cobl04
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You like NWA’s Real Niggaz Don’t Die tho!!
The problem for me with a lot of rap is that it feels like somebody is talking at me, so unless I am focusing solely on the music - which, frankly, is rare - and wish to do so for an extended period, it's extremely distracting. It's also why I don't do podcasts, and why having the TV on in the background drives me completely nuts. All three induce the same anxious feeling that I need to focus on it alone. If I'm just putting on an album to soundtrack my day, rap more often than not makes me feel stressed. (I recognise how utterly ridiculous this sounds as somebody who has entirely no problem with some thunderous blackened sludge metal for an hour, but unconscious reactions to music are a funny thing huh.)
If I'm at a gig or a party, yeah, rap can be great. For my daily listening, when I'm reading or writing while the music is on? Usually not! So it's just not of interest to me to seek out.
As for jazz, every time I try to listen to an acclaimed classic of the genre it sounds like either a literal honking mess or a very dated and boring predecessor of post-rock.
Heh. What you have just described is why I actually only periodically listen to music at all. Even as a soundtrack it's either
a. a distraction or
b. in one ear and out the other
If I am reading, or working during the day, or doing pretty much anything other than explicitly listening to music, then I can't listen to music.
so Ax is like everything except for rap and country kinda guy?
The only good Christmas song.
Funnily enough I find it almost impossible to work, especially to write, without music. It gives me a sort of impetus or motivation. But any genre where the lyrics are not just part of the music, but an essential component to the enjoyment - in both flow and content - usually won't work. Rap stands out the most in that regard, but some folk and singer/songwriter stuff has the same problem. And the reason I haven't yet got through this year's Camp Cope album in full is because it drives me absolutely nuts at work after a couple of songs, but those two songs don't engage me enough to sit down and give a focused listen to the rest at home.
Ax, ever listen to Arcane Roots?
I am entirely unfamiliar!
I think they might possibly be up your alley guy. I’ve been so out of the loop on prog do I don’t know if they’re really prog metal. I seem to recall you positively talking about Porcupine Tree back in the day as well. I’ve been listening to more of them lately!
I'll give them a go! Still love me all of that Porcupine Tree. It was genuinely weird passing on a Steven Wilson gig a couple of months ago but his solo music since PT's last album has largely lost me and I'm not paying over $100 for a concert unless I know I'm going to love practically everything that might be in the setlist.
Paul Kelly has good songs but this turgid dull piece of shit is not one of them. Australian Twitter is completely unbearable today.
hey ax, have you ever seen this?
No! This is a true Christmas gift, thank you. (Kinda surprised Gravity Grave isn't in the set tbh, but def keen to sit down and watch the whole thing.)
You have two middle names?
no that’s not the only thing I took away from that, but i needed an in character response that indicated i read pretty far in without explicitly
saying so because that isn’t me
sweet i just found it on the weekend also, really high quality with lots of mad richard - you'll enjoy it. merry christmas.
Merry Christmas ya cunts