Song of the Day (with commentary)

[Artemis923]

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[The Diabolical Biz]

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Not my kinda thing but I gave it a listen and it was technically very impressive.

As for my contribution...

Well, I got a really nice pair of headphones for my birthday recently, and have as such been rediscovering my entire music collection in far superior quality. One song that has stuck out recently is this:


Beat is a work of art, and it has some pretty thought provoking lyrics.

Also I approve of the idea of feedback in this thread. Kudos.

 

[AnarchistFish]

Not my kinda thing but I gave it a listen and it was technically very impressive.

As for my contribution...

Well, I got a really nice pair of headphones for my birthday recently, and have as such been rediscovering my entire music collection in far superior quality. One song that has stuck out recently is this:


Beat is a work of art, and it has some pretty thought provoking lyrics.

Also I approve of the idea of feedback in this thread. Kudos.

Hip hop isn't something I often like but this does have quite an aggression to it which appeals to me.

Wasn't sure whether to post Godspeed You! Black Emperor or not. I love that band to death and they definitely need more love, but their stuff is quite long and takes a while to get absorbed in. I'd definitely recommend them to people, but here's my choice.

I've been listening to this album on repeat recently (which is odd cos I've never been an R&B person before) and this is the highlight IMO. I adore that dark, hazey 2am house party vibe.


And the whole thing is free \o/
http://the-weeknd.com/

 

[unoleian]

Anyway, this thread needs moar indie! Modern, but with a classic sound to it, behold the Courteeners!
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Generally don't listen to much indie rock, but this ain't bad. Guy's got a good voice without being either overly plaintive or overly husky, as most indie rock singers seem to be alternately, depending who you're talking about. Simple song, but clean and interesting.



Loooove Beats Antique. They're what happens when bass music and live performance art collide.

 

[Eleuthera]

A bump and a playing a bit of catch-up, I just picked the first 4 tracks that hadn't been commented on yet. Let's try to keep this going, the comments are hte reason this is a better thread then most of the music ones where people just dump their youtube clip and bail.

Spoiler

This really isn't my thing, I admit to only have listened to about half of it, sorry.

Spoiler

More to my liking, but I prefer the pop music Genesis to the the progressive rock Genesis.

I generally like Air, I prefer the songs with a bit more variety and/or vocals though

Spoiler

Sounds good, it's the kind of music I prefer to listen to in the background (that's not a dig) while I'm gaming/reading or working. Nice new find for me


For those keeping track, there's 4 more clips that haven't been commented on. Pick one of those, I'll not add a new one for the moment.

 

[New Vegas Samurai]

Very interesting.
I'm not too keen on electronic, but with this, I think I'd like to listen to more.
It's the structure of the song that gets me
Also, I'm a bit of a metal head so I post this in response.

 

[repeating integers]

Wasn't sure whether to post Godspeed You! Black Emperor or not. I love that band to death and they definitely need more love, but their stuff is quite long and takes a while to get absorbed in. I'd definitely recommend them to people, but here's my choice.

I've been listening to this album on repeat recently (which is odd cos I've never been an R&B person before) and this is the highlight IMO. I adore that dark, hazey 2am house party vibe.


And the whole thing is free \o/
http://the-weeknd.com/

I like the singer. Beat's alright too.

Loooove Beats Antique. They're what happens when bass music and live performance art collide.

This is pretty cool - "beats antique" indeed.

Now for mine, one I keep on linking:

<youtube=02Bk1OjFLJA>

Note: song actually ends around 3:30 in.

 

[zehydra]

This is a friend's band (they've always been a little weird). But they've made quite a bloody good video for it so I thought I'd share it with you fine folk... Also it's a full 1080p vid, so watch it full screen and loud if you can...

Sounds like post-rock doom metal

Sounds good, by any chance do you like the Melvins?

 

[Doclector]

Serviceable little rock song.

Now, did someone say we need more classic rock in here? No? Well, I say we do!

Gorramit. That got stuck in my head when the adverts for that George bush film were around. Good song, anyhow.

Aargh, me hearties, all that good stuff.

 

[5-0]

<youtube=2MucTX8i6z4>

Not my kinda thing but I gave it a listen and it was technically very impressive.

As for my contribution...

Well, I got a really nice pair of headphones for my birthday recently, and have as such been rediscovering my entire music collection in far superior quality. One song that has stuck out recently is this:


Beat is a work of art, and it has some pretty thought provoking lyrics.

Also I approve of the idea of feedback in this thread. Kudos.

I very rarely listen to hip-hop, and I have quite strict criteria for what I like. However, I have a soft spot for a bit of Mos Def. I also love the beat in this song, and the lyrics.

Here's a new band from Sweden, as many good bands seem to be. They do very retro feeling metal, and have been doing quite well recently thanks to a seriously strong first album.

 

[unoleian]

Here's a new band from Sweden, as many good bands seem to be. They do very retro feeling metal, and have been doing quite well recently thanks to a seriously strong first album.

Interesting. The singing in most of that makes me think in shades of, of all things, early Pink Floyd. Or something similar from that early prog era. Otherwise, I wouldn't really know what distinguishes this particular track from other metal tracks. But, I don't listen to much metal, admittedly. Last album I actually listened to was Dethklok II, so that gives a bit of a clue what my authority on metal is, but I could certainly get behind more tracks like this.

Put up some Lotus, in honor of having just bought tickets to see them perform later this summer.

 

[Ickorus]

Spoiler: Raven's Nest

This is a friend's band (they've always been a little weird). But they've made quite a bloody good video for it so I thought I'd share it with you fine folk... Also it's a full 1080p vid, so watch it full screen and loud if you can...

Sounds like post-rock doom metal

Not bad, does indeed have a bit of a post-rock vibe to it.

Not the sort of thing I'd listen to on a regular basis though, didn't really catch me. (I can see other people enjoying it a lot though.)

For me I'm gonna have to go for Mar, great band and extremely unknown; odd because it's the band that introduced me to post-rock and the song 'Icarus [http://www.myspace.com/silenticeland/music/songs/icarus-25912695]' was a major factor in me using this alias.

I'll post another song by them however since that one hasn't been uploaded to Youtube:

 

[Raven's Nest]

Sounds good, by any chance do you like the Melvins?

Can't say I do, I'm into more melodic and gentler things these days. Just thought I'd post these guys to get opinions from other parts of the world.

 

[ohnoitsabear]

Spoiler: Raven's Nest

This is a friend's band (they've always been a little weird). But they've made quite a bloody good video for it so I thought I'd share it with you fine folk... Also it's a full 1080p vid, so watch it full screen and loud if you can...

Sounds like post-rock doom metal

Not bad, does indeed have a bit of a post-rock vibe to it.

Not the sort of thing I'd listen to on a regular basis though, didn't really catch me. (I can see other people enjoying it a lot though.)

For me I'm gonna have to go for Mar, great band and extremely unknown; odd because it's the band that introduced me to post-rock and the song 'Icarus [http://www.myspace.com/silenticeland/music/songs/icarus-25912695]' was a major factor in me using this alias.

I'll post another song by them however since that one hasn't been uploaded to Youtube:

Wow. That was very good. Definitely not what I usually listen to, but that was very nice and relaxing.

Anyway, for my song I was going to do a Machinae Supremacy song (because that band is awesome), but somebody beat me to it, so I guess I'll post Aquaria, an excellent and criminally unknown symphonic power metal band.

Spoiler

 

[Ickorus]

Spoiler

Wow. That was very good. Definitely not what I usually listen to, but that was very nice and relaxing.

Anyway, for my song I was going to do a Machinae Supremacy song (because that band is awesome), but somebody beat me to it, so I guess I'll post Aquaria, an excellent and criminally unknown symphonic power metal band.

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Huh, I'm normally of the "I hate metal! >:[" crowd but that was pretty cool, guess I shouldn't judge it all by the overly loud formulaic shouty stuff that seems to be so popular.

Then again, I do like quite a few post-metal bands so I shouldn't really be so surprised.

Since it's technically a new day (Past midnight) here's my new song of the day:


Knew this band for several months and bought one of their albums before I found that song, definitely my favourite by them.

It's the pause 2/3 of the way in that does it for me, I don't know why but I love it.

 

[CruisingForBiddies]

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This album has been such a good part or my summer this year. In fact, I've been listening to a lot of summer/surf music lately.
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And these guys get a lot of hate thrown at them for apparently 'ruining music forever' or something... Whatever, I still like 'em. Its just mindless fun to listen to.

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(Golly I feel terrible for posting two songs, forgive me)

 

[someonehairy-ish]

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This album has been such a good part or my summer this year. In fact, I've been listening to a lot of summer/surf music lately.
<youtubE=swg9X1LcXm8>
And these guys get a lot of hate thrown at them for apparently 'ruining music forever' or something... Whatever, I still like 'em. Its just mindless fun to listen to.

<youtubE=j6jurpYpXUo>

(Golly I feel terrible for posting two songs, forgive me)

You are a truly terrible person.

Well I listened to the first one. Nearly didn't bother listening past the intro but then the hook for the chorus came in and I started to like it. Quite a lot. Which is weird. I usually hate anything vaguely happy sounding.
The second one had about as much going for it musically as Anne from Little Britain though. That bass line goes throughout the song really got on my nerves. There's a scratchy bit at the very end which is slightly interesting but... meh, overall.

Here's my song of the day, because I was learning the bassline to it this morning: <youtube=Lm38Ojh61lY>


EDIT:
Okay just realised its now past midnight so that would technically be yesterday's song.
So here's my actual song of the day:
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[sub]Oooh that's right I cheated, watcha gonna do?[/sub]

 

[CruisingForBiddies]

You are a truly terrible person.

Here's my song of the day, because I was learning the bassline to it this morning:<youtube=Lm38Ojh61lY>


EDIT:
Okay just realised its now past midnight so that would technically be yesterday's song.
So here's my actual song of the day:
<youtube=5lrwYPhHThc>

[sub]Oooh that's right I cheated, watcha gonna do?[/sub]

You utter philistine.
I know that what you have just done is technically not going against the rules of this topic so I will not pass judgement. I actually enjoyed the first song, which is strange because the closest thing I listen to Tool is Black Sabbath. In fact, that's the only band that I like that plays that style of music. Im sorry but the second one just sounds like noise to me, but then again, I have never really clicked with that kind of music.
I am chuffed that you liked that Howler song though, you made my morning.

 

[someonehairy-ish]

You utter philistine.
I know that what you have just done is technically not going against the rules of this topic so I will not pass judgement. I actually enjoyed the first song, which is strange because the closest thing I listen to Tool is Black Sabbath. In fact, that's the only band that I like that plays that style of music. Im sorry but the second one just sounds like noise to me, but then again, I have never really clicked with that kind of music.
I am chuffed that you liked that Howler song though, you made my morning.

Heh. Its called metal, my friend.
The second one isn't really that chaotic after the first minute or so. But then I'm used to it so...
Anyway, if you liked that Tool one you might like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_cCEUPInFs

 

[Doneeee]

So do I just kinda win this thread or what? :S

EDIT: Oppsy daisy it seems I have misread the TC's rules.

The vid I posted isn't representative of my favourite kind of music so i'll post another, might be a little more up your street... If you like your ambient lounge chill out

I really enjoyed this song. Ya know sometimes I'll spend hours searching for some good ambient music and I'll never stumble upon something this pleasant.