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

Duraddict · 06-05-2012, 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Aimbot

Yup.

It's the most overrated thing in existence, I honestly think people say it's good only because it's cool to do so.

I agree. Radiohead overall is an extremely overrated band. I respect the way they fought against the RIAA with In Rainbows, but I still totally hate their music.

Gucci Little Piggy · 06-05-2012, 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Zer0

This is anything but boring

Am I the only one who actually finds Let Down boring?

I love OKC a lot, but Let Down honestly is boring. It has a pretty nice guitar riff and it's not bad but it doesn't move me at all.

Now there's a prime exampel of why OKC isn't boring mood music. Maybe the last part could apply for the term "moody" but it's not boring by any means.

E: Also, Radiohead haters, could you please explain what you hate about them? I'd like insight in your weird little world full of mysteries.

Flyingpig437 · 06-05-2012, 02:52 PM

Let down has got a good momentum to it. I find it a very moving song.

Vertigo · 06-05-2012, 03:27 PM

I went through a stage of listening to albums that were being lauded by, what seemed very much like, some genuine people and some who had just jumped on the bandwagon in an attempt to raise their popularity. Some have probably already been mentioned, so forgive the repetition:

Godspeed You Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists....
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
Liars - Drum's Not Dead
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion

I actually felt like I'd wasted part of my life listening to these albums. I couldn't make it through most of them as the overwhelming urge to run from the room, screaming and tearing my hair out got the better of me.

Sorry if you like these albums but, seriously, I hated them with a passion you would find disturbing.

Flyingpig437 · 06-05-2012, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Vertigo

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Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
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I tried about a dozen times to get into that. One song seemed great and the rest didn't grip me at all.

duga · 06-05-2012, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Flyingpig437

I tried about a dozen times to get into that. One song seemed great and the rest didn't grip me at all.

I'm with you on that one. I just don't see that appeal. No matter how many times I listen to it, it still seems like a guy winging it on his acoustic. The weird thing is my brother - who usually hates music like that - happens to love that album and is constantly amazed that I don't like it.

Unknown Soldier · 06-05-2012, 04:16 PM

The problem with In the Aeroplane Over the Sea is that its actually often lauded as one of the greatest indie albums ever recorded, so when a non-indie fan listener puts it on and is greeted with a lo-fi feel and a rather inacessible group of songs, it can leave the listener deflated. I held that position for a while, now I think the album has a great lush feel to it and recognize it as a great album. Do I have any desire to listen to it, well not really, if I was forced to listen to NMH I'd probably opt for their debut which is more enjoyable to listen to.

Paedantic Basterd · 06-05-2012, 04:20 PM

My problem with ITAOTS is that I took its two or three best songs and overplayed the everloving crap out of them a year or two before I picked up the whole album, and then I'd exhausted all of its shining moments and there was nothing to encourage me to play it top to bottom.

Trollheart · 06-06-2012, 04:19 AM

Oh yes, ipods have a lot to answer for! Remember the days of skipping tracks (those of you who are REALLY old, like me, will remember a process of lifting the needle over the track you didnt like and then carefully placing it back down on the next one you did like)? Nowadays it's all playlists, select what you like, dump the rest. Really does make it easier to get the better points of an album, but as has been said here, sometimes you really need to listen to the "bad songs" a few times to see if they really are that bad.

Instant everything, these days. And I'm just as guilty of it as anyone else.

Duraddict · 06-06-2012, 10:31 AM

Rihanna - Talk That Talk.

I'm sorry, but I don't see the appeal of listening to a desperate woman with no self-confidence musically writhe across an album she didn't even write. I mean... how does one take themselves seriously while singing a duet about rough sex with a man who beat the **** out of her.

Gotye - Making Mirrors

Yes, I liked that one song for a little bit, but his album is genuinely mediocre. His voice is like Peter Gabriel's, he lacks the musical curiosity of Peter Gabriel, and his sound is overall just kind of flat.

06-05-2012, 02:52 PM	#933 (permalink)
Flyingpig437 Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 534	Let down has got a good momentum to it. I find it a very moving song. __________________ Proper music for proper people!!!

06-06-2012, 04:19 AM	#939 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,994	Oh yes, ipods have a lot to answer for! Remember the days of skipping tracks (those of you who are REALLY old, like me, will remember a process of lifting the needle over the track you didnt like and then carefully placing it back down on the next one you did like)? Nowadays it's all playlists, select what you like, dump the rest. Really does make it easier to get the better points of an album, but as has been said here, sometimes you really need to listen to the "bad songs" a few times to see if they really are that bad. Instant everything, these days. And I'm just as guilty of it as anyone else. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

06-05-2012, 03:27 PM	#934 (permalink)
Vertigo Music Addict Join Date: May 2012 Location: North West England Posts: 167	I went through a stage of listening to albums that were being lauded by, what seemed very much like, some genuine people and some who had just jumped on the bandwagon in an attempt to raise their popularity. Some have probably already been mentioned, so forgive the repetition: Godspeed You Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists.... Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea Liars - Drum's Not Dead Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion I actually felt like I'd wasted part of my life listening to these albums. I couldn't make it through most of them as the overwhelming urge to run from the room, screaming and tearing my hair out got the better of me. Sorry if you like these albums but, seriously, I hated them with a passion you would find disturbing.

06-05-2012, 04:20 PM	#938 (permalink)
Paedantic Basterd Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 5,184	My problem with ITAOTS is that I took its two or three best songs and overplayed the everloving crap out of them a year or two before I picked up the whole album, and then I'd exhausted all of its shining moments and there was nothing to encourage me to play it top to bottom.