Guest AOOproductions Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 I don't get it. Do I need to be drunk and blasting the music at a heinous level to understand it or something. I mean, everyone i talk to yells at me when i call them noise... and I guess they aren't... plus Pitchfork is absolutely bananas about them, so thats just one more reason not to like them as far as im concerned. they gave their last album a 9.6 and rated it the 14th best album of the decade... sure their hasn't been a vast amount of musical statements these last 10 years... but c'mon now pitchfork. 14th best of decade? Post good songs please that could possibly change my mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Benedict Cumberbatch Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 no one cares what you think of animal collective. fuk ff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest southside jim Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 I don't get it. Do I need to be drunk and blasting the music at a heinous level to understand it or something. I mean, everyone i talk to yells at me when i call them noise... and I guess they aren't... plus Pitchfork is absolutely bananas about them, so thats just one more reason not to like them as far as im concerned. they gave their last album a 9.6 and rated it the 14th best album of the decade... sure their hasn't been a vast amount of musical statements these last 10 years... but c'mon now pitchfork. 14th best of decade? Post good songs please that could possibly change my mind. gonna have to straight-up agree with you on this one...got loads of friends that love AC, i can't get myself through any of their songs.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaini Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 dude we have like three animal collective threads already including an anti-animal collective thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AOOproductions Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 dude we have like three animal collective threads already including an anti-animal collective thread And I don't spend my time surfing through WATTM threads online. I don't get AC, there it is. If you want, post a video to get me into it THE END Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcock Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 im not fussed wether you like them or not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAXIMUS MISCHIEF Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 you just have bad taste is all, theres nothin we can do about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rabid Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 Naw I'm pretty sure OP's right, Animal Collective is kind of shit. MY GIRLS MY GIRLS x50 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 if you keep listening, it will click at some point on some level. they have so much going on on most of their stuff it does get very noisy and abstract but usually there are great melodies. sometimes buried and sometimes right up front. they seem to be a very polarizing band and their fanatic fans will jump down your throat the second you say anything other than praising every second of everything they have ever done. they do change it up a lot but most of their stuff is very much recognizable as ac. if you do like a challenge, they certainly provide it, but if you are convinced they arent good, instead of listening to find the good aspects of their music, you will focus on the bad and then give up. personally, i think its worth it when you find your break though, if you do, because they are and have been making some of the most interesting and forward pushing music in the last few years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest camoqp Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 Just listen to Spirit They've Gone Spirit They've Vanished. Most people who listen to AC don't even know about that album and if they do don't own it. This is just a generalization but from what I've seen holds true in many cases. That is their best work imo and really is just the flat out truth.... Its like Clouddeads Ten that album was made at a special time in their lives and will never be recreated, this stands true for that album I just mentioned. Take my word for it and do yourself a favor and listen to that album with an open mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr_Nova Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 I do really like Merryweather Post Pavillion, and agree that is an important album of the last decade. But I can completely understand why anyone would find these guys pretty hard to stomache. I'm not sure I could listen to any of their other albums start to finish. Much of their earlier material sounds like random repetitive jamming that's been thrown together and is for the most part really irritating to hear (not to everyone, clearly, but definitely for me). It sounds like they've got a better grasp on what they're doing now, and they've definitely come up with a sound pretty unique to themselves which I can appreciate. Even with the stuff they've done that to me sounds downright horrible, I can at least appreciate the fact that they've always been doing their own thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest camoqp Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 Haha fuck me for misspelling that album name (Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAXIMUS MISCHIEF Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 Sung Tongs, Feels, Strawberry Jam, Merriweather Post Pavilion... dont pay attention to anything before then (other than spirit theyre gone) unless you like stuff like black dice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest iamabe Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 animal collective is numbingly repetitive and all of their stupid rhythms and melodies are just tribal hippie cliches. boring music IMHO. even in the songs that i do like, for every cool melody there is an aggravating sound to match. it's like everything they do is Ventolin except they are totally unaware about how grating they sound. I saw them once and spent more time worrying about how much my back hurt from standing for so long than listening to their jam-wanks. I also read that they use tons of electronics but dont sync or quantize so they can sound more human. it just makes them sound sloppy. ALSO, i cant listen to them on headphones for more than 20 minutes. whereas, even clark is easier to listen to on phones. on one hand, it's hopeful that "experimental" is popular these days. on the other, its irritating because its just hippies who want psychedelia they cant comprehend. i'm just mad because i have a research paper due Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcock Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 an interesting thing about music is that not everyone likes the same things. i know this may come as a shock to you but i can assure you its true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAXIMUS MISCHIEF Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 animal collective is numbingly repetitive and all of their stupid rhythms and melodies are just tribal hippie cliches. boring music IMHO. even in the songs that i do like, for every cool melody there is an aggravating sound to match. it's like everything they do is Ventolin except they are totally unaware about how grating they sound. I saw them once and spent more time worrying about how much my back hurt from standing for so long than listening to their jam-wanks. I also read that they use tons of electronics but dont sync or quantize so they can sound more human. it just makes them sound sloppy. ALSO, i cant listen to them on headphones for more than 20 minutes. whereas, even clark is easier to listen to on phones. on one hand, it's hopeful that "experimental" is popular these days. on the other, its irritating because its just hippies who want psychedelia they cant comprehend. i'm just mad because i have a research paper due all of your opinions are wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest iamabe Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 animal collective blows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 and down down the terlit it goes... i used to hate these guys with a passion but i can not get enough of them in recent months. its really weird. they are def a love/hate band. and i have done both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AOOproductions Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 hmmm i like some of the passion i see here. I shall give it another go. Although from what I've read, their newest album has the most "audible melody" of anything so far. So I will have to keep this in mind I suppose. No time to try and like these guys now though, to much work to do before the semester ends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcock Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 hmmm i like some of the passion i see here. I shall give it another go. Although from what I've read, their newest album has the most "audible melody" of anything so far. So I will have to keep this in mind I suppose. No time to try and like these guys now though, to much work to do before the semester ends. an interesting thing about music is that not everyone likes the same things. i know this may come as a shock to you but i can assure you its true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 hmmm i like some of the passion i see here. I shall give it another go. Although from what I've read, their newest album has the most "audible melody" of anything so far. So I will have to keep this in mind I suppose. No time to try and like these guys now though, to much work to do before the semester ends. if i were you, i'd start with their new ep and works backwards. or start with feels. but the merriweather album and new fall be kind ep are probably the most easily accessible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcock Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 an interesting thin..........fuck it. im gonna have a wank and silently weep looking at gaargs most recent mspaint thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest iamabe Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 in fairness, i was hooked on "my girls" and "summertime clothes" when I first heard them. I still like that second song, but "my girls" hasnt aged well because with repeated listens i've realized I only like small bits of it, like the chorus. I feel like when I listen to AC most of my time is spent waiting for things to happen. summertime clothes is unusually good. If I heard anything else as succinct and melodic as it I might like them more. but I've listened to the last 3 LPs and the strawberry jam EP, and I just don't see them being worth my time anymore. one thing that fuels my frustration with them is how zealous animal collective fans are. at least if they weren't so hyped, I might not find it so hard to like them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcock Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 basically the only place ive ever heard of animal collective is this place. a few of the people ive met here at uni like them but really in british real life no-one gives a shit about them. as far as ive seen anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 one thing that fuels my frustration with them is how zealous animal collective fans are. at least if they weren't so hyped, I might not find it so hard to like them. this is very true. if you want a laugh go check out the collected animals message boards. pure insanity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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