I can't say enough about it just because it hurts so good, which tends to make me effusive.
Mal: That's not what I saw. You like to tell me what really happened? Book: I surely would. And maybe someday I will.
'Safe'
Buffista Music III: The Search for Bach
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Mr. Broom - Sep 19, 2005 11:49:20 am PDT #552 of 10003
"When I look at people that I would like to feel have been a mentor or an inspiring kind of archetype of what I'd love to see my career eventually be mentioned as a footnote for in the same paragraph, it would be, like, Bowie." ~Trent Reznor
dw - Sep 19, 2005 11:53:57 am PDT #553 of 10003
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My suggestion was Beck's "Sea Change."
(To be fair, I'm just basing my slag on the fact that *I* don't get why it was so very very lauded.)
Because he's Depressed and Introspective on that album.
It's not his best album, but "The Golden Age" is a beaut.
My suggestion would be "Kid A," but it may not be overrated enough (even with the Grammy nomination).
DavidS - Sep 19, 2005 11:59:08 am PDT #554 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
The most obvious overrated album, I think, has got to be Sgt. Pepper. I'm a Beatle fan, but I'd rank that album as only above Magical Mystery Tour in their catalogue. Most of the songs are utter trifles in the "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" range. There are more great songs on the "Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields" single than all of Sgt. Pepper. ("A Day In The Life" being the only great one, I think.)
Of recent vintage, I don't really know where I'm at odds with the consensus. I like most of the much lauded records of the last 10 years or so. I should check Pitchfork.
Lately, I've been revisiting the Cashout Go Away effect wherein a band you dislike makes a bundle on one record and then effectively quits because they're rich. Live and Bush seem to have done this.
dw - Sep 19, 2005 12:14:04 pm PDT #555 of 10003
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Good Lord -- Picaresque got a five-star review in the Guardian.
That utterly surprises me. I wouldn't think they'd get it.
dw - Sep 19, 2005 12:57:59 pm PDT #556 of 10003
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The most obvious overrated album, I think, has got to be Sgt. Pepper.
I don't think it's an overrated album, musically. It's pretty close to timeless. But I think its "influence" on rock is waaaay overstated. If anything, it's a musical spur. There is no rock album like it because it's not rock, it's British music hall. Attempts to copy it have been financial, if not musical, disasters.
So, in that sense, it's overrated. But it still holds together quite well after nearly 40 years.
erikaj - Sep 19, 2005 1:02:17 pm PDT #557 of 10003
Always Anti-fascist!
I love it, but have always privately preferred "Rubber Soul"
Hayden - Sep 19, 2005 1:12:40 pm PDT #558 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I don't love it at all and have vocally preferred both Rubber Soul and Revolver.
Hayden - Sep 19, 2005 1:14:15 pm PDT #559 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
(Actually, I really like "A Day In the Life," but was going for the symmetry, y'know.)
erikaj - Sep 19, 2005 1:28:21 pm PDT #560 of 10003
Always Anti-fascist!
Smartass. Well, pot. kettle, so... Maybe it wasn't ever the music, more like the ambition of it? Or maybe people have a special, fond, place for the music they get high to. Besides college.
Michele T. - Sep 19, 2005 7:14:13 pm PDT #561 of 10003
with a gleam in my eye, and an almost airtight alibi
For the British people (person? Jim?) on the thread, from mountain-goats.com:
And now the news: we're coming to London! It's part of 4AD's birthday bash: tickets are available here and also at a site so flash-heavy that it kept freezing my browser, so I ain't wanna link it directly, but it's called Eat Your Own Ears and is visually quite pleasing. Regarding the show itself: I know who the special guests are, and it's totally exciting, but rabid KGB agents could not make me squeal, so haters are advised to step right off. Should anyone need during my offhours in London, you need probably look no further than your nearest Indian takeaway. I cannot get enough of the Indian takeaway.
Who would be the special guests at a 4AD birthday bash? Hmmm...