Hot Take/ Musical Confession Thread!

Count_Vader said:
I can see people thinking their a bit open, but they seem to be able to make songs about serious issues that aren't cringey as hell like alot of other bands (SUBLIME)
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Joe Mac said:
Well yeah but then sublime are shit on so many levels that you’ve just scored into an open goal!
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Count_Vader said:
But I'm focusing on a specific point. They wanted to have some songs that were "real" and spoke openly about heavy issues and they all come across very sophomoric and cringey.
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So I guess this has the makings of being a "Marie DeSalle/Baby I Love Your Way" moment...



 
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BjorgenFjorgen said:
Absolutely. It's especially annoying in the streaming age where they're not delineated as bonus tracks necessarily. If I'm checking something out for the first time, I don't want to hear a rough demo of track three or a B-side immediately after the actual closing track.
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This was exactly the problem with ATMP. Dam bonus tracks at the end of each "side".
 
I remember when Yeezus came out and most people & critics said the album was bad with one or two good songs. Then when end of the year lists came out the same people said it was "brilliant" and "a classic" and if you don't like it that "you just dont get it".
 
KenKaniff said:
I remember when Yeezus came out and most people & critics said the album was bad with one or two good songs. Then when end of the year lists came out the same people said it was "brilliant" and "a classic" and if you don't like it that "you just dont get it".
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I don’t remember it that way. I feel like it was fairly critically lauded from the jump. I remember lots of folks wondering if he sampled Marilyn Manson’s “Beautiful People” for “Black Skinhead” but the don’t recall any of the review sites I followed regularly (Pitchfork/Spin/A.V. Club) really poo-pooing the album.
 
Chucktshoes said:
Pearl Jam had 1 good album a handful of decent singles scattered over almost thirty years. The majority of their career has been me eye rolling at Eddie Vedder’s sermons dressed up as boring songs.
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I'm not saying your opinion is Bat shit, that was clearly a joke.
Nor am I saying that you HAVE to like PJ or your opinions are dead to me (I reserve that for other acts...)

But "Boring"?
Whipping? Habit? Spin The Black Circle? Lukin? Blood? The whole PJ as backing band for Neil Young on Mirror Ball?

If you were in college during the same time I was, maybe the ubiquity of Ten on this side of the pond renders them overexposed so I wont include those even though there are those that we could argue break the "boring" label (Porch, Black, Release, Garden, Ocean).
But, I think BORING is unfair.

That adjective should be saved for...say...Doves? 😝
 
The Commish said:
I'm not saying your opinion is Bat shit, that was clearly a joke.
Nor am I saying that you HAVE to like PJ or your opinions are dead to me (I reserve that for other acts...)

But "Boring"?
Whipping? Habit? Spin The Black Circle? Lukin? Blood? The whole PJ as backing band for Neil Young on Mirror Ball?

If you were in college during the same time I was, maybe the ubiquity of Ten on this side of the pond renders them overexposed so I wont include those even though there are those that we could argue break the "boring" label (Porch, Black, Release, Garden, Ocean).
But, I think BORING is unfair.

That adjective should be saved for...say...Doves? 😝
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I was in high school when Ten came out. That’s what I would call their one good album. There were a handful of singles off the next few albums that were good. Their cover of "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" was competent. Everything else just reads as background noise to me. It pains me that the least interesting of the grunge bands is the one still chugging along. Literally everyone else in that scene was more interesting to listen to.

I’ve never listened to Doves. This board has convinced me not to bother.
 
Chucktshoes said:
I was in high school when Ten came out. That’s what I would call their one good album. There were a handful of singles off the next few albums that were good. Their cover of "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" was competent. Everything else just reads as background noise to me. It pains me that the least interesting of the grunge bands is the one still chugging along. Literally everyone else in that scene was more interesting to listen to.

I’ve never listened to Doves. This board has convinced me not to bother.
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Ah...so Green Day is more in your wheelhouse?
 
Hollywood said:
Untrue. AIC is "still chugging along"...albeit with a new lead singer.
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I’ve seen them with and without Layne. Jerry Cantrell is chugging along under the AiC name, but AiC isn’t. The interplay (and tension) between Layne and Jerry was where the creative magic was.

It’s like the Grateful Dead without Jerry or Journey without Steve. It’s just not the same thing
 
Chucktshoes said:
I’ve seen them with and without Layne. Jerry Cantrell is chugging along under the AiC name, but AiC isn’t. The interplay (and tension) between Layne and Jerry was where the creative magic was.

It’s like the Grateful Dead without Jerry or Journey without Steve. It’s just not the same thing
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I agree that no one will ever replace Layne Staley, however William DuVall has done a terrific job of filling in and allowing the band to carry on.
 
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