NationStates Jolt Archive

assuming people still buy cds, that is... i find getting music p2p too frustrating nowadays and if you want to build an actual music collection, there's nothing like owning the whole CD or having something tangiable to play. ok you can download full albums easily from pay-services like napster but, as i understand it, DRM is a pain in the ass. owning the CD yourself is the only way to make sure the music is yours to do with that you will... (and not be cheating the artists out of their dues)

anyway this isn't supposed to be a thread about the evils of DRM or p2p... i just bought some albums on amazon and realised there hasn't been a thread like this for a while...
so, whats the last cd(s) you bought?


i just got

John Lee Hooker - The Best of John Lee Hooker
Gary Moore - Ballads and Blues
Joe Satriani - Engines of Creation (again:rolleyes: )
Stevie Ray Vaughan - The Essential Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble
Santana - The Ultimate Collection

been wanting to get some good modern blues for some time but its taken a while to figure out some of the artists to get... and the John Lee Hooker and Satch ones are just extra :)

The last few...

For Squirrels - Example (from ebay only a couple of hours ago)
The Sonics - Boom
Nebula - Atomic Ritual
Clutch - Live at the Googolplex
Candlemass - Essential Doom
Pitchshifter - Deviant (One that you'll appreciate PM ;))

Lots of a Swedish band called:

Kent.

I am having Big Bad Voodoo Daddy's "Save My Soul" and "This Beautiful Life" shipped here right now (since I had to buy them at target.com because they arn't in the store), but they were shipped using the US Postal Service so who knows if they will even get here at all.
I will be buying Jurassic 5's new album.. when it is released in June -_-.

I didn't actually 'buy' these, But picked them out of a selection.

Goldfrapp - Black Cherry*
Gorrillaz - Demon Days*
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues and The Lyre of Orpheus
Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire; The Best of (actually have most of the songs anyway on this, but it was free).

*Got these ones for someone else.

Mostly albums I'd downloaded, liked, and only just got round to buying.

The last one I think was Oceansize - Effloresce

i just got

John Lee Hooker - The Best of John Lee Hooker
Gary Moore - Ballads and Blues
Joe Satriani - Engines of Creation (again:rolleyes: )
Stevie Ray Vaughan - The Essential Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble
Santana - The Ultimate Collection

been wanting to get some good modern blues for some time but its taken a while to figure out some of the artists to get... and the John Lee Hooker and Satch ones are just extra :)John Lee Hooker is just extra?

Boy I oughta smack you...


My most recent acqusition is Kaye Buhler - Live at Moes Alley

Bought it at her show last Saturday... gotta support those workin' musicians...

John Lee Hooker is just extra?

Boy I oughta smack you...

'twas sarcasm ;)

Picked up Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex OST 2 today. Love the techno-jazz flavour and multi-lingual vocals.

Unfortunately, doesn't contain the opening and closing themes. Guess I'll have to track down OST 1.

Recently added to my CD collection:

Edguy - "Rocket Ride"
Falkenbach - "Magni Blandinn Ok Megintiri"
Elvenking - "The Winter Wake"

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00000I02T.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

Other than that I usually use P2P. Yes I know, I'm an evil person.

Yes I know, I'm an evil person.

Well, as long as you know. ;)

The most recent ones I bought were Lightnin' To The Nations: New Wave of British Heavy Metal 25th Anniversary Collection, Rising Force by Yngwie Malmsteen and Hypnotize by System of A Down

I've just ordered two CDs from Amazon...

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It in People"

I just bought...

The White Stripes: Get Behind Me Satan
Bill Hicks: Arizona Bay
The Beatles: Abbey Road (my old copy was trashed)

I almost always buy CDs (mostly on eBay or Amazon Marketplace). I love the "feel" (i.e. the design, colors etc.) of a real CD and booklet.

The last two were "The Creek Drank The Cradle" and "Our Endless Numbered Days" by Iron & Wine. Meh. I'm the fool who hears one song she loves (in this case "Such Great Heights" on the Garden State soundtrack) and decides she needs the album to go with it RIGHT NOW. Or, in this case, actually 2 albums. By a band I hadn't even known before. Turns out they're like a boring version of Simon & Garfunkel.

And off they go to eBay... :rolleyes:

The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid: Stars of the Lid (ordered)
Walking Cloud and Deep Red Sky, Flag Fluttered and the Sun Shined: Mono (ordered)
How Strange Innocence: Explosions in the Sky
The Fall of Math: 65daysofstatic
One Time for All Time: 65daysofstatic
From Here to Eternity: The Clash

Wel, I haven't bought a CD for...let's see... 6 years, but I got Rammstein - Rosenrot for Christmas, does that count?

Cage-Hells Winter(best album of the year)
Atmosphere-You can't believe how much fun we're having
Nickelback-All the Right Reasons

Hmm...I think the most recent ones I've bought are

Primordial- The Gathering Wilderness
Thyrfing- Farsotstider
Todesbonden- Stormbringer
Johnny Cash- Walking The Line: The Legendary Sun Recordings

Arctic Monkeys-Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Rage Against the Machine-Evil Empire
Jimi Hendrix-Voodoo Child
Audioslave-Out of Exile

I tend to only buy actual CDs these days if I really like the band or the songs on the album. Otherwise I'm happy enough to download. I think the last time I did buy a real CD was about August or so last year; HMV had a nice 4 CDs for £20 option. By some beautiful miracle, the only four Queen albums I didn't have* were included. So I bought them and completed my collection for much less than expected.

* They were:
Hot Space
Jazz
The Game
The Miracle

Although the latter two are pretty good, these albums are hardly Queen classics. Nonetheless, I always intended to have all their albums, so they were needed.

I recently bought:

Arch Enemy - Dead Eyes See No Future (EP)
Robert Plant and the Strange Sensation - Mighty Rearranger
Apocalyptica - Plays Metallica By Four Cellos
Led Zeppelin - III (Trying to gather all of the albums as m finances allow)

I may need to cut back on CD's if I want to take that overseas trip though. Hmph.

A few weeks ago I bought to Flaw CD's,
Through the Eyes and Endangered Species
But not too long a go I bought 2 System of a Down CD's,
Toxicity and Mesmerize, both from Amazon

Earth - Hex: Or Printing in the Infernal Methods
Sunn O))) - Black One
Sunn O))) - Flight of the Behemoth

I love drone.

especially if you're my age (21). We'll be the people in 30yrs time who have the CD collection stored away in the attic. "And you put it in this thing called a 'CD player'..." "What? You have to actually touch actual things? Where's the frontal lobe link?"
Anyway...

Robert Plant and the Strange Sensation - Mighty Rearranger
Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy (trying to complete collection)
Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better

um...
also Live8 DVD set. Was there (Hyde Park), it was great. Memories...

Evanescence- Anywhere but Home
Emma Shapplin- Carmino Meo
Luca Turilli- King of the Nordic Twilight
Rhapsody- Saga of the Emerald Sword
Rhapsody- Dawn of Victory
Kamelot- Karma
Kamelot- The Black Halo
Tristania- Widow's Weeds
Within Temptation- Mother Earth
Sonata Arctica- Songs of Silence
Nightwish- Once
Nightwish- Highest Hopes (some of the most beautiful vocals I have ever heard)

How very goth of me. :p :rolleyes:

Earth - Hex: Or Printing in the Infernal Methods
Sunn O))) - Black One
Sunn O))) - Flight of the Behemoth

I love drone.

I knew a few people who rave about Sunn O)))

Any chance of a yousendit of a couple of tracks?

Nine Inch Nails-With Teeth
Rammstein-Rosenrot
Richard Wagner-Twilight of The Gods
The Beatles- 1 album

I just bought the soundtrack to the Anime "Fooley Cooley," by the Pillows.

I have no idea what they're saying, but I dig the music.

I like my music as eclectic as possible.

Evanescence- Anywhere but Home
Emma Shapplin- Carmino Meo
Luca Turilli- King of the Nordic Twilight
Rhapsody- Saga of the Emerald Sword
Rhapsody- Dawn of Victory
Kamelot- Karma
Kamelot- The Black Halo
Tristania- Widow's Weeds
Within Temptation- Mother Earth
Sonata Arctica- Songs of Silence
Nightwish- Once
Nightwish- Highest Hopes (some of the most beautiful vocals I have ever heard)

How very goth of me. :p :rolleyes:

Hey I've got some Evanescence. None of the others though. Anything you can recommend to me, as someone w/ en eclectic mix of music interests? An overused saying, I know, but I will listen to anything at least once.

Thanks in advance

i pretty much don't pay for music anymore, since most of what i want's available for free download a la MP3.

recently: Infinite Dimensions, Nuxx, and Liquifaction.

Hey I've got some Evanescence. None of the others though. Anything you can recommend to me, as someone w/ en eclectic mix of music interests? An overused saying, I know, but I will listen to anything at least once.

Thanks in advance
Sure...I would avoid most of those on the list if you're not into the genre of metal with a fantasy theme, but Nightwish (a mix of heavy metal and opera) are excellent either way. Their vocalist is out of this world. Either one of those CDs I mentioned is an excellent taste of what they have to offer. My only criticism of them is they tend to be repetitive in their musical style, at times. Within Temptation is also quite good, although not on par with Nightwish. Their work is well worth trying out though. Emma Shapplin is a modern opera singer, who performs in Baroque Italian. If you're into opera, she is heavenly. If not, give her a shot anyway.

I knew a few people who rave about Sunn O)))

Any chance of a yousendit of a couple of tracks?

http://www.southern.net/southern/band/SUNNN/SNN50.php

More specific links:
Decay2 (http://www.southern.net/southern/band/SUNNN/sounds/SNN31_03_Decay2_(excerpt).mp3)
Black Wedding (http://www.southern.net/southern/band/SUNNN/sounds/SNN37_01_black_wedding_(excerpt).mp3)
It took the Night to Believe (http://www.southern.net/southern/band/SUNNN/sounds/SNN50_02_It_Took_The_Night_To_Believe.mp3)

They have samples here. Hearing the whole song really helps, but if you don't like the sample, you won't like the song. Hopefully you like drone and ambience.

Sure...I would avoid most of those on the list if you're not into the genre of metal with a fantasy theme, but Nightwish (a mix of heavy metal and opera) are excellent either way. Their vocalist is out of this world. Either one of those CDs I mentioned is an excellent taste of what they have to offer. My only criticism of them is they tend to be repetitive in their musical style, at times. Within Temptation is also quite good, although not on par with Nightwish. Their work is well worth trying out though. Emma Shapplin is a modern opera singer, who performs in Baroque Italian. If you're into opera, she is heavenly. If not, give her a shot anyway.

OK cool will give em a try :D .

PS Baroque Italian?! unusual... but interesting.

I knew a few people who rave about Sunn O)))

Any chance of a yousendit of a couple of tracks?


I take it you missed their gig at the Spring and Arsebreak last year then? Quite honestly it was the loudest gig I've ever been too, and that's speaking from over seventeen years of regularly watching bands. Quite incredibly loud. You could hear the music punctuated every few minutes by beer glasses smashing after being shaken off the tables.

I take it you missed their gig at the Spring and Arsebreak last year then? Quite honestly it was the loudest gig I've ever been too, and that's speaking from over seventeen years of regularly watching bands. Quite incredibly loud. You could hear the music punctuated every few minutes by beer glasses smashing after being shaken off the tables.

I have always wanted to go to their show. They went to the west coast in 2005, now over europe in 06. I hope they make it over to the east coast! I would cancel anything on any date to see a show of theirs.

Most recent CD I bought came with a book on post-Cold War U.S. foreign policy. Bunch of government and other documents in PDF format. Nice.

Most recent music CD: Mezzanine - Massive Attack.

You mean you guys don't buy 8-track tapes?

OK cool will give em a try :D .

PS Baroque Italian?! unusual... but interesting.
She likes the way that the language conveys her thoughts and emotions. She is French, thus able of speaking one of the most fluid and expressive languages out there. Yet Baroque Italian lends it an antique romance I guess, a bit like Latin would. Either way, her work is excellent.

Nightwish's vocalist, Tarja, is a Finnish opera singer, so her warped accent is actually one of her main assets, at least in my view. Her voice is very deep and resonant, even angelic. Even live she is awesome.

I have always wanted to go to their show. They went to the west coast in 2005, now over europe in 06. I hope they make it over to the east coast! I would cancel anything on any date to see a show of theirs.

Got to see Khanate a month or so back as well, but they were actually overshadowed by the local support bands.

The last 2 I got were at christmas time.


Autozamm - As for now
QOTSA - Lullabies to Paralyze.

Most recent music CD: Mezzanine - Massive Attack.
ooh ooh i have that... though i didn't pay for it *shiftyeyes*

Oh, I also got hold of Rosenrot around Christmas, or whenever it came out here. I got the EU DVD one, woo! *goes to perve on Richard and Doom*

I also um... obtained a HUGE collection of albums in um... electronic form from various people, including Nile, Neurosis, Morbid Angel, several Sepultura albums, Bob Marley, John Lennon, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, REM, The Haunted etc. tc.

She likes the way that the language conveys her thoughts and emotions. She is French, thus able of speaking one of the most fluid and expressive languages out there. Yet Baroque Italian lends it an antique romance I guess, a bit like Latin would. Either way, her work is excellent.

Nightwish's vocalist, Tarja, is a Finnish opera singer, so her warped accent is actually one of her main assets, at least in my view. Her voice is very deep and resonant, even angelic. Even live she is awesome.

Cheers for second opinion :)

Cheers for second opinion :)
My pleasure :p

http://www.southern.net/southern/band/SUNNN/SNN50.php

More specific links:
Decay2 (http://www.southern.net/southern/band/SUNNN/sounds/SNN31_03_Decay2_(excerpt).mp3)
Black Wedding (http://www.southern.net/southern/band/SUNNN/sounds/SNN37_01_black_wedding_(excerpt).mp3)
It took the Night to Believe (http://www.southern.net/southern/band/SUNNN/sounds/SNN50_02_It_Took_The_Night_To_Believe.mp3)

They have samples here. Hearing the whole song really helps, but if you don't like the sample, you won't like the song. Hopefully you like drone and ambience.
Ah right, cheers.

They sound like the sort of thing I would like to listen to on a long drive somewhere.

Thanks, they're something to check out:)

Although I couldn't imagine them live being anything other than what BWO says...loud.

I missed a Khanate show, I found out about it a week after. I was disappointed, they are one of my favorite bands.

Yea, I enjoy Sunn in any drive, them and Merzbow always are helpful. Any harsh noise is nice. Which reminds me I got the Boris With Merzbow "Sun Baked Snow Cave" recently. It was really nice.

I dont usually buy many cd's...boycotting the RIAA for suing 10 year old kids for file sharing. However...the 2 Ive bought in the last 6 months were

All The Right Reasons -- Nickelback
Deep -- Peter Murphy

and I also have on the way from BMG online

Kind of Blue -- Miles Davis
Surrender Dorothy -- Alana Davis

I recently got Youth by Collective Soul. It's good; very upbeat sounding and catchy... boy is track 5 catchy. :)

Sunday night I saw The Angry Samoans (http://www.angrysamoans.com/) and The Dead Kennedys (http://www.deadkennedys.com/) in concert.

I bought a best of the Samoans and a copy of 25th Anniversary Edition CD Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables.

Punk classics. I recommend them to all.

Sunday night I saw The Angry Samoans (http://www.angrysamoans.com/) and The Dead Kennedys (http://www.deadkennedys.com/) in concert.


I hope it was an all ages show. I'd be much more interested in seeing the Angry Samoans than the DKs.

the last CDs I bought were Karl Jenkins: "Requiem", and "The Armed Man" which is some pretty hot contemporary classical.


I got "Felt Mountain" by Goldfrapp for my birthday, I'm quite enjoying that, and.. nope, that's all, recently.

I hope it was an all ages show. I'd be much more interested in seeing the Angry Samoans than the DKs.

It was all ages. (Although as someone over 21 I wish it wasn't)

I actually enjoyed the Samoans more. It was cool to see the DKs but they are really not the DKs without Jello.

It was all ages. (Although as someone over 21 I wish it wasn't)

Good to see them still sticking to their principles after twenty-whatever years.

I hope it was an all ages show. I'd be much more interested in seeing the Angry Samoans than the DKs.

Yeah, I have to agree. If the DK's had Jello, it might be different, but i'd love to see the Angry Samoans.

Franz Ferdinand's "You could have it so much better" was my last purchase

Someone define "recently" so I know how far back to go.

Someone define "recently" so I know how far back to go.
Someone define "pedantic egoist" so I know whether to put Sdaeriji in the category.

I haven't had much in the way of spending money of late, but I've managed to pick up a couple albums here and there.

The Clash - From Here to Eternity (Live)
Peter, Paul, and Mary - Moving

-and hopefully soon, now that they've signed in the U.S.-

Protest the Hero - Kezia

Fair and Square - John Prine
Real Gone - Tom Waits

A few more in the last month, but I can't really think of them.

On the list to purchase
David Thomas Broughton - Complete Guide to Insufficiency
Jens Lekman - Oh You're So Silent Jens
The Verve - Urban Hymns (I lost my old copy)

Someone define "pedantic egoist" so I know whether to put Sdaeriji in the category.

LOL :p

Foo Fighters-In Your Honour(coughspellingcough)
Weezer-Pinkerton
Blue Oyster Club-Super Hits
The Offspring-Ixnay on the Hombre
Fun Loving Criminals-100% Colombian
Rammstein-Rosenrot

Ornette Coleman--On Unique Jazz
Thelonious Monk--Thelonious In Action
Charlie Parker--The Quintet

I love emusic.com

I recently bought:

Arch Enemy - Dead Eyes See No Future (EP)
Robert Plant and the Strange Sensation - Mighty Rearranger
Apocalyptica - Plays Metallica By Four Cellos
Led Zeppelin - III (Trying to gather all of the albums as m finances allow)

I may need to cut back on CD's if I want to take that overseas trip though. Hmph.

Apocalyptica rules, gotta love those Finnish cellos.

Personally, just got:
The Doors- The best of
Butterfly Effect- Begins Here
Silverchair- Neon Ballroom

Korn, See You On The Other Side...it's the only real fibre I get in my diet:p

And it's awesome to see so many others digging Rammstein too:cool:

I get handed copied cds from my friends all the time, and still go out to buy cds, so don't you blame me for the decrease in cd-sellings! :D

I spent my money on:

The Prodigy - Their Law
KT Tunstall - Eye to the Telescope
The Cure - Disintegration

Nothing from Sony. Never again..

I recently bought:

Arch Enemy - Dead Eyes See No Future (EP)


nice choice! it was a sad day for me when they cancelled fury fest this past summer.

recently:
DOOM - doomed from the start
the birthday party - hee haw

City City City - The Perimeter Motor Show
Cog - The New Normal

last album I bought was Nymphetamine, Cradle of Filth..

but i just rip a lot of cd's from the internet :p

last ripped cd: Are you dead yet, Children of Bodom :) :D

the last two I bought were Kid Rocks Devil Without A Cause, and Glen Campbells Greatest hits.

the last two I bought were Kid Rocks Devil Without A Cause, and Glen Campbells Greatest hits.
You need to talk to Commie Catholics.http://70.85.81.229/3630/189/emo/shiftyeyes.gif

my five latest were;
Deep Purple, the Platinum Collection (julyish)

The Stranglers, Black and White
Tom Waits, The Black Rider (both august)

and in the last month or so i got
one love- the new Bob Marley and the Wailers best of,
and Stomach inc., Substantive.

the birthday party - hee haw

Yay! I like that album. It's odd.

You need to talk to Commie Catholics.http://70.85.81.229/3630/189/emo/shiftyeyes.gif

Why would I wamt to do that?

The last ones I bought were:

Bon Jovi - Have a Nice Day
Deep Purple - House of Blue Light
Deep Purple - Rapture of the Deep
Rainbow - Pot of Gold
Scorpions - Lonesome Crow
Scorpions - Unbreakable
Scorpions - Classic Bites

There, proper music :cool:

Robbie Williams Intencive Care

assuming people still buy cds, that is...
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA BUY CDs? AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA *falls down laughing*

Someone define "pedantic egoist" so I know whether to put Sdaeriji in the category.

Hilarious.

Alright. The last CD I bought was "They Only Come Out at Night" by the Edgar Winter Group.

Hilarious.

Alright. The last CD I bought was "They Only Come Out at Night" by the Edgar Winter Group.


haha you're a pedantic egotist.



lulz.

I live in Bangkok, the piracy capital of the world...it might best if I did not answer this thread honestly...

I just got a CD at the local bank--3.2%

Best of Manowar
Alice Cooper - Hey Stoopid

Can't remember any others.

my five latest were;
Deep Purple, the Platinum Collection (julyish)

The Stranglers, Black and White
Tom Waits, The Black Rider (both august)

and in the last month or so i got
one love- the new Bob Marley and the Wailers best of,
and Stomach inc., Substantive.

Nice to see someone else with a liking for The Stranglers. I was only able to find a copy of their greatest hits album on CD last year.

Arctic monkeys- what evr you say i am thats what im not
its not really to brilliant

Arctic monkeys- what evr you say i am thats what im not
its not really to brilliant

Nice to see someone else with a liking for The Stranglers. I was only able to find a copy of their greatest hits album on CD last year.
yeah, there aren't that many stranglers fans around. the greatest hits is excellent, i'll have to look for it later now.

Fall Out Boy- From Under The Cork Tree
Thrice- Vheissu

not sure after that, mainly down load music since it is difficult to purchase in the UK

She likes the way that the language conveys her thoughts and emotions. She is French, thus able of speaking one of the most fluid and expressive languages out there. Yet Baroque Italian lends it an antique romance I guess, a bit like Latin would. Either way, her work is excellent.

Nightwish's vocalist, Tarja, is a Finnish opera singer, so her warped accent is actually one of her main assets, at least in my view. Her voice is very deep and resonant, even angelic. Even live she is awesome.


Sadly, that is no longer accurate because Tuomas is an immature douchebag. Tarja was kicked out a couple of months ago because she wasn't willing to give all her time to Nightwish. Tuomas didn't even have the decency to tell her to her face, he gave her a letter onstage after their last show.

[QUOTE=Pure Metal]
so, whats the last cd(s) you bought?
QUOTE]

lets see, i bought...

Bloodsimple - A Cruel World
Bullet for my Valentine - Hand of Blood
10 Years - The Autumn Effect
Cradle of Filth - Nymphetamine [Import]
Deftones - B Sides and Rarities
Underworld Evolution OST
T-Pain - Rappa Turnt Sanga (i love "im in love wit a stripper", what can i say?) :mp5:
The Used - Self Titled and In Love and Death
Dry Kill Logic - Dead and Dreaming

but some of these i downloaded first to see if they were any good, if they were really good then i bought a hard copy, but most i just burn to cd cause artists never make good cds all around, they do like a couple. well, a couple doesnt justify my 15 bucks people. i need an album to rock out loud and be a non-track switcher. much like static x's first album, staind's first, korn's first, metallica's master of puppets, paul wall's people's champ, ect ect.

im also into some of the new-rock bands not just the old ones. and i occasionally like a rapper and what hes got to say/the beats he puts down. so yeah, i have a very diverse music taste ;)

von bondies - lack of communication
captain beefheart - trout mask replica
white stripes - get behind me satan
bb king - lucille & friends
frank zappa - some hitcompilation
yeah yeah yeahs - fever to tell

von bondies - lack of communication
captain beefheart - trout mask replica
white stripes - get behind me satan
bb king - lucille & friends
frank zappa - some hitcompilation
yeah yeah yeahs - fever to tell

Yay!

i finally picked up streetcore just recently. and before that it was the weakerthans' reconstruction site and a toots and the maytals compilation.

Sadly, that is no longer accurate because Tuomas is an immature douchebag. Tarja was kicked out a couple of months ago because she wasn't willing to give all her time to Nightwish. Tuomas didn't even have the decency to tell her to her face, he gave her a letter onstage after their last show.

It was a decision by the entire band (excluding Tarja, obviously).

the olny cd's ive bought in the last decade+ are blanks.....

It was a decision by the entire band (excluding Tarja, obviously).


Mmm hmm, I belive that. No, really, I do. I blame Tuomas because he's always been something of an autocrat and I've been in bands where someone who felt they were the "leader" of a band decided that someone else in the band needed to go.

The real kicker is that Nightwish isn't ever going to recover. There are at least a dozen bands out there doing the same exact thing they were, and quite a few who are much better at it than Nightwish. The only things Nightwish had going for them were the big label money (which is going to go away now that they don't have Tarja) and Tarja's voice.

Who knows, it might end up a good thing. Tarja wants to focus on opera and solo work (which is amazing), but it is clear she enjoyed doing a little bit of metal. Maybe she'll end up doing session work for a band that has fewer requirements on her time. Can you imagine what it would sound like if she did a little bit of work with Therion?

The real kicker is that Nightwish isn't ever going to recover. There are at least a dozen bands out there doing the same exact thing they were, and quite a few who are much better at it than Nightwish. The only things Nightwish had going for them were the big label money (which is going to go away now that they don't have Tarja) and Tarja's voice.

I've heard people argue this the other way, too. That it doesn't matter if she's there or not, because Tuomas was the best part and singers of Tarja's calibre are a dime a dozen if you know where to look.

Conflict - rebellion sucks

...and it's one hell of a cd!

Joseph Haydn, Symphonies 26, 55, 94&101, Chorale St Antoni
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Symphony No 38 KV 504, Prague, Oboe Concerto KV 314a and Concerto for Horn and Orchestra No 4 KV 495

Oh, I forgot that I bought a bunch more CDs today

Operation:Mindcrime- Queensryche
Accident of Birth- Bruce Dickinson
Train of Thought- Dream Theatre
Caress of Steel- Rush

I've heard people argue this the other way, too. That it doesn't matter if she's there or not, because Tuomas was the best part and singers of Tarja's calibre are a dime a dozen if you know where to look.

Sure, Tuomas could find another singer of Tarja's calibre. The problem is, anyone in the sphere would have salary demands that Tuomas would have trouble meeting and would have the exact same time problems that lead Tuomas to boot Tarja. Tuomas is never going to find someone of Tarja's quality that is willing to give up several prime years of solo and theater work in order to tour with a rock band. Two or three years of grueling tour conditions, living out of a bus, away from friends and family, with no chance of doing legitimate opera or solo work and very little continuing vocal training is not an attractive deal when the compensation is (at best) somewhere in the neighborhood of less than 20% of 90% of less than 60% of the door and merch (after expenses) on venues that hold 500-2000.

Nightwish is not yet a successful enough band to afford comfortable accomidations, especially on an American tour (which is what Tuomas wants). Breaking into the mainstream American market is going to take a band like Nightwish several years of aggressive recording and touring with a major label behind them. I honestly doubt Universal is going to invest the money in pushing what has just become an unproven act.

As for the talent of Tuomas, well, let me paint a quick picture for you. Think of Nightwish's sound before Universal sent in a good producer and the money for an orchestra. Think of the sound on Wishmaster or Oceanborn. Now take away Tarja's voice. Now compare those songs to Tristania, Rhapsody, Synergy, Therion, Stratovarius, Lacuna Coil or any of the other power/prog/goth metal acts trying to cross over. Now put it next to Cradle of Filth with the big money Roadrunner is pouring into them, H.I.M. with the money Warner is pouring in, or the pure reputation and skill of Blind Guardian. Without Tarja, Nightwish is just another average act in a genre that has a glut of talent.

Just bought:
Killswitch engage: the end of heartache, and
Story of the year: page avenue (twas a pressie for someone :) )

The last ones I bought were:

Bon Jovi - Have a Nice Day
Deep Purple - House of Blue Light
Deep Purple - Rapture of the Deep
Rainbow - Pot of Gold
Scorpions - Lonesome Crow
Scorpions - Unbreakable
Scorpions - Classic Bites

There, proper music :cool:
:eek: Do you have a mulet by any chance? :p

I actually rented a few from the Library

Nirvana: Bleach
Alkaline Trio: Good Mourning
Metallica: Some kind of monster
Killswitch Engage: The End of Heartache

Not liking any of them except Bleach I went and bought

Maximo Park: A Certain Trigger
The Sex Pistols : Nevermind the bollocks

Oh yeah, what happened to Parental guidance labels?

I don't buy CD's.

"Late Registration" by Kanye West. What a good album it is too!

I actually rented a few from the Library

Nirvana: Bleach
Alkaline Trio: Good Mourning
Metallica: Some kind of monster
Killswitch Engage: The End of Heartache

Not liking any of them except Bleach I went and bought

Maximo Park: A Certain Trigger
The Sex Pistols : Nevermind the bollocks

Oh yeah, what happened to Parental guidance labels?

Some recording labels decided not to use them, some only use them in certain markets. Quite a few labels just don't care enough to check. All in all, I think its a great system because now I don;t have my jewel cases marred by some ugly little ode to the nanny state.

I thought the purpose of the sitckers was attract younger buyers?
Its basically a sticker saysing "this music will piss off your parents so buy it"

Weeks ago, we bought Slipknot Volume: 9.0. It was the live CD.

:eek: Do you have a mulet by any chance? :p

LOL!


Nirvana: Bleach
Not liking any of them except Bleach I went and bought


Nice. :)

Ever hear anything by Mudhoney? Check out Superfuzz Bigmuff if you haven't already. You'll probably like that if you like Bleach.

fear factory - demanufacture, arch enemy - anthems of rebellion are the most recent.

The Earth is not a Cold Dead Place, by Explosions in the Sky. And that was a really long time ago. How depressing.

Borrowed from the library:

Some Russian composers...actually, a lot of Russian composers.
Other than that, some CDs:
Ojos de Brujo
Nu Europe (Various Artists)

:eek: Do you have a mulet by any chance? :p



Nope, but maybe I will :D

Since the beginning of 2006

Cathedral The Garden of Unearthly Delights
Demons & Wizards Touched By the Crimson King
Possessed Seven Churches
Sodom 2 Originals of Sodom
My Chemical Romance I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love
Ministry Rantology
Screaming Trees Ocean of Confusion
Nasum Inhale/Exhale
Pentagram Day of Reckoning
Zwan Honestly
Burning Brides Glass Slipper e.p.
Raunchy Confusion Bay
The Damage Manual 1
Eric Clapton Timepieces
Fear Before the March of Flames Odd How People Shake
Saint Vitus V
The Cure Wish
Cryptic Slaughter Money Talks
Blind Guardian Imaginations From the Other Side

There are some others, and some I bought shortly before the year ended, such as Mad Season's Above.

I thought the purpose of the sitckers was attract younger buyers?
Its basically a sticker saysing "this music will piss off your parents so buy it"

Heh, perhaps that was an unintended consequence, but major labels only started using the sticker after the whole PMRC debacle in the 80s.

yay! CDs in the OP arrived today! :D
so... much.... blues.... (and satch)

Why would I wamt to do that?
Glenn Cambell.;)

Bought? Eh? Actually, I bought a cd/dvd package of Soulfly's debut album, Bad Religion's Recipe for Hate, and Agnostic Front's Dead Yuppies recently. Probably be getting some Bauhaus soon as well.

Glenn Cambell.;)


Glenn Cambell?

As in "Rhinestone Cowboy"?

Agnostic Front's Dead Yuppies recently.

It's no Victim In Pain, or Liberty & Justice for that matter. Great live band though. The hairs on the back of the neck do prickle whenever they do their cover of Crucified.

Screaming Trees Ocean of Confusion

Do you mean Uncle Anaesthesia? Or was it a single?

Do you mean Uncle Anaesthesia? Or was it a single?No, it's essentially a "greatest hits" package from their major label albums. But there are two previously unreleased tracks on there, so I got it.

No, it's essentially a "greatest hits" package from their major label albums. But there are two previously unreleased tracks on there, so I got it.

Oh, I see. They're a good band. I didn't like them much when I first heard them several years ago but they've grown on me a lot. I only have Uncle Anaesthesia and Sweet Oblivion, though.

Oh, I see. They're a good band. I didn't like them much when I first heard them several years ago but they've grown on me a lot. I only have Uncle Anaesthesia and Sweet Oblivion, though.You should get Dust. Their indie stuff is also good, but I'd suggest that one next.

Bought Temple of the Dog's album yesterday...

and N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton. (Haha, it was cheap, and I actually like it :p)

You should get Dust. Their indie stuff is also good, but I'd suggest that one next.

Aye, I shall keep an eye out for it. :)

Glenn Cambell?

As in "Rhinestone Cowboy"?

The same. I bought it for another song that kept running through my head over the holidays though.

My next purchase will probably be Waylon Jennings Greatest. Or Danzig, I haven't quite decided.