Hot Take/ Musical Confession Thread!

TrainFan73 said:
Finally finishing the back half, the rest of the album is markedly improved from the first half.
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Big Empty was a big hit, originally from The Crow soundtrack. Pretty Penny and Unglued got some airplay as well. And it's got one of my favorite hidden tracks of the 90's.

My wife and I just finished listening to the album a few minutes ago. It had probably been a couple of years since I last played it.

Also, fun fact... Scott Weiland went to my high school
 
Bohnjaggs said:
Big Empty was a big hit, originally from The Crow soundtrack. Pretty Penny and Unglued got some airplay as well. And it's got one of my favorite hidden tracks of the 90's.

My wife and I just finished listening to the album a few minutes ago. It had probably been a couple of years since I last played it.

Also, fun fact... Scott Weiland went to my high school
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The thing that blew my tiny adolescent mind when I finally picked up the CD and listened to the entire album was that MTV News used the intro of “Loungefly” as the intro for MTV News Breaks. I always expect Kurt Loder or Tabitha Sorensen to chime in rather than Scott Weiland.
 
Viking Dan said:
Either we have to start vilifying Strand of Oaks or we have to apologize to Coldplay - because they are the same now.

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l’ve said this before, my first exposure of Strand Of Oaks was “Goshen ‘97” and J Mascis guitar shredding gave me the wrong idea of what type of band Strand Of Oaks was. After exploring his music further it became clear that it wasn’t my bag. I have listened to albums before and since and unless J decides he wants to join the group full time, there isn’t anything for me.
 
TenderLovingKiller® said:
l’ve said this before, my first exposure of Strand Of Oaks was “Goshen ‘97” and J Mascis guitar shredding gave me the wrong idea of what type of band Strand Of Oaks was. After exploring his music further it became clear that it wasn’t my bag. I have listened to albums before and since and unless J decides he wants to join the group full time, there isn’t anything for me.
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I liked the album where it was basically My Morning Jacket but SOO in the Jim James slot. I also liked Hard Love back in 2017.

So I give each new album a shot on Spotify - but I honestly thought this was the new Coldplay single when it wafted across my algorithm.
 
TrainFan73 said:
Not knowing where else to put this, but….

A. This is a thing?
B. IT SOLD OUT?

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It doesn't surprise me it would sell out. $400 isn't outrageous for a guitar. Well, if you're going to play the thing. As a decorative piece - which it may be for some/a lot(?) - well, that's in the eye of the beholder regarding that value.

Looks to be an Epiphone DR-100. While I've never played one, it seems to be a well reviewed entry level guitar at $170. So....a $200+ mark up for the novelty and limited nature. Again, all up to the individual if that's worth it.
 
I lived in a small town and the county actually banned MTV from the basic cable package, which is all my parents would pay for. You could get it if you had a satellite. When we moved my sophomore year of high school, we had MTV, but I wasn’t allowed to watch it until my junior year, and even then I was limited to a couple shows. My parents were pretty hardcore Catholic so I was also listening to a lot of albums on headphones.
 
nolalady said:
My parents were pretty hardcore Catholic so I was also listening to a lot of albums on headphones.
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This reminded me... funny story, the first CD i ever bought was Busta Rhymes - The Coming. I must have been like 12. I did not have a portable CD player when i was that age (just a walkman) so I popped it on our family boombox in our living room and if you're familiar with the Lord Have Mercy monologue in the beginning - this part came on:


My mom ran in and made me shut it off and return it. But my friend dubbed me a tape copy from his CD as well as a bunch of other rap from that era. I did get another copy eventually (after I got a Discman).
 
MyWifeHatesTrain said:
Incoming:

I don’t get the love for Chet Baker. Like he’s nice and all but I’m not an 80 year old lady who drinks martinis and smokes cigarettes with a holder while wearing a mink.
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I used to think he was kinda cheesy and just lame honestly, I think things started shifting for me when I learned more about his story and the environments in which the music he was making was coming out of.

In reality he was a seriously tormented and challenged guy who created a lot of problems for himself repeatedly and yet his music at first glance portrays a cheery lovey dovey character who kind of came off as the white music industry’s response to Miles Davis. Like a mid century Justin Bieber industry plant or something. Then upon further observation you start picking up on that pain he carried, that darkness he harbored, and once I heard it I couldn’t shake it and now his music is some of my most visited, especially the singing stuff.

I think his musics really haunting. Especially hearing him singing something like “Everything Happens To Me” cause it’s kind of absurd and ironic and accurate?
 
Might as well put this here… I need help with tomorrow’s challenge, what’s a record I play that y’all think sucks?
 
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