Museum Musica

Zhanteimi · 10-01-2018, 05:18 PM

0017 Sigur Rós - Takk…
(Iceland, 2005, post-rock)

Every time I listen to this album, I love it more. This is a unique band for me, since I often sing along with them, having no idea what I'm singing. It's all phonetic anyway, but the fact that they can anchor the vocals in my mind without providing any meaning allows me to consider the vocals to be just another instrument in their triumphant, uplifting soundscape. This beautiful album can evoke emotions from me like few other pieces of music can. I went over to my friend's apartment one day, and he sat me down in front of his huge speakers, turned off the lights, and played for me a song. I didn't know who it was by. He just wanted me to listen to it. So I did. Full disclosure: he had kick-ass speakers, so anything would've sounded impressive. Listening to this song was like entering a faerie land, and not the cartoonish Disney kind. I mean the proper faerie realm, one supremely pagan and one that is equal parts beautiful and dangerous. That song was "Sæglópur", and it was the beginning of my love affair with Sigur Rós' music.

Zhanteimi · 10-02-2018, 05:24 PM

0018 Marek Grechuta - Droga za widnokres
(Poland, 1972, poezja śpiewana)

I first stumbled across the poezja śpiewana genre when I found Ewa Demarczyk's 1967 gem, Ewa Demarczyk śpiewa piosenki Zygmunta Koniecznego. I think I was poking around for non-English language music and found her, was impressed by what I was hearing, and searched out more of that genre. I can't understand a word, of course, but there are translations, and for me, there's some charm also in not understanding the meaning but rather immersing myself in the sung stanzas of Polish poetry. The Russians do something like this, too: setting poetry to music. The jazz piano flourishes work well. "Pewność" is by far the best song on this album.

Zhanteimi · 10-02-2018, 06:41 PM

0019 Final Fantasy - He Poos Clouds
(Canada, 2006, chamber pop)

Not only is the violin playing masterful, he does so while singing some pretty surreal songs. I also enjoy the unusual, progressive structure of the tracks. This isn't related to the music, per se, but I'm wondering what kind of relationship Owen Pallett had with Sufjan Stevens.

Zhanteimi · 10-03-2018, 05:22 PM

0020 Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
(USA, 1971, funk rock / funk)

This is a first listen, and oh my goodness! I should've known. The magic that is the year 1971. I wonder if it's a self-fulfilling prophecy at this point--I just expect 1971 albums to be amazing so I make them so in my mind? Nope. Can't be that. I was slain from the opening track, with that psychedelic, apocalyptic guitar. I've rarely heard anything so soothing and hypnotic. Eddie Hazel, where did you learn to play like that? The rest of the album is pretty great, the other high point being "Super Stupid", but nothing compares to the epic opening track. It's like it opened a door to another realm. Dude's playing his guitar as if his mother had just died.

**Frownland** · 10-03-2018, 05:25 PM

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According to legend, George Clinton, under the influence of LSD, told Eddie Hazel during the recording session to imagine he had been told his mother was dead, but then learned that it was not true.

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Zhanteimi · 10-03-2018, 06:49 PM

Yeah. That was the allusion I was making.

The Batlord · 10-03-2018, 07:23 PM

Sounds more like passing off someone else's idea as your own.

rostasi · 10-03-2018, 07:52 PM

Eddie Hazel's Grandma Smoked Cigars and Played Gutbucket Blues

Zhanteimi · 10-03-2018, 08:22 PM

I wasn't passing the idea off as my own, since I assumed any music nerd would know this anecdote about Funkadelic. I guess some nerds are nerdier than others.

Zhanteimi · 10-04-2018, 06:05 PM

0021 Ariel Pink - Pom Pom
(USA, 2014, hypnagogic pop / psychedelic pop)

This album is pure genius wacky crazy fun. The best hypnagogic pop album yet. I'm not really one to watch music videos, but the videos for some of the songs on this album are worth watching. They give you a peek into Ariel Pink's mind, and it's quite an interesting ride. The videos definitely have a more artistic bent, but that's what I'd expect from a quirky pop artist outside the mainstream. Anyway, this music is just so cool. I feel cooler just listening to it. I disagree with the criticism that Ariel Pink is style over substance. There's a lot to unpack here if you just listen.

10-01-2018, 05:18 PM	#891 (permalink)
Zhanteimi Mord Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Tokyo Posts: 4,874	0017 Sigur Rós - Takk… (Iceland, 2005, post-rock) Every time I listen to this album, I love it more. This is a unique band for me, since I often sing along with them, having no idea what I'm singing. It's all phonetic anyway, but the fact that they can anchor the vocals in my mind without providing any meaning allows me to consider the vocals to be just another instrument in their triumphant, uplifting soundscape. This beautiful album can evoke emotions from me like few other pieces of music can. I went over to my friend's apartment one day, and he sat me down in front of his huge speakers, turned off the lights, and played for me a song. I didn't know who it was by. He just wanted me to listen to it. So I did. Full disclosure: he had kick-ass speakers, so anything would've sounded impressive. Listening to this song was like entering a faerie land, and not the cartoonish Disney kind. I mean the proper faerie realm, one supremely pagan and one that is equal parts beautiful and dangerous. That song was "Sæglópur", and it was the beginning of my love affair with Sigur Rós' music. __________________ Zhanteimi LetsTalkMusic Last edited by Zhanteimi; 10-24-2018 at 10:28 PM.

10-02-2018, 05:24 PM	#892 (permalink)
Zhanteimi Mord Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Tokyo Posts: 4,874	0018 Marek Grechuta - Droga za widnokres (Poland, 1972, poezja śpiewana) I first stumbled across the poezja śpiewana genre when I found Ewa Demarczyk's 1967 gem, Ewa Demarczyk śpiewa piosenki Zygmunta Koniecznego. I think I was poking around for non-English language music and found her, was impressed by what I was hearing, and searched out more of that genre. I can't understand a word, of course, but there are translations, and for me, there's some charm also in not understanding the meaning but rather immersing myself in the sung stanzas of Polish poetry. The Russians do something like this, too: setting poetry to music. The jazz piano flourishes work well. "Pewność" is by far the best song on this album. __________________ Zhanteimi LetsTalkMusic Last edited by Zhanteimi; 10-24-2018 at 10:29 PM.

10-02-2018, 06:41 PM	#893 (permalink)
Zhanteimi Mord Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Tokyo Posts: 4,874	0019 Final Fantasy - He Poos Clouds (Canada, 2006, chamber pop) Not only is the violin playing masterful, he does so while singing some pretty surreal songs. I also enjoy the unusual, progressive structure of the tracks. This isn't related to the music, per se, but I'm wondering what kind of relationship Owen Pallett had with Sufjan Stevens. __________________ Zhanteimi LetsTalkMusic Last edited by Zhanteimi; 10-24-2018 at 10:29 PM.

10-03-2018, 05:22 PM	#894 (permalink)
Zhanteimi Mord Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Tokyo Posts: 4,874	0020 Funkadelic - Maggot Brain (USA, 1971, funk rock / funk) This is a first listen, and oh my goodness! I should've known. The magic that is the year 1971. I wonder if it's a self-fulfilling prophecy at this point--I just expect 1971 albums to be amazing so I make them so in my mind? Nope. Can't be that. I was slain from the opening track, with that psychedelic, apocalyptic guitar. I've rarely heard anything so soothing and hypnotic. Eddie Hazel, where did you learn to play like that? The rest of the album is pretty great, the other high point being "Super Stupid", but nothing compares to the epic opening track. It's like it opened a door to another realm. Dude's playing his guitar as if his mother had just died. __________________ Zhanteimi LetsTalkMusic Last edited by Zhanteimi; 10-24-2018 at 10:30 PM.

10-03-2018, 06:49 PM	#896 (permalink)
Zhanteimi Mord Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Tokyo Posts: 4,874	Yeah. That was the allusion I was making. __________________ Zhanteimi LetsTalkMusic

10-03-2018, 07:52 PM	#898 (permalink)
rostasi . Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 4,007	Eddie Hazel's Grandma Smoked Cigars and Played Gutbucket Blues

10-03-2018, 08:22 PM	#899 (permalink)
Zhanteimi Mord Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Tokyo Posts: 4,874	I wasn't passing the idea off as my own, since I assumed any music nerd would know this anecdote about Funkadelic. I guess some nerds are nerdier than others. __________________ Zhanteimi LetsTalkMusic

10-04-2018, 06:05 PM	#900 (permalink)
Zhanteimi Mord Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Tokyo Posts: 4,874	0021 Ariel Pink - Pom Pom (USA, 2014, hypnagogic pop / psychedelic pop) This album is pure genius wacky crazy fun. The best hypnagogic pop album yet. I'm not really one to watch music videos, but the videos for some of the songs on this album are worth watching. They give you a peek into Ariel Pink's mind, and it's quite an interesting ride. The videos definitely have a more artistic bent, but that's what I'd expect from a quirky pop artist outside the mainstream. Anyway, this music is just so cool. I feel cooler just listening to it. I disagree with the criticism that Ariel Pink is style over substance. There's a lot to unpack here if you just listen. __________________ Zhanteimi LetsTalkMusic Last edited by Zhanteimi; 10-24-2018 at 10:30 PM.