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Stereo Listening Thread

Outdated said:
Treaty was a huge hit here, and there are several different dance compilations of it as well.
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It's catchy that's for sure. It also goes to show that there's no bad instruments, just good or bad players! Well maybe the Sitar or the Bagpipes. Just kidding! :smilecat:
 
They seem to be absolutely amazing at integrating so many different styles and cultures. Not by copying or imitating, but by using everything to create their own unique styles.
 
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They seem to be absolutely amazing at integrating so many different styles and cultures. Not by copying or imitating, but by using everything to create their own unique styles.
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It's cool. The thing is in every culture you get used to the conventions of the music you are surrounded by. So things don't often chime. Like Arabic music has very fine and dissonant tone divisions that don't really conform to the Pythagorean standard. So it just sounds plain wrong to most western ears.

Then you kinda have the converse of that, which is the usual sanitised "World Music" you find in certain shops. It's usually not very interesting and is just someone making vaguely ethnic sounds with a didgeridoo.

All music regardless of its origin has it's exciting side. It's cool to hear the fusion of Aboriginal sounds with punk rock. They are both honest and down to earth in their origin. Not like blimmin Ed Sheeran. Sorry the music he makes just makes me want to vomit.
 
I always loved happy upbeat music. I hated REM, they incite dreams of a luke warm bath and razor blades.

I successfully complained to my local shopping centre about the Christmas carols they were playing for the same reason, it's supposed to be a happy holiday season and they're playing mournful dirges and misery guts music.
 
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I always loved happy upbeat music. I hated REM, they incite dreams of a luke warm bath and razor blades.

I successfully complained to my local shopping centre about the Christmas carols they were playing for the same reason, it's supposed to be a happy holiday season and they're playing mournful dirges and misery guts music.
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I don't mind a little REM but I prefer their more exciting numbers. But they are historically a bit hit and miss. Shame because there's a lot of talent there!

I agree on the Christmas music! I hate the awful miserable Christmas dirges too. When I hear just miserable and introspective stuff at Christmas I always imagine that someone called Gerald or Geraldine decided that they like only "traditional carols" so that's what you are gonna get whether you like it or not! (No offence intended to people named Gerald or Geraldine).
 
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I think early REM albums were great. Reckoning and Document were two of my favorites.
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I quite like Shiny Happy People because it just makes me feel happy!

I do have a couple of their older albums on CD. I do like Stand and The One I Love.
 
This is always a treat on any stereo! Beautifully crafted, high octane pop music! Great vocals! They don't make pop music like this anymore! Sadly :-(

 
I never thought this thread would veer into REM bashing :P They are the first band I loved. But, seriously, thanks for the posts Outdated! Glad to have some new contributors.

Magna said:
I think early REM albums were great. Reckoning and Document were two of my favorites.
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Yeah, those sound great. Mitch Easter has always been an indie guy, but I think he really got some good sounds on Murmur, Reckoning, and Pavement's Brighten the Corners. Other indie wasn't always like that. Hüsker Dü usually sounds like crap, even though the music's great.

On Murmur I love how they mixed the bass and vocals louder, and the guitar and drums lower.
It gives everything that muted, intimate feel. "Talk About the Passion" is so much fun to listen to.

Of course, Automatic for the People sounds great, too. I really enjoy "Drive," when the electric guitar and strings come in. The album has such a range of tones, between different instruments, guitar effects ("Sweetness Follows," "Star Me Kitten") and drum machines.
 
Another one which is perfect for a stereo or headphones: Stereolab. At some point they started mixing records with a lot of hard panning, creating what they called "dual mono." It's almost like listening to two versions of the same song at once. The parts really complement each other, and it's fun to switch back and forth between speakers, then hear everything together. Here's a good example:

 
I love it when they use the full width of the stereo like that. There used to be quite a few bands that did similar things many years ago, scrambling through my collection right now trying to remember what I was listening to in the 80s for an example.

[Edit] searching through my music wasn't a wise choice, I started off with a riff running through my head but couldn't remember who it was, instead of finding what I was looking or I now have about 6 different songs in my head. :)

Here's one with good separation though:

 
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I love it when they use the full width of the stereo like that. There used to be quite a few bands that did similar things many years ago, scrambling through my collection right now trying to remember what I was listening to in the 80s for an example.

[Edit] searching through my music wasn't a wise choice, I started off with a riff running through my head but couldn't remember who it was, instead of finding what I was looking or I now have about 6 different songs in my head. :)

Here's one with good separation though:

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Yes! Outdated, this is one of my favorite Talking Heads songs. Great post. I love that guitar tone (and the horns).

This demo is really fun. It sounds more like the version of "Psycho Killer" in Stop Making Sense:

 
I love Danny Elfman's scores for Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, Batman, Beetlejuice, and Edward Scissorhands. They're all very dynamic and melodic. Edward Scissorhands has a lot of beautiful moments, especially with the different variations on the "Ice Dance" theme. That track in particular is really powerful, with its changes in volume, the choir, and that timpani role at the end. The voices are nicely centered for that ethereal effect, with the echo.

 
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