another music entry
more an entry to prove im not dead than anything else, but since i put it on facebook, everyone here already had the chance to read it, but i dont care, so i shall put it here too, enjoy
you know what sucks? when your headphones are dying and you know it. and you know how you know it? one side has already bitten the dust. this is a terrible loss for you and your musical experience. but when you run into a song that is orgasmic, and yet you just cant bear to listen to with just one headphone, it is like the circle of hell reserved for child molesters and people who talk in the theater. anywho, these are the songs that bring a tear to my eye when i run into them with a busted headphone
5. boombox generation, motion city soundtrack http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xrM_L-qLuo
another one of the songs that traumatized me when only one headphone worked, but if this hadnt, im not sure this one would have made the list, but again, the beginning would just lose me if the one headphone was working, it just needs the two halves to work together. and theres a bit of the 2 sides working together at the very end of the song, but it is just not as prominent. in fact, i think i might demote this to honorable mention if i keep thinking about it, but that would require me to figure out a replacement. but again, if i dont listen to the beginning, how can i enjoy the rest of the song.
4. such great heights, postal service http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMOkfI7wCrI
i was traumatized by the time i was listening to this with a set of headphones where one side did not work, so this is the first song i put one the list when i decided to make this. just listening to the beginning you can tell that this was supposed to use both headphones, and until you are traumatized like i was listening to the beginning of that song with just one headphone, you dont realize how simple it is to make the cool sounding xylophone at the beginning, that alone qualifies it for this list, because there is really no other reason outside the first minute or so, i mean, that xylophone does comeback, but just in the background so that its not too important. so i cant put it as high as i want, but it definately does get to go on the list.
3. lucid dreams, franz ferdinand, specifically past the point of 4:44 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dl98kUWgQrc#movie_player
at first glance, this more or less is like every other song as far as not making much difference weather you have one or both headphones in, because the second headphone is just to spread the music to the second ear, not to enhance the music. however, around 2:30 or 2:40, they start using different sounds in different ears, but not as in your face and obvious as other songs. what really impresses me is after 4:44 when they go to the synthesizers. what impresses me is that its its not so obvious as to ruin the whole song with one headphone, but it is soooooooo much much better with 2. and this is quite clear. this part alone i could listen to on a loop and not complain. i cant rate it too high, for as i said earlier, it does not destroy the song, but it does quite nicely take advantage of both headphones while not shoving it in your face.
2. killer queen, queen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMz-wi50ACU
i actually had to go searching for a song to fill in the last slot, but once i found this song, it was clear that it belonged on the list. unlike a lot of the songs i have on here, this becomes especially prominent as the song progresses. its hard to imagine this song with just one headphone. the call and response back and forth between whats going in the left and right ear is just phenomenal. when you are hearing it just in one ear, you know there supposed to be something there, but its not. this is exemplified by the way it ends. just switching back and forth so rapidly, its just impossible to listen to with one headphone
1. yoshimi battles the pink robots pt 2. the flaming lips http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViB5nnPRuYo
this is my absolute favorite instrumental, assuming you dont count the screaming as singing. this song takes advantage of both head phones from the beginning. when the moogs/ synthasizers/ whatever the hell they are are doing different things, then theres later where theres a bass going in the right ear while the left is getting more synthesizer. this is my number 1 on this list because it does use both headphones throughout the whole song. unlike boombox generation or such great heights, it does not rely on one part of the song to be in both headphones, i relies on the whole thing. which sets it apart from the other songs
"8. After I kidnap the beautiful princess, we will be married immediately in a quiet civil ceremony, not a lavish spectacle in three weeks' time during which the final phase of my plan will be carried out."
you know what sucks? when your headphones are dying and you know it. and you know how you know it? one side has already bitten the dust. this is a terrible loss for you and your musical experience. but when you run into a song that is orgasmic, and yet you just cant bear to listen to with just one headphone, it is like the circle of hell reserved for child molesters and people who talk in the theater. anywho, these are the songs that bring a tear to my eye when i run into them with a busted headphone
5. boombox generation, motion city soundtrack http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xrM_L-qLuo
another one of the songs that traumatized me when only one headphone worked, but if this hadnt, im not sure this one would have made the list, but again, the beginning would just lose me if the one headphone was working, it just needs the two halves to work together. and theres a bit of the 2 sides working together at the very end of the song, but it is just not as prominent. in fact, i think i might demote this to honorable mention if i keep thinking about it, but that would require me to figure out a replacement. but again, if i dont listen to the beginning, how can i enjoy the rest of the song.
4. such great heights, postal service http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMOkfI7wCrI
i was traumatized by the time i was listening to this with a set of headphones where one side did not work, so this is the first song i put one the list when i decided to make this. just listening to the beginning you can tell that this was supposed to use both headphones, and until you are traumatized like i was listening to the beginning of that song with just one headphone, you dont realize how simple it is to make the cool sounding xylophone at the beginning, that alone qualifies it for this list, because there is really no other reason outside the first minute or so, i mean, that xylophone does comeback, but just in the background so that its not too important. so i cant put it as high as i want, but it definately does get to go on the list.
3. lucid dreams, franz ferdinand, specifically past the point of 4:44 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dl98kUWgQrc#movie_player
at first glance, this more or less is like every other song as far as not making much difference weather you have one or both headphones in, because the second headphone is just to spread the music to the second ear, not to enhance the music. however, around 2:30 or 2:40, they start using different sounds in different ears, but not as in your face and obvious as other songs. what really impresses me is after 4:44 when they go to the synthesizers. what impresses me is that its its not so obvious as to ruin the whole song with one headphone, but it is soooooooo much much better with 2. and this is quite clear. this part alone i could listen to on a loop and not complain. i cant rate it too high, for as i said earlier, it does not destroy the song, but it does quite nicely take advantage of both headphones while not shoving it in your face.
2. killer queen, queen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMz-wi50ACU
i actually had to go searching for a song to fill in the last slot, but once i found this song, it was clear that it belonged on the list. unlike a lot of the songs i have on here, this becomes especially prominent as the song progresses. its hard to imagine this song with just one headphone. the call and response back and forth between whats going in the left and right ear is just phenomenal. when you are hearing it just in one ear, you know there supposed to be something there, but its not. this is exemplified by the way it ends. just switching back and forth so rapidly, its just impossible to listen to with one headphone
1. yoshimi battles the pink robots pt 2. the flaming lips http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViB5nnPRuYo
this is my absolute favorite instrumental, assuming you dont count the screaming as singing. this song takes advantage of both head phones from the beginning. when the moogs/ synthasizers/ whatever the hell they are are doing different things, then theres later where theres a bass going in the right ear while the left is getting more synthesizer. this is my number 1 on this list because it does use both headphones throughout the whole song. unlike boombox generation or such great heights, it does not rely on one part of the song to be in both headphones, i relies on the whole thing. which sets it apart from the other songs
"8. After I kidnap the beautiful princess, we will be married immediately in a quiet civil ceremony, not a lavish spectacle in three weeks' time during which the final phase of my plan will be carried out."