Bartimaeus Posted June 14, 2023 Posted June 14, 2023 (edited) 33 minutes ago, majestic said: Yeah, long gone are the days where music like Teremtés could actually fit right into anime. ...Though I actually couldn't tell you precisely when this song was used in Only Yesterday, I have nevertheless heard it on the soundtrack. Edited June 14, 2023 by Bartimaeus 1 Quote How I have existed fills me with horror. For I have failed in everything - spelling, arithmetic, riding, tennis, golf; dancing, singing, acting; wife, mistress, whore, friend. Even cooking. And I do not excuse myself with the usual escape of 'not trying'. I tried with all my heart. In my dreams, I am not crippled. In my dreams, I dance.
majestic Posted June 14, 2023 Posted June 14, 2023 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Bartimaeus said: Yeah, long gone are the days where music like Teremtés could actually fit right into anime. ...Though I actually couldn't tell you precisely when this song was used in Only Yesterday, I have nevertheless heard it on the soundtrack. It was the first time Takeo and Toshio drive through the fields (if I recall correctly). It was pure magic, and the moment the film really clicked for me. Edit: Of course, the ending manages to be even better. Edited June 14, 2023 by majestic 1 No mind to think. No will to break. No voice to cry suffering.
Bartimaeus Posted June 14, 2023 Posted June 14, 2023 Oh, that makes sense I wouldn't have a good impression of where it was used then, as that sudden jump back to the present after almost all of the first 40 minutes being a childhood flashback was probably my least favorite part of the film, . Quote How I have existed fills me with horror. For I have failed in everything - spelling, arithmetic, riding, tennis, golf; dancing, singing, acting; wife, mistress, whore, friend. Even cooking. And I do not excuse myself with the usual escape of 'not trying'. I tried with all my heart. In my dreams, I am not crippled. In my dreams, I dance.
Gorth Posted June 15, 2023 Posted June 15, 2023 Not an anime per se, but Nier: Automata was a game where I would sometimes just stop and listen to the music (and then reload after dying!). Which reminds me, there is actually an anime out now for it. Maybe I should look for it 1 “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein
Gromnir Posted June 15, 2023 Posted June 15, 2023 17 hours ago, Gorth said: Not an anime per se, but Nier: Automata was a game where I would sometimes just stop and listen to the music (and then reload after dying!). Which reminds me, there is actually an anime out now for it. Maybe I should look for it have mentioned previous how impressed we were by the music o' both icewind dale 1 & 2. different composers, but similar evocative. am not having a favorite anime music/tune, but paranorman was animated and include one o' the most underrated scores am able to recollect. HA! Good Fun! 1 "If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence."Justice Louis Brandeis, Concurring, Whitney v. California, 274 U.S. 357 (1927) "Im indifferent to almost any murder as long as it doesn't affect me or mine."--Gfted1 (September 30, 2019)
Gromnir Posted June 16, 2023 Posted June 16, 2023 aside, since @majestic is such a fan o' covers, we will share a couple favorites... one is even from an animated movie. have mentioned we originally thought led zeppelin were a blues cover band. am so not a nirvana fan, but their version o' in the pines is fantastic. prince being prince. 'nuff said. which brings us to... am disappointed the film (as well as the soundtrack) didn't get more love. HA! Good Fun! 1 "If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence."Justice Louis Brandeis, Concurring, Whitney v. California, 274 U.S. 357 (1927) "Im indifferent to almost any murder as long as it doesn't affect me or mine."--Gfted1 (September 30, 2019)
Azdeus Posted June 16, 2023 Posted June 16, 2023 On 6/15/2023 at 3:18 AM, Gorth said: Not an anime per se, but Nier: Automata was a game where I would sometimes just stop and listen to the music (and then reload after dying!). Which reminds me, there is actually an anime out now for it. Maybe I should look for it Only tangentally related to Nier: Automata, but this is a great song in my opinion 1 Civilization, in fact, grows more and more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary. - H.L. Mencken
bugarup Posted June 16, 2023 Posted June 16, 2023 3 hours ago, Gromnir said: am so not a nirvana fan, but their version o' in the pines is fantastic. It's uncanny how Dhani looks just like his old man.
Gfted1 Posted June 16, 2023 Posted June 16, 2023 What a fantastic video, gave me goosebumps. There will never be another Prince in my lifetime. "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa"
Gromnir Posted June 19, 2023 Posted June 19, 2023 in recognition of juneteenth. is still work to do. HA! Good Fun! 2 "If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence."Justice Louis Brandeis, Concurring, Whitney v. California, 274 U.S. 357 (1927) "Im indifferent to almost any murder as long as it doesn't affect me or mine."--Gfted1 (September 30, 2019)
Bartimaeus Posted June 19, 2023 Posted June 19, 2023 On 6/16/2023 at 2:54 AM, Gromnir said: am disappointed the film (as well as the soundtrack) didn't get more love. Maybe Laika shouldn't have made their protagonist so annoying that I wanted him to get horrifically maimed just ten minutes in - get a new one and restart the movie, please. Grumble, grumble. ...I liked the song, though. Quote How I have existed fills me with horror. For I have failed in everything - spelling, arithmetic, riding, tennis, golf; dancing, singing, acting; wife, mistress, whore, friend. Even cooking. And I do not excuse myself with the usual escape of 'not trying'. I tried with all my heart. In my dreams, I am not crippled. In my dreams, I dance.
xzar_monty Posted June 20, 2023 Author Posted June 20, 2023 On 6/15/2023 at 9:35 PM, Gromnir said: have mentioned previous how impressed we were by the music o' both icewind dale 1 & 2. different composers, but similar evocative. I can only comment on iwd 1, but yes: very well done. Evocative is exactly the word. I'm not going to go back to it to confirm, but I think there was a rather deliberate use of certain chord extensions going on; the composer used a rather old trick, but definitely knew what (s)he was doing, and it worked. This stuff always reminds me of the Tristan chord, as used by (obviously) Wagner. Sweet heaven it's a great chord to start a tradegy with: you instantly get that sense of melancholy. Sheer genius. 1
Gorth Posted June 20, 2023 Posted June 20, 2023 Jeremy Soule (IWD) wasn't completely unknown back then. But Inon Zur was a completely blank slate for me when I saw his name in the credits... The Infinity Engine games generally had great music. Michael Hoenig's Baldurs Gate music isn't bad, nor was Mark Morgan's and Richard Band's contributions to Planescape Torment. 1 “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein
Gorth Posted June 22, 2023 Posted June 22, 2023 Speaking of nostalgia (showing my age, I know) 1 “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein
majestic Posted June 22, 2023 Posted June 22, 2023 Well, since posting the cover fun was such a hit that it got mentioned, here's another one: 90ies original: Aughties cover: Meme: 5 hours ago, Gorth said: Speaking of nostalgia (showing my age, I know) ABBA 1 No mind to think. No will to break. No voice to cry suffering.
kanisatha Posted June 23, 2023 Posted June 23, 2023 23 hours ago, Gorth said: Speaking of nostalgia (showing my age, I know) My favorite ABBA song 1
majestic Posted June 25, 2023 Posted June 25, 2023 17 hours ago, bugarup said: Covers, eh? One of my favorites. I have one just for you: 1 1 1 No mind to think. No will to break. No voice to cry suffering.
xzar_monty Posted June 25, 2023 Author Posted June 25, 2023 Oh dear, that Scooter thing was way more awful than I thought. (I went directly to about 1:00, which put me in the chorus, and was only able to listen for about five seconds.) Here's an interesting thing: Billy Idol was great in the 1980s. But I never would have thought that his songs would endure so well. The best of them are excellent! I mean, just really really good pop music. 1
kanisatha Posted June 25, 2023 Posted June 25, 2023 1 hour ago, xzar_monty said: Here's an interesting thing: Billy Idol was great in the 1980s. But I never would have thought that his songs would endure so well. The best of them are excellent! I mean, just really really good pop music. Whenever Billy Idol's Rebel Yell comes on the Oldies radio station I have on in my car, I have to pull over out of traffic so I can go nuts. 2
xzar_monty Posted June 25, 2023 Author Posted June 25, 2023 2 hours ago, kanisatha said: Whenever Billy Idol's Rebel Yell comes on the Oldies radio station I have on in my car, I have to pull over out of traffic so I can go nuts. I don't drive[*] but I get your point. [*] True story: the only time in my life that I've driven a car was in New Zealand, when I was in car with a woman I'd only met a couple of hours earlier. Upon learning that my driving experience was at zero, she promptly stopped the vehicle and made me drive for a while (we were on a secluded country road near Motueka). It immediately struck me that something interesting might happen if I told her that I'd never had sex before, either, but since I was going to have to get along with her for at least two weeks, I couldn't really risk it, even as a joke. 2
Gromnir Posted June 26, 2023 Posted June 26, 2023 (edited) On 6/24/2023 at 10:21 AM, bugarup said: Covers, eh? One of my favorites. am not gonna claim we heard the ghost o' james jamerson, but that were fun and there were groovy bass. edit: might as well add another cover edit 2: we can't tease jamerson w/o adding at least one song HA! Good Fun! Edited June 26, 2023 by Gromnir "If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence."Justice Louis Brandeis, Concurring, Whitney v. California, 274 U.S. 357 (1927) "Im indifferent to almost any murder as long as it doesn't affect me or mine."--Gfted1 (September 30, 2019)
majestic Posted June 26, 2023 Posted June 26, 2023 No mind to think. No will to break. No voice to cry suffering.
Gromnir Posted June 27, 2023 Posted June 27, 2023 jeff beck were a big fan o' stevie wonder and writes superstition with stevie in mind, but beck were s'posed to release his version first. record label has different ideas and decides stevie wonder version is first. the rest is history. so, technical, stevie wonder's version is the cover. another song from a previous post, but the following might not be recognized... unless you listen to at least 2:10 ... one more from jamerson, 'cause it ain't possible to have too much jamerson HA! Good Fun! "If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence."Justice Louis Brandeis, Concurring, Whitney v. California, 274 U.S. 357 (1927) "Im indifferent to almost any murder as long as it doesn't affect me or mine."--Gfted1 (September 30, 2019)
majestic Posted July 1, 2023 Posted July 1, 2023 I originally wanted to comment on the performance and how a certain, say, lifestyle, combined with age can have a detrimental effect on one's ability to perform on stage, but on the other hand, the guy was 71 at the time, so cutting some slack seems in order. Plus, it is still a pretty good song (potentially even if one does not understand the lyrics). No mind to think. No will to break. No voice to cry suffering.
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