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  1. 2nd movement of stravinsky's rite of spring

    egmont overture - beethoven

    bolero - ravel

    shostakovich 7th and 12th symphony

    tchaikovsky - fucking everything but symphony 6 is probably best

    fountains and pines of rome - respighi (this one will surely draw out all the high school orchestra nerds)

    mahler symphony 2 and 5

  2. i just realized you weren't limiting this to pop/rock. if open to all genres, then this thread can basically just be:

    1a. everything miles davis did from 1958 to 1970.

    1b. everything chet baker did from 1952 to 1965.

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  3. misirlou - dick dale (bones, horns, trumpets, tuba)

    all you need is love/got to get you into my life/penny lane - beatles (full orchestra brass, flugelhorn)

    uptown funk - bruno/ronson (horns)

    digital witness - st. vincent (horns)

    fake empire - the national (bones, horns, and trumpets)

    sledgehammer - pg (trumpets and horns)

    born to run - springsteen (i think this one might not work actually - can't remember if it was all sax)

    bitch and doo doo doo doo - stones (trumpets)

    national anthem - radiohead (horns)

    walking on sunshine - katrina and the waves (horns)

    the boxer - paul simon (piccolo trumpet)

    was going to say just the way you are by billy joel but i'm pretty sure that's all sax, as is baker street. i'm pretty sure picking up the pieces from awb above is also all sax.

    everything ever by james brown, chicago, or ew&f.

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  4. 5 minutes ago, kevwun said:

    That video is supposed to be real.

    it's not supposed to be...it is.

    i am trying to figure out why fudge nuggets drove-by saying it wasn't real and what stupid shit got over on him.

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  5. 23 hours ago, RollLeft said:

    I know this is the concern for some of you.  Do you know why I'm not concerned because 1) we will never agree to the definition of when we get there so we will never get there 2) the free press 3) the courts 4) we've got too many people like you and others who actually believe this is the fight and are fighting it 5) i don't believe that Trump, even with some people like this in his ear, ultimately wants that. (insert all your kilmar abrego retort here)

    For all his faults he's a business man who will sell out ANYONE for his image/ buck.  In the end he knows being a racist klepto has no end game except being a 3rd world country.  So He's doing, right or wrong to you, what he thinks is best for country, which was IN FACT, walking toward economic disaster.  its first and always first about the economy.  That said he has made his personal social views align with half the country who have anti-left social views.  So good for him and those that think like him, i guess.  For too long this country has favored social justice issues over simple economics. It didn't have to be either or but in my opinion we took our eye off the ball for dumb shit for too long. 

    As for Trumps family making money on whatever.  IF he's broken the law, prosecute him.  IF not why do you care?  We haven't done much about how AOC a former bar tender is now worth 20million.  The hypocrisy is on both sides. 

    if i had cable maybe

    my fucking god.

  6. 10 minutes ago, Thermos H. Christ said:

    I can’t say how I know this but I have it on really good authority that she is crazier than he is

    Umm, she willingly chose to marry Alex Jones. 

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  7. 3 hours ago, DDD Dad said:

    Not as embarrassing as even a single nomination for The Gorge. 

    no fucking way...are you serious? that colossal piece of shit got nominated for an award? 

  8. 2 hours ago, ImNotMarkinson said:

    i think movies were just more awesome in the 90s than now.  it wasn't nostalgia.  i knew i was watching greatness at the time.  i remember walking out of shawshank and going holy shit. i remember walking out of fargo and going holy shit.  i remember walking out of sling blade and going holy shit.  i don't really do that any more.  i'm no longer the target audience, but i don't think anyone comes out of movies like that any more.

    something something, username.

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  9. 4 minutes ago, honolulu horn said:

    He did three shows at the Bowery Ballroom earlier this year, capacity like 500. The guy just loves being on stage. 

    not in texas, apparently.

  10. south austin pretty much nailed it. bono truly is insufferable in his need to make it seem like everything he says 100% of the time in every setting and every context is somehow profound and transcendent. it's performative and exhausting as he seemingly has no chill. i genuinely would have no interest in spending any time with him in any setting because my eyes would get exhausted rolling into the back of my head. it is a testament to the other three guys' patience and tolerance that they endured and held it together so long.

    i disagree with g650 obviously...edge is undoubtedly an inferior "player" to knopfler, gilmour, etc... but his sonic experimentation with what he can do with the guitar and constantly reinventing it from unforgettable fire through all that you can't leave behind - which while it all seems inevitable now - was amazing. i honestly think of him more as a producer than a guitarist. unlike bono, i would happily spend weeks in a studio with edge messing around with sounds.

    moving on from u2...

     

    some other classic intros that i haven't seen or overlooked in here - "voodoo child," "little wing," and "purple haze," "let's go crazy" and the drums on "take me with u," "angel" (massive attack), "carmina burana" (orff), "california love" (very few songs can make you immediately move like that one), "under pressure," "rhythm of the heat" (peter gabriel), "don giovanni" (mozart), "whiter shade of pale," "levee" and "going to california," "upper hand" (pearl jam), "mayonaise" (pumpkins), "block rockin beats" (chemical bros), "play that funky music," "come together," "welcome to the jungle," the underutilized bass only start to "lovely day" (withers), probably doesn't count as an intro since the motif is the whole song but the beginning of "every breath you take" can't be denied, "throw it up" (lil jon), "also sprach zarathustra" (strauss) "let's stay together" (al green), outshined (soundgarden), half the shit by metallica, "crazy train," also s

    winner of best intro under three seconds long: "let's get it on" by marvin.

  11. 2 hours ago, South Austin said:

    Yeah, but those Mackovic years.

    it will never cease to amaze me that texas fans - when pointing to the shittiest football years in history - always point to mackovic instead of mcwilliams. objectively speaking, while the teams were not elite, the 94-96 teams were somewhat fun to watch. mcwilliams was way shittier. way, way shittier. like so shitty that charlie strong's teams were the only ones that were competitively as bad since ww2. even the one decent season in 90 was a complete fucking farce of unbelievably shitty opponents that miami put on full dispaly to cap things off.

    but because he was a texas guy (and i guess the gardere outcomes against ou), mcwilliams gets off the hook while everyone points to mackovic. to me, mcwilliams and strong are the co-presidents of the texas football makes you suicidal club. mackovic won the last swc, the first big 12, and was responsible for my favoite horn ever in ricky. mcwilliams got abused by everyone except gary gibbs.

    sorry for football'ing (the single shittiest board on this site - kind of like mcwilliams) the cr.

    just needed to say that.

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  12. 19 minutes ago, South Austin said:

    Probably not much.  I think that song has been a mainstay on the setlists for all of their tours going back to 1987.

    for sure he's played it a billion times live but even for him, i suspect it takes a little practicing to get it nailed. if you watch closely in the video i posted, he looks extremely focused and is rocking back and forth to keep his tempo (he never really looked like that the rest of the show...he just walked around the stage completely loose and chill like it was a rock concert) because, as i figured out when i learned to play that riff, that 8th dot delay can really screw up your perceived tempo as you get deeper into it despite the left hand being extremely simple and the right hand not being too terrible.

    but then again, i'm me and he's edge so yeah...you're likely right.

  13. 3 hours ago, South Austin said:

    Would have posted this one.  

    The song has been overplayed since its release.  But when you see it live, like I did when the band opened with it in Boston in 2015, it's pretty fucking awesome.

    I think the Rattle and Hum tour was the best they ever did with it live but it was pretty solid at the sphere a couple of years ago. My seats were last minute so not great but still gives a good idea. I wonder how long Edge has to re-rehearse the riff to get back up to speed whenever they go out  

     

    eta: actually, i just remembered the super bowl halftime show right after 9/11 where they did mlk right into it...that was pretty fucking amazing.

  14. 5 hours ago, stc said:

    pussy gillette- power trio. entertaining for a few songs but then you realize every song sounds the exact same. lead singer's schtick also got a bit tiresome. 

    i'll be honest, i looked them up to see if there songs were all protest songs against bushy cooch.

    it was even worse than that. holy shit, what a shitty lords of acid ripoff.

  15. 24 minutes ago, hornian said:

    And that's how we (as Texans) got into this mess in the first place. People like Paxton thrive due to low information voters who blindly pull the lever for the (R) candidate, even if they would blanche at what that candidate is/does/stands for if they actually took a little time to educate themselves. 

    But, it won't change. Go read the LBJ biographies by Robert Caro. This has been going on in Texas since reconstruction. 

    While your point is 100% valid and applies you at least 90% of Texans (I.e., idiots), bateshorn lives in Maryland or Virginia. 

    though given his career, I still find it surprising he’s not that familiar with Paxton’s general awfulness given the national profile he’s tried to cultivate in being on the vanguard of the race to the bottom. 

  16. this isn't really the right thread for it (there is no such thing on this site) but over the last few months, due to a lack of creativity on the original songwriting front, i worked on my production and post-production skills doing some HZ mockups from ear. i did one for time from inception, a suite from interstellar, a track from the dark knight rises, and a small section of the pirates of the carribean suite. all done from scratch with midi with a few exceptions (i recorded acoustic and electric guitar for the end of the inception mockup as well as interspersed in the pirates mockup). anyway, not my music to share but my production and they were really fun to make.

     

     

     

     

     

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  17. 1 minute ago, Guadaloopy said:

    Like you, I have come out the Church of Christ tradition, which is exceedingly focused on doctrinal orthodoxy derived from reasoning and rational examination using New Testament scripture as a proof text.  The focus has always been on gaining certainty of God's will and God's plan, which sadly has left very little room for faith and grace.

    I have not abandoned the CoC and still attend regularly in an effort to be an instrument for change. 

    My faith journey over the past 15 years has led me towards the realization that the Bible is a multi-vocal collection of stories and writings documenting God-seeking people's experiences with God and the truths (their truths) that they took from those experiences.  Realizing that the Bible is multi-vocal and not a word-for-word from dictation from the mouth of God (something it never actually claims) has been exceptionally freeing for me which has challenged, yet ultimately deepened my faith.

    I find that I don't really sweat the details and now have very simple filters now for whether or not I accept a particular view or reading of scripture.  What are the manifest fruits of this interpretation, and does it prevent, hinder, or otherwise get in the way of me or another person loving God and others?

    I believe in Jesus and the saving power of his sacrifice.  I believe in the power of Jesus' blood and the nature of God being love so strongly that I find myself drawn to belief in universal salvation.  To me, being a Christian means that I choose to live in response to that sacrifice by loving God and loving others as Jesus loves me.  

    I believe that Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, all religions, all peoples, and the entirety of creation are all redeemed and reconciled to God through the power of Christ's blood.  I believe that the Spirit leads other cultures and traditions towards loving God and love others within their culture and tradition.  People, cultures, and traditions will get it wrong along the way - we always do.  But there's something in all of us that nudges towards reverence for something more than ourselves and to live in peace and harmony with those around us. 

     

    I came across the theological concept of amipotence a couple of years ago, and I find it very compelling.  It flows from an acceptance that the defining characteristic of God's entire being is love.  And from that flows the idea that perfect love is perfectly uncontrolling.  Therefore God's perfect love for His entire creation constrains Him from acting in a controlling manner upon His creation.  Human free will and the physical laws of the universe are allowed to proceed without interference to their own conclusions.

    Prayer provides one path of connection to God's perfect love, and the true power of God's love is the peace and acceptance we receive while in relationship with Him.  That time of connection can calm our frazzled nerves, ease or at least provide a limitless outlet for the pain of our broken hearts, unlock our intuition about a problem we are dealing with, or release the unknown mechanisms of placebo or some other type of holistic healing.  

    however, it unfortunately won't make fsd or robotaxi work.

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