It really ought to be "moon-shaped" though, right?
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Monday, 9 May 2016 12:15 (eight years ago) link
Nah, they're talking about a person named moon (Keith?) and how they influenced the game of billiards
― 6 god none the richer (m bison), Monday, 9 May 2016 12:24 (eight years ago) link
lol
― Wimmels, Monday, 9 May 2016 12:33 (eight years ago) link
"He sure did. His influence can also be seen in modern ping-pong"
― Wimmels, Monday, 9 May 2016 12:35 (eight years ago) link
Ful Stop and The Numbers clear early highlights. This is probably the most texturally homogenous of their albums, individual songs are taking a while to coalesce out of the hazy lushness, but this is not necessarily a criticism when the textures are this rich.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Monday, 9 May 2016 12:40 (eight years ago) link
While not "Dad rock", I could actually see my dad really enjoying this album, but that's mostly due to the fact that my dad's favorite album is Days of Future Passed by the Moody Blues.
― MarkoP, Monday, 9 May 2016 13:16 (eight years ago) link
I think rusho was joking about the walter becker "credit" joke
which is a joke aimed at the venn diagram of which I am the exact center lol
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Monday, 9 May 2016 13:21 (eight years ago) link
My dad loathes Radiohead so I can't describe it as dad rock.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Monday, 9 May 2016 13:24 (eight years ago) link
my dad would enjoy a moon shaped pool, or at least a moon shaped hot tub
― droit au butt (Euler), Monday, 9 May 2016 13:30 (eight years ago) link
Man, this album. And I've only gotten through Identikit. I was hearing it wrong at first because the way they drop everything in makes it sound like the first upbeat is the 1, had to rewind it a couple times after that.
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Monday, 9 May 2016 13:43 (eight years ago) link
Love how the mix slowly morphs on 'Ful Stop', with the drums and vocals being sublimated at first and gradually coming into focus...
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Monday, 9 May 2016 13:45 (eight years ago) link
xpost - I think getting you to hear it wrong is the intention.
― 29 facepalms, Monday, 9 May 2016 14:05 (eight years ago) link
Oh I know, and I like it.
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Monday, 9 May 2016 14:08 (eight years ago) link
love this album
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Monday, 9 May 2016 14:09 (eight years ago) link
I'm just now getting around to listening to Daydreaming. I'll get to the album in due time.
― i like to trump and i am crazy (DJP), Monday, 9 May 2016 14:21 (eight years ago) link
I don't really have a place in my life for music like Daydreaming -- I'm 36 years old, and after a LOT of work and reflection I've managed to get to a point where I basically like my life and who I am, and I don't really need to listen to stuff that makes me purposelessly sad.
― JWoww Gilberto (man alive), Monday, 9 May 2016 14:28 (eight years ago) link
Joy at sadness: sadness at joy. Still as valid at 36 as it is any other time of life.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Monday, 9 May 2016 14:38 (eight years ago) link
That's such a strange attitude to me. Do you not watch movies or read books that cause you to empathize with other people's emotions?
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Monday, 9 May 2016 14:43 (eight years ago) link
Not saying I avoid anything sad, but I find Radiohead so flatly and aimlessly sad.
― JWoww Gilberto (man alive), Monday, 9 May 2016 14:47 (eight years ago) link
I just have lost my patience for generalized ennui.
― JWoww Gilberto (man alive), Monday, 9 May 2016 14:49 (eight years ago) link
Daydreaming is kind of boring aside from the little sound effect flourishes in the background
― i like to trump and i am crazy (DJP), Monday, 9 May 2016 14:58 (eight years ago) link
i like daydreaming but it's not really a standout track for me - kind of surprised it was chosen as a single.
it'll be interesting to see alternate tracklistings that people make for this
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Monday, 9 May 2016 15:00 (eight years ago) link
Daydreaming is a sustained mood piece. It doesn't sound 'sad' to me. It's chilled out and reflective in the same way a lot of In Rainbows is, or How To Disappear Completely.
― TARANTINO! (dog latin), Monday, 9 May 2016 15:15 (eight years ago) link
Daydreaming is a standout
― warm winds and clear skies, Monday, 9 May 2016 15:19 (eight years ago) link
How To Disappear Completely builds in intensity throughout its running time; Daydreaming, based on one listen, is extremely static for most of its run time with most of the interesting things happening in the background.
― i like to trump and i am crazy (DJP), Monday, 9 May 2016 15:28 (eight years ago) link
That's what I like about it!
― 6 god none the richer (m bison), Monday, 9 May 2016 15:34 (eight years ago) link
Actually listening again, there are two distinct points of musical development in Daydreaming; the bit around 2:17 when the polyrhythms resolve into 6/8 (which then snaps back onto 3 against 2 for the verse) and the bit around 5:02 when the strings come back in on top of the repeated 6/8 theme and build a slightly bigger crescendo. Also I found it less boring the second time but that was partially because I skipped directly to the bits where I knew a change was coming, lol.
― i like to trump and i am crazy (DJP), Monday, 9 May 2016 15:35 (eight years ago) link
that's also what i like about it; the things that would typically move the most don't move much at all, so the arrangement/environment takes over
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Monday, 9 May 2016 15:36 (eight years ago) link
I like the way the strings emulate the snoring sound.
― Matt DC, Monday, 9 May 2016 15:37 (eight years ago) link
you should listen to the rest of the album DJP; daydreaming makes more sense in the context of the rest of it
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Monday, 9 May 2016 15:40 (eight years ago) link
Nice album, I think. Contemplative, very focused and tense.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 9 May 2016 15:41 (eight years ago) link
Yeah it's not my favourite as an individual song, but it's a kind of announcement, or an opening up, after the relatively straightforward Burn the Witch.
xpost
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Monday, 9 May 2016 15:42 (eight years ago) link
Enormous Led Zep feels in The Numbers - feels like the orchestral entry in Stairway.
It was reminding me really strongly of some 70s rock song but I couldn't put my finger on which. Maybe it's just Zep? The strings are a little reminiscent of "Kashmir" too.
― Hi! I'm twice-coloured! (Sund4r), Monday, 9 May 2016 16:26 (eight years ago) link
I was thinking full moon, but maybe they mean crescent moon? That would be cool, though tough for laps.
― Yung Chella (Eazy), Monday, 9 May 2016 16:30 (eight years ago) link
Guitar riff in the numbers is v neil young
― warm winds and clear skies, Monday, 9 May 2016 16:31 (eight years ago) link
I had assumed crescent moon. Otherwise, it would just be round.xp
― Hi! I'm twice-coloured! (Sund4r), Monday, 9 May 2016 16:31 (eight years ago) link
Oh, Neil Young makes sense. I was getting real flashbacks to Canadian classic rock radio.
― Hi! I'm twice-coloured! (Sund4r), Monday, 9 May 2016 16:33 (eight years ago) link
Only listened to it once so far and am planning to do so again later. Was pretty good, great in parts. As ever sometimes they get a bit bland, and one track seemed to me like a retread of Optimistic with more strings. I forget which one.
― ultros ultros-ghali, Monday, 9 May 2016 16:34 (eight years ago) link
the moon only has one shape so I am sure it is a spherical pool with craters.
― Sufjan Grafton, Monday, 9 May 2016 16:34 (eight years ago) link
along with the Jonny Greenwood point of reference, some of the big string swells recall Beck (Paper Tiger, Mutations etc.), as well as the general soft-edged, enveloping quality of the sound worlds.
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Monday, 9 May 2016 16:43 (eight years ago) link
i'm a dad fuck the world!!!!!!!!
digging this on first listen :)
― rockpalast '82 (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 9 May 2016 16:48 (eight years ago) link
There's no hyphen though, so maybe it is the moon that's shaping the pool, not a pool shaped like a moon.
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Monday, 9 May 2016 16:57 (eight years ago) link
so the moon shaped pool is the ocean then. we solved it.
― Sufjan Grafton, Monday, 9 May 2016 16:59 (eight years ago) link
Oh duh
― Hi! I'm twice-coloured! (Sund4r), Monday, 9 May 2016 17:02 (eight years ago) link
Wouldn't "shaped by the moon" still require hyphenating "moon-shaped"? Sort of like "An artist-curated exhibition" or "an owner-operated business"
― JWoww Gilberto (man alive), Monday, 9 May 2016 17:07 (eight years ago) link
could it be like a half moon crescent or something
― global tetrahedron, Monday, 9 May 2016 17:07 (eight years ago) link
When my brother and I were kids we were baffled by the title "Like Water for Chocolate" and came up with a bunch of theories about what it meant, e.g. that it was part of an order -- "I'd like water, four chocolates, and a bowl of soup," or that it was a mishearing of a business name, "Lake Waterford Chocolates."
― JWoww Gilberto (man alive), Monday, 9 May 2016 17:08 (eight years ago) link
I don't think you need a hyphen because the idea of a "moon pool" is just stupid
― Sufjan Grafton, Monday, 9 May 2016 17:13 (eight years ago) link
and saying only that a pool is "shaped" is also stupid (I guess a pool on the moon would be cool, so I was wrong)
― Sufjan Grafton, Monday, 9 May 2016 17:15 (eight years ago) link
hot tub time machine 3: on the moon! would've been a good title
― rockpalast '82 (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 9 May 2016 17:17 (eight years ago) link