Critical Livestream

[@randomstuffzofdoom]

wow, never expected to see ninja magic here! This song should be about 20 years old now :)

[@bartomiejkunda1129]

When Porcupine Tree released Fear of a Blank Planet, there was a complimentary 4-track EP called "Nil Recurring" released at the same time, containing studio version of "Normal". The song is far from being just a different version of "Sentimental", they only share a few lines of lyrics, and could be treated more like one being a response to another (Sentimental: ""I never wanna be old, and I don't want dependence", Normal: "Wish I was old and a little sentimental"). I agree that live version seems to drag for a bit too long but imho that's mostly because it lacks some vocal harmonies and additional vocal responses from the studio version - the original chorus sounds much more rich and interesting because of that.

[@Ramoono]

Thanks for providing more context, I actually never made the connection of being a response but that makes a lot of sense

[@Jiggleslinky]

Whoever requested Ninja Magic, you are my hero. That song has lived rent free in my mind for 15 years.

[@zenggah]

love seeing some kowloon walled city here, absolutely love their piecework album

[@ilyas_elouchihi]

Me too! They're very underrated

[@ptwkk]

Jem (the vocalist of SPEED) was actually studying to become concert flute player, but dropped it due to both stress and to focus on the band. He now teaches flute as a side gig

[@CriticalReactions]

Oh wow! Can you imagine finding out that your flute teacher has a concert so you attend in hopes of hearing a pro flutist and you end up getting slammed by SPEED?

[@ilyas_elouchihi]

Yes! Kowloon Walled City! Please do more failure! The Heart is a monster is an excellent album to check

[@morgue_file]

SPEED! love them. Not a ton to dissect, pretty straight forward. Great nonetheless.

[@ALIENjoy]

Yessss Speed is some great no BS Australian HC. Got some nice promo this year being included on the WWE 2k24 soundtrack

[@ShadinCore]

1:29:22 you should wear t-shirt with "don't mess with me: i survived hoobastank mosh pit 😠" (also fun fact: "same direction" by hoobastank was my favorite song waaaay back in the days 😣 )

[@CriticalReactions]

I might have to make that shirt now. Nothing special, just white text on black shirt right? I wonder what font I should use. Same Direction was a great song. I don't think Hoobastank ever missed. I don't remember all of their music but I have a tough time trying to remember a bad song of theirs.

[@ShadinCore]

@@CriticalReactions well, i guess then you would be surprised to know that they are considered bad band now🤣i remember watching pretty well received and viewed video that goes through "reason" tearing it down (if you google "regretting the past hoobastank reason" you should find it)

[@CriticalReactions]

@@ShadinCore Wooooooow. That's just dumb. I'll take your word about it though, I'm not too interested in watching people hate on bands I like 😅

[@ShadinCore]

@@CriticalReactions b-but for us you're those people!😿 ... and we like it... 😭