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Post by SharksFan99 on Oct 4, 2019 19:42:39 GMT 10
I've decided to check out some of Gerard Way's solo releases, namely because I have developed a new appreciation for My Chemical Romance's music in recent months and I was curious to know what his solo output was like. Gerard Way's solo releases are really good; they are very glam-rock and Britpop influenced. "Baby You're a Haunted House" would personally be my favourite, but I really like "Millions" and "Hazy Shade of Winter" as well.
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Post by SharksFan99 on Nov 30, 2019 22:52:07 GMT 10
This unreleased Linkin Park song from 1999 is heavily influenced by Nirvana, so much so that the opening guitar riff is something I could totally imagine Kurt Cobain coming up with. "Blue" is Nu-Grunge, if ever there was a thing.  It's worth a listen!
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Post by .savage on Dec 7, 2019 6:06:48 GMT 10
First post of December 
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Post by karlpalaka on Dec 7, 2019 8:00:09 GMT 10
I hear Fresh off the Boat is being cancelled. Other than for the main actress wanting it cancelled just so she can focus on another project of her own, nobody else wanted that show to be cancelled. I have to say while the show is pretty unrealistic, it is actually very nice.
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Post by .savage on Dec 7, 2019 12:59:34 GMT 10
Lol, there are so many sub boards on the forum. I almost got lost trying to find the music forum. 
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Post by SharksFan99 on Dec 20, 2019 22:55:52 GMT 10
I finally got around to listening to Fall Out Boy's "Young and Menace" for the first time tonight. If you're unfamiliar with it, it's a song that has been absolutely slammed by fans and music critics alike for it's awful production and ear-piercing, chipmunk vocals. Well, after listening to it in full, I can completely understand where they are coming from, man is it bad. The chorus is very hard to get through.
I can sort of see where Fall Out Boy were wanting to go with this, but the execution is so poorly off. That "Oops...I Did It Again" Britney Spears name-drop is cringey, it's just a line thrown-in for the hell of it and it doesn't even tie-in with the rest of the lyrics. Also, the song quite literally 'kicks the bucket' when that line is said. It never recovers. The vocals and guitar chords during the intro/first verse are actually decent, but even then, they are accompanied by that god-awful synth that sounds like a mosquito flying into your eardrum.
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Post by karlpalaka on Dec 21, 2019 3:46:25 GMT 10
I recently joined Chase, considering I was with Citibank for five years now. Chase has the sapphire reserved card, which lets you have lounge access and earn points for travelling. YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!
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Post by SharksFan99 on Feb 6, 2020 12:44:08 GMT 10
It's just occurred to me how odd it is that Green Day's song is called "Holiday" when, in the United States (which is where Green Day originate from), the word "vacation" is used instead. Yeah I know, pretty random.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2020 12:58:10 GMT 10
It's just occurred to me how odd it is that Green Day's song is called "Holiday" when, in the United States (which is where Green Day originate from), the word "vacation" is used instead. Yeah I know, pretty random. You can use both. You need to listen to the entire album btw, easily one of the biggest album of my child/teenhood (and @loosebolt 's too apparently).
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2020 22:05:50 GMT 10
...Actually I hated American Idiot when it first came out.  I learned to appreciate it a few years afterward though. And no matter whether I loved or hated it, I have always tended to think of it as the dividing line between the early '00s/Y2K timeloop and the core '00s.
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Post by SharksFan99 on Feb 8, 2020 11:22:07 GMT 10
It's just occurred to me how odd it is that Green Day's song is called "Holiday" when, in the United States (which is where Green Day originate from), the word "vacation" is used instead. Yeah I know, pretty random. You can use both. You need to listen to the entire album btw, easily one of the biggest album of my child/teenhood (and @loosebolt 's too apparently). Hmm, maybe, I can't say that it has ever been an album which has grabbed my interest, tbh. I think my biggest issue with American Idiot is that it feels as though it has become a generation-defining album as it was set-up to be one, not necessarily because of how great the album itself is. It's not like The Black Parade where it was heavily criticised upon release due to it's association with the emo scene and it has since been reevaluated. Green Day fully intended for AI to be a political-driven, "rock opera" record. The whole concept and hype surrounding it just seems very carefully calculated and superficial to me.
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Post by Telso on May 25, 2020 9:20:18 GMT 10
So, I have decided that I needed to better organize my thoughts on popular songs, and for this I will dumb my ratings for songs here every time I explore charting music from a certain year. So eventually I hope to get a top 10 for each year: 1997
Blur - Song 2: 8.5/10
Natalia Imbruglia - Torn: 8.5/10
Backstreet Boys - Everybody (Backstreet's Back): 8.5/10
Meredith Brooks - Bitch: 8/10
Chumbawamba - Tubthumping: 8/10
Sarah Brightman & Andrea Bocelli - Time to Say Goodbye (Con te partirò): 8/10
The Notorious B.I.G. - Hypnotize: 8/10
Sash! ft. Rodriguez - Ecuador: 8/10
Green Day - Good Riddance (Time of Your Life): 8/10
Eagle-Eye Cherry - Save Tonight: 8/10
Jewel - Foolish Games: 7.5/10
The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony: 7.5/10
Usher - You Make Me Wanna...: 7/10
Jewel - You Were Meant For Me: 7/10
The Spice Girls - Spice Up Your Life: 7/10
Aqua - Barbie Girl: 7/10
LeAnn Rimes - How Do I Live: 7/10
Daft Punk - Around the World: 6.5/10
Notorious B.I.G. ft. Puff Daddy & Ma$e - Mo Money Mo Problems: 6.5/10
Hanson - Mmmbop: 6.5/10
Will Smith - Men in Black: 6.5/10
Mariah Carey - Honey: 6.5/10
Savage Garden - Truly Madly Deeply: 5.5/10
The Spice Girls - 2 Become 1: 5.5/10
Puff Daddy ft. Faith Evans & 112 - I'll Be Missing You: 5.5/10
R. Kelly - I Believe I Can Fly: 5/10
Boyz II Men - 4 Seasons of Loneliness: 4/10
Puff Daddy ft. Mase - Can't Nobody Hold Me Down: 3/10
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K-Ci & JoJo - All My Life: 8/10
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Post by SharksFan99 on Aug 22, 2020 20:29:28 GMT 10
My Dad was listening to "No Reply" while I was in the car with him this morning and it randomly clicked that the "I nearly died" part of the song has the exact same vocal delivery and drum beats as in this song:
Listen to 0:47-0:56 of "No Reply" and then listen to 0:36-0:48 of "Vow". It makes me wonder if Garbage actually drew inspiration from the song, or if it is just an interesting coincidence.
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Post by SharksFan99 on Jun 10, 2021 21:16:28 GMT 10
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Post by Telso on Mar 18, 2022 22:28:53 GMT 10
Sorry for the rambling but I need to vent a little. But oh my god do I hate baby boomers when they comment on contemporary music. I'm sorry but if you're clearly out-of-touch with nowadays' music, I don't think you should comment what you consider sounding modern or not.
The context is that I follow a blog that reviews hits from the past, and TLC's "Creep" from 1994 popped up at some point, and a bunch of boomers were arguing that that song sounds very modern and could have easily been released today and how surprisingly minimal the differences between 1995's music and 2022's are.
I mean really? Those shuffle beats, that funky baseline, those turntable scratches, that muted trumpet sample, it hardly sounds like a R&B song you'd hear nowadays, which are all about airy synths, deep basses and drawn-out vocals. Ugh!
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It's worth a listen!
