Rock Album Survivor

JGuy Grungeman · 06-16-2016, 02:12 PM

I just got done with the first two Devo albums, and I plan on playing Talking Heads afterwards. Let's not use Freedom of Choice. I'm just concerned about the positions of the first two albums. I mean, Duty Now to the Future has far more synthpunk influence and music in it that Q & A (that's my term for the debut, if no one else uses it). The two should logically be switched around.

TechnicLePanther · 06-16-2016, 02:45 PM

Again, I don't really see a necessity. Both have a significant amount of each genre.

JGuy Grungeman · 06-16-2016, 02:47 PM

No. There's barely any synth in the debut. That's the problem. Can you give me some examples of synthpunk in the debut?

**Frownland** · 06-16-2016, 02:49 PM

There's a hell of a lot of synth in Are We Not Men.

JGuy Grungeman · 06-16-2016, 02:51 PM

OK, I'm playing a little of the songs at a time. I can tell there's some. But it's nowhere near as abundant as in their second. I mean Duty sounded like a band of robots. That's the thing. Their second is more heavily synth based. I admit there are some synth elements in the debut, but it's not as common as in the freakin' robot attacking Tokyo that was Duty Now for the Future, and it wasn't even enough to warrant it as a major genre rather than a common influence. I can write the second as a dead on synth album.

**Frownland** · 06-16-2016, 02:52 PM

Cool beans.

TechnicLePanther · 06-16-2016, 03:42 PM

I can't however write the first as New Wave. That's the one issue I'm having.

The Batlord · 06-16-2016, 03:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TechnicLePanther

I can't however write the first as New Wave. That's the one issue I'm having.

Why not? Don't tell me you have a ridiculous, JGuy-ish definition of new wave.

JGuy Grungeman · 06-16-2016, 04:00 PM

New Wave to me is just less time-restrained punk with electronic and pop elements. No real complication. But yeah, I'd say that totally fits Q & A. Heck, that's the first thing I'd call it.

TechnicLePanther · 06-16-2016, 05:21 PM

meh I'm just not changing it, no point.

06-16-2016, 02:12 PM	#1011 (permalink)
JGuy Grungeman Primo Celebate Sexiness Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 2,662	I just got done with the first two Devo albums, and I plan on playing Talking Heads afterwards. Let's not use Freedom of Choice. I'm just concerned about the positions of the first two albums. I mean, Duty Now to the Future has far more synthpunk influence and music in it that Q & A (that's my term for the debut, if no one else uses it). The two should logically be switched around. __________________ I'm a pretty nice troll if you ask me. Last edited by JGuy Grungeman; 06-16-2016 at 02:34 PM.

06-16-2016, 02:45 PM	#1012 (permalink)
TechnicLePanther and the livin' is easy... Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: New York Posts: 1,997	Again, I don't really see a necessity. Both have a significant amount of each genre. __________________ 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.

06-16-2016, 02:47 PM	#1013 (permalink)
JGuy Grungeman Primo Celebate Sexiness Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 2,662	No. There's barely any synth in the debut. That's the problem. Can you give me some examples of synthpunk in the debut? __________________ I'm a pretty nice troll if you ask me.

06-16-2016, 02:49 PM	#1014 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,548	There's a hell of a lot of synth in Are We Not Men. __________________ 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

06-16-2016, 02:51 PM	#1015 (permalink)
JGuy Grungeman Primo Celebate Sexiness Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 2,662	OK, I'm playing a little of the songs at a time. I can tell there's some. But it's nowhere near as abundant as in their second. I mean Duty sounded like a band of robots. That's the thing. Their second is more heavily synth based. I admit there are some synth elements in the debut, but it's not as common as in the freakin' robot attacking Tokyo that was Duty Now for the Future, and it wasn't even enough to warrant it as a major genre rather than a common influence. I can write the second as a dead on synth album. __________________ I'm a pretty nice troll if you ask me.

06-16-2016, 02:52 PM	#1016 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,548	Cool beans. __________________ 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

06-16-2016, 03:42 PM	#1017 (permalink)
TechnicLePanther and the livin' is easy... Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: New York Posts: 1,997	I can't however write the first as New Wave. That's the one issue I'm having. __________________ 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.

06-16-2016, 04:00 PM	#1019 (permalink)
JGuy Grungeman Primo Celebate Sexiness Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 2,662	New Wave to me is just less time-restrained punk with electronic and pop elements. No real complication. But yeah, I'd say that totally fits Q & A. Heck, that's the first thing I'd call it. __________________ I'm a pretty nice troll if you ask me.

06-16-2016, 05:21 PM	#1020 (permalink)
TechnicLePanther and the livin' is easy... Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: New York Posts: 1,997	meh I'm just not changing it, no point. __________________ 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.