3 posts tagged “music”
Do you own all the albums of any particular musical artist or group? Who?
Submitted by dutterman.
Finally, here's a QotD I can rally behind!
I own every Genesis album in some form or another, be it vinyl or cassette or CD. Related to that, I own all of the Peter Gabriel and Tony Banks solo CDs, and I might actually have all of Mike Rutherford's as well, counting "& the Mechanics" of course. (I gave up on Phil Collins' solo works after his fourth record, sorry.) I own a CD of every Midnight Oil album except for The Real Thing, which was a limited run mostly-live album. (To make up for that lack, I do have The Green Disc. Neener, neener.) I'm only missing a compilation or two of the Pet Shop Boys, and let's not go into how many PSB vinyl and CD singles are on my shelf! I have all three Tin Machine albums (which amounts to 3/5 of the David Bowie material in my collection, oddly enough), and all four of the VAST albums available on CD so far.
I'm working on finishing my Kevin Gilbert collection (I have Thud, the Thud EP and the Toy Matinee special edition release) and some day I'll be bothered to fill in the blanks in the Jethro Tull and Depeche Mode sets. I have no such ambitions where Sting, Yes or Pink Floyd are concerned.
Other than that, there aren't many artists I'm too worried about. It's just a CD here, a bit o' vinyl there, the usual hodgepodge of material.
And that's everything I can think of off the top of my head. I probably missed something, knowing me.
What song or lyrics are stuck in your head at the moment? What album is it from?
Submitted by Lox Ly.
I have no idea at all why, but for the last day or so, whenever I'm not actively listening to something else, my mind is running back to "I'm Cute" from the Animaniacs soundtrack. Just the back half of the song, mind you, not the first part...
I'm cute and I'm sweet
And I'm innocent, neat
And so trusting
(If you want our opinon this song is becoming disgusting)I'm cute
(So what!)
I never am vain
(She's becoming a pain in the ..)
But I'm also real nice
I'm a doll through and through
(So big whoop-de-do)
I'm sweet and adoring
(And also real boring)
(And that's why we're snoring at you)That's it! You've ruined my entire cute song!
I am angry! I am furious! I am enraged!
I've had it!(You're awfully cute when you're angry...)
You really think so?
A babba dabba dooba do wah!
She's cute!
I picked this up in the store a little while ago, which makes the third time I've purchased this selection of music... and the second time I've actually received listenable audio tracks after doing so. (If you get the urge to buy Vast's music online at the 2blossoms site, please don't. You probably won't get your music, and you definitely won't get any customer support.)
So what is 'Turquoise & Crimson'? It's two albums' worth of what amounts to pre-release material for what eventually became the album 'Nude', and each album was originally released as MP3 files on Vast's website. For about three bucks apiece you could download a ZIP archive containing all of the tracks for one of the albums. I, being the moderate fanboy that I am, picked up both. Of course only half of the tracks were really "new" material by the time I got to them, since I already owned 'Nude' by that point, but I didn't mind. You can hardly beat getting essentially a full extra album's worth of songs for six bucks.
The quality of the MP3 encoding, alas, left something to be desired. Luckily this desire was remedied by the CD release of those two albums as one double-disc package. At first I tried ordering the CDs online... the day before I lost my job. I suppose it was just bad luck all around at that point, as "2blossoms" took my money but never delivered a product, nor have they ever replied to any of my customer support requests. That debacle started in March, and I'd long since given up on ever owning these albums. But what to my wondering eyes should appear at Tower Records? Huzzah! Sure, I've now paid for this music three times, but the first time wasn't too expensive and Tower didn't charge me all that much for it. (How's that for a change of pace, eh?) I did have another unpleasant surprise, however. The jewel case fell apart in my hands, and I was forced to find a couple of slim cases to house the discs. More of that fine 2blossoms quality, I suppose.
So, let's move on to the music. The songs already on 'Nude' aren't terribly interesting in pre-release/demo form except to get a glimpse at how a track evolves from concept to final product. (I've never been a huge fan of "demo versions," not even from my favorite artists.) There are a few gems among the other material, however. "Senorita," "I Woke Up L.A.," and my favorites "Falling From The Sky" and "Beautifull" [sic] make this purchase worthwhile on their own, while the other songs certainly aren't terrible.
I'm quite pleased to own these discs. Can I recommend this purchase to anyone else? Well, first you should pick up (or at least listen through) 'Nude,' and possibly also 'Visual Audio Sensory Theater' (the first Vast album). If you like those, then 'Turquoise & Crimson' is probably worth picking up.
