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Post by voidmoon on Sept 18, 2007 9:09:47 GMT -5
It's a boy with pretty hair, who would look more pretty if he wasn't screaming about Britney and blew his nose once in a while.
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Post by voidmoon on Sept 18, 2007 4:20:58 GMT -5
My god. This was on the nightly news here. There are troops in Iraq and they want to divert us with this shit?
I will leave Britney alone. When she leaves me alone.
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Post by voidmoon on Sept 10, 2007 2:12:49 GMT -5
Matt- been busy , My fave album has to be Violator. I know it's like saying that your favourite Nirvana album is Nevermind, like the rest of the world who find the rest of their catologue "unaccessible," but for me, Violator is the closest thing to perfection. Although I love pretty much everything from "Black Celebration" to "Ultra," put a gun to my head and "Violator" wins. I know what you mean about DM being a pretty solid singles band Matt, but I just can't go for the albums before Some Great Reward, I prefer the Singles collection, 81-85. My favourite song has to be "Enjoy The Silence" or "It's no Good." I like them both equally. I like them because I like dark transgressive music too, not faux Robert Smith "darkness," but Ian Curtis darkness, which I think that DM do to perfection. Dave Gahan has the best voice, although I do like Martin's leads on certain songs, like "Home" where he actually has some depth and emotion and the production is awesome. I have never seen DM live, although I had a chance to see them in Paris last year, if I extended my trip for two more weeks and could live off 200 euro for that two weeks (I would have had to do the Marianne Faithful tour of Paris - sleeping under public rubbish bins in the Luxembourg Gardens- not that brave!). I prefer Depeche Mode of the '90s. Violator, SOFAD, SOFAD Live and Ultra are all my favourite albums. But without the DM of the '80s... there would not be any DM of the '90s. Through the '80s, they just became more refined. I used to like the tribute album, the Smashing Pumpkins' cover of "Never Let Me Down Again" is probably the only good to come from it though. Oh, I absolutely agree with Matt, Alan Wilder's programming and use of keyboards is sorely missed. While Kerry Hopwood is OK on Ultra, I can feel the void that the lack of Wilder has on the albums. I don't think that DM can continue to be the band they were in the '80s and '90s, I don't think that they can afford to be. They need to better themselves, I think. I haven't been bothered to really listen to Exciter or Angel yet... what do you guys think>? I hope that the new album next year kicks ass. It's DM, why should I expect anything less?
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Post by voidmoon on Sept 8, 2007 6:25:27 GMT -5
Oh how this has been overdue! I'm starting a Depeche Mode thread because I know that there are fans out there!!! In case you are speechless from the absolute wonder that is DM, I have questions! What's your favourite album? What's your favourite song? What made you like DM? Have you ever seen DM live? What is better... the DM of the '80s, '90s or '00s? What did you think of the tribute album, For The Masses? Do you think that DM still have the tenacity to create the outstanding music of yore? Discuss. Reason for Editing: Duffman thrusting in the direction of the problem!
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Post by voidmoon on Sept 4, 2007 2:16:30 GMT -5
My iTunes top 25 most played list always amazes and frustrates me... sometimes actually pisses me off. I had a wonderful surprise this morning when I realised that I actually listen to these songs! Entertain me people! What does your list look like? Is it representative of what you are actually listening to?
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Post by voidmoon on Oct 9, 2007 9:16:52 GMT -5
^ Meh. No. I think Icky Thump was silly. I love the song, but the album is silly.
Hell yes, Joni Mitchell's Shine has stayed on my list! What a wonderful album! Now I can say that it's there because I've listened to it and loved it, not just because. And PJ Harvey's White Chalk, also!
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Post by voidmoon on Sept 26, 2007 3:37:46 GMT -5
Go to see Sufjan Stevens?
What are you waiting for! Go! Go now! *pushes matt off his computer chair*
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Post by voidmoon on Sept 1, 2007 2:23:08 GMT -5
Hmm... after 2000 I just became disappointed with current music... so anything I find that is good after then is a pure fluke. I'd have to say- Silverchair - Young Modern, because it's great to see Daniel Johns making music that he enjoys again... while some tracks on the album are pretty shite, others just catch the light and become glorious. Various - A Tribute to Joni Mitchell, while some songs again are shite, it has pure gold like Sufjan Stevens messing up 'Free man in Paris,' Elvis Costello and Annie Lennox rocking out, a perfect cover of 'Help Me' by kd lang, the beauty of Bjork, and Prince *swoon* doing a "clean" Jehovah's Witness' cover of 'Case of You'. Shine - Joni Mitchell... even though it hasn't been released yet, anything that makes Joni Mitchell create music again deserves a gold sticker! ADP - made me believe that Tori Amos can still make good music. No, not good music. Great music. I also agree that Tori should find a new producer... not talking the Rick Rubin, or Trent Reznor *hahahahaaha* but someone with the distance and intelligence to work and create with Tori... maybe no one exists. Others: Patti Smith's 'Twelve' Elliott Smith 'New Moon' PJ Harvey's "White Chalk" Reason for Editing: Hey, I know you, my daddy took your beer.
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Post by voidmoon on Sept 19, 2007 1:17:16 GMT -5
Update: it's only been 12 hours an I already think this mix is crap: 1) Why is "Life on Mars" not on this - should have been my Bowie inclusion 2) How could I not include XTC, they are like...my super-favorite 80s band. 3) The whole thing is way too homogeneous. Too many dudes, too many mid-tempo rock ballads. If this was all I had to listen to on a desert Island I would intentionally drown or hang myself from a palm tree. Nah... you'd just start singing stupid shit, like the theme song to The OC and Michael, Row the Boat Ashore, and "Pump Up the Jam"
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Post by voidmoon on Aug 14, 2007 4:10:59 GMT -5
Last night I was thinking about how obsolete mix tapes have become. Now it's all drag and drop and click and burn, I no longer spend hours waiting for a song to come on the radio to tape it, or have to start recording all over again if I make a mistake, or spend hours painstakingly decorating the finished mixed tape. One thing remains that same though, as a music nerd, I feel I have to justify my choices with lengthy notes. Over the last decade or so I have made my fair share of mix tapes - not the 'I love you so much and these people stole how i feel about you and wrote it in a song and I need to share it with you ASAP' type, more like my evangelistic way of introducing music that I am uber-passionate about to others. If I could make a mix tape right now to take with me on a deserted island...
1. Lounge Act - Nirvana. SLTS I can get sick of, but never this song.
2. Stratford-on-guy - Liz Phair. There is a breathlessness in her voice that tumbles out and rolls out in front of her, melodic but flat. It's a song about flying which I could listen to again and again. There's something about Liz Phair's voice and sparse guitar that soothes me. Lately she's been pretending she is still in her twenties, has teamed up with the songwriters who made Avril Lavigne famous, and appeared on 'Charmed'. I won't judge, she has to keep a roof over her son's head.
3. Loneliness is Worse - Veruca Salt. I couldn't pick a single Breeders song, so I chose this song because out of all their songs, this song has the best emotional depth and the best production. I remember falling apart to this song after the end of my first relationship as a teenager and the intensity of those feelings will stay with me as will the song.
4. Free Money - Patti Smith. Patti Smith lies on the fine line of melodic rock and unsingable catastrophic noise. And I love all aspects of Patti. You can sing along nicely to this song.
5. Helter Skelter - The Beatles. "You may be a lover but you aint no dancer." That sums me up completely. I count this as one of the first grunge/punk songs. Dear Prudence comes a close second, but I reckon I'll want to rock out if I was stuck on an island, not feel love for Prudence.
6. Gimme Shelter - The Rolling Stones. What is shelter? Is it a roof, is it a person, is it a drug? I think it is all three. We find 'shelter' where we need it. And I need a big gospel singer blowing "Rape, murder, it's just a shot away," or my day just won't be complete and I'll find ohh yeah I'm gonna fade away. It's groovy and makes my bottom do things that look suspiciously like dancing.
7. She's Lost Control - Joy Division. It makes me goth dance. Ian Curtis made me look in the mirror and see that I was out of control. You can easily get lost in this song.
8. Sister Ray - The Velvet Underground. I'm planning to have a 90 minute tape so that I can fit this song on my tape. Someone once said that a junkie spends over half his time sitting around waiting for more junk. So true. Sister Ray always made time go quicker for me and reminds me of a place I don't ever want to go back to again, 'searching for my mainline/ I couldn't hit it sideways.' Sister Ray makes me remember, so that I'll never forget.
9. Blue - Joni Mitchell. Come on. How can you not? Blue is a masterpiece - lyrically, musically and vocally. There are notes that not even Indian singers know exist in there. Joni Mitchell deserves a billion points for being so excellent.
10. Rhinoceros - Smashing Pumpkins. I needed a big ass guitar solo in my list, unfortunately Zep couldn't beat this one, the verses are soothing, lyrically stupid, but the guitar just rocks, so you're in, Billy.
11. Gimme Danger - The Stooges. Another big ass solo, but Iggy is the shiznit, 'there's nothing left alive but a pair of glassy eyes.' No further comment.
12. The Mercy Seat - Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds. Nick Cave knows that this is the best song that he has ever written. If I wrote this song I would become a minister because I would know that God has something special planned for me. It is a transcendent masterpiece.
13. Sweet Adeline - Elliott Smith. I cannot live without Elliott Smith. Sweet Adeline is my favourite song because of the melody, the coda, the guitar, the piano, the mellotron. He was the next Lennon.
14. Ain't Got No / I Got Life - Nina Simone. That terrifying tremolo. I would kill for her pipes. Yes, it's a song from Hair, but I don't care. I don't care what I haven't got or what you take away, I've got my life, I've got my freedom. Is there an any better affirmation?
15. Surf's Up - The Beach Boys. Van Dyke Parks is the shit. Van Dyke Parks and Brian Wilson together is narcotic. Park's complex poetic lyrics mixed with Wilson's impeccable vocal melodies have created the best song in the world that will chill your spine and render you helpless. Smile kicks Sgt. Pepper's ass.
16. When The Stars Go Blue - Ryan Adams. I'm just getting into Ryan Adams, this song is beautiful. I chose it over everything else because I can see myself looking at the sky at night and knowing that I made the right choice. It's the 'vibe'.
17. Doughnut Song - Tori Amos. So talented. I chose this song over Blood Roses because I am enamoured with the backing vocals in the second chorus. I was going to choose Not David Bowie, but this song is more in depth so will carry my attention longer.
18. Never Is A Promise - Fiona Apple. Ohhh, mezzo-soprano mixed with Van Dyke Parks orchestrations, lyrical beauty, tricky piano. My favourite Fiona song for so long. Not sick of it yet.
19. Both Sides Now - Joni Mitchell. Ok, so I'm stuck on an island. These are probably the last songs I'll ever get to listen to. Do I want to listen to The Pussy Cat Dolls or The Black Eyed Peas or something that makes me thankful for the life I've lived so far? Joni Mitchell wins. Joni Mitchell always wins.
20. All Across The World - Silverchair. A joyous mix of psychadelic funk, strange accents, soulful voices, Van Dyke Parks, crazy blips, and children. Is Daniel Johns the next Brian Wilson? Nearly. He gets full points for pushing the envelope. This song makes me so happy, it's criminal. Thus it is the best song to finish on.
What would be on your mix tape?
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Post by voidmoon on Aug 12, 2007 8:08:45 GMT -5
Omg omg omg omg... joni mitchell is my LIFE (and not because I am crazy)
get Court and Spark. now. It will change your life. The first seven songs will revolutionise the way you hear music and melody.
Then: Hits. Hissing of the Summer Lawns, Don Juan's Reckless Daughter. For The roses. Clouds. Mingus. Hejira. Miles of Ailes (live album).
All hail Joni! If you do not like my serving suggestions, tell me. I can suggest others... Court and Spark - do yourself a favour.
Let me know if blew your mind.
Peace out.
(his eyes were the colour of the sand and the sea and the more he talked to me, you know, the more he reached me) ahhhh.
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Post by voidmoon on Aug 24, 2007 7:03:59 GMT -5
Woooho... that's some singalong!!! shhhesshhhh! Go KD! Go Beth Gibbons!!!
Have you heard Annie's cover of Joni Mitchell's 'Ladies of the Canyon'? It's on the latest Joni Mitchell Tribute album... pure GOLD!
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Post by voidmoon on Aug 20, 2007 8:03:45 GMT -5
To the Workers of the Rockford River Valley Region, I have an idea concerning your predicament - by Sufjan Stevens
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Post by voidmoon on Aug 12, 2007 7:53:23 GMT -5
oh oh oh!
Never is a promise - Fiona Apple
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Post by voidmoon on Aug 12, 2007 8:00:05 GMT -5
chicken hanna,
My serving suggestions are:
Bone Machine - Goin' Out West and the rest Blood Money - Misery's the river of the world (everybody row) All of Closing Time
Real Gone - Tom goes crazy... crazy crazy... Hoist that Rag is pure unadulterated American gothic If you are a sappy person, liking that romancey stuff... Blue Valentines.
If you are adventurous - go for the Orphans boxed set.
Us australians love us some gruntin' man... mmmm... tom waits
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