"Now there is one less tongue that will bend to say your name"
Sorry about the no posting, kinda lazy.
On the brightside I have pages upon pages to post up here! Let's see how much we can get through.
A few weeks back I called for Mike Shinoda's head. Do you think I was joking around? Come on, get on it!
Sapphire Pal: you need to do a worst band/songs post on music jerk
Sapphire Pal: yellow card "ocean ave"
(Spelling errors omitted. Heh.)
Sure, I'll give Yellow Card a worst band nod.
Have you ever watched music videos on mute? It really shows how ridiculous they are and every now and then you'll come across one that truly shows that videos, in general, are terrible for music. The video of "Promiscuous" is definitely one of these videos. And what the hell is Justin Timberlake doing in the video at the end. Actually, his apperance in the video makes me laugh every time.
Speaking of Timberlake his new single is pretty good. I was a big fan of his first album (it just sounds like an updated version of Michael Jackson's "Off The Wall") and can't wait to hear this new one.
If you can't relate to the lyrics in "Lachrymose Obsequious Vehement Elated (L.O.V.E.)" by Park Ave. (this band is the ONLY time I can stand Conor Oberst) then you're some kind of heartless automaton.
Okay, okay not all videos are bad. For instance, Hype Williams is a God-damned genius! His videos are always so colorful and so pleasing to the eye. His newest one, "Number One" by Pharrell (Kanye is on the track as well), may be his best. This video is what the movie remake of Miami Vice would look like in a perfect world. Hell in a perfect world all of Aimee Mann's albums would sound like "I'm With Stupid" and not like bland medicore pop/rock.
Anyway "Number One" is a great song without the video. I'd love to take a peak at Pharrell's music collection, I don't know if I can even guess what would be there. He's a great muscian, plus he's executive producing the live action movie version of Voltron. Obviously he's doing the music too and he's quoted as saying the the soundtrack will sound nothing like anything anyone's ever heard. Sweet.
Oh and the best arugement about Hype Williams? He goes by the name Hype. Wow.
Joan Of Arc's "Live In Chicago, 1999" (not a live album, it's pronounced "live" as in, I live in the state of Maryland) is top five material when speaking of best indie rock albums. "Frame And Canvas" by Braid and "Departures And Landfalls" by Boys Life would definitely be two of my other picks. And if you're counting discographies how about another Tim Kinsella band? Cap'n Jazz's "Analphabetapolothology."
If you're in need of a nice little pop/rock album to drive to or to get ready for the weekend to I highly recommend the new All-American Rejects album "Move Along." While it boasts arguably the worst song of the year in "Straightjacket Feeling," it's filled with memorable hooks and easily singable choruses. I find myself actually straying away from the singles "Dirty Little Secret" and "Move Along" and going to the real gems on the album, "Stab My Back," "Change Your Mind," and "Top Of The World." You'll love the last song if you know a lot of rich kids or grew up in a well-to-do community. Again the best way to describe this album is that it is absolutely perfect for driving to a party or getting ready for a big weekend.
So I might get a lot of shit for this one but I really like the new singles from both Paris Hilton ("Stars Are Blind") and Jessica Simpson ("Public Affair"). The Paris single sounds like a No Doubt song and Simpon's song sounds like a Janet Jackson single from the 90s. Quality pop. I'd much rather hear these than anything Shinoda has his hand in or hearing "Ridin' Dirty" for the four hundred seventy-fifth time in an hour.
Okay, so this single "So What" by Field Mob (Ciara contributes vocals to the track as well) has a great catchy hook but everytime I hear it I'm reminded of a Crass song by the same name and I end up singing that in my head. Weird. Ciara to Crass...
"Firestorm" by Earth Crisis is to hardcore what "Freebird" is to southern rock.
So the amazing radio station around here Jack FM played "The Metro" by Berlin the other day. I COMPLETELY flipped out. Good song. I highly suggest finding the album, "Pleasure Victim," it's full of wonderful new wave hooks. Plus Terri Nunn is credited with "Vocals, BJs" in the album and that's kinda funny.
A post or two back I was talking about theme songs and I completely forgot to mention "I'm Afraid Of Everything" by Braid. I should have mentioned it. This is top five material.
I was listening to the Mortiis album "The Smell Of Rain" the other day, which turned out to be a good thing as I had completely forgotten how great this album is. If you don't know, Mortiis is/was a big black metal guy - then this album came out. He claims he was listening to a lot of Nine Inch Nails while making this album and it shows. To me, it sounds like a much more poppy and interesting version of something Reznor would put out. If you're a fan of new wave, darkwave, black metal, synth pop or just keys and drum machines in general I suggest picking this up. Selected tracks: "You Put A Hex On Me" and "Smell The Witch" which sounds like a track you'd hear at your senior prom if everyone in your high school had something to do with Projekt Records. Actually with "Smell The Wtich" I swear at certain parts I can sing New Order's "Blue Monday" and it totally fits! And the album even boasts a great ballad in "Everyone Leaves."
So I think I'm ready to say that I like New Order much more than Joy Division. I'm sure someone will have a fit about that. I mean they penned "True Faith." "True Faith." Plus much like the Less Than Jake song, all my friends are metal heads and I keep threatening to sing "Blue Monday" because they're always obnoxiously doing the beginning of Slayer's "Reign In Blood" to my complete chagrin.
The Music Jerk's embarrassing admission of the day: Speaking of The Dave Matthews Band, I am a fan of everything including and before the album "Before These Crowded Streets."
=(
On the brightside I have pages upon pages to post up here! Let's see how much we can get through.
A few weeks back I called for Mike Shinoda's head. Do you think I was joking around? Come on, get on it!
Sapphire Pal: you need to do a worst band/songs post on music jerk
Sapphire Pal: yellow card "ocean ave"
(Spelling errors omitted. Heh.)
Sure, I'll give Yellow Card a worst band nod.
Have you ever watched music videos on mute? It really shows how ridiculous they are and every now and then you'll come across one that truly shows that videos, in general, are terrible for music. The video of "Promiscuous" is definitely one of these videos. And what the hell is Justin Timberlake doing in the video at the end. Actually, his apperance in the video makes me laugh every time.
Speaking of Timberlake his new single is pretty good. I was a big fan of his first album (it just sounds like an updated version of Michael Jackson's "Off The Wall") and can't wait to hear this new one.
If you can't relate to the lyrics in "Lachrymose Obsequious Vehement Elated (L.O.V.E.)" by Park Ave. (this band is the ONLY time I can stand Conor Oberst) then you're some kind of heartless automaton.
Okay, okay not all videos are bad. For instance, Hype Williams is a God-damned genius! His videos are always so colorful and so pleasing to the eye. His newest one, "Number One" by Pharrell (Kanye is on the track as well), may be his best. This video is what the movie remake of Miami Vice would look like in a perfect world. Hell in a perfect world all of Aimee Mann's albums would sound like "I'm With Stupid" and not like bland medicore pop/rock.
Anyway "Number One" is a great song without the video. I'd love to take a peak at Pharrell's music collection, I don't know if I can even guess what would be there. He's a great muscian, plus he's executive producing the live action movie version of Voltron. Obviously he's doing the music too and he's quoted as saying the the soundtrack will sound nothing like anything anyone's ever heard. Sweet.
Oh and the best arugement about Hype Williams? He goes by the name Hype. Wow.
Joan Of Arc's "Live In Chicago, 1999" (not a live album, it's pronounced "live" as in, I live in the state of Maryland) is top five material when speaking of best indie rock albums. "Frame And Canvas" by Braid and "Departures And Landfalls" by Boys Life would definitely be two of my other picks. And if you're counting discographies how about another Tim Kinsella band? Cap'n Jazz's "Analphabetapolothology."
If you're in need of a nice little pop/rock album to drive to or to get ready for the weekend to I highly recommend the new All-American Rejects album "Move Along." While it boasts arguably the worst song of the year in "Straightjacket Feeling," it's filled with memorable hooks and easily singable choruses. I find myself actually straying away from the singles "Dirty Little Secret" and "Move Along" and going to the real gems on the album, "Stab My Back," "Change Your Mind," and "Top Of The World." You'll love the last song if you know a lot of rich kids or grew up in a well-to-do community. Again the best way to describe this album is that it is absolutely perfect for driving to a party or getting ready for a big weekend.
So I might get a lot of shit for this one but I really like the new singles from both Paris Hilton ("Stars Are Blind") and Jessica Simpson ("Public Affair"). The Paris single sounds like a No Doubt song and Simpon's song sounds like a Janet Jackson single from the 90s. Quality pop. I'd much rather hear these than anything Shinoda has his hand in or hearing "Ridin' Dirty" for the four hundred seventy-fifth time in an hour.
Okay, so this single "So What" by Field Mob (Ciara contributes vocals to the track as well) has a great catchy hook but everytime I hear it I'm reminded of a Crass song by the same name and I end up singing that in my head. Weird. Ciara to Crass...
"Firestorm" by Earth Crisis is to hardcore what "Freebird" is to southern rock.
So the amazing radio station around here Jack FM played "The Metro" by Berlin the other day. I COMPLETELY flipped out. Good song. I highly suggest finding the album, "Pleasure Victim," it's full of wonderful new wave hooks. Plus Terri Nunn is credited with "Vocals, BJs" in the album and that's kinda funny.
A post or two back I was talking about theme songs and I completely forgot to mention "I'm Afraid Of Everything" by Braid. I should have mentioned it. This is top five material.
I was listening to the Mortiis album "The Smell Of Rain" the other day, which turned out to be a good thing as I had completely forgotten how great this album is. If you don't know, Mortiis is/was a big black metal guy - then this album came out. He claims he was listening to a lot of Nine Inch Nails while making this album and it shows. To me, it sounds like a much more poppy and interesting version of something Reznor would put out. If you're a fan of new wave, darkwave, black metal, synth pop or just keys and drum machines in general I suggest picking this up. Selected tracks: "You Put A Hex On Me" and "Smell The Witch" which sounds like a track you'd hear at your senior prom if everyone in your high school had something to do with Projekt Records. Actually with "Smell The Wtich" I swear at certain parts I can sing New Order's "Blue Monday" and it totally fits! And the album even boasts a great ballad in "Everyone Leaves."
So I think I'm ready to say that I like New Order much more than Joy Division. I'm sure someone will have a fit about that. I mean they penned "True Faith." "True Faith." Plus much like the Less Than Jake song, all my friends are metal heads and I keep threatening to sing "Blue Monday" because they're always obnoxiously doing the beginning of Slayer's "Reign In Blood" to my complete chagrin.
The Music Jerk's embarrassing admission of the day: Speaking of The Dave Matthews Band, I am a fan of everything including and before the album "Before These Crowded Streets."
=(
posted by Mike at
5:50 PM
6 Comments:
I don’t see how you can like a band that petered out and is clinging to former greatness, when Joy Division was artistically better and went out tragically but with the dignity of not clutching at fame until it passed them by. Now my argument is flawed because it was only Curtis that did this, but as he was the band I think it counts. Blue Monday is a better single than Love Will Tear Us Apart but on a whole I think that Joy Division far outweighs New Order overall catalog of songs. Just try comparing a song like Decades to something like We All Stand, they just don’t compete. Although Age of Consent is pretty hot in the Marie Antoinette trailer.
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Greg, at 1:00 PM
BLAH BLAH BLAH LOOK AT ALL THE MUSIC I LISTEN TO BLAH BLAH BLAH
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Anonymous, at 3:21 PM
I really need to see that trailer...
In terms of singles New Order is definitely better, hands down. To me, New Order is more keyboard driven and catchy, which are huges pluses in my ears. Plus New Order doesn't make me want to shoot myself quite like Joy Division does, which I'd imagine is a good thing.
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Mike, at 4:07 PM
Depends on the situation I suppose, ad I think that Joy Division is damn catchy in that Xiu Xiu, metal sreeching on metal, kind of a way. And to anonymous I say yes i am better than you unless it was just you Mike making fun of me in which case I'm still better than you but you know music better. That was a horrible sentance...
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Greg, at 4:18 PM
Yes, a truly horrible sentence Irish.
I think that's my friend D.
I'll give you that Joy Division is catchy in the same way Xiu Xiu is, that's a good analogy.
I still stand by the New Order pick though. I know I listen to "Power, Corruption And Lies" a lot more than "Closer."
But yeah, you're probably right, it is situational. But I think you'll find yourself listening to New Order more than Joy Division unless you're situation is complete not-trying-to-behip sad bastard.
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Mike, at 5:08 PM
http://reallybadlyrics.blogspot.com/
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