the music thread

[pockyD]

is it still cool to like stairway to heaven?

or is it anti-cool or something?

 

[SuperRad]

double reverse cool, probably

 

[frotaz37]

No, you can't like it cause everyone likes it and thinks it's their best and most epic song but it's not so you can't like it cause if you do then you agree with them so don't like it cause if you do then you are just thinking something is cool that everyone else does so don't like it cause if you do then you'll be just trying to be one of the cool kids and all your knowledge about the band will be erased and if anyone brings them up all you will be able to say is OH STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN YEAH YEAH HAHA HA H HAH but yeah I wouldn't so yeah don't be a not cool kid and don't like it so yeah I wouldn't like it if I were you cause then you'll just be normal and radio listening is overrated and the song is overplayed just like the cool kids.

It's a really good song though. I like it.

 

[mio]

It's fine to like Stairway but it's not necessarily "cool" anymore... I know a lot of Zeppelin fans are tired of it because they've heard it thousands of times and they have plenty of other good songs to listen to.


On an unrelated note, Jay-Z just had a concert on campus. It was fun because everyone was hype but him and Lil Wayne are WAYYYY overrated. Mainstream hip-hop sucks right now imo

 

[pockyD]

i've never understood how "mainstream" as a whole can suck

is that some sort of specific style? or like does that mean that all 100 or whatever "known" artists coincidentally are sucking ***?

 

[mio]

"Mainstream" is defined as the collective group of artists OR style that is currently popular (in terms of album sales and media attention) in a given genre. Sometimes the word refers to style, but in this case I'm talking about the mainstream artists themselves. For hip-hop right now it's artists like Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, Nas, Kanye West, T.I., 50 Cent, Eminem, Drake, Lupe Fiasco, Ludacris, Plies, etc. Some are decent but the overall quality of this mainstream group is terrible compared to hip-hop of the 80s, 90s and early 2000s

 

[Adam M!]

it's a dead horse and a pointless topic to complain about. just more proof that mio is an herb

 

[GSUB]

it's a dead horse and a pointless topic to complain about. just more proof that mio is an herb

**** Adam. This is exactly what I would've wanted to say, but it would've taken A LOT more words for me to say it. I need to get better at that, I'm not too good with specific terms to simplify things sometimes.

And yeah, complaining about "mainstream" is dumb. People complain how some of it has no thought put into it, and it's all engineered to appeal to what we like to hear. But who really cares. Most of the foods we buy today are engineered or created to satisfy as fully as possible what we like to taste, but that doesn't keep most of us from eating it. And it also doesn't mean we can't enjoy that fresh apple that had so much hard work and time put into it's growth and life, or the rare song with depth and insightful lyrics with an intoxicating sound all made possible by the talented artist.

If it tastes good, it tastes good. If it sounds good, it sounds good.
But we all still have different "tastes" in music. Hmm, wonder where that term came from...

 

[Adam M!]

every word should mean something / add to what you are saying (intensity or description)

it's ez with practice. i have some OCD in me so growing up i used to pick apart every sentence i read in magazines and books to see if they could've said what they said in a more effective and succinct way. i like language

good timez

 

[GSUB]

I hear you.
Sometimes I'm jealous of other languages because they all have so many specific and exact words for things, and it's so fun to use those words properly (in English though, haha).
btw, what's your avatar?

 

[mio]

it's a dead horse and a pointless topic to complain about. just more proof that mio is an herb

Let me guess, you're P? I'm not complaining about anything, I'm just saying I think mainstream hip-hop sucks right now and was a lot better in the past decades (the times of Wu-Tang, Tupac, Cypress Hill, Public Enemy). Just giving my personal taste. Your post is just more proof that you're ok with being an old, trolling loser that still hasn't grown up yet and will probably end up living a less than mediocre life due to your belligerent attitude.

 

[pockyD]

Sometimes I'm jealous of other languages because they all have so many specific and exact words for things, and it's so fun to use those words properly (in English though, haha).

actually I think english is one of the languages that are considered high on the precision scale

 

[GSUB]

actually I think english is one of the languages that are considered high on the precision scale

I agree!
But it's not the top.

 

[pockyD]

hm reading the sentence i think i butchered the grammar

"that is considered"?

 

[SuperRad]

his avatar = durrrr

edit: isn't 'are' the right word because you used 'one of the languages'?
double edit: no, im dumb

 

[GSUB]

Yeah, I think it's, "is considered."

SuperRad, I thought you were trolling, then I google'd, then I lol'd.

 

[pockyD]

i would have edited it if i hadn't been quoted

oh well, live and learn!

 

[Signia]

deleted the angst. lol I'm embarrassed. I just read this novel about this guy that lives in an apartment filled with people blasting their music, and they keep upgrading their sound systems so they can hear their own music until the apartment building just vibrates like crazy with the sound waves. The main character narrating the story can never get any peace and quiet and rants something similar to what I deleted.

 

[SuperRad]

what brilliant satire of what angsty teens think

 

[NintendoKing]

I think we can all blame the jews for mainstream music.

No, I'm not joking. They pioneered that ****, check out PBS.

 

[Signia]

what brilliant satire of what angsty teens think

Nothing angsty about it. Angsty would be getting depressed about it. That was a pissed-off rant.

 

[SuperRad]

Main Entry: angst
Pronunciation: \ˈäŋ(k)st, ˈaŋ(k)st\
Function: noun
Etymology: Dan & German; Dan, from German
Date: circa 1942

: a feeling of anxiety, apprehension, or insecurity

edit: not that this supports me or anything, but im not sure how depression factors in

 

[Signia]

That's funny I looked up angst too.
–noun, plural äng⋅ste  [engk-stuh] Show IPA .
a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish.

anguish is sort of like depression.. right?

 

[SuperRad]

im losing interest, so lets go this route:
that post you made above is ****ty
you think far too highly of yourself
you probably are lacking in social skills
and you dont sound fun to hang around at all

 

[ender]

I think we can all blame the jews for mainstream music.

No, I'm not joking. They pioneered that ****, check out PBS.

jews are awesome im gonna convert for the jokes

 

[joeplicate]

oh my god **** everybody


the last like 25 posts have been pure ****

 

[Signia]

im losing interest, so lets go this route:
that post you made above is ****ty
you think far too highly of yourself
you probably are lacking in social skills
and you dont sound fun to hang around at all

lol, butthurt much? can't imagine why. What's with the personal insults?

 

[joeplicate]

you should take this as a personal insult


stop posting.

 

[SuperRad]

no attempt to refute
interesting

you think im somehow upset, yet you are the one who made a rant. i am merely making inferences based on that rant.

 

[pockyD]

i'm infected by the sound

stop, this beat is killing me

 

[Deleted member]

Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvP0uwl3Q6A&fmt=18

ACDC is ok.. but this song is too good

can't figure out why

 

[The Greater Leon]

derek showed me a cool song called Truckers Delight.mp4

you should go and find it

 

[Deleted member]

ender with a seinfeld reference. nice.

 

[ender]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egcXvqiho4
put a
w
at the end
@
leon's song

 

[pockyD]

look at the mod dodging the rules

 

[DJMirror]

Chrono trigger mash up with Fort Minor

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNs_sQgKcl8

that just the intro



http://forums.ffshrine.org/showthread.php?t=71582 here the download

 

[NintendoKing]

You're a ****tard Signia. You think too highly of yourself and your music taste. I know way more about music/music theory than anyone in this ****ing thread and I'll tell you, you're an assclown. Stop posting.

Look you didn't even talk about anything to me and I'm upset and angry and will probably smack you in the face with an open palm if I ever see you.

Brian you're starting to post like I used to... it's scary.

 

[DJMirror]

whoa whoa Signia, calm down it's just the internet, dont take everything so seriously

SuperRad, Signia is really a cool dude, he was at pat house!

 

[Taco Head]

I've been listening to 90% classical music over the past month, and during the past week I've finally come up for air a bit until I dive back in to unprecedented depths (sup Chopin, Brahms, Liszt and Tchaikovsky). I'm still taking more recommendations for the record.... <cut>

During to summer I would stay up late to watch Classic Arts Showcase http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classic_Arts_Showcase
I started to appreciate chamber music, choral music, opera, orchestral/solo instrumental

which led to more orchestral video game music then to soundtracks like lord of the rings/starwars to power metal/melodic death metal and somehow now I'm into British pop/rock weird.


some of my fav. tracks

Wintersun - Death and the Healing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WE_dIgQ4qlo

Vinnie Moore - As Time Slips By http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bu8U7DjVuio

Jeff Loomis - Jato Unit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6Y7iLDj9Cg

 

[embracethe12]

i just rekindled my love for daft punk's discovery album

feels great man