Music. I like some. Also relevant: Somebody That I Used To Know

[Lumenskir]

Welp, I thought this was going to be a summer where I just tracked down every indie band's cover of "Call Me Maybe" but then my Certified Musician Girl Crush went and released a new album, so it's time to put away childish things and all and accept the new paradigm.*


*Mostly blatant lies, I'll still seek out Call Me Maybe whenever I listen to the radio...or whenever I get bored really.

I'm sorry Train... I know you've always had slightly odd lyrics and that's kind of your 'thing', but "Just a shy guy looking for a two-ply Hefty bag to hold my love" may be the worst line I've ever heard in a song.

One of my favorite parts of Michael Showalter's standup routine is when he sings along to Teas of Jupiter and then note how almost every lyric is so overwrought it ends up sounding like a mongoloid attempting Bob Dylan.

[DarkDrgon]

Every music thread here I feel like I'm way too mainstream for the indie stuff, but I also don't like most pop. about a year or 2 ago i went through a major music shift, from being all about tough guy Hardcore to almost exclusively listening to pop-punk.

This is from Hit The Lights latest album. It is awesome!

[Magus]

Been listening to some jazz-fusion lately. Have some Weather Report:



EDIT:

Oh, and that Metal Gear Rising Trailer reminded me Depeche Mode still makes music:



Plus it's a good music video.

[Cloud Strife]

Ah, Weather Report. One of the most amazing jazz bassists out there.

Now, VNV Nation anyone?

WARNING: Tear-jerker.

[Magus]

Man, I thought Irish bands were supposed to be more upbeat, haha. Of course they are more of an electronic band from what I see in the links at the end there...

[tacticslion]

Daggummit.

I looked for "covers" of "Call me, maybe", and now I'm also addicted to friggin' Goot. Lousy Lumenskir making me find music I like.

Also: dudes, ugh, Storm Large and Kanye West*. Everything else has been great, though.

* Yes, this is total opinion, not fact.

[Lumenskir]

Daggummit.

I looked for "covers" of "Call me, maybe", and now I'm also addicted to friggin' Goot. Lousy Lumenskir making me find music I like.

I always like that the Official Pop Song of Summer (Billboard #1! Billboard #1!) both serves to give everyone a common reference pool* and allows lesser known bands to get some more exposure with covers.

*Seriously, this song is like a poppy Turing Test. Anyone who doesn't like it should be immediately quarantined to ward off potential android infiltration.

HOWEVER, having said that, we have officially moved into stage 3: Mashups are here y'all!!

Call Me Maybe v. Walking on Broken Glass



Also, Rap Re-Re-Re-Remixes are here...honestly not sure if that's phase 4 or something closer to phase 3.5. Anyways, I liked what I had heard of Kitty Pryde before, using Call Me Maybe as a backing track was sort of icing.


Of course, the inherent problem is that if you use the vocals only you miss out on dem strangs, but if you use the instrumental you miss out on "Aand all theotha boys" which is one of the greatest vocalizations for a pop song. The solution, of course, is to re-listen to the original.

[Malek]

I got linked to this while reading this thread, I believe fate has tasked me with posting it here.

[Magus]

Well, I didn't like "Call Me, Maybe", but I'm not a fan of music that is not...aurally challenging.

EDIT: I like the TAY ZONDAY version.

ANOTHER EDIT: Fixed.

[Lumenskir]

Guys, my Song Of Summah 2012 officially has a music video! And it's just DIY enough to be on the right side of whimsy-twee continuum!!

I like the Carly Rae Jepsen version.

Not sure if joking, or attempting stage 2 infiltration...