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Don Carlos wrote:In honour of what is happening tomorrow and on August 30th

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Forgive my ignorance, but what is happening Don Carlos?

TOOL are putting their music on Spotify etc tomorrow AND the new album, Fear Inoculum, is being released on the 30th (it's their first album in 13 years).

TOOL was the last important (to me) band that wasn't on Spotify, so I'm very happy with this.

Can't wait to hear the new album. Also can't wait to see all the haters who call themselves "fan" and have been doing nothing but giving TOOL shit for not releasing an album declare this a shit album because it's [insert reason here] (probably that it's not like Undertow/Aenima/Lateralus enough).

I'm not expecting great things from the new album, simply because it's been so long and I don't want to overhype it for myself.

But secretly I'm anticipating it to be the best thing that's ever happened and am hyping the shit out of it....

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Mesarthim released a new album last month, it's good but it's not quite their 2018 cosmic black masterpiece.

With TOOL releasing a new album, I just need a new Boards of Canada album for me to lose my shit. So while I wait, I am after substitutes. This is my latest find:

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I bet there are more people listening to Tool right now than any other time in the history of the band.

I wonder if the band member(s) that was holding out on streaming is going to be kicking himself when he sees that first royalty check. Shoulda done this a decade ago...

I think Maynard was in favour, but others wanted the album to be listened to as a whole, as a piece of art. Which I do get, but that isn't how it works any more. You can't control people into listening to things how you want. I can put together my favourite TOOL songs and it is not an album back to back; it's a collection of songs.

In fact, in no particular order, here is my top 10:

Hooker With a Penis
Opiate
Schism
Forty Six & 2
Lateralus
Jambi
Stinkfist
Aenima
Jerk Off
Intolerance

Bonus because it wasn't written by them, but is fucking outstanding: You Lied

Don Carlos wrote:I think Maynard was in favour, but others wanted the album to be listened to as a whole, as a piece of art. Which I do get, but that isn't how it works any more. You can't control people into listening to things how you want. I can put together my favourite TOOL songs and it is not an album back to back; it's a collection of songs.

While I get the "albums need to be listened to as a whole" as an artistic argument (personally, I always listen to whole albums, never random tracks by various artists), I don't see why anyone would think it's relevamt from a business point of view. It also doesn't exactly line up with the fact they've released over a dozen singles.
It also kind of belittles your fans. I'm sure your fans will choose to enjoy the album in the best way possible . And if that isn't an entire album track-by-track then, well, so be it. Besides, it's not like you can't use a CD player's random function or rip CD's and add them to your mp3 collection.

Don Carlos wrote:In fact, in no particular order, here is my top 10:

Hooker With a Penis
Opiate
Schism
Forty Six & 2
Lateralus
Jambi
Stinkfist
Aenima
Jerk Off
Intolerance

Bonus because it wasn't written by them, but is fucking outstanding: You Lied

No Wings for Marie? Impossible!

David Bowie - Ashes To Ashes

Caught it today and it stopped me in my tracks :tear:

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I've probably posted this before but I was out today, Father's Day here, and heard this on the cafe music

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Don Carlos wrote:I just need a new Boards of Canada album for me to lose my shit.

Yo, DC...

Societas x Tape

Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody (Official Video Remastered)

A must view

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Priceless (typed in the dark) :olo:

Lots of this kinda stuff.

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Super into the synth stuff.

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obsidian wrote:

Don Carlos wrote:I just need a new Boards of Canada album for me to lose my shit.

Yo, DC...

Societas x Tape

Just clocked this; I'll give it a go

Cat Stevens - Wild World 1971


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In the same era, I caught this..

David Gilmour - Wish You Were Here

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Trivia or of interest perhaps, "Wish You Were Here" was the title track on Pink Floyd's 1975 album Wish You Were Here.


This was followed by another of my favourites from The Alan Parsons Project, Sirius / Eye In The Sky

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Awesome

Chuck E's in Love · Rickie Lee Jones (1979)

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Pink Floyd - Time (2011 Remastered)

Turn the volume up

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Saw both these guys (TWRP & The Protomen) live back in July. The new TWRP stuff was good. But there's still no sign of Act III.

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