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Post by japaneseteeth on Jun 7, 2014 19:41:02 GMT
Most recent thing I listened to:
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Post by Mezzaphor on Jun 7, 2014 19:47:57 GMT
I've listened to Can. I've listened to Kraftwerk. I own Neu!'s first three albums.
I'm beginning to think the whole Krautrock scene was just a big laboratory for coming up with interesting sound textures and production techniques for other musicians (ones who are actually interested in writing songs) to use.
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Post by Applelight Limited on Jun 7, 2014 20:14:13 GMT
I've listened to Can. I've listened to Kraftwerk. I own Neu!'s first three albums. I'm beginning to think the whole Krautrock scene was just a big laboratory for coming up with interesting sound textures and production techniques for other musicians (ones who are actually interested in writing songs) to use. There's some truth to that I think. This sound scientist invented the electric drum.
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Post by Sydxelia on Jun 7, 2014 20:56:43 GMT
I've listened to Can. I've listened to Kraftwerk. I own Neu!'s first three albums. I only recently listened to Kraftwerk's "Autobahn" for the first time. Now it keeps popping into my head. "The fun fun fun of the Autobahn! The fun fun fun of the Autobahn!"
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Post by Mezzaphor on Jun 7, 2014 21:30:39 GMT
See, Joy Electric has ruined me for most other synthpop musicians. At his best, Ronnie Martin weds the all-monosynth sound of Kraftwerk and earlier pioneers of electromusic, with the powerpop melodies of, say, The Smiths. So for other musicians that aren't at least that catchy, what's the point? Other times I just think that Jean-Jacques Perrey won at electronic music back in the 60s and everyone since is fighting over the scraps.
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Post by japaneseteeth on Jun 8, 2014 1:04:50 GMT
*Rarely listens to electronic music outside of video game stuff*
This song ends with one of the greatest guitar solos ever.
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Post by Sydxelia on Jun 9, 2014 19:33:30 GMT
I just discovered this song the other day, and I can't stop listening to it. This is Belle Epoque's "Sorry," from 1978.
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Post by Sydxelia on Jun 12, 2014 18:36:08 GMT
In 1973, the Incredible Bongo Band did a cover of "Bongo Rock" (the old Preston Epps song). I prefer this to the Epps original. Pinkie digs it. Maud is totally rocking out too.
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Post by Mezzaphor on Jun 12, 2014 22:09:04 GMT
Got me We're Only In It for the Money and Hot Rats. I think I prefer instrumental Zappa to vocal Zappa.
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Post by japaneseteeth on Jun 12, 2014 23:14:19 GMT
Only Zappa album I have is Zoot Allures. Which is pretty good, I guess. He's done so much stuff I'm really not sure where to even start.
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Post by Mezzaphor on Jun 12, 2014 23:46:30 GMT
I listened to Zoot Allures a few times (via the TVT Album Exchange). Instrumentals were fine, but again the singing was a major turn-off. (Was the four-minute interlude of suggestive moaning really necessary, Zappa?)
Hot Rats I really liked. It's interesting because Zappa independently made jazz-rock fusion, approaching it from the rock side, at the same time that Miles Davis was approaching it from the jazz side (on his albums In a Silent Way and Bitches Brew).
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Post by kegisak on Jun 13, 2014 0:26:44 GMT
This, pretty much. On repeat for... a good long time, really.
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Post by Applelight Limited on Jun 13, 2014 0:42:49 GMT
I don't feel like dancing was on the radio...I liked it.
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Post by japaneseteeth on Jun 13, 2014 1:16:08 GMT
I don't even know what that song is because I never listen to the radio anymore.
Also, Joe Satriani really needs to do a videogame soundtrack.
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Post by Mezzaphor on Jun 14, 2014 1:19:46 GMT
So I'm listening to this really great (even though it's completely fake) live show by the KLF. This one. And now I'm cracking up because the final song is their hardcore punk reimagining of "3AM Eternal"—the one that they played to simultaneously announce that they were retiring AND flip the bird to the entire music industry.
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