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Never got the appeal of Nirvana. Hate "Teen spirit" and well, that's about it. If that's seen as their best then I need go no further. How they became the spokesmen for a generation is quite frankly beyond me, but then I'm a bitter old man, so what do I know? Good review, but definitely not ever a band that's going to get anywhere near my ears.

Matter of interest, who is Krist?

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Krist Noveselic, the bassist of Nirvana. "Teen Spirit," in my opinion, is not their best, even Kurt Cobain hated it later in his life as I said in the review. Kurt's personal favorite is "Drain You" while I'm partial to "In Bloom," "Lithium," "Breed," and "Something In The Way." Oh well. Nirvana can't be everyone's cup of tea. Just curious, what do you think of the Foo Fighters?

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Teen spirit is almost never considered nirvana's best, though. In Utero is a much better album.

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Wouldn't know if it's better, only heard Nevermind. I'm interesting in grabbing "Bleach," "Incesticide," and "In Utero" though. Also, Trollheart, if I send ye the album, will you review it?

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Sorry guys, no new review this week. I'm kinda burnt out. :/ Next week, I promise.

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I'm not going to review this album because I don't know (or care, in some cases) about some of the respective artists and I don't really know how to approach reviewing a live album. But I am going to rant. Why? Because in all, the concert featured 62 songs. But the album only has 24. I understand they wanted to fit it in the space of a double album and all, but here's an idea: if we had a triple/quadruple album, we could raise more money to help New York recover from the god dang hurricane! I understand it may take time to produce the album and such, but personally, I think the audio sounded fine at the concert itself, it didn't need much production. Heck, I probably could've produced everything in Audacity myself.

Second thing wrong with this rushed release is the fact that 2 of the artists from the concert aren't even on the album. First up is Kayne West (Which I'm not too bummed about, but still), and second, and way more maddening is the removal of "Cut Me Some Slack" by Paul McCartney and the remaining members of Nirvana...Sirvana, if you will. I might've let it slide if I thought it was because Courtney Love would've sued (Being Courtney Love and all), but no! It's on the Sound City soundtrack, which I now have to go buy because, for one reason or another, they decided including one of the highlights (along with The Who doing "Bell Boy" with Keith Moon via archival footage, also not included on the album) wasn't gonna be a good idea! *sigh* Hopefully I'll get a new review out this week, but ya never know, so until next time, peace!

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Song Spotlight #1 - The Birds And The Beedrill (NSFW)

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Review #011 - "Franz Ferdinand" by Franz Ferdinand

Another selection from my brother's CD collection, this time some Indie Rock. I saw "Take Me Out" on the track list and immediately popped it in. That was one of the defining singles of the early '00s for me, so yeah.

1. Jacqueline
Amazingly catchy, high energy song that works really well to open the album

2. Tell Her Tonight
Ooh. Chorus sounds kinda '60s-poppish, but a lot of it seems to be soul and funk inspired, such as that funktastic opening riff. It's cool to see a collision of genres like this.

3. Take Me Out
In my opinion, this is the defining anthem of '00s indie rock. It's the classic, but a lot of people don't realize that it's about the death of Franz Ferdinand, the group's namesake. His death inspired a little kerfluffle called World War I. Still, amazingly catchy song, my personal favorite indie rock song.

4. The Dark of the Matinée
Another tune with a funky intro. This one particularly makes me want to bop my head until we get a calm, cool verse. The calm, cool feeling during the verses is really enjoyable. Once again, catchy tune. Also if you listen closely, the bass groove is pretty cool. Just saying, cuz I noticed it.

5. Auf Achse
Ooh, piano overtones, hello. Trippy intro guitar, good to see you, how have you been? Funky drums to go along with it all, nice to meet you. Upon the second listening, I want to sing along, but I don't entirely know the lyrics. But hey, that's better than usual, a lot of times it takes a couple listens for a song to get lodged in my brain. This one is trying to work it's way in.

6. Cheating On You
The more Punk side of Franz still has funky bass. Not as catchy as some of the other songs on the album, but it's the kind of great, distorted, high-energy song that I'm in to. Really good stuff.

7. This Fire
Another single from the album. It's also really catchy, and pretty awesome. If I were a pyro, I would say it's a great song to light things on fire to.

8. Darts of Pleasure
More funky drums and bass, please come in. Guitars are also pretty heavy as far as Franz Ferdinand goes, which compliments the sound quite nicely. Also, is it just me, or are the vocals more distorted than usual? Also, supah fantastic.

9. Micheal
No, as far as I know, this song isn't about Micheal Jackson. Pretty good though. Drums really kick in this one. Guitars are almost ska-ish. Chorus is a mess in the best possible way (Not an insult). The guitars in the chorus are just WOW. I love it. And the lyrics are kinda gay, which isn't a bad thing ("Don't Stop With Me Now" is awesome, for instance). Great stuff.

10. Come On Home
Dat intro. This one is a solid headbobber at times, and deeply emotional at others. Mainly headbobbin'. Also, I love the synth/keyboard/whatever it is that we get in some places. So, come on hooooooooooooome...

11. 40
Opening guitar is pretty bad ass. Guitar in this one in general is pretty cool. Sounds like the rock equivalent of circus music at times. Lyrics actually seem to be about a tight rope walker. Harmonies at points is a plus for me, I love subtle harmonies. Great closing track. La la la la la la la la la la la laaaaaaaaa. *Scary trippy solo*

Conclusion: Great first album from a great group. While it does get kind of repetitive at times, it's not long enough to truly overstay it's welcome.

Overall score: 87/100 (Glamorous Indie Rock 'N' Roll)

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Got "The Next Day" by David Bowie. Expect a review when I'm done digesting.

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I love the Beatles. I love it when artists make songs with lots of homages to The Beatles. That's what this is. So, backstory time. In the '90s, the 3 remaining Beatles found 2 of John Lennon's unfinished demos and turned them into Beatles songs. For as many people that liked these (Like me), just as many thought it was an insult to his memory. This song was written by one of them, and I find it hilarious. So yeah.

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