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BritGAF |OT5| Superb Birds, Absurd Turds and Disturbed Nerds
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hey, why didn't anyone tell me that the clique made their own home-movies?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLNO714SYCY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLNO714SYCY
Screaming Meat said:
Musha_Soturi
Member
Wow. So Katie has already started designing some characters, and fuck me are they good. She has a very disturbed mind, I'm so excited! Just need to come up with story ideas based around the characters now.
RobotNinjaHornets
Banned
Someone here should totes start a band with me.
Just saying.
Just saying.
Musha_Soturi
Member
Where do you live and what do you play?
You really do find the strangest things.
Just listened to Mikeside's tape, pretty nice vibe, very upbeat and melodic. Bonus points for never having heard most of the stuff on there, new music is best music!
If I have a minor compliant I would've liked a bit more variety in the way of genres and stuff, eclectic tapes are the way forward.
Favourite tracks:
Wolf Alice - Fluffy
Los Campesinos! - You! Me! Dancing!
Shadowboxer - Juniper
Brand New - I Will Play My Game...
Jimmy Eat World - A Praise Chorus
Radiohead - All I Need (obvs!)
Nice work Mikey boy. I'll definitely check out some more Wolf Alice and Shadowboxer stuff.
There's not much Shadowboxer, they're my friend's band, but if you want I'll send you the EP and the live session they did - infact, you're the YouTube king, check these out, all from that session:
Word of a Stranger
Dancer
Price Tag (Jessie J Cover)
Time (Chase and Status Cover)
Wallflowers
Wolf Alice are probably my favourite band right now - they've got 1 EP and 2 singles out, with another EP on the way. They're pretty fresh and exciting, I think. Gutsy, feelsy girl rock. Exactly my jam.
Fuckin' Lenny Henry.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
He's voting UKIP?!
The premier party.
NinjaBoiX
Member
Ballin'.
Educational and funky fresh.
That's pretty cool, nice one chief.
Lush, reminds me a bit of Lamb's later stuff. The drummer got some skills man.
It is tasty jam like, I like to spread it thick.
Rubbish King
The gift that keeps on giving
Guy I think I already dibsed it but I'm learning AI and I'm starting to draw up the next OT woooo
Jedeye Sniv
Banned
Have downloaded all the mixes ready for listening. Played Ninj's to Ellie this morning, thumbs up again. Sploatee is first up, listening to the first song now, unsure of what to expect from this wild ride. Loving the liner notes however, very swish. And I appreciated your approach to ID Tags, made me chuckle.
QuicheFontaine
Member
I haven't done a mixtape but it'd probably be something like:
Blur - Beetlebum
Radiohead - Electioneering
Inspiral Carpets - Lost in Space Again
Travis - Indefinitely
Genesis - Entangled
Amy Winehouse - Valerie
Franz Ferdinand - Eleanor Put Your Boots On
A classic example of trying to do something clever, but having to compromise everything to do it, to the detriment of the final product.
Blur - Beetlebum
Radiohead - Electioneering
Inspiral Carpets - Lost in Space Again
Travis - Indefinitely
Genesis - Entangled
Amy Winehouse - Valerie
Franz Ferdinand - Eleanor Put Your Boots On
A classic example of trying to do something clever, but having to compromise everything to do it, to the detriment of the final product.
NinjaBoiX
Member
"I bought some rock star ashes,
From the back of Rolling Stone,
I guess he wouldn't mind it,
They couldn't sell his soul,"
Fucking love Eels man.
Edit:
Can't beat a bit of Winehouse too.
From the back of Rolling Stone,
I guess he wouldn't mind it,
They couldn't sell his soul,"
Fucking love Eels man.
Yeah, I heard she's pretty cool.
Edit:
I just noticed this, such a tune. Probably my favourite of theirs.
Can't beat a bit of Winehouse too.
Jedeye Sniv
Banned
Oh you! Nah it was lovely stuff. Obviously a bit different from our usual oeuvre but some very interesting/pretty/funny stuff. I particularly liked O Superman into Like a Ship, I thought it was a really good juxtaposition, gave me feels. Good stuff, will listen again fo sho. I'd say the only song I didn't really dig would be la neon because of the constant key changing towards the end, but that's a personal weird dislike. The rest, while challenging to our plebby tastes was enjoyable, and I was always interested to see what the next mad tune would be.
Mike's mix was typically Mike, we enjoyed it in chez Sniv. Ellie called him a soppy bugger. There wasn't super much on there that I'm not already familiar with, so it gave me nostalgia feels and kept me interested and entertained all the way through. Ellie cringed a bit at the shadowboxer vocals and I castigated her, that song is pretty good despite the girlrock operatics. Mother was interesting, never heard that before and it had a good energy to it. Reminded Ellie that she liked Idlewild, that's a win.
Dapp's mix was the weirdest of the day for us since we don't listen to anything like this usually. What is it, electro funk or summat? The hour passed quickly and while I'd be hard pressed to note whether a song had just ended or started I did enjoy it all and was never tempted to skip or move on. And when you've just spent all day listening to mixtapes, that's quite an acheivement. Was an enlightening look into the suave neon landscape of your mind.
NinjaBoiX
Member
Just listened to sploatee's mix tape, good fun, really diverse. I hadn't heard any of it bar 212 as well, bonus. I really liked the red ones:
The Coasters - Brazil
Salvatore Adamo - Le Neon
Sarah Jarosz - Song Up In Her Head
Pastor T.L. Barrett - Like A Ship
Azealia Banks - 212 - her flow be cray
The only track I wasn't so keen on was the Laurie Anderson one. It reminded me a bit of Hide & Seek by Imogen Heap with the vocoders, I'm just not a big fan of the style. The Alfie Noakes skit was really good though, lol.
The Coasters - Brazil
Salvatore Adamo - Le Neon
Sarah Jarosz - Song Up In Her Head
Pastor T.L. Barrett - Like A Ship
Azealia Banks - 212 - her flow be cray
The only track I wasn't so keen on was the Laurie Anderson one. It reminded me a bit of Hide & Seek by Imogen Heap with the vocoders, I'm just not a big fan of the style. The Alfie Noakes skit was really good though, lol.
If you like the track underneath Azealia Banks' potty mouth, it's Lazy Jay - Float My Boat : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aA6d27dwLDY
(See also Lone - Pineapple Crush : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3HPKH3w9so which was used for Liquorice IIRC,but is an amazing 2012 version of 1992's house music.)
And as to the Laurie Anderson track, dunno if it's the same for Sploatee but this is a reminder of the 80s/Cold War vibe that most of you guys probably missed. I was frozen the first time I heard that, not sure it's got the same gravitas these days.
cunts
(See also Lone - Pineapple Crush : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3HPKH3w9so which was used for Liquorice IIRC,but is an amazing 2012 version of 1992's house music.)
And as to the Laurie Anderson track, dunno if it's the same for Sploatee but this is a reminder of the 80s/Cold War vibe that most of you guys probably missed. I was frozen the first time I heard that, not sure it's got the same gravitas these days.
Teaser track from playlist because I don't know when it'll be up.
Will probably try making another once it's done because of where this one seems to be going.
Will probably try making another once it's done because of where this one seems to be going.
Jedeye Sniv
Banned
I watch it. I think 'enjoy' is a strong word maybe. I enjoy shouting at it, that much is true. Some of the people make me super cringe. Some are funny but most it's just like "argh wtf go away". I really don't like that one fake tan northern girl. She has this very specific thing that I call "angry/incredulous stupidity". She's so dumb and everything new or different or outside her wheelhouse (which is most things) horrifies her. It's all in her eyes, this uncomprehending distaste for the world around her.
It annoys me when everyone is getting really excited over some guff like Britain's Got Talent because it makes me realise how easily pleased most people are, and I find that scary. This is good enough for you??
Ah you mean the Moffat girl? She is truly dense. What's amusing is that she looks nothing like her parents, it's like a stranger sat opposite them on the couch.
Surely you must despise Mrs. Michael? Her love affair with Nigel Farage and Russell Brand is truly a terror to behold. She even thinks nurses aren't academic.
Leon and June are fabulous. Steph and Dom are fabulous. Chris and Stephen are fabulous.
Edit: here's Rev. Kate leading a flashmob at a wedding she was hosting
RobotNinjaHornets
Banned
Brighton/guitar
I realise it's not going to happen but I like putting the absolute minimum amount of effort in 'cause then I can still complain about not having a band
I enjoyed the super posh guy who was basically Rowley Birkin from The Fast Show because I didn't know that sort of person actually existed, but that's pretty much all I've seen of it.
SOPPY BUGGER????
Bon! My favourite is the Josephine Foster track. I absolutely LOVE that song.
Glad you enjoy! Shame about Laurie Anderson, but such is life. I love your front cover! I showed Emma. We chuckled.
Edit: and cool at you liking Le Neon! That was what my dad used to play to me when I was just a child. Mini sploat used to dance around the living room! It's such a happy song.
It reminds me of Sept 11, eerily. All that stuff about "Here come the planes. They're American planes, made in America" and "Hold me in your petrochemical arms" and "When there's no more justice, there's always force." I just find it really, really eerie and sad.
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We're watching Snakes on a Plane! I intend on posting pictures of wot I got for my birthday in a minute too.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
Happy birthday, Sploatee!
Ta Meaty! Is not until Tuesday, but I'm not in Manc on Tuesday so E moved it to this weekend!
I can't get image uploading to work and it's too late to be faffing, but I got a lovely teapot with strainer, a special portable mug with strainer-type thing for tea at work, some very fine tea, a lovely Balenciaga perfume and a book of unnerving images called "images not to masturbate to". I also got short hair now. It's sort of assymetrical but not in a Haircut kind of way. I'll just smush it up in the morning anyway.
PS My bloody phone doesn't recognise any of your mixes as albums. So I'm going to have to make own playlists etc. Jed - yours is first up because my phone recognises your album but for some reason won't put them all together.
Jedeye Sniv
Banned
I * think* it's because I didn't tag it as a compilation, if you do that in iTunes it should hang together better. Fingers crossed!
Rubbish King
The gift that keeps on giving
No, where the fuck is your avatar, that shit's depressing
cablenathan
Member
You must've meant most awesome!
Their song lyrics were incomprehensible in the best possible way.
Which avatar? I have had many, lol
Rubbish King
The gift that keeps on giving
any
I fixed that when I played it yesterday, but if someone downloaded it before I did that they'll have all your songs seen as different entires. (Actually this applied to some of the others as well) A bit dumb that songs with the same album name but different artists are treated as separate albums by default.
so helpful
dapperbandit
Banned
I'm really glad you enjoyed it. It's interesting that you found the songs blended together like that. There's a similar sound going through it but perhaps the common beat signature going through it added to that feeling. It's what I meant by my mix being a packet of skittles, different flavours but all the same thing. BGBW said something similar. I actually put some thought into order of the tracks.
Starting and ending with Com Truise tracks which are inherently slower and more contemplative. I had to go with the first track for that sample at the beginning. The last track "Closed" has always made me think of the journey home after a great night out.
From tracks 2 to 4 it's funk at gradually picks up pace to ease you in. 5-7 is...I don't know what genre it is. Electro-neo disco-funk? Tracks 8 and 9 slow down for the finish and are again more contemplative. Track 10 sticks out as it doesn't sound like it was composed by someone wearing a keyboard necktie. Just a last feel good song before the end.
Also the last sentance in your quote made me smile. I think hearing someone else's music is a good window into a person's disposition.
Did people get the reference in the cover art/title by the way?
dapperbandit
Banned
Rubbish King
The gift that keeps on giving
one of your colourful ones
we're getting warmer
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
NinjaBoiX
Member
The only tapes i haven't heard yet are daps and BGBW's. I'll give them a whirl tonight.
And yeah daps, I got your cover art gag. Classic episode!
And yeah daps, I got your cover art gag. Classic episode!
I may well be buddy, I'll give you a shout innit.
dapperbandit
Banned
Should be available.
I've realised by the way that on PS4 you don't receive notifiers when someone ony our friends' list comes online, hope that gets fixed.
QuicheFontaine
Member
Yep, I'll be on roundabout 8-ish.
Jedeye Sniv
Banned
Even the whatsapp is quiet today, BGAF obviously being a bit more productive than usual (present company excluded).
I currently have 15 boxes of exam papers to open, it's making me anxious. Need to make space to store them first. Arrgh!
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