Posts by Grace Flores49

Lookin' good up there, Captain!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAoPhVn4y1Q

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Have you seen the trailer? Man, they’re turning this into nothing more than a cheap, mindless gag—just some lowbrow comedy meant for a single viewing. Though, honestly, I doubt it'll even be watchable if it's as bad as it looks.

Judging by that trailer, it looks like an absolute train wreck...👎 I’ve never been able to stand Jack Black, and I’ve never had much patience for this kind of flick either... so there's zero chance I'm sitting through this one.

But that's just how things go now. It's way easier to churn out some infantile nonsense for the masses than to actually craft something beautiful and imaginative, like that 90s version of Gulliver's Travels was...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115195/

Which is exactly why this thread popped into my head...🙂

Jesse Sanchez60 said:Everything is spot on, except for the fact they actually formed back in the seventies and dropped their absolute best stuff right up through 1981. They basically paved the way for both new wave and post-punk... they influenced a massive wave of bands, including plenty of those essential acts that defined those genres, so I guess that's why people always lump them together with those movements. 🤷

Thanks for catching that—total slip of the tongue on my part. Of course they started in the seventies; even their debut, "77," was named specifically after its release year. If you look at their most significant work, it’s really that run of five albums bridging the gap between the late seventies and the early eighties, stretching from "77" all the way to "Speaking in Tongues" in 1983. I wouldn't say they necessarily preceded new wave and post-punk so much as they released their early records right alongside the emergence of those scenes. It was this kind of two-way street where they were shaping the sound for everyone else while being shaped by the era itself...🙂

One of my absolute favorite bands. It’s actually pretty wild to me that I haven't seen a thread about them yet, so 🙏 kudos to whoever started this. They were easily one of the best groups to emerge in the eighties—way ahead of their time. Stylistically, they were all over the map from one record to the next. They started out with those heavy new wave, post-punk, and underground rock vibes, but as they evolved, they began blending everything imaginable into that singular, unmistakable "Talking Heads" sound. You had the country leanings on >... wait, no, that was the country influence on >, then you had those deep explorations into African tribal rhythms on >, which > and Brian Eno delved into during the sessions for the cult classic >. Then there was >, an album heavily steeped in soul and funk... Lyrically, they were brilliant, often leaning into the bizarre, led by a charismatic frontman in > who could navigate the waters of experimental art-rock just as easily as catchy, melodic guitar pop. Their collaboration with Brian Eno was especially legendary; he brought his signature "touch" to the mix, resulting in that meticulously structured, incredibly intelligent brand of "art pop"...
Their track > is easily in my personal top five songs of all time. And man, their music videos were always such a trip—especially that weirdly brilliant, original clip for >...

I've checked out >'s solo stuff and a few albums from the > project (which was basically the rest of the band without him), but honestly, nothing quite hits like the original, one-of-a-kind > melodies and lyrics...

"SAMI" - This movie is criminally underrated, honestly one of the best pieces of American cinema we've seen since the 90s. I’d definitely put it in that "art house" category—something you almost never see appearing on the big screens or even on TV over here...

Brendan Perry at The Fillmore. You seriously cannot miss this one...🙂

velvetcrane57 said:I have to agree—all four installments of the *Alien* series possess such incredible atmosphere. If I had to single one out, though, I’d point toward the third one; it’s a significantly underrated entry in the franchise. In my view, that thick, suffocating atmosphere is really the strongest link in the entire chain.

Word! In my opinion, the third installment is actually the best part of the whole quartet, even if people were tearing it apart back then.

wiredharbor22 said:I've definitely heard people make comparisons to cats mating and all that sort of thing... so yours isn't actually that bad. 😁

🙂 Do you have any other comparisons? That one actually gave me a good laugh.

Yeah, exactly. Honestly, I keep trying to convince myself that I could actually get into her vocals, too... but it just isn't happening. 🙂 Aside from that, though—like I mentioned before—I’m a huge fan of pretty much everything else she does. 🙂

I’ve listened to a few of her albums now. From a songwriting and instrumental standpoint, it’s incredibly heavy and fascinating stuff. My favorite part is definitely that harp work mentioned earlier... it's stunning. Honestly, it would all be such brilliant music if it weren't for her voice. I just can't seem to get used to it, no matter how hard I try. It sounds like someone singing who is either deeply ill or... well, just cognitively impaired. It’s such a distraction that it ends up ruining everything else I find so exceptional about her sound. Such a shame.😢