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[Brian Damage]

This such an awesome piece of timing and sound, why is it you do not like it?

[thejackyl]

I don't like it either.

[Brian Damage]

Then if I could edit the thread title, I would add your name.

[Tenacious Z]

For the same reason I don't like Vampire Weekend songs - it doesn't breathe or go anywhere, it just hammers away with the same intensity, speed and general rhythm for two and a half minutes.

Listen to it, and immediately listen to the instrumental jam in the second half of TCV's "Warsaw" - it's the fully realized version of "Hispanic Impressions." Just took Homme a few years to really hone the idea.

[thejackyl]

For the same reason I don't like Vampire Weekend songs - it doesn't breathe or go anywhere, it just hammers away with the same intensity, speed and general rhythm for two and a half minutes.

Listen to it, and immediately listen to the instrumental jam in the second half of TCV's "Warsaw" - it's the fully realized version of "Hispanic Impressions." Just took Homme a few years to really hone the idea.

Bingo

[Brian Damage]

I disgree, I really like the sound and rhythym of this track, has some tasty licks and beats. Maybe it was meant for people without musical training. Like me.

[astroman]

he's racist. just likes their food.

[Tenacious Z]

Fuck yeah, I like their food. They understand the richness and importance of simple food.

Texans don't, but that's ok, because their grasp of culinary concepts is like Sylvester Stallone's grasp of cinema - no subtlety whatsoever, but shameless and full of enthusiasm, which is what makes them awesome.

This song is sort of like tex-mex in that the passion and ideas are clearly there, and that in itself is appealing, but they don't quite have the musical maturity to back it up and give it the proper treatment it deserves. A little too much flour and not enough chili powder in the gravy.

Just smoke some of your fresh garden herb, re-read my posts, and listen to the two tracks side by side - you'll hear the difference and see what I'm talking about. Musical training is no match for a little ganja-fueled perspective.

[Regular Sanch]

It just sounds fucking annoying.

[Tenacious Z]

Agreed, but you gotta ask yourself why it sounds annoying.

[Mr SpaceFlunky]

i fucking love it.

[peabrain]

it really is super annoying.

[TheAceRock.]

yep. it's the only song on that album that i'll actually skip.


of the two instrumentals, i prefer lightning song. it always puts a smile on my face.

[Tenacious Z]

Lightning Song actually has a little thing called cadence.

[Regular Sanch]

yep. it's the only song on that album that i'll actually skip.


of the two instrumentals, i prefer lightning song. it always puts a smile on my face.

Gotta be spiders and vinagroons for the instrumental winner.

[TheAceRock.]

yep. it's the only song on that album that i'll actually skip.


of the two instrumentals, i prefer lightning song. it always puts a smile on my face.

Gotta be spiders and vinagroons for the instrumental winner.

i was referring to the major releases, so i wasn't including spiders and vinEgAroons.

[Chubbykipper]

I think Tenacious Z just nailed it. I was never keen on Hispanic Impressions and I never knew quite why, but Z put it very eloquently.

[HolteEnder]

Agreed, but you gotta ask yourself why it sounds annoying.

why?

[CJ]

it really is super annoying.

[Tenacious Z]

Agreed, but you gotta ask yourself why it sounds annoying.

why?

Because nobody gives a shit if you like it or not unless you've got something more to say about it.

[Kickstand27]

hmmmm  the 2nd half of warsaw has a similar timing and shres a couple of the same notes.  

but i cant lump them together in the slightest...  

hispanic impressions makes me feel like i am on a fucking carpet ride with flips and narrow misses.

the second half of warsaw reminds me of driving in some black deathmobile at of the stroke of midnight passing from the world of the living to the underworld just as it goes from the bluesy harmonica sounding guitar part.  


they both have a circus beat at parts.  but thats about it

[HolteEnder]

Agreed, but you gotta ask yourself why it sounds annoying.

why?

Because nobody gives a shit if you like it or not unless you've got something more to say about it.

when people start talking about songs and why they like or dislike them, it just comes across as really... boring.

I LIKE THE DRUMS IN THIS ONE

[AnDi-ChRiSt]

it's only boring when people have little to nothing to say about them, Holte. A person figuring out why they like the drums can actually help them elevate their palette and expand their awareness. Indeed music is the gift that keeps on giving.

[Kickstand27]

it's only boring when people have little to nothing to say about them, Holte. A person figuring out why they like the drums can actually help them elevate their palette and expand their awareness. Indeed music is the gift that keeps on giving.

sounds like something youd need to exert some thought and energy on though..

[AnDi-ChRiSt]

it's only boring when people have little to nothing to say about them, Holte. A person figuring out why they like the drums can actually help them elevate their palette and expand their awareness. Indeed music is the gift that keeps on giving.

sounds like something youd need to exert some thought and energy on though..

which are both in short supply for the average listener, apparently.  

[Kickstand27]

it's only boring when people have little to nothing to say about them, Holte. A person figuring out why they like the drums can actually help them elevate their palette and expand their awareness. Indeed music is the gift that keeps on giving.

sounds like something youd need to exert some thought and energy on though..

which is apparently in short supply for the average listener.  

its true to a point though.  the average listener wants a DJ to tell them what they like and what they don't/aren't supposed to like anymore.
We can't all  think about why we care or don't care for things.  
i dont get it, true as it may be.

[AnDi-ChRiSt]

yes we can. Why can't we?

[Kickstand27]

yes we can. Why can't we?

oh, we can
but we all won't..  or maybe it's just not a part of the throught process.  
dunno.  
i am playing sardonic devils advocate

[AnDi-ChRiSt]

I agree it's unlikely, and impractical.

but not impossible.

[HolteEnder]

it's only boring when people have little to nothing to say about them, Holte. A person figuring out why they like the drums can actually help them elevate their palette and expand their awareness.

which is even more boring