Songs About Machines

padraig (u.s.) · Jun 12, 2009

How do songs about machines make you feel about the techno-organic interface? Jeff Mills, assembly lines, container ships, the Singularity, 90s bs about fractals & Chaos Theory, etc ad infinitum...oh who am I kidding it's a Youtube dump. Kraftwerk = cheating.

Machines

Cybotron - Cosmic Cars

Computer Madness

My Machines

Seawolf

The Secret Life of Machines

The Detroit Escalator Company - Shifting Gears

The Incredible Bass Machine (Remix)

Machines

Mr. Tea · Jun 12, 2009

New No New Age Advanced Ambient Motor Music Machine!

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Tentative Andy · Jun 12, 2009

The old:
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and the new:
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Edit: not that either of those really count as 'songs' I guess. But hey, they mention machines in the titles!

IdleRich · Jun 12, 2009

Machines by Lothar and The Hand People seems like a precursor of that kind of production line thing in terms of its lyrics at least - "Machines, they keep right on going" - if not in sound so much (although I seem to remember some clanking noises and stuff). And if I remember rightly Lothar was himself a machine.

edit - here's the obligatory youtube link

Elijah · Jun 12, 2009

faustus · Jun 12, 2009

IdleRich · Jun 12, 2009

Machine by Ning - has this kind of driving krauty beat, but it also reminds me of We Didn't Start The Fire by Billy Joel

(the b-side is called More Ning which makes me smile sadly)

massrock · Jun 12, 2009

Most of the day,

We were at the machinery.

IdleRich · Jun 12, 2009

I guess robots are machines right? This one is definitely from a happier innocent age when after working all day the robots had a quiet relaxing drink in the evening. Or maybe they were just programmed to be joyously happy the whole time which is probably what you ought do if you if you are a robot maker who is able to do that I guess.

droid · Jun 12, 2009

That Taurus track is hilarious. Theres a load of these anti-tech tunes in reggae as well as all the pro-tech tunes of the digi era - Computer, Computer Knife and Fork, Robot voice, Synthesizer voice etc..

Tentative Andy · Jun 12, 2009

IdleRich said:
I guess robots are machines right? This one is definitely from a happier innocent age when after working all day the robots had a quiet relaxing drink in the evening. Or maybe they were just programmed to be joyously happy the whole time which is probably what you ought do if you if you are a robot maker who is able to do that I guess.

Ahhh, those good old days where every young girl's dream was to slow-dance and snuggle with a smartly-suited cyborg...

padraig (u.s.) · Jun 12, 2009

Edit: not that either of those really count as 'songs' I guess. But hey, they mention machines in the titles!

well, I obviously didn't just mean "songs" like some bloke with a guitar sings about his lawnmower or whatever. tho those would be fine too. I certainly listen to far far more tracks than songs. & track-ier/trackiness by its nature lends itself more to machinery.

(this is kind of the opposite of what you wanted tho maybe?)

no not at all that's great, perfect almost. a song that is all the more effective by its kind of knowing naivety, love the Luddite vibe & connection of technology to Babylon. the sheer absurdity of "the emails, she was a he-male" made me laugh.

I meant "machines" pretty loosely. not just computers. also cars, guns, blenders, printing presses, circular saws, amplifiers, pencil sharpeners, whatever. & simple machines - reckon there's a serious deficiency of tracks about levers & pulleys.

also peoples' relationships with machines.

nomadthethird · Jun 12, 2009

Tentative Andy · Jun 12, 2009

padraig (u.s.) said:
well, I obviously didn't just mean "songs" like some bloke with a guitar sings about his lawnmower or whatever.

But that sounds great.....

Edit: There is actually The MC5 - Human Being Lawnmower. Doesn't seem to be on youtube though.

padraig (u.s.) · Jun 12, 2009

IdleRich said:
I guess robots are machines right?

they definitely are.

it's unavoidable really. drones & onward. we'll probably have robot "soldiers" by 2020 or 2025 at the latest. increased automation everywhere.

droid said:
Theres a load of these anti-tech tunes in reggae as well as all the pro-tech tunes of the digi era - Computer, Computer Knife and Fork, Robot voice, Synthesizer voice etc..

bring 'em on then...

padraig (u.s.) · Jun 12, 2009

Tentative Andy said:
But that sounds great...

keep reading - couldn't agree more!!!

if there was ever a Dissensus band that's what I imagine it would sound like. raver dads (*EDIT* fuck me - & raver moms too - & ravers who don't believe in breeding - well you get the point) singing about their lawnmowers & like.

padraig (u.s.) · Jun 12, 2009

On the Obvious Tip

@nomad on the Sex Cyborg Tip - Sex With the Machines

The Machine

For Droid on the Droid Tip - Droid

DannyL · Jun 12, 2009

Songs About Machines

padraig (u.s.)

a monkey that will go ape

Mr. Tea

Let's Talk About Ceps

Tentative Andy

I'm in the Meal Deal

IdleRich

IdleRich

Elijah

Butterz

faustus

Well-known member

IdleRich

IdleRich

massrock

Well-known member

IdleRich

IdleRich

droid

Guest

Tentative Andy

I'm in the Meal Deal

padraig (u.s.)

a monkey that will go ape

nomadthethird

more issues than Time mag

Tentative Andy

I'm in the Meal Deal

padraig (u.s.)

a monkey that will go ape

padraig (u.s.)

a monkey that will go ape

padraig (u.s.)

a monkey that will go ape

DannyL

Wild Horses