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Post by Toronto Maple Leafs on May 7, 2020 9:29:18 GMT -5
If you didn't know, I am pretty big on music. Not just "yeah I like music," but like, try to listen to everything, obscure, strange, what the fuck Mike, music.
I felt like creating a thread because in the last little bit, I've chatted with some of you about random and interesting music and I like hearing new stuff.
So share something you think I need to hear. If it has a neat backstory, all the better.
I will do the same. For everything someone shares here, I will share something back in a similar vein I think YOU would find interesting based on what you showed me.
To kick it off, today's playlist for the sims is:
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Album: Skeleton Tree
Nick Cave is considered the Godfather of goth. But his music is anything but.
I got into Nick Cave because of this song:
After that, I did a deep dive, and found his work to be sort of like music put to someone doing a live poetry read. It's strange, it's unique and honestly quite beautiful.
Then I learned about the album Skeleton Tree.
Nick Cave wrote and recorded an entire album, and just as they were wrapping things up, his 15 year old son died while climbing. So, Nick went back to the studio, scrapped a wide majority of the lyrics and vocals he did for the album, and basically re-wrote the entire album to be about the loss of his son. Listening to it in full, the album plays like a sad symphony, slowly unfolding until his voice is trembling as he can barely get out the syllables "Nothing really matters anymore. I need you."
It's soft and delicate, and while no song is specifically going to stay in your head, you feel the album long after it ends.
Share with me what you think I need to hear. Funny, crazy, heavy, soft, rap, I don't care, I will listen to it. I will tell you what it made me feel and think, and then I will share something back.
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Post by Colorado Avalanche on May 7, 2020 9:55:05 GMT -5
Michael Buble
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Post by Detroit Red Wings on May 7, 2020 10:07:16 GMT -5
I've already told you about some of Lil Dicky, but his entire "Professional Rapper" album is interesting and the lyrics are good.
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Post by Toronto Maple Leafs on May 7, 2020 10:25:53 GMT -5
I think I've heard enough of Buble to discern that he is sort of a new-age version of Sinatra. And so, I think it is important for you to see who was the Sinatra before Sinatra. A musical called Holiday Inn came out in 1942. It's about a singer who wants to open a club out where people can travel out of town into the woodlands to vacation but in a fancy sort of way. The idea being that each major holiday is where you can go and hang out. Anyways, the movie's hit is "White Christmas," as Bing Crosby sings. But the film actually wanted their hit song to be "Be Careful, It's My Heart," a Valentine's Day inspired song. Everyone has heard White Christmas a billion times, perhaps not understanding that a war-time musical where the singer is longing for home really pulled at the heartstrings of both families at home hoping the war would end and wanting their loved ones returned, as well as the soliders wanting to come back. It's why that song is so vitally important to pop culture in the 40s, and still resonates today. But here is a song that is basically forgotten about, and as he is singing the song for his love interest, she is beeing wooed by another man literally behind his back. And that man is the incredible Fred Astaire. If you haven't seen a Fred Astaire movie, you're missing out. The dude was an amazing singer/dancer, but it's really the dancing that is just off the charts good. So here you go Colorado Avalanche hope you enjoy! |
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Post by Ottawa Senators on May 7, 2020 10:30:14 GMT -5
The last concert I went to was for a new-ish Canadian folk/bluegrass band called The Dead South. Definitely worth checking out if you haven't hear of them.
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Post by Toronto Maple Leafs on May 7, 2020 10:38:07 GMT -5
The last concert I went to was for a new-ish Canadian folk/bluegrass band called The Dead South. Definitely worth checking out if you haven't hear of them. www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9FzVhw8_bYThe second I read that I was like "I wonder if that's that bad that does the snapping song" and yep, there it is! One of my favorite things about this song is that you can set the Youtube speed to different speeds and the song is both different and the same, just very very cool. Very catchy stuff. I will share with you what I think is one of the best folk bands ever, and don't get a lot of appreciation. Noah and the Whale. An English folk band originally comprised of the now world-known incredible Laura Marling, and lead singer Charlie Fink. The band was named after their favorite director, Noah Baumbach, and their favorite film, The Squid and the Whale. On the debut album, Laura and Charlie were an item and had some excellent chemistry on a sort of poppy and uplifting album called "Two Atoms in a Molecule" (the lyrics furthering into "inseparably combined.") But in their hit from that album, 5 Years Time, he sort of prophetically sings "in five years time, I might not know you, in 5 years time, we might not speak, in 5 years time, we might not get along, but in 5 years time, you might just prove me wrong." Shortly after the album came out, Laura and Charlie split, and Noah and the Whale dropped a bluesy, sad as shit album titled "The First Day of Spring," that is all about rebirth after that sincere heartbreak we all experience after the relationship with our first love ends. It's crushing, honest and sincere, but these two albums are also, in my opinion, start to finish flawless, and compliment each other so well. So, while I want to share "The First Day of Spring," which I believe is one of the greatest folk songs of all time, I am actually, instead, going to share a song from their first album that is catchy and fun and probably a lot more accessible for anyone that cares to read any of this stuff. Oh and also there's a little musical bit in this song that was used on a car commercial at some point. I forget which one, but you might recognize that little part of the song from that commercial. |
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Post by Toronto Maple Leafs on May 7, 2020 10:38:50 GMT -5
The last concert I went to was for a new-ish Canadian folk/bluegrass band called The Dead South. Definitely worth checking out if you haven't hear of them. I also meant to ask, how were they live? |
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Post by Colorado Avalanche on May 7, 2020 10:54:49 GMT -5
I think I've heard enough of Buble to discern that he is sort of a new-age version of Sinatra. And so, I think it is important for you to see who was the Sinatra before Sinatra. A musical called Holiday Inn came out in 1942. It's about a singer who wants to open a club out where people can travel out of town into the woodlands to vacation but in a fancy sort of way. The idea being that each major holiday is where you can go and hang out. Anyways, the movie's hit is "White Christmas," as Bing Crosby sings. But the film actually wanted their hit song to be "Be Careful, It's My Heart," a Valentine's Day inspired song. Everyone has heard White Christmas a billion times, perhaps not understanding that a war-time musical where the singer is longing for home really pulled at the heartstrings of both families at home hoping the war would end and wanting their loved ones returned, as well as the soliders wanting to come back. It's why that song is so vitally important to pop culture in the 40s, and still resonates today. But here is a song that is basically forgotten about, and as he is singing the song for his love interest, she is beeing wooed by another man literally behind his back. And that man is the incredible Fred Astaire. If you haven't seen a Fred Astaire movie, you're missing out. The dude was an amazing singer/dancer, but it's really the dancing that is just off the charts good. So here you go Colorado Avalanche hope you enjoy! Can't see the link cause my work blocked Youtube but is the singer Bing Crosby? And yeah, Buble (or Bubbles as I like to call him) is like Frankie, which is why I like him. Not to mention, most of the covers he does is better than the original. |
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Post by Toronto Maple Leafs on May 7, 2020 10:57:21 GMT -5
Yes but check it out when you get a chance. The movie is also worth seeing
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Post by Ottawa Senators on May 7, 2020 11:34:25 GMT -5
The last concert I went to was for a new-ish Canadian folk/bluegrass band called The Dead South. Definitely worth checking out if you haven't hear of them. I also meant to ask, how were they live? Unreal. Saw them on Halloween in Toronto, it was a blast. I bought a banjo and learned a couple songs cause of them. Their banjo player posts tutorials of their songs on their Youtube page. |
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Post by Toronto Maple Leafs on Jun 9, 2020 10:09:17 GMT -5
Need more peeps to send me some music to listen to  Right now, I've been tasked with listening to Rammstein by Edmonton Oilers and I have so far listened, start to finish, to their first album, which was surprisingly clean and well produced. I expected a debut album from 1995 to sound rough and gritty, but it was solid. Not comparing these bands at all, but some of their sound reminds me a bit of Periphery, so I felt like sharing a good song by Periphery. For those that do not know, Periphery is a mathematical heavy metal band, so a lot of their musical composition is based on complex time signatures and when it grooves, man, it fucking grooves. |
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Post by Toronto Maple Leafs on Jun 9, 2020 10:27:34 GMT -5
Fuck me, why the fuck would I share Periphery when I can get people to listen to one of the greatest bands on the fucking planet right now in Thrice?
This song. This fucking song. If you have not heard this song, give it 100% your full attention and just experience this masterpiece.
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Post by Colorado Avalanche on Jun 9, 2020 10:53:47 GMT -5
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Post by Detroit Red Wings on Jun 9, 2020 11:35:09 GMT -5
I've already told you about some of Lil Dicky, but his entire "Professional Rapper" album is interesting and the lyrics are good. you never responded to this!  |
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Post by Toronto Maple Leafs on Jun 9, 2020 12:01:12 GMT -5
I've already told you about some of Lil Dicky, but his entire "Professional Rapper" album is interesting and the lyrics are good. you never responded to this! Not publicly, I guess, but we did chat a good bit about it on skype. I enjoyed quite a bit of what I heard from Lil Dicky, and when you learn that he is mostly satire and just having a good time, it makes it a lot more fun to just chill and watch/listen. Even showed my wife the whole prison one and she had a good laugh over it. |
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