[MLG] Icebus' Choice 01/11/02

Ice · Post by **Ice** » Fri Nov 01, 2002 11:18 am

It's been a while since I've done this so I hope I still remember how lol. Here's the choices:-

Soundtrack of Our Lives - "21st Century Rip Off"
Feeder - "Comfort in Sound"
The Music - "Getaway"
Tool - "Stinkfist"

Basically that's a little combination of what I've been listening to lately. Some hard choices for which track to go for off each album, but I think those are probably the most typical/best/accessible. I recommend the entire Comfort in Sound album, as well as "Behind the Music" by TSOOL, "Aenima" by Tool and "The Music" by the Music. I'll do a little run down of what they all mean and why I've chosen them later on down the week.

If you have trouble getting hold of any of them, let me know and I'll sort something out.

Peter

Hanohtep · Post by **Hanohtep** » Sat Nov 02, 2002 9:16 pm

Working on these at the moment Ice.

I shall post ASAP.

MoneyPenny · Post by **MoneyPenny** » Sat Nov 02, 2002 9:41 pm

Yippee Peter is having a go :BG: <fires up Kaaza>

Ice · Post by **Ice** » Sat Nov 02, 2002 11:01 pm

MoneyPenny wrote:Listening to: Things I should have said - Myst

Nice

Blam · Post by **Blam** » Sun Nov 03, 2002 8:35 am

<v upset> Thought it was my turn next

Ice · Post by **Ice** » Sun Nov 03, 2002 8:43 am

Sorry I missed my go to let MP go...

MoneyPenny · Post by **MoneyPenny** » Sun Nov 03, 2002 12:20 pm

IceBus wrote:[*]The Music - "Getaway"

If you have trouble getting hold of any of them, let me know and I'll sort something out.

<cough> Guess who is having trouble finding a song

Ice · Post by **Ice** » Sun Nov 03, 2002 12:45 pm

Click this

Hanohtep · Post by **Hanohtep** » Sun Nov 03, 2002 11:56 pm

Right folks, I've edited the list and swapped IceBus and MoneyPenny around and I've also added DaBeeeenster to the list.

Ice, I'm working on your choices. Probably post on Tuesday - going for a format of the hard drive tomorrow and a clean install of Windows.

Post by **Kajun** » Mon Nov 04, 2002 9:06 am

Windows - clean? Muhahaha.

Hanohtep · Post by **Hanohtep** » Mon Nov 04, 2002 10:18 am

Hanohtep · Post by **Hanohtep** » Tue Nov 05, 2002 10:36 pm

The Getaway The Music

Heard this one on MTV2 originally and TBH I didn't like it. Listening to it properly now it has grown on me a little bit. Musically I like it - the singer's voice is kind of annoying though and I don't know whether it was just the copy I got or its meant to sound like this but the voice is almost inaudible which is annoying too. Overall opinion: good tune, lousy vocals.

[EDIT - I worked out what the problem was with the inaudible vocals - when I reinstalled my sound drivers it buggered about with my settings, sorted now. The voice still annoys but at least I can hear it now.]

Stinkfist Tool

Not my favourite song on Aenima, that accolade would probably go to Eulogy, or Forty Six & 2 but that's not to lower how good Stinkfist is. It's classic Tool - lyrically a song on two levels, the first being a song about anal fisting (not very often you get songs about that these days

) but on the next level it's about how repetition leads to you become desensitised to the world. A great song.

21st Century Rip Off Soundtrack of Our Lives

There's technically nothing wrong with this song but it's trying to sound like Brown Sugar by the Rolling Stones. It has an okay sound but doesn't really go anywhere.

Comfort in Sound Feeder

I've never hidden my opinion that the Swim EP and for the most part Polythene are good albums but in my opinion Feeder went downhill after that. TBH, this track isn't too bad but it doesn't really progress anywhere. Maybe it's a positive change in Feeder's music - who knows. I'll just wait and see.

Ice · Post by **Ice** » Wed Nov 06, 2002 8:18 am

Seems my choices weren't all that good then

Sorry

Post by **Kajun** » Wed Nov 06, 2002 9:17 am

Still working on getting these, post soon.

Hanohtep · Post by **Hanohtep** » Wed Nov 06, 2002 5:23 pm

IceBus wrote:Seems my choices weren't all that good then Sorry

No, don't be. I said Stinkfist wasn't my favourite Tool song, doesn't mean I don't like it - it's a great song. I wasn't keen on the Soundtrack of our lives song, and the Feeder one was okay - still not as good as Feeder of old, but a lot better than Buck Rogers Feeder.

As for The Music, it's growing on me. Listened to it a couple of times today. I think I can handle the voice now...give me time.

Hanohtep · Post by **Hanohtep** » Thu Nov 07, 2002 1:38 pm

Getaway The Music

I really feel like I should stick with my first opinion of this song as when I first heard it it really bugged me. But I can't help it, I keep goin back and listening to it again - it's like a parasite that's growing on me...

...oh well, I actually quite like it now.

DaBeeeenster · Post by **DaBeeeenster** » Thu Nov 07, 2002 3:02 pm

I think the feeder track is fucking great. I've not heard anything else by feeder - do they have a seminal album or what?

Hanohtep · Post by **Hanohtep** » Thu Nov 07, 2002 3:04 pm

DaBeeeenster wrote:I think the feeder track is fucking great. I've not heard anything else by feeder - do they have a seminal album or what?

Personally I'd recommend Swim the very first EP they released in 1996.

Ice · Post by **Ice** » Thu Nov 07, 2002 3:33 pm

For Feeder's seminal work I'd say "Polythene" which is their second album. Swim is a good EP but for me "Polythene" and "Yesterday Went too soon" typify Feeder better. CIS is taken from their new album of same name - which is a real return to form - with some new flavours thrown in their too. Basically depends on what you want from a Feeder album.

Post by **Kajun** » Thu Nov 07, 2002 3:50 pm

I think Polythene and Swim. But I haven't listened to the others properly. The B-sides from the Polythene era are actually probably the best tracks, so hopefully we'll have a release of them soon..

Post by **Kajun** » Fri Nov 15, 2002 5:45 pm

Soundtrack of Our Lives - "21st Century Rip Off"

No. I agree with Hano - it's trying too hard to rip off something and never gets anywhere with it. Much rather listen to old music which sounds like this but has guts.

Feeder - "Comfort in Sound"

I was pleasantly surprised at this. A good return to form as Ice says. I might give 'em another shot if the rest of the album is like as this. Good job Feeder.

The Music - "Getaway"

Very cool. Dunno what Hano's moaning about with the voice when he listens to Neil Young and flamin' Mazzy Star. Well structured and layered - I shall look forward to hearing more.

Tool - "Stinkfist"

Tool rawk and Stinkfist isn't an exception. Good introductory song actually from a musical point of view, much like Schism. Not quite as scary as Lateralus or Eulogy but still gets the point across that this isn't music about cava and roses in a sunny field near Bethlehem.

Actually, I can imagine a Tool song beginning that way....

Ice · Post by **Ice** » Fri Nov 15, 2002 5:48 pm

I can tell you that the rest of "Comfort in Sound" is just as good, and maybe even better in places depending on your tastes. The Music album I've got, but haven't had time to listen to, so I'll try and do that and let you know what it's like in its entirity. I'm sorry the SOOL track is flopping, but I thought they were great at Reading

Ixyl

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