Members rasputin1963 Posted July 18, 2012 Members Share Posted July 18, 2012 Do you guys know this recording? Korn (feat. Skrillex)--- "Get Up!" It has so many things which purists and "traditionalists" love to hate, going on (Where to begin listing them??) As much as I do not usually follow this genre of "New Rock", I have to admit that they are doing some digital tricks that really sound cool. Or at least, very novel. They really have seized the digital domain and made it "say" something new. I imagine it sounds even more impressive played in a huge room on a powerful system. The rock music young people listen to today is so different from what we grew up on. In our day, a pop song's message used to be something like: 1). Let's f***2). Let's dance3). Let's get high, or4). Let me tell you the story 'bout.... (fill-in-the-blank) But I'm not sure what this genre of music is saying, do you? Is it: "I'm furious." OR: "I'm pissed-off." OR: "I want to kill you." OR: "I want to kill myself." OR: "I hate absolutely everything and everybody." Some other message? Your thoughts? There is a militaristic quality, isn't there, to dubstep records like this one? Young people today seem obsessed with some vicious "Other" they have to slay. Just what is oppressing today's youth? [video=youtube;CS5gr3T2gPI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS5gr3T2gPI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jeff Leites Posted July 18, 2012 Members Share Posted July 18, 2012 I find that pretty disturbing. I hate myself for liking Enya... which I guess is disturbing in it's own way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ggm1960 Posted July 18, 2012 Members Share Posted July 18, 2012 There was a rather lengthy article in a recent Guitar World magazine where the band explained how they wanted to stay current/relevant in today's music scene by incorporating dub step and such. I've never been much of a Korn fan myself even though I like their overall attitude and haven't listened to any of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted July 18, 2012 Moderators Share Posted July 18, 2012 I really this one he did with the guys from The Doors. It's really fun driving music, CRANKED UP! [video=youtube;nUA8OzQxGxE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nick fury Posted July 18, 2012 Members Share Posted July 18, 2012 He tries real hard to be Aphex Twin, but lacks the talent and originality. Maybe I'm being harsh. But I feel the Skrillex / Korn combo makes sense, as both artists seem to appeal to the middle America's teenage wasteland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jimbroni Posted July 18, 2012 Members Share Posted July 18, 2012 Whenever I hear the name Skrillex, I don't think music. I think of some type of electric frying pan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members birt Posted July 18, 2012 Members Share Posted July 18, 2012 wub wub wub wub wubwubwubwub kssrrr (repeat) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted July 18, 2012 Members Share Posted July 18, 2012 Formula vs Formula. Wrapped in formula. It's brilliant commercial product for the comic con crowd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted July 18, 2012 Members Share Posted July 18, 2012 Whenever I hear the name Skrillex, I don't think music.I think of some type of electric frying pan.My vote for quote of the day. I have to say that once I'd toured some of the other stuff that passes for dubstep these days, I found myself appreciating Skrillex's craft and the fact that he actually has a sense of the hook. That said, he's got a formula and it's clear he's been intent on milking it before others do. It's what you do, I guess. Whether he grows beyond (I suspect he will) or traps himself in it, we'll have to see. PS... qualified nice things said, I really hate squashed music and having big drops as part of your formula doesn't mitigate the damage. But, you know, hey you kids, get off my lawn, and all that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rasputin1963 Posted July 18, 2012 Author Members Share Posted July 18, 2012 An Eighth-note adagietto groove... but each Eighth-note has an implied Triplet-sixteenth feel... That swung implication is derived from Black sensibilities, however much this sounds like suburban skinhead music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted July 18, 2012 Members Share Posted July 18, 2012 The sound -- not the music, which is just the usual collision of his typical formulae [which are really starting to feel worn the more of his music I hear], but the sound, really makes my head hurt, particularly the 'kick.' It's some sort of phase thing, far as I can tell. It totally physiologically irritates me, like bad stereoification. Mind you, I am willing to acknowledge his craft and his deft use of those formulae. He's certainly got a sense of hook. It's his time. I don't begrudge him that, even if his music makes me physically very uncomfortable. But I suspect that if he can't quickly grow beyond his own now-oft-copped standard moves, his time in the limelight will be brief. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jimbroni Posted July 19, 2012 Members Share Posted July 19, 2012 My vote for quote of the day.I have to say that once I'd toured some of the other stuff that passes for dubstep these days, I found myself appreciating Skrillex's craft and the fact that he actually has a sense of the hook. That said, he's got a formula and it's clear he's been intent on milking it before others do. It's what you do, I guess. Whether he grows beyond (I suspect he will) or traps himself in it, we'll have to see.PS... qualified nice things said, I really hate squashed music and having big drops as part of your formula doesn't mitigate the damage. But, you know, hey you kids, get off my lawn, and all that. In truth, I haven't given the kid a chance really. I was just makin fun of the name, because thats what I think when I hear it. However, I'm a huge fan of dub, and other electronic stuff, like chill, and trans, and trip hop. But dubstep, I'm not sure what that even means, and it certainly doesn't sound like it has anything in common with dub. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jimbroni Posted July 19, 2012 Members Share Posted July 19, 2012 AFASTOP, I liked the movie, it wasn't great. But it was cool. It would have been much cooler if it was a video game, and that goes for the music as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Philter Posted July 19, 2012 Members Share Posted July 19, 2012 I was really digging the Skrillex thing when I first heard it, but I have to admit it wears thin really quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rasputin1963 Posted July 19, 2012 Author Members Share Posted July 19, 2012 In truth, I haven't given the kid a chance really. I was just makin fun of the name, because thats what I think when I hear it. However, I'm a huge fan of dub, and other electronic stuff, like chill, and trans, and trip hop. But dubstep, I'm not sure what that even means, and it certainly doesn't sound like it has anything in common with dub. Yeah! I thought that "dub" was upbeat Jamaican reggae performed with many tapped echoes overlayed, and much Jamaican patois rapping over it. But dubstep appears to be this kind of hulking rock, set to an adagio-andante beat, and filled with "bass drops"... each dubstep artist competing with the other to see who can create more "severe" and "ruthless" bass-drops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rasputin1963 Posted July 19, 2012 Author Members Share Posted July 19, 2012 This sounds like the music I would take with me if I were a soldier going to Iraq or Afghanistan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted July 19, 2012 Moderators Share Posted July 19, 2012 This sounds like the music I would take with me if I were a soldier going to Iraq or Afghanistan. Exactly! Or a 15 year old with a skateboard. Or a 52 year old man he needs to CRANK IT while out shopping for groceries. Blue's + Philter's comments about the style wearing thin, I totally agree. He might just grow and have something new to offer. Right now, he's retreading his rhythmic divide climax theory. He's great at it. Combine that with some pretty hip NI Massive programming and it's all tits. But it will and has worn thin. Personally, I hope he gets great. And I dig his Corey Feldman in horn rims and awesome haircut look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Geoff Grace Posted July 19, 2012 Members Share Posted July 19, 2012 There is a militaristic quality, isn't there, to dubstep records like this one? Young people today seem obsessed with some vicious "Other" they have to slay. Just what is oppressing today's youth? I don't think it's a reaction to oppression; it's the expression of a generation raised on first-person shooter games. Best, Geoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted July 19, 2012 Moderators Share Posted July 19, 2012 I don't think it's a reaction to oppression; it's the expression of a generation raised on first-person shooter games.Best,Geoff Well... sure. But Jerry Lee Lewis made the young white girls wanna go have sex with the poor boys on the other side of tracks. What came first? The chicken or the egg? And Hendrix doing Star Bangled Banner made young boys wanna protest the war with a vengeance pissing off dad. Dubstep is the logical progression of techno and heavy metal music into something hard. And exciting. And forbidden. Born out of video games and the unlit fuse of youth. It's stupid rock and roll. Light it up. BLAM! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members scarecrowbob Posted July 19, 2012 Members Share Posted July 19, 2012 I kind of liked this-- didn't know if y'all had seen it: [video=youtube;ZuunY8BTqNs] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dzara Posted July 20, 2012 Members Share Posted July 20, 2012 I enjoyed their early material Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members A. Einstein Posted July 20, 2012 Members Share Posted July 20, 2012 I hate myself for loving this record. I hate you too for that you love this song. I however like the song and I am not ashamed of this fact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rasputin1963 Posted July 20, 2012 Author Members Share Posted July 20, 2012 hahah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mark L Posted July 20, 2012 Members Share Posted July 20, 2012 Didn't the drummer from Korn have his own forum here once-upon-a-time? Good track, btw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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