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 Post subject: Eisley= Chamber Pop?Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2010 6:30 pm 
My friend the other day told me he thinks Eisley reminds him of "Chamber-pop" or "Baroque Pop": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baroque_pop I think the description kind of fits..I never knew there was a term for it ha. _________________ www.kailahandler.bandcamp.com |
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2010 6:49 pm
I agree, actually. We finally have a genre to tell people when they ask what type of music Eisley is! This is a glorious day. _________________ cynlovescandy wrote: kulvir wrote: I bet R. Kelly approves of peeing in the shower. The world is R. Kelly's shower. It's a golden world. Nowhere Man wrote: mr pine wrote: is there a difference between dubstep and techno?
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2010 6:51 pm
The_Paronomasial_Mattoid wrote: I agree, actually. We finally have a genre to tell people when they ask what type of music Eisley is! This is a glorious day. -What genre is Eisley? -Chamber pop. -What's that? -... |
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2010 6:53 pm
patrock wrote: The_Paronomasial_Mattoid wrote: I agree, actually. We finally have a genre to tell people when they ask what type of music Eisley is! This is a glorious day. -What genre is Eisley? -Chamber pop. -What's that? -... Haha, exactly _________________ www.kailahandler.bandcamp.com |
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2010 7:10 pm
kLafied wrote: patrock wrote: The_Paronomasial_Mattoid wrote: I agree, actually. We finally have a genre to tell people when they ask what type of music Eisley is! This is a glorious day. -What genre is Eisley? -Chamber pop. -What's that? -... Haha, exactly Haha. I didn't say it'd make sense to them, I just said we now have a genre to file them under. And if all else fails, just tell them to look it up.  _________________ cynlovescandy wrote: kulvir wrote: I bet R. Kelly approves of peeing in the shower. The world is R. Kelly's shower. It's a golden world. Nowhere Man wrote: mr pine wrote: is there a difference between dubstep and techno?
you know besides the name? techno: uhnd chik uhnd chik uhnd chik uhnd chik dubstep: BOOM Chik.. Boom Boom Boom Chik.. PEOOOWWwwww BOOM BOWowoWOWoWOWow zipzipzipzipzipwoowooowoow EEEEEeeeeeerrr BOOM BOOM BOOM Splat! |
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 6:10 am
If they're asking specifically after a band's genre, they're probably familiar with some obscure genres or else they'd just say "What do they sound like?" (Which is, incidentally, a much better question to ask as you're less likely to get a useless, nebulous umbrella answer like "Um, alt-rock?") Chamber pop is a pretty great description, but I've always preferred carousel rock.  _________________ INTELLECT AND ROMANCE OVER BRUTE FORCE AND CYNICISM Smokemonster |
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Post subject: Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2010 8:29 am
Sounds too much like chamber pot. _________________ 
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Post subject: Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2010 8:32 am
I think "what do you like about them?" is a much better question to ask when inquiring about a band. _________________ EisleyForever wrote: you're A-list in my heart! MAKECOLDPLAYHISTORY |
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Post subject: Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2010 10:15 am
When I think of baroque pop (the term I prefer), I think of harpsichords, accordions, lots of reverb, etc. The kind of 60s Motown/Phil Spector/Beach Boys/Zombies/British Invasion sound. Eisley may not fit completely into that, but I think the term works. |
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Post subject: Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2010 10:44 am
Baroque Pop (at least late Baroque) could be described as music in the galant style. _________________ EisleyForever wrote: you're A-list in my heart! MAKECOLDPLAYHISTORY |
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Post subject: Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2010 10:57 am
The band I think of when I hear the description baroque pop is Magnetic Fields, and to a lesser extent Dead Can Dance. I like the term but don't think it quite fits Eisley. Carousel rock FTW.  _________________ http://www.twitter.com/drstrangeblog http://www.last.fm/user/getinline I can't find the time to write my mind the way I want it to read. |
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Post subject: Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2010 12:06 pm
Baroque pop, et al, are terms from the late 60s to describe the synthesis of the kind of soul pop music at the time with lush, complex instrumentation and studio innovation. Modern groups fitting into that group would be, like, Camera Obscura, Dr. Dog, Sufjan Stevens, She & Him; and I wouldn't be afraid to say groups like Radiohead and Neutral Milk Hotel, either. |
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Post subject: Added some links and completed my thought... Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2010 12:10 pm
Uhmm... Well, when i see "Chamber Pop" I always think of Belle & Sebastian, Rufus Wainwright, and lately Regina Spektor amongst others. There are some Eisley songs that fit that (mostly earlier stuff though) which is being outnumbered by the material that has followed, whether you like it or not. Use the term at your own peril... And it's funny how artists who are sounding more and more like Early Genesis and Yes, who were without a doubt Progressive Rock (before they went Arena, they were all over European folk music and Baroque) are "Indie Rock" or "Freak Folk" bands now, amongst other labels getting thrown around. Don't believe me, listen to ANY Genesis record before And Then There Were Three. Or Yes Record before Tales From the Topographic Oceans. The super-technical stuff that does get called Proggy (Coheed & Cambria, Mars Volta, Circa Survive etc) is an extreme and isn't really much like the early Progressive stuff. It was more pastoral. Way to go Willie, I never completed that thought _________________ yup, that's my name. FOR YOUR RATING PLEASURE: 4 LIKE Buttons, 1 NEUTRAL, 1 VEXED, 5 DISLIKE buttons. LC > FB         
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Post subject: Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2010 3:57 pm
Speaking of prog rock, Sufjan Stevens' All Delighted People, for some reason, makes me think of Jethro Tull's Aqualung. I think it's the track order. |
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Post subject: Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2010 4:12 pm
boone wrote: Speaking of prog rock, Sufjan Stevens' All Delighted People, for some reason, makes me think of Jethro Tull's Aqualung. I think it's the track order. What do you think of All Delighted People and The Age of Adz? The title track in the former is unbelievable, but the latter as a whole has really grown on me. "All For Myself", "Vesuvius", and "Impossible Soul" are highlights for me. _________________ EisleyForever wrote: you're A-list in my heart! MAKECOLDPLAYHISTORY |
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