Author Topic: What Band are you Currently Addicted too? (Read 27354 times)

gun_sl1nger · « **Reply #50 on:** Sun, 30 January 2011, 01:17:29 »

Quote from: keyboardlover;285994

I like sexy music videos...like this one:

Nothing beats this

Nothing.

Oqsy · « **Reply #51 on:** Sun, 30 January 2011, 01:52:38 »

Wow, when did Tegan and Sara get so BAAAD? I love their "older" stuff, but that first video makes me a little... grumpy.

Mates of State make my head hurt, even though I like their pingy happy smiley time musics...

as for the rest: tl;dnr

I've been a huge futureheads fan for several years now, although their newer stuff is a bit more mature, which usually also means a bit more bland... But if there's a band I'm currently "addicted to", it would either be them, or Bowie.

quadibloc · « **Reply #52 on:** Sun, 30 January 2011, 03:34:03 »

Looking at harpsichord music led me to the researches of the professor who demonstrates the intonation he believes was used by Bach for the Well-Tempered Clavier (as opposed to equal temperament, as generally believed) in this video:

002 · « **Reply #53 on:** Sun, 30 January 2011, 04:58:15 »

Q: Are we not men? A: POLYSICS desu

MMA fans might get a kick out of this one

Jerri · « **Reply #54 on:** Sun, 30 January 2011, 05:29:54 »

Since two days i only listen to Gamma Ray, especially rebellion in dreamland. I haven't heard that since about 14 Years, damn how fast time runs...

If you listen that, you should listen thw whole ~9minutes, because that thing changes a few times: Klick!

Jerri

Twitchy · « **Reply #55 on:** Sun, 30 January 2011, 12:02:52 »

If I had to pick one group... Tried not to pick the obvious stuff! (hope they're not blocked!)

quadibloc · « **Reply #56 on:** Sun, 30 January 2011, 23:53:46 »

From this, you can discover that Bohlen-Pierce

has nothing to do with Sarbanes-Oxley.

Now, here is conventional music, in a conventional temperament,

but apparently played on a keyboard using the Wicki-Hayden arrangement.

A keyboard that looks like a keyboard, and so appropriate to the forum.

Brian8bit · « **Reply #57 on:** Mon, 31 January 2011, 21:01:30 »

Today has mostly been Rumbleseat. Heard this particular track on a BMX video I was watching so fired up Spotify and gave the album a listen. Not bad at all.

Brian8bit · « **Reply #58 on:** Mon, 31 January 2011, 22:52:03 »

Anyone else using Spotify? I saw there was a Django Reinhardt release (Oh Lady Be Good (2011)) so decided to give it a listen and 39 seconds into the first track (Dinah) there was the Windows "donk" sound. I panicked and thought "oh ****, what's crashed?" then remembered I'm on OS X. So took the song back a couple of seconds and sure enough it appears to be embedded into the track.

Can anyone else using Spotify confirm if it's there on their own Spotify? I assume it would be. Just want to make sure.

http://open.spotify.com/album/60KdadPAQpcBXhhcCzRXfN

Brodie337 · « **Reply #59 on:** Tue, 01 February 2011, 04:17:09 »

Karnivool.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18SUFbABxNQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cjvtx3HMUks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mR7SzOdW3Vg

How does one embed youtube here?

Jerri · « **Reply #60 on:** Tue, 01 February 2011, 05:52:22 »

Since Yesterday it is the Tron Soundtrack from Daft Punk. Since a long time a very nice mastered CD (not such Brickwall-limiter as loud as Possible CDs).
Maybe the nicest mastered CD i've ever owned. I think that sounds really nice on some good hifi equipment!

Anyways, since the film came out (last thursday here in germany) i wanted that soundtrack

. The Bass can be a bit heavy for some people, it's more earthshaking than any bluray movie i have.

Klick me!

Jerri

keyb_gr · « **Reply #61 on:** Wed, 02 February 2011, 18:06:03 »

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How does one embed youtube here?

We have YOUTUBE tags for that here.

Quote from: quadibloc;287176

Looking at harpsichord music led me to the researches of the professor who demonstrates the intonation he believes was used by Bach for the Well-Tempered Clavier (as opposed to equal temperament, as generally believed) in this video:

That guy's website was an interesting read. So old Johann Sebastian hid his little secret in plain sight, right on the front page of his book. Fascinating.

Now for something a little, but not completely, different...

If you guys have misplaced your time machine lately and are sorely missing it, here's something to cheer you up:

(... or maybe not, given the time in history.)
That recording sounds more natural than a lot of the commercial stuff out 10, 20 or even more years later. The electronics can't always keep up, but still. Apparently they used Neumann CMV3A microphones with M7 capsules (cardioid condenser mic, tube amp of course), and the 6.5 mm wide tape (which would only become 1/4" = 6.35 mm after the war) ran at 77 cm/s (30 ips).
(There's a couple of pretty amazing-sounding 78s out there, too. You'll find a sticky on those on the Steve Hoffman forums.)

Brian8bit · « **Reply #62 on:** Wed, 02 February 2011, 19:27:44 »

Today has been Cruyff In The Bedroom latest album. Searched for them before but there was no sign of them on Spotify. Dunno when they upped the latest album either, but also searched for Plastic Girl In Closet and they've an album up too. Hopefully more Jap shoegaze makes it's way onto Spotify.

Computer-Lab in Basement · « **Reply #63 on:** Wed, 02 February 2011, 19:34:39 »

Currently listening to Kid Rock...

microsoft windows · « **Reply #64 on:** Wed, 02 February 2011, 20:20:48 »

Kid Rock's put out some good stuff.

quadibloc · « **Reply #65 on:** Wed, 02 February 2011, 20:32:57 »

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(... or maybe not, given the time in history.)

At least they used the magnetic tape recording technology for something besides Hitler's speeches.

Of 250 stereo recordings made in that period, only three survived the war; I was able to track down this site with the history involved.

Brodie337 · « **Reply #66 on:** Wed, 02 February 2011, 21:10:43 »

Take 2:

Brian8bit · « **Reply #67 on:** Wed, 02 February 2011, 21:19:29 »

Brian8bit · « **Reply #68 on:** Wed, 02 February 2011, 21:21:01 »

Quote from: Brodie337;288159

How does one embed youtube here?

Youtube tags and use the code after the = mark in the youtube link. So for my video it was

[youtube]Vos7MqOf5Yc[ /youtube]

Brodie337 · « **Reply #69 on:** Wed, 02 February 2011, 21:34:57 »

Thanks man

quadibloc · « **Reply #70 on:** Wed, 02 February 2011, 22:04:39 »

Searching to see if there were any other pieces of the three surviving recordings, I was not expecting to find the girl of my dreams...

Apparently the film was innocuous enough of political content that it went on to be shown in the Soviet Union after the war, and even to enter the syllabus of their standard course on cinema.

Also, it is heartening to learn that both the lead actress of the film herself, and her career, survived the war.

Brian8bit · « **Reply #71 on:** Wed, 02 February 2011, 22:16:15 »

Listening to some chiptune on youtube and this was in the related vids.

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Russian demoscenes project t.r.a.c.k.e.r.s. - http://trackers.fmf.ru - present demoscener Darkman007 (Tuapse, Russia). He realtime playing music in tracker on PC keyboard, without MIDI keyboard.

msiegel · « **Reply #72 on:** Wed, 02 February 2011, 23:40:19 »

that's AWESOME, BUT I GUESS YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO DO IT WITH BUCKLING SPRINGS

*puts in rock concert earplugs, just in case*

Brian8bit · « **Reply #73 on:** Thu, 03 February 2011, 00:20:11 »

woody · « **Reply #74 on:** Thu, 03 February 2011, 05:02:38 »

Quote from: keyb_gr;289026

Heh, Karajan. His daughter Arabel lives here and does some weird performances.

keyb_gr · « **Reply #75 on:** Thu, 03 February 2011, 18:29:11 »

Quote from: quadibloc;289128

Searching to see if there were any other pieces of the three surviving recordings,

You can also find Beethoven's 5th piano concerto with pianist Walter Gieseking on the 'tube. I forgot what the 3rd one was...

Quote from: quadibloc;289128

Apparently the film was innocuous enough of political content that it went on to be shown in the Soviet Union after the war, and even to enter the syllabus of their standard course on cinema.

Here's another one like this:

(With English subs.)

That was a very fancy and expensive production, intended to be as good as anything in the fantasy genre back then. Ironically it was scored by none other than Erich Kästner (under a pseudonym, and even that doesn't show up in the credits), whose works had been burned and who was not allowed to publish under the Nazi regime. His sense of humour and humanist world view are quite apparent.

Looks like if you want to have the best people to get the job done, you have to make compromises sometimes. Of course this kind of ambivalence works both ways - don't think that wartime technology specialists were not in demand afterwards. Life's a strange place at times...

quadibloc · « **Reply #76 on:** Thu, 03 February 2011, 19:48:10 »

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Of course this kind of ambivalence works both ways - don't think that wartime technology specialists were not in demand afterwards. Life's a strange place at times...

Well, technology is both politically neutral - unlike art and literature - and something we desperately need for survival.

After all, right after World War II, the Soviets ended up developing The Bomb, and so the United States had no choice but to do everything it could to be the leader in ICBMs. Otherwise, the sacrifices of World War II would all have been for naught, as the world would have come under the rule of an equally bad, if slightly different, form of tyranny.

It doesn't strike me as strange that desperate people will do what they have to. What else would you possibly expect?

keyb_gr · « **Reply #77 on:** Thu, 03 February 2011, 20:06:30 »

I was thinking more of people like radar specialists here in Germany, so technology that was actually relevant in war. For an example that should be pretty well-known, rocket specialist Wernher von Braun went on to work for the US after the war, and he wasn't exactly opposed to the old regime to put it mildly.

But yeah, ultimately technology is a tool, and whether it's good or bad depends on what you're doing with it.

ironman31 · « **Reply #78 on:** Thu, 03 February 2011, 20:45:36 »

Where's all the progressive metal???

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ho4-tExpTE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KV8Aoy8dH-A

What is X? · « **Reply #79 on:** Thu, 03 February 2011, 23:10:26 »

Killswitch Engage. Can't get enough...

Brian8bit · « **Reply #80 on:** Fri, 04 February 2011, 07:40:00 »

Today I have been listening to 8 bit stuff. Mostly Sabrepulse.

quadibloc · « **Reply #81 on:** Thu, 10 February 2011, 15:56:32 »

Here is a live performance, from the year 2010,

of Valoa Ikkunassa - Finland's first entry to the European Song Contest, in 1961, and thus an original Finnish song. There, it was performed by the beloved Laila Kinnunen.

Speaking of the Eurovision Song Contest - and the thread title:

this was a recent Finnish entry, and, amazingly enough, the artist, Laura Voutilanen, is visiting Edmonton in early March on her current tour.

And this, in Swedish, is the sort of thing I had been searching for in Finnish for so long:

being a sentimental fool.

And having just discovered that what they love in Sweden, they also admire in Croatia, I should also share this one with you:

The song I was really looking for was sung in Swedish by Marianne Kock, under the title "Jag vill ha dig"; that isn't on YouTube, but here's another one by her whose melody should be familiar:

Oh, and here's a Swedish cover of a hit for another of my favorite artists:

quadibloc · « **Reply #82 on:** Sat, 12 February 2011, 08:07:45 »

Finally, I decided to use a more direct search strategy:

microsoft windows · « **Reply #83 on:** Sat, 12 February 2011, 09:08:28 »

I know what Ripster's into.

Computer-Lab in Basement · « **Reply #84 on:** Sat, 12 February 2011, 09:25:10 »

That is disgraceful... AC/DC sounds way better. Linkin Park:

J888www · « **Reply #85 on:** Sat, 12 February 2011, 09:40:08 »

quadibloc · « **Reply #86 on:** Sat, 12 February 2011, 11:26:40 »

Well, "Back In Black" may be too wild for me, but this song with a somewhat similar title is pleasant enough:

But today, I was looking up this tune - here is its original hit version:

and perhaps its most famous cover version:

and a later cover by that artist who is one of my sentimental favorites:

The song has an interesting history: the melody was written in 1911 with the title "Melody in A Major" by General Charles G. Dawes, who would later become the Vice President of the United States under Calvin Coolidge. The Dawes Plan led to him sharing a Nobel Peace Prize.

It was in 1951 that Carl Sigman wrote the lyrics for the modern song, but it was not until 1958 that Tommy Edwards had the first hit with it.

And, in a Google search for information about the original melody, I found that much earlier, Don Wilson adapted it and gave it lyrics under the title "Let Me Dream", sometime in 1932 or previously.

JelinaNU · « **Reply #87 on:** Sat, 12 February 2011, 12:11:25 »

Epica. (Watch some of the studio sessions from when Simone was only 18.) Their music gives me chills and regularly makes me ask, audibly and to no one in particular, "Why are you so fraking good?"

quadibloc · « **Reply #88 on:** Sat, 12 February 2011, 13:40:00 »

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Epica.

Symphonic Metal. A genre I would not have imagined even existing.

So far, I've seen this and am suitably impressed:

Also, I noticed a video of them preparing for a classical performance in Miskolc. I misread the name, and thus wondered if there was a university in that city. Indeed there was; it was established in 1949, as the Technical University of Heavy Industry, but it was the successor to the University of Mining and Metallurgy of Selmecbánya - which was founded in 1735, and which was the first school not run by the church in the Hapsburg Empire.

The Béla Bartók Institute of Music is now part of that university as well, so the city has a rich musical history.

Although mining does involve delving deeply into the Earth, I would suspect that the contents of the rare book section of its library would be unpromising...

JelinaNU · « **Reply #89 on:** Sat, 12 February 2011, 14:00:57 »

For the record: that must be a fanmade MV, as that's not Simone. Simone is a striking Dutch redhead. Sensorium is an Epica track, though, and that's Simone's voice you're hearing.

The girl seen in the video may be the lead singer of Within Temptation. I'm not sure.

Jerri · « **Reply #90 on:** Sat, 12 February 2011, 14:22:17 »

Van Halen, maybe due the fact, that Eddie is one of my Guitar Heros!
Damn, now i know, what's missing on my pedal board.... an old MXR Phase 90!

I like Epica much, too!

quadibloc · « **Reply #91 on:** Sat, 12 February 2011, 15:09:14 »

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For the record: that must be a fanmade MV, as that's not Simone.

You are quite right. I didn't read the description of the video carefully, as it was in Spanish. However, the description lists the various music videos from which clips were taken to produce this fanmade video:

Nirvana - Heart Shaped Box
The Birthday Massacre - Blue
Within Temptation - Memories
Johnny Cash - God's Gonna Cut You Down
Incubus - Anna Molly
The Killers - Mr. Brightside

Since they were all professionally produced music videos, naturally that's what the result looked like...

And so you are right about the woman in the video being from Within Temptation.

Mercen_505 · « **Reply #92 on:** Sat, 12 February 2011, 15:26:15 »

Kalafina, I guess.

instantkamera · « **Reply #93 on:** Mon, 14 February 2011, 21:33:11 »

NOT currently addicted to Arcade Fire, but congrats to them on the Grammy. "Funeral" was the soundtrack to my and my wife's move from Halifax to Montreal. Hard to believe that was the middle of last decade...

Also:

http://whoisarcadefire.tumblr.com

god, so many lulz. It has ceased to upset me that so many people in the world are off-base, they can't all be helped.

j_r · « **Reply #94 on:** Mon, 14 February 2011, 23:24:43 »

Yes, props to Arcade Fire for winning that paper weight, although you could always hock it when times get tuff. It is good to see "Indie" get a little love from the establishment.

Currently, I have (2) songs which rattle round my head: LCD Soundsystem, "Tribulations"; The Pixies, "Where is My Mind". LCD for the beat (which is really not that interesting but Just digging it) and The Pixies since I love playing it finger style. Oh and of course the obligatory John Cage and Zakir Hussain... etc.

quadibloc · « **Reply #95 on:** Tue, 15 February 2011, 09:25:30 »

My musical odyssey was interrupted by some outside suggestions... this part of a movie soundtrack

is often confused with this lovely song

(Deleted link: video of "Tänk Om Han Vet", a cover of "Maybe I Know")
(Deleted link: video of "Jag Är Bara Din", a cover of "I Will Follow Him" or "Chariot")

Here's a cover of the song in the two videos above which have been deleted, this one a surprising English-language one:

Oh, and someone did perform it in Finnish:

even if it wasn't Laila Kinnunen:

Of course, one can always bring out the big guns:

Of course, if we're going to talk about chariots, here's the Peter Thomas Sound Orchestra:

quadibloc · « **Reply #96 on:** Tue, 15 February 2011, 12:33:22 »

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Of course to the Grammies "new" is someone that has been recording for 5 years.

Well, of course. I mean, really, you aren't going to win any kind of Grammy unless you've got chops and savvy, not just raw talent - and so new is relative to arriving on the radar screen, not starting to perform in public.

keyb_gr · « **Reply #97 on:** Tue, 15 February 2011, 17:24:23 »

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http://whoisarcadefire.tumblr.com

Hilarious.

Quote from: ripster;295446

Grammy for best new artist.

Deservedly, it seems. I hadn't heard of her (not really my genre), but it's not hard to tell she's good.
(The interesting part is the other nominees who didn't get one, which included several heavyweights.)

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Of course to the Grammies "new" is someone that has been recording for 5 years.

What did you expect? When I heard that Arcade Fire had won a Grammy, it struck me as at least somewhat unorthodox. Granted, The Suburbs was somewhat of an expected fave last year and graced a number of top album lists, but still.

quadibloc · « **Reply #98 on:** Wed, 16 February 2011, 00:24:59 »

Oh, yes, now... since some may feel I gave one performer short shrift above...

This was a beautiful melody... but she is also capable of putting forth a supreme effort...

and so are other artists:

but one may well want to stick to the original:

On the other hand, if your interest is in contemporary artists, there are some who can bring something to the table even for a song already so well-handled as this one:

And, for such a popular song, it shouldn't come as too much of a surprise that there were foreign-language covers of it as well:

And not just by other artists:

Hey... everybody sang it!

notlofty · « **Reply #99 on:** Wed, 16 February 2011, 01:22:39 »

I've currently had two different songs stuck in my head recently.
Christian Metalcore: For Today- Devastator.

Cab Calloway- Jumpin' Jive

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Author Topic: What Band are you Currently Addicted too? (Read 27354 times)

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