming to the studio performance. As anyone who has been to a live gig ever will know, even the most godlike of musicians make mistakes live. That's why when live albums are made, most of them are awash with overdubs tacked on in the studio. While we tend not to notice mistakes made live when we are there (im talking minor errors, broadly speaking 90% of the audience will only notice somethings wrong if the drums stop altogether, or an amp blows up or something, and the other 10% are jealous musicians out to pick holes in the performance regardless of what it is like), in a situation where a program will go out on broadcast to millions watching, the program is not likely to let mistakes go out. That is why it is safer for the program to broadcast the studio version, with the band miming. For trivias sake, the first band to refuse this treatment on Top of the Pops was the almighty Iron Maiden! who performed their track Running Free live on TOTP in 1981 (correct me if im wrong anyone). In my opinion, this cannot be called live music. Live music is music that is warts and all, with every single mistake, broken string, dropped drumstick and botched vocal a valuable part of the live experience. On that note, I'm gonna reccomend the live Clash album, as there is not a single overdub on there, and it sounds bloody good because of it. I could go on forever on why this is, but the point I will eventually come to is that it makes them sound human, as opposed to gods. Even the tightest of musicians (eg. Thin Lizzy were meant to be a notoriously tight live act) make mistakes (eg. Thin Lizzy's version of their classic 'Boys are back in town' on their 'live and dangerous' album is significantly sped up compared to the studio version). Anyway, I'm kinda meandering now, so I'm gonna step off my soapbox. Tschus! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrMcCoy Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 Live music is music that is warts and all, with every single mistake, broken string, dropped drumstick and botched vocal a valuable part of the live experience. Full ACK... (That's also not what I meant when I said Tristania sucked live, they seemed bored and spiritless.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alien426 Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshi Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 In my opinion, this cannot be called live music. Live music is music that is warts and all... Pretty much my point, although I get the idea behind why TOTP does this. Guess I just like real live music better. And speaking of big mistakes on stage, this Bill Bailey act comes to mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthAve Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 You people in England are lucky you don't have American Idol. It has ruined so much music, and it's about the dumbest reality show to ever come around. Because pretty much nobody can sing as well as they think they can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshi Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 You do realise American Idol was invented here right? Started off as Pop Idol, and had Simon Cowel as a judge (hence why you guys got him, apparently audiences love to hate him). I think it came out with Will Young, whose music really depends on your point of view (it also came up with Gareth Gates who came up with one or two songs and then dissapeared from the music scene). This spun off a number of Idol shows including, American Idol, Australian Idol and Canadian Idol They also ruined music although not as much as the X-Factor does these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fealiks Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 I watched a bit of X-Factor earlier on. I actually watched it. I wish I didn't. They have one of the plastic judges from American Idol on the panel this year. How very very crap it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthAve Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 You do realise American Idol was invented here right? Started off as Pop Idol, and had Simon Cowel as a judge (hence why you guys got him, apparently audiences love to hate him). I think it came out with Will Young, whose music really depends on your point of view (it also came up with Gareth Gates who came up with one or two songs and then dissapeared from the music scene). This spun off a number of Idol shows including, American Idol, Australian Idol and Canadian Idol They also ruined music although not as much as the X-Factor does these days. Well, yeah. but add the stupidity and attention hoggingness of Americans these days. Oh my god. It brings down IQ's, though people think it's funny. I think it's sad. And Also, American Idol has ruined My old Favorite song, Bohemian Rhapsody, twice. It's dead to me, now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshi Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 Okay, I'll pity you for that one. Why the hell would anyone use that song to demonstrate their vocal talent? Plus, some songs are off limits to those who aren't simply doing cheap kareoke. I think i saw a few episodes of X-factor, just to pass the time (i.e, I was forced to by my girlfriend), found it quite funny at points, but overall, yeah, wanted to kill myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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