|
|
Post by rockysigman on Oct 19, 2006 0:13:22 GMT -5
Brendan Benson isn't half the songwriter that Matthew Sweet is. And neither of them write as well as Jack White :-P
|
|
|
|
Post by wayved on Oct 19, 2006 0:28:52 GMT -5
i like both the White Stripes and Brenden Benson solo but it did not change my world at all. No songs on repeat...Nothing.
|
|
|
|
Post by sisyphus on Oct 19, 2006 4:18:27 GMT -5
Rocky is right.
|
|
|
|
Post by luke on Oct 19, 2006 7:02:39 GMT -5
Brendan Benson isn't half the songwriter that Matthew Sweet is. And neither of them write as well as Jack White :-P Matthew Sweet may not be able to write as well as Jack White, but he certainly knows how to make much better music. |
|
|
|
Post by kmc on Oct 19, 2006 7:43:59 GMT -5
Luke is right.
|
|
|
|
Post by kmc on Oct 19, 2006 7:51:12 GMT -5
I don't know many PERFECT albums...but when I try to think of albums I can listen to, without a skip, I am thinking of The Who Sell Out. Maybe Idlewild South or Eat A Peach by the Allmans (even with Mountain Jam). Pet Sounds, obviously. Maybe The Bends.
I don't know if perfection is the mark to shoot for, though. For example, I think Neko Case's "Fox Confessor" is pretty perfect. Great songs, perfect instrumentation, great singing, and it paces itself well. It's pretty perfect. But it's not as interesting to me as, say, Return to Cookie Mountain.
|
|
|
|
Post by phil on Oct 19, 2006 8:05:20 GMT -5
 A most perfect music recording ... |
|
|
|
Post by rockysigman on Oct 19, 2006 9:10:42 GMT -5
Luke is wrong.
|
|
|
|
Post by tuneschick on Oct 19, 2006 9:24:38 GMT -5
Actually, he's very right.
|
|
|
|
Post by Galactus on Oct 19, 2006 9:37:25 GMT -5
Yeah, I gotta agree with Luke too...I don't even really think White's a better song writer to be honest.
|
|
|
|
Post by Galactus on Oct 19, 2006 9:39:56 GMT -5
...also I don't think I could give any of GBV's albums five stars either...Pollard is the filler king.
|
|
|
|
Post by kmc on Oct 19, 2006 9:52:52 GMT -5
I think that Oh, Inverted World is one of the best albums of this decade, by far. Even that album isn't 5 stars.
|
|
|
|
Post by Adam on Oct 19, 2006 10:19:15 GMT -5
Sepultura released 4 perfect albums in a row:
Beneath the Remains
Arise
Chaos A.D.
Roots
No fat or filler or any album. Beat that with a stick.
|
|
|
|
Post by kmc on Oct 19, 2006 10:37:23 GMT -5
In related news:
Sting: Today's rock music 'bores me'
BERLIN, Germany (Reuters) -- British rock star Sting said contemporary rock music is so stagnant that he prefers to sing 16th-century English ballads.
The former teacher who shot to fame as lead singer, bassist and composer in the 1970s and '80s for The Police told German newspaper Die Zeit that he prefers singing songs of Elizabethan lutenist and composer John Dowland to the rock music of today.
"Rock music has come to a standstill, it's not going forward anymore, it only bores me," Die Zeit quoted Sting as saying.
The 55-year-old singer, whose birth name is Gordon Sumner, had a string of hits with The Police with songs like "Roxanne" and "Don't Stand So Close To Me." He has since also had a lucrative solo career with songs like "Englishman in New York." He recently appeared on NBC's "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip," playing a version of his "Fields of Gold" on the lute.
"Forty years ago it was my dream to break out of Newcastle and never be poor again," he told the magazine.
"I'm very privileged. I'm a successful musician, live in a beautiful house, and have a wonderful family."
|
|
|
|
Post by kmc on Oct 19, 2006 10:37:57 GMT -5
...says one of the most boring rock musicians ever.
|
|
