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Re: What's some good LOUNGE music?

Anonymous — Wed, 23 Apr 2014 02:42:38 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 04/23/2014 06:42

Since we don't have a lounge anymore I'll say it here. Happy Birthday TracyJacks!

Re: What's some good LOUNGE music?

alelsupreme — Mon, 21 Apr 2014 14:30:02 GMT

Author: alelsupreme

Posted: 04/21/2014 18:30

We've no GARY now, it wouldn't be nearly as much fun.

Re: What's some good LOUNGE music?

Anonymous — Mon, 21 Apr 2014 13:58:41 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 04/21/2014 17:58

CubaZed wrote:

Shall I bring it back then? ;)

Re: What's some good LOUNGE music?

Facetious — Mon, 21 Apr 2014 13:54:25 GMT

Author: Facetious

Posted: 04/21/2014 17:54

CubaZed wrote:

Shall I bring it back then? ;)

If you feel like it 😈

Re: What's some good LOUNGE music?

Anonymous — Mon, 21 Apr 2014 13:47:30 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 04/21/2014 17:47

Facetious wrote:

Come on, that thread was awesome.

Shall I bring it back then? 😉

Re: What's some good LOUNGE music?

Facetious — Mon, 21 Apr 2014 13:34:38 GMT

Author: Facetious

Posted: 04/21/2014 17:34

CubaZed wrote:

You guys are forgetting the obvious one. Anyone remember unpopular music opinions?

Come on, that thread was awesome.

Re: What's some good LOUNGE music?

alelsupreme — Mon, 21 Apr 2014 12:52:22 GMT

Author: alelsupreme

Posted: 04/21/2014 16:52

CubaZed wrote:

You guys are forgetting the obvious one. Anyone remember unpopular music opinions?

I actually rather love that one simply for all the drama that went on in it.

Re: What's some good LOUNGE music?

Anonymous — Mon, 21 Apr 2014 11:16:10 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 04/21/2014 15:16

alelsupreme wrote:

Gotta give an dishonorable mention to first 30 songs on shuffle.

You guys are forgetting the obvious one. Anyone remember unpopular music opinions?

Re: What's some good LOUNGE music?

alelsupreme — Mon, 21 Apr 2014 11:10:29 GMT

Author: alelsupreme

Posted: 04/21/2014 15:10

lethalnezzle wrote:

Yeah, that is actually the worst.

Gotta give an dishonorable mention to first 30 songs on shuffle.

Re: What's some good LOUNGE music?

Anonymous — Mon, 21 Apr 2014 10:11:28 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 04/21/2014 14:11

Puncture Repair wrote:

I also created that god-awful Member Rank Album thread, which I apologize for.

Yeah, that is actually the worst.

Re: What's some good LOUNGE music?

Anonymous — Mon, 21 Apr 2014 09:49:40 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 04/21/2014 13:49

BrandonMiaow wrote:

That's why I really like the You Must Listen to the Album Below You thread, it requires a bit of back and forth, it is fun...gee, I wonder who created that thread? ;)

I also created that god-awful Member Rank Album thread, which I apologize for.

Re: What's some good LOUNGE music?

Anonymous — Sun, 20 Apr 2014 21:24:32 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 04/21/2014 01:24

Puncture Repair wrote:

coolpost

That's why I really like the You Must Listen to the Album Below You thread, it requires a bit of back and forth, it is fun...gee, I wonder who created that thread? 😉

Re: What's some good LOUNGE music?

Anonymous — Sun, 20 Apr 2014 14:25:51 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 04/20/2014 18:25

albummaster wrote:

Apologies, I tend to miss requests unless they are posted in the suggestions forum. It's certainly not apathy, more that it's a lot of work looking after the site, and sometimes things get missed. I've unstickied the inactive threads, and moved some others to the new members forum.

I wasn't referring to you, AM, I know you work your butt off for the site. Thanks, though!

Re: What's some good LOUNGE music?

albummaster — Sun, 20 Apr 2014 14:24:43 GMT

Author: albummaster

Posted: 04/20/2014 18:24

I'm not sure how many people here use plug.fm or who stickied the thread in the first place, but I've moved it back here for the time being.

Re: What's some good LOUNGE music?

drakonium — Sun, 20 Apr 2014 14:08:39 GMT

Author: drakonium

Posted: 04/20/2014 18:08

Awesome, thanks! Maybe the Plug.dj one could have stayed here, though, I'm not really sure it belongs to the new members section 🤔

Re: What's some good LOUNGE music?

albummaster — Sun, 20 Apr 2014 14:06:59 GMT

Author: albummaster

Posted: 04/20/2014 18:06

sp4cetiger wrote:

Music discussion doesn't come out of the air, folks. Geevy hasn't posted in nearly a month and his ULL idea has still done more to increase the quality of the music forums than most 5-post-a-day regulars. Get off yer lazy asses and come up for new ideas for threads/games/projects/etc.

Also, what's up with the moderation crew? The stickies in the music forum have been a problem for months now and were brought up multiple times, but NOTHING has been done. Unless there's a major shitstorm, I barely ever see a post from most of the mods. I love all you guys, but I'm sensing a lot of apathy here.

Re: What's some good LOUNGE music?

drakonium — Sun, 20 Apr 2014 13:35:47 GMT

Author: drakonium

Posted: 04/20/2014 17:35

^

Got a PM from AM, and I can confirm the lounge is only temporarily closed. Shutting it forever would just make no sense, and I am strongly opposed to it too.

And I definitely agree with the stickies part. We should have a thread where we can talk about which ones to unsticky so the problem can be solved. Can a normal user do this? If yes, I'll do it. If not, if you're reading this and you're a mod, please start such a thread.

Re: What's some good LOUNGE music?

Anonymous — Sun, 20 Apr 2014 13:25:36 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 04/20/2014 17:25

Music discussion doesn't come out of the air, folks. Geevy hasn't posted in nearly a month and his ULL idea has still done more to increase the quality of the music forums than most 5-post-a-day regulars. Get off yer lazy asses and come up for new ideas for threads/games/projects/etc.

Also, what's up with the moderation crew? The stickies in the music forum have been a problem for months now and were brought up multiple times, but NOTHING has been done. Unless there's a major shitstorm, I barely ever see a post from most of the mods. I love all you guys, but I'm sensing a lot of apathy here.

And even though I was one of the users that suggested a temporary closing of the lounge, I absolutely oppose it going down permanently. This is a community, ffs. AM's last post in the lounge said it was temporary, though, so we should trust him on that.

Re: What's some good LOUNGE music?

Anonymous — Sun, 20 Apr 2014 12:42:19 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 04/20/2014 16:42

What Puncture said.

Re: What's some good LOUNGE music?

Anonymous — Sun, 20 Apr 2014 05:44:53 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 04/20/2014 09:44

Yeah, BEA isn't the living, breathing organism it once was without the lounge - but I was always under the impression that it will be coming back shortly?

My biggest qualm about the music forum is that it tends to be a very one sided discussion - all talking and not much listening. Obviously there are a tight-knit collection of users who are very active in providing reccomendations and discussing with each other about lesser-known albums, but most threads are totally void of any real back-and-forth conversation. It needs to be admitted, the 'What ... are you listening to' threads are mostly tools for people to increase their member points. 'of the day' threads are good fun, but usually end up being just lists of people's opinions. The 'first 30 songs that come up' thread is possibly the worst offender. Threads that invite discussion often require users to do a bit of reading and new-opinion-forming, which means those threads rarely hit beyond the 20 response mark, and get buried with the aforementioned threads that don't ask much of the user. This is even more of an issue when you consider that the Music Forum has so many stickies that the frontpage provides almost half the exposure as other forums on the site. I'm not saying it's anyone's fault, I'm guilty of it too (likely more than some), but I've found myself having little reason to come back to BEA when there's no real active discussion taking place.

If we're going to do away with the Longue, or want to reform it, then we first need to think about how we can improve that actual music discussion that's meant to fuel this forum.

Anyway, um, s'good album:

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Sympathique by Pink Martini