Fuck the rules.
In the theme of stonerness, here's some stoner rap for Naga:
Beck - Loser
Such a product of it's time. This was released in 1994, grunge was just ending at britpop was taking off over here, so it got lost in amongst Gallagher's singing about Cigarettes and Alcohol, and slow moving cannon balls.
However, it got a new lease of life for us in the late 90's, early 00's, when MTV2 came on the scene and started blasting out guitar orientated music that wasn't nu-metal and that shitty US punk that was around at the time. I feel like this song was one of the few songs around that really just cut through the shit that was really happening in mainstream music at the time, and evoked a personal feeling that was still relevant to the day, because looking back, there really was very little difference in those 6 or so years.
In terms of the actual song, I don't have the personal feelings that Naga has to it, it's not a coming of age song for me in the same way that Nirvana or early Muse tracks were, but it introduced me to abstract lyrics and how they can be used to paint vivid imaginary pictures, something that influenced me heavily as an art student at the time.
I love the musicality behind the track, he definitely uses traditional rock instruments as an almost hip hop beat for himself here, and it just works. Beck also has
the definitive disinterested voice, and it's absolutely perfect for this song.
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Going to go for something completely weird this time:
Primus - Wynona's Big Brown Beaver
Well that guitar is pretty similar to early QOTSA, and it predates them by quite a few years, it'd be interesting to see if there's any connection between the 2 bands.
I love these weird ass lyrics again, it's great how people can make these ridiculous situational stories just fit in so well with the music. But for me, the thing I mainly like about this track is the actual music itself, because as much as i like the words, I can't get past the country style voice he sings with, despite the fact that it's obviously parody.
Overall though, I've found myself replaying the track 3 times, so it's doing far more right for me than it's doing wrong.
Ahem, I kinda updated the ost to my vague activities that sometimes compliment my daydreaming.
Listen to it to it the way it was meant to be heard, LOUDLY.
Electric Wizard - Vinum Sabbathi
I've been meaning to listen to these a bit more, they're so dirty and sludgy and everything just blends into this wonderful assault of noise that I love so fucking much. That bass is so damn clear in the mix though, it's wizardry of production that the whole song is just so deep and baritone, and just fucking grungey as shit, yet there's a clear bass line running through it.
The whole song just seeks to completely cocoon you in sound, but just as you're really being drowned by it, it ends, I feel it could do with another 30-40 seconds to make it top tier for me, but all in I just adore the track completely.
This is another track that gives me similar feelings about drowning in sound, and really does need to be played loud...
My Bloody Valentine - Only Shallow
Time to start shoegazing.