How do you play?

Post by **Worm of Despite** » Mon Jan 05, 2004 10:43 pm

I've got a stereo setup in my basement, where I max my volume all the way up and use the little "bass boost" as well. I'm surprised my neighbors haven't complained yet!

My favorite tunes to blast out loud:

"Iron Man", Black Sabbath
"Baba O'Reilly", The Who
"Thunderstruck", AC/DC
"Immigrant Song", Led Zeppelin
"Helter Skelter", The Beatles
"Layla", Eric Clapton

Post by **memla** » Mon Jan 05, 2004 11:58 pm

yep. there's that span, '67 - '77 that everything worth listening to was written. and no, i'm not being sarcastic.

Post by **Worm of Despite** » Tue Jan 06, 2004 12:28 am

Agreed! Thought I'd say it's 1965-1979: from Brian Wilson's Pet Sounds to Pink Floyd's The Wall.

Post by **dANdeLION** » Wed Jan 07, 2004 4:20 pm

Ahh, but that doesn't include Rush's Moving Pictures (1981)

Post by **Worm of Despite** » Wed Jan 07, 2004 4:29 pm

If you include Moving Pictures, you are letting the EIGHTIES in. We don't want that, Rush doesn't want that. Rush will have to make the sacrifice.

Post by **Ylva Kresh** » Fri Jan 09, 2004 3:42 pm

How do I play? very ill indeed

Post by **Loredoctor** » Sat Jan 10, 2004 12:46 am

Lord Foul wrote:If you include Moving Pictures, you are letting the EIGHTIES in. We don't want that, Rush doesn't want that. Rush will have to make the sacrifice.

What's wrong with the 80s?

Post by **aTOMiC** » Sat Jan 10, 2004 12:49 am

If Moving Pictures won't suffice, how about 2112?

Post by **Worm of Despite** » Sat Jan 10, 2004 1:20 am

Yeah, 2112 was 1976 so it fits.

Ur-Vile, what's not wrong with the 80s?

Post by **Loredoctor** » Sat Jan 10, 2004 1:23 am

Duran Duran, Depeche Mode, New Order, Ministry, Gary Numan, A-Ha, Bruce Springsteen . . . .

Ok ok I admit the fashion was bad, but the music is better than anything today.

Post by **aTOMiC** » Sat Jan 10, 2004 1:23 am

cool. Cranking up Overture till the windows rattle is outstanding.

Post by **memla** » Sat Jan 10, 2004 1:25 am

Lord Foul wrote:Ur-Vile, what's not wrong with the 80s?

Yes, a much shorter list.

Post by **Worm of Despite** » Sat Jan 10, 2004 1:28 am

Here's my pick for the top 5 decades, music-wise:

1) 60s
2) 70s (disco excluded)
3) 90s (everything before and after Nirvana excluded. If you ask me, In Utero was the last rock and roll album. Nobody has come forward to carry on the evolution)
4) 50s
5) 80s

Post by **memla** » Sat Jan 10, 2004 1:31 am

now the 1780's had Mozart, I like Mozart.

I don't like Depeche mode.

Post by **Worm of Despite** » Sat Jan 10, 2004 1:37 am

Yeah, I was speaking in terms of pop music--like recently. The best music's been done by folks like Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, etc.

Post by **duchess of malfi** » Sat Jan 10, 2004 4:09 am

You haven't lived until you've played The 1812 Overture at full blast!

Post by **Worm of Despite** » Sat Jan 10, 2004 4:19 am

I wanna play Beethoven's 9th symphony at max volume, like Alex from A Clockwork Orange did.

Post by **duchess of malfi** » Sat Jan 10, 2004 4:20 am

That's a good one to blast, too.

Post by **[Syl]** » Sat Jan 10, 2004 4:53 am

Lord Foul wrote:In Utero was the last rock and roll album. Nobody has come forward to carry on the evolution

Don't get me wrong, I like Nirvana, but they were never the end all be all of the time or genre. Kurt had his inspiration from other contemporaries, and he didn't so much found anything as make everything more apparent. He was a charismatic leader, the archtypical manic depressive artist.

There can be no continuation of the evolution because when the floodgates opened, they let mediocrity pass through as well as talent, and there's a lot more mediocrity. It's like hope in Pandora's box. The evolution happened, and now you have to find the diamonds in the rough. There will be others, but they will never come in quite the same way.

If you're looking for something that isn't canned and marketed like everything else, there are still options, they're just really hard to find. Most of them, anyway. My picks (recommendations... in order from easiest to find to hardest) are Tool, APC, Queens of the Stoneage, Dredg, Calexico, Elysium Fields, Lusk, and maybe a band called Dainami (I've managed to find two of their mp3s off of mp3.com). Not quite my cup of tea, but other bands I've heard high praise of... Mogwai (also Sigur Ros and Godspeed, You Black Emperor!, though the only of those I really like is Mogwai), Muse, The Mars Volta. You also might like Tom Waits, Nick Cave, The Pixies, and Modest Mouse.

Post by **Worm of Despite** » Sat Jan 10, 2004 7:28 am

I think what I meant was that Nirvana made a splash that hadn't been made since The Beatles or Elvis. I just wonder if there's going to be another band to cut such a fiery swatch through not only the music industry but the world and its culture again. If not, I'm honored to live in a time where such history occurred.

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