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[THIS IS MICHAEL JACKSON]

oh yeah, WEEZER

2 great albums, skydiving...

[beerwolf]

Interpol (which has been mentioned a few times already). For sure.

I like that track Evil from the second album 'Rosemary heaven restores you in light.....' but the first album (like Dj Shadow) gives you an inkling of great things to comes which never happens.

[kinski]

THIS IS MICHAEL JACKSON, on 30 January 2012 - 06:23 AM, said:

oh yeah, WEEZER

2 great albums, skydiving...

i don't get the pinkerton cult. is everyone in the world 17 and heartbroken when it comes to this band?
and i'm a weezer fan. like, really. demos and such.

[Audioblysk]

kinski, on 30 January 2012 - 12:49 AM, said:

pink floyd.

yup. eef u floyd fans.

I would wholeheartedly say fuck no. After dark side of the moon it got a little campy... well, alot of campy... but don't discount Meddle and Piper @ the gates of dawn.

kinski, on 30 January 2012 - 12:49 AM, said:

pink floyd.

yup. eef u floyd fans.

I would wholeheartedly say fuck no. After dark side of the moon it got a little campy... well, alot of campy... but don't discount Meddle and Piper @ the gates of dawn.

[beerwolf]

Meddle is a classic.

[THIS IS MICHAEL JACKSON]

kinski, on 30 January 2012 - 12:49 AM, said:

pink floyd.

he's just trolling... if not then

[THIS IS MICHAEL JACKSON]

kinski, on 30 January 2012 - 10:26 AM, said:

i don't get the pinkerton cult. is everyone in the world 17 and heartbroken when it comes to this band?
and i'm a weezer fan. like, really. demos and such.

every weezer is for the 17 heartbroken...

[Backson]

Xyrofen, on 30 January 2012 - 05:00 AM, said:

Boys Noize's "Power" is a lot worse/more annoying than "Oi Oi Oi".

I used to think this, but is grown on me now.

Maybe not a classic, but still pretty solid.

[ET]

radiohead - pablo honey

genius work, gradual decline ever since...

[THIS IS MICHAEL JACKSON]

Backson, on 30 January 2012 - 04:29 PM, said:

Xyrofen, on 30 January 2012 - 05:00 AM, said:

Boys Noize's "Power" is a lot worse/more annoying than "Oi Oi Oi".

I used to think this, but is grown on me now.

Maybe not a classic, but still pretty solid.

true

just like mgmt 2nd album, i used to hate it and i almost had to kill it uhuhuhuhuoooooohhhhhYYYYYEEEEAAHHHHH

[jefferoo]

Mesh Gear Fox, on 30 January 2012 - 12:37 AM, said:

yeah weezer. pinkerton is cool but gets more credit than it deserves imo, context aside.

Weezer was my first thought also.

The Thermals - More parts per million
Violent Femmes
Guns n roses - appetite for destruction (obviously)
DEVO - q/a (a subtle decline, however)
Lou Reed - Transformer
Sex pistols - nmtb (again, obvious)
And in some respects, yes, pink floyd.

I can think of a lot of 2nd album career peaks:

Faith no more - introduce yourself
NIN - broken
High on fire - surrounded by thieves

Falling asleep :(

[Backson]

Backson, on 30 January 2012 - 04:29 PM, said:

Xyrofen, on 30 January 2012 - 05:00 AM, said:

Boys Noize's "Power" is a lot worse/more annoying than "Oi Oi Oi".

I used to think this, but is grown on me now.

Maybe not a classic, but still pretty solid.

Actually, I'd like to add that BN is probably the only one of the electro dudes who broke in 06/07 who actually has been able to maintain quality.

The rest of them don't really know what sort of music they are making or who they are making it for.

[dese manz hatin]

can't wait til this happens to the xx

[beerwolf]

ET, on 30 January 2012 - 05:04 PM, said:

radiohead - pablo honey

genius work, gradual decline ever since...

Hahah

[THIS IS MICHAEL JACKSON]

jefferoo, on 31 January 2012 - 12:57 AM, said:

Guns n roses - appetite for destruction (obviously)

damn boy, UYI has some gold songs, watch your mouth :)

[Backson]

dese manz hatin, on 31 January 2012 - 07:54 AM, said:

can't wait til this happens to the xx

as if an album of hipsters mumbling out of tune over lazy minimal indie bollocks was an "exciting debut album" to be begin with...

[jefferoo]

THIS IS MICHAEL JACKSON, on 31 January 2012 - 10:11 AM, said:

jefferoo, on 31 January 2012 - 12:57 AM, said:

Guns n roses - appetite for destruction (obviously)

damn boy, UYI has some gold songs, watch your mouth :)

I never said it didn't. It is still down hill from the starting mark, even if slightly.
My statement wasn't as casual as you'd like to belive. It was made with real passion and thought.
I will fight to the death that I am a bigger GNR fan than you are.
You wanna antagonize me, antagonize me motherfucker. Get in the ring motherfucker and I'll kick your bitchy little ass, PUNK.

[THIS IS MICHAEL JACKSON]

jefferoo, on 31 January 2012 - 05:25 PM, said:

THIS IS MICHAEL JACKSON, on 31 January 2012 - 10:11 AM, said:

jefferoo, on 31 January 2012 - 12:57 AM, said:

Guns n roses - appetite for destruction (obviously)

damn boy, UYI has some gold songs, watch your mouth :)

I never said it didn't. It is still down hill from the starting mark, even if slightly.
My statement wasn't as casual as you'd like to belive. It was made with real passion and thought.
I will fight to the death that I am a bigger GNR fan than you are.
You wanna antagonize me, antagonize me motherfucker. Get in the ring motherfucker and I'll kick your bitchy little ass, PUNK.

when i said downhill i meant skydiving, it was right after UYI

[jefferoo]

THIS IS MICHAEL JACKSON, on 31 January 2012 - 05:52 PM, said:

when i said downhill i meant skydiving, it was right after UYI

Downhill is still downhill.

UYI has some classics, but I dare to say, not a single track on either UYI1/2 reaches the bar set by AFD, even at it's lowest (arguably, "Think About You")... IMO.
Fuck homie, GNR Lies is a near-flawless album, and that is still downhill from Appetite... although even lesser so.

To tell you the truth, Lies was always my favorite though, mostly because it was the first GNR album I bought.

[dr lopez]

Air (up until about half way through Talkie Walkie, 10,000Hz Legend being the best)

Chemical Brothers

Cibo Matto

Daft Punk (I'm assuming they aren't getting any better)

Franz Ferdinand (yea I liked the first one sue me)

The Futureheads (This actually broke my heart because the first album totally kills)

The Orb

[modey]

jefferoo, on 31 January 2012 - 12:57 AM, said:

Faith no more - introduce yourself
NIN - broken

Woah, really? Introduce Yourself was awesome, but I'd say King For A Day is light years ahead. Then again, I'm of the opinion that they stopped at their peak.

This thread is like listening to a bunch of people who think King Crimson never did anything better than ITCOTCK..

[YO303]

dr lopez, on 31 January 2012 - 06:19 PM, said:

The Orb

no ..

[dr lopez]

oh shit sorry yeah I thought it was like initial first period. first 4 orb albums are

[Cryptowen]

jefferoo, on 31 January 2012 - 12:57 AM, said:

DEVO - q/a (a subtle decline, however)

Devo is interesting in that you can almost believe the claim that they intentionally started as a band that liked obtuse lyrics & dabbled in non-4/4 time signatures/weird structures, then slowly turned themselves into a watered down pop music parody of themselves as evidence of their whole devolution argument.

Any other band, I'd say YEH SURE GUYS YOU GOT SHITTY ON PURPOSE YEH OKAY, but Devo I can sorta buy it.

[modey]

Cryptowen, on 31 January 2012 - 07:22 PM, said:

jefferoo, on 31 January 2012 - 12:57 AM, said:

DEVO - q/a (a subtle decline, however)

Devo is interesting in that you can almost believe the claim that they intentionally started as a band that liked obtuse lyrics & dabbled in non-4/4 time signatures/weird structures, then slowly turned themselves into a watered down pop music parody of themselves as evidence of their whole devolution argument.

Any other band, I'd say YEH SURE GUYS YOU GOT SHITTY ON PURPOSE YEH OKAY, but Devo I can sorta buy it.

I think in terms of 'going pop', it has a lot to do with the fact that decent catchy pop music is actually pretty hard to write. Once you've nailed the art of making weird-ass shit all the time, pop music just seems to be the next big challenge. At least from my experience anyway.