Stormbringer

Imma just leave this hurr:

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You know, once you get over the poppy kinda stuff Su Metal (oldest girl) is actually a pretty good singer.

 

I know a lot of people just listen to Gimme Chocolate and stop but Babymetal isn't that bad

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And then there's stuff like this.

 

Which is catchy and I like it

Yeah... no thanks 

I thought the first one would be worse honestly, but still...And the second one is just awful   My ears....

This is becoming a thing in Asia and it's amazing

^ lemme think

 ....... I like it :chicken:

^^ Did you manage to catch the lyrics?

^ it has lyrics?

I'll listen more carefully later on

I caught nothing :shock:

Damn... that's like Yoko Ono all over again 

Damn... that's like Yoko Ono all over again 

:o

Lifestyle | Sat Nov 7, 2015 10:57pm EST Related: ENTERTAINMENT

John Lennon guitar sells for over $2.4 million at California auction record

LOS ANGELES

A guitar stolen from the late John Lennon in the 1960s sold for $2.41 million on Saturday at an auction in Beverly Hills, California, and a Beatles drum head went for $2.1 million, fetching some of the highest prices ever for items of rock and roll memorabilia.

The 1962 J-160E Gibson acoustic guitar had for decades been in the possession of John McCaw, a novice musician who bought it in the late 1960s without knowing it had been stolen from the legendary Beatle several years before, said auctioneer Darren Julien.

Half of the proceeds from the sale of the guitar, which was stolen from Lennon at a December 1963 Christmas concert, will go toward the Spirit Foundation, a charitable organization that he and his widow, Yoko Ono, created, Julien said.

The instrument's authenticity was determined by its matching serial number and wood grain, among other things, Julien said.

The buyer, who paid $2.41 million at a Julien's Auctions event, has asked to remain anonymous, Julien said.

Though only in Lennon's possession for just over a year, the guitar had an illustrious history.

Lennon bought it at a Liverpool music shop in 1962 and used it on recordings of a number of Beatles songs, including "P.S. I Love You" and "Love Me Do," according to Julien's Auctions. He also is said to have strummed it while writing several Beatles hits with Paul McCartney, such as "I Want To Hold Your Hand" and "All My Loving."

"It's such an important part of Lennon's career and Beatles history," Julien said. "I knew it would go over $1 million; I had no idea it would go over $2 million."

The price far surpasses the $965,000 paid at a 2013 Christie's auction for the electric guitar Bob Dylan played at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival, where he shocked folk traditionalists with a set of rock songs.

According to Guinness World Records, a Fender Stratocaster guitar sold for a record $2.7 million at a 2005 charity event in Qatar. The instrument had been signed by the likes of Keith Richards, Eric Clapton and Paul McCartney.

On Saturday, another big seller at the Julien's Auctions event was a Beatles drum head, which is the membrane stretched over a drum.

The drum head, which was used by The Beatles when they made their historic appearances on "The Ed Sullivan Show" in 1964, sold for $2.1 million, Julien said.

(Reporting by Alex Dobuzinskis; Editing by Lisa Von Ahn)

:shock:  :shock:

I know those are historical items and of great value to those who appreciate what was done with them, but I'm always shocked by the amount of money some people are willing to pay for them  :shock:

$2.41 million is nothing to some people. Could be a good investment too.

^ Well yes, to some people that must be like going to buy some bread 

That's a great guitar anyway, even not considering the history it has behind.

I still am one of the select few that does not like the beatles

I just don't like them no matter what I listen to :yuckky:

^ Well yes, to some people that must be like going to buy some bread 

That's a great guitar anyway, even not considering the history it has behind.

Somebody just paid $170,400,000 for this painting. (At least there's nudity.)

The amount of money people spend on art and music is just ridiculous There is no way someone will EVER justify to me having a painting worth over $170 million, not even history included...or nudity!

$170 million...!!!  :shock:  :shock:

People willing to pay that much money is beyond me too. 

$1.70 at the most here

^ Lol! Definitely not either 

One thing is that there is people spending ridiculous amount of money on these things, but another completely different is suggesting they have no value.

Oddly enough nothing on this earth has value, it's a concept we humans have placed on every item we see. Kinda makes u think eh?

What are VST's?  Thanks for your comments.

Yea, I agree (about the speed run).   With the witcher, they hired this band to compose the soundtrack and it worked as well as a good movie soundtrack.

 

I may have a look at Alien: Isolation. And Outlast 2 is coming next year; i'm already waiting for that one.

 

Not really. It's not music that I usually listen to. I can identify those elements and I enjoy it when I listen to it but I don't have much knowledge about it besides recognizing the style.
 

Nice music! Wish the audio quality was better though. It has quite some middle eastern elements too. They make an interesting fusion. Also nice to know it's real musicians playing the music for the game! I know of many games that rely too much on vst's to make their music.

 

And about that Outlast speed-run it's indeed an interesting feat, but I feel it goes against the spirit of the game

 

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Here's another one.  The Marketing campaign for Fallout 4 should be seen as a model of first rate advertising- it really generated a lot of hype and sales with quite minimal displays.  The actual product itself was quite derivative of FO3 and in contrast to the marketing, lol.

Among the things that made FO4 promotion effective was this jingle (the first part of the song).  To me, it sticks out as a jingle about "hope" and ascendance & was instantly memorable.  By attaching this to all their paraphernalia, they gave a "dejavu" feel- this sense of wonder, and speculation of possibilities.

It seems always good commercial sense to tap into the universal notions of ascendance, and music is the most direct path to it.