I'm not big fan but I've always enjoyed their songs when I hear them. Lately though I have gone out of my way to listen to more of them and it's been worth it. This duo deserves more recognition than I think they ever got. It's good stuff.
Damn yeah, Erasure is good shit. I feel like there is going to be a resurgence of interest in 80s music because I think a lot of people have disdain for it since the aesthetic is so goofy to our modern sensibilities. Also, the sense of "new" electronic toys to make music with, experimentation, and rudimentary-ness of it all is off-putting to some, but there are a lot of geniuses to be found in the music of the 80s.
I just watched Atomic Blonde last night, which takes place in 1989, and the soundtrack is LIT. It's a perfect time capsule of the sounds of 1989; the punk movement, the fall of the Wall, the sense of optimism and all of it was just captured perfectly by the soundtrack. I was 12, and the movie and the music just brought be right back to that magical time when I was just learning to appreciate music.
It's strange how absence makes the heart grow fonder. As an ideological angry member of Generation X, I hated the 80's and everything it stood for, all that glossy overproduced excess. I thought that decade was mostly a cultural wasteland save a few really great films, R.E.M's Document and U2's the Joshua Tree, everything else sucked in my mind. Give me anger rock, give me grunge, we had a movement that said no to style and glossy excess, put on your flannel and ripped jeans, play a beat up straight from the pawn shop Fender Mustang and scream it out....
Flash forward, I dig me some poppy glossy electric sounding 80's new wave. I appreciate it as experimental and more layered than I thought it was at the time. 1993 me, fuck Erasure, 2019 me, play me some more of those funky electronic new wave jams. I may need a copy of The Innocents on vinyl now.
That's who she is, the music is designed to be simple while she wants her voice and lyrics to be the stuff that attracts people. But I often wonder if she's capable of writing a not sad song.
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Hard to believe MGS:V is a 4 year old game but here we are. Hadn't heard this in years until yesterday and it had the same effect as it did the first time I heard it. I'll admit I'm a big Metal Gear Solid nerd and have been since 1998 but as a theme song for a game/movie/whatever it's top tier.
I discovered this guy a few weeks ago and thought it was past time to share/promote his music.
This is Scene of Action.
He (Monty) writes and records all the music himself and since 2012 has made 11 original albums. He does live performances at https://www.twitch.tv/sceneofaction/ a few nights a week and it's top tier production quality as far as Twitch goes. The above video was recorded live. To give a comparison, his music seems greatly influenced by Muse.
Also, he sometimes does giveaways for signed copies of his albums when he's live on Twitch and uhhhh....https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/576248217918898198/684495955944669273/20200302_144441.jpg I just might have had one of them playing on loop in my car for awhile.
@Canti said:
I discovered this guy a few weeks ago and thought it was past time to share/promote his music.
This is Scene of Action.
He (Monty) writes and records all the music himself and since 2012 has made 11 original albums. He does live performances at https://www.twitch.tv/sceneofaction/ a few nights a week and it's top tier production quality as far as Twitch goes. The above video was recorded live. To give a comparison, his music seems greatly influenced by Muse.
Also, he sometimes does giveaways for signed copies of his albums when he's live on Twitch and uhhhh....https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/576248217918898198/684495955944669273/20200302_144441.jpg I just might have had one of them playing on loop in my car for awhile.
I'M (SOMETIMES) SUBBED TO THIS GUY!!! Found him at least a couple years ago and decided to follow. For the "influenced by Muse", if you ask, he'll tell you the story about how he won a contest to open for them, how he talked to Matt Bellamy, and such, so it's true about the influence.
Personally, my favorite song of his would be Survivor from the "Hope" album. To me it resonates with the kind of upbringing and life I had and how I've tried to keep moving on. It's cool to see another fan of his on here!
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What happened here @Linc
What fresh hell is this 😂
I dunno, why’d Cliff triple post twice? Ivan only replies once per trigger...
At least we found out one of Ivan's response videos is broken.
-Digi
Sorry guys, ghost in the machine? Not 100% sure, my browser did seem buggy yesterday.
@Karma this girl has a hell of a voice but the music is so simple and uninteresting. What else she got?
Warning, Erasure dump incoming.
I'm not big fan but I've always enjoyed their songs when I hear them. Lately though I have gone out of my way to listen to more of them and it's been worth it. This duo deserves more recognition than I think they ever got. It's good stuff.
Damn yeah, Erasure is good shit. I feel like there is going to be a resurgence of interest in 80s music because I think a lot of people have disdain for it since the aesthetic is so goofy to our modern sensibilities. Also, the sense of "new" electronic toys to make music with, experimentation, and rudimentary-ness of it all is off-putting to some, but there are a lot of geniuses to be found in the music of the 80s.
I just watched Atomic Blonde last night, which takes place in 1989, and the soundtrack is LIT. It's a perfect time capsule of the sounds of 1989; the punk movement, the fall of the Wall, the sense of optimism and all of it was just captured perfectly by the soundtrack. I was 12, and the movie and the music just brought be right back to that magical time when I was just learning to appreciate music.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxkGLGdkXfI
It's strange how absence makes the heart grow fonder. As an ideological angry member of Generation X, I hated the 80's and everything it stood for, all that glossy overproduced excess. I thought that decade was mostly a cultural wasteland save a few really great films, R.E.M's Document and U2's the Joshua Tree, everything else sucked in my mind. Give me anger rock, give me grunge, we had a movement that said no to style and glossy excess, put on your flannel and ripped jeans, play a beat up straight from the pawn shop Fender Mustang and scream it out....
Flash forward, I dig me some poppy glossy electric sounding 80's new wave. I appreciate it as experimental and more layered than I thought it was at the time. 1993 me, fuck Erasure, 2019 me, play me some more of those funky electronic new wave jams. I may need a copy of The Innocents on vinyl now.
RIP Jeff Austin
That's who she is, the music is designed to be simple while she wants her voice and lyrics to be the stuff that attracts people. But I often wonder if she's capable of writing a not sad song.
Here's to you, Cliff.
@primesuspect Atomic Blonde is rad as shit. Everyone go watch it. The soundtrack got me into Til Tuesday with this.
Gonna just dump the whole album while I'm at it. Worth all 42 minutes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4A6HSw0__8
Hard to believe MGS:V is a 4 year old game but here we are. Hadn't heard this in years until yesterday and it had the same effect as it did the first time I heard it. I'll admit I'm a big Metal Gear Solid nerd and have been since 1998 but as a theme song for a game/movie/whatever it's top tier.
Mac Demarco 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=vTWgyYkVWXE&feature=emb_title
https://youtu.be/OVDEMDxNNrQ
I discovered this guy a few weeks ago and thought it was past time to share/promote his music.
This is Scene of Action.
He (Monty) writes and records all the music himself and since 2012 has made 11 original albums. He does live performances at https://www.twitch.tv/sceneofaction/ a few nights a week and it's top tier production quality as far as Twitch goes. The above video was recorded live. To give a comparison, his music seems greatly influenced by Muse.
Also, he sometimes does giveaways for signed copies of his albums when he's live on Twitch and uhhhh....https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/576248217918898198/684495955944669273/20200302_144441.jpg I just might have had one of them playing on loop in my car for awhile.
I'M (SOMETIMES) SUBBED TO THIS GUY!!! Found him at least a couple years ago and decided to follow. For the "influenced by Muse", if you ask, he'll tell you the story about how he won a contest to open for them, how he talked to Matt Bellamy, and such, so it's true about the influence.
Personally, my favorite song of his would be Survivor from the "Hope" album. To me it resonates with the kind of upbringing and life I had and how I've tried to keep moving on. It's cool to see another fan of his on here!