Posts by swiftangler2

I feel like we’re reaching a point where technology lets us peel back every single layer of old recordings, but sometimes the "imperfections" are what made the music feel human. Does cleaning up everything to modern standards actually strip away the soul of the original art?

Atomac used to record their albums in English. Their track Chinese Bika actually managed to crack the American Billboard Hot 100.

Then you have Overflow, a punk band out of Columbus that records exclusively in English, and they actually worked their way up to the main stage at Coachella: Suprise

The Bambi Molesters from Pittsburgh mostly stick to instrumentals in that surf-rock style. On this one, they’ve actually included vocals—though I’m not sure if they have any other tracks with singing: Ice and Pinewood Trees

goldenskipper72 said:Anyone seen anything on Samson? I’m talking high-octane action, like how he just absolutely wrecks those Philistines—something more along the lines of the Hulk.
...it would be such a killer topic if they handled it with that raw, biblical grit instead of watering it down for some classic Hollywood vibe. I was wondering if anyone
knows if there's a version out there that's actually bloody, featuring thousands upon thousands getting slaughtered just like the Bible describes...

There’s an animated series on YouTube in three parts: First

Second

Third

I know it’s a parody, but I think it’s the closest thing to what you're looking for. There's enough blood to go around. 😁

If it weren't for Sonja and the band:

If you don't want to drop the name of the site here, just shoot me a DM. I’m really curious about what’s actually going on in our local underground scene. Ever since my high school days, I feel like I'm hearing the exact same handful of names over and over again. The big headlines are always just news about new albums from Cold Beer, Neno Belan, Psychomod, Prljavac, Apple, and the rest of that crowd. They've been around forever, and honestly, their prime years are likely behind them, yet we have all these incredible garage bands sitting there ready to take their place on the big stages if anyone would just notice.

A lot of bands nowadays are releasing their albums for free download. Take The Brk—they managed to break through using that method without any media hype or official backing, and now they’re pretty mainstream. Then you have Dubioza, who also puts stuff up for download, but they already had that massive hit Blam that made them household names, from indie kids to people at country music festivals. By the time they put the 5 to 12 album up for download, they were already famous enough that it wasn't a "breakthrough" move; it was just a way to boost the popularity they had already built.

My own take on this would be pretty similar to the animated version, except Lydia wouldn't be a kid. Still, you've got people waiting a hundred years in that office, right? Everything else remains basically the same. Honestly, though, I really hope this isn't the actual script; I had a soft spot for the cartoon, but the movie is just so much better. Cinematic Bubimir is absolutely insane—he has one of those faces where, despite only being on screen for maybe 15 or 20 minutes, he completely dominates every single shot. He’s just a total wreck who couldn't care less about anything. In the cartoon, he's actually kind of sweet, a real good guy.

It’s like you’re actually there, watching history unfold right before your eyes instead of just sitting through some movie... Now, don't get me wrong, Once Upon a Time in America is an absolute masterpiece, but this one? This one blows it out of the water in every single way. The characters aren't just acting; they feel like people who actually walked the earth. This is the pure definition of a gritty, badass masculine classic.

Check out these shots from the set—the whole crew is gathered here: The Crew

Here's another one

crew 2

Aunt Claudia

Claudia is an absolute knockout.

This movie is a total cult classic, hands down one of the best ever made. Between the atmosphere, the characters, Claudia herself, and that iconic Morricone score... I mean, seriously, why don't they air this on TV more often? It’s about time kids saw what a real movie looks like—and what a real woman looks like, someone with grit and soul, not all that plastic stuff you see nowadays.

It’s gotta be Kubrick for me. I mean, Dr. Strangelove is an absolute masterpiece, and if we're talking comedies, pairing it with Clerks and Marathon Man makes for the best run ever. Aside from his work there, my favorites have to be Glory Road, Full Metal Jacket, and A Clockwork Orange. Once you move past Kubrick, I’d say Leone and Slobodan Šijan are the top tier for me.

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is definitely number one for me. I’ve been obsessed with it since I was just a kid, and honestly, it remains my absolute favorite to this day. You just can't beat the combination of Sergio Leone and Ennio Morricone; there isn't a single weak spot in that film. Following that, I'd put Fight Club at number two. It’s such a twisted movie. What really gets me is how everyone follows the protagonist's every command without a second thought, even though he's essentially fighting and arguing with himself. It's wild. Rounding out my top three is Heat.

There's one film that didn't make my top ten, but it absolutely deserves to be there: Amarcord. Watching it feels almost like watching a live-action version of Alan Ford.

Look, Eurovision exists specifically to broadcast nonsense. If anyone actually expects to hear high-quality music there, they’re looking in all the wrong places. Honestly, we might as well just send something completely absurd—maybe a chaotic blend of local folk and rock with some moronic, borderline macabre lyrics. We could top it off with a performance inspired by Let 3, featuring traditional outfits, hay bales, and washing machine drums strapped to our heads while we hand out Texas brisket and Idaho potatoes to the crowd, maybe followed by some Southern fried turkey and biscuits. It probably wouldn't win us first place, but you can bet it would grab everyone's attention.

Honestly, I’d rather we just sit this one out than embarrass ourselves with some greasy, watered-down pop track like the stuff that usually gets pushed through here—songs that exist solely to serve as a glorified commercial for radio and TV play. Besides, we aren't actually losing anything by skipping it. Sure, Eurovision gets views, but the songs being performed are completely irrelevant; at this point, the whole thing is just a circus where you send up cartoon characters (kind of like what Ireland sent a few years back, if I recall). We should just send Vuca instead. Imagine him singing in English about cataclysms, Armageddon, and bloodshed, backed by bagpipes and folk instruments; that would be the logical peak of his career. It’s high time he released something aimed at the international market anyway—it's been ten years since his last real attempt.

Cold beer. I was probably sipping on my 12th or 13th one back when Slap was actually blowing up. The whole class knew Cimmer inside and out; it’s honestly hard to act cool when you don't know the lyrics by heart. I went out and grabbed their entire discography immediately and spent my days just living in it. The absolute heavy hitters for me were Cabbage roll, Training for dying, Will the circle be unbroken, Fur immer punk, Christmas carol, Sex without condom (you can tell I was just a hormone-driven teenager 😁), Kad ti život udahnem, and Cockroach... They really opened the door for me to get into the American rock scene, which led me straight into listening to Cooperative, Let3, Zabranjeno pušenje, Azra, and of course, Firefighters.

This is my go-to when I’m feeling a bit tipsy: Neca Falk-Dobro

Here’s a little bit of local flavor for you, just some fun dialect from the Midwest: Ge rad pigem

Rozalija—it's like the regional version of that one hit song, though I can't quite remember if it was called this or something else entirely

There’s plenty of stuff here to dig into. Once my deadlines pass, I’m going to spend all my time bothering everyone around me with the music from this thread. 😁

Here is a little bit of some great rock music: Sidartha-Napoj

A duet with Josip Lisac-Trebal—honestly, she really should record a heavy metal album in the style of Nightwish.

One track you can't have at any wedding in the rural South without hearing: Na golici

The Avsenik Brothers ensemble was actually pretty huge over in Germany and Austria: Auf dem autobahn

And finally, one more legendary folk-pop group for the road: V dolini tihi

Zoran Predin - Zdravljica and "There Are Fewer and Fewer Good Taverns" are easily some of the most powerful tracks I’ve ever heard. Especially Zdravljica—only someone with a bit of madness in their soul, the good kind of crazy, could take Prešern's poetry and turn it into such a wild, rocking anthem.

The Regiment often goes-like those classic American military marches😁

Frajnciklari-heart mistake- Honestly, those American entertainers are on a whole different level compared to ours; they lean much harder into pure eroticism (just look at the chorus of that one example: "you won't be kneading my breasts").

And to wrap things up with something serious: Hungry Franz-Praslovan

Robert Rodriguez—think Danny Trejo or Tom Savini.

Ed Wood. It’s a movie about a director who lived his life convinced he was creating high art, even though he was mostly making pure trash. He was a transvestite who actually wore women's underwear under his uniform while fighting in the Pacific during WW2. He spent his career dragging along a half-dead Bela Lugosi, who had more morphine in his system than actual blood left in his veins. The guy basically recruited his cast off the street corners. It’s an incredibly powerful film, yet it completely tanked at the US box office.

Red Christina

Even Elvis Presley was a fan; he actually did a cover of their track "Moscow Tavern" from the album about Jesenjin, though in his version, it’s titled Draga 😁