Songs that feel like going to the dentist...
May 6, 2022 10:40 AM Subscribe
a little uncomfortable, but very refreshing.
I'm looking for songs that have a discordant feel, yet are emotionally satisfying to you. The closest relatable non music experience I can think of is having all the gunk scraped from your gumline at the dentist's! I'm not limiting the genre because I think this question is specific enough, but the artist Meg Lee Chin inspired this question. Examples:
Thing
Swallowing You
I'm looking for songs that have a discordant feel, yet are emotionally satisfying to you. The closest relatable non music experience I can think of is having all the gunk scraped from your gumline at the dentist's! I'm not limiting the genre because I think this question is specific enough, but the artist Meg Lee Chin inspired this question. Examples:
Thing
Swallowing You
Best answer: The Taxpayers' God Forgive These Bastards: songs from the forgotten life of Henry Tuner is worth a try. (Also, I hadn't heard this artist. Thanks!)
posted by eotvos at 10:51 AM on May 6, 2022
posted by eotvos at 10:51 AM on May 6, 2022
Instrumental, but the first thing that came to me is I Am Filthy by Erik Friedlander.
posted by forbiddencabinet at 10:56 AM on May 6, 2022
posted by forbiddencabinet at 10:56 AM on May 6, 2022
Natasha & Bolkonskys from the now defunct musical Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 has some really great discordant harmonies.
I also recommend Shit Luck by Modest Mouse which has felt epically relevant to me lately.
posted by bleep at 11:43 AM on May 6, 2022
I also recommend Shit Luck by Modest Mouse which has felt epically relevant to me lately.
posted by bleep at 11:43 AM on May 6, 2022
The first thing that comes to mind is everything by Pavement.
posted by rhizome at 12:13 PM on May 6, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by rhizome at 12:13 PM on May 6, 2022 [2 favorites]
I'm not sure I have anything as "out there" as the examples above, but the ones that I thought of (as enjoyable yet discordant) were:
"Bohemian Like You" by The Dandy Warhols
The song "Africa" being sung in Gaelige
"Amsterdam" by Coldplay
"Your Love is a Lie" by Simple Plan
"Black Hole Sun" by Soundgarden
"I'd Die for this Dance" (Twins motion picture soundtrack)
"Unfriend You" by Greyson Chance
That last one was pretty iffy (maybe all of them for that matter).
posted by forthright at 12:50 PM on May 6, 2022
"Bohemian Like You" by The Dandy Warhols
The song "Africa" being sung in Gaelige
"Amsterdam" by Coldplay
"Your Love is a Lie" by Simple Plan
"Black Hole Sun" by Soundgarden
"I'd Die for this Dance" (Twins motion picture soundtrack)
"Unfriend You" by Greyson Chance
That last one was pretty iffy (maybe all of them for that matter).
posted by forthright at 12:50 PM on May 6, 2022
Best answer: The Butthole Surfers. They can sound like a dentist drilling a cavity or like respectable pop/rock music, often in the same song
posted by The_Vegetables at 1:05 PM on May 6, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by The_Vegetables at 1:05 PM on May 6, 2022 [2 favorites]
Best answer: Giant Sand -Glum Giant Sand occasionally does the discordant thing.
posted by The_Vegetables at 1:12 PM on May 6, 2022
posted by The_Vegetables at 1:12 PM on May 6, 2022
The other Velvet Underground mention above made me think of Heroin, especially the last couple of minutes.
posted by jabes at 1:38 PM on May 6, 2022
posted by jabes at 1:38 PM on May 6, 2022
Inner Universe by Origa
Velveteen by Ilaria Graziano
(both from Ghost in the Shell anime soundtrack)
I find that postrock as a genre often fits this description for me - a lot of buildup, leading to a noisy, discordant "high" and then some sort of (musical) release.
Examples:
Moonlight by Mono
A Poor Man's Memory by Explosions in the Sky
posted by gakiko at 1:48 PM on May 6, 2022
Velveteen by Ilaria Graziano
(both from Ghost in the Shell anime soundtrack)
I find that postrock as a genre often fits this description for me - a lot of buildup, leading to a noisy, discordant "high" and then some sort of (musical) release.
Examples:
Moonlight by Mono
A Poor Man's Memory by Explosions in the Sky
posted by gakiko at 1:48 PM on May 6, 2022
Pavement, e.g. “Cut Your Hair” and Lightning Bolt, e.g. “2 morro 2 morro land”
posted by hellogoodbye at 4:12 PM on May 6, 2022
posted by hellogoodbye at 4:12 PM on May 6, 2022
Response by poster: Thanks for all these great responses! I've really enjoyed listening to all of these and will come back to see if there are more that get posted later. Favoriting the ones that made me want to go back and listen again right away, but all of these have been on point and it's awesome that they cover such a range of genre. The Vive la Fête song is totally stuck in my head now :)
posted by Eyelash at 4:19 PM on May 6, 2022
posted by Eyelash at 4:19 PM on May 6, 2022
Ventolin by Aphex Twin is an instrumental about asthma, but it sounds uncomfortable enough that it could also be about dentistry.
posted by Furnace of Doubt at 1:15 PM on October 14, 2022
posted by Furnace of Doubt at 1:15 PM on October 14, 2022
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