@GirlVersusGame that's really cool. Hopefully some of the good kind of nostalgia coming from it, too. Have you been listening to a lot of the bands since finding this treasure trove of your past?
For me, I can't place my music taste as I grew up with all kinds of alt-culture alongside the normal bikes and football/always outside childhood. I know I was weird before people knew it was cool to be weird, and I know I directly influenced people in the first year of high-school to join me on that weird side. Not that i'm a bad influence at all, wouldn't dream of it. I had stacks of my older brothers CDs and i'm proud to have converted a bunch of fairly nerdy/shy people into metalheads, punks, goths/emos and generally rowdy motherfluffers 😁 describing me as a social wrecking ball would give actual wrecking balls far too much credit for the damage they cause. I am far worse than that, haha.
Full-on emo (lets call it 'dress up emo') music specifically I know happened for me just because people said I was an emo, when really I was just highly emotional and clearly very awesome, and of course I liked some alt and emo adjacent music (silverstein, alkaline trio, UnderOath etc) then girls would buy me full-on emo cd's and thus I played into that for attention, naturally, but I ended up really liking some of it. I know I never listened to MCR until someone bought me a random album, for example. As I thought they were just an image, rather than a good band. Little did I know i'd really enjoy them and that album would become one of my favourites.
Now you've got me all nostalgic again. I haven't had a lot of music on lately tbh, though. I will drift in and out of listening to stuff. But thank you for the nostalgia hit 😄
Hopefully all is well, I haven't really been able to have many long conversations on here for a while, and still might not. But the odd chat about shared interests with people is still managable. So I will try to keep up with people on here for that 😄
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In the grand tradition of songs I've heard thousands of times but never seen the music-video until just now, this too is a first. My first time seeing what the band actually look like.
Armor for Sleep look more or less as I expected but I still picture the album art over the persons. I think with a lot of bands had I seen those music-videos I might have assigned a particular meaning to each track over just listening, feeling and then assigning personal meaning.
that's really cool. Hopefully some of the good kind of nostalgia coming from it, too. Have you been listening to a lot of the bands since finding this treasure trove of your past?
It's mixed, it's really good to finally narrow-down years. I had to have someone crack the encryption and because I did it folder by folder there's still some to go. The timing was good, I'd narrowed some years down at Easter, I'd gotten a lot of years wrong, things that I'd thought were from twelve years old were actually six. I spent some of yesterday with a notebook putting many bands in the right order. I found also some really old chat logs and a kind of digital scrap-book, if someone sent me pics I put them in folders. It's mostly Disney, cats, fashion, that kind of thing but I like that I still have them. I think the term is time-capsule, it was like that.
Hopefully all is well, I haven't really been able to have many long conversations on here for a while, and still might not. But the odd chat about shared interests with people is still managable. So I will try to keep up with people on here for that 😄
I'm not sure what you missed, I wasn't here either. I had some health hiccups some weeks ago or maybe a month ago, I crashed from not taking a break since November, I lost my memory and had to train it back into alignment, they said it was the worst case of chronic jet-lag they'd ever seen, my short term memory essentially switched off. It's all thankfully leveled off so I'm back doing the open-world traversal thing, more recently Monaco, Algeria, Libya and currently Syria. It's not really vacations obviously but I am taking the time for air and sleeping more. My friends took me off the Batman thing too, they said after two-years I needed to pull back. I think I felt boredom but then found Vampire Survivors (from Tjuz) followed by many other survivors type games. It's possible to play with one hand then hold a book in the other, I spent some time cataloging books too, over one-thousand but I cheated by using a kind of gun that scans the barcodes into my database. I had to do something to keep busy, all of my tutors were cancelled too, forced rest is very boring. I never did finish Kingdom Come Deliverance, it became I'm not sure? but I'll return to it eventually. I'm liking these bite-sized games, you can achieve things in a very short amount of time.
Some of the files are still being decrypted, I can see where she was explaining what Emo was by sending pictures, I had no Google she was my Google. That was the same night as Hawthorne Heights. It was sort of like asking about a subject and then someone builds a collection of images and sends them in a folder, there are so many folders I was very curious.
For me, I can't place my music taste as I grew up with all kinds of alt-culture alongside the normal bikes and football/always outside childhood. I know I was weird before people knew it was cool to be weird.
You know what you will think is weird? I've never tried a bike, cars yes many and still do but not two wheels. Or football but what am I going to do with a ball that size? they don't squeak so that's half of the fun instantly removed. Is there even a genre that footballers listen to? I can only go off football movie soundtracks but I doubt those are accurate.
Full-on emo (lets call it 'dress up emo') music specifically I know happened for me just because people said I was an emo, when really I was just highly emotional and clearly very awesome.
Change was to am, you are still awesome.(silverstein, alkaline trio, UnderOath etc) then girls would buy me full-on emo cd's and thus I played into that for attention, naturally, but I ended up really liking some of it.
Boys couldn't buy Emo CDs? or I read this wrong. Was it taboo if you purchased them yourself? or you are saying you listened to the music to wrangle in girls, which I suppose well done if it worked. It took longer for me to get into My Chemical Romance, my English was practically non-existent back then and I didn't have to understand Underoath and still can't, the technical mix just sounds that good. My Chemical Romance were clearer, the lyrics were right there and it was probably too intimidating.
Now you've got me all nostalgic again. I haven't had a lot of music on lately tbh, though. I will drift in and out of listening to stuff. But thank you for the nostalgia hit 😄
I've been listening to a lot more music, I haven't given up on movies completely I'm just not really watching any and music works better singular. I do need to listen to more English bands though, it's mostly been Russian, Albanian and French. I'm hardly using the language at the moment. My РУССКАЯ ДУША (bear with the crown) has been holding strong for months, still my number one with (checks) 2,698x plays, that's 5,450m, not bad. I'll fix some English with some My Chemical Romance.
Why haven't you been listening to music? has gaming with dialogue stolen your time? I don't even know what the soundtrack for Vampire Survivors or Soulstone Survivors sounds like.
There he is 🐻 👑 but obviously not English. I'll probably attend one of their shows.
@GirlVersusGame i'll try to answer a couple of things in a weird order, as usual 😛
Ohhhh, buy them for me as in gift them to me. Sometimes I just assume my words will be understood but they can be misconstrued 😅 It was kind of a tongue in cheek thing, but a lot of the girls were actually incredibly emo at the time, the full on dress-up aspect and everything, so I just went with it. There were probably about 5 emo girls to every one emo boy, too. And yeah, I liked my screamo, metal, punk, rap, nu-metal etc, but they would call me an emo like a term of endearment (or maybe to convert me 🙊) it is hard to explain because they would wear enough make-up and hair dye for an entire town so it was ironic that I was the emo in that situation 😛. If you saw me playing sports, or in the crowd at the football, for example, you wouldn't say, oh that chap's an emo, what what. But we were young and free, it didn't really matter. But in the end I ended up liking some of the more obvious emo scene bands, too, because I then actually listened to the cds because you have to give things a go. So yeah, that was kind of a portion of my musical youth. I also played in bands throughought my teens and beyond, but it was mostly heavier stuff, but because i've always been a sad, pretentious, arty type there is always some of that 'emo' DNA in there, too.
I do have a habit of saying 'was' about anything related to nostalgia, but I do know i'm still awesome, don't worry about that 😛 (normal people might have said thank you for those kind words, but that is not my jam, so apologies for that.) just ask @Tjuz, he absolutely adores me 😘 (i'm actually going to use this as a way to say hello to that fellow now, too) I know I noped out of conversations with you both as I fell off time spent on here. It isn't you, it's me.
Anyway, I hope you are both well. Glad you seem to have got some rest and recovery, Kat. And sorry to hear it all became a little too much for you and you had to go through that recently. Find as much time as you need for your own self-care. It will always be important, even if you aren't expecting a crash, always try to find time for yourself to relax and reset. Like, seriously. This is the serious part. Heed my words etc. Take care of yourself.
@Tjuz I can actually turn this back to music, shockingly, as Eurovision should be coming up some point this month, right? I feel like we found that was a shared interest we had, shocking as it may seem. The bad boy from the wrong part of town and the (well, you love pop music anyway, so that part kind of makes sense as Eurovision is a pop heavy song contest) hmm, i've trailed off from imagining it as some kind of musical/movie production where we somehow meet at Eurovision, haha. Ah, you've all missed this, right? The absolute nonsense that comes out of me. What better way to end a comment. Peace and fluffing! Believe!
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@StitchJones Sorry to hear it, I’ve really enjoyed our chats. That said, I totally understand, man. Internet discourse can be exhausting and patience , grace and plain old fashioned decency seem to be in short supply. Keep well. Cheers!
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@Ravix I see your ego hasn't left you in the meantime! And no worries whatsoever. I know you have a busy life between all the sambuca parties you have to organise, so who am I to demand your time when there's emo stuff to be done?! It can't be easy to keep your hair dyed fully black at all times.
I quite literally just had a conversation with my co-worker about the semi-finals that happened for Eurovision yesterday. Not in the sense that I had anything to contribute to the conversation, as I wasn't even aware they were happening until practically right now. The last few years I watched it with a friend who has now moved away, and I don't know if I'll take the time of my busy schedule of... checks notes... being gay, of course, to watch it this time around. If you come across any entry you appreciate like with Hold Me Closer however, feel free to tag me! I'll be sure to do the same if anything fun pops up on my radar.
And this movie you're pitching? I think there's a future there. Imagine this: Ravix, the emo bad boy from Wisconsin (don't ask me why there, it's the first state that came up in my mind), has been getting bullied by his fellow emo brethren for years over his obsession with Eurovision. ''Why do you care?'', they ask. ''American patriots don't care about Eurovision.'', they say. What they are missing, is that Ravix is not a simple patriot. He is world-renown emo boy from Wisconsin with cultural ties to all places through his extended social network online. His sambuca parties are highly exclusive, attended by the likes of Trisha Paytas to queen Camilla. At his latest party, he had been personally invited by queen Camilla to travel to the UK and watch Eurovision at the Buckingham Palace. Ravix, being the social butterfly he is, can not say no. He has some trouble with his visa to the UK as the authorities complained his long, emo hair blocks his face on his identification, but Camilla is quick to step in and declare it his religious right.
When Ravix finally arrives at the Buckingham Palace, he is greeted by the royals as well as the butlers. What he doesn't know yet... is that a whirlwind romance is about to unfold between him and one of the butlers. When the night of the first Eurovision semi-final arrives, he is invited into the screening room by the royal family along with other attendees such as Snoop Dogg and David Attenborough. While Ravix chats with David Attenborough about his latest nature documentary regarding the ever-elusive unicorns, he notices a butler walk in. It's Tjuz. It's odd, because no one has ordered a drink. He is just standing there in the corner, with his luscious blonde hair and well-tailored suit. Ravix can't take his eyes off of him. When Camilla eventually notices the butler simply lounging around not doing his job, she sends him away in what can only be described as a childish tantrum. Between the conversations with David Attenborough and his endless side-ways glances at Tjuz, Ravix has not been able to follow Eurovision at all. As Tjuz leaves the room, Ravix feels compelled to follow...
Tjuz starts crying as he exits the screening room. All he wanted was to watch the Eurovision. He wasn't even supposed to work this evening. Eurovision means the world to him. Ravix follows and quickly starts a dialogue, trying to console Tjuz. It seems to be working. He gets Tjuz to laugh again, they converse about furries and, eventually, they kiss. It's a feeling neither has felt before. It feels heavenly. Ravix's sambuca parties don't live up to this moment at all, and nor do Tjuz' discreet adventures with the fellow male butlers in the palace. The universe has brought these two together at the exact right time. Ravix invites Tjuz over to the US to attend his next sambuca party, but Tjuz has to sadly decline as he does not have the funds to travel there. Ravix is distraught. Not only does he get mistreated by a woman he thought of as his friend, but he doesn't even get paid enough to fly the coop and embrace his inner emo. The suit and tie doesn't fit him after all. The hair isn't black. Tjuz is clearly not living the life he is supposed to. With Ravix' newfound passion for Tjuz, he decides there is only one thing they can do to make this moment better.
Fast-forward two days. It's the second Eurovision semi-final. Tjuz and Ravix are seated front row, right next to Martha Stewart. Ravix took it upon himself to book a flight to Vienna and attend in person with the person he has come to love like no other, except for maybe himself. Tjuz' hair has been dyed black. He's wearing baggy clothes and has a tattoo on his forehead saying ''sambuca4life''. He has finally embraced his inner emo, and Ravix is proud to have helped him on this journey. Not to mention the fact that they are now in the middle of what they bonded over: Eurovision. It has been a whirlwind romance for the ages. There's only one thing left to do... during one of the ad breaks, Ravix runs up on the stage. Security is right behind him, but he doesn't seem to mind. The audience is in shock at what's unfolding. They wonder which political cause Ravix is about to interrupt the usual programming for.
What no one expected, is that the political cause in question is: homosexual love. Ravix makes it to the middle of the stage, snatches the microphone out of the hand of presenter Christoph Waltz, and starts confessing his love to Tjuz for all to hear. The security stops dead in its tracks. Who are they to interrupt such a natural moment? God forbid they're accused of homophobia by escorting them from the stage. They let him continue. Christoph Waltz starts annoyingly yelling something in German at Ravix, but as he does not understand the language, he does not pay it any mind. The speech to Tjuz goes on for minutes. It's the most heartfelt Ravix has ever been in his entire life. The audience is crying, even if half is irritated by how long it's going on for. Israel has been disqualified from the competition as Ravix eats into the airtime and they were the next performer. Ravix ends his speech as such: ''Tjuz, meeting you has been the most wonderful moment of my life. You have managed to lighten up my blackened emo heart in my time of need. Will you marry me?''
Tjuz runs onto the stage, excitedly screams ''Yes!'' for all to hear, and they start making out on stage. The broadcast has to cut away from the passion on display, leading to security finally escorting them out of the arena. They may not have found out the winners of that night's semi-final, but far more importantly, they found each other. Tjuz returns with Ravix to the US, where they swear off the sambuca parties in favour of exclusivity to one another. Trisha Paytas is disappointed, but supportive of their relationship. They live happily ever after.
That got away from me, but I think it's a script worthy of the Blacklist. What do you think? Should we start approaching the film studios?
@Tjuz well... that had far more put in to it than I would have expected. I laughed, I cried, I really hoped you'd just fed a loose concept into AI for your own sanity and didn't actually have to write all of that 😭😂 but I feel it was written with both a love and a hate, and perhaps I need to just hold you now. Maybe it is the strain of writing a movie together, maybe it is those years we have already lost never knowing each other. (Maybe i'm just an annoying **** haha) 🥺
I had thought we had a full on conversation about Eurovision tbh, maybe it was just that you used to watch it with someone and I posted a few songs. My brain cannot be relied upon for remembering things like that. To think I had been genuienly looking forward to checking in with you about it, too. Woops. I also forgot the Semi-finals were on yesterday. I'm not even sure how many countries are actually still in it. I've already seen a few news pop-ups about boycotts without actually clicking them. Maybe 10 was the latest number that refused.
Ooh, imagine if the confidence and ego wasn't backed up by loosely veiled tongue-in-cheek remarks, sarcasm, irony and self-hate. It would be a truly dangerous and alluring cocktail.
If I get around to doing any eurovision watching i'll surely post anything worth a listen, anyway. I think last year was a bit of a dissapointing standard overall, though.
And i'm really, genuinely not sure anyone will ever top this:
So is there even any point, anymore?
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@StitchJones Metonymy spoke some very true words. I personally think different people are online for different reasons and some do go out of their way to make waves but I find it easy to just ignore that kind of behavior and get on with my day. I can't really comment on the 'this day and age of the internet' because I don't know what the older internet was like, other than this site I rarely use the surface-web and I doubt I'm missing too much. I can't say I understand so much hating something for whichever reason seems to be there? I've just learned to ignore certain articles because it's obvious that not everyone will be on the same page, also life is far too short to allow that kind of thing to affect my day. If tomorrow I did leave it would be the people on threads like this that I'd miss, I don't think I need gaming news per-say but that's a personal thing, there's some great articles and travel features but I play mostly forever games so the majority of that side of the site is a little lost on me.
Therefore I'm better off in silence. I prefer that in my real life anyways.
I find this really hard to disagree with, I do adore that kind of personal silence but I also know I need to make an effort to mix a little with people outside of my usual circle. I think of it like this, if you hadn't have given the forums/a profile a chance I wouldn't have listened to Rush and a lot of others, I see that as mattering more than a possible argument with someone about whichever studio or game.
Ive only been a member here for almost a year this summer, but I was reading this website longer than I can remember for gaming news. I just never had an account to be part of the convo until last summer. So I'm fine with just going back to doing that. I wish you all the best and thank you again for the cool talks we had the last 10 months. I leave you with an appropriate and killer song. Later.....
I did that for a year before I made a profile and joined the conversation, ten months? that was fast and unfortunately I can't see the song or it's link. If it wasn't for the email I wouldn't have known that you left or why. I'd hope that you consider coming back but I understand your reason for going. I don't believe in goodbye, I'll say see you later.
Some true words from KoRn too.
These violent delights have violent ends & in their triumph die, like fire & powder Which, as they kiss, consume.
@Herculean That was a while ago in the PS6 thread? I think I remember, it's hard to know what happens in the article comments and it sounds like something happened there. It was probably building over time, if I wasn't having positive experiences/conversations I'd go to, it would seem to be counter productive to put yourself into a situation that could generate unnecessary stress. I doubt it was one particular person and it's hard to know what's happening away from the forum in someones life, all kinds of things factor into choices. We talked into the night for hours many times then deleted our conversations afterwards, I'd like to have know what the last track he did post was, it's not in the email.
@Ravix I thought these were low numbers until I realized those are full album plays not one track at a time. My friend did a calculation of everything and in total it's 313,839 tracks and 18,077 Artists but obviously not counting CD plays, shows or Apple music. My ex-Girlfriend ruined my Apple history with her tastes so there's no point in compiling those too. The funny thing is I don't even think I could name eighteen-thousand bands but I listened to them nonetheless.
Ohhhh, buy them for me as in gift them to me. Sometimes I just assume my words will be understood but they can be misconstrued 😅 It was kind of a tongue in cheek thing, but a lot of the girls were actually incredibly emo at the time, the full on dress-up aspect and everything, so I just went with it. There were probably about 5 emo girls to every one emo boy, too. And yeah, I liked my screamo, metal, punk, rap, nu-metal etc, but they would call me an emo like a term of endearment (or maybe to convert me 🙊)
I used to do that with games, if maybe I liked someone, maybe they liked you too? Can you recommend some Punk? I've only really listened to Skunk Anansie and can't think of many others though I suppose it depends on genre classification. Five to one sounds like the gaming ratios at least on here and it's maybe because of social-media and things, but the other way around. I think they did convert you, just a little, maybe more.
But we were young and free, it didn't really matter. But in the end I ended up liking some of the more obvious emo scene bands, too, because I then actually listened to the cds because you have to give things a go. So yeah, that was kind of a portion of my musical youth. I also played in bands throughought my teens and beyond, but it was mostly heavier stuff, but because i've always been a sad, pretentious, arty type there is always some of that 'emo' DNA in there, too.
You should have started an Emo football team, what did you do in bands? an instrument or scream? or both, why did you stop? you don't feel free anymore? or do you mean now you're an Adult and have responsibilities and with responsibilities one can't be free? I haven't really thought of it before now. Freedom does the opposite for me, the thought of it makes me nervous.
I do have a habit of saying 'was' about anything related to nostalgia, but I do know i'm still awesome, don't worry about that 😛 (normal people might have said thank you for those kind words, but that is not my jam, so apologies for that.) just ask @Tjuz, he absolutely adores me 😘 (i'm actually going to use this as a way to say hello to that fellow now, too) I know I noped out of conversations with you both as I fell off time spent on here. It isn't you, it's me.
Was for nostalgia makes sense, it's probably how language works too. You two should probably just tie the knot. There are certainly worst matches and you both game, you could teach him about Emo and Screamo. The noping out I thought was just 'oh it was too weird and Ravix blue-screened', it's fine really I know certain things are odd to you and most people but the things that are normal to you are equally as weird to me if not even more-so because you do those things all day and your world is the ninety-nine percent so it's huge. I still have some 'huh' for certain things I've been told since or before Christmas, I'm still processing them if that makes sense. What you said about life being simple for pets etc, you nailed that quite well. I did another deep-dive on all of the Otherkin and Therian stuff, it didn't apply so I pushed it aside and went back to 'normal is what you make of it'. It was interesting to learn about though.
Anyway, I hope you are both well. Glad you seem to have got some rest and recovery, Kat. And sorry to hear it all became a little too much for you and you had to go through that recently. Find as much time as you need for your own self-care. It will always be important, even if you aren't expecting a crash, always try to find time for yourself to relax and reset. Like, seriously. This is the serious part. Heed my words etc. Take care of yourself.
It's fine really and it's kind of like being on a train track, you know something is coming down the line but last so long before you collide with that train. A lot of that was bound to happen, it's not a stagnant life, I was again in four countries last month in maybe three-weeks. It was easier to adjust because they were all neighbours of each other, the previous months were slingshot-ting constantly maybe four-thousand miles each week. I didn't notice jet-lag escalating because it became a kind of default state, you know in Fight Club where Edward Nortan is constantly traveling Coast to Coast? it was like that, he ended up beating himself up only I didn't form a fighting club but I did kind of do some self damage I just didn't see it. We're being more careful now, obviously loud unexpected objects landing nearby didn't help, but that's small apples considering people live in those situations and I just visit. I'm not really sure what's going on in the world at the moment, I just know we're avoiding certain places, I have of course my suspicions.
I would have liked to have kept up with Kingdom Come Deliverance, there were just so many people and they weren't NPCs in the traditional sense like maybe in Skyrim? where it's hard to care about an outcome and instead you just borrow cheese and things, the games characters have a purpose and a kind of humanity I haven't seen in other games. I'm trying to focus on Rimworld again, micro-management is one big step to pulling gaming back properly. It's concerning that people are leaving here, but this is normal in your opinion? A friend who used to do gaming communities said it can be, she introduced me to this site so I trust her opinion.
I'm going to need to build a bigger house for all of my animals, I managed to tame a fox too but my alapacas became so old that some of them caught dementia and wander aimlessly. It's because most players raise animals to cook them and I raise them to look at them.
These violent delights have violent ends & in their triumph die, like fire & powder Which, as they kiss, consume.
@GirlVersusGame I have to confess I listened to the track, but by now I've forgotten what it was. Sorry.
It's a sad thing that when someone leaves their posts are taken with them. It makes sense of course, but it's sad that no trace of a person that was active here is left behind.
@Herculean I noticed that when I saw all of Yousef-'s posts were gone from the collectibles thread, it was a string of a conversation but all I saw were my own replies, it doesn't feel good but I can understand why a persons posts go too, personal data etc. I have the original replies from her in my emails too, not many but I don't think I'll delete them.
@BlAcK_Sw0rDsMaN I just looked up free jazz, spontaneous improvisation sounds like it requires real talent to pull that off, I was only aware of Cecil Taylor's work and didn't know there was another word for that technique. It reminds me of a technique from the seventeen hundreds called Partiment, it's similar in that the artist improvises. My original piano teacher implemented some of the technique to try to guide me away from theory only and develop musical fluency, my playing was too rigid and zeroed in on structure, it helped me to break-away from sheet music. It increased my pattern recognition too. That Partimento technique is rather niche and took an awful lot of dedication but it worked, it's a more personal connection with the music. Compared to a guitar it's a more visual kind of improvisation, the keys are right there, it's that instant recognition and expectation, with a guitar I imagine improvisation becomes almost like an extension of the musician. It certainly seems that way when I watch a Jimi Hendrix performance, it was always something different or a different way of doing it each time.
These violent delights have violent ends & in their triumph die, like fire & powder Which, as they kiss, consume.
@BlAcK_Sw0rDsMaN Hey buddy, hope you are well
Hedvig is quite well-known here in Norway and I've actually seen her live with her Hedvig Mollestad Trio (aka HM3) project, quite by accident (there's a pub I occasionally visit that usually have jazz outfits, both established and up-and-comers, playing live and HM3 happened to play when I was there, once). While not my favourite type of jazz, they are insanely good. The Weejuns project is way too psychedelic for my taste, though (HM3 is more "mainstream", if one can apply that term without sounding derogatory)
I prefer slow, molasses heavy tunes that wouldn't be amiss on the soundtrack of a proper noir film (or game, as the L.A.Noire soundtrack is one that I listen to quite often). The best example is one of my favourite albums, "Sunset Mission" by Bohren & Der Club of Gore and particularly the first track, "Prowler", which is dripping with the mood I like from that particular subgenre:
Miles Davis' soundtrack for "Ascenseur pour l'échafaud" is also one that gets quite a few spins on the turntable. Other albums by Davis that I like are "Kind of Blue" (with Coltrane, among others) and "Rubberband"
I like trumpets and saxophones, so Coleman Hawkins, Chet Baker and, more contemporary, Chris Botti (who's often been referred to as "Kenny G with a trumpet", which I think is unfair - even though I don't mind Kenny G, either).
And I almost forgot Gare Du Nord's fantastic "Sex 'n' jazz", which they never quite managed to follow up, IMHO.
Those are the ones I can think of off the top of my head right now (I also put on some collections of Sinatra, Billie Holiday and the like every now and then, when the mood hits. Should mention Trombone Shorty as well, though I suppose that is more pop than jazz? I dunno, I just know I like it 😉)
@BlAcK_Sw0rDsMaN Oh yes, most definitely, a most astute observation While my taste in metal is quite a bit broader than my taste in jazz, two of my absolute favourite metal bands are Paradise Lost and Type O Negative.
While I don't necessarily mind wild and chaotic, I find that my tolerance for it in metal is higher than in other genres, if that makes sense... and even then there's a limit for me.
Same when we get into industrial/synth, my tolerance gets even higher but there's still a ceiling. I love Thirlwell's various Foetus projects ("Enter the exterminator" from "Nail" is one of my favourite tracks in the genre and when he teams up with Raymond Watts aka <PIG> on the synth/industrial/jazz project "Steroid Maximus"... pure awesomeness... but I digress). However, when you get into Tear Garden and Legendary Pink Dots terriotory, then it gets a bit too chaotic for me.
Here's "Enter the exterminator", which is not really chaotic at all, I'm sure you'll agree, but more using harnessing noise into order... and as I'm typing that, I realise that there's no way that I can properly articulate my thoughts properly, so I guess the link will have to suffice
@BlAcK_Sw0rDsMaN That's the Newport Pop Festival it too was 1969 and just before that performance you mentioned at Woodstock. One-year later he was gone, but obviously not his legacy.
@Syth You won't know this one I don't think. Black Metal from Bogota.
These violent delights have violent ends & in their triumph die, like fire & powder Which, as they kiss, consume.
@Ravix Ha! You really think I'd give over the reins to our ultimate love story to an AI? How low do you think of me? I'm just someone with Wednesday boredom and too much time on his hands. I could use it for bad, but I use it for good like the hero I am.
Y'know, my memory can't be relied upon either, so we might've had a more in-depth discussion that I thought. If only there was a search function with which we could easily find this out... ah well, what a shame. I did watch the last two years in full because a friend of mine was very into it, so we'd make it a watch party with some other friends. She moved away late last year however, so I haven't had anyone to push me into watching this year... and thus, I have not. I can't deny that all the drama surrounding it also just puts a temper on any excitement I might have otherwise. Seems like that's reflected in the viewing figures in general.
I think there were five or so countries that dropped out of the competition due to Israel competing. The Netherlands was one. I'd say that's a devastating blow to my interest, but I'm frankly not patriotic enough to care nor do I think we generally sent good submissions, so... I'll forever be salty about Conchita Wurst snatching our win in 2014 when we sent The Common Linnets however. The woman in that duo is one of the few Dutch artists I genuinely appreciate, so I did not appreciate seeing her be robbed! Funnily enough, she's a country artist who even runs her own country music festival in the Netherlands. Bet you didn't think us Dutchies liked our country music, but it's true!
As an American, you might appreciate one particular cross-over that lives in my mind (and my mind exclusively) rent-free. I really enjoy Carrie Underwood's music (even if she's personally questionable), but she never performed in the Netherlands. That is, until 2018, where she was invited to this country music festival and performed there. My favourite part however: Ilse DeLange (the Dutch artist I like and who runs the festival) invited her on stage for a duet of one of DeLange's songs... and I never thought I'd see Carrie Underwood singing an Ilse DeLange song, but it was great! I wasn't there in the moment, but I've seen clips. If you're intrigued:
Ah, look at me posting actual music in the music thread. Hell hath frozen over! And as for, Cha Cha Cha, I did really like that song as well. It wasn't my personal favourite, but it was really good. I'm still a basic pop b---- after all, so my favourite was the United Kingdom's entry last year. I know, I know, zero points and all, but a sheep can't change its colours. It's just who I am! And frankly, I think they deserved a lot better than what they got. Maybe it was the musical-inspired sound of it that turned a lot of people off. You know, with people having zero taste and hating musicals and all. These people truly don't know how to have any fun. I don't know if you'll remember which entry I'm talking about in particular, so I'll post the link here too to refresh your memory if not:
And you know, while I'm here actually posting music, I might as well go all the way. I've been having Demi Lovato's new album on repeat ever since the Deluxe version came out again. It remains one of her best with so many great songs. I'm not sure if I've ever mentioned it here before in particular, but she's by far my most-listened to artist and probably the only one I could name just about every song of and sing along to the lyrics. Which, honestly, I want a medal for when we're nine albums in at this point. If you're thinking along the lines of Confident or Heart Attack or even Skyscraper as you're reading this, this new album isn't quite that.
What I really appreciate about her discography (compared to her pop peers) is that she genuinely has range and does different genres on different albums. She's done rock, R&B, your typical pop, but this new album is fully in the EDM/dance-genre. And frankly? It fits her like a glove. It's so fun. I'll post one of the songs here as well if you're at all interested, but that whole album is zero skips as far as I'm concerned. Deluxe or otherwise! No matter what you think of her music overall, at least no one can deny in good faith that she isn't one of the best vocalists in contemporary pop. Frankly, the only other contemporary pop artists I'll even entertain being in the mix are Beyoncé and Adele.
@Tjuz I have read your comment, but Push Square is acting up a touch, so I will do a full reply and listen to the music some other time. But I will say that I am Shocked, Shocked that you called me an American. Where did that come from? 😅 I have an affinity for some american things, some american places and have some family there, but I am far from an actual American. Also, f*** patriotism, f*** the patriarchy, woop, woop, I agree with you on that.
Only country I know/like is Old Town Road. Don't know if i'm exaggerating.
It feels like i'm already doing a full reply, tbh. So yeah, I remember the UK entry, but only after you mentioned musical it clicked. It was definitely a fun song, and it felt like they were unfairly pooped on. I beleive this year a crap UK entry was sent in protest 👀 (I haven't heard it so, I shouldn't judge. But I hear it was basically the UK going back to doing the classic "send what we think the 'stupid europeans' will like" rather than just sending a good song) I also went down a rabbit-hole and discovered that they, at one time, rejected both The Darkness and Biffy Clyro from representing the UK. Are the BBC/committee literally mad?!
I myself Boycotted the event this year, but totally by accident. Or just lethargy. Although I will say that one year (last or the one before) that Isreal sent an entry that was basically "war is bad, bombs are bad, please don't hurt me" 🥺 took the actual b****y p***.
I have been meaning to at least skim through the songs from this year, but again, lethargy. Please do send me some more joyful songs, I clearly need it right now 💀
Because, honestly, I'm more likely to listen to these at the moment:
@Ravix Um, yes. Yes, I most certainly realised you were a Brit, not American. Imagine if I didn't realise this at all. How funny! Ha. Certainly couldn't have happened to me. Fictional Ravix being from Wisconsin was just some creative authorship on my part. Not because I believed real Ravix was an American. if I wrote a story about someone, I'd do my due diligence to research appropriately. Obviously. Not an American. Definitely not. Never was to me. Nuh uh. whistles and walks slowly away
To be fair, I think the UK will get pooped on no matter what you send. You could probably send the greatest song ever created and still get zero points. I don't know what the issue is with Eurovision and you guys. I'd say maybe we're still not over Brexit, but I think that ship sailed a long time before that. I'd love to agree with you in regards to The Darkness or Biffy Cluro, but um, never heard of them. I'm a basic b----, remember? Let's keep it simple and stick to the likes of Adele, Paloma Faith and Elton John if we're talking British artists in particular. I do remember there was a year Rina Sawayama actively campaigned to be the UK's entry, which would've been a fantastic choice as well. I suppose the BBC is just not a fan of sending talented, established artists out there. In case the name Rina Sawayama doesn't ring a bell for you, I'll post a song here since I actually think you might enjoy her stuff. She has a bit an alt-pop vibe compared to my usual full-on pop artists.
I must've seen that Israel entry you're referring to if it was in the last two years, but it clearly hadn't registered to me that that is essentially what they're singing. Yikes. I probably just clocked out as soon as they announced their performance. Maybe it was the perfect time for a toilet break. As for the songs you sent, uh... Ravix, my sweetheart, are you okay? This seems very intense, though appropriately emo as hell. I can't say I hate it, but whew, it's depressing. No lie that you need some happy sounds in your life! Maybe a little Dolly Parton to broaden your country horizons? No?
@BlAcK_Sw0rDsMaN I’ve been listening to the Saros album and, man, I can’t escape the thought that it just might be something you really enjoy. It’s ambient, industrial, progressive and chaotic in equal measure, and a real trip. If you can find the time to dip your toes in, I’d recommend ‘Priestess’ and ‘Depth Charge,’ which should give you a sense of what to expect. It’s by Sam Slater.
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