Love or Hate?

Plainview · 11-21-2015, 06:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Yeah I know I'm a little behind. Genesis discography, y'see. I'm finished it now so will be updating the OP tomorrow

You gonna rank the discography. And is Lambs Lie Down on Broadway your favourite (think it's mine, or Selling England by the Pound).

TechnicLePanther · 11-21-2015, 08:10 AM

Hopefully it's not too soon for another rec:

Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime

TechnicLePanther · 11-21-2015, 08:18 AM

I'm listening to the Glow myself now, and it actually doesn't sound that bad. It is pretty lo-fi, so maybe that had something to do with it. My analysis of this album is that it's very noisy, and so perhaps that's why Trollheart disagreed with it so much.

Trollheart · 11-21-2015, 08:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Plainview

You gonna rank the discography. And is Lambs Lie Down on Broadway your favourite (think it's mine, or Selling England by the Pound).

I will at the end, yes. My own particular favourite is between Wind and Wuthering, A Trick of the Tail, Duke and Trepass: I'm not as sold on Selling England as other Genesis fans are.

I will rank the discography at the very end, yes.

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Originally Posted by TechnicLePanther

I'm listening to the Glow myself now, and it actually doesn't sound that bad. It is pretty lo-fi, so maybe that had something to do with it. My analysis of this album is that it's very noisy, and so perhaps that's why Trollheart disagreed with it so much.

Noisy? I found it terribly quiet and almost ephermal at times...

Trollheart · 11-21-2015, 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

I feel like we could be an old, married couple who act like they hate each other, but deep down they understand the other to an extent that their mutual contempt simply cannot be expressed in words.

Even the silences are comfortable...

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Originally Posted by Machine

And now for my next rec, something completely different.
Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West

Machine, for the love of all that's holy! Stop reccing! You're throwing these at me way too often. Wait for FOUR more recs before you rec anything else. I'm having to keep resetting yours in the running order. Just slow down, ok dude? Thanks.

Ilistentoeverything · 11-21-2015, 12:29 PM

Taking requests?

Gregory Alan Isakov - This Empty Northern Hemisphere

Machine · 11-21-2015, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Machine, for the love of all that's holy! Stop reccing! You're throwing these at me way too often. Wait for FOUR more recs before you rec anything else. I'm having to keep resetting yours in the running order. Just slow down, ok dude? Thanks.

Oh fine.

**Frownland** · 11-21-2015, 02:24 PM

Fire! Orchestra - Enter

~~MicShazam~~ · 11-21-2015, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Machine

I'd suggest just listening to it yourself and then form an opinion.

You mean I have to put actual effort into it? My life is so hard!

Allright, so I found a spare moment and gave it a partial listen and I don't like it at all. There's some pretty neat moments here and there where the music sounds dark and dramatic enough for my tastes, but all of the acoustic guitar plink-plonking and the weak vocals and crappy sounding occasional drums do nothing for me. This vocal approach is just not my bag. I wish he had a more distinct voice, that he sang with more power, that he could stay in tune or that he at least could be a little weirder or a little more unhinged. His vocals are too nice to be interesting and he's too unskilled to sound good in a conventional sense. Except that's just my reaction. But I have bad taste, so don't listen to me

Come to think of it, he sometimes reminds me of the singer in Mew a little, except very bad.

I'm very picky with vocals, I can't help it.

grindy · 11-21-2015, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

Fire! Orchestra - Enter

Awesome album.
My guess is he'll have problems with some parts of the second track, but he might like it as a whole.

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TechnicLePanther and the livin' is easy... Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: New York Posts: 1,997	I'm listening to the Glow myself now, and it actually doesn't sound that bad. It is pretty lo-fi, so maybe that had something to do with it. My analysis of this album is that it's very noisy, and so perhaps that's why Trollheart disagreed with it so much. __________________ Many have tried to destroy it... but... true evil never dies. It is only... REBORN *SUGGEST ME AN ALBUM* - I'm probably not going to listen to it but I will if you bother me enough.

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