Music thread

I never expected that the same guy who would give us My Woman would make an entire track that’s nothing but a robot voice reading a Communist essay about hip hop, and make it 13 minutes long. Whenever I’ll get to White Town on my one hit wonder listens, I WILL get to this “song” cause based off of the snippet I heard, what the fuck did I hear?

On one hand I don’t support nepotism and connections in the business industry to get you what you want

On the other hand I could get free concert tickets

The bad wolf inside me won

Okay, between Kilroy Was Here by Styx, Cyberpunk by Billy Idol, “Calling Occupants (Of Interplanetary Craft)” by Carpenters, and Mission Earth by Edgar Winter, why do conceptual sci-fi pieces seem to be a kiss of death for musicians?

You’d think it wouldn’t be, due to the existence of stuff like “‘39,” “Rocketman,” and half of David Bowie’s 1969-1973 catalog, but we keep hearing about these sci-fi themed albums or songs from artists that turn into huge flops and even career killers for artists.

I’m genuinely curious about this as a huge fan of both sci-fi and music.

What about the ones in sci-fi movies? _{Hint hint, Hans Zimmer}

@14Fan
I’m not counting movie soundtracks. Those are an entirely different beast from standalone music.

…I could talk about Queen’s soundtrack for Flash Gordon, but it wasn’t a career killer because Queen was awesome enough to sustain momentum until 1991.

@TheHappySpaceman
That’s an easy question to answer: All of them have little to no understanding of sci-fi

Well, technically, Parliament’s albums from Mothership Connection to Funkentelechy vs. the Placebo Syndrome could be a exception to that rule, but they might be a little loose when it comes to concept.

@Mildgyth
They had fun with the idea as far as I know and put a unique spin to it.

The #1 Christmas song guaranteed to make me shed a few manly tears would definitely be Good King Wenceslas - especially choral versions of it with a nice pipe organ in the mix.

It’s a perfect tale of goodwill toward men, and I feel people should really listen to it’s lyrics, as it may indeed propel you to want to show an act of kindness yourself, no matter if you consider yourseld religious or not (the latter in my case).

Mariah is at number one again with her Christmas, yay

@Mellow Rhythm
Is that a traditional Christmas song or is it by someone specific?

@Mr.Myoozik
It is a traditional song that was written by an English hymnist in the 1850s

@Mellow Rhythm
Ah I should’ve known based off of the title alone

Don’t people ever get tired of that song? I guess not.

@angryprogrockbrony
Man, I wish they would. That song is so overplayed year after year after year.

@angryprogrockbrony
Gotta agree with you guys on this one

@angryprogrockbrony
Yes and no apparently

Writing this here apology, it’s taking up all my power.

I don’t know where my friends are at. I’m getting higher than the Willis Tower.

I need to churn this letter out, I’m in a mix of ball and speed. I probably won’t survive tonight, so please listen to my apology.

Growing up, I’d been a victim of mental abuse. Mom and dad both told me I was of no use.

Growing up, I’d been a victim of mental abuse. Still, you and I both know that is no excuse.

I know that in your heart, you probably won’t forgive. So if I do die…

I was an awful person. I treated you like you were crap. I’m tired of excusing for all my awful abusing. Deep down, I am a love sap.

I am tired of being so toxic. It’s not a good look for me. If abuse breeds abuse, then we’re a pair of deuce. Hatred for all to see.

This here is my apology.

@Mr.Myoozik
Yeah a lot of songs are overplayed, especially that Mariah Carey song. While I’m at it I might as well say that a lot of the bands I’ve talked about being overrated, I used to like them a lot more and maybe I’m just tired of hearing them all the time and the amount of praise they get all the fucking time. No band deserves as much praise as The Beatles gets, not even The Beatles themselves, and I feel like the exclusive club of popular rock bands and artists just distracts everyone from listening to anything else besides radio hits or whatever. We get it. Everyone likes Nirvana. Why not talk about Alice in Chains for once? Or why not talk about any thrash metal band outside of the Big four instead of Metallica for once? And a lot of “greatest” musicians and bands weren’t as good or as influential as I had initially thought. I mean, Eddie Van Halen and Jimi Hendrix are great guitarists, but they aren’t so much better than everyone else to where they’re on a level of their own (and Eddie Van Halen didn’t even invent two-hand tapping). A lot of bands deserve the praise they get, but this shouldn’t come at the expense of other bands that are just as good and talented if not better and more talented.

Writing this acknowledgement, it’s taking up all my power.

I don’t know where my friends are at. I’m getting higher than the Willis Tower.

I need to churn this letter out, I’m in a mix of ball and speed.

I probably won’t survive tonight, so please listen to my apology.

Growing up, I’d been a victim of mental abuse. Mom and dad both told me I was of no use.
Growing up, I’d been a victim of mental abuse. Still, you and I both know that is no excuse.

I know that in your heart, you probably won’t forgive. So if I do die…

I was an awful person. I treated you like you were crap. I’m tired of excusing for all my awful abusing. Deep down, I am a love sap.

I am tired of being so toxic. It’s not a good look for me. If abuse breeds abuse, then we’re a pair of deuce. Hatred for all to see.

This here is my apology.

I still regret the night that I made out with the other girl.

Took her to my apartment and fucked her on the bathroom floor.

You walked in on me horrified, not sure of what you had done seen.

This is all because I made the ruling to give you a spare key.

Growing up, I’d been a victim of mental abuse. Mom and dad both told me I was of no use.
Growing up, I’d been a victim of mental abuse. Still, you and I both know that is no excuse.

I know that in your heart, you probably won’t forgive. So if I do die…

I was an awful person. I treated you like you were crap. I’m tired of excusing for all my awful abusing. Deep down, I am a love sap.

I am tired of being so toxic. It’s not a good look for me. If abuse breeds abuse, then we’re a pair of deuce. Hatred for all to see.

This here is my apology.

I’m not writing to you, dearest, to justify my deeds.

It’s not because I got caught.

All I’m asking is forgiveness because I care about your needs.

Don’t wanna make it all for naught.

The hurting, the pain. It won’t be the same.

The cheating, the lies. I was far from wise.

I will go to a therapist to work on my problems.

My actions have done cause me to reach rock bottom.

I am tired of the bullshit that I put you through for years.

It isn’t fair for you, so let me make it clear.

Having a crappy childhood is no excuse.

I’m just asking for a new start, so let my heart effuse.

I was an awful person. I treated you like you were crap. I’m tired of excusing for all my awful abusing. Deep down, I am a love sap.

I am tired of being so toxic. It’s not a good look for me. If abuse breeds abuse, then we’re a pair of deuce. Hatred for all to see.

This here is my apology.

I was an awful person. I treated you like you were crap. I’m tired of excusing for all my awful abusing. Deep down, I am a love sap.

I am tired of being so toxic. It’s not a good look for me. If abuse breeds abuse, then we’re a pair of deuce. Hatred for all to see.

This here is my apology.

@Holofan4life
Not bad, those lyrics definitely fit a rapper like Eminem or Nas or Common.

I hate All I Want For Christmas it’s overplayed and overrated

If I say I hate Jose Mari Chan, then it’s gonna be on the same level as Mariah Carey.

He is our version of her here in the Philippines and all his Christmas hits usually kicks in in every single September 1st.

@Dashie41 YT
Yeah it’s just okay and not one of my favorites but I’ve grown to hate it since they play it all the fucking time and it’s even in my head all the time and I can’t get it out. That’s how overplayed it is. No song deserves to be played that much.

If I were to pick a place to show I’ve come
I would probably pick a planet that’s like Kardashian’s bum

Don’t need a light switch, I am always on
Hey it may not have valleys but it is silicon

I try to seduce, as I deduce there’s more play
I use The Wrath of Khan as my sexual foreplay

My weapon is drawn, so you better not ask
In the bed, I’m a freak, better leave on the Nimoy mask

At one point last year, BMTH’s Can You Feel My Heart saw popularity again mainly due to people on TikTok unofficially making this song as the official theme song of the Gigachad meme. Because of that silly meme, It ultimately peaked at #1 on Billboard’s Hard Rock Streaming Songs.