That was good, but why did they name their band after two Smashing Pumpkins' songs?

It's pretty neat that Max is that versatile. He seemed to really enjoy it, once he got his jacket off.

Six notes and not getting off the tonic for 3:51 and I don't care what you say, that's not great.

That was one big heaping bowl of meh right there.

I thought music ideally carried a message or conveyed emotion. The only message I got from that was that Max Weinberg's jacket has really tight cuffs.

Cool band from Canada. Unfortunately, they are no more

playblu: I thought music ideally carried a message or conveyed emotion. The only message I got from that was that Max Weinberg's jacket has really tight cuffs.

Music doesn't have to do either of those things. Music, at its base, is tones and rhythm.

torch: Six notes and not getting off the tonic for 3:51 and I don't care what you say, that's not great.

What the fark?

Sometimes a song only needs 6 notes to be good. This is an example of it.

Elitist music snobs might disagree, but people who like music for what it is don't give a fark what snobs have to say about it.
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I was prepared to hate that song when I saw it was a two person band. I was pleasantly surprised.

the_cnidarian: That was good, but why did they name their band after two Smashing Pumpkins' songs?

They were originally called Death from Above, but had a dispute with a label with the same name. So, they added the drummer's year of birth.

I loved the band, and was very sad when they split. You're a Woman, I'm a Machine was a great album.

Bramphousian: You're a Woman, I'm a Machine was a great album.

I'll have to check it out. Weird coincidence.

That was great. I love the idea that Max can throwdown at anytime, at any pace.

Bramphousian: You're a Woman, I'm a Machine was a great album.

Best album to workout to.

Bramphousian: I loved the band, and was very sad when they split. You're a Woman, I'm a Machine was a great album.

Yes, it was. Thanks, subby.

Exactly when did it get weird? I missed that part.

Wait...that was a bass guitar? Did I see that right?

Aeonite: Exactly when did it get weird? I missed that part.

If you look closely, the drummer from The E Street Band gets onstage and starts playing drums.

cameroncrazy1984: If you look closely, the drummer from The E Street Band gets onstage and starts playing drums.

Was the USA flag ascot a nod to the Boss? or is he such a hipster that he was wearing it ironically, being Canadian.

InferiousX: Wait...that was a bass guitar? Did I see that right?

yes, the band was a bass guitar and a drum kit, with a few moog sounds thrown in.


they're album, "You're a Woman and I'm a Machine" is still in my music rotation. Best album released in a long, long time. I even liked a lot of their remixes and EP stuff.

I just realized I used the wrong "their". FAAAAARRRRRK

Such a fun band that does a lot with very little. "Blood on our Hands" is a standout track for me.

That video had great energy for a late night performance!

CanadianCommie: InferiousX: Wait...that was a bass guitar? Did I see that right?

yes, the band was a bass guitar and a drum kit, with a few moog sounds thrown in.


they're album, "You're a Woman and I'm a Machine" is still in my music rotation. Best album released in a long, long time. I even liked a lot of their remixes and EP stuff.

Indeed, most of their songs are on my playlist. Love the band. One of the few albums I actually *bought*

the girl on girl remix of black history month is by far one of their best. see also MSTRKRFT for workout tunes.

I saw these guys open for Nine Inch Nails a few years ago, and though they put on a great show. Bought the album, which I also enjoyed, but it was a bit of a novelty, and its simplicity wore off pretty quickly (there's only so much you can do with a drummer and a bass). But like someone said before, they were a really cool band, and its great music to rock out to, work out to, or drive around drumming on your steering wheel to.

Oh, and seeing Max Weinberg jump on stage and get in on it like that made me smile. Thanks for the video subby.

(think that was spur of the moment or planned? If i remember from the live show correctly, the drum player does get up and leave the drum kit in the middle of the song and goes back to it at the end. wonder if they talked that out ahead of time)

I found and listened to "I'm a woman, you're a machine" [pink and white cover, right?] at my fav. music store, on two disc smaller vinyl, it was hard and abrasive yet cool,
but, for some reason, i didn't like it as much as i thought i was going to. so i didn't buy it.
[it was going for $15 for used vinyl.]

Max Weinberg plays so effortlessly and with perfect timing.

Just here to echo what was already said.

Rad band, cool performance. Max Weinberg is punk farking rock.

Is it just me or does that bass player look a helluva lot like Dave Grohl?

/Weinberg was too good for the room.

henchman_24: the girl on girl remix of black history month is by far one of their best. see also MSTRKRFT for workout tunes.

Came here to say MSTRKRFT are awesome

I love Max...

A lot of drummers these days seem to focus on nothing but power and speed. The technique of drumming seems to be getting thrown out the window.

Max is old school. Keeps perfect rhythm, and doesn't have to wail on the drums as hard as he can to get up to a good tempo.

Love that shiat.

torch 2009-03-06 10:33:19 PM
Six notes and not getting off the tonic for 3:51 and I don't care what you say, that's not great.


playblu 2009-03-06 10:36:59 PM
That was one big heaping bowl of meh right there.

I thought music ideally carried a message or conveyed emotion. The only message I got from that was that Max Weinberg's jacket has really tight cuffs.

These.

What a big, steaming load of nothing; what are they supposed to be? SOAD crossed with The White Stripes?

And someone said they're not around any more?

Good.

mfaby: SOAD crossed with The White Stripes?
Staying off your lawn.

This really sucked.

...band from Canada. Unfortunately, they are no more

FTFY

That sucked

organizm: (there's only so much you can do with a drummer and a bass)

You can add a piano. Ask Rubber Sled and Darren Jessee (new window).

cameroncrazy1984: Aeonite: Exactly when did it get weird? I missed that part.

If you look closely, the drummer from The E Street Band gets onstage and starts playing drums.

If you read the headline closely, it implies something weird happens AFTER Weinberg starts drumming.

I want my money back.

Never heard of them before, but thought they were kinda awesome. Will look up more stuff.

And then there's the Minneapolis version...

Link (new window)

torch: Six notes and not getting off the tonic for 3:51 and I don't care what you say, that's not great.


well there's only 12 notes ... so they used half of them. What more do you want? I thought it was fun. The singer looked like a dumbshiat though.

Funbags: cameroncrazy1984: Aeonite: Exactly when did it get weird? I missed that part.

If you look closely, the drummer from The E Street Band gets onstage and starts playing drums.

If you read the headline closely, it implies something weird happens AFTER Weinberg starts drumming.

I want my money back.

I guess the weird part is when Max adds some rhythm to the mix.
BTW, that was not one of the best performances in Late Night history. This is-
Link (new window)
/JMHO

Oh well.


Pachelbel's Canon in D maj is based on a 5 note bass-line/harmonic sequence repeated 28 times.(D-A-B-F#-G-and then back to root D)

Composed in 1680 it is regarded as a landmark composition in the history of Western music but according to FARK-tards above, apparently simplicity is for hacks only.

I guess that lameass Bach "Air on a G String" sucks too for the ease in which it is played.

When I used to be an amateur hack musician back in my teens I was way too immersed in "Prog" and "fusion" type stuff and was sadly under the pathetic delusion that music should be tricky and complex. What a tragic error. That sh*t wasted years for me.

Now,I have fully learned my lesson.

Hot licks and super shredding is for zero talent losers.

Simple and effortless composition and playing that fakrING SOUNDS GOOD is what nails the gig.

craigdamage: Oh well.


Pachelbel's Canon in D maj is based on a 5 note bass-line/harmonic sequence repeated 28 times.(D-A-B-F#-G-and then back to root D)

Composed in 1680 it is regarded as a landmark composition in the history of Western music but according to FARK-tards above, apparently simplicity is for hacks only.

I guess that lameass Bach "Air on a G String" sucks too for the ease in which it is played.

When I used to be an amateur hack musician back in my teens I was way too immersed in "Prog" and "fusion" type stuff and was sadly under the pathetic delusion that music should be tricky and complex. What a tragic error. That sh*t wasted years for me.

Now,I have fully learned my lesson.

Hot licks and super shredding is for zero talent losers.

Simple and effortless composition and playing that fakrING SOUNDS GOOD is what nails the gig.

Exactly. Music isn't about trying to play what someone else would play or what anybody else would like, it's about years of searching for that song you hear when you're about to fall asleep or that you hum when you're on a long walk with nothing to listen to but the birds chirping. Sometimes it's hard to hear that song inside you, but it's worth trying to find.

I'm seeing Sebastien Grainger at SXSW in just over a week...should be cool.

They sounded pretty darn good. Max is the man.

I've never heard of these jokers but I didn't like what I heard. seeing more of Max drumming is cool because for whatever reason I've yet to spend an hour Youtubing around his career via bootlegs and VHS rips.

so if someone plays more guitar than what was going on in this video, they're prog? or shredders? I don't think so. Despite your best attempts (as I'm sure they were) to achieve something with them, prog and shredding are still great things to listen to. just like listening to rap, songs with only 6 notes, songs that are just people singing, solo guitar (single guitar, not guitar soloing), hell...guitar soloing. lots and lots of great music out there buried in 10,000 different genres, don't have to shiat talk a genre just because it didn't get you anywhere, you should know what's really to blame for that. despite your revelations, you're posting on Fark on an early saturday morning :(

Not "sh*t talking" an entire genre.

I AM sh*t talking to lame amateurs who are automatically critical of music when it is simple.

I still dig "Prog" and fusion.

The actual TRUE DIFFICULTY in fast and complex shredding is to make it SOUND GOOD or remain in context with the composition. Not the speed of the fingers or clever too tricky time signature changes acrobatics etc.

"Sound Chaser" by YES is a neat example.
Brand X and Return To Forever maybe too.
"Flight of the Bumblebee" also.

Yngwie?

....too masturbatory for me.

Funbags: cameroncrazy1984: Aeonite: Exactly when did it get weird? I missed that part.

If you look closely, the drummer from The E Street Band gets onstage and starts playing drums.

If you read the headline closely, it implies something weird happens AFTER Weinberg starts drumming.

I want my money back.

exactly. i watched the whole damn thing waiting for this after discovering about 20 seconds into it that i was going to have to mute it until max came on. and then all he did was play the drums.

that was extremely uninteresting "music". it doesn't suck because it's simple, it sucks because it fails to interest me at all.

Mad Mark:
BTW, that was not one of the best performances in Late Night history. This is-
Link (new window)
/JMHO


Holy crepe, that was amazing!

Max did a great job.
But man, that music is crap.

I HAVE STRONG OPINIONS ABOUT MOOSIC! YAY!

News Flash: lots of music throughout the 21, 20 and 19th centuries were written without key signatures! please stop comparing everything with pachelbel canon and using music theory terms that do not apply.

Great band. Very sorely missed.

I feel sorry for the dude whose only frame of reference for music like this is "SOAD crossed with White Stripes".

organizm: I saw these guys open for Nine Inch Nails a few years ago, and though they put on a great show. Bought the album, which I also enjoyed, but it was a bit of a novelty, and its simplicity wore off pretty quickly (there's only so much you can do with a drummer and a bass). But like someone said before, they were a really cool band, and its great music to rock out to, work out to, or drive around drumming on your steering wheel to.

Oh, and seeing Max Weinberg jump on stage and get in on it like that made me smile. Thanks for the video subby.

(think that was spur of the moment or planned? If i remember from the live show correctly, the drum player does get up and leave the drum kit in the middle of the song and goes back to it at the end. wonder if they talked that out ahead of time)

I saw these guys with NIN too, back in 05 in Orlando. DFA and NIN were great-- I loved these guys' energy and the fact that the band's only 2 deep. I'm sad to hear they've broken up.

Thanks for that subbster

BTW, Queens of the Stone Age sucked horribly at that show. It's like they didn't want to be there; everyone just stood completely still looking forward playing their parts. Then they biatched at the crowd for not getting into their set. It's like, maybe if you assholes looked like you were enjoying yourselves some of us might.

peterskoot stop comparing everything with pachelbel canon and using music theory terms that do not apply.



How exactly is it possible for a music theory term NOT to apply to music?

"Canon" set the standard for Western composition over 300 years ago and I think maybe I am not the only one who has cited its relevance.