Music Buying Spree....
Feb. 27th, 2014 10:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shadowkatSo bored with my music, I recently added the following music to my MP3 Player, with an itunes credit that I got for Xmas and hadn't gotten around to using yet:
1.
St. Vincent reminds me a great deal of Amanda Palmer, except I think she might be a better vocalist. More lyrical. Think Sinead O'Connor meets Amanda Palmer.
2.
This is an amazing song. Really nails it. Sorry, it just is. I adore Pink.
3.
These are country western folk singers who sing very dark twisted songs, that are sort of the musical equivalent of a horror short story. Reminds me of a twisted Johnny Cash meets The Kingston Trio.
4.
Reminds me a lot of Arcadia and The Cranberries...angsty alternative, with haunting lyrical melodies.
5.
David Bowie has never more haunting or iconic.
6.
Another new favorite...sort of a mix of country folk and Americana...although my ipod puts in some other genre entirely.
7.
American Hustle had one of the best music soundtracks that I've heard in a movie in a while.
Soundtracks really do affect movies and television series - the better ones use them effectively. I adore the compilation from The Hunger Games - but oddly, none of the songs were in the movie or on the movie track.
For examples of soundtracks used effectively in televisions series see:
* Buffy the Vampire Slayer (bought the sound track)
* MASH
* True Detective (bought the theme song)
* True Blood (bought the soundtrack)
* The Wire (I've bought it)
* Supernatural (bought portions of it...particularly the theme song by Kansas)
Soundtracks that aren't used effectively or hurt the show:
* Grey's Anatomy (dear sound editor, do not ever lay a music track over voice over narration and dialogue.)
* Vampire Diaries (barely noticeable and often sappy)
1.
St. Vincent reminds me a great deal of Amanda Palmer, except I think she might be a better vocalist. More lyrical. Think Sinead O'Connor meets Amanda Palmer.
2.
This is an amazing song. Really nails it. Sorry, it just is. I adore Pink.
3.
These are country western folk singers who sing very dark twisted songs, that are sort of the musical equivalent of a horror short story. Reminds me of a twisted Johnny Cash meets The Kingston Trio.
4.
Reminds me a lot of Arcadia and The Cranberries...angsty alternative, with haunting lyrical melodies.
5.
David Bowie has never more haunting or iconic.
6.
Another new favorite...sort of a mix of country folk and Americana...although my ipod puts in some other genre entirely.
7.
American Hustle had one of the best music soundtracks that I've heard in a movie in a while.
Soundtracks really do affect movies and television series - the better ones use them effectively. I adore the compilation from The Hunger Games - but oddly, none of the songs were in the movie or on the movie track.
For examples of soundtracks used effectively in televisions series see:
* Buffy the Vampire Slayer (bought the sound track)
* MASH
* True Detective (bought the theme song)
* True Blood (bought the soundtrack)
* The Wire (I've bought it)
* Supernatural (bought portions of it...particularly the theme song by Kansas)
Soundtracks that aren't used effectively or hurt the show:
* Grey's Anatomy (dear sound editor, do not ever lay a music track over voice over narration and dialogue.)
* Vampire Diaries (barely noticeable and often sappy)