K/DA - POP/STARS The first time I heard this I was put off by the animated video...it seemed like just a cash grab produced by League. It probably is just a cash grab by League, but the tune has grown on me...a lot...and the video too. Can cartoons be sexy? Guess so. Since I like this now after hearing it quite a few times (familiarity often generates appreciation) and because you posted it in this topic, I'm sticking in my Feb rotation...thanks (hope you still are active in Tanki ...soooo many players have quit).

RaiM - Двигаться (ТЕЛО ТВОЕ БЫЛАЙ ДА БЫЛАЙ) Very nice. Great synth tones...mellow. The guy's voice is raspy but yet smooth. I like not knowing what the lyrics are about since weak lyrics often ruin the vibe produced by the song itself. This is a keeper for me and maybe going into Feb's rotation.

So put up a few examples. All music is good, but we tend to have preferences, so we like, dislike, or are just blah about any particular piece or even genres. Many times I find that if someone recommends something I will spend some time with it and grow to like it...even if it wouldn't have been my first choice in music. "Be My Babe" is a perfect example of how something grows on you after a couple of listens. I like it now much better because you posted it and I've spent the time to listen to it a few of times now. So poat more please :)

Isida was my primary turret with my first and highest ranked account. I really liked healing, but Tanki basically took the healing abilities away from Isida and turned it into an offensive weapon like Freeze or Firebird. Overall, Tanki just kept getting worse and worse (for me). Finally after playing every day for years, Tanki just got too annoying with the constant nerf/buff cycle and the absolute ruinous greed of the devs. I quit playing a few months ago and am much happier without the frustration caused from almost every single update since the paint separation update back in the day. I spend a lot of the time that I used to play Tanki seeking out interesting and exciting music. To be frank, I wasn't wild about "Initial D - Be My Babe" but I'd sure like to hear more stuff that you like. Post more stuff. What else do you game to? What do you listen to when not gaming?

I wasn't going to post anything else but I stumbled into this and just had to share it. What a voice! Damn. Michal Elia Kamal is the singer for Light in Babylon. It may take a few seconds to adjust Western ears, but this is some true badassery...high drama and power...yikes! What a star! (great production helps too) Michal Elia Kamal - Light in Babylon - Ya Sahra More cherry picks of Michal Elia Kamal and Light in Babylon (a great way to spend 15 minutes)

A Latvian song of witches and werewolf girls, tribal fusion feel with some hula elements and cute babes singing great choral harmony around 1:58 followed by a pretty cool drum break...what's not to like? My only question is what's up with the bicycle sprockets? Tautumeitas - Raganu Nakts One more from Tautumeitas (no sprockets)

Sorry, I saw the lmao and thought you might be using the music to make some sort of joke related to Support Nanobots. No wonder I didn't "get it" ... there was no joke :)

The Somberlain Fantastic guitar intro, but at 0.20 when the drums come in it's kinda jarring, then the chords don't mesh with the theme of the into...they seem disconnected and just patched together. After 0:20 it gets good on it's own though. Great power chords throughout and many many changes...nice. They really keep it interesting. I do object to the obnoxious speed metal sound of the snare on the upbeats (makes the piece sound like Let's Go Bowling neo-ska...kinda silly)...should have been brought down in volume in post production. It does make a very effective point when it stops...when it quits it's nagging you really feel the power chords. Around 2:08 the drummer gets tasty again and the chord progression is brilliant...wow...oh yeah...love this. Big drama. 3:36, oh I'm head banging now...crap that fool drummer's upbeats (3:46)...bad call mixer boy. Next long section kinda reminds me of something from Black Sabbath, but I'm not sure what exactly. 6:10 nice drop....takin' it home. Yeah, quite good. The drummer needs a spanking. On third listen, it sounds to me like the production people punched up the snare to give the piece that frenetic speed metal feel. Overall a very good rockin' piece....a real keeper, thanks. Thorns of Crimson Death 0:00 to 5:10 kinda blah for me...outstanding production and good muscianship, but it doesn't really speak to me. 5:10 starts a very tasty bit...oh yeah...brilliant guitar injection at 5:35 with hypno phrased chords...a tad repditive, but can feel a drop coming...I hope, I hope...6:50 ahhh bummers, the drop flopped and was just a down tempo change (unwise in my opinion) ...and on to the end. It's OK. A couple of redeeming moments but not enough to save the piece overall. I could only get through this once and even that sort of dragged on. This would make good movie music. Maybe if it had a snazzy video to go along with it it would be more palatable but just as a listen it feels kind bland. I was looking for a decent version of Led Zeppelin's Immigrant Song...maybe a bangin' live thing for the granddaddy of metal, but all I found was Marvel Comic overdubs...Thor and all. And in line with comics, I found this absolute jewel...hysterical. (I hadda put it in a spoiler or you couldn't have read my reactions with any kind of objectivity) The Immigrant Song like you've never heard it before...guarrans

I don't get it. It's not a horrible piece of music. I mean it doesn't make your ears bleed or anything...but it just seems so standard issue anime.

Devil Driver. Haven't heard these guys before but they sport some truly epic tones with a boat load of great hooks. The highly repetitive nature of their music lends itself to some of the tasty tone drops every couple of phrases...especially in "Head on to Heartache'. Great guitar, bass, and synth tones. Here's a few metal bands that may have slipped under the Western radar. Lemme know if you like 'em or no.

So what's your most recent ear worm? What song have you listened to more than three times in a row recently? Post 'em bruhs... I've been stuck on this for a couple of days. So energetic...and a cute video...who is this babe? I recognize her as an actress but don't know where I've seen her (American Pie maybe?) She's almost got a shuffle thing going in her dance. Her shuffle like dance brought me back to a fairly deep Elvis Presley rabbit hole...a neat trend of Elvis overdubs to shuffle dancers...so that song. got repeated a dozen times. And then this "Naughty Boy - La La La" just won't leave me alone this week. The complete version sounds much better fidelity wise, but I love the choreography that this troupe did for the song...so slick...the walk segment looks badass in contrast to the super fast hand motions. They Might Be Giants - You're On Fire (please, no spoiler) Elvis Presley - His Latest Flame Remix (please, no spoiler) Naughty Boy - La La La (ITsMe dance) (please, no spoiler) Naughty Boy, Sam Smith - La La La (Lyrics) ...it's really worth listening to the entire tune again for context and the better fidelity of course.

Bananarama vs Banarama cover Give the 80's girl group Bananarma a minimum of 90 seconds to digest the teen fun and sheer bubblegum-ness of their music.. Then give this YouTube era cover a listen. Yikes! This cover makes me like the original even more because it's such a cool comparison.

I was living in Monterey California back in the day. There was this cool little movie theater on Cannery Row...post Steinbeck but still untoruisted. The theater had no seats but only thick carpet and lots of pillows. It accommodated about 40 or 50 people. It was the ideal set up for a first date scenario, "Wanna go to a movie?" "Sure", as she naively thought it would be a regular theater with seats and popcorn. The cuddle opportunities are dramatically increased when forced to lie around on the floor buried in pillows. The movie had just been there for a couple days; something called The Rocky Horror Picture Show...whatever, it was the theater venue itself that attracted me for my boyish machinations. The babe and I walked down to our allotted portion of floor and sat down. "Wow, this is really different isn't it? There aren't any seats?" said the fly to the spider. Soon the movie started...a bloody musical..and really odd...WTF? But very soon the magic of images and the rock transported to a different realm. We both became innocents, equally amazed and excited about what we were watching. Then MeatLoaf entered the story (as Eddie)...the essence of the 50s banging it out just for us in all his rebel energy. I don't remember the girl I went with. I don't remember if the theater did it's magic. But I remember the show stealing impact of MeatLoaf's performance as Eddie. Even got him killed and eaten in the movie...later to be the "Meatloaf Again" response after Rocky Horror became "A Thing" Hot Patootie Bless My Soul, it's a Bat Out of Hell Thanks Marvin for all you've given to us...you will not be forgotten.

..and something a bit punchier that you may not have heard before...some Celtic Fusion from the late 90s. Mouth Music is the band. They are diverse and super slick in the studio with all their traditional stuff and pop rippers. Worth an investigation of their body of work: Mouth Music - Topic https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOCTA8x0bpy1hYpsCxDvV1Q

Definitely my celebrity crush. We are lucky to live within the time frame of titans of music like these. Rhiannon Giddens, opera, multi-instrumentalist, musicologist, composer, and a kick ass rocker (well, bluegrasser). Where do ultra-humans like this come from? I love this girl...a musician's musician.

Today's ear worm: Listen to this song three times in a row and it will keep playing in your head for a week....guaranz ballbarinz. Should you need to rinse the worm, apply this drama directly to your ear holes while keeping your eyes closed. If the ear worm persists, repeat the procedure. Not a guaranteed cure, but it should bring some relief at the very least.

Broadway - Artificial Love ...thanks...this is now in my rotation. Great groove and what a great bass tone. Your offering also came with an interesting playlist on YT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Wjos9Vsa6U&list=RD5Wjos9Vsa6U&index=1

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BruhBruhThingThing Posted Monday at 03:47 PM I found a very soothing song. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Just to give back for these last couple of musical exposure posts, I offer a sublime bit of saxophone-ation jazz with a haunting melodic line and driving backbeat...dig it...dance to it...whirl and spin into oblivion. Or you could just sing along :)

I'm gonna use this for my new ring tone....maybe my morning alarm...gotta start the day out right after all.

It's not February yet so it's not Carnaval, but it is a New Year and I was feeling Brazil-ish. Daniella Mercury...wow. I think this is like a TV show or concert of the Ballet Folklorico de Brazil (Spanish, sorry I don't know the Portuguese equivalent)...so colorful, right? And I think I will travel to Rio, Using the music for flight, - Michael Nesmith, "Rio"

This gets super tasty around 3:12 so make sure you get to that portion...and then of course, the swell choral climax.

Again, thanks. I tred the spoiler icon with no success...<> icon with no success...insert tab with no success...I even tried raw code [/spoiler]. Thanks for saving me...Merry Christmas.

A large eclectic music dump. I hope you find a few tunes that you like as much as I like them. I've certainly found many great songs in this forum topic. I haven't posted anything for a long time so Christmas seemed like it might be a good time to resume...sorry if the amount is on the overkill side, but these are some of my favs from the last several months in my music rotation. Merry Christmas and a Joyous New Year!