I’ve been parked in my office since 6:30, working away at grading. I’ve made good progress, and what helps is keeping the good music pounding away — I’ve found music to be extremely helpful in keeping my mind focused, which probably says something about my brain. It’s been a lot of Bauhaus & Daft Punk, which probably also tells on my brain.
Anyway, while reading all these essays, I also figured out that I want this baby doll for Christmas.
Here are two calming songs that are perfect for introspection and work.
The Prodigy- Roadblox (Fury Road)
.https://youtube.com/watch?v=-tzLWvUQkqo
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And a classic: Twisted Sister – We’re Not Gonna Take It
.https://youtube.com/watch?v=4xmckWVPRaI
Evil Gary Busey is a bonus.
Boston – More Than a Feeling
Yes – Wonderous Stories
PZ, thanks, I enjoyed the Daft Punk video, clever, hot work.
I sometimes like to work with the Kraftwerk album ‘autobahn’ playing as ‘musical wallpaper’ (Yet, It’s worth listening to seriously in its own right)
I agree with @2 rsmith suggestion of Boston’s ‘more than a feeling’ as a great ‘metal’ work.
But, the comic linked below should be both funny and sad for all us ‘of an age’
https://www.gocomics.com/rabbitsagainstmagic/2024/12/08
@shermanj #3:
By what standard is ‘More Than A Feeling’ classed as metal? It barely scrapes alongside 70s heavy rock, let alone metal of any genre. Didn’t they used to call that AOR or soft rock in the US?
(I’m old enough to remember these things, but from a UK viewpoint.)
@4 Rich Woods wrote: By what standard is ‘More Than A Feeling’ classed as metal?
I reply: In my examination of a partial transcription of the notation, the instrumentation and the performance techniques, I say ‘More Than A Feeling’ is metal. I grant you, it’s not ‘heavy metal’, but as a musician with over 60 years experience of performing, arranging and composing in most genres, I am confident in my assessment.
#3: Except, no, that’s not what phagocytosis is, and that’s not how it works.
@6 PZ wrote: Except, no, that’s not what phagocytosis is, and that’s not how it works.
I reply: Thank you for the clarification. (being one who is ‘consumed’ by wanting to understand the term and one ‘does his own research’, but using textbooks, as a non-biologist, I’ll look it up to learn the correct function of phagocytosis.)
I was not certain of the accuracy of it, But, it is a clever comic.
Nobody tell him about Aphex Twin’s ‘Come to daddy.’
@shermanj #5:
Thanks, I appreciate your response. I don’t have the technical ability to make an assessment like that, only the memory of what was broadly categorised at the time regarding a particular band at a particular stage of their career. I expect that could also be bounded by place and time; I have met a few people a generation younger than me who had a different concept regarding things such as nu-metal and prog rock.
If you’re into hard rock, prog rock, punk rock, pop rock, even metal, I highly recommend you take a look at Band-Maid. Anything by them will do, though you might want to try their first big hit “Thrill” as a starter Music Video and then maybe “Domination” Live MV or “Puzzle” Live MV. They are one of the best rock bands in the world. They started out dressed as maids from the Japanese Maid Cafe scene in order to show the Gap–cute women in frilly outfits that explode your expectations by rocking your socks off.
@9 Rich Woods wrote: I don’t have the technical ability to make an assessment like that
I reply: Rich, your perception is fine and not wrong. There is a broad (but vague) spectrum of music categorizations. There are so many labels of genres of music and they almost all overlap. At the risk of sounding like an aging frump, “Rock On! Rich”.
@10 redwood recommended ‘take a look at Band-Maid’
I reply: Thanks. That reminds me that there are many women in the ‘rock’ world that are really substantive and intense and deserve our respect and are not just ‘frilly’.