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Old 07-25-2009, 06:14 PM   #161 (permalink)
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why should they counterbalance? did joy division counterbalance? not every great band needs to be bipolar... i want AC to be my total mania wonderland
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Old 07-25-2009, 09:00 PM   #162 (permalink)
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I must say that, upon reflection after having listened to much of the A C oeuvre, I find the "happy-hippy-on-acid-and-pot", er, "vibe" of these folks a little too cloying for my tastes. It is impossible to remain THIS friggin' happy, even on copious amounts of pot. Have any of these people had a close friend, relative or pet die? Have they ever hated life, even for a moment? Or do they simply reject this other aspect of experience in favour of the protracted state of ecstacy in which they seem to exist? "A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down" may be a useful idiom to know, but come on!?!?! They need to produce a few darker songs, grow up a little, come out of their drug-dazed never-never land, if only to counterbalance the manic happiness of their records. Then I'll decide whether I like them or not. (Which is not to say that they're untalented, of course, but merely that such unremitting cutesiness is a bit tough to take.)
I actually like this about Animal Collective. Their songs may all be happy but that doesn't lower their music in terms of quality, for me at least.
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Old 07-25-2009, 10:04 PM   #163 (permalink)
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really getting into these guys.
I've listened to MPP and Strawberry Jam and enjoyed Jam a little bit more. Listening to Sung Tongs tonight.
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Old 07-25-2009, 10:12 PM   #164 (permalink)
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really getting into these guys.
I've listened to MPP and Strawberry Jam and enjoyed Jam a little bit more. Listening to Sung Tongs tonight.
Have you heard Feels yet? If not, definitely get it next.
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Old 07-25-2009, 10:31 PM   #165 (permalink)
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I have it but haven't listened yet. I've also listened to People but I was doing other things and not really paying attention.
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Old 07-26-2009, 10:03 AM   #166 (permalink)
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I actually like this about Animal Collective. Their songs may all be happy but that doesn't lower their music in terms of quality, for me at least.
The quality is superb, as I mentioned, but perhaps it could be put to interesting use exploring themes other than merely being high and happy. Everyone knows by now that the hippies of the late sixties got it wrong in this regard. "Peace and Love," and nothing else, is an untenable ideal to inhabit. (Although it must be said that these guys seem to be decent suburban kids who just happen to smoke pot and do acid rather than the "dirty hippies" of "yesteryear.")
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Old 07-27-2009, 04:05 AM   #167 (permalink)
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peace, love, and understanding. you missed the last one.
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Old 09-03-2009, 03:59 PM   #168 (permalink)
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Animal Collective is amazing. The end. ^^
I love Fireworks.
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Old 09-03-2009, 11:39 PM   #169 (permalink)
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I have everything except for Sung Tongs. Can anyone help me complete the collection?
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Old 09-04-2009, 12:17 AM   #170 (permalink)
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In about 4 minutes 18 seconds when it's done uploading
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