The Mars Volta

CanadianCoyote

CanadianCoyote

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Hey guys! I kinda vanished off the face of the Earth for a little while, but I had to quit smokin' weed ... and to avoid temptation, I stopped hanging around places and people that reminded me how AWESOME smokin' is.

However, my days of forced sobriety are over. And I have returned to babble incoherently about NOTHING AT ALL!

Well, not this time. I've got something to talk about.

The Mars Volta. Anybody here fans? There HAS to be, as this is probably one of the best bands out there. I fell in love with their first album (De-Loused in the Comatorium) a few years back... but last year they blew me away with the masterpiece that is 'The Bedlam in Goliath'.

To any fans out there: what's your favorite Mars Volta song? It's hard for me to pick just one... so here are a few:

Cicatriz ESP (De-Loused in the Comatorium)
Take the Veil Captain Taxt (De-Loused in the Comatorium)
The Widow (Frances the Mute)
L'Via L'Viaquez (Frances the Mute)
Tetragrammaton (Amputechture)
Meccamputecture (Amputecture)
Day of the Baphomets (Amputecture)
Wax Simulcra (The Bedlam in Goliath)
Ouroboros (The Bedlam in Goliath)
Conjugal Burns (The Bedlam in Goliath)

And to anybody who hasn't heard these guys yet... or doesn't know very much of their stuff... I suggest you CHECK IT OUT!!

Great music to get your toke on to. :bigjoint:
 
MurderAlley

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CanadianCoyote said:
Hey guys! I kinda vanished off the face of the Earth for a little while, but I had to quit smokin' weed ... and to avoid temptation, I stopped hanging around places and people that reminded me how AWESOME smokin' is.

However, my days of forced sobriety are over. And I have returned to babble incoherently about NOTHING AT ALL!

Well, not this time. I've got something to talk about.

The Mars Volta. Anybody here fans? There HAS to be, as this is probably one of the best bands out there. I fell in love with their first album (De-Loused in the Comatorium) a few years back... but last year they blew me away with the masterpiece that is 'The Bedlam in Goliath'.

To any fans out there: what's your favorite Mars Volta song? It's hard for me to pick just one... so here are a few:

Cicatriz ESP (De-Loused in the Comatorium)
Take the Veil Captain Taxt (De-Loused in the Comatorium)
The Widow (Frances the Mute)
L'Via L'Viaquez (Frances the Mute)
Tetragrammaton (Amputechture)
Meccamputecture (Amputecture)
Day of the Baphomets (Amputecture)
Wax Simulcra (The Bedlam in Goliath)
Ouroboros (The Bedlam in Goliath)
Conjugal Burns (The Bedlam in Goliath)

And to anybody who hasn't heard these guys yet... or doesn't know very much of their stuff... I suggest you CHECK IT OUT!!

Great music to get your toke on to. :bigjoint:
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Hey man that is a good band from what ive heard. They used to play a little on KUPD out in PHX. Not sure of the names of the songs but what i heard was put together pretty well. I guess its time to download i mean go buy some more trax and check it out.

SO u still havent been smoking? I hate when i have to quit for something!!!
 
MurderAlley

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CanadianCoyote said:
Yeah, had to quit for a job. But... got laid off awhile back so... I'm smokin' whenever I get the chance now!!
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Right on yeah i used to stop when i was looking for work but i found th at agent x synthetic piss that u just tape to ur leg and use. Stuff works great!
 
CanadianCoyote

CanadianCoyote

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MurderAlley said:
Right on yeah i used to stop when i was looking for work but i found th at agent x synthetic piss that u just tape to ur leg and use. Stuff works great!
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It's harder to get away with that sort of thing when you're female. Heh. When I had to piss to get the job, I used Xxtra Clean, but it was easier to just not smoke while I was working.
 
MurderAlley

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CanadianCoyote said:
It's harder to get away with that sort of thing when you're female. Heh. When I had to piss to get the job, I used Xxtra Clean, but it was easier to just not smoke while I was working.
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Nah the homegirl uses that stuff all the time!! But i can see it being a little more tricky.. It is definitely way easier for me to not smoke while i work too.. Thats why i quit working i suppose.......:hump:
 
Snooptwo

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the mars volta is bad ass but not my favorite to smoke to. I love gettin all ripped and chillin out to Explosions In The Sky. All instrumental. They did the soundtrack for the movie Friday Night Lights, very dynamic awesome to study and sleep too as well. Check them out. try the song "your hand in mine" or "The Birth and Death of the Day" they are pretty popular songs.
 
miccyj

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I tried to quit smoking buds once, I found the experience so stressful, I had to smoke a blunt just to get through it :bigjoint:The most difficult 1/2 day of my life. :weed:
 
CanadianCoyote

CanadianCoyote

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BUMPED because the title and tracklist for their new album has been released. New album will be called 'Octahedron' and will be released on June 19th!! My buddy and I are already making plans... he's taking the day off and we're having our own little album release party. FUCK YEAH!
 
motorboater

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the band has turned pretty shitty in recent years

some of the members just put a new one called Cryptonesia. pretty bad
 
CanadianCoyote

CanadianCoyote

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Shitty?! Wow... never thought I'd hear that word used to describe 'em. Their most recent album blew my mind! It's one of my favorite albums of all time, now. :D This upcoming album is supposedly going to be a lot different from their other things... they've said it's going to be more "accessible" to a larger audience, which to me translates into a lot less weird and more conventional rock/pop sounds. Not sure if that's a good thing or not... I'll have to wait 'til June 19th to find out, I guess.
 
Sgt. Floyd

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I like em. I like it when they focus on the song parts cause they're really good, but all the noise/improv stuff starts to bore the hell out of me.
 
CanadianCoyote

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There's a lot less of that in their two most recent albums... but yeah, the noise/weird shit on Frances The Mute gets to me sometimes. I have to be in the EXACT right mood to appreciate that album.
 
lollerpop

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De-Loused is a flawless record from start to finish. But with each new album I become less interested. I haven't even listened to Bedlam in Goliath.

At the Drive-In never gets old, though.
 
motorboater

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CanadianCoyote said:
Shitty?! Wow... never thought I'd hear that word used to describe 'em. Their most recent album blew my mind! It's one of my favorite albums of all time, now. :D This upcoming album is supposedly going to be a lot different from their other things... they've said it's going to be more "accessible" to a larger audience, which to me translates into a lot less weird and more conventional rock/pop sounds. Not sure if that's a good thing or not... I'll have to wait 'til June 19th to find out, I guess.
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I've been a fan since day 1, and its almost like they've become a joke of themselves. Cedric has gotten worse at singing. Omar sticks to his pretentious noodling on guitar.

I'm not someone who hates prog either. I absolutely love Yes and King Crimson.

Check them out at Live at the Electric Ballroom from back in 03. Now that's a tight group.

fyi- they said the same thing about Bedlam (more accessible)

ps- dont download cryptonesia. it is lol worthy
 
CanadianCoyote

CanadianCoyote

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lollerpop said:
De-Loused is a flawless record from start to finish. But with each new album I become less interested. I haven't even listened to Bedlam in Goliath.

At the Drive-In never gets old, though.
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True that!

And I think you should give TBiG a listen, especially of Amputechture had you losing interest. TBiG is a great album from start to finish much in the same vein as De-loused, but it's much 'harder'... less of the jazzy-type, quiet interleudes and more facepounding rock.
 
CanadianCoyote

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motorboater said:
I've been a fan since day 1, and its almost like they've become a joke of themselves. Cedric has gotten worse at singing. Omar sticks to his pretentious noodling on guitar.

I'm not someone who hates prog either. I absolutely love Yes and King Crimson.

Check them out at Live at the Electric Ballroom from back in 03. Now that's a tight group.

fyi- they said the same thing about Bedlam (more accessible)

ps- dont download cryptonesia. it is lol worthy
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I've got the electric ballroom gig, it's pretty fucking fantastic.

I love King Crimson as well!! Also, 3. But that's a different story. XD

I like Omar's guitar noodling, but I'm weird that way. XD And I agree, Cedric seems to have lost a bit of his vocal power, however he still manages to keep my interest.
 
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