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Post by pacinoyes on Jan 18, 2023 9:39:13 GMT
* Peter Gabriel is that rare guy where I didn't care about him until he left his band - Genesis (and even then not that much - but still)........ He's like Rod Stewart or Sting .......but in reverse.........
* CMAT is so talented she could perform only Country or only Pop - or a hybrid of the two - or Dance music even - and be a star. But more importantly she could write and sing in all those styles too.......now of course she's not "a star" (yet) but that aspect of her is what makes her so appealing in the first place.........she's "better" than a mere star....she's more starry than a star.....
* Money Changes Everything is not only a great song - in its original version (The Brains, 1978) but also in a different way in Cyndi Lauper's 1983 cover - which is the only one people know..........because she was soon to have ...........a lot of money......
* I listen to Rush about as often as I punch myself in the face - but Subdivisions is a perversely influential song - not just in Synth Pop but in Modern Rock too .......The Strokes probably like it and lots of Electro Pop probably does too.....it has a memorable intro and ending ........it's oddly epic....it is also a bit daft, a bit pretentious, in its video images painfully obvious and when Alex Lifeson is actually saying "Subdivisions" both emblematic of the song being sorta surprisingly cool and somewhat not.......simultaneously
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Post by pacinoyes on Feb 11, 2023 9:44:37 GMT
* Has there ever been a more likable member of a band that isn't particularly good than Paramore's Hayley Williams?
* One day sociologists will look back on our reaction to Cardi B's "story" and "music" ..........and weep..........
* I often say Jim Morrison is far more important as a stylistic influence - on Iggy, Ian Curtis - more than for his actual work. "Dancing Barefoot" by Patti Smith is a song that points to how great he might have been if he lived to see Punk and actually see his influence.......that could be a Doors song.......and if it was would be one of the better ones.......and is as poetic, accessible and pretentious (at the end) as any Jim Morrison song.........life is funny.........but not in a haha way.......... how many people would never find Patti Smith as "poetic" as Jim Morrison .......just because she is a girl......shame, that
* Shania Twain is completely lost without Mutt Lange - her post-Up work is charmless and personality free ......it may be sexist to say a man made her........but a man kind of did
* There is no "new" band who has a more instantly identifiable sound - than Dry Cleaning who took their approach - which seemed more like a gimmick on their debut (2021) - as far as seems possible (maybe?) on the complicated, cohesive knockout "Stumpwork" (2022). Their next album will either fall flat on its face or be an overwhelming masterwork ......... since they've gone from pretty good to pretty great in two consecutive years.........and that's mostly because Florence Shaw has made that jump all by herself...........
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Post by pacinoyes on Mar 2, 2023 8:29:54 GMT
New music explosion from Mar 1st, 2023:
* boygenius new song "Not Strong Enough" sucks in a way that they didn't before collectively but that 2 of 'em sure did solo - sucks in a Lucy Dacus, Julien Baker kind of way - not in a saved by Phoebe Bridgers kind of way as in the past - all 3 of them annoy beyond belief here (the video is like watching your grandma flirt and strip at your grandfather's funeral).......also "Always an angel, never a God" doesn't describe angels (always male named in the Bible btw) or Gods (always males period btw - females are Goddesses you dumbasses) - and sure that may be just playing with gender .......but it comes off as annoying af when you aren't close to either angels or Gods ........hard pass....... obviously
* Big Thief's new Vampire Empire - premiered on Colbert (why?) sums them up pretty well - strong verses and evocative playing and then it gets to that part where they are yodeling (or something) it kinda sounds like that's the time for me to go thanks ......as always admirable Americana, but I don't connect to it - the way I do admirable ancient Ireland apparently (see below).........but hey - even more admirable scream at the end which is a plus
* Metallica's new If Darkness Had A Son has some things I like in it........ but not 7 minutes worth of them fellas......
* Fontaines D.C. new cover of Nick Drake's Cello Song ........ They make this less pretty, more experimental, more weird, more Irish, more percussive, differently sad in a modern way - while sounding ancient and poetic......a very Fontaines D.C. cover.....vocals don't come in until 1:40 !?! You could play this with Drake's original and think it's a shapeshifting long song traveling backwards through time.....like a ghost.....
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Post by The_Cake_of_Roth on Mar 2, 2023 9:26:31 GMT
* Metallica's new If Darkness Had A Son has some things I like in it........ but not 7 minutes worth of them fellas...... I think the song’s okay, but yeah the material feels stretched kind of thin here (wait, did I just agree with you about a song being too long? ). Some of their more recent stuff feels strained in terms of length, as if they’re making songs 7-8 minutes just for the sake of it instead of really justifying it with the material, like they did on their early albums. In this case, I think part of it is that the chugging main riff just isn’t that interesting? Like they should have either upped the tempo or varied the rhythm more...
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Post by pacinoyes on Mar 12, 2023 8:56:18 GMT
* Tame Impala - Wings of Time (2023) - New song........quite dull......again........Wings of My Ass * The Undertones "Girls Don't Like It" may be the perfect encapsulation of my (usual, not always) "Rock Rules" - nothing extraneous - yet exceedingly clever within its constraints - a (very) slight - musical break but not soloing exactly - short (2:19) - stripped down instrumentation: no flugelhorn, harp, or theremin, thanks .- about girls (duh, check the title), instantly recognizable as something clear with no veneer of trying or wanting to convince an audience of anything at all. It just is and immediately sounds like it has always been......... There is not one second that could be more economical or lean to convey the subject matter more vividly.........and that includes the high heel clicking, car sounds and dialog at the start.........which may seem extraneous but rather is precise table setting and the endling fade which pounds that title in your head in the best sense Also works as a sharp metaphor for the inevitable dismal commercial fortunes of Rock bands who also don't appeal to girls (either) ........what else can you do..........? * John Mellencamp's Paper In Fire video is awful - making your mind think strained comparisons - "a (maybe) more authentic Jon Bon Jovi with worse hair" or "a more soulful Sammy Hagar with better hair" ........it also feels racist - which of course is the opposite of its intent ..............but who can tell really ....
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Post by pacinoyes on Mar 22, 2023 7:54:46 GMT
Can we take a moment to consider how badass ahead of their time Black Sabbath were?:
* Anti-ageist - bass player in his 20s - called himself "Geezer" to align himself with ..........me?
* Pro-Animal Rights (War Pigs / Rat Salad)
* Anti-Male Toxicity (Iron Man)
* Pro-Weed / Anti-Smack (Sweet Leaf / Hand of Doom)
* Predicted Pot Legalization ("soon the world will love you, Sweet Leaf")
* Predicted the Zombie Apocalypse (Electric Funeral)
* Predicted Climate Disaster (er, also Electric Funeral)
* Predicted The Cocaine 80s (Snowblind)
* Predicted The Exorcist (Lord of This World)
* Predicted The Rise of Meghan Markle (Warning / Evil Woman .............oh, it's damn true)
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Post by pacinoyes on Apr 1, 2023 19:11:29 GMT
* Only in a shitty "movie" (ha!) directed by Kristen Stewart btw - could lesbianism - my 8th favorite porn category ffs - be as boring and cloying as it is when boygenius is selling it........they make the Indigo Girls look hot........they can right fnck off ......except Phoebe Bridgers who deserves points for just being better than the other 2 and making out with Lucy Dacus and appearing to like it........
* The Beths Watching The Credits - posted in the best music of 2023 thread - is the best song about the movies in a general way since........I can't remember when tbh...
* Metallica's 72 Seasons - the song - is perfectly fine - on some level it evokes them doing what they do best - it sorta sounds "classic"..........and yet.......I can't remember it .......which is obviously a bad sign.....like I remembered Ride The Lightning in 1 listen and now too.........and I haven't heard that album in a loooooooooooooooooong time.......so it offers the illusion (I guess) of their peak without replicating their actual peak..........on the other hand they're like 60.......so be reasonable
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Post by pacinoyes on Apr 14, 2023 17:11:05 GMT
Not really unpopular, just random thoughts........ * Metallica 72 Seasons - over the course of a full length.......kind of tiresome.......not wthout its moments....... but moments ain't albums.... * The 2 best - by far - The National songs since 2010 which is where this band started to lose me - mention other bands - the new quite good Eucalyptus (Cowboy Junkies, Afghan Whigs - both directly) and the older Don't Swallow The Cap (Replacements, Nirvana - both indirectly) .......that usually doesn't happen and actually is odd because each time the bands (or albums) are evoked as cherished objects of deep affection and not merely for cool points ........ * Lana Del Rey's new album is among her better ones despite being way too long .........and more importantly she should be in movies ........how did the movie industry miss her and Taylor Swift for so long? How much more cinematic could Del Rey be ffs? * Brandon Welchez is Kate Clover's boyfriend (or husband?), producer, and collaborator in her band - live and on Clover's excellent album Bleed Your Heart Out (2022) - his wonderful new song with his band Crocodiles - Upside Down In Heaven - would be perfect for her to cover............just sayin' ........she'd sing the hell out of this song
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Apr 14, 2023 18:02:48 GMT
* Lana Del Rey's new album is among her better ones despite being way too long .........and more importantly she should be in movies ........how did the movie industry miss her and Taylor Swift for so long? How much more cinematic could Del Rey be ffs? This is Cats-erasure! Agreed about Del Rey. Her music videos are already highly cinematic and it's crazy she hasn't taken on any major TV or film roles. It has to happen sometime, right? Meanwhile Sky Ferreira has been working on her sophomore album for 10 years because of all the acting she's been doing haha
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Post by pacinoyes on Apr 17, 2023 10:23:52 GMT
* The Red Hot Chili Peppers are the most unusual, goofy and flat out weirdest group ever to achieve their enormous level of sustained, long-term success ............that's not a judgment of their music .......just that they're the band who sang True Men Don't Kill Coyotes and became well.......... oh fnck it - this is self-explanatory ...... * My favorite Taylor Swift songs are the poppiest, biggest ass hits.........whatever ............this is also self-explanatory - I'm not doing a "deep dive into her catalog" the greatest song she ever wrote is Love Story yeah I said it (original version ftw)........ I just enjoy hearing "22" while walking around Target trying to find the best price on skin moisturizer and candy, okay? * I just reviewed - postively Lana Del Rey - both her new one and NFR - and do I get credit for that shit - for liking a popular act? Fuck no, but I say one bad thing about Lucy Dacus or Pet Sounds - and not even Pet Sounds really and whoa boy, I'll hear about it on MAR like they're untouchable works of unimpeachable genius * Screaming Sneakers "Violent Days" (1982) is such a great (overly) pessimistic Punk Rock song - that if a 2024 US Presidential candidate stole it as their campaign song - well you'd have to admire their honesty at the very least - it's the exact opposite of Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow
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Post by Allenism on Apr 17, 2023 23:25:33 GMT
Norman Fucking Rockwell is one of the best pop albums of the 2010s.
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Post by urbanpatrician on Apr 20, 2023 15:58:52 GMT
Norman Fucking Rockwell is one of the best pop albums of the 2010s. One of the best albums period. It's my overall favorite since 2009. Is that an unpopular opinion?
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Post by pacinoyes on Apr 26, 2023 10:57:03 GMT
* The new Thundercat / Tame Impala song "No More Lies" is yet again - dull which is synonymous with Tame Impala for a looooooooooooong time now..........it sounds like Steely Dan - that's not a compliment either - it evokes such shitty terms as "kool jazz" and "groovy chill music" ............or especially George Clinton's famous put-down of Earth, Wind and Fire : "Earth, hot air and no fire"
Has a spoken word put down of LA ......ooh so edgy.......fnck off
* The Beatles White Album and Abbey Road are about equally as good / flawed - among the top 5 of their years but a step down from the Rubber Soul/Revolver/Pepper peak ........but if you prefer one over the other - the people who prefer The White Album tend to be more interesting, messy, complicated and fun as opposed to the rigid perfectionists who prefer Abbey Road............ just like both albums themselves ...........both albums make you wish each had elements of the other which of course was the point in them when they made them.......
* The Libertines lyric "'There's fewer more distressing sights than that of an Englishman in a baseball cap'" - is the such a great line not just because it's funny - it also achieves so much in an economical way:
It's cultural, reflective of their setting and fashion, their (dazzling) vocabulary and clever use of language and it's distinctly visual ............if they never wrote another song - they'd be an all-time band for this one.........but they wrote a lot more........that's quite an achievement in just 14 words ........
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Post by pacinoyes on May 4, 2023 10:13:30 GMT
Look man, I know Rock stars go to the Met Gala - but I can never remember a young "cool" (whatever) Alternative (ha!) Rock Star doing it - has there been a more gross Rock star moment recently than Phoebe Bridgers - paying 50 Grand to hang out with a bunch of old fnckwads? I mean she did pay 50 grand right? Am I wrong? If so, I'll correct this post but on the face of it: It ain't cool, you ain't "Punk Rock" , you looked like shit, you can like her music - fine - but everything that is wrong with Rock music in 2023 is in this image below. This is a Noel Gallagher visiting Tony Blair moment - and at least Noel Gallagher got booze out of it and he didn't pay for the privilege ..... Fuck off
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Post by pacinoyes on Jun 24, 2023 22:35:08 GMT
* The Doors - not a particularly interesting band imo - looked worse after Joy Division - who they clearly influenced - than they did in their own era - which is pretty unfair when assessing their work. * Creedence Clearwater Revival - a great band - on 2 albums in 1969 certainly - seemed worse after REM - who had the same Americana Myth Element but were less "hicks", less commonplace and far more Arty ........REM had the luxury of listening to the Velvet Underground which CCR really didn't being so close to them..........that's also pretty unfair.......and of course REM had Pre-Punk, Punk and Post-Punk too.....CCR never had a chance.....in more ways than one...... * At several times in his verrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry long career - Ian Hunter has been kind of brilliant ........never for long........never consistently...........but still.......sometimes he sounds like Rod Stewart........sometimes Bowie........sometimes Reed, Bolan or Perrett.......sometimes he sounds just like Ian Hunter * Pink Floyd - I have said many times that they are a rare band because even if you don't like them you can't pinpoint any weakness in their work as to why - no one did what they did better than them........ The Final Cut is underrated (by some) and Not Now John is just a tremendous single.........noisy, smart, cluttered, layered, loud, frightening.......not just an amazing song but an amazing production of an amazing song
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Post by pacinoyes on Jun 29, 2023 6:34:25 GMT
June 2023 edition:
* boygenius performed in drag and got a lot of press for it (too much) .........so wait - is Lucy Dacus less annoying in her male drag persona? Nails on chalkboard level everything from the band in each new interview, photoshoot, concert review.......
* Jeff Rosenstock falls flat on his face with his new single - yet again...........this guy made several better than good records and now he's become excruciatingly lame real quick
* The new Foo Fighters is just stadium Dad Rock. That's a little harsh but.....I may have said this before - that band peaked on their first single .......I won't stick around Dave
* Faye Webster is wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy more listenable and likable than the female artist critic's faves she's often lumped in with...............not my thing exactly but quite impressive........her new single "But Not Kiss" is typically strong ..........and timeless too.........you won't look back on it in your music collection and say "What was I thinking?"
* NOBRO - off their 2 EPs - the very good Sick Hustle (2020), and the even better Live Your Truth Shred Some Gnar (2022) are one of the worlds best bands obviously - and THE best all female band atm - an album is finally coming soon - and "Let's Do Drugs" had better be on it.........because it's obviously awesome - and an anthem - and fits them like a bad habit ......of which they thankfully have many I'm sure .......
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Post by Lord_Buscemi on Jun 29, 2023 22:59:48 GMT
Look man, I know Rock stars go to the Met Gala - but I can never remember a young "cool" (whatever) Alternative (ha!) Rock Star doing it - has there been a more gross Rock star moment recently than Phoebe Bridgers - paying 50 Grand to hang out with a bunch of old fnckwads? I mean she did pay 50 grand right? Am I wrong? If so, I'll correct this post but on the face of it: It ain't cool, you ain't "Punk Rock" , you looked like shit, you can like her music - fine - but everything that is wrong with Rock music in 2023 is in this image below. This is a Noel Gallagher visiting Tony Blair moment - and at least Noel Gallagher got booze out of it and he didn't pay for the privilege ..... Fuck off Has anyone ever called Phoebe Bridgers punk? I know she's voiced her views on some social issues in a sort of "instagram activism" kinda way but it's not really her brand and the audience who follow her are predominantly young adult women with indie, folkish sensibilities. And even then, if going to the MET Gala is eyerolling hypocrisy (it still is, mind you), the old Punk legends of yesteryear certainly take it to another level; Johnny Ramone fellating Reagan, the avalanche of shitty positions John Lydon has taken over the years. It's hardly new for anti-establishment artists and is the least of the problems facing rock in 2023.
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Post by pacinoyes on Jun 29, 2023 23:38:35 GMT
Look man, I know Rock stars go to the Met Gala - but I can never remember a young "cool" (whatever) Alternative (ha!) Rock Star doing it - has there been a more gross Rock star moment recently than Phoebe Bridgers - paying 50 Grand to hang out with a bunch of old fnckwads? I mean she did pay 50 grand right? Am I wrong? If so, I'll correct this post but on the face of it: It ain't cool, you ain't "Punk Rock" , you looked like shit, you can like her music - fine - but everything that is wrong with Rock music in 2023 is in this image below. This is a Noel Gallagher visiting Tony Blair moment - and at least Noel Gallagher got booze out of it and he didn't pay for the privilege ..... Fuck off Has anyone ever called Phoebe Bridgers punk? I know she's voiced her views on some social issues in a sort of "instagram activism" kinda way but it's not really her brand and the audience who follow her are predominantly young adult women with indie, folkish sensibilities. And even then, if going to the MET Gala is eyerolling hypocrisy (it still is, mind you), the old Punk legends of yesteryear certainly take it to another level; Johnny Ramone fellating Reagan, the avalanche of shitty positions John Lydon has taken over the years. It's hardly new for anti-establishment artists and is the least of the problems facing rock in 2023. On the contrary - Johnny Ramone and John Lydon just have different views on politics - that's fine, actually that's better than fine - it's healthy........there's quite a bit of difference between Rock Stars not agreeing with you on issues ............ and a young Rock star paying 50 Grand to starfuck the upper classes while dressing up like Nirvana as part of her day job - that's what I meant by "Punk" with her.........it's grotesque in its cynicismJohn Lydon sung Bodies - quite easy to accept as an Anti-Abortion song in 1977 (though he straddles the fence on its POV in interviews) - and disagreeing with Johnny Ramone isn't the same thing at all - he could like Reagan, and I can like Glad To See You Go - big deal.........political POV doesn't suggest any hypocrisy for any of these 3 artists imo.........rather Bridgers like the Noel Gallagher example - actually suggests an inauthentic quality. Not that she is inauthentic .........but 50 Grand at the MET Gala certainly suggests it........ It's actually one of Rock's bigger problems in 2023 tbh - the difference between affectation and belief - this pops up constantly in my posts in this thread .............so I must think that Now to be fair, "authenticity" in Rock can matter a lot or not at all - David Bowie made a career out of being a dilettante and not selling "truth" often did it great .........you never know, and careers are complicated and long........this post is just a snapshot........
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Post by pacinoyes on Jun 30, 2023 8:47:53 GMT
Olivia Rodrigo's brand new - awful - "Vampire" is a dumbo regurgitation of her one great song..........an Exhibit A example of what people mean when they say Pop music is insipid:
Rodrigo has a perfect Pop song under her belt - not the one you think - but "Good 4 u".
Like Lady Gaga's Bad Romance, the singer is so distraught she has become an unreliable narrator......... So much so she can do anything within the song - and fascinate us - curse, whine, assess rationally (or not), contemplate metaphors - "salt in the wound" - and complain that her man has found help in a therapist (is that real? a joke?) when she requires one .............and rather urgently too. There is the suggestion she's culpable too.........that song and its great contradictory video (cheerleader gone haywire) summed up a whole cultural moment.
"Vampire" sums up getting product on to the market or something .........it tries to replicate that formula - but this time the singer lets herself off the hook - when she curses it seems try hard and false not shocking or effective like it was before - and it has no endearing weaknesses - contradictory or otherwise: she chides the guy for being too old (pobre cita), calls him a "fame fncker" (ok, well you're a fame fuckee - your point?):
"Good 4 u" was specific and all the better for it - recalling exact things that were said so the metaphors were on point.........."Vampire" merely goes through the motions of things that aren't literal anyway so why care - "the way he thinks" was a problem but I don't know what he thinks...........neither does she and the litany of things is merely stupid: "sunk your teeth into me" ........"sold me for parts"........you make her worst mistakes look "fine" ............it is vapid in its vague general nothingness...........she doesn't set things up......merely checks them off.
I'm not posting "Vampire" because it sucks (no pun).........now "good 4 u" on the other hand is the song that Lydia Night has been trying to write her whole life:
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Post by pacinoyes on Jul 16, 2023 19:41:23 GMT
* Queens of the Stone Age's song "Paper Machete" is one of the more interesting hard rock songs that has come out in a long time......catchy, weird, imaginative and odd and with a distinctive amateurishly cool guitar solo
* Lia Metcalfe is - I think? - still just 21 years old now and has been the sexiest girl on the planet since she was like 17 (um, or 18 - whatever) - and in her new video she looks like your Goth girlfriend from Prep school - she is - as usual - hot af........which is good because the song - the new one by her band, the always disappointing apart from her - The Mysterines - is just meh again
* The songs on In Through The Out Door are Zep's usual sub-mental songwriting schtick - but what makes that album worse is they are almost all weird stabs at something and so un-Zep like - weird Country, weird Prog-Pomp, weird shuffling show tunes-y .......the best song is the one that's most "like" them (In The Evening)
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Post by The_Cake_of_Roth on Jul 17, 2023 8:42:40 GMT
Zep's usual sub-mental songwriting schtick
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Post by Archie on Jul 17, 2023 10:06:35 GMT
Zep's usual sub-mental songwriting schtick That's me everytime he shittalks Bowie.
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Post by pacinoyes on Jul 17, 2023 10:15:35 GMT
That's me everytime he shittalks Bowie. Gentlemen, gentlemen! The obvious difference is I actually like Bowie and he's in my record collection whereas I once literally owned - and very much miss - an "I Hate Led Zeppelin" T-Shirt.......some perspective, please!
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Post by pacinoyes on Jul 20, 2023 17:51:25 GMT
* Big Thief's "Vampire Empire" despite being called "immaculate" by Pitchfork - in a rave, natch! - is mostly a dud........and annoying af with mannered singing........so mannered I'm still bothered by it when they cut loose at the end and which theoretically I should like........alas, talented frontwoman Adrianne Lenker is singing some stuff about a polyamorous relationship I guess........nothing to do with me, sorry ........don't know, don't care This band has made some good music and parts of this song work but to be in the presence of this band's sound and visual aesthetic is ........overwhelmingly........ brown........I can't think of another way to describe them......brown ........this most recent deep dive into chasing Americana on their last (overrated) album is like wearing Birkenstock's and smoking weed with the windows shut......it's not cool...............it's rather quite f'n dull.........it's the Grateful Dead all over again.....take a shower......buy some new clothes........put on lipstick.......do some X........You're doing THIS in 2023? * Ska music has rarely been good - and rarely enough to justify the insane amount of Ska revivalist bands and glowing write-ups.......don't believe the hype or revisionist history...... * Screeching Weasel's "27 Things I Wanna Do To You" works so well - and is mysterious - because you don't know what they are.......most fans don't know that song but a smart movie / TV show would be wise to include it.....see also The Misfits "We Are 138".........hmmmmmmmmm
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Post by pacinoyes on Jul 23, 2023 18:26:31 GMT
* The poetic device of incorporating nature and weather into song lyrics is often disappointing - it's hard to sing about wind and make the listener "feel wind" after all - but the way Van Morrison uses such things: sun, water, crumbling dirt, etc. and in particular "snow" - on his singular 1968 masterpiece Astral Weeks is really something: he mentions snow at a couple key and seemingly odd points on the record - literal but functioning as metaphorical - and you think he does it much more than he really does because it pops up in the last song with a bigger cumulative unifying effect......suggesting, you know.....Death......that's something most poets can't pull off with such a light touch........it might be the 60s most poetic album - arguable, but maybe.........and Leonard Cohen, Townes Van Zandt, Lou Reed and Bob Dylan made albums in the 60s..........just sayin'
* PJ Harvey's - I Inside The Old Year Dying (2023) - a record with a lot of similarities to Astral Weeks (not as good, thanx4asking) - is one of the few "challenging" Rock records I've enjoyed in recent years. But this is an "Art" record in every sense - impenetrable, mysterious, ambitious (a bit pretentious too), - hard to find any previous corollary to - certainly for a fairly popular artist. It's an amazing record in conception and mostly a successful one. If you revisit it - which you may not want to.................it also operates outside of music - it may be one of the better books or films - Folk Horror films - of 2023..........it's not really an enjoyable record.........or at least it's more artistically successful than it is immediately enjoyable..........a cult classic for our time.......and it just came out 16 days ago so ........
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