What are you listening to right now?

Skinypupy · Post by **Skinypupy** » Wed Feb 10, 2021 12:22 pm

Indisputable Fact: Chrono Cross was the best video game soundtrack ever.

Fight me.

Sudy · Post by **Sudy** » Wed Feb 10, 2021 2:12 pm

I think I often remember a good game score better than the game itself, yet I rarely listen to game soundtracks on their own, unlike film ones. I think a lot of the Japanese RPG scores excel at creating atmosphere without being overly memorable. The themes certainly can be, but they're often also a little overblown, or repetitive in the case of battle music, etc. That's just my own experience of course... and I haven't played a lot of Japanese RPGs in years. I have vague warm memories of Chrono Cross, but it was never what I expected it to be. The Final Fantasy Tactics score is, of course, amazing. And then there's this, which imparts an amazing feeling of nostalgia blended with foreboding:

Xenogears: The One Who is Torn Apart

Some of my other favourite game scores, some more independently listenable than others:

Shadowrun (SNES): Maria Mercurial Redux

I wish I could visit that world.... This game's score is immediately recognizable as being of its era and system, but I find it to be so evocative of the game's setting.

Fallout 2: City of the Dead

This track has always made my hair stand on end. Listening to a few seconds of the first two games' scores is enough to make me want to play them again, no matter how dated they are.

hitbyambulance · Post by **hitbyambulance** » Thu Feb 11, 2021 9:48 pm

most of this is the best work he's done in literally, multiple decades. sadly enough.

Skinypupy · Post by **Skinypupy** » Thu Feb 11, 2021 9:52 pm

Sudy wrote: ↑Wed Feb 10, 2021 2:12 pmAnd then there's this, which imparts an amazing feeling of nostalgia blended with foreboding:

Xenogears: The One Who is Torn Apart

Same composer as Chrono Cross, Yatsunori Mitsuda.

Jaymann · Post by **Jaymann** » Fri Feb 12, 2021 7:10 pm

Here is a rare cut from Tom Petty that he played live in the early days, but never made it onto a studio recording:

hitbyambulance · Post by **hitbyambulance** » Sat Feb 13, 2021 4:30 am

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Sun Feb 14, 2021 9:34 pm

Has a better song ever been written about window treatments?

No. The answer is no.

hitbyambulance · Post by **hitbyambulance** » Wed Feb 17, 2021 11:58 pm

Squid - Town Centre EP

one of my favorite tracks of 2019:

Kasey Chang · Post by **Kasey Chang** » Thu Feb 18, 2021 11:11 am

last year I bought a "lifetime" subscription to "12 minutes", basically audio of book summaries on various topics. Some of them are kinda interesting. And since I often play audio at 2x speed I can easily go through two dozen books a day.

Jaymann · Post by **Jaymann** » Thu Feb 18, 2021 11:18 am

2x? Doesn't it sound like Alvin and the Chipmunks?

Skinypupy · Post by **Skinypupy** » Thu Feb 18, 2021 1:23 pm

New album from Ruins of Beverast has been a fantastic surprise. They're a great combination of goth, death, and black metal. Think Sisters of Mercy meets Emperor by way of Type O Negative.

YellowKing · Post by **YellowKing** » Thu Feb 18, 2021 2:49 pm

Jaymann wrote:2x? Doesn't it sound like Alvin and the Chipmunks?

I listen to my podcasts on 3x.

They have technology to speed up the content without appreciably changing the pitch. It's VERY handy when you listen to as many podcasts as I do. I find audiobooks I had to slow it down to 2x though for comprehension.

If you use the Video Speed Controller plug-in for Chrome you can speed up streaming video as well. I use this to watch reality shows and other "unessential" content I want to see but don't necessarily want to spend 45 minutes on. They use the same kind of trick where they can speed it up without appreciably changing the pitch.

It takes some getting used to at first, but once your brain adapts to it you save a ton of time.

hitbyambulance · Post by **hitbyambulance** » Thu Feb 18, 2021 5:28 pm

Roger Eno and Brian Eno - Mixing Colours

my favorite album of last year

Jaymann · Post by **Jaymann** » Thu Feb 18, 2021 7:54 pm

Some peak Peter Green. And you don't hear too many bass solos these days.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Fri Feb 19, 2021 8:53 pm

The video to Ordinary Man.

hitbyambulance · Post by **hitbyambulance** » Fri Feb 19, 2021 10:33 pm

Gene Clark - No Other

reissued on 4AD !

Sudy · Post by **Sudy** » Sat Feb 20, 2021 12:08 am

Vale of Pnath - Accursed (2019)

This whole EP is really good.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sat Feb 20, 2021 11:43 pm

Fun stuff after the song too

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sun Feb 21, 2021 4:50 am

Not sure ive posted this one. Its from my past. Got it on 45 around 86.

Sudy · Post by **Sudy** » Sun Feb 21, 2021 8:44 am

Slechtvalk - Hounds of Battle (2009)

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sun Feb 21, 2021 9:23 am

In my early 20s I thought Veruca Salt had the coolest name because I heard it as either Veruke Assault or Beruit Assault

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sun Feb 21, 2021 11:15 am

To me .38 Special > Lynard Skynard

Another great band

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Sun Feb 21, 2021 3:10 pm

Skinypupy · Post by **Skinypupy** » Sun Feb 21, 2021 4:34 pm

Really enjoying cEvin Key’s new solo album. It doesn’t push any boundaries (feels like the equivalent of industrial “easy listening”), but is really well done. Plus, I’ll listen to pretty much anything with Edward Ka-Spel in it.

pr0ner · Post by **pr0ner** » Mon Feb 22, 2021 11:43 am

I'm listening to the Tron Legacy soundtrack this morning on the news that Daft Punk is no more.

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Mon Feb 22, 2021 2:02 pm

Oh wow. That sucks, but 30 years is a long time.

To try and balance the hardcore edge Skinypupy brings (

), I will counter with my unending love for Counting Crows. In this video, I count one (sorry for the bad joke - she's not even visible!). One upshot of being home so much is deep-diving into my music catalog. I'm currently only a bender with them.

Skinypupy · Post by **Skinypupy** » Mon Feb 22, 2021 3:56 pm

Smoove_B wrote: ↑Mon Feb 22, 2021 2:02 pm To try and balance the hardcore edge Skinypupy brings ( )

Sigh...fine.

Here's a catchy little ditty that everyone can sing along with.

(Good luck getting that out of your head today.

)

Skinypupy · Post by **Skinypupy** » Tue Feb 23, 2021 12:42 pm

I enjoyed this new Andrew WK track far more than I expected to.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Tue Feb 23, 2021 1:14 pm

Watchin lots of old April Wine videos.

hitbyambulance · Post by **hitbyambulance** » Tue Feb 23, 2021 6:20 pm

MONO | The Ocean - Transcendental split EP

mono i am well familiar with, but i never heard The Ocean before (prog-metal band from Germany and Switzerland) -i will now check out more of their material

Skinypupy · Post by **Skinypupy** » Tue Feb 23, 2021 8:07 pm

hitbyambulance wrote: ↑Tue Feb 23, 2021 6:20 pm I never heard The Ocean before (prog-metal band from Germany and Switzerland) -i will now check out more of their material

I recommend starting with Pelagial, a concept album about a journey to the depths of the ocean. Starts light and breezy near the top, and ends in crushing darkness. It's a personal Top 10 album for me, and contains one of the legit best riffs EVER (riff starts at 2:03, but the whole song is brilliant).

Their latest album "Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic / Cenozoic" was excellent as well.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Tue Feb 23, 2021 8:37 pm

Sounds like MUSE with a sore throat.

stessier · Post by **stessier** » Wed Feb 24, 2021 6:28 am

I don't listen to jazz, but I always enjoy Leo and this one was captivating.

raydude · Post by **raydude** » Wed Feb 24, 2021 7:49 am

Smoove_B wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 2:53 pm Goddess

I never realized that they were essentially studio band made up of middle-aged men with production/writing experience that were looking for female lead - trying to recreate something like Debbie Harry and Blondie. Could have been a total disaster, but they found the right woman.

Still very much so in the Sarah Connor Chronicles

Skinypupy · Post by **Skinypupy** » Thu Feb 25, 2021 12:52 pm

We all have albums and/or songs that will instantly transport us back to a specific time and place, and often overwhelm with nostalgia.

This is one of those for me.

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Thu Feb 25, 2021 1:04 pm

Skinypupy wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 12:52 pm We all have albums and/or songs that will instantly transport us back to a specific time and place, and often overwhelm with nostalgia.

Very true, and oddly this was doing exactly that for me on Youtube right now.

That whole album is like a time capsule to 1991/92. Whereas the song "Time Capsule" by Sweet has me spinning back to 1993. Weird, i know.

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Fri Feb 26, 2021 1:18 am

TheMix · Post by **TheMix** » Fri Feb 26, 2021 1:26 am

I really like The Dead South. And their videos are terrific. That's the song that got me hooked on them.

Z-Corn · Post by **Z-Corn** » Fri Feb 26, 2021 12:01 pm

TheMix wrote: ↑Fri Feb 26, 2021 1:26 am I really like The Dead South. And their videos are terrific. That's the song that got me hooked on them.

Yep, same here.

hitbyambulance · Post by **hitbyambulance** » Sun Feb 28, 2021 10:56 pm

The Mighty Upsetter! (aka Lee Perry) - Kung Fu Meets The Dragon