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WeWereSperm t1_ja8gufp wrote

Reply to something i’ve been thinking about for a while by gardenhead_

My guess was that the first couple of singles advertised the album initially, and then subsequent single releases were to keep advertising the album after the initial spike in sales - keep the buzz going.

When radio, TV, and charts were more important for promotion, it kept tracks from an album circulating publicly for at least a few months. This was always my interpretation anyway.

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primerstar6 t1_ja8g8sf wrote

Reply to Metalhead Dabbling in Listening to Dark Electronic by Sheogorath_1999

i'm a longtime fan of some electronic and some death metal. so bands like Godflesh and Nine Inch Nails have produced some of my favorite music.

You might be looking for 'dark jungle' or 'evil jungle' Youtube is the easiest way for me to find stuff like this, because it's usually in mixes. there are also tracklists for a lot of those mixes too tho.

Like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRSBDERmrlE Some tracks in this one are good too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVj3CGx-rH4

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thesaltwatersolution t1_ja8fv9q wrote

Reply to Songs that are upbeat and frenetic but actually are very depressing and suicidal by Le_San0

Shiny Happy People - R.E.M.

It’s most likely about everyone being prescribed Prozac in the 90’s - there’s no time to cry… happy, happy…

and/ or it could be a phrase that Michael Stipe found on a mistranslated CPP propaganda poster about the student protestors at Tiananmen Square that described them as Shiny Happy People…. meet me in the crowd…

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Jonestown_Juice t1_ja8dmnq wrote

Reply to comment by MiffyCurtains in Songs that are upbeat and frenetic but actually are very depressing and suicidal by Le_San0

The lyrics, yes. It's certainly up for interpretation but these lyrics stand out to me:

>Oh just burn down the house!
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>Burn down the street!
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>Turn everything red and the dream is complete
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>With the sound of your world
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>Going up in the fire
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>It's a perfect day to throw back your head
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>And kiss it all goodbye!

The way I interpret the lyrics is someone trying to convince someone to just forget about their troubles and be happy. But the subject of the song says it's too late for all of that and, instead, they're going to take the route described above. "Turn everything red and the dream is complete".

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Ethan_Skywalker4 t1_ja8cdpy wrote

Reply to Album Suggestions by WhilhelmQ

If you like Radiohead, the Smiths, and Pixies you will definitely love these albums:

Is This It- The Strokes

Turn On the Bright Lights- Interpol

Mind Over Matter- Young the Giant

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These are three of my favorite albums ever and I hope you check them out!

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wunderhero t1_ja89aw1 wrote

Reply to Songs that are upbeat and frenetic but actually are very depressing and suicidal by Le_San0

Gin Blossoms - Lost Horizons

Written by the late Doug Hopkins, it highlights his issue with alcoholism that would ultimately lead to his suicide but to a happy, fast-tempo jangley sound the Gin Blossoms would become known for.

"The last horizons I could see are now resigned to memories
I never thought I'd still be here today
Drink enough of anything to make myself look new again
Drunk drunk drunk in the gardens and the graves"

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