Tisket ([info]thebubblebursts) wrote in [info]christianbands,
2005-07-22 20:41:00
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calling all music analysts.

Augh.

Mute Math, "Peculiar People."

This dude knows music theory. For the theory geeks out there, I mean, who in mainstream music uses extensions in the melody? The sixth degree in minor mode!! Helloooo! This is like...jazz in rock. Except reggae. Modal reggae rock.

I'm happy.

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[info]myself4086

July 23 2005, 04:53:57 UTC 6 years ago

i like.

[info]bellapalmera

July 23 2005, 05:59:20 UTC 6 years ago

Oh man, I can't remember the name of the band this guy used to be in... was it Earthsuit? If not it was some other band but they were good too!

[info]calvin_the_bold

July 23 2005, 06:20:57 UTC 6 years ago

yes, Earthsuit was a brilliant band

even though they are from the 90s
i still listen to earthsuit every-now-and-again
it's amazing,
a band that actually knows what they are doing
btw,
the drums on ES and MM are wonderful (ima drummer)

[info]bellapalmera

July 23 2005, 06:38:19 UTC 6 years ago

cool... I only know one song by ES ("One Time")... good stuff!

[info]charisangel

July 24 2005, 03:58:25 UTC 6 years ago

Ahhh... if you find Earthsuit's album, you should check it out. (It's kinda hard to find now... check the bargain bins at Family Christian maybe) Excellent stuff.. very experimental... I'm so happy Mutemath is here to sort of revive them. :)

[info]calvin_the_bold

July 23 2005, 06:23:15 UTC 6 years ago

oh, i almost forgot,
mewithoutYou has some great melody lines in the song "January 1979" (so i've been told)
mwY is a band that knows music theory as well

[info]luv247muzac

July 23 2005, 17:47:53 UTC 6 years ago

I like Mute Math alot. There cd is awesome.

[info]charisangel

July 24 2005, 03:57:08 UTC 6 years ago

I wish I knew music theory so I could intelligently discuss it and wholeheartedly agree. But alas, I don't know what extentions and sixth degree minor mode are. Bleh. :(

BUT! Mutemath is super amazing and you should all go buy Reset. Like, right now. Find a copy of Earthsuit's Kaleidoscope Superior too while you're at it.

"Peculiar People" = awesome song. :)

[info]thebubblebursts

July 24 2005, 04:36:34 UTC 6 years ago

I'm a music major, so these are the things that really strike me as different. But it doesn't matter if you don't know what extensions are or the sixth degree of the scale in a minor mode. That's all heady stuff. You get the important part- it just sounds cool! And I think that's because it sounds different, because of the heady stuff.

I must agree that it's an awesome song. Even without looking at it theoretically, the simplicity of the song is compelling. The lyrics about shedding our human skin and flying...I think that's a really great way to say it!

[info]foryoublue2

August 1 2005, 07:04:29 UTC 6 years ago

ok, the thing with the song "Peculiar People" was that it was co-written with Jon Foreman.

And with the way Switchfoot has been going (south) since their first album, well...

=bm

[info]thebubblebursts

August 16 2005, 06:51:43 UTC 6 years ago

Ah, I didn't know that.

I'm a fan of Jon Foreman's writing, for the most part. Melodically, harmonically, he keeps it interesting.

Would you really say that New Way To Be Human was worse than The Legend of Chin? I find that arguable...

[info]foryoublue2

August 18 2005, 04:37:05 UTC 6 years ago

i'd say so in terms of style of music, they both had tons of great songs, but more stick out to me on Chin than on Human...

=bm

[info]thebubblebursts

August 24 2005, 02:24:32 UTC 6 years ago

I haven't spent much time with The Legend of Chin, so I have no personal bias on the matter, but it's interesting to hear from someone who prefers that album over New Way To Be Human, because there were so many hits on the latter. Which is not to say that "hits" define a good album, because it depends on what scale of "good" you're using.

Their new stuff sounds rockier again, which is nice...they tamper with pop, which is cool, but I like the straight-up rock...
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