Makin’ it do what it do…
I talk an awful lot of shit when it comes to music. So I’ve decided to put myself to the test. Let’s take a look at my 25 most played:
What we see here is somewhat of an identity crisis. For a self hating Chilean, I’m doing a terrible job at avoiding one of their most popular bands - La Ley.
La Ley (Spanish for “The Law”) was a Grammy Award and two-time Latin Grammy Award-winning Chilean pop rock band formed by Andrés Bobe and Rodrigo Aboitiz with Mauricio Claveria, Beto Cuevas and Luciano Rojas. After a failed first album, Desiertos (1989), they released Doble Opuesto (1990), which appears as the official first album of the band. Singles like “Desiertos,” “Tejedores de Ilusión,” and “Prisioneros de la Piel” made them stars in Chile, Argentina and Mexico, especially after the release of La Ley, their second recording (1992). –WIKIPEDIA
Next, we see too much Assemblage 23. Ten years ago, I loved Assemblage 23 more than anything. Today, I’m sick and fucking tired of them. Every album is the same with the same god damned single.
Disappoing
“Did I disappoint you?
Did I let you down?
Did I stand on the shore
And watch you as you drowned?”Collapse
“I’m suffocating with guilt
Asphyxiating on panic
And I can’t shake off this fear with which I’m bound”
SOMEBODY PLEASE GET THIS MAN AN OXYGEN TANK!
Lastly, I’m VERY disappointed (perhaps even asphyxiated?) that Paul Oakenfold is even on my list.
“Paul Oakenfold’s career was set to be a chef, after having hopes of becoming part of a band.” — WIKIPEDIA
Maybe that is why his cuts don’t mix. Early Oakenfold was smooth as butter. The later CD’s felt like random mash ups to me. Take a look at this POS. The TRUE milk and potatoes are right here: A Voyage into Trance or even Live In Oslo.
The only conclusion I can come up with are:
- I’m full of shit
- I love to hate music.
I think #2 is the winner. I start hating artists because I look too deep into the whole music making process. I’m far from a musician or authority, but certain elements of design are universal. When that fourth wall is broken, the illusion goes away and pisses me off.
iTunes? iTunes? Surely foobar2000 could handle the same shit and not sacrifice your street cred. And yeah, A23 is pretty damn repetitive. When I first started getting into electronic music, A23 was pretty awesome. But I quickly realized that most songs made me think “haven’t I heard this one recently?” And I think #1 is the winner. Ha!
Dig the new layout.
I can’t seem to find a good program to handle podcasts, library management (with SMB support), and firmware upgrades.
It wouldn’t be so hard if I were to break down and get an iPod classic. This 4th generation Nano is a huge pain in the ass. Linux support is flaky too.
I rock it like this… Mediamonkey for playback, syncing and podcasts. Every now and again I’ll fire up iTunes, wipe the iPod, update firmware and then resync in Mediamonkey. Don’t know if you’ve checked into that program or not, but if you haven’t, you should.
I love Assemblage! why do you two always hate what I like? I love the lyrics, they are very poetic! I am upset that I don’t have the new album (Compass) which comprised a few from your list. I will admit that a lot of it sounds the same and it is fairly depressing but there are others that are not depressing at all and I love it all!
P.S.
I tried to close the red X when I was done looking at your screenshot rather than exiting the ‘picture’. DUH!