Mr November

So.
I only just registered on this website today. And, seeing as how this is a forum, I thought I should post something. So this is going to be a journal (mostly) of my (musical) thoughts. So first a bit about me:

- I only buy music in albums. There are no lonely songs on my iPod.

- I only buy albums that can be bought as an album. If there is a song out there that is really really good but that is sitting in an album of Sh*t, it will be left behind.

- Every time I go to buy music, I start with a list of things I want, and then buy something completely in the spur of the moment that I really wasn't planning on.

- I can tolerate music that spews about religion, but only if I can persuade myself to pretend that the lyrics are being sarcastic or ironic.

- I find it difficult to listen to most female artists.

- I have yet to find more than three people on earth who share similar music tastes to my own. (Maybe I should get out more?)

- I can play instruments and make my own music. But not well.

- The music that I listen to has changed drastically in the last 2 years.

Ok...

Some other information for the sake of context:

Favourite Genre: None

Favourite Bands/People who make music: The National, Modest Mouse, Wolf Parade, Andrew Bird, Bon Iver, Toe, Broken Social Scene, Blitzen Trapper, Owen Pallet (Final Fantasy), Department of Eagles, Elliot Brood... others?

Favourite Instruments to be heard: Drum Kit, Bass, Brass, Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard. In that order.

What else: Nothing else.





Entry for Wed, Feb, 16, 2011:

Bought two new albums. 1. Exit - Shugo Tokumaru 2. InnerSpeaker - Tame Impala

1. Exit - Shugo Tokumaru: Experienced regret followed by joy followed by embarrassment followed by admiration. This is a very Japanese sound in some ways, but most of the songs have a very syncopated sound that reminds me of a Baroque period composer that someone unleashed from the bonds of less temporary constraints. Yup...



2. InnerSpeaker -Tame Impala: Experienced self-gratification followed by buyers remorse followed by shame at having experienced buyers remorse followed by feeling high without the assistance of illegal substances. This album came out in 2010 but it sounds straight out of the 70s at times. I think the band is Ozzy and the lead singers voice often reminds me of John Lennon when he started experimenting with distortion and vocal effects. To my North American ears, there's enough that's similar between the Liverpudlian accent and an Australian accent that when two men with similar enough voices start singing, I can't tell the difference. I'm just that inept. Also: Jimi Hendrix. On the whole very good speaking from the experience of about 10 minutes. But every album will be judged by the test of time.




Anyway, that's all for today. It's over, and you're welcome for that. My apologies for the rest of it.

s_k

Great taste an I hear ya about the female artists.
Finally someone who understands

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RVCA

This looks interesting, nice way to introduce yourself breh

Paedantic Basterd

We have common methods. Unfortunately, your youtube videos are broken. The tag only needs the code within it to work, not the whole URL. Welcome!

Janszoon

Fixed your YouTube links for you, Ian. They won't work if you put the whole url in there, just put the string of characters that appear after "watch?v=" in the url.

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Insane Guest

The first thing I can never do! But usually that song that I like usually ends up being a Single so...do you have any singles?

The last two things I can say me too to.

TockTockTock

Department of Eagles is pretty good. I sort of understand your point on female singers. I only have a few that I can tolerate (Grace Slick and Laurie Anderson being two of the few).

Mr November

Thanks. I was wondering what was going on...

Lisnaholic

I came here because of the intriguing title of your thread and enjoyed your comments more than I enjoyed your music, TBH. Those "...followed by....followed by...." bits were very good, because who can decide straight off on an album?

@ Jack Pat: I didn`t realize it, but I don`t like many female artists either, although I`m ok with some stuff: K and A McGarrigle or Joni Michell for instance, and in a different style, Souad Massi and Zap Mama.

Well, Ian, I`ll look forward to your next installment. I hope you can find something really pessimistic to share with us !

Mr November

Entry for Wed, March 16, 2011:

While you're reading the first part, here's something to listen to while we wait for actual relevant audio:



In all seriousness though. If I were you, I would want to listen to this video. If I were you, I would like this video. Not that you can control that, or that you actually will, but If I were you, I would be me not you.

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I've wanted to make my next instalment here for a while now, but haven't been able to think of anything good to write. I thought of writing:

> This) An explanation of why The National is a band above all others.

> Or) An introduction and analysis of Owen Pallet

> And Then) A reflection on why I like some music and not others, based on attitudes or my own stereotypes more so than actual musical integrity or quality.

---F THAT---F THAT---F THAT---F THAT----F TAHT---F TATH--- FAT AH---

Instead, I'm going to just talk about what's on my mind right now.

So the first thing, is that I have about $20.00 on my iTunes account that I've had since December.

And yes we can all debate the merits of downloading off of itunes and getting a compressed music file that could be destroyed by a magnet, but at this point: it was a gift, and I can't change it into real money again now can I. (aside from that I tend to buy music off iTunes anyway just for the convenience and out of a lack of personal want to have anything tangible).

So I've been looking over my options. On average, I would say an album costs $9.99 on Canadian iTunes any who. So by my advanced calculations, that's like approximately 2 albums I can buy.

I've made a short list of albums I might be choosing.... None of them strike me as worthy however . I need my music to be highly rewarding no matter how many times I listen to it, and I seem to prefer the kind of music that's difficult to listen to the first few times, but that get's better with time.

Anyway here's a few of them:


Band: The Cave Singers
Album: No Witch
Song: Black Leaf
Found: Featured on an episode of Chuck I was swatching...

I know in the past this band has sounded a bit different. This album seems more intense or darker or something.

NUMBAH TWO


"Band": Final Fantasy (aka Owen Pallet before he realized naming himself after the world most milk'd out/drunken up video game series might not have been a good idea)
Album: He Poos Clouds
Song: This Lamb Sells Condos
Found: Last year or something.

I found this album a while ago, but never got it for some reason. But I did notice the artist, and so when Owen Pallet came out with new albums, I got them instead. Now for some reason I struggle to purchase this album, because I want something new, totally different, but just as great.

THE THIRD SEAL
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Band: The Young Dubliners
Album: Saints and Sinners
Song: Caroline
Found: Months ago while challenging myself to find good Irish music.

This has nothing to do with the time of year by the way. It's not St.Patricks day making me want to get in touch with the music of my ancestors or anything. This band is interesting to me for a few reasons. Firstly, they sound a bit like The National to me (atleast in this song - although the lyrics are about 1/898447 of the way to being of the same calibre). The other thing that's interesting to me, is that it is pretty true to a celtic sound, while also being contemporary and not making me feel like I'm in some terrible movie about two brothers murdering people to DropKick Murphy...

And I am part Irish, and I do live in a part of Canada that translates to "New Scotland"... and there is more bagpipes here then there needs to be. So I can't help myself but get into this kind of music sometimes.


So there you go. That's what I've been thinking about pretty much since my last post on February 16.

Bye 'til next time.