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Post by impulse on Sept 6, 2020 15:43:19 GMT -5
To follow up the last post, here a few examples from Rob Zombie's solo career aside from "the Rob Zombie song" that has the slow techno beat, simple metal guitar, and that unintelligible vocal. I'm not saying the dude was the picture of versatility or anything, but he had more variation than a lot of folks realize. Most prominently other than the metal and techno, he draws on funk and groovy music. There are bits of folk rock on occasion and just more straight rock without the electronic side. Not a lot, but sometimes. This is all setting aside that as both White Zombie and Rob Zombie he releasesd full albums of remixes of their songs, so the dance and techno stuff wasn't just a little sampling in a song intro here and there. A few highlights, and I had adamwarlock2099 in mind particularly since I am looking for the stuff that deviates from Living Dead Girl, Dragula, etc. In fact, aside from the covers most of the variation is on the album "Educated Horses" which is the most "off brand" he gets. American WitchThis isn't too far from his usual sound, but it's more mellow and less metal than usual. Also big emphasis on that slow driving groove. It's some hard rock guitars but the emphasis is on that slow, head-nodding groove. Foxy, FoxyI mentioned this one in the other thread, but it's a groovy funk song. A little bit of the Rob Zombie aesthetic but far more funky than hard. He got a lot of flack at the time for this album (same as the prior song) but I actually like it. It's nice when bands who are known for one thing do something else for sake of variety. WhatThis is basically dirtied-up bubblegum pop We're an American BandThis sounds a lot like some straight old rock, like Grand Funk Railroad. wait.. Not a great cover, but just showing some influences.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2020 16:54:58 GMT -5
The songs that share titles with his films are also pretty different and among my favorites.
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Post by impulse on Sept 7, 2020 9:18:22 GMT -5
The songs that share titles with his films are also pretty different and among my favorites. Also true.
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Post by codystarbuck on Sept 10, 2020 22:30:21 GMT -5
BOC is back with new music! And it has plenty of cowbell!
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Post by beccabear67 on Nov 2, 2020 20:08:58 GMT -5
I was listening to a '60s UK group named The Herd today, maybe mostly known now for having had Peter Frampton in it, and I thought the riff in one of their B-sides released in 1968 sounded an awful lot like the repeated riff in Whole Lotta Love by Led Zeppelin. I was kind of hoping to get others' opinions on it but when I posted at a music forum with a long thread on Jimmy Page's inspirations for other songs I got an immediate negative response from one person (which is fine with me even if said I must be deaf, I didn't report them or anything) and then the whole thing got locked after the thread about this kind of stuff had been going for ages up until my 'contribution' to the topic. This single was definitely out and heard before the Led Zeppelin song by the way.
Anyway, it's up to you all! Honestly, am I deef, just plain wrong, or do you hear a lot of the basis of the subsequent well known Zepp song in the opening of Miss Jones too? Thanks!
On the plus side I got a lot of enjoyment from The Herd music I was using to keep a lawnmower out with!
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Nov 3, 2020 16:52:00 GMT -5
BOC is back with new music! And it has plenty of cowbell! It better!!!
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Post by berkley on Nov 4, 2020 23:50:28 GMT -5
I was listening to a '60s UK group named The Herd today, maybe mostly known now for having had Peter Frampton in it, and I thought the riff in one of their B-sides released in 1968 sounded an awful lot like the repeated riff in Whole Lotta Love by Led Zeppelin. I was kind of hoping to get others' opinions on it but when I posted at a music forum with a long thread on Jimmy Page's inspirations for other songs I got an immediate negative response from one person (which is fine with me even if said I must be deaf, I didn't report them or anything) and then the whole thing got locked after the thread about this kind of stuff had been going for ages up until my 'contribution' to the topic. This single was definitely out and heard before the Led Zeppelin song by the way. Anyway, it's up to you all! Honestly, am I deef, just plain wrong, or do you hear a lot of the basis of the subsequent well known Zepp song in the opening of Miss Jones too? Thanks! On the plus side I got a lot of enjoyment from The Herd music I was using to keep a lawnmower out with! I thnk I can hear what you're talking about in a guitar riff that's played briefly near the beginning, but I suspect it was probably an old blues lick that had been around in some form or other for years, though I couldn't point to any particular examples off the top of my head.
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Post by impulse on Nov 5, 2020 17:07:14 GMT -5
Picking this up here instead of the There I Said It thread to try and keep our digital longboxes of discussions properly sorted..... It all comes down to personal preference, of course, but I hope some of the songs I just posted above will make you feel differently. Everything always does, doesn't it? I am listening to the Innuendo album. It sounds like a bit of all of what they've done mixed together. I agree the title track is not bad. The better songs on this album still have a lot of reverb and echo effects and other sonic qualities of the late 80s/early 90s that I don't like, but it's not as excessive as some of the preceding albums. This is still clearly a talented group making competent music even if most of it is not to my taste. Nothing was outright unlistenable! I still prefer 70s Queen, but there is still good stuff. That was clearly the best song from the bunch, agreed. It's a shame when a strong vocal track is ruined by horrible accompaniment. I'm a big music over lyrics guy, so I have a really hard time disregarding music if I think it's bad. Not to say vocals and lyrics don't matter, but most of what I like is the instrumentation. At least, I can't separate them totally.
It's got a few different bits of various 80s stuff. Is it freestyle? It sounds like freestyle. Yeah, freestyle mixed with cruise ship music. Big correction. I was thinking of and meant The Miracle, NOT Inneundo. I was getting too tired. BIG big difference.
And yeah, it doesn't sound exactly like Aerosmith, but they did an album in the mid 80s after they crashed in the 70s but before their big comeback that basically nobody heard (for mostly good reason). It has some super 80s-ed out sounding hard throwaway rock. I'm noticing a similar sound in a few songs, but never I would mistake this for Aerosmith if that makes sense.
I'm not saying I think it's bad, mind you. It sounds like a well-done example of what it is, a 70s hard rock band doing an 80s hard rock album. It just so happens that I don't like what it is. Interestingly, the sound is a lot dryer and clearer than Innuendo which came out later. Odd they kind of went backwards in time sonically on the latter.
And yeah, very 80s Aerosmithy, especially Kashoggi's Ship. This is not necessarily a terrible thing, either. Aerosmith and Queen are probably my favorite of the classic rock bands and among the only two of those I still listen to.
I can see why someone would like this album even though it's not really my thing.
Title track has a somewhat similar style, yeah, and I like it somewhat. I think The Show Must Go On delivers better, and I like the message better. As big a Queen fan as you are, I'm sure you know the story of how Freddie did the vocals for the song, but if somehow you don't, look it up. It's a treat. I re-listened to the first two today, and I liked 1 more than I remember. Nothing from 2 really grabbed me, but it was nice background music. I'm going to try and go through their entire discography since it's been a while. I've done the same with some of my favorite bands, and albums I used to dislike ended up becoming some of my favorites, so who knows.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Nov 6, 2020 13:12:13 GMT -5
I have no idea who Karen O. is, but Willie Nelson did a duet with her on a cover of Under Pressure. Which is apropos of the discussion of Queen and that song.
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Post by impulse on Nov 6, 2020 14:51:01 GMT -5
I've heard the name Karen O. before in the context of a musician existing. Her doing a duet with Willie Nelson of that song is now the most I know about her.
Also I have to amend my list of "full Queen albums I like and not just individual songs" from just Sheer Heart Attack to also include News of the World. Great, solid album, even if I am burned out on We Will Rock You and We Are the Champions.
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Post by berkley on Nov 6, 2020 14:55:44 GMT -5
That reminds me, hearing Willie Nelson and Sinead O'Connor cover Don't Give Up made me go back and listen to Peter Gabriel's and Kate Bush's version. I won't say it's better but it made me hear the original with a new appreciation.
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Post by impulse on Nov 6, 2020 17:21:08 GMT -5
Been listening to A LOT of Queen this week and today in particular due to the discussion with shaxper, and most of what I've listened to has fared better than my prior opinion of it. Most of the 80s stuff is at least less atrocious than I remember, and some is actually decent. The 70s albums I'm liking more than just the hits, particularly on News of the World. Night at the Opera is good, too, though not my favorite, BUT Most of why I am stuck on Queen is I went back to my favorite, Sheer Heart Attack, and I just keep playing Brighton Rock over again. What. A. Song. No one else but Queen could have pulled that off. The way it ends with just thundering metalled-out to oblivion and transitions right into Killer Queen, and it just works.. .great album by a great band.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Dec 2, 2020 10:44:36 GMT -5
Spotify unwrapped last night. My top five artists of 2020 were
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
Johnny Cash
Zaphaniah OHora
Willie Nelson
John Prine
Honestly no big surprises. OHora released what may well be my favorite album of the year toward the end of the year. Prine likely makes the list because of his passing earlier in the year. The other three are just no-brainers.
This means you all get subjected to my 2020 most listened too list. Whether you want to or not.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Dec 2, 2020 10:46:02 GMT -5
Most listened to songs of 2020
#100 - I Hear Them All - Old Crow Medicine Show
This is unquestionably my favorite song by OCMS. And Big Iron World is still probably my favorite album of theirs. Good lyrics in service of a great message. Unfortunately we haven't managed to hear the leaders quit their lyin'. Ketch Secor absolutely wails on the harmonica on this one.
"I hear the tender words from Zion, I hear Noah's waterfall. Hear the gentle lamb of Judah sleeping at the feet of Buddha. And the prophets from Elijah to the old Paiute Wovoka. Take their places at the table when they're called.
I hear them all"
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Post by impulse on Dec 2, 2020 18:40:25 GMT -5
Whether you want to or not.
That's what this thread is for, right?
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