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Post by Kensterberg on Jul 24, 2006 20:41:36 GMT -5
God I hate the Arctic Monkeys. I'm completely out of touch with Western music right now, but I know a crap band when I hear one, and they are crap. You guys are nuts. Arctic Monkeys are a ton of fun. Not particularly insightful or deep, but sound great with the top down and the volume cranked up. Just a great, fun, rock and roll record. At least that's what JLLM and I think. |
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Post by riley on Jul 24, 2006 20:43:10 GMT -5
Add me. Arctice Monkeys are just plain fun.
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Post by NdY on Jul 24, 2006 20:43:52 GMT -5
TV on the Radio are painfully shite. Their PR people must've trained at the same bullshit marketing school as the NME staff who launched the Arctic Monkeys on a poor, unsuspecting world. Your loss. |
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Post by limitdeditionlayla on Jul 24, 2006 20:44:12 GMT -5
One-hit wonders.
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Post by luke on Jul 24, 2006 20:44:20 GMT -5
Modest Mouse are about 95% a 90s band. They had one really good album this decade, and it was right around the turn. Skvor's the guy who brought the Mouse to RS, so I'm sho' he'd agree or else they'd probably have topped that list.
Of that list, for this guy, it's of course BSS, easily.
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Post by limitdeditionlayla on Jul 24, 2006 20:44:49 GMT -5
TV on the Radio are painfully shite. Their PR people must've trained at the same bullshit marketing school as the NME staff who launched the Arctic Monkeys on a poor, unsuspecting world. Your loss. Hardly. |
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Post by luke on Jul 24, 2006 20:45:05 GMT -5
TV on the Radio had a hit? Thought they just had that one song that got played about twice on MTV2 at 4:00 a.m.?
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Post by Ryosuke on Jul 24, 2006 20:45:23 GMT -5
You guys are nuts. Arctic Monkeys are a ton of fun. Not particularly insightful or deep, but sound great with the top down and the volume cranked up. Just a great, fun, rock and roll record. I beg to differ, but I commend you for not playing the "you only hate them because they're hyped up" card. I fucking hate it when people do that. |
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Post by luke on Jul 24, 2006 20:46:39 GMT -5
I actually downloaded the Arctic Monkeys because I'd heard people bashing them so hard that I thought I'd get a kick out of laughing at how bad they sucked.
Turns out it was a really great, shake-your-ass type album. Usually the type of stuff folks like Layla, who were ripping it to shreds, kinda dig...
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Post by Ryosuke on Jul 24, 2006 20:47:10 GMT -5
Though if you push me hard enough, I would actually admit that I wouldn't hate them if they weren't hyped up. I'd just ignore them for the unspectacular band they are.
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Post by limitdeditionlayla on Jul 24, 2006 20:47:28 GMT -5
one-hit wonders = Arctic Monkeys. A fun one, but thats all they got.
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Post by limitdeditionlayla on Jul 24, 2006 20:49:20 GMT -5
I actually downloaded the Arctic Monkeys because I'd heard people bashing them so hard that I thought I'd get a kick out of laughing at how bad they sucked. Turns out it was a really great, shake-your-ass type album. Usually the type of stuff folks like Layla, who were ripping it to shreds, kinda dig... I don't think you really know my taste dude. |
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Post by riley on Jul 24, 2006 20:49:26 GMT -5
one line (or one word) opinions of everything mentioned. keep in mind i'm tired and surly right now. I'm going to give you a list here and you tell me what you think. Maybe even vote accordingly. Here are the bands to vote on for who you think is the best band of this decade. 1. The White Stripes 2. Broken Social Scene 3. Franz Ferdinand 4. Deerhoof 5. Devendra Banhart 6. Muse 7. Arcade Fire 8. The Mars Volta 9. The Walkmen 10. TV On The Radio 1. massively overrated and a good bit shit 2. overrated around here but did put out maybe my favorite album of the decade. 3. great and catch too much shit. their second album was 50% zzzzz though. 4. absolute dreck 5. ugh 6. no real opinion 7. good album that hasn't aged well 8. utter shit 9. possibly the worst album of 2006 10. people give their first album too much shit. it's not really that much different than the new one. the YL EP is pure gold. Minus The Bear - don't know Animal Collective - feels was really good. Raising The Fawn - i assume this is a riley canadian thing Augie March - don't care British Sea Power - okay Rilo Kiley - meh Great Lake Swimmers - more canadia right? Russian Futurists - yeah they're pretty good Phoenix - great singles band, not exactly sure who's 'hyping' them Clinic - eh The Pleased - i don't even think this band exists Rogue Wave - sure why not Frog Eyes - nah Maritime - canadia Talib Kweli - backpack Longwave - awful second album, still love the crap out of most of their first one The Clientele - nice band The Sounds - no riley, no. boobies on an album cover fool you. interpol - yes bloc party - yes mmj - eh bts - 90s decemberists - no shins - pretty great for the most part. the strokes - yeah consistently good. they'd probably have my vote for this decade. First. I guess I didn't play properly by not commenting on each band in Skvor's list. My bad. Will rectify. Secondly. The list I posted was off the cuff stuff I'm enjoying most this decade, but not hard and fast faves. Thirdly. Since my buddy Ndy has handed my off the cuff list its ass, I should probably add some more clarity. Fourthly. Yes, I listen to a lot of Canadian music. So do Doc Drum and Tuneschick. We're Canadian. Our music actually started being better than everyone else's like 16 years ago. It's just that you guys only started paying attention for the last 6. ;D |
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Post by Kensterberg on Jul 24, 2006 20:52:14 GMT -5
one-hit wonders = Arctic Monkeys. A fun one, but thats all they got. Nothing wrong with that. There's a long, hallowed tradition of great one-shots in rock and roll. And it isn't like they merely came up with one song, the whole album is just a great kick in the ass. Sort of a punkier take on Definitely Maybe. I don't give a damn about the hype (as they've had absolutely zero in El Paso), taken on its own terms its a fine album, and if I were 17 right now, this would definitely be a big part of my adolescent soundtrack. |
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Post by Ryosuke on Jul 24, 2006 20:52:36 GMT -5
Fourthly. Yes, I listen to a lot of Canadian music. So do Doc Drum and Tuneschick. We're Canadian. I bet I listen to more Japanese music than you listen to Canadian music  |
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