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Songs with UNIQUE VIBES that cannot be replicated?
« on: August 16, 2021, 11:17:59 AM »
Which songs would you name?


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Re: Songs with UNIQUE VIBES that cannot be replicated?
« Reply #1 on: August 16, 2021, 11:24:05 AM »
Prince
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« Reply #2 on: August 16, 2021, 11:46:34 AM »
Haha, Prince.


For me, "Tomorrow Never Knows", by the Beatles.
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Re: Songs with UNIQUE VIBES that cannot be replicated?
« Reply #3 on: August 16, 2021, 12:15:16 PM »
Lateralus immediately springs to mind.
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Re: Songs with UNIQUE VIBES that cannot be replicated?
« Reply #4 on: August 16, 2021, 12:38:49 PM »
Lateralus immediately springs to mind.

The whole album has a fantastic vibe to it.

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Re: Songs with UNIQUE VIBES that cannot be replicated?
« Reply #5 on: August 16, 2021, 12:46:24 PM »
Ultravox - Vienna

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Re: Songs with UNIQUE VIBES that cannot be replicated?
« Reply #6 on: August 16, 2021, 02:07:18 PM »
Agalloch - Falling Snow
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Re: Songs with UNIQUE VIBES that cannot be replicated?
« Reply #7 on: August 16, 2021, 02:12:53 PM »
Blur - The Outsider.  Sounds like a twisted horror movie.  Very different for them.
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Re: Songs with UNIQUE VIBES that cannot be replicated?
« Reply #8 on: August 16, 2021, 02:16:10 PM »
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Re: Songs with UNIQUE VIBES that cannot be replicated?
« Reply #9 on: August 16, 2021, 02:18:17 PM »
Diablo Swing Orchestra - Guerilla Laments

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Re: Songs with UNIQUE VIBES that cannot be replicated?
« Reply #10 on: August 16, 2021, 02:18:35 PM »
Not totally sure about “cannot be replicated,” but I’ll go with:

King Crimson - Waiting Man
The Clientele - Monday’s Rain

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« Reply #11 on: August 16, 2021, 03:22:16 PM »
The Smashing Pumpkins - 1979. The new-wavey, shoegazey vibe plus Corgan's voice makes for the defining alternative song of the 90's imo.

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« Reply #12 on: August 16, 2021, 03:56:51 PM »
The Smashing Pumpkins - 1979. The new-wavey, shoegazey vibe plus Corgan's voice makes for the defining alternative song of the 90's imo.

Great call.  As soon as I hear it it takes be back to my teenage years.  Such a distinct vibe and atmosphere.
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Re: Songs with UNIQUE VIBES that cannot be replicated?
« Reply #13 on: August 16, 2021, 03:58:20 PM »
Led Zeppelin-Down By The Seaside
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Re: Songs with UNIQUE VIBES that cannot be replicated?
« Reply #14 on: August 16, 2021, 04:07:09 PM »
Wicked Game - Chris Isaac.

His voice aches with pain.  The guitar aches with pain. The song aches with pain.
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Re: Songs with UNIQUE VIBES that cannot be replicated?
« Reply #15 on: August 16, 2021, 04:37:10 PM »
I feel like most vibes can be replicated.

I was in a bunch of local bands in the 2000's and we (whichever band) played tons of shows with endless bands that tried and sounded exactly like Tool. Not nearly as good, but definitely able to replicate the vibe and atmosphere.
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« Reply #16 on: August 16, 2021, 04:41:05 PM »
I feel like most vibes can be replicated.

I was in a bunch of local bands in the 2000's and we (whichever band) played tons of shows with endless bands that tried and sounded exactly like Tool. Not nearly as good, but definitely able to replicate the vibe and atmosphere.

Who was first with the vibe should be a positive.
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Re: Songs with UNIQUE VIBES that cannot be replicated?
« Reply #17 on: August 16, 2021, 04:42:30 PM »
I feel like most vibes can be replicated.

I was in a bunch of local bands in the 2000's and we (whichever band) played tons of shows with endless bands that tried and sounded exactly like Tool. Not nearly as good, but definitely able to replicate the vibe and atmosphere.

Who was first with the vibe should be a positive.

Oh totally. The bands I saw locally were awful. They were the Guchy bags of bands. But the question still stipulated that the vibe can't be replicated. I honestly can't think of any vibe that can't be replicated, or at least imitated really well.
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Re: Songs with UNIQUE VIBES that cannot be replicated?
« Reply #18 on: August 16, 2021, 04:57:18 PM »
Wicked Game - Chris Isaac.

His voice aches with pain.  The guitar aches with pain. The song aches with pain.

Always loved this song.

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« Reply #19 on: August 16, 2021, 08:18:54 PM »
Wicked Game - Chris Isaac.

His voice aches with pain.  The guitar aches with pain. The song aches with pain.

I’ll never forget the first time I heard this song. I was working at a strip club in Spokane Washington as a DJ in 1991ish. (These were my wild years before I became a Christian)

One of the girls brought the cassette tape in all queued up and ready to play. We got five seconds in, and I was convinced that our tape deck was eating her cassette so I shut it off. I was later told in a four letter word tirade of outstanding proportions that the song was supposed to sound like that.
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Re: Songs with UNIQUE VIBES that cannot be replicated?
« Reply #20 on: August 17, 2021, 01:19:11 AM »
I have to mention Type O Negative - Love You to Death.

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Re: Songs with UNIQUE VIBES that cannot be replicated?
« Reply #21 on: August 17, 2021, 05:27:52 AM »
Wicked Game - Chris Isaac.

His voice aches with pain.  The guitar aches with pain. The song aches with pain.

Also makes my ears ache with pain.
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Re: Songs with UNIQUE VIBES that cannot be replicated?
« Reply #22 on: August 17, 2021, 06:47:04 AM »
Wicked Game - Chris Isaac.

His voice aches with pain.  The guitar aches with pain. The song aches with pain.

Also makes my ears ache with pain.

To be honest I could never stand that song.

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« Reply #23 on: August 17, 2021, 07:02:32 AM »
Well you two are silly then.
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« Reply #24 on: August 17, 2021, 07:24:20 AM »
Yes - Awaken
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Re: Songs with UNIQUE VIBES that cannot be replicated?
« Reply #25 on: August 17, 2021, 07:39:45 AM »
I'm not sure exactly what the OP is going for, here, but I will say that live versions of "Pull Me Under" never seem to capture the vibe of the studio version, IMO. 

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« Reply #26 on: August 17, 2021, 07:44:15 AM »
Led Zeppelin-Down By The Seaside

That reminds me:  Led Zeppelin, "In The Light"

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« Reply #27 on: August 17, 2021, 07:44:36 AM »
Wicked Game - Chris Isaac.

His voice aches with pain.  The guitar aches with pain. The song aches with pain.

Also makes my ears ache with pain.

I read that and thought of TAC immediately.  :)

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« Reply #28 on: August 17, 2021, 01:12:55 PM »
Tesseract's Altered State. I can't think of another album which has that combination of Ashe's almost boyband vocals with those djenty riffs

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« Reply #29 on: August 17, 2021, 02:17:05 PM »
Well you two are silly then.

I know!  ;D
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« Reply #30 on: August 17, 2021, 02:17:46 PM »
Wicked Game - Chris Isaac.

His voice aches with pain.  The guitar aches with pain. The song aches with pain.

Also makes my ears ache with pain.

I read that and thought of TAC immediately.  :)

Are you saying I'm slowly morphing into Tim?  :lol
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« Reply #31 on: August 17, 2021, 02:20:48 PM »
Wicked Game - Chris Isaac.

His voice aches with pain.  The guitar aches with pain. The song aches with pain.

Also makes my ears ache with pain.

 :lol :lol

Can't say I disagree, and all the "aches with pain" stuff is kinda odd, given that the song is about having a strong attraction to a woman who called to hook up with Isaak.

Random:  the song plays while Ross and Rachel have sex for the first time on the TV show Friends.  In a later episode, Isaak made a guest appearance and had a short tryst with Phoebe.  At the end of the episode, she was teaching him the lyrics to her silly song "Smelly Cat," and he sang along with his trademark falsetto, to which she responds by asking if he didn't want to use a more manly voice.
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« Reply #32 on: August 17, 2021, 02:45:52 PM »
Wicked Game - Chris Isaac.

His voice aches with pain.  The guitar aches with pain. The song aches with pain.

Also makes my ears ache with pain.

 :lol :lol

Can't say I disagree, and all the "aches with pain" stuff is kinda odd, given that the song is about having a strong attraction to a woman who called to hook up with Isaak.

Random:  the song plays while Ross and Rachel have sex for the first time on the TV show Friends.  In a later episode, Isaak made a guest appearance and had a short tryst with Phoebe.  At the end of the episode, she was teaching him the lyrics to her silly song "Smelly Cat," and he sang along with his trademark falsetto, to which she responds by asking if he didn't want to use a more manly voice.

No pain in loving someone who doesn't love you back like you do?  I feel like you need to re read the lyrics on this song.


Wicked Game - Chris Isaac.

His voice aches with pain.  The guitar aches with pain. The song aches with pain.

Also makes my ears ache with pain.

I read that and thought of TAC immediately.  :)

Are you saying I'm slowly morphing into Tim?  :lol

Man that's a low blow. :lol
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Re: Songs with UNIQUE VIBES that cannot be replicated?
« Reply #33 on: August 17, 2021, 11:08:02 PM »
I'm not sure exactly what the OP is going for, here, but I will say that live versions of "Pull Me Under" never seem to capture the vibe of the studio version, IMO.

I have further thoughts on the question in the OP that I'll try to share in the next few days, but I wanted to say now that I really agree with this sentiment.

There's something about the chorus specifically, to me. That chorus grabbed me the very first time I heard the song because it sounded... I don't know quite how to capture it. Almost choral, with this high, clean line repeated a three times. There's something magical about that sound that drew me in right away. And that vibe just can't be replicated live with only one singer. Even if it could... the way James sings it live is fine, but it just doesn't capture that magic vibe. Pre-accident, he puts too much grit on it, and post, he can't sustain those high clean notes in the same easy way he does on IAW. Live it has a different vibe, which is decent, but it's not the magic vibe of the studio version.

I think the chorus of The Ones Who Help to Set the Sun could have had a vibe somewhat like this if it was sung by a chorus. But not quite the same.

Honestly, all of Images and Words would almost be a good answer to me for this thread. There's something about the way that album was written, performed and produced that makes it feel almost ethereal while still having tons of energy. It feels like being in another world, a beautiful one that's wintery yet full of light. Surrounded is the paradigm of this sound, but every song has it. As much flack as DT album art sometimes gets, I think the artwork is close to the unique vibe I feel on this album, but it's still difficult to describe.

Awake has its own distinct vibe for me, too, but it's not as distinctive as IAW. It's in another world, too, but one that's a little closer to ordinary life. It's an icier world with a sense of anxiety where the world of IAW has a sense of deliverance.

The other DT albums don't have a unique vibe like this for me, although that's not to say they aren't different from each other and don't have unique vibes at times.
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Re: Songs with UNIQUE VIBES that cannot be replicated?
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