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egorax · 1 year ago

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This is my review of 100 gecs discography including their respective solo and side projects, which means that this list will include the following discographies:

CAKE POP (Dylan Brady side project)

Dylan Brady (member of 100 gecs)

Laura Les (member of 100 gecs)

osno1 (an alias for Laura Les)

100 gecs

This is also a very diverse discography, including studio albums, remix albums, live shows, DJ sets, and what are commonly referred to as The Minecraft Shows, which were digital concerts that were hosted in Minecraft due to Dylan and Laura living in different states at the time, money constraints, and quarantine, but I will be referring to them as the Digital Shows as some of the shows weren’t actually hosted in Minecraft, but they were all held in some way digitally. I will label what each release is with the following indicators:

[S] - studio album

[R] - remix album

[L] - live show

[DJ] - DJ set

[DS] - digital show/Minecraft show

I will be laying thing out like this:

Year - Album title - artist name [I] 6/10

1 - Song 1 1/10 \\note about the song

2 - Song 2 7/10 \\note about the song \\dog

3 - Song 3 6/10 \\note about the song

Album description/explanation of review

2013 - tape 1 - this town makes me sick sometimes - Laura Les [S] 5/10

1 - friends drive by 4/10 \\I was overall uncomfortable while listening

2 - i wanna try cocaine 5/10 \\this would probably get a better rating if it weren’t so amplified

3 - cheif keef cant breathe 4/10 \\no comment, it’s just loud

4 - i just wanna go home 5/10 \\it’s cool I guess

5 - random act of violence 5/10 \\there’s just so much noise

This is a very bizarre EP, it was deleted almost immediately after it was released and I can see why, I don’t think it’s really meant to be listened to, I think it was more of a personal thing, because the version that was released is extremely over amplified to the point it’s hard to even understand, but from what I could make out it sounded more like Laura was just venting and getting stuff out of her head than anything else.

Something to note is that while it was released in 2017, it was recorded "some time in 2013".

2014 - APPROPRIATE - Dylan Brady & Death Grips [R] 7/10

1 - BURN THROUGH IT (Lil Boy) 7/10

2 - PIRATE (Anne Bonny) 8/10

3 - ON MY WAY (TWO HEAVENS) 7/10

4 - BOUNCIN (Stockton) 7/10

5 - FUCK WHOS WATCHING (Whatever I Want) 7/10 \\it’s only 56 seconds

6 - FEELING IT (Takyon) 6/10

7 - TRAMP (You Might Think He Loves You) 6/10 \\strangely calm and chaotic at the same time

8 - FEEL ME NOW (Black Dice) 6/10

9 - ICE GRIPS (Artificial Death) 6/10

10 - I'VE GOT SOME SHIT TO SAY (Lock Your Doors) 6/10

This whole album is just Death Grips remixes, it’s honestly kind of interesting when you listen to something for the first time and you already know all the words, it’s interesting

2014 - Zero Halliburton - Dylan Brady [S] 5/10

1 - Zero Halliburton 6/10 \\I love the Daft Punk sample in this song

2 - Fizzy Lifting Drinks (Interlude) 4/10

3 - Box Car // Jug Of Wine 5/10

4 - Mountain & Beach 5/10

5 - Knives 5/10

6 - Pyrotechnics 5/10

7 - Give Me Back My Phone 6/10

8 - Fedex 8/10

9 - Ice Grass 5/10

10 - Yoda 4/10

11 - Sam Rothstein 5/10

12 - You Were Crying (Bonus) 5/10

13 - Look How Far We’ve Come (Bonus) 8/10

The instrumentals on this album are alright but the’re nothing in comparison to APPROPRIATE

2015 - Iff Itt Mmakkesss U Happyyyyy - osno1 [S] 4/10

1 - Iff Itt Mmakkesss U Happyyyyy 4/10 \\this was deleted

It is just weird ambience and slowed down audio of Laura saying “if it makes you happy.”

2015 - Better Get Sharper; Better Change Yr Name - osno1 [S] 4/10

1 - Better Get Sharper; Better Change Yr Name 4/10 \\this is 25 minutes long

Like tape 1, this was also deleted soon after it’s release, but unlike tape 1, there is only 1 song and it’s 25 minutes long, this also seems to be Laura’s first time going as osno1. This single is just as noisy and amplified as tape 1 and it is pretty hard to sit through, it feels a lot slower than tape 1 though. It seems that certain parts distort over time and eventually fade out as the same vocals loop over and over again throughout the song… it’s very unnerving. The end has a very weird, loud guitar.

2015 - All I Ever Wanted - Dylan Brady [S] 5/10

1 - Piano Prelude 5/10 \\this song makes me laugh because it sounds so dumb

2 - Let Go / Enemies feat. Nok from The Future & Night Lovell 7/10 \\the drums that start about halfway through the song are really good

3 - Little Bando 5/10

4 - 314 feat. Night Lovell 5/10

5 - Trailing Some New Kill feat. Ravenna Golden & Kevin Abstract 5/10

6 - All I Ever Wanted 4/10

7 - Yee feat. Nok From The Future 4/10 \\the bass is good

8 - U>Them feat. Ketema 4/10

9 - Gold Teeth 6/10 \\I often wonder who the kid in the intro to this song is and how he’s doing now

10 - Unknown Caller PT. 2 feat. Saputo 5/10

11 - Finale (Marvin Gaye Cover) 6/10

My rating will likely be somewhat biased as this is a hip hop-esque album, and I’m personally not a huge fan of hip hop. This album just feels empty, it’s alright but I don’t really get anything out of most of it.

2015 - fuck art #1 [sorry grandpa, im gonna wear a dress if i want to] - osno1 [S] 7/10

1 - fuck art #1 [sorry grandpa, im gonna wear a dress if i want to] 7/10 \\this song is so chaotic and I love it \\dog

There is a dog barking sound in this song, which is somewhat significant since at some point after 100 gecs was released Laura and Dylan said that they would put a dog bark in at least one song from every album, at the time of this songs release none of this had been said yet but from now on I’m going to be mentioning a dog bark in the notes of the songs if I hear one.

This song seems to be a bunch of songs by other artists mixed together and sped up.

2015 - Cake Pop - CAKE POP [S] 7/10

1 - Birthday Party (ft. Dylan Brady) 7/10

2 - Midnight Boys (ft. Dylan Brady & Adam Newcomer) 7/10

3 - I Love Cheeseburgers, Apples Pies 7/10

4 - Poison (ft. Lewis Grant) 6/10

5 - Do You Think I'm Mean? (ft. Dylan Brady, Robel Ketema & Night Lovell) 6/10

6 - 757 Remix (ft. Calvin Lewis, The Kid Devo, Robel Ketema & Dylan Brady) [Bonus] 6/10 \\this song is in no way related to the song 757 by 100 gecs released 2023, this is a remix of another song with the same name

7 - Do You Think I'm Mean? (Five Star Hotel Remix) (ft. Dylan Brady, Robel Ketema & Night Lovell) [Bonus] 7/10 \\I love when one song is significantly louder than every other song on an album

It seems that around 2015 is when both Dylan and Laura really started refining their skills.

2016 - Sticky Fingers - CAKE POP [S] 6/10

1 - Sticky Fingers feat. Lewis Grant, Dylan Brady & osno1 6/10 \\this is the oldest song I can think of that features both Dylan and Laura, which leads me to believe that this is the collaboration that helped inspire them to make 100 gecs

2016 - No Sleep Nun Days Coming Soon - osno1 [S] 1/10

1 - No Sleep Nun Days Coming Soon 1/10 \\My ears hurt :(

this song is indescribably loud, I actually had to lower the volume so that I could tolerate it

2016 - 100 gecs - 100 gecs [S] 9/10

1 - dog food 8/10

2 - gum 9/10 \\dog

3 - bloodstains 10/10 \\this is legitimately one of my all time favorite songs

4 - fuck teeth 10/10 \\this is the song that got me into 100 gecs \\dog

5 - 25 bands and a geccco 8/10 \\dog

2016 - Choker - Dylan Brady [S] 5/10

1 - Lbvs 5/10

2 - Coming Down 5/10

3 - Seattle 5/10

4 - Marlboro Man 6/10

5 - Go Away 5/10

6 - Will You Look for Me When You Need Someone 5/10

My opinions on this album are very neutral

2016 - hello kitty skates to the fuckin CEMETARY - osno1 [S] 6/10

1 - ditch a body in the laundry (feat. Dylan Brady) 8/10

2 - gone with a knife; given all wrong 6/10

3 - nothing just hangin out 6/10

4 - cemetary 4 6/10

5 - there are a lot of things wrong but i dont hate the world only myself maybe 5/10

With the exception of ditch a body in the laundry, the songs on this album aren’t very good on their own, but it’s good as one piece

2017 - dead serious and out of options - osno1 [S] 5/10

1 - dead serious and out of options 5/10 \\dog

The song is goofy

2017 - Dog Show - Dylan Brady [S] 7/10

1 - Lately 7/10

2 - Hit Me 8/10

3 - 127 Hrs in Bed 7/10

4 - Cum Stains 6/10

5 - My First Time 6/10 \\S O M U C H B A S S

I like it but it would like it more if it weren’t so loud

2017 - sticky glue+ - osno1 [S] 7/10

1 - sticky glue+ 7/10 \\according to Laura Les, this song was made in 1 hour \\dog

Laura is just talking about sticky stuff

2017 - i just dont wanna name it anything with "beach" in the title - osno1 [S] 8/10

1 - how to dress as human 7/10

2 - dumb pics 8/10 \\dog

3 - darkest part of day 8/10 \\dog

4 - creep 4 yr bones 10/10 \\dog

This is honestly just a really good EP, it shows major improvement from Laura’s other works.

2017 - A Conversation I Overheard - osno1 [S] 8/10

1 - A Conversation I Overheard 8/10

In this song Laura takes a more rock-esque approach to her music, this song seems to be about her struggles with an eating disorder

2017 - Date Night ❤ - Dylan Brady [S] 6/10

1 - date night !! 💎🎀 6/10 \\who puts emojis in their song titles

2 - i hope its ok !! (dinner w my parents) 6/10

3 - u can find me here 💙 6/10

4 - will u go 2 the dance w me 6/10

It’s alright but not my favorite

2017 - LETHAL POISON FOR THE SYSTEM - 99jakes, Black Dresses & osno1 [S] 7/10

2 - Paper Planes (osno1 "i Want The Laugh Cry Emoji On My Tombstone" remix) 7/10 \\dog

This is the most annoying remix on the EP and of course Laura did it, it’s like a bomb is going off in my head and honestly I enjoy it.

2017 - laura les drops HEAVY BIRTHDAY BASS - Laura Les [DS] 7/10

1 - dog food (osno1 puppy chow remix) 8/10 \\dog

2 - paper planes (osno1 lethal poison remix) 7/10 \\dog

3 - barbie girl (osno1 punching a hole in the wall remix) 2/10 \\it is a crime to make me listen to any form of this song

4 - how to dress as human (LOUDMIX) 7/10

5 - dumb pics (LOUDMIX) 8/10 \\dog

6 - X (osno1 21 pound timbs flip) 7/10

7 - GONE (osno1 heavy halloween remix) 6/10 \\dog

8 - i miss you (osno1 psalms 6:6 remix) 6/10

9 - bloodstains (osno1 victory lap remix) 8/10 \\dog

10 - magnolia (osno1 lazy kitty flip) 6/10

11 - SAUSAGE (osno1 RIP vine remix) 7/10

12 - peanut butter jelly time (osno1 mumblecore remix) 6/10

13 - ss2 7.5/10

14 - i fucking hate being 17 7/10

15 - BEAUTIFUL GIRLS (osno1 BUCKwild nxc RMX) 6/10 \\dog

16 - monster 7/10

17 - teenagers (osno1 sad prom will never end remix) 7/10 \\dog

While there were a few people watching live, most viewers saw the show digitally

2018 - Remixes 2017 - osno1 [R] 7/10

1 - london bridge (osno1 remix) 9/10

2 - we r who we r (osno1 remix) 7/10

3 - barbie girl (osno1 punching a hole in the wall remix) 2/10

4 - i miss you (osno1 psalms 6:6 remix) 7/10

5 - when love hurts (osno1 remix) 6/10

6 - beautiful girls (osno1 big fuck remix) 6/10 \\dog

7 - 100 gecs - bloodstains (osno1 victory lap remix) 8/10 \\dog

8 - X (osno1 21 pound timbs flip) 7/10

9 - BLNTSMK - GONE (osno1 heavy halloween remix) 5/10 \\dog

10 - Lil West - Bit My Tongue (osno1 VIP flip) 7/10 \\Laura actually produced this song, which allowed her to have more resources when making a remix \\dog

11 - magnolia (osno1 lazy kitty flip) 6/10

12 - peanut butter jelly time (osno1 mumblecore remix) 6/10

13 - SAUSAGE (osno1 RIP vine remix) 7/10

14 - 100 gecs - dog food (osno1 puppy chow remix) 10/10 \\dog

15 - mr brightside (osno1 remix) 7/10

16 - scars (osno1 SUPER LAZY remix) 6/10 \\this HAS to be satire, it can’t not be satire, I wont except it

17 - Bloom - VISION (osno1 raving and loving remix) 6/10 \\dog

18 - teenagers (osno1 sad prom will never die remix) 7/10 \\dog

Most of the songs are just sped up and sound effects are added.

2018 - Big Summer Jams 2018 - Laura Les [S] 7/10

1 - pirate (feat. Lil West and Lewis Grant) 8/10 \\honestly pretty good for rap

2 - feels good (feat. Dylan Brady and Laura Les) 7/10 \\dog

3 - hell yeah brother (feat. Lil West, Lewis Grant, and Girls Rituals) 7/10

4 - being on yr own (feat. Calvin, lil mai, and SYBYR) 6/10

5 - the river (feat. scum, Yung Skrrt, and 99jakes) 7/10

6 - livin my best life! 6/10

This is probably Laura’s most normal sounding release

2018 - Coalchella - 100 gecs [DS] 10/10

1 - Intro (feat. Anthony Fantano)

2 - I Don't Have Any Fun 10/10 \\this should have been put on an album

3 - (more talking lol)

4 - im addicted to energy drinks / we could try 10/10 \\this is also an amazing song

5 - LauraCantGetOutOfMinecraft.mp3

6 - ringtone (demo) 10/10 \\this is the best version of the song

7 - (talking again)

8 - dogfood - osno1 puppy chow remix 10/10 \\the bass isn’t as overbearing on this version \\dog

9 - (chitchat break)

10 - Drove U Crazy (dylan brady remix) 9/10

11 - minecraft jokes told by someone who doesnt play minecraft

12 - i fuck it up 7/10

13 - We Could Go Anywhere 10/10 \\I really like this song

I didn’t rank the intermissions because it seemed unnecessary.

This is an amazing release that I think every 100 gecs fan needs to hear. It is also my favorite digital show.

2018 - Peace & Love - Dylan Brady [S] 9/10

1 - Key Of C 8/10

2 - I'll Make You Miss Me All The Time 9/10

3 - Walking Through The Park 8/10 \\short and sweet

4 - 7/11 Drone 8/10

5 - What I Made 4 U [Lofi-Dub] 8/10

6 - Of Course I Still Love You 10/10 \\this song is about Dylan’s relationship with his dad

I might have cried while listening to Of Course I Still Love You once, the whole EP is good but OCISLY is on another level

2018 - november2018 - Laura Les [S] 7/10

1 - scar 20181129 6/10

2 - fox 20181129 7/10

3 - cleaning your room can be fun 20181129 8/10 \\gotta love the unnecessary blast beat

4 - beat up 20181129 7/10

5 - tripp 20181129 6/10

This album is exclusive to Laura’s Patrion, it consists of demos made in November of 2018

2018 - december2018 - Laura Les [S] 6/10

1 - distney princess 6/10 \\dog

2 - dreams demo 2018 5/10

3 - evening news 6/10

4 - i wish (summer singles) 5/10

5 - in the place of dreams 5/10

6 - nail polish 6/10

7 - sad happy hardcore 7/10

8 - shadows in our eyes 6/10

9 - tetetencho 6/10

This album is also exclusive to Laura’s Patrion, it consists of demos made in December of 2018

2019 - Fire Festival - 100 gecs [DS] 8/10

1 - gecgecgec (demo) 7/10 \\some of the notes on this are different to the main release

2 - gec 2 Ü (demo) 8/10 \\this version is significantly different to the main release

3 - 745 sticky (demo) 8/10 \\the quality of the vocals are significantly improved in the main release \\dog

4 - I Need Help Immidiately (demo) 3/10

5 - xXXi_wud_nvrstøp_ÜXXx (demo) 8/10

6 - No Future Bass in My Fucking Room 7/10

7 - money machine (demo) 8/10

It’s not the best but overall this is a pretty good show

2019 - 1000 gecs - 100 gecs [S] 10/10

1 - 745 sticky 10/10 \\dog

2 - money machine 10/10 \\the opening line always makes me laugh

3 - 800db cloud 10/10

4 - I Need Help Immediately 4/10 \\it’s an intermission, don’t expect it to be good

5 - stupid horse 10/10

6 - xXXi_wud_nvrstøp_ÜXXx 9/10

7 - ringtone 10/10 \\they took out my favorite part but the part that replaced it is still good

8 - gecgecgec 9/10

9 - hand crushed by a mallet 10/10

10 - gec 2 Ü 9/10

This is genuinely one of my top ten albums, I listen to it regularly. It’s also a nice break from what I usually listen to, as this album is not super serious. This album is very fun and lighthearted, and not too silly, just the right amount of goofy.

2019 - 100 gecs & The Chamber of Secrets - 100 gecs [DJ] 8/10

1 - NTS Intro (Pixar Remix) 8/10 \\this is honestly a sick intro

2 - 745 sticky [NTS] 10/10 \\dog

3 - Soap Theme 3 5/10

4 - money machine [NTS] 10/10

5 - Chamber of Secrets Wholetone 6/10

6 - 800db cloud [NTS] 10/10

7 - quiet mode (sicko mode remix) 8/10 \\this song is unnecessarily funny

8 - stupid horse [NTS] 10/10

9 - If I Can't Have Ü (Dylan Brady Remix) [NTS] 7/10

10 - Act 5 ! 6/10

11 - Steal Her Man (Laura Les Remix) 7/10

12 - Cake (Dylan Brady Remix) 6/10

13 - Too Much Sauce Noise 1/10

14 - Blame It On Your Love (Dylan Brady Remix) 7/10

15 - California Girls (Dylan Brady Remix) 7/10

16 - Hand Crushed by a Mallet [NTS] 10/10

17 - Eat Yr Nylon 5/10

18 - ringtone [NTS] 10/10

19 - No Future Bass In My Fucking Room [NTS] 7/10

20 - Kid Cudi (NTS Remix) 7/10

21 - Abandon All Life 7/10

22 - gecgecgec [NTS] 9/10

23 - xXXi_wud_nvrstøp_ÜXXx [NTS] 9/10

24 - Eternally Yours 6/10

25 - Rock Band 8/10

26 - Baby (Dylan Brady Remix) 5/10 \\>:(

27 - 12 Tone 1 4/10

28 - How to Dress as Human [NTS] 7/10

29 - Of Course I Still Love You [NTS] 10/10

30 - Bit My Tongue (osno1 NTS flip) 9/10 \\this version is much closer to the original than the one on Remixes 2017 \\dog

31 - bloodstains [NTS] 10/10

32 - I CANT GET NO REST (Sanchez Mix) 6/10

33 - I Need Help Immidiately [NTS] 4/10

34 - 420 Mix 6/10

35 - creep 4 yr bones [NTS] 10/10 \\dog

36 - ditch a body in the laundry [NTS] 8/10

37 - gec 2 Ü [NTS] 9/10

This whole show was broadcasted over NTS radio

2019 - Mine Gala - 100 gecs [DS] 6/10

1 - came to my show (intro) [demo] 6/10 \\there might be a dog bark here, I’m not sure

2 - came to my show (demo) 7/10

3 - Without Me (MineGala Remix) 6/10

4 - instrumental 1 7/10 \\goofy

5 - ooooooooohhhhhhhh + Instrumental 2 9/10

6 - Feel Good Inc (MineGala Remix) 8/10

7 - Instrumental 3 8/10

8 - Shoota (MineGala Remix) 7/10 \\there also might be a dog here

9 - Potion Seller (MineGala Remix) 7/10 \\how do you even remix this?!?

10 - Appalachian Spring (MineGala Remix) 4/10

11 - My Heart Will Go On (MineGala Remix) 5/10 \\I don’t like the original so i’m somewhat biased

12 - toothless (demo) 8/10

This is probably their weakest show, despite this, some of their most popular non-album songs to play live came from this show

2019 - Summer Nights - 100 gecs [DS] 8/10

1 - Intro of Darkness 8/10

2 - 800db bongrip 9/10 \\this is a very interesting remix

3 - instrumental 1 7/10

4 - what Ü think that we think is cool 8/10

5 - CAR CRASH 9/10

6 - MAND CRUSHED BY A HALLET 8/10 \\dog

7 - Stronger (Summer Nights Remix) 6/10

8 - instrumental 2 4/10

9 - when im holding Ü 6/10

10 - gec dance 7/10

11 - my boys got his own allstar 8/10 \\this song makes me take psychic damage

This is honestly a pretty good show but it takes a while to get used to because of how powerful the bass is, sometimes it starts to drown out the music

2020 - Square Garden - 100 gecs [DS] 8/10

1 - THX Intro 2/10

2 - TIGER 9/10 \\how the hell did they make such a good song out of eeny meeny miny moe

3 - fallen 4 Ü 10/10 \\ one of their best songs

4 - the mall 7/10

5 - Last Train To Awesometown (SquareGarden Remix) 7/10 \\I’m honestly somewhat intimidated by Parry Gripp, how does someone become this popular over music made for children

6 - small pipe (live @ fishcenter) 5/10

7 - Instrumental 1 5/10

8 - CHEST 7/10 \\this is music from a bad timeline

9 - Thos Moser (SquareGarden Remix) 8/10 \\this is significantly better than the original \\dog

10 - we got numbers in the title 4/10

11 - One Two Buckle My Shoe 9/10 \\this is actually a very early demo of Hey Big Man

12 - Metalcore Song 8/10

13 - ice cream pizza 4/10

14 - What's That Smell? 8/10 \\this song is about Laura’s fucked up tooth that caused her to have to get eight root canals and eventually she had to have it removed, this song is definitely acquired taste

15 - Instrumental 2 3/10 \\ass

16 - when i walk away 5/10

17 - 800db cloud (live @ fishcenter) 10/10

18 - SquareGarden outro 3/10

This is my third favorite digital show, it has so many great unreleased songs

2020 - 1000 gecs And The Tree Of Clues - 100 gecs [R]

1 - Money Machine (A.G. Cook Remix) 7/10

2 - Ringtone (Remix) feat. Charli XCX, Kero Kero Bonito, Rico Nasty 9/10 \\I think the KKB AAC line is clever \\dog

3 - 745 Sticky (Injury Reserve Remix) 8/10

4 - Gec 2 Ü (Danny L Harle Harlecore Remix) 7/10

5 - Hand Crushed By A Mallet (Remix) feat. Craig Owens, Fall Out Boy, Nicole Dollanganger 10/10 \\this remix is on another level, it’s just so well done.

6 - 800db Cloud (Ricco Harver Remix) 8/10

7 - Stupid Horse (Remix) feat. Count Baldor, GFOTY 4/10 \\this remix is just so annoying -_-

8 - Ringtone (umru Remix) 6/10

9 - xXXi_wud_nvrstøp_ÜXXx (Remix) feat. Hannah Diamond, Tommy Cash 1/10 \\I cannot stand this song

10 - 745 Sticky (Black Dresses Remix) 8/10 \\when they said “y̷̛̰͍̬̰̦̠̓͑̿̔̈́͒͒ͅę̴̡͓͖̤̞̥̻́̉͐̿̆͛͜ǎ̶̧̦̞̦̘͕̠̳̬̇͑̊̓̐” I fealt that

11 - Gecgecgec (Remix) feat. Lil West, Tony Velour 9/10

12 - xXXi_wud_nvrstøp_ÜXXx (99jakes Remix) 7/10

13 - Gec 2 Ü (Remix) feat. Dorian Electra 9/10

14 - Hand Crushed By A Mallet (Nothankyou Remix) 9/10

15 - Came To My Show (Intro) 7/10

16 - Came To My Show 9/10

17 - Toothless 8/10

18 - Small Pipe (Live At Fishcenter) 5/10

19 - 800db Cloud (Live At Fishcenter) 10/10

This is definitely my favorite remix album. Most remix albums I hear, like Reanimation by LINKIN PARK, feel very lacking, but this one is really well done. :)

2020 - Lavapalooza - 100 gecs [DS] 9/10

1 - can Ü hear me now 10/10 \\I love this song so much

2 - Blackout (Lavapalooza Remix) 9/10

3 - Delete my Fuckn Socials feat. Alice Gas 9/10

4 - Ievan Polkka (Lavapalooza Remix) 7/10

5 - mischief 10/10

6 - MTC (Lavapalooza Remix) 7/10

7 - geccraft 10/10

8 - Old MacDonald 6/10 \\funny

9 - torture me (demo) 9/10

10 - always miss Ü 9/10

This is my second favorite digital show, it has no skip worthy songs, in my opinion.

2020 - Appleville - 100 gecs [DS] 6/10

1 - ratratrat (intro) 7/10

2 - Want Ü 2 Love Me 9/10

3 - It's Tricky x War Pigs (Appleville Mashup) 4/10

4 - Blinded by the Light [Manfred Mann] (feat. Tony Velour) 6/10

5 - cook real good 7/10

It’s a cool concept but I can’t bring myself to really enjoy this show.

2020 - DISCO4 :: PART I - HEALTH [S] 8/10

3 - POWER FANTASY (feat. 100 gecs) 8/10

Honestly a pretty good song, I’m glad that HEALTH and 100 gecs did a collaboration

2020 - LONELY MACHINES - 3OH!3 [S] 8/10

1 - LONELY MACHINES (feat. 100 gecs) 8/10

I’ve never been a 3OH!3 fan but this song is pretty good

2020 - laura les @ 909fest - Laura Les [DS] 8/10

1 - The Boys Are Back In Town (Remix) 6/10

2 - West Virginia (Does your dad wanna kill me) 7/10

3 - hand crushed by a mallet (909 Remix) 8/10 \\dog

4 - Get this collar off my neck 7/10

5 - Run Rabbit Run (800 db remix) 8/10 \\same as the end part of the Summer Nights remix

6 - Come Back Someday 7/10

7 - Comedy 6/10

8 - Happy Fartcore 6/10 \\:(

9 - Starlight 8/10

10 - Bangarang (Laura Les remix) 7/10

11 - Walls Are Closing In 8/10

12 - Hardcore Will Never Die 8/10

It’s pretty alright, definitely better than I was expecting

2020 - live at HEAV3N goes 2 H3LL - 100 gecs [DJ] 7/10

1 - live at HEAV3N goes 2 H3LL 7/10

this is a single hour long recording of the set, I couldn’t find a version with the tracks separated to bare with me please

2020 - Laura Les @ A2B2 - Laura Les [DS] 8/10

1 - Tired 6/10 \\the oof breaks me

2 - Haunted (demo) 8/10

3 - Ken 7/10

4 - Bring A Gun 6/10 \\funny intermission

5 - Whats Happening 8/10 \\wasn’t expecting anything like this

6 - In The Trunk. 5/10

7 - U X Me 8/10

8 - And Make Sure Its Loaded 7/10

This set was pretty good but so was most of Night of Fire

2020 - sympathy 4 the grinch - 100 gecs [S] 9/10

1 - sympathy 4 the grinch 9/10

One of the only good christmas songs

2021 - One Step Closer (100 gecs Reanimation) - LINKIN PARK [S] 9/10

1 - One Step Closer (100 gecs Reanimation) 9/10

Though I’m disappointed that LP wasn’t able to go through with the whole second Reanimation, I’m so glad that this song happened, I’ve probably listened to it more than the regular version of One Step Closer

2021 - Haunted - Laura Les [S] 9/10

1 - Haunted 9/10

This song took a while for me to get into but it really started to stick with me recently

2021 - Live @ Vampalooza - laura les & petal supply [DS]

1 - vamp_intro 5/10

2 - Lately 8/10

3 - I <3 U a lot 7/10

4 - ddiscombbobulated 6/10

5 - PRTY GRL 7/10

6 - Kiss Goodnight 7/10

It was an alright show, some of the talking seemed a bit unnecessary

2021 - Cake Pop 2 - CAKE POP [S] 8/10

1 - black rum 10/10 \\the vocals on this song are so good

2 - cake happy 7/10

3 - whistle 9/10

4 - magic 5/10

5 - ether 7/10

6 - candy floss 7/10

7 - satin bedsheets 6/10

8 - boom (let version) 8/10 \\this is the original version of the song, after its release Dylan changed the line “let the speaker go boom” to “make the speaker go boom”

8 - boom (make version) 9/10 \\I prefer this version

9 - pombachu 8/10 \\wtf is the outro(s)

10 - almost famous 9/10

This is honestly a HUGE step up from the last album 6 years prior

2021 - Live at Terminal 5 - 100 gecs [L] 10/10

1 - crowd's hyped (Live at Terminal 5 Intro)

2 - hey big man (Live at Terminal 5) 9/10

3 - new york fricking city (interlude) [Live at Terminal 5]

4 - stupid horse (Live at Terminal 5) 9/10

5 - what's up y'all (interlude) [Live at Terminal 5]

6 - 757 (Live at Terminal 5) 10/10

7 - new york, new york (interlude) [Live at Terminal 5]

8 - gamelan (Live at Terminal 5) 7/10

9 - new york, new york (Frank Sinatra cover) [Live at Terminal 5] 7/10

10 - ringtone (Live at Terminal 5) 9/10

11 - somebody's watching (interlude) [Live at Terminal 5]

12 - fallen 4 Ü (Live at Terminal 5) 9/10

13 - the great city of new york (interlude) [Live at Terminal 5]

14 - hollywood baby (Live at Terminal 5) 10/10 \\I had this version of the song on repeat until it’s release

15 - new york (Live at Terminal 5)

16 - gecgecgec (Live at Terminal 5) 8/10

17 - 3DS (interlude) [Live at Terminal 5]

18 - hand crushed by a mallet (Live at Terminal 5) 9/10

19 - new york, new york (Frank Sinatra cover) [part 2] {Live at Terminal 5} 6/10

20 - billie knows jamie (Live at Terminal 5) 10/10 \\I love the improv in this version of the song. Something to note about this track is during this show they play the studio versions of the songs in the background for the instrumentals and they also have the vocals in the background for the effects that they can’t do live, the vocals aren’t in the background for this song which implies that the vocals hadn’t been recorded yet, this also explains why there was an improv part in the middle of the song, they hadn’t finished the lyrics yet.

21 - rare intersection (interlude) [Live at Terminal 5]

22 - mememe (Live at Terminal 5) 10/10

23 - one million dollars (Live at Terminal 5) 10/10 \\Laura goes crazy on the guitar

24 - hope you're not doing sup-par (interlude) [Live at Terminal 5]

25 - money machine (Live at Terminal 5) 10/10 \\I love the fact that the whole crowd sings the opening lyrics

26 - insistent gec chanting (interlude) [Live at Terminal 5]

27 - what's that smell (Live at Terminal 5) 8/10

28 - i was on instagram today (interlude) [Live at Terminal 5]

29 - sympathy 4 the grinch (Live at Terminal 5) 10/10

30 - poll/thank you/last one (interlude) [Live at Terminal 5]

31 - 800db cloud (Live at Terminal 5) 10/10

I listened to this show everyday waiting for 10,000 gecs to come out. I genuinely love this show so much, I really wish I could get to actually see them live. I watched the recording of the show on the night of the album's release… I might’ve cried when it came out.

2022 - Snake Eyes - 100 gecs [S] 10/10

1 - Hey Big Man 10/10 \\I don’t care if the lyrics are cringy, the song goes crazy and the bass is amazingly intense

2 - Torture Me (feat. Skrillex) 9/10 \\they took out the part that I liked in the original version :(

3 - Runaway 10/10 \\when I first listened to this song I was so scared that it was going to be one of those shitty heartbreak songs and then it kicked and I absolutely lost my mind because this song is so fucking good.

So one night I decided to look up if any new info had come out about 10,000 gecs and there was an article that was 2 minutes old saying that this was released, I immediately bought it while sort of crying with joy because I really wanted new music and I finally got it.

H2023 - Boiler Room: 100 gecs in Los Angeles - 100 gecs [DJ] 7/10

1 - Commentary 1 6/10

2 - Eruption 6/10

3 - Where’s Your Head At (100 gecs Remix) 9/10

4 - Waves 7/10

5 - I Can't Stop 7/10

6 - Cinema [Virtual Riot Remix] 6/10

7 - 800db cloud (Ricco Harver Remix) 8/10

8 - Both [Remix] 7/10 \\I love unnecessary air horns

9 - Incredible / Blackout (Remix) 7/10

10 - A New Day Has Come (Remix) 6/10

11 - Werk / Go Hard (La.La.La) 7/10

12 - Are You That Somebody (Remix) 7/10

13 - Bust Down 6/10

14 - Get Up / Ugly 6/10

15 - Hate or Glory (Custome Edit) 7/10

16 - Haunted (Dylan Brady Remix) 7/10

17 - Jump Around 7/10

18 - Smiling 6/10

19 - ID1 7/10

20 - Z 6/10

21 - Hit Em 7/10

22 - Hey You There 6/10

23 - Heads Will Roll (A-Trak Remix) [Jay TP Edit] 6/10

24 - Heads Will Roll (Leroy Remix) 7/10

25 - Mantra (Nitepunk Remix) 7/10

26 - ID2 / ID3 7/10

27 - Void Song / Hello Music 6/10

28 - Jump in the Line 7/10

29 - Walkin' On the Sun 7/10

30 - Feel Good Inc. / Music Sounds Better with You (Leotrix Remix) 8/10

31 - TiK ToK (Leotrix Remix) 6/10

32 - Torture Me 8/10

33 - Join Us for a Bite 6/10 \\I’m just mad that I had to listen to a FNAF song

34 - Faneto 5/10

35 - McDonalds 7/10

36 - The Star 6/10

37 - Hounds 6/10

38 - OHFR? 7/10

39 - Report Card / Solar 7/10

40 - Divide & Conquer (Noisia Remix) / Livin' la Vida Loca (PLURGATTI BOY 420 Remix) 6/10

41 - Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites (Dirtyphonics Remix) / Yeah Right 8/10

42 - Immortals 6/10

43 - I Serve the Base 7/10

44 - Rock the Bells 8/10

45 - anthems (Dylan Brady Remix) 7/10

46 - Signatune (Thomas Bangalter Edit) 6/10

47 - Weeble Wobble 6/10

48 - De 38 Carregado / Better Off Alone (Weird Baile Remix) 6/10

49 - hand crushed by a mallet (Laura Les Remix) 8/10 \\dog

50 - xXXi wud nvrstøp ÜXXx (Shinigami Remix) 9/10

51 - Everytime We Touch (Remix) 7/10

52 - Satisfaction (Remix) 7/10

53 - ORANGE SODA 6/10

54 - Commentary 2 6/10

55 - Toxicity (100 gecs Remix) 9/10

56 - Woke Up This Morning (Remix) 7/10

57 - Commentary 3 5/10

It’s a pretty good show, it’s also an hour and 26 minutes long.

2023 - 10000 gecs - 100 gecs [S] 10/10

1 - Dumbest Girl Alive 10/10

2 - 757 10/10 \\I love the Star Wars noises \\possible dog bark here

2 - 757 (physical version) 10/10 \\the version of this song and BKJ on CD and vinyl are vastly different than the digital release

3 - Hollywood Baby 10/10

4 - Frog On The Floor 10/10

5 - Doritos & Fritos 10/10

6 - Billy Knows Jamie 10/10 \\I really like how aggressive this version is

6 - Billy Knows Jamie (physical version) 10/10 \\I honestly prefer this version but the other is just as good

7 - One Million Dollars 10/10 \\the guitar on this song is amazing

8 - The Most Wanted Person In The United States 10/10 \\dog, the dog bark is realistic this time

9 - I Got My Tooth Removed 10/10 \\if you pay close attention, after the second time Laura says “I got my tooth removed” you hear what sound like a small moan, if you slow the song down to about 40% of its original speed you can hear that the “moan” is actually some voice saying “I know” which is a really cool easter egg

10 - mememe 10/10

This is by far one of my favorite albums if it wasn’t apparent, it was well worth the wait. I still get chills whenever I listen to this album, it’s just so good and such a leap in quality from their first album. I wonder what 100,000 gecs will be like.

This is 32,124 characters long and took my around 4 days to do

Sorry if it is kinda rough, I don’t do this very often, but if your interested I’ve also made a review for Death Grips and Rammstein

I would absolutely appreciate any feedback I can get

#100 gecs #osno1 #Laura Les #Dylan Brady #CAKE POP #music review #:3 #this took 4 days #music #196 #r/196 #r196 #special interest #review #long post #long reads #long read

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jbblackwell · 2 months ago

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KISS - Music from Fridays 1982 (franKENstein Redux) from KENN NARDI on Vimeo.

I consider myself a "charter Elder fan", meaning I got the album on release day back in 1981 and loved it from the beginning. I had been a fan since 1977 and after I watched most of my friends jump ship after Dynasty (and the rest long gone by Unmasked) I felt like the only KISS fan left in the world.

I had seen photos of the band in 16 Magazines showing their new makeup and costumes and wondering what to expect. I went to the local Music Vision and got the new single "A World Without Heroes". For me, anything new from KISS was beyond exciting and I liked what I heard. Even better, the B-side was a new song by my hero Ace. This music was fresh to my ears and even though I was only 12-going-on-13 I personally liked this more "musical" version of the band. Eric's drumming was really cool on "Dark Light" and Ace's solo was great. I also liked Gene's "mellow" voice which reminded me of some of my favorite songs from his '78 solo album.

Shortly after that, the album was released. I remember going to the store 2 or 3 days in a row asking about it, but it seemed to be a couple days late in arriving. Finally, I got it and instantly fell in love with the music. Having discovered stuff like Pink Floyd's the Wall (still my favorite album of all time) I though it was great to hear something a bit "deeper" from the guys than "Shout It Out Loud". I had even formed my first band that same year which I called "ODYSSEY" because of the song. I should also mention I was one of those unfortunate fans who got the LP with the clear sleeve, but NO lyric sheet. I still didn't know some of the words until the Internet was born many years later.

I also can remember like it was yesterday watching Fridays when it aired and being beyond thrilled to see KISS on TV (not that common back then). Plus...three new songs played! The perfect "Elder sandwich" of the opener ("the Oath"), closer ("I") and the middle track "A World Without Heroes". I don't care what anyone says, I agree with the record label and the album MUST have the 1981 US running order. The "original" Japanese release is horrible. It sounds like climbing up a very long hill to find nothing at the top. As for the "story line", for me "The Oath" sets the stage and gives a great overview of what's to come (as told through the rest of the songs). The musical balance is perfect in that order. It flows great and begins and ends with a bang. I consider "The Oath" to be proto-power-metal with its riffing, drumming and lyrical content. Musically speaking, the album overall was incredibly influential on my own writing throughout the years.

So, here is my version of the Fridays appearance, upscaled to 1080p.

For the audio, I wanted to remix and recreate the sound for a stereo mix. To do this I had to borrow a bit of Paul's guitar from the album. Ace's guitar dominates the original mix, so it was isolated and used for his parts. Paul's rhythm parts on "The Oath" and "I" are taken from the album, but edited to match his playing as he does a few things differently live (mostly due to his over-the-top theatrics, ha). Ace was also badly out of tune (or bending the stings) on a lot of parts, so I did some cut-and-paste work replacing the rougher spots with better parts where the same things are played.

Gene's bass is 100% from the show as are Eric's drums, which I have augmented using kick, snare, tom and cymbal samples I created rather than using "modern" samples. These are blended with his original drums.

For "A World Without Heroes" a stereo guitar/keyboard mix was created using the parts from the show mixed with some from the album to get separation (the show actually did have keyboards). I tweaked Paul's solo slightly just to fix up a couple bum notes and also blended his album solo very low to give a bit of the same ambiance since his tone is very dry on the show.

Even in 1982, as I watched the show I could tell the singing was a bit "off" in places. Particularly Paul, who comes out of the gate hot, singing uncharacteristically sharp all over "The Oath" with Ace's very loud and out of tune guitar not helping. So, for this version, I borrowed a few words from the 3rd verse where he re-sings the same lyrics and blended it with the rest to make the first verse a little more on-key. Gene also gets the same treatment for his 2nd "and you don't know why you don't know". I also used very small bit the album vocal tracks for a few words that were missing or very low in the mix due to the guys not being on-mic at time. I also blended a VERY small bit of the background vocals from the album on "I" just to fill them out a bit.

As I always say, these videos are NOT for the purists. This performance is MOSTLY true to the original, but approached the same way KISS might approach an official release, with just a bit of "clean-up" for a more enjoyable experience. The original is readily available, so this in no way is intended to replace it or re-write "kisstory".

Enjoy!

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undiscovered-horror-icon · 4 years ago

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SlipKnot Histrory

[This was from a french blogging website, post original publish in 2009. I think it’s instresting; All credit goes to the original poster. Posted linked at the bottom of this post.]

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Note: This is a long hauled description of events; it shows how fate has brought Slipknot together and how this makes Slipknot more than an everyday band; the music is their life not just a ploy for fame. Slipknot are hard core expression and emotion that WILL rock the music industry! They are a band with an undying passion! Slipknot formed in the year of 1995 as a result of the work of Paul, Shawn and Anders Colsefni (ex-vocalist). (They had originally played with the idea of making a band as early as 1993 and even began writing songs; however the project fell through when Shawn became busy with his welding occupation.) These three along with guitarists Donnie Steele (ex- Body Pit guitarist) and Quan Nong began practising under the name of Meld. However, at some point Quan Nong left, this time is uncertain, but is expected to be following the first six practices due to his following of a more Alternative/Punk style. Following his departure the band started anew, with a project named, "The Pale Ones". During this period Shawn (a.k.a Clown) was the lead drummer. Paul was determined to get Joey involved with his new project, despite failing to receive his interest in earlier projects such as Body Pit. Paul met up with Joey at Sinclair's where Joey worked nights, there he tempted Joey to watch rehearsals within Anders' basement. Joey reluctantly agreed and despite missing two rehearsals due to work priorities, eventually made it down to the basement to view a practice session. This basement, was "largely, open spaced", not only was the area so small and cramped but for soundproofing the members used carpet samples and scraps from a nearby pet grooming centre, these made the whole basement smell of Cat piss. The first song that Joey heard them play was a song known as "Slipknot", followed by "Gently" and "Fur". Joey soon realised that he had to be in this band and soon began to play the drums; pushing Shawn onto percussion. A band had formed. Within the cramped basement new songs were being turned out by the minute, including titles such as "Killers Are Quiet", "Bitchslap", "Do Nothing", "Confessions", "Some Feel", "Part of Me" and "Tattered and Torn". Paul, Shawn and Joey also began to meet up at Sinclair's to discuss ideas and plans for the future. Here they planned everything, here they decided the rules that define the current Slipknot. 1. "We do not answer to anyone" 2. "We do not worry about trends" 3. "We play what we want" 4. "We would not allow people to have any sort of influence on the band" Shawn and Joey also decided that the band would require three drummers to provide a hardcore audio assault. Shawn wanted a drummer to the left and right with one at the back controlling it all, creating a wall of power, a fist layer... . Joey plays the main set and as a result is the main drummer who holds the band together. Shawn is the "Total Power Drummer" and is all aggression. The third element of percussion was often performed by Anders. Within Sinclair's Shawn and Joey also realised that the band would need another guitarist. Josh formerly of Modifidious and Inveigh Catharsis was called and he soon added himself to the band. Now there were six. Soon the band decided on a new title for themselves, they toyed with the name of "Pyg System" however agreed on the more simple name of "Slipknot", the title of their first song. The people of Des Moines knew that a new band was forming and they knew who was in it. However no one had heard or seen them. Soon a small performance was given, the band suited in Kiss styled makeup, fitting the music perfectly with the green glowing lights. This spawned the idea of the masks. This idea evolved and following discussions and Shawn turning up to a practice wearing his legendary Clown mask, the sextet decided almost unanimously, with the exception of Donnie, that masks should be worn. Joey came fully equipped with his moulded and expressionless Kabuki Mask and despite difficulty within practices the idea took off, the whole anti-image appearance which fitted so well with their rule of ignoring trends had a great appeal. Soon Shawn contacted Mike Lawyer, due to an interest in recording some studio work. Mike got an engineer/producer of his named Sean Mcmahon to meet up with them during a practice session. Sean, not only stunned by the wolf skin attire of lead singer Anders, was also blown away by the sheer sound of Slipknot. The band soon started work on their first project, dubbed, MFKR. "Mate Feed Kill Repeat". The band grabbed every available moment to practice, perform and record within the SR Audio Studios, customising the room with posters, lights and many other objects. Many happenings occurred around this studio, including the drawing of corpses on the road outside and a performance in the nude by Joey. Sean Mcmahon: "I was contacted by former members of a band called Body Pit to check out their new band at their rehearsal space. I did. I was Floored! That band was Slipknot." Within February of 1996 a great change occurred within Donnie Steele; he found God. He realised that he could not be within such a band as Slipknot with the beliefs he held and as a result withdrew himself from the group, the others respecting his descision. At this crucial point in time a new member was called up; a former member of Joey's band Modifidious, his name was Craig. He had been recommended by Jordison. During his arrival the MFKR album was already in its mixing stages. The mixing of MFKR was anything but smooth. Each song being remixed many times. Strain was added by different view that each member held and things often got intense. Not only was their problems with the mixing but the band was also unhappy with the mastering that was done on the CD, hence they insisted that Sean should do it. Slipknot's first major show in which they would unveil themselves to the people of Des Moines became booked for the 4th April 1996 at the locally known meeting place pronounced, "The Safari". On the day's arrival the room was packed with 200 people. The band arrived in Joey's car and each member sported their individual garments. Paul with a wore wrapped around his head, weaving in and out of his piercings, Josh showing off an executioners hood while Craig had placed pantyhose on his head. Joey and Shawn each used the masks they had always worn, the Clown and Kabuki. Before the band began to play Joey began to incessantly shout, "I need a little Christmas in my drink" repeatedly with each new phrase increasing in volume, energy and power. The band then slammed into their debut song, "Slipknot". By Slipknot's second performance at the club Paul had found a new "Pig" mask. Within this show the band played with another band named, "Stone Sour", Corey Taylor was the lead singer. The band played a total of seven shows at the club in one month alone. The band carried on playing their shows which were much more "insane" than we see these days (taming of the media,etc...), rather than the same uniform jumpsuits and regular masks the band played in different things, for example Shawn rented out a large purple "Barney" suit and others wore Nun dresses and even ballroom dresses or a Little Bo Peep outfit. The shows were really dark, underground and scary however they still carried an element of humour. The shows would start with strobe lights flashing and a sample from Craig, usually of a mad laugh and "ice cream" man chimes, Shawn would drop a power saw to create a series of sparks to fly over the crowd. Joey still felt that the band was incomplete. He wanted more; a different sound and a greater variety. Craig was promptly shifted onto samples, leaving an empty vacancy. Hence Mick arrived. MFKR was eventually finished on Halloween, 1996. The party had began and 400 people turnt up. The album was sent out to many people and a person named Sophia at a local station managed to hear it and liked it. This lead to the arrangement of Slipknot's appearance in the local battle of the band's contest. The on air tournament that spanned across several weeks soon began with the individual heats. Slipknot faced Corey's band; Stone Sour - they won. Slipknot also defeated "Maelstrom" and "Black Caesar" who came second. Slipknot conquered all. This was one of the band's highlights that fuelled them to their current stardom. The money from the win helped fund the heavily in debt band's new projects and demos. By this time several record companies had investigated the band, one of these being Roadrunner who felt that they should not pick up Slipknot due to their thought that the vocalist required more melody. This rejection continued and no where could they be signed. Sophia became their first manager due to her contacts and love for this new band. Things then seemed to get worse; Shawn bought the Safari which took time away from the band despite being a good investment. The band could no longer play in Anders' basement and things were falling apart. There were often tensions between Joey and Shawn and "Slipknot" had no where to play. However they still managed to make it onto the bill for the local "Dotfest" in June. There they played to the largest crowd in their history, a crowd of 12 000, containing many industry people. Not only was the sound dodgy and kept going out but the crowd began to throw chicken bones on stage. At the show Slipknot came out throwing Tampons into the crowd and had several "gimps". This was the first and last time for the "gimps". The gimps were Frank with a gas mask, Lanny with tribal markings in liquid latex, Greg covered with liquid latex and a ball gag in his mouth and Greg's friend Slick Rick in a latex hood. Slipknot had the original idea of having a professional stunt man, Rick, come out dressed as Shawn and then Shawn would come out and set him on fire. They had all the things to do it (for a long time it set in the cooler at Safari) but the city would not issue the permits to perform it so the event had to be abandoned. The set ended with them being cut off and an almost riot breaking out as Andy cut open his arms and tossed CDs over the fence to the fans. Joey quit. But he reconsidered and came back. Some good things did come out of this though, their performance left a mark, they made new fans and most importantly they discovered Sid Wilson (even though they did not speak to him). Slipknot looked for the success they were not getting and decided to enlist Corey Taylor of rival band Stone Sour, to join the line up. Joey, Shawn and Mick confronted him with the an ultimatum at his work place, "The Adult Emporium". They said, "Join the band or we will kick your ass!" Slipknot provided an opportunity not present in Stone Sour; the band could go places. The music over image policy also appealed. Corey began practising with the band and the first lyrics he wrote were to be used in the song, "Me Inside". This was a very experimental move and everyone was wondering how it would turn out. This change resulted in Anders being pushed back to percussion and back up vocals. Soon this new breed of the Knot performed a show; it turned out it was a charity event for a local hospital. The Safari was packed to the brim. Corey came out wearing a large amount of makeup that gave a dark appearance, this was added to by two latex crosses marked over his eyes. Despite this excitement the show was riddled with technical problems and was the show that resulted in Joey's nickname, "Superball". Their next show was on 17th September, again at the Safari. This show was a great improvement however nearly a year on from the MFKR release an announcement was to be made. Just before Slipknot were about to storm into their final song, "Scissors", Anders made an announcement, "This will be my last show" he stated. This stunned both band members and the audience. Following this sudden change the band returned to the studio to re-record the songs on their untitled second CD - minus Anders' vocals. Of these songs included, "Gently", "Do Nothing", "Slipknot", "Tattered and Torn", "Me Inside", "Carve", "Coleslaw", "Scissors", "Windows" and "May 17th" a song written by Shawn. To cope with Ander's departure a new member was brought in, he was named Greg a.k.a Cuddles (a tattooist @ axiom piercing). Cuddles was extremely insane and very much like Slipknot's DJ, Sid. He would smash up the sets and even throw his drum kit into the crowd. Cuddles joined the band despite warnings from family and friends and he is also responsible for the tribal "S" tattoo on Anders' leg. Cuddles had previously drummed for the "Havenots" a band which Joey and Paul had been in. Cuddles is the naked guy in the MFKR inlet. Cuddles played his lst show in the Summer of 1998, he was the only member of Slipknot to be sacked, this was due to his lazy attitude towards the band. He moved to South Dakota and started up the tattoo parlour, "The Ultimate Prick", this has since been shut down. Following Cuddles' departure there was one show in Malibu which took place wile auditions were occurring, hence there was a replacement and that was Brandon, he played one show and wore the "liar" mask. One night Joey and Shawn checked out a clan named "The Sound Proof Coalition" at the Safari containing the DJs, A-Rock, Loodachris, Phase II, Rek, Sub Two, Iniversoul and Starscream. Starscream, a.k.a Sid Wilson introduced himself to them and told them they rocked at Dotfest, Shawn said they needed a DJ, Sid said he was the man. Following pestering by Sid he was allowed to view a practice and following a session of head butting it was decided he was fit to be part of the group. Auditions were being carried out for a Cuddles replacement, these auditions brought about a person named Chris Fehn, he had seen the band played and had previously asked to become a roadie. He was soon added to the group, despite being put through a vigourous ordeal. This included his initiation test commonly known as the secret track on the self titled album. Soon after this event Slipknot came up with the barcode, number and coverall ideas. A new song was also written; it was called, "Spit it Out". Slipknot now had offers flying in from mainly internet reports. However the band really wanted Ross Robinson to work on the project and he was contacted through Sophia. Robinson checked out the demo tape and flew into Des Moines to view a practice session and a live show. After watching the practice (which very few are aloud to see) he knew the band would go far. Ross not only felt the vide of the music but the vide of the passion; a passion he himself had felt. This was the beginning of a wonderful creation. He then saw Slipknot perform live at the Safari on 2nd February 1998. Word soon got back to Slipknot that he was willing to record the album, label or not. Ross later signed them onto his own label, "I am recordings". Ross then got in touch with Roadrunner and the band publicly signed to Roadrunner Records outside of the Axion Studio (tattoo parlour) in Des Moines. Following a call on the 23rd September, Slipknot drove out to LA to begin the recording of their album. The band practised solid for a week and soon began the recording that left the band sore. They then travelled upto the legendary Indigo Ranch to carry on the recording. To add a necessary expression to this music, Ross got Corey to explain his lyrics to all the other members, so they could "feel it". This took the music to a higher level; it made it raw expression and emotion, it added an element not seen before. Despite the many changes that had occurred within the Knot, another was to occur. This time it was Josh's time for departure, he left due to "family life" and would not have been able to cope with the extensive touring that lay ahead. The band knew instantly who they wanted to replace him, the Atomic Opera star, Jim Root. Jim originally said no to the offer due to his desire to stay true to the band he was currently working in. However after a bad show he called Shawn and essentially joined the band.

Original Post: slipknotmetalmusik. skyrock. com /2381521055-slipknot. html

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#slipknot #slipknot history #sid wilson #joey jordison #paul gray #chris fehn #jim root #craig jones #shawn crahan #mick thomson #corey taylor #yeah its instresing i like it #fun to read

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grimelords · 5 years ago

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So since the last time I posted one of these the entire world has changed dramatically and hopefully 4 hours of music will tide you over in quarantine for a bit longer. Strangely I’ve been busier than ever, and what started as a personal challenge to listen to a new album every day in February turned into me listening to 116 new albums in March and 124 in April. I’ve got a stacked google doc full of star ratings and dates now and it’s really been a lot of fun, I highly recommend trying it yourself. This is my March playlist, because I accidentally took a month off, and I’m thinking of either switching these playlists to weekly to make them a little more digestible or just dropping them whenever. Who knows. Let me know what you think and drop album recommendations in the comments please.

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On A Slow Boat To China - Bing Crosby & Peggy Lee: Ok first off it’s amazing this song isn’t more racist. I don't remember now how or why I came across this. I think I was just thinking about crooners and how as a genre it's now existed in common popularity as a nostalgic idyll of a mytholigised past far longer than it was ever actually popular which is interesting. The origin of this song, according to wikipedia, is also one of the most 40s ideas I've ever read: "I'd like to get you on a slow boat to China" was a well-known phrase among poker players, referring to a person who lost steadily and handsomely. The idea being that a "slow boat to China" was the longest trip one could imagine. Loesser moved the phrase to a more romantic setting, yet it eventually entered general parlance to mean anything that takes an extremely long time".

Fight Night - Migos: I saw that Offset had some new show on Quibi the extremely fake sounding streaming service and I thought "how did Migos get so world conqueringly large that they get to make 10 minute shows nobody will watch for a $2 billion venture capital funded app that will never make any money?" They seem to have this massive reputation without having much to back it up. The last thing I remember everyone talking about was how Culure II was two hours long in order to game streaming numbers and was simply not good. They seemed to have sort of settled into making background music for scrolling instagram. But then I remembered Fight Night and I thought: "oh wait, that's right, Migos are fucking great". Where their other big hits like Bad And Boujee and Walk It Talk It have this sort of laid back vibe where they've comfortably nailed the formula and relax onto it, Fight Night commands your attention. StackboyTwan killed the beat - it has this propulsive momentum where it feels like it's constantly ramping up, moving up from the sidesick and bassline in the verse, up to the claps on the beat, and the big gang chants on the offbeat once the full instrumentation kicks in - then it just goes around and around and around with the constant bassline the whole tim. It's a perfect all-rise production because it never actually explodes, it's all building tension held down by an unchanging bassline.

Do It Puritan! - El Hombre Trajeado & Sue Tompkins: I am extremely delighted to announce that Sue Tompkins of one of my all time favourite single album bands Life Without Buildings has broken a nearly 20 year musical hiatus to appear on this song by El Hombre Trajeado. It is so nice to hear how her voice has changed and her approach has stayed the same. Her style is so unique and so good and I don't think I'll ever get tired of it.

5 8 6 - New Order: Before 'the incident' I had tickets to see New Order at the end of March and so I embarked on a big listen through of their discography, which has now unfortunately made it feel even worse that live music is cancelled indefinitely.

Oom Sha La La - Haley Heynderickx: First of all I love songs where they talking about how they're writing a song halfway through. And I love songs that seem like a pretty normal singer songwriter indie thing where someone just starts screaming near the end. I love this song. A great staring at the wall and absolutely losing your mind because you haven't done anything with your whole life anthem.

Elektrobank - The Chemical Brothers: Can you believe I've never listening to a full Chemical Brothers album before this month? Can you believe big beat ever went our of style? It feels insane that we ever swapped this sort of energy for the beige algorithm of EDM. I think there's a real triumph in this album, and in this track especially of replicating the live feeling in studio. Giving it this much space to grow and change and get very hairy near the end is amazing, it feels like it was just recorded live.

My Mind's A Ship (That's Going Down) - Katie Pruitt: It feels very rare to me that this sort of extremely smooth Nashville prduction actually makes a song better. It has a habit of strangling the life out of a song and making it blend into a boring paste of soundalikes, but with Katie Pruitt it works amazingly. Her songwriting is so distinct and clear and her voice, especially near the end where it punches hole in the sky, is so strong and so her own that it doesn't need anything else.

Water - Ohmme: "What if Tegan And Sara were a noise band instead?" is a question I didn't know I needed an answer to. I love any band that has the guts to write songs like this that sound like pop from an alternate history, so off kilter and odd and noisy but with this undeniable pop heart that the duo vocals make sound like schoolyard clapping chants remixed by Lightning Bolt.

Lions, Tigers and Bears - SLIFT: A friend put me on to Slift and described them as French King Gizz and really, I'm inclined to agree. This is the traditional long last song at the end of their new album, and as usual I am advocating that every song should be the long last song at the end of the album. I love this style of jam where everyone else goes to space but the rhythm section just digs in and works hard as fuck for ten minutes. Then the whole last 3 minutes of the song are just fat drone riffs. This song's got everything.

The Pines - 070 Shake: This 070 Shake album is unbeleivably good and it warms my heart to see the dark energy of The Pines live on through another century in yet another permutation. I have more to say about it later in the Jackson C Frank version coming up but it feels like this 070 Shake album kind of came and went but I implore you to listen, it’s an aoty contender for sure.

Standing On The Verge Of Getting It On - Funkadelic: If you can stop thinking about the intro, which I certainly can’t (Hey lady won’t you be my dog and I’ll be your tree and you can pee on me.) there is so much goodness in this song. For a while now I’ve been thinking about how, for lack of a better word, ‘positive’ music is consistently underrated in the critical canon. Dance music, disco and funk especially are derided as empty sugar music, while every cookie cutter metal band absolutely demands to be taken seriously. In dance music this manifests as genres like tech house sucking all the fun and individuality out of music until it’s just an endless parade of producers working to a schematic of the barest essentials. It feels like you can’t have fun and be taken seriously at the same time, which feels like an obvious contradiction but shouldn’t be!

Spoils - Dry Cleaning: Dry Cleaning are my Lock Of The Month Band To Watch In The Future Because They’re Gonna Go Off. They have such a great sound and I’m desperate for an album because I just need more. This song absolutely knocked me down when I first heard it. I love any band where it sounds like the singer has just wandered in while the rest of them were rehearsing. There’s a very good talking-songs movement happening in the UK right now between these guys, Do Nothing and Fontaines D.C and i’m excited to see where it progresses. I might put together a playlist a little later to show you what I mean.

As - Stevie Wonder: I finally listened to Songs In The Key Of Life this month, which is an experience I would recommend to everyone. This shit goes for 21 songs over 105 minutes and absolute bangs the whole way. The original release of this album was a double LP plus a 7", which is yet another reason I am grateful for streaming that I don't have to buy a damn box set to hear this thing.

Sleep Now In The Fire - Rage Against The Machine: I am working on a very niche playlist called Songs Where The Guitar Amp Accidentally Picks Up A Nearby Radio Station For A Couple Of Seconds and it's only 3 songs so far. A Man A Plan A Canal Panama by The Fall Of Troy, Melody 4 by Tera Melos and Sleep Now In The Fire by Rage Against The Machine. In every single one of those songs it feels like a critical component even though it's just an accident that's been left in because it sounds good. Here it's the perfect ending as the rage dies down and the commercial world fades back in. Anyway, my other question about this song is about the great Michael Moore directed video where they famously shut down Wall Street for an afternoon. There's a shot of a guy for a second holding a sign that says Donald Trump For President in 1999. Which is odd but not out of the question, he's been famous for a long time and there's always been freaks. My question is why the fuck did he have that sign that day? Was he amongst the Rage Against The Machine Fans that showed up? A counter protestor? Was he, perhaps most chillingly of all, just walking idly around Wall Street with his Donald Trump For President sign like usual and stumbled upon this whole hoo-haa accidentally?

Applause (Purity Ring Remix) - Lady Gaga: Did you fucking know that Purity Ring did a remix of Applause? If there’s something I’d love to know more about and it’s Purity Ring’s forays into pop production. After their first album they did some production for rappers like Danny Brown in the great track 25 Bucks, which is a good fit really - their sound is witch house with the tempo pushed back up, witch house of course just being chopped and screwed reinvented by tumblr users. So it’s a natural fit to take that new perspective back into the world of hip hop. They also did this fantastic remix of Applause after their first album. Then, after their second album they produced 3 songs for Katy Perry’s Witness album, and one Katy Perry song for a Final Fantasy mobile game soundtrack (?) and feel like the long silence and delay between their second and third albums is because of more behind the scenes pop production work - but if that’s true, where is it? Is it, as I suspect, part of my own personal Pepe Silvia, Katy Perry’s scrapped 2019 album that has vanished into thin air? Or is it part of Chromatica? I think Purity Ring have solidified an interesting place in pop, paving the way for Billie Eilish and Kim Petras’ dark anti-pop and so i’m excited to see where they go after this new album now that they’re the architects of the new wave.

React/Revolt - Drahla: The smartest thing you can do is add a saxophone to your band. The whole first half of this song could go for 20 minutes of growling screaming saxophone post-punk and I wouldn't mind. Then when the second half of the song kicks in it's fantastic in the way this whole Drahla album is: it's tight and sprawling post-punk at the same time with a complicated structure that seems to just pile onto itself instead of ever circling back.

And I Was Like - Porridge Radio: I'm seemingly having a real thing this month for songs that open with a bizzare acapella chant. Between this and the Funkadelic one it's a genre I'm very interested in hearing more of. Isaac Newton was a virgin and it's important to recognise that. The thing I love about this song is how it's in 3 distinc sections: Isaac Newton was a virgin, she's a birthday girl in a birthday world, and mum no please it's grunge, and they all feel like the concentrated energy of a 14 year old's thoughts. She sounds like she's almost crying when she sings 'she's a birthday girl in a birthday world'. The concentrated confusing teenaged energy of this song is just overwhelming.

Dirty Mattresses - Mama's Broke: So much of contemporary 'traditional folk' either exists as pure nostalgia music or as music that's trying too hard to be 'authentic' and evoke a mythology of a bygone time, but Mama's Broke manage to make it feel new and modern but honest and authentic at the same time. The super close harmonies and modern approach remind me of House And Land who I also love, but the songwriting is in another class entirely.

Building A House - CHOPCHOP: I don't know if you've ever seen Bad Boy Bubby but CHOPCHOP feels a little like the band that he ends up joining at the end. A musical ensemble built to enable the will of a very strange man. I think the band is from the UK and I'm not sure where the singer is from, but he has this incredible deeply accented voice that brings such a gravity to everything he sings in the way that anyone speaking english as a second language accidentally brings new weight to common turns of phrase.

Universal Soldier - Jay Electronica: It feels fitting, looking back, that Jay Electronica finally released his album right before the world ended. It was literally now or never. Some how Jay-Z is the breakout star of this album for me. He's got some of his best verses in years on here and he's a great opposition to Electronica's flow when they trade verses. I would also, as an aside, like to know the origin of the kids cheering sample throughout this, because it's the same one from AM//Radio by Earl Sweatshirt and Wish You Were Gay by Billie Eilish. So what's that about.

Sticky Hulks - Thee Oh Sees: I've been very slowly getting into Oh Sees and I love them a lot so far. Their unweildy, huge discography spread across a lot of variations of the same name makes digging into them very rewarding as well. There's a great line on their wiki detailing all the times they've changed their name that goes: Orinoka Crash Suite (1997–2003), OCS (2003–2005, 2017), Orange County Sound (2005), The Ohsees (2006), The Oh Sees (2006–2008), Thee Oh Sees (2008–2017), Oh Sees (2017–2019) Osees (2019) to give you some idea of what we're working with here. Basically it's just everything you could want from a pychedelic band like this: a history and discography as shaggy as the songs themselves.

Knife On The Platter - BODEGA: In reading about Bodega I learned that they don't have a drummer in the traditional sense. They have someone credited as a 'stand up percussionist', and in listening back I realised that's they key to the groove in their music. He's not playing a kit he's just slamming at a tom and a snare on a rack, while one of the singers plays hi-hat here and there. So all the drumming has this barebones caveman feel to it and I absolutely love it. The band feels a lot like The Fashion, and that whole mid-2000s dance-punk movement that I've been desparate to come back so naturally I love it a lot.

Against Gravity - Horse Lords: Horse Lords are one of the most incredible bands I've heard in a long time. Somewhere between a more analogue Battles and Laddio Bolocko, they make a kind of churning math-jazz that sounds like huge intersecting squares of rhythm slowly overlapping. It feels like there's an infinite depth in these songs, you can listen and focus on a single instrument and see it shifting in and out of place with everyone else, before you lose it again and it retreats back into the swirling mass.

Plain To See Plainsman - Colter Wall: I've been listening to this Colter Wall album a lot, and it's really beginning to rank among my all time favourites. I grew up around the flattest place in the southern hemisphere, so I love the plains and it's very nice to have a cowboy song I can relate to like that.

The Nail - Sarah Shook & The Disarmers: Sarah Shook has so much character in her voice I completely love it. She is also a fantastic songwriter that manages to make outlaw country punk that sounds authentic and doesn't have the rockabilly posturing that a lot of the genre suffers from.

Inner Reaches 慾望的暗角二 - Gong Gong Gong 工工工: The best thing about Gong Gong Gong is you can listen to this whole song before you realise they don't have a drummer. They're a guitar and bass duo that play and sing with such a layered rhythmic intensity between the two of them that they really don't need one. A drummer would just clutter the space already taken up by their ferocious rhythm.

Country Pie - Bob Dylan: I'm a big fan of Bob Dylan's dumb songs. He has a lot where if it's the first song you ever heard from him you would be mad at whoever told you he was the greatest songwriter to ever live for trying to trick you like this. What I especially love about this song is how abruptly it ends, like dad just came home and everyone panicked cause they're know they're not supposed to be staying up that late.

You Did It Yourself - Arthur Russell: It seems hard to believe that I've only just found out about Arthur Russel. He seems to be a mainstay of Music Guy lists and somehow I've only heard of him this month. I've been obsessing over the Iowa Dream album, which is a compilation of a lot of different (mostly extremely high quality) demos from the late 70s to mid 80s and what really shines through other than the singular strength of his songwriting is how readily and easily he bends from country style folk to romantic piano ballads, to groovy post-punk like this. What I love so much about this song is it's a great lesson in songwriting: sometimes a song can just be a vague review of a middling movie and still have emotional resonance. Incredible. There's a great NPR article about Arthur Russel and the process of assembling half-takes and demos into complete recordings that you should read if you're interested. https://www.npr.org/2019/11/20/779721417/which-arthur-russell-are-we-getting-on-iowa-dream

The Dogs Outside Are Barking - Arthur Russell: I love this song because it's such a perfect distillation of a teenaged moment: trying to find a moment alone with someone when you have no freedom at all to create one. The song cycles through potential situations but leaves the problem unresolved, existing in the moment of nervous romantic tension preceding an unasked question and it's just beautiful.

Men For Miles - Ought: I love the vocal melody in the verse here so much. Spiking up unnaturally at the end of the lines like a nervous and strange version of The Strokes. Even the way he cramps his words in in the chorus is so good, switching registers randomly like he's impersonating someone else.

Mister Soweto - Lizzy Mercier Descloux: https://pitchfork.com/features/from-the-pitchfork-review/9828-lizzy-mercier-descloux-behind-the-muse/ Pitchfork has a great article about Lizzy Mercier Descloux detailing how she is continually undervalued and underappreciated. I found her though my Discover Weekly and became immediately obsessed with this album - a perfect mix of off-kilter 80s bass and brass that is so colourful and seems to move in a million directions at once like the songs can't even catch up with themselves sometimes. I'm excited to dig into her discography more and try to understand her more because she has a truly unique approach that I can't get enough of.

Sweden - Marilyn Crispell: I've been looking for a while for other pianists of Cecil Taylor's calibre, rare type that it is and I am so glad to have finally found out about Marilyn Crispell. She plays free jazz like Taylor, but in much less percussive and disonnant style. There's a New York Times quote that seems to follow her that says "Hearing Marilyn Crispell play solo piano is like monitoring an active volcano. She is one of a very few pianists who rise to the challenge of free jazz." and it's really very apt. She will move with seemingly no warning at all from mediative, colourful stokes to a mad descent unto uncertainty and beyond, then back again without a moments hesitation. Her music moves like a dream, linking a stream of unlinked images with an ease that only seems incongruous on reflection.

Twins - Gem Club: I have loved this song for a very long time and I come back to it over and over and appreciate it anew. What I appreciate about on listening to it this time is the strangeness of it's structure, following up the verse with an instrumental break, and then a long instrumental intro to the chorus gives it so much space to spread out and breathe, giving the beautiful gravity of the song even more weight. Then after the chorus it moves straight to a bridge and then the intro and first verse again. It's a fantastic song that makes it's small parts so large, where another songwriter or another producer would pare them down.

Grand Central - Paul Cauthen: Something I've learned in listening to a lot of cowboy music is that the number one thing that cowboys hate and fear is getting hanged. They hate it worse than cats hate getting sprayed with water. I found out about Paul Cauthen combing through Colter Wall's similar artists looking for more of this brand of new old fashioned country and I really found it here. Paul Cauthen comes from four generations of preachers and left the church to pursue country music instead, which feels like an extremely old fashioned position to be in here in 2020 but I guess lots of people in Texas still live like that, and thank god they do or we wouldn't have Paul Cauthen's big mournful Elvis voice to sing us songs about the railway.

Serafina - BAMBARA: I love this sort of spoken word leather jacket rock and roll. It's so extremely Cool in an old fashioned way. Like a more rock and roll version of Enablers.

So 4 Real - The Hecks: I love love love this song that sounds like a sped up Prince demo. The strange thinness of the mix and the way the vocals are buried just makes it sound so strange and great, like it was put together on some ancient 4 track recorder that can't handle the pure energy of the song.

In The Pines (Version 2) - Jackson C. Frank: There's a very good 3 hour compilation of Jackson C. Frank recordings that came out a few years called Remastered And Unreleased that I listened through the other day. It's just magnificent. This version of In The Pines is one of my favourite I've ever heard, the mournful vocals coupled with his churning rhythm guitar really brings out the darkness of it in a way I've never heard.

(Tumble) In The Wind (Version 1) - Jackson C. Frank: Another favourite from this compilation that is slightly hard to listen to. I don't know if there's a date on it but I'd guess this was recorded near the end of his life. It is so beautiful, but you can hear in his voice and breathing that he's unwell. In Horseshoe Crabs by Hopalong she sings a story from his perspective this song really seems to fit in the second half of that. "Woke from the dream and I was old / Staring at the ass crack of dawn / Walked these streets up and down / Looking for Paul Simon / All I found was myself, lost in time / I tried singing my songs / But I lost my mind"

Sludge - Squid: I'm thinking of putting together a playlist of all the great Black Midi-adjacent bands I've found out about recently and Squid is at the top of the list. This new breed of art-punk is so fantastic and goes in a million different directions. I'm just so excited it exists.

Straight Shot - Quelle Chris: I love this song and Guns is a phenomenal album but there’s one thing bothering me. The ‘who are you, what are you’ part at the end sounds so incredibly familiar to me and I can’t figure out why. As far as I can tell it’s not a sample, but googling reveals that the english voice on it is fucking James Acaster the standup comedian. So what’s going on? Quelle Chris himself is less than helpful: “Straight Shot is one of those ideas that reached out to me, we got along and I simply showed it around town. The chorus, poem at the end and basic piano progression literally came to me in two separate dreams”. Who knows. Great song though.

Levitation - Dua Lipa: What I really like about this song is that she says sugarboo. This whole album bangs and Dua is really reaping the benefits of being the only pop star with the guts to release an album while everyone’s in lockdown I also have a half-baked theory about the way this song is almost interpolating Blame It On The Boogie in the ‘moonlight, starlight’ part as a sort of aggressive takeover of Michael Jackson’s cancelled legacy. Which is smart really. The same way Taylor Swift is re-recording her albums, let’s just get The Weeknd in the studio for a couple of days and give the world back it’s bangers.

Another Crashed Car - Nine Inch Nails: I am so glad Trent Reznor put out another two volumes of Ghosts. Ghosts I-IV from 2008 seems to have been the bridge from his Nine Inch Nails work to his film score work, and now that he’s had such success with that it’s nice to hear him writing in this style without telling anyone else’s story again. It’s also interesting for him to go back to this project now that Ghosts I-IV has paid dividends in the form of the sample at the centre of Old Town Road but that’s neither here nor there. It’s hard to pick and individual track from these, because they work so effectively as long form albums and not individual tracks, but I chose this one because I put the album on as background ambient while I was doing some boring data entry at work and this track is the point at which I realised I was going out of my mind with stress from doing the simplest tasks because of Trent’s Damned Chords.

Lilacs - Waxahatchee: This is a perfect song. It makes me want to like, draw charts about it and go through it bar by bar to figure out how she did it. It’s perfectly put together. It feels like she uses every trick in the book and it just comes together flawlessly in 3 minutes. Amazing.

Cool Water - Hank Williams: I decided to properly listen to Hank Williams because his shadow stretches over so much of country music, and while a lot of his music really alienated or bored me, and a lot of his songs feel like they would read as novelty songs today (like Hey Good Looking), this is the song that made me understand why he’s so revered.

In My Bones (feat. Kimbra and Tank And The Bangas) - Jacob Collier: Jacob Collier generally irks me. He makes brain music for redditors that lose their mind when someone shows them chord inversions or odd time signatures. Youtubers whose whole personality is ‘y’all heard Giant Steps?’ But he killed it on this song. It’s great despite him. There’s still a lot of corniness to work through, mostly in the big yuck funky lyrics, but structurally it’s a kaleidoscope and a big chunk of its success I’m putting down to Kimbra and Tank who understand that performance is a bigger part of a song than composition in a way Collier maybe doesn’t yet. He can overload the bassline and stop-start the rhythms as much as he likes but without actual personalities driving it it’ll just sound like a Peter Gabriel midi played at 200%.

Earthquake - Graham Central Station: I learned something wonderful in researching this band. The leader, Larry Graham, who was in Sly And The Family Stone is credited with inventing slap bass. He himself refers to the technique as "thumpin' and pluckin' ".

Quand Les Larmes D’un Ange Font Danser La Neige - Melody’s Echo Chamber: Once again furious that I’ve known of Melody’s Echo Chamber for years but never listened to them until now. I have been missing out. This is a perfect sprawling psychedelic jam punctuated with a bizzare cut-up recording about shitting yourself when you die and being declared brain dead in the vatican. It’s got everything. I had to look up who the drummer was on this song because he’s just nailing it, and it turns out it’s Johan Holmegaard from Dungen which is really a perfect fit.

Murder Most Foul - Bob Dylan: I was thinking the other day about how Bob Dylan is doing in quarantine. The man who hasn’t stopped moving his whole life and who’s been on a never ending tour since the 70s is now, I assume, just pacing a hole in a hotel carpet somewhere and jabbering to himself. The strangest part of Bob dropping this 17 minute song about JFK out of nowhere is that he hasn’t put out any original music since 2012. So a gigantic song like this is an even bigger surprise. I, already a huge fan of gigantic songs and Bob Dylan, unsurprisingly love it. I love the slow stirring of the instrumentation, like he hired Dirty Three as a backing band and I love that nearly the entire second half is just listing good songs that he knows. It’s a remarkable song and unlike anything i’ve heard before from Dylan or anyone else. It’s interesting to hear Bob Dylan step into being the great chronicler of the 60s like he’s been told he already was his entire life almost 50 years later, finally accepting the fate foisted on him. The other thing I love about this song is the line when he for some reason praises Lee Harvey Oswald’s shooting “Greatest magic trick ever under the sun / Perfectly executed, skillfully done”

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THE TOO GOOD TEN with MADS LANGER

Growing up in the countryside near the small town of Skive, singer, songwriter and musician Mads Langer grew up always knowing he’d be in music. From singing songs at the age of 18 months in his own language to his latest release, “Lightning,” the new dad has been pursuing the dream for a long time now. Through honest, original and disruptive music the Danish singer has been able to be reborn time and time again through his music and continues that creativity as he looks to the release of his upcoming EP, Where Oceans Meet. The boundary pushing message of love is love in “Lightning” serves as a taste of the upcoming EP and contributes to the already 38 million streams and 506k monthly listeners he’s amassed across his career. He takes a break from his world domination to take on the latest Too Good Ten. Check out the full interview below to learn more about the latest release, “Lightning,” how becoming a dad has changed his perspective on life, how he rebounded from getting dropped by his girlfriend and label around the same time and much more.

The Too Good Ten. Ten Questions. One Artist. Too Good.

1. Looking at the beginning of your career – what was it about music that inspired you to pursue a career in it?

MADS LANGER: Expressing myself through music has been a fundamental part of my language for as long as I remember. My parents have recordings of me singing my own songs in my own language when I was 18 months old. I always knew that music was going to be my path in life. It wasn't a decision that I made at a certain time. It was more a realization that I was not gonna be able to pursue any other career even though I’ve always had plenty of other interests. I could have been in politics, in sports, in science and many other things. I could have been a teacher as my parents, my grandparents and my great grandparents were. And then again, none of these career paths were ever up for grabs. Music was and always will be my thing.

2. You got signed and had an album that you ended up describing as “flopped” and had to start over and spent time busking all over Europe. How did you come to the decision to busk in the wake of “starting over?” What did you do to keep your internal mental conversation strong through the hardships that I assume came with traveling around?

ML: I got signed when I had just turned 18. I went straight from living in my parents house, in the countryside of Denmark, to living a life full of pressure and expectations in New York City. That was quite a shocking change of scenery to be honest. Looking back, I was definitely too young at that time. When a major label first wants you it’s the end of the innocence. I had to grow up overnight and try to keep up with that big machine that started dictating how I was gonna live my life. When my first record didn't succeed commercially and I got dropped I think I saw it as an opportunity to do some of the stuff that most of my friends had done after finishing high school. But most of all that whole 6 months of busking in my old van all over Europe was an escape from heartbreak. My first girlfriend had dropped me around the same time that my label dropped me. She fell in love with a really cool guy in Paris who was older than me and he could grow a very impressive beard, hahaha…

As far as keeping my internal mental conversation strong, that's has never been problem at all and as you can imagine I had plenty of stuff to think about, write about and then finally sing about in the streets of all of these beautiful cities that I got to visit on that trip.

3. “Lightning” is the latest release and gives fans the first taste of your upcoming album Where Oceans Meet which is due out October 1st. How did you decide to release this one as the lead single? What was the inspiration behind it?

ML: In many ways, I think “Lightning” is a song that represents that certain place where the oceans meet on my album. “Lightning” is a song about recognition. When I wrote this song, I thought about all those moments in my life where I really felt recognized on a deeper level. When I met my wife. When I looked my newborn daughter in the eyes for the first time. In concerts when my music meets the audience and it feels like we're all getting struck by the same lightning. Those kinds of moments.

CHECK OUT THE FAUSTIX REMIX OF “LIGHTNING” HERE.

4. Speaking of the upcoming album – what’s the meaning behind the album title? How many songs? Any collabs? Is there a song on the album you’re nervous about releasing out to the world?

ML: Where Oceans Meet is a metaphor. The entire album circles around the different contrasts that we all face in our lives. The light, the dark. The head, the heart. Hopes and fears. It’s about loving and longing at the same time. Where Oceans Meet represents the idea of the place where all these contrasts meet and embrace each other.

5. “Lightning” follows up “Hanging With You” which peaked at #1 in Denmark radio. What’s the story behind when you first heard one of your songs on the radio? Does it ever get old?

ML: It never gets old. Every time I listen to the radio, I must admit that I hope that they will play my song. It's the best feeling ever. This might be a little far-fetched, but it's kind of like when you give someone you really care for a present for their birthday. And it's not just any kind of present. It’s a present that you put all your time, thoughts and heart into. And then one day you randomly turn on the TV. Look who's there. Is that special person that you gave the present to. She’s actually wearing that sweater that you spent five years learning how to knit. After endless attempts, you finally managed to knit a sweater that you would give her without being scared that she would think it was a joke. She’s not wearing it because she feels like she has to, because you’re on a date with her. She’s wearing it because she likes it. And she just put it on that day that she randomly got stopped by the tv-station and interviewed in the streets of your hometown. That is close to the feeling I get when I hear my songs on the radio. And no, I have no clue how to knit a sweater, but I like the image.

6. The past year in the pandemic had a lot of its own challenges but it also had some beautiful moments like the drive-in concert you organized in Denmark last May. Why did you feel it necessary to put something like this together during that time? Being the first one to do so, how did you figure out logistics, etc. for the entire event? Anything you would’ve changed about it looking back?

ML: I had just started touring when the pandemic hit us all. I had spent months preparing the show and I was extremely disappointed when I had to turn around the tour bus and go back home after only playing 10 out of 100 shows. I had a couple of weeks where I was feeling really depressed. But then I decided to see if I could turn this whole thing into some sort of an adventure. I made a list of stuff I wanted to do. On that list I had drive-in concerts for some reason. I know a couple guys who are really good at putting together big events that include live music, so we talked about how we could make this happen. All credit to them for putting logistics together. I just played the shows. I had no idea that I would be the first one in the world to do a drive in concert. But it was really fun and I would not change a thing. In my shows, everyone was on the same video conference call. I loved that because I could talk to the people in the cars in between the songs. The people in their cars requested what songs of mine that they wanted to hear. And often they had really personal stories to the songs that I never heard before. So that was something that I will never forget.

7. The past year also brought about a new baby for you – congrats! What’s been the most surprising thing about having a baby that you might not have known before?

ML: Thank you so much. Yeah, that's truly a life changing event. My little daughter is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. I'm so grateful that I got to receive a little soul with my wife. Even though it has happened billions and billions of times already it still feels like a miracle. I think the biggest surprise is the fact that your whole perspective changes in the blink of an eye. She is now the single most important thing in my life. I thought that would be something that would happen gradually, but for me it really happened at the moment that she was born.

8. What do you hope to accomplish with your music in the future that you may feel you have not done already? Have any of those goals or aspirations shifted with the new addition to the family?

ML: I really hope that people will recognize themselves in my songs. Obviously, the goal is that my songs will travel and become part of people's lives in new territories. I have spent so much time in the US since I moved away from home. I lived in New York City and in Los Angeles and I spend at least three or four months a year in the US working with all the talented people that I have met over the years. Building an audience in the US is a huge dream of mine. Hopefully this album will help introducing me to people all over America.

9. If you could only listen to (5) artists for the rest of your life, who would they be?

ML:

The Beatles

Pink Floyd

Keith Jarrett

Mozart

Radiohead

10. What’s the rest of 2021 and beyond look like for Mads Langer?

ML: My album comes out in October. That is obviously a huge event in my life, and it looks like I'm going to be very busy talking about the album and singing the songs from it in many different places all over the world. Apart from that I will be changing diapers on my newborn daughter. Kissing my wife. Learning Chinese and writing my first score for a movie that comes out in 2022.

A HUGE shout-out to the talented Mads Langer for hanging for this latest Too Good Ten interview. Keep up to date with everything he has going on by following the links below and be sure to be on the look out for his latest EP, Where Oceans Meet due out October 1st.

SOCIAL LINKS:

Facebook

Instagram

Twitter

YouTube

MUSIC:

Apple Music

Spotify

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@goatmilkoatmilk tagged me make a playlist out of my url and I had so much fun with it!! I couldn’t keep to a theme or anything and I didn’t repeat any artists so welcome to my twisted music taste <3

N: NDN Kars - Remix by The Halluci Nation (original is by Keith Secola which is a classic but I’ve been listening to the remix a lot recently)

U: Up the Wolves by The Mountain Goats ( does spotify wrapped count your top albums? if so The Sunset Tree is going to sweep)

R: Rattlebone by Robbie Robertson (love this album. would love to own it one day.)

S: Star of the County Down by Van Morrison and The Chieftains (Irish Heartbeat BIG nostalgia album)

E: Excursion Around the Bay by Great Big Sea (this performance fucks especially) (also, going to an Alan Doyle (main singer) concert was The Last Big Thing I did before. this. and it was so fun)

K: Kanawa by Habib Koité & Bamada (burned Putumayo Mali CD from the library with a black and whit album cover my beloved)

E: Elle Me Dit by MIKA (when you’re gay and also were in French immersion)

L: Little Sister by Trixie Mattel (like. you think that you’re growing but you’re just tall <3)

L: The Louvre by Lorde (idk what to say. it’s The Louvre by Lorde.)

Y: You Can Call Me Al by Paul Simon (Graceland #1 comfort album, first record I bought in grade seven, I have the concert film on video cassette)

E: The Eastern Light by The Dardanelles (top five album for sure, one time they noticed me on instagram)

M: Mull River Shuffle by The Rankin Family (Bluenoser hierarchy of needs but the whole thing is just Mull River Shuffle by The Rankin Family)

Y: You've Got a Friend by Carole King (young me would stare at our copy of Tapestry and just think that she was So Beautiful, hmm I wonder why)

B: Bobcaygeon by The Tragically Hip (am I Canadian if I don’t include a song by The Hip?)

E: Ever Fallen In Love (with someone you shouldn’t’ve) by Buzzcocks (everyone say thank you Pete “I Like Boys” Shelley for the rights and consequently that scene in Shrek)

L: Lippy Kids by Elbow (in a playlist of songs that make me feel like I’m floating)

O: Ophelia (The Last Waltz concert version) by The Band (performance) (I've seen TLW more than any other film, like I’m talking in the 30s. my sister and I each have our own DVD copies so we won’t fight over it when we move out.)

V: (And if) Venice is Sinking by Spirit of the West (Choir Choir Choir version which makes me cry every time) (one of my favourite songs of all time, it’s so so good)

E: Echo in the Hills by Carrie Elkin & Danny Schmidt (heard this in The Weather on WTNV at 7:15am on the school bus in 2014 and immediately bought it on itunes)

D: Debe by Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté (first track from a big nostalgia AND top five album, I recently bought the record cause our CD is my mom’s and I love it sm)

I think most of my mutuals have already done this/been tagged so I’ll tag @libertydevitto and anyone who wants an excuse to do it :)

#I took the opportunity to overshare so you can all get to know me more alskjdfhahgs #anyway this was fun sorry it took so long I moved back home this weekend and things were hectic but I'm back with my cats now #and that's all that matters #long post

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thekotaroo · 3 years ago

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Profiles of Pride: June 16th! 🏳️‍🌈Peppermint🏳️‍🌈

Peppermint, or Miss Peppermint, is an American actress, singer, songwriter, television personality, drag queen, and activist from New York City. She is best known from the nightlife scene and, in 2017, as the runner-up on the ninth season of RuPaul's Drag Race. In 2018 Peppermint made her debut in The Go-Go's-inspired musical Head Over Heels as Pythio, becoming Broadway's first out trans woman to originate a lead role. She does not use her birth name, and asks that publications not deadname her.

Peppermint started performing as a child in youth theatre, playing roles at Opera Delaware, Delaware Children's Theatre, and The Brandywiners Community Theatre. She continued performing at Wilmington High School where she was also on the cheerleading team.

Peppermint moved to New York City to study musical theatre at AMDA. While in college she got a job at the nightclub Tunnel's Kurfew parties, ultimately becoming a fixture in New York City nightlife. She started recording music in 2005 for Jonny McGovern's mixtape Jonny McGovern Presents: This is NYC, Bitch! The East Village Mixtape. She contributed the song "Servin' It Up", which was produced by Adam Joseph. The song was later released as Peppermint's debut single in 2006.

Peppermint was featured in the web series Queens of Drag: NYC by gay.com in 2010. The series featured fellow New York drag queens Bianca Del Rio, Dallas DuBois, Hedda Lettuce, Lady Bunny, Mimi Imfurst, and Sherry Vine. She also appeared as a drag-version of Tyra Banks on America's Next Top Model Cycle 14, Episode 5: "Smile and Pose" introducing a drag-theme runway challenge at Lucky Chengs in New York City.

Peppermint talked about being trans publicly for the first time on an episode of The Daily Show called "The Trans Panic Epidemic" in April 2016.

On February 2, 2017, Peppermint was announced as one of the fourteen contestants on the ninth season of RuPaul's Drag Race. Though other transgender women have competed on RuPaul's Drag Race, she was the first to have come out prior to the show airing, having come out in 2012.

She won the Roast Challenge in episode 8. She placed in the bottom two in two challenges, lip-synching to Madonna's "Music" and the Village People's "Macho Man", winning both. Her performances earned her the favorable nickname "Lip Sync Assassin". Ultimately, she finished in second place after winner Sasha Velour, after they both lip-synced to Whitney Houston's "It's Not Right but It's Okay".

Peppermint's debut studio album Hardcore Glamour was self-released in 2009 and preceded by the singles "Servin' It Up" and "Thought Ya Knew". In 2011, Sherry Vine and Peppermint released a parody of the Lady Gaga and Beyoncé song "Telephone" titled "Make Me Moan". Following the viral success of the music video, Peppermint later released other parody songs, including a parody of Azealia Banks' song "212", titled "21/12". Her song "If I Steal Your Boyfriend" was used in the 2011 film Eating Out 5: The Open Weekend.

On April 3, 2017, Peppermint released a six-track EP of remixes of various songs she had released up to that point, including the single "Dolla in My Titty". Her second studio album Black Pepper was released in June of the same year. A three-song EP with producer Cazwell called Blend was released in 2018. In 2019, Peppermint appeared on fellow Drag Race alum Trinity The Tuck's single "I Call Shade", which charted at number 13 on the Billboard Comedy Digital Tracks chart.

On February 11, 2020, it was announced that Peppermint was working on a new album, and the lead single "What You're Looking For" was released on February 14, 2020. In an interview with Entertainment Tonight on August 28, 2020, Peppermint stated that the album would in fact be a trilogy of EPs, and that a full studio album was previously planned for a May 2020 release, but was delayed due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The first of these EPs, A Girl Like Me: Letters to My Lovers, will be released on October 16, 2020, with the lead single "Best Sex" being released on October 2. Of the project, she said "it really does focus on my life -- who I am as a trans woman -- and everything that's happening right now [with] Black Lives Matter, Black Trans Lives Matter and a lot of the issues that we are dealing with socially." She also confirmed that the project would feature collaborations with Laith Ashley, Jerome Bell, Daniel Shevlin of Well-Strung, Matt Katz-Bohen of Blondie, Corey Tut and Adam Joseph.

The EP garnered Peppermint a nomination for Outstanding Music Artist at the 2021 GLAAD Media Awards.

Peppermint made her Broadway debut in The Go-Go's-inspired musical Head Over Heels using the songs of The Go-Go's. The plot of the show is somewhat based on The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia written by Sir Philip Sidney in the 16th century. The show began previews in June 2018 and officially opened July 2018, at the Hudson Theatre; playing the role of Pythio, Peppermint became the first trans woman to originate a principal role on Broadway.

Peppermint has had appearances on Pose and Saturday Night Live, and in October 2019 played the role of Pastor Olivia, "the [transgender] leader of an LGBTQ-friendly congregation", in a two-episode arc of God Friended Me.

From 2019-2020, she co-hosted It's a Mess podcast with Cazwell.

Peppermint is a co-founder of Black Queer Town Hall along with Bob The Drag Queen. The inaugural event featured speakers such as Laverne Cox and Angela Davis and raised over $270,000 for The Okra Project.

On June 2, 2021, Peppermint was announced as a cast member of OUTtv's Call Me Mother, where her and fellow "Drag Mothers" Crystal and Barbada adopt and mentor up-and-coming drag talent over an 8-week journey as they compete to win the title of “First Child Of Drag” and a $50,000 prize package. In the show, Peppermint will be representing the House of Dulcet.

#Peppermint #Miss Peppermint #Pride #June Pride #Pride Month #June 16th #LGBTQIA+#LGBTQIA+ Pride

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mytastessuck · 4 years ago

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Gorillaz: D-Sides

1Man, why do musicians always have to shelve their good stuff?

Seriously though, D-Sides contain some of the best b-sides and demos I've heard in my life. Makes sense that they get their own album to shine on. Also, the remixes on this album are to go ape for, with people making the songs a completely different category while still fitting the spirit of the song.

And on that note, this review will be split into two parts due to the album's length. Today's write-up will cover the demos and the b-sides and tomorrow's will cover the remixes.

All that aside, let get started.

1. 68 State

This is some space shit. Probably one of the best instrumentals I've ever heard in my life with the effect of feeling like you are swimming in a aural ocean of keyboards and strings. Great way to open an album and damn, this shit should be played in museums. I refuse to elaborate.

10/10

2. People

Ah, the stripped Dare. This version has its own charm to it despite not really holding a candle to its successor. Still, it's funny to watch Damon fail to reach a high note that he has no trouble reaching on other tracks. "Loving a lot" indeed.

8/10

3. Hongkongaton

Heh. I love how this track starts its verses off slowly only to rush near the end of the line. Even the instruments seem to making fun of them for this. Then it ends with everything getting lost in a mist. Never change, Albarn.

10/10

4. We Are Happy Landfill

Okay, so about being fair while scoring...I never promised that and you're about to see why.

This is my favorite Gorillaz song.

The use of car honks, the screeching yardling, the screaming of the chorus during the second iteration of the verse. This is it. I've found the quintessential alt-rock song. Every other quirky alt-group should hang their heads in shame. Looking at you, Presidents of the United States of America. Go antagonize some more ninjas, peach farmers.

100/10

5. Hong Kong

This is some cool chill shit. Love Damon's voice on this and I adore the use of traditional Chinese instruments on this track. I'm more of a slut for traditional Japanese instrumentation but fuck it, this track showed me there's another path. I should really pick up that Journey To The West album.

10/10

6. Highway (Under Construction)

They are building a highway back...and Damon going into your heart. Don't try to stop him, he's already got the ordinance. Anyone who doesn't want Gorillaz in their heart is screwed. Love the clapping too. Really makes this more folksy than it needs to be.

9/10

7. Rockit

I remember this being the single used to promote the album. I showed my dad the video for it and he had a goofy grin the whole time. Anyway, I have fun singing along to this swipe at pop songs. Really brought out the hipster in me when I was younger. Also, go wild on that synthesizer, funky eyeless man.

10/10

8. Bill Murray

Bill should be honored to have such an awesome beat named after him. It's cool and freaky, just like him. Too many people get lost indeed...in this track's funky groove! Ha ha ha ha! Yes, I have friends.

10/10

9. The Swagga

WHOO!!!

This song had to grow on me. First, I found it annoying...

WHOO!!!

But after a few lessons, I started rocking out to it.

WHOO!!!

I especially appreciate the breakdown at the end. Really makes the track to get drunk to and scream along with without paying attention to the melody.

WHOO!!!

This a party track. Don't put it on unless you're ready to party.

ALRIGHT!

9/10

10. Murdoc Is God

This track is dirty, filthy, an affront to the mercy of God...it is my second favorite song on the album and one of my favorite songs in the world. The fucking bass growling, the chanting, the climax at the end...dude, Murdoc really doesn't deserve such a fucking raw track.

50/10

11. Spitting Out The Demons

I used to listen to this song all the time in high school right before I went to sleep. The piano opening, the funky beats, the mumbling lines...this album should be required listening for anyone who wants to become a DJ. Give them an idea of what to do with their mixes.

11/10

12. Don't Get Lost In Heaven (original demo)

Wow...they should have kept this version. It feels like a homeless man is screaming this at me on the street and a choir randomly decided to back him up. This would have made Demon Days a blessed item that would have been canonized by the Catholic Church as the Saint of Slaps.

9/10

13. Stop The Dams

Good environmental song, as usual pertaining to Gorillaz track record. It's just...I heard this in a tech ad once and that kinda cheapens the point so...

8/10

Join me tomorrow where I finish the album and give the album its final score. It's going to be ridiculous.

#gorillaz #d-sides #music #review

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Seventeen. Part 3

Chris is really drunk, I can hear him in the background getting annoyed but who the hell has his phone “hi, it’s Clinton. I’m sorry, my son and I went to get some drinks and then ended up having too many, well Chris did. I apologise” oh my god, his dad. I am stunned but I need to say something “oh it’s ok Clinton, honestly. I’m just glad to know he is safe. That is the real point here, just get him hone. He’s stilly” he really went out drinking with his dad “I will do, I apologise for my son” he disconnected the phone and so did I, he didn’t need to apologise but the way Chris was shouting I love you, and the. I heard a female in the background, but I think he was out in a bar, I wonder the reason why and also Chris drunk, I have never had the pleasure of drunk Chris but he seems pretty fun and he remembered me, he is sweet but I am totally annoyed with him: I want more for us but he wants less, I hate that for us and it’s really upsetting me. I have been back a few hours now and I’m waiting to go into a meeting, I am tired and fell asleep on the drive here to the meeting, Mel woke me and now I am just waiting. I don’t know, I was being playful with him and assumed he would want to keep something at the home but he’s always saying no, just kind of upset me “who was that?” Mel asked, letting out an oh “Chris, a very drunk Chris. He was saying something and then shouting that he loves me, typical” shaking my head “yeah you never really said about how the Mexico trip was?” Stretching my body “good” stifling out a yawn, I am so tired.

I know Mel wants to know more so I might as well spill “we didn’t do much but have sex, we jumped off a cave. Well you know the side of a cave, and it was so good. We kissed in the pure white waters, and we have a video of us jumping in it. Then more sex, we had such a good time” I seem so fed up and the tour hasn’t even started yet “I hope he isn’t showing out knowing full well who he with” Mel said but she has got a point, I hope Chris isn’t “I am happy for you both though, it’s nice to see you are very much invested in this meaning the fact you’re willing to have a baby and pretty much halt your career” I knew she would bring that up, taking in a deep breath “I want a baby so bad, the reason I never bought this forward is because I was unhappy with the man but I’m not now, I am content. I want a family” Mel squinted her eyes at me “right and if he turns around and says no, I didn’t want the baby, so I am out. Then what?” That could happen “the so be it, I still got my love child” Mel is not amused “the help has got into you, Robyn. A baby half way through a release of an album? It’s wrong and as a friend I want you to tell him, the truth. He deserves to know, I don’t want you to be hurt until his because he can turn around and make you a single mother, you look tired and dragged down already” my eyes bulged out “ok maybe not that dramatic but still, I want the best for you” maybe Mel is right, but I want my baby, I don’t care for the rest.

Staring at Jay Brown, I don’t know but I’m just not with it “forgive me, I forgot to ask. How was your time away with Chris?” He asked “oh erm just great” I smiled lightly “that is fine, so this tour will be tiresome. We will be travelling, you get off stage and you’re out to the airport, seven days you will do this. No stopping, once we get to the city then we can check into a hotel and have a little refresh but other than that it will be none stop along with the press and fans with us, we will get fans from each city on there too, so this is very stressful very full on, Rihanna we need you to be there and on time, we need you to at least interact with the fans on the first day on the plane, after that. Then you can let loose, but we ended that first, on the day of the New York date, that is when the album will be released. I have had sleepless nights over this, I am ready. We are ready for this” this sounds long “ok, and did you add Chris to the people with us? He is entourage now” looking up at Jay Brown, I hope he has “I did, I had to move Tina on the plane. The other two will be there but not in business class with us. But he’s on there” I don’t need to argue to him about it “thanks, but yeah. I am excited for this, it’s going to be long, but it will be different” that is all I have to ask “cool, Robyn I need to speak to you alone. Goodnight to the rest” oh god, I wonder what he needs to tell me now on my own, hopefully something productive.

Everyone filed out of the room and left us to it, I wonder what it is “erm, I didn’t know your new boyfriend has a record for drugs?” I should have known “we all do stupid things Jay; he made a mistake and did his time. It was a very big mistake, trust me. I know him, I know the man I am dating so that was it?” he could have kept people here while he said that to me “it doesn’t look good on you, all the tabloids are saying is that you are with a thug, he is with you for money. He is a nobody really? An ex-convict that will be on this tour, now he is part of the entourage. I won’t be shocked if he breaks your heart Robyn, you seem sot be very much in love with him. Look I have no issues as long as you are putting work forward, that needs to be always be ahead of your list” why the fuck does this guy likes to stress me out “right” I mumbled, I really don’t need this shit from him, I really don’t “you’re clearly annoyed with me but I am looking out for my artist which is you Robyn, I have to make sure you’re good, I can’t just sit back and let it slide and not mention anything to you about it, what kind of manager would I be? Just don’t let him get between your line of work, but that was all. Just you are looking like a stupid in love girl, but I trust your judgement anyways” getting up from the seat, he is so annoying “sure, see you in New York” let me go.

I did try and call Chris but of course he will be a drunk mess so he will call when he is ready, shaking my head locking my phone “tired of this shit, a drunk Chris and a nosey ass manager” Mel hasn’t questioned what has happened at all, she knows I have a lot to think about but also I am very tired “do you have some rehearsal now?” Mel asked “I do, I also need to go and see Wale, do a little feature with him. I promised I would see him” Mel gasped “oh my god yes, you said you would do the remix! Yes bitch, ok I am excited. But I thought rehearsal?” Mel keeps mentioning that “I do have that but it’s just a meet up with the band that will be coming and then tomorrow I will get down to the mini rehearsal, then prep to go New York and then leave tomorrow night, hectic I know but it is what it is. A bitch got to work and make her muller” Mel didn’t say anything but she knows I am going to be working like a dog for these few days, and on top of that I am feeling already tired when I have done nothing yet “what did Jay want anyways? What did he mention” Mel asked “that he is a bad guy, he has a record” I shrugged “oh yeah, they are really running with it. I just saw Chris’ following shoot up and he ended up on Shade Room, I swear I cackled. They need to leave him alone, there is so many unhappy people that they project their hate onto him, like what the fuck does it got to do with them, like they are jumping to conclusions about him. Oh god, did you see his ex on there too? She made, you stole her man” I knew it “typical, I don’t care for her. I will get my lawyer on her to shut her mouth about us, cheeky bitch” I really can’t stand her, and then she is now pregnant because of TJ.

Crazy how there is always that one paparazzi here, I mean it’s random but whatever. Walking around the SUV and making my way to the studio. My driver walked alongside me, I do wonder who is here that there is paparazzi here, unless there is someone leaking something. I guess I will find out “extra as fuck, Wale would never” walking into the studio building “I know he wouldn’t, I just wonder who else is here though. Did he say second studio on the second floor?” staring at Mel “uhhh yeah, let’s take the elevator though because I am not taking the stairs” I was going to walk up the steps “you know if you didn’t go Mexico with Chris you wouldn’t be so rushed” Mel is telling me something I don’t know “I know but I wanted to take him away, I don’t regret it but it’s made me rush things” the elevator pinged open, stepping into the elevator “he should have come back with you too” I snorted laughing “we argued about that already, he fell out about his suitcase so please. Let’s not start on the coming with me part” crossing my arms across my chest, there was only a short ride up “see” eyeballing Mel, the doors pinged open “riri baby” Rakim, he is here “the hell you doing here?” I questioned “waiting on you, how are you” he hugged me, just out of nowhere “I am good, and yourself? But seriously. Is that why there is papz outside, Ferg. Looking well” moving back from the hug “oh no Marshall is here, they came with him but I am going, see you at the VMAs” stepping off the elevator “likewise” I grinned walking off “nice to see such love between you both” Mel said behind me which made me laugh.

Wale studio session ended up being an all-night thing and I am just getting home, I cancelled the meet up with the band for tomorrow afternoon “I really need to sleep, look at me. I am looking a mess” my eyes are feeling so dry “we’re nearly there, I wanted to say. It’s funny to see you and Rakim being so formal now, like you both get on so well. Better then you both did, he looked so happy to see you too” she got a point he did “yeah” my phone started ringing in my hand “oh it’s the drunk” I said laughing, answering the call “hey” I would have imagines he would be asleep for longer “you’re awake still?” Chris said, he seemed so shocked that I am “busy, like I told you but yeah. How come you’re awake? Not drunk still” Chris laughed “I am feeling it still, I just wanted to see if you was ok” I thought so “uhm yeah I am ok, I am going to bed now. Just ring me tomorrow when you’re fully feeling yourself, ok?” there is no point, he seems out of it still “sure, I love you” smiling lightly “I love you too” disconnecting the call “I am also feeling a little too tired to be conversating, get me to a bed!” Mel laughed at me.

#Chrianna FF #Chrianna #Chrianna Fanfiction #Fanfic #Fanfiction

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Cloudwalker

In our newly relaunched "Learn more about..." interviews, we switch up the continuity slightly and focus on just one release: Gimmik's Cloudwalker. Martin kindly agreed to answer a few questions to kick off what we'll refer to as v2 of the "Learn More About..." blog.

While Entre Les Chambres was the actual return of Gimmik to the public eye, Cloudwalker is more of a return to form. It is undeniably Gimmik; however, Cloudwalker treads some new ground for you. Can you shed some light on how the creative process changed from Entre Les Chambres / Deux Nouvelles and how those two albums might have influenced Cloudwalker?

Very well observed - they did influence Cloudwalker! Entre Les Chambres and Deux Nouvelles were both produced under technically limited circumstances. On top of that, I thought that no one will ever hear this material. Luckily it was not the case, and I got the chance to become a member of the n5MD family. When you produce with the idea that the material will never get released, it gives you a lot of room and space. You are not concerned about expectations. The music can flow and evolve freely. The calm nature of those albums helped that process. It was research where I experienced myself more as a witness than a composer. For me, that is a new approach. This approach was still the same when I produced Cloudwalker. That is the reason why the tracks are so diverse. Short Wave Memories and In My Family do not have anything in common, but that is the way they evolved, without me constructing anything. The most significant difference is that Cloudwalker was produced in a proper studio environment. Plus, I took a step into eurorack, which brings a very unpredictable element. And yes, that is Mutable Elements "Rings'' what you hear on In My Family. I was working on a self-generative patch with "Marbles'' when all of a sudden, the melody appeared...

I think you sent me In My Family shortly after you finished it, and it was one of the darkest days of the early pandemic; where our local government-issued curfews and such. It was the track that I needed at that moment; it brightened my day. It's very cool that the melody was a generative experiment gone right. I seem to remember you have quite a bit of the Mutable Instruments modules. Modular, to me, seems like a bit of a wormhole of experimentation. So, how do you stay focused when experimenting with new sounds and textures to bring, say, one of your Modular Nature tracks, which you have on your Youtube channel, to life.

Working with a modular system is entirely different. My approach is always a question. What will happen if I connect this with that and modulate with this? Then you start patching, and the results are entirely different from what I expected - a lot more exciting and better! In the beginning, I thought modular was about rebuilding synth voices. So I started emulating the signal-flow path of a 101 for a start. I missed the whole point of modular... A system has a life of its own and takes you to completely different places, and sometimes I do not even understand the results. (-: But that is not important. The decision to work with modular is to avoid walking down paths I have taken too many times when composing. What keeps you focused is your ear. The trick is to learn when to stop. In the beginning, I lost a lot of great patches when the result was already at 90%. When trying to reach 100%, my tweaks destroyed that patch's beauty, and I never found a way back to 90%. That happened a lot of times in the beginning. A modular system really helps to learn when to let go… (laughing). I chose Mutable Instruments because those modules are very focused on musical and harmonic results.

So, going back to Cloudwalker, how did it feel getting back to basics as far as Gimmik goes. People may not know that Entre Les Chambres and Deux Nouvelles were made for very personal listening. Care to shed a little light on those two, and more importantly, what made you want to go past those themes and bring Gimmik full circle for Cloudwalker?

Entre Les Chambres and Deux Nouvelles were NOT a conscious decision. Those were a necessity! The title Entre Les Chambres means "between two rooms", the space that is between two rooms. That is nowhere! It mirrors how I felt at that moment. There were many significant changes in my life, luckily nothing concerning my family, but still major changes. In order to cope with it all, I started making ambient tracks. It was the only thing that helped me to cope and focus again. The tracks happened by themselves. Listening to them and working on those albums was a calming experience. When they were finished, I played them to Chris, and he convinced me that he liked them. That led to the decision to make those first tapes. Later I sent them to you. Your reaction was very motivating because the music got released. With that motivation and getting back into a studio environment, the Cloudwalker tracks just poured out of me very quickly - it felt terrific to go back to the studio. My family gave me the time to work in my studio, and you and Chris gave very motivating feedback! From my perspective, this makes Cloudwalker my most important album so far, and I am very thankful for this chance! Another key element is that you gave me total freedom regarding artwork, choosing tracks, and their order. Just great!

Well, I knew going in that you know what you are doing. So I shouldn't have needed to step in and manage such details. For release prep, I'm available to take care of the details that an artist doesn't have access to or the working knowledge. You and Chris ran Toytronics, and you are a graphic artist as well, so I knew that you know the drill. If something was glaring or didn't work under the n5 stylistic umbrella, it is my job to say something, but I was pretty confident that wouldn't happen. I also know that after you completed the tracks, you took a great deal of time to get them to flow perfectly and also fit on four LP sides—your care in craft shows, and it's been great to work with you.

You brought up Chris, and there is an Abfahrt Hinwl remix on Cloudwalker, so; I'm going to ask. Are we going to hear some new Abfahrt Hinwl soon?

Thank you, as I said, that means a lot to me. And I still think that it is a fortunate situation. The AH RMX of Sailing Everest on Cloudwalker was just me, to be honest. That is why I used an abbreviation - AH. It is more a hint. It has a lot of the Abfahrt Hinwil ingredients. We tried to revive the project and realized that working over a distance via the internet does not work for either of us. The key of Abfahrt Hinwil was that we worked in the same room, at the same time, with the same equipment - listening to what the other one does - giving an immediate reaction. The most important point is communication, which has to happen immediately - you need to respond straight away, not with a delay. Today we find ourselves in two different life situations. We both would like to continue. After an online experiment, we realized it would be only possible when we visit each other and then work in the same studio. That is not possible at the moment, and Covid plays a significant role in that.

Ah, I see; Abfahrt Hinwil was you and Chris basically feeding off one another; also, there are cheques and balances, which is great to have. I completely understand why it would not be feasible to do it from a distance effectively. So, I'd like to pivot to these little builds I see on your Instagram. You recently sent me a pic of a peculiar little box that looks to be a synth. Assuming this is something you built (loving the stickering, by the way). What is this, and does it appear on Cloudwalker?

(laughing) That is a drone box handmade by a guy in Russia. Six oscillators, each one with a kill switch. Three standard range oscillators and 3 Sub. A very rough-sounding machine, great for drones. The filter sounds very nasty, just great. There is a little bit in the track Cloudwalker itself but washed out by Big Sky. The downside is that there is no midi, trigger gate, or voltage control. It is more of an experiment tool. The important parts of the track Cloudwalker have Mutable Instruments: Plaits and Tides 1, using the Sheep mode. Both outputs went into Warps, modulated by Stages. The little melody was played live on the Yamaha DX Reface, going into the Big Sky. It was all recorded live onto tape to 4 tracks to a Tascam 234. Then it was mixed the classic way, patchbay, fx, analog mixer main out to digital. 75% of the album was recorded to a Sound Devices MixPre-3 II.

It sounds like your Big Sky gets some action! Strymon makes some exceptional pedals. It seems like you can almost entirely make music out of the box if you needed to, which is excellent. So one last question: When we collaborated on the Cloudwalker one sheet text, you added something about the production tools "representing technology from 1958 to 2019," and I asked if 1958 was a type-o that needed to be corrected to 1985 when it was not. When people read that, I think they will be very curious as to what technology you utilized from that far back…

Yes, it is a great pedal, I love the sound and the fact that you get nice results very quickly.

1958- (laughing) There is an on oscilloscope from Russia, which can be seen in some of the videos on HIDDEN REALITY, and 2 vintage function generators. I got those old function generators from a close friend, he is an electronic engineer and professor for physics at a university. They got rid of all their old equipment, and he asked if I wanted to have something. He could not throw those old machines away, so he rescued them to his cellar. He changed the connections for me, so I can use them with the modular environment, using my standard patch cables. I used them a lot as modulation sources, as they can modulate extremely slow (like MI tides). But I have to admit that I got them for their looks in the first place…(laughing) - Those machines look like the machinery you see in Qs research center in old James Bond movies...

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zaner210 · 3 years ago

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Music well versed

I’ve wanted to write this one for a while.

Finally getting around to it now. It’s late or early for some. Sleeping problems as usual.

Through my life and (skateboarding especially!) Im pretty well versed in music. For the last nearly 8 years I’ve been stuck in 1 genre particularly. I want to write about music I’ve been into throughout life.

When I was a child I had to listen to pop/hit radio music when riding in the car with my mom.

I can’t stand 90s music for this very reason And when I hear it anywhere it reminds me of this feeling.

When we would go on road trips it would be some mix tape my dad put together. Or the Smashing Pumpkins. He was a really big fan of them.

Im not into them but always liked “We only come out night.” And would perk up from a long car ride slumber when I heard it come on!

I wasn’t much into music at this age besides tracks I’d hear in video games I’d being playing.

It wasn’t until the end of 4th grade I got a real taste at music when my friend Erik Mueller let me borrow his Rammstein cd, Sehnsucht. I didn’t know the words at all but the industrial beats and metal sound was very appealing to me at the time. I remembering trying to get into Metallica then too but didn’t feel em. A few months later it was summer before I was in 5th grade and I was staying the night at my buddy Justin’s watching MTV late night and saw and heard the coolest thing my 10 year old self could imagine. A dude in a backward red Yankees cap walking downtown the street telling people he did it all for the nookie! I was instantly drawn into Limp Bizkit and wanted the Significant Other CD so bad. My parents were hesitant though because of the parental advisory rating. I eventually got the Family Values Tour 98’ with parental advisory. This was such a big deal to me at that time! Eventually shortly after they got me Significant Other. I got my copy of 3 Dollar Bill Y’all from Walmart and it was censored and still to this day I’m pissed about it! Started listening to some Korn after but they weren’t as appealing to me as Limp! Moved to Texas that winter and the older cooler kids that skated were into Slipknot! So I got that CD shortly after coming to Texas. That first Slipknot album was pretty decent. I’ve been listening to it lately skating with Anthony! Still holds up. Got into that first Papa Roach Album for a little bit but they didn’t hold up for me. A few rap albums… slimshady and Ludacris, wasn’t all that into hip hop and rap then. Started skating in middle of 6th grade and then music started to change for me.

My dad got a bunch of tickets to the Vans Warped tour 2001. I was new to skating and about to be introduced to the punk scene. I started getting into all this punk not only through the concert but new skate friends. The Vandals were a big one for me through 7th grade. some Casualties, the Dead Kennedy’s, the Queers (thanks Matt!) The Misfits, Guttermouth. Was really into CKY then too!

8th grade Flip Sorry just came out and I was blown away by Arto’s part and the Bowie score! I was curious about this stuff and asked my dad about him and the Velvet Underground. This was when I was starting to get into Bowie. Most of 8th grade was listening to music strictly from skate parts. Trying to get into other rock (Rush, Zepellin, The Who). Most didn’t stick though. Except Bowie! Had a GnR phase end of 8th grade through 9th grade.

Went into 9th grade listening to the Doors I was a full “Baker Clone”. This is Skateboarding just came out! Baker overtook Flip for me. I was fully submerged into all of Bowies discography continuing on from the previous year. Was trying to get into I’m a Robot. Cause of the Boss. Mostly only listened to Bowie. Lots of Swisha House stuff then too. I was finally coming around to liking more rap.

10th grade I was getting burned out on Bowie. I would be playing through GTA San Andreas and didn’t realize the station I listened to and liked on there would be the genre that was planted and would forever change music for me…. SFUR. Quality Haus music! I really enjoyed all of it… 808 State, Mr. Fingers, Frankie Knuckles A Guy Called Gerald! All the House pioneers!!!. I spent hours playing this game! It was my favorite GTA by far! That was my intro to House! The music I’ve always liked! My buddy Lucas let me borrow a Requiem for a Dream Remix Cd and I remember loving this Guy Called Gerald Track Fear and Body! I never fully got submerged into House til a few years later though. But I knew the real quality stuff! Started listening to 89.9 KTSW and other strange music while out skating. The weirder the better. 89.9 was always a good station and continued listening to it over the years, they got me into lots of music (Enon, I Am the World Trade Center, Prefuse 73, Stereolab, Crystal Castles naming a few). More rap especially SA locals 3rd Degree.

11th grade the year I quit skating, when I was in my prime. It was my midlife skating crisis. Once I quit skating I was fully into rap and hip hop only. Classic Screw tapes. All Texas rap. A few other artist. NERD. Anything produced by the Neptunes. Pharrell. Kept up this music along with a mixture of 89.9 music and weird electronica stuff (Unkle, Cornelius) for the coming years until 2013. Oohh yea 2011 I was really into Jelli radio in LV, the concept was brilliant and the after hours community was fun.

CavEmpt introduced me to this obscure record label The Trilogy Tapes and that’s when it came around full circle for me on House music and techno. It took years but the seed was already planted from GTA San Andreas and I’ve really only been listening to that music since! It’s hard to listen to much of anything else these days for me!

My good friend Nick got me into some great stuff

Ryuchi Sakamoto

David Sylvain

Tangerine Dream

And he has a great ear for Haus/techno too!

So there’s my well rounded music evolution!

Learned lots from friends and skating over the years.

“Music is my Life.” - ChopTop TCM 2

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blackkudos · 4 years ago

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Johnny Guitar Watson

John Watson Jr. (February 3, 1935 – May 17, 1996), known professionally as Johnny "Guitar" Watson, was an American blues, soul, and funk musician and singer-songwriter. A flamboyant showman and electric guitarist in the style of T-Bone Walker, Watson recorded throughout the 1950s and 1960s with some success. His creative reinvention in the 1970s with funk overtones, saw Watson have hits with "Ain't That a Bitch" and "Superman Lover". His successful recording career spanned forty years, with his highest chart appearance being the 1977 song "A Real Mother For Ya".

Early life

Watson was born in Houston, Texas. His father John Sr. was a pianist, and taught his son the instrument. But young Watson was immediately attracted to the sound of the guitar, in particular the electric guitar as played by T-Bone Walker and Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown.

His grandfather, a preacher, was also musical. "My grandfather used to sing while he'd play guitar in church, man," Watson reflected many years later. When Johnny was 11, his grandfather offered to give him a guitar if, and only if, the boy didn't play any of the "devil's music". His parents separated in 1950, when he was 15. His mother moved to Los Angeles, and took Watson with her.

Early career

In his new city, Watson won several local talent shows. This led to his employment, while still a teenager, with jump blues-style bands such as Chuck Higgins's Mellotones and Amos Milburn. He worked as a vocalist, pianist, and guitarist. He quickly made a name for himself in the African-American juke joints of the West Coast, where he first recorded for Federal Records in 1952. He was billed as Young John Watson until 1954. That year, he saw the Joan Crawford film Johnny Guitar, and a new stage name was born.

In 1953, Shorty Rogers had Watson as part of his Orchestra perform for the famed ninth Cavalcade of Jazz concert held at Wrigley Field in Los Angeles which was produced by Leon Hefflin, Sr. on June 7. Also featured that day were Roy Brown and his Orchestra, Don Tosti and His Mexican Jazzmen, Earl Bostic, Nat "King" Cole, and Louis Armstrong and his All Stars with Velma Middleton.

Watson affected a swaggering, yet humorous personality, indulging a taste for flashy clothes and wild showmanship on stage. His "attacking" style of playing, without a plectrum, resulted in him often needing to change the strings on his guitar once or twice a show, because he "stressified on them" so much, as he put it.Watson's ferocious "Space Guitar" single of 1954 pioneered guitar feedback and reverb. Watson would later influence a subsequent generation of guitarists. His song "Gangster of Love" was first released on Keen Records in 1957. It did not appear in the charts at the time, but was later re-recorded and became a hit in 1978, becoming Watson's "most famous song".

He toured and recorded with his friend Larry Williams, as well as Little Richard, Don and Dewey, The Olympics, Johnny Otis and, in the mid-1970s with David Axelrod. In 1975 he was a guest performer on two tracks (flambe vocals on the out-choruses of "San Ber'dino" and "Andy") on the Frank Zappa album One Size Fits All. He also played with Herb Alpert and George Duke. But as the popularity of blues declined and the era of soul music dawned in the 1960s, Watson transformed himself from southern blues singer with pompadour into urban soul singer in a pimp hat. His new style was emphatic – wearing the gold teeth, broad-brimmed hats, flashy suits, fashionable outsized sunglasses and ostentatious jewelry.

He modified his music accordingly. His albums Ain't That a Bitch (included funk blues singles "Superman Lover") and Real Mother For Ya(1977) fused funk and blues. Watson had album Love Jones in 1980. Reviewing Watson's 1977 LP A Real Mother for Ya, Robert Christgau wrote in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981): "Watson has been perfecting his own brand of easy-listening funk for years, and this time he's finally gone into the studio with his guitar Freddie and his drummer Emry and a bunch of electric keyboards and come up with a whole album of good stuff. The riff-based tracks go on too long but go down easy and the lyrics have an edge. Granted, Watson can't match George Benson's chops, but this is dance music, chops would just get in the way. And I prefer his Lou-Rawls-without-pipes to Benson's Stevie-Wonder-ditto."

Later career

The shooting death of his friend Larry Williams in 1980 and other personal setbacks led to Watson briefly withdrawing from the spotlight in the 1980s. "I got caught up with the wrong people doing the wrong things", he was quoted as saying by The New York Times.

The release of his album Bow Wow in 1994 brought Watson more visibility and chart success than he had ever known. The album received a Grammy Award nomination.

In a 1994 interview with David Ritz for liner notes to The Funk Anthology, Watson was asked if his 1980 song "Telephone Bill" anticipated rap music. "Anticipated?" Watson replied. "I damn well invented it!... And I wasn't the only one. Talking rhyming lyrics to a groove is something you'd hear in the clubs everywhere from Macon to Memphis. Man, talking has always been the name of the game. When I sing, I'm talking in melody. When I play, I'm talking with my guitar. I may be talking trash, baby, but I'm talking".

In 1995, he was given a Pioneer Award from the Rhythm and Blues Foundation in a presentation and performance ceremony at the Hollywood Palladium. In February 1995, Watson was interviewed by Tomcat Mahoney for his Brooklyn, New York-based blues radio show The Other Half. Watson discussed at length his influences and those he had influenced, referencing Guitar Slim, Jimi Hendrix, Frank Zappa and Stevie Ray Vaughan. He made a special guest appearance on Bo Diddley's 1996 album A Man Amongst Men, playing vocoder on the track "I Can't Stand It" and singing on the track "Bo Diddley Is Crazy".

His music was sampled by Redman (who based his "Sooperman Luva" saga on Watson's "Superman Lover" song), Ice Cube, Eazy-E, Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, Jay-Z, and Mary J. Blige. Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre borrowed P-Funk's adaptation of Watson's catchphrase "Bow wow wow yippi-yo yippi-yay" for Snoop's hit Who Am I? (What's My Name?). Johnny also played the guitar on the G-Funk remix of Dr. Dre's Grammy award winning single Let Me Ride in 1993.

"Johnny was always aware of what was going on around him", recalled Susan Maier Watson (later to become the musician's wife) in an interview printed in the liner notes to the album The Very Best of Johnny 'Guitar' Watson. "He was proud that he could change with the times and not get stuck in the past".

Death and material loss

Watson died of a heart attack on May 17, 1996, collapsing on stage while on tour in Yokohama, Japan. His remains were brought home for interment at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California and buried in the Great Mausoleum, Sanctuary of Enduring Honor, Holly Terrace entrance.

On June 25, 2019, The New York Times Magazine listed Johnny "Guitar" Watson among hundreds of artists whose material was reportedly destroyed in the 2008 Universal fire.

Influence

Watson, a recognized master of the Fender Stratocaster guitar, has been compared to Jimi Hendrix and allegedly became irritated when asked about this comparison, supposedly stating: "I used to play the guitar standing on my hands. I had a 150-foot cord and I could get on top of the auditorium – those things Jimi Hendrix was doing, I started that shit."

Frank Zappa stated that "Watson's 1956 song 'Three Hours Past Midnight' inspired me to become a guitarist". Watson contributed to Zappa's albums One Size Fits All (1975), Them or Us (1984), Thing-Fish (1984) and Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention (1985). Zappa also named "Three Hours Past Midnight" his favorite record in a 1979 interview.

Steve Miller not only did a cover of "Gangster of Love" on his 1968 album Sailor (substituting "Is your name "Stevie 'Guitar' Miller?" for the same line with Watson's name), he made a reference to it in his 1969 song "Space Cowboy" ("And you know that I'm a gangster of love") as well as in his 1973 hit song "The Joker" ("Some call me the gangster of love"). Miller had also borrowed the sobriquet for his own "The Gangster Is Back", on his 1971 album Rock Love.

Jimmie Vaughan, brother of Stevie Ray Vaughan, is quoted as saying: "When my brother Stevie and I were growing up in Dallas, we idolized very few guitarists. We were highly selective and highly critical. Johnny 'Guitar' Watson was at the top of the list, along with Freddie, Albert and B.B. King. Watson influenced Jimi Hendrix, Sly Stone, Etta James, and Stevie Ray Vaughan.

Bobby Womack said: "Music-wise, he (Watson) was the most dangerous gunslinger out there, even when others made a lot of noise in the charts ～　I'm thinking of Sly Stone or George Clinton".

Etta James stated, in an interview at the 2006 Rochester International Jazz Festival: "Johnny 'Guitar' Watson... Just one of my favorite singers of all time. I first met him when we were both on the road with Johnny Otis in the '50s, when I was a teenager. We traveled the country in a car together so I would hear him sing every night. His singing style was the one I took on when I was 17 – people used to call me the female Johnny 'Guitar' Watson and him the male Etta James... He knew what the blues was all about...".

James is also quoted as saying: "I got everything from Johnny... He was my main model... My whole ballad style comes from my imitating Johnny's style... He was the baddest and the best... Johnny Guitar Watson was not just a guitarist: the man was a master musician. He could call out charts; he could write a beautiful melody or a nasty groove at the drop of a hat; he could lay on the harmonies and he could come up with a whole sound." Pearl Jam recorded a song entitled "Johnny Guitar", about Watson, for their 2009 album Backspacer.

Watson's 1976 song "Superman Lover" features on the soundtrack of the video game Grand Theft Auto V.

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weeb-alcove · 4 years ago

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2020 English Playlist

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL77pv5URcE8ZBT4DTVUYXWSn9BPeC4JOL

In English:

100 Ways - Jackson Wang

21 - Gracie Abrams

88rising ♪ from their album Head in the Clouds ♬ History La Cienega

♪ from their album Head in the Clouds II ♬ 2 the Face La La Lost You Need Is Your Love

Aliso - Dylan Jordan

A Little Messed Up - June

All the Stars - Kendrick Lamar & SZA

All You Need to Know - Gryffin & Slander & Calle Lehmann

Are You Bored Yet? - Wallows & Clairo

Ariana Grande Goodnight n Go Stuck with U

♪ from her album Positions ♬ Just Like Magic Motive Positions

At Least I Look Cool - Sasha Sloan

Au/ra Broken Ideas

Ava Max Kings & Queens Slow Dance

BØRNS American Money Faded Heart Past Lives

Baby I’m Yours - Arctic Monkeys

Backyard Boy - Claire Rosinkranz

Bad - Lennon Stella

Bad Idea - pxzvc & Shiloh Dynasty

Bad Ideas - Tessa Violet

Bedsheets - Tia

Be Okay - Jordan Fisher

Blackbear ♪ from his album everything means nothing ♬ Half Alive If I Were U me & ur ghost Queen of Broken Hearts

Boy Pablo Beach House Dance, Baby! Hey Girl

Breaking Me - Topic & A7S

Breathe Again - Corbyn

Bright Side of the Moon - Christian French

Broken Hearts - Davai & Lovespeake

Broken Record - Golden

Busy - Axel Mansoor

Call - Ocean Heights

Cancer - Twenty One Pilots

Candy Choppa - Warrenisyellow & Chasu

Cardiac Arrest - Bad Suns

Carsick - Maro

Cheat Codes Between Our Hearts Stay

Choke - I DONT KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME

Cigarettes - Carlie Hanson

Clean - Hey Violet

Cologne - Alec Wigdahl

Come Through - Eric Nam

Conan Gray ♪ from his album Kid Krow ♬ Affluenza Checkmate Comfort Crowd Fight or Flight Little League Wish You Were Sober

Cool Out - Imagine Dragons

Cutepink - Lukey & Raphael

Daddy Issues - The Neighbourhood

Daydreamer - Kidsnot$aints

dhruv Double Take Moonlight

Doin’ Time - Lana Del Rey

Do You Love Me - Stephanie Poetri

Dreams Where Ur Murdered - X Lovers

Drunk Me - Davin Kingston

Dua Lipa Un Dia (One Day)

♪ from her album Future Nostalgia ♬ Break My Heart Love Again

Far Away - Qaayel, Cnebce

Far Away - Utah & Kyl

Fletcher ♪ from her album The S(ex) Tapes ♬ If I Hated You Shh… Don’t Say It Silence The One

Free Love - Honne

Gallant ♪ from his album Sweet Insomnia ♬ Compromise Sweet Insomnia

Get You - Daniel Caesar & Kali Uchis

Golden Dandelions - Barns Courtney

Halsey Be Kind Graveyard

Harry Styles ♪ from his album Fine Line ♬ Sunflower, Vol. 6 Watermelon Sugar

Heat Waves - Glass Animals

Hell and High Water - Major Lazer & Diplo & Alessia Cara

Holiday - Lil Nas X

Homage - Mild High Club

Honey - Tyler Sellers

Hot Tub Dream Machine - Tobi Lou

Hummingbird - Mark Diamond

Hush - Ricky Himself & Kailee Morgue

I Don’t Know Why (Ellis Remix) - NOTD & Astrid S & Ellis

I Don’t Want No Champagne - Chimmi

i go high, you go low - Matt Sato

ily (I Love You Baby) - Surf Mesa & Emilee

Intentions - Justin Bieber & Quavo

Isaac Dunbar God, This Feels Good Intimate Moments Miss America Woman On the Hills

♪ from his album Isaac’s Insects ♬ Comme Des Garcons Makeup Drawer Scorton’s Creek

Jaden ♪ from his album CTV3: Cool Tape Vol. 3 ♬ Everything Falling for You LUCY!

Joji ♪ from his album Nectar ♬ Daylight Gimme Love Pretty Boy Run

July on Film - Zeauxi

Just Buried! - iamnotshane

Justice Carradine Limbo Necessary Evil

K/DA ♪ from their album All Out ♬ More Villain

Keshi Don’t Leave

♪ from his album always ♬ Always Drunk

Khalid Be Like That Off the Grid Suncity

Lauv Mine (You Can’t Find Love in Mollywood) Slow Grenade Who

Little Mix ♪ from their album Confetti ♬ Not a Pop Song Sweet Melody

Loneliness for Love - lovelytheband

Lonely - Finding Hope

Lostboycrow Candy Wine Devil’s in the Backseat The World’s Always Been Ending

Lotus Inn - Why Don’t We

Love Birds - wimp

Love in My Pocket - Rich Brian & Eaj

Love Lost - Harbour

Love Me Like a Friend - Fly By Midnight

Mad at Disney - Salem Ilese

Madison Beer All Day and Night Hurts Like Hell Selfish

Magic in the Hamptons - Lil Yachty & Social House

MAX Naked Take Over

♪ from his album Colour Vision ♬ Blueberry Eyes New Life Working for the Weekend

Medicine - Shawn Wasabi & Tia Scola

Monsta X ♪ from their album All About Luv ♬ Got My Number Happy Without Me Love U

Moonmap - Meego

My Favourite Clothes - Rini

Natalie Don’t - Raye

Neon Trees ♪ from their album I Can Feel You Forgetting Me ♬ New Best Friend Nights

New Hope Club Paycheck Worse

♪ from their album New Hope Club ♬ Flight Away Just to Find Love Know Me Too Well Remember We Broke Up in a Dream

Next to You - Becky G & Digital Farm Animals & Rvssian

Nico Collins Happy? Our Way Out We’ll Never Make It

Niki Dancing with the Devil I Like U Spell Sugarplum Elegy Vintage

♪ from her album Moonchild ♬ Nightcrawlers Plot Twist Tide

Ok On Your Own - mxmtoon & Carly Rae Jepsen

Older - Shallou & Daya & Felix Cartal

On the Low - Justin Park

Paradise - Lil Uzi Vert

Paragraphs - Luke Chiang

Peach Tree Rascals Mariposa Not Ok

Pink Sweat$ At My Worst Icy

Play Date - Melanie Martinez

Post Malone (GATTUSO Remix) - Sam Feldt & RANI

Pure Imagination - Unclenathannn & Shiloh Dynasty

Quinn XCII ♪ from his album A Letter To My Younger Self ♬ Coffee Sleep While I Drive

R3HAB Am I the Only One Dream of You Make Friends One More Dance Whiplash

Rabbit Hole - AViVA

Real Love - Rei Brown

Rockets - Waki

Ruel Empty Love Up to Something

Runaway - Tiffany Young & Babyface

San Francisco - Galantis & Sofia Carson

Scrambled - Havelock

Selena Gomez Boyfriend It Ain’t Me

Shawn Mendes ♪ from his album Wonder ♬ 305 Teach Me How to Love

Someone Else - Duncan Laurence

Space Makes Me Sad - Fiji Blue

Splash - Public

Star City Cafe - Hevel & Evito

Stay with Me - ayokay & Jeremy Zucker

Sunlight - Maty Noyes

Surf. - Wave to Earth

Take Yourself Home - Troye Sivan

Tell Me U Luv Me - Juice WRLD & Trippie Red

Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish

The Vamps Burn Hair Too Long Part of Me

Tiffany Day Clout Chaser Commitment Issues Gonna Be Okay

Time Flies - Drake

Tomorrow Tonight - Loote

Up All Night - Clevt

ur just a fan - Suggi

Watching You Walk Away - Stephen Puth

Will Jay ♪ from his album Perfectionist ♬ Must Be Nice Talking to Myself Writing a Song Pt. 1

Yellow Roses - Charlie Powers

Young Heart - Kara Marni & Russ

Zayn Rumors Scripted

In Spanish:

Clandestina - FILV & Edmofo & Emma Petersz

Electronic:

Howls Moving Castle - Theodor Ellefsen

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