Author Topic: The Pendulum Appreciation-Thread (Read 12405 times)

Sigz · « **Reply #35 on:** March 30, 2011, 03:56:24 AM »

Anyone here listen to their live album? It's pretty fucking awesome besides Ben derping up every other song with pointless singing/yelling.

Zantera · « **Reply #36 on:** March 30, 2011, 05:00:28 AM »

Quote from: Sigz on March 30, 2011, 03:56:24 AM

Anyone here listen to their live album? It's pretty fucking awesome besides Ben derping up every other song with pointless singing/yelling.

Pretty much this.
Their music is really made for being played live, but some of the talk in between songs is annoying.

nightmare_cinema · « **Reply #37 on:** March 30, 2011, 05:28:52 AM »

Pendulum thrill me when they get played in clubs, I went to see their DJ set a couple of years ago and it was insane! Everyone had their shirt off, was soaked in everyone else's sweat, glow sticks, dancing until you felt you were gonna collapse, and just the best atmosphere. Slam and Blood Sugar are impossible not to dance to I find.

I don't think I feel this through bias though, but The Fountain is definitely my favourite Pendulum song so far, it just has more depth and feeling than any of the others. It's my song of 2010 for sure, I've been listening to it loads since it was released.

Sigz · « **Reply #38 on:** March 30, 2011, 05:54:56 AM »

Yeah my roomate saw their DJ set at Fabric last year, he said it was completely insane. Wish I had been able to go.

ACID_FOX · « **Reply #39 on:** March 30, 2011, 09:07:39 AM »

Quote from: nightmare_cinema on March 30, 2011, 05:28:52 AM

Pendulum thrill me when they get played in clubs, I went to see their DJ set a couple of years ago and it was insane! Everyone had their shirt off, was soaked in everyone else's sweat, glow sticks, dancing until you felt you were gonna collapse, and just the best atmosphere. Slam and Blood Sugar are impossible not to dance to I find.

I don't think I feel this through bias though, but The Fountain is definitely my favourite Pendulum song so far, it just has more depth and feeling than any of the others. It's my song of 2010 for sure, I've been listening to it loads since it was released.

Yeah, when I first heard about Pendulum and SW I was like "what the fuck?" but was really suprised by how brilliantly it turned out!

jag66 · « **Reply #40 on:** March 30, 2011, 01:01:14 PM »

Quote from: Sigz on March 30, 2011, 05:54:56 AM

Yeah my roomate saw their DJ set at Fabric last year, he said it was completely insane. Wish I had been able to go.

They're still better playing live though

glaurung · « **Reply #41 on:** March 30, 2011, 09:16:51 PM »

After listening to all three albums I still think that Immersion is still by far my favorite. I think what it comes down to is that I'm more interested in their more "intense" songs like Salt in the Wounds, Set Me On Fire, and The Island. There just aren't as many of the really intense instrumental parts like that on the first two albums. Still a lot of really great songs, but nothing that makes me think "HOLY FUCK THIS IS AWESOME!"

If someone who knows a lot more about electronic music that me wants to recommend a band/artist that has more songs like those then I would very much appreciate it.

I should take that to the electronic music thread though.

DarkEternalNight · « **Reply #42 on:** March 30, 2011, 11:18:04 PM »

Salt In The Wounds is amazing.

Zantera · « **Reply #43 on:** March 31, 2011, 01:21:57 AM »

Salt in the Wounds is easily my least favorite song on Immersion.
Personally, Hold Your Colour is my favorite, that song just has the majority of the best songs, even though songs like Tarantula and Slam would rank fairly low if I made a song-ranking on that album.
To me it's like this:

1. Hold Your Colour = Fantastic
2. Immersion = Fantastic
3. In Silico = Individually it has a lot of really good songs, overall I'd say it's pretty good

Quadrochosis · « **Reply #44 on:** March 31, 2011, 06:04:21 AM »

Quote from: glaurung on March 30, 2011, 09:16:51 PM

If someone who knows a lot more about electronic music that me wants to recommend a band/artist that has more songs like those then I would very much appreciate it. I should take that to the electronic music thread though.

Pretty much any DnB artist.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3H1lZyix-I0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhzR8bLmOos

Zantera · « **Reply #45 on:** March 31, 2011, 08:02:47 AM »

It's really hard picking favorite-songs by Pendulum, but nr1 would most likely be Hold Your Colour.
That song just has something special, and it's one of those tunes that you can listen to endlessly.
Girl in the Fire and Plastic World would both be up there as well, both from HYC.

ACID_FOX · « **Reply #46 on:** March 31, 2011, 01:20:17 PM »

Set me on fire

FretMuppet · « **Reply #47 on:** March 31, 2011, 01:24:20 PM »

The end of Under the Waves and the chorus of Comprachicos are so headbang-able!

Sigz · « **Reply #48 on:** April 01, 2011, 03:48:54 AM »

Voodoo People needs some love too, even if it is a cover.

Zantera · « **Reply #49 on:** April 01, 2011, 04:07:52 AM »

Quote from: Sigz on April 01, 2011, 03:48:54 AM

Voodoo People needs some love too, even if it is a cover.

I was actually just about to post this.
Listened to the Live at Brixton, and the Voodoo People remix was easily one of the highlights.
Is awesome.

atmyne · « **Reply #50 on:** April 01, 2011, 08:25:41 AM »

I was at an event featuring Tiesto when he played The Island pt1/2. Needless to say, I lost my shit.
Didn't really dig the rest of that album though. I enjoy good electro/house/trance/dubstep etc. but drum n' bass is definitely not my thing...
If you're in the same boat as me, check out Deadmau5's latest track: HR 8938 Cephei. Progressive electro with a trancy vibe that is ultimately

Zantera · « **Reply #51 on:** April 09, 2011, 02:56:42 PM »

Kinda got bored with my old 'theme', so decided to go for all Pendulum-stuff.
Colorful at least.

Kosmo · « **Reply #52 on:** April 09, 2011, 02:59:04 PM »

Looks cool.

Zantera · « **Reply #53 on:** April 10, 2011, 08:59:10 AM »

Quote from: Wikipedia

On October 26, 2010, Swire announced via Twitter that a new record is in the works. This new record is set to be heavily punk influenced. The next album is expected to be a significant departure from usage of drum and bass tempo, for a faster tempo in the form of punk, and a slower tempo in the form of dubstep.

This really sounds interesting.
Personally it feels like everything Pendulum does turns to gold, so no matter what direction they'll go for album nr4, I'll still be very interested.

Zantera · « **Reply #54 on:** April 15, 2011, 10:43:55 AM »

Bump to say that the live-version of Hold Your Colour is mindblowing.

jag66 · « **Reply #55 on:** April 16, 2011, 12:59:24 PM »

So is the live version of Blood Sugar.. banging!

Sigz · « **Reply #56 on:** April 17, 2011, 06:59:19 AM »

Quote from: Zantera on April 10, 2011, 08:59:10 AM

a slower tempo in the form of dubstep.interested.

NNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Zantera · « **Reply #57 on:** April 17, 2011, 07:04:05 AM »

Didn't Pendulum have a song that was called Dubstep on Immersion?
The Vulture if I don't remember it wrong.
I honestly have no idea what separates the electronic subgenres, it all sounds fine to me.

Sigz · « **Reply #58 on:** April 17, 2011, 07:09:30 AM »

Yeah, there were bits of dubstep on Immersion (Set Me on Fire, not The Vulture), and while decent they were definitely the low points of the album. Dubstep in general is just so fucking boring, I truly don't understand why it's getting so popular.

Zantera · « **Reply #59 on:** April 17, 2011, 08:26:17 AM »

Oh my bad.
Set Me on Fire is great, but I get what you mean, it's not really one of my favorites, even though I think it's a pretty solid song.
No matter what changes they're going for, I'm still confident that Pendulum will sound like Pendulum, on Immersion they reached out to several new genres while still maintaining a certain sound, and I'm sure the next album will be something similar.

faemir · « **Reply #60 on:** April 17, 2011, 09:14:32 AM »

I just hope it's consistently good like Immersion, because last time they tried to swap genres (In Silico) it was one crappy record.

FretMuppet · « **Reply #61 on:** April 21, 2011, 03:52:11 AM »

I was a bit uneasy about their plans to make a more dubstep-orientated album, not sure how it would turn out...

Then I heard Set Me on Fire

Zantera · « **Reply #62 on:** April 21, 2011, 04:22:25 AM »

I'm really psyched about a new album, seeing as I'm a huge fan of the band, and when you're listening to a band on a weekly basis, 3 albums (plus a lot of B-sides) isn't much to go around on.

Also... "...and I wandered through the weird and lurid landscape of another planet"

ACID_FOX · « **Reply #63 on:** May 22, 2011, 05:57:22 AM »

Immersion is without a doubt in my top five best albums of all time. Their other two albums I'm not too keen on, they seem too "predictable". Every song on Immersion seems to try something different, and they all succeed flawlessley.

Kosmo · « **Reply #64 on:** May 22, 2011, 01:59:37 PM »

Yeah indeed. I listened to Immersion like once on the release day but then just forgot about it until recently The Island popped up when i had my playlist on shuffle and now i'm hooked to the album.

Zantera · « **Reply #65 on:** May 22, 2011, 02:26:02 PM »

Immersion is a fantastic album, so awesome to see some love for it.

LieLowTheWantedMan · « **Reply #66 on:** May 22, 2011, 02:28:30 PM »

One of my student teachers showed me a song by these guys and they sounded like generic pop.

Can someone recommend me something awesome?

Zantera · « **Reply #67 on:** May 22, 2011, 02:32:35 PM »

Generic? Pop?

Even though these guys really don't do Drum N Bass anymore, I can't think of a single song that sounds pop-ish.

Hard to recommend ONE song that sounds Pendulum, but I'd probably say Hold Your Colour, The Island or Watercolour. (to give a somewhat decent overview)

LieLowTheWantedMan · « **Reply #68 on:** May 22, 2011, 02:33:48 PM »

Ha. Maybe I was just being impatient and difficult since I was waiting for God Is An Astronaut to come up on her playlist.

Oh well, I'll give em a try.

Sigz · « **Reply #69 on:** May 22, 2011, 02:34:28 PM »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2KC1P9s6-Q

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