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Re: Discography's of talented Rock Bands

YoungPunk — Thu, 31 May 2018 20:51:53 GMT

Author: YoungPunk

Posted: 06/01/2018 00:51

Yeah I am only five years older but its a big difference trust me lol.

Re: Discography's of talented Rock Bands

Luigii — Thu, 31 May 2018 20:07:38 GMT

Author: Luigii

Posted: 06/01/2018 00:07

YoungPunk wrote:

Yeah. I browse the forums at RYM while the discussion here is stalled and there is a lot of disrespect of people/groups. I don't think I'd be able to handle it. I think its an age thing, being too old for technology.
On the other hand I was actually one of the more proficient technology users in a teaching class of people around my age! Which was comforting.

That's really cool. For my age as well as getting older, I definitely will stay with BEA.

Re: Discography's of talented Rock Bands

YoungPunk — Thu, 31 May 2018 20:01:30 GMT

Author: YoungPunk

Posted: 06/01/2018 00:01

Yeah. I browse the forums at RYM while the discussion here is stalled and there is a lot of disrespect of people/groups. I don't think I'd be able to handle it. I think its an age thing, being too old for technology.
On the other hand I was actually one of the more proficient technology users in a teaching class of people around my age! Which was comforting.

Re: Discography's of talented Rock Bands

Luigii — Thu, 31 May 2018 19:52:22 GMT

Author: Luigii

Posted: 05/31/2018 23:52

No problem. Also being a user on RYM I will say that they have a bigger library of albums but the community of BEA is a lot more homey.

Re: Discography's of talented Rock Bands

YoungPunk — Thu, 31 May 2018 19:45:13 GMT

Author: YoungPunk

Posted: 05/31/2018 23:45

Luigii wrote:

It's perfectly fine to express your feelings. Also never think your chart is bad or you being offensive. You go by your terms and continue your journey. If people give you shit, ignore it. Hell you definitely have albums that I do adore. Love Starboy, Awaken My Love, digging the hell out of Funk Wav Bounces and made me look at Borboletta from Santana. So you are performing a bit of a change even if it is small. Also the fact that you grew an appreciation for Confield is such a fucking bonus that I would like to see where you look at Autechre other work. So in the end, don't feel bad. Always take a break if you need it.

thx. Actually this site has been very respectful. Will avoid RYM

Re: Discography's of talented Rock Bands

Luigii — Thu, 31 May 2018 18:39:11 GMT

Author: Luigii

Posted: 05/31/2018 22:39

YoungPunk wrote:

Is this an appropriate place to post your personal feelings. I'm feeling very down. My charts suck... I don't know anything about music... I am a very offensive person... How can I manage a diary with these feelings? :(

Re: Discography's of talented Rock Bands

YoungPunk — Thu, 31 May 2018 18:26:21 GMT

Author: YoungPunk

Posted: 05/31/2018 22:26

Is this an appropriate place to post your personal feelings. I'm feeling very down. My charts suck... I don't know anything about music... I am a very offensive person... How can I manage a diary with these feelings? 🙁

Re: Discography's of talented Rock Bands

YoungPunk — Wed, 30 May 2018 17:52:57 GMT

Author: YoungPunk

Posted: 05/30/2018 21:52

Listened to a bunch of Rush, Tull, and Santana albums out of order. For now wow Tulls War Child blows, didn't make it through yet. Should I even try and give it a rating? Will write reviews on the other albums out of order. Sorry, don't want to relisten to too much stuff, especially 90 scored albums

Re: Discography's of talented Rock Bands

YoungPunk — Tue, 29 May 2018 16:55:43 GMT

Author: YoungPunk

Posted: 05/29/2018 20:55

Its a great record. I can sort of see them zeroing in on what classical music sounds like on this album. Its harder to make good classical music like in the Progressive Rock heyday than atmospheric music like Piper, so it is very daring, but I think they succeed and surprisingly make a record that is a little bit better than the first one. Still 90 though....

Re: Discography's of talented Rock Bands

YoungPunk — Tue, 29 May 2018 16:11:46 GMT

Author: YoungPunk

Posted: 05/29/2018 20:11

Listening to Saucerful of Secrets by Pink Floyd now. Sorry, just couldn't think of anything else to listen to. This diary section is super active and I am having trouble keeping up... Maybe BEA could make the front page accommodate more diaries?

Re: Discography's of talented Rock Bands

YoungPunk — Tue, 29 May 2018 12:01:41 GMT

Author: YoungPunk

Posted: 05/29/2018 16:01

sethmadsen wrote:

:lol:

I remember getting burned out on rock reviewing discographies like this. Sometimes you gotta spice it up with stuff in between. Often it's not just the genre, it's the fact that you are listening to the same genre for extended periods of time. It's like that study, where if people are in black and white rooms for too long, they start imagining color.

Enjoy and cool progress!

But I went through a phase where I didn't listen to anything but Rossini's Bel Canto Operas! He's the real king...

Re: Discography's of talented Rock Bands

RoundTheBend — Tue, 29 May 2018 01:17:48 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 05/29/2018 05:17

YoungPunk wrote:

This isn't going recurrent these guys are having trouble keeping my interest. No wonder Rock is dead lol

🤣

I remember getting burned out on rock reviewing discographies like this. Sometimes you gotta spice it up with stuff in between. Often it's not just the genre, it's the fact that you are listening to the same genre for extended periods of time. It's like that study, where if people are in black and white rooms for too long, they start imagining color.

Enjoy and cool progress!

Re: Discography's of talented Rock Bands

YoungPunk — Mon, 28 May 2018 16:30:59 GMT

Author: YoungPunk

Posted: 05/28/2018 20:30

This isn't going recurrent these guys are having trouble keeping my interest. No wonder Rock is dead lol

Re: Discography's of talented Rock Bands

YoungPunk — Mon, 21 May 2018 14:14:17 GMT

Author: YoungPunk

Posted: 05/21/2018 18:14

Having a tough time with my diary cause of the genre Olympics.. Anyhow Pink Floyd's Piper at the Gates of Dawn is fine (score of 90) It is very atmospheric, and a worthy predecessor of the Autechre album I discovered at the genre Olympics. I didn't want to listen to it before because I was afraid I'd be disappointed (Atom Heart Mother, another pre-DSOTM album, was awful and not worthy of what looks like it will still be my favorite band). I guess Syd Barrett was pretty clever, but the album is too atmospheric to really shoot it to the heights of later Roger Waters era Pink Floyd) I guess there was a lot of room for music to develop in these early times. Also, props for the cool psychedelia. This is what the Beatles would sound like if they justified their hype as an "art" band. As it is their "art" is not really in the vein of western classical music (or at least competently so) and they are therefore not "progressive rock" like Pink Floyd is, a misconception I had earlier. Pink Floyd is way better than the Beatles to me...

Re: Discography's of talented Rock Bands

YoungPunk — Fri, 18 May 2018 16:38:57 GMT

Author: YoungPunk

Posted: 05/18/2018 20:38

O.K. so I'm literally dreading the next Tull and Rush albums (sellouts? JK) So next will be Pink Floyd's Piper at the Gates of Dawn.

Re: Discography's of talented Rock Bands

YoungPunk — Tue, 15 May 2018 13:24:14 GMT

Author: YoungPunk

Posted: 05/15/2018 17:24

O.K. so I just re-listened to the next album in Jethro Tull's discography and wow what a great album! Its lost some of the edge of their previous albums so its only a 95, but its a good 95. I don't think any other artist can carry off a mess like this half so well. Its bizarre and ridiculous with Lewis Carroll style lyrics but they turn that into a pro. I think its because Ian is so extreme and over the top this style of music suits him creatively. The lyrics are super interesting... So far I've found out "Your sperms in the gutter your loves in the sink" is a very intelligent allusion to religious thought in that love for God transcends love as a feeling for other people and also physical desire for them, so I know the lyrics mean something, but I can't find out much beyond that. These are lyrics that are actually good, which is a rarity.

Re: Discography's of talented Rock Bands

YoungPunk — Mon, 14 May 2018 22:15:03 GMT

Author: YoungPunk

Posted: 05/15/2018 02:15

These lyrics are bad even compared to most Rush albums though. STAY AWAY 😄

Re: Discography's of talented Rock Bands

craola — Mon, 14 May 2018 20:44:16 GMT

Author: craola

Posted: 05/15/2018 00:44

YoungPunk wrote:

Also the lyrics are so bad they're offensive to my brain, they really needed Neil Peart.

yeah, i don't thnk music needs great lyrics or any lyrics, but when you commt to wrtng/sngng BAD lyrics. like really bad. cheesy. dumb. even a middle schoolr inside me is crngng lrycs. you've got issues, and i cant lstn to that garbge. tried rly hard to like rush on multiple occasions. listn'd to a gd chnk of their albums, but it's just sooo bad.unlistnble.

Re: Discography's of talented Rock Bands

YoungPunk — Mon, 14 May 2018 19:57:17 GMT

Author: YoungPunk

Posted: 05/14/2018 23:57

this album is a full 100, mostly because I like the "hard rock" Jethro Tull

Re: Discography's of talented Rock Bands

YoungPunk — Mon, 14 May 2018 18:27:39 GMT

Author: YoungPunk

Posted: 05/14/2018 22:27

O.K. so I completed re-listening to the Aqualung album and next listened to Wagner's Siegfried and Wow is there a stark difference. I'm Thinking in progressive rock during this period (1971?), namely Tull, Yes, Genesis, are their "classical influences" only copying Beethoven or something?
In Benefit there was some cool psychedelia and almost Latin type stuff but it seems like in Aqualung all the Progressive classical music they're channeling tends to be very limited, specifically Beethoven. There's also Tull's Benefit of course and in Songs of the Woods they do some Baroque and Scottish stuff so I know they're capable of experimenting, but in the Tull Genesis and Yes albums made during this time period I'm not feeling much classical music other than Beethoven.
Wagner's Siegfried is a marvel of brilliant craftsmanship and I really wish these bands would have incorporated some Wagner stuff.
On another note, what's the difference between being influenced by a composer consciously or unconsciously. My music for example, is a stream of conscious but I know I'm unconsciously regurgitating what I've heard from other artists (Wagner, Prince...). Is Tull consciously or unconsciously copying Beethoven here. I think there more probably more capable of consciously copying a classical composer than I am. Lots of these progressive rock artists are super educated.
Lots of catchy stuff on this record. My favorite is Locomotive Breath, but Cross Eyed Mary is another great one. Is it the Ring of the Nibelung? Definitely not but its still worthwhile and interesting and sure beats most other music.