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Briks tries old-school punk and new wave http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ex_Pistols.png Artist: Sex Pistols Album: Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols Year: 1977 Genre: Punk rock I've listened to this album once before, but I decided to include it in the section anyway. Well, this is probably the most talked about punk album of all time. It's credited with kickstarting the whole UK punk movement, and everyone seems to have an opinion on it. My opinion? This album kicks ass. Alright, it's "fabricated", but it's still influential, and my urge to shout along to it remains. 5/5 |
Briks tries old-school punk and new wave http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/393d8e3063e...10/2799566.jpg Artist: Buzzcocks Album: Love Bites Year: 1978 Genre: Pop punk I quite like this. It's nice. It has lots of good hooks and melodies, the lyrics are relatable, and even though these guys aren't exactly the greatest instrumentalists out there, they managed to write some great, catchy riffs. The singer bothers me a little, his voice gets old after a while. Still, pretty great stuff. 4/5 |
Briks tries old-school punk and new wave http://s28.postimg.org/9lb2gxc1p/stranglers.png Artist: The Stranglers Album: Stranglers IV (Rattus Norvegicus) Year: 1977 Genre: Punk rock/new wave Alright, why is this called "Stranglers IV" when it's their first album? Must be a joke or something. Anyway, the music. It was pretty good. Less angsty and more tongue-in-cheek than Buzzcocks, and with a more likeable vocalist. The synthesizers sound like they're from a Doors album or something, I don't know. I think I've only ever heard one song by The Doors. "Peaches" stands out to me. It's an obvious choice, alright, but that bassline sure is catchy. Overall good album, and it sounds less dated than Blondie and Buzzcocks. 4/5 |
I found my old last.fm account. I've edited the details for anonymity's sake, but the stats are there if you want to see what crap I listened to around the time I registered here.
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...and now for something completely different: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...Love_cover.jpg Artist: My Chemical Romance Album: I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love Year: 2002 Genre: Post-hardcore/pop punk Alright, so I just found my old Last.fm profile. I looked at the stats, and man, I listened to a lot of MCR. Then my tastes started changing, and I gradually stopped listening to them until they were merely a somewhat embarrassing memory. But I didn't familiarize myself all that much with this album, so I decided to listen to it now and form an opinion on it, y'know? It starts off with "Honey, This Mirror Isn't Big Enough for the Two of Us", which sets the theme and introduces us to the general sound of the album, which can be described with such assorted adjectives as "energetic", "raw", "campy", "overblown", "cheesy" and "sappy". All the songs up until track 8 pretty much sound like that, then we are suddenly introduced to... twinkly guitars? The hell? "Early Sunsets Over Monroeville" is legit Midwest-inspired emo, guys. Well, that was unexpected, but certainly not unappreciated. I dig it. Now I'm just wondering why the hell this has a 2.72/5 on RYM while The Black Parade has 3/5. Screw that album. This stuff is genuinely enjoyable if you can get past the fact that it's campy, whiny, weepy and all that. I get the feeling that the people who rate this lowly are either punk elitists who didn't even bother listening to it, or scene kids who dig The Black Parade but are put off by the rawness of this album. 3.5/5 |
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Some stuff I've listened to during the past few days http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ter,_More!.jpg 4 Non Blondes - Bigger, Better, Faster, More! I thought it was going to be fun and stuff, but then it was just composed of annoying fillers. "What's Up" is cool though. 2.5/5 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...lbum_Cover.jpg Meghan Trainor - Title Someone played "I'm All About That Bass" in Plug.dj, and I thought "holy shizz, I actually like this". Not amazing or anything, but pretty fun EP. 3/5 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...SL._SY300_.jpg The Black Sweden - Gold Hard rock meets ABBA. It's fun at first, but then you just grow tired of it. Good in small doses. 3/5 http://cdn.pitchfork.com/albums/2020...e.e9dad183.jpg Morrissey - Your Arsenal Just as good as a Smiths album, in my opinion. 4.5/5 |
...and now for something completely different, part 2: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...hreeCheers.jpg Artist: My Chemical Romance Album: Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge Year: 2004 Genre: Pop punk Why do I feel like writing a disclaimer at the start of this? "I'm only listening to this for my journal" or something? Because this band is universally ridiculed, and if you listen to them, people will assume that you have greasy, black bangs and mutiple facial piercings, which I don't. I don't really have a lot to say about this, other than that this album gets more hate than it actually deserves. These guys are just a campy pop group whose members dig horror movies and comic books. I'm 99% sure that "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)" is not meant to be sad or depressing, but tongue-in-cheek. C'mon, that title can't be taken seriously. There's also a song named "You Know What They Do to Guys Like Us in Prison", so it's obvious that they know irony. This is an okay album. It's catchy, it has energy, but it feels a little too theatrical at times, and the slick production makes it sound less genuine and more commercial than the debut. Therefore I give it: 2.5/5 |
Huh. This is Metal Month, but there hasn't been a single metal album in here since September. That's ironic.
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