Topic: The Music Thread

@Tjuz Tutu by Miles Davis is a good starting point.

Any AC/DC fans out there?
Something about their music is captivating. I was listening to some of their songs today and trying to decide if I think the lead vocals are a travesty and an insult to the art of real singing or if they are pure genius. I can barely understand the words to their songs and I think the vocals sound like they grabbed a guy from the nearest bus stop with no talent or experience and just let him belt out whatever he wanted. Nevertheless I can’t imagine their songs being performed any other way. The raspy mumbling vocals are strangely hypnotizing and catchy.

I didn’t realize either that they have had several lead singers and that my favorites from the albums “High Voltage” and “Highway to Hell” are actually a different lead singer from “The Razors Edge” and “Back in Black”

I like the remix of Neverending Story by DJ AC-DC on DDR EXTREME PS2 USA.

@nessisonett Do you like any Frank Zappa? He's great for guitar nerds like myself. Also, Guthrie Govan draws influence from him and Steve Vai, and is a great guitarist too. What music have you been listening to recently? I listened to some of J Dilla's Donuts and thought it was good, what is his background? Is he generally someone who writes for other people?

@Draco_V_Ecliptic I’ve never been huge into Frank Zappa but my brother is. Hot Rats is great though and I do like some of the people he influenced. Plus Sheik Yerbouti is the greatest album title ever.

Donuts is an interesting one. J Dilla was a producer first and foremost so he played a huge part in shaping albums like The Pharcyde’s LabCabinCalifornia and Common’s Like Water For Chocolate. He was also a member of the Soulquarians with D’Angelo, Q-Tip, Mos Def and Common so he moved in some pretty great circles. His influence can be seen in basically the entire lo-fi hip hop genre these days so it’s good that he lives on considering he died so young. Donuts is just a great album from start to finish, I’m a big plunderphonics fan anyway but it leans more towards hip hop stylings which work really well.

New Era by Sota Fujimori from DDR A20.

@nessisonett It's amazing to know how prolific J Dilla was. Why did he die "so young"?. With regard to Zappa, I haven't really heard anything from Hot Rats, I don't know if it's one of his 70s prog rock albums, but I really like what I've heard of those, and I own and love Zoot Allures. Anyway, you should check out The Aristocrats as their guitarist is influenced by Zappa and Vai, and they do a jazz-rock blend thing that you might be into.

@Draco_V_Ecliptic Apparently J Dilla suffered from Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, a rare blood disease. Just one of those rare and unlucky things.

@nessisonett I see, what an unfortunate event. Let me know what you think of The Aristocrats (Guthrie Govan's band, I dunno if there are any other bands with the same name out there) if you get a chance to listen to them.

@Th3solution “Several lead singers” is a bit of an exaggeration seeing as they’ve had two (plus Axl Rose doing some live shows for them but not recording anything).

They’re a fun band though and Back in Black is an utter classic. It’s bonkers that the album is 40 years old but less so when you realise that one of their original lineup had to leave the band due to dementia..

@Thrillho Oh, my bad. I thought I saw 4 lead singers in their history, including Axl.
But yeah, the music has staying power, for sure.

Take Five Eurobeat version.

@Thrillho AC/DC are an interesting band, I thought about posting about them here myself. I have a funny relationship with them in the sense that I get the impression they never take themselves too seriously, and thus, neither do I. The guitar riffs are not exactly complex and the lyrics can be a bit OTT at times though everything is catchy and hard rockin' - a fun band is the way I would summarize them.

@Anti-Matter ....is that a eurobeat version of the Dave Brubeck Quartet classic? Yes it is. And it’s incredible.

@nessisonett
Yup. 😉
There were a lot of Eurobeat remix songs from talented Youtubers.

@Th3solution @nessisonett Mastodon fans?

@Draco_V_Ecliptic I think the prehistoric animals are really interesting, but I can’t say I’m a fan of the band by the same name. I actually didn’t know who they are. After a quick Spotify search and a sampling of their most streamed songs I think they are too hard for my tastes. I don’t mind some heavy metal in small doses, but I’m more into Classic Rock with a sprinkling of modern pop music.

@Th3solution Then how about ZZ Top? (The early albums only) (pre-Eliminator)

@Draco_V_Ecliptic Honestly never listened to them. I think my brother liked Crack the Skye though. I don’t listen to much metal, the two albums I listened to from this year were a bit rubbish imo.

@Draco_V_Ecliptic ZZ Top... now you’re talking! Definitely greatness, and as you say — the early albums are the classics. Eliminator was definitely a high point, but Afterburner, and Recylcler actually had some decent tracks. But yes, classic rock like that is something I’ll keep going back to. I dig similar Southern Rock sounding bands like CCR, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Allman Brothers, 38 Special, and The Eagles. But like I say, I do like some harder stuff like AC/DC and Metallica sometimes. As well as conventional pop, alternate rock, grunge, punk, bee-bop, K and J-pop, techno, hip-hop, showtunes, disco, orchestral, and classical. There are very few genres I completely hate, but Classic Rock from the 50’s - 80’s is probably what I like the most lately.