100 Things That I Love About Music (lyric, funk, reggae, genre)

Piss Me Off · 09-11-2008, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by jackhammer

I have never deleted anything from my music collection UNLESS it is badly tagged and I have no way of gaining the correct information. Many bands that I have gone back to a few months later take on a whole new meaning for me.

I know but it was on my list

Premonition.
You too actually, i just downloaded that Burial album and it wasn't tagged at all, i can't be fucking arsed.

WaspStar · 09-11-2008, 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by jackhammer

#85. That Album That You Did'nt Like On First Listen But It Is Now Played To Death.

Sometimes these are the real beauties in your collection. Usually it is from a genre that you don't listen to or it is an album devoid of hooks and memorable riffs or content. However SOMETHING in the record makes you want to listen to it again...and again....and again...and again. These albums are ridiculously rewarding because each time that you listen to it, you find something new. A sequence of notes that you did'nt hear before. An ambience that was just lost on you. A lyric that fits so snugly into that track's musical theme.

Music is a strange beast and it is that unpredictability that keeps my world spinning.

I have to say, I've never heard a record that I absolutely hated at first and later grew to love. It's worked the other way around (i.e., I loved a record when I first heard it and now hate it), but the best I can say is that I was indifferent to some records on first spin and now love them. Example; I didn't really care for Blood On The Tracks for years (but I didn't actively dislike it); now I love it.

Still, like other people have said, grower records tend to be some of the best.

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Originally Posted by ToeAndno

It always makes me sad when I view threads about big music collections and read that people have recently gone through their collection and deleted/thrown away some albums that they haven't listened to for ages or that they don't like.

What a waste!

Who's to say you won't find at least one gem in there that you had previously overlooked? We all change, and so do our tastes. One years bad album can be another years anthem...unfortunately, the reverse can also be true

I've sold stuff like Jackson Browne albums years ago and don't regret it at all. Maybe someday I'll be in the mood to appreciate Back In Black...but I hope not.

Really, I'm content living without a copy of James Taylor's Greatest Hits.

jackhammer · 09-11-2008, 05:35 PM

#84. Afro-Beat

One of the most joyous genres ever put on this earth, yet it barely get's a mention in the Western world. This is music going full circle and yet sounding so fresh and full of vitality. I dare anyone with more than a passing interest in Soul/Funk to not be impresssed by this genre. It is based upon two guys: the legendary Fela Kuti who at one point released fourteen albums in just over a year and his son Femi Kuti who has incorporated Hip Hop and Reggae into his sound (indeed Mos Def has guested on a few Kuti tracks). Afro-beat also retains and maintains it's lyrical prowess in championing the injustice's inherent in many African cultures.

Femi Kuti (Father):

Fela Kuti (son)

British_pharaoh · 09-11-2008, 05:36 PM

I hope Avril Lavigne's gash is on this list

Akira · 09-11-2008, 05:38 PM

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I hope Avril Lavigne's gash is on this list

Ewwww, I imagine that looking like a hedgehog with its guts hanging out.

British_pharaoh · 09-11-2008, 05:40 PM

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Originally Posted by ToeAndno

Ewwww, I imagine that looking like a hedgehog with its guts hanging out.

she's fit though, I'd **** that hedgehog

jackhammer · 09-11-2008, 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by British_pharaoh

I hope Avril Lavigne's gash is on this list

No I think you are looking for this thread:

http://www.musicbanter.com/general-m...out-music.html

no disrespect to Urban but I think he can find a corellation in his superlative thread between a Clinic's fanbase and avvie's vadge I.E they both seem to invite pricks...

WWWP · 09-11-2008, 05:51 PM

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Originally Posted by jackhammer

No I think you are looking for this thread:

http://www.musicbanter.com/general-m...out-music.html

no disrespect to Urban but I think he can find a corellation in his superlative thread between a Clinic's fanbase and avvie's vadge I.E they both seem to invite pricks...

FireInCairo · 09-11-2008, 10:44 PM

afrobeat!!!!!
enough said

**Janszoon** · 09-12-2008, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by jackhammer

#84. Afro-Beat

One of the most joyous genres ever put on this earth, yet it barely get's a mention in the Western world. This is music going full circle and yet sounding so fresh and full of vitality. I dare anyone with more than a passing interest in Soul/Funk to not be impresssed by this genre. It is based upon two guys: the legendary Fela Kuti who at one point released fourteen albums in just over a year and his son Femi Kuti who has incorporated Hip Hop and Reggae into his sound (indeed Mos Def has guested on a few Kuti tracks). Afro-beat also retains and maintains it's lyrical prowess in championing the injustice's inherent in many African cultures.

Great stuff! I love Fela!

09-11-2008, 05:35 PM	#63 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	#84. Afro-Beat One of the most joyous genres ever put on this earth, yet it barely get's a mention in the Western world. This is music going full circle and yet sounding so fresh and full of vitality. I dare anyone with more than a passing interest in Soul/Funk to not be impresssed by this genre. It is based upon two guys: the legendary Fela Kuti who at one point released fourteen albums in just over a year and his son Femi Kuti who has incorporated Hip Hop and Reggae into his sound (indeed Mos Def has guested on a few Kuti tracks). Afro-beat also retains and maintains it's lyrical prowess in championing the injustice's inherent in many African cultures. Femi Kuti (Father): Fela Kuti (son) __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

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British_pharaoh Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Manchester UK Posts: 454	I hope Avril Lavigne's gash is on this list __________________ "I hate Purity, I hate Goodness, I don't want virtue to exist anywhere. I want everyone corrupt to the bones" Fat Ed's Guide To Metal http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfdqV_sqal0

09-11-2008, 10:44 PM	#69 (permalink)
FireInCairo Later on... Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Melbourne Posts: 1,235	afrobeat!!!!! enough said __________________ O G MUDBONE: Only You can prevent forest fires.