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DISCO VOLANTE by Mr. Bungle

Rebecca Brotherston

Music Theory Bragger
Nov 11, 2019
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    To be honest I didn’t like it really to begin with. I persevered with it though and now I love it! You have to listen to it with an open mind. I embrace it now and just go with it, I’m intrigued to see what else they are going to throw into it and just roll with it. It’s truly enlightening! I have a few favourites on the album now, Carry Stress in the Jaw (including secret song) and After School Special.

    When playing on vinyl apparently After School Special is the last track before you have to turn the record over. So when it says the why are you tickling me part, it is the record talking to the pin of the record player as it’s returning to that starting position

    Think it’s funny that the secret song was originally recorded without Trevor Dunn's input or knowledge. Not long before it was released Trevor Dunn managed to find it and added a vocal track



    Thank you so much Syn for recommending Disco Volante! Looking forward to your next recommendations
     

    jordancollins

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    Nov 19, 2019
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    Pretty sick recommendation. I definitely had a similar first impression but I let it marinate for a while and then gave it another couple spins. I think with anything, it might take a bit to get used to but once you start peeling back layers and drop all your expectations, that's when you can really become inspired. This is a perfect example of that for me! I had to give it about 10 spins before it really hit me how serious the depth is to the musicality here and what it is that they're trying to portray.

    Looks like I'm a bit late to the party on this thread, but I'm psyched I saw this and thanks for the insight!
     
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    Bennina997

    Garage band Groupie
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    I found out about this post through the instagram page and I've just finished listening to this album. I've never heard anything from Mr. Bungle before, so this is my first time. What can I say? It's probably the weirdest album I've ever listen to. I was confused for most of the time (something like "what am I listening to? Like, really??") but I think that I should give it another try, cause it seems to hide more than I've heard.
    I've been impressed by the song "Violenza domestica", I wasn't expecting the italian lyrics - I'm italian so hearing the guy saying "I'm gonna hurt you in places that no one will never see" was pretty creepy - and when the wispers come in, I litterally froze in my spot.
    But it was really an interesting album to listen to! I've never imagined that could exist so many ways of using a single musical instrument (voices included), it was a revelation for me!
    Thank you so much for this recomandation, I hope in new ones to come!
     
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