Topic: The Music Thread

It may have taken till the 30th anniversary but The Holy Bible by the Manics has finally clicked. I always really liked their more traditional stuff, Everything Must Go is insanely good partly because of how raw their emotions about poor Richey Edwards are on it, but I always went back and forth on Edwards’ actual music. The Holy Bible is just a relentlessly angry and cynical album, which is hard to put into words. Perhaps the country being in the state it is made the album click, it resonates with me at this particular time that it didn’t before. I feel like apologising to the entirety of Wales.

@nessisonett I used to love that album during my rock phase. Great guitar work from Richey Edwards.

Amazing jazz work from Binker, Moses and Evan Parker.

@Jimmer-jammer Glad you liked it man, I interrupted our communication break to bring you this, whimsical borderline 'free' jazz from the Art Ensemble of Chicago. The two surviving members are in their late 70s now I believe, and have, as I think is right and proper, been giving voice to younger musicians in their most recent albums, taking more of a songwriting and background role on the records, I think that is better than just blocking the newer generations from coming through by blocking potential revenue for them. Cough Rolling Stones Cough I don't know how you feel about my thoughts here? All the best man, trust you and the family are well. Looking forward to Friday (RotR release)

N.B I thought I would get the Digital Deluxe edition if funds allow as I quite like the idea of walking around the towns and talking to NPCs in the Japanese formal wear of the time. (Only available with that edition, as far as I'm informed).

N.B II How do you feel about RotR going up against DD2? Feel free to respond in the Chit Chat Thread to the PS5-related stuff as I seem to have rather derailed the topic from music!

Just dropped my latest EP available on Spotify (jazz-based fusion with elements of heavy music interpolated within it) https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2qYBfIp2u1HLFTY4saIxL2?si=8...

and SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/ltomlinson9 ( 1) Black $word$man 2) Gh0$t TrAp 3) Another Moon ) - Tracklist.

After all that macho electric jazz and hip hop that I had been listening to recently, I needed something to just chill out to, and put this on. Classic.

@Jimmer-jammer I liked them when I was at college, when they went in a more metal direction, the album with 'Still Waiting' on it, and I also liked the song 'Mr. Han' although I don't know what album that's from, I know they've always flirted with metal, Half Hour of Power has some real heavy moments, and then there's the whole 'Pain for Pleasure' band within a band type of thing.

In what’s essentially the musical equivalent of the Star Wars Special Editions, Kino have re-recorded the instrumentals of Это не любовь but obviously keeping the vocals intact since Tsoi died in the early 90s. I’m not a big fan. The low-fi atmosphere is kinda gone especially in Музыка волн. I don’t mind a remix or remaster but re-recordings always sound a bit odd to me. Think Muse have been doing them too, although I haven’t been into them since I was no longer the target audience of 12 years old. Can’t recall any re-recordings that I’ve preferred to the original.

This is an exceptional jazz album featuring the world's leading jazz guitarist.

A Rock musician plays four chords and entertains 30,000 people, a jazz musician plays 30,000 chords and entertains four
God it's insufferable, absolutely hate jazz

Amazing hip hop album.

@Jimmer-jammer I thought you might enjoy these two tracks, my favourite metal band growing up, saw them live once in my early teens, great experience, that show. The principal guitarist/songwriter of the band is now in jail for some politics-related stuff unfortunately, but, yeah so many rock stars go the wrong way in life I guess. Still, amazing musicians and the vocalist on this track now, ironically, I believe, works for the NYPD, but I don't believe he's the one who arrested the guitarist 🤣

If you like the tracks feel free to check out the album 'Days of Purgatory' the general consensus is that this vocalist, Matt Barlow, who performed on the albums 'Burnt Offerings'' through to 'Horror Show' has been the best they've had in the band. Let me know what you think! I thought I'd recommend something from my youth that I believe is more in your wheelhouse!

@Jimmer-jammer Thanks, man, as I say I am not the biggest rock fan any more, actually find rock and metal quite difficult to listen to nowadays - I didn't listen to those Iced Earth tracks myself, more just remembered them from my youth and the effect they had on me at the time. I think the music you listen to definitely affects you as a person and I feel like I have changed along with my listening habits. But based on what I listened to I have maximum respect for August Burns Red as a band and for what they do as musicians.

If you ever come across any hip hop that you think I might like, feel free to send them my way, I quite liked that Canadian group with the female singer (hip hop group) that you sent my way a few months ago, that was quite good.

@Jimmer-jammer And yeah, they are very influenced by Iron Maiden. They covered 'Transylvania' and 'Hallowed Be Thy Name' which I loved hearing in my youth.

@Jimmer-jammer Thanks for sharing that man, I'll definitely listen to more of their stuff. Which album would you say is the best? Really liked the beat and I thought the lyrics were really intelligent.

@Jimmer-jammer I listened to about half of 'Bad Dreams' this morning, usually do albums in halves unless I am feeling particularly patient, and really enjoyed what I heard. I will listen to more of it later and 'Black Magic' of course, thanks a lot for those recommendations! The hip hop community in Canada must be really strong?

Now here is a band I like a lot, particularly for the guitar-work, they are a jazz-rock band but still definitely a rock band, yet so unusual and incorporating of other musical influences that I really enjoy listening to them, plus it's closer to something like blues or classic rock when they are not experimenting all over the place - they know how to handle/milk a good riff! plus the guitarist's solos are amazing! (the guitarist said that he identifies as a blues-rock guitarist, but has also said that he plays progressive metal at times in this band, despite not listening to the genre as a whole, himself).

Man, Steve Albini was super important to music in general. Not always the most liked man in the world but you can’t deny his impact on the industry. Seems to have come out of nowhere.

@Bundersvessel It’s crazy, he had a hand in so many great albums but I never really thought about him being that old. Apparently he just had a heart attack in his studio.

since Wednesday or Thursday I've been listening nonstop to the song Welcome to Love Now Go Home by Danielle Briseboi from the 1996 movie Invasion of Privacy. Recorded that movie off of HBO back then on an old VHS recording tape

@Jimmer-jammer Oh no, definitely sorry to hear about that, but glad you're better now, man! .On the music front, thanks ,I will definitely check out K-os and Maestro. The Canadian Legends 😉😂 No, but seriously, I am sure I will enjoy their work if you say they are good.

Glad you enjoyed The Aristocrats, I would highly recommend the albums Tres Caballeros and You Know What?by them as they are the closest in sound to Duck,their first album is jazzier so I don't know if you would enjoy it as much, and their second album is kind of all over the place, not my favourite of theirs, but anyway you can explore for yourself 😃

Happy hunting!

Edit: Boing! We'll Do It Live is a collection of live performances from their first album, but done in a heavier and more aggressive style, the studio versions are comparatively jazzier and more laid-back, so if you are interested in hearing the songs from their first album I'd say the live versions are better.