An AI Remix, Song for Woody Guthrie, and Tame Impala: Bit of a Wierd Mix for Three Tune Tuesday
Been a while since I've done a #threetunetuesday, but always like to join in for @ablaze and the other music lovers out there on ze Hive.
First of all, proud mama moment - my son's back doing his freelance music writing and if you're interested to see how my offspring writes like an angel (told you I'm a proud mama!) check out his article here on Kevin Parker of Tame Impala. Writing about music is hard, but my lad combines his love of music and the written word well. You might have heard of this song which is quite psychedelic with a killer bassline. You'd be forgiven to think it was written in the 1960's.
Dad messaged me this week as he does when he's listening to music and wants me to listen to a song. Last week he was saying that he had to say that Bob Dylan was his favourite artist of all time. Big call - Dad listens to a lot of music and varied as well - it's not as if he's stuck in the 1960's. Jamie reminded him of the time he was forced to go see Dylan with the family and he was absolutely shit and we all left early. It made us laugh - no way was Jamie going to ever like Dylan. I have a soft spot for him I guess as I grew up with him. The song Dad chose this week was this one. It's so beautiful and nostaglic. He wrote it as a homage to Guthrie of course. The cadence of the song is based on a song by Guthrie, 1913 Massacre. Like Guthrie before him, Dylan certainly did a beautiful job of capturing America. These lines kill me:
Hey, hey Woody Guthrie, I wrote you a song
Bout a funny ol' world that's a-comin' along
Seems sick an' it's hungry, it's tired an' it's torn
It looks like it's a-dyin' an' it's hardly been born
Now this one just totally freaks me out. It's not a song I've ever really liked though I used to love Soundgarden and saw them live back in the early 1990's, as I did Nirvana. Vale Cobain and Cornell. It's an AI version of Kurt Cobain doing Black Hole Sun. What. The. Actual. Fuck. Let's just say it again - this is an AI version, not the real thing. The comments are interesting - some people absolutely love it, as if Kurt's been brought back to life, but most argue it's more Cornell in feel. I don't know how I feel about it. I don't like it - in the same way deep fake creeps me out.
It just feels wrong and I wonder whether these two heroes of grunge would be rolling in their graves or whether they'd find it a hoot. To be honest, I think Cobain wouldn't be that enamoured with the whole idea. It feels manipulative and decietful. But, imagine a few of them having a jam together. Now that'd be something. Image below by Midjourney, of course
What have you been listening to this week? What do you think of AI remixes?
With Love,
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I guess with Dylan you love him or you don't, I am the latter but that is what is great about music, we all have our own tastes!
Your boy done well, I can see why you are one proud mama 😎 That was a great piece of writing, I have not heard of Tame Impala, and I like how Jarrah explained the background of Kevin Parker well.
I like Elephant and yeah like a throwback to the 1960's!
Today I was not going to post a #ttt although now I am going to listen to Tame Parker, so never say never!
That AI though .... hmmm no comment except to say I expect to see or is that hear more and more like it.
I hate the AI REMIXES, did I say? 🤣 yeah I think Dylan is an acquired taste for sure. Thanks for reading my son's writing, clearly I raised a music lover!
hehe just a wee bit!
Dylan, yeah an acquired taste lol
It is cool you raised a music lover, I bet he writes some great reviews too!
Oh. I actually said wtf when I saw your post title. So there's your answer.
I couldn't finish listening to it tbh. The chorus is okay but that synthetic sounding melody in the background is disturbing. Have to agree. It also doesn't sound "coherent" if that makes sense? Timing wise. It's "off" somehow. It doesn't sound as though the layers of sound actually "fit" together. How weird, since music is supposed to be so mathematical.
I'm beginning to seriously dislike AI. It's clever. The idea. As art. But, after hearing more about the new Google whistleblower, I think this may all end up not so great.
Dylan. Your story made me LOL. I sat through it and then sat in silence for a few moments. What a poet and visionary, huh? Cohen, Dylon, Reed, Waters, Cave. Artists more than musicians, perhaps.
Loved the psychedelic number.
What a thoughtful, inspiring contribution to #ttt @riverflows. 👏 Enjoyed every moment of this.
Thanks!!!!! 💗💗 yeah I'm starting to agree. You should see the wierd ads people having been making made by AI. It's so creepy. I think we are bringing about our own destruction but I cant look away from the trainwreck. This song made me want to hurl if I'm honest. I hated it.
I hear you. Also officially freaked out with it at this point. And I was neutral until quite recently.
I think it has it perks. Absolutely. I'm just not sure we're ready for it.
I'm starting pull ups and combat training asap :D
At least we will be mostly offline in ZA. AI will never find us out here. Load-shedding again in twenty mins. 🙄
Hahah brilliant - the enemy of the robot is the lack of power - except you know it'll be a la Matrix and using y'all as batteries...
Geesh! 👀
Good thing I'm burnt out then! See? Everything has its plusses :D
When AI rips off a song from another artist, who do you sue? 🤣🤣🤣
I know. But isn't that the issue with the art too? It's mental. There's just no regulation to cope with it. Pandora's opened the box without legal advice . 🤣
You know, that AI version is... interesting. I think I'll just leave it there.
Good for you proud mama. :) You deserve to be proud!
Bob Dylan is an interesting creature, isn't it? I like a lot of his work in the studio, and some of his live stuff from the 70s is decent, but... yeah, he's an acquired taste. Like a Caesar salad.
I really don't like his later stuff at all!
Another quality #ttt post from the @riverflows library, really enjoyed reading along and listening. The Kurt Cobain one at the end was worth including for the discussion, but somehow seems disrespectful or sick. It would be like showing somebody a video of what their dead Father would look like if he had not died 10 years ago. I too am freaked out by deep fakes and AI and fear we are about to open Pandora's box if not done already..
Bob Dylan is some man for one man, and I he just has so much material it is almost criminal, I can completely see how your Dad would pick him as his GOAT.
Those Tame Impala lads defo have something about them, I remember listening to them before, from out your neck of the woods aren't they?
Yeah they are from Melbourne. Or he is! He's quite brilliant.
Yeah the AI thing had to be included as a discussion point. I hate them! The box is truly opened. Been watching some crazy stuff, some good, some terrifying, some creative, some just offensive to humanity.
I don't think humans will stop creating music though. That comes from our human hearts.