Seemingly trivial things that intrigue you

focuszing723

webboo said:

focuszing723 said:

JimD666 said:

focuszing723 said:

JimD666 said:

focuszing723 said:

JimD666 said:

focuszing723 said:

JimD666 said:

It's not as bad as listening to REM and getting "Shiny Happy People"

'Shudder'

Good song that.

What?!
It's along the line of Amon Amarth (Swedish Death Metal in case anyone was wondering) releasing "I should be so lucky"

What you on about, that's a cracker too. Lucky, lucky, lucky...

Blimey. What time did you start drinking?!

I only drink on occasion and have never touched a recreational drug. Just drugs for medical reasons, when required. Coffee and tea, mainly.

And yourself?

Nah was a semi-functional Alcoholic many years ago. These days I'm just semi functional

Sounds, good. I just don't like the feeling of being out of control.

So you are in control now. Well you learn something everyday 😂

I thought my posts were great, very enlightening.

monkimark

'Crushed like a bug on the ground' is uplifting?

The Toots & The Maytals version on 'Radiodread' is generally a bit cheerier and very good.

kingstongraham

First.Aspect said:

kingstongraham said:

focuszing723 said:

kingstongraham said:

REM has not stood the test of time well.

I think they have. They made some great songs.

Give me an example of one.

What's the frequency Kenneth.
Everybody Hurts.
Losing my Religion.
Man on the Moon.
Daysleeper.

I get it if you weren't a fan, but they did some classic songs.

I was a fan, but it sounds tired now.

What's the frequency probably the best of those.³

Pross

kingstongraham said:

rick_chasey said:

kingstongraham said:

Maybe it's just me, but I think him thinking he's going to grow wings is just a chemical reaction.

Sure, but that doesn't tally with the tone of the climax of the song, which *is* uplifting. Isn't it?....

It feels ironically upbeat to me. It's a great song.

The original version of Mad World is the best for putting depressing lyrics to an upbeat tune. A lot of people reckon the Michael Andrews version is better but for me it misses that irony.

Pross

focuszing723 said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1ZoHfJZACA
Actually written as a result of a $h1t time he was having, good song though.

Love that song. He ended up dying way too young too.

Pross

kingstongraham said:

First.Aspect said:

kingstongraham said:

focuszing723 said:

kingstongraham said:

REM has not stood the test of time well.

I think they have. They made some great songs.

Give me an example of one.

What's the frequency Kenneth.
Everybody Hurts.
Losing my Religion.
Man on the Moon.
Daysleeper.

I get it if you weren't a fan, but they did some classic songs.

I was a fan, but it sounds tired now.

What's the frequency probably the best of those.³

Sort of agree with you but for me Everybody Hurts and Losing My Religion are both still excellent. I don't like much else from Out of Time or Automatic any more though.

First.Aspect

kingstongraham said:

First.Aspect said:

kingstongraham said:

focuszing723 said:

kingstongraham said:

REM has not stood the test of time well.

I think they have. They made some great songs.

Give me an example of one.

What's the frequency Kenneth.
Everybody Hurts.
Losing my Religion.
Man on the Moon.
Daysleeper.

I get it if you weren't a fan, but they did some classic songs.

I was a fan, but it sounds tired now.

What's the frequency probably the best of those.³

Overplayed maybe.

First.Aspect

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First.Aspect

Wrong thread.

Stevo_666

rick_chasey said:

I love miserable music, the more miserable the better, and my all time favourite, am-top-0.5%-of-listeners-on-spotify, is radiohead.

Therefore, the "moody" mood playlist spotify generates for me is right up my street.

Yet they include "let down" by radiohead in the list; surely one of their more uplifting songs?!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Z_NvVMUcG8

Is this, in fact, a miserable and I'm just so immune to it, or is the algo wrong?

I thought you nominated 'Barbie girl' by Aqua as the best pop song of the 20th Century?

morstar

The whole Nebraska album by Springsteen wins this thread.

Songs about being on death row, dead dogs and other uplifting themes.

morstar

Dry County by Bon Jovi is a good miserable ballad.

REM always an interesting one. Fantastic when in the mood but often misses the mark. None of their CD’s can be ripped either so they never made the playlists.

briantrumpet

I wish I could find a decent recording of the song setting of 'Disobedience' by by A. A. Milne. It's a poem for children, about the disappearance of a three-year-old's mother. She never returns. What was Milne thinking of?

James James
Morrison Morrison
Weatherby George Dupree
Took great
Care of his Mother,
Though he was only three.
James James Said to his Mother,
"Mother," he said, said he;
"You must never go down
to the end of the town,
if you don't go down with me."

James James
Morrison's Mother
Put on a golden gown.
James James Morrison's Mother
Drove to the end of the town.
James James Morrison's Mother
Said to herself, said she:
"I can get right down
to the end of the town
and be back in time for tea."

King John
Put up a notice,
"LOST or STOLEN or STRAYED!
JAMES JAMES MORRISON'S MOTHER
SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN MISLAID.
LAST SEEN
WANDERING VAGUELY:
QUITE OF HER OWN ACCORD,
SHE TRIED TO GET DOWN
TO THE END OF THE TOWN -
FORTY SHILLINGS REWARD!"

James James
Morrison Morrison
(Commonly known as Jim)
Told his
Other relations
Not to go blaming him.
James James
Said to his Mother,
"Mother," he said, said he:
"You must never go down to the end of the town
without consulting me."

James James
Morrison's mother
Hasn't been heard of since.
King John said he was sorry,
So did the Queen and Prince.
King John
(Somebody told me)
Said to a man he knew:
If people go down to the end of the town, well,
what can anyone do?"

(Now then, very softly)
J.J.
M.M.
W.G.Du P.
Took great
C/O his M*****
Though he was only 3.
J.J. said to his M*****
"M*****," he said, said he:
"You-must-never-go-down-to-the-end-of-the-town-
if-you-don't-go-down-with-ME!"

JimD666

talking of AA Milne....

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt19623240/

blimey

briantrumpet

JimD666 said:

talking of AA Milne....

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt19623240/

blimey

All to do with the original Winnie-the-Pooh passing into public domain in the US 2022, though Disney still holds the rights for the Disney imagery. E. H. Shepard only died in 1976 though, so his specific drawings will be copyright in the UK until 2047.

https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=27fc5684-bd70-4280-a6cd-f3ed19765be5

webboo

morstar said:

The whole Nebraska album by Springsteen wins this thread.

Songs about being on death row, dead dogs and other uplifting themes.

Atlantic City is an up lifting song of hope. Futile hope maybe.

pinno

I like State Trooper from that album.

secretsqirrel

briantrumpet said:

I wish I could find a decent recording of the song setting of 'Disobedience' by by A. A. Milne. It's a poem for children, about the disappearance of a three-year-old's mother. She never returns. What was Milne thinking of?

James James
Morrison Morrison
Weatherby George Dupree
Took great
Care of his Mother,
Though he was only three.
James James Said to his Mother,
"Mother," he said, said he;
"You must never go down
to the end of the town,
if you don't go down with me."

James James sounds like a controlling possessive little sh*t so his mother escaped from him.

morstar

i like the album. It's just that it is bleak.

Pross

One thing the recent music threads has made me think about, although I’m always sort of aware of it, is how a song you haven’t heard for ages can transport you back to a particular place and really remember quite vivid details even decades later.

pblakeney

morstar said:

Dry County by Bon Jovi is a good miserable ballad.

REM always an interesting one. Fantastic when in the mood but often misses the mark. None of their CD’s can be ripped either so they never made the playlists.

That is not true. So I've heard. 😉

briantrumpet

Pross said:

One thing the recent music threads has made me think about, although I’m always sort of aware of it, is how a song you haven’t heard for ages can transport you back to a particular place and really remember quite vivid details even decades later.

All tied in with how it seeps deep into every corner of your brain, and why even people with advanced dementia can recall songs they heard in their youth.

If you don't know it, Oliver Sachs' book Musicophilia is a fascinating read on how music gives a window into brain function through the study of people with various brain abnormalities.

Wheelspinner

Pross said:

One thing the recent music threads has made me think about, although I’m always sort of aware of it, is how a song you haven’t heard for ages can transport you back to a particular place and really remember quite vivid details even decades later.

^This.

I used to mix a lot of my own cassettes for (long) drive trips back in the 80/90's. Used to drive Sydney to Noosa in QLD for holidays, often leave about 11pm and drive through the night as that was the "best" time to drive, ahem, quickly.

Songs like "Radar Love", "Keep The Faith", "White Wedding", "Underneath The Radar", all of Simple Minds "Once Upon a Time" album, "Big Boss Groove", "Right and Wrong", "Boogie Wonderland" and so many more...

I can still remember belting through the bush at 3am headed for the beach up the coast in my old ute with a killer hifi installed and those tunes loud enough to scare the critters off the road.

You want just a taste? Turn this up LOUD.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1YlviwvrxQ

morstar

pblakeney said:

morstar said:

Dry County by Bon Jovi is a good miserable ballad.

REM always an interesting one. Fantastic when in the mood but often misses the mark. None of their CD’s can be ripped either so they never made the playlists.

That is not true. So I've heard. 😉

Interesting, I never made any attempt to get around it. It’s just I have a pile of about 7 unripped cd’s. 2 are scratched and 5 are REM.

Do these ‘people’ you’ve ‘heard’ of use anything special?

pblakeney

morstar said:

pblakeney said:

morstar said:

Dry County by Bon Jovi is a good miserable ballad.

REM always an interesting one. Fantastic when in the mood but often misses the mark. None of their CD’s can be ripped either so they never made the playlists.

That is not true. So I've heard. 😉

Interesting, I never made any attempt to get around it. It’s just I have a pile of about 7 unripped cd’s. 2 are scratched and 5 are REM.

Do these ‘people’ you’ve ‘heard’ of use anything special?

No. Although a small sample size of Automatic For The People and Out Of Time.
I did have a Blue Nile CD that was protected. They sent me an unprotected copy on request which was nice. 😎 I wouldn't bother in these days of streaming lossless.

TheBigBean

morstar said:

pblakeney said:

morstar said:

Dry County by Bon Jovi is a good miserable ballad.

REM always an interesting one. Fantastic when in the mood but often misses the mark. None of their CD’s can be ripped either so they never made the playlists.

That is not true. So I've heard. 😉

Interesting, I never made any attempt to get around it. It’s just I have a pile of about 7 unripped cd’s. 2 are scratched and 5 are REM.

Do these ‘people’ you’ve ‘heard’ of use anything special?

Toothpaste helps with the scratches

rjsterry

Will Oakeshott be able to work as an author/journalist again? I mean who would bargain with the absolute certainty of being stitched up?

rick_chasey

rjsterry said:

Will Oakeshott be able to work as an author/journalist again?

Course. Just the nutter fringe

rjsterry

rick_chasey said:

rjsterry said:

Will Oakeshott be able to work as an author/journalist again?

Course. Just the nutter fringe

Don't think even they like being stitched up to that degree.

TheBigBean

rjsterry said:

Will Oakeshott be able to work as an author/journalist again? I mean who would bargain with the absolute certainty of being stitched up?

Martin Bashir struggled after his Jackson interview.