Comments for Under the Pink http://roogoyle.wordpress.com Music, Musicians, The Industry, And The Big Ol' World Tue, 30 Apr 2013 19:28:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on New Years Songs by music promotion social networking sites http://roogoyle.wordpress.com/2012/12/31/new-years-songs/#comment-1565 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 19:28:59 +0000 http://roogoyle.wordpress.com/?p=1475#comment-1565 Hi there! I could have sworn I’ve been to this site before but after reading through some of the post I realized it’s new to me.
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]]> Comment on Paul Jago, The Gandharvas, and Said Dog by Cyanide Kiss http://roogoyle.wordpress.com/2012/01/11/paul-jago-the-gandharvas-and-said-dog/#comment-1508 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 17:25:35 +0000 http://roogoyle.wordpress.com/?p=1270#comment-1508 The Gandharvas and Said Dog Rule! Long live Balls Deluxe too!

]]> Comment on The Ghosts That Haunt Me by Daniel Hamel http://roogoyle.wordpress.com/2012/12/04/the-ghosts-that-haunt-me/#comment-1506 Tue, 04 Dec 2012 17:49:39 +0000 http://roogoyle.wordpress.com/?p=1454#comment-1506 One of my favourites by them was always God Shuffled His Feet. Great little tune. This reminds me of how I feel about Junkhouse, another alt-rock band from that era. Their first album, Strays, was weird! to me at the time. I got it at the same time as I got Naveed by Our Lady Peace, but eventually found myself listening far more to the bluesy rock of Strays. Their next album, Birthday Boy got quite a bit harder, and pulled some influence from electronic music and industrial, while still feeling bluesy. Fuzz had a couple of great tracks, but was a bit poppier. Tom Wilson’s stuff after Junkhouse was fun, but I wasn’t a huge fan of it all. But Strays… man, that is a stunning album.

]]> Comment on Monday Morning Quickie – November 12th, 2012 by Thad http://roogoyle.wordpress.com/2012/11/12/mmqnov12/#comment-1472 Tue, 13 Nov 2012 15:15:28 +0000 http://roogoyle.wordpress.com/?p=1426#comment-1472 Good advice. This was my failing point. Where were you then Roo ! :)

]]> Comment on Touring Singles by Roo http://roogoyle.wordpress.com/2012/11/05/touring-singles/#comment-1463 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 15:16:07 +0000 http://roogoyle.wordpress.com/?p=1422#comment-1463 Very good points!

Re: Gotye…that’s too bad. I always saw Coachella and other festivals like that as representations of how awesome music is right now. Rock fans also like hip hop, and alt-country, and folk, and even some pop…you can go to Coachella and see Snoop Dogg, Neil Young, and Primus on the same stage.

But if people are only going to hear the 40 bands play their one well known song…that’s sad. First you had the radio, then the jukebox, then the iPod…now are stages our jukeboxes?

Also, it’s too bad, because Gotye’s album is pretty good…it kind of reminded me of a Peter Gabriel album.

]]> Comment on Touring Singles by Daniel http://roogoyle.wordpress.com/2012/11/05/touring-singles/#comment-1462 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 14:25:52 +0000 http://roogoyle.wordpress.com/?p=1422#comment-1462 I do agree with you on this! The singles market is a double edged sword. It allows the consumer more choice in what they want to purchase (I can’t count how many albums I bought for a really excellent lead-off single and the rest of the album was absolute pap! Primitive Radio Gods, I’m looking at you. You too, Wanderlust!). Sadly, it also means that artists don’t get to define their sound by a well-rounded collection of songs, but rather by the song that has been heavily marketed, or has gone viral (Gotye, I’m looking at you.)

It reminds me of the story I heard from someone who was at Coachella this past year. He went to see Gotye, who was playing in the afternoon. Gotye got a few songs in, then sang “Somebody That I Used to Know.” As soon as he was done that song (maybe 1/3 of the way through his set), two thirds of the crowd left the venue and went to other stages. After that, he’s (understandably) reticent to play that song live at all! I also don’t really understand the mentality that would cause a music fan to do that. Why would you hang around for the song you’ve already heard a million times? If you like that song -so much-, why wouldn’t you hang around and really get to know this artist a bit better?

]]> Comment on Holy Crapknuckle! by Rob http://roogoyle.wordpress.com/2012/09/10/holy-crapknuckle/#comment-1459 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 01:42:34 +0000 http://roogoyle.wordpress.com/?p=1337#comment-1459 Welcome back!

]]> Comment on Two Albums I Intend On Buying, Even Though I Got Them For Free… by Diana http://roogoyle.wordpress.com/2012/02/15/two-albums-i-intend-on-buying-even-though-i-got-them-for-free/#comment-1454 Sat, 18 Aug 2012 01:11:47 +0000 http://roogoyle.wordpress.com/?p=1311#comment-1454 I have Imaginary Heaven CDs. They’re beautiful. I thought I was the only one who remembered them.

]]> Comment on Shock and Awe: The Allnighter Film Festival Of Great Schlock by Rob http://roogoyle.wordpress.com/2012/07/26/shock-and-awe-2012/#comment-1441 Sun, 29 Jul 2012 18:24:52 +0000 http://roogoyle.wordpress.com/?p=1388#comment-1441 Looks like way too much fun. Wish they did stuff like that in Guelph.

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