that Adele is seriously fcking talented.
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that Adele is seriously fcking talented.
Beady Eye - not as crap as I thought it'd be! Not willing to commit to it being good, as I was only half listening, but certainly wasn't "turn off that rubbish" standard.
Credit where its due - its a decent album. A bit of La's, Lennon, Beatles, the Who. It has no aspirations on pushing the boundaries but is comfortable in its own skin.Quote:
Originally Posted by Macy
Gallaghers is vocally very strong and the band sound is looser than the Oasis sound.
1 nil Liam. Over to you, Noel.
This excerpt relates to how, in the early 80's, Neil Young was sued by his own record lable for effectively "not being Neil Young enough".
The mans a legend. No more to be said.
"Young's next album, 1983's Everybody's Rockin', included several rockabilly covers and clocked in at less than twenty-five minutes in length.
Young was backed by the Shocking Pinks for the supporting U.S. tour. Trans had already drawn the ire of label head David Geffen for its lack of commercial appeal, and with Everybody's Rockin' following only seven months later, Geffen Records sued Young for making music "unrepresentative" of himself"
Beady Eye were in pole position for making the worst album of the year until the Strokes album came out. Andy Reid could do better.
Beady Eye album was a pleasant surprise, nowhere near as bad as expected it to be. One song does sound dangerously close to Beatles 'Get Back'.
Badly disappointed by The Strokes album.
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Originally Posted by twoenz
Sounds like the Strokes have blown it????????? I've only heard the single and thought it was quite good.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pauro 76
I think my next Strokes purchase will be the inevitable future release of a singles compilation album. They're becoming a good singles band with crap albums.
Credit where its due - I think Beady Eye album is very good. It won't rival Morrisey lyrically and its influences are quite obviously steeped in Beatles, Stones, Who and the La's. That said - if it sounds good, so what???
That tune "The beat goes on" is just infectious. Once you hear it, its on repeat play within the ol Brain box whether you like it or not.
"Beatles and Stones" is a great tune as well.
The strokes album? WTF?! I liked the first single as well....
Beady eye were very good live a couple of weekends back. Just about recovered from a weekend of binge drinking down in London. I just wish Liam would knock off the obsession with John Lennon's solo work.
Liam's voice sounds fantastic and it was good live as well. He seems motivated so I wouldn't be surprised if they go back to the studio this year.
A less than ringing endorsement of new Strokes album:
http://http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/mar/17/the-strokes-angles-review
Neil Young compilation "Decade" on heavy rotation in the Wolfie gaff at the minute.
Some great stuff on there that covers 1966 to late 70's.
Anyone else heard it??
http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decade_(Neil_Young)
From the Guardian, no thanks. Only worth reading for the footballQuote:
Originally Posted by Wolfie
without getting into the merits or otherwise of The Strokes' new album (ive only heard the single), that review sums up all that is wrong with music journalism for me. Needless snobbery, over indulgence with irrelevant, unrelated facts on and poor actual reviewing of the album itself.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wolfie
I hate music journalism, i just trust my ears.
I don't think it's a bad review. And that's not just cos I agree with it. In fairness, I can see why he had to fill out paragraphs with tenuous detail - there's very little to say about this record other than 'gob-smackingly gash'.
The album is starting to grow on me. I listened to it non stop yesterday. It's a grower.
if you thought that was bad, check out their reviews on the Beady eye album. I hate the music critics from the guardian. Kitty Empire think's she's the ****Quote:
Originally Posted by SkStu
I'm enjoying the new Strokes album. Tracks like "Under Cover of Darkness" "Machu Picchu" and "Taken for a fool" are among the best they've done- There's a lot less filler than the last album and a lot of tracks that are growers like "Life is simple in the Moonlight" or "Two Kinds of Happiness"
Me too, and the film critics are awful as wellQuote:
Originally Posted by shakermaker1982
I love Decade, unrelentingly great, hardly a duff track across the two CDs, and very few omissions. One of the best "Best of.."s ever compiled I'd venture.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wolfie
Just heard new Foo Fighters song Rope. Have to say not bad. However they did this with Pretender and ESPG was a crock of an album.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbpqZT_56Ns
Fingers crossed...
The world could do with some Grohl like this again...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLqeCdRvSL4
what the HELL happened to Santogold?