Zig Zag Walk is my favorite Foghat album.
― Freddy "Boom Boom" QAnon (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 27 September 2018 16:11 (five years ago) link
Ambient music is the only worthwhile music
― groovemaaan, Thursday, 27 September 2018 19:55 (five years ago) link
Ha I've been feeling that
In my late teens when I was first confronted with ambient music I thought "there is nothing going on. Boring!" When confronted with Stockhausen I thought "this is a collection of sounds. Boring!" I don't know whether it's aural exhaustion, or the fact that "music-with-content is now occupational", but ambient music and electroacoustic music is pretty much my go-to for pleasure-listening. Stockhausen et al. is extremely pleasant to listen to while preparing dinner, the sound of chopping veg. and frying oil fits right in with the music itself.
― fgti is for (flamboyant goon tie included), Friday, 28 September 2018 13:46 (five years ago) link
extremely pleasant to listen to while preparing dinner, the sound of chopping veg
Nah, I prefer https://youtu.be/WR6y71x3tSY
― Inuit innuendo (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 28 September 2018 14:05 (five years ago) link
I don't like you if you have over a hundred 5.0 ratings on RYM― He said captain, I said wot (FlopsyDuck), Thursday, September 20, 2018 1:58 PM (four minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― He said captain, I said wot (FlopsyDuck), Thursday, September 20, 2018 1:58 PM (four minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I'm going to raise the number to two hundred
― He said captain, I said wot (FlopsyDuck), Friday, 28 September 2018 14:15 (five years ago) link
I often prefer the clean radio versions of '90s hip-hop singles/hits to the album versions. Specific examples that have occurred to me just this past week: Mystikal's "Shake It Fast," Juvenile's "Back That Thang Up," the clean version of Dre's "Next Episode," the clean version of Jay-Z's "Can I Get a ... " etc.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 28 September 2018 14:51 (five years ago) link
Yeah, I will always enjoy (prefer?) the Wu's 'swords slashing' sounds on the edited versions I heard first
― Paul Ponzi, Friday, 28 September 2018 15:17 (five years ago) link
― brimstead, Friday, 28 September 2018 19:27 (five years ago) link
I'll put this here: Everyone Says I Love You, Woody Allen's musical comedy starring Edward Norton, Drew Barrymore, Alan Alda and Julia Roberts, is underrated
― Paul Ponzi, Sunday, 30 September 2018 12:03 (five years ago) link
skip spence's "oar" -- over-romanticized obscurist sham
― Zach Same (Tom D.), Tuesday, 2 October 2018 09:47 (five years ago) link
Totally agree with that one.
― Gavin, Leeds, Tuesday, 2 October 2018 10:03 (five years ago) link
Yes, a few of us were just saying this on the dedicated Oar thread
― Paul Ponzi, Tuesday, 2 October 2018 12:56 (five years ago) link
Not so controversial after all!
― Zach Same (Tom D.), Tuesday, 2 October 2018 13:24 (five years ago) link
― groovemaaan, Thursday, September 27, 2018 3:55 PM (five days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
been feeling this a lot lately too lol
― marcos, Tuesday, 2 October 2018 13:47 (five years ago) link
Lingua Ignota's All Bitches Die is an infinitely more moving and important feminist statement than anything Beyoncé has ever done.
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 2 October 2018 13:54 (five years ago) link
the standard for controversy: “i don’t like beyoncé”
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Tuesday, 2 October 2018 14:08 (five years ago) link
So it appears.
― Zach Same (Tom D.), Tuesday, 2 October 2018 14:12 (five years ago) link
I'd be happy if it were no longer controversial.
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 2 October 2018 14:14 (five years ago) link
I keep wanting to say something about preferring Destiny's Child but I'd need to actually listen to a solo Beyoncé album to form that opinion, at which point the mental terrorists would have already won.
― The nexus of the crisis (Sund4r), Tuesday, 2 October 2018 14:21 (five years ago) link
"I Gotta Feeling" is a classic track that will still get people moving at parties thirty years from now with uncomplicated joy
(Controversial on ILX? Not sure. Came #12 in 2009 tracks poll but was loudly clowned in thread and nobody owned to voting for it)
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 2 October 2018 14:33 (five years ago) link
OK well there was this
on the "obnoxious" pop song, i definitely find that songs that seem unbearable during their initial go-round sometimes strike me more favorably a year or two or five later -- when they've faded from ubiquity and i realize (usually reluctantly) that even while consciously hating them i was unconsciously absorbing them through massive exposure and now they light up my neural pathways even if i don't want them to. it almost seems like a biological response to me, but the net result is that i end up "liking" something that i used to "hate."― hellzapoppa (tipsy mothra), Monday, February 1, 2010 11:50 PM (eight years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink(that may eventually prove true of "i gotta feeling," but it's too soon to say. i'm still in resistance mode.)― hellzapoppa (tipsy mothra), Monday, February 1, 2010 11:51 PM (eight years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― hellzapoppa (tipsy mothra), Monday, February 1, 2010 11:50 PM (eight years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
(that may eventually prove true of "i gotta feeling," but it's too soon to say. i'm still in resistance mode.)
― hellzapoppa (tipsy mothra), Monday, February 1, 2010 11:51 PM (eight years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 2 October 2018 14:34 (five years ago) link
This thread (+ Sound on Sound) are getting me to listen to the Carters album anyway.
(Other future classics: Chainsmokers - "Closer", Imagine Dragons - "Thunder". I hate "I Gotta Feeling" but you're probably right about it.)
― The nexus of the crisis (Sund4r), Tuesday, 2 October 2018 15:08 (five years ago) link
it's a wedding song now, so yes, you're absolutely right
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Tuesday, 2 October 2018 15:09 (five years ago) link
don't think it's a particularly controversial stance though
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Tuesday, 2 October 2018 15:10 (five years ago) link
I Gotta Feeling gets played on regular rotation at the commercial radio station I work for. Even on Monday mornings(!)
― Scritti Vanilli - The Word Girl You Know It's True (dog latin), Tuesday, 2 October 2018 15:17 (five years ago) link
I also hate "I Gotta Feeling" but I'd take it over the other two in a heartbeat
― nba jungboy (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 2 October 2018 15:18 (five years ago) link
i gotta feeling already has 'classic' status yeah and im way more sympathetic to it than i was when it came out, though its still not great
i could imagine closer having that sort of status in the future (ugh) but i really doubt imagine dragons will be strongly remembered
― ufo, Tuesday, 2 October 2018 15:37 (five years ago) link
― marcos, Tuesday, October 2, 2018 9:47 AM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Counterpoint: given the advances in recording technology, it is almost impossible to tell a classic 'ambient' piece by one of the greats from something a stoned guy does in an afternoon with a polysynth and some guitar pedals, and people who claim they can tell the difference are often lying
― Paul Ponzi, Tuesday, 2 October 2018 15:39 (five years ago) link
Lingua Ignota's All Bitches Die
This is indeed an amazing album and everyone should hear it
― jmm, Tuesday, 2 October 2018 15:43 (five years ago) link
Well so maybe I should be clear that my controversial opinion isn't a grudging "I guess it's settled, this song is not going to be forgotten, people are going to like it forever" but rather "this song is a towering achievement that will stand the test of time because it's such an unimpeachable banger"
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 2 October 2018 15:55 (five years ago) link
I also love Boom Boom Pow and Imma Bee.
― how's life, Tuesday, 2 October 2018 15:55 (five years ago) link
― Paul Ponzi, Tuesday, October 2, 2018 11:39 AM (fourteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
imo the difference doesn't matter. who gives a shit
― marcos, Tuesday, 2 October 2018 15:55 (five years ago) link
― jmm
everyone should also be smacked in the face with a rusty shovel
― dub pilates (rushomancy), Tuesday, 2 October 2018 15:58 (five years ago) link
Thunder wont make the cut even 5 years from now, it’s not a good party song. I’ll up the bet, as someone living in latinamerica we have 10+ hour weddings over here and you can tell which english-spoken songs will be classics if they get played over here. If they make it out of the US/UK they have trascended language and will probably become classics. Small caveat: there needs to be a break from listening the song for a couple of years. Despacito and Shape of You made it all around the q
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 2 October 2018 15:58 (five years ago) link
/Ambient music is the only worthwhile music― groovemaaan, Thursday, September 27, 2018 3:55 PM (five days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalinkbeen feeling this a lot lately too lol― marcos, Tuesday, October 2, 2018 9:47 AM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink/Counterpoint: given the advances in recording technology, it is almost impossible to tell a classic 'ambient' piece by one of the greats from something a stoned guy does in an afternoon with a polysynth and some guitar pedals, and people who claim they can tell the difference are often lying
― beard papa, Tuesday, 2 October 2018 15:58 (five years ago) link
... all around the globe but noone wants to listen to them ever again in any type of party until 2025 probably
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 2 October 2018 15:59 (five years ago) link
― Paul Ponzi, Tuesday, October 2, 2018 8:39 AM (twenty minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
counterpoint: who gives a shiiiiit
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Tuesday, 2 October 2018 16:00 (five years ago) link
Songs can become well-remembered classics for reasons other than being good party/wedding songs.
― The nexus of the crisis (Sund4r), Tuesday, 2 October 2018 16:03 (five years ago) link
Also, Moka, iirc you didn't think "More Than a Feeling" was as popular as the Outfield's "Your Love" so idk if I'm taking your bet.
― The nexus of the crisis (Sund4r), Tuesday, 2 October 2018 16:04 (five years ago) link
All that said, I'm posting controversial opinions, not making thoughtfully considered predictions.
― The nexus of the crisis (Sund4r), Tuesday, 2 October 2018 16:06 (five years ago) link
BlueHejiraThe Hissing of Summer Lawns
if I go to hell, this is the soundtrack
― rip van wanko, Tuesday, 2 October 2018 16:09 (five years ago) link
In regards to the comments above, ambient (and noise) are definitely the "are you kidding me? my kid can do this!" of music
― Evan, Tuesday, 2 October 2018 16:12 (five years ago) link
Yeah, ambient music is almost always worthless
― imago, Tuesday, 2 October 2018 16:15 (five years ago) link
^ This is not my point
― Evan, Tuesday, 2 October 2018 16:16 (five years ago) link
It was mine! This is the thread for it after all
― imago, Tuesday, 2 October 2018 16:18 (five years ago) link
late period scott walker is utter wank (drift onwards)
― ritual showdown (Ross), Tuesday, 2 October 2018 16:19 (five years ago) link
Just clarifying since you said "yeah" after my post
xp
― Evan, Tuesday, 2 October 2018 16:20 (five years ago) link
― ritual showdown (Ross)
every period Scott Walker
― You like queer? I like queer. Still like queer. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 2 October 2018 16:21 (five years ago) link
yeah!
― calzino, Tuesday, 2 October 2018 16:22 (five years ago) link
morelike Scott Wankyr!
― calzino, Tuesday, 2 October 2018 16:25 (five years ago) link