A Song A Day By Active Whyzzat Members.

We probably have music tastes that cover the spectrum. Could be fun to share that, one song per day per member. Post something you like, especially if it is a deep cut or far away from mainstream. All allowed and encouraged.


It's a shame most people probably thought Living Colour was a novelty band. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Let's see yours.

Late June, 2014, Glastonbury festival in England. Around 3:30am, many hours after the main stages had finished for the night, my partner and I stumbled into one of the smaller, all-night music tents to witness these two performing their version of this old country classic. I probably put this on at least once a month. I loved Glastonbury and saw some tremendous bands but I don't think anything really topped this song.

That's really cool. I can see why it was a highlight. It's a neat find when a support band blows away a headliner.

I'm going to avoid my really heavy sh*t for a little bit. You may know the name of the band, but probably not this album.

CELTIC FROST - A Dying God Coming Into Human Flesh (OFFICIAL VIDEO)​

redrumloa said:

I'm going to avoid my really heavy sh*t for a little bit. You may know the name of the band, but probably not this album.

CELTIC FROST - A Dying God Coming Into Human Flesh (OFFICIAL VIDEO)​

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Just getting around to listening to these. The LA Guns one isn't my cup of tea at all but this one is more interesting to my ear musically. I can't get into the vocal style he uses from just before 3 minutes in though. I've never been able to get my brain to like that, even when I appreciate the musicianship. I did a sound engineering course about 15 years ago and half the class were in bands with those type of vocals, although they were all about 20 years younger than me. Some extremely talented young musicians and I went to a lot of their gigs but never quite got it. Probably too late now.

This is from another favourite concert video of mine, The Last Waltz. The lyrics to this song really grab me in a way that few songs manage. That and the live performance with Levon Helm's amazing simultaneous vocals and drumming (very difficult as you'll know if you've ever tried). I could pick a whole bunch of other songs from that concert too. Well worth a watch if you've never seen it (or even if you have).

Robert said:

The LA Guns one isn't my cup of tea

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All good. We're probably pretty far apart on tastes with over some overlap. If something is sh*t, you can say so or just not even justify it with a response

Is it due to being a ballad, or just know you don't like the band? I'm not a big ballad guy, but do like that song. It's not my favorite from them and I'm not an LA Guns super fan or anything. They have some harder edge metal songs I like more.

Robert said:

but this one is more interesting to my ear musically. I can't get into the vocal style he uses from just before 3 minutes in though. I've never been able to get my brain to like that, even when I appreciate the musicianship

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Maybe a bad choice from me then. This was the rare song that the bassist sang lead on. IIRC that may have been the only time he sang lead while in the band. I do like harsh vocals, but only select types of harsh vocals. Mainly I like some of the early tradition death metal vocals and some early grindcore vocals. Most everything after that is just mostly garbage to me. Boy oh boy I can't stand "Screamo".

I guess one day I'll do another song with the same lead guy from Celtic Frost, Tom Gabriel Fischer (aka Tom G. Warrior). He'd been the main guy in 3 bands with a linear history between them. He's an interesting guy and quite intelligent. He was close personal friends with HR Giger, even being a servant to him in his later life. Tom's bands are AFAIK the bands to ever have Giger's original art on their albums, with his permission.




Do you completely avoid the heavier, crazier stuff? Not necessarily vocals, just in general.

Robert said:

This is from another favourite concert video of mine, The Last Waltz. The lyrics to this song really grab me in a way that few songs manage. That and the live performance with Levon Helm's amazing simultaneous vocals and drumming (very difficult as you'll know if you've ever tried). I could pick a whole bunch of other songs from that concert too. Well worth a watch if you've never seen it (or even if you have).

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Like you the first video above (Phillip & Hannah) I really liked, but this one did little for me. There's nothing wrong with it and it's not bad, just not something I'd seek out. Seeing the age of the link, I wonder if it has to do when we are first exposed to something. Some of the music I heard from my parents growing up that I was neutral to back then, I hear back now and really appreciate. I don't know.

I'm a big classic blues fan. So many to chose from. I'll default to Howlin' Wolf.

I've been neglecting music lately, so fun to revisit some of this stuff. My life should calm down soon and be able to get back to the simple things of enjoying music more. I did buy my first new album (CD) in maybe 5 years,



This is an extreme metal band from Botswana, Africa. I've been following them for several years and pestering them for physical media. They finally did a physical release, limited to 100 CDs. I snapped one up. Their indie record company is here in Florida. There is some talk of possible US shows next year. Good chance I can go see them if they do.

A bit OT, but this is the active music thread. If I do see them, I'll post in your concert thread

redrumloa said:

Is it due to being a ballad, or just know you don't like the band? I'm not a big ballad guy, but do like that song. It's not my favorite from them and I'm not an LA Guns super fan or anything.

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No, I like a lot of ballads. I think it's more the overall sound reminds me of a kind of 80s big-hair-and-spandex-glam-metal that I never liked. It's hard to explain as there is nothing objectively wrong with the song.

redrumloa said:

Maybe a bad choice from me then.

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Not at all, I still got something from it.

redrumloa said:

Do you completely avoid the heavier, crazier stuff? Not necessarily vocals, just in general.

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When it comes to metal, I've never really been a fan, despite being able to appreciate a lot of metal bands. OTOH, some of the electronic music I like can sound very harsh and atonal to others. Also, my first real musical genre I identified with was the UK punk scene of the mid-to-late 70s. To a lot of my friends as a kid, it was just as harsh and atonal as stuff I complain about today. I still have a bunch of 7" singles from that time, including this one: