Topic: The Music Thread

@StitchJones I thought the lyric for 'are you ready to make this one breath your last' was 'are you ready to make this boyfriend your last'. If you listen now you'll hear it too, then the song will be ruined for you too. I wasn't even sure if they were Screamo or Emo the first time, then I found the lyrics and 'definitely not Emo'. I don't even know where that band came from. It feels like Youtube too but it was like hearing a modern Screamo band and I still think they were the only one. Actually I have one for you.

@Ravix Was it really so obvious? No one offline knows what my music is even about, especially if it's screaming. It's okay if you make those kinds of connections, you understand the music therefore you understand the connection. I got used to being able to hide it in plain sight. Even now it's noise, we all need something I suppose.

The french one I didn't even know there was a metal one, I thought the French one was like the folky jig with the guy and girl frolicking about, so I missed the other one, clearly 😅 but yes, no ice picks for you.

• Yes there was actually a song in that video, but that kind of content is normal for France. That's funny how your eyes took over for your ears. I'll remember that when I watch that video.

But the Maroon 5 one and then that one right after it. I was like. 'Damn' 'Fudge' and also 'expletive'! Some people maybe just see the music, but both you and Tjuz have recently shared ones that hit me like a brick within seconds and I don't want to be overprotective or like "are you okay?" Every damn time, because well... I don't know if I should say this, F***! i'll say it anyway.

• If I wasn't okay I wouldn't be typing here and enjoying all of this good music. I understand the concern, I just have very cathartic tastes in music, maybe all my favorite songs are like that. I thought everyone's were, do you just listen to music for the sake of it?

Etc etc and yeah, that one really spoke to me, too. Knowing they are cathartic to you is good, so I will try to avoid thinking is this someone reaching out looking for help right the fudge now?

• I'm definitely not. I'm not being held against my will. I just like music that I can relate to, and now I can see why that might seem 'are you okay?'. I'm as the rappers say, Gucci.

  I think i mentioned that is how me and one person in particular used to communicate with other people's music and lyrics, and that could get very, very messy. But when those words kind of describe something you are going through or have gone through, well, you know.

• Yeah, that's a correct assumption. It's cathartic, I always thought of music as something that reaches your soul. Even if it's someone screaming into a microphone it means something, and if you can't scream back it does it for you. I'm resourceful, if I needed an out I'd find one. I just wasn't aware that it was so transparent.

Also look at that happy Kurdish man all the way up my playlist. That's a happy song.

I won't link the video it's not your kind of thing I don't think, unless you like Kurdish music.

@GirlVersusGame I mean, I guess it feels obvious to me, as I am much the same with music. And yes, a lot of the time I listen to music with personal meaning, or very raw emotional themes, sometimes not, but mostly yes. We know this 🙈

I didn't quite mean reaching out in that extreme a way, more in the general sense. But yeah. I'll shut up because shutting up is good

I think maybe the french one I meant was just a totally different song/video. Oh it was like the synth pop one, not folk and definitely not metal and definitely not ice picky. Maybe there was more than one french one posted or I got the language wrong. I totally missed the one you are actually talking about.

And yeah, you'll find out when you watch Drive how it subverts the usual Hollywood fare. But it is Nicolas Winding Refn, to be fair. So...

@Ravix I appreciate it, you noticed something I was hiding for maybe ten years. Not one person offline picked up on that and you did in ten days, it says a lot. They never will, I always make sure of that. You do know the music but you know people too. I wouldn't call reaching a logical conclusion as extreme, you caught it so I won't pretend you are wrong, nothing goods from confusing people.

Oh the French one? You mean Armour Plastique with the boy and the girl? I like that song a lot. On the surface level it's about teenage romance and the kind of emotions and tribulations that comes with it, so in a way it's a story but it's not mine. I like the level of intimacy, the words and the visuals manage to capture, most of my favorite French songs are about that kind of emotional connection. Then the deeper meaning is that the love is plastic hence 'plastique', it presents the listener with the belief of a kind of blossoming love between two people then brings them into a bubble of perfection until the realization is made that it's not really love, it's about image, it becomes superficial. As if the aesthetic they present was perfect (the fashion) but really it wasn't. I see is as allegory of how people see the perfect relationship from how it's presented outwardly (social media etc) but inwardly it's not wine and roses at all.

I never did get to watch Drive, I had to go out tonight and maybe last night, I forget, but maybe tomorrow. It's moved up the list, if just for the music.

@Ravix nice gif. such an amazing game. I loved the music and scene for "the story of Rainy".....so epic man! Kojima knew how to punch us in the soul in both DS games in this way

Didn't post this for the soul purpose of trivia. I got an itch to hear this song. But can anyone tell me what movie this was in and the scene of said movie where this plays? Brings back so much nostalgia for me.

@FuriousMachine I hope you are well, buddy, wishing you all the best. I just thought you might be interested in this Japanese-themed Hip Hop album. Let me know what you think.

@BlAcK_Sw0rDsMaN Thanks mate, will check it out!

@GirlVersusGame Nonpoint opened for Lacuna Coil on their recent European tour and I was supposed to see them, but ultimately couldn't go. Excellent band, especially their early stuff.

I thought Clawfinger was dead and buried back in the nineties, so I was completely taken by surprise when vocalist Zak Tell showed up on this brilliant Enemy Inside track (I thought to myself "that sounds too much like that Clawfinger dude to be anyone else" and I was indeed right)

My favourite rapper rn's most recent release.

Amazing stuff.

@BlAcK_Sw0rDsMaN

You might like this man's sound, there is a Jazz'y quality. He's played in England/France. He's completely self taught too.

@GirlVersusGame Thanks, but I generally prefer instrumental jazz, not the hugest fan of singing nowadays, not entirely surely why that is, but my tastes have changed as I have gotten older, as I'm sure everyone's does. But, thanks for the rec, regardless. 👍

Since it's the Christmas season, here's a feel-good Christmas song by Christian song artist Toby Mac.

I know Elden Ring Nightreign isn't everyone's cup of tea, but I think the bosses and the soundtrack in the game is some of FromSoftware's finest work. Proper top notch stuff. The entire Dreglord OST is incredible - especially the part that plays in the final phase. It starts at 7:37 if you wanna listen to it. The whole thing is insane though. So, so good!

@Kairuuu That's actually brilliant, I skipped Nightreign and forgot to even check the score. It's on Spotify too I just checked. It should have come up in my recommendations but never did. I think I got wrapped up in all of the nays-saying and never even considered the actual score, I'm adding it to my playlists. I don't think FromSoft are even capable of putting out a bad score but all of the nay-saying shoved it completely off of my radar until today.

It's listing 45 tracks, EldenRing was 67. I didn't expect Nightreign to have that many.

Thanks Kairuuu and hope you're feeling better.

Best album from probably the world's leading jazz guitarist at this time, rn, Julian Lage, been to see him three times, always amazing live, but my favourite time seeing him was his solo acoustic show, where he played a few tracks from this live.