Collimatrix's Terrible Music Thread

[Bronezhilet]

[Vanagandr]

I only regret that I have but one like to give for that video, and I can't decide whether I gave it ironically or not

 

In the meanwhile I also give turbofolk, and hope that I haven't linked already Sandra Afrika

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THE CHAIRRRR

[Sturgeon]

If the text scrolled across the screen more slowly I could probably parce it out

Some good ol' christian death metal. This band is actually pretty good, some questionable lyrics notwithstanding

As an agent of Satan myself, I cannot stand Demon Hunter.

Also, as someone with taste.

[Vanagandr]

As an agent of Satan myself, I cannot stand Demon Hunter.

"Wow, get away from me you heathen"-

[LostCosmonaut]

I'm currently sitting at mile 170 on the Garden State Parkway, about to leave New Jersey forever. In honor of that state and in particular Upper Township (where I lived for over a decade), I present this song;

[LoooSeR]

[Vanagandr]

Hey man, what are you listening to?

Oh nothing, just some Chinese melodic death metal

[LoooSeR]

 

 

 

[Mogensthegreat]

 

An amazing song with an amazing refrain whose message must be delivered to my compatriots in adolescence.

[Sturgeon]

You have no "compatriots in adolescence", because this isn't a Thomas the Tank Engine fandom forum.

[LostCosmonaut]

fucking savage

[Collimatrix]

 

Cynthia Dall was a photographer, lo-fi indie artist and political activist.  If you're into her work you may suffer from being terminally hip.  Sadly, I cannot find a copy of "Nest of Dead Children," which is my favorite of her songs.

 

[Bronezhilet]

[Walter_Sobchak]

 

An amazing song with an amazing refrain whose message must be delivered to my compatriots in adolescence.

Its a very good song.  Not sure what the post means though.  We are all adults here.

 

Anyhow, I was not blown away by Murder By Deaths last album, although I did rather like this track (music starts around 3:40):

 

 

I did like their recent covers album.  They do cover albums as thank you gifts to their kickstarter supporters.  The people that donate the most get to pick the songs covered.  I rather like their version of Willy Nelson's Angel Flying too Close to the Ground.  

 

[Sturgeon]

[Sturgeon]

Anybody else feel like there's a problem with our guitar playing tradition? I should preface what I am about to write with a statement that I do not play guitar or any other instrument, so I don't really know what I am talking about. This is more me sounding out an idea than it is a dissertation on the modern guitar playing tradition.

So, the guitar is an interesting instrument, capable of a lot of different sounds. Because it has a chamber and strings, it can be finger-picked, strummed, played with a bow, and played as a drum. It's capable of a lot of different noises. Check out this song to see most of them:

Or this song:

Estas there almost seems like he's adapted a classical guitar playing style, although from what I can tell his strings are steel.

What's remarkable about these two guys is that they play guitar like you'd expect someone to play piano. You all instantly know what I mean; both artists are using the whole instrument, playing multiple notes and chords (forgive my terminology here, it will be terrible - I think my meaning is conveyed, anyway). So why is that "like a piano", not "like an instrument?" I have no freaking idea, but it seems like it is perfectly acceptable (in the US at least) to play a guitar as if one were playing chopsticks on a piano. Simplistic, woeful underutilization of the instrument is the norm, not the exception.

Sure, not everyone can be Estas Tonne or Erik Mongrain, but the basic techniques they are using are at the same time completely different than the bland strumming that most "guitar players" call their art.

Uh. Calm down, Nate. Let's not insult everyone who plays guitar.

Well, I don't know. Every person who learned to play piano from their grandmother, it seems, learned to play complex melodies and harmonies at the same time, even if they don't rise to the level of being able to do it fantastically well. Whereas the modern guitar tradition is like this:

 

Thoughts?

[Vanagandr]

Thoughts?

Yup, every soft rock song that comes out these days is as technically challenging as wonderwall. It seems like contemporary music (and by this I mean whatever you hear over the loudspeaker at stores) has put a huge emphasis on vocals, sucking the life out of the instruments that make up 80% of the music. What Estas Tonne does is incredibly technically challenging by my understanding of guitar playing (I showed my dad this, he said what Tonne does is beyond him, and he is relatively skilled at guitar), it's actually somewhat similar to common styles of banjo playing though, which amuses me. Here my terminology may fail since I have only ever played double bass, but he's keeping rhythm with drone notes while playing a melody, as is common to banjo playing, although he does not have the benefit of a drone string. 

 

An aside, playing a guitar with a bow is generally a no, because with a flat bridged guitar at least (and I'm not sure that there are any other kinds), you have access only to the low E string, the high E string, or all of them at once (and it's gonna be really difficult to keep that from making screeching noises).

 

Sources cited

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[media]

Strumstrumstrumstrum strumstrum chord change strum strum

Also, this is the first time I've seen any of their faces and that dude looks on par with how bad they sound.

[Vanagandr]

I give this also as an apology for linking Nickelback

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZX_7lrtnRU

Some varying and pretty decent guitar work happens throughout

[Collimatrix]

Have I done Sohodolls yet?  Whatever; it doesn't matter.

 

 

Blah blah blah original sin blah blah blah nihilism of modernity blah blah blah center cannot hold blah blah blah Theodore Dalrymple blah blah blah traces of Industrial, Punk typical of trendy contemporary dance music, blah blah blah I hate chavs something something bleak decaying hopelessness.

 

[LostCosmonaut]

[media]

[media]

[Sturgeon]

Now I have Nickelback stuck in my head...

 

[LostCosmonaut]

 

 

meanwhile in the 1980s

[Vanagandr]

noooooooooooo

[Walter_Sobchak]

This is one of the most wonderfully fucked up things I have ever heard.  Combine jazz trumpet, steel guitar and traditional Indonesian music and you get this glorious train wreck.  

 

[Walter_Sobchak]

Anybody else feel like there's a problem with our guitar playing tradition? I should preface what I am about to write with a statement that I do not play guitar or any other instrument, so I don't really know what I am talking about. This is more me sounding out an idea than it is a dissertation on the modern guitar playing tradition.

So, the guitar is an interesting instrument, capable of a lot of different sounds. Because it has a chamber and strings, it can be finger-picked, strummed, played with a bow, and played as a drum. It's capable of a lot of different noises. Check out this song to see most of them:

Or this song:

Estas there almost seems like he's adapted a classical guitar playing style, although from what I can tell his strings are steel.

What's remarkable about these two guys is that they play guitar like you'd expect someone to play piano. You all instantly know what I mean; both artists are using the whole instrument, playing multiple notes and chords (forgive my terminology here, it will be terrible - I think my meaning is conveyed, anyway). So why is that "like a piano", not "like an instrument?" I have no freaking idea, but it seems like it is perfectly acceptable (in the US at least) to play a guitar as if one were playing chopsticks on a piano. Simplistic, woeful underutilization of the instrument is the norm, not the exception.

Sure, not everyone can be Estas Tonne or Erik Mongrain, but the basic techniques they are using are at the same time completely different than the bland strumming that most "guitar players" call their art.

Uh. Calm down, Nate. Let's not insult everyone who plays guitar.

Well, I don't know. Every person who learned to play piano from their grandmother, it seems, learned to play complex melodies and harmonies at the same time, even if they don't rise to the level of being able to do it fantastically well. Whereas the modern guitar tradition is like this:

 

Thoughts?

Yes, the guitar is relatively easy to play, if you want to learn to play it for your standard country/pop/rock purposes.  If someone wants to be enough of a nerd to master an instrument, they will probably pick an orchestral instrument.  People play guitar because they want to get laid/be popular/be rock stars/or piss off their parents.  But here is the thing.  Piano is even easier to play.  All you have to do is press the keys.  It's even easier than plucking a string.  There are plenty of tricks to playing piano well enough to fool people, just like guitar.  Compare this with playing a wind instrument where you have to practice quite a while to even get a relatively not-horrible sound to come out of the horn. Trust me, there is no easy trick to convincing people that you can play clarinet.  

 

Since I mentioned clarinet, is there anything that celebrates the contributions of Jewish Americans to American culture as much as Benny Goodman performing a clarinet concerto by Aaron Copeland?  I don't think so.  

 

 

Simply gorgeous.