Albums that you do not understand the fascination with

gaz

pjoasisrule wrote:

Arctic Monkeys (anything they have released)
Radiohead - Ok Computer
The Beatles - White Album
The Smiths - Anything by them
The Stone Roses
The Strokes - Is This It
Beck - Odelay
The Pixies - Dolittle
The Clash - London Calling
Love - Forever Changes
Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin

By the way, I like about half of these artists but I just dont understand why critics and fans love these albums

Do you not realise pjOASISrule,that without Johnny Marr and The Smiths,and The Stone Roses,Fucking Oasis would'nt even exist.Oasis walk on the road that Johnny Marr and Ian Brown built for them!!!Rant over!

stateoflove79

Anything by DMB

DOSW

Scratchin a Letter wrote:

And Ed can sing

Last I checked, Thom Yorke can sing pretty nicely too.

UKDave

pjoasisrule wrote:

Arctic Monkeys (anything they have released)
Radiohead - Ok Computer
The Beatles - White Album
The Smiths - Anything by them
The Stone Roses
The Strokes - Is This It
Beck - Odelay
The Pixies - Dolittle
The Clash - London Calling
Love - Forever Changes
Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin

By the way, I like about half of these artists but I just dont understand why critics and fans love these albums

Radiohead - Ok Computer
The Beatles - White Album
The Clash - London Calling
Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin

...are great great albums!!!!

The Strokes - Is This It
Beck - Odelay
The Pixies - Dolittle
Arctics...

...are good albums too

agree with you on the others though

pjoasisrule

gaz wrote:

Do you not realise pjOASISrule,that without Johnny Marr and The Smiths,and The Stone Roses,Fucking Oasis would'nt even exist.Oasis walk on the road that Johnny Marr and Ian Brown built for them!!!Rant over!

How do you know they wouldnt exist? Just because they were influenced by them doesnt mean that they didnt have other influences as well, their music doesnt even sound like either band.

pjoasisrule

stateoflove79 wrote:

Anything by DMB

Definitely, when I was in high school all the most popular people liked DMB......I am starting to think that they only liked them because it was the popular thing to do because I doubt any one of them are fans now.

FinsburyParkCarrots

EBowie wrote:

Quadrophenia,

These albums live up to any and all hype and then some......................

If you like dodgy lyrics such as

"What is it? I'll take it.
Who is she? I'll rape it.
Got a bet there? I'll meet it.
Getting High? You can't beat it"

then, er, it's just grrr-eat.

Flagg

Anything by DMB and Coldplay.

EBowie

FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:

If you like dodgy lyrics such as

"What is it? I'll take it.
Who is she? I'll rape it.
Got a bet there? I'll meet it.
Getting High? You can't beat it"

then, er, it's just grrr-eat.

Those lyrics fit in with the entire theme of the album. Also, it's very easy to pick out four lines, at random, from a given song on pretty much any album and say, "See, this is why it sucks". Bad example brother.

bladworth116

Oasis's "What's the Story Morning Glory" and anything by U2 except for "Pop" which was at least interesting.

Brainofdz

pjoasisrule wrote:

Arctic Monkeys (anything they have released)
Radiohead - Ok Computer
The Beatles - White Album
The Smiths - Anything by them
The Stone Roses
The Strokes - Is This It
Beck - Odelay
The Pixies - Dolittle
The Clash - London Calling
Love - Forever Changes
Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin

By the way, I like about half of these artists but I just dont understand why critics and fans love these albums

So basically, you feel MxPx, THE Fray, The Vines, and Del Ther Funky Homosapien are all worthy of having threads dedicated to them

but The Pixies, The Smiths, The Clash, And Radiohead are over rated, I just wanted to get that straight

pjoasisrule

Brainofdz wrote:

So basically, you feel MxPx, THE Fray, The Vines, and Del Ther Funky Homosapien are all worthy of having threads dedicated to them

but The Pixies, The Smiths, The Clash, And Radiohead are over rated, I just wanted to get that straight

Yes

Mohab

bladworth116 wrote:

Oasis's "What's the Story Morning Glory" and anything by U2 except for "Pop" which was at least interesting.

Yeah, the videos at least were something to look at rather than look away in boredom/disgust. the rest of their carrer is a drag to me.

The White Album is deserved. Rust Never Sleeps is deserved

Metallica - All of it - Megadeth is way better
Pantera - Not good
Stones - Good, but not great. Strip away the fortunate theatricality of the brits - an above average american rock band sound.
Acdc -awful

FinsburyParkCarrots

EBowie wrote:

Those lyrics fit in with the entire theme of the album. Also, it's very easy to pick out four lines, at random, from a given song on pretty much any album and say, "See, this is why it sucks". Bad example brother.

The theme was ill-conceived to start with, and the album often sounds as if Townshend had some scraps of songs he didn't know what to do with, and tried to fit them around the concept, maaan. I can go through the entire album and find multiple examples of where the characterisations of the four personae within Jimmy are marred by the lyrics, which voice silly cartoon caricatures of the respective band members.

Let's stick with Dr Jimmy - presumably a song voicing the "Daltrey" character of the four - because it sums up why the whole album misses the mark:

You say she's a virgin.
I'm gonna be the first in.
Her fellah's gonna kill me
Oh fucking will he.
I'm seeing double
But don't miss me if you can.
There's gonna be trouble
When she choses her man.

That sounds like something from Jerry Springer, the Opera, but not as clever.


I'll respect anyone's musical tastes and opinions, but for me, Quadrophenia is a bit silly.

PearlJamaholic

Pink Floyd - The Wall (this could easily be a one disc album)
Led Zeppelin - zoso (its good, but its rather boring after a few listens)
NIN - Year Zero (its still new but i think this is an awful album by trent)
Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks (sex pistols are to punk what creed is to grunge)

thats all i can think of right now.

i must say i strongly disagree with doolittle though. i think surfer rosa is better but i think almost anyone that likes alternative music should see why doolittle is a classic.

pjoasisrule

PearlJamaholic wrote:

Pink Floyd - The Wall (this could easily be a one disc album)
Led Zeppelin - zoso (its good, but its rather boring after a few listens)
NIN - Year Zero (its still new but i think this is an awful album by trent)
Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks (sex pistols are to punk what creed is to grunge)

thats all i can think of right now.

i must say i strongly disagree with doolittle though. i think surfer rosa is better but i think almost anyone that likes alternative music should see why doolittle is a classic.

I agree about The Wall, too much filler for a double album.

Pearl Jam and toast

pjoasisrule wrote:

Yes

hang yourself now .

EBowie

I see where you're coming from FinsburyParkCarrots. But maybe your perception of those lyrics was exactly what the band were attempting to achieve all along. I appreciate the album for what it is as a whole--the sounds of the drums and guitars especially. The beauty of lyrics is that there is no right or wrong. Certainly, lyrics will appeal to some and not to others. But isn't that what makes music so great?--the freedom of expression--if you like it, fine, and if you don't like it, fine as well.

Matty Boy

The Beatles- Sgt Pepper (The most overated album of all time)
Radiohead- OK Computer (Pick up The Bends instead)
Tool- Lateralus (A bunch of repetitive 7 minute songs that all sound the same)
Nirvana- Nevermind (Half Killer and Half Filler)

Pearl Jam and toast

Except for Love Reign O'er Me and a few others I've always thought Quadrophenia's lyrics are kind of crappy.

BUT

I still adore the album.. as you mentioned, the sounds of the drums and guitars, the way it flows like waves until the entire thing rises up and crashes in a tidal wave with Reign O'er Me at the end.. There's plenty to love about it.