Randomly Crap Out Your Opinions Thread

[Rocket2Russia]

Not another Big Four conversation. Please.

also, 100% of the albums i currently have on my hard drive are things i discovered on the internet, and they make up the entirety of my music regular listening repertoire.

[Insane3]

I don't let politics get in the way of my music. Otherwise I could never listen to Moby.

Why? He makes sense.

[clashcityrocker10]

I think Varg takes the cake for musician who needs to be ignored when he's not making music.

[seriousbusson]

Moby's got a gun! Moby's got a gun!

[killer_roach]

Why? He makes sense.

If you think an emotional appeal qualifies as in-depth analysis, yeah. If it weren't for the fact that his opinions are usually politically correct to the point of inanity, he'd be chided for being vocal on things he knows nothing about. But since all the cool kids say the same thing, he gets a pass.

(Then again, as I've said before - if anyone, musician or not, agreed with me completely on politics, I'd be scared.)

[darkwinterbeast8]

I think Varg takes the cake for musician who needs to be ignored when he's not making music.

Agreed. Varg Vikernes is a certified psychopath and sociopath that somehow made and continues to make some of best metal music that has ever been recorded...

...and a couple of midi-esque ambient albums he recorded while in prison for the crimes he committed.

[killer_roach]

Agreed. Varg Vikernes is a certified psychopath and sociopath that somehow made and continues to make some of best metal music that has ever been recorded...

...and a couple of midi-esque ambient albums he recorded while in prison for the crimes he committed.

I mentioned Varg to somebody less versed in metal, and they immediately drew comparisons to Charles Manson. I told them that Varg is a far better musician... but other than that, pretty much.

[afterstasis]

I hate having to clarify, but I'm fairly certain I only use this username here and on RYM.
The person using this name on reddit, youtube, and okcupid is not really me.

Peekyou.com is not good for my paranoia.

[Runesmith]

Why? He makes sense.

He's a stereotype, politically. Great musician, but he falls into the Arianna Huffington school of self-important liberals (to say nothing about whether I agree with him or not on anything, I'm just commenting on his public persona).

I probably couldn't listen to Gary Numan or David Byrne if I let a musician's personality get in the way of my listening at this point. Both of them are ego-driven to the point of madness. I'd probably add Morrissey to the list, too, but most of his public shenanigans fall into obvious troll behavior.

Also: Skrewdriver. Donaldson's got a helluva voice.

[Rocket2Russia]

ro: put together my random off-the-cuff evaluation of my favorite albums from each of discogs's major genres:

electronic: boo williams - 'home town chicago lp'
rock: christian death - 'only theatre of pain'
pop: zhou xuan - 'the legendary chinese hits'
funk / soul: alemayehu eshete - 'ethiopiques 9: alemayehu eshete (1969-1974)
hip hop: dj krush & toshinori kondo - 'ki-oku'
blues: ethel waters - 'the chronogical classics 1929-1931'
children's: the child development group of mississippi - 'head start'
classical: julius eastman - 'unjust malaise' [for now - conlon nancarrow is probably gonna usurp eastman soon]
folk, world, and country: v/a - 'sacred guitar and violin music of the modern aztecs'
jazz: django reinhardt - 'the classic early recordings in chronological order'
reggae: augustus pablo - 'king tubbys meets the rockers uptown'

after writing out those genres, i realized how silly their major umbrellas are, so brass/military was removed, as well as latin (seems like it can't be super distinct from folk/world/country). also, non-music and stage & screen... uh...

also, re:moby, his politics are so bland, and even though i'm on the left side of things, self-satisfied, vaguely elitist liberals annoy me just as much as staunch republicans; they miss the point of being the supposed working class party when they're always so tin-eared to the problems of the actual people. i avoid the 'l-word' at all costs, even if the 's-word' gets me ****