Talk:Explosions in the Sky

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Contents 1 Really they use a bass? 2 Vocals 3 Cadillac commercials 4 Bogus trivia 5 Welcome Ghosts Leak 6 Comments reorg 7 "All of a Sudden" artwork 8 What about their music?

[edit] Really they use a bass?

In the videos of YouTube i only see 3 guitars. For example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VP2BQnjL0I

Actually, in that video the guy in the middle switches to bass around 14 minutes in. Patraus 02:48, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vocals

I haven't heard any vocals in their songs. Are they entirely without vocals, because if so, that's worth mentioning.Vash Aurion 21:21, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

Well most post-rock has no vocals so its not that big a thing --Xdiabolicalx 19:29, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

At least one song ('Have You Passed Through This Night?') has vocals in it. Patraus 02:48, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

The voice in the song mentioned above is actually sampled from the film 'The Thin Red Line', though some tracks on 'The Rescue' do feature humming type vocals and snatches of the band talking. --Auralrothko 09:45, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

'All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone' also appears to contain humming-type lyrics at least once. FlareXyron 07:45, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cadillac commercials

I believe that the song used on the Cadillac commcercials were Six Days At The Bottom Of The Ocean. Re-edit if I'm incorrect. - Jaden 00:38, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bogus trivia

I edited out the Trivia section (which read: "The Explosions in the Sky song 'Have You Passed Through This Night?' from the album Those Who Tell The Truth Shall Die... has been remixed by the British breakbeat outfit UNKLE, and is featured on the James Lavelle Romania album.") For several reasons.

1. The song "Have You Passed Through This Night" was not remixed by UNKLE. Rather the song "Eye 4 An Eye" features samples from the same speach in The Thin Red Line (see songwriting credits 1,2)

2.There is no 'Romania' album.

3.It's wrong.

Sean Broom [1]http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=33:3sw67uq0o053 (eye for an eye songwriting credits)

[2]http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=33:qx09kent7qs0 (Have you Passed Through This Night? songwriting credits)

[edit] Welcome Ghosts Leak

"It is unknown how or why this track was leaked" - Wasn't it released first as an official stream on Pitchfork? [[1]] --Auralrothko 08:08, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

Yeah. I don't know where you got the leak thing from, I downloaded it directly off Temporary Residences site.

I removed the paragraph and added a link to the external links section for a stream of the song. I hope it's clearer now. -- Ben 15:46, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Comments reorg

I hope you guys don't mind. I added some organization to the talk page. I don't think I deleted anyone's comments... -- Ben 18:09, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "All of a Sudden" artwork

Granted... you can see the artwork at a couple of places online... http://www.rectangular.org/explosions/albums.htm. Does anyone have a cite for the fact that it's the official artwork for the new album? -- Ben 15:33, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] What about their music?

This (fairly long) article proves that one can talk about a rock band, and never talk about their music. Can someone, hopefully more fluent in English than myself, describe how their music sounds like? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 194.199.20.57 (talk) 17:31, 29 January 2007 (UTC).

I am fluent in English but not in music, and either way technical or affectionate descriptions wouldn't do the music total justice. Unfortunately your best bet for verifiable/notable descriptions is in the professional reviews for each album. Someone fluent in music should write about: the common identifiable song structure, the use of 3 (sometimes 2) guitars and their resulting texture, and maybe the soothing effect on the listener, if there is a source for it. Pomte 17:56, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

The tough thing about writing about music (see WP:MUSTARD if you're interested by the way) is that you have to conform to rules of no original research (WP:OR) and you have to keep to a neutral point of view (WP:NPOV). This automatically makes writing about musical attributes unnaturally dry and very, very awkward for the editor. But it's something worth doing if you have the time, and if you can dig up some good external links which do the band's sound justice, I'll give some writing a shot. Seegoon 04:34, 30 January 2007 (UTC)