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| #21 | Posted: 03/30/2012 01:22 | Post subject: |
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Funeral>Suburbs>>>>>>Neon Bible
I have to agree with that lull thing the other guy was talking about. Sort of like the lull on Sgt. peppers around "mr. kite". except that sgt. pepper picks up.
i do love "my body is a cage" though |
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| #22 | Posted: 03/30/2012 01:29 | Post subject: |
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| I like it. I also prefer Neon Bible though. And I didn't know there was such a thing as not liking Funeral. |
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| #23 | Posted: 03/30/2012 03:08 | Post subject: |
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I vaguely remember listening to Neon Bible. I was genuinely annoyed by it. I suppose the Suburbs IS listenable in a way... just feels empty to me and therefore boring. The Funeral is my favorite from this band because it is the only one I find any sense of artistic value... and the only one I think is simply good.
What's interesting about this band though is how different people seem to warm up to a different part of their music. I know I was pretty vague with my personal description but... I'd be interested in anyone that shares in detail what they find most appealing and least appealing in this band's work, and if they are able to, describe with specificity the reason why. |
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| #24 | Posted: 03/30/2012 05:24 | Post subject: |
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| Necharsian wrote: | I should have expected this from Pam, but from YOU?! I thought you liked fun. You people don't like fun anymore!
If anything, Neon Bible is immensely more boring. |
You know I like fun. I know fun. This album is NOT fun. It's over an hour of Win Butler moping about his childhood (or the bittersweet nostalgia of remembering it) and then his wife chimes in with her bitching. The songs all sound like stuff you've heard on 70s FM radio rock hits (quite possibly the point) and there is nothing original on here - which is why this is so much duller than Neon Bible. Songs like: Black Mirror, The Well And The Lighthouse or No Cars GO? They're fun.
And okay this album has some redeeming moments (Empty Room being one of them) but my main gripe is how high up it is...#45...#45 of all time?? What the christ?
so this is better than:
Daydream Nation?
Marquee Moon?
Astral Weeks?
Thriller?
Electric Ladyland?
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot?
Remain In Light????
In The Court Of The Crimson King?
and that's just in the next 30 albums...
and having this above MBDTF in 2010 is just another sign of how hip-hop hating the majority of this site is. Metacritic - it's #1. RYM - it's #1. Rolling Stone, Time Magazine & Pitchfork - it's #1. But here we have this guitar focused, classic-americana sounding alt-rock album at #1 (and so far in front at #1) and that's just symptomatic of the narrow-mindedness of the site.
There I've said my piece. So in short: I hate the placement of the album more than I hate the album.
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| #25 | Posted: 03/30/2012 06:09 | Post subject: |
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| Jhereko wrote: | And okay this album has some redeeming moments (Empty Room being one of them) but my main gripe is how high up it is...#45...#45 of all time?? What the christ?
and having this above MBDTF in 2010 is just another sign of how hip-hop hating the majority of this site is. Metacritic - it's #1. RYM - it's #1. Rolling Stone, Time Magazine & Pitchfork - it's #1. But here we have this guitar focused, classic-americana sounding alt-rock album at #1 (and so far in front at #1) and that's just symptomatic of the narrow-mindedness of the site.
There I've said my piece. So in short: I hate the placement of the album more than I hate the album. |
Sure, 45 is stupid high. But I usually just ignore the placement of albums in the overall chart and focus on the actual music. (And there are worse albums that are highly exaggerated in the charts. Personally I'd me more upset about Funeral being at 11, but hey that's just me!). Originality is overrated anyways. I just enjoy listening to The Suburbs, so I don't really care about anything else. I mean is Helplessness Blues bringing anything new to the table? Not really. Should it be the top of 2011? God no.
Also, The Suburbs is better than Thriller and Yankee Hotel Foxtrot  The rest, no.
And finally, are you serious about MBDTF?? It's number 2 in 2010. Not 54  If we're gonna cry about the lack of hip-hop, may as well throw metal into there as well. Post 1990 metal is basically inexistent on this site.
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| #26 | Posted: 03/30/2012 08:27 | Post subject: |
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| Necharsian wrote: | | Also, The Suburbs is better Yankee Hotel Foxtrot |
You're dead to me.
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| #27 | Posted: 03/30/2012 08:31 | Post subject: |
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List of "fun" albums
Nothings Shocking
Raw Power
Odelay
Exile On Main Street
Ramones
Hot Rats
Kiss Me Kiss Me
The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society
List of not fun albums
The Suburbs
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| #28 | Posted: 03/30/2012 10:16 | Post subject: |
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| Jhereko wrote: | | having this above MBDTF in 2010 is just another sign of how hip-hop hating the majority of this site is. Metacritic - it's #1. RYM - it's #1. Rolling Stone, Time Magazine & Pitchfork - it's #1. But here we have this guitar focused, classic-americana sounding alt-rock album at #1 (and so far in front at #1) and that's just symptomatic of the narrow-mindedness of the site. |
| Necharsian wrote: | | Are you serious about MBDTF?? It's number 2 in 2010. |
Gotta side with Necharsian here. The Suburbs and MBDTF are both popular albums, with the former at #1 and the latter at #2. It's a bit of a stretch to complain about small-mindedness based on that.
I am more excited about the future of hip hop than I am about any other genre, but I don't have MBDTF in my 2010s list. I wish I could enjoy it as much as I want to, and there are a lot of things I love about it, but it had way too much Kanye for me.
| Necharsian wrote: | | Also, The Suburbs is better than Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. |
This, however, is ludicrous. |
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| #29 | Posted: 03/30/2012 10:27 | Post subject: |
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| I'm rather enjoying the rumpus this album has stirred up, ironically, for being too normal. Controversial albums don't cause nearly as much controversy as uncontroversial ones. |
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| #30 | Posted: 03/30/2012 11:57 | Post subject: |
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MBDTF > The Suburbs.
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