Pre-Order Thread

I sure wish that back in the early days of Spotify they would've just emailed me and said "hey, one day we might start pressing records that we only offer to the people who listen to the artist the most, so maybe don't switch over to Apple Music if you ever want a chance of getting one."
 
Tys1 said:
I always thought that Edward Sharpe was the most fake persona in the music business, but then FJM came along... and then (super hot take ahead) I watched the Elton John movie.
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Negative points to Edward Sharpe for his faux hippie persona. FJM puts off a more faux hipster vibe, but I feel he still brings more to the table surrounding earnest art.

As for the Elton movie, are you saying FJM is an Elton ripoff or that Elton was fake? Or that the actor that played Elton was fake? Or that THE WHOLE INDUSTRY IS FAKE AGHHHHHHHH
 
Melt Face Molly Drop said:
Negative points to Edward Sharpe for his faux hippie persona. FJM puts off a more faux hipster vibe, but I feel he still brings more to the table surrounding earnest art.

As for the Elton movie, are you saying FJM is an Elton ripoff or that Elton was fake? Or that the actor that played Elton was fake? Or that THE WHOLE INDUSTRY IS FAKE AGHHHHHHHH
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Elton was fake, or at least the movie made me feel that he was. It’s different because he was tormented and psychologically abused as a child so you can sympathize with his reasons, but the result made him appear very disingenuous.
 
Tys1 said:
Elton was fake, or at least the movie made me feel that he was. It’s different because he was tormented and psychologically abused as a child so you can sympathize with his reasons, but the result made him appear very disingenuous.
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I think Elton may have over egged the family abuse too to make the film more interesting..his family have stated the way his father was portrayed was very unfair ...the Queen movie played fast and loose with facts too ...the timeline of events was all over the place to make a better theatrical story ..truth be damned and all that
 
Gavaxeman said:
I think Elton may have over egged the family abuse too to make the film more interesting..his family have stated the way his father was portrayed was very unfair ...the Queen movie played fast and loose with facts too ...the timeline of events was all over the place to make a better theatrical story ..truth be damned and all that
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Rami's performance aside, Bohemian Rhapsody felt very underwhelming. I read this somewhere and it resonated, but it played out like a greatest hits album instead of that classic album you replay over and over. It felt like something that would've been great had it been released in 2002. Why not just read the Wikipedia page on the band instead?

Rocketman put a creative spin on an already familiar story, which I appreciated.
 
dbarila said:
TBH, I like Father Johny Misty because he's fake. It's certainly more interesting than if it was just Josh Tillman as himself.
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Bingo.

Also, the new Fleet Foxes isn't doing much for me. I guess I just don't like them all that much anymore. I loved their debut and quite liked Helplessness Blues, but I don't need any more from where that came from. I sure could use a new FJM album though.
 
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Melt Face Molly Drop said:
Rami's performance aside, Bohemian Rhapsody felt very underwhelming. I read this somewhere and it resonated, but it played out like a greatest hits album instead of that classic album you replay over and over. It felt like something that would've been great had it been released in 2002. Why not just read the Wikipedia page on the band instead?

Rocketman put a creative spin on an already familiar story, which I appreciated.
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I mean, did we really need a shot for shot remake of Live Aid? It was cool and all but I can just watch the real thing and as a bonus not be distracted by the horrible CGI audience.
 
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