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Hippyjojo

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Give me something to discover.
« on: 16 Oct 2011, 11:46 »

I am bored. Please tell me a good band to listen to. To make it more fun, I'm not going to say what I like.
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Re: Give me something to discover.
« Reply #1 on: 16 Oct 2011, 11:53 »

That's just asking us to stick a pin in a list for you - no fun at all, for either of us probably.
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« Reply #2 on: 16 Oct 2011, 13:09 »

Not really, I'm just trying to find people's different opinions in music and hopefully discover a few good new bands to listen to. I apologise if it was poorly worded, I'm just saying that I would prefer to find something completely new and different, without it being based on my tastes.
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« Reply #3 on: 16 Oct 2011, 13:18 »

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Re: Give me something to discover.
« Reply #4 on: 16 Oct 2011, 13:26 »

Thanks for the suggestion. I liked the song Vincent Black Lightning, but the rest of it didn't really sound like my kind of thing. Thanks anyway!
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Re: Give me something to discover.
« Reply #6 on: 16 Oct 2011, 13:47 »

Yeah, that was where I listened to it.
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Re: Give me something to discover.
« Reply #7 on: 16 Oct 2011, 14:46 »

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« Last Edit: 17 Oct 2011, 12:21 by pwhodges »
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"Being human, having your health; that's what's important."  (from: Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi )
"As long as we're all living, and as long as we're all having fun, that should do it, right?"  (from: The Eccentric Family )

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« Reply #9 on: 16 Oct 2011, 18:31 »

A selection of my favorites from assorted genres, hopefully you'll find something you like; I love all of this and much more:

Indie Pop: Jukebox The Ghost- Hold It In

Country: Willis Alan Ramsey- The Ballad of Spider John

Indie Folk: The Mountain Goats- The Best Ever Death Metal Band in Denton (this is the aforementioned John Darnielle's amazing work; also can be classified as more Indie Rock depending on what album you seek out)

Post-Hardcore/Melodic Hardcore: A Wilhelm Scream- The Rip

Folksy/Hippie Rock/Girl-from-Ipanema-y: Diego Paulo- Shekere (live)

Punk: The Knockdown- Rocket Powered Rodeo Ride to Oblivion (Couldn't find it on youtube for some reason)

Indietronica: The Blow- Parentheses
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« Reply #10 on: 17 Oct 2011, 11:52 »

The Knockdown,
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Re: Give me something to discover.
« Reply #11 on: 17 Oct 2011, 12:18 »

Thanks, I'm getting some nice stuff here.
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« Reply #12 on: 18 Oct 2011, 07:04 »

The Knockdown,
I don't really understand the comma thing.  I think it means you like them?
They've been one of my favorite bands for a while now, unfortunately they went"on hiatus" a few years ago when the lead singer/lyricist Vic moved to Florida.  The rest of the band found a new singer and became Timeshares; they're ok, but not as good, imo.  (that site has their new album for free download, as well as an old demo.  Kiss of Death has a split of them for free download as well as the album to preorder.  KoD also has Knockdown stuff)
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Re: Give me something to discover.
« Reply #13 on: 18 Oct 2011, 07:26 »

The bold comma thing was popular for a time with a group who have moved away from this forum, but got overused.  Here is an explanation of its origin (don't go beyond the second post...).
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"Being human, having your health; that's what's important."  (from: Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi )
"As long as we're all living, and as long as we're all having fun, that should do it, right?"  (from: The Eccentric Family )

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« Reply #15 on: 19 Oct 2011, 11:04 »

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And if you played too hard it'd flop out and dangle around by the wire and that is just super ugly

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And if you played too hard it'd flop out and dangle around by the wire and that is just super ugly

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« Reply #17 on: 19 Oct 2011, 11:33 »

(don't go beyond the second post...).

But Paul, you'll miss this sheer greatness:

Peyton Manning is a butthead and eats farts for breakfast.

Anyway yes, pre-this thread I always thought The Knockdown were a great band, and am glad someone else posted their stuff. Along that vein of teh punx, listen to The Riot Before.
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« Reply #18 on: 19 Oct 2011, 12:55 »

The bold comma thing was popular for a time with a group who have moved away from this forum, but got overused.  Here is an explanation of its origin (don't go beyond the second post...).

Somehow the greatest and worst thread I think I have ever read. Sheesh.


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Re: Give me something to discover.
« Reply #19 on: 19 Oct 2011, 15:14 »

Something even more completely different:

John Malkovich strangles my daughter-in-law, Kirsten Blaise, (at 4'55" ff) who later sings.

(There have been different singers in various other performances on YouTube.)
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"Being human, having your health; that's what's important."  (from: Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi )
"As long as we're all living, and as long as we're all having fun, that should do it, right?"  (from: The Eccentric Family )

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« Reply #20 on: 19 Oct 2011, 20:12 »

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John Malkovich strangles my daughter-in-law, Kirsten Blaise, (at 4'55" ff) who later sings.

(There have been different singers in various other performances on YouTube.)

That is amazing. Where is this?
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« Reply #21 on: 21 Oct 2011, 07:00 »

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« Reply #22 on: 21 Oct 2011, 07:12 »

That is amazing. Where is this?

The piece has toured to many places; the run that Kirsten was involved with was in Cyprus.
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« Reply #23 on: 25 Oct 2011, 18:20 »

Hmm, interesting stuff, aside from the Fallout Boy and Justin Bieber. Eugh.
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« Reply #24 on: 26 Oct 2011, 09:59 »

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« Reply #25 on: 03 Nov 2011, 09:56 »

Salt for Salt by Brown Bird

The lyrics can remind you of the Decemberists, but much less annoying. Good instrumentals if you like semi-folksy / semi-bluesy acoustic stuff. Give it a listen.
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« Reply #26 on: 14 Nov 2011, 21:25 »

Josh Woodward

whether you like his stuff or not, it's free (legally!) so it can't hurt to try it.
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« Reply #27 on: 18 Nov 2011, 14:54 »

The new Justice album. I love it. From dance they turned to easily listening production value mellow dance: you cant dance to it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OGLOooXd0s
I gave you their song with awesome guitar in it. be happy for while :)
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« Reply #28 on: 25 Nov 2011, 16:27 »

My friend's band Pilgrims' Way are a great folky english band who just released a Christmas single for their own amusement. They've been nominated for a Radio Two Folk Award (really big deal!) and the word on the folk circuit is that this'll be their year. I hope so! Give them a listen (you can listen to a track sample on Amazon, or if you can't access amazon because it's .co.uk try iTunes).
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