It's not my favourite album, and I definitely don't feel like the songs are about me, but this album chased me through high school and every single song has become associated with a particular person or moment. No other album has soundtracked my life like this one did for a few years, so I guess it counts as My Album.
You know, Keasbey Nights and Everything Goes Numb are basically the only ska albums I like. I wonder why that is?
Because those guys are the only ones to do shit right all the time?
Don't get me wrong, I like The Aquabats, Reel Big Fish, Might Might Bosstones, and a couple others I can't think of right now, but Keasby Nights and Everything Goes Numb are the only albums I can listen to without skipping anything, and do it again and again.
I should clarify -- infinitely fuckable though Podly's choice makes him, I'm not sure that I too would call it "My Album."
I'm not sure I even have an album, now that I'm no longer an emo fuck who would have collectively listed everything Elliot Smith wrote up until XO (becuase that's when he got too happy).
I generally don't listen to music with a purpose of really identifying with the artist, or anything like that. In fact, lyrics are really only important to me in that they don't take me out of the expierence. If they're clever/funny/witty/evocative-without-being-sacchrine -- great. I can always appreciate good writing. But it's generally not my focus.
I have a lot of albums dear to my heart -- Weezer, because it was the first thing I ever listened to that wasn't utter shit, Aeroplane Over the Sea, because I have beloved childhood memories of listening to it. Same goes for a ton of Bob Dylan, Belle and Sebastien, Beatles, Rufus Wainright, The Flaming Lips, Interpol, The Shins, and many others. This is It because that was the first band I could ever say I knew "before they were cool;" Either/Or because it still is really evocative without being trite, in addition to being fucking fantastic; Blueberry Boat because it was one of the first really experimental albums I'd ever heard that totally grabbed me; and, honestly, there are so many that it would take me far too long to remember them all.
But, man, I gotta say, it's really hard not to think of
Their albums aren't as immediately accessable as some. But man are they ever worth the effort. There are tracks on here that send shivers down me as they reach their pitch.
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Every song on this album just fills me with joy. It keeps a consistent melodic feel and has instant gratification throughout the whole thing. I can listen to it forever without getting tired. I sometimes like to classify Maiden as a metal band for humanities students; this album is based on a semi-obscure book by Orson Scott Card intermingled with various folklore and lyrical content. Fucking awesome.
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You know, Keasbey Nights and Everything Goes Numb are basically the only ska albums I like. I wonder why that is?
Because those guys are the only ones to do shit right all the time?
Don't get me wrong, I like The Aquabats, Reel Big Fish, Might Might Bosstones, and a couple others I can't think of right now, but Keasby Nights and Everything Goes Numb are the only albums I can listen to without skipping anything, and do it again and again.
Well yes, that's third wave ska, it's very close to punk rock. Streetlight Manifesto/Catch 22 are less focused on the whole jumping around be happy goddamnit. You should start listening to older ska, maybe you like the Skatalites or Madness.
Other modern ska (not counting Aquabats, RBF and MMB, because I do like what they're doing, or at least, some of it) that is more than punky ~ Cherry Poppin' Daddies, Ask my Cat and Mad Caddies. Also: listen to some Pannonia All-star Ska Orchestra and Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra. You have no soul if you don't like that. D=<
By the way, I would be very pleased if people would post a clarification of what is Their Album, I mean, that is the purpose of this thread and all.
For some reason, the whole album resonates with me, even though I should hate it (based on my other musical tastes.)
"Coqueliquot: Asleep in the Poppies" used to be my favorite Of Montreal album before this one. It caused me to order the complete discography off of Amazon.com (well, every Of Montreal album they had in stock, anyway)
After listening to this wonderful little nonsensical pop CD over and over again since before I could shave I can feel confident saying I probably belong as much to this album as it belongs to me. Every single song makes me smile a goofy smile and bob my head along, I even think the spoken word bonus track is entertaining.
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I'm not looking to get int "genre definition wars" here, but lets take an example like the band Tool. The music could be classified as metal, but the content is emotional, intelligent, introspective and provocative. Especially the later albums; Metal music talking about enjoying life and making the most of your experiences.
I saw an interview where he was asked about the "anger" in the lyrics. His response was (paraphrasing obviously) that anger isnt always negaive. Sometimes it can be a positive force. If you're angry about something, you will make changes.
Recently he was actually criticised that the lyrics were not as angry. He response was that he heals through his music. If he didnt he wouldn't do it. If he was still angry, he would have quit.
I'm sure there are other examples... But as I put their Album as mine, I felt compelled to respond. ;-)
If I have to hear Sadeness played during one more flogging scene at a play party I'm going grab the fucking flogger and whip the shit out of the dom.
Just like any song that's an instant, massive hit, it's played far too often. Like Def Leppard's Let's Get Rocked (hardly their best song, but it's played constantly by VH1) or, more recently, like Gwen Stefani's Hollaback Girl... grargh, I wouldn't mind that song so much if it wasn't forced on me every time I jump into someone's car. Bloody radio, it's no wonder I don't listen to it.
MCMXC AD, though... beautiful.
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...and I thought of how all those people died, and what a good death that is. That nobody can blame you for it, because everyone else died along with you, and it is the fault of none, save those who did the killing.
I'm not looking to get int "genre definition wars" here, but lets take an example like the band Tool. The music could be classified as metal, but the content is emotional, intelligent, introspective and provocative. Especially the later albums; Metal music talking about enjoying life and making the most of your experiences.
I saw an interview where he was asked about the "anger" in the lyrics. His response was (paraphrasing obviously) that anger isnt always negaive. Sometimes it can be a positive force. If you're angry about something, you will make changes.
Recently he was actually criticised that the lyrics were not as angry. He response was that he heals through his music. If he didnt he wouldn't do it. If he was still angry, he would have quit.
I'm sure there are other examples... But as I put their Album as mine, I felt compelled to respond. ;-)
I don't think Tool is really the kind of metal Podly was referring to. I think he was referring to the heavier, almost entirely instrumentally-focused kind of metal, the kind where the lyrics include things like "I don't wish anybody well, I want everybody to share my pain" and such wonderfully goofy horseshit. (I actually heard these lyrics today while listening to some of my music collection)
Note that I enjoy a lot of metal myself, although not the hardest of hard, but it is hard to see how anybody could really find some kind of intimate connection with the lyrics usually found in metal music.
That said, sometimes a connection is not lyrical, but rather sonic. Sometimes a song has a sound that really gets you. Melodic metal does this in the standard way but usually aims more for technical and aggressive appeal than any particular emotion, I think. Non-melodic metal, however, surely resonates with people who are really angry, all the time.
I don't think Tool is really the kind of metal Podly was referring to. I think he was referring to the heavier, almost entirely instrumentally-focused kind of metal, the kind where the lyrics include things like "I don't wish anybody well, I want everybody to share my pain" and such wonderfully goofy horseshit. (I actually heard these lyrics today while listening to some of my music collection)
Note that I enjoy a lot of metal myself, although not the hardest of hard, but it is hard to see how anybody could really find some kind of intimate connection with the lyrics usually found in metal music.
That said, sometimes a connection is not lyrical, but rather sonic. Sometimes a song has a sound that really gets you. Melodic metal does this in the standard way but usually aims more for technical and aggressive appeal than any particular emotion, I think. Non-melodic metal, however, surely resonates with people who are really angry, all the time.
For as far as I am aware no one has posted a death metal album as Their Album, yet.
Just like any song that's an instant, massive hit, it's played far too often. Like Def Leppard's Let's Get Rocked (hardly their best song, but it's played constantly by VH1) or, more recently, like Gwen Stefani's Hollaback Girl... grargh, I wouldn't mind that song so much if it wasn't forced on me every time I jump into someone's car. Bloody radio, it's no wonder I don't listen to it.
MCMXC AD, though... beautiful.
Oh, I agree. It's an excellent album.
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It's not my favourite album, and I definitely don't feel like the songs are about me, but this album chased me through high school and every single song has become associated with a particular person or moment. No other album has soundtracked my life like this one did for a few years, so I guess it counts as My Album.
If I have to hear Sadeness played during one more flogging scene at a play party I'm going grab the fucking flogger and whip the shit out of the dom.
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Because those guys are the only ones to do shit right all the time?
Don't get me wrong, I like The Aquabats, Reel Big Fish, Might Might Bosstones, and a couple others I can't think of right now, but Keasby Nights and Everything Goes Numb are the only albums I can listen to without skipping anything, and do it again and again.
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I'm not sure I even have an album, now that I'm no longer an emo fuck who would have collectively listed everything Elliot Smith wrote up until XO (becuase that's when he got too happy).
I generally don't listen to music with a purpose of really identifying with the artist, or anything like that. In fact, lyrics are really only important to me in that they don't take me out of the expierence. If they're clever/funny/witty/evocative-without-being-sacchrine -- great. I can always appreciate good writing. But it's generally not my focus.
I have a lot of albums dear to my heart -- Weezer, because it was the first thing I ever listened to that wasn't utter shit, Aeroplane Over the Sea, because I have beloved childhood memories of listening to it. Same goes for a ton of Bob Dylan, Belle and Sebastien, Beatles, Rufus Wainright, The Flaming Lips, Interpol, The Shins, and many others. This is It because that was the first band I could ever say I knew "before they were cool;" Either/Or because it still is really evocative without being trite, in addition to being fucking fantastic; Blueberry Boat because it was one of the first really experimental albums I'd ever heard that totally grabbed me; and, honestly, there are so many that it would take me far too long to remember them all.
But, man, I gotta say, it's really hard not to think of
It's just so damned good.
This album reflects certain experiences in my life so strongly that after listening to it after said events, I started crying on the spot.
It is totally one of the best albums of forever.
Oh, fuck -- They Might Be Giants also have so many fond childhood memories.
Birdhouse in Your Soul makes me happy everytime I listen to it. I can't help myself.
How can a <insert your musical choice here> album resonate with anyone?
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Their albums aren't as immediately accessable as some. But man are they ever worth the effort. There are tracks on here that send shivers down me as they reach their pitch.
No contest.
I have a lot of albums that I would consider "my albums" but those are the two that I thought of first.
A fine choice, and one I would have called as my own album until I heard...
Every song on that album is a classic.
Seriously though, whether you like metal or not, saying what Poldy said instantly certifies you a reprobate.
Every song on this album just fills me with joy. It keeps a consistent melodic feel and has instant gratification throughout the whole thing. I can listen to it forever without getting tired. I sometimes like to classify Maiden as a metal band for humanities students; this album is based on a semi-obscure book by Orson Scott Card intermingled with various folklore and lyrical content. Fucking awesome.
srsly.
Well yes, that's third wave ska, it's very close to punk rock. Streetlight Manifesto/Catch 22 are less focused on the whole jumping around be happy goddamnit. You should start listening to older ska, maybe you like the Skatalites or Madness.
Other modern ska (not counting Aquabats, RBF and MMB, because I do like what they're doing, or at least, some of it) that is more than punky ~ Cherry Poppin' Daddies, Ask my Cat and Mad Caddies. Also: listen to some Pannonia All-star Ska Orchestra and Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra. You have no soul if you don't like that. D=<
By the way, I would be very pleased if people would post a clarification of what is Their Album, I mean, that is the purpose of this thread and all.
For some reason, the whole album resonates with me, even though I should hate it (based on my other musical tastes.)
"Coqueliquot: Asleep in the Poppies" used to be my favorite Of Montreal album before this one. It caused me to order the complete discography off of Amazon.com (well, every Of Montreal album they had in stock, anyway)
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After listening to this wonderful little nonsensical pop CD over and over again since before I could shave I can feel confident saying I probably belong as much to this album as it belongs to me. Every single song makes me smile a goofy smile and bob my head along, I even think the spoken word bonus track is entertaining.
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I'm not looking to get int "genre definition wars" here, but lets take an example like the band Tool. The music could be classified as metal, but the content is emotional, intelligent, introspective and provocative. Especially the later albums; Metal music talking about enjoying life and making the most of your experiences.
I saw an interview where he was asked about the "anger" in the lyrics. His response was (paraphrasing obviously) that anger isnt always negaive. Sometimes it can be a positive force. If you're angry about something, you will make changes.
Recently he was actually criticised that the lyrics were not as angry. He response was that he heals through his music. If he didnt he wouldn't do it. If he was still angry, he would have quit.
I'm sure there are other examples... But as I put their Album as mine, I felt compelled to respond. ;-)
Just like any song that's an instant, massive hit, it's played far too often. Like Def Leppard's Let's Get Rocked (hardly their best song, but it's played constantly by VH1) or, more recently, like Gwen Stefani's Hollaback Girl... grargh, I wouldn't mind that song so much if it wasn't forced on me every time I jump into someone's car. Bloody radio, it's no wonder I don't listen to it.
MCMXC AD, though... beautiful.
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I don't think Tool is really the kind of metal Podly was referring to. I think he was referring to the heavier, almost entirely instrumentally-focused kind of metal, the kind where the lyrics include things like "I don't wish anybody well, I want everybody to share my pain" and such wonderfully goofy horseshit. (I actually heard these lyrics today while listening to some of my music collection)
Note that I enjoy a lot of metal myself, although not the hardest of hard, but it is hard to see how anybody could really find some kind of intimate connection with the lyrics usually found in metal music.
That said, sometimes a connection is not lyrical, but rather sonic. Sometimes a song has a sound that really gets you. Melodic metal does this in the standard way but usually aims more for technical and aggressive appeal than any particular emotion, I think. Non-melodic metal, however, surely resonates with people who are really angry, all the time.
Oh, I agree. It's an excellent album.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.