For any reason, like hoping it would pick up or having been told that it's really good but that it gets a while to get into, or for last.fm cred... but that last one would be p. retarded. 5thgrade;
Pain of Salvation - Scarsick
It's a good band, I listened to another album of theirs afterwards and it was p. cook, but good god. I really did not like this. I was hoping it would pick up but every song sucked as much as the last one. gonk;
also hi kaz i totes stole your idea~
lou reed - metal machine music
because i was doing a review of that...thing for a class n_u
So many....
Quote from: Hakase on September 11, 2011, 08:02:23 PM
lou reed - metal machine music
because i was doing a review of that...thing for a class n_u
oh god lol sillydood;
I had that same problem with Scarsick
I mean it eventually grew on me and I liked it a bit more but I wasn't a fan of listening to it all the way through.
I had to force myself through that first Crystal Castle's album
Animal Collective's Sung Tongs. I don't get it at all.
initially aeroplane over the sea
i specifically remember in 6th grade telling my girlfriend how much i hated it and like two years later i was the kid who was like "im listening to this before its cool, just you wait it will be cool" and then two years later it was cool
also the airing of grievances, i tried so many times to like it and it sucked every time, then the monitor came out and i was like !!!!!!!!! and then i was like ill give it another shot and i was like !!!!!!!!
Quote from: Geno on September 11, 2011, 08:08:44 PM
Animal Collective's Sung Tongs. I don't get it at all.
seriously? I don't know that there's anything to "get" but I don't find it very hard to swallow either.
Quote from: Patrick Stickles on September 11, 2011, 09:12:14 PM
initially aeroplane over the sea
i specifically remember in 6th grade telling my girlfriend how much i hated it and like two years later i was the kid who was like "im listening to this before its cool, just you wait it will be cool" and then two years later it was cool
i mean i guess I can see not liking it in 6th grade but the first time I heard it it just seemed like boring folk music to me
I don't recall ever really "forcing" myself through an album but something I can think of just waiting to end because I wasn't enjoying it was Godspeed You! Black Emperor's
F# A# Infinity
Scott Walker - The Drift
Not creepy, not "avant-garde", terrible goddamned voice, and overall I thought the only interesting thing about it was that it's not exactly what I would expect from an aging 60s pop musician.
Quote from: Zidone on September 11, 2011, 09:19:31 PM
Scott Walker - The Drift
Not creepy, not "avant-garde", terrible goddamned voice, and overall I thought the only interesting thing about it was that it's not exactly what I would expect from an aging 60s pop musician.
I just got this last week and I agree completely. Only thing is, I didn't finish it.
True story, true story.
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Unremarkable on the side of boring. I don't get it.
Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam. what the fuck is that
Quote from: Man of Popcikle on September 11, 2011, 09:24:03 PM
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Unremarkable on the side of boring. I don't get it.
Ah yes Wilco. I tried to listen to a bunch of their albums before I saw them at Sasquatch, since I never really gave them a chance. I listened to Yankee Hotel Foxtrot since everyone claimed that it was a masterpiece and I was bored to shit. I gave up on trying to get them until one of my friends said that Summerteeth is a way better album. I listened to it, and loved it. After listening to that, I went back to Yankee Hotel Foxtrot and it was a lot better.
Quote from: Geno on September 11, 2011, 09:54:16 PM
Ah yes Wilco. I tried to listen to a bunch of their albums before I saw them at Sasquatch, since I never really gave them a chance. I listened to Yankee Hotel Foxtrot since everyone claimed that it was a masterpiece and I was bored to shit. I gave up on trying to get them until one of my friends said that Summerteeth is a way better album. I listened to it, and loved it. After listening to that, I went back to Yankee Hotel Foxtrot and it was a lot better.
For Wilco, I actually started with their more recent self-titled album "Wilco (The Album)" instead of going with a more popular choice. While I do like YHF more, W(TH) probably got me into the band more than anything else.
First Wilco album I listened to was Sky Blue Sky. I think I still like it best.
Aeroplane Over The Sea - hate it still
King of the Beach
The Kingdom
Probably a lot more, but those come to mind
Quote from: YPR on September 12, 2011, 01:59:47 AM
Aeroplane Over The Sea - hate it still
duuude brooo... just listen to pet sounds. Pet Sounds.. Pet Sounds.
Quote from: silvertone on September 12, 2011, 03:18:24 PM
duuude brooo... just listen to pet sounds. Pet Sounds.. Pet Sounds.
blargh Pet Sounds.
Pet Sounds is probably my answer, even though I'm getting more into it with time.
Also, Join Us by They Might Be Giants. Most of the songs just seem like rehashes of things they did in the eighties. Can't Keep Johnny Down is a good one, but the rest of the album is forgettable, and it's way too long.
Kollapse Traditionalex (or whatever) by Thee Silver Mt. Zion. My ex was really into Godspeed, and she kept talking about how TSMZ and Godspeed were great and had the same members and whatever. I remembered she had the poster for this album on her wall, and I picked up the deluxe edition at Harvest Record's annual sale. Not really impressed with this stuff at all. I think I just have a bias toward music you can dance to.
Quote from: silvertone on September 12, 2011, 03:18:24 PM
duuude brooo... just listen to pet sounds. Pet Sounds.. Pet Sounds.
Beach Boys are ok by me wrench;
Yeah, I don't really get Pet Sounds either. Maybe I just have a shitty version of it or something, but the production feels so flat and lifeless.
Pet Sounds is what I'd consider a minor masterpiece. I mean, it's The Beach Boys, so obviously their best album is gonna be "timeless" by default, but as far as the music itself goes, some of that album just doesn't really do anything special for me. But what DOES do something for me does a lot. So I still think it is a very, very good album.
I am especially fond of "Caroline, No," "Waiting for the Day," and "God Only Knows."
The Living End - The Ending is Just the Beginning Repeating
Extremely disappointed. Just terrible.
I had to listen to Pet Sounds ~30~ something times until I was convinced Brian Wilson was a genius, I don't think I can call any other rock musician a genius.
Also I like SMiLE better idk
oddly enough i had to force myself through the first track or two on miles davis' kind of blue
after that i really liked it though
Oh, every Radiohead album
Awful 5thgrade;
i agree with wilco, i only started listening to them more after kicking television
Quote from: YPR on September 18, 2011, 01:03:07 PM
Oh, every Radiohead album
Awful 5thgrade;
Really? Even if you don't like Radiohead I don't see how The Bends or Pablo Honey could be painful to get through.
Quote from: Hiro on September 18, 2011, 03:40:55 PM
Really? Even if you don't like Radiohead I don't see how The Bends or Pablo Honey could be painful to get through.
To be honest I've only listened to the ones that have been hyped to hell like OK Computer, In Rainbows, etc.
Actually... listening to a couple of these songs Pablo Honey is actually pretty good as much as I hate to admit it myface;
Quote from: YPR on September 18, 2011, 03:55:41 PM
To be honest I've only listened to the ones that have been hyped to hell like OK Computer, In Rainbows, etc.
Actually... listening to a couple of these songs Pablo Honey is actually pretty good as much as I hate to admit it myface;
Really, if you start with Pablo Honey, then the Bends, and the maybe try OK Computer again from there, it follows a pretty logical conclusion and you might be able to appreciate their later things a little more. If not, then I still think you'd like those first two.
I had to force myself through the two Radiohead albums Hiro is talking about
it is just one of those bands I can't like if I try
Radiohead is just playing 70s german music really badly, but they have some nice catchy songs. Also I think you have to start listening to them around 13-17 year old to dig them.
Quote from: Mio on September 18, 2011, 05:45:36 PM
I had to force myself through the two Radiohead albums Hiro is talking about
it is just one of those bands I can't like if I try
it's not even that I love radiohead or anything, I just don't see how they could be hard to listen to huhdoodame;
Quote from: Mio on September 18, 2011, 05:45:36 PM
I had to force myself through the two Radiohead albums Hiro is talking about
it is just one of those bands I can't like if I try
I had to force myself through Pablo Honey, didn't care much for The Bends until just recently.
Also, Dirty by Sonic Youth
Quote from: N o t S i d on September 18, 2011, 07:58:46 PM
Also, Dirty by Sonic Youth
pretty much any sonic youth album after goo, except the S.Y.R. series are kinda bland.
Quote from: silvertone on September 18, 2011, 08:09:50 PM
pretty much any sonic youth album after goo, except the S.Y.R. series are kinda bland.
I haven't listened to any of the S.Y.R. series.
in fact the only albums i have of theirs are Daydream Nation and Dirty.
Quote from: N o t S i d on September 19, 2011, 12:41:32 AM
I haven't listened to any of the S.Y.R. series.
in fact the only albums i have of theirs Daydream Nation and Dirty.
All their 80s albums is like 1 big evolution of sound and reaches a peak at daydream nation. They are all really good too. The SYR series is "technical" + "experimental" and is pretty nice imo. While their 90s major label albums are just like....90s alt rock. There are some decent songs, but overall nothing as good as their 80s stuff.
i think Dirty is actually pretty damn great
i mean earlier stuff is better, but still
It is one of those albums i have to be in mood in to enjoy.