.zip it up.

Yeah I thought so, I wasn't sure how to do that but I got it.
WIll you be downloading this comp?

I dled the Graf Orlock comp, wasn't very impressed.

which is why i never got into them :D

thanks for covering all of their albums, this saves me the time of me trying to get them when i'm not even that into them in the first place

Alright, I've made a U2 compilation. Don't expect many greatest hits; I made this to try to introduce some people here to the side of U2 that isn't known to the general public. Just download it, even if you are inherently biased to dislike U2.

The Beginner's Guide to U2

I'm not going to introduce these guys, everybody has their own idea of who they are.

Tracklisting:

1. I Will Follow (From "Boy" - 1980)
2. Bullet the Blue Sky (From "The Joshua Tree" - 1987)
3. The Fly (From "Achtung Baby" - 1991)
4. Two Hearts Beat As One (From "War" - 1983)
5. When Love Comes to Town (From "Rattle and Hum" - 1988 - Featuring B.B. King on backing vocals and guitar)
6. A Sort of Homecoming (From "The Unforgettable Fire - 1984)
7. So Cruel (From "Achtung Baby" - 1991)
8. Kite (From "All That You Can't Leave Behind)
9. Numb (From "Zooropa - 1994)
10. Love is Blindness + Can't Help Falling In Love (Live, Zoo TV tour 1992)
11. One (From "Achtung Baby" - 1991)
12. White as Snow (From "No Line on the Horizon" - 2009)
13. What's Goin' On (Live 2000 - Marvin Gaye cover)
14. Stay (Faraway, So Close!) (From "Zooropa" - 1994)
15. Miss Sarajevo (Live 1997 - Featuring Brian Eno and Luciano Pavarotti)
16. All I Want is You (From "Rattle and Hum" - 1988)



Take from it what you will.

So...did someone do a Kings of Leon comp somewhere and I just missed it? Anyone up for the challenge? Or can someone give a recco on where to start with them?

'Aha Shake Heartbreak', their second I think. If you absolutely have to, that is :p:

Lol...thanks. I think. :D

well.....i can see why people would love them, but to be honest it didn't really do a whole lot for me. at times it just seemed to drone on to me. there was some good stuff on there though.


and you're asking for comments reminds me

anyone who actually downloaded it have any comments? don't be afraid to tear apart my favorite band :o:

Starting with something positive, as a huge Nirvana fan who's heard everything the band's done I'd say you picked some great songs. Many of the band's best songs are represented, especially the picks from Nevermind, and kudos to you for not just going to the singles and making a hits collection.

However, my honest opinion is that the mix itself is a mess as a beginner guide. It's far too heavy on live versions. More than half of the mix is live. That's just not right with a band who has 4 studio albums and plenty of other recorded material. When making a beginner guide you want to pick the best quality version of a song possible, and rarely is that a live version. If it's including something like a live version of "Polly," which they played differently at times live, or something on Unplugged that was only documented live, that's one thing - but otherwise stick to the albums and other studio recordings.

Also no new fan of the band needs to hear the old Fecal Matter demos or Kurt demoing songs like "Sliver" with a 4 track on an out of tune guitar. Remember, those things may have a certain charm for us as die hard fans - but that's because we already love these songs. You want to draw new fans in with the stuff that has the most instant appeal, but again I commend you for not being lazy and just putting on the songs everyone's heard 8 million times.

Finally, as much as I love Nirvana's covers, you're narrowing a classic discography down to 26 tracks and 5 of them are covers. That means about 20% of this beginner's guide to a band is focusing on their performance of songs they didn't even write.

I'm honestly not trying to be a ****, but that's my take on it.

There's a complex MB formula that, when simplified, mean that the more effort you put into a post that is actually about music, the less of a response you'll get.

EBM is a form of music that has evolved from many different influences and today it appeals to a wide cross section of fans including those into heavy Electronic music, Techno, Goth, Metal, Industrial and Dance music.

It began with taking certain asthetics of early Industrial and some Post Punk music and amalgamating with repetitive electronic beats. Various bands throughout the 80's (especially in Europe) began to pick up on this and some band introduced guitars and gruff vocals, others put atmospheric Goth leanings onto EBM creating alternative Dance music perfect for huge soundsystems and clubs whilst still retaining a non commercial appeal. This compilation is made up of various aspects of EBM ranging from the harsh techno beats of SHNARPH! and SAM to the metallic sounds of Mindless Faith and Cubanate and through to the early melodic sounds of Front 242 and Nitzer Ebb.

If you are dubious about Dance music and it's commercial aspects then this should be the perfect antidote to that with music from a thriving uncommercial underground scene that may appeal to many of you without even realising.

Deadly!!! :D

solid work mate. :thumb:

it would be sweet to hear a dnb or a chilled ambient mix as well.

I would also love to hear a mix of this variety from you jackhammer :D

I will see what I can do over the weekend!

Scroll up from his EBM comp to find a DnB compilation.

I will be checking that out too. A great mix. A few names I haven't heard of and a few names missing for me (LTJ Bukem- the king of the kick bass drum) but solid enough.

I really appreciate that, that was my first comp ever and I definitely did come on strong so to speak with all the raw recordings and I definitely should have taken into consideration that no one besides die hard nirvana fans would give two ****s about his 4 track demos.
I really should have that of more what everyone else would like, not what I like. I'm a big fan of all the rare, raw Nirvana stuff.

If I do recall I did get into Nirvana by of course listening to all those polished Nevermind tracks and slowly working my way into getting a better liking for Bleach and I'm at were I am now.

Again, thank you, in future comps i'll take some of the things you stated into consideration.

Glad that you saw it as constructive criticism, as I was afraid I might have come off as being too negative :)

I'm a big fan of the rare stuff too...when I was a kid, years before the box set came out I collected cassette tapes with pre-Bleach demos, alternate versions of songs, etc...and alot of the time I preferred them to the stuff on albums. Also even though it's not technically a studio album, Incesticide is my favorite record by Nirvana.

But like you said, most Nirvana fans started with Nevermind and worked their way through the rest. I did as well. So for a beginner guide, that mindset is important. It can be hard though, when you're a huge fan and you want to include all this rare stuff because its your favorites.

^^^
I was just about to IM you asking what would be the best place to start with the guy!
Yay!

That is some nice artwork Kirby!

"It's been a long and wild ride since sublime's first gig way back in 1988 in Long Beach, California. The explosive debut not only set off a small- scale riot, but also marked the beginning of a rare, genre-busting collaboration. Once known as the below average garage punk band that every kid wanted to play at his party, sublime steadily escalated from a group of backyard beer buddies to a renowned musical entity. Blending a love of dance-hall and rock-steady reggae rhythms with an aggressive punk ethos, sublime amassed a nearly fanatical Southern California following that would do just about anything (or anyone?) to catch one of their blistering sets."

This was a tough one due to the fact I tried to stay away from Robbin' The Hood due to it's bad quality but I'm happy with the outcome.

1. Seed - Self Titled
2. Date Rape - 40oz To Freedom
3. Freeway Times in L.A. County Jail - Robbin' The Hood
4. S.T.P. (Live) - Stand By Your Van
5. Caress Me Down - Self Titled
6. 40oz To Freddom - 40oz To Freedom
7. 54-46 That's My Number/Ball and Chain - 40oz To Freddom
9. Badfish - 40oz. To Freedom
9. Same in The End - Self Titled
10. Wrong Way - Self Titled
11. What I Got - Self Titled
12. April 29th 1992 - Self Titled
13. Smoke Two Joints - 40oz To Freedom
14. Don't Push - 40oz To Freedom
15. Greatest-Hits - Robbin' The Hood.
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Very good job on the comp here, all the hits and fan favorites, saw Brad and a few friends (not from Sublime) do bad fish for about a crowd of 25 once, one of my favorite in person musical moments, do you like the 40 oz or the Self titled best btown?

P.S. - Because of your signature, which NBA players game do you have on your local courts? Are you a Kobe, a Bird, a Magic, a Brian Cardnial?

Thanks man I appreciate that.
I find myself listening to the Self Titled a lot more than 40oz due to its more radio friendly songs what with 40oz you have a lot of those dubs but 40oz has that charm to it with that D.I.Y. work ethic they had. So I'm gonna have to go with 40oz To Freedom
And I can't believe you got to see Brad Nowell live, were was he playing?

I have that live acoustic cd of his called "Bradley and Friends" with the recordings from when he played for small crowds.

And I don't actually play basketball, that's just a quote from one of those corn Above The Influence commercials.:p:

Many props on the Sublime compilation.

Sublime is a terrific group. I have the Everything Under The Sun box.

Sublime are terrible. They are an affront to the music that spawned them. Why does everyone go gaga on second rate Reggae and ignore the real deal :(

I do like "the real deal" but you can't tell me that Brad Nowell isn't a genius.

Genius is very very rarely a term used by myself within the musical world and he is far from it for sure.

Maybe not a genius, but immensely talented, listen to this guitar playing:


He had perfect pitch as well and just listen to that voice, what more do you want?

Ska is not about musical talent. It's a vibe and that vid is skanking by numbers and can be heard ten-a-penny across the board.

Just a small band that are rough as hell but have tons more attitude and chops:

I think many people were exposed to Sublime before reggae ('cept for Bob Marley of course). But once you realize how many of their songs (mostly from 40oz which I actually like quite a bit) are basically covers of older reggae/ska songs, you lose a bit of that admiration. I liked them quite a bit during college because I really had minimal exposure to reggae and ska at the time. Still don't have too much really, but I recognize where several of the songs are from now. I still like the album but I definitely wouldn't call him a genius.

I thoroughly enjoyed that and I'm definitely going to look into those guys but Sublime and those guys definitely have some similarities but I don't think Sublime were really going for that sound, I know what you mean by the vibe some bands can set off and others just don't have but tome Sublime has that vibe.

Sublime weren't extremely revolutionary but they are definitely one of my favorite bands and I still fail to see whats not to like.

Ignore me. I'm in a bad mood tonight but I get so pissed off that certain bands are continually heralded as great bands in this genre when they rarely have any relevance to the genres they take influence from.

Damn straight sublime wasn't going for that sound. That sound is abrasive, refreshing, and anything but the poppy skank laced lameness that is Sublime.

I'm gonna agree with Rickenbacker on this one, I see sublime going for this approach:



and I see Capdown more like this:


Even though Sublime can be put into the same genre at times (Ska-Punk) Sublime has more reggae in them and Capdown as more Punk in them.

See, Capdown had those political lyrics when all Sublime really had were those carefree lyrics about getting laid and getting smashed all the time.

But hey, we all have different tastes and opinions and were not always going to agree. Maybe you dislike Sublime because they are overrated and in your opinion have been doing stuff that's been done a thousand times before.

I freely admit that Sublime, mainly 40 oz. to Freedom, is a guilty pleasure of mine, but all the wannabe Long Beach reggae that came after them is abhorrent,

I'm not sure how useful this will be to most people, but I had this idea and decided to do it anyways. Worst case I just spent an hour doing this that I would have wasted anyways:)

The Beginner's Guide to Maynard James Keenan
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If Maynard James Keenan has not had the greatest musical impact on my fairly young life so far, he would at the very least be in the top three. Tool is one of the few bands that I can say actually prompted me to change major things around in my life and attempt things I might not have attempted before. I can still identify with the ideas and emotions MJK put forth, from the pissed-off disillusionment of Opiate to the self-discovery of Aenima to the bitterness toward the ****ed-up world of 10,000 Days. One of the reasons I love MJK is that he seems to be able to convey whatever emotion he needs to in his vocals, so these feelings of rage and self-doubt and grief come pouring through even more powerfully. Tool seems to be one of those bands that you either love or hate, I guess it's fairly obvious which side of that fence I am on.

But Maynard's two side projects also deserve more recognition than they usually get. A Perfect Circle gets compared to Maynard's main project far too much. IMO, it should be thought of less as Tool's little brother and more of Tool's third cousin twice removed. There are glimmers of similarity, but nothing you should ever attribute to anything more than having the same frontman. APC is not Tool 2.0, but it has still produced two fine albums. Mer de Noms is a dark and depressing album, but its the selective anger that allows it to lash out in just the right places that makes it a great album IMO. Thirteenth Step is a solid album that I didn't enjoy as much as their debut, but does have a very interesting concept and some great tracks.

If APC is Tool's third cousin twice removed, then Puscifer, Maynard's most recent side project, would be like the creepy cousin that nobody wants to invite to the family reunion. Obviously it's not to be taken nearly as seriously as either of the two bands listed above, but that doesn't mean that the music isn't kickass. Maynard's had a lot of help with this group, but that doesn't take away from the fact that it takes someone seriously creative and talented to transition completely away from what he's been doing, to this.

This comp is in two parts for a few reasons. One, my Tool bitrates are higher than the others, so when I tried to make one file I found myself having to cut too much of one group for all the songs I wanted to include. Two, a lot of people have heard Tool but maybe haven't given a serious listen to either APC or Puscifer, so no sense wasting bandwidth if that's the case. So, without further ado.

The Introduction to MJK Part One
1. Tool-Part Of Me (Opiate, 1992)
2. Tool-Flood (Undertow, 1993)
3. Tool-Eulogy (Ænima, 1996)
4. Tool-Forty Six & 2 (Ænima, 1996)
5. Tool-Ænema (Ænima, 1996)
6. Tool-The Grudge (Lateralus, 2001)
7. Tool-Lateralus (Lateralus, 2001)
8. Tool-Reflection (Lateralus, 2001)
9. Tool-10,000 Days (Wings, Part 2) (10,000 Days, 2006)
10. Tool-Right In Two (10,000 Days, 2006)
Bonus track: Tool-Pu**** (Live) (Salival, 2000)
MJK Part One

The Introduction to MJK Part Two
1. A Perfect Circle-The Hollow (Mer De Noms, 2000)
2. A Perfect Circle-Judith (Mer De Noms, 2000)
3. A Perfect Circle-3 Libras (Mer De Noms, 2000)
4. A Perfect Circle-The Package (Thirteenth Step, 2003)
5. A Perfect Circle-Weak And Powerless (Thirteenth Step, 2003)
6. A Perfect Circle-Pet (Thirteenth Step, 2003)
7. A Perfect Circle-Imagine (eMOTIVe, 2004)
8. A Perfect Circle-Passive (eMOTIVe, 2004)
9. Puscifer-REV 22:20 (Don't Shoot The Messenger EP, 2007)
10. Puscifer-****ry Boner (****ry Boner single, 2007)
11. Puscifer-Queen B. ("V" Is For Vagina, 2007)
12. Puscifer-Vagina Mine ("V" Is For Vagina, 2007)
13. Puscifer-Trekka ("V" Is For Vagina, 2007)
14. Puscifer-Indigo Children (JLE Dub Mix) ("V" Is For Viagra, 2008)
15. Puscifer-Drunk With Power (Hungover And Hostile In Hannover Mix) ("V" Is For Viagra, 2008)
16. Puscifer-Queen B. (Glitched And Bent Mix) ("V" Is For Viagra, 2008)
Bonus track: Puscifer-****ry Boner (Disco Viagra Mix) ("V" Is For Viagra, 2008)
MJK Part Two

Comments welcome, like I said this was mostly just a way to kill time.