Aural Moon unlistenable

[sharcnorris]

Originally Posted by schupdoggy

I like some of the (noise) bands and some I don't like.
A few I like are...

Godspeed You Black Emperor!
Don Caballero
Sigur Ros
Explosions In The Sky
A Silver Mt. Zion
Appleseed Cast
Mogwai
new add... Can
new add... Magma
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
Samla Mammas Manna
Universe Zero
Alamaailman Vasarat
Mr. Bungle
New add... Tarental
Mats/Morgan Band
Faust
Art Zoyd
Art Bears
new add... anything donated by Yesspaz, especially Miles

Thanks Shuppy, add Tarentel, Sun Ra, and Magma and this is a great List of Noise I would remove from the Moons playlist... Thank again

[Yesspaz]

Originally Posted by sharcnorris

Thanks Shuppy, add Tarentel, Sun Ra, and Magma and this is a great List of Noise I would remove from the Moons playlist... Thank again

Well, we'll never define prog, but would someone define "Noise" for me? It seems like the running definition being used by some people here is "things I don't like." The term "noisy" may be more appropriate when discussing Sun Ra or Magma, but not "noise." (Without referring to a dictionary) Noise is non-repetitive, non-melodic, non-sensical, non-harmonic. In other words, there's no overlying or underlying meaning behind the arrangement of the sounds heard. This cannot be said of ANY of the artists listed.

There are quite a few artists out there who've purposefully written pretty music and then put noise on top of it. There are bands who's chosen chords and harmony are extremely dissonant. There are artists who's improvisational nature means at times the piece is barely holding together. None of this constitutes noise. If so, then while removing fusion Miles, we should remove the much more cacophonic improvs from 70s King Crimson. They're much more "challenging" and "noisy." at times.



Define noise. Something you don't like, or something that actually is not music?