Random Music Thoughts Thread

[Kingu Kurimuzon]

they only make music like this now. It's AI.

hogwash, my pappy owned all of hank the cowboy's old 8 tracks. he was so ahead of his time that he was talking about door dash before it existed.

 

[Kingu Kurimuzon]

it's the chimp from Carnival Magic

 

[The Cat]

hogwash, my pappy owned all of hank the cowboy's old 8 tracks. he was so ahead of his time that he was talking about door dash before it existed.

Now this makes me laugh about the pony express in the old west.

 

[Julius_Van_Der_Beak]

I don't listen to Joe Rogan, but I liked hearing Roger Water's thoughts on this:

There is a legend that Willie Nelson is to blame.

 

[Julius_Van_Der_Beak]

I think there are many things I want to read and respond on here today. I doubt I'll get to all of it.

I will just say for now that in the internal jukebox today, there are two songs playing in constant rotation. The first is Electric Feel by MGMT, which I can't complain about. The second is the "wiener wiener wiener" song from the opening of the Black Friday/Game of Thrones parody trilogy on South Park, which I also can't complain about.

 

[Julius_Van_Der_Beak]

This must have generated its share of controversy back in the day.

TIL Madonna is a natural brunette.

 

[Julius_Van_Der_Beak]

I listened to the entire album yesterday and it's good. It's as weird as I was hoping. As for the video, I always found Annie Lennox enigmatic. Some women can really rock the short hair...

 

[Kingu Kurimuzon]

 

[Kingu Kurimuzon]

I listened to the entire album yesterday and it's good. It's as weird as I was hoping. As for the video, I always found Annie Lennox enigmatic. Some women can really rock the short hair...

Claire from Yacht gives Lennox vibes. I think she’s cute, I like the androgynous ladies

 

[Julius_Van_Der_Beak]

Claire from Yacht gives Lennox vibes. I think she’s cute, I like the androgynous ladies

• I liked the first track the best, with the way it foregrounds those old Casio sounds. It takes me way back
• If I had a band, perhaps we would be called Operation Dumbo Drop
• One of my uncles was over last week. This one never talks about politics. He likes music, pipes (both kinds of leaves), and Tolkien. His favorite music is undoubtedly that made by the Allman Brothers. I told him something I knew would work its way into his heart last week. I told him I thought the Allman Brothers were way better than the Grateful Dead. I fully believe this: the following isn't as large but the Allman Brothers are the better band. I've never known the Dead to invoke transcendent joy like the Brothers do. That made him happy; he's gone on pilgrimages to their house in Georgia and everything. We then opened on to a broader discussion of music. I explained that when I was in high school, MTV had mostly abandoned showing music videos. I could catch the music video for Franz Ferdinand or Modest Mouse or Outkast at some ungodly hour like 7 AM. My sister was watching the VMA, and the White Stripes somehow snuck on there, and that caught my attention. Apart from this, from the dying days of MTV as a TV station for music, I discovered most of my music through the internet; this began for me in college.

 

[Kingu Kurimuzon]

I miss early to mid 90s MTV, especially the shows 120 Minutes and Alternative Nation. They showed some surpringly deep, indie cuts late at night on both. Beavis and Butthead also showed some pretty left field stuff like Pavement and Sonic Youth. Their riffs on various videos reminded me of MST3K

Pre-internet, I discovered a lot of good bands on those shows. The age of Napster also led me to discover and sample music I might not have been exposed to otherwise. A lot I eventually went out and bought copies of to support the artists. Napster was good for finding older obscure bands less likely to be played on most towns’ classic rock radio stations

 

[The Cat]

I miss early to mid 90s MTV, especially the shows 120 Minutes and Alternative Nation. They showed some surpringly deep, indie cuts late at night on both. Beavis and Butthead also showed some pretty left field stuff like Pavement and Sonic Youth. Their riffs on various videos reminded me of MST3K

Pre-internet, I discovered a lot of good bands on those shows. The age of Napster also led me to discover and sample music I might not have been exposed to otherwise. A lot I eventually went out and bought copies of to support the artists. Napster was good for finding older obscure bands less likely to be played on most towns’ classic rock radio stations

Sometimes I imagine there's an outtake from the Dark Knight where Joker says: "Musicians are exploited by the industry every day, and its all business as usual, Napster comes out and offers folks free music and everybody looses their minds."

 

[Julius_Van_Der_Beak]

I miss early to mid 90s MTV, especially the shows 120 Minutes and Alternative Nation. They showed some surpringly deep, indie cuts late at night on both. Beavis and Butthead also showed some pretty left field stuff like Pavement and Sonic Youth. Their riffs on various videos reminded me of MST3K

Pre-internet, I discovered a lot of good bands on those shows. The age of Napster also led me to discover and sample music I might not have been exposed to otherwise. A lot I eventually went out and bought copies of to support the artists. Napster was good for finding older obscure bands less likely to be played on most towns’ classic rock radio stations

It's challenging to find music you haven't already heard of these days. Does Pandora still exist? They introduced me to this:

 

[Julius_Van_Der_Beak]

Now they're just trolling.

I will defend this band. Would people rather they do obnoxious shit like pretend to have grown up on a trailer park or pretend to be a cowboy? Society seems to be fine with that kind of thing; they draw they line at leaning into it and not trying to deceive everyone about who they are. The deception seems to be preferred. Me, I prefer that they don't hide it, unlike every other musician from that social stratum (and quite a few politicians).

Anyway, they write beautiful melodies with all kinds of interesting influences and rhythms. They make good music, and that's good enough for me. Some of the lyrics are beautiful in themselves and even profound, for reasons I may never articulate.

 

[SD45T-2]

Hey, it's the crap I hear at 24 Hour Fitness!

It's challenging to find music you haven't already heard of these days. Does Pandora still exist? They introduced me to this:

My late great best friend had a job with a long commute from 2000-2006. So he got satellite radio and listened to a bunch of different stuff. If something really got his attention, he'd go to the local Borders and could usually get the album that it came from. He got particularly into alt-country, which I suppose was a little unusual for a Japanese guy. Stuff like James McMurtry and Junior Brown (and his distinctive custom guitars), just off the top of my head.

 

[Julius_Van_Der_Beak]

Hey, it's the crap I hear at 24 Hour Fitness!

My late great best friend had a job with a long commute from 2000-2006. So he got satellite radio and listened to a bunch of different stuff. If something really got his attention, he'd go to the local Borders and could usually get the album that it came from. He got particularly into alt-country, which I suppose was a little unusual for a Japanese guy. Stuff like James McMurtry and Junior Brown (and his distinctive custom guitars), just off the top of my head.

I love alt-country, but I don't know as much of it as I probably should.

I think this is awesome:

 

[The Cat]

I love alt-country, but I don't know as much of it as I probably should.

The Dead South, Sons of Perdition, and Blues Seraceno are some of my favorites, Those Poor Bastards have a few songs I know of from Old Gods of Appalachia, but they're heavy into depresssion and bleak songs so I gotta keep my distance. Justin Cross is good too.

 

[The Cat]

Ive always heard it coined dark country

 

[FemMecha]

This is Marilyn Manson's new song, "Raise the Red Flag". Some fans think it's a response to all his recent lawsuits, but I think it is a reaction against Christian Nationalism. He has been in a life-long battle with the Religious Right who have targeted him from day one. The splashscreen image for the song shows a blue cross superimposed onto his face with a white background, which strongly suggests the Christian flag. I'll include the lyrics which could all align with this idea. The pre-chorus puts me in mind of the Christian theology that says you can commit any sin, then say you're sorry and god will forgive you, which does facilitate cruelty from some individuals. Years ago he had a video showing a man who looked like 'you know who' decapitated, so I don't think he supports him and some of the other lyrics could be interpreted to suggest that idea.

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Your autopsy table is ready
Pay off the drug deals you made with God
A last meal, then your crucifixion
If you're not paranoid, it's probably too late

[Pre-Chorus]
I don't give a fuck if you say you're sorry
I won't accept your surrender
I don't give a fuck if you say you're sorry
I won't accept your surrender

[Chorus]
It's time to beat up the bullies
And wash the bullseye off my back
My red flag is your white one soaked in blood

[Verse 2]
Cadaver dogs already know your face
Why pretend in a room full of fakes
Something made up for idiots to praise
Losers love liars 'til their dying day
Losеrs love liars 'til their dying day

[Pre-Chorus]
I don't give a fuck if you say you'rе sorry
I won't accept your surrender
I don't give a fuck if you say you're sorry
I won't accept your surrender
[Chorus]
It's time to beat up the bullies
And wash the bullseye off my back
My red flag is your white one soaked in blood
My red flag is your white one soaked in blood

[Bridge]
Your loyalty lies
On the wrong side of the future
Your loyalty lies
On the wrong side of the future

[Pre-Chorus]
Hey, hey, hey-hey-hey
Hey, hey, hey-hey-hey
Hey, hey, hey-hey-hey
Hey, hey, hey-hey-hey

[Chorus]
It's time to beat up the bullies
And wash the bullseye off my back
My red flag is your white one soaked in blood
My red flag is your white one soaked in blood

[Outro]
It's time to beat up the bullies
And wash the bullseye off my back
My red flag is your white one soaked in blood

Marilyn Manson - Raise The Red Flag

The twelfth studio album, One Assassination Under God - Chapter 1, out November 22, 2024 via Nuclear Blast Records

mm.bfan.link

 

[Julius_Van_Der_Beak]

The Dead South, Sons of Perdition, and Blues Seraceno are some of my favorites, Those Poor Bastards have a few songs I know of from Old Gods of Appalachia, but they're heavy into depresssion and bleak songs so I gotta keep my distance. Justin Cross is good too.

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All Them Witches is more hard/blues rock or metal, but these songs I would call dark country:

Just a hurricane being born in the valley again.