i forgot to vote so maybe it's my fault but 0 votes for axolotl? no way!
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 03:33 (three years ago) link
Ok rewatching that scene right now and it’s definitely trippy to hear and I think it’s really the autotune which is causing that sort of uncanny valley effect + the change in language halfway through. I might not have been as focused of the autotune the first time around.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njloaV9eE7I
I kind of wish they doubled down on the effect, make it sound more vocoder like. I’m tempted to edit it until it sounds like a machine singing it
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 04:18 (three years ago) link
Moka, your double tweets were very appropriate for this thread (I thought maybe they were intentional) :-)
― one of the only artist who is genuine (morrisp), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 04:19 (three years ago) link
The autotune seems more like an aesthetic choice since she can definitely sing it live from what I’ve seen. Eg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqzfQWse2uI
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 04:22 (three years ago) link
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 04:23 (three years ago) link
Hahaha they are appropriate but not on purpose... idk what’s happening I only click submit once and they seem to double.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 04:24 (three years ago) link
Fixed... I think
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 04:25 (three years ago) link
I don’t dig “No Stars” too much, or these other songs co-written by Lynch that have these sort of vague, empty lyrics that gesture toward “songwriting” without actually getting there. It kind of works for “Just You,” because it’s like a semi-parody of an old r&b ballad—but “No Stars,” and those Julie Cruise songs... I dunno, it’s not “good” lyricism, I guess it’s supposed to carry an atmosphere that doesn’t come across for me.
― one of the only artist who is genuine (morrisp), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 04:40 (three years ago) link
I love the vocal effects, that sense of peaking.Wild West is the track I like in spite of itself - really not my thing, but there's something about it...
― Bidh boladh a' mhairbh de 'n láimh fhalaimh (dowd), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 05:08 (three years ago) link
I did however vote Chromatics because they are one of my favorite bands and from all the songs in here “Shadow” is the only one I still listen to fairly often.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 05:24 (three years ago) link
I would have loved to see something like Scott Walker or Morphine or The Cramps in the roadhouse.
There’s many artists who’d have worked in my head...; Portishead, Nick Cave, Hope Sandoval, Bohren & der club of gore, Robert Wyatt, Nicolas Jaar, Zola Jesus, Dean Blunt, Merzbow....
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 05:39 (three years ago) link
Regarding songs by David Lynch, Ghost of Love used to be an obsession of mine when it came out. I didn’t hear it on Inland Empire first though, I think I heard it in something related to fashion? Maybe a perfume or clothing ad... or even in a runway show.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 05:42 (three years ago) link
xp I bet Xiu Xiu were pretty disappointed not to be called on.Also xxxp - singing it live is no guarantee that autotune isn't being used, it's a realtime effect and can be used with great subtlety to sweeten vocals undetectably.
― assert (MatthewK), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 05:55 (three years ago) link
I absolutely hated the autotune on No Stars when I watched the episode, it was immediately noticeable and it sounds fucking awful to me, intentional or not
― CP Radio Gorgeous (Colonel Poo), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 13:52 (three years ago) link
It's not 2004, do people really care about autotune?
― Bidh boladh a' mhairbh de 'n láimh fhalaimh (dowd), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 20:37 (three years ago) link
“...What year is this?”
― one of the only artist who is genuine (morrisp), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 21:29 (three years ago) link
I felt particularly bad for Xiu Xiu not being included
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 21:39 (three years ago) link
Also poor HudMo, not his fault but that one had a real Adult Swim vibe
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 21:40 (three years ago) link
Vedder's song seems pretty "live" to me. I don't think it's lipsync'd?
― billstevejim, Thursday, 21 January 2021 05:45 (three years ago) link
🎶 i took your picture from the frame 🎶🎶 and now you're nothing like you seem 🎶
― difficult listening hour, Saturday, 6 February 2021 05:52 (three years ago) link
Just got through The Return for the first time. I thought most of these songs were pretty great, or at least atmospherically appropriate.
It is always a pleasant surprise when new-NIN isn't boring. That's not to say that new-NIN is entirely boring - I think they've gotten a lot better in recent years - but it's still a pleasant surprise when they aren't. This was a solid fucking song!
The performance I liked best was probably Lissie's Wild West. That was a fun track from an artist I've never heard of before and she was really putting some energy into it onstage.
― peace, man, Monday, 13 December 2021 16:30 (two years ago) link
I lived in an apt. bldg. with Lissie for a few years, in the mid-2000s#uselesstrivia
― katebishopfan616 (morrisp), Monday, 13 December 2021 17:04 (two years ago) link