An Infinite Number Of Things That Pisses Me Off About Music

sleepy jack · 10-20-2008, 06:56 PM

The Flaming Lips released music in the 80s and the 80s had plenty of good bands: The Smiths, Joy Division, Talk Talk, The Feelies, The Cure, Minutemen, Sonic Youth, Pixies, Public Enemy, Husker Du, Dinosaur Jr., The Jesus and Mary Chain, NWA, New Order, Rites of Spring, Tom Waits, Talking Heads, Violent Femmes, Dead Kennedys, Black Flag, Meat Puppets and De La Soul to name some.

Double X · 10-20-2008, 07:20 PM

I completely forgot about the Smiths, Talking Heads and Dead Kennedy's are alright. Flaming Lips didn't release a lot of good stuff in the 80s though...Telepathic Surgery is nice, but that's it.

boo boo · 10-21-2008, 12:05 AM

I don't know how anyone could consider In Rainbows mediocre.

I guess since people have such high expectations of the band that anything less than a perfect 10 is "mediocre".

Give them a break, nobody can recreate the same success of that one album over and over again, it's a great album, I hate when people always have to compare a band's album to their previous work instead of just judging the album on it's own.

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Originally Posted by sleepy jack

The Flaming Lips released music in the 80s and the 80s had plenty of good bands: The Smiths, Joy Division, Talk Talk, The Feelies, The Cure, Minutemen, Sonic Youth, Pixies, Public Enemy, Husker Du, Dinosaur Jr., The Jesus and Mary Chain, NWA, New Order, Rites of Spring, Tom Waits, Talking Heads, Violent Femmes, Dead Kennedys, Black Flag, Meat Puppets and De La Soul to name some.

I'm sorry but what I've heard from The Feelies is just incredibly awful.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 10-21-2008, 12:37 AM

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Originally Posted by boo boo

I don't know how anyone could consider In Rainbows mediocre.

I guess since people have such high expectations of the band that anything less than a perfect 10 is "mediocre".

Give them a break, nobody can recreate the same success of that one album over and over again, it's a great album, I hate when people always have to compare a band's album to their previous work instead of just judging the album on it's own.

If you look at how I originally defined mediocre I didn't define it as 'Bad' I defined it as something that doesn't move me enough to reach a decision on whether it's good or bad.

And that's exactly how I feel about In Rainbows. It's nothing i've not heard Radiohead do already and to be honest I found it boring. For the past 2 albums I feel radiohead have found a sound & they're sticking to it. Thom Yorke's solo album had pretty much the same sound too. I've heard them do the same thing 3 times now and it's getting boring. And for a band that was known for being one of the most progressive rock bands of the last decade or so that's a concern.

Sorry Radiohead fanboys , In Rainbows bored me.

TheBig3 · 10-21-2008, 07:16 AM

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If you look at how I originally defined mediocre I didn't define it as 'Bad' I defined it as something that doesn't move me enough to reach a decision on whether it's good or bad.

And that's exactly how I feel about In Rainbows. It's nothing i've not heard Radiohead do already and to be honest I found it boring. For the past 2 albums I feel radiohead have found a sound & they're sticking to it. Thom Yorke's solo album had pretty much the same sound too. I've heard them do the same thing 3 times now and it's getting boring. And for a band that was known for being one of the most progressive rock bands of the last decade or so that's a concern.

Sorry Radiohead fanboys , In Rainbows bored me.

Isn't this how most bands do it.

Don't worry I can see how this will turn out. A band member will die and "the real radiohead" will die with him. They'll replace him over the course of 4 or 5 albums with a couple different people that won't work. They'll wade through mediocre until they finally make the real ****-bomb. The one that sends a few of them to rehab, then their going to have fan backlash until they make something that resembles OK Computer because they brought on a producer thats bigger than they are.

Or maybe they'll become U2.

dac · 10-21-2008, 10:43 AM

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Isn't this how most bands do it.

Don't worry I can see how this will turn out. A band member will die and "the real radiohead" will die with him. They'll replace him over the course of 4 or 5 albums with a couple different people that won't work. They'll wade through mediocre until they finally make the real ****-bomb. The one that sends a few of them to rehab, then their going to have fan backlash until they make something that resembles OK Computer because they brought on a producer thats bigger than they are.

Or maybe they'll become U2.

I would bet you 20 dollars Thom Yorke would kill himself before allowing his band to become U2

jackhammer · 10-21-2008, 12:22 PM

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Originally Posted by TheBig3KilledMyRainDog

Isn't this how most bands do it.

Don't worry I can see how this will turn out. A band member will die and "the real radiohead" will die with him. They'll replace him over the course of 4 or 5 albums with a couple different people that won't work. They'll wade through mediocre until they finally make the real ****-bomb. The one that sends a few of them to rehab, then their going to have fan backlash until they make something that resembles OK Computer because they brought on a producer thats bigger than they are.

Or maybe they'll become U2.

This is really Metallica is'nt it?

TheBig3 · 10-21-2008, 12:59 PM

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This is really Metallica is'nt it?

I'm just making a point that when beloved bands change their style, people flip the **** out.

10-20-2008, 07:20 PM	#2 (permalink)
Double X sleepe Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: boston Posts: 1,140	I completely forgot about the Smiths, Talking Heads and Dead Kennedy's are alright. Flaming Lips didn't release a lot of good stuff in the 80s though...Telepathic Surgery is nice, but that's it.