June 29, 200719 yr i'm making a vid and i need some music that sounds like scroll down and listen to "Scrub Da Ground" (#11) any help would be appreciated also within the same genre do you guys know the name of the song that sreeches...lol i know that's a horrible description but everyone has heard this song thanks :cool
July 3, 200719 yr Kind Of Blue is one of the greatest albums ever made. It makes me feel so many different things all at once. I don't think there's any album ever that has as broad an emotional appeal to me.
July 3, 200719 yr And the track that leads up to Kind Of Blue blends perfectly into it. The album is so good that it is kind of scary.
July 3, 200719 yr On an unrelated note, I have to recommend one of the best rap albums I've ever heard that I heard for the first time a few weeks ago. Dr. Octagon - Dr. Octagonecologyst. Anyone else heard this? Oh man, an absolute classic album. Do what you can to give this a listen. I doubt you'll regret it. A little late, but I just saw this post now. A friend of mine recommended it to me this past semester. That's an absolutely amazing album.
July 3, 200719 yr "Flamenco Sketches" is beautiful. I'm a big Miles fan, with Kind Of Blue and Bitches Brew being my favorites. Bitches Brew is just a crazy druggy mess, but it's so intense.
July 3, 200719 yr And the track that leads up to Kind Of Blue blends perfectly into it. The album is so good that it is kind of scary. I meant to say, the track that leads into, Blue In Green. Kind of Blue, as you know, is the name of the album. Yeah, Flamenco Sketches (both of them) are incredible and close the whole thing out perfectly. I bought the track, Boplicity, the other day. Completely different (in the same way Bitches Brew is so different from Kind Of Blue). Boplicity turned the jazz world upside down when it came out. I completely dig it but I don't rank it as high as Kind Of Blue.
July 3, 200719 yr And the track that leads up to Kind Of Blue blends perfectly into it. The album is so good that it is kind of scary. I meant to say, the track that leads into, Blue In Green. Kind of Blue, as you know, is the name of the album. Yeah, Flamenco Sketches (both of them) are incredible and close the whole thing out perfectly. I bought the track, Boplicity, the other day. Completely different (in the same way Bitches Brew is so different from Kind Of Blue). Boplicity turned the jazz world upside down when it came out. I completely dig it but I don't rank it as high as Kind Of Blue. I've been getting into jazz a lot more recently (I even spent a good amount of time in the Jazz tent at Bonnaroo, though I didn't get to see Ravi Coltrane or Ornette Coleman, which I was really disapointed about), so I love discussing it. Kind Of Blue is pretty much the epitomy of Jazz music to me, everything about it is so perfect. The collection of musicians he got together for that album is pretty mind blowing. The piano playing on "Freddie Freeloader" is out of this world. Every track on there is great. You know, 2 years ago even, I wouldn't have been able to appreciate this album as much as I do now. Back then I didn't care much for music without words, and while I still on the whole prefer it, I can fully appreciate jazz now, at least. I figured you meant "Blue In Green". :thumbup
July 5, 200719 yr Author On an unrelated note, I have to recommend one of the best rap albums I've ever heard that I heard for the first time a few weeks ago. Dr. Octagon - Dr. Octagonecologyst. Anyone else heard this? Oh man, an absolute classic album. Do what you can to give this a listen. I doubt you'll regret it. A little late, but I just saw this post now. A friend of mine recommended it to me this past semester. That's an absolutely amazing album. :notworthy Seriously, I have no reservations saying it is one of the best I've ever heard. ~~~~~~~~~ If you've never heard Against Me!'s Reinventing Axl Rose I suggest you do it. Quickly. I remember listening to it the first time like 2 years and not really listening to it / thinking much of it. I've steadily heard it more and more over the last year and now I'd say if I had to make a list of my favorite albums from the last decade, it'd be firmly near the top. Talk about an album that gets better every listen. I probably listen to it on average twice completely through every week without fail.
July 6, 200719 yr And the track that leads up to Kind Of Blue blends perfectly into it. The album is so good that it is kind of scary. I meant to say, the track that leads into, Blue In Green. Kind of Blue, as you know, is the name of the album. Yeah, Flamenco Sketches (both of them) are incredible and close the whole thing out perfectly. I bought the track, Boplicity, the other day. Completely different (in the same way Bitches Brew is so different from Kind Of Blue). Boplicity turned the jazz world upside down when it came out. I completely dig it but I don't rank it as high as Kind Of Blue. I've been getting into jazz a lot more recently (I even spent a good amount of time in the Jazz tent at Bonnaroo, though I didn't get to see Ravi Coltrane or Ornette Coleman, which I was really disapointed about), so I love discussing it. Kind Of Blue is pretty much the epitomy of Jazz music to me, everything about it is so perfect. The collection of musicians he got together for that album is pretty mind blowing. The piano playing on "Freddie Freeloader" is out of this world. Every track on there is great. You know, 2 years ago even, I wouldn't have been able to appreciate this album as much as I do now. Back then I didn't care much for music without words, and while I still on the whole prefer it, I can fully appreciate jazz now, at least. I figured you meant "Blue In Green". :thumbup A couple of recommendations for all the jazz fans: Thelonious Monk - "Monk." "Straight, No Chaser" Charles Mingus - "Mingus Ah Um" Miles Davis - "Sketches of Spain" "Bitches Brew" "In A Silent Way"
July 9, 200719 yr Not that old but I listened to 30 Second to Mars' first CD for the first time in nearly two years. Forgot just how good it was. It's too bad their second CD is mostly trash and they completely changed their sound and message. One of the biggest dissapointments for me musically, waiting a few years for that second CD to come out and instead it's filled with trash. But yeah, love their selftitled CD. Buddha for Mary
July 9, 200719 yr Author KT Tunstall Giant Drag St. Vincent Blonde Redhead The Hush Sound Metric Rilo Kiley Regina Spektor Zero 7 The Long Blondes Firefly Deerhoof Frou Frou Liz Phair Pure Reason Revolution (!!!!) Shiny Toy Guns Not all these are directly what you are looking for, but its a start. I can recommend you a ton of great trip-hop artists if you're interested and if you need me to recommend a particular album from that list feel free.
July 9, 200719 yr Based on your description, I was gonna say Rilo Kiley and Metric for starters. Early Rilo Kiley got them labelled alt-country, so if you don't like country, you might want to stay away from that. However, their last album--titled More Adventurous--had nothing to do with country at all, and it's probably their best one. Their lead singer (Jenny Lewis) might be my favorite female vocalist not named Bjork or Neko Case.
July 9, 200719 yr "Dr. Octagon - Dr. Octagonecologyst" I believe this was the first "underground" hip hop album ever but I could never get into it because I'm not a huge fan of acid rap. I've been taking a jazz class here in college and while Miles Davis is amazing, there's a lot of great jazz stuff to listen to in the real early era.
July 15, 200719 yr There's no doubt that the song and video are the epitome of the 80's but there are definitely better 80's songs out there.
July 15, 200719 yr Neither of those videos are "Billy Jean" by Michael Jackson. :thumbup When Michael dropped Billy Jean, he turned the world upside down. And his performance at the Motown 25th Anniversary show was en fuego
July 15, 200719 yr Author Yes, Billie* Jean is definitely the best song of the 80s. The only other songs I'd ever give any other consideration in the discussion because Billie Jean is so far ahead is Jump by Van Halen, Money for Northing by Dire Straits and Fight The Power by Public Enemy.
July 15, 200719 yr Personally, I'd say there are a few other songs that could probably put their name in the discussion, but in the end, it's going to be "Billie Jean". That is such a ridiculously good song. That bassline is incredible.
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