The Beatles were fab period: that's why I'm going to see a 70 year old geezer playing Beatles songs next Thursday.
If you don't know who I mean: it's Paul McCartney
The Beatles were fab period: that's why I'm going to see a 70 year old geezer playing Beatles songs next Thursday.
If you don't know who I mean: it's Paul McCartney
First time?
I almost went to the only time a Beatle has played Salt Lake City, and then the cheapest tickets were like $100. And I know that's probably worth it for some, and even though I'm a huge fan, I just couldn't do it.
And yes, I said fad, but the Beatles... had they not gone through the transformations they went through with the help of George Martin... They'd be almost nothing to me and equal a fad of say the Monkees or something. I mean I still kind of like their early work, it's decent pop rock, but it just doesn't have the weight of their Rubber Soul and onward albums have.
Not all artists have that opportunity to grow like that. Some have a one hit wonder album, and then everything else is a flop. Or they have a lot of mediocre work and somehow people latch on to it (we build something out of it instead of the art itself standing on it's own leg).
I've talked about this before... the idea of Reader Response Theory (in this case the "text" is sound, so probably more like listener response). But anyway, do we project something on to those "great" bands and really they aren't that fantastic, or are they really are that fantastic? I lean a bit more on the side of they really are that fantastic. They meet that bitter sweet aesthetic that I love (pop music that is simultaneously anti-pop). Is it right to devalue a fad? IDK... I find fad's having lower value, but maybe people thrive off of them. They can't wait for the next new thing and the fact that isn't the canon, it somehow has this higher value, and the canon is just full of over inflated artists (I constantly hear this full of themselves talk, and I still am not clear how that is perceived at a musical level unless the group is doing this like 10 minute wanking instrumental thing that is clearly not a discovery, but a here's how awesome I am). Or they are directly saying they are the shit. But that's my favorite song by Weezer: The Greatest Man That Ever Lived (Varia... by Weezer
Anyway, enjoy the concert. Let me know if it is worth the money!
Kinda... had a stressful week and thought it'd be fun to post nonsense. Most of what I write is anyway... what's the difference... ahahaha.
Anyway.................................
Super exciting news (for me at least).
I started this project on something like January 18th, and I am 23 albums away from being done with my project. At the end of the project I will have listened to and/or skimmed 1575 albums!!!
I'd say about 75% of these I listed to all the way through in this time frame. About 15% of that 25% I skimmed through stuff I almost had memorized, but wanted to rate anyway. The remaining 10% was stuff that I listened to maybe 2 songs on the album all the way, and then gave the rest a 30 to 60 second preview and if it sounded like the two songs I already disliked, I didn't waste my time on them more.
I will finally be able to complete some of my other goals (which should go by REAL quick since the hard work has been done). The only thing I have left is to journal my favorite albums... or at least an attempt to articulate why I love them so. It probably is a worthless task, but helps me keep my mind off reality and is healthier than meth.
Well here's the 2010s so far, remaining 23 albums at the top (sorted now by rating and *** indicates the 23 remaining):
Rank My Rank Title Band Year Rating
845 The Lady Killer Cee Lo Green 2010 ***
925 Lemonade Beyonce 2016 ***
971 Kaleidoscope Heart Sara Bareilles 2010 ***
985 Recess Skrillex 2014 ***
991 Option Paralysis The Dillinger Escape Plan 2010 ***
1066 Sweet Sour Band Of Skulls 2012 ***
1130 The Struggle Tenth Avenue North 2012 ***
1772 Run Awolnation 2015 ***
1947 Hypnotic Eye Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 2014 ***
2382 Gimme Some Peter Bjorn And John 2011 ***
2480 Periphery Periphery 2010 ***
2484 2 Big Data 2015 ***
3099 Jekyll + Hyde Zac Brown Band 2015 ***
3450 The Temperance Movement The Temperance Movement 2013 ***
3736 Himalayan Band Of Skulls 2014 ***
4063 Live Gary Clark Jr. 2014 ***
4343 Saint Cecilia Foo Fighers 2015 ***
4399 Light Upon The Lake Whitney 2016 ***
5027 99.9% Kaytranada 2016 ***
5515 Fuego Phish 2014 ***
6222 Santana IV Santana 2016 ***
6471 BUSH Snoop Dogg 2015 ***
7127 Enclosure John Frusciante 2014 ***
14 1 Brothers The Black Keys 2010 98.6
305 2 Everything Will Be Alright In The End Weezer 2014 93
22 3 The King Of Limbs Radiohead 2011 91.8
36 4 Wasting Light Foo Fighters 2011 91.8
83 5 Amok Atoms For Peace 2013 91.1
282 6 Sonic Highways Foo Fighters 2014 90.6
25 7 The Smile Sessions The Beach Boys 2011 90.5
34 8 The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than The Driver Of The Screw And Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do Fiona Apple 2012 90
157 9 A Moon Shaped Pool Radiohead 2016 90
3631 10 Stranger To Stranger Paul Simon 2016 90
311 11 Collapse Into Now R.E.M. 2011 89.5
594 12 Major/Minor Thrice 2011 88.6
19 13 ...Like Clockwork Queens Of The Stone Age 2013 88.5
59 14 Born To Die Lana Del Rey 2012 88.5
2681 15 Teargarden By Kaleidyscope The Smashing Pumpkins 2010 88
11 16 Reflektor Arcade Fire 2013 87.6
76 17 The 2nd Law Muse 2012 87.6
177 18 Drones Muse 2015 87.5
223 19 Lazaretto Jack White 2014 87.2
465 20 Songs of Innocence U2 2014 87
2 21 My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Kanye West 2010 86.9
299 22 I'm With You Red Hot Chili Peppers 2011 86.9
197 23 Go Jonsi 2010 86.6
87 24 Royal Blood Royal Blood 2014 86.5
7 25 Modern Vampires Of The City Vampire Weekend 2013 86.2
1 26 The Suburbs Arcade Fire 2010 85.6
17 27 AM Arctic Monkeys 2013 85.4
165 28 Build A Rocket Boys! Elbow 2011 85.4
6714 29 The Getaway Red Hot Chili Peppers 2016 85.3
18 30 Random Access Memories Daft Punk 2013 85.1
1019 Phosphene Dream The Black Angels 2013 85
774 Bangarang Skrillex 2011 85
775 Tron: Legacy Daft Punk 2010 85
4 31 Lonerism Tame Impala 2012 85
16 32 This Is Happening LCD Soundsystem 2010 85
110 33 Morning Phase Beck 2014 85
130 36 Kveikur Sigur Rós 2013 85
471 34 So Beautiful Or So What Paul Simon 2011 85
598 Blak And Blu Gary Clark Jr. 2012 85
1048 35 Neighborhoods Blink-182 2011 85
38 37 21 Adele 2011 83.6
95 38 Pure Heroine Lorde 2013 83.5
651 39 Doo-Wops And Hooligans Bruno Mars 2010 83.5
826 40 Weezer (The White Album) Weezer 2016 83.5
681 Oceania The Smashing Pumpkins 2012 83.4
23 41 El Camino The Black Keys 2011 83.1
35 42 Have One On Me Joanna Newsom 2010 83
74 43 Acid Rap Chance The Rapper 2013 83
226 44 1989 Taylor Swift 2014 83
409 The Joy Of Motion Animals As Leaders 2014 83
1336 45 Omni Minus the Bear 2010 83
218 46 Turn Blue The Black Keys 2014 82.7
245 47 Ultraviolence Lana Del Rey 2014 82
4018 48 To Be Everywhere Is To Be Nowhere Thrice 2016 81.8
118 49 Mylo Xyloto Coldplay 2011 81.5
8573 50 Montage Of Heck: The Home Recordings by Kurt Cobain Kurt Cobain 2015 81.5
5 51 To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar 2015 81.2
75 53 Angles The Strokes 2011 81
100 52 They Want My Soul Spoon 2014 81
362 Lightning Bolt Pearl Jam 2013 81
508 Breakup Song Deerhoof 2012 81
529 The Weight Of Your Love Editors 2013 81
603 Unorthodox Jukebox Bruno Mars 2012 81
646 Pickin' Up The Pieces Fitz And The Tantrums 2010 81
62 54 Suck It And See Arctic Monkeys 2011 80.8
10 55 Teen Dream Beach House 2010 80.5
2849 56 Distant Relatives Nas And Damian Marley 2010 80.3
29 58 The Age Of Adz Sufjan Stevens 2010 80
30 59 Innerspeaker Tame Impala 2010 80
42 60 Blunderbuss Jack White 2012 80
45 61 To Be Kind Swans 2014 80
51 62 St. Vincent St. Vincent 2014 80
56 63 Salad Days Mac DeMarco 2014 80
70 64 Black Messiah D'Angelo And The Vanguard 2014 80
81 65 Tourist History Two Door Cinema Club 2010 80
82 66 The King is Dead The Decemberists 2011 80
85 67 This Is All Yours ∆ (alt-j) 2014 80
86 68 The Next Day David Bowie 2013 80
92 69 Section.80 Kendrick Lamar 2011 80
117 74 w h o k i l l tUnE-YaRdS 2011 80
125 57 Boys & Girls Alabama Shakes 2012 80
128 75 How I Got Over The Roots 2010 80
129 76 The Magic Whip Blur 2015 80
144 70 Blackstar David Bowie 2016 80
180 77 Night Visions Imagine Dragons 2012 80
190 78 Holy Fire Foals 2013 80
254 73 The 20/20 Experience Justin Timberlake 2013 80
266 72 The Take Off and Landing of Everything Elbow 2014 80
275 R.A.P. Music Killer Mike 2012 80
302 New Paul McCartney 2013 80
346 Paralytic Stalks of Montreal 2012 80
347 Hesitation Marks Nine Inch Nails 2013 80
378 Hozier Hozier 2014 80
389 13 Black Sabbath 2013 80
430 Sea Of Cowards The Dead Weather 2010 80
445 Beat The Devil's Tattoo Black Rebel Motorcycle Club 2010 80
481 Transgender Dysphoria Blues Against Me! 2014 80
496 Odd Soul Mutemath 2011 80
510 Never Trust A Happy Song Grouplove 2011 80
617 Strangers To Ourselves Modest Mouse 2015 80
728 Compton Dr. Dre 2015 80
753 Tre Green Day 2012 80
982 Uno Green Day 2012 80
XXXX 71 Song Reader Various Artists 2014 80
982 ¡Dos! Green Day 2012 80
281 Ghost Stories Coldplay 2014 79.9
301 Tomorrow's Modern Boxes Thom Yorke 2014 79.9
370 The Marshall Mathers LP 2 Eminem 2013 79.9
77 Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit Courtney Barnett 2015 79.8
12463 I'm Beside You Red Hot Chili Peppers 2013 79.7
96 Broken Bells Broken Bells 2010 79.5
98 Sun Structures Temples 2014 79.5
103 Django Django Django Django 2012 79.5
273 Wrecking Ball Bruce Springsteen 2012 79.5
777 Indie Cindy Pixies 2014 79
27 Bloom Beach House 2012 79
63 Burst Apart The Antlers 2011 79
152 Vulnicura Björk 2015 79
246 The Endless River Pink Floyd 2014 79
295 Some Nights fun. 2012 79
427 Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites Skrillex 2010 79
495 Pink Friday Nicki Minaj 2010 79
622 Twin Fantasy Car Seat Headrest 2011 79
641 Slow Focus Fuck Buttons 2013 79
723 79 Astro Coast Surfer Blood 2010 79
6 High Violet The National 2010 78.1
8 80 Bon Iver, Bon Iver Bon Iver 2011 78
52 Total Life Forever Foals 2010 78
84 Torches Foster The People 2011 78
421 Megalithic Symphony Awolnation 2011 78
438 The Hunter Mastodon 2011 78
738 Lulu Lou Reed & Metallica 2011 78
4179 Carry Us All Away Lowercase Noises 2010 78
13 81 An Awesome Wave alt-j 2012 77.8
3 Good Kid, M.A.A.D City Kendrick Lamar 2012 77.5
26 Plastic Beach Gorillaz 2010 77.5
28 Yeezus Kanye West 2013 77
64 Sunbather Deafheaven 2013 76
800 Here Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros 2012 75
820 Dust Bowl Joe Bonamassa 2011 75
771 The Color Spectrum The Dear Hunter 2011 75
12 Carrie & Lowell Sufjan Stevens 2015 75
20 Lost In The Dream The War On Drugs 2014 75
24 Let England Shake P.J. Harvey 2011 75
31 Contra Vampire Weekend 2010 75
32 Trouble Will Find Me The National 2013 75
39 The Seer Swans 2012 75
43 The Money Store Death Grips 2012 75
46 The ArchAndroid (Suites II and III) Janelle Monáe 2010 75
48 Visions Grimes 2012 75
53 Cosmogramma Flying Lotus 2010 75
54 m b v My Bloody Valentine 2013 75
55 Shields Grizzly Bear 2012 75
60 Strange Mercy St. Vincent 2011 75
61 Art Angels Grimes 2015 75
65 Ceremonials Florence And The Machine 2011 75
67 Yuck Yuck 2011 75
71 Father, Son, Holy Ghost Girls 2011 75
72 2 Mac DeMarco 2012 75
73 The Monitor Titus Andronicus 2010 75
78 Loud City Song Julia Holter 2013 75
79 In Colour Jamie xx 2015 75
88 You're Dead! Flying Lotus 2014 75
90 LP1 FKA Twigs 2014 75
94 Babel Mumford & Sons 2012 75
99 Pinata Freddie Gibbs & Madlib 2014 75
109 My Head Is An Animal Of Monsters And Men 2011 75
112 Comedown Machine The Strokes 2013 75
115 Watch The Throne Jay-Z and Kanye West 2011 75
133 Recovery Eminem 2010 75
154 Beyonce Beyonce 2013 75
157 The Year of Hibernation Youth Lagoon 2011 75
161 Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son Of Chico Dusty Big Boi 2010 75
167 Speak Now Taylor Swift 2010 75
176 Melophobia Cage The Elephant 2013 75
229 Simple Math Manchester Orchestra 2011 75
235 Bankrupt! Phoenix 2013 75
258 Making Mirrors Gotye 2011 75
323 Goblin Tyler, The Creator 2011 75
326 Champ Tokyo Police Club 2010 75
338 + Ed Sheeran 2011 75
355 Blurryface Twenty One Pilots 2015 75
408 Ten Love Songs Susanne Sundfør 2015 75
440 David Comes To Life Fucked Up 2011 75
518 Foxy Shazam Foxy Shazam 2010 75
535 Teenage Dream Katy Perry 2010 75
652 The Life Of Pablo Kanye West 2016 75
749 Honeymoon Lana Del Rey 2015 75
7092 Infinity Overhead Minus The Bear 2012 75
21 Halcyon Digest Deerhunter 2010 73.6
778 A Head Full Of Dreams Coldplay 2015 70
9 Helplessness Blues Fleet Foxes 2011 70
33 Benji Sun Kil Moon 2014 70
37 The Wild Hunt The Tallest Man On Earth 2010 70
47 I Love You, Honeybear Father John Misty 2015 70
50 Currents Tame Impala 2015 70
57 Attack On Memory Cloud Nothings 2012 70
58 James Blake James Blake 2011 70
66 Celebration Rock Japandroids 2012 70
68 We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors Of Peace And Magic Foxygen 2013 70
69 Psychic Darkside 2013 70
80 What Did You Expect From The Vaccines? The Vaccines 2011 70
89 Take Care Drake 2011 70
91 50 Words For Snow Kate Bush 2011 70
93 Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds 2011 70
97 Exmilitary Death Grips 2011 70
163 House Of Balloons The Weeknd 2011 70
181 The Bones Of What You Believe Chvrches 2013 70
186 Tomboy Panda Bear 2011 70
225 Black Sands Bonobo 2010 70
318 Battle Born The Killers 2012 70
467 Year Of The Black Rainbow Coheed and Cambria 2010 70
505 Bad Blood Bastille 2013 70
41 Hurry Up, We're Dreaming M83 2011 67
15 Channel ORANGE Frank Ocean 2012 65
612 Vital Anberlin 2012 65
40 Kaputt Destroyer 2011 60
44 Run The Jewels 2 Run The Jewels 2014 60
49 Congratulations MGMT 2010 60
160 Vessel Twenty One Pilots 2013 60
192 Born This Way Lady Gaga 2011 60
841 Animal Ke$ha 2010 45
675 My World 2.0 Justin Bieber 2010 40
By the way, listening to this much music has been a bit mind numbing (kind of like playing video games for 10 hours straight), but was very rewarding in the end to get finally survey so much music I wanted to listen to.
Now I have so much data to comb through and refine my favorite double albums (and then finally decide to apply the dihansse rule to all of them or not), my overall list, all those 10 or 11 goals I had. I started a test list and I think I will do one artist per album to "properly represent".
I added a new goal for a yearly/decade/artist focused project .
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