simonmoon
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| Recommendations on small ESL speakers for tiny room +1 on David Janszen +2 on the Janszens! They are very good. | |
| Supper's Ready @larsman '9 Parts to the Wind' by a band called Strange Days, Yes, a very good album loosely in the early Genesis style. There are plenty of bands that have used Genesis as their main reference point. IQ is a band that got their start in... | |
| Supper's Ready The original album version for me, although the live Seconds Out version was pretty damn good. IMO, Genesis lost more, musically speaking, when they lost Steve Hackett, than when they lost Gabriel. Trick of the Tail and Wind and Wuthering, are j... | |
| Is Rap a valid musical form? @holmz maybe try the group Tool? I am already a fan of Tool. Not as big a fan as I used to be, but I still like them. | |
| What do you guys think of adding a subwoofer to this system? Yes, a pair of subs will help your system immensely. Not only will they fill in the lower octaves of music you are missing, that provide a lot of visceral impact. But there is a lot of ambient information carried in very low frequencies, so ima... | |
| Is Rap a valid musical form? @larsman good that you checked it out! But does quality, enjoyable music have to be 'musically complex' or 'sophisticated'? It does for me. Obviously, it doesn't have to be for everyone. I get bored unless music meets most or all of the cri... | |
| Is Rap a valid musical form? @larsman Seems to me that criticizing hip-hop for lack of 'musical creativity' or whatever, is like criticizing a symphony because you don't like tympani - it's not the point of the music. It's about rhythm and words and the rhythm of words.... ... | |
| Is Rap a valid musical form? @mglik As said in my OP, Kendrick Lamar’s “To Pimp a 🦋 Butterfly” is as sophisticated musically as any music I know. The musical themes evolve and develop including a brilliant rhythmic rap and sound effects that create “deep and broad emotiona... | |
| What are some of your favorite "COLD" songs? Norwegian jazz-fusion guitarist, Terje Rypdal (records for ECM records), has quite a bit of material that has a cold, sparse, feel to it. The album, "Whenever I Seem to Be Far Away", has a real, snow covered landscape, cold, feel to it. But much ... | |
| Is Rap a valid musical form? Since I originally posted on this thread, stating my dislike for RAP based entirely on its musical merit, I have listened to most of what has been recommended. I'd like to say I discovered something I deem of musical merit, but it was not to be. ... | |
| Share MYSTICAL, HAUNTING songs Renaissance - Trip to the Fair Haunting, with the incredible 5 octave voice of Annie Haslam. Trip to the Fair | |
| Share MYSTICAL, HAUNTING songs Gong - Wingful of Eyes Mystical, haunting and spacy jazz-rock. Wingful of Eyes | |
| Is Rap a valid musical form? There are many styles, like poetry. Not as simple as you think, actually very complicated. Many of the songs are real and personal, about growing up, drugs, relationships, loss. For someone to dismiss this is sending a bad signal. Especially when... | |
| Is Rap a valid musical form? Seems that a lot of this is "I don't like it so it can't be any good!". Just like my parents when rock music started. And like rock, hip-hop has certainly stood the test of many decades and then some, still going as strong as ever.... I would n... | |
| Is Rap a valid musical form? I will reiterate what I said earlier. My dislike for rap is purely, 100% based on its lack of musical merit. What I mean by lack of musical merit, is it lacks the things I look for in music. The things it lack are: a very high level of musicians... |