The Paradigm Shift by Korn and Tumblr Porn

[born2rebellis]

I guess I just wanted to say I love this Album, I remember when it first dropped. I was about 25 at the time and used to go outside and smoke spliffs at night and then listen to it through headphones on the PC.

I was blown away by the artwork and the overall production of the record. I love how it's so underated and how tracks like "I wish I wasn't born today" is such a masterpiece and it didn't even feature on the album. The most comments on a YouTube video of this song is only 17. I find that astonishing and like the track is a piece of buried treasure, I'm blown away how such tracks like "Victimized" and "It's all wrong" aren't even played live and nobody even mentions them in any of the reviews. I almost feel like Korn was toying with people with this record, they put up lame songs for singles that the sheeples go crazy for and arguably the best track doesn't even feature on the main album, only as a bonus track. I realise this may be subjective and I'm only theorising.

This album takes me back to a time in my life that was very simplistic and all that mattered to me was getting high and Korn which helped me deal with/supress so many other underlying irrelevant problems/pressures [the world and society] was forcing onto me and I could just be in content in the moment with zero anticipation over the future or any hang ups from the past. It was also when Tumblr Porn was still a thing which I loved looking at high after rocking out to Korn as Tumblr porn was filled with so much creativity through the captions.

Thanks for listening!

 

[Blind_Justice]

The problem with most recent Korn records, at least in the eyes of the mainstream is as follows: It doesn't sound like "Freak On A Leash" or their other Nu-Metal offerings.

Ironically it's their willingness to try out weird new stuff which got me into listening to them. The whole "Jonathan Davis is a schizo" sound got old pretty fast, especially with a pack of lunatics like Slipknot tearing up the airwaves. So, when Korn tried Industrial or Dubstep, I gave them a chance and was rewarded with cool new music.

On the other hand, I can understand the people who turned their back on them because they altered their sound so drastically. Some of my favorite bands, like In Flames or Blind Guardian, have moved so far away from what I loved about them (melodic Death Metal in In Flames' case) that I stopped caring or buying their more recent stuff. If they so desperately want to try new stuff which doesn't sound like their early works, CHANGE THE FUCKING NAME OF THE BAND!

Anyway, come visit the "What Are You Listening To..." thread. We talk about music sometimes.

 

[born2rebellis]

The problem with most recent Korn records, at least in the eyes of the mainstream is as follows: It doesn't sound like "Freak On A Leash" or their other Nu-Metal offerings.

Ironically it's their willingness to try out weird new stuff which got me into listening to them. The whole "Jonathan Davis is a schizo" sound got old pretty fast, especially with a pack of lunatics like Slipknot tearing up the airwaves. So, when Korn tried Industrial or Dubstep, I gave them a chance and was rewarded with cool new music.

On the other hand, I can understand the people who turned their back on them because they altered their sound so drastically. Some of my favorite bands, like In Flames or Blind Guardian, have moved so far away from what I loved about them (melodic Death Metal in In Flames' case) that I stopped caring or buying their more recent stuff. If they so desperately want to try new stuff which doesn't sound like their early works, CHANGE THE FUCKING NAME OF THE BAND!

Anyway, come visit the "What Are You Listening To..." thread. We talk about music sometimes.

If they made an album songs where all sounding like freak on a leash it would be considered boring and played out. Lol

I'm in agreeance with you how it's the new stuff that keeps it interesting, I wasnt a fan of their last album the nothing, that's the only Korn album I don't like, maybe due to it coming out so close to Slipknot's We are not your mind which was a masterpiece.

I didn't see that thread but will check it out, I've never been so pumped in my entire life for Slipknot's next album that's how much I loved we are not your kind.
New Korn drops next Friday but I'm not overall excited about it, the band don't often hang out anymore and feel they're no longer in it to create unique music it's more just slapping together unoriginal songs for pay cheques these days , hence the short track list. Slipknot on the other hand put so much pride into their craft and have great chemistry as a band the new drummer Jay Is a beast and they sound much more evolved now

 

[litfan10]

This year seems like such a great year for new releases from some classic bands.

I have a huge amount of respect for how The Beatles completely changed their musical identity three times as they grew as musicians. First they were a 60s teeny bopper band, "Help" "I Want to Hold Your Hand" then became a psychedelic prog band "I am the Walrus" "Sgt. Pepper" then a straight ahead Rock band "Revolver" and "Let It Be." Loved all three variations.

rock on musical litsters!

 

[Blind_Justice]

This year seems like such a great year for new releases from some classic bands.

I have a huge amount of respect for how The Beatles completely changed their musical identity three times as they grew as musicians. First they were a 60s teeny bopper band, "Help" "I Want to Hold Your Hand" then became a psychedelic prog band "I am the Walrus" "Sgt. Pepper" then a straight ahead Rock band "Revolver" and "Let It Be." Loved all three variations.

rock on musical litsters!

I'm not exactly opposed to musical reinvention - that's the irony of the whole situation. For some artists, it works. Prince springs to mind, Genesis as well - "Invisible Touch" is one of my favorite albums right next to "Selling England By The Pound" or "Foxtrot". I think Queen have never released a bad album, yet they switched up their style quite drastically between the '70s and the '80s. Maybe it's not the change itself, it's the direction they take which ticks me off. In Flames' first five albums I like very much, they mix harsh Death Metal with beautiful twin-guitars and downright fragile acoustic guitar parts (still death metal growl warning, sorry Litfan!), but after that they take a hard swerve towards something very modern, remove those wonderful guitar leads and, worst of all, allow their singer to actually "sing", which he doesn't do a good job at, no matter how many experimental effects he slaps on there.

Blind Guardian on the other hand started out as a rather straight metal band, lots of speed, melodic guitars and fantastic sing-along hooks. Over the years they became more and more progressive, which in their case meant lots of small, divergent parts making up their songs and they lost that special sauce. To get to the good parts, you need to sit through six, eight, ten minutes of noodling and squealing lead guitars, uneven time signatures and vocal lines which sound impressive as fuck, but lack the straightness and earworm factor of their early works. I wholeheartedly love every BG record up to and including "Nightfall in Middle-Earth", afterwards, they become unlistenable to me. Which is weird, because I don't mind proggy stuff in general. But I prefer my proggy stuff either extremely math-like (Watchtower, Nile) or very song-oriented (Porcupine Tree, Threshold, Ayreon, Voyager).

I'm weird.

 

[litfan10]

I'm weird.

Yes, you are.

And we still love you very much.

 

[litfan10]

Honestly, when I first heard Genesis post Gabriel and Hackett I thought it was a completely different band using the same name. Imagine my surprise when I saw the album credits.

I feel bad for Steven Wilson. He adamantly wants to do different stuff on each new solo release since The Raven That Refused to Sing. That album and the prior two had a distinct Porcupine Tree- ness to them. Since then he has been deliberately trying to evolve and his fans are not happy, more and more bad reviews.
In fact Prog magazine listed his latest album (Future Bites) as a top five disappointment of 2021.
Sure, I play the first three more than the others, but I play and enjoy them all. Not as much as Porcupine Tree however.

 

[lovecraft68]

You ever have that desire to want to like something, but can't?
That's me with Korn. They seem like a group I'd like, but there's something about them that just doesn't do anything for me, and not even sure what it is, I just find them Meh at best

I saw them years ago in Foxboro(the old stadium before Gillette was built) with Kid Rock, Powerman 500(AKA Rob Zombie's brother) and Metallica.

Three songs in I decided that was when I'd take forever trip to hit the bathroom and grab some food.

Just never got them.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

Korn? Never heard of them. Tumblr Porn? I though porn was now banned on tumblr?

I have seen music die, around 1959 is when rock 'n roll died. It did stage a comeback in the late 60s and didn't die again until the end of the 70s. Since then there have been some comebacks, only to be cast aside by fans.

At the time the Metal came on the scene, I didn't like any of it. Later in life there were a few artists and songs that I have come to... like.

(c)rap isn't my cup of tea either although I do have a few "songs" in my playlists that some consider (c)rap.

I know what I like and most of it is from my past, rarely from today.

 

[lovecraft68]

If I'm not mistaken porn is starting to come back on Tumblr.
Mostly because it was the biggest draw there in the first place.
Its funny how morality and family values stances, crumble when the dollar is involved.

When Only fans said they were going to ditch porn so many people threatened to cancel their accounts the board of directors put the move on hold and it hasn't been mentioned since.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

If I'm not mistaken porn is starting to come back on Tumblr.
Mostly because it was the biggest draw there in the first place.
Its funny how morality and family values stances, crumble when the dollar is involved.

When Only fans said they were going to ditch porn so many people threatened to cancel their accounts the board of directors put the move on hold and it hasn't been mentioned since.

Not really, it only looks that way. Naked woman pics are flagged just as fast as they can. Now pics that look like the woman is naked aren't as all the nasty bits are covered.

It does, however, take them a few days to get those naked ones undercover.

Yet the rest of it is wide open. You can post just about anything you want except death threats and then sometimes even they are allowed if stated properly.