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

Rainard Jalen · 02-23-2008, 08:17 AM

I thought this'd be a good idea. There are lots of albums out there that are widely acclaimed by critics and adored by fans, or just the former, or just the latter, or whatever. Then there are people who listen to the album a few times and just don't get what the big deal is.

My idea for the thread is that somebody comes and mentions an album that he/she never really quite got what all the hype was about, and then another member will respond at some point, in their own words, with just what it is about the album that makes them love it.

Comus · 02-23-2008, 08:45 AM

ELP's Tarkus.

I've tried several times to get into it, but it just reallly bores me. I love most prog epics but tarkus just seems to drag on and onnnn.

Rainard Jalen · 02-23-2008, 09:33 AM

Can - Ege Bamyasi

I'm sure there are a ton of reasons why I should like this album, I just can't figure out what they are! Plus, I find the long tracks Pinch and Soup particularly difficult.

jackhammer · 02-23-2008, 06:44 PM

Pink Floyd-Dark Side Of The Moon.

Bring it on!

Urban Hat€monger ? · 02-23-2008, 06:54 PM

Pet Sounds

3 fantastic songs & a shit load of filler

sleepy jack · 02-23-2008, 06:58 PM

FUCK OFF URBAN

Urban Hat€monger ? · 02-23-2008, 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Rainard Jalen

Can - Ege Bamyasi

I'm sure there are a ton of reasons why I should like this album, I just can't figure out what they are! Plus, I find the long tracks Pinch and Soup particularly difficult.

Can have been called one of the most difficult bands to get into.
Ege Bamyasi is probably the most accessible Can albums there is.

For me Ege Bamyasi has always been a groove thing , to me the songs don't seem that long because the groove & the rhythms keep things interesting. I've always treated it as a chill out album that you listen to when you want to relax and listen to as a whole rather than want to listen to individual songs.

Thats why I like it anyway.

Dizzys in the wolf · 02-23-2008, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

Pet Sounds

3 fantastic songs & a shit load of filler

It's simply relevant.

sweet_nothing · 02-23-2008, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by jackhammer

Pink Floyd-Dark Side Of The Moon.

Bring it on!

Simply put you have to stoned to apperciate it, most pink floyd albums are like that

Urban Hat€monger ? · 02-23-2008, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Dizzys in the wolf

It's simply relevant.

Most 'classic' albums are in some way.

That doesn't say whats good about it though.

02-23-2008, 08:17 AM	#1 (permalink)
Rainard Jalen Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 2,221	The Explain Why You Like This Album ('cause i don't understand) Thread I thought this'd be a good idea. There are lots of albums out there that are widely acclaimed by critics and adored by fans, or just the former, or just the latter, or whatever. Then there are people who listen to the album a few times and just don't get what the big deal is. My idea for the thread is that somebody comes and mentions an album that he/she never really quite got what all the hype was about, and then another member will respond at some point, in their own words, with just what it is about the album that makes them love it.

02-23-2008, 06:44 PM	#4 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	Pink Floyd-Dark Side Of The Moon. Bring it on! __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

02-23-2008, 06:54 PM	#5 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	Pet Sounds 3 fantastic songs & a shit load of filler __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

02-23-2008, 09:33 AM	#3 (permalink)
Rainard Jalen Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 2,221	Can - Ege Bamyasi I'm sure there are a ton of reasons why I should like this album, I just can't figure out what they are! Plus, I find the long tracks Pinch and Soup particularly difficult.