"Growing out of music" is like growing out of the stuff that taught you reading comprehension, or taught you emotional resilience or whatever. It becomes part of you even if you don't feel the need to digest it again on the same terms that it was once digested
― fgti is for (flamboyant goon tie included), Wednesday, 24 October 2018 06:03 (five years ago) link
Age 13, I was dragged by my love of The Police into loving the first solo record by Sting. I have no wish to ever hear this record again and I don’t think I am diminished by that. On the other hand I listened daily to Tusk from the age of 9 and would still happily do that. I’d hate to grow out of that music.
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Wednesday, 24 October 2018 06:27 (five years ago) link
growth as expansion vs growth as refinement. I don't think liking as much as possible is the goal, but I do think being able to suspend whatever you think your needs are and being open to the unknown is an essential part of growth
― ogmor, Wednesday, 24 October 2018 07:57 (five years ago) link
does anyone feel like every time they revisit something, it's like they didn't "get it" in the first place? i'm constantly re-getting everything, with the caveat that i'm not really getting it because i'm going to re-get it again. it can be a little exhausting. i think that's part of the reason why i don't listen to more music than i do.
― macropuente (map), Wednesday, October 24, 2018 12:04 AM (six hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I have this too but I find it more invigorating than exhausting. I will admit that the constant access to every piece of music ever made can be a tad wearying, but that isn't the same thing
― Paul Ponzi, Wednesday, 24 October 2018 10:34 (five years ago) link
Are we doing new releases? I don't understand why Marie Davidson gets a pass on that opening track from her new album. I thought it was so dumb.
― ninthyoung, Wednesday, 24 October 2018 11:30 (five years ago) link
― ogmor, Wednesday, October 24, 2018 12:57 AM (four hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
otm i think
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Wednesday, 24 October 2018 12:00 (five years ago) link
EBows are corny
― Paul Ponzi, Wednesday, 24 October 2018 12:55 (five years ago) link
:(
― The nexus of the crisis (Sund4r), Wednesday, 24 October 2018 13:00 (five years ago) link
they can be, yeah, but they can also be cool!
― akm, Wednesday, 24 October 2018 13:06 (five years ago) link
Husker Du's "The Baby Song" is fun and funny.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 24 October 2018 14:03 (five years ago) link
― Paul Ponzi, Wednesday, October 24, 2018 7:55 AM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
FP!!!
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 24 October 2018 14:05 (five years ago) link
I don't know if this is for here or the rockism thread but I was being given a lift and the Ariana Grande song Breathin' came on the radio and it sounded like absolute crap and it almost felt good to hate a pop song by an ILM-approved artist again. But then again, car speakers
― imago, Wednesday, 24 October 2018 14:34 (five years ago) link
Greta Van Fleet are fine.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 24 October 2018 18:18 (five years ago) link
that ogmor post is super cool
― macropuente (map), Thursday, 25 October 2018 04:01 (five years ago) link
i think i'm only open to the unknown like .. once a month though lol
― macropuente (map), Thursday, 25 October 2018 04:02 (five years ago) link
otm. and it's like.., why didn't i just cut to the chase and like this the first time around? especially after loudly proclaiming ur dislike of something, to revisit it and instantly see how wrong u were lol
― flopson, Thursday, 25 October 2018 05:59 (five years ago) link
Nina Simone's music is astonishingly uninspired given the critical arselicking she gets.
― does it look like i'm here (jon123), Thursday, 25 October 2018 13:15 (five years ago) link
Go listen to Nina Simone at Newport and then try to post that with a straight face
― Paul Ponzi, Thursday, 25 October 2018 13:21 (five years ago) link
Nah, I've had enough.
― does it look like i'm here (jon123), Thursday, 25 October 2018 13:56 (five years ago) link
quoth inspiration connoisseur 'jon123'
― ogmor, Thursday, 25 October 2018 14:09 (five years ago) link
Music is shit
― X-Prince Protégé (sonnyboy), Thursday, 25 October 2018 15:55 (five years ago) link
i love it
― Greta Van Fleek (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 25 October 2018 15:58 (five years ago) link
I imagine this is less controversial round here, but in everyday life my stance that Queen were utterly shit in so many ways seems to really bother people
― boxedjoy, Thursday, 25 October 2018 23:03 (five years ago) link
Queen suck, you are otm
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 25 October 2018 23:04 (five years ago) link
you gonna catch the biopic?
― greta van vliet (morrisp), Thursday, 25 October 2018 23:09 (five years ago) link
Haha its the biopic thats made it such a hot topic. People think that because I'm a gay man and I love music that I must be into Queen and the disbelief I've been met with when I say that I find their music wholly unpleasant has been really... well, unsurprising because Queen are considered icond etc but really they are just awful arent they
― boxedjoy, Thursday, 25 October 2018 23:13 (five years ago) link
biopics = also awful
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 25 October 2018 23:13 (five years ago) link
the only way that film could be any more unappealing was if Bradley Cooper was playing Freddie Mercury
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 25 October 2018 23:14 (five years ago) link
Queen are fucking garbage. I totally don't get it. (I also don't get the appeal of Roxy Music or T. Rex - or glam in general. There's this whole musical-theater-kid side of early 70s British rock that's completely fucking baffling to me.)
― grawlix (unperson), Thursday, 25 October 2018 23:24 (five years ago) link
I think it's pretty "funny" for anyone to assume that a gay, music-loving man must be into Queen
― greta van vliet (morrisp), Thursday, 25 October 2018 23:29 (five years ago) link
Or Sasha Baron Cohen.
― Alma Kirby (Tom D.), Thursday, 25 October 2018 23:30 (five years ago) link
Lol yes
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 25 October 2018 23:31 (five years ago) link
Never really connected with Queen either, though I acknowledge that 1) Freddie is a talented singer--whatever that means, and 2) Brian May has a very distinctive (and cool) guitar tone. But yeah, I don't ever really want to listen to Queen.
But I hated Kiss for like thirty years and now I don't so maybe a day will come when it clicks, who knows
Roxy Music is great though
― Paul Ponzi, Thursday, 25 October 2018 23:59 (five years ago) link
Paul OTM re: Queen
― greta van vliet (morrisp), Friday, 26 October 2018 00:02 (five years ago) link
I like their hits, can't really be bothered to dig further.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Friday, 26 October 2018 00:05 (five years ago) link
Lol KISS also totally terrible
― Οὖτις, Friday, 26 October 2018 00:12 (five years ago) link
I actually really enjoy this process. I mean I feel stupid if I've been all "that sucks!" about something I end up loving but the whole process of being irritated by something / leaning in closer / learning that the irritation was...something different maybe? this is intensely interesting to me in how I approach music
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Friday, 26 October 2018 00:13 (five years ago) link
I don’t like Queen at all, but also think Mercury is one of the most overrated singers in history. He reminds me of what one of Freddie Hubbard’s contemporaries said of Hubbard’s playing: “It’s the Rolls-Royce aesthetic without the Rolls-Royce.”
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 26 October 2018 01:41 (five years ago) link
He reminds me of what one of Freddie Hubbard’s contemporaries said of Hubbard’s playing: “It’s the Rolls-Royce aesthetic without the Rolls-Royce.”
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat)
that sounds like a compliment to me!
― dub pilates (rushomancy), Friday, 26 October 2018 02:11 (five years ago) link
I quite enjoy some Queen tunes. But as shallow as this sounds, the trailer for Bohemian Rhapsody that I seem to be unable to avoid has put me off wanting to associate with them for a good couple of years.
― triggercut, Friday, 26 October 2018 11:07 (five years ago) link
It should put you off because the movie is terrible.
― You like queer? I like queer. Still like queer. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 26 October 2018 11:13 (five years ago) link
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, October 25, 2018 9:41 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Never heard this quote but I wonder about its context. Freddie was one of the great sellouts of jazz, and his attempts at mainstream records are far worse than George Benson's. But in his early days, he was one of the best that ever was.
― Paul Ponzi, Friday, 26 October 2018 11:13 (five years ago) link
Queen have been the defener's music of choice for a decade, and I'm afraid this film is going to make things exponentially worse. I am in the odd position of hoping there is a backlash against a group I don't actually dislike.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 26 October 2018 11:25 (five years ago) link
I was at a café a couple of months ago when some early Queen album I hadn't heard yet started playing. Shirking Shazam, I asked the barista what it was and he responded with 'Queen aka the greatest band of all time'. 'I beg to differ', I said, and he looked visibly upset, as if dissensus were utterly unfathomable in this department. I left it at that, but I wonder how he would have reacted had I told him that not only is Queen by no means the greatest band evah, they're also kind of shit.
― pomenitul, Friday, 26 October 2018 11:44 (five years ago) link
Roxy Music is something else entirely, though, in no small part due to their sheer weirdness early on. And I say this as someone who also tends to dislike overt theatrics in music.
― pomenitul, Friday, 26 October 2018 11:46 (five years ago) link
I left it at that, but I wonder how he would have reacted had I told him that not only is Queen by no means the greatest band evah, they're also kind of shit.
― pomenitul
literally telling him "your favorite band sucks"? i mean, i can guess.
― dub pilates (rushomancy), Friday, 26 October 2018 12:28 (five years ago) link
LOL
― Alma Kirby (Tom D.), Friday, 26 October 2018 12:30 (five years ago) link
I know, I know. It’s just so hard sometimes to keep it all bottled up.
― pomenitul, Friday, 26 October 2018 12:50 (five years ago) link
v much enjoy your posting style, pomenitul
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Friday, 26 October 2018 13:35 (five years ago) link
I don't remember if I made it up or the dude I was dating made it up but I've always like the "Queen: Second Greatest Band Of All Time" maxim
Thought I adored Queen until I was made to listen to A Night At The Opera remastered to 5.1 surround sound in a fancy mix room at max volume and I pretty much wanted to skin myself alive
― fgti is for (flamboyant goon tie included), Friday, 26 October 2018 13:39 (five years ago) link