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rocknrollpsycho

musical wankery

Jan 21, 2007 12:32

Still working on the Top 10 Albums Evar list - I know, lame, huh? A lot of thought has to go into it! There are some bands I feel I should include just BECAUSE they were my favorite band at some point (cases in point: U2, Savage Garden) but who don't seem to have a PERFECT album...

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Comments 7

newgeneration January 22 2007, 00:13:31 UTC

SYMM should never have been included, ever. I'm probably missing some genius political statement, but the lyrics just sound lazy to me. I think This Is My Truth has more sentimental value for me than anything because it was my first Manics album and it reminds me of being 14 and feeling like I'd just discovered something really, really important ( ... )

rocknrollpsycho January 22 2007, 02:11:37 UTC

EMG is really gorgeous. "No Surface All Feeling" is probably my favorite Manics song. I just wish the album still packed as much of a punch for me at 21 as it did when I was 16.

GATS is the favorite among some of my friends, too! Don't feel bad. I just didn't think it held up, but I have a dancier taste in music. They were my favorite band more for the IDEA than the MUSIC, I think. And Richey's disappearance is really dramatic and you automatically want to know more about it and the band's history and that's what got me into it, I suppose.

Also, slash potential!

As great an idea as that icon is, I honestly can't look at that photograph without crunching up into a ball and wanting to die. D: So much blood. Ahghhghghhfjfhghghg. I've never gotten used to it. But in theory, the sliced Richey thing is great!

newgeneration January 22 2007, 03:39:40 UTC

It's diminished for me too, but I think in my case it's more repetition than anything. I can't have an epiphany every time I listen to any one album, but it blew my mind when I bought it. :D TIMT's appeal has aged for me too, but I think every album I own has that problem except my three Pulp albums, and those are only new and cool to me because I just discovered them a few months ago ( ... )

anothernight_in January 22 2007, 10:03:01 UTC

I was going to comment on the Manics albums, but this "(namely, the behemoth that is Suede and its surrounding artists/projects/grumpboxes)." made me giggle way too much and then I choked on my Red Eye =/ =D.

paradox01 January 23 2007, 00:07:52 UTC

O NOES, U HOR! I LUV MANIX! Um, seriously now, after reading the Simon Price book, I think they're more pathetic really in an adorable doomed to making stadium rock sort of way than zomg, tragic (though watching interviews with Nicky post-Richey's-disappearance makes me feel sad =(), but I do love them.

I prefer them to Suede though - maybe it's because they're so new to me? Brett disappoints me so much (have you seen the 'Love is Dead' vid?), whereas I never had that degree of faith in the MSP's quality; GT, EMG and THB are really strong but GATS breaks the string and shows that they can be very mediocre, while Suede produced three consecutively great albums.

EMG amazes me for the same reasons as newgeneration but, some of the tracks seem like filler. I love THB though - hmph, I like the Intense Humming of Evil! Can't get into PCP though - such a kind of blah ending to a fantastic album ( ... )

rocknrollpsycho January 23 2007, 03:59:47 UTC

I have seen "Love Is Dead," and I think it's GORGEOUS. I'm so excited for Brett's solo record, even though I wasn't really keen on some of the other new tracks ("Scorpio Rising," for one). It'll be worth it just to have a finished studio version of "Love Is Dead" to listen to. <333

paradox01 January 23 2007, 22:12:47 UTC

Hah - it was pretty much the opposite for me - loved Scorpio Rising, and think Love Is Dead is a dull. Anyhow, I am excited! More so than for even Jarvis' solo actually, it's ridiculous ;)