Category Archives: Audiophallic

Hi-Fi Friday: January 20, 2017

I picked the theme for this month: 80’s songs that make you cringe. And Blobby‘s correct: I did select the theme and emailed it to him while inebriated gambrinous on the streets of New Orleans. It’s what popped into my head first, so I ran with it. Unlike other things I’d like to have been popping in my head while in NOLA.

And Blobby seems to be picking songs I like. Hmm…


I don’t know what it is exactly about this song that makes me cringe, but it does. Maybe it’s the synth. There’s a lot of songs with synth that don’t bother me through. Maybe it’s the weird echo singing. There’s a lot of songs with that too that don’t bother me. Maybe it’s just me, judging by the comments on my last few of these…

I give you Animotion’s 1985 song “Obsession”:

And did everyone in the 80s dance like that?

Until next time...
Erik

Hi-Fi Friday: January 13, 2017

I picked the theme for this month: 80’s songs that make you cringe. And Blobby‘s correct: I did select the theme and emailed it to him while inebriated gambrinous on the streets of New Orleans. It’s what popped into my head first, so I ran with it. Unlike other things I’d like to have been popping in my head while in NOLA.


I was just going to list this person’s discography, but I guess I just need to post one song. Her voice = nails on a chalkboard. Actually, I’d rather listen to Yoko Ono on a drunk bender attempting to cover Beatles songs than listen to Kate Bush sing anything. And then this one song, which SiriusXM’s 1st Wave likes to play just makes me cringe. Her voice, and those horns.

I give you Kate Bush’s 1985 “Running Up That Hill”. *shudder*

Until next time...
Erik

Hi-Fi Friday: January 6, 2017

I picked the theme for this month: 80’s songs that make you cringe. And Blobby is correct: I did select the theme and emailed it to him while inebriated gambrinous on the streets of New Orleans. It’s what popped into my head first, so I ran with it. Unlike other things I’d like to have been popping in my head while in NOLA.


I LOATHE this song. This will be on repeat in my own personal Hell. And it’s the synth-horns section that kills it for me. It could have been a good song, perhaps. But that one bit of the song over and over is worse than nails on a chalkboard for me. Something about it is just out of sync with the rest of the song to my ear. I PHYSICALLY cringe any time it comes on SiriusXM’s 1st Wave, especially if I can’t change the channel. Like when I’m at the studio mid-tattoo.

I give you Human League’s “(Keep Feeling) Fascination”… *shudder*

Until next time...
Erik

Hi-Fi Friday: December 23, 2016

Blobby‘s month to pick the theme. And we’re going with live music.


I’m not sure which Pink Floyd concert I would like to have seen more, but it’s a long list I’d like to have seen at all. And then it’s difficult to narrow down a specific song as well, even if I had a Momentary Lapse of Reason. While I wouldn’t say I’m a ginormous Pink Floyd fan, I do enjoy listening to a lot of their Works. I’m not sure which I like More, but I’m not one to Meddle. So I guess this is the one that made The Final Cut.

I give you, Pink Floyd’s “Time”:

Until next time...
Erik

Hi-Fi Friday: December 16, 2016

Blobby‘s month to pick the theme. And we’re going with live music. I guess as opposed to dead music, although I’m not sure that’s a thing.


I narrowed down the next song to two performances, but couldn’t pick just one. So like a can of Pringles, you’re getting more than one.

I give you Capital Cities “Safe and Sound”:

And here’s a slower starting version of the song, which I also like:

Until next time...
Erik