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<p>that's pretty awesome. Boys love them some Sabbath</p>
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<p>BabyMetal - Gimme Chocolate</p>
<p>Melodic Death Metal meets J-Pop. </p>
<p>This shouldnt work, but it does.</p>
<p>Who said Death Metal cant be fun?</p>
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<p>Metal? Yikes.</p>
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<p>I didn't watch it all the way through, being Japanese and involving young girls did a large octopus appear on stage and chase them?</p> -
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<p>Two weeks today until the Foo Fighters in Brisbane. At the moment i can't stop listing to "their" first album, the one Dave made by himself in a week. It's a pretty fucking fun listen, punky guitar strumming mixed in with some more complex melodic stuff. Doesn't get enough love as far as i am concerned, and it's a pity these songs aren't on the live rotation any more</p>
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<p>Beethovens Eroica, the birth of so many ideas that are still employed in modern music today. <br>
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<p>Beethoven was the original bad boy of music, a non conformist who had his own ideas of what music should be.<br>
He was the first composer to learn and compose for the piano (as opposed to those prior who had learnt their craft on a harpsichord, a much different instrument with no dynamics).<br>
People hearing Beethoven perform on the piano believed he was possessed by the devil.<br>
Beethovens demands of his pianos were so great, they typically broke as a result. Piano makers hated building instruments for him. <br>
Such a contrast to those musicians today who break instruments as some sort of childish artistic statement.</p>
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<p>The start - two loud, aggressive Eb Major tuttis is reminiscent of what one might expect from a metal tune. Beethoven immediately breaks the rules by using a C# where a C# had no place to be. For the audience at the time, this would have been extremely unnerving as opening themes in sonata form were always in the key of the symphony. Then, Beethoven starts developing the theme (wtf), introduces more themes (double wtf), transitional sections and just to top it all off, aggressive syncopated rhythms and hemiolas that wouldnt be out of place in a metal song. Theres more happening in the exposition of this movement than one would typically find in an entire symphony composed at the time. Its light years beyond anything that had ever been written up to that point in history and placed demands on an unsuspecting audience who were mostly unprepared for such an musical onslaught.</p>
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<p>My favourite part of the whole movement is this clip.<br>
This clip starts half way through the development section, Beethoven introduces a fugato (a small fugue idea that lasts only a few bars) and then takes us down into the most dissonant, darkest of holes... despair... pain... hopelessness... horror bordering on the hysterical... after lots of gnashing of teeth, from the hole emanates a weak, soft light, the most bittersweet theme which is made all the more melancholic due to the tragedy it follows. I still recall the first time I heard this, walking home from work completely unsuspecting... and then it was like the whole world opened up around me and enveloped me in inconsolable grief.<br>
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<p>Well, the Foo Fighters certainly know how to put on a show. 2.5 hours, no breaks or encores, just music. Dave Grohl is definitely the best front man in modern rock. He may not sing as well as Mike Patton or Chris Cornell (used to), or play guitar as well as Billy Corgan, but no one has more charisma, works harder, and thus has a crowd eating out of his hand, like Dave does. And fuck, work! 2.5 hours running around like the excitable child he is, playing hard, screaming his tits off, while the other band members take a break, he plays solo. Man crush enhanced (again). </p>
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<p>Great set list, classics from every album, a constant steam of crowd pleasers. As ever, i gained new appreciation for the new stuff after hearing it live, but even touring a new album, the focus was still on an immensely popular 20 years of work. "All My Life" is probably the best live rock song i have ever seen, 1) it's a kick ass track, and 2) it will get even the most static crowd moving. "This is a Call" was a pleasant surprise, there were a couple i would have loved to hear, but overall i thought it was awesome.</p>
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<p>The little covers set in the middle was very cool. I don't think i've ever seen a band have so much fun on stage before. Included my favourite Rod Stewart song (yes, i have a favourite Rod Stewart song), obviously the aussie's went nuts for the AC/DC song, and no one know's who Rush are. Under Pressure was just hilarious, but well done. </p>
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<p>One thing though, and i am unsure whether this is a "in my day" old man whinge, a Brisbane thing, or a kids these days thing. The crowd were shit i thought. Yes, they sung at the right time (or some did) but they were fucking static! Mrs Mariner and I situated ourselves about 20m from the front (about in line with the covers set stage). While we bounced, head banged, danced, and sung for the whole set (and fuck i am still sore today), sweating up a storm, the people around us, heaps of them in their 20s, just fucking stood there and watched. You boring fluffybunnies! They were more interested in taking photos, or video, or what ever. Dave was playing solo acoustic, and people around me were videoing the big screen rather than watching him for fucks sake. I don't know, maybe my focus was a bit different in my 20s, but i remember most people walked out of concerts looking wrecked, sweaty, and exhausted. The huge majority of the people even at the front left looking like they did when they got there. And barely anyone smokes weed any more! shit's changing man, and not in a good way. </p>
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<p>. Dave Grohl is definitely the best front man in modern rock. He may not sing as well as Mike Patton or Chris Cornell (used to), or play guitar as well as Billy Corgan, but no one has more charisma, works harder, and thus has a crowd eating out of his hand, like Dave does. And fuck, work! 2.5 hours running around like the excitable child he is, playing hard, screaming his tits off, while the other band members take a break, he plays solo. Man crush enhanced (again). </p>
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<p>Behind Eddie Vedder. Foo's are great but Pearl Jam are still the best stadium rock band going around for mine.</p>
