Music

[rome8180]

Like a cross between Triumph and Rush and Saga and Celine Dion with a sprinkle of Neil Young.

More seriously, I hear a lot of Chris Cornell similarities in his voice. And in the music, I some hear similarities to Spacehog.

 

[rome8180]

He does kind of look like a more handsome Neil Young. Must be Canada face. I assume @torontoduke also looks like Neil Young.

 

[rhfarmer]

He does kind of look like a more handsome Neil Young. Must be Canada face. I assume @torontoduke also looks like Neil Young.

He looks like a cross between Neil Young and Gordon Lightfoot.

 

[deeyoukayeee]

Use to love this tune in the late 90s. Great Zep feel to it with a little Baba O'Riley synth break.

 

[rome8180]

It frustrates me that I will never be able to sing like that. He sounds great live too. Just flawless technique.

 

[torontoduke]

I'm on an REM binge.

Murmur, Automatic for the People & Life's Rich Pageant

 

[rhfarmer]

I'm on an REM binge.

Murmur, Automatic for the People & Life's Rich Pageant

Dude, gotta put Reckoning in there ahead of Automatic.

 

[torontoduke]

I'm on it

 

[rhfarmer]

"Don't go back to 'ronto-oh-oh"

 

[torontoduke]

I saw the Minus 5 many years ago in Toronto- Mike Mills was touring with them and they played 'Rockville'

It was fucking great

 

[physicsfactor]

 

[torontoduke]

So cool.

Somewhat related, death metal band hatebeak uses a parrot as their singer

 

[aiw]

Stupid thing didn’t even know the words

 

[torontoduke]

Two fabulous new releases:

- Spoon

- Superchunk

The new Chunk is pretty different for them. Songs with strings, etc. Mac has a gift for writing catchy songs.

 

[rhfarmer]

Was coming here to post that there was a new Tears for Fears album out, dedicated to @rome8180

 

[rome8180]

The album is dedicated to me? And they didn't even use my real name? I didn't know they were Duke Forum members.

 

[physicsfactor]

The wife and I are watching some stupid Netflix vacation rental show, and the narrator said, “You would never guess that Sir Paul McCartney or Robert Plant performed here.”

My wife asked, “Who’s Robert Plant?”

I am fucking TRIGGERED!

 

[rhfarmer]

Been listening to a lot of Led Zeppelin lately. Their deep cuts are better and more complex musically than most bands' best work.

 

[deeyoukayeee]

IMO, Zep and the Beatles are clearly the leaders in musical BPM. Beatles better on OBPM, Zep better on DBPM. Stones are like a slightly better Westbrook with high volume/low efficiency. Radiohead more of a lower usage/high efficiency Kawhi type.

 

[childress22]

Songs with strings, etc. Mac has a gift for writing catchy songs.

I've been listening to this one a lot since Friday. I generally feel like they've gotten better with age, and this record is nice and consistent, but I miss the punchier electric riffs and punk tempos of the three previous records (and their early stuff too obviously).

"Endless Summer" is a gem, though, and I like the last song with Sharon Van Etten.