chrisp65 Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 Just now, legov said: Yeah you can still opt for free or subscription, subscription isn't too expensive too I had an account waaaay back but I let the kids have it when new accounts were hard to get and now I guess I’ve lost it. it was the only place you could get some really weird Alabama 3 shit that they didn’t even sell on their own website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legov Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 (edited) 3 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: I had an account waaaay back but I let the kids have it when new accounts were hard to get and now I guess I’ve lost it. it was the only place you could get some really weird Alabama 3 shit that they didn’t even sell on their own website. Yeah well you can still give it a go now, like I said the free option's still there, and the subscription's pretty cheap anyway esp considering the amount of content you're getting. A lot better than buying an entire CD just for a few tracks that's for sure. Edited July 21, 2023 by legov Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 1 minute ago, legov said: Yeah well you can still give it a go now, like I said the free option's still there I’ve kind of deliberately regressed in to the whole slow pace and aesthetic of vinyl. I’m sat here now, head phones on listening to an album that requires actual listening to and requires me to get off my lardy arse a minimum of once every 20 minutes and do something. The sort of whole engagement with it is quite nice, plus the thought that the artist possibly gets more than 0.00001 of a cent. After that, download codes and Bandcamp stuff get put on a c and the c gets plugged in to the car. I appreciate this isn’t ultra modern, and one of my kids did an uncontrollable laugh the other day when I offered to copy a stick of music for them ‘cos they’d liked something. Different strokes for different folks and all that. I was in a record shop earlier today, chatting shit about local gigs and album release dates and all that. It feels nice, supporting a job in a shop and getting to talk to someone. It’s just where I’m lucky enough to be at present, a little bit of money in my pocket, the ability to conjur up a little time for myself, and access to a nice town centre. All that, and the philosophy of use it or lose it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted July 21, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted July 21, 2023 14 minutes ago, legov said: A lot better than buying an entire CD just for a few tracks that's for sure. A lot better for us, perhaps. Very bad news indeed for working musicians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legov Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 (edited) 7 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: I’ve kind of deliberately regressed in to the whole slow pace and aesthetic of vinyl. I’m sat here now, head phones on listening to an album that requires actual listening to and requires me to get off my lardy arse a minimum of once every 20 minutes and do something. The sort of whole engagement with it is quite nice, plus the thought that the artist possibly gets more than 0.00001 of a cent. After that, download codes and Bandcamp stuff get put on a c and the c gets plugged in to the car. I appreciate this isn’t ultra modern, and one of my kids did an uncontrollable laugh the other day when I offered to copy a stick of music for them ‘cos they’d liked something. Different strokes for different folks and all that. I was in a record shop earlier today, chatting shit about local gigs and album release dates and all that. It feels nice, supporting a job in a shop and getting to talk to someone. It’s just where I’m lucky enough to be at present, a little bit of money in my pocket, the ability to conjur up a little time for myself, and access to a nice town centre. All that, and the philosophy of use it or lose it. haven't seen any of those in a long time I think a lot of it is down to preferences too, I tend to like listening to tracks to fit a particular mood as opposed to listening by artist. Edited July 21, 2023 by legov Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legov Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 Just now, mjmooney said: A lot better for us, perhaps. Very bad news indeed for working musicians. Yeah that might be something I think about going forward Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted July 21, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted July 21, 2023 (edited) 3 minutes ago, legov said: Yeah that might be something I think about going forward If I find I've played an album more than 4 or 5 times on Spotify, I buy the CD. BTW, where have you suddenly popped up from, after so long away? Edited July 21, 2023 by mjmooney 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 1 hour ago, villa4europe said: I'm in charge of a wedding background music playlist, need a song by the stranglers, Depeche mode* and toyah *that isn't enjoy the silence, I know that song, great song Stranglers. Skin Deep. Depeche Mode. Question of lust. Toyah. Nothing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legov Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 1 minute ago, mjmooney said: If I find I've played an album more than 4 or 5 times on Spotify, I buy the CD. BTW, where have you suddenly popped up from, after so long away? Huh? I tend to pop up from time to time, no? I don't come on too often as I've been losing interest in football but I come on every now and then mainly for the bollitics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 13 minutes ago, Seat68 said: Stranglers. Skin Deep. Depeche Mode. Question of lust. Toyah. Nothing. My mom's chap has loads of toyah and I just f 13 minutes ago, Seat68 said: Stranglers. Skin Deep. Depeche Mode. Question of lust. Toyah. Nothing. Spotify can't find nothing by Toyah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted July 21, 2023 Moderator Share Posted July 21, 2023 2 hours ago, villa4europe said: I'm in charge of a wedding background music playlist, need a song by the stranglers, Depeche mode* and toyah *that isn't enjoy the silence, I know that song, great song Toyah = I Want to be Free Stranglers - Strange Little Girl Depeche Mode - Blasphemous Rumours 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted July 23, 2023 Share Posted July 23, 2023 Anyone into music theory? I bought keyboard almost 8 months to help with music theory and now hooked on piano and theory. Was learning intro to Head Over Heels and was explained that is C Locrian to D Mixolydian. Anyway today I finally figured out how to calculate all modes in every key using modal brightness and circle of 5ths. Very pleasing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted July 23, 2023 Share Posted July 23, 2023 Will put it in here rather than ruin the other thread - the 1975... Agree they're not middle of the road, that's the wrong description for them, I don't think they're boring because they make safe beige music but they are boring, I'd use the word "wet" to describe them, like bicks with the beatles they're a lettuce of a band I don't want to get in the whole woke bullshit so I'll start another argument instead, they're middle class verging on posh and privelaged and to me their music sounds like it and for me personally it says absolutely nothing (I definitely have a class-ist problem with them whatever that word is) whereas the bands I grew up with like oasis and the the artic monkeys were the opposite, you can maybe aim something at the Libertines or bloc party but at least their sound has a huge bite to it whereas the 1975 just don't, I'm not a fan of wet leg but their sound has that bite to it too To me they're successful because of where music is right now and they are undeniably successful, they'll headline glastonbury soon and there will be a huge swathe of angry white men in their late 30s early 40s moaning that they just don't get it and music was better in their day... And I'll be one of them because they're shit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted July 23, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted July 23, 2023 (edited) My main beef with The 1975 is that they don't sound like a band from 1975. Edited July 23, 2023 by mjmooney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted July 23, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted July 23, 2023 2 hours ago, Kiwivillan said: Anyone into music theory? I bought keyboard almost 8 months to help with music theory and now hooked on piano and theory. Was learning intro to Head Over Heels and was explained that is C Locrian to D Mixolydian. Anyway today I finally figured out how to calculate all modes in every key using modal brightness and circle of 5ths. Very pleasing This probably belongs in the musicians' thread. I didn't understand a word of it, btw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picicata Posted July 23, 2023 Share Posted July 23, 2023 Quite often I've ended up at a festival that The 1975 will be playing at so they'll appear on my festival playlist. The moment, the very moment, their track finishes I will completely forget what they sound like, even what genre they are, and have to listen again. Which then leads to me forgetting once more etc. They've got to be one of the most successful beige bands out there, at least Coldplay have a couple of tunes I can remember! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picicata Posted July 23, 2023 Share Posted July 23, 2023 Enjoying these guys at the moment. Only a couple of songs out so far, but they're playing at Green Man festival so I shall give them a watch next month Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted July 23, 2023 Moderator Share Posted July 23, 2023 15 minutes ago, picicata said: Enjoying these guys at the moment. Only a couple of songs out so far, but they're playing at Green Man festival so I shall give them a watch next month Also supporting Hozier on tour I think I read on a poster in the pub bog last night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted July 23, 2023 Moderator Share Posted July 23, 2023 Yep the 1975 are instantly forgettable - that really is the worst thing you can say about a band, they don’t even offend me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted July 23, 2023 Share Posted July 23, 2023 I would imagine that 1975 should be up my street, Matt Healy, the front man puts me off them and musically they haven't had that stand out track that grabbed me. They are in the same way Blossoms are, completely forgettable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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