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bylightofdawn · 1 year

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You ever get reminded of a band you haven't listened to in a couple of years and then realize holy shit you used to love this group and immediately go on a binge listen of their whole discography. LOL

I got reminded of Hollywood Undead who I shit you not, fifteen years ago I would have never even clicked on one of their videos because they are rap-rock/nu-metal/industrial something band. They've kinda moved more into the nu-metal and rock over their earlier industrial hip-hop start I'd say. Because I used to be that asshole who was all 'Nah I don't listen to rap' and someone just needs to go back in time and smack me upside the head for letting my preconceptions just write off an entire genre of music.

Cause hip-hop can fucking slap. And I definitely dig the whole rap-rock/nu metal scene. It's interesting to see how my musical tastes have evolved over the years.

Anyway so I've been listening to their New Empire albums today at work and they're not bad, I think i definitely prefer Notes From the Underground and Day of the Dead more. That used to be my go-to I am pissed off and just want to rock out albums. But yeah they apparently have put out three albums in the past like...two odd years. LOL I guess they were working hard during COVID.

I'm about to start Hotel Kalifornia but I'm definitely going to go back and re-listen to Notes from the Underground/Day of the Dead tomorrow at work. I don't think it's gonna happen just because I can't split my attention enough to listen to them in one ear and customer's in another like I can with more laid back lo-fi music which just kinda fades until it's background noise. Pffft.

But yeah, I think I've gotten to an age where I'm willing to just give up all preconceived notions on entertainment and just fuck it, I'll give it a try. I still maintain a lot of modern country can be trash but that might be my inner Texan and having that shit shoved down my throat 24/7 for decades talking. However, even then there are some gems to be found and I still love old outlaw country.

EDIT: Hotel Kalifornia is DEFINITELY a lot better than New Empire Vol 1 & 2. Also? World War Me might be my new Locus theme song.

"I'd rather be dead than some page in some book That burns to the fire 'cause the devil I admire And I wanna watch it burn higher and higher Now I'm the only one that I have left to fear And one of us is gonna die, I'll die right here Let the cowardly speak so the cowardly sleep I am not you, no, you are not me It's an eye for an eye, now no one can see No reflection has meaning, the cracks that I leave Even when I sleep, I die in my dreams Put that noose around my neck, I don't want you to breathe."

That kinda sums up his toxic as fuck relationship with Felix and the identity crisis and all the shit he is going through throughout most of the Chorus Trilogy. Him tying to come to terms with Locus the Solider and Samuel Ortez who he has shoved into the back of the closet and tried to kill off for years and how he kinda reconciles the two parts of himself right before he cuts loose some much-needed dead weight aka gave Felix the boot

"I pray that you stay away You speak with the tongue of a snake Baptized in a shallow lake I hate myself when I see your face"

-coughcoughfelixcoughcough- Also just....that entire stanza. Just....all of it is -chef kiss-

Also ironically, Kill Everyone by Hollywood Undead's Nots from the Underground is one of my Felix theme songs.

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#hollywood undead #el's many and varied tastes in music #no one is allowed to peek at my youtube or spotify history.#red vs blue #red vs blue locus #red vs blue felix #Youtube

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dorothyparkerwascool · 7 years

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From 2015:The above graphics are all from the last interview Prince gave to journalists. On August 9, 2015, he invited 10 attendees of the National Association of Black Journalists, who were meeting in Minneapolis, to Paisley Park. The talk ranged from the music industry, #BlackLivesMatter, to streaming services. The interview, as reported by BuzzFeed’s Kelley Carter, includes his strongest statement of support for Jay Z and Tidal that I’ve seen.

From PRINCE: RECORD CONTRACTS ARE LIKE “SLAVERY”

By Kelley L. Carter for BuzzFeedNews

After arriving at Paisley Park around 11 p.m., I was summoned by our group's outgoing president, and as we lined up to go deeper into the famous location, I assumed it was for a quick meet and greet. Far from it. His team — which included twins Maya and Nandy McClean — led 10 of us down a long hall, through what looked like a photography studio, to Studio A, where Prince was seated behind the console, dressed in a sparkly gold lamé pantsuit, his natural hair picked out Afro style. After shaking my hand, he looked behind me to see that perhaps the studio wasn't big enough to hold us all, and requested that we move to another location on the property, a conference room on another floor.

After we assembled in the new room, the singer came in minutes later and sat at the head of the table. No question was off-limits in the private chat. We talked with Prince for nearly an hour about a myriad of topics — his religion, #BlackLivesMatter, and institutionalized racism. I don't think anyone in the room was exactly prepared for an interview, and Prince seemed to like that lack of formality. We were not allowed to bring cell phones or cameras to the party, and we weren't allowed to take notes — this is a long-standing caveat for his rare encounters with journalists. The singer said he much preferred having organic conversations like this one, and talked about how he wasn't aware of the event happening until fairly recently.

Instead, it was a back-and-forth conversation — sometimes he asked the questions and we answered — about a litany of things. He talked about why he recorded a Baltimore protest song — it was organic and he detests police brutality, he said; why he will never push his personal religion on anyone else — he's a Jehovah's Witness, something musician Larry Graham got him into, he noted, but he believes that everyone should subscribe to some sort of religion; and his love of the black community — it pains him to see the social discourse taking place right now. He asked about the history of the NABJ. Then he launched into what concerns him most: the current battle musicians are waging with streaming services — largely Spotify, Apple, and even YouTube.

The money doesn't make sense, he said. He noted that The Beatles were paid some $400 million for their catalog, and that although he has as many albums, he wasn't offered nearly as much. A journalist asked if he thought it was because of the differences in race; Prince shot him a look and asked what he thought in a knowing voice.

Prince hinted that as huge an album as Purple Rain was, he didn't get a fair share of the pie — the label gets money, but not the people who created the music. (According to Billboard, the 2014 deal to return to Warner Bros. was a landmark one, even though financial terms were not disclosed.)

I asked if he'd be open to doing a proper sit-down interview to detail all of his concerns, and he said that he'd rather speak with his actions. The action we should pay attention to next: He's releasing his new album HitNRun Sept. 7 on Jay Z's much-maligned streaming service Tidal, saying that he has given Jay Z the master and it will live on the streaming site for a few years exclusively.

He said that Jay Z sank $100 million into his new service, and that even if they only have 1 million subscribers, that is major. He thought the comparisons to networks like Spotify is unfair — he argued that just because Tidal has a smaller audience now, the deal for musicians is far better than other services, which is why he trusts it. Prince currently has a song on Spotify now and he says he's testing it out to see how well it does.

"Once we have our own resources, we can provide what we need for ourselves," he said of Tidal. "We have to show support for artists who are trying to own things for themselves."

Prince mentioned that he'd met with Jay Z several times about the issue of streaming systems not giving a fair payout to musicians, and said that they believe the artists are getting the short end of the deal when it comes to the new ways to listen to music. He also hinted that the two may be documenting their meetings but wouldn't elaborate.

About an hour into talking, he said we should wrap our chat up and actually enjoy our Saturday night; I replied, "I'm actually fine with how I'm spending my Saturday night right now." (He laughed.) We all talked some more about bad deals and noncompete stipulations — for broadcast journalists and musicians alike. Prince also talked about the change in commercial radio, specifically pointing out Clear Channel and criticizing their dominance.

When we finally wrapped, we were led out — I said a silent goodbye to the doves near the conference room — and matriculated back into the rest of the group. My friends wanted to know every detail but they would get their own peek at him shortly soon enough.

At around 12:45 a.m., Prince briefly addressed the rest of the guests, who took a break from dancing. (Those who thought their $20 was going towards a private Prince show they could someday brag about to their kids went home disappointed.) He used the moment to also ask the NABJ conference attendees to support Jay Z's efforts: "He could really use your help and appreciation because he is trying to do something big."

Then, after a minute or two, he was gone. But his guests remained for hours, dancing the night away....

#prince #tidal #jay-z #nabj #music streaming #prince estate

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