Ternaugh Posted July 19, 2010 Report Share Posted July 19, 2010 Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now? "Juke Box Hero" by Foreigner. JoeG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted July 19, 2010 Report Share Posted July 19, 2010 Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now? Just finished listening to my Twisted Sister Collection Stay Hungry Under the Blade You can't Stop Rock N Roll Love is for Suckers Come Out And Play heh forgot how much I liked them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolgroth Posted July 19, 2010 Report Share Posted July 19, 2010 Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now? The End Run - Jack Wall composer (Mass Effect 2 Soundtrack) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted July 19, 2010 Report Share Posted July 19, 2010 Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now? Old Dutch Churn by The McKassons from Tall Tales Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ternaugh Posted July 20, 2010 Report Share Posted July 20, 2010 Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now? "Duel with the Devil" by Transatlantic*, from the album, Bridge Across Forever. JoeG * Made up of Neal Morse from Spock's Beard, Roine Stolt from the Flower Kings, Mike Portnoy from Dream Theater, and Pete Trawavas from Marillion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywind Posted July 21, 2010 Report Share Posted July 21, 2010 Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xavier Onassiss Posted July 22, 2010 Report Share Posted July 22, 2010 Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now? Homegrown Illinois punk rock: the Didjits' original version of Killboy Powerhead from the Hornet Pinata CD! (Later covered by the Offspring.) WARNING: harsh language. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Posted July 23, 2010 Report Share Posted July 23, 2010 Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now? A radio broadcast from Comic-Con, followed by the sounds of me weeping with envy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ternaugh Posted July 23, 2010 Report Share Posted July 23, 2010 Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now? "Ordinary Average Guy" by Joe Walsh. JoeG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kahuna's bro Posted July 23, 2010 Report Share Posted July 23, 2010 Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now? local newschanel 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burrito Boy Posted July 25, 2010 Report Share Posted July 25, 2010 Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now? "867-5309 (Jenny)" - Tommy Tutone "Summer of '69" - Bryan Adams "Jessie's Girl" - Rick Springfield "Two Princes" - Spin Doctors "99 Red Balloons" - Nena "Blister in the Sun" - "Sweet Emotion" - Aerosmith These are some of the songs Last Kid Picked played at the Aquafest last night and I'm listening to the original versions on YouTube. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burrito Boy Posted July 25, 2010 Report Share Posted July 25, 2010 Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now? "867-5309 (Jenny)" - Tommy Tutone "Summer of '69" - Bryan Adams "Jessie's Girl" - Rick Springfield "Two Princes" - Spin Doctors "99 Red Balloons" - Nena "Blister in the Sun" - Violent Femmes "Sweet Emotion" - Aerosmith These are some of the songs Last Kid Picked played at the Aquafest last night and I'm listening to the original versions on YouTube. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost-angel Posted July 25, 2010 Report Share Posted July 25, 2010 Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now? El Dorado - Iron Maiden. new single. Yay! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xavier Onassiss Posted July 25, 2010 Report Share Posted July 25, 2010 Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now? Go here, now! http://blogs.1077theend.com/internbryce/2010/07/22/new-daft-punk-zomg/ The soundtrack for the new Tron movie is from Daft Punk!!! Vast improvement over the previous film. (Journey, and Wendy Carlos, who used to be Walter Carlos, before her/his operation.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ternaugh Posted July 25, 2010 Report Share Posted July 25, 2010 Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now? Go here, now! http://blogs.1077theend.com/internbryce/2010/07/22/new-daft-punk-zomg/ The soundtrack for the new Tron movie is from Daft Punk!!! Vast improvement over the previous film. (Journey, and Wendy Carlos, who used to be Walter Carlos, before her/his operation.) The soundtrack for the original movie gets frequent play on my computer/iPod, mainly for the "Creation of Tron" sequence, and some of the incidental music. The Journey tracks, it should be noted, are primarily background music in Flynn's arcade, and fit very well in that context (not so much for regular listening). The Daft Punk tracks presented here feel more like a Hans Zimmer score (several of the tracks have a definite "Dark Knight" feel), and while that's fine, I'm not sure that it's a "vast improvement" over the original. There's also almost 30 years between the two movies--so I'd expect the music to be a bit more polished. The original music sounded computer-like (for 1982), and fit the movie well, in my opinion. I'll need to hear the new pieces in context (watching the film) to actually judge if they are more successful. Currently playing "Medley Four (All Innocent Children Had Better Beware): Feed the Birds" from the album, Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films JoeG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xavier Onassiss Posted July 26, 2010 Report Share Posted July 26, 2010 Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now? The soundtrack for the original movie gets frequent play on my computer/iPod, mainly for the "Creation of Tron" sequence, and some of the incidental music. The Journey tracks, it should be noted, are primarily background music in Flynn's arcade, and fit very well in that context (not so much for regular listening). The Daft Punk tracks presented here feel more like a Hans Zimmer score (several of the tracks have a definite "Dark Knight" feel), and while that's fine, I'm not sure that it's a "vast improvement" over the original. There's also almost 30 years between the two movies--so I'd expect the music to be a bit more polished. The original music sounded computer-like (for 1982), and fit the movie well, in my opinion. I'll need to hear the new pieces in context (watching the film) to actually judge if they are more successful. Currently playing "Medley Four (All Innocent Children Had Better Beware): Feed the Birds" from the album, Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films JoeG Maybe it's just because electronic music has come such a long way; when I listen to 'electronica' from 25-30 years ago, it just seems unimpressive (to me) compared with more recent material. I guess the same could be said when comparing visuals between the two films. It makes me wonder if the original Tron was 'ahead of its time' or maybe just too ambitious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ternaugh Posted July 26, 2010 Report Share Posted July 26, 2010 Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now? Maybe it's just because electronic music has come such a long way; when I listen to 'electronica' from 25-30 years ago' date=' it just seems unimpressive (to me) compared with more recent material. I guess the same could be said when comparing visuals between the two films. It makes me wonder if the original Tron was 'ahead of its time' or maybe just too ambitious.[/quote'] Technology changes. The original Tron movie pushed the limits of the computer technology of the time. But things that would require literally days to render are now handled by "low end" video cards in real time. Heck, the Cray supercomputer used for rendering graphics for "The Last Starfighter" a few years later wasn't as powerful as the original Xbox. As far as electronica goes, I'm perhaps more tolerant than you are for the faults in the Tron soundtrack (and there are many). I tend to approach electronica more from the ambient side (Tangerine Dream, Vangelis, Klaus Schulze, and so on), than the dance side, and Tron fits better from that direction. My reaction to the new Tron material (from Daft Punk) was actually about how "mainstream" it was. When folks first heard The Wendy Carlos Tron score, it was something different than most movie soundtracks at the time, which usually were either collections of singles or symphonic pieces borrowing heavily from classical themes. While there were two Journey songs on the Tron soundtrack, it most definitely did not fit into either category. The new Daft Punk Tron soundtrack, from what little I heard, fits comfortably into the structure of modern, action/adventure movie soundtracks, even going so far as to resemble the work of another (movie) composer, Hans Zimmer. That's not necessarily a bad thing, as I like his work (I have quite a few of his soundtracks). It just means, to me, that perhaps Daft Punk isn't attempting to push boundaries, for whatever reason*. Currently listening to "Greatwood" from the Fable Original Soundtrack. JoeG *My fear is that perhaps Disney is telling them to "make it sound like this", or that they are using Zimmer to "finish out" the score. It's one reason that I wish to withhold judgment until I see the finished film. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vondy Posted July 26, 2010 Report Share Posted July 26, 2010 Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now? Madboojah - Sound Sort of a funky Israeli fusion band I discovered. They did a free concert friday afternoon. http://www.myspace.com/madboojah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xavier Onassiss Posted July 26, 2010 Report Share Posted July 26, 2010 Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now? Madboojah - Sound Sort of a funky Israeli fusion band I discovered. They did a free concert friday afternoon. http://www.myspace.com/madboojah And now I'm listening to them on Rhapsody. Thanks for passing that along. Very cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Michael Hopcroft Posted July 27, 2010 Report Share Posted July 27, 2010 Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now? My reaction to the new Tron material (from Daft Punk) was actually about how "mainstream" it was. When folks first heard The Wendy Carlos Tron score, it was something different than most movie soundtracks at the time, which usually were either collections of singles or symphonic pieces borrowing heavily from classical themes. While there were two Journey songs on the Tron soundtrack, it most definitely did not fit into either category. The new Daft Punk Tron soundtrack, from what little I heard, fits comfortably into the structure of modern, action/adventure movie soundtracks, even going so far as to resemble the work of another (movie) composer, Hans Zimmer. That's not necessarily a bad thing, as I like his work (I have quite a few of his soundtracks). It just means, to me, that perhaps Daft Punk isn't attempting to push boundaries, for whatever reason*. Carlos is definitely part of the classical tradition -- her recordings of Bach on the synthesizer are legendary, and she adapted Beethoven themes for her score for A Clockwork Orange (the anti-heroic protagonist was obsessed with "Ludwig Van", so it was a natural fit of theme and style). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ternaugh Posted July 27, 2010 Report Share Posted July 27, 2010 Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now? Carlos is definitely part of the classical tradition -- her recordings of Bach on the synthesizer are legendary' date=' and she adapted Beethoven themes for her score for [i']A Clockwork Orange[/i] (the anti-heroic protagonist was obsessed with "Ludwig Van", so it was a natural fit of theme and style). True, much of Carlos' work reflects a classical source. There's a bit more dissonance in the Tron soundtrack, so it's definitely not reflecting Bach, or Beethoven. It's more of an evolution of her work for "The Shining", in my opinion. Now playing: "Greetings Ghosties" from the Wendy Carlos album, Rediscovering Lost Scores, Volume 1. Also in the queue: Tron OST JoeG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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