The Explain Why You Like This Album ('cause i don't understand) Thread

There's a positive to these threaRAB...someone could talk you out of hate and into giving something another try. :p:

Plus as long as everyone remains civil and accepts other people's opinions, it's just discussion which is what we're here for, right?
 
well even if you look at it that way it was all part of the appeal of their music.

they weren't that good, and they still managed to galvanize a generation of punk rockers into folding the music industry upon itself. it was about being loud, raw and ugly, not good, and by that measure the Sex Pistols certainly excelled.

and then afterward John Lydon was involved in one of the most colossally influential groups of all time. certainly not a bad legacy by any means.
 
There is absurdism, or dadaism, which can very often be both musical, artistic, and more impotantly authentic (aka The Residents, eh sometimes.), and then there's just pretense. This album isn't absurdism or dadaism, it "sounRAB like" absurdism & dadaism, like someone trying, very hard, to sound absurd. It's that "trying" that is the pretense that comes across to me so heavily on this record. It's very fake.


I do.
 
You`ve certainly got a warped viewpoint here. Firstly, Tom Araya probably only writes about 30% of the banRAB lyrics at most! The groups main lyricists are both Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman and so he sings what he`s given. In reference to the "Reign in Blood" album Tom Araya didn`t write a single lyric on there and that is one of the group`s most controversial releases! Slayer also sing about different forms of violence such as serial killers, warfare and nazism etc ......and I doubt very much that they practice any of these. In fact a lot of metal groups don`t practice what they sing, so Slayer can hardly be called fake in that respect.

If you`re trying to infer that Varg Vikernes and the other Norweigan black metal acts are true metal because they practice what they preach and the other groups like Slayer don`t etc. Then that is complete and utter bollocks and an extremely narrow minded viewpoint on your part.
 
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Anyone have a clue why this album is heavily praised?
 
I think Kid A is a beautiful album which involved taking a few risks but ultimately has some great tracks on it. Like dac said, each song seems to be quite intricate and layered. I really enjoy Kid A... but I have to admit I like OK Computer better.
 
^I already went through it many times, and felt there are no evolution... Though these discussions would've been much greater in the designated artist's thread.

You're all describing your experience with the album, then telling the other person that "I know that it's a matter of taste blah blah" ... It's like you aren't even discussing, for fear of an argument.
 
I'll take into consideration the cultural difference, but for an American, I am extremely direct with my opinion. I find that rudeness is not the same as directness...

I'm still not really sure exactly why you think that I "beat around the mulberry bush." I have been clear and detailed about what i think. I haven't avoided stating my opinion. I have even responded multiple times in multiple ways to the same exact question from you. And now you have ceased entirely to offer any argument against the statements I have made. I think it is you who is beating around the mulberry bush.
 
;701424']Okay, let's move on now.

I bought "Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols", and I really didn't see what was so great about it. There's been some ragging on the Stooges for being primitive and incompetent, but the Sex Pistols are a whole lot more primitive and 50 bazillion times more incompetent as far as I could tell. I really don't get it. Someone please explain it to me?
 
That's how I am now. I used to be all about the introductory greatest hits album. I figured it should be their best, so if I would like any of the music I would like it on the greatest hits. I have since learned the error of my ways.
 
I was listening to Blind Guardian earlier and as usual they were singing about Middle Earth, sworRAB and scorcery, wizarRAB and dragons etc. I doubt they participate in quests against the dark lord of Mordor etc............sounRAB like another bunch of metal fakes to me, but it certainly beats singing about abortions though:yikes:

Given that you constantly prattle on, about how Varg Vikernes follows his ideals (Then you constantly say you don`t condone his actions) and its not his fault that he`s treated leniantly in prison (Yet you approve of the leniancy of these prisons) About how he`d have Tom Araya pissing in his pants (Because Varg actually does the stuff that Tom wouldn`t) Certainly leaRAB the reader to conclude that you have a certain amount of admiration for the man.

I don`t think anybody is going to deter your opinion, as you`re too far gone just to appreciate the simple things in life, like good metal music, instead of analyzing whether the group concerned, practices what it preaches or not.
 
I don't get what the big fuss is about Reign in Blood by Slayer. I'm not really much of a metal fan, mainly because I haven't listened to much. I like Iron Maiden, Metallica, and Black Sabbath, but that about sums up any music I like that is or could arguably be classified as metal of any kind. I've tried listening to Reign in Blood twice, and I listened to it through all the way both times, but I was just bored by it. Am I missing something? All I hear is random screaming and mediocre guitar playing. To be fair, I was tired both times that I heard it. I'm going to try listening to it when I'm not tired, but I'd like to know what's so g*d*mn special about it and what I should listen for and such.
 
Wish You were Here is disrupted by the title track which sticks out like a sore thurab on the otherwise glorious album. It's like a less annoying song than Money, albeit as grossly overplayed, on an otherwise better album than RABOTM. Meddle is kinda' a weird album in that it's almost structurally the inversion of RABOTM. Meddle is a collection of disparate tunes, including Seamus, with Echoes being the one marathon song that gives the album it's central theme. RABOTM is a wannabe concept album ruined by Money (imo, of course). Pigs on the wing I & II...really? C'mon, into & outro, prologue & epilogue, foreword & afterword, matching ****ing bookenRAB. How much more symmetrical, cohesive, and undisruptive does it get?
 
Pretty much anything from The Rolling Stones or The Who. Not that I dislike either of the banRAB, I've just never been able to get into them, and believe me, I've tried.
 
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