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dark water · Post by **dark water** » Fri May 05, 2017 6:43 pm

Watcha,

It's fair to say that I've had a few damn delicious beers (Green Devil IPA, Lemon Dream and Old Dalby Ale: I can recommend the first two...).

But does booze make music sound great, or at least better than it normally might?

I refer to Exhibit A: The Moonlandingz and their album Interplanetary Class Classics.
I wasn't convinced by it on Tuesday. Thought it was a bit pretentious.
But this is their song wot I'm currently listening to, and it's definitely got my old twitching going again:

There's other tunes I know which I reckon sound a great deal better with the warm embrace of booze.

Is this the findings of your research too?

Cheers.

jancivil · Post by **jancivil** » Fri May 05, 2017 8:06 pm

I don't drink. Alcohol depresses the brain and is dehydrating.
Per the former, of course it makes you less critical. That's why it's 'a social lubricant'.

dark water · Post by **dark water** » Fri May 05, 2017 8:40 pm

True, and to be fair you'll also save a nice bit of money by avoiding the booze.

Though (for me) sometimes at the end of the week it's nice for me to just lose my faculties for a couple of hours.

I suspect given the dubious quality of my OP that this may be a rather short-lived thread

Anyway, now I'm sobering up once more and the melancholy is kicking in, so time for a bit of the bloomin marvellous Tindersticks:

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Fri May 05, 2017 9:46 pm

Instant meme:

jancivil · Post by **jancivil** » Fri May 05, 2017 9:49 pm

donno, seems like 'dubious quality' isn't a deal-killer here, in itself

recursive one · Post by **recursive one** » Fri May 05, 2017 9:53 pm

Listening to YOUR OWN music while a bit drunk is the best shit control test. If it still sounds good then it's good.

fluffy_little_something · Fri May 05, 2017 9:56 pm

Were you listening to music at the TGIF party?

As far as I'm concerned, I have never been drunk in all my life, so I can't tell.

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Fri May 05, 2017 9:57 pm

Does music sound better being drunk or high?

Is there a difference there, or the same?

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Fri May 05, 2017 9:59 pm

fluffy_little_something wrote:As far as I'm concerned, I have never been drunk in all my life

That explains a lot.

But are you a teetotaler, or can you enjoy a glass of wine or a light beer?

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Fri May 05, 2017 9:59 pm

Dunno, it's been a while since i was drunk (actually years). I tend to prefer to get a little "high" on alcohol, instead of getting drunk, i prefer that by far.

I don't think it beats listening to music on drugs though. I didn't do drugs for more than 10 years now, but, it was always great (listening to music on them, that is). Not that i miss it or something.

Glad i quit those.

That said, i might just open a bottle of cooled Krombacher now. Prosit.

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Fri May 05, 2017 10:02 pm

chk071 wrote:I tend to prefer to get a little "high" on alcohol, instead of getting drunk

I think most people do.

But what is drunk in this context, does it mean blackout ?

fedexnman · Post by **fedexnman** » Fri May 05, 2017 10:03 pm

Embarrassing to say I usually can hear things when Drunk in songs that I can't always make out Sober ex. Song lyrics ... little nuances of cymbal , snares , guitar string squeaks etc etc ... kinda wierd ... I'm high strung so alcohol chills me out.

fluffy_little_something · Fri May 05, 2017 10:04 pm

Numanoid wrote:
fluffy_little_something wrote:As far as I'm concerned, I have never been drunk in all my life
That explains a lot.

But are you a teetotaler, or can you enjoy a glass of wine or a light beer?

Neither. I don't remember the last time I drank tea, must have been when I was a teenager, mom's tea. The same applies to alcohol, last drop a little later in the early 80's, and even that was only a "symbolic social sip" of wine at a meeting I got away from as fast as I could

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Fri May 05, 2017 10:05 pm

fedexnman wrote:Embarrassing to say I usually can hear things when Drunk in songs that I can't always make out Sober ex. Song lyrics ... little nuances of cymbal , snares , guitar string squeaks etc etc ... kinda wierd ... I'm high strung so alcohol chills me out.

I totally get what you mean. Whenever i smoked weed or pot, i at least thought i could sense every little nuance of the music i was listening to. Could really be like you say, that when you're relaxed, you just sense everything a little more. I totally cannot make music after 2 beers though. Actually, it pretty much pisses me off doing so. I only do music when i'm sober.

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Fri May 05, 2017 10:09 pm

I did a bit of tokin' in the mid-90's, but I didn't catch on, just too intense for my liking.

And I have loved electronic music from day one, so no need for extra stimuli.

I remember getting goosebumps when I first heard Das Boot at the local disco in '91, and at that time I didn't even drink

ein zwei drei tekkkno

Does (most) music sound better when you're drunk? Or is it 'cos it's the end of the working week?