What are you listening to RIGHT NOW?

[drenrin2120]

uhh...

Necrophagist - Foul Body Autopsy (Clarinet Cover)


btw, loving your posts right now, archem.

[Archem]

I like to pretend that I have good taste in music.

Also, Fruck, Sax Black Metal is now a thing. Jesus Christ.

[fruckert]

I know, right?
I want Diablo Swing to make a sexy sax song, now.

[Archem]

Between the Buried and Me "Astral Body" (OFFICIAL VIDEO)

Ok, technically I'm listening to Lay Your Ghosts to Rest, but since all the songs on the album flow one right into the other, I'll cheat a little and say I'm still listening to this wondrous piece. God, it is so good.

EDIT: Ok, so, I'm looking at the credits to the album that this song comes from, and by ways of insane coincidence, a close friend of mine has his name in here as "Additional Production Editing". It's not him, but the fact that it just so happens that he has the same name as someone in the credits is pretty cool.

[Prpl_Mage]

Coheed and Cambria - Iron Fist (Descension) [HD]

Loving the new albums, gonna get 'em once they reaches the peninsula that is Sweden.

Also, Spotify is wonderful.

[Archem]

I had completely forgotten that the second half was out. Off to Amazon!

Also, listening:
NEVERMINDALREADYSHAREDTHATONEHERE'SJUDASPRIESTINSTEAD

Judas Priest - Ram It Down

[Prpl_Mage]

Quick but related question. Are the songs over there censored?
I sometimes bump into songs where certain "explicit" language is either swapped for something else or muted. Like "The willing well IV: The Final cut" by coheed, I think I encountered it at restaurant once where the words "bastard" and "whore" had been muted.

[Moosetroop11]

I don't think I've ever been in a resturant cool enough to be playing something like that.

[fruckert]

Brocas Helm - Cry of the Banshee (Lyrics in Description)

[Prpl_Mage]

I don't think I've ever been in a resturant cool enough to be playing something like that.

I think it was at Hard rock café or something similar. Guitars on the walls and stuff.

[Archem]

We do have censored versions of songs (sometimes entire albums have censored versions), but these are primarily for standard radio play where strong language is not permitted. From what I understand, some places have uncensored radio (perhaps they have a  special license?), and satellite radio is typically uncensored, but free air radio is usually censored. Private locations like bars or restaurants use uncensored versions at their own discretion, but locations considered "family friendly" usually censor content. Also, some stores are notorious for only selling censored music (Wal-Mart), and have a lousy reputation with music lovers.

Short answer: Yes, censored music for public consumption is commonplace because of all the demonization of music (and vulgarities in general, I suppose) that occurred over the past few decades in the US.

[Prpl_Mage]

We do have censored versions of songs (sometimes entire albums have censored versions), but these are primarily for standard radio play where strong language is not permitted. From what I understand, some places have uncensored radio (perhaps they have a  special license?), and satellite radio is typically uncensored, but free air radio is usually censored. Private locations like bars or restaurants use uncensored versions at their own discretion, but locations considered "family friendly" usually censor content. Also, some stores are notorious for only selling censored music (Wal-Mart), and have a lousy reputation with music lovers.

Short answer: Yes, censored music for public consumption is commonplace because of all the demonization of music (and vulgarities in general, I suppose) that occurred over the past few decades in the US.

Interesting, Swedish musicians can sing about pretty much anything. Like sex and going down on people and all the other kinds of crap that is more vulgar than actually cool. For some reason them people think that censorship is all wrong and against human rights and whatnot. Bugs me sometimes. Feels like we should censor more Swedish songs than American/international songs. Kids and oldies still don't get most of it.
So the songs we receive are censored if we receive them censored, using streamed music from an American service usually gives the censored ones. Spotify usually have both an explicit version and a clean version though which is nice and dandy.

Also:
Yohio - Heartbreak Hotel Melodifestivalen 2013 ESC Sweden 720

This is what passes for Swedish music today. And it is sung in English like most music aimed and adolescences. Besides looking like a anime character this guy is actually pretty big in japan, but that's mosrtly when he dresses up like a girl, that outfit is apparently not effeminate enough.

[Archem]

Gosh, that's terrible. The video you posted. Jeez.

Here, have some Tool.

Tool - Vicarious

[Prpl_Mage]

http://www.collegehumor.com/video/6182160/one-man-a-capella-pokemon-theme

The internet needs more acapella stuff like this

[Prpl_Mage]

This is what Swedish music usually sound like when it's not performed by some anime character.

Timbuktu - Fallskärm ( Lyric In Desc)