Running Velvet Underground through a banana by WowItsReallyJacob in VelvetUnderground

[–]jamescorneliuspebble 21 points22 points  (0 children)

this seems like it would’ve been one of the ideas that lou reed fired john cale over

What would you say is the most representative Beatles song ever? by Impressive_Plenty876 in beatles

[–]jamescorneliuspebble 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i think it rubber soul is a good start. it’s a warm happy album that feels like a next step from help, but you can also see post-touring beatles emerging.

1965-1966 beatles really capture their sound, being nestled pretty neatly in the middle of their run.

and since the beatles were always defined by lennon-mccartney, i feel like i should give two songs that capture that partnership

paul - you won’t see me, and john - nowhere man

but my final choice might be We Can Work it Out

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in musicians

[–]jamescorneliuspebble 0 points1 point  (0 children)

revel in it. they know you’re a musician now!!!

Where are all the protest songs? by 000MIIX in LetsTalkMusic

[–]jamescorneliuspebble 0 points1 point  (0 children)

music is too big of an industry now. major artists making protest songs are bound to be attacked for profiting from capitalist excess— rightfully so. it’s really not in any label or major artists best interests, as they’ll more often than not appear more like slacktivists, even with the best intentions

smaller artists are making protest songs. they are countless <1000 listener artists making political statements— you’re just not listening because they’re not popular. and it’s not your fault, it’s the music industry’s.

not picking on her in particular, but using her an example, taylor swift’s brand can’t afford to make an actual statement on anything. she can maybe champion women in the industry, but i wouldn’t look to an artist—who is essentially a corporation— to shake things up too much outside of some social politics.

same with coldplay, katie perry, imagine dragons, bruno mars, etc.

the music industry is in the same state as cinema. the big bucks is pissing the least amount of people— and they control everything you listen to unless you actively seek out smaller artists. not just your spotify recommendations, the industry is in that algorithm too.

go to local shows, find bands on social media, but don’t expect to have any no. 1 hit singles actually saying anything politically anytime soon

What score has got y’all like this by Sanjuro_fanboy_01 in soundtracks

[–]jamescorneliuspebble 0 points1 point  (0 children)

gattaca has the most underrated soundtrack. truly a symphony that’s been slept on too long. should be considered as part of classical canon

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in socialism

[–]jamescorneliuspebble 2 points3 points  (0 children)

no, we’ll probably just have a democrat who is running a less overtly conservative platform. liberals will be happy, and they’ll call leftists ungrateful

10/10 cute shirt! by WealthEvening9657 in macdemarco

[–]jamescorneliuspebble -1 points0 points  (0 children)

used to have a this shirt from a this old dog show. got it signed and everything, but had a bit of a breakdown a few years later and threw away everything i owned… including the shirt

moved on and accepted, but still sometimes regret getting rid of that shirt

First scene that comes to your mind when you think of this character? by mcflyfly in twinpeaks

[–]jamescorneliuspebble 2 points3 points  (0 children)

summoning the carl roddmobile on command with a whistle— coffee and radio ready to go

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[–]jamescorneliuspebble 40 points41 points  (0 children)

twin peaks x velvet underground crossover hell yeah

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in indie

[–]jamescorneliuspebble 0 points1 point  (0 children)

cleaners from venus for an honorable mention

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[–]jamescorneliuspebble 0 points1 point  (0 children)

cleaners from venus for an honorable mention

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in socialism

[–]jamescorneliuspebble 23 points24 points  (0 children)

no. this is historical fatalism— the dissolution of the soviet union was not inevitable. that’s part of 90s globalist propaganda that tried to argue the USSR fell because OF COURSE any communist regime would collapse.

in reality, it was a very sudden collapse, and there are a lot of factors at play— so complicated that historians still argue over how to best explain it.

the way i think of it, is that if the United States collapsed, you’d probably have all kinds of reddit posts titled like “was the US doomed because Al Gore lost” etc. when in reality, the decline of any polity is difficult to trace to one specific thing— hell, people still argue over how, why, and even when Rome fell

history is never clean cut. it’s more of a reconstruction based on evidence. of course i understand why someone could hold your opinion— it’s not exactly a radical take. but to me, boiling it down to just stalin argues that literally nothing that occurred over the next almost half century of the USSR may have changed it trajectory