Scrabbled Comp #6: Does Not Exist
Sorry but the last compilation post was a disaster. Things just didn’t work out. I had a very challenging weekend: some drinking, plenty of heartbreak, long graduate classes, a Sunday of test grading.
That being said, Hutch’s Halloween Mix is fucking perfect and makes for a great replacement.
And without further ado, the theme for Scrabbled Comp #7:
Artists or song titles with some form of the number 7. That can include “septa,” “VII”, etc. Be creative.
7 is my favorite number, so that’s why I’m focusing so much on it. My opening track is TBA.
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Seven Days and Seven Nights- The New Year (ftp’d)
there are two versions incase the itunes purchased one doesn’t work.
“seven Deadly Sins” by Flogging Molly
Question: what about iterations of 7? Like 17 or 2007?
Ima go with 7 (arrow up) by The Boredoms, though it was very tempting to pick 7/4 (Shorelines) by Broken Social Scene or D-7 by Nirvana.
Seven Years of Holidays- The Walkmen
Thanks for the silent understanding, everyone. Hutch, I would have been fine with “7/4 (Shorelines)” or “D-7”, but not something with “2007” or “17”.
my pick is “seven” by sunny day real estate
Even though 7/4 isn’t really 7 at all? So if I can express a number as a mathematical equality, I’m good? So can I include (7*2)+3 Seconds by the The Cure?
I was thinking about this earlier. If the song title mathematically works out to equal 7, then it’s okay. But if you change the song title, not okay.
I like 7/4 and D-7, because the “7” is more separated than 2007 or 17. So if you’re going with the numeral “7” then I’d like to see it as its own whole number, not a piece of a different whole number.
christina said:my pick is “seven” by sunny day real estate
Good one! I was thinking of picking that, too. I think I like it more than the song I picked (and I definitely like 7/4 shorelines and D-7 more than the song I picked), but in the end, I was just more pumped about turning a few people on to the Boredoms.
“Seven Caged Tigers” by Stone Temple Pilots
“Seven Doors Hotel” by Europe
My favorite Europe song, written about the Lucio Fulci film, “The Beyond.”
Seven Day Candle by Christie Front Drive. Up in my ftp folder.
Fugue #7777 from the Katamari Damacy soundtrack. I haven’t forgiven myself for not being more adamant about getting Cherry Blossom Color Season on the fruit and vegetable comp., so I’m making up for it now. If you don’t like it, you can eat my ass.
Jay said:Fugue #7777 from the Katamari Damacy soundtrack. I haven’t forgiven myself for not being more adamant about getting Cherry Blossom Color Season on the fruit and vegetable comp., so I’m making up for it now. If you don’t like it, you can eat my ass.
My goodness, so aggressive! Did you ever notice the closing track on Scrabbled Comp #2: Outta This World?
THE LIST
Self Wide Awake at 7
Deftones 7 Words
Jens Lekman Tram #7 to Heaven
and our winner Iron Maiden Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
(am i doing this because it’s fun to test paris’ limits through the inclusion of METALLL? yes. i probably like the self song better but SEVENTH SEVENTH those are some fucking exponential sevens there.)
maggie said:(am i doing this because it’s fun to test paris’ limits through the inclusion of METALLL? yes. i probably like the self song better but SEVENTH SEVENTH those are some fucking exponential sevens there.)
I applaud your selection of some real metal. Screw the haters, and screw crappy Pitchfork ironic hipster metal.
David Bowie – Seven
Kevin said:maggie said:(am i doing this because it’s fun to test paris’ limits through the inclusion of METALLL? yes. i probably like the self song better but SEVENTH SEVENTH those are some fucking exponential sevens there.)
I applaud your selection of some real metal. Screw the haters, and screw crappy Pitchfork ironic hipster metal.
What falls under pitchfork ironic hipster metal? Just curious. The only band I could maybe think of is The Darkness. Or maybe Wolfmother.
I mean stuff like Mastodon, Baroness, Boris, Isis, Sun O))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) (or however many of those things they have after their name).
I like those bands just fine. But it’s my hipstery, artsy-fartsy indie rock side that likes them not my metal side. It just always irks me to read blogger types or whoever who say they like metal and then list those bands as examples.
Yeah, I see what you’re saying. I also love both types of bands, but it’s totally two different parts of me that likes them.
That said, I dunno how you can lump Mastodon in with them. I definitely love them with the same part of my brain that loves Slayer. They’re fucking incredible. Also, have you heard the new Dethklok? I didn’t really have much interest, but I checked it out to see what sort of impact Hoglund had and OH MY GOD. Some of the songs are so goddam good.
Mastodon is the ultimate hipster metal band. They played the Pitchfork festival of all things. They’re just far too noodly and concepty but without the aggression or the cheese factor that a band like say Nile has.
Look at that profile picture of mine. I have a built in sensor for these type of things. I can tell if a band meets the unironic metal threshold and has at least 2 members, with at least 2 Iron Maiden and at least 2 Judas Priest albums in their collections. If not…..not metal. And I don’t buy that any member of Mastodon fits the bill.
I can’t get past the fact that Dethklok is a band for a cartoon. I’ve heard one or two songs but they didn’t do anything for me.
One could argue that a great deal of metal is pretty cartoony. I mean, 3 Inches of Blood? How is that NOT music for a cartoon? When was the last time you listened to Wykydtron?
Anyhow, I don’t think being noodly or concepty is necessarily a strike against a band. What about Meshuggah?
Much current metal is, but as a whole it’s only cartoony if you look at it ironically.
And Meshuggah: Hipster Metal.
You’re nuts. Your rules are completely stupid and arbitrary. Meshuggah’s been making incredible metal since long before any hipsters might have adopted them. You just seem content to label any metal that’s remotely proggy as “hipster.” Well hipster is not synonymous with prog. It never was and it never will be. Prog is a whole different level of anti-social nerd and it’s something I hold very dear and close to my heart and I dont’ care how many white-belted squatters adopt it.
I like my metal complex. Lots of people do. These are people with classical backgrounds who were drawn to metal because it has some of the most proficient musicians around and because they share more than few themes and topics. You seem drawn to metal because of some intangible image or feeling. So who’s the hipster?
Kevin said:Much current metal is, but as a whole it’s only cartoony if you look at it ironically.
Also untrue. From the aforemention Wykydtron:
in the year four thousand fifty five, wykydtron came to life
born of scientific design to serve all human kind
artificial intelligence bred for future war
when galaxies will crumble and fall to their knees
it breaks free from its hold taking military control
a fate seen all across the wordl
That is unironically awesome and unironically cartoony. Sort of like an Iron Maiden album cover (which, mind you, IS A GODDAM CARTOON) or Batman: the Animated Series. It just fucking ruled.
Then what you like is prog. Maybe you like heavy prog, which is fine and dandy. I like prog when it’s prog and proggy. But metal is dirtbag. Metal is not classical. Metal is dead end, budweiser drinking, denim vest wearing, non-ironic, cheesy and all of that. Hell, I’ll even go on record as saying that all that Nu Metal crap from the mid-late 90’s, which I hated (DESPISED in fact) is more actual metal than the stuff I listed earlier (which I actually like musically speaking).
And in any metal debate, the guy who has within the past decade uttered the words “I hate metal” “Slayer would never make any top list of mine, EVER” and tried to talk their girlfriend out of buying me Iron Maiden remasters will never win against the guy who has owned and worn unironically a denim jacket with a Haunting The Chapel full back patch and seen Judas Priest 4 times.
VICTORY!!!!!
I don’t think hipster metal really exists, for the record.
I don’t really know any actual hipsters who unironically like any metal band. (Is it even possible for a hipster to do something unironically?)
Like, we saw Manowar in NYC and in Philly, and the NYC show was about 90% sincere Manowar fans, and the Philly show was at least 70% “I’m here because it’ll be funny to talk to my friends about it over PBR.”
Wait. Am I a hipster? I don’t like PBR though.
3 Inches of Blood is the cartooniest real people band I’ve ever seen.
I think any Manowar show in a city is going to be a fairly high quotient of ironic appreciation.
I have never heard this 3 inches of blood band but now I need to.
I also feel bad that Paris’s thread got hijacked.
Kevin said:
uttered the words “I hate metal” “Slayer would never make any top list of mine, EVER” and tried to talk their girlfriend out of buying me Iron Maiden remasters
Now you’re just making shit up. I mean, more so. You’re making up shit even more made up than the last shit you just made up.
Also, has it occurred to anyone else that debating about metal irony is perhaps the most hipsteriest bullshit you could possibly debate about? Doesn’t our very participation in this conversation nullify any aforementioned concert tickets or patched denom jackets?
Also also, I consider any thread hijacking a victory, even if I hijack my own thread, which I have done on several occasions.
Kevin said:Metal is dead end, budweiser drinking, denim vest wearing, non-ironic, cheesy and all of that.
I like how you could replace “Metal” with “Country” or “NASCAR” and it still works.
Kevin said:I mean stuff like Mastodon, Baroness, Boris, Isis, Sun O))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) (or however many of those things they have after their name).
I like those bands just fine. But it’s my hipstery, artsy-fartsy indie rock side that likes them not my metal side. It just always irks me to read blogger types or whoever who say they like metal and then list those bands as examples.
I sounds like you have a problem with a portion of the people who listen to those bands rather than the bands themselves.
If they truly enjoy these bands though…what’s the problem?
Also, I am 100% not making that stuff up. Those are direct quotes from IM conversations and e-mails from circa 2001.
And also, I win because I’m posting this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aY8pw827nU
Game, set, MATCH!!!!!!
Kevin said:this rulesAlso, I am 100% not making that stuff up. Those are direct quotes from IM conversations and e-mails from circa 2001.
And also, I win because I’m posting this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aY8pw827nU
Game, set, MATCH!!!!!!
Gaaaaaaaaaaaay.
(cause he’s gay? get it?)
John said:Gaaaaaaaaaaaay.
Agreed. I’ll probably still download this to go along with my Twisted Sister christmas album, though.
Actually I’m going to say that the fact that he has sex with men is the least absurd and about the only non ridiculous thing about that link.
Big Bill said:I had that but decided the only thing worth keeping was “O Come All Ye Faithful” which also isn’t really worth keeping, SORRY DEE.John said:Gaaaaaaaaaaaay.
Agreed. I’ll probably still download this to go along with my Twisted Sister christmas album, though.
Kevin said:Actually I’m going to say that the fact that he has sex with men is the least absurd and about the only non ridiculous thing about that link.
Agreed, as well.
Also, Seven Doors Hotel is now in my ftp folder for compilation addage.
Seven Seas – Echo and the Bunnymen
Hopefully another one they will play when we see them in a coupla weeks
Neighborhood #4 (7 Kettles)- The Arcade Fire
The only person I know who I would genuinely classify as a hipster who ALSO likes Mastodon.. I am pretty sure he only likes Mastodon because he gets stoned ALL THE TIME.
Nice, Casie.