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Re: What are you listening to?
« Reply #2295 on: February 13, 2014, 04:52:30 pm »
.......... Elton John?
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Re: What are you listening to?
« Reply #2296 on: February 13, 2014, 05:15:56 pm »
Uncultured people in poor places sometimes give their kids flashy-blingy names. Every country has their versions of your "Shantayquillas" or whatever. But I'm not complaining, it could have been a lot worse (it could have been "Michael Jackson").
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Re: What are you listening to?
« Reply #2297 on: February 13, 2014, 05:36:58 pm »
No one comes up to me and asks, "Are you the John Wallace?"


(The answer is, "Of course, but the guy you're thinking of is 5 years younger than me"
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Re: What are you listening to?
« Reply #2298 on: February 13, 2014, 05:55:18 pm »
Quote from: jaydub on February 13, 2014, 05:36:58 pm
"Of course, but the guy you're thinking of is 5 years younger than me"

It says right there that he's 44.
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Re: What are you listening to?
« Reply #2299 on: February 13, 2014, 05:55:58 pm »
Quote from: dejavroom on February 07, 2014, 08:56:43 pm
My name is actually Elton John.

It really is.

Are you named after the famous singer or did you obtain this name organically?
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Re: What are you listening to?
« Reply #2300 on: February 13, 2014, 06:33:57 pm »
I have no idea how it went. I'm guessing they saw the name somewhere and thought "bling".
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Re: What are you listening to?
« Reply #2301 on: February 13, 2014, 06:49:33 pm »
Jeeezz. I like Animal Collective very much. I remember when I did not like them... and then at some point I read that they think of themselves as creating music after the spirit of electronic music, but with acoustic instruments. So as I came to really appreciate electronic dance music, I appreciated the form of their songs. Building to an ecstatic explosion.

It is interesting to me that "experimental" music would converge with dance music, which to me is very utilitarian. What an amazing thing music is.
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Re: What are you listening to?
« Reply #2302 on: February 13, 2014, 08:42:35 pm »
Music and dance are inextricable, I think.  We only do one because of the other.  When we're talking about "music you can't dance to", its because we have taken the concept to an abstract level that can't be physically performed - but I think the listeners are performing a mental dance as they appreciate it.
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Re: What are you listening to?
« Reply #2303 on: February 15, 2014, 01:28:40 pm »
Quote from: dejavroom on February 13, 2014, 05:15:56 pm
Uncultured people in poor places sometimes give their kids flashy-blingy names. Every country has their versions of your "Shantayquillas" or whatever. But I'm not complaining, it could have been a lot worse (it could have been "Michael Jackson").

Or Michael Bolton.
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Re: What are you listening to?
« Reply #2304 on: February 16, 2014, 05:08:03 am »
I normally hate this sort of thing, but this cover of Sweet Child O Mine really swings.
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Re: What are you listening to?
« Reply #2305 on: February 16, 2014, 11:17:28 am »
When Brazil was young, full of promise, full of beans: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UnVmG-DDhY and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mf3SQ3dVz8
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Re: What are you listening to?
« Reply #2306 on: February 16, 2014, 01:22:08 pm »
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Re: What are you listening to?
« Reply #2307 on: March 17, 2014, 12:12:51 am »
What do you guys think of Royals by Lourde? I'm not that crazy about it, but apparently it's super popular. Am I alone in thinking it's not that good?
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Re: What are you listening to?
« Reply #2308 on: March 17, 2014, 12:53:45 am »
you're not alone, but i'm not with you. did you see the springsteen cover? i think it has some good writing, her voice is great, and its production was smart. i don't think it's a perfect song, but i enjoy it.
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Re: What are you listening to?
« Reply #2309 on: March 17, 2014, 11:55:03 am »
So what do you guys think of Neil Youg's Pono (check the video at the bottom of the page; those videos got me kinda in the mood)? www.npr.org/blogs/allsongs/2014/03/12/289435279/hear-neil-young-explain-his-pono-music-player-at-sxsw?utm_campaign=music&utm_source=nprmusic&utm_medium=facebook
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