The Explain Why You Like This Album ('cause i don't understand) Thread

asshat · 08-05-2009, 02:34 PM

....I know a lot of people love the talking heads, so I'll try to be respectful. This album has some solid grooves(crosseyed and painless for one)....the difference between this and parliament though is parliament sounds like they're actually having fun.Yeah the main culprit in my heavy dislike of the heads is david byrne...it's like having to listen robin williams or a mad scientist front a funk band....It's like your listening to a solid afro-beat album but having your anthropology prof talk over it.

...Yeah I'll admit that the music is kind of interesting and they're pretty innovative...there's just such a heavy prescence of art-school pretension...courtesy of david byrne, that drives me away.

"once in a lifetime" is the most cringe inducing song ever.

boo boo · 08-05-2009, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by asshat

it's like having to listen robin williams or a mad scientist front a funk band.....

Heh, you pretty much described the reason they appeal to me right there.

asshat · 08-05-2009, 02:42 PM

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Heh, you pretty much described the reason they appeal to me right there.

...what's with the early 80's and people that sing like mad scientists?:thomas dolby, devo, b-52's...etc..to give him credit thomas dolby actually was a scientist.

TheCunningStunt · 02-16-2010, 06:35 PM

Apologies if this has already been done, and it probably has been but I couldn't find a thread.

But..

What are them albums that everyone seemed to love that you either can't stand/hate/dislike or never 'got'?

Mine..

My Bloody Valentine - Loveless

Velvet Underground & Nico - Andy Warhol

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Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible (although, I like this a lot more these days. Still not crazy over it though.)

mr dave · 02-16-2010, 06:38 PM

anything by Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, or The Smiths.

duga · 02-16-2010, 06:38 PM

Ok you are not starting a thread like this and your first post for it is Loveless????

Now, I know to each his own...but damn, man.

And I know I am now proving your point. But, for shame...

TheCunningStunt · 02-16-2010, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by mr dave

anything by Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, or The Smiths.

This makes me sad.

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Ok you are not starting a thread like this and your first post for it is Loveless????

Now, I know to each his own...but damn, man.

And I know I am now proving your point. But, for shame...

I just don't like it, distorted guitar riffs, where you can't hear the singer or the lyrics. No drums either. It's more a matter of not getting it than hate..

What's the big deal with it? Mediocre at best for me.

mr dave · 02-16-2010, 06:44 PM

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Originally Posted by TheCunningStunt

This makes me sad.

but i love Loveless so we're even hahaha

TheCunningStunt · 02-16-2010, 06:47 PM

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but i love Loveless so we're even hahaha

That's just ONE album. You hate 3 brilliant Smiths albums!

3-1, I will find 2 other albums you love, and hate on them. Just to spite you.

duga · 02-16-2010, 06:51 PM

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What's the big deal with it? Mediocre at best for me.

I can see where you are coming from...but I still to this day consider Loveless to be the ultimate "I get it!!!" album. I hated it first time I heard it...I heard tiny hints of amazing melodies that I just wanted to be more clear, and nothing was ever as defined as I wanted it to be. But then I got it, I guess. I could all the sudden hear those melodies and loved that he could create them in such a mess of guitars. The music is meant to be heard as a big amorphous sound...the songs are entities within themselves.

Well, you get the idea...I doubt it will change your mind. At least you like the Smiths. You saved yourself on that one.

08-05-2009, 02:34 PM	#401 (permalink)
asshat king of sex Join Date: May 2009 Location: canada Posts: 331	....I know a lot of people love the talking heads, so I'll try to be respectful. This album has some solid grooves(crosseyed and painless for one)....the difference between this and parliament though is parliament sounds like they're actually having fun.Yeah the main culprit in my heavy dislike of the heads is david byrne...it's like having to listen robin williams or a mad scientist front a funk band....It's like your listening to a solid afro-beat album but having your anthropology prof talk over it. ...Yeah I'll admit that the music is kind of interesting and they're pretty innovative...there's just such a heavy prescence of art-school pretension...courtesy of david byrne, that drives me away. "once in a lifetime" is the most cringe inducing song ever. __________________ Rye Catcher II: Electric Boogaloo http://oldhickory666.blogspot.com/

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TheCunningStunt love will tear you apart Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Manchester, UK. Posts: 5,107	Albums that people seem to love, that you don't. Apologies if this has already been done, and it probably has been but I couldn't find a thread. But.. What are them albums that everyone seemed to love that you either can't stand/hate/dislike or never 'got'? Mine.. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless Velvet Underground & Nico - Andy Warhol Moderator cut: image removed Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible (although, I like this a lot more these days. Still not crazy over it though.) Last edited by TheCunningStunt; 02-16-2010 at 06:45 PM.

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duga MB quadrant's JM Vincent Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 3,762	Ok you are not starting a thread like this and your first post for it is Loveless???? Now, I know to each his own...but damn, man. And I know I am now proving your point. But, for shame... __________________ Confusion will be my epitaph...