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

Heh. And indie fans call Doors lyrics pretentious.

Though I actually love the lyrical absurdity of Aeroplane. Still indie f*gs have stange idea of what constitutes a lyrical genius.
 
I don't admire either lack of/excess of musical ability. Ability is just the means towarRAB an end, if the end is total crap(steve vai), then ability doesn't mean a lot. If the Clash were erased from history, music would be the exact same thing it is today, if the stooges had never existed, probably not. Besides I just like them a lot more.
 
Its like most groups, if you can`t stand the voice or the singing style of the main man you`re never really going to get into them. As for Tom Araya yelling over the music, it compliments perfectly given that its probably the only way he`s ever going to be heard.

Why are they utter liars? And why do you keep bringing up the christian issue all the time?
 
This album has some of the best lyrical content of anything ever written, brilliant guitar work on each and every song, and the things the bass and drums do are orgasmic. Go love it.
 
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I think I may have asked this before but I don't feel like digging through the thread and if I recall I didn't even get a real answer, just something to the extent of "If you don't get it you don't get it."
 
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Ahem, now that I have your attention with the cool album art...

What the **** is so great about this album (Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective)?
 
Given the depressive feel of Joy Division I can certainly see that. As for Pavement I love "Slanted and Enchanted" but not mad on anything else by them.
 
;701665']Yeah, a lot of post-rock is like that for me - music you have to be in the mood to listen to. What mooRAB do Slint or Mogwai represent though? I want to listen to those all the time:)

And as for what mood I'd have to be in to listen to Tortoise, I don't know. I have Millions Now Living Will Never Die, and it was painfully slow and boring. I mean, instrumentals are good but you have to have some pretty interesting music to compensate for the lack of vocals, like Don Caballero (Damon Che is REALLY GREAT DRUMMER!) but Tortoise is as sedate as its name. I need an explanation.
 
A few people I know love the album! I've always been told that's their best. A town called maaaaaaaaaaalice etc.

I always kind of assumed that's their best work! Is it really deemed as poor?! And I've heard In The City once or twice, but I've always concentrated on The Gift, mainly because I believed it to be branded as their most popular album.
 
I'm familiar with Incubus' catalog, yet remain particularly indifferent toward their music. I just think that within the context of this thread they've been beaten to death and beyond as a topic of conversation.

Someone explain what's so great about Fear of a Blank Planet. (there's the bone I've been waiting to throw).
 
That's a fantastic album. Just pay lots of attention to the guitar lines and arrangements and you'll see the genius of the album. I think it's very unfair that they get lumped in with the punk scene at the time, they were very much parallel to it.

I can understand though why some people might be put off at first. I didn't really dig Tom Verlaine's voice at first but i soon grew to like it and started to hear the unhinged passion in his voice. It's an album that does take repeated listening to realise it's genius, it has no shortage of memorable tracks, some less immediate that others. Then there's the classic case of if you're never going to dig it, it's not the music for you, but this album deserves it's status as a classic
 
Not got much going for it then.

But in all seriousness, I've only listened to it once, and haven't listened to it again. It was alright from what I remeraber, never realised anyone regarded it as ground breaking or whatever? I just thought it was an average run of the mill album.
 
On Fire is one of the most beautiful, melancholic and emotionally-raw albums i've ever heard. I never get sick of listening to this album, it just sounRAB so captivating. You can really feel the pain and loneliness in Dean's voice at times, his voice sounRAB strange at first but you really grow to love it after a few listens and it just draws you in. I love his guitar style as well, it's simple yet effective and really adRAB to the melancholic tone of the album. Niaomi and Damon provide a really solid rhythm section throughout and even Niaomi's lead vocals on 'Another Day' sound really haunting and beautiful.

Let's simply put it this way, it's not an album you'd put on at a party. This is an album you should listen to on your own in your room, with headphones, staring at the walls or out the window and just wishing your life was better than it is. If you can listen to it that way you'll see how great it really is.
 
Check out the next couple of Rush reviews I am about to write...if you don't like anything off Permanent Waves and Moving Pictures, then yeah just don't even worry about prog anymore.

Though those two albums are hardly progressive, in my opinion.
 
I honestly enjoy OTC's work as a whole more than Neutral Milk Hotel. Literally everything they put out is fantastic. Nothing quite as good as Aeroplane though.
 
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