What are you listening to NOW?

[Zaf]

I am familiar with it all being a complicated technical achievement, I'm just not excited enough by it as a sound. That's probably my lack of musical skills.

Yeah, that's fair enough. Sorry, was editing my comment while you replied.
Fear Innoculum is definitely more of an extension of Lateralus in this regard, a lot of those same polyrythms between the different sounds and number play on 7.

 

[Kerplunk]

I know I’ll earn myself an ‘ok boomer’ for this but I just don’t get Tool. Too much mock angst or something.

Ive watched all the conversation about Tool since the new album came out and even listened to a few songs to see what all the excitement was about but just couldn’t get into it.

I’ve got a pretty eclectic taste that ranges over some pretty different sounds so it’s not that I’m averse to styles I don’t immediately get into.

what am I missing? At a couple years off 50 am I just too old for Tool?

I’m with you mate, i’m closer to 40 and never got it.. Same with System of a down..

 

[moorey]

I know I’ll earn myself an ‘ok boomer’ for this but I just don’t get Tool. Too much mock angst or something.

Ive watched all the conversation about Tool since the new album came out and even listened to a few songs to see what all the excitement was about but just couldn’t get into it.

I’ve got a pretty eclectic taste that ranges over some pretty different sounds so it’s not that I’m averse to styles I don’t immediately get into.

what am I missing? At a couple years off 50 am I just too old for Tool?

Try this. First song I ever heard, and wouldn’t lose sleep if it was the last.

 

[moorey]

. Same with System of a down..

But how else can suit wearing nerds who were horrifically bullied at school rock out?

 

[pink poodle]

But how else can suit wearing nerds who were horrifically bullied at school rock out?

GWAR, derrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

 

[beeb]

Haha - Every time I drop into this thread I feel like I'm the outlier that loves what everyone else loathes.

I love Tool's Lateralus, potential favourite album overall for me. I've tried the other albums, and while I might like a song here and there, overall they don't grab me and now don't even get a listen. I'm have no musical knowledge, but I love the rise and fall and change of tempo throughout Lateralus - It is very much an whole album experience, not just a bunch of songs on one CD - and that's a pretty common theme for a lot of things I like listening to. Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here or The Wall are similar. Jump genres, and quite a few of the Hilltop Hoods albums are similar too, with interesting narrative stories (ie: What the seasons change and Stopping all stations) hidden amongst the 'radio single' headline tracks.

Sometimes I like a song on the radio, get the album and three tracks I'm like "every song sounds the same, and get bored and switch it.

 

[rextheute]

Currently Dirty Honey - like early led zeppelin made out with axl rose ....also been exploring SixxAM ,heavier than expected , not bad tho .
Love the rabbit hole that Apple Music takes you down !

 

[mtb1611]

Confidence man.. For those who loved 90’s electronica.. Great to see the kids influenced by the good stuff.

Janet Planet is mesmerising.. (singer)

Thanks for posting this. Seeing new Order and March and Confidence Man are opening for them, but I hadn't yet checked them out.

 

[mtb1611]

My missus got me tickets to see Tool when they come in Feb.
Been giving Fear Innoculum a bit of a workout.

I'm also seeing them soon, Feb 18 in Sydney. Can't really get into their new one, 'tis a tad laborious. They're music can sometimes get a bit self-indulgent but, as a drummer, I'm really looking forward to seeing Danny Carey live again.

 

[Ultra Lord]

Confidence man are pretty funny, but I can’t listen in large doses.

 

[indica]

Seeing New Order

Excited for you, that will be great. Saw them at a BDO and it was tops.... too many tours atm

 

[indica]

Listening to the latest from The Last Night on Earth podcast.
Love it.
Been really enjoying the Drumcode podcasts lately too.
Reliving my misspent youth.

Fatboy Slim in Sydney soon, should be fun.

 

[hifiandmtb]

DJ Sasha? I like those too!

 

[mtb1611]

Excited for you, that will be great. Saw them at a BDO and it was tops.... too many tours atm

I've only seen them once before, 2002 at the Hordern, when Peter Hook was still with them. Won't quite be the same without him but having said that, there's masses of live gigs with the current lineup on Youtube and I must admit they sound sharp.

 

[born-again-biker]

Just can’t enjoy anything of there’s since Undertow*. Opiate was their early peak. One of the best recordings ever. Bought it the week it came out knowing zero about the band and was blown away.
Maynard is a bit of a pretentious flog, despite his charitable and philanthropic work.
Donning flame suit. I understand they are every gen Y’s fave band.

*haven't been able to make it through a full album, so I may have missed a few gems. I doubt it.

Says to self: ‘ok Boomer’

Hard disagree.

 

[born-again-biker]

Yep. A bunch of good musicians who just shouldn't be in the same band. So much flog, in place of lyrical content.

Harder disagree.

 

[born-again-biker]

R. I. P. Neil Peart.
Huge loss.

 

[born-again-biker]

 

[safreek]

If you are all wondering what happened to today's youth, Mr grevis has the answer

- YouTube

www.youtube.com

 

[mtb1611]

Been watching this, on repeat, on the TV, loud. So good, really looking forward to seeing them in March.