Love or Hate?

Trollheart · 06-16-2015, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Micco

Hey not sure if you heard this one yet, but The Pharcyde's "Bizarre Ride II" is an album I'd hope you'd enjoy, none of the Hip-Hop stereotypes are present and it would probably make my top ten greatest Hip-Hop albums of all time.

OK but if you check the OP I've suspended recs for the moment, as I have too much to get through.I'll let yaz know when we're open again.

Trollheart · 06-16-2015, 03:10 PM

Title: Desertshore
Artiste: Nico
Genre: Avant-Garde
Familiarity: Other than the little I know of VU, nothing

Track 1(Hate) I like the organ and the sort of classical sound, but when Nico comes in with the vocal it's a little harsh for me. It's sort of like listening to someone singing a mass...
Track 2(Hate)Piano is nice, as is the accordion (?) but I cannot stand her voice and it really spoils it for me.
Track 3(Love) This one is not bad; the dual acapella is nice
Track 4(Hate) Not another ****ing kid singing!! Jesus!

Track 5(Hate) See, it's fine until she opens her mouth. It's almost as if she's speaking the words, declaiming them. There's a very harsh, almost aggressive tone to her singing. The fact that it's in German or whatever does not help.
Track 6(Love) This one is not bad. Lovely piano and she sings instead of orating the music
Track 7(Hate) Didn't last; she's back to that harsh, abrasive way of singing. Piano is good at the end, even if it does kind of sound like it's being pushed down a staircase. It's better than listening to her singing!
Track 8(Love) It's not as bad as the others, and at least her singing has some melody in it.

End result: Very depressing. I feel, as I said earlier, like I've just attended a funeral mass. Dark and doomy instrumentation for the most part, with a few bright spots, and once or twice Nico sang as I understand it, but most of the time it was like being accused of something. Not for me.

So, Love or Hate? A real Hate here.

Chances of a full review:0/10

The Batlord · 06-16-2015, 03:25 PM

That actually kind of made me want to listen to that album, if she really doesn't sing like she does on Velvet Underground and Nico.

**Frownland** · 06-16-2015, 04:58 PM

Abrasive? I don't think we were listening to the same album...

Micco · 06-16-2015, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

OK but if you check the OP I've suspended recs for the moment, as I have too much to get through.I'll let yaz know when we're open again.

Oh alright lol, sorry.

Trollheart · 06-17-2015, 01:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

Abrasive? I don't think we were listening to the same album...

Maybe abrasive is not the right word. Certainly not gentle though: like I said, I felt like I was at mass or something. Very forceful, stentorian, almost stilted style. Really hated it.

bob. · 06-17-2015, 07:43 AM

i wonder what you would think of one of Nico's more straight forward albums

i have a perfect idea for the next album i'd like to suggest for you....are you willing to listen to double albums?

YorkeDaddy · 06-17-2015, 07:57 AM

I think he might've liked Marble Index a little more but if someone doesn't like her voice then even that's a struggle lol

Trollheart · 06-17-2015, 12:20 PM

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Originally Posted by bob.

i wonder what you would think of one of Nico's more straight forward albums

i have a perfect idea for the next album i'd like to suggest for you....are you willing to listen to double albums?

I'm not crazy about them to be honest, and I definitely don't want no more Nico thanks. Double albums double the time it takes me to get an album listened to obviously, and as I'm pretty much always up against the clock, I tend to try to avoid them.

The Batlord · 06-17-2015, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

I'm not crazy about them to be honest, and I definitely don't want no more Nico thanks. Double albums double the time it takes me to get an album listened to obviously, and as I'm pretty much always up against the clock, I tend to try to avoid them.

He used a double negative. That means he wants more Nico.

06-16-2015, 03:10 PM	#752 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,971	Title: Desertshore Artiste: Nico Genre: Avant-Garde Familiarity: Other than the little I know of VU, nothing Track 1(Hate) I like the organ and the sort of classical sound, but when Nico comes in with the vocal it's a little harsh for me. It's sort of like listening to someone singing a mass... Track 2(Hate)Piano is nice, as is the accordion (?) but I cannot stand her voice and it really spoils it for me. Track 3(Love) This one is not bad; the dual acapella is nice Track 4(Hate) Not another **ing kid singing!! Jesus! Track 5(Hate) See, it's fine until she opens her mouth. It's almost as if she's speaking the words, declaiming them. There's a very harsh, almost aggressive tone to her singing. The fact that it's in German or whatever does not help. Track 6(Love) This one is not bad. Lovely piano and she sings instead of orating the music Track 7(Hate) Didn't last; she's back to that harsh, abrasive way of singing. Piano is good at the end, even if it does kind of sound like it's being pushed down a staircase. It's better than listening to her singing! Track 8(Love) It's not as bad as the others, and at least her singing has some melody in it. End result: Very depressing. I feel, as I said earlier, like I've just attended a funeral mass. Dark and doomy instrumentation for the most part, with a few bright spots, and once or twice Nico sang as I understand it, but most of the time it was like being accused of something. Not for me. So, Love or Hate? A real Hate here. Chances of a full review:*0/10 __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018*

06-16-2015, 04:58 PM	#754 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,548	Abrasive? I don't think we were listening to the same album... __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

06-17-2015, 07:43 AM	#757 (permalink)
bob. Still sends his reguards. Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Trying to get out of the cat town.... Posts: 5,039	i wonder what you would think of one of Nico's more straight forward albums i have a perfect idea for the next album i'd like to suggest for you....are you willing to listen to double albums? __________________ A kiss is the beginning of cannibalism. Reach out, pierce the fine fabric of the sheltering sky, take repose.