Music talk Thread

[pioneer98]

I went through a phase where I didn't think there was much good new music being made. This was roughly in the late 2000s....something like 2005ish to 2010ish. Then I found Hurry Up, We're Dreaming in 2011, and I've gone down a steady rabbit hole of great music ever since then. Allie X is one of my all time favorites now (it probably helps that I got to meet her twice and she's cool as hell), and Imaginal Disk is to my late 40s as Dark Side of the Moon was to my college years. I think it helps that in the last 5 years I also got into vintage audio gear, and I really enjoy how this modern music sounds on like a refurbished old 80s JVC amplifier. The music that I like today was really inspired by that late 70s New Wave and 80s goth rock (Devo, Siouxie and the Banshees, Billy Idol, Depeche Mode, The Cure, etc).

Someone claimed Pandora was the best app to help you find new music. I've only been trying it out a week but it has surprised me a couple times already.

BTW this is the best thing Grimes has done in a hot minute:

[pioneer98]

The last time I saw Allie X, they played this song as the "walk out" song, like an intro. I could not tell you the last time I'd heard this song. Over 20 years ago, maybe 30! Billy Idol made a lot of cheesy over-the-top songs but this one hits different. The synth intro is what immediately brought me back. I remember seeing this on MTV. It was wild hearing this song that I thought was cool as hell when I was like 8...then not hearing it again for some decades, and then hearing it in the context of one of my favorite artists of today. Everything suddenly started to make a lot of sense.

Also, I'm not sure an 8 year old should have been watching this video. You have to at least watch through about the first 3:30 because the middle section rules.

[Joe Shlabotnik]

If you are a guitar nerd, you need to see this one if you haven't already. I stumbled on it onTubi and thoroughly enjoyed watching a lot of guitar gods revert to being young, misanthropic music nerds rhapsodizing about their gear.

[pioneer98]

This M83 concert appeared online in 2023 and was only up a few weeks. It was on a website for whatever this Wells Fargo concert series is for about ~2 weeks. I grabbed the audio of it back then. Someone grabbed the full video and put it on YouTube. Hopefully it doesn't get taken down for a long time. I wasn't even that big of a fan of the album M83 was touring on at that time, but for whatever reason I really love the live versions. Can't really explain why.

[BottenFieldofDreams]

This kid is incredible. I don’t know anything about him yet. Great guitar work, and several Kendrick on Drake level devastating lines.

‘If you ain’t coughing cash go cough in a basement’
‘Guns have a way of hitting hearts no matter how hard’

https://youtu.be/MqIJUnPcSgw

[mikechamp]

What a final concert this will be. I'm predicting tickets will go lightning quick:

Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath announce final show

Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath are reuniting for one last time, to play a fund-raising concert in Birmingham on 5 July. The concert will mark the first time that Black Sabbath's original line-up - Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward - have played together in 20 years.

The heavy metal pioneers will headline a spectacular one-day festival at Villa Park, featuring dozens of bands they inspired, including Metallica, Pantera, Slayer, Gojira and Anthrax. Other acts on the line-up include Alice In Chains, Halestorm, Lamb Of God and Mastodon. In addition, the concert will feature a "supergroup", with stars like Billy Corgan, Slash, Fred Durst, Wolfgang Van Halen and Tom Morello.

Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello, who is serving as the event's musical director, said it would be "the greatest heavy metal show ever".

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/ozz ... 38823.html

[Summoner]

One man death metal live

[mtcefc]

What a final concert this will be. I'm predicting tickets will go lightning quick:

Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath announce final show

Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath are reuniting for one last time, to play a fund-raising concert in Birmingham on 5 July. The concert will mark the first time that Black Sabbath's original line-up - Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward - have played together in 20 years.

The heavy metal pioneers will headline a spectacular one-day festival at Villa Park, featuring dozens of bands they inspired, including Metallica, Pantera, Slayer, Gojira and Anthrax. Other acts on the line-up include Alice In Chains, Halestorm, Lamb Of God and Mastodon. In addition, the concert will feature a "supergroup", with stars like Billy Corgan, Slash, Fred Durst, Wolfgang Van Halen and Tom Morello.

Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello, who is serving as the event's musical director, said it would be "the greatest heavy metal show ever".

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/ozz ... 38823.html

Sharon Osbourne hype machine strikes again.

They have already played down the actual amount of time Ozzy will be singing. I remember working with a guy who had tickets for a tour 6 years ago that kept getting put back and eventually cancelled.

It seems this is the way of music now, (turns into old man shouting at cloud).

There is no "small" music scene over here. I saw a lot of bands who went on to be huge, supporting other bands in relatively small venues.

Now there hardly seem to be any actual bands around (apart from ones who are still cashing in from the 90's) and any singers are either playing huge arenas or outdoor venues to make as much money as possible.

I am swerving the Oasis reunion shows as -

1. The ticket prices were insane, I saw them twice in 1997 when they were legit the biggest band in Europe for £15.

2. They are only playing a park in Manchester near me which immediately means any rain within 5 days of the concert and it will be a mudbath. That is before thousands of drunk/drugged idiots thinking they are one of the Gallagher brothers starting fights and throwing bottles of various liquids around.

3. Ticketmaster have made getting tickets impossible for these kind of shows, but hey, if you pay "VIP" you can get them for £1500 - no thanks

Most of the bands I bother with now still play relatively small venues and tickets are reasonable. Any Arena or outdoor shows are now for members of the royal family or the middle class and it stinks.

I bet there will be hundreds of celebrities there in Birmingham who maybe heard Crazy Train once, and are down front when real fans won't be able to afford a standard ticket.

Still, will be a few more million for Ozzy and Sharons retirement.

[Tambourine Man]

This M83 concert appeared online in 2023 and was only up a few weeks. It was on a website for whatever this Wells Fargo concert series is for about ~2 weeks. I grabbed the audio of it back then. Someone grabbed the full video and put it on YouTube. Hopefully it doesn't get taken down for a long time. I wasn't even that big of a fan of the album M83 was touring on at that time, but for whatever reason I really love the live versions. Can't really explain why.

This band has made it's way into my top 5 all-time. Justt incredible.

[Tambourine Man]

https://youtu.be/Eyjj8BgsBGU?si=l8VereB_TrCpbVQQ