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- #3751
- Posted: 09/07/2019 14:05
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Good to know I got the controversial part right anyway! I find all of their first three albums fantastic, just been on a real People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
kick of late, probably gonna change again in a few months but for now that's where I'm at anyway.
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- #3752
- Posted: 09/07/2019 14:35
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| Skinny wrote: | | I mean, no. But Midnight Marauders is their masterpiece either way. |
I've always been a little surprised it isn't considered their best. I think Midnight Marauders and Low End Theory should at least be head-to-head in the same aspect as Blonde Vs Channel Orange, Are You Experienced Vs Electric Ladyland, etc...
| Quote: | | there isnt a good arctic monkeys album |
Haven't heard their latest, but yeah. When I joined this site one of the oddest disappointments was hearing their debut for the first time (which was somewhere in the top 50 or something if I remember), and I still hold the opinion it's held up by two songs that the band haven't topped since.
And due to the inpouring down-likes, I'm assuming my opinion the newest Tool is a terrible embarrassing bore is quite controversial 
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- #3753
- Posted: 09/07/2019 17:17
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| Hayden wrote: |
And due to the inpouring down-likes, I'm assuming my opinion the newest Tool is a terrible embarrassing bore is quite controversial |
It's boring.
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- #3754
- Posted: 09/07/2019 19:10
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boredom is an attribute of the listener. the music isn't boring, you are bored. which can be a fair response. but it never really says anything about the music itself.
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- #3755
- Posted: 09/07/2019 19:47
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| Daydreamer wrote: | | Hayden wrote: |
And due to the inpouring down-likes, I'm assuming my opinion the newest Tool is a terrible embarrassing bore is quite controversial |
It's boring. |
So many people find it boring and I can't really see why. We've longer, slow-burning album like that one highly rated in so many charts here. Think of all your Swans, Julia Holters, Joanna Newsomes etc. Long albums which aren't that appealing on first listen but are actually great.
Why Hayden't comment is heavily downvoted is no surprise though, he just says "it's boring" without clarification which invites quite a few people to downvote it
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- #3756
- Posted: 09/07/2019 21:21
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I'm a big fan of Lateralus and 10,000 Days but I also found Fear Inoculum to be a bit hard to get into. As a Tool fan it sounds neat, but every track just reminds me of better Tool songs. Maybe it is a slow burner, but it will probably be a long time before I give it another shot.
Talking about the new Tool made me think of Chocolate Chip Trip, which made me remember this opinion: Led Zeppelin's Moby Dick is a terrible song. It's a cookie cutter guitar riff broken up by a drum solo that even isn't all that exciting. And honestly I'd say the same about Chocolate Chip Trip, even if I like the solo a bit more.
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- Posted: 09/07/2019 22:15
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^^^Have you ever listened to a live version of "Moby Dick"?
And I agree that Fear Inoculum is pretty dreadful. It's an 80 minute Danny Carey drum solo with awful guitar parts laid over top. I don't think I'll concede that it's "embarrassing", but it is at moments, like the inane opening riff of "Culling Voices", which I would personally be embarrassed to put to tape. I had a feeling that the new album was taking so long to materialize due to the band being out of ideas or being trapped in a box which they created, and it appears it was both. I still think Ænima is one of the most musically cathartic albums ever recorded (If you're willing to ignore some of the lyrics), so they'll always have that.
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- #3758
- Posted: 09/07/2019 23:12
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I tried to listen to a Tool album once and realised that it was literally the opposite of what I want in (and from) music. Glad others like it, though.
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- #3759
- Posted: 09/08/2019 03:46
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The new Tool is quite impressive. Not many artists can up ther song length like that and have it still hold together compositionally.
It's like classic Tool but with expanded horizons, which beats the heck out of all the artists who play it safe and jest keep releasing the same album over and over.
I currently have it at #6 for the year. In all likelihood, it may drop some as I get more current year albums. But I could also see it moving up a notch or two as I listen to it more, along with a few of those I currently have above it.
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- #3760
- Posted: 09/08/2019 10:06
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| Skinny wrote: | | I tried to listen to a Tool album once and realised that it was literally the opposite of what I want in (and from) music. Glad others like it, though. |
So what you want in (and from) music? I'm genuinely interesten in what you have to say since I have such a hard time verbalising things like, so I'd love if someone could do it.
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