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Astronuc said:
Is the objection to the music or the process (AI) by which the music is produced?
Aesthetically, I don't like it as music. If a human band and singer reproduced it it would mediocre, but there is a coldness here, and combined with the cheesy image just reeks of AI slop
Astronuc said:
I ask, because artists have been using electronics and digital processes for decades.
sure Yes is great, and I like a fair amount of purely electronic music, but the stuff I like is not trying to fool the listener that it is something else

 
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Zaciekawiony said:
I think that's very nice translation. The text isn't easy to translate, because some phrases aren't typital in Polish language - probably for better rythm and as a poetic devices. "zatańczymy się w sobie do lata" (literally "we will dance into ourselves until summer") is not grammatical form of this verb, but sounds like a "zakochamy się w sobie" (we will fall in love with each other) and for me this phrase means "zatracimy się w tańcu ze sobą aż do lata" (we will lose ourselves in the dance until summer). Pretty metaphor.

"And the glow... Has swelled with the need to break the silence" - it is too literall translate. First, basal meaning of word "nabrzmiały" is "swollen", but second mean is parallel "it is full of something" or "it is tense because of...". Better translation:
"And the glow that illuminates my hands as I write
Has full of the need to break the silence"
And off course, the glow is metaphor of poet's inspiration/afflation

"dziobi się w dziobów końcach a w ogonach ogoni" - in this context "dziobić" and "ogonić" are neologisms, verbs created on the basis words "beak" (of bird) and "tails". For me it is poetic image "my inspiration filled crows from beaks to tails".

LLM are getting better at translation and are beginning to understand certain types of neologisms and metaphors, and are also beginning to create their own to convey meaning, but they are still not perfect. Unfortunately, poetry in Polish is often very difficult to translate, especially the more formally classical kind. For this reason, it is difficult to popularize the poems of my favorite poet, Leśmian, (which are also often sung by bands similar to the one above)
Thank you. Yeah, LLMs are not perfect, but at least it got the gist of the song's meaning. Polish does seem complicated. It is cool how Europeans are so good at English, yet some people in the US who have spoken English their entire life are not as good as some foreigners
 
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I just heard this, I didn't know about this version... (I'll notify @pinball1970 too :smile:)
Really, really good sound here, and man, it rocks! :smile:

Liam Gallagher - D'You Know What I Mean (Live at Rockfield, 2022)
 
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I like old stuff from the 60’s like ‘Eight Miles High’ by the Byrds. Commercial jets usually fly six to seven miles high but on a recent flight we got very close to 8 miles at 41,000 ft. to get above some choppy air.
 
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bob012345 said:
I like old stuff from the 60’s like ‘Eight Miles High’ by the Byrds. Commercial jets usually fly six to seven miles high but on a recent flight we got very close to 8 miles at 41,000 ft. to get above some choppy air.
It is rare to go 41,000 ft. Most planes I have been on went like 37,000 ft. If I am not mistaken, flight plans are filed with certain altitudes, but pilots can deviate if they give notice (such as if the weather shifts). The Byrds is a good band.

Speaking of the Byrds, here is The Byrds - Turn! Turn! Turn! (Red Umbrella Cover) [Alternative Rock, Synthpop] (2008-11-11):
 
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DennisN said:
I just heard this, I didn't know about this version... (I'll notify @pinball1970 too :smile:)
Really, really good sound here, and man, it rocks! :smile:

Liam Gallagher - D'You Know What I Mean (Live at Rockfield, 2022)

This was my favourite Oasis track for a long time. The harmonies make it and they are are bit low here.
 
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