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ILoveDogs Since: May, 2010
#3476: Feb 20th 2015 at 2:12:56 PM

Speaking as someone who doesn't mind Radiohead, I agree, sort of. I mean, I can take it sometimes, but other times I just wanna be like, "Shut up, Thom Yorke". I think it was him that started that whole overly-emotional, whingey sounding voice thing that a lot of alt-rock bands have. Like The Fray. I can't listen to The Fray.

Xeroop Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
#3477: Feb 20th 2015 at 2:25:40 PM

I like everything I've heard from Radiohead, but not enough to really listen to more of them.

Wait, I actually borrowed Kid A from the local library many years ago. I remember liking exactly one song, not sure which one. Then again, my musical taste has come a long way since then.

Also, I remember listening to In Rainbows in 2010, since it was available during the flight I was on. I liked it, but not enough to get my own copy, or even to listen to it ever again.

edited 20th Feb '15 2:33:47 PM by Xeroop

Quag15 Since: Mar, 2012
ILoveDogs Since: May, 2010
#3479: Feb 20th 2015 at 2:45:53 PM

That one was from Amnesiac, actually. He probably heard "Everything In Its Right Place" or "Idioteque".

Xeroop Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
#3480: Feb 20th 2015 at 2:53:30 PM

I'm pretty sure it was "The National Anthem", after quickly skimming through it just now.

Quag15 Since: Mar, 2012
#3481: Feb 20th 2015 at 2:53:35 PM

[up][up]Oh right, my mistake.

[up]I like the way they play it live, with the use of national/local radios whenever they play.

edited 20th Feb '15 2:54:18 PM by Quag15

ILoveDogs Since: May, 2010
#3482: Feb 20th 2015 at 3:50:30 PM

IIRC, they actually once tuned into a station that was playing "The National Anthem". Meta.

tropeslave Pop Culture Addict from Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Hello, I love you
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#3483: Feb 20th 2015 at 4:46:36 PM

My problems with Radiohead? Too much of reverb and Thom Yorke's falsetto. Worse yet, they abuse them so much. Since they are highly revered as gods of indie music now, other indie bands that come after them Follow the Leader and abuse them as well.

Nevertheless, that doesn't stop me from enjoying "Kid A" and "In Rainbows". I have yet to listen to their other albums but I will.

Oh, the massively popular (and annoying) Let's Player and Youtube sensation Pew Die Pie once said that "In Rainbows" is his favorite album. Don't ask me how I know that.

chihuahua0 Since: Jul, 2010
#3484: Feb 20th 2015 at 7:05:41 PM

Anyone listened to Susanne Sundfor's Ten Love Songs? (She's the same singer who collab'd with M83 for the Oblivion soundtrack.) It's a Norwegian pop record with some surprising intricacies here and there. I recommend checking it out.

(I apologize if I mentioned this before in this thread.)

ILoveDogs Since: May, 2010
#3485: Feb 20th 2015 at 7:34:43 PM

[up][up] I tend to agree. It's like thinking that the Beatles are just OK.

Mmm...and no, I haven't heard of her.

RoboZombie is on the verge of a great collapse today Since: Dec, 2010
is on the verge of a great collapse today
#3486: Feb 21st 2015 at 12:59:59 AM

I think Kid A is pretty good, but I haven't really listened to anything else by them. I should probably get around to Amnesiac one of these days.

Xeroop Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
#3487: Feb 21st 2015 at 1:12:24 AM

After a quick check to find the song that I liked, I can confidently say that I liked Kid A more already now than when I last listened to it. Maybe it's time to give that and In Rainbows another chance...

edited 21st Feb '15 1:12:37 AM by Xeroop

tropeslave Pop Culture Addict from Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Hello, I love you
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#3488: Feb 21st 2015 at 3:23:42 AM

Speaking of the band, does anyone think it's time to make a general Radiohead thread? The Radiohead threads here are specifically about "The King of Limbs" and "Putting Ketchup in the Fridge".

murazrai Since: Jan, 2010
#3489: Feb 23rd 2015 at 3:34:45 AM

I wondered why some reviews of Jpop songs ended with "generic anime song", despite being not a song used in any form of media. Even actual anime theme songs themselves have a huge diversity.

edited 23rd Feb '15 3:34:58 AM by murazrai

PhysicalStamina ain't nothin' but a party y'all (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
ain't nothin' but a party y'all
#3490: Feb 23rd 2015 at 4:44:04 AM

Because it sounds as such; you could stick it in the opening of any anime Rom Com or Slice of Life and it'd fit completely. Even if it hasn't been used in any anime, it still has all the making of a typical Anime Theme Song.

And dude, let's be honest; anime theme songs that aren't "happy fast-tempo J-Pop with guitars and a string section/electronic drums and saw waves everywhere with lyrics about love or something like that" are the minority. That's why I appreciate the opening song Shinichiro Watanabe directed works such as Cowboy Bebop or Samurai Champloo because they aren't like that. Or ones like Future Diary which are darker-sounding and whose lyrics are in-line with the show.

edited 23rd Feb '15 4:48:56 AM by PhysicalStamina

Do not spare the feelings of those who would not spare yours.
Aldo930 Professional Moldy Fig/Curmudgeon from Quahog, R.I. Since: Aug, 2013
Professional Moldy Fig/Curmudgeon
#3491: Feb 23rd 2015 at 2:50:35 PM

[up] Of course, that's the situation now; that just wasn't true back in the 70s and 80s...

"They say I'm old fashioned, and live in the past, but sometimes I think progress progresses too fast."
Quag15 Since: Mar, 2012
#3492: Feb 23rd 2015 at 3:16:34 PM

What Aldo said. I don't need to mention Lupin III's scores and themes, do I?

Aldo930 Professional Moldy Fig/Curmudgeon from Quahog, R.I. Since: Aug, 2013
Professional Moldy Fig/Curmudgeon
#3493: Feb 23rd 2015 at 3:45:55 PM

As well as some of Tatsunoko Production's early themes; recall the fairly brassy theme to Speed Racer (which is equally so in both Japanese and English).

"They say I'm old fashioned, and live in the past, but sometimes I think progress progresses too fast."
PhysicalStamina ain't nothin' but a party y'all (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
ain't nothin' but a party y'all
#3494: Feb 23rd 2015 at 4:39:03 PM

[up][up][up]I realize that, yes.

Do not spare the feelings of those who would not spare yours.
ColonelCathcart Since: Jun, 2013
#3495: Feb 23rd 2015 at 7:25:17 PM

So, today I realized that The Modern Lovers is White Light White Heat without a drug-fueled orgy. Not sure which album I prefer, though.

ColonelCathcart Since: Jun, 2013
#3496: Feb 24th 2015 at 4:38:15 PM

For those who use Rhapsody for their music, if you haven't already seen, you can get Led Zeppelin songs now.

RoboZombie is on the verge of a great collapse today Since: Dec, 2010
is on the verge of a great collapse today
#3497: Feb 24th 2015 at 9:49:06 PM

[up]Hmm, I'm surprised since I remember Spotify making such a big deal about having the exclusive rights to Led for like 5 years or something. Also

>implying anyone uses Rhapsody

edited 24th Feb '15 9:49:20 PM by RoboZombie

GlennMagusHarvey Since: Jan, 2001
#3498: Mar 29th 2015 at 7:47:07 PM

http://vocaroo.com/i/s1gfRhiz4boU

Does anyone recognize where this is from? (This is me replaying the tune. The original was a MIDI file using solo piano as well.)

All I know is that it was found on a Windows 95 or 98 computer, in the form of a MIDI file.

Edit: I think the name of the file may have been "progress.mid" or something like that.

edited 29th Mar '15 8:10:36 PM by GlennMagusHarvey

PhysicalStamina ain't nothin' but a party y'all (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
ain't nothin' but a party y'all
#3499: Mar 29th 2015 at 7:56:25 PM

Doesn't sound familiar, sorry.

Do not spare the feelings of those who would not spare yours.
Xeroop Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
#3500: Apr 2nd 2015 at 3:04:07 PM

Listening to the new Nightwish album I realized their production has a certain pattern.

Their first vocalist Tarja Turunen, Finnish similarly to the rest of the band, recorded five albums with them before being kicked out.

The second vocalist, Swedish Anette Olzon, recorded two before meeting similar fate.

Now their vocalist is Dutch Floor Jansen, who has so far recorder one album with them.

My theory here is that each vocalist will only do half the work of the last one before being inevitably kicked out in favour of someone more 'exotic'. Soon Jansen will be kicked out, probably to be replaced by Italian Cristina Scabbia, who only manages to record an EP with the band before being replaced by someone else.

This will be the undoing of the band in the end: they'll have no time to actually record music, as they hunt new, more and more exotic singers for shorter and shorter musical bits, culminating with the death of songwriter Tuomas Holopainen, who gets offed by a random poisonous wildlife while wandering in a remote jungle to find a secluded tribe in search for the perfect voice for a 0.3 second sample.

edited 2nd Apr '15 3:04:43 PM by Xeroop


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