Mri (rock, cds, itunes, album, Nirvana)

[ninaNirvana]

Originally Posted by TheBig3KilledMyRainDog

Sure.

See the problem for me is that parrallel lines don't actually ever meet, if they do, they're not parallel. So the idea that the two can coexist can't be true.

Thats all good and fine, if thats where it ended I'd say "clever was so 1999" or something else psuedo-homosexual and walk it off.

But these guys give me the impression that they think this is pretty deep. But like any other oxymoron, its just stupid. I don't expect album titles to do much more than distringuish one album from another. if you want to give a title to address the theme, more power to you.

OK I can see what you're saying here...but would this be a reason to not listen to an entire album?

Isn't that the quintessence of "judging a book by its cover"?

It would seem to me that the more 'ridiculous' an album title may appear, the more I would be inclined to listen to see what was going on inside...then I could make an intelligent judgment. And by intelligent judgment, it would seem that one would need to listen to all songs, and not just one song. There are many different types of musical genres in this album it would be extremely unfair to MRI as artists to merely judge one song.

I can't speak for the band as to what "Where Parallel Lines Meet" exactly means and I wish one of them were here to provide a definitive answer, but I do remember in the course of the interview Daren mentioning something about "perspectives" so that is why the back CD cover makes perfect sense to me.

Had you the chance to listen to the live radio interview ( iTunes rebroadcast ) that I posted in here? If you were to listen to Daren ( the MRI segment is about 2 1/2 hours into the rebroadcast so you need to ff to it ) you will hear someone that is not sounding like he is trying to be "too deep"; I have met these guys and you can even see in my interview transcript ( also posted in this thread ) that it is hard to get a serious answer out of any of them. This is the exact reason I posted my interview as I wanted to show how pleasantly surprised I was that they were so cool and down-to-earth, and not "pretentious artists"; trust me, I have met many an artist who thinks he is "too deep" for the world. I could easily imagine MRI saying that it means whatever you want it to mean...or even nothing at all.

Maybe I should have posted the lyrics for each song as that may have helped. Interesting discussion of lyrics to "Helicopter Head" going on here at their label's video channel: YouTube - "Helicopter Head" MRI Music Video
I myself was obsessed by the obscure lyrics until I downloaded and read them.

I will admit even I thought "Helicopter Head" was a dumb name for a song at first LOL :-)

[ninaNirvana]

Originally Posted by stereolunch

Stand tall, Nina my Grunge Princess! (huge Kurt Cobain fan I am) Not only is this caveman character offensive with his avatar quote ( I have a brother who is mentally retarded ) but by his own defensive self-admittance stance on his IQ you simply need to keep in mind that most retarded people are obsessed with their own feces and fecal matter in general, so of course it becomes one of the few adjectives they can easily remember when stressed or agitated.

Thank you Mr. Stereo Lunch! However, I can fight my own battles in here...I don't mind that Mr. Caveman doesn't like MRI at all I simply don't understand why he would not listen to an album simply becasue of a silly name...and then rant and rave about it....Everyone is entitled to their opinion...I don't like Celine Dion but I will still listen to her new releases just like I listen to the Jonas Bros and I can't stand them...To know music is to listen first.

And yes- Kurt is God!! :-)

[anticipation]

jesus christ i wish florida would just sink into the sea.

[TheBig3]

I liked your response so I'll give it the benefit of the doubt and when I get home (where the speakers are) I'll give it a toss on the record player and see whats up.

[ninaNirvana]

Originally Posted by TheBig3KilledMyRainDog

I liked your response so I'll give it the benefit of the doubt and when I get home (where the speakers are) I'll give it a toss on the record player and see whats up.

Sounds fair to me. :-) Cheers!

[stereolunch]

Originally Posted by jackhammer

I think lambasting a long standing forum member with only a few posts to your name is a little foolhardy, no matter what his content was. CC can indeed be an obnoxious little sod but he can also be extremly funny with his droll remarks. In no instance within this thread was he disrespectful or offensive. Abrupt- yes but that's the only crime within this thread so to call a poster offensive without reading around the forums and his own posting style. You personally may find his avatar quote offensive, and if many others do then we will of course look into the matter. However you then proceed in a roundabout way to call HIM a retard.

Please think before you post especially as you are new to the forums. I hope this doesn't deter you from continuing posting.

you seem like a cool dude...i think if you were to re-carefully read the progression of the thread you might see what i saw...and that is that "CC" had nothing to say at all about what seemed to me a very well written article...opting instead to use his forum seniority to intimidate a girl and get a laugh from his friends...

i may be new to this forum but i have been a moderator on many other forums; i know how it goes, ok? I am a web programmer i didnt' just fall out off a truck- I think we all can agree that "CC" was out of line here. I will read his posts now and maybe they will redeem him and i will see the person you see...time will tell...i am all about being funny when appropriate.

i formally apologize though for also getting a little under the collar and i thank you for pointing out that i am still welcome here as i wasn't sure where you were going at first with all this...but like i said it look like some dude picking on a little girl from my POV.

as for MRI i am listening to "Letters Never Sent" and it is absolutely mind blowing with all the Arab influences...i downloaded all the tracks so i could make sense of this review and i have to admit Nina Cobain is spot on with all her track comments. this album is amazing in that i don't think i have heard anything quite like it except for the few songs that are Alice In Chains - ish.

[Wifey Boozer]

Originally Posted by CAPTAIN CAVEMAN

they appear to be meeting only because our vision can only stretch so far - making it appear like the lines are meeting on the horizon, but they are not actually. if they were, would the train not just break down because its tracks would be coming to a point?

The horizon is just an imaginary line that recedes as you approach it.

[CAPTAIN CAVEMAN]

Originally Posted by stereolunch

opting instead to use his forum seniority to intimidate a girl and get a laugh from his friends...

lol

Originally Posted by Wifey Boozer

The horizon is just an imaginary line that recedes as you approach it.

what is your point?

[lucifer_sam]

I'm not sure if anybody realized it but there was a spammer a while back named daren/MRI who tried to promote this band.

So while there is a slight chance this person actually is a music journalist I'm gonna call it a 99.99% chance this is complete fucking spam.

No allmusic. No wikipedia. And this "music journalist" comes here shoving this album by an obscure band up our anal crevices? Smells like a crock of shit.

[Meph1986]