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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Holy shit Kwick! That's first song is just way too much stuff coming at me at one time!!!!!!!!!!! The music alone was probably great, but the voices just made it a hammer to my brain!!!!!

I actually really dig that Japan/Sinatra hybrid in the second song though.... LOL... I'm sure not a single one of my friends would ever "get it" or listen to it. I'm going to send it to my bro and sis-in-law. I'm sure they'll love it. I bet they would have played it during "dinner" at their wedding along with the Fallout 3 songs :)

Thanks for sending that my way. I'll have to get the MP3. Great song. :)

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Originally posted by Kwicko:
There's something like a 4-disc soundtrack CD that they sold in Japan for that game. A buddy of mine loaned it to me some years ago, and I copied it into my iTunes, but sadly lost it all when my hard drive went tits-up a while later.

That's how I learned to back up my computer. :)

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Originally posted by Kwicko:
Oh, and if you've never played Katamari Damacy, it's hella fun. Silly, ridiculous fun.

There are other follow-on games out there - We Love Katamari, Katamari Forever, etc., but only Katamari Damacy is that much fun for some reason. It's the gameplay, the stuff you're rolling up, the music - it all just works.

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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:


Sadly, what that did was turn my mp3 player into the most nightmarish Pandora playlist if I just randomized it. Not only was there so many shitty bands I'd never listen to their Singles playing, but I also had to listen to every one of their B sides and the B sides of any decent band out there too. In that regard, you're probably better off that you were forced to start your playlist from scratch.

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I totally sympathize with you on the hard to find stuff though. To this day, I can find about 99.9% of the music I want to hear without much effort, but when I think of all the un-listenable shit that is out there for easy download, it makes me sad that I can't find "Smoke wit'chu" or "Take a Walk on the Wild Side".... all three of them I later found out were just re-mixes that sampled classic rap songs made by obscure artists that have faded away since i borrowed "Thug Life 3" from my boy K-Dog back in 1999.

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I haven't even listened to any new rap for probably going on 8 years, but if I heard any of those on the radio I'd be jammin' like I do whenever I hear Mowtown Philly by Boyz II Men.

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That's the funny thing about getting old. I know that the songs were stupid, especially since I was a white middle class kid when I first heard them. They were more than just that though. They were part of a soundtrack to the best years of my life, and so they have a special place in my heart/mind because of that. I know that if they were made today I'd probably get a head ache listening to them and think it was some of the stupidest shit ever made.

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Originally posted by MAL4PREZ:
Check the music at 3:20. Though it's also worthwhile to watch the whole thing, for the brilliance of the player.

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Originally posted by MAL4PREZ:
Looooove Soul Coughing, and Screen Writer's Blues is my fave.

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Originally posted by Kwicko:
Glad you liked the tunes.

I grew up in a small town with only one "rock" station, and you couldn't even call it that. It was pure top 40, and they rarely played any but the top 20 of those! Growing up in the disco era was a challenge.

I got burned out on Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple at a pretty early age, because if anyone had real rock, that's what we'd listen to as much as we could. I can go the whole rest of my life without ever again hearing "Born to be Wild" or "Free Bird", thank you very much.

New Wave hit me like a ton of bricks, and I was hooked. Punk had already made me aware of some new stuff, and the idea that there were other bands out there trying to find a new sound and a new way of making music. Queen rocked me, Bowie challenged me, but Talking Heads freed me, I think. Well, them and Elvis Costello.

It tends to bug me when I hear anyone just blatantly dismiss an entire genre of music. (You haven't; just pointing it out in general that it bugs me when others do it) I've always said if you immerse me in a musical style, I'll find songs in it to love, be it country, reggae, hip-hop, trance, or what have you. Hell, I'm even starting to get into jazz lately. My brain tries to work out patterns, and tends to see them in most things, so jazz is becoming more fascinating to me as I try to find the patterns. It hit me watching "Homeland", and noting how Carrie is seeking to make order out of the mess in her mind, and how she likes jazz because it challenges her to make order of its seemingly random flow.

Playing SongPop on facebook, the Jazz playlist has become my secret weapon. I can generally tell who it is within two seconds or less just by hearing their style and sound.



"I supported Bush in 2000 and 2004 and intellegence [sic] had very little to do with that decision." - Hero

"I was wrong" - Hero, 2012

Mitt Romney, introducing his running mate: "Join me in welcoming the next President of the United States, Paul Ryan!"

Rappy's response? "You're lying, gullible ( believing in some BS you heard on msnbc ) or hard of hearing."

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