Frankenpetey
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Post by Frankenpetey on Mar 28, 2009 13:16:48 GMT -5
If you asked me why I would certainly be unable to tell you, but for the past couple weeks I've been completely obsessed with Rammstein. I'm not even all that into metal or most 'heavy' music in general. I never had a lick of interest in Rammstein before now and now I can't stop listening to them! It's so weird. Have you ever gotten taken by surprise by a band/song/album like this? It happens to me quite often, but this is the first time it's happened with a genre I don't even listen to.
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Post by Musashi on Mar 28, 2009 13:33:58 GMT -5
...Well, practically ANY new music, or...for some reason, old music that I've heard of that I recently listen to again that I really like will get me hooked...
Same with games, too...
I'm really hooked to 'The Aquabats'. They're awesome. Oh, and 'They Might Be Giants'. Also awesome.
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Post by Pitch on Mar 28, 2009 14:16:17 GMT -5
The same pretty much happens to me whenever I find some new music that I like. I can't tell you how many bands’ first albums I've been hooked on. Yikes..
I don't really know about jumping genres, though. I think there was a significant hop from Rock to Metal at some point — the things we do for love.. — but from there on it's just been variations of those genres. Like, “Hey, this month I'm into more Classic Rock(say, Boston?), but last month I was kind of digging the Metal. (Iron Maiden, perhaps)” I go through decade phases, too, though, so I guess it could be, “Hey, this month I'm back into the ‘80s metal, but last month I was getting a bit more into the modern stuff.” And then the two can mesh together...
I've been obsessed with individual songs, too. Sometimes I'll download a bunch of random popular music, and hit Shuffle or whatever, and see if I like anything. Then I listen to whatever I like a billion times until I couldn't possibly listen to it ever again. Sometimes that'll lead me to look into the band, then obsess over the first album, and then in the future, include that album in one of my decade/genre phases.
And, err... yeah. That was barely on topic at best.
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Post by Musashi on Mar 28, 2009 15:28:27 GMT -5
Same here. I've been listening to 'The Wild Sea' by The Aquabats over and over recently.
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Post by Mr. Ninja on Mar 28, 2009 19:37:47 GMT -5
I've actually have an odd music obsession too. You're probably gonna be surprised at what it is; Dead or Alive's 1984 hit, "You Spin Me Right Round (Like a Record)". ;D I'm actually listening to it right now while posting. Hence the reason, "Spins You Round Like a Record", is written under my reaverbot eyes. Here's the video...Try not to laugh to hard.
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Frankenpetey
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Post by Frankenpetey on Mar 29, 2009 0:52:20 GMT -5
@mr. Ninja: AH! I forgot how over the top that video is. Colorguard, Thai fingertip dealies, and pantomiming playing castanets. What is even going on? Pete Burns, you so crazy... You ask Dashe, she's well-versed in Burns, and his videos are a riot. He's so glamorous. XD That song is like a little worm that burrows into your ear, though. It's so catchy. 80's music has a large proportion of catchy music in general. Musashi: Yeah, I have a tendency to loop new music for a few days. Before Rammstein, it was mind.in.a.box, this song in particular. And I was stuck on Les Savy Fav recently for a while, too. I'll have to look up the Aquabats; never heard of that one. My brother was huge into TMBG last year. He must have every single album, and they put out a lot of stuff. @green: Man, wandering sort-of off topic is what these threads are made for. It's boring when it just turns into a list. I sort of do the same thing. I'll get stuck on a certain "mood" of music for a while, and sort of worm my way through any new artists I find from there and overlap genres. This jump to Rammstein is unprecedented for me. Usually if I start a new genre I sort of ooze over from a similar one, but I've been pretty "ugh, unpleasant" about metal for the longest time. I think I'll have to exhaust myself with these guys before I move onto any other metal groups, though. Still got that unpleasant noise vibe from a few of the other bands I poked around with. And then I've also been heavy into more wistful music (mostly some breed of electronica, in fact) for a while, and this is...not wistful. So it's a jump in genre and mood with no warning at all. All I know is I can sort of sing along with Mein Teil at this point and I don't even know a word of German. Ha, my 80's phase was...all of highschool, pretty much. Pop music kind of sucked in the early 2000's for me. And some days that is just the only sort of music that will possibly do. Huh. Sometimes I'll download a ton of stuff I've never heard of. I generally don't bother with pop music since I tire of songs on the radio pretty quickly, usually by about the tenth listen, but Paper Planes is still going pretty strong. There's something so charming about it. Of course, it helps that it doesn't get much radio play here. Ahhhh, music~ Hmmmm....what was it before Rammstein and mind.in.a.box.... The Cool Kids, I think. So I guess maybe my obsessions jump a little more than I thought? I already liked electronica and old-school rap, but that's still kind of an odd sequence.
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5pak
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Post by 5pak on Mar 29, 2009 20:20:14 GMT -5
I've been discovering loads of new artists recently, so I'm sort of shifting out of my "find new artist, become obsessed" mentality. Used to, I'd discover one artist I like and listen to them for months on end before I moved on. Although, I recently discovered Muse and can't seem to put down Absolution or Black Holes and Revelations. Showbread won't let me go either. The Goat is playing through my head right now. So maybe I still have a few obsessive tendencies. Rammstein definitely gave me a moment a while back when I learned what they were actually singing about in some of their songs. Let's just say it's... less than normal. Still, Rammstein is an awesome band.
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Post by Musashi on Mar 29, 2009 21:48:26 GMT -5
Despite only being 12 seconds long, Catching on Fire by They Might Be Giants is awesome.
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Post by in·clover on Mar 29, 2009 22:46:10 GMT -5
RATATAT is my new favorite band. I heard 'em on pandora.com (awesome internet radio) and haven't been listening to much else lately. I can't say I like Rammstein at all. :/ I like unconventional music that doesn't fall into cliches, mostly. Unless it's something bizarre enough that can have its own quirks, I tire of minute long guitar solos and unintelligible grunting noises. Also, Predator is the best movie evar.
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Frankenpetey
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Post by Frankenpetey on Mar 31, 2009 17:39:24 GMT -5
5pak: Oh, Muse. The store I work in is doing a huge Twilight promotion for the DVD release, and for some ungodly reason the special features DVD is playing on an endless loop right in the middle of my department. It's annoying as all hell, but Supermassive Black Hole is the only song on it so far that I don't want to plug my ears for. It's pretty good. Never heard Showbread until you mentioned it. I'm not normally one for noisy punk, but honestly I can think of days and moods where this would be incredibly cathartic to listen to. And yeah, Rammstein's subject matter is generally less than pleasant. But it's a lot like going to a horror flick. I can watch Jason chainsaw a sorority girl without thinking chainsawing folks is fun times, and I can sing along with Mein Teil without thinking cannibalism is anything but horrific. Musashi: Sometimes the short and sweet ones are just perfect. My favorite Art Brut song is just over a minute long~ @bret: I wonder what it says about me that I saw "Ratatat" and immediately thought of pokemon...? I like it, the combination of djimbe drums and the sort of steel guitar-y sound especially. I find obscure groups can be just as bland and unoriginal as popular ones, but YMMV. Everyone has their styles and artists that they can't stand, for one reason or another. I'm fine with guitar solos provided the guitarist is good enough to merit it and it's not just used to pad out the song. I'm in agreement with you on the grunting thing, though. As I'm picking my way through this new uncharted genre I find myself pulled more toward the shamelessly dorky noodly metal rather than, say, Slayer and suchlike. Till Lindemann doesn't grunt, he's just got a deep voice. Though he does manage a very pleasant baritone on occasion. <- That video baffles me, probably because I don't understand German. "Dude, you can come down here and help us drag the boat through the dirt any time." "Who's the captain here?! I'm trying to talk to the lady; you Land Vikings just do as you're told and get back to draggin'!" "...That's it, we're tying you to the prow. " Which segues nicely in my brain into something else I've been fascinated with, covers and mashups! Like this cover of the above-linked Seemann. It's really interesting to see how a song's feel can change in the hands of another artist or juxtaposed with something else. Of course, both covers and mashups can go badly, badly wrong. When a cover's nothing more than professional kareoke it makes me feel embarrassed for the cover artist. A mistimed or awkward song choice in a mashup will make me literally rip my headphones off. But when they're good, they're really good. It's like crack to me.
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Post by Reavercat on Mar 31, 2009 19:53:18 GMT -5
I'm addicted to the Red Russian Army Choir.
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Post by Musashi on May 26, 2009 22:06:57 GMT -5
So yeah, all I've been listening to in the past month is They Might Be Giants. They're my favorite band now. :x
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Frankenpetey
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Post by Frankenpetey on May 26, 2009 23:13:44 GMT -5
Musashi: Still? Well, they do have a huge discography to work through... The Rammstein mania has waned. As of now, I'm picking through MSI and finding that I either love a song or hate it vehemently with little pattern that I can find. Also, Tim Minchin, though I'm incredibly late to the party. Too bad he's not playing piano in this one, but the lyrics are great and his little shimmy is hilarious. And this is ridiculously catchy, while also doing a surprisingly good job of summing up Hamlet. Oh, and of course, a rap about hummus. Actually, a disproportionate amount of his stuff seems to be about food.Um...it's looking like I'm addicted to comic songs lately, I guess. I kind of want this as my ringtone, just to baffle people.
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Post by snowman on May 27, 2009 13:17:52 GMT -5
A while ago, I heard Sukiyaki, also known as "Ue o muite arukō", and really, REALLY liked it. I posted a topic about it, but this is a better place to talk about it. This is what I wrote in that topic: I heard the song on Wii Music at first. I noticed it was slightly similar to the tune to the first stage of Legend of the Mystical Ninja. I tried playing the song, with the sound muted, playing the notes when they were played in the town song of Legend of the Mystical Ninja. Later, when I played it on the bell game, I began to enjoy the tune. In music class, I tried to play it on the trumpet. It wasn't so good, I only knew 3 notes. Yesterday, I was interested in the song suddenly. I found an MP3 of it, and listened to it. I loved the feel of the song, and the instruments were the perfectly chosen, and added to the atmosphere. I was especially impressed by Kyu Sakamoto's voice. After listening, I listened again while looking at an English translation of the lyrics, and was blown away. It was cool how such a calm and cheery tune could carry such strong emotions, and how the feel changed from happy to sad and back alot, while the tune never changed. It was cool, because if you recently had a failure or were just fed up with life, it was easy to relate to Rokusuke Ei and Hachidai Nakamura's feelings of sadness, while enjoying the cheery tune. It was a generally optimistic song, and could make saddened people happy. I saw Kyu's performance of the song on youtube, and I cried. I watched again, and cried again. It was a blend of both happiness and sadness, and Kyu's smiling face that would change to a sad face was really emotional. A beautiful experience. After that, I knew it would be my favorite song. I even prayed to Kyu that night to thank him for the song. If you've never heard it, here's a link to the video I saw, translations in the description: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtXQ31F1A-kThat's the only time I've felt that strongly about a song. Before, the only music that I would listen to was mostly video game music. For quite a while, "I Am Impact" was my favorite song. Before that, it was E.G.G.M.A.N.
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Post by Musashi on May 27, 2009 17:28:07 GMT -5
@frankenpetey: Well yeah. At the moment I've been listening to mostly their older stuff(John Henry and below), but before I was listening to mostly their newer-but-not-that-new stuff(like The Spine and Mink Car).
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