Octopus Overlords

Sudy wrote: ↑Tue Mar 16, 2021 7:22 am Hammer Horde - Archaic Offerings - Riff beginning at 01:20 just slays.

hitbyambulance wrote: ↑Tue Mar 16, 2021 5:13 pm

the Ministry 'box' - compiles (most of the) 12" versions and b-sides from the Sire/Warner years (through 1992, anyways)

(and i've always felt the extended mixes are, without exception, superior to the album edits)

Z-Corn wrote: ↑Tue Mar 16, 2021 6:30 pm "Ova the shoooowda" is jammed once a week here 'cause my wife is a giant Ministry head still. But only the British accent stuff, not the rocking stuff.

Jaymann wrote: ↑Tue Mar 16, 2021 11:53 am I often listen to music from 1970 or earlier. That would be like someone in 1961 rocking out to the hits of 1910.

Sudy wrote: ↑Wed Mar 17, 2021 9:49 pm I love that version of Smothered Hope so much.

Z-Corn wrote: ↑Tue Mar 16, 2021 6:30 pm "Ova the shoooowda" is jammed once a week here 'cause my wife is a giant Ministry head still. But only the British accent stuff, not the rocking stuff.

Twitch is probably the only Ministry album I enjoy listening to all the way through. I never get tired of We Believe. So weird to compare it to the stuff that came later.

Jaymann wrote: ↑Tue Mar 16, 2021 11:53 am I often listen to music from 1970 or earlier. That would be like someone in 1961 rocking out to the hits of 1910.

I've been having these thoughts a lot lately... they're terrifying and mind blowing. I know some of this is just normal "getting older" stuff, and I'm only just heading into it in my mid-30s. But rock and modern popular music was still a "new thing" when I was born... as in, it didn't exist when half the world's population was growing up. The 50s and the following decades saw an explosion of new styles and genres. I don't think you see that anymore... not at the same pace. I began my discovery of music outside of what I was raised with probably around 1997. I'd listen to metal and industrial records from the 80s and it seemed like ancient history... sounds had evolved so much since then, and styles had faded from popularity. Once I began listening to music from the 60s and 70s it was even more disconnecting.

I probably listened to ...And Justice for All all they way through for the first time in 2000. That was a 12-year-old album at the time, but it felt a generation away. However, now I'll revisit an albums from 2009, and holy shit! I remember listening to this stuff for the first time in MP3 like it was yesterday. And generally, depending on genre, I can't tell it wasn't recorded yesterday either. A lot of the music I listen to is a refinement of older genres if not outright retro worship rather than breaking new ground. Yet outside of obvious trends, digital production means that era often isn't as firmly stamped on a recording anymore, beyond what's faked or reproduced. Mode of listening has become static for many of us as well. I went from cassette to CD to MP3s as I grew up. (Too young for vinyl originally, and now too cheap/not wanting the clutter during its revival.) But now I know my portable player is likely to be my phone for the rest of my life, or at least until we're implanting electronics in our bodies.

ImLawBoy wrote: ↑Thu Mar 25, 2021 11:45 am I don't know why anyone would think GnR should be a guilty pleasure.

That said, I've long maintained that Use Your Illusion would have made a solid/great single album, but had too much bloat as a double album to be listenable.

Jaymann wrote: ↑Wed Mar 17, 2021 10:09 pm I remember when the only way to hear something was to actually buy the album or find it on the radio. I also remember when FM was a big deal, since they didn't just play top 40 tunes. Now you can do a search for any group or genre and discover a treasure trove.

hitbyambulance wrote: ↑Sat Apr 03, 2021 3:46 am