the first korn album is definitely really something special...

[foodcrisis]

this is my review of korn as a 40 year old that got the korn S/T for christmas in the fifth grade.. this is what i went through with korn... i get this might be TL,,DR/TMI for most people, but i really like to post my story over the internet.


i remember getting korn's first album for christmas in fifth grade cause i was obsessed with blind on the radio and loved the image of people that wore korn shirts. i didn't know when i asked for the tape that it had some pretty fucked up imagery on the cover. i don't think my parents should've even left this tape under the christmas tree. i think it was unwrapped. in my family the unwrapped presents were supposed to be from santa claus. i have a sister that is 6 years younger than me. so i guess my sister was like 4. i think the cover of the album with the young girl on a swing set with the lurking shadow is way too much for a young girl to see. i was happy to get the korn tape, but it turned out i couldn't really take in the album and listen to it properly because i was worried i was going to disturb my sister... upon first listen i got through blind the first song on the tape. i was pretty stoked on the second track "ball tongue" at first, but 2.48 into the song i always heard the lyrics "how can you fucking dump me brunanigan". i don't know what the lyrics really are. i thought "brunanigan" was slang for a brunette girl or something. i'm pretty sure it's "how can you fucking dump me". sounds like he's trying to sound like an obsessive stalker dude. gave me a bad trip. i was worried my sister was gonna think dudes she didn't like were gonna violently pressure her into relationships when she got older.

i hate to do this but the third track "need to" i wasn't really as into like "ball tongue". when i was in fifth grade first listening to the album in like 1996 i wasn't sure if i was thrown off by the "how can you fucking dump me" shit and being unable to check out the cassette with my sister listening through the walls. years later i have to say this track isn't really listenable to me. i don't think it has good flow, and i'm not really into the riffs. there's a lot of stuff in the hardcore scene that i've heard where i know i'm just not into the riffs and pitcch of "need to". the flow is off... i remember liking "clown" when i first heard it.. when i checked out korn years later as an older teen that did drugs, i knew "ball tongue", "clown" and some of the other tracks on the album were good, but not until recently have i been in a place to really get how engaging some of these songs can be.,, i think hearing this tape as a kid and feeling put off by disturbing my family kind of gave me a negative impression of how good this shit really is. like i knew it was cool when i was a kid, but i couldn't relax and just sit back and let it do it's thing. some korn is just so good. this shit has been just making my brain dance for the past few weeks.. all through my adult life i recognized that the korn S/T is listenable, but it just never flowed right to me. 30 years of checking out korn, this shit really just hit me .... also got to say that "blind" is fucking cool as hell, but it's not as hypnotic as some of the other tracks i'm going to list.

my favorite tracks on the S/T are probably "clown", "ball tongue", "fake", and definitely "lies". i remember when i was in fifth grade i wasn't into a good portion of the cassette toward the middle to end, but lies was the fucking shit to me. i got that. i could listen to it "do you ever... thinking about you life... thinking about your inner fears..." with the growling. idk the whole song is good, and like the whole album is cool shit, but some of it i can't really pick up on the flow and i find it unlistenable... this album has some banging tracks for repeat though. hot shit... i don't think "faget" really works out as a whole, but i really really like the part "i can see inside you fine... blessing in disguise" part. it sounds like he's screaming "heal" in the back ground." i like that a lot. the song doesn't really work out as a whole though. i can't really see that on my play list. the tracks i mentioned are really good though.


at the beginning of "clown" i remember listening to the S/T and they are talking about a song from the second album "twist". i always thought that was because "twist" was the easiest to listen to of korn's hardcore going from really deep guitar pitches to the bizarre really high pitches they do.. there really is something about "ball tongue". it's more engaging than "twist"... idk.. some of the other songs really have that deep pitch to really high pitch going on on the first S/T.. idk. it never really caught me in the way that it did now...


i really should check out the second korn a bit more. i really have to say "no place to hide" is my favorite of the singles.. idk about the other two. all ya'll sex freaks think "adidas" is cool. idk about that song's listenability.




i don't know. i really feel like a lot of people are gonna think "got the life" and "Freak on a leash" are the best korn songs.. i definitely think there is some type of mass appeal thing about those songs. they are like more melodic in a way maybe. idk. those songs really aren't like other korn songs to me. i like those songs in a special way that i don't feel about the songs i'm listing from the S/T. "got the life" and "freak on a leash" really are in their own league. they can't be compared and the stuff is equally as good in their own ways.

that idk... "Twist" is just like a flat song the way it feels. i always thought it was one of the coolest korn songs because of it's minimalist appeal.. i really feel like there are some songs on the first S/T that are something else... "twist" is not really engaging. idk it's kind of just there. i hear it and it doesn't really affect me. i like that about music when something cool is happening and i think twist is super cool. the scat vocals are awesome. the guitar is so fucking cool. but idk. i might've been wrong to think "twist" was so good for so many years. i still think it's awesome though.



idk.. if anybody thinks this is too much. i'm trying to get noticed on the internet by the CIA or NSA or some shit. i really think i'm hypersensitive to music and some people with the same brain chemistry that feel like i do will notice the same things about korn and other music in the future. i'm hoping the government creates a file on me and they study people from their internet connections if they aren't already doing that and there is going to be something to learn about hypersensitive people from their play list.. i don't think that all hypersensitive people will have the ego to get into korn. it takes a special person.. but there are all sorts of hits on the radio in pop music and some of the stuff i can really listen to and get into and other stuff i can't. i listen to some music from every genre.. idk. there is a lot of hip hop on the radio that is good and a lot of poeple aren't really gonna get what i think is special about the sound. idk, some stuff is just listenable to me.. idk if it's really even right for me to post this on BL, but idk. i've been listening to korn and seeing how it makes me feel. even when i'm kind of tired and don't feel like listening to music, some of the tracks i listed can be kind of hypnotic and helpful. not if i'm too tired though. heh.

i really like a lot of newer korn that came out after "follow the leader", but idk. it's not really my thing. i think it's cool if people like the korn tracks i don't listen too. i'm not really sure how listenable or unlistenable newer korn is. i know i've heard stuff i like a lot and some stuff that i'm not really into.. korn is the shit though.



anyways, not trying to bother anyone.. just want to send this through the internet.. maybe aliens will get it or something. thanks.

 

[foodcrisis]

also more about the family value tour artits:


i feel like "pollution", "stuck" and "counterfeit" are the more engaging limp bizkit tracks... "three dollar bill y'all" is pretty much cool as hell all the way through, but idk. it always lagged to me. the first tracks on the album are the best. when i was in 6th grade i got the album. i listened to it a good amount. lol. the tracks i mentioned made me space out hardcore. i got hypnotized. i always feel like i was just listening to the rest of the album and thinking about how it sounded. i didn't really get into the stuff.... dunno if anybody had this happen to them.. like it's weird the rest of the album is fucking cool, but it just doesn't really catch my attention in a particular way. i say "engaging"...


i'm not really a fan of any limp bizkit after the first album. idk. it's cool, but not really my thing. some of it i can listen to. some of it i can't even get down with.. idk...

i also have a thread about the band arab on radar opening for marilyn manson that you can search and i dis manson fan, but list my favorite parts about manson....., .... .... and check out my thread about the band Swirlies sounding like Wu tang clan (i'm a big fan of all the first wu tang members releases and not a fan of any of the newer stuff beside ODB's work. most of the first wu tang albums are great though) as well if you ever felt the same way about korn and limp bizkit as me.. i posted a bunch of good tracks in the "tracks you play on repeat" thread too. lol. all different types of music... i don't know if korn fans would be into this stuff at all, but LET ME CONFUSE YOU... LOL....

 

[Shinji Ikari]

Love this. Issues was always my favourite, probably because it was the first one I listened to.

Might chime in with more Korny thoughts later.

 

[foodcrisis]

i really noticed this observation about the first korn album being hypnotic recently while smoking a lot of pot and having a bit of withdrawl from cigarettes. listening to korn really helped me... i mentioned that "no place to hide" is the best single from the second album. i'd really like to say that i don't think it's as hypnotic as the songs i mentioned from the first album. i think it's listenable and a great song, but not super hypnotic. i bet there are people that wouldn't get how i think "good god" lacks some flow. it's not terrible, but i never really got into as hard as some of the other stuff.



also something i observed just now that i didn't think was even going to be. you tube recommended me disturbed "stupify". i thought that was an alright song when it came out when i was in middle school, but i couldn't get into "down with the sickness" at all. i actually forgot "stupify" was even an alright song and got "holier than though on some rock fans thinking they were listenable to unlistenable crap.. anyways, over the past few days i checked out "stupify" again and it feels good to listen to. it's even better than i remember when it first came out. i thought it was a bit too much fun to represent me even as a middle school boy.... anyways, i decided to check out "down with the sickness" again and i have to say the two minutes in the middle of the song are pretty good. the intro to that song always threw me off as a kid, and i don't think it's listenable at all. i really don't think it's that bad. i get how people like disturbed. my dad listens to disturbed. that newer cover of "sound of silence" is pretty chill. it's cool shit to think about, and even "down with the sickness" is cool thought lyrically even if some of the music kind of hits abrasive at points.


i described "twist" by korn as "flat" in this post. i didn't accurately descibe what i meant. i didn't mean flat in pitch at all, but to me a flat song isn't abrasive at all. in a wav form,image it sometimes wouldn't really have a lot of space between the lines. when i hear a flat song, it really doesn't affect me physically. slow music like whitney houston could be considered flat to me which i don't really get into and never found engaging at all. i think music like mariah carey "always be my baby" is actually a more engaging listen. it has drive whitey houston doesn't have. in the genre of r and b, i would say i find engaging less flat music with more of a some what even possibly funky beat to be a better listen. don't get me wrong, i always thought whitney houston was cool all through my childhood, but the pitch and the beat never really hypnotized me in a way that brought me to a higher level.... i find punk music to be a very flat genre that really caught my attention in 7th grade. i found the pitch of octave chords in a song like "linoleum" by nofx to drive me insane. i could just stand there and space out and the recording would wash over me. i eventually got into the more serious genre of emo.

here is one of the flattest recordings that i always loved. listening to this helped me many times. i love the pitch egotistically and know i'll be able to listen to it again and get brought to a higher level, but i don't know if this is really as great as i thought it was. i don't know i'm kind of confused on this. but i've been trying to listen to some get up kids songs, a popular band in the underground emo genre with some some what what i'd consider holier than though fans... this song really has made me feel amazing before sober and stoned, but right now listening to this while withdrawing and smoking pot really isn't helping me at all. like i found a couple songs to be helpful a bit, but it's not hitting me right. here's a song that i always found really easy to listen to that isn't hitting the same as it used to. i always found this to be like more advanced nofx. really nofx probably wouldn't help me in the state that i'm in. it can be incredibly emotional and good listens, but it's not really engaging me in a way that is making my brain dance and healing my body correctly. the pitch really isn't helping me at the moment:




here is a list of songs from my you tube history that i just went through trying to find how different genres will affect me:


i heard the new ludacris song on the radio while walking and it didn't really hit. i tried listening to it again and it sounds like shit to me. even while withdrawing like i am now, a song like "southern hospitality" is engaging and making my brain dance while i breath along. ludacris can be hit or miss. he has something perfect shit.

roddy rich "the box" is an awesome song. i was listening to it recently when i wasn't feeling as bad, but i don't think this song is really as engaging as "southern hospitality" by ludacris. the beat might be more emotional and deeper, and it's some serious shit. i think it's a great song, but i don't know if it's that listenable. i got some serious enjoyment out of it at times. right now, i can't groove with it. i'm tired as hell and can get some peace from "southern hospitality" by ludacris. kind of bizarre. "the box" by roddy rich with the pitch i would think was more relaxing. idk.

i listen to "have a cigar" by pink floyd a lot, and that was in the corner where the recommendations are, so i tried listening to it. thought it was great. it's really the only song on "wish you were here" that i liked since i was a kid. i don't find the album engaging a lot. i flicked through "wish you were here" and idk, i don't think it's that great. i listened to some of "dark side of the moon" and i know it's a perfect album all the way through. amazing stuff. great listen. i don't find anything on "wish you were here" other than "have a cigar" to be engaging at all. "have a cigar" is very engaging. amazing shit.

as this is a thread about korn a very hardcore and metal band, i will say, i've also tried to listen to some what i'd consider flat music from the underground hardcore scene and it isn't really catching my attention. i know i'll be able to listen to it again, but i don't know. it's definitely special music, but maybe korn is better that the hardcore punk scene.. knocked loose is a metal core band that got a lot of attention from late night television a couple years back, and that shit isn't flat at all. totally always unlistenable to me.. i think knock loose instrumental is pretty interesting. the vocals are terrible. over all it's not hypnotic at all and really bothers me. i didn't try listening to it at all. but i was listening to some stuff from the underground scene that i find helpful. i would never've really considered it physically engaging. what i like about it is it's just there flat and washes over me. but idk. that type of shit really isn't helping me... what this thread is about is korn has a specific hypnotic flow.

music that would help a physically sick person that you might not really think.....


idk, this is kind of stupid,, but i don't think i'm really listening to music in a way that i considered egotistical. i'm really feeling it in a specific way. that i've been listening to so much shit since i was a kid, and i've always had the same opinion. drugs really help me get a different perspective on this, but i really feel the same for the most part, but there are some exceptions. .... oh this is super fun, jay z "big pimpin" just came on from the algorithm. i didn't really like that song till i got stoned. i just didn't think it was cool. i have a sister and feel like "pimpin" is supposed to not be right for women. that's what i tought.. idk. that beat is pretty chill. jay z's voice is chill. it's hypnotic. honestly though "southern hospitality" was feeling a lot better a few minutes back. i listened to it a few times. idk. "big pimpin" by jay z isn't really hitting that chill right now.. i didn't get that song till i started getting stoned though.



i honestly don't know if my little sister wasn't present when i first got that korn album if i would've found it to be as hypnotic as recently. i definitely would've listened to it more and found it cool, but idk. drugs and sleep deprivation is some pretty interesting shit.

 

[foodcrisis]

you may think i am on a pedestal with how i am describing music. i'm just saying, i'm having a specific listening experience and i really believe it's becuase of my brain chemistry along with what type of person i am. it's a physical thing, but it's also egotistical. i think it makes me special. maybe i am a bit on a pedestal. i know i am, but i don't think people that listen to other types of music are bad.

i talked about how i don't really like most new wu tang other than ODB's shit, and i know this is an opinion that some people have. some hipsters... anyways, i was working with this dude rashawn black at the 99 where i live and he liked new wu tang that i don't and think is kinda shit. i will say his name incase the CIA or NSA is gang stalking me.. he was a line cook and would come and talk to me when i did dishes sometimes.... one day he asked me about my drumming because he knew i played drums cause my neighbor was the manager and mentioned that i was always playing.. when he asked what kind of beats i played, i busted out some free jazz grind core beats on some metal pans and when i was doing it, the soda machine pump started making the beat noise that those make, and he was like "oh yeah.. you know, i notice stuff like that." .. really weird that he thought it was some kind of sign. he spiritually knew when to ask me about my music when the soda machine was about to go off... it was a sign that people that i consider to listen to less advanced music are spiritual beings on perfect spiritual time too.

so i'm not saying i'm better than anyone... i'm just this fucked up person that likes all sorts of shit.. i know a lot of BL has diverse play lists. a lot of ya'll listen to shit that i consider unlistenable.... . . no problem.. just saying this, maybe someone will get it, or at least feel me, or think it's cool that i'm having such extreme feelings and want to post it through the internet.