Getting the spins

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Tue Mar 01, 2022 11:38 am

EnochRoot wrote: ↑Tue Mar 01, 2022 11:35 am
mister d wrote: ↑Tue Mar 01, 2022 10:51 am Nah. She was never my thing, but I've never had any reason to actively dislike her or think she's a kiddie gimmick.
I think attempting to reclaim previous music that she signed a contract on the way every other artist in history had done before, yet wanting to make a spectacle of it to re-record it to force fans to repurchase the music isn't so much woke as it is Gwyneth Paltrow selling her farts in a perfume bottle for $1000 an ounce.

I sorta resent the Dessners' involvement because it lends credibility to it all.

And that's what Kanye West is doing with Beach House.

They're coming for yer indie sensibilities. Fuck that nonsense. (o;

Well, no one buys music anyway, so it's transparent to consumers other than making sure they pick "(Taylor's Version)" when setting up their playlists in Spotify/etc.

pruitt2 · Post by **pruitt2** » Tue Mar 01, 2022 11:44 am

If you're in the mood for some very beautiful and bittersweet music...

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Tue Mar 01, 2022 11:55 am

EnochRoot wrote: ↑Tue Mar 01, 2022 11:35 amI sorta resent the Dessners' involvement because it lends credibility to it all.

And that's what Kanye West is doing with Beach House.

I guess I don't think either inherently lacks credibility, atleast musically? Esp Swift who started so young, it would make sense for her to age into a totally different demo. Kanye just feels like something where he could take out a band I really like on his way to wherever he's heading. Once you release something that sucks or sells out your style, you can't undo it.

EnochRoot · Post by **EnochRoot** » Tue Mar 01, 2022 12:00 pm

mister d wrote: ↑Tue Mar 01, 2022 11:55 am
EnochRoot wrote: ↑Tue Mar 01, 2022 11:35 amI sorta resent the Dessners' involvement because it lends credibility to it all.

And that's what Kanye West is doing with Beach House.
I guess I don't think either inherently lacks credibility, atleast musically? Esp Swift who started so young, it would make sense for her to age into a totally different demo. Kanye just feels like something where he could take out a band I really like on his way to wherever he's heading. Once you release something that sucks or sells out your style, you can't undo it.

And I should clarify, I am fully aware that I am well on my way to becoming old man yelling at clouds. Life's too short to get worked up about stuff like this. Although I've met with some documentable success almost two weeks into my new BP meds.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Tue Mar 01, 2022 12:16 pm

Its a very small list of artists I like enough to be upset and probably not a huge list of outside artists I'd be absolutely against, but this one sure found the sweet spot. Send meds.

EnochRoot · Post by **EnochRoot** » Thu Mar 03, 2022 12:10 am

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Tue Mar 08, 2022 12:25 pm

mister d wrote: ↑Tue Mar 01, 2022 12:16 pm Its a very small list of artists I like enough to be upset and probably not a huge list of outside artists I'd be absolutely against, but this one sure found the sweet spot. Send meds.

Shit fuck fuck shit fuck.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Tue Mar 08, 2022 1:32 pm

Anyone else having Spotify issues?

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Tue Mar 08, 2022 1:40 pm

Giff wrote: ↑Tue Mar 08, 2022 1:32 pm Anyone else having Spotify issues?

I feel bad for you, son.

P.D.X. · Post by **P.D.X.** » Tue Mar 08, 2022 2:07 pm

Yeah.... seems to be fixed now

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Wed Mar 09, 2022 10:00 pm

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Thu Mar 10, 2022 9:26 pm

I cannot recommend enough listening to this. Just insane.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Mon Mar 14, 2022 6:14 pm

Last week, during the KEXP pledge drive, the counted down the 'top 500 song's, as voted on by listeners.

I've put together a playlist of the top 100 (that may change...I may add more during especially boring meetings).

Here's the link: KEXP Top 100 Songs

The #1 was David Bowie's "Heroes"

P.D.X. · Post by **P.D.X.** » Mon Mar 14, 2022 6:27 pm

Tears for Fears at 25. Nice.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Mon Mar 14, 2022 7:17 pm

I forgot to check to see how it ended but I would have lost a decent amount of money betting Joy Division would take the top spot.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Mon Mar 14, 2022 7:23 pm

mister d wrote: ↑Mon Mar 14, 2022 7:17 pm I forgot to check to see how it ended but I would have lost a decent amount of money betting Joy Division would take the top spot.

I thought for sure that Mountain Goat's 'This Year' would have at least been in the top 10. They did say that it is always the most requested song, and they get multiple requests for it every day.

Post by **Shirley** » Tue Mar 15, 2022 9:55 am

I saw it mentioned above, and I agree, the new Spoon album is quite good. Pretty surprising for a 30-year-old band.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Fri Mar 18, 2022 7:01 pm

DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Mon Mar 14, 2022 6:14 pm Last week, during the KEXP pledge drive, the counted down the 'top 500 song's, as voted on by listeners.

I've put together a playlist of the top 100 (that may change...I may add more during especially boring meetings).

Here's the link: KEXP Top 100 Songs

The #1 was David Bowie's "Heroes"

Many thanks for putting that playlist together. It's on heavy rotation here.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Sat Mar 19, 2022 11:27 am

govmentchedda wrote: ↑Fri Mar 18, 2022 7:01 pm
DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Mon Mar 14, 2022 6:14 pm Last week, during the KEXP pledge drive, the counted down the 'top 500 song's, as voted on by listeners.

I've put together a playlist of the top 100 (that may change...I may add more during especially boring meetings).

Here's the link: KEXP Top 100 Songs

The #1 was David Bowie's "Heroes"
Many thanks for putting that playlist together. It's on heavy rotation here.

No problem! I'll probably add more to it at some point.

And its only 99/100...couldn't add Neil Young's 'Harvest Moon'...

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Fri Mar 25, 2022 10:44 am

A_B wrote: ↑Tue Dec 28, 2021 8:56 am Apple music finally got me. Free for 6 months. That's plenty of time to decide I don't need it.

Well. The algorithm isn't perfect, and I suppose it takes a while to reengineer the way that my amazon had done, but overall I'm pretty pleased with apple music. It isn't what I would call user friendly, but I can get to the main places I need to fairly easily. I get a fair amount of repeats in a short time every once in a while. Maybe I am missing it, but I wish there was a "thumbs up" or something similar so I could refine things more easily.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Thu Mar 31, 2022 3:33 pm

I don't know if I really, really like the Japanese Breakfast cover of "Skinny Love" because I really, really like her and Bon Iver or because its really good. Didn't try to go too far off path but enough to make it her sound.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Thu Mar 31, 2022 3:37 pm

I'll have to check it out.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Thu Mar 31, 2022 3:38 pm

Please do. I'm truly up in the air on this one.

Square Rob · Post by **Square Rob** » Fri Apr 01, 2022 4:54 am

A_B wrote: ↑Fri Mar 25, 2022 10:44 am
A_B wrote: ↑Tue Dec 28, 2021 8:56 am Apple music finally got me. Free for 6 months. That's plenty of time to decide I don't need it.
Well. The algorithm isn't perfect, and I suppose it takes a while to reengineer the way that my amazon had done, but overall I'm pretty pleased with apple music. It isn't what I would call user friendly, but I can get to the main places I need to fairly easily. I get a fair amount of repeats in a short time every once in a while. Maybe I am missing it, but I wish there was a "thumbs up" or something similar so I could refine things more easily.

There is. Click the ellipsis in the top right corner on your phone and you can love songs, albums, etc.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Fri Apr 01, 2022 5:13 am

Well bobs your uncle. Thanks! See it now and it’s so clear.

cerranoredux · Post by **cerranoredux** » Sat Apr 02, 2022 5:13 pm

Rass turned me on to the “60 songs that explained the 90’s” with Rob Harvila. He did an episode about “ex-factor” by lauryn hill so I listened to the entire album today while krunked.

“Final Hour” needs more recognition.

Ok. Back to chicken schwarma and pernil prep.

Post by **brian** » Sun Apr 03, 2022 12:19 am

We’re all just walking through this darkness on our own.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Sun Apr 03, 2022 9:04 am

I'm living down by an old par three. You know I'll be playing.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Fri Apr 08, 2022 6:20 pm

Something to look forward to:

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Thu Apr 21, 2022 10:32 am

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Fri Apr 22, 2022 9:11 am

DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Fri Apr 08, 2022 6:20 pm Something to look forward to:

Just starting...first song is "Coat of Many Colors"...

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Fri Apr 22, 2022 9:21 am

I appreciate Dolly the person but I expect today to be a long slog.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Thu May 12, 2022 12:40 pm

It's certainly not for everyone, but if you like the National and can handle musicals, the Cyrano soundtrack is pretty great.

Rush2112 · Post by **Rush2112** » Fri May 13, 2022 1:51 pm

Metamodern Sounds in Country Music was released 8 years ago today.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Tue May 17, 2022 8:50 am

The Many Humiliations of Being an Arcade Fire Fan is a headline written to draw me personally in.

Brontoburglar · Post by **Brontoburglar** » Thu Jun 02, 2022 7:07 am

L-Jam3 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 31, 2022 10:11 am I didn't know that Applebee's song was a real song and not a jingle until this past weekend. Too insipid to even be described as Douchebro Country.

he somehow has a new song that's *worse* than the applebee's song

And I'm just tryna keep my daughters off the pole
And my sons out of jail
Tryna get to church so I don't go to hell
I'm just tryna keep my wife from figuring out
That I married up and she married way, way down
In Alabama where they love Nick Saban
Tryna write a song the local country station'll play
Hey, I'm just tryna stay out of AA

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu Jun 02, 2022 7:10 am

Haven't heard it and don't want to but really wondering if the delivery is such that he rhymes "Saban" with "station...'ll"?

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Thu Jun 02, 2022 7:42 am

It’s an affront to human language at best and an assault on recovering alcoholics at worst.

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu Jun 02, 2022 7:56 am

A_B wrote: ↑Thu Jun 02, 2022 7:42 am It’s an affront to human language at best and an assault on recovering alcoholics at worst.

Based on the lyrics bronto posted and before I clicked through to see that the song is called "AA" I thought it was just a subpar version of what DBT did with The Righteous Path.

It seems the top google query related to the song is "What does keep my daughters off the pole mean?".

Brontoburglar · Post by **Brontoburglar** » Thu Jun 02, 2022 7:57 am

the latter part is what I don't understand. none of the multiple people who surely wrote that or any of the people in the current pop country machine stepped back and looked at the lyrics and went "yeah, this isn't the direction we need to go here"?