Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community  

Go Back   Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community > Interests > Tilted Music


 
 
LinkBack Thread Tools
Old 03-03-2005, 03:17 PM   #1 (permalink)
Insane
 
Location: Charlotte, N.C.
The New Mars Volta CD: 10/10

If you're into creativity and poetry in an audio format, check it out.
__________________
it's all nice on ice alright
and it's not day
and it's not night
but it's all nice on ice alright
Spritebox is offline  
Old 03-03-2005, 06:29 PM   #2 (permalink)
It's All About The Ass!!
 
K-Wise's Avatar
 
Location: In a pool of mayonnaise!!
I put a link to their video for "The Widow" in this thread. If you haven't seen it yet man you should check it out! Personally I think it's awesome...the song that is.

Asta!!
__________________
"I love music and it's my parents fault (closing statement)." - Me..quoting myself...from when I said that...On TFP..thats here...Tilted Forum Project

It ain't goodbye, it's see ya later! I'll miss you guys! - Asta!!
K-Wise is offline  
Old 03-04-2005, 08:05 AM   #3 (permalink)
Crazy
 
I'll give it a 2/10. It's not that I don't like the music, the music is alright, not as good as De-Loused In The Comatorium, and definately not as good as ATDI, but a solid album, if they'd cut the crap from it.

Take 'Miranda, The Ghost Just Isn't Holy Anymore', I think it's a great song. But it's 13 minutes long. 4:20 is crappy intro that isn't even really music that adds nothing to the song. Then there's a 4:30 outtro that is equally as stupid.
And The Widow, it's a good song. For the 3:10 it's actually a song, before it get's into the 1:50 outtro where they just dick around with some electronic effects that sound stupid.
And Cassandra Gemini. They could easy cut the song down from 32 minutes to like 5. Is TMV trying to become like Godspeed (whom I adore) or something? Because they really can't pull it off.
__________________
<Insert witty and profound statements here>
scott_p_1 is offline  
Old 03-06-2005, 08:34 PM   #4 (permalink)
Crazy
 
ive read alot about them, but never heard them. IM gonna check it out, thanks!
Hampshire is offline  
Old 03-06-2005, 08:54 PM   #5 (permalink)
Lak
Insane
 
Location: New Zealand
A friend of mine advised me that when one is listening to Frances The Mute, the experience is heightened by getting stoned, turning off all the lights and listening to the album on repeat with a sound-sensitive lightning globe in the centre of the room. But then, I suppose that would heighten most listening experiences...
__________________
ignorance really is bliss.
Lak is offline  
Old 03-06-2005, 09:22 PM   #6 (permalink)
Laid back
 
Bacchanal's Avatar
 
Location: Jayhawkland
^^ Haha, yeah that would pretty much heighten any listening experience. Where do I find a sound-sensitive lightning globe?

I like the CD, but I like De-loused more. I'd give it an 8/10. I like that they got all trippy, and the longer songs, but they can get a bit boring. Going from De-loused to this is just a huge leap musically IMO.
Bacchanal is offline  
Old 03-07-2005, 09:53 AM   #7 (permalink)
Kick Ass Kunoichi
 
snowy's Avatar
 
Location: Oregon
I actually prefer Frances the Mute over De-loused. There were just so many songs on De-loused that didn't add up for me. Frances the Mute, on the other hand, does somehow. I think Frances the Mute is the album that actually made me enjoy the Mars Volta. Listening to them is like looking at abstract art; getting it is a hit or miss proposition. You may get one piece but not another.
__________________
If I am not better, at least I am different. --Jean-Jacques Rousseau
snowy is offline  
Old 03-07-2005, 05:29 PM   #8 (permalink)
Psycho
 
Location: U of MD
Quote:
Originally Posted by scott_p_1
I'll give it a 2/10. It's not that I don't like the music, the music is alright, not as good as De-Loused In The Comatorium, and definately not as good as ATDI, but a solid album, if they'd cut the crap from it.

Take 'Miranda, The Ghost Just Isn't Holy Anymore', I think it's a great song. But it's 13 minutes long. 4:20 is crappy intro that isn't even really music that adds nothing to the song. Then there's a 4:30 outtro that is equally as stupid.
And The Widow, it's a good song. For the 3:10 it's actually a song, before it get's into the 1:50 outtro where they just dick around with some electronic effects that sound stupid.
And Cassandra Gemini. They could easy cut the song down from 32 minutes to like 5. Is TMV trying to become like Godspeed (whom I adore) or something? Because they really can't pull it off.
agreed. some structure would've been nice. and this is coming from someone who LIKES Tool, Zeppelin, Dream Theater, Allman Bros, and other "long winded" bands.
mercury-hg is offline  
Old 03-11-2005, 07:25 PM   #9 (permalink)
Who You Crappin?
 
Derwood's Avatar
 
Location: Everywhere and Nowhere
I just bought it and have listened through just once. I think they are best when they're trying to rock, and worst when they are trying to be Brian Eno. The long ambient sequences are self-indulgent and unnecessary. I would have taken a 45 minute album without the drones instead of a 77 minute album with all the studio gimickry.
__________________
"You can't shoot a country until it becomes a democracy." - Willravel
Derwood is offline  
Old 03-11-2005, 07:32 PM   #10 (permalink)
It's All About The Ass!!
 
K-Wise's Avatar
 
Location: In a pool of mayonnaise!!
I was gonna get it the other day at Borders for $7.99 but I put it down and decided to get it when we left. When we came back down someone had ripped off all the $7.99 sale tags and it went back to being $9.99 regular price. I was pissed

Asta!!
__________________
"I love music and it's my parents fault (closing statement)." - Me..quoting myself...from when I said that...On TFP..thats here...Tilted Forum Project

It ain't goodbye, it's see ya later! I'll miss you guys! - Asta!!
K-Wise is offline  
Old 03-14-2005, 11:08 AM   #11 (permalink)
Who You Crappin?
 
Derwood's Avatar
 
Location: Everywhere and Nowhere
I listened to it a second time through, and it's WAYYYY better. You don't mind all the ambience and stuff anymore (doesn't seem as long). I like it a lot
__________________
"You can't shoot a country until it becomes a democracy." - Willravel
Derwood is offline  
Old 03-14-2005, 12:02 PM   #12 (permalink)
Kick Ass Kunoichi
 
snowy's Avatar
 
Location: Oregon
Quote:
Originally Posted by Derwood
I listened to it a second time through, and it's WAYYYY better. You don't mind all the ambience and stuff anymore (doesn't seem as long). I like it a lot
It is definitely one of those albums that the more you listen to it the better you like it.

However, I do not recommend using it to time your showers. Bad idea.
__________________
If I am not better, at least I am different. --Jean-Jacques Rousseau
snowy is offline  
Old 03-18-2005, 12:09 PM   #13 (permalink)
Insane
 
fightnight's Avatar
 
Location: The lovely Northeast
Quote:
Originally Posted by Derwood
I just bought it and have listened through just once. I think they are best when they're trying to rock, and worst when they are trying to be Brian Eno. The long ambient sequences are self-indulgent and unnecessary. I would have taken a 45 minute album without the drones instead of a 77 minute album with all the studio gimickry.
well put. Also, not a huge fan of them anyways, enjoyed at the drive in much more and i also like Sparta more. This part of the post-ATDI project just doesn't do it for me.
fightnight is offline  
Old 03-18-2005, 01:47 PM   #14 (permalink)
Insane
 
sgn43's Avatar
 
Location: Los Angeles
Quote:
Originally Posted by fightnight
well put. Also, not a huge fan of them anyways, enjoyed at the drive in much more and i also like Sparta more. This part of the post-ATDI project just doesn't do it for me.


You're one of the few people who I've heard say they like Sparta more than Mars Volta. I was actually the same way initially, but have since grown to like The Mars Volta more. Sparta is great, but they're basically just ATDI2. Mars Volta experimented with their sound and went beyond the boundaries of ATDI, and did it very very well, imo.


As for Frances the Mute, I really love the album, particularly L'Via L'Viaquez. However, the ambient filler kind of bugs me as well and I wish they would have just cut the album time in half and just rocked all the way through. But, as great as this album is, I still like Deloused slightly more.
__________________
To be great is to be misunderstood. -Emerson
sgn43 is offline  
Old 03-18-2005, 02:03 PM   #15 (permalink)
Insane
 
fightnight's Avatar
 
Location: The lovely Northeast
I don't really feel like sparta is ATDI 2. I don't really think they sound similar at all. Sparta is just kinda generic pop-punk-rock type thing to me. I find sparta to be very 1 dimensional, where ATDI was all over the place. As for the volta... just never was able to get into it.
fightnight is offline  
Old 03-25-2005, 04:38 PM   #16 (permalink)
Upright
 
Location: wherever i feel alive
hello, and greetings. I saw Sparta live last summer in Edmonton, and I am going to see TMV in may in montreal...and i have listened to ATDI for a long time. neither Sparta, nor TMV are mirror images, or anything close to ATDI, imo. I find sparta (wiretap scars) to have a more synthetic edge and TMV a more bluesy/jazz edge, and i think that both bands are the perfect offspring of ATDI. Sparta doesnt rock my boat live, thats for sure. and even though i dont happen to be a huge fan of sparta, its probably really hard to even offshoot from a band such as ATDI simply because of the standards of die-hard ATDI fans, and what they would expect. Frances the Mute is apprently the musical equivilant of the diary or notebook or their former soundster (deceased), and is intended to be a 'concept album'. same goes with deloused..i believe there is a book you can buy or get online deciphering the contents of the lyrics of deloused. interesting stuff.
__________________
under the spreading chestnut tree, i sold you and you sold me
ontheroad is offline  
Old 03-30-2005, 10:33 PM   #17 (permalink)
Sultana ruined my evil persona
 
Krycheck's Avatar
 
Location: Los Angeles
Quote:
Originally Posted by onesnowyowl
It is definitely one of those albums that the more you listen to it the better you like it.

However, I do not recommend using it to time your showers. Bad idea.
I just bought this cd just for The Window. Thought I'd give a try after all the good things said here. Wow! At first it was strange to me. But I keep playing it in the background and I would catch a melody here and there. And it's true, the more you listen to it the more you can appriciate it!! The music is just amazing. I haven't paid attention to the lyrics yet but I can tell this is some heavy stuff.

I give is album a 9/10
__________________

His pants are tight...but his morals are loose!!
Krycheck is offline  
Old 03-30-2005, 11:28 PM   #18 (permalink)
Dreams In Digital
 
SiNai's Avatar
 
Location: Iowa
Quote:
Originally Posted by anniegetyergun
..i believe there is a book you can buy or get online deciphering the contents of the lyrics of deloused. interesting stuff.
http://www.thecomatorium.com/media/b..._storybook.pdf

Trippy stuff, I can't make it all the way through, because I keep getting confused and lost and bored

De-Loused > Frances the Mute, for me. Too much filler noise. I like experiental stuff and 10 minute guitar solos as much as the next guy, but some of the stuff is just noise (the noise after the widow..). Still, I love Frances The Mute. The parts that rock, rock really hard.
__________________
I can't seem to remember now
What it was like- to live life, before you.. symbiont
SiNai is offline  
Old 03-31-2005, 12:17 AM   #19 (permalink)
Psycho
 
Seanland's Avatar
 
Location: Ontario, Canada
I just listened to the song "the widow" I donno, only heard it once, but I don't really enjoy it.. maybe it will grow on me

doesnt seem like a bad band though, just not really my type
Seanland is offline  
Old 03-31-2005, 08:59 AM   #20 (permalink)
Who You Crappin?
 
Derwood's Avatar
 
Location: Everywhere and Nowhere
I sampled through some At The Drive In at the music store the other day, and I don't get what the big deal is. Nor do I hear the similarities to The Mars Volta. What am I missing?
__________________
"You can't shoot a country until it becomes a democracy." - Willravel
Derwood is offline  
Old 04-01-2005, 10:19 AM   #21 (permalink)
Thank God hockey is back
 
lunchbox's Avatar
 
Location: Deeeeeetroit
I've listened to a lot of the new disc and while it is long winded at times I appreciate a band who isn't afraid to experiment. I prefer de-loused over frances the mute but I wouldn't call frances the mute garbage. De-loused = 9/10 frances = 7/10
__________________
A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

-Douglas Adams
lunchbox is offline  
Old 04-08-2005, 05:44 PM   #22 (permalink)
Crazy
 
Love the new album. Their single off it is absolutely mind blowing.
d3cemberist is offline  
Old 05-05-2005, 09:35 PM   #23 (permalink)
Upright
 
Location: wherever i feel alive
Quote:
Originally Posted by SiNai
http://www.thecomatorium.com/media/b..._storybook.pdf

Trippy stuff, I can't make it all the way through, because I keep getting confused and lost and bored

De-Loused > Frances the Mute, for me. Too much filler noise. I like experiental stuff and 10 minute guitar solos as much as the next guy, but some of the stuff is just noise (the noise after the widow..). Still, I love Frances The Mute. The parts that rock, rock really hard.

wow dude, thats cool. thnx for that link! the concert is in one week and counting!! i am totally fucking stoked. i think radiohead will be the only topper for this one...
__________________
under the spreading chestnut tree, i sold you and you sold me
ontheroad is offline  
 

Tags
10 or 10, mars, volta


Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On



All times are GMT -8. The time now is 12:15 AM.

Tilted Forum Project

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
Search Engine Optimization by vBSEO 3.6.0 PL2
© 2002-2012 Tilted Forum Project

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360