SR XLVIII: Our Jimmies Are Eternal

Fox On The Rocks wrote: Oh Thomas, you so GOD. I listened to all of Amputechture walking home from my exam today - fantastic record. The musicianship is just breathtaking and the energy is so vibrant, it perfectly suited the weather I was walking in - extremely hot and humid.

Fox On The Rocks wrote: Oh Thomas, you so GOD. I listened to all of Amputechture walking home from my exam today - fantastic record. The musicianship is just breathtaking and the energy is so vibrant, it perfectly suited the weather I was walking in - extremely hot and humid.

aginor wrote: dynamics is one of the most important elements in all music

These little poney in your avatar seems to have a lot of dynamics on the piano.

Horizons wrote: Fox On The Rocks wrote: Oh Thomas, you so GOD. I listened to all of Amputechture walking home from my exam today - fantastic record. The musicianship is just breathtaking and the energy is so vibrant, it perfectly suited the weather I was walking in - extremely hot and humid. Jon was much better. Thomas has no dynamics.

Oh yeah, for sure. Both excel in technical aspects, but in terms of emotion, dynamics and techinque, Jon, no contest. I really wish he was still in the band, he must have been a huge influence on all the other musicians in the band. Roulette Dares (The Haunt Of) is a tour de force for drumming, well in fact, all of De-Loused is really.

i like some Mars Volta thoujgh

JT left because he wanted to smoke weed and sit around all the time and Omar likes to practice 6 hours a day and 2 hours every day WHILE ON TOUR. JT did not have his heart in it enough for Omar and omar is tough to work with

So in between working on what I'm supposed to be working on (i.e. work), I wrote 4 Residents reviews today, two for albums I really like and two for albums I don't really like.  I'm an even-handed Residents fan.

i like Mars Volta in ca 60% way, not fully but not hating ether, i like MAstodon and they are sort of soul brothers those two bands, to sets of one coin 

Smurph wrote: JT left because he wanted to smoke weed and sit around all the time and Omar likes to practice 6 hours a day and 2 hours every day WHILE ON TOUR. JT did not have his heart in it enough for Omar and omar is tough to work with   T Prigden left because Cedric and him had it out- Tprig is young and crazy and does drugs and stuff and I guess that didnt like having that around because of their past. Also, I think omar was realizing that Tprig is great but that he's not quite as versitile as he wanted him to be.   Although, if you listen to Omar's solo albums with Tprig they're very good. Xenophanes and Calibration come to mind.

That's why they should have kept Jon. The guy was extremely versatile and willing to play rhythms that benefited the music well, rather than Thomas, which I do love his style of course.
Yeah, I can see Omar as being a bit stubborn and controlling. Well, I mean, it's his music anyways so he should be in control of how it's going to sound as finished product. Was Omar and Cedric still smoking at the time? They do in one of the music videos, though, that's only a music video.

hahah- looked them up- Symphonic Djent hahaha- sounds at least worth a listen!