GODSPEED YOU BLACK EMPEROR
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Topic: GODSPEED YOU BLACK EMPEROR
Posted By: bamba
Subject: GODSPEED YOU BLACK EMPEROR
Date Posted: June 09 2005 at 19:17
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OO YEAH THIS CANDIAN BAND PLAYS O TANGO 2 HOTEL AND THEY ROCK LIKE ANYONE. THIS POST ROCK BAND ITS AMAZING THEY MAKE SONG'S OF ALMOST 20 MINUTES AND DONT PANIC ALL THE THING ARE GREAT PLAYED AD COMPOSED. AND YEAh ALSO HAVE A VIOLIN NAD A CELLO PLAYER IF WANT. GREAT EVERY ALBUM ITS A GEM ON THE POST EXPERIMENTAL ROCK.
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Posted By: con safo
Date Posted: June 10 2005 at 00:25
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Indeed they are an amazing band, some of the most intense climaxes ive
ever heard, and i love how they mix those spooky spoken words into
their songs, good example is near the beginning of Static when the dude
is yelling about seeing the face of god, and dieing, really powerful
stuff.
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Posted By: John
Date Posted: June 10 2005 at 03:45
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Without wanting to be rude to the topic starter: I don't like Godspeed you
black emperor! There's no arguing about taste I guess. I find them tedious and don't find their music well-composed at all. To me, it just sounds like pretentious, slow noodling in C major, underpinned by a boring straight beat and with a tremendous amount of reverbs and delays tossed in. (Sounds like a good description of U2... hahaha!) I really like Sigur Ros though, especially the () album... the two bands are often compared to one another... |
Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: June 10 2005 at 11:42
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GY!BE have been discussed on the boards before, and there are lots of fans on the forums. I really like all the albums so far, but I'd agree that a lot of their music sounds very similar. ------------- 'Like so many of you I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: July 14 2005 at 11:40
| The only GYBE CD I have is "Wave your skinny fists" and the first half of the first CD (whatever it's called) is one of the most amazing pieces of music I've ever heard. Starts of quietly then builds up to a climax. Even though it's pretty much based on one chord, it's still amazing. |
Posted By: Syrinx
Date Posted: July 14 2005 at 13:46
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Absolutely love them. Amazing band. If you haven't already, I highly recommend checking out Efrim's side-project A Silver Mt. Zion. The album '"This Is Our Punk Rock," thee Rusted Satellites Gather + Sing' is one of the best albums I've heard in ages. |
Posted By: progreviews
Date Posted: July 14 2005 at 14:12
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Great band, as are so many of the others from the Montreal post-rock scene. In fact I like most of the others better than GYBE at this point... ------------- http://www.progreviews.com/"> 
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Posted By: Syrinx
Date Posted: July 14 2005 at 14:41
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Word. Lots of awesome stuff there. Do Make Say Think are my personal favourite. |
Posted By: Hangedman
Date Posted: July 14 2005 at 15:21
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I LOVE those guys myself, just saw them live at the ottawa blues fest a few days ago. WAY better live |
Syrinx wrote:Posted By: RUM26
Date Posted: July 14 2005 at 23:52
man i love that saying (god speed)  ------------- SHEP get with the program |
Posted By: AcidTentacles89
Date Posted: November 04 2005 at 14:54
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Godspeed You! Black Emperor is my all time favorite band in the world. They always will be. They have the greatest climaxes I have ever heard. The greatest drones and peaks and then when all the noise seems to be structured and have form Godspeed creates chaos and totally destroys the creation and the song is just filled with clashing and crashing and bent noises. I love them. They are my favorite and have influnced me so much. |
Posted By: Tholomyes
Date Posted: November 04 2005 at 15:13
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Really good band. I love the words in their songs like Sleep, Static or BBF3. They almost sound like a movie soundtrack, especially the depresive F#A#oo; The Dead Flag Blues (Intro) reminds me very much the films about the world war II. |
Posted By: memowakeman
Date Posted: November 04 2005 at 15:45
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YEP.. AGREED WITH THE MOST OF YOU... MY FAV IS LIFT YOUR SKKINY FISTS LIKE ANTHENAS TO HEAVEN... 4 GREEAAAT SONGS... REALLY IS A GOOD BAND ------------- Follow me on twitter @memowakeman |
Posted By: Lindsay Lohan
Date Posted: November 04 2005 at 15:57
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i have only heard some songs by them...to me it sounds like this ever lasting songs that although there are many good riffs there can take a while before there is actually happening something...just like sigur ros they might just drone on forever on the same riff for the last 10 minutes..are all their songs like that? or do they have vocal tracks with more timechanges and stuff? ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Fjuffe/?chartstyle=sideRed - [IMG - http://imagegen.last.fm/sideRed/recenttracks/Fjuffe.gif - |
Posted By: alan_pfeifer
Date Posted: November 04 2005 at 15:59
| F# A# is the only album I have, but I love it sooooooo much. And Moya is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard. |
Posted By: Korova
Date Posted: November 04 2005 at 16:49
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I know just few of their songs but I like them!
------------- La Speranza della coscienza è forza La Speranza del sentimento è schiavitù La Speranza del corpo è malattia (G.I. Gurdjieff) |
Posted By: matti meikäläin
Date Posted: November 04 2005 at 16:56
| AMAZING BAND |
Posted By: Tholomyes
Date Posted: November 05 2005 at 13:57
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Agreed, Moya is my favourite too from GYBE. and have you ever noticed that Travis' Love Will Come Through copy the same line guitar from GYBE's Moya?
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Posted By: Logos
Date Posted: November 05 2005 at 14:28
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Of course not!!! Great band by the way. |
Posted By: muffley_mirkin
Date Posted: November 05 2005 at 14:32
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Great band, amazing music. They have to seen live though. Last saw them in
London about 2 yrs ago. Wish they'd release stuff a bit more often though. There are plenty of live recording around the net as they encourage personal taping of their concerts |
Posted By: Harry Hood
Date Posted: November 05 2005 at 14:39
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They aren't my favorite post-rock band, but they are one of the most important. And they are a great band. I don't agree with other people who say all their songs sound the same. each of their songs has something different to offer, conveys a different message, and inspires different feelings and emotions. ------------- 
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Posted By: Crafter
Date Posted: November 05 2005 at 15:09
+1 
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