ITT: Talk about non-existent music

I've looked 'em all up for you. Yes, the Swedish band was called Killmurder - pretty generic Gothenburg, but better than what you'd expect from Eurovision. The Norwegian act is Death Dance, who appear to be some kind of combination of Eurotrance and black metal. Sounds odd, but it could theoretically work. Ireland's entered Liam O'Neill, which honestly looks like your typical sappy Ireland-at-Eurovision ballad, but inoffensive enough. And Iceland... oh my God, it's the lead singer of Sigur Ros teaming up with Bjork! Well, you can't really tell because they're both wearing clown masks and dressed in Elvis costumes and calling themselves Volenskedulla, but it just sounds so much like them! I think I have a new Eurovision favourite...

I would actually like Liam O'Neill if he sang something other than a maudlin love ballad. He has a really nice, versatile voice, but it seems better suited to a song more ... forlorn. But then again, sappy ballads = Award Bait, which makes him an obvious potential winner.

On the other hand, I'm really, really liking Senka Marić, Croatia's surprise entry this year. Think The Decemberists, if The Decemberists were just a single Croatian female. I guess they finally decided to try something other than the bland, dance-pop artists they've always liked nominating.

I don't know if she has a chance at winning, though, as her music tends to be more introspective and melancholic than your typical Eurovision song.

edited 7th Mar '11 7:34:20 PM by apassingthought

I've heard the previous version of Senka Maric's entry "Darkness Will Follow", so I really don't want to know what the Eurovision version will sound like. How do you turn a 27-minute song which is at least a quarter mandolin solo into a 3-minute single? IT DOES NOT ADD UP. There's definitely nobody finer in the Balkan backwoods folkprog genre, but I'm scared of how she'll do at Eurovision.

EDIT: Never mind. It turns out that it isn't actually the whole of "Darkness Will Follow" that she's entering - just the section from 5:07-8:04, which does have a similar mood to the rest of the song but isn't quite as gloomy, plus a bit of the mandolin solo. It's a good compromise, I reckon. Although it does look like Liam O'Neill's entry "Heartbeat Like A Raging Bull" is the favourite to win, because it's nice and commercial and has plenty of synth sparkles, and nobody gets tired of those! I'm actually looking forward to watching it next week...

edited 8th Mar '11 3:15:58 AM by YonTroper

I like the horns, though...

It's interesting that Senka Maric and Killmurder will be competing against one another, considering she played the xylophone for their first three albums, back when they were still firmly rooted in cuddlegrind. It seems that I'm the only one on this forum who listened to them before they entered, but I can tell you I really miss those days. I really thought the genre was going to stick, that it had real room to grow into more than just a fad, y'know?

Croatia's entry is good. Quite good, actually.

So I was listening to The Dope Show by Marilyn Manson earlier today... [[color:white:trololol]]

...and it really kind of made me sad. I mean, sure, she was never the most reputable actress in Hollywood, but then she had to get taken into the Manson family.

Why are her videos even on You Tube? Shouldn't they be classified as a hate group or something? I mean, kids in my neighborhood are still afraid that they might get kidnapped and tortured by the Mansons every day...

Deep down, I have this hope that the Mansons are all going to be caught, and the music that they wrote will be turned into assorted Villain Songs in a historical musical about what we had to live through today.

They've taken in so many stars, so many pretty young things. They've killed so many stars, so many pretty young things. Do any of you remember Lindsay Lohan? She was found knifed to death in her own bed, all of the organs cut into little messages for the police. Or Twiggy. I don't know what they did to her (I don't want to), but now she's one of them.

But all of those hopes are always counterbalanced by a deep concern that Charles, and his decayed groupie Marilyn (oh, how I pray for the days when she was just up and coming Ms. Monroe), are never going to be defeated, that we're just going to live in fear of them forever, or at least until some day they actually manage to get into our governments... God help us all.

So I guess what I'm saying is, go look for The Dope Show on You Tube (hope to God that it's not one of their channels and they can't track you), and take a look at how fucking insane it is. Take a look at how bizzarre it is. It turns what had previously been an enormous, terrifying Real Life Religion of Evil into a HORRIFYINGLY enormous, terrifying Real Life Eldritch Abomination. It makes you weep for the species that created it, and it makes you cower from the force that would want it to exist. It really makes you think you're going to be destroyed. In short, it has a stronger effect than any intentional piece of art. If you can get away with seeing it, see it, though it's not for the faint of heart, believe me.

...dude. You're right. And I hear they're going after Summer Glau.

This thread dead?

Oh my god yes, I love This Thread Dead.

What? He's an uninspired Venetian Snares imitator, how can you like him, much less love him?

Hey, look, I'm sick of people calling him unoriginal. It's pretty standard fare, admittedly, but if it ain't broke, don't fix it, right? I like his take on it. And I think his blending of classical music with the breakbeats is more fully realized than Funk's attempt was. He did a show with Stars of the Lid once. How often do you see a hardcore breakbeat artist collaborate with a drone group like that?

RetreaddaerteR & blUe

Greenbow & Arch

Strange Times & Demi-

Want me to go on?

edited 19th Mar '11 12:27:28 PM by mmysqueeant

Okay, point taken, but while I've never heard of the first one, and Greenbow is quite good, Arch is plain uninspired. And don't get me started on Strange Time or Demi.

Yeah, to be honest I was kind of running out of hardcore breakbeat/drone collabs by that point. XD

Strange Time and Demi- definitely are both...acquired tastes. Extremely generic, ironically enough making them pretty unique. I think they were just playing follow the leader too with the collaboration. The timing was suspicious.

I sorta like Arch myself - have you listened to their early stuff? It's a bit more experimental and out-there than their more recent albums, you might like it more.

Sounds good. What's the album called?

Well a good one to start with is Over Zero, that's their third album. The first is really a glorified demo, self-titled.

The second one's not quite as accomplished as the third (yes, drone takes skill too) but it's worth a look. I forget its name. I think one of the dudes from Slipknot played...something...on it. Sorry, really don't remember it that clearly.

I looked some of Over Zero up. It... was actually very, very good. I was pleasantly surprised. What song did you like best?

:D Glad you enjoyed it.

I liked Martyrium Of The Hippolyt a lot, but other than that I'm not sure I could really tell where one track ends and the others begin.

Me, I thought that Go was the best.

Ima have to give that a re-listening sometime.

Don't have the C.D. to hand right now.

What did you think of the cover art? Out of interest. It's a little...controversial...

Anyone here a fan of Himp? They're a new wave band, but their singer sounds more like he belongs in some obscure metal band. They also like naming songs after actresses. Strange combo, but it works. My fave song by them is "Amber Tamblyn", though "Alexis Bledel" is a close second.

edited 19th Mar '11 2:56:39 PM by Tre

I liked Natalie Portman, but hey.

Oh, yeah, I heard Natalie Portman on the local pirate radio station (did you know those still exist?!). Didn't realise it was Himp though.

Yeah, they sound cool.

EDIT: Ahh, and I just youtubed Amber Tamblyn...wow. How have I not heard of this band before?

edited 19th Mar '11 3:13:12 PM by mmysqueeant

Hey, just got back from the Trope Name For A Band concert just now, looks like their genre's firming up after getting that new drummer!