Alpha Music Thread

[olduser]

french band air

I can't get enough of them.

When I saw them live a couple years ago they came on stage and announced, "We are French robots. It is night. Time to dance."

[Socionics Is A Cult]

My fave Air song is 'Kelly Watch The Stars' - it kicks ass live (well on bootlegs, anyway - I can't find a decent version on youtube).

[Polly_G]

I'll listen to pretty much anything with the exception of Country. The whole principle of it is like anti-me.

I tend to like songs more than bands/genres. Some of my favs are:

Portishead:
Tool:
Danzig:
Manna Manna:

[Suomea]

Great Portis song..... glad to have you back around Polly....: )

[Outside]

...Is this music Alpha? I think it is. Btw, the video is pretty cool, if you're into these kind of indie things.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=_XC2mqcMMGQ

[hellothere]

...Is this music Alpha? I think it is. Btw, the video is pretty cool, if you're into these kind of indie things.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=_XC2mqcMMGQ

haha what the, I was just introduced a few days ago to this band by a friend who I think is the epitome of (irrational) Alpha.

yeah, they seem alpha to me, but I think this song is better:



edit: just watched the video for A-Punk... pretty damn cool!

[Elro]

...Is this music Alpha? I think it is.

Haha, definitely. The video, at least.

[Polly_G]

Thank you Suomea, suprised anyone remembers me.

Oh, I probably should say why I like the tunes.

Portishead (pretty much all their music) brings out the feely side of me and soothes me.

Tool/Danzig - Caters to the rebel spirit within. The songs make statements even if those statements are open to interpretation. This is more so with Tool. Listening to their songs and watching a video is like trying to interpret abstract art.

Manna Manna: Geez, I don't know what it is about this song but I'm attracted to it like a moth to a flame. It makes me think of happy, safe, and carefree times as a kid. Me and my neice even do a duet to it.

I wasn't a particular fan of the songs just posted in between. I don't think they could sustain my attention.

Here are so more I like:
Gavin Degraw:
TLC:
Eminem:
Korn:

[Exodus]

I'll listen to pretty much anything with the exception of Country. The whole principle of it is like anti-me.

I tend to like songs more than bands/genres. Some of my favs are:

Portishead: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imrfo-uRjcE

Wow @ Portishead. Your taste in music is pretty intense. Also, the wahwah sound is totally Si, though some of the other songs sound Se quadra.

Any idea of what type Gavin Degraw and Beth Gibbons are?

[Polly_G]

Wow @ Portishead. Your taste in music is pretty intense.

Intense, interesting. I like a lot of this type of music because there is a fluid complexity about it. If I'm just bopping around the house cleaning, I'll put on some pop or hip hop. But if I'm really listening to music, I never listen to that kind of stuff.

When I'm in the mood to sing, I'm going for blues and R&B.

When I'm in the mood to be provoked by music, its portishead, danzig, tool, classical.

I actually think what is often termed as heavy metal is actually closer to the classical genre than any other.

I do like music with messages though even if its an abstract one achieved through provoking emotions through sound.

[Elro]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ejEVczA8PLU

[Exodus]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Da9sc6YDBo[/youtube]

I found this while looking for another Alpha song that I can't find.

[FDG]

My fave Air song is 'Kelly Watch The Stars' - it kicks ass live (well on bootlegs, anyway - I can't find a decent version on youtube).

I agree it's by far the best one

[Exodus]

The New Pornographers

http://matadorrecords.com/the_new_po...ers/music.html

Exploding international,
The scenes, the sounds,
And famously the feeling that you can't
Squeeze 'round,
While tearing off another page of
Loose change outrage.

It's another perfect day,
Until the night shows.

Exploding international,
The wind did howl.
The sky above was thick with rings of smoke,
And clouds,
And hanging on the bleeding end of conscious,
Who's this?
Was there anything I missed,
As far as you know?

Was it all for swinging you around? All for swinging you around?

Exploding international,
The sun, the sights,
The moments you are viewing through,
A beam of light,
Propel you through the golden age.
We crash-land the first page on a crumbling world stage,
Into the front rows, into the front rows.

All for swinging you around. All for swinging you around.

And off your feet,
All the love you found, spinning 'round.
All the love you found, spinning 'round.
All the love you found, spinning 'round.
Spinning Round, spinning round.

We're twisting incognito with no time,
can't talk, can't tell
if this is fantasy or culture shock,
or remnants of a golden age that's near mint unplayed,
or a welcome overstayed beneath the lightshow.

All for swinging you around.
All for swinging you around.
All for swinging you around.
All for swinging you around.
All for swinging you around.
All for swinging you around.

[UDP]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhcAmN_KB7Q[/youtube]


Venga Bus

[Logos]

The New Pornographers

http://matadorrecords.com/the_new_po...ers/music.html

::Edit::Insert Great Lyrics Here::Edit::

I just recently discovered their music, and it simply blew my mind out of the water. Wow.

[eunice]

I love this song too much and kept on listening to it, even though I don't even understand the language. A very emotionally uplifting song imo.
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[normal]

If Radiohead is the great most symbolical alpha band, then I quit. I don't like Radiohead (except Karma Police and Paranoid Android). So overrated though.

[Logos]

If Radiohead is the great most symbolical alpha band, then I quit. I don't like Radiohead (except Karma Police and Paranoid Android). So overrated though.

Radiohead is Beta, so no need to worry.

[normal]

Alpha music is soooo old

[Logos]

Alpha music is soooo old

Why do you say that?

[implied]

french band air

I can't get enough of them.

When I saw them live a couple years ago they came on stage and announced, "We are French robots. It is night. Time to dance."

i love them, too. one of the best live shows i've ever seen, i believe.

[normal]

Alpha music is soooo old

Why do you say that?

I said because I saw all the videos from this topic and almost all of them are from 80'-90' (even 70'). Anway, I didn't said in bad tone, old stuff still great.

[Creepy-bg]

I try not to like music until it's at least 10 years old that way I can never be accused of being current

[Logos]

I try not to like music until it's at least 10 years old that way I can never be accused of being current

In addition to the aesthetic sound, I like classic rock because I usually get a wider growth of musical styles and I already have their full catalog of albums available and do not have to worry about waiting for release dates. And then I try to find obscure indie that way I can stay ahead of the curve a bit.

[normal]

50 cent is Alpha?? OMG

[Socionics Is A Cult]

Fire In My Heart - Super Furry Animals

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSRrjcxjko0[/youtube]

Alpha love song . The band name is Alpha, the lyrics are Alpha, and the video is most definitely Alpha.

[Socionics Is A Cult]

Something 4 The Weekend - Super Furry Animals

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc0AUXUOmwc[/youtube]

An Alpha song about chillin' out and such . It has the genius lyrics:

I just keep repeating myself...
I just keep repeating myself...
I just keep repeating myself...

which then becomes part of the backing track of the song .

[Socionics Is A Cult]

Juxtapozed With U - Super Furry Animals

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jw7u4f-Ujg[/youtube]
Song with robots getting on with each other etc.

You've got to tolerate
All those people that you hate
I'm not in love with you
But I won't hold that against you

:wink:

[Socionics Is A Cult]

Lazer Beam - Super Furry Animals

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnkkbpSby74[/youtube]

The resistance
In the distance
Creeping closer
Have no fear
Land in anguish
We escape it
In our rocket
Propelled spaceship

Take a shine of our lazer beam
And we'll cleanse all the evil within you
(x4)

Human being
Human doing
Human error
Human terror
Human nature
Human hate you
Human crying
Human leaving

Take a shine of our lazer beam
And we'll cleanse all the evil within you
(x4)

We will conquer utopia in space chariots

Take a shine of our lazer beam
And we'll cleanse all the evil within you
(x8)

Point your random finger
Point it to the sky
Point your random finger
Come on and testify
Human kind loves money
We just love to fly
(Fly, fly, fly)
So point your random finger

[Gilly]

Oh yea, 311 seems delta or beta to me.. not alpha...

Why on earth would 311 be Delta? Totally Fe. "Don't Tread On Me" is totally Si values with Se role. "Beautiful Disaster" is about an ILE girl. And they're all about pothead culture, which is undeniably Alpha if you know anything about it.

[Socionics Is A Cult]

You're Gorgeous - Baby Bird

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=YEtzJLPm3YE[/youtube]

[Ms. Kensington]

hahahha

SFA SFA SFA

... are alpha

I think Polyphonic Spree could make alpha music

[machintruc]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qhC1d62x9M[/youtube]



[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bxxyoPkxNM[/youtube]

[Socionics Is A Cult]

Don't you think 'Master and Servant' is more of a Beta song ?

I think Polyphonic Spree could make alpha music

Definitely - 'hey now, it's the Sun, and it makes me smile'.

[Socionics Is A Cult]

The Life Of Riley - Lightning Seeds

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=4Kf8TUiS8Js[/youtube]

[machintruc]

Don't you think 'Master and Servant' is more of a Beta song ?

I think Polyphonic Spree could make alpha music

Definitely - 'hey now, it's the Sun, and it makes me smile'.

Most new-wave music is Alpha SF... either ESE or SEI.

[Socionics Is A Cult]

Bad Days - The Flaming Lips

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=Cpunw66xAY4[/youtube]

[eunice]

An amazing rendition of Beyonce's Listen
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmkInRuEtLQ[/youtube]

[CuriousSoul]

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=PvYygjcMDdQ[/youtube]