I'm sure you already know all these stuff.Early Cure, Smiths S/T,and any Slowcore or Emo bands.
Bar suffer Little Children The Smiths' debut LP is far from miserable if you ask me - there's wry humour littered throughout ('the sun shines out of our behinds', 'I dreamt about you last night and I fell out of bed twice', 'a smile lights up her stupid face', etc.), and the fact that you could happily dance to half of it instantly negates your appraisal.
For more accurate would be any of the following surely (although I'm waiting for someone to argue the toss...)
[quote="noWaxJim"]Bar suffer Little Children The Smiths' debut LP is far from miserable if you ask me - there's wry humour littered throughout ('the sun shines out of our behinds', 'I dreamt about you last night and I fell out of bed twice', 'a smile lights up her stupid face', etc.), and the fact that you could happily dance to half of it instantly negates your appraisal.
For more accurate would be any of the following surely (although I'm waiting for someone to argue the toss...)
EDIT: Nevermind. I'm dancing to this too. 🤣 You're right. The tone of Watusi is too bright & cheery. Seamonsters is by far the more inspired choice. Thanks for getting me to listen to Watusi again though. I love it.
Could anyone recommend me some good baroque pop records? I like albums which are melodic and have great arrangements. I search similar albums to Forever Changes or Vampire Weekend's debut.
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Could anyone recommend me some good baroque pop records? I like albums which are melodic and have great arrangements. I search similar albums to Forever Changes or Vampire Weekend's debut.
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I see The Divine Comedy get the word baroque thrown at them. You heard of that group?
HazeyTwilightboyfriend in your wet dreamsProfile Elmo Knows Where You Live
Could anyone recommend me some good baroque pop records? I like albums which are melodic and have great arrangements. I search similar albums to Forever Changes or Vampire Weekend's debut.
:)
May or may not be baroque in the classic sense, but I think it counts, sorta. It has modern indie rock flavours with pop elements and some beautiful harmonies. It can be layered and productive but also quiet and kinda melancholic in a way. _________________
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Could anyone recommend me some good baroque pop records? I like albums which are melodic and have great arrangements. I search similar albums to Forever Changes or Vampire Weekend's debut.
:)
I especially love Jellyfish as a gem that you will probably love! Summerteeth, especially with songs like "Pieholden Suite" is some of the most marvelous and dark music of this ilk I've heard. XO and Deserter's Songs I'd say are also amazing and baroque poppy. Skylarking is just about sweet and melodic an harmony driven as music can be. As is Diorama, I believe that's the album where Van Dyke Parks worked with Silverchair (same man who worked with Brian Wilson with Smile) and Parks has nothing but rave things to say about the lead singer an songwriter of Silverchair - forgot his name.
Oh and Imperial Bedroom is a very unique and very beautiful chamber/baroque pop record from from the great Elvis Costello. _________________ -Ryan
So what do people think "baroque music" sounds like in their own words? Because there is no single album I would be listening to where I suddenly "Ahhh, this sounds baroque".
Jellyfish, Mercury Rev and Feist are all quite different artists in the world of pop/rock. Can't see a connection between them to be honest.
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So what do people think "baroque music" sounds like in their own words? Because there is no single album I would be listening to where I suddenly "Ahhh, this sounds baroque".
To me (as an unabashed 60s purist) it's essentially 60s soft psych pop with orchestral embellishments (think Pet Sounds and you're on the right lines). C.f. the following albums (one of which I've mentioned a few posts ago...)
Could anyone recommend me some good baroque pop records? I like albums which are melodic and have great arrangements. I search similar albums to Forever Changes or Vampire Weekend's debut.
:)
Searching for albums that sound like Forever Changes is like searching for the Holly Grail for me... 🤣 Anyway, this is the closest I've got (so far)...
Listed in order of how they might possibly resemble Forever Changes (imo):
Edit: BTW, these are not baroque pop records; they are all psychedelic folk and many of them do cross genres..
It's A Beautiful Day by It's A Beautiful Day _________________ "And can’t you see you’re in on it?
You were born though you need not
And is that not some cause
For worship, being born among these trees?"
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