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Marry the Night by Lady Gaga
I can acknowledge that Adele probably has a good voice. It just doesn’t do anything for me, emotionally speaking. Gaga herself would probably be the first to admit that Adele has the better voice, but to me, Gaga’s simply the more interesting artist, though Adele seems like a very nice person.
But maybe that’s an unfair comparison to make. I think a better comparison would be to Fiona Apple, who was a singer-songwriter very popular during the 90s. Like Adele, she writes songs about crappy relationships in songs with a lot of piano that sound very soulful, but Fiona is my favorite by far.
Like Willow, I’ve only listened to ‘Rolling in the Deep’ and ‘Someone Like You’, and I know nearly all of Fiona’s songs. Again, Adele might have the ‘better’ voice (I can’t say, because I honestly don’t enjoy the soul style all that much, except for Fiona) but Fiona has this searing intensity that makes her a really compelling, if completely insane, performer. Her songs tend to be about relationships, but often, the lyrics are really good, and look at things in an unexpected way. For instance:
I opened my eyes while you were kissing me once, more than once. And you looked as sincere as a dog- just as sincere as a dog does, when it’s the food on your lips with which it’s in love.
She can be pretentious at times, but when she hits on a really apt lyric, it’s amazing. The instrumentals are also inventive and completely off-the-walls, which I love- crazy drumming and time-signature shifts and some great piano lines. She’s just so interesting as a performer and as a person.
As far as I can tell, I haven’t seen those things in Adele, but I guess it’s all about how you take the music and it affects you. I didn’t love Fiona Apple at first, either, though now I have a total girl-crush on her. It was really an acquired taste for me, because I’m used to heavier stuff, so maybe Adele is like that as well.
Sorry to go on, this is something I’ve been thinking about for a while, but everyone looks at me weird when I say that I don’t love Adele. :P
Yeah, I’m not big on soul music either. My brother loves Fiona Apple, but I’m not very familiar with her. I’m not sure about Adele having a better voice. I think that’s too subjective. Honestly, I’d say that Gaga’s voice is better (going by when she sings acoustically, not, for instance, when she autotuned like crazy for some of her early stuff). But that’s my opinion, not a fact. Ah well.
By ‘better’ vocally, I meant more technically. Fiona doesn’t have all that much of a range- she can reach higher notes, but they’re not as powerful as Adele’s. Gaga is great acoustically, but she’s a completely different style, even though she does have a jazzy kind of voice. I like really strange singers, so I prefer them to Adele.
All of Fiona’s albums are great, but When The Pawn… might be overall the best one. I’m sure your brother would be able to recommend songs as well.
YouTubes Fiona Apple
Not bad, not bad…
I have this opinion that the covers of Rolling in the Deep are always better. It’s a good song, but I think they drowned it in sound. Stripped back, with a piano and guitar and bass, it sounds amazing. And the Glee cover…is greatness.
Speaking of great female singers that grow on you, I present The Gathering (singer Anneke van Giersbergen). I mention them a lot, but this is because I love them so much- mostly because all their albums are so different in sound and tone that I am literally always in the mood for their music.
Consequence-The Notwist
Ballade 1 in G minor, Chopin
First Link
This song is crazy, but I love the video.
Nocturne 5 in F Sharp, Chopin.
I would marry Chopin. <3
Seconded. Although I’m more of a Tchaikovsky fan. It’s fantastical.
Seconded. Although I’m more of a Tchaikovsky fan. It’s fantastical.
The 1812 Overture is kickass.
Rachmaninoff for me.
Also, he has an awesome name.
Chopin is my favourite overall, but Pachelbel’s Canon in D is my favourite classical music piece EVER.
I know…It’s a classic classical piece. However, my cellist friend disagrees. We played a stripped down version with violin and cello once, and she kept playing the violin part because she got tired of doing the same notes over and over again. The argument “But that’s what makes it sound so good” doesn’t exactly work on her.
I’d expect nothing less from someone who doesn’t play a bass ensturment. Just because it’s not the melody doesn’t excuse it being a boring part.
“The Honest Truth” by Typhoon
...because I read all the Cracked lists of eight things in 2011.
In the Backseat, by Arcade Fire.
I’d expect nothing less from someone who doesn’t play a bass ensturment. Just because it’s not the melody doesn’t excuse it being a boring part.
Same thing for altos. :P
...I take it you had a bad experience with sopranos?
I used to be one myself (to be more accurate, I was a mezzo), but the girls in the alto section do tend to be nicer, for some strange reason. They are also better at reading notes. (However, in my experience, sopranos are pretty as well.)
I would marry Chopin. <3
Amen.
I’ve just finished perfecting Nocturne No. 2 by him on the piano. His music is so brilliant! :D
As for sopranos… I don’t think very highly of them either.
I feel stupid for not being able to relate to all this :(
Listening to Only this Moment by Royksopp. Been a while since I heard this one.
I’ve just finished perfecting Nocturne No. 2 by him on the piano. His music is so brilliant! :D
So pretty!
I’m in the process of teaching myself piano, half by making it up and half by reading the notes. I need a real teacher.
I had that on repeat all winter. I really want to learn it on the piano as well…but it looks kind of technically difficult.
It’s not really all that hard technically, but it’s a killer in terms of memory. After you get it down, it’s hard to forget, almost like a Bach invention.
Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.5, Second Movement
Marry the Night, Lady GaGa.
Oh wait, now it’s You and I.
Because GaGa = win.
Granger Danger
Canon in D, on Piano.
My brain just exploded.
THERE’S ANOTHER AVPM FAN ON THIS FORUM??? Why have I not met you before?
And, for the record, Stutter is stuck in my head.
12 Transcendental Studies by Liszt
Is this songs that we are currently listening to? I never saw the previous thread so the OP is rather unhelpful…
But if so,
On the Fritz- Steve Taylor
This guy has kinda been forgotten and got mired in some controversies for all the wrong reasons. But I love this guy’s satire and willingness to attack some pretty sacred cows in the 80’s to mid 90’s. This particular song was attacking certain Christian leaders leading double lives, which in the 80’s you just didn’t do. Closed ranks, solidarity all they way no matter the problem.
His earliest stuff hasn’t aged very well, but starting with his live album in ’85 till the end still plays well in my opinion. He was always live band before studio band which I always admired.
On The Fritz
80’s New Wave style in mockery of conservativism looks rather strange from a modern perspective, but whatever.
THERE’S ANOTHER AVPM FAN ON THIS FORUM??? Why have I not met you before?
Alas, there is an ocean between us. I love AVPM. AVPS is good too, but AVPM is better. I seriously doubt that no one else on this forum likes AVPM. I know other people here have at least seen it. I know a ton a IRL people who love it, and that’s how I was introduced to it, actually.
Have you ever listened to wrock? It’s wizard rock, and it’s just a bunch of bands that write songs about Harry Potter. I don’t really like most of it, but some of it is good. I really like End of an Era and Open at the Close. The Bravest Man I Ever Knew is good too.
Anyway, woo Harry Potter.
Bratja Always gets the nostalgia rolling.
Yep, I’m definitely a wrock fan. I write songs as well, mostly wizard-acoustic-folk, which I haven’t got a name for, and some country stuff.
Those three are definitely some of the best. I also love the Ministry of Magic’s stuff as well, and some of the more electronica-style wrock.
Anyway, yeah, I hope that they do a threequel. I’d love to get tickets. But, you know, and ocean and all that.
I don’t know anyone IRl whose seen AVPM or AVPS. I know quite a few onliners who do, though.
Yes, AVPM stands for A Very Potter Musical. Me and NP were talking about something completely different. The genre of fan music known as wizard rock, started by Harry and the Potters.
Oh, wait, do you already know what wrock is?
There are a few ‘gimmicky’ songs, but there are some actual good ones as well. Like Stutter, which, when done acoustically on a guitar, has a great meaning behind it. And Not Alone, which is one of the most popular. Darren Criss [who plays Harry] has just released a solo EP, and I think some AVPM songs are on there…? He wrote most of the songs, anyway. He always plays a character on Glee, and is pretty famous now. random offside
Anyway, yeah, a lot of the songs are a bit shallow, but the ones that don’t mention HP of any other characters can stand on their own. Sorry, that wasn’t your question, was it? Um…no, not of the AVPM songs are rock. If they are, it’s the drums and keyboard of most low budget plays.
I also love the Ministry of Magic’s stuff as well
I’ve found them to be the most consistently good. My only problem is that I would like the songs to have more verses instead of just repeating what was already sung earlier. Other than that, I really like them.
I just can’t get into Harry and the Potters, event though their name is cool. I don’t like how they sound. Plus, I like the more serious-y songs, and theirs seem more silly a lot of the time.
I write songs as well, mostly wizard-acoustic-folk, which I haven’t got a name for, and some country stuff.
You do? Cool.
I don’t know anyone IRl whose seen AVPM or AVPS.
Aww… you need to get those other New Zealanders on board.
@Mnemone
I think what is confusing you is the use of the term wrock to mean wizard rock because you’re thinking of it being rock music base in Harry Potter. But wrock, I think, is just any music based in Harry Potter, regardless of the genre the songs would fall into otherwise. I think they just chose “wrock” because it worked well the silent W thing. “Wpop” or something wouldn’t look as good.
Yeah, I haven’t actually heard many of Harry and the Potters stuff. Draco and the Malfoys do some good songs about the fandom, though.
AVPM is okay. AVPS is okay too- I loved “It’s Not Over Yet” and “Days of Summer”.
Only Wrock song I know is “Snape vs Snape”. I like it, depending on my mood.
Ooh, I’ll have to look that up, Willow.
French music. Specifically, random french hip hop and rap on YouTube. Also, Edith Piaf.
Saki Kaska – Callista
I love this. I first heard it playing one of the Need For Speed games. I’m sure it was NFS Porsche. Okay, now I’m a little sad because I want to play that thing right now just for the heck of it. I like going back to the old stuff.
I’ve been listening to a lot of Japanese music from Detective Conan and some club songs from Mass Effect 2 as well.
ALL OF THE ARCADE FIRE.
I’ve been listening to them way too much lately. Though I just got the deluxe edition of the Suburbs which means two extra songs to listen to, plus I’m going and rearranging the songs in the Suburbs (which is difficult since most of them lead into each other).
Thelonious Monk ( Columbia Records ).
snorts
So Happy I Could Die, Lady GaGa
Speechless, Gaga.
Speechless, Gaga.
<3
Suspiria- Goblin. Progressive Rock can be so atmospheric.
The World That She Sees, Trans Siberian Orchestra
sigh Christmas.
Aw yeah! Trans Siberian Orchestra. I love Carol of the Bells by them.
Typical- Mutemath. Used to listen to Paul Meany when he was part of Earthsuit. Mutemath is awesome!
Oh yeah. Music video is one of those backwards played, but he sung it backwards too, so it kinda looks like he’s singing it forward?
Armin Van Buuren-I Don’t Own You
Taylor Swift- Never Grow Up
Apart from being lullabyically beautiful and haunting, the lyrics just tug at my heartstrings. They almost perfectly describe my life.
Let’s Go by G20 (or various K-pop artists). I like the English version better than the Korean version.
I have been positively binging on Les Mis. Especially Valjean’s release/ the prologue.
“My name is Jean Valjean!”
“And I’m Javert! Do not forget me!”
:D
Passion Pit – Sleepyhead
When done well I really like classical + electronic music. Some good examples are soundtracks from Mass Effect 2, Tron and Deus Ex: Human Revolution. Check out Icarus by Michael McCann.
I have been positively binging on Les Mis. Especially Valjean’s release/ the prologue.
“My name is Jean Valjean!”
“And I’m Javert! Do not forget me!”
I BROKE A WINDOW PAAAAAAAAANE.
Tomorrow is Today, Billy Joel
“Still Alive” by GLaDOS
Well, technically it’s by Jonathan Coulton, but whatever.
Everything by She and Him.
One Day by Matisyahu.
I find myself strangely absorbed in this white guy who sounds Jamaican. I want to sound like that.
Also, I’ve got to rep Emery while I’m here. They’re a very unique hardcore/screamo band that alternate between loud and soft, and it’s a pretty cool sound. Specifically “Scissors” and “Addicted to Bad Decisions”.
Of Monsters and Men: Little Talks
Listening to some stuff by Hans Zimmer. Oh my gosh.
Listening to Acts 2. From the Bible. ‘Cause I don’t feel like reading it.
Time – Hans Zimmer
The beginning’s really low for some reason, but it’s all still wonderful.
Livin’ la Vida Loca, Animals by Nickelback, Danse Macabre, What You For by Gwen Stephani, Love Stoned by Justin Timberlake…the wierdest damn mix of songs to ever play one after the other, some I haven’t listened to in years, some I’ve never even heard, but they all work wierdly well together. While making pancakes.
Oh wow, that’s clever. That must have taken ages.
Somebody That I Used To Know- Walk Off the Earth
I’ve seen one guy play 2 guitars (Michael Angelo Batio), but I’ve never seen 5 people play the same guitar :)
impressed
Armin Van Buuren ft Sharon Den Adel – In And Out Of Love
We Found Love- Rihanna
Dangit. I do not like Rihanna, and the lyrics make no sense… but this song is PRETTY and CATCHY.
Similar comments re: Tonight, Enrique Iglesias, Tonight Tonight, Hot Chelle Rae, and California Gurls, Katy Perry.
Also, Let’s Go To The Mall, Robin Sparkles. For this one, however, there is no shame.
Oh, everyone likes Let’s Go To The Mall. It’s national law over in Canada.*
*Actually no.
Osgiliath Invaded by Howard Shore
I’m jealous, you have The Complete Recordings.
Swallow the Fear – Immolation
High Contrast feat Tiesto & Underworld – The First Note Is Silent
I’m jealous, you have The Complete Recordings.
Get them, they’re SO AWESOME.
David Guetta ft Sia – Titanium. There’s a name that I really like that looks a lot like Sia, but is spelled and pronounced a little differently and would have probably been my username had I not opted for this one. And this is the first time that I liked something by David Guetta this much. Not bad.
I’ve always appreciated the power of rap and the spoken word. For that reason I’ve always despised artists who use the medium to promote a self-obsessed, wasteful, hedonistic lifestyle. I just found this guy named Macklemore, a rapper from Seattle, who is …an honest man. I’m impressed.
True. As far as I can tell, though, this guy is really being sincere, which means a lot to me.
Le Casse de le Rue Plumet, from the French version of Les Miserables.
Iridescent – Linkin Park
This is a really great I’m-sick-of-being-depressed song. Just saying.
Who Am I, Les Miserables. I just love singing along to this one.