Originally posted by Craigster: Bright Eyes - the new Dylan???
I'm a huge Dylan fan and was a little lukewarm on Bright Eyes before hearing last year's I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning. Now I think the comparisons are justified. Oberst writes in a very similar style to Dylan, and like Dylan, his lyrics are far better than anything else you'll find on a current album.
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Originally posted by timbo8: I just don't get Fall Out Boy or Panic! at the Disco, yet I don't want to. They are big right now especially with some of my friends, but I hate them. Their peppy rock doesn't fly with me, they just sound stupid, untalented and wussy. You only need to read their lyrics to see how shallow they are.
I guess as a whole, I don't get Bob Dylan. I think Highway 61 Revisited is a great album, and there are a handful of other songs I love, but as a whole, his works don't do a whole lot for me. In particular, I do not get Blonde on Blonde. I think its because he has such loose song structures on most of his recordings, and I like me some structure.
Originally posted by musicfanatic: I guess as a whole, I don't get Bob Dylan. I think Highway 61 Revisited is a great album, and there are a handful of other songs I love, but as a whole, his works don't do a whole lot for me. In particular, I do not get Blonde on Blonde. I think its because he has such loose song structures on most of his recordings, and I like me some structure.
. I'm not sure what you mean by "loose song structure". That sort of makes me think of a Phish concert-- where they'll play a minute of a song then noodle for 15 minutes. Dylan's songs always had structure.
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Even if you have, recheck out "Freight Train Blues", "With God on Our Side", "I Want You", "Just Like a Woman", "Lay Lady Lay", "Knockin' On Heaven's Door", "Not Dark Yet", "Cold Irons Bound" and "Highlands".
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But the band I have most wanted to "get" but still cannot "get" is Foo Fighters. I really want to like them, especially being the product of Dave Grohl, formerly of my beloved Nirvana, but I don't. Songs like "All My Life," "Everlong," and "Learn to Fly" have great hooks, but thats about it. "My Hero" is pretty bad and their new songs "Best of You" and "DOA" fall completely flat. The only song I really really like from them is the acoustic version of "Everlong" (btw, anyone know what album it's from, if its even on one?).
I kinda thought that at first too, but if you want to like them you have to pretty much make yourself then you'll grow to actually like them with time. Personally, I like "My Hero," but I agree about their new songs.
Originally posted by mark f: Look three posts up. Again.
Even if you have, recheck out "Freight Train Blues", "With God on Our Side", "I Want You", "Just Like a Woman", "Lay Lady Lay", "Knockin' On Heaven's Door", "Not Dark Yet", "Cold Irons Bound" and "Highlands".
Knockin' On Heaven's Door, Not Dark Yet, Series of Dreams, Mr. Tambourine Man, Boots Of Spanish Leather, Standing In The Doorway are the some of his songs I love. I keep going back to him once a year or so to see if I can add to that list.
i really dont understand the hype about the arctic monkeys. I saw them live and thought they were about as bland as they come... the fiery furnaces are just painful to listen to no matter how many times I try. I also never got Wilco, M Ward, the Magnetic Fields, My Morning Jacket, Coldplay, or Pink Floyd. I like Dark Side of the Moon, but THe Wall is sooooooo bad.
Ok, I've been saving this one, but I seriously do not get Steeley Dan. This was reinforced when my wife and I visited my parents this past weekend and they had some playing. My dad thinks it's a generation gap, but I like lots of stuff from their generation. Steeley Dan just absolutely baffles me.
You guys are crazy. The Wall is a great album, and if you think it's bad, you clearly haven't sat down and listened to it. Rarely do you see an album that's that lyrically and musically cohesive. I'd take it over 90% of the albums released this decade. I do think it trails off a little after "Comfortably Numb", but up until that point it's solid as hell. Considering the length of it, I can forgive a less than perfect fourth side. Imperfect maybe, but bad? No way.
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Originally posted by PRG: Ok, I've been saving this one, but I seriously do not get Steeley Dan. This was reinforced when my wife and I visited my parents this past weekend and they had some playing. My dad thinks it's a generation gap, but I like lots of stuff from their generation. Steeley Dan just absolutely baffles me.
That's fine. Nobody likes everything that somebody else does. But let me take you back to the middle 1970s, when I was in college. My two fave bands back then were Roxy Music and Steely Dan. They spoke to me in ways no other bands did. I just loved everything they put out. The words, music, vocals, all, just seemed so much more interesting, subversive, thought-provoking, and entertaining than a lot of what was going on. I think I still do love those bands, up to a point.
I loved the first five Steely Dan albums: Can't Buy a Thrill, Countdown to Ecstasy, Pretzel Logic, Katy Lied, The Royal Scam. Then Aja came out in 1977. I found it toothless, and even before it became massively popular, I started losing interest in the Dan. I still highly enjoy the first five albums, but I don't pay any attention to their later stuff.
Same thing with Roxy Music. Now, I prefer Stranded, Country Life and Siren to the two earlier albums with Eno, but after Siren, they had a long pause, came back with Manifesto and lost me. I don't even care about Avalon, but those mid-70s Roxy Music albums sound REAL good today.
It's probably not a coincidence that the next thing I latched onto was the Punk Explosion which later turned into New Wave.
This doesn't really explain anything, but as a 16-20 year-old listening to those albums as they came out, it was just like how I grew up with the Beatles a few years earlier. They had a big effect on me, how I listen to music, and how I look at the whole world. So, I have to "get" those albums and bands because otherwise my life's a more transparent lie than it already seems.
"Naked Woman, Naked Man Where did you get that nice sun tan?"
Originally posted by mark f: Same thing with Roxy Music. Now, I prefer Stranded, Country Life and Siren to the two earlier albums with Eno, but after Siren, they had a long pause, came back with Manifesto and lost me. I don't even care about Avalon, but those mid-70s Roxy Music albums sound REAL good today.
I totally agree with you about Roxy Music. Manifesto and Avalon do nothing for me, but I do love the three you mentioned. I also like the Eno stuff, but not as much.
. I'm not sure what you mean by "loose song structure". That sort of makes me think of a Phish concert-- where they'll play a minute of a song then noodle for 15 minutes. Dylan's songs always had structure.
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