What song are you listening to right now?

Jack · Wed 13/11/2019 00:30:08

Edit: It's really jamming tonight.

Jack · Thu 14/11/2019 20:58:27

dactylopus · Fri 15/11/2019 01:43:00

Jack · Sat 16/11/2019 01:06:06

milkanannan · Sat 16/11/2019 02:43:48

Yeah, good call on not posting the goofy Chevy Chase video. Distracts from an actually really good song!

Snarky · Thu 21/11/2019 08:04:52

I've been rereading the Discworld series. Guess which book I'm up to...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3NIK-nsI2g

Spoiler

Wrong; it's actually Hogfather. But I've been checking out different versions of the Phantom since Maskerade.

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milkanannan · Thu 21/11/2019 13:20:14

Nice change of pace, Snarky.

Sorry, I know we've already had our TOOL moment, but if I'm to be true to the 'what song are you listening to right now' topic:

milkanannan · Sat 23/11/2019 11:18:00

If anyone cares to share, how do you interpret the lyrics in this song?

TheFrighter · Sat 23/11/2019 12:47:55

My impressions it's about pedophilia (a boy baited with the money by an older man), still I don't get the meaning of the red hand. Maybe a mark as The scarlet letter by N. Hawthorne?
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milkanannan · Sat 23/11/2019 13:05:05

Quote from: TheFrighter on Sat 23/11/2019 12:47:55

My impressions it's about pedophilia (a boy baited with the money by an older man), still I don't get the meaning of the red hand. Maybe a mark as The scarlet letter by N. Hawthorne?
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That has always been my interpretation since I first heard it: a song with reference to sexual assault. However, I see that most people online interpret the red hand to be God's wrath or something a bit more specific to Ireland: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Ulster

Snarky · Sat 23/11/2019 15:28:16

I heard that (again) recently when I watched Scream and Scream 2 for Halloween, and I remember thinking that it was probably about God. ("You're one microscopic cog in his catastrophic plan, designed and directed by his red right hand.") And apparently it's an allusion to Paradise Lost.

Listening again, it seems to me like it's about "The Man," a catch-all for authority structures that have the power to upend your life: the military, drug syndicates, Hollywoodâ€¦

milkanannan · Sat 23/11/2019 18:07:14

Quote from: Snarky on Sat 23/11/2019 15:28:16
I heard that (again) recently when I watched Scream and Scream 2 for Halloween, and I remember thinking that it was probably about God. ("You're one microscopic cog in his catastrophic plan, designed and directed by his red right hand.") And apparently it's an allusion to Paradise Lost.

Listening again, it seems to me like it's about "The Man," a catch-all for authority structures that have the power to upend your life: the military, drug syndicates, Hollywoodâ€¦

Yeah, I agree. I guess that's it. I mean, even the sexual predator fits into the interpretation of overwhelming power that can change a life forever. I guess it is a song about the phenomena of overwhelming power in all its forms.

dactylopus · Sun 24/11/2019 02:46:27

Quote from: Snarky on Sat 23/11/2019 15:28:16Listening again, it seems to me like it's about "The Man," a catch-all for authority structures that have the power to upend your life: the military, drug syndicates, Hollywood...

That's always been my interpretation, but I never really sat and analyzed the lyrics.

Good track, though.

This one was playing as I responded:

milkanannan · Tue 26/11/2019 12:45:51

Cheers dact. Hadn't heard of these guys. I like the reverb on the voice in the chorus and the fat, fuzzy base. Sort of reminds me of a Killers/OK GO sort of feel. Speaking of which:

Edit: wow this brings back memories of summer 2014!

Jack · Tue 26/11/2019 23:20:06

milkanannan · Wed 27/11/2019 03:25:15

Jarvis Cocker is always the right answer. Not sure I've heard this track? I'm totally going to listen to this when I'm home and not on mobile.

milkanannan · Thu 05/12/2019 17:54:57

Quote from: Haggis on Fri 18/10/2019 19:25:27
I so lonely.

Edit: I see some Madrugada above! Good stuff, have you heard of Torgeir Waldemar - my current Norwegian of choice?

Hear me out, the guitar in the chorus of this Peter Gabriel track ("Digging in the dirt, stay with me I need support..." etc) has some similarity to your track, Haggis. I love that guitar effect, sort of dreamy reverb.

milkanannan · Sat 07/12/2019 16:55:16

Say what you will about Miley Cyrus, but she really does nail Silent Night:

It actually completely saves A Very Murray Christmas, which is otherwise not worth the money that went into making it! (And I say that as a Bill Murray megafan!)

milkanannan · Mon 09/12/2019 18:38:23

Anyone going to hop on this Christmassy tangent, or are we all a bunch of humbugs?

Laura Hunt · Mon 09/12/2019 20:31:31

Quote from: man n fist on Mon 09/12/2019 18:38:23Anyone going to hop on this Christmassy tangent, or are we all a bunch of humbugs?

Sure