xzar_monty Posted August 3, 2023 Author Share Posted August 3, 2023 (edited) AC/DC is a band that has superb intros (Hells Bells, For Those About To Rock, Thunderstruck, and so on for quite some time) but whose songs themselves I often find a little boring: after the intro, so little tends to happen. Gotta admire their amazing groove, though. One of those groups that I more respect than like, if you know what I mean. Edited August 3, 2023 by xzar_monty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gfted1 Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 26 minutes ago, kanisatha said: Good song. Fantastic in concert. I caught AC/DC in concert ~1988 in Vegas for their Heatseeker tour. Probably the best concert Iv been to. I love that the closing song is (still?) For Those About To Rock and these huge cannons came out of the stage and fired...I could feel the pressure waves hit me. They were the band I grew up to and I was pretty bummed when Malcolm Young died. 1 "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xzar_monty Posted August 3, 2023 Author Share Posted August 3, 2023 1 hour ago, Gfted1 said: I love that the closing song is (still?) For Those About To Rock and these huge cannons came out of the stage and fired...I could feel the pressure waves hit me. Well, their last show was in 2016, but they did finish that one with the same song, yes. I think it has been the closing song for much of the time since its release, which is kind of logical when you think about it: it's one of their best songs, and given that it has the cannons, you can't really have it in any other place in the set. What would you follow it with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gfted1 Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 Huh, I didnt know their last show was in 2016. I wouldnt change anything from their setlist. "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorth Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 Childhood memories... yes, I know, this was a year or two before I was born, but my parents had radio and believe it or not, this stuff was played all the way to the end of the 60's 3 “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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorth Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 Speaking of nostalgia... 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanisatha Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 22 hours ago, Gfted1 said: I caught AC/DC in concert ~1988 in Vegas for their Heatseeker tour. Probably the best concert Iv been to. I love that the closing song is (still?) For Those About To Rock and these huge cannons came out of the stage and fired...I could feel the pressure waves hit me. They were the band I grew up to and I was pretty bummed when Malcolm Young died. I saw them in Nashville in 1991. Exact same experience. The cannons were awesome!! And for the opener, which I believe was Thunderstruck, we could hear the music but not see the band on stage. Then we all turn around and there's Angus jamming away and coming down from the rafters on a little platform in the back of the hall. He then runs through the crowd to get to the stage. Hehe. Just perfect. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PK htiw klaw eriF Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 3 "Akiva Goldsman and Alex Kurtzman run the 21st century version of MK ULTRA." - majestic "I'm gonna hunt you down so that I can slap you square in the mouth." - Bartimaeus "Without individual thinking you can't notice the plot holes." - InsaneCommander "Just feed off the suffering of gamers." - Malcador "You are calling my taste crap." -Hurlshort "thankfully it seems like the creators like Hungary less this time around." - Sarex "Don't forget the wakame, dumbass" -Keyrock "Are you trolling or just being inadvertently nonsensical?' -Pidesco "we have already been forced to admit you are at least human" - uuuhhii "I refuse to buy from non-woke businesses" - HoonDing "feral camels are now considered a pest" - Gorth "Melkathi is known to be an overly critical grumpy person" - Melkathi "Oddly enough Sanderson was a lot more direct despite being a Mormon" - Zoraptor "I found it greatly disturbing to scroll through my cartoon's halfing selection of genitalias." - Wormerine "Am I phrasing in the most negative light for them? Yes, but it's not untrue." - ShadySands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarex Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 (edited) 57 minutes ago, PK htiw klaw eriF said: It's like a lovechild of LoTR and Stardust soundtrack. Me gusta. Edited August 4, 2023 by Sarex 1 "because they filled mommy with enough mythic power to become a demi-god" - KP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gromnir Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 3 hours ago, Gorth said: Childhood memories... yes, I know, this was a year or two before I was born, but my parents had radio and believe it or not, this stuff was played all the way to the end of the 60's our grandfather listened almost exclusive to jazz and classical... but not star trek classical. our grandmother, on the other hand, were a bit more cool. . HA! Good Fun! 1 1 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) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PK htiw klaw eriF Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 7 hours ago, Sarex said: It's like a lovechild of LoTR and Stardust soundtrack. Me gusta. The 2007 movie Stardust? The music in Twin Peaks: The Return is consistently great, probably one of the best soundtracks out there. 1 "Akiva Goldsman and Alex Kurtzman run the 21st century version of MK ULTRA." - majestic "I'm gonna hunt you down so that I can slap you square in the mouth." - Bartimaeus "Without individual thinking you can't notice the plot holes." - InsaneCommander "Just feed off the suffering of gamers." - Malcador "You are calling my taste crap." -Hurlshort "thankfully it seems like the creators like Hungary less this time around." - Sarex "Don't forget the wakame, dumbass" -Keyrock "Are you trolling or just being inadvertently nonsensical?' -Pidesco "we have already been forced to admit you are at least human" - uuuhhii "I refuse to buy from non-woke businesses" - HoonDing "feral camels are now considered a pest" - Gorth "Melkathi is known to be an overly critical grumpy person" - Melkathi "Oddly enough Sanderson was a lot more direct despite being a Mormon" - Zoraptor "I found it greatly disturbing to scroll through my cartoon's halfing selection of genitalias." - Wormerine "Am I phrasing in the most negative light for them? Yes, but it's not untrue." - ShadySands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xzar_monty Posted August 5, 2023 Author Share Posted August 5, 2023 @Gorth: California Dreamin' is a brilliant song in the sense that it manages to create an aching sense of nostalgia for something even if the song wasn't a part of your childhood / youth or even if there's no real content to this feeling of nostalgia. The evocative power is in the music itself, which is just a superb achievement for a pop song like that. Here's another song of the same calibre but with a different emotional content: even if you've never experienced the kind of separation and heartbreak described here, it's likely to make you a bit weepy (happens to me whenever I really listen to the track). Ha, the guitarist Steve Vai has said that he can't listen to it in public because he cries so much. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarex Posted August 5, 2023 Share Posted August 5, 2023 10 hours ago, PK htiw klaw eriF said: The 2007 movie Stardust? Yep. 1 "because they filled mommy with enough mythic power to become a demi-god" - KP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComradeYellow Posted August 5, 2023 Share Posted August 5, 2023 (edited) Edited August 5, 2023 by ComradeYellow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bugarup Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 That No Stars song start tricked me into believing there's gonna be guitar solo but there wasn't. So here's guitar solo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorth Posted August 12, 2023 Share Posted August 12, 2023 Sometimes the "simple" things can be enjoyable too. Simple in quotes, because I'm fairly sure there is absolutely nothing simple in the skills required to pull off a song like that, but simple in its composition. No subtitles and no clue what she's singing. Could be a love story, declaration of war, the apocalypse or enjoy the sunshine at the coast... (Bulgarian to the best of my knowledge from the context) “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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyrock Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 (edited) STILL the greatest diss track ever: Edited August 14, 2023 by Keyrock 1 RFK Jr 2024 "Any organization created out of fear must create fear to survive." - Bill Hicks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyrock Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 RFK Jr 2024 "Any organization created out of fear must create fear to survive." - Bill Hicks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bugarup Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 So with all the BG3 talk my mind wanders back to DOS2 and what I feel was my ultimate experience with it, clown voice very on point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gromnir Posted August 24, 2023 Share Posted August 24, 2023 two featuring the recent departed robbie robertson . rip "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) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xzar_monty Posted August 24, 2023 Author Share Posted August 24, 2023 This song is still superb after all these years. I remain fascinated by the rather violent streak that some of Simon's songs display; this is clearly one of them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gromnir Posted August 24, 2023 Share Posted August 24, 2023 am a big fan o' the boxer "how are they doing that?" am not typical a fan o' highly produced music, but... 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) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raithe Posted August 24, 2023 Share Posted August 24, 2023 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majestic Posted August 24, 2023 Share Posted August 24, 2023 It's really too bad Ylvis will be forever known as the guys with that silly fox song (to the broader public, that is - their elevator pranks are pretty funny). Ah, well. 2 No mind to think. No will to break. No voice to cry suffering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bugarup Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 Most of their stuff is great, but this one here I find the most relatable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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