The Mighty Musical Observations Thread

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Silent Majority wrote:
11 May 2018, 11:57am
eumaas wrote:
11 May 2018, 11:56am
Dr. Medulla wrote:
11 May 2018, 11:52am
eumaas wrote:
11 May 2018, 11:46am
Between people being upset about the Thermals breaking up and the man from Frightened Rabbit dying, two bands I have without exaggeration never heard of, I feel like I've had some kind of stroke. I guess this is what getting older is.
Yup. That kind of ignorance has less and less effect on one's life, tho. All kinds of entertainment/leisure-related stuff that used to seem vital in terms of identity and connection to others gets more and more ephemeral.
The only thing to do now is to write comparative reviews of Wire bootlegs. :shifty:
Whatever happened to all those Brooklyn bands with Bear in their name from 2007?
My guess is they are either considered geniuses or they have been tossed into the trash in the poptimist purges.
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eumaas wrote:
11 May 2018, 11:56am
Dr. Medulla wrote:
11 May 2018, 11:52am
eumaas wrote:
11 May 2018, 11:46am
Between people being upset about the Thermals breaking up and the man from Frightened Rabbit dying, two bands I have without exaggeration never heard of, I feel like I've had some kind of stroke. I guess this is what getting older is.
Yup. That kind of ignorance has less and less effect on one's life, tho. All kinds of entertainment/leisure-related stuff that used to seem vital in terms of identity and connection to others gets more and more ephemeral.
The only thing to do now is to write comparative reviews of Wire bootlegs. :shifty:
The reward for living long enough. :cool:
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God save me from the morons who leave comments on Debussy's piano pieces on youtube.
I feel that there is a fascistic element, for example, in the Rolling Stones . . .
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eumaas wrote:
11 May 2018, 12:17pm
God save me from the morons who leave comments on Debussy's piano pieces on youtube.
I shudder to think what kind of comments that commie Shostakovich gets.
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Kory wrote:
11 May 2018, 2:48pm
eumaas wrote:
11 May 2018, 12:17pm
God save me from the morons who leave comments on Debussy's piano pieces on youtube.
I shudder to think what kind of comments that commie Shostakovich gets.
Apparently Debussy is so harsh and dissonant that he makes people sick.

I'm utterly baffled.
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eumaas wrote:
11 May 2018, 2:52pm
Kory wrote:
11 May 2018, 2:48pm
eumaas wrote:
11 May 2018, 12:17pm
God save me from the morons who leave comments on Debussy's piano pieces on youtube.
I shudder to think what kind of comments that commie Shostakovich gets.
Apparently Debussy is so harsh and dissonant that he makes people sick.

I'm utterly baffled.
That really just has to be people who are devoted only to romantic era music and before, right? I can't imagine anyone living in the 21st century thinking that.
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Kory wrote:
11 May 2018, 2:58pm
eumaas wrote:
11 May 2018, 2:52pm
Kory wrote:
11 May 2018, 2:48pm
eumaas wrote:
11 May 2018, 12:17pm
God save me from the morons who leave comments on Debussy's piano pieces on youtube.
I shudder to think what kind of comments that commie Shostakovich gets.
Apparently Debussy is so harsh and dissonant that he makes people sick.

I'm utterly baffled.
That really just has to be people who are devoted only to romantic era music and before, right? I can't imagine anyone living in the 21st century thinking that.
I mean, predating Debussy, you've got a high level of dissonance in Wagner and Scriabin.

I don't know what these fuckers are listening to.
I feel that there is a fascistic element, for example, in the Rolling Stones . . .
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eumaas wrote:
11 May 2018, 2:59pm
Kory wrote:
11 May 2018, 2:58pm
eumaas wrote:
11 May 2018, 2:52pm
Kory wrote:
11 May 2018, 2:48pm
eumaas wrote:
11 May 2018, 12:17pm
God save me from the morons who leave comments on Debussy's piano pieces on youtube.
I shudder to think what kind of comments that commie Shostakovich gets.
Apparently Debussy is so harsh and dissonant that he makes people sick.

I'm utterly baffled.
That really just has to be people who are devoted only to romantic era music and before, right? I can't imagine anyone living in the 21st century thinking that.
I mean, predating Debussy, you've got a high level of dissonance in Wagner and Scriabin.

I don't know what these fuckers are listening to.
Pachelbel, obviously. I know Debussy was a bit controversial when he was active, but that's kind of silly. I'd be interested to see if these same folks comment on Stravinsky or something.
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Kory wrote:
11 May 2018, 3:12pm
eumaas wrote:
11 May 2018, 2:59pm
Kory wrote:
11 May 2018, 2:58pm
eumaas wrote:
11 May 2018, 2:52pm
Kory wrote:
11 May 2018, 2:48pm


I shudder to think what kind of comments that commie Shostakovich gets.
Apparently Debussy is so harsh and dissonant that he makes people sick.

I'm utterly baffled.
That really just has to be people who are devoted only to romantic era music and before, right? I can't imagine anyone living in the 21st century thinking that.
I mean, predating Debussy, you've got a high level of dissonance in Wagner and Scriabin.

I don't know what these fuckers are listening to.
Pachelbel, obviously. I know Debussy was a bit controversial when he was active, but that's kind of silly. I'd be interested to see if these same folks comment on Stravinsky or something.
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Who would have laid any money on this becoming a worldwide hit?

There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board

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If U2 had been fatally electrocuted at Red Rocks and they would be legends in my eyes. Watching the gig now for the first time in ages, they were an incredible live entity at this point.
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board

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Heston wrote:
11 May 2018, 4:59pm
Who would have laid any money on this becoming a worldwide hit?

I've never heard any really early HL, but I understand that they operated in the same circles as Cabaret Voltaire at the time.
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eumaas wrote:
11 May 2018, 3:15pm
Kory wrote:
11 May 2018, 3:12pm
eumaas wrote:
11 May 2018, 2:59pm
Kory wrote:
11 May 2018, 2:58pm
eumaas wrote:
11 May 2018, 2:52pm

Apparently Debussy is so harsh and dissonant that he makes people sick.

I'm utterly baffled.
That really just has to be people who are devoted only to romantic era music and before, right? I can't imagine anyone living in the 21st century thinking that.
I mean, predating Debussy, you've got a high level of dissonance in Wagner and Scriabin.

I don't know what these fuckers are listening to.
Pachelbel, obviously. I know Debussy was a bit controversial when he was active, but that's kind of silly. I'd be interested to see if these same folks comment on Stravinsky or something.
these are the people who still riot at Sacre du Printemps
I want to expose them, Clockwork Orange style, to the works of Brian Ferneyhough as punishment for being so backwards.
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Heston wrote:
11 May 2018, 5:13pm
If U2 had been fatally electrocuted at Red Rocks and they would be legends in my eyes. Watching the gig now for the first time in ages, they were an incredible live entity at this point.
The complete show on DVD (minus one song that was unusable because two dolly cameras crashed into each other) is one of the best concert films ever. I saw them a couple weeks before Red Rocks on the 'War' tour in '83 at Northrop Auditorium on the niversity of Minnesota campus. Two songs in, after "Out of Control" and "An Cat Dubh", Bono tells the audience to come down front to the orchestra pit, and it was a bum rush like I'd never seen before or after, even with the Clash. The security dudes were literally doing the "woah!" gesture and just fucked right off. It was an incredibly intense and atmospheric show, and you could see why people were saying they were the heirs to the Clash (who I think were a little nervous of them at the Us Festival a couple months later).
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
11 May 2018, 5:19pm
Heston wrote:
11 May 2018, 4:59pm
Who would have laid any money on this becoming a worldwide hit?

I've never heard any really early HL, but I understand that they operated in the same circles as Cabaret Voltaire at the time.
True but this is NOT early HL.
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