i think u mean
Tierra Whack made the best debut of all ti
― flopson, Saturday, 2 March 2019 03:52 (five years ago) link
Lol
Between her and leikeli47 I’m happy that Missy is being felt if not justly beafied
― flamboyant goon tie included, Saturday, 2 March 2019 04:06 (five years ago) link
Um *beatified
― flamboyant goon tie included, Saturday, 2 March 2019 04:08 (five years ago) link
here's a proposition: there's virtually no instrumental rock or pop music that wouldn't be improved by some sort of vocal
― imago, Friday, 8 March 2019 12:10 (five years ago) link
Nice try.
― pomenitul, Friday, 8 March 2019 12:36 (five years ago) link
there's virtually no instrumental rock or pop music that wouldn't be improved by some sort of vocal― imagoEasily falsified by thousands of techno, trance and house club hits, subsequently rereleased with added vocals to score a chart hit.
― Siegbran, Friday, 8 March 2019 13:27 (five years ago) link
Also, Rush.
― Siegbran, Friday, 8 March 2019 13:28 (five years ago) link
those aren't rock or pop imo xp
― imago, Friday, 8 March 2019 13:29 (five years ago) link
give me a break, oscillate wildly is just about the only smiths song i can bear now
― kolarov spring (NickB), Friday, 8 March 2019 13:41 (five years ago) link
but yeah, could you imagine albatross with vocals? or popcorn or nut rocker or green onions or telstar
― kolarov spring (NickB), Friday, 8 March 2019 13:43 (five years ago) link
i can imagine albatross with vocals, yes
they go as follows: "this is no ordinary chocolate trifle..."
― imago, Friday, 8 March 2019 13:48 (five years ago) link
:D
― kolarov spring (NickB), Friday, 8 March 2019 13:53 (five years ago) link
but yeah, could you imagine albatross with vocals?
― kolarov spring (NickB)
i think it goes "here comes the sun king"
re: telstar with vocals:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtubEdQUJZ0
― the scientology of mountains (rushomancy), Friday, 8 March 2019 14:38 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lncJJ27mXLo
lol
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 8 March 2019 14:43 (five years ago) link
omg
― imago, Friday, 8 March 2019 14:44 (five years ago) link
oddly entrancing
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 8 March 2019 14:48 (five years ago) link
once the initial laughter has subsided, yes
― imago, Friday, 8 March 2019 14:49 (five years ago) link
'Albatross' by Fleetwood Mac sung by a pair of horny albatrosses
― lispectah deck (unregistered), Friday, 8 March 2019 15:02 (five years ago) link
LJ that's as bad a controp as I've seen but I perversely want to hear someone try YYZ with vocals
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 8 March 2019 15:02 (five years ago) link
I mean, "rock and pop" are predominantly vocal musics and a lot of the best instrumental examples are pushing the definitional categories (you could e.g. argue that Mahavishnu Orchestra and GYBE, or even "YYZ", are something other than pop or rock). NickB's counterexamples seem strongest. I don't want vocals on Dick Dale. 2xp!
― All along there is the sound of feedback (Sund4r), Friday, 8 March 2019 15:02 (five years ago) link
The Chantays - was trying to remember who did "Pipeline"
― All along there is the sound of feedback (Sund4r), Friday, 8 March 2019 15:04 (five years ago) link
what about the theme from Star Wars?
― sarahell, Friday, 8 March 2019 15:05 (five years ago) link
Do big band era hits count as pop?
― All along there is the sound of feedback (Sund4r), Friday, 8 March 2019 15:20 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OhkhBwrK_w
― Paul Ponzi, Friday, 8 March 2019 16:36 (five years ago) link
the Ventures rule
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 8 March 2019 16:36 (five years ago) link
The Shadows' hits dried up when they started singing.
― The Vangelis of Dating (Tom D.), Friday, 8 March 2019 16:41 (five years ago) link
this was more a test-the-waters than an actual cast-iron opinion, but I have seen far too many support bands that could really have done with, yknow, a singer
― imago, Friday, 8 March 2019 16:50 (five years ago) link
Tim Booth (lead singer of James) regularly cites Patti Smith as his biggest influence, and despite James not really having the same truck as Patti in the critical world I immensely prefer Tim both as a writer and singer
― flamboyant goon tie included, Saturday, 16 March 2019 16:50 (five years ago) link
I think I feel the same away about almost anybody she is said to have influenced. Much respect but those records, eh
― heinrich boll weevil (Hadrian VIII), Saturday, 16 March 2019 17:35 (five years ago) link
think not liking Patti Smith is more a "controversial opinion" than a controversial opinion these days
― L'assie (Euler), Saturday, 16 March 2019 17:42 (five years ago) link
I unabashedly still love her first three albums, and plenty of what came later, which seems more controversial these days.
― All along there is the sound of feedback (Sund4r), Saturday, 16 March 2019 18:31 (five years ago) link
Oh don’t get me wrong I do love Patti Smith
― flamboyant goon tie included, Saturday, 16 March 2019 18:47 (five years ago) link
Kraftwerk, Roxy Music and David Bowie are considered to be the holy trinity of influences on synthpop/new romantic etc. but personally I think Pink Floyd (Meddle to Animals) should also be in there.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Friday, 29 March 2019 16:25 (five years ago) link
Not saying no one was familiar with PF, but if you asked say Daniel Miller or Robert Rental who they were listening to, I think they'd claim their influences were Wendy Carlos, Tomita, Jean Michel Jarre, Vangelis, Can and Faust on the instrumental side.
― with Chew Guard™ technology (Sanpaku), Friday, 29 March 2019 18:22 (five years ago) link
Daniel Miller was a fan of early rock'n'roll (hence the Silicon Teens), The Beach Boys and The Kinks. Also Can, and yes, Pink Floyd.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Friday, 29 March 2019 19:04 (five years ago) link
John Foxx? Pink Floyd fan - even covered 'Have a Cigar' ... Andy McCluskey also a Pink Floyd fan, confessing as much on OMD's forum a few years back. Alan Wilder of Depeche Mode chose Meddle as one of his favourite LP's in a Quietus article. Phil Oakey said Floyd were his "model of what a band should be" in a 2003 interview...
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Friday, 29 March 2019 19:10 (five years ago) link
David Gilmour is on Duran Duran side project Arcadia's LP, and I'm fairly certain he didn't end up on there by accident.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Friday, 29 March 2019 19:13 (five years ago) link
no, he ended up there because money
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 29 March 2019 19:15 (five years ago) link
Vince Clarke chose The Dark Side of the Moon as one of his favourite LP's for the Quietus, too.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Friday, 29 March 2019 19:18 (five years ago) link
I’m certain that the “Live at the Milk Bar toilets” aspect of “There’s More To Life Than This” is faked. It aurally makes no sense, there is clearly doubles vocals on the choruses, and you can hear identical crowd sounds repeating as if the background noise were on loop
― flamboyant goon tie included, Sunday, 28 April 2019 19:48 (five years ago) link
*doubled, *was
I don't know that that is controversial.
but my entire experience is listening to it and reading the credits then listening closely 26 years ago, perhaps Bjork stans have been vigorously debating it on messageboards ever since?
(the overall effect is faked, but iirc I concluded that the lead vocal could well have been recorded in the toilets during the day, or faked in studio based on a fun experience Bjork had one night, and it was a fun tiny mystery easter egg on purpose)
― blokes you can't rust (sic), Sunday, 28 April 2019 21:12 (five years ago) link
it's a subtle commentary that there's more to life than figuring out if this track was recorded live
― mookieproof, Sunday, 28 April 2019 21:17 (five years ago) link
I always assumed she documented some conversations at the Milk Bar and then recorded her song in the studio using them as background
it's a nice track whatever it is
― Dan S, Sunday, 28 April 2019 21:37 (five years ago) link
xp lollll
Yeah it is an aural curiosity... the background vocals and guitar sound very much like they were recorded live.
― flamboyant goon tie included, Sunday, 28 April 2019 21:42 (five years ago) link
I'm certain that the "Björk makes good music" aspect of her career is faked
― :∵·∴·∵: (crüt), Sunday, 28 April 2019 21:48 (five years ago) link
Back when he was in Depeche Mode, I remember him chosing "Animals" as one of this favourite albums - which was completely beyond the pale then. I don't think the original opinion that Pink Floyd were an influence on synthpop/new romantic musicians is that controversial an opinion given the ages of the people involved. Vince Clarke one of the younger ones though.
― Freddie Starr (Hitler in shorts) (Tom D.), Sunday, 28 April 2019 23:15 (five years ago) link
lil late here but of course the ventures rule!!!! hella goood band
― ian, Sunday, 28 April 2019 23:26 (five years ago) link
my controversial opinion might be that brian eno's rock records aren't very good.
― ian, Sunday, 28 April 2019 23:27 (five years ago) link
pink floyd were better without syd.
― ian, Sunday, 28 April 2019 23:31 (five years ago) link