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[MadeOfMilk]

Okay uuuuuuhhhhhhh I think I love this song.

[GoldenCityBird]

This is a really fun track! It's cheesy, but really catchy and danceable.

Minus the Bear - My Time

TIL that they were a math rock band. I really should check out some of their earlier stuff.

[Kafkaesque]

...aren't these guys supposed to be a math rock band? Then again, I looked it up and apparently the album this song comes from caused a bit of a stir among their existing fandom, with accusations of the band "selling out" and all that fun stuff. Makes sense.

Alright, that said, and with me having never heard a single track of what they sounded like before - this is kinda fluffy and insubstantial, but it's got enough charm and compositional tightness to be likeable. It's one of those songs I got enjoyment from in the moment, but can't see myself playing on repeat.

[Dookie]

Very nice instrumental track. I feel like I would play this going to sleep.

It's calming, yet uplifting. I really like it, and the work on every part of the song is perfect.

[~okami~]

OH DAMN, never heard this one before but glad I did now, its great

doppelfinger - Trouble

[Kafkaesque]

I appreciate the music video for how out of place it is. I mean, don't we all get images of brutal cult massacres running through our heads when we listen to low-key folk ditties that couldn't sound more doe-eyed and innocent if they tried?

Anyhow, this is a nice little song. There's a genuinely warm, pleasant vibe to it, the kind of vibe where you're barely even aware the song is there, but you're nonetheless appreciative of its company. Some of the lyrics are a little awkward, but Doppelfinger's apparently an Austrian writing lyrics in English, so I suppose I should give him a pass.

[GoldenCityBird]

This track's pretty good. Kate Bush is one of those artists that a lot of people have heard one song from, in this case Wuthering Heights, but not a lot of people have heard the rest of the outstanding catalogue.

Ogyatanaa Show Band - Disco Africa

[Longing7]

Never heard of them before but that track seems quite funky, I think it's a moderately nice one.

[Light The Candles All Around The World]

[Kafkaesque]

It's certainly the kind of thing they sang at Christmas assembly back in elementary school. Is that a positive? Weelllll... sadly I'm not nostalgic enough for my childhood to get past how suffocatingly sappy this shit is. It's like drinking syrup right from the jar.

[Dookie]

It's got a semi-experimental vibe, but it's still controlled and groovy, which I like about it. Overall, just a gem from the Late 90s R&B scene. It's really soft and relaxed, and would make for a good addition to the “sleepy time” playlist.



No offense, but you're supposed to react to the last song.

[EeveeGirlChey]

This is a fantastic duet from Aretha Franklin and George Michael, both now sorely missed.

[Kafkaesque]

George Michael delivers a fine, passionate performance, and Aretha Franklin... it's Aretha Motherfucking Franklin. Enough said. The strength of their vocals, and the surprisingly natural interplay between them, elevates a song drenched in hackneyed 80s cheese a little bit beyond the humdrum depths it would otherwise be wallowing in. It's still not great, but it's a testament to the wonders putting your heart into a performance can bring.

[wmradar]

Definitely not my favorite New Order song, but the outro's one of their best. 

[Dookie]

It's a nice early punk song. Makes me want to Bob my head.

[Clancy]

I like the beginning, and the ethereal sound provided by the organ, but the rest of the song just seems too generic to stand out.

[Kafkaesque]

A lot of old romantic ballads have an aura of schmaltz to them these days, but Nat King Cole's performance here is distinctly tasteful. His voice is subtle and controlled, never sounding like he's trying too hard to wring emotion from the song. The arrangement benefits from a similar sense of restraint, always stopping the strings just before they can go overboard.

[wmradar]

It's certainly intersting. The combo of EDM beats and indie songwriter vocals is a bold choice, and just a quick perusal of the comments on the embedded vid paint a picture of this being an influential song on many folks, but it just didn't click with me, because it doesn't strike my preferred balance between repetition and new elements. Probably would've liked it more if it were the backbone of a larger song.

[Whistle]

I quite love the song as it is. It's a very catchy tune that I'm surprised never really became a hit in its own right. His voice is especially distinctive, and their other songs are also quite great as well.

[Kafkaesque]

Listening to this, you can understand perfectly why The Rite of Spring prompted literal riots when it was first performed. This is tense, it's intense, it must have felt like the end of the goddamn world to a pre-war ballet-goer. It still manages to sound genuinely terrifying, even, with the sheer force of those dissonant blasts.

[Tre]

I think that Kaf's original link for this one broke, but a quick dig revealed it (AFAICT?) as a copy of "At Night" by The Cure.

I've only got a very small frame of reference for The Cure's discography as a whole (knowing "Just Like Heaven" from one of the Rock Band games and "Friday I'm In Love," mostly), but I knew it was a big deal when I saw Robert Smith's name on a recent CHVRCHES single, and tracks like this one are presumably the reason for that -- the interplay between the moody but driving guitars and Smith's lamenting vocals, the drums keeping steady all the while, each element highly identifiable but clear and cohesive as a whole.

This one's definitely more of an album cut than a single -- the catchy hooks that their output would eventually develop aren't part of this one, but it doesn't need that. I like that it sets its mood early and sticks with it.

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I've been obsessed with this one lately :)

[noodlesnook]

( diarmuid once again revives a dead forum game out of boredom )

i normally find the drum parts in songs of this genre intrusive, but i think the drums were handled well in this particular song! the vocals also really fit the vibe that the synth was creating! like sitting on a beach made of crystal and watching the sun set and the colours made by the light reflecting off the ground.

[Epsilon]

For a second, I thought the intro was an ad. YouTube is trying to infest all its embeds with ads now, I swear.
It's a chill vibe, not usually what I'd listen to, but nice to listen to in the background.

Carry Me - Nubiyan Twist and Seun Kuti. I discovered this one recently via Soundodger 2. Honestly, half my music tastes at this point I've got from Soundodger 2.