The Music Thread (Page 10 of 22)

Although I have WinAmp, what’s noted below is via WMP:

The first Internet Radio I bumped into a few years back was via Jeff Rense called,  ‘Kozmik Radio’ which played Primo Ambient / Space Rock type stuff - Hours of straight music with only a once in a blue moon identifier, and most days not even that.

This was good for about a year, then the guy started yapping more and more - Then he changed it to: armed forces network (!), started running ads.......Gone bye bye!

Next was Radio IO Ambient:   WMP > Radio Tuner > New Age.
This was almost identical to Kozmik in the Primo, non-yapping realm.
This was also good for about a year ‘til they started a beg-a-thon, yapping and then running ads.......Gone bye bye!

4-26-06
Neglected to mention: Special Radio 6th Button - A Russian station that was also Primo but it stopped connecting (?).

In the last couple months, a new one came under the same New Age header called, “New Age Sky’ which is a bit ’gentler’ but every bit as good as the previous two - When I first tuned in, they ran a post office ad once a session (during the time I was online) and for the past few weeks, not even that - Just pure music.

I just listened to the song Jambi off of 10,000 days by Tool and it is un#%&$!ng believable. Really seriously on the unbelievable end of the musical spectrum. I can't wait to buy this album! Everyone should buy at least one copy of this album.

Well, Tool is fairly new to me, but I can see a total difference between Aenima, Lateralus and 10,000 Days.  I think at first a lot of music created by the same artist(s) sound the same at first, but after a few more hearings, you can start to distinguish the different sounds/notes in each song - for me anyways.

I've already heard the CD and I am still looking foward to getting the CD.

And if you were amazed by Jambi... just wait until you here Right In Two.

I just spent a ton a of money buying tickets for Tool's local show in KC.  Hope it's worth it.  The scalper I bought them from said 2 tickets to the show in New York were going for 700$. 

It's the message of the songs that has gotten me.  Natural Mystic posted the words to Right in Two somewhere, but the whole album is deep.  Rosetta stoned is about a guy who is choosen to give a message to the world by Aliens but he forgot it.  Vicarous is about how the US, gets its dose of violence throught the telivising of the destruction that we reek upon the world.  Right in two is about how God gave humans free will and we use it to destroy.  I'm just skimming the surface here, listening to the lyrics is like hearing a mindblowing story for me.

"Run to the Water" by Live   

Oh desert speak to my heart
Oh woman of the earth
Maker of children who weap for love
Maker of this birth
'til your deepest secrets are known to me
I will not be moved
I will not be moved
"Don't try to find the answer
When there ain't no question here
Brother let your heart be wounded
And give no mercy to your fear"
Adam and Eve live down the street from me
Babylon is every town
It's as crazy as it's ever been
Love's a stranger all around
In a moment we lost our minds here
And lay our spirits down
Today we lived a thousand years
All we have is now
Run to the water
And find me there
Burnt to the core but not broken
We'll cut through the madness
Of these streets below the moon
These streets below the moon
And I will never leave you
'til we can say "this world was just a dream
we where sleeping now we are awake
'til we can say
In a moment we lost our minds here
And dreamt the world was round
A million mile faal from grace
Thank God we missed the ground
Run to the water
And find me there
Burnt to the core but not broken
We'll cut through the madness
Of these streets below the moon
With a nuclear fire of love in our hearts
Yeah I can see it now Lord
Out beyond all the breakin' of waves
And the tribulation
It's a place and a home of ascended souls
Who swam out there in love
Run to the water
And find me there
Burnt to the core but not broken
We'll cut through the madness
Of these streets below the moon
With a nuclear fire of love in our hearts
Rest easy baby, rest easy
And recognize it all as light and rainbows
Smashed to smithereens and be happy
Run to the water and find me there
Run to the water

To the poster "google" who mentions metal being abrasive, in your face and just overall not good.  I think the 'metal' world has evolved a lot since the days of Black Sabbath in that most of the GOOD bands are either very spiritual or very heavy of the classical and orchestral influence.

Within Temptation are (especially earlier material) very spiritual and classical based (Perfect Harmony and Mother Earth being perfect examples) while bands like Tool, Pain of Salvation and some of Devin Townsend's solo material are very heavily influenced by positive, happy feelings.

Even 'angry' bands like Hatebreed have uplifting, spiritual lyrics.  The music may be in your face, but that is the hook to get you to THINK about what they are saying.

"Metal" isn't the dummies music anymore.