I've given this band about 45 seconds of my day and i don't like it

I'm AstralAdvent and i approved this message.

3/4/2011 7:01:45 PM

there's quite a progression in their sound over the course of their career

pick a different album

3/4/2011 7:04:49 PM

word.

I downloaded too much obscure shit on my what.cd account without downloading enough justin beiber so i gotta build my credit score back up on that shit before i can start downloading random shit again

Sam Baker: yea or nay?

I'm AstralAdvent and i approved this message.

3/4/2011 7:06:26 PM

"the woods" is their most bombastic rock album and "dig me out" is generally considered to be their signature record

fwiw

3/4/2011 7:07:41 PM

what are your thoughts on "Glass Tamborine"?

3/4/2011 7:13:39 PM

i like the song

i don't like the production, everything is too dry

but coming from britt daniel, i'm not surprised

3/4/2011 7:30:01 PM

what are your thoughts on bollywood music good sir?

3/4/2011 7:30:43 PM

it's very silly

but combine the silliness with garage rock sounds they were emulating in the '60s and you get some entertaining shit

3/4/2011 7:36:13 PM

no wonder AR Rahman was nominated for oscars this year and won it last year....again i have no fuckin' idea and dont buy vinyls so it must be silly

3/4/2011 7:38:38 PM

Just because he's Indian and a film composer doesn't mean all of the music he makes is Bollywood music.

Neither Slumdog Millionaire nor 127 Hours are Bollywood films.

3/4/2011 7:54:50 PM

music is

blah i guess you are right...most american music is silly to me (remember you asked me to listen to some stuff which i dint like)

[Edited on March 4, 2011 at 7:56 PM. Reason : to each, his own]

3/4/2011 7:56:34 PM

The Cellar Seas: Bad band, or worst band?



...But now for the real questions... did you actually major in film at state? Or some similar major?

3/5/2011 3:53:41 AM

Why is Procol Harum so relatively unknown? A Whiter Shade of Pale is one of the greatest songs ever.

3/5/2011 4:59:35 AM

^^ if it were up to me, the song would all be 10 BPM faster and they're be an extra guitar playing melodic counterpoint to the vocal...but it's not up to me

i did not major in film, but as a creative writing major i got a shit-ton of electives and a bunch of english equivalents that were filled by film classes

^ i'm not much for procol harum. a good jam, though.

3/5/2011 4:14:49 PM

are you looking forward to the new BTBAM EP? i know i am

3/5/2011 5:46:33 PM

no

BTBAM vocals make me laugh out loud, and as such i can't take any of their music seriously

which sucks, because what i've made it through is interesting enough

but the vocals sound like a horatio sanz character that was cut before rehearsal

which is to say i can see their appeal to 14 year olds

but not adults

3/5/2011 7:07:38 PM

Quote :

"i got a shit-ton of electives and a bunch of english equivalents that were filled by film classes"

Any of these that you would particularly recommend taking if they're available?

3/5/2011 7:40:29 PM

new mika album this year, totally awesome right?

3/5/2011 7:43:10 PM

Quote :

"no BTBAM vocals make me laugh out loud, and as such i can't take any of their music seriously which sucks, because what i've made it through is interesting enough but the vocals sound like a horatio sanz character that was cut before rehearsal which is to say i can see their appeal to 14 year olds but not adults"

I don't see how someone who obviously knows so much about music can have this stance after jocking the dick of a dude who screams over 4/4 bass lines for an entire set. How does a 2 person punk band appeal to adults more than BTBAM? Was it the vests? Or because you don't know BTBAM?

I'm just using your praise of Ed Schrader as an example in my attempt to understand. You clearly understand music, so I just don't get how you love one band and then hate on a band that clearly has more talent/creativity. There's a difference between not liking it and saying you don't see how adults could like it.

3/6/2011 12:45:42 AM

3/6/2011 12:52:50 AM

^^I gotta agree, wholly. I understand why some people can't dig BTBAM. I really do.

But to concede that Ed Schrader makes worthwhile music is merely a blind nod to unsigned horseshit.

There is no other way around that. At all.

Any "adult" who enjoys or appreciates the shit he records is just trolling people who have working ears.

3/6/2011 1:39:42 AM

with the shitty internet you have, is it better to be blind when it comes to netflix streaming?

3/6/2011 1:49:12 AM

i know nothing about literature among other things, where should i start?

3/6/2011 2:36:19 AM

Quote :

"Any of these that you would particularly recommend taking if they're available?"

If the professor is Devin Orgeron, take it. Guaranteed quality.

Quote :

"How does a 2 person punk band appeal to adults more than BTBAM?...I just don't get how you love one band and then hate on a band that clearly has more talent/creativity. There's a difference between not liking it and saying you don't see how adults could like it."

Ed Schrader appeals to me because I like Suicide and shit like that. I understand why people can't take Ed seriously, and it's partially his own fault; as soon as a song's over he breaks into this hyperactive "I hope you don't hate me" act that doesn't do anyone any good.

The talent/creativity issue is mostly one of taste and opinion. Yes, the BTBAM guys are tremendous instrumentalists. That's not my style and never has been, and that's okay. With that said, I'm not sure anyone's in a position to say that a guitarmony break in the middle of double-kick explosion is more or less creative than one man with a microphone and a backlit floor tom. Really, it's probably unfair to continue to use someone like Ed in this comparison, but the same arguments would operate on each side if I used something like Xiu Xiu, so whatever.

I'll admit that the comment about adults is silly hyperbole, but I'm sure people said the same thing about the Ramones. The unintentional comedy of those BTBAM vocals in my mind is tantamount to what existed in the minds of those who dismissed the Ramones when they saw that Dee Dee could barely bash out four notes on his bass, and I don't want to be that guy. By that token, I've tried to get past the vocals, and I can't. I literally start laughing. If that means I'm just a pop song guy, I'm a pop song guy. Sue me.

Quote :

"with the shitty internet you have, is it better to be blind when it comes to netflix streaming"

Most likely.

Quote :

"i know nothing about literature among other things, where should i start?"

The Bible. It helped form the basis of literature, and most of the story forms and allusions you see later will be direct references to it. No, I'm not joking.

3/6/2011 3:47:33 AM

I never knew Smack My Bitch Up was a cover of a Beatles song... did you?

3/6/2011 2:28:52 PM

do you like any music that doesn't have lyrics

3/6/2011 2:51:57 PM

yeah, plenty

gybe!
man or astroman
don caballero
the fucking champs
booker t. & the MGs

etc.

3/6/2011 8:23:49 PM

which is better: silver mt zion or gybe?

3/6/2011 10:49:25 PM

did you ever come up with a synonym for thesaurus?

3/6/2011 10:50:24 PM

i think sierra mist zero is better

3/6/2011 10:52:31 PM

if the thread was called "ask BetterOffDead things about music/literature/film" then I might give a damn. . .

3/6/2011 10:53:34 PM

hahaha what a fucking MAROON

3/6/2011 11:05:12 PM

i like gybe! much more than a silver mt. zion

i can't think of a good reason why other than that i like the individual records more

3/7/2011 12:19:18 AM

who is the female vocalist on Crochet from the These Times Old Times album?

I've always wondered

really into her voice

3/18/2011 3:38:57 PM

what do you think about this rebecca black girl?

she's supplanted bieber on itunes, now, so she must be good...right?

3/18/2011 3:42:10 PM

^^ some chick from georgia that stu or bj knows

to the best of my knowledge, the LW dudes have never met her

^ the fact that this song got famous is a totally unforeseen event. the label that made her recording makes vanity recordings for children of mediocre talent whose parents have too much money. this one just happened to go viral.

3/18/2011 3:46:07 PM

damn

I was hoping she was local

3/18/2011 3:47:03 PM

i will say this about rebecca black

the fact that it's completely obvious that she's never been coached towards anything resembling professional performance is at least refreshing, even if it looks like shit

3/18/2011 3:49:47 PM

What about the rapper dude? thats obviously what the whole fuss is about. How can a rapper that good be unknown?

I'm AstralAdvent and I approved this message.

3/18/2011 3:55:08 PM

Quote :

"new mika album this year, totally awesome right?"

hell yeah!

3/18/2011 4:21:58 PM

I don't have a question, but this made me think of you:
http://www.cracked.com/article_19094_6-songs-that-were-decades-ahead-groundbreaking-music.html

4/12/2011 12:38:44 PM

So, there I was, in the Goodwill store, looking at records.

Several of the record jackets had notches cut out. Why?

Are they like books without covers?

5/7/2011 3:54:02 PM

I can answer that one. When they used to give record stores/whoever vinyl for promos, they used to cut notches in the spine of record sleeves to tell a promo copy from a regular one. With CDs, they usually cut the same notch or punch a hole in the barcode.

sorry, vb

[Edited on May 7, 2011 at 4:09 PM. Reason : s]

5/7/2011 4:08:57 PM

You wouldn't think there would be a lot of promo classical albums, but now I know.

Thank you kind sir!

5/7/2011 4:13:31 PM

Same goes for a sleeve with a missing corner. The "cutout" bin, if you will.

5/7/2011 9:56:02 PM

VB. Are you familiar with the "Amen Break"?

This is long, but very well done.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SaFTm2bcac

5/12/2011 6:03:53 PM

i prefer the "funky drummer" break

too many electro losers use the amen break

5/13/2011 3:30:38 PM

So I just downloaded the lady gaga album basically because i fucked my what.cd account and i don't really bother to check out random new albums as much as i had been. Anyways are there any songs i should bother to check out? i don't feel like listening to all this shit. I am mostly over my lady gaga infatuation

I'm AstralAdvent and i approved this message.

[Edited on May 23, 2011 at 3:20 AM. Reason : ]

5/23/2011 3:20:23 AM

i know literally nothing about the new lady gaga album

5/23/2011 3:26:00 AM

Into the infinite sea that I call my shuffle playlist it goes

I'm astraladvent and I approved this message

5/23/2011 3:51:18 AM