it coincided with the first huge world destroying break up i ever had
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Saturday, 7 March 2015 19:19 (nine years ago) link
imo the great enduring coldplay record is viva la vida tho
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Saturday, 7 March 2015 19:20 (nine years ago) link
only the Pet Shop Boys version of that song is worth the listen.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 7 March 2015 19:21 (nine years ago) link
i prefer Viva La Vida as an album too but Rush O' Blood is definitely their big canonical blockbuster
― some dude, Saturday, 7 March 2015 19:24 (nine years ago) link
extremely confused by all the coldplay love in here
― flappy bird (spazzmatazz), Saturday, March 7, 2015 1:56 PM (28 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
to clarify my mild affection for Coldplay itt is being expressed out of extreme indifference to all the other options
― some dude, Saturday, 7 March 2015 19:25 (nine years ago) link
it really is kinda weird to be saying "lol these albums don't stand the test of time!!" when I did think we'd generally agreed that "the test of time" is some rockist horseshit
― The Complainte of Ray Tabano, Saturday, 7 March 2015 19:30 (nine years ago) link
the test of time is some rockist horseshit
regardless i listened to lifted on repeat when i was 16 and doubt i could make it through a single listen now
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Saturday, 7 March 2015 19:32 (nine years ago) link
I'VE BEEN SENT TO MY ROOM I'VE BEEN SAT IN A CHAIR
― difficult listening hour, Saturday, 7 March 2015 19:35 (nine years ago) link
so i guess it didn't survive a shift in my tastes, which makes me feel disenchanted toward it bc most things do
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Saturday, 7 March 2015 19:40 (nine years ago) link
such a depressingly narrow and tepid selection. over the same four-year period, we also got:
William Basinski - The Disintegration LoopsClipse - Lord Willin'Orchestra Baobab - Specialist in All StylesSleater-Kinney - One BeatErykah Badu - Worldwide UndergroundJay-Dee - Vol. 2: VintageJay-Z - The Black AlbumSleep - DopesmokerYeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever to TellBjörk - MedúllaDeerhoof - Milk ManElectrelane - The Power OutMadvillain - MadvillainyMastodon - LeviathanMoodymann - Black MahoganiJoanna Newsom - The Milk-Eyed MenderXiu Xiu - Fabulous MusclesAmadou & Mariam - Dimanche à BamakoAntony and the Johnsons - I Am a Bird NowFiona Apple - Extraordinary MachineCommon - BeDJ Quik - TraumaHigh on Fire - Blessed Black WingsBeanie Sigel - The B. ComingSleater Kinney - The WoodsSunn O))) - Black OneKanye West - Late Registration
― Soylent News Service (contenderizer), Saturday, 7 March 2015 19:46 (nine years ago) link
read music/speak spanish is a classic tho
xpost with myself
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Saturday, 7 March 2015 19:48 (nine years ago) link
"green eyes" is one of my favorites from that album lol
― dyl, Saturday, 7 March 2015 20:13 (nine years ago) link
boy in da corner has some really dated sounding stuff but much more really prescient sounding stuff, imo
― soyrev, Saturday, 7 March 2015 20:21 (nine years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Sunday, 8 March 2015 00:01 (nine years ago) link
wow @ breadth
― difficult listening hour, Sunday, 8 March 2015 00:06 (nine years ago) link
b but does it stand the test of space??
― ♛ LIL UNIT ♛ (thomp), Sunday, 8 March 2015 00:32 (nine years ago) link
can i suggest ban anyone who voted for death cab for cutie
also i understand the value of the streets as a punchline even if i don't agree with it but can we just ban outright ppl who want to tar the first dizzee record with the same brush
that was the last good DCFC
― Eric Burdon & War, On Drugs (Cosmic Slop), Sunday, 8 March 2015 00:48 (nine years ago) link
i liked transatlanticism a bunch in high school but the best thing i ever read about it or death cab breakup songs in general was an early-pitchfork thing that said something like "the thing about glove compartments: what you get out of them depends on what you put into them"
― difficult listening hour, Sunday, 8 March 2015 01:32 (nine years ago) link
Musically the Mia record aged terribly imo
Garbage
― deej loaf (D-40), Sunday, 8 March 2015 03:59 (nine years ago) link
rong
― mh, Sunday, 8 March 2015 04:09 (nine years ago) link
I mean, I don't really like the 2015 version of that sound, but Diplo is still working the same formula he lifted from working with MIA and apparently has some level of success
― mh, Sunday, 8 March 2015 04:10 (nine years ago) link
Spin won't stand the test time.
― Van Horn Street, Sunday, 8 March 2015 06:41 (nine years ago) link
Sick burn.
This thread reminded me of peak love for Bright Eyes (2002-2005?) and while I never followed the sensation, I keep wondering what happened to him, he was such a media darling. Everyone loved the dude.
Not unlike Justin Vernon today.
― Van Horn Street, Sunday, 8 March 2015 06:46 (nine years ago) link
He got boring.
― That shit right there is precedented. (cryptosicko), Sunday, 8 March 2015 16:51 (nine years ago) link
got
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 8 March 2015 17:04 (nine years ago) link
goat
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Sunday, 8 March 2015 17:07 (nine years ago) link
I was on board with him up until about his first solo record, and I still think that I'm Wide Awake It's Morning is a masterpiece. Since then, though, he's become far too comfortable to play to the NPR/Paste crowd. I was unable to get all the way through his most recent solo disc; he sounds positively middle-aged on it.
― That shit right there is precedented. (cryptosicko), Sunday, 8 March 2015 17:14 (nine years ago) link
dude's hype usually revolved around his youth so once that was gone you just had a elvis costello-type making real music for real millenials
― da croupier, Sunday, 8 March 2015 17:20 (nine years ago) link
read music/speak spanish remains his "politically outraged pinkerton fan" testament, beyond that i only need a few tracks
it's funny that both he and john mayer wound up walking around california in a big floppy hat
― da croupier, Sunday, 8 March 2015 17:27 (nine years ago) link