What Are Listening To? [Archive]

SovietCommissar

09-05-2007, 04:17 AM

Soviet State Orchestra [Cond. Evgeniy Svetlanov, 1974]

Modeste Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition
1. Gnomus
2. The Old Castle
3. The Tuileries Garden
4. Bydlo
5. Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks
6. Two Jews, The Rich and the Poor
7. Limoges, the Market Place
8. Catacombs
9. The Hut on Fowl's Legs (Baba Yaga)
10. The Great Gate (In The Capital of Kiev)

Cooper

09-06-2007, 08:02 AM

The Pipettes: Dance and Boogie

http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/9527/wearetheao5.jpg

aquarosewater

09-06-2007, 01:46 PM

I'm listening to Luciano Pavaratti.

RIP, big guy.

Reincarnation of Neol

09-07-2007, 01:20 AM

bad religion. Pretty much the whole "process of belief" Cd on loop..

And R.I.P Luciano Pavaratti.

SovietCommissar

09-07-2007, 02:47 AM

We'll miss you, Pavarotti, be it on NPR or PBS.

:(

Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb [The Wall, 1979]

Cooper

09-07-2007, 06:22 AM

Voxtrot- The Start Of Something

aquarosewater

09-07-2007, 07:40 PM

Whatever my itunes has- oh.

We've Got the Beat by the Go-go's. Again.

SovietCommissar

09-10-2007, 01:10 AM

The Moody Blues - Go Now

Chren Rohay

09-13-2007, 01:34 AM

Utada Hikaru - Beautiful World
The theme to the new Eva movie, which is out in case no one knew...

StalkerHank 0.2

09-13-2007, 01:51 AM

A lot of Pandora Radio, mostly Jonathan Coulton and Rada Neal

SovietCommissar

09-13-2007, 01:53 AM

Utada Hikaru - Beautiful World
The theme to the new Eva movie, which is out in case no one knew...
HOW DID THIS HAPPEN WITHOUT ME KNOWING?!

StalkerHank 0.2

09-13-2007, 01:58 AM

Yeah, you would have expected it to come up in the "Hey- New EVA" thread

GigaShinMechaSonOfSamusV

09-13-2007, 03:30 AM

Listening to a fantastic set of gaming mashups.

If I link you it might spread and crash his server.

aw screw it I'll post it here when I remember it.

aquarosewater

09-13-2007, 10:20 AM

I JUST got done listening to the cheesy 80's abstinance song:
"We don't have to take our clothes off" - Jermaine Stewart

It's kinda ironic that he died of aids in 1997. Oh, well. RIP, bud.

Spruce Moose

09-14-2007, 12:15 AM

The Ramones-Pet Sematary(Live Version)

Anubis

09-14-2007, 12:38 AM

whinging poms

aquarosewater

09-15-2007, 01:03 AM

Gimme More- Brittany Spears

*winces*

Dear lord.... *Turns off my radio and scuttles to my itunes* Oh, much better:
Kamelot - III ways to Epica

ShadowCell

09-15-2007, 01:15 AM

Gimme More- Brittany Spears

Holy fecal matter, I was just listening to that.

I had forgotten that she sucks at singing, too. Fortunately, now I remember.

And now I'm cleansing the eardrums with Tom Petty's "Saving Grace."

GigaShinMechaSonOfSamusV

09-15-2007, 05:28 AM

Guys Pro Tools doesn't actually sing.

SovietCommissar

09-15-2007, 01:49 PM

Mozart's "Requiem", for Orchestra, Choir and Soloists
St Martin-in-the-Fields, Cond. Neville Marriner

xdiesp

09-16-2007, 05:16 PM

Fat Bottomed Girls by Queen.

It's is my highest dream to travel back to the eighties and see Queen live.

Charlie Deuce

09-16-2007, 07:22 PM

"P3 Fes," Persona 3 Fes OST. Damn fine tune.

aquarosewater

09-16-2007, 07:23 PM

Fat Bottomed Girls by Queen.

It's is my highest dream to travel back to the eighties and see Queen live.
DUDE. Bring me back a t-shirt.

Ciara - Like a Boy

Reincarnation of Neol

09-16-2007, 07:47 PM

"P3 Fes," Persona 3 Fes OST. Damn fine tune.

Is the Fes OST any different then the standard one? I don't remember hearing about FES offer any new types of music... Just adds so much more gameplay.

Charlie Deuce

09-16-2007, 08:19 PM

Fewer of the ambient tunes, I'd say. Other than that... well... I'm no music expert.

aquarosewater

09-21-2007, 03:56 PM

I'll Make a Man out of You - in Mandarin... Sung by Jackie Chan

... I didn't know he could sing. :confused:

StalkerHank 0.2

09-21-2007, 04:28 PM

I'll Make a Man out of You - in Mandarin... Sung by Jackie Chan

... I didn't know he could sing. :confused:

As in
"Let's get down to business
To defeat the Huns"

?

aquarosewater

09-21-2007, 04:49 PM

That'd be the one.

It was on the special features of the Mulan DVD I have. I didn't even know it was on there.

Edit:

Listening to:
Be A Man - The original version.
('cause I'm watching the movie at this point.)

Charlie Deuce

09-22-2007, 01:47 AM

"Colonial Anthem," BSG soundtrack.

SovietCommissar

09-22-2007, 02:10 AM

Voltaire - Anastasia

Teh Lyrics (http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Anastasia-lyrics-Voltaire/0AFBC3B614C8057D48256DAA002556FF)

(For the record, good choice on the Mulan song.)

StalkerHank 0.2

09-23-2007, 02:38 AM

"Big Strong Man" - Carbon Leaf

aquarosewater

09-28-2007, 03:05 AM

One More Time - Daft Punk

I had to re-download the album since my cd disappeared in the move about four years ago. I'm going to load all the tracks on my mp3 player for the trip to KC.

GigaShinMechaSonOfSamusV

09-28-2007, 03:19 AM

Dethklok - The Dethalbum.

xdiesp

09-28-2007, 08:51 PM

Tonight, I am in for some Beatles records to relax. It's been said that if not for fans keeping them spinning all the time, the world might ultimately come to an end.

ShadowCell

09-28-2007, 09:39 PM

Springsteen's new album, "Magic."

Charlie Deuce

09-29-2007, 12:29 AM

"The Snow Queen," Persona 3: Fes OST

Macky

09-29-2007, 01:59 PM

One More Time - Daft Punk

I had to re-download the album since my cd disappeared in the move about four years ago. I'm going to load all the tracks on my mp3 player for the trip to KC.

Yay Daft Punk! Just out of interest, what do you think of that song Kayne West did using Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger?

And listening to Into the Storm - Blind Guardian. And now The Monsterican Dream - Lordi.

EDIT: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8185139657278777570&q=daft+punk&total=15527&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=2

xdiesp

09-29-2007, 02:14 PM

Charlie Deuce: if you are also into the Persona games, I found this very good article (http://hg101.classicgaming.gamespy.com/megaten/megaten.htm) about the whole saga... must be almost twenty games already

Macky

09-29-2007, 02:25 PM

Thanks for that, was really informative.

aquarosewater

10-01-2007, 09:28 PM

Yay Daft Punk! Just out of interest, what do you think of that song Kayne West did using Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger?

And listening to Into the Storm - Blind Guardian. And now The Monsterican Dream - Lordi.

EDIT: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8185139657278777570&q=daft+punk&total=15527&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=2
Personally, I liked it.

I don't have a rampant hate for Kanye West, and really, really think the Akira-homage video they did could have been executed better. I mean, it came so... close... to being phenomenal... all the right homages were there, etc.

I've never been against sampling tracks or full mixes as long as it still has the same spirit of the original song.

Taidan had a few opinions about it here (http://www.krakowstudios.com/forum/showpost.php?p=542&postcount=1), but It's rare for me to find a cross-genre action as particularly offensive to what I like.

Listening to: The Time Warp - Rocky Horror Punk Rock Show CD

Macky

10-01-2007, 09:42 PM

Personally, I liked it.

I don't have a rampant hate for Kanye West, and really, really think the Akira-homage video they did could have been executed better. I mean, it came so... close... to being phenomenal... all the right homages were there, etc.

I've never been against sampling tracks or full mixes as long as it still has the same spirit of the original song.

I dunno wether to like it or hate it. Hate it because the song is different from the original and because he's rapping and I can't stand rap, or like it because the video is pretty good and the song still sounds alright. Really I just need to get over my own pretentiousness.

EDIT: Just to stay on topic, going to launch WMP on shuffle and hit next, so I'm actually listening to something :D Aaaand I'm listening to Bowling for Soup - Punk Rock 101.

aquarosewater

10-01-2007, 09:58 PM

I dunno wether to like it or hate it. Hate it because the song is different from the original and because he's rapping and I can't stand rap, or like it because the video is pretty good and the song still sounds alright. Really I just need to get over my own pretentiousness.

Thoughts on Rap:
I'm not completely averse to it. Sometimes it gets completely on my nerves, sometimes I can't understand it. (As in, I'm not aware of the lyrics, and I'm not familliar with the singer, so I can't make my ear comprehend the meaning of the song.) Sometimes, it's hilarious. (Example: Hennessy XTC - B.G. (http://www.lyricsfreak.com/b/b.g./hennessy+xtc_20010841.html))

I don't put Kanye West into the "Rap" genre. I put him into "Hip Hop" before I put him in "rap", basically because my boyfriend tends to listen to underground/gangsta rap. As a whole, his music gets on my NERVES.

He says that if all the music is going to sound the same, at least he's gonna make it beat. Yeah, well if all mine's going to sound the same I intend for there at least to be one wailing guitar.

Listening to: White Wedding - Billy Idol

Macky

10-01-2007, 10:12 PM

Thoughts on Rap:
I'm not completely averse to it. Sometimes it gets completely on my nerves, sometimes I can't understand it. (As in, I'm not aware of the lyrics, and I'm not familliar with the singer, so I can't make my ear comprehend the meaning of the song.) Sometimes, it's hilarious. (Example: Hennessy XTC - B.G. (http://www.lyricsfreak.com/b/b.g./hennessy+xtc_20010841.html))

I don't put Kanye West into the "Rap" genre. I put him into "Hip Hop" before I put him in "rap", basically because my boyfriend tends to listen to underground/gangsta rap. As a whole, his music gets on my NERVES.

He says that if all the music is going to sound the same, at least he's gonna make it beat. Yeah, well if all mine's going to sound the same I intend for there at least to be one wailing guitar.

Listening to: White Wedding - Billy Idol

lol, I think I pretty much agree with your whole post there. :D

Listening to: Dragonforce - Valley of the Damned

StalkerHank 0.2

10-02-2007, 12:26 AM

I like intelectual and clever rap. Hate generic rap. Love really generic rap because it's sometimes so stupid it's funny (I.E. "Ghostride")

"Lightining Blue Eyes" - Secret Machines

Macky

10-02-2007, 11:05 AM

Again, agreed. Generic rap just generally sucks.

Listening to: Linkin Park - Bleed It Out

GigaShinMechaSonOfSamusV

10-02-2007, 02:30 PM

Guys I like Public Enemy.

Aaaand I'm listening to Bowling for Soup - Punk Rock 101.

Don't ever do this again.

Macky

10-02-2007, 04:12 PM

GigaShinMechaSonOfSamusV

10-02-2007, 05:27 PM

What, listen to Bowling for Soup? Advice duly noted, but declined.

My shuffle seems to like the 'punk' genre, cos now I'm listening to Good Charlotte - The Anthem. My music taste is very varied, but I listen to what shuffle puts on. Go figure. :p

Then maybe you can aid me, and I mean this in the sincerest way.

I've only listened to the foul Soup singles that have floated onto the radio at different points. Do all of their songs revolve around commentating on/namedropping various facets of pop culture in a semi-ironic way?

Or is it merely that these songs are the most marketable, rather than their entire schtick?

Also, I can't stop listening to Clapton.

Macky

10-02-2007, 06:03 PM

Then maybe you can aid me, and I mean this in the sincerest way.

I've only listened to the foul Soup singles that have floated onto the radio at different points. Do all of their songs revolve around commentating on/namedropping various facets of pop culture in a semi-ironic way?

Or is it merely that these songs are the most marketable, rather than their entire schtick?

Also, I can't stop listening to Clapton.

I really liked Girl All the Bad Guys Want. I don't think that was like what you're referring to. And of course Punk Rock 101, maybe that is like what you're referring to. Any other Bowling for Soup songs I couldn't care that much about.

Listening to Backstreet Boys - The Call. XD

EDIT: "Do all of their songs revolve around commentating on/namedropping various facets of pop culture in a semi-ironic way?"

Isn't that what bands in that genre do anyway?

GigaShinMechaSonOfSamusV

10-02-2007, 07:13 PM

I really liked Girl All the Bad Guys Want. I don't think that was like what you're referring to. And of course Punk Rock 101, maybe that is like what you're referring to. Any other Bowling for Soup songs I couldn't care that much about.

Listening to Backstreet Boys - The Call. XD

EDIT: "Do all of their songs revolve around commentating on/namedropping various facets of pop culture in a semi-ironic way?"

Isn't that what bands in that genre do anyway?

I just realizd that I said "foul" instead of "four" in my original post.

Anyway, here's what I've seen of him

Girl All the Bad Guys Want - commentary on gothy/punky types as well as white trash

Punk Rock - Punk Rocker cliches

1985 - the same 80's jokes we've heard from a thousand other sources

That other song about Texas - stuff about Texas.

None of it is very much creative, and the band seems to think that somehow they're repelling themselves from such silly stuff when in fact they're only perpetuating it. I can't really take their jokes seriously (goddamn that's such an oxymoron, but you know what I mean) when they themselves sound like a bunch of fucking children.

Also, I can't say if all bands in that genre do this, because I'm not sure what their genre is.

Bowling for Soup to me is alike an inverted Avenged Sevenfold. The former isn't that good but does things to make them look talented and clever. The latter seems to have no qualms looking like mopey gothy kids in a band, but goddamn they can actually shred and I really want to like them.

StalkerHank 0.2

10-02-2007, 09:13 PM

^

"And even Val Kilmer..."

I'm seeing a trend here. . .
But I still find their songs infectious.

xdiesp

10-02-2007, 09:47 PM

"And even Val Kilmer..."

Val Kilmer sang Skeet Surfing (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-jqEj1Hvnc).

Chren Rohay

10-02-2007, 10:11 PM

'Libera me'From Hell (ROH ROH FIGHT DA POWA)

aquarosewater

10-03-2007, 12:04 AM

I just realizd that I said "foul" instead of "four" in my original post.

Anyway, here's what I've seen of him

Girl All the Bad Guys Want - commentary on gothy/punky types as well as white trash

Punk Rock - Punk Rocker cliches

1985 - the same 80's jokes we've heard from a thousand other sources

That other song about Texas - stuff about Texas.

None of it is very much creative, and the band seems to think that somehow they're repelling themselves from such silly stuff when in fact they're only perpetuating it. I can't really take their jokes seriously (goddamn that's such an oxymoron, but you know what I mean) when they themselves sound like a bunch of fucking children.

Also, I can't say if all bands in that genre do this, because I'm not sure what their genre is.

Bowling for Soup to me is alike an inverted Avenged Sevenfold. The former isn't that good but does things to make them look talented and clever. The latter seems to have no qualms looking like mopey gothy kids in a band, but goddamn they can actually shred and I really want to like them.See, I kinda treat all of Bowling for Soup's songs the same, and have since I first heard them in High School. They're silly, sometimes they hit home (for me), but mostly just silly. I don't think they're pretentious about any of their songs. They know they're stupid, they know they still sound like they're post-graduation dudes stuck in the past.

I noticed that the song "I almost had you" was missing from your list. Any reason?

Listening to: Some Random Commercial

GigaShinMechaSonOfSamusV

10-03-2007, 01:30 AM

Almost had You is a song I have yet to hear.

aquarosewater

10-03-2007, 02:56 AM

Eh... no worries, Taidan. You didn't miss much.

second verse:
I almost held up a grocery store
Where I almost did 5 years and then 7 more
Cuz I almost got popped for a fight with a thug
Cuz he almost made off with a bunch of the drugs
That I almost got hooked on cuz you ran away
And I wish I woulda had the nerve to ask you to stay

Etc, etc. Basically a buch of shoulda-woulda-coulda's.

Listening to:
Warbrain - Alkaline Trio

Stanistani

10-03-2007, 06:06 AM

Tosca - Puccini

Mad, mad love.

Macky

10-03-2007, 01:12 PM

Listening to Avenged Sevenfold - Beast and the Harlot. And they were only just mentioned to.

About Bowling for Soup. I suppose I like the songs because they sound good to me, I couldn't care what the lyrics are about. They are kinda silly, but I like the songs. The ones I mentioned anyway. Wasn't too keen on their newest one, High School Never Ends. Now that one I didn't like because of the lyrics, it was just too obvious.

hybridial

10-03-2007, 02:10 PM

Bye Bye Beautiful - Nightwish.

No prizes for guessing what that song is about.

Macky

10-03-2007, 05:53 PM

Bye Bye Beautiful - Nightwish.

No prizes for guessing what that song is about.

Tarja? :D I want a prize damn you!

Not listening to anything cos I'm using my mum's laptop, so no music for me. Laptop's are really convenient, I can sit anywhere in the house with it on my lap.

ShadowCell

10-03-2007, 06:56 PM

John Fogerty's new album, "Revival."

I don't think George W Bush will be putting these songs on his iPod.

GigaShinMechaSonOfSamusV

10-03-2007, 08:19 PM

Everyone watch and listen to this:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=tseI2lDqUpI

aquarosewater

10-03-2007, 09:48 PM

http://youtube.com/watch?v=tseI2lDqUpI

I've been tricked! Nuuuuu!!!!

But seriously, it does sync up well. Is he the only one to put it up on youtube? Or has this mix been around for a while?

hybridial

10-04-2007, 07:46 AM

Heavy music before 9 am.

Something has gotta wake me up.

Macky

10-04-2007, 10:58 AM

Heavy music before 9 am.

Something has gotta wake me up.

That's your morning ritual, even if everyone else is still SLEEPING. :mad:

listening to: Are You Dead Yet? - Children of Bodom

xdiesp

10-04-2007, 11:13 AM

Everyone watch and listen to this:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=tseI2lDqUpI

Guile was a Ryu with the controls fracked up.

Macky

10-04-2007, 11:22 AM

Guile was a Ryu with the controls fracked up.

I resent that, I used to love playing as Guile on Streetfighter 2. Tried playing as him on Capcom VS SNK 2, but he fucking sucks, he only has about 5 moves for one thing.

And that video, holy shit, Guile's theme actually makes it bearable. :eek:

EDIT: Listening to Guns 'N' Roses - Paradise City

NOTE: That's the second time I've lost my edit, I hit Post Reply instead of Save. Annoying.

hybridial

10-04-2007, 12:10 PM

Get the Hell out of my Way - Krypteria.

If the badassness of a song were rated purely on it's lyrics, then it would be music's equivalent of Devilman...

"Soon your lifeless body will be directed through mud and slime, I'll eat your worthless little soul at the gates of hell tonight, and yooooouuu wiiillllll ddddiiiiiieeeeee!!!!!, yooooouuu wiiillllll ddddiiiiiieeeeee!!!!!"

Awesome.

Macky

10-07-2007, 12:09 AM

Saturday Night's Alright - Nickelback

Apparently it's from Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, but meh, I like it cos it's Nickelback.

aquarosewater

10-07-2007, 01:21 AM

Hmm...

Billy Joel - Only the good die young
Skip...
Linkin Park - Valentine's Day
Skip...
Kamelot - Ghost Opera

That'll do.

hybridial

10-07-2007, 10:33 AM

Kamelot - Ghost Opera

Yay!

Kamelot rule.

GigaShinMechaSonOfSamusV

10-07-2007, 03:16 PM

Macky

10-07-2007, 06:12 PM

[QUOTE=Macky;2544] Tried playing as him on Capcom VS SNK 2, but he fucking sucks, he only has about 5 moves for one thing.
/QUOTE]

He's my best character. I'll go three on one with Guile and beat all three.

He's got a decent launcher, the weak Sonic Boom is perfect as an advancing shield/attack, and his triple sweep kick makes it easy to get a nasty string of supers.

He's fucking solid man.

Odd, I found him to be really crap, and Hybridial agrees with me. Guess I'll have to give him another try. Then again, we both thought Balrog sucked, then I picked him as my first char in a 3 on 3 and wiped out hybridial's whole team. :D

And Aqua, I've never heard that song by Linkin Park, Valentine. Gonna have to look it up now.

aquarosewater

10-07-2007, 07:38 PM

AYE, Hybridial! KAMELOT RULE! :D

And Aqua, I've never heard that song by Linkin Park, Valentine. Gonna have to look it up now.It's on their new CD, Minutes to Midnight. I don't usually buy CD's these days, but I went ahead and spent cash on it at Wal-Mart during a rare occasion of retail therapy. (Thank GOD that drama's over...)

The entire CD has a different feel than their other ones, and although I like most of the songs, there has been a lot of outcry because it's not "Meteora". There's less experimentation in it, and at least one anti-war song "Hands Held High". The entire CD is less angst-ridden and more subtle than their other work.

Charlie Deuce

10-07-2007, 11:02 PM

Odd, I found [Guile] to be really crap, and Hybridial agrees with me.

OHSHI-! I also think Guile sucks!

...then again, I usually select unbalanced teams consisting of the girls (Hibiki, Athena, Sakura and Yuri -oh yes, I mean both Yuri and "yuri"- FTW!).

xdiesp

10-07-2007, 11:17 PM

Guile's cpu in Street Fighter 2 was the epitome of being cheated by the coin-op you were playing against: he could rival Ryu's adoukens (the ranged energy attack), shooting them as fast... faster! than you could, despite the fact that the move needed some 1.5 seconds to be charged (back...then forwards plus punch). Which in turn made severely inconvenient to play as him.

More or less I used to play all the SF2 characters and beating a Ryu user with Guile was certainly a heavy umiliation... Something you needed to be taught was the method to start charging the moves when you were still doing something else: like jumping or blocking. Most people were charging them in plain view, by retreating or crouching for seconds, quite anti strategic.

Macky

10-08-2007, 12:05 AM

AYE, Hybridial! KAMELOT RULE! :D

It's on their new CD, Minutes to Midnight. I don't usually buy CD's these days, but I went ahead and spent cash on it at Wal-Mart during a rare occasion of retail therapy. (Thank GOD that drama's over...)

The entire CD has a different feel than their other ones, and although I like most of the songs, there has been a lot of outcry because it's not "Meteora". There's less experimentation in it, and at least one anti-war song "Hands Held High". The entire CD is less angst-ridden and more subtle than their other work.

Ahh, that's why I've not heard of it. I've listened to that album, and overall I don't like what I hear. there are a few good songs on it, but it just isn't Linkin Park.

hybridial

10-08-2007, 12:19 AM

OHSHI-! I also think Guile sucks!

...then again, I usually select unbalanced teams consisting of the girls (Hibiki, Athena, Sakura and Yuri -oh yes, I mean both Yuri and "yuri"- FTW!).

OHSHI-!

I kind of... tend to, pick that sort of team too. I am in fact Macky's worst nightmare when controlling Athena.

Spruce Moose

10-08-2007, 02:00 AM

I had an easy time picking my team. Kim fits me great. Sagat fits me great. From there, I thought Haohmaru's Flame of the conquerer and his Hard Slash(AB slash) were great for closing close matches, so he made for an easy third slot. Then I played Samurai Showdown for real, and I like him there too.

Though if they had Jubei in CvS2, I'd really be cooking with gas. Fortunately for me, he's an ugly old man who doesn't turn anyone on, therefore he is fanboy/girl less. And without that, he couldn't even stay in for SS3, much less CvS anything.

I hate fighting game politics.

In SF2, I used to play with that wonderful vintage Blanka, before I learned how great Sagat was. CPU Blanka could certainly give a lesson in coin-op cheating. But none could demonstrate the lack of ethhics in the CPU beter than Balrog. Bastard never stopped his charged special moves for even a second. I want to be able to tap into that Gigaton Punch (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBHxXufqOEY) too!

hybridial

10-08-2007, 09:46 AM

I had an easy time picking my team. Kim fits me great. Sagat fits me great. From there, I thought Haohmaru's Flame of the conquerer and his Hard Slash(AB slash) were great for closing close matches, so he made for an easy third slot. Then I played Samurai Showdown for real, and I like him there too.

Hoahmaru's hard slash is unfairly overpowered, to simple in the game to use and hit (something that is at least not true in the SS games) and I just do not consider it fair to use. Especially when Macky has to spam it just to beat me >_>

BTW, has anybody played Real Bout Fatal Fury 2 or the original Samurai Shodown? Both pretty awesome games and ones that shouldn't be forgotten just because of their age.

And just so as to go back to the point of this thread -

"Legions"
Visions
Stratovarius
1997

I saw somebody use that format on another forum, and I liked it so I stole it ^_^

xdiesp

10-08-2007, 11:24 AM

Samurai Showdown was not a favorite at my arcades... matches lasted just a few hits before you died and we were short on money.

hybridial

10-08-2007, 12:10 PM

Samurai Showdown was not a favorite at my arcades... matches lasted just a few hits before you died and we were short on money.

Really? The version I played was quite generous with the life...

But the AI was unforgiving. Brutal, cold, harsh, and unforgiving :(

xdiesp

10-08-2007, 02:30 PM

You bet...

coin-op cheating

In russian arcades, coin-ops cheat YOU! But not only at russia's: does anyone remember Street Fighter 2 Rainbow? I played the first unadulterated SF2 on my fresh import snes and, compared, that thing at the arcade was sick!

Spruce Moose

10-08-2007, 06:03 PM

Ah yes, Real Bout. Good shit.And Samurai Showdown. I liked that aspect of the Samurai Showdown games, where you have to treat it like a real swordfight and not get hit often. The game is very calculating and defensive, but just because it's a change of pace from the norm doesn't make it any less fun.

And Haohmaru's AB slash is just as ridiculously powerful in his original games too. It's also slow as hell in whatever game he's in(slower in SS games, I think, but still). Taidan sure never had a problem with it when I played in him in CvS2. In fact, he broke right through any offense based on that slash in late matches, and the only way I could beat him was if I landed a Flame of the Conquerer(unless I somehow swept him with Kim and Sagat, but I think that only happened once. Grr.).

GigaShinMechaSonOfSamusV

10-08-2007, 06:13 PM

Guys you know your fighting game evaluations are meaningless when you base your fighter selection on what your dick tells you.

Hao is perfectly fair. Get over it.

Or just fucking pick Hibiki and drop this friggin debate in the music thread of all places.

Charlie Deuce

10-08-2007, 08:49 PM

Hibiki

Win.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b323/Seato/anime%20and%20manga/hibiki.png

Spruce Moose

10-08-2007, 08:58 PM

Win.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b323/Seato/anime%20and%20manga/hibiki.png
.......

Meh.

GigaShinMechaSonOfSamusV

10-08-2007, 09:07 PM

But Spruce she totally has an ending where she kills people and becomes all angsty and evil.

Sooooooo demure and kawaii fap fap fap!!!!1!

Charlie Deuce

10-08-2007, 09:17 PM

But Spruce she totally has an ending where she kills people and becomes all angsty and evil.

Sooooooo demure and kawaii fap fap fap!!!!1!

"Hibiki seems disgusted by the prospect of death. If her opponent is killed during the bout (indicated by a special death animation, note that this will not happen by default in the European and American versions of the game), she will appear visibly shaken, and shocked by her own actions. However, if one continues to kill her opponents for 6 matches in a row, she will grin mischievously, as though she has grown attached to the killing (note that this only works in a single player game). Her ending dialogue also changes to reflect this."

Interesting, Taidan. I've only seen her fight in one-on-one matches; I've never seen, nor played her, through a tournament.

hybridial

10-08-2007, 09:25 PM

But Spruce she totally has an ending where she kills people and becomes all angsty and evil.

Sooooooo demure and kawaii fap fap fap!!!!1!

I like her character before that ending. Frankly it was like good characterisation in reverse... therefore bad characterisation >_>

She is one of the best character designs to come out of SNK though. She's not kawaii at all, she is quite sophisticated looking. Lately I have taken to giving most characters in these games a shot, I find many of them a lot beter to use than I thought they'd be.

Anyways, maybe now if we want to keep on this subject, we shift it over to "What are you playing?".

Macky

10-08-2007, 09:33 PM

Especially when Macky has to spam it just to beat me >_>

I claim bull! It's an awesome move if you hit it, otherwise it's fairly easy to dodge. Let's just count how many times you've hit me with it... Once. You've seen me playing well as him when it was Haohmaru vs Haomaru, I can use all his moves and don't need to spam that one. You just don't like getting hit by it, that's all.

And Hibiki rocks, Hybridial also hates playing me when I'm her. :D Something about the slashes, iono. IMHO cheapest character is Joe.

I think all these posts should be moved to the what you're playing thread.

I'm totally off topic cos I'm not listening to anything. :(

Charlie Deuce

10-08-2007, 11:11 PM

IMHO cheapest character is Joe.

The scrawny kickboxer? I heartily agree.

Speaking of slender kickboxers, King for the win. Can hardly find good pics of her on the 'net, though.

Spruce Moose

10-08-2007, 11:33 PM

To hell with slender, scrawny kickboxers, give me a 7'+ iron wrecking ball with the fury of a coked up rabid tiger.

That's right, give me Sagat.

hybridial

10-09-2007, 12:05 AM

Just because I kick your ass with Joe, Macky XP

aquarosewater

10-09-2007, 12:10 AM

:confused:
I... think I'm breaking the flow of conversation...
But if I am, at least it's in the spirit of my song

Weird Al Yankovic - Dare to be Stupid

Charlie Deuce

10-09-2007, 12:20 AM

Weird Al Yankovic - Dare to be Stupid

I used to have the cassette with that and the following song...

"I met him in a swamp down in Dagobah
Where it bubbles all the time like a giant carbonated soda
S-O-D-A, soda

I saw the little runt sitting there on a log
I asked him for his name and in a raspy voice he said "Yoda"
Why-Oh-Dee-Ay, Yoda
Yo-yo-yo-yo Yoda"

StalkerHank 0.2

10-09-2007, 06:56 AM

Both off of the Album "Dare to Be Stupid"
-which, of course, I own.

Anyone ever notice he seems to half a one good, one bad album pattern?

hybridial

10-09-2007, 11:14 AM

"Bye Bye Beautiful"
Dark Passion Play
Nightwish
2007

Macky

10-11-2007, 08:24 PM

Just because I kick your ass with Joe, Macky XP

Y'know what the trouble is? You claim to kick my ass with these people, but you only do half the time. And recently I've been kicking your ass more than you've been kicking mine no matter who is picked. :P

And now I think it really is just about our e-penises... Ohh well.

Listening to: Disturbed - Stupify. For some reason this is the band I listen to when I'm tired. On a different note, I've found myself getting back into Linkin Park in a big way, mostly thanks to finding Bleed It Out.

Charlie Deuce

10-12-2007, 03:22 AM

"Scar," Bear McCreary BSG OST.

Alexander

10-12-2007, 03:57 AM

Soundtrack to La-Mulana.

Macky

10-12-2007, 01:57 PM

E Nomine - Mitternacht. Found E Nomine cos they're the band that did Vater Unser which was in Hellsing. Never can remember hearing it in Hellsing though.

hybridial

10-12-2007, 02:57 PM

"The Poet and the Pendulum"
Dark Passion Play
Nightwish
2007

There are no words that do justice to the greatness of this song.

GigaShinMechaSonOfSamusV

10-12-2007, 05:37 PM

Styx on the random shuffle.

aquarosewater

10-12-2007, 11:25 PM

Both off of the Album "Dare to Be Stupid"
-which, of course, I own.

Anyone ever notice he seems to half a one good, one bad album pattern?I don't know... I think it varies on the songs...

I mean, my brother bought Running With Scissors, which was good, and I like SOME of the songs on Poodle hat, and I like even FEWER on the new album. (But I listened to it all the way through, anyway. Except for Trapped in the Drivethru. I could only take the first two stanzas.)

And Charlie, Yoda was some PRIME Weird Al. ^_^

Listening To:
Fuel - Metallica

Chren Rohay

10-12-2007, 11:55 PM

All of the Tengan Toppa Gurren Lagann "BEST SOUND" OST over and over.

Spruce Moose

10-13-2007, 03:24 AM

Still rocking out to the Ramones. I can't believe I let their songs that don't involve sedation, blitzkrieg, and Sharona slip by me for so long.

Charlie Deuce

10-13-2007, 04:18 AM

"ZERO," from Ace Combat Zero OST.

hybridial

10-14-2007, 01:14 PM

"The Black Halo"
The Black Halo
Kamelot
2005

Speaking of it... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaQD1l9bxgQ

Chren Rohay

10-15-2007, 04:57 AM

Just now found the translated titles of the track of the Gurren Lagann OST

1.- Burning soul! Kick all your reason to the curb! This is the insane Great Gurren-Dan Theme that will blow away your ears!
2.- A Mole should stay being a Mole?
3.- Big Tits VS Big Tits (Yoko’s Theme)
4.- An Elegy for Kamina’s Father who turned to Bones
5.- The wolf has arrived!
6.- BafBaf! Being fired up like this…don’t you like it?
7.- Nikopol
8.- The moon and the stars and meee~~
9.- Escaping the wasteland of hot sand the Dai-Gurren Dan goes forth
10.- Rap is the language of a man’s soul! Wait… am I right? Is my rap acceptable or what?
11.- What in the world is this ‘moe’?
12.- Get fired up, all of you!
13.- To hell with Gattai!
14.- Spin Spin Spin Spin
15.- Love Conservative
16.- Rap is a man’s spirit…was…you know…
17.- The YOSHINARI
18.- How you like my mad trumpet skills?!
19.- "Libera Me" From Hell
20.- With your XXX…
21.- Peirce the Heavens with your XXX!

hybridial

10-15-2007, 09:09 AM

Those titles are about as shameless as the anime they come from.

I enjoyed Kotetsushin Jeeg more though. Go Nagai > Gainax's attempts to imitate him. Okay attempts as they maybe.

And JAM PROJECT did its music. No more need said.

GigaShinMechaSonOfSamusV

10-15-2007, 07:55 PM

hybridial

10-15-2007, 08:03 PM

Does Go Nagai ever stop, or ..... GO???

Gna gna gna!!!

Well you see, anime and manga have just not moved on from the genre archetypes he created. That may be a good, or bad thing, but either way, it's simply true. Especially with Gurran Laggan, which doesn't even try to hide the fact that it's pretty much a Nagai-esque Mecha space romp. It's a homage to it all, if anything, but, well, you just can't beat the original.

It's a better effort than Evangelion was though, I'll give it that.

Charlie Deuce

10-16-2007, 05:19 AM

The whimpering of someone who was once a virgin.

hybridial

10-16-2007, 09:43 AM

"On My Way"
Salome the Seventh Viel
Xandria
2007
Song #45758394 that should be in Guitar Hero.

Stanistani

10-17-2007, 12:37 AM

The cat tries to talk to me, but lacks a proper education.

Spruce Moose

10-17-2007, 12:39 AM

The cat tries to talk to me, but lacks a proper education.

Now you know how Jon Arbuckle feels.

Chren Rohay

10-17-2007, 12:47 AM

Jonathan Coulton - Still Alive (the song during the Portal credits)

aquarosewater

10-21-2007, 01:43 AM

"Rock It"
Gorillaz

I got myself together
Bla bla bla bla bla bla bla.
Watch out
I didn't need the patience, life bla bla bla bla bla
Collapse
Don't you sit to close, or I'll bla bla bla bla bla
Break up
Stick it up your nose
Bla bla bla bla bla bla
The end

Macky

10-21-2007, 03:35 PM

I'm listening/watching that 11:00 minute vid that someone posted here, the one with all the popular vids thrown together. I'm in the kind of Bleh mood where I l actually like it.

Chren Rohay

10-21-2007, 07:29 PM

I'm listening/watching that 11:00 minute vid that someone posted here, the one with all the popular vids thrown together. I'm in the kind of Bleh mood where I l actually like it.

It's in audio only form here:
http://nicosound.dip.jp/sound/sm1224062

Macky

10-21-2007, 09:01 PM

It's in audio only form here:
http://nicosound.dip.jp/sound/sm1224062

That's cool, cos I liked it more for the audio anyway. It made all those annoying songs sound good.

Macky

10-24-2007, 06:31 PM

Listening to Rise Against - Survive. It was on Smackdown VS Raw 2007 and I liked it.

hybridial

10-24-2007, 11:42 PM

"Silent Dream"
Triumph or Agony
Rhapsody of Fire
2006

Power metal forever!

aquarosewater

10-25-2007, 09:28 AM

I'm listening to most of the flash videos in the Halloween update from AlbinoBlacksheep. Right now: Bad Idea by Lemon Demon.

aquarosewater

11-16-2007, 06:20 PM

I'm listening to the "A flute" demo on "Erik the Flute Maker"'s website.

I always kind of wanted to learn an instrument, namely the Violin. I never did. I think I might have a better chance with the flute.

http://www.eriktheflutemaker.com/Concert_Tuned_Flutes.htm

Also, the "Low Irish D" is also a fun demo tune.

hybridial

11-16-2007, 10:38 PM

"Victoriam Speramus"
In Media Res
Krypteria
2005

I first heard this song from this NSFW, Spoileriffic (you've all been warned) Devilman Lady AMV (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oq9xhvwTgfU). It really was very well put together, and that song is utterly beautiful. Very good band to.

Macky

11-16-2007, 11:22 PM

I'm listening to middle aged women singing karaoke downstairs. Now show me some pity.

Norsesmithy

11-17-2007, 06:14 AM

SixxAM: Life is Beautiful (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJDDxHIaaVk&feature=related)

hybridial

11-17-2007, 06:16 PM

"In the Desert of Set"
Theli
Therion
1996

Quality song work from the originators of symphonic metal.Hard to beleive it's 11 years old and still sounds more vivacious than 99% of metal produced today.

StalkerHank 0.2

11-17-2007, 07:03 PM

"Great Ocean Road" - The Gathering

Somehow, this song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKpIPn92Fgg) always makes me feel closer to being a part of something much bigger than myself.

hybridial

11-17-2007, 07:41 PM

I really need to listen to more by The Gathering, I've liked all I've heard. Particularly their cover of "In Power We Entrust the Love Advocated".

Charlie Deuce

11-17-2007, 11:11 PM

OST to "Tears of the Sun."

I'm listening to middle aged women singing karaoke downstairs. Now show me some pity.

No. Because you should be down there, hittin' it.

hybridial

11-18-2007, 12:59 AM

No. Because you should be down there, hittin' it.

I pray to several unholy gods you meant the Karaoke. Fervently.

Charlie Deuce

11-18-2007, 03:25 AM

Middle-aged women need some lovin' too, Hybridial; or else they wouldn't be preying on 13 year old students.

hybridial

11-20-2007, 10:10 AM

"Eye of Shiva"
Vovin
Therion
1998

Chren Rohay

11-30-2007, 04:37 AM

Polysics - "Rocket", The end theme to Moyashimon.

Deathninja

11-30-2007, 06:41 AM

Iced Earth - Watching over Me

hybridial

11-30-2007, 03:48 PM

Iced Earth - Watching over Me

I should give them a listen sometime.

"Rise from the White Sea of Flames"
Power of the Dragonflame
Rhapsody
2002

Anubis

12-01-2007, 04:04 AM

My Stomach, fill me with your food

Deathninja

12-01-2007, 05:50 PM

Leaves' Eyes - "Elegy"

In other news I got Dark Passion Play today. I should have done so ages ago, Amaranth is AWESOME, and a free instrumental version of the album thrown in makes it a steal for a tenner.

hybridial

12-02-2007, 11:35 AM

In other news I got Dark Passion Play today. I should have done so ages ago, Amaranth is AWESOME, and a free instrumental version of the album thrown in makes it a steal for a tenner.

I can't praise that album enough. Poet and the Pendulum, Sahara and 7 Days to the Wolves are my favourites on it though. I also recommend you find a way to hear the bous exclusive track on the Japanese version, The Escapist, it's as good as everything else on there.

Charlie Deuce

12-03-2007, 06:06 AM

God knows. I love the beginning of this song.

aquarosewater

12-04-2007, 07:34 PM

Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Carol of the Bells.

It's getting me in the mood for the holidays...

hybridial

12-04-2007, 09:08 PM

Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Carol of the Bells.

Krypteria did a version of that, it was pretty good.

aquarosewater

12-05-2007, 03:10 AM

Krypteria did a version of that, it was pretty good.*makes note to find it*

Carol of the bells is just nifty no matter who does it... which consequently makes each version just a different version of nifty. XD

I keep meaning to find an a cappella choir singing it.

Macky

12-05-2007, 08:11 AM

It's getting me in the mood for the holidays...

On the opposite note, the Christmas songs here are making me hate the holiday.

Spruce Moose

12-05-2007, 11:48 PM

On the opposite note, the Christmas songs here are making me hate the holiday.
Are they remixing the shit out of them like they do here? Or are they just horrible covers(also like they do over here)?

hybridial

12-06-2007, 02:05 AM

I ignore all public space music.

And now I'm listening to -

"Shades of Eternity"
Lost Horizons
Luca Turilli's Dreamquest
2006

I make no bones, this is one of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard.

xdiesp

12-06-2007, 11:13 AM

Macky

12-06-2007, 12:34 PM

Are they remixing the shit out of them like they do here? Or are they just horrible covers(also like they do over here)?

No, it's the old stuff (ancient Christmas songs) getting played, and the songs contending for Christmas number one getting played over and over and over.

Spruce Moose

12-06-2007, 04:07 PM

I have been listening to... two different dubbings of Cagliostro No Shiro, by Miyazaki. The Lupin anime is very popular in Italy, but Cagliostro of all movies is the one in the worst situation localization-wise. One has to choose the lesser evil, but consider the magnitude of the changes:

1990 edition
Goemon: so that's why you called in the inspector.
Lupin: ooh, so our friend Goemon got itself some sixth sense.
Goemon: my sixth sense is my best friend.

2007 edition
Goemon: so that's the reason for your actions.
Lupin: ooh, so our friend Goemon's really smart after all.
Goemon: obvious. Fight the poison with poison.

The 2007 edition has a better translation from the original, but it sounds worse when spoken. To counterbalance, the 1990 voices are crap. Ay ay ay, it's difficult to buy christmas presents for the nephews.
And then the fan-sub junkies use it a "evidence" of localization being the enemy.

It isn't. Bad localization is. And in this case, there doesn't seem to be a good localization choice. Rats. I liked the movie though, and I saw an English dub. Not sure which.\, but it was probably the older one.

Macky: I quite like the older songs, but when they get played over and over as much as they do, it's easy to get real tired of them, real fast. Which is why I wish they'd lay off them until mid-December at the earliest, but fat chance of that happening.

I don't think I'll ever get tired of "Snoopy vs. The Red Baron", though.

xdiesp

12-06-2007, 07:12 PM

Spruce Moose: wanna see something scary? I found it while browsing Lupin sites. This is the same frame from one of the episodes of the first season, taken in 1970 (http://digilander.libero.it/minikame/lupin/1st_series/ep19ita-5.jpg) and then 20 years later (http://digilander.libero.it/minikame/lupin/1st_series/ep19jap-5.jpg). You might call it "Death of a reel of film". I had vague notions of a fight over some film conservation malpractices in Japan, which lead to damage to i.e. the original Gundam tapes ... but the reason for which people did let video rot like this is beyond me.

edit
By the way, the Lupin on the left is looking forward with convergent eyes... that style I have only seen in Hugo Pratt. I wonder how many other authors do the same, even today. It's a little oddity though, all character look strabic like that.

Macky

12-07-2007, 10:08 PM

Macky: I quite like the older songs, but when they get played over and over as much as they do, it's easy to get real tired of them, real fast. Which is why I wish they'd lay off them until mid-December at the earliest, but fat chance of that happening.

I don't think I'll ever get tired of "Snoopy vs. The Red Baron", though.

Yeah, most of them are pretty good to listen to, when it's actually near christmas. And when they're not overplayed/played in every single fucking shop and on every single fucking music channel. This "OMG it's nearly Christmas!" attitude when its the end of November start of December attitude is starting to annoy me. I'm easily annoyed though. :D I think I'm going to cry if I hear Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love one more time though. No doubt that's going to be Christmas no 1 this year.

Alexander

12-10-2007, 03:19 AM

This "OMG it's nearly Christmas!" attitude when its the end of November start of December attitude is starting to annoy me.

Aww, you poor thing.

Here, Christmas starts in mid-October.

hybridial

12-10-2007, 11:59 AM

Charlie Deuce

12-10-2007, 01:41 PM

"The Liberation of Gracemaria," Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation OST

Deathninja

12-10-2007, 04:29 PM

"Fools of Damnation"
The Divine Conspiracy
Epica
2007

Songs clearly about religious corruption ftw.

Also, I'd like to see what a GH notechart of Epica's The Divine Conspiracy looks like... all 14 minutes of it's blast beating self. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9yDSQJF5xI)

Nice, not heard too much Epica, is it all like that or is that the token 'Epic' track a lot of these albums have?

Staying on topic:

"Blood Bound"
Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken
HammerFall
2005

I've really gotten into these guys of late, they walk the line between hair metal & power metal, but in a good way. Plus they have some of the coolest album art ever.

hybridial

12-10-2007, 05:03 PM

Nice, not heard too much Epica, is it all like that or is that the token 'Epic' track a lot of these albums have?

I think Epica more than anyone truly blur the line there. The Divine Conspiracy is notable for it's length but even their 5-6 minute songs tend to sound epic.

Like also, I'm listening to Chasing the Dragon off the same album and that's definitely a very grand song to, it's 7:40.

Charlie Deuce

12-11-2007, 02:06 AM

"Three Gates," Halo 3 OST

Way to reuse themes from Battlestar Galactica, O'Donnell and Salvatori. Unimaginative jerks.

xdiesp

12-11-2007, 02:28 AM

Sandinista! (http://www.amazon.com/Sandinista-Clash/dp/B00004BZ16)

http://www.iisg.nl/today/images/d13-439.jpg

Charlie Deuce

12-11-2007, 01:18 PM

"To Kill a Demon," Halo 3 OST

aquarosewater

12-11-2007, 02:41 PM

She Blinded me with Science - Thomas Dolby

:D

hybridial

12-11-2007, 03:06 PM

"Before the Skies Come Down"
Crows Fly Black
Tarot
2007

Anubis

12-11-2007, 11:43 PM

Slice of heaven
Dave Dobbin and the herbs

hybridial

12-11-2007, 11:51 PM

"Somebody Save Me"
Bloodangels Cry
Krypteria
2007

aquarosewater

12-14-2007, 06:44 AM

Sonata Artica - "Victoria's Secret"

Now I have to start breaking out the S.A. download folders I had...

hybridial

12-14-2007, 08:49 AM

I do like some Sonata Arctica songs but I find them quite guilty of quite a lot of their stuff sounding very, very samey, as much as I think Full Moon and Wolf & Raven are songs made of win and awesome.

aquarosewater

12-14-2007, 09:21 AM

That might've been the reason I stopped listening to them.

*scurries to check and see if I have those songs in my small collection*
Neither. Damnit.

*sigh*

Oh...
Playing now...
Hairspray soundtrack - You can't stop the beat...

hybridial

12-14-2007, 09:27 AM

hehe, someone had the balls to do a custom notechart for Wolf & Raven on Guitar Hero - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAwJMjdsLjA

I gotta admit, it looks fairly well done and true to the song, a song which is really legitimately harder to play than Through the Fire and the Flames, considering we all know that half that song is really improv *stares really hard at Dragonforce who whistle innocently*, not to mention is clearly artifically harder in GH3 than it even really should be.

aquarosewater

12-14-2007, 09:42 AM

*watches vid*

Wow... and- um- wow...

Massive kudos to whoever downloads that sucker for trying. Of course, if it's custom, he might've decided to keep it for himself. Either way... Wow...

xdiesp

12-14-2007, 12:19 PM

To me, Sonata Arctica is one of those bands you listen with gusto when you discover them, but when you return at them years later, you wonder what ever passed through your mind back then.

hybridial

12-14-2007, 03:57 PM

To me, Sonata Arctica is one of those bands you listen with gusto when you discover them, but when you return at them years later, you wonder what ever passed through your mind back then.

To me it's more "they have a couple of flat out awesome songs I can listen to anytime, the rest... meh".

They're not bad though, their performances are good, but they aren't imaginitive enough when it comes to the execution of thier songs, which is the main reason Stratovarius are amazing and they're only okay on the power metal hierarchy. If they got a decent keyboard player, maybe they could be better, because lets face it, power metal is as much about that as it is the guitar, and having too much of a focus on the guitar in power metal is boring, and not what the genre is about. The odd return to their roots by Stratovarius with songs like Maniac Dance are good everyonce in a while though.

xdiesp

12-16-2007, 03:22 PM

Portal Song, I'm setting 15 hours of loop. Goodbye, cruel world!

Hep C is BAD!

12-17-2007, 03:52 AM

My playlist:

Adagio for Strings
Anakin's Betrayal
Battle of the Heroes
Imperial Battle Music
Duel of the Fates
Anakin vs. Obi-wan
Turanic Raiders Battle Music
Swarmer Battle Music
-the next six tracks are violin/guitar pieces written and recorded by my brother - who plays the violin and his friend - who plays the guitar
-Songs 1,4,7,8 are from Homeworld

Chren Rohay

12-17-2007, 09:01 PM

Eufonius - "Megumeru ~Cuckool Mix 2007~", the Clannad OP

hybridial

12-17-2007, 11:34 PM

After Forever covering Iron Maiden, with "The Evil That Men Do" and I don't fucking care if anyone calls me blasphemous, their version is an improvement on the song.

:p

Deathninja

12-20-2007, 06:12 PM

"Moonlight"
The Black Halo
Kamelot
2005

I'm in such a power metal phase at the minute it's not even funny.

GigaShinMechaSonOfSamusV

12-20-2007, 11:03 PM

Marvin Gaye.

oh ho ho ho!

hybridial

12-21-2007, 12:42 AM

"Moonlight"
The Black Halo
Kamelot
2005

Awesome song! Also notice you stealing my format that I stole from some other random person :P

I'm in such a power metal phase at the minute it's not even funny.

That's me all the time XP

DeeMer

12-22-2007, 06:05 AM

The Lone Ranger NES Soundtrack (Konami)

Anubis

12-22-2007, 06:07 AM

Chritmas carols played in a minor key

aquarosewater

12-22-2007, 06:27 AM

Chritmas carols played in a minor key
Aren't they AWESOME?

I'm listening to christmas carols on overhead speakers.

Stanistani

12-22-2007, 06:27 AM

I'm listening to a thirteen-year-old girl whistle "Winter Wonderland" out in the alley.

She's good.

aquarosewater

12-22-2007, 06:29 AM

That's cute!

Hmm... the song changed. before it was "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree." Now it's something soft-rock.

hybridial

12-22-2007, 08:19 PM

"Son of the Staves of Time"
Gothic Kaballah
Therion
2007

Therion have gone all power metal and the result is fucking awesome! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTYAHF0tJJY)

Charlie Deuce

12-22-2007, 09:14 PM

I'm listening to a thirteen-year-old girl whistle "Winter Wonderland" out in the alley.

She's good.

She's whistling in an alley.

I LIKE YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

Deathninja

12-22-2007, 09:49 PM

"Son of the Staves of Time"
Gothic Kaballah
Therion
2007

Therion have gone all power metal and the result is fucking awesome! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTYAHF0tJJY)

Holy shit, always had mixed feelings about Therion (though I really liked Crowning of Atlantis) but this just rules.

Stanistani

12-22-2007, 11:00 PM

She's whistling in an alley.

I LIKE YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

Where I live, a cop car comes along about every two minutes. I wave to them, sometimes discuss stuff with them. One cop is an anime freak.

Also,for some reason the population of drunken louts has disappeared. I take an interest in the neighbors.

Deathninja

12-22-2007, 11:16 PM

Where I live, a cop car comes along about every two minutes.

We get Police every 4, but they're CSO's, so only have limited training (namely issuing parking tickets and watching children drown).

StalkerHank 0.2

12-23-2007, 12:11 AM

For a second there, I thought you were implying that you got Roxanne piped in on regular intervals.

Chren Rohay

12-23-2007, 01:04 AM

Persona 3 OST

Alexander

12-24-2007, 08:58 PM

The real OST or the sampler that comes with the game?

Chren Rohay

12-24-2007, 10:06 PM

The one with the game.

aquarosewater

12-25-2007, 01:27 AM

"Crazy Loop (Mm Ma Ma)" - Dan Balan

... It was chosen by Gary Bra-bro- the Numa dude- as the new numa song.

SovietCommissar

12-25-2007, 03:04 AM

Lots of Russian Christmas music. Including a song titled Russian Christmas Music (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Christmas_Music).

Stanistani

12-25-2007, 06:08 AM

White Christmas - Bing Crosby

Anubis

12-25-2007, 09:24 AM

Santa Claus you C*NT by Kevin Bloody Wilson

Spruce Moose

12-25-2007, 07:10 PM

Anything and everything off The Ramones' first album, "Ramones". Taidan gave it to me for Christmas. And all I got him was a Dunkin' Donuts gift card(hey, he's a coffee crack-head).

brnleague99

12-25-2007, 07:56 PM

hybridial

12-25-2007, 08:02 PM

Kamelot-This Pain

Don't feel bad if you have never heard of Kamelot. They are a Progressive metal band from Florida. I'm a big metal freak, and a lot of people seem to look down their noses at the bands I like.

:rolleyes:

Me and Deathninja are big Kamelot fans, so, well, welcome fellow Kamelot fan :p. Also might as well compare metal peens. I like -

Stratovarius
Nightwish
Kamelot
Rhapsody/Rhapsody of Fire
Within Temptation
Therion
Luca Turilli's Dreamquest
Xandria
After Forever
Epica
Firewind
Visions of Atlantis
Sonata Arctica
Krypteria
Lacuna Coil
Leaves Eyes
The Gathering
Theater of Tragedy
Tarot
Sinergy

I'm more into symphonic and power metal, of which Kamelot are as much as they are progressive.

Charlie Deuce

12-25-2007, 08:30 PM

"On second thought, let's not go there; 'tis a silly place."

For some reason, Josh Groban Christmas tunes are playing. I HATE this time of year; goddamn consumerism...

Macky

12-26-2007, 12:42 AM

Listening to my music library on my new MP4 player, which pretty much comprises everything I got for Christmas. My mum was feeling guilty for not spending as much on me as on the other two kids (£700 was spent on my little sister), but I'm not bothered I didn't ask/want anything really. My mum's guilt is nothing compared to mine for not buying her anything, I just got chewed out by her, my step dad and my aunt. My brother is guilty of the same thing but no one chewed him out. :rolleyes:

aquarosewater

12-26-2007, 06:53 AM

Kamelot-This Pain

Don't feel bad if you have never heard of Kamelot. They are a Progressive metal band from Florida. I'm a big metal freak, and a lot of people seem to look down their noses at the bands I like.

:rolleyes:
Add me to the list of people who dig Kamelot in the forum.

Ghost Opera is win.

Right now, I'm listening to a new Dance/Trance CD my brother gave me. They're awesome. I'm loving it.

Song:
"DVNO" - JUStICE

Chren Rohay

12-27-2007, 02:07 AM

"Shoot through the Galaxy, Final Master Spark!!!"
A touhou + dragonforce mix.

Charlie Deuce

12-28-2007, 05:05 PM

"Don't be late," Sheryl Nome, from Macross Frontier (Yoko Kanno).

aquarosewater

01-01-2008, 07:21 AM

"These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" - Nancy Sinatra

ShadowCell

01-01-2008, 07:40 AM

John Fogerty - Deja Vu All Over Again

One of the best "hey, y'know, war sucks" songs I know.

Chren Rohay

01-12-2008, 06:56 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRR8lqlpU68
many many times.

and

Metamorphosis Jazz Band - "Godot ~ The Aroma of Black Coffee"

StalkerHank 0.2

01-12-2008, 07:27 PM

God, this is annoyingly cute. Still haven't sat through all 10 min, but I leave it on for much longer than I should.
We will all die of cute.

I need to get out of this house more

hybridial

01-13-2008, 11:33 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRR8lqlpU68
many many times.

I don't believe you. Because if I did, I'd be forced to hunt down and kill you :p

xdiesp

01-13-2008, 11:54 AM

I don't know what you see in this kawaii stuff, the closest we had to this in my days were Little Pollon (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qI5uFbLFBwI&feature=related)'s dances. And we weren't proud of 'em.

One had the girl singing: "it looks like talcum, but it's not; it's the magic powder which brings back the fun when you're bored". Cocaine.

Spruce Moose

01-13-2008, 04:44 PM

Stop supporting moe you fucking assholes.

I mean shit.

GigaShinMechaSonOfSamusV

01-13-2008, 09:29 PM

Guys I haven't ever seen the Haruhi dance.

ShadowCell

01-13-2008, 09:44 PM

I had a speech class wherein one guy gave a speech on how to do what I think was the Haruhi dance.

He dropped the class not too long afterwards.

Seeing the Haruhi dance would mean that the idiots who have propagated it all over the Internet will win.

Charlie Deuce

01-13-2008, 10:12 PM

Stop supporting moe you fucking assholes.

I mean shit.

That's when you bring in Nanoha, Spruce. Fuck yeah.
(The bit when the casings are ejected and she puts in a new mag, repeatedly; what she's doing is building up the energy to be released...)
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This one is most pointless, but I like the idea behind it.
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