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The improvement in AI style replication is really quite impressive.
I'm not quite sure what this will mean for the electronic music scene? It's going to be utterly assimilated, quite soon, with other genres following.

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I just learned the connection between Frank Zappa and Smoke on the Water

Zappa was playing in a Casino in Montreaux , someone let off a firework and the Casino burns down with all Zappa's gear still inside.

Meanwhile on the other side of the lake Deep Purple are in a recording studio and are watching the fire. And that was the inspiration for Smoke on the Water.

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2 hours ago, bickster said:

I just learned the connection between Frank Zappa and Smoke on the Water

Zappa was playing in a Casino in Montreaux , someone let off a firework and the Casino burns down with all Zappa's gear still inside.

Meanwhile on the other side of the lake Deep Purple are in a recording studio and are watching the fire. And that was the inspiration for Smoke on the Water.

I don't know how to break this to you, but... that's up there with "Golden Brown is actually about heroin" in the "Oh, really, you don't say?" stakes. It's even explained pretty clearly in the lyrics of the song. 

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52 minutes ago, mjmooney said:

I don't know how to break this to you, but... that's up there with "Golden Brown is actually about heroin" in the "Oh, really, you don't say?" stakes. It's even explained pretty clearly in the lyrics of the song. 

Not really my era or sphere of interest. As for lyrics... "Smoke on the water...blah" is about all I know, not really a lyrics person. SOTW isn't really a Deep Purple song that I like either.

 

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24 minutes ago, bickster said:

Not really my era or sphere of interest. As for lyrics... "Smoke on the water...blah" is about all I know, not really a lyrics person. SOTW isn't really a Deep Purple song that I like either.

We all came out to Montreux
On the Lake Geneva shoreline
To make records with a mobile
We didn't have much time
Frank Zappa and the Mothers
Were at the best place around
But some stupid with a flare gun
Burned the place to the ground
Smoke on the water
A fire in the sky
Smoke on the water
They burned down the gambling house
It died with an awful sound
Uh, Funky Claude was running in and out
Pulling kids on the ground
When it all was over
We had to find another place
But Swiss time was running out
It seemed that we would lose the race
Smoke on the water
A fire in the sky
Smoke on the water
We ended up at the Grand Hotel
It was empty, cold, and bare
But with the Rolling truck Stones thing just outside
Making our music there
With a few red lights, a few old beds
We make a place to sweat
No matter what we get out of this
Ha, I know, I know we'll never forget
Smoke on the water
A fire in the sky
Smoke on the water
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Going to drop some knowledge bombs on you. The Beatles song Yellow Submarine is about a man that sailed the seas, and he relayed this to the Beatles who then sailed to a land, of submarines. They then took up residence in a yellow Submarine. 

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1 hour ago, mjmooney said:
We all came out to Montreux
On the Lake Geneva shoreline
To make records with a mobile
We didn't have much time
Frank Zappa and the Mothers
Were at the best place around
But some stupid with a flare gun
Burned the place to the ground
Smoke on the water
A fire in the sky
Smoke on the water
They burned down the gambling house
It died with an awful sound
Uh, Funky Claude was running in and out
Pulling kids on the ground
When it all was over
We had to find another place
But Swiss time was running out
It seemed that we would lose the race
Smoke on the water
A fire in the sky
Smoke on the water
We ended up at the Grand Hotel
It was empty, cold, and bare
But with the Rolling truck Stones thing just outside
Making our music there
With a few red lights, a few old beds
We make a place to sweat
No matter what we get out of this
Ha, I know, I know we'll never forget
Smoke on the water
A fire in the sky
Smoke on the water

Yeah see I read that as Smoke on the Water blah too 

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The 200 Best Albums of the Last 25 Years, According to Pitchfork Readers

You chose the best records released between 1996 and 2021.

 

 

Pitchfork

My score - 10 - :hooray:

Though I do have number 1, the only one of theirs I have. It was a 3 star album when I bought it.

Don't trust music journalists kids.

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Pitchfork

My score - 10 - :hooray:

Though I do have number 1, the only one of theirs I have. It was a 3 star album when I bought it.

Don't trust music journalists kids.

Yeah, Pitchfork are terrible. Never trusted them after they gave Tool's Lateralus a 1.9/10. They seem to be massively biased towards & against certain genres.

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I have a few but **** me Pitchfork is Nathan **** Barley at times. It wants to be so cool. So they go for Golden Hour by Kacey Musgraves as that was the breakout album that was a long way from country music. Not any of the 3 far superior albums that preceded it. They go for Folklore, Red and 1989, by Taylor Swift as they are seen as a little cooler than the earlier albums. **** Pitchfork. Pile of shit. They also placed Neutral Milk Hotel way way too low. 

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25 minutes ago, JoshVilla said:

Yeah, Pitchfork are terrible. Never trusted them after they gave Tool's Lateralus a 1.9/10. They seem to be massively biased towards & against certain genres.

The NME gave this album 0/10

 

It's aged better than the NME :D

22 minutes ago, chrisp65 said:

Smashed it, I scored ….. 2

Ah, you didn't do the electronic stuff then? 

Three of mine were DJ Shadow, Boards of Canada and Flying Lotus.

5 minutes ago, Seat68 said:

 **** Pitchfork. Pile of shit. They also placed Neutral Milk Hotel way way too low. 

I agree, but this is a punters' vote, so they're not entirely to blame on the positions.

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Nope, I’ve just been through and checked again @Xann Lots of near misses, I’ve some XX but neither of those, don’t have Blur or Radiohead or LCD Soundsystem or Gorillaz etc because there’s been something else I wanted at the time or I’ve been broke, and then the moment’s gone.

 

Distinct lack of Richard Norris, Cian Ciaran, Alabama 3 and Sparks on that list. So, close, but no cigar up the chuffer, as they say.

But hey, all lists are based on one of two things, units shifted, or opinion.

 

 

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Pitchfork

My score - 10 - :hooray:

Though I do have number 1, the only one of theirs I have. It was a 3 star album when I bought it.

Don't trust music journalists kids.

I own 56 from their list. They can't be that wrong :)

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