What song/album are you enduring right now? (metal, rock)

dac · 11-03-2008, 06:05 PM

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Originally Posted by 15Steps

the whole bright eyes discography.
yuck.

Yeah I too have tried to listen to Bright Eyes and I found that it gets old really fast.

lucifer_sam · 11-03-2008, 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Roygbiv

Pitchfork told me it was great.
My best friend, who has this amazing taste in music, told me it was fantastic, and all I wanted to do was drill a hole in my brain the entire time I listened. I was told that the lyrics were the winning bits of this band, but **** are they terrible. They are absolutely trash. Just read the lyrics of the first song, "Stuck Between Stations," and think about some dude talk/singing these lyrics with absolutely the worst delivery in music history. Just do it.

Craig Finn is hard to become acclimated to as a vocalist but this album really grew on me over time. Some of his lyrics are just plain bad, but they're a welcome reprieve for me.

Seeing them in two days. And skipping a physics lab for it.

The latest drivel I've forced my way through:

I can't believe I finished this piece of crap. It got decent enough reviews and I enjoyed Okkervil River prior to this. There wasn't a point in the entire forty minutes in which I was even vaguely interested. What a load...

Roygbiv · 11-03-2008, 11:58 PM

Pitchfork is not usually wrong, I find. If they give an album 9.0 and above, it's usually worth checking out. That's sort of my cut off point, though. I think they're just trying to embrace all kinds of music but they aren't honest with it.

Okkervil River's "Stage Names" was good, and the Stand Ins is just a second disk to the proposed double album. It really IS just a companion piece. It absolutely cannot hold its own as an album though, so I agree with your sentiment.

FireInCairo · 11-04-2008, 12:33 AM

tool - 10,000 days
not getting it

Astronomer · 11-07-2008, 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by FireInCairo

tool - 10,000 days
not getting it

Can I ask why not? I love that album probably due to Vicarious, The Pot, Rosetta Stoned, and Right in Two. The other tracks aren't too bad but the ones I mentioned definitely make 10,000 days worthwhile.

gotjuice · 11-07-2008, 08:28 PM

10,000 Days wasn't an instant connection for me either.

I don't have any at the moment, but I'd have to say the most recent was Systematic Chaos by Dream Theater, which is their worst record they've ever done. I had to listen to Images & Words a few times to cleanse my system after that.

Alfred · 11-08-2008, 08:26 PM

It's not that it's such a bad album, it's just that it's really too long for what it is. I lost interest 2/3 of the way in.

FireInCairo · 11-09-2008, 12:51 AM

^^^ agreed

and on the tool thing...it just sounded like dumb hard rock with prog pretense (my problem with the butterfly effect as well

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Astronomer · 11-09-2008, 03:49 AM

The Butterfly Effect I can sort-of agree with you and understand... but Tool! 10,000 is definitely not their best but it still rocks. IMO

iksosept · 11-14-2008, 08:50 AM

10,000 sounded boring, like all songs together could have been 3 good songs, imo.

The Music - Strengh in Numbers

I just love the second part of "inconceivable odds".. maybe it has to grow on me.. and I see more potential than with "welcome to the north", but still, it's sad, because their self-titled debut was so god damn great from the first to the last track!

11-03-2008, 11:58 PM	#33 (permalink)
Roygbiv marquee moon Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Toronto, Ontario Posts: 759	Pitchfork is not usually wrong, I find. If they give an album 9.0 and above, it's usually worth checking out. That's sort of my cut off point, though. I think they're just trying to embrace all kinds of music but they aren't honest with it. Okkervil River's "Stage Names" was good, and the Stand Ins is just a second disk to the proposed double album. It really IS just a companion piece. It absolutely cannot hold its own as an album though, so I agree with your sentiment. __________________ Roygbiv's Review Revue LATEST REVIEW SILENT SHOUT BY THE KNIFE

11-04-2008, 12:33 AM	#34 (permalink)
FireInCairo Later on... Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Melbourne Posts: 1,235	tool - 10,000 days not getting it __________________ O G MUDBONE: Only You can prevent forest fires.

11-08-2008, 08:26 PM	#37 (permalink)
Alfred one big soul Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 5,096	It's not that it's such a bad album, it's just that it's really too long for what it is. I lost interest 2/3 of the way in. __________________ LAST.FM / VINYL COLLECTION / RYM

11-09-2008, 12:51 AM	#38 (permalink)
FireInCairo Later on... Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Melbourne Posts: 1,235	^^^ agreed and on the tool thing...it just sounded like dumb hard rock with prog pretense (my problem with the butterfly effect as well) __________________ O G MUDBONE: Only You can prevent forest fires.

11-09-2008, 03:49 AM	#39 (permalink)
Astronomer we are stardust Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 2,894	The Butterfly Effect I can sort-of agree with you and understand... but Tool! 10,000 is definitely not their best but it still rocks. IMO __________________

11-07-2008, 08:28 PM	#36 (permalink)
gotjuice Rose City til I die! Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Boise, ID Posts: 366	10,000 Days wasn't an instant connection for me either. I don't have any at the moment, but I'd have to say the most recent was Systematic Chaos by Dream Theater, which is their worst record they've ever done. I had to listen to Images & Words a few times to cleanse my system after that.

11-14-2008, 08:50 AM	#40 (permalink)
iksosept Music Addict Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 104	10,000 sounded boring, like all songs together could have been 3 good songs, imo. The Music - Strengh in Numbers I just love the second part of "inconceivable odds".. maybe it has to grow on me.. and I see more potential than with "welcome to the north", but still, it's sad, because their self-titled debut was so god damn great from the first to the last track!