An Infinite Number Of Things That Pisses Me Off About Music

Whatsitoosit · 09-19-2008, 10:24 AM

I just recently started listening to the Smiths, downloaded a couple of their albums. Not really my cup of tea at the moment but with more listens... who knows.

Piss Me Off · 09-19-2008, 10:37 AM

Moz fanboys:

Yeah, we suck.
The uber-fans i've talked to tended to make me feel a bit alienated to be honest because i just can't bring myself to call him a full blown genius or god's gift to music or whatever. My favourite artist yes, but he's far from a role model. To be honest i'm never going to want to shag him, i'm never going to excuse his dodgy tirades and i'm never going to be interested in in what shirts he wears.
I will nick as many rarities as i can but i really can't be arsed to pretend to be Kenneth Williams. I'm not that insane yet.

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You know somewhere at Pitchfork I think there are a couple of journos pissing themselves laughing.

I've always assumed it's something like the Sugarape office. I'm still not massively sure whether they're massive jokers or genuine idiots.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 09-19-2008, 10:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Piss Me Off

I've always assumed it's something like the Sugarape office. I'm still not massively sure whether they're massive jokers or genuine idiots.

You know thats exactly how I pictured it too

jackhammer · 09-19-2008, 01:02 PM

Big props for Neutral Milk Hotel. I would rather listen to a Phil Collins album....with the twat sat next to me.

Akira · 09-19-2008, 01:10 PM

I think enthusiasm for In The Aeroplane Over The Sea will waver over the next few years. It was once an unknown album that people discovered and loved and delighted in the fact that they had an 'undiscovered gem'. But as more and more people come to discover it, it's pretty much a famous album on the interwebs now, and it becomes more and more cool to like it, I think that a lot of people will drop it. A lot of people will see it as 'something too popular to love'.

pheurton · 09-19-2008, 01:27 PM

I love NMH but I have to agree with the over-zealous attitude towards ITAOTS. I also think OAI is far more rewarding. Although lawl at nobody linking the fact it's so popular because the jews did it again.

lucifer_sam · 09-19-2008, 01:55 PM

I think ITAOTS must have been popular before 2005, because my brother was in love with them for a time while I was still in my tweens (round '01 or '02).

But I agree completely. Its alright, but people somehow compare it to OK Computer and other gems. My roommate is one of those such people...he claims it was "the best album ever made." I loled in his face.

cardboard adolescent · 09-19-2008, 04:49 PM

ITAOTS is one of the few albums I like that my mom loves. It's got mass appeal, yo. But yeah, I'm also going to be uber-hip and say On Avery Island is a lot better, mainly because it doesn't have the mass appeal.

That having been said though, I do prefer NMH to Radiohead. They pull off the angst a lot better.

jackhammer · 09-19-2008, 05:03 PM

I have never associated Radiohead with angst TBH. Dissatisfaction, melancholic and wistful maybe? but not angst (although 'Creep' could be classed as such).

cardboard adolescent · 09-19-2008, 05:33 PM

i understand that angst has a lot of negative "emo" connotations but dissatisfaction and melancholy pretty much sum up angst for me

09-19-2008, 10:24 AM	#1 (permalink)
Whatsitoosit Bringer of Carrots Join Date: May 2008 Location: New York, NY Posts: 648	I just recently started listening to the Smiths, downloaded a couple of their albums. Not really my cup of tea at the moment but with more listens... who knows. __________________ "It takes 43 muscles to frown and 17 to smile, but it doesn't take any to just sit there with a dumb look on your face."

09-19-2008, 01:02 PM	#4 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	Big props for Neutral Milk Hotel. I would rather listen to a Phil Collins album....with the twat sat next to me. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

09-19-2008, 01:55 PM	#7 (permalink)
lucifer_sam Unrepentant Ass-Mod Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 3,921	I think ITAOTS must have been popular before 2005, because my brother was in love with them for a time while I was still in my tweens (round '01 or '02). But I agree completely. Its alright, but people somehow compare it to OK Computer and other gems. My roommate is one of those such people...he claims it was "the best album ever made." I loled in his face. __________________ first.am

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jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	I have never associated Radiohead with angst TBH. Dissatisfaction, melancholic and wistful maybe? but not angst (although 'Creep' could be classed as such). __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

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09-19-2008, 01:27 PM	#6 (permalink)
pheurton n/a Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 990	I love NMH but I have to agree with the over-zealous attitude towards ITAOTS. I also think OAI is far more rewarding. Although lawl at nobody linking the fact it's so popular because the jews did it again.

09-19-2008, 04:49 PM	#8 (permalink)
cardboard adolescent ;) Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: CA Posts: 3,511	ITAOTS is one of the few albums I like that my mom loves. It's got mass appeal, yo. But yeah, I'm also going to be uber-hip and say On Avery Island is a lot better, mainly because it doesn't have the mass appeal. That having been said though, I do prefer NMH to Radiohead. They pull off the angst a lot better.

09-19-2008, 05:33 PM	#10 (permalink)
cardboard adolescent ;) Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: CA Posts: 3,511	i understand that angst has a lot of negative "emo" connotations but dissatisfaction and melancholy pretty much sum up angst for me