Geir, my question was sincere -- do you have an opinion on Kid Icarus?
― sanskrit, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 22:18 (sixteen years ago) link
I tried listening to it, but you know those game tunes have a tendency to stick in your ears after a while after playing the game. Probably a nice tune, but in the case of computer games, a really sucky and old-fashioned sound tended to put me off anwyay. :)
And by 1986, Rob Hubbard, Martin Galway and Ben Daglish had revolutionized 64 music to such an extent that Nintendo music sounded dated by comparision
― Geir Hongro, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 22:37 (sixteen years ago) link
what authors do you like to read?
― laxalt, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 22:53 (sixteen years ago) link
beecher stowe?
― ian, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 23:05 (sixteen years ago) link
oh snap
― HI DERE, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 23:06 (sixteen years ago) link
Geir, which of these dances is the most poular in Norwayland: The Twist, The Macarena or The Mashed Potato? If you were to invent a dance, how would it go?
― Billy Dods, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 23:17 (sixteen years ago) link
Geir, which of these dances is the most poular in Norwayland: The Twist, The Macarena or The Mashed Potato?
No idea, but The Macarena is surely the most unpopular. :)
If you were to invent a dance, how would it go?
Sitting in a chair in front of the stereo in a dark room without moving, listening to music at a moderate loud volume and taking in all of the details of the music while still not moving a muscle. Called the "listening dance" or the "hi-fi-dance". Music: Preferrably prog, but also works with slightly sophisticated pop or even classical music.
― Geir Hongro, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 23:24 (sixteen years ago) link
And "Smell Yo Dick"
― Dom Passantino, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 23:25 (sixteen years ago) link
xpost I thought the moves may be something like that. Have you ever 'cut a rug' when accidentally visiting a club or a wedding reception for example?
― Billy Dods, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 23:25 (sixteen years ago) link
There´s a new sensation A fabulous creation A danceable solution To teenage revolution Do the Hongro When you feel love It´s the new way That´s why we say Do the Hongro Do it on the tables Quaglino´s place or mabel´s Slow and gentle Sentimental All styles served here Louis seize he prefer Laissez-faire le strand Tired of the tango Fed up with fandango Dance on moonbeams Slide on rainbows In furs or blue jeans You know what I mean Do the Hong
Had your fill of quadrilles The madison and cheap thrills Bored with the beguine The samba isn´t your scene They´re playing our tune By the pale moon We´re incognito Down the lido And we like the strand Arabs at oasis Eskimos and chinese If you feel blue Look through who´s who See la goulue And nijinsky Do the strandsky Weary of the waltz And mashed potato schmaltz Rhododendron Is a nice flower Evergreen It lasts forever But it can´t beat Hongro The sphynx and mona lisa Lolita and guernica Did the Hong
― Just got offed, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 23:29 (sixteen years ago) link
Geir, are you a fan of the more melodic strains of symphonic and folk black metal from your fine country?
― moley, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 23:45 (sixteen years ago) link
Sitting in a chair in front of the stereo in a dark room without moving, listening to music at a moderate loud volume and taking in all of the details of the music while still not moving a muscle. Called the "listening dance" or the "hi-fi-dance".
Geir,
SUP?
http://www.totalmedia.com/images/maxell.jpg
― sanskrit, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 02:29 (sixteen years ago) link
Geirs of War
― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 02:32 (sixteen years ago) link
Metal Geir Solid
― filthy dylan, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 04:28 (sixteen years ago) link
What books do you like to read?
― laxalt, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 05:33 (sixteen years ago) link
How do you feel about Koji Kondo?
― gigabytepicnic, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 07:41 (sixteen years ago) link
No. I cannot stand music that features screaming or grinding vocals.
Books about music, I guess. :) I don't read a lot of fiction really.
― Geir Hongro, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 09:06 (sixteen years ago) link
What are your favorite books about music?
― stephen, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 14:59 (sixteen years ago) link
Surely you can cite some non-music books that mean a lot to you, mr Hongro!
― Veronica Moser, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 15:32 (sixteen years ago) link
Is there anything specific about music that you enjoy that you don't in other arts?
― filthy dylan, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 15:34 (sixteen years ago) link
You don't like it when they scream and shout, when they work it on out?
― sexyDancer, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 15:42 (sixteen years ago) link
Who are your favorite rhythm section?
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 15:47 (sixteen years ago) link
The thread that never gets old.
Sitting in a chair in front of the stereo in a dark room without moving, listening to music at a moderate loud volume and taking in all of the details of the music while still not moving a muscle. Called the "listening dance" or the "hi-fi-dance". Music: Preferrably prog classic rock, but also works with slightly sophisticated pop singer-songwriters or even classical heavy metal music.
This was me...when I was a bored 15-year-old.
― JN$OT, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 15:58 (sixteen years ago) link
How do you pronounce "Geir Hongro"?
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 20 November 2007 18:17 (sixteen years ago) link
Given that I am heavily into music and not that much into anything else: Lots. Cannot really compare though.
Probably Bill Bruford and Chris Squire.
Gair Hongru. with the "a" pronounced as in "jam" rather than as in "bar". And the "u" roughly as in "Blur" (really a nonexistant sound in the English language though). Also, the "r" is of course the Norwegian one - like in Spanish or Italian.
― Geir Hongro, Tuesday, 20 November 2007 23:51 (sixteen years ago) link
the answer to rev's question kinda ruined my night because "geer hongroh" >>> "gair hongru"
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 20 November 2007 23:53 (sixteen years ago) link
Geir, What James Brown tracks do you like? I'm sure there must be something you like.
― Herman G. Neuname, Wednesday, 20 February 2008 17:53 (sixteen years ago) link
Geir, you always claim percussion is unimportant, what were the key decisions you made when programming the drum track for Talking To A Computer?
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 20 February 2008 17:59 (sixteen years ago) link
Geir, What James Brown tracks do you like?
"Living In America" is OK. And that's about it, I think. "It's a Man's Man's World" has some interesting chords, but is dragged down by an extremely pointless and repetitive melody.
I was actually kind of into stuff like Break Machine, Rocksteady Crew etc (well, even Video Kids ;) ) at 14, which was when I originally made the song. And the drum track in the current version is based upon the drum track I programmed on my rather primitive Korg drum machine in 1985, which was meant to sound like a "breakdance" rhythm. (very influenced by Paul Hardcastle's "19" if you listen cloesr to it) It wasn't originally programmed for that song, I just ended up using it for it, and it probably would have been a more straight 4/4 had I composed the song now.
At this time, virtually everything in the hitlists (also included the hip-hop stuff) had a melody, so I hadn't developed a hatred for all things non-melodic yet, as they just didn't exist to me at all, other than some weird "blip blop" music that modern "classical" composers made and nobody liked. It wasn't until "Walk This Way" that I started hating rap with a passion (the electro had always been my reason for liking some early hip-hop and "Walk This Way" wasn't electro anymore), and it wasn't until "Pump Up The Volume", "Dig This" and "Theme S-Express" (all of which I weirdly kind of like by now) that I decided I hated all things non-melodic.
― Geir Hongro, Wednesday, 20 February 2008 22:04 (sixteen years ago) link
It wasn't until "Walk This Way" that I started hating rap with a passion
http://www.dynamicforces.com/images/Origins2signedbyStanLee.jpg
― Jordan, Wednesday, 20 February 2008 22:11 (sixteen years ago) link
i love talking to a computer
― elan, Wednesday, 20 February 2008 22:13 (sixteen years ago) link
what is soul?
― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 20 February 2008 22:15 (sixteen years ago) link
Which song of yours was the one that got played twice on Nowegian national radio?
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 20 February 2008 22:20 (sixteen years ago) link
That one.
― Geir Hongro, Wednesday, 20 February 2008 22:20 (sixteen years ago) link
What advice would you give a young music enthusiast who is coming to understand more clearly that the rhythmic aspects of music are incapable of affecting him in the nearly the same way as melody or harmony does?
― mehlt, Thursday, 21 February 2008 02:30 (sixteen years ago) link
ok wow @ "walk this way" as the origin of geir
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 21 February 2008 03:49 (sixteen years ago) link
geirthink?
geirmind?
hongrobrane
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 21 February 2008 03:50 (sixteen years ago) link
Oh, there's so much great music to discover out there that has been more or less "underground" for the past 20 years ;)
― Geir Hongro, Thursday, 21 February 2008 09:21 (sixteen years ago) link
Don't ask Geir (fuck me!)
― Mark G, Thursday, 21 February 2008 09:43 (sixteen years ago) link
Geir, the year is 1958, rock and roll is in it's first flush of youth. Strange and interesting things are happening in jazz and classical music. Phil Spector and Marvin Gaye have just begun their careers. What would 1958 era Geir listen to?
― Billy Dods, Thursday, 21 February 2008 10:51 (sixteen years ago) link
Dear Geir,
Why does Kayne West say "We want hen fap" in "Golddigger"?
― Dom Passantino, Thursday, 21 February 2008 11:01 (sixteen years ago) link
Geir, the year is 1958, rock and roll is in it's first flush of youth. Strange and interesting things are happening in jazz and classical music. Phil Spector and Marvin Gaye have just begun their careers. What would 1958 era Geir listen to
Probably Frank Sinatra. I cannot see myself possibly getting into "rock" music until around "Yesterday", or maybe "And I Love Her".
― Geir Hongro, Thursday, 21 February 2008 16:35 (sixteen years ago) link
Geir, what was your last karaoke song?
― Matt DC, Thursday, 21 February 2008 16:51 (sixteen years ago) link
*My question wasn't supposed to be entirely sardonic by the way, as I was more or less referring to myself.
― mehlt, Thursday, 21 February 2008 17:04 (sixteen years ago) link
Geir, I'm curious to know how you define "melody". Do you just mean tonal or conjunct melodies or melodies that are traditionally consonant with their accompaniment? Or just easy-to-follow melodies? Because it would seem to me that a piece like Schoenberg's "Erwartung" does have a very clear and prominent melodic line. It's just a more complex and non-tonal melody. I wonder when you say this: when it comes to prog I like all things melodic while I dislike all things non-melodic.
because a band like, say, Thinking Plague does place a high emphasis on melody, as I see it.
― Sundar, Thursday, 21 February 2008 18:52 (sixteen years ago) link
These threads sometimes feel like a dogpile but I was wondering since you'd made a number of comments that seemed to beg the question to me.
I enjoy Porcupine Tree's Fear of a Blank Planet. What other good albums do they have?
― Sundar, Thursday, 21 February 2008 18:56 (sixteen years ago) link
Have you heard any of Liam Finn's music? If so did you enjoy it and how do you rate it against the work of other musical progeny such as.. erm... Sean Lennon or Rufus Wainwright?
― Bee En Juan, Thursday, 21 February 2008 19:12 (sixteen years ago) link
I don't think the "wedding" question upthread was ever answered so I'll reask it:
1. Geir, have you ever danced at a wedding or similar social function to music you didn't like? If so, what was the song(s)?
2. If you were at a wedding or similar social function and a relative or close friend tried to drag you to the dancefloor to boogie to, oh let's say, The Gap Band's "You Dropped a Bomb On Me" (or any song you find particularly melody-deficient), what exactly would you do?
3. I'm mildly surprised to learn that you're not a big Fleetwood Mac fan. Isn't at least the Nicks-Buckingham era choked with indelible melodies?
In case you've never heard "You Dropped a Bomb On Me":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmbmPalsRi4
― Kevin John Bozelka, Thursday, 21 February 2008 22:54 (sixteen years ago) link