Random Music Talk XLIX: Celebrating traditional Australian customs

[u2popmofo]

I can check out the ukulele's, too.

Make Zach proud.

 

[martha]

The football team is playing in the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl (Yes, that's the real name.) at Pac Bell AT&T Park on Saturday.

* SPOILER *

Thanks!

 

[Jive Turkey]

Grado Labs | Headphones

SR60's and SR80's have both won a boatload of awards, and are relatively cheap. I've had the 60's for 4 or 5 years, and love them. '80's supposedly have more bass than the '60's, if you're into that sort of thing. They're the type of headphones you likely will only want to use at home, as they're handmade (aka ugly), and also "open", so you'll be giving off some sound from the headphones if you try to use them at work.

They have a number of other types more expensive, that are all good as well. One of my friends has the 125's or 225's, I can never remember which, and they're awesome.

I would like to add that I took Mofo's advice and picked up some SR60's last year. They're awesome

 

[u2popmofo]

I never saw that Red Riding Hood movie (for obvious reasons), so I had no clue until year end lists came out that Fever Ray had a new track on it. Song is pretty awesome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Zsnw6yxH2o

Hopefully the rumors of a new Knife album next year turn true (and it isn't another soundtrack to a ballet).

 

[lazarus]

You got a problem with ballet?

Spoiler

 

[LemonMelon]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkvrpQidTSs

One of the best songs (and albums) I've heard in quite some time. Wow.

 

[u2popmofo]

Happy b-day 2 Martha.

x 77

 

[cobl04]

Off to NYE festival. Muscles, Grandmaster Flash, Gotye, Scissor Sisters.

More importantly we have 31 bottles of alcohol stashed in two cars. Here's hoping we get it all.

Happy new year peeps later

 

[u2popmofo]

Muscles

Please cheer a little bit extra for me.

 

[LemonMelon]

Scissor Sisters being billed above Gotye at this point is hilarious.

 

[PhilsFan]

Just bought my first CD of 2011, and it is Wounded Rhymes.

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

Good choice. She's still only the second hottest Swede of the year, though.

Spoiler

 

[Imperor]

Oh shit they should've gotten Lykke for Lisbeth.

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

That could have worked.

And some of her tunes definitely fit the vibe of the story and the film. She could have done a song or two for the soundtrack.

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

Rooney is sensational, though.

I may have said this before, I can't really remember, but this is easily one of my favorite album covers of the year:

 

[Imperor]

Yeah, Rooney did indeed kill it, but a bro can dream.

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

the ROON!

 

[bono_212]

Cobbler, heard this yet? It's...ok

http://www.youtube.com/watch?nomobile=1&v=cpuBXY31e0M

 

[LemonMelon]

So I'm back in MD with Ashley. God, the people in my hometown are retarded. I just saw a sign with 6-step directions to applying hand sanitizer to one's hands.

 

[lazarus]

http://www.u2interference.com/forums/f221/b-and-cs-best-albums-of-2011-a-213085-5.html#post7436665


It's taking every bit of my restraint to not make a comment about posting a list of "Top 10 albums you only pretended to like this year".

 

[bono_212]

Why refrain?

 

[martha]

Happy b-day 2 Martha.

x 77

Thank you!

 

[the tourist]

http://www.u2interference.com/forums/f221/b-and-cs-best-albums-of-2011-a-213085-5.html#post7436665


It's taking every bit of my restraint to not make a comment about posting a list of "Top 10 albums you only pretended to like this year".

I'm interested.

 

[lazarus]

So, this is pretty amazing:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvMBxlu62c0


1968??

 

[iron yuppie]

There is a genre prevalent in Chicago bars that I like to call "guy with acoustic guitar and some feelings." I find that this genre has very little to offer.

 

[LemonMelon]

There is a genre prevalent in Chicago bars that I like to call "guy with acoustic guitar and some feelings." I find that this genre has very little to offer.

Hahahaha

My school had a charity music night and 40% of it was guy with acoustic guitar and some feelings. The rest was guy-girl twee and slowcore. I felt like I was on some generic narcotic all night long. With a really boring buzz.

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

There is a genre prevalent in Chicago bars that I like to call "guy with acoustic guitar and some feelings." I find that this genre has very little to offer.

At least he's getting up there and going for it. Not everybody has the ability to play guitar and sing at the same time, let alone do it on a stage in front of a crowd, you know? Good for guy with acoustic guitar and some feelings.

I'm not part of that genre, by the way. If I were to actually take a shot at performing, first of all, I wouldn't do it in Chicago...I'd probably go to either NYC, LA, or Nashville, and I'd be "guy with electric guitar and other band members who wear black leather jackets and like to get drunk on stage while singing Ramones and Rolling Stones covers."

 

[u2popmofo]

I believe the "like to get drunk on stage" part.

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

This would surely be one of the Stones songs we'd cover:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBGVEcKDRqY

 

[u2popmofo]

It's only Thursday, and I don't have to go back to work until Tuesday, but I'm already feeling like the holidays flew by and I don't want to go back to work. Friggin' time.

"The Creature" from the recent Kurt Vile EP, 'So Far Outta Reach', is pretty awesome. One of my favorite songs of his already probably.