Topic: The Music Thread

@Draco_V_Ecliptic Yeah, I listen to such a wide range of music that there’s a difference between music that I love and music that I think is good. I tend to be a bit more critical than most when it comes to music so I can personally enjoy something while still admitting that there are faults or it’s not exactly original.

@nessisonett That's good, that's the best attitude to take when listening to music, I feel like I have the same, or a similar approach in my listening habits. Did you listen to the Narrows & Mastodon tracks? (i'm off rock now, so it doesn't really matter).

Dub i dub i dub i dub bub bub
Dub i dub i dub i dub yeah yeah
Dub i dub i dub i dub bub bub
I don't need your love anymore

@nessisonett it's Draco_V_Ecliptic, Ringy-dingy-dingy! (hope you got that reference in light of what I am about to say) What is your take on Bran Van 3000? I loved Drinking in L.A and listened to the rest of the album on spotify, it's a mixed bag imo, too many genres going on at once, but some great ideas there.

@Draco_V_Ecliptic Oh wow, I remember that song. IIRC it was on the FIFA 2000 soundtrack along with people like Fatboy Slim, Massive Attack, New Radicals and Jamiroquai. FIFA soundtracks used to be great.

Undertale 5th Anniversary Concert, starts at 47:55.

@LieutenantFatman Oh wow that’s cool, I had no idea. Also 5 years??? Lord, it feels like yesterday and I played at launch. Right in the middle of my Tumblr phase, unfortunately.

@nessisonett
I'm not familiar with Tumblr but I'm guessing it's just as bad as most social media sites. I played it on the Vita, I think a couple of years back. Only listened to about 30 minutes of this video so far but it's a real treat.

Very Romantic song from Dance Dance Revolution X2.

@nessisonett @LieutenantFatman I recently picked up Ariel Pink's album The Doldrums, which I thoroughly enjoyed, but after reading some unsavory stuff about him on Wikipedia, I've decided to sell his album. What do you two think? Is it ever possible to separate the art from the artist? It just spoiled it for me in this case, look him up if you are curious as to his controversial views. But be warned, you might find them quite disturbing.

@Draco_V_Ecliptic
Lots of people seem to separate the art from the artist without any effort. I am like you though, I really struggle to do this. If I learn someone has done some particularly vile things and are just awful people, then it puts me off anything they've created.

@Draco_V_Ecliptic I’m terrible at separating the two. I definitely am aware of Ariel Pink’s nonsense attitudes and I just wouldn’t want to support him financially. I can still appreciate things like Michael Jackson songs and even R Kelly has some bops but it does make it hard for me to even think about supporting that.

@nessisonett
Do you like Michael Jackson's song ?
I think you like this remix also.

E&F sides of Makaya McCraven's Universal Beings are available on Spotify now, @nessisonett As a guitarist, do you like any Jim Hall stuff? He taught Bill Frisell, who you might like as well, he is often compared to Miles Davis, I can recommend some albums if you like, if you are not too inundated with stuff already!

@LieutenantFatman That's interesting! Who are your favorite artists in the world of music then?

Not sure who they are exactly, but it was on a football program and it reminded of something that should be in Cyberpunk 2077.

@nessisonett Have you heard any Paul Desmond stuff? Solid 60s jazz saxophonist. I believe he played with Dave Brubeck.

Fascination ~eternal love mix~ by 2MB from DDR SuperNOVA

@Draco_V_Ecliptic

For new releases, Robert Parker is my favourite. Here's his latest album.

https://robertparkerofficial.bandcamp.com/album/club-707

For absolutely classics, Queen is probably top of my list. A lot of the best music is from the 80s.

@LieutenantFatman Not the 70s? More of a Duran Duran than a Led Zeppelin person then?