Words, usages, and phrases that annoy the shit out of you...

My main point is that it adds a layer of pretension to a perfectly good phrase already in use (album tracks). All that's being said here in defense of the phrase, I don't think there's anything there that wasn't already implied by the term album tracks. (Was the problem, initially, that because albums disappeared for a while, "album tracks" would be confusing and "CD tracks" sounded terrible?) And "deep" is, for me, comically lofty when applied to a band like the Monkees. I love the Monkees. But Jesus, it's the Monkees.

idk "album tracks" is kinda dull and "deep cuts" has an enthusiasm to it. i guess it's pretentious but whatev

i am definitely coming to the defense of a phrase i never use

It's evidently going to outlive my whining, so I guess I'll have to make my peace with it. I will make a point of never using it, though.

you can have a deep cut that never was on an album

I always figured that “deep cut” meant not just non-singles but tracks that are not crowd-pleasers.
Like the singles float to the top of the pond, things that aren’t singles but get played on KEXP or whatever float in the middle, and then like the downbeat format-breakers that you really like but lots of people skip are at the bottom of the pond. Also yeah xp bootlegs and demos and Soundcloud tracks and twitter videos.

"Deep cut" has a literal meaning: songs that are cut into the vinyl closer to the label and deeper into the record itself. It may be overused, but I like the term, "album cut" doesn't mean the same thing. I agree with Brad, anybody can have deep cuts. In fact, the Monkees are a perfect example of a band that you could make a case for their "deep cuts" because their non-singles are so obscure and widely considered filler. But a deep cut can also be an obscured song beloved by fans (cf. "Soot and Stars" by Smashing Pumpkins). The Beatles absolutely have deep cuts - "Savoy Truffle" for one.

^meant to say deep cuts don't necessarily have to be on albums, like "Soot and Stars" or "Anything Goes" by Van Dyke Parks.

I'm trying to think of some strategy that will kill it once and for all...I hope it shows up in one of Trump's tweets.

Usually I play the hits, like "Lock her up" or "Drain the swamp" but sometimes I pull out a deep cut like "Get rid of that baby."

Great!

“I moved on her like a...” is the go to Trump deep cut

sad!

deep cuts is a very enjoyable album

If what you mean is "songs that weren't singles" or "songs that weren't hits" or "songs that weren't very popular," then I think "album tracks" is actually worse than "deep cuts."

Because guess what: most popular hit singles are also "album tracks." BECAUSE THEY ARE TRACKS THAT ARE ON ALBUMS.

Not all of them, especially in the 60s. I don't really see how 'album tracks' is worse than 'deep cuts' on the obnoxious oneupmanship front?

hence "most"

which adequately accounts for "not all of them" in the language I speak reasonably fluently

https://www.seriouseats.com/images/2015/04/Anova-Steak-Guide-Sous-Vide-Photos33-cooked-rib-cut.jpg

goddamn that looks good. i've gotta eat dinner now

There’s only two things that bleed I’d shove in my face and that’s one of them

Good lord

It's only just dawned on me that this thread title constitutes one of the few phrases I can think of that annoys the shit out of me

the opening post is part of great moments in stupidity too

Every time I see the “disgusting savages” thread bumped I get annoyed the shit out of, don’t call someone a savage ffs

Also what the fuck would “rational anger” even be, that doesn’t make sense

“your personal brand”

Every time I see the “disgusting savages” thread bumped I get annoyed the shit out of, don’t call someone a savage ffs

― faculty w1fe (silby), Wednesday, August 22, 2018 5:18 AM

This is where I first came across the term:
toilet paper over or under
and to this day, whenever I come across toilet paper that rolls under I mumble "disgusting savage"...

the 'disgusting savages' thing is a long-running ILX in-joke

yes

also savage is a multivalance term in rural ireland long before tiresomely hip advertising pieces took it

The original ilx "disgusting savages" came from a pretty racist place, but it is still in my parlance.

unpack

bury this word, it just shows a lack of imagination

;_;

when i get home from my vacation i will... remove my clothes and other belongings from my baggage and put them back where they belong or wash or dryclean them as i see fit. whew

"breaking down" when used to talk about artists "breaking down" i.e. saying one PR-approved sentence about each song on a record

that's how I break it down to an extent

(to clarify, this is not subtweeting anything in particular, this has been a pet peeve of mine for at least two years)

what the fuck would “rational anger” even be, that doesn’t make sense

Ive always taken that to mean "justified anger" as opposed to "I am getting het up about this stupid thing not worth getting angry about like the colour of this guys tie".

not even

plenty of anger is perfectly rational

any variation on "she is / he is / they are my favorite human"

ugh, yes^^^

complaint about general phenomenon I'M LOOKING AT YOU specific example

"activations": I guess this is a jargon that marketing people use when talking to other marketing people, but now they've begun using it when they attempt to talk to real people.

Email from the Brooklyn Museum: "a roster of not-to-be-missed exhibitions and artist activations."

Email from the U.S. Open: "a fan experience enhancement available for all U.S. Open patrons. It allows fans streamlined access to various activities and activation points around the grounds."

barf, that's bad. in particular it sounds very video gamey and thus infantilizing, like, you can't just engage with art or whatever, you're going to be activating special locations and unlocking achievements! pokemon go as life.

"reminder that"

"here's your regular reminder that"

"A reminder:"

just say what you want to say goddamn it

otm

"gentle reminder"

"my son"

"who is she"

"mercury is in retrograde"

"Outlier", which means "it's the 21st Century and weak generalizations are what righteous people use to speak eternal truths."

The periodic reminder people are awful and will rarely even commit to their awfulness enough to actually post their reminders on a regular basis 👎

That post was just an outlier.

no i happily use reminder/gentle reminder to point out THEY HAVE NOT RESPONDED. customers need a boot sometimes.