For me, #1 is definitely The Steve Miller Band's Fly Like an Eagle. I just...can't get through it and enjoy it all. I mean, I like the tracks that everyone knows about, like the title track and the other hits in there, and I kinda like "Serenade" and "Mercury Blues," but god that "Space Intro" just pisses me off and I can't stand "Wild Mountain Honey" at all.
Some great album. More than half of it is boring or just plain bad. akudood;
I don't like the Beatles. I don't understand why they're so special. doodthing;
Any Bob Dylan album, and Revolver.
Anything by U2.
Dr. Octagon
U2's The Joshua Tree
The Who's Who's Next
Quote from: Kaz on August 04, 2009, 12:25:25 PM
die akudood;
I like all the songs on the album, I just can't "get into them"
This Song is Over is my favorite.
I should mention Sgt. Pepper's.
I'm into it, yes, and it's a great album. In fact, I'm listening to it right now. But I just don't understand how it's called "the best album ever", or even the best Beatles album. The White Album, Revolver, and Abbey Road are so much better.
Quote from: coz on August 04, 2009, 06:45:56 PM
I should mention Sgt. Pepper's.
I'm into it, yes, and it's a great album. In fact, I'm listening to it right now. But I just don't understand how it's called "the best album ever", or even the best Beatles album. The White Album, Revolver, and Abbey Road are so much better.
whereas I'm "into" the White Album but I can't understand why it's considered better or even close to as good as albums like Revolver, Sgt. Pepper, and especially Abbey Road
seriously jesus christ so many songs on the White Album that just bring it down my list little by little
akudood;
Well yeah, it's all based on your general outlook towards long albums. It's the same with the Clash's Sandinista - there's a ton of great songs, but there's quite a few that suck. The White Album is 90 minutes long, and 60 of those are fantastic. In my opinion, that's enough to be an excellent album.
Quote from: coz on August 04, 2009, 07:03:58 PM
Well yeah, it's all based on your general outlook towards long albums. It's the same with the Clash's Sandinista - there's a ton of great songs, but there's quite a few that suck. The White Album is 90 minutes long, and 60 of those are fantastic. In my opinion, that's enough to be an excellent album.
Oh I agree that it's excellent. It's a fucking great album. It's just that I'm a huge Beatles fan and when it comes to grading their albums side by side it's like "okay, which one of these nearly-perfect albums isn't quite as fantastic as the others?" That's the White Album for me. Most of it I love, but there are more sub-par tracks, at least for a band like The Beatles, on that album than on their other late ones...except for Let it Be, which is easily their worst late album if you ask me.
Are you serious? Let it Be is amazing. The rooftop concert songs are great because it's a complete change from their perfectionist approach. Songs like One After 909 let it all loose - it's like an awesome rock'n'roll dystopia. Then you have the Long and Winding Road, Across the Universe, Let it Be, all of those which are excellent and moving tunes. I love every bit of that album.
Of course, nothing compares to Revolver. Holy shit, that album is amazing.
Quote from: coz on August 04, 2009, 08:10:36 PM
Are you serious? Let it Be is amazing. The rooftop concert songs are great because it's a complete change from their perfectionist approach. Songs like One After 909 let it all loose - it's like an awesome rock'n'roll dystopia. Then you have the Long and Winding Road, Across the Universe, Let it Be, all of those which are excellent and moving tunes. I love every bit of that album.
Of course, nothing compares to Revolver. Holy shit, that album is amazing.
Abbey Road is easily my favorite. akudood;
No way, dude. Revolver is marvelous. But to stay on topic: Blood on the Tracks. I find this so boring compared to Bob Dylan's mid-60's records. I've never been a big fan of Dylan's work post-Blonde on Blonde.
Also, NEVERMIND. Ugh. Nirvana's In Utero and MTV Unplugged albums were absolutely fantastic, but Nevermind was just mediocre. I cannot believe Nevermind is called one of the best albums of all time when Nirvana has done far better than it, twice.
Everything by Radiohead.
I've listened to OK Computer, Kid A, and In Rainbows each at least 3 times through, and it's seriously so boring and I don't understand how anyone, much less everyone, can love it so much, or act like I killed their mother when I say I don't like it.
It's like the fucking Beatles, or chocolate chip cookies.
I think Radiohead is pretty good, but I don't see how they're as great as everyone says they are. OK Computer is a great album, but I wouldn't call it the best album ever - in fact, not even one of the best albums ever.
Several Radiohead albums and Bob Dylan and numerous others that I can't remember now. akudood;
Most post-rock
I just find it quite boring. I enjoy God is an Astronaut and Explosions in the Sky, but I really can't get into the genre as a whole.
Quote from: Ch...sh...« on August 08, 2009, 12:38:35 PM
Most post-rock
I just find it quite boring. I enjoy God is an Astronaut and Explosions in the Sky, but I really can't get into the genre as a whole.
The word "post-rock" is further proof that many musicians are fucktards who like to invent genres that don't make any sense.
Quote from: coz on August 08, 2009, 01:04:08 PM
The word "post-rock" is further proof that many musicians are fucktards who like to invent genres that don't make any sense.
It was coined by a music critic. doodthing;
Something you should realize about music: most musicians don't categorize themselves the way we think of them as. It's the listeners and the critics that do it.
Also, while the term may not make a whole lot of sense (then again, many genres don't), the way the genre is defined does make sense, at least for some bands. Not sure about all of them, because I don't listen to a lot of it.
Really, it's everyone, critic, fan, or musician, who sort of put their heads together and coin stupid shit. But I just don't get the term post-rock. You see, punk and grunge were movements that only lasted a few years, so "post-punk" and "post-grunge" make sense, because they drew influence from a movement that died. The major movements in rock music, just plain old rock music, are 50's rock'n'roll and the various styles of the 60's. The term post-rock basically says "oh hi, rock and roll happened and now it's gone, here's what happens after it".
I don't get it baddood;
Except post-rock doesn't actually mean "post rock." That's why I said the term doesn't make sense. But its definition (drawing from rock styles/instruments to make non-rock music) does for the most part fit the music.
Quote from: Veal on August 04, 2009, 11:13:01 PM
Everything by Radiohead.
I've listened to OK Computer, Kid A, and In Rainbows each at least 3 times through, and it's seriously so boring and I don't understand how anyone, much less everyone, can love it so much, or act like I killed their mother when I say I don't like it.
It's like the fucking Beatles, or chocolate chip cookies.
I like Radiohead okay, but most of their work really isn't all that great. I do like In Rainbows, though.
"Strawberry Jam" by Animal Collective. I loved Merriweather Post Pavilion but I guess i'm just too damn mainstream to enjoy their more "abstract" shit. Whatever.
Ladyhawke's Debut album, while it had a couple good tracks (My Delirium and Oh My) was not that mindblowingly good as most fans would have you believe. She's probably in for a pretty nice long career though.
Quote from: Title on August 09, 2009, 10:50:40 PM
"Strawberry Jam" by Animal Collective. I loved Merriweather Post Pavilion but I guess i'm just too damn mainstream to enjoy their more "abstract" shit. Whatever.
Ladyhawke's Debut album, while it had a couple good tracks (My Delirium and Oh My) was not that mindblowingly good as most fans would have you believe. She's probably in for a pretty nice long career though.
Strawberry Jam isn't even half as "abstract" as some of their other albums like Campfire Songs and Here Comes the Indian. I quite enjoyed the album myself, but if you didn't that's fine. To each his own I guess.
Quote from: Ch...sh...« on August 09, 2009, 11:02:59 PM
Strawberry Jam isn't even half as "abstract" as some of their other albums like Campfire Songs and Here Comes the Indian. I quite enjoyed the album myself, but if you didn't that's fine. To each his own I guess.
Strawberry Jam was as deep as I went into their repertoire. I listen primarily to electro/techno music so the deeper I went the less I enjoyed their older albums
i'm a big gun's n roses fan here so don't bother replying here saying...'DIE' akudood; because i like ever one of their other albums...but chinese democracy is just not a winner for me...GnR with no slash is like coffee without sugar...it's horrible it's painful it's empty that album...not one song of it i'm still singing 20 minutes later...biggest disapointment ever
Quote from: coz on August 04, 2009, 10:11:54 PM
Also, NEVERMIND. Ugh. Nirvana's In Utero and MTV Unplugged albums were absolutely fantastic, but Nevermind was just mediocre. I cannot believe Nevermind is called one of the best albums of all time when Nirvana has done far better than it, twice.
Yeah uh it's not the best but I think it's really good. Still don't see how people can say it's one of the best though. It has maybe 5 songs that are good and the rest kind of bore me.
Anything by Tool. idk I just don't like it. n_u
Quote from: lfctwentytwo on August 10, 2009, 05:41:56 PM
i'm a big gun's n roses fan here so don't bother replying here saying...'DIE' akudood; because i like ever one of their other albums...but chinese democracy is just not a winner for me...GnR with no slash is like coffee without sugar...it's horrible it's painful it's empty that album...not one song of it i'm still singing 20 minutes later...biggest disapointment ever
GNR was my favorite band when I was thirteen. Speaking as someone who's heard their shit in and out, I'd like to tell you that I'd much rather hear Chinese Democracy than Appetite for Destruction any day. Slash is an excellent guitarist and an icon of rock, but as a musician overall, he is shit compared to Axl Rose. Rose is a great songwriter and he put the songs on Chinese Democracy together very well. Chinese Democracy is nothing like the original Guns N' Roses, but it is very good.
Quote from: Geno on August 10, 2009, 06:26:06 PM
Yeah uh it's not the best but I think it's really good. Still don't see how people can say it's one of the best though. It has maybe 5 songs that are good and the rest kind of bore me.
Teen Spirit, Lithium, Come as You Are, Drain You, In Bloom, and On a Plain are all good songs. The other half of the album is pretty boring. Good album? Yes. Best album? Fuck no, I don't know how people get that idea. I think that the way it's so acclaimed by some critics is just a pretension. Rolling Stone gave Nevermind 3/5 when it came out, but in '04 they named in the 19th best album ever. A lot of asshats don't really know Nirvana, but like to pretend they do so they feel cool and in with the times.
Now I'm reminded of how much I hate Rolling Stone.
Quote from: coz on August 10, 2009, 08:15:54 PM
GNR was my favorite band when I was thirteen. Speaking as someone who's heard their shit in and out, I'd like to tell you that I'd much rather hear Chinese Democracy than Appetite for Destruction any day. Slash is an excellent guitarist and an icon of rock, but as a musician overall, he is shit compared to Axl Rose. Rose is a great songwriter and he put the songs on Chinese Democracy together very well. Chinese Democracy is nothing like the original Guns N' Roses, but it is very good.
I'm not a big GNR fan at all, but I thought Chinese Democracy was horrendous.
Quote from: coz on August 10, 2009, 08:15:54 PM
Teen Spirit, Lithium, Come as You Are, Drain You, In Bloom, and On a Plain are all good songs. The other half of the album is pretty boring. Good album? Yes. Best album? Fuck no, I don't know how people get that idea. I think that the way it's so acclaimed by some critics is just a pretension. Rolling Stone gave Nevermind 3/5 when it came out, but in '04 they named in the 19th best album ever. A lot of asshats don't really know Nirvana, but like to pretend they do so they feel cool and in with the times.
Now I'm reminded of how much I hate Rolling Stone.
Well they do have different writers for RS now, who are likely to have different opinions.
But Rolling Stone is pretty damn stupid lol
Quote from: FAMY2 on August 10, 2009, 07:08:40 PM
Anything by Tool. idk I just don't like it. n_u
Rae :'(
Quote from: Hïro on August 10, 2009, 08:31:19 PM
I'm not a big GNR fan at all, but I thought Chinese Democracy was horrendous.
This is what I expect everyone to think. I think I'm the only guy in the world who likes Chinese Democracy.
Quote from: coz on August 10, 2009, 09:32:31 PM
This is what I expect everyone to think. I think I'm the only guy in the world who likes Chinese Democracy.
I didnt love it but I thought it was alright
lol, GNR
I can't believe I used to like them. akudood;
Quote from: Kaz on August 10, 2009, 10:00:55 PM
lol, GNR
I can't believe I used to like them. akudood;
i think everyone liked gnr's old style
november rain is just a epic song a masterpiece and slash makes that song like complete i still listen to their old albums but i did give chinese democracy a chance...just it was pathetic really
Quote from: Kaz on August 10, 2009, 10:00:55 PM
lol, GNR
I can't believe I used to like them. akudood;
I have absolutely no interest in listening to them right now and with the exception of Chinese Democracy, I haven't willingly listened to them in over a year. There's a lot of music I liked when I was 13 that makes me think "how the hell did i ever like this". GNR's not bad, really, though. It's the fact that I used to like Motley Crue that disappoints me.
Quote from: Title on August 09, 2009, 10:50:40 PM
"Strawberry Jam" by Animal Collective. I loved Merriweather Post Pavilion but I guess i'm just too damn mainstream to enjoy their more "abstract" shit. Whatever.
What the hell? MPP was more abstract then Strawberry Jam. I am like the opposite. You uncool hipster fuck.
Quote from: burzumfan420 on August 11, 2009, 01:46:48 PM
What the hell? MPP was more abstract then Strawberry Jam. I am like the opposite. You uncool hipster fuck.
You serious? Strawberry Jam is just like, noise.
Quote from: coz on August 08, 2009, 05:57:29 PM
Really, it's everyone, critic, fan, or musician, who sort of put their heads together and coin stupid shit. But I just don't get the term post-rock. You see, punk and grunge were movements that only lasted a few years, so "post-punk" and "post-grunge" make sense, because they drew influence from a movement that died. The major movements in rock music, just plain old rock music, are 50's rock'n'roll and the various styles of the 60's. The term post-rock basically says "oh hi, rock and roll happened and now it's gone, here's what happens after it".
I don't get it baddood;
Fuck you, there is no post-punk, it only went back underground in the 90's because of shitty pop-punk bands taking over for the decade. bassir;
Thankfully, it's coming back now. Fucking Blink-182. madood;
Quote from: Veal on August 11, 2009, 10:11:21 PM
You serious? Strawberry Jam is just like, noise.
not really. but i like strawberry jam a million times more MPP, i just can only rock out to a couple of MPP songs while i can listen to all of strawberry jam
Quote from: Roach on August 12, 2009, 09:34:46 AM
Fuck you, there is no post-punk, it only went back underground in the 90's because of shitty pop-punk bands taking over for the decade. bassir;
Thankfully, it's coming back now. Fucking Blink-182. madood;
Punk didn't die, it dissappeared. Post-punk refers to many styles of alternative that developed after the original punk movement ended.
Strawberry Jam is one of my favorite Animal Collective albums and along with Feels I think it is the easiest album for people who don't love Animal Collective to listen to because... they're normal songs. Merriweather Post Pavillion has "My Girls" and "Summertime Clothes" to a lesser extent "In the Flowers" and "Bluish" other than that it's all pretty out there.
Quote from: Skylark on August 12, 2009, 03:35:53 PM
Strawberry Jam is one of my favorite Animal Collective albums and along with Feels I think it is the easiest album for people who don't love Animal Collective to listen to because... they're normal songs. Merriweather Post Pavillion has "My Girls" and "Summertime Clothes" to a lesser extent "In the Flowers" and "Bluish" other than that it's all pretty out there.
I need to get feels, i just have MPP, strawberry jam and sun tongs(i have to listen to it though i just downloaded)
Quote from: coz on August 12, 2009, 03:32:19 PM
Punk didn't die, it dissappeared. Post-punk refers to many styles of alternative that developed after the original punk movement ended.
Punk didn't die, or disappear it just went back underground where it belongs. post-punk is bands that took the took DIY style and made other kinds of music
Quote from: burzumfan420 on August 12, 2009, 04:53:18 PM
I need to get feels, i just have MPP, strawberry jam and sun tongs(i have to listen to it though i just downloaded)
Feels is a good album. So many solid tracks.
haha I love "We Tigers" if you don't listen to albums straight through when you hear them (which I suggest that you do) listen to "We Tigers" first
Quote from: Skylark on August 12, 2009, 05:14:52 PM
Feels is a good album. So many solid tracks.
haha I love "We Tigers" if you don't listen to albums straight through when you hear them (which I suggest that you do) listen to "We Tigers" first
I always (try to) listen to albums straight through, you got me excited so i have to listen to it now.
awww I didn't think of that. I would have done the same thing. I hope you enjoy it!
Quote from: burzumfan420 on August 12, 2009, 04:53:18 PM
Punk didn't die, or disappear it just went back underground where it belongs. post-punk is bands that took the took DIY style and made other kinds of music
I use "dissappear" as in, it disappeared from popularity. It's never been dead, but it's had a few waves of massive success.
Quote from: coz on August 12, 2009, 06:54:03 PM
I use "dissappear" as in, it disappeared from popularity. It's never been dead, but it's had a few waves of massive success.
O ok, i thought you just meant the genre itself was just gone.
Just finished listening to sun tongs, we tigers was easily the best song, will have to listen to it a few more times though before i can form a solid opinion.
Anything by The Mars Volta.
I've tried repeatedly and it just doesn't click.
Quote from: Prowling Kewn on August 12, 2009, 10:47:47 PM
Anything by The Mars Volta.
I've tried repeatedly and it just doesn't click.
Because they suck
Quote from: Geno on August 13, 2009, 12:23:18 AM
Because they suck
I think that's a bit harsh. I like them, at least I like some of their songs, but I can't really get "into" any of their albums either.
Quote from: Geno on August 13, 2009, 12:23:18 AM
Because they suck
Says the one with the generic metalhead taste. baddood;
Quote from: Placebo Headwound on August 13, 2009, 12:46:50 AM
Says the one with the generic metalhead taste. baddood;
LOL GENERIC
UR SO GENERIC MAN
DUDE STOP BEIN SO GENERIC
stfu theef : |
Quote from: Geno on August 13, 2009, 12:51:59 AM
LOL GENERIC
UR SO GENERIC MAN
DUDE STOP BEIN SO GENERIC
stfu theef : |
Korn.
[spoiler]lol[/spoiler]
Quote from: Geno on August 13, 2009, 12:23:18 AM
Because they suck
I don't like 'em either, but you gotta respect them as artists. This idea that "if I don't like them, they suck" is the reason why people trash my 60's heroes. And it makes me a sad, sad, little man. :(
Quote from: coz on August 12, 2009, 03:32:19 PM
Punk didn't die, it dissappeared. Post-punk refers to many styles of alternative that developed after the original punk movement ended.
Lul, I could list 5 bands from every decade off the top of my head, easily. And it didn't disappear, or there wouldn't still be punks in my generation. You just have to look beyond MTV, and all the corporate rock bullshit.
Subculture is still here. giggle;
Quote from: Roach on August 13, 2009, 09:18:46 AM
Lul, I could list 5 bands from every decade off the top of my head, easily. And it didn't disappear, or there wouldn't still be punks in my generation. You just have to look beyond MTV, and all the corporate rock bullshit.
Subculture is still here. giggle;
Quote from: coz on August 12, 2009, 06:54:03 PM
I use "dissappear" as in, it disappeared from popularity. It's never been dead, but it's had a few waves of massive success.
Just to prevent coz from raging.
Quote from: Kaz on August 13, 2009, 09:20:30 AM
Just to prevent coz from raging.
I is not going to rage, he probly just missed a post.
But yeah, punk was mainstream in Britain in the late 70's and mainstream in America in the mid-90's, but it's otherwise an underground genre. And I'm pretty sure that underground is where it truly belongs.
Quote from: Placebo Headwound on August 13, 2009, 12:59:59 AM
Korn.
[spoiler]lol[/spoiler]
Cool. They're like my least listened to band but cool.
Anything by Pink Floyd, really. They don't click for me.
And strangely, I love progressive rock.
"Horn of Plenty" Grizzly Bear
Quote from: Sponge on August 13, 2009, 03:23:42 PM
Anything by Pink Floyd, really. They don't click for me.
And strangely, I love progressive rock.
doodthing;
Quote from: Geno on August 13, 2009, 08:41:28 PM
doodthing;
geno i hope you know your opinion on music is completely void
Quote from: Travis on August 13, 2009, 08:56:07 PM
geno i hope you know your opinion on music is completely void
Yeah dude
Quote from: Geno on August 13, 2009, 09:00:31 PM
Yeah dude
don't take it bad
take a sad song
and make it better
Quote from: Thyme on August 13, 2009, 09:36:30 PM
don't take it bad
take a sad song
and make it better
it's "don't make it bad" madood;
I amma going bump this just to say i dont understand Wavves
I like so bored a lot though the rest of the album is a bore 2 me
Quote from: Sponge on August 13, 2009, 03:23:42 PM
Anything by Pink Floyd, really. They don't click for me.
And strangely, I love progressive rock.
SAME HERE! :[
Something about it just doesn't settle right. Even though I consider prog my favorite genre.
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
I'm not into Anne Frank-chic