The 'Bands I don't Get' thread (2 Viewers)

[Space]

That explains your logic alright

Seeing as you need things explained in detail. I heard a song or two they didn't do it for me so I didn't bother with the album.

 

[Nate Champion]

This was my guess.

Or that you either skimmed it, or passively heard snatches of it.


This was exactly my feeling and experience of the second New Country Black Road album.

Heard some snatches of it drunk through one of those wretched smart alec speaker jobs, then later lasted a couple of minutes into a full album yt attempt... haven't gone back since.

Can I say I gave it a fair chance by the parameters of outright fairness? No, but then I am not the patron saint of such things.

 

[Jerry Twig]

Seeing as you need things explained in detail. I heard a song or two they didn't do it for me so I didn't bother with the album.

No I get it - you both “like em” and “they didn’t do it for me”. Perfectly clear.

 

[Nate Champion]

He liked the first album. He considered himself a fan of it. He had a right to think he might enjoy the second album. He heard a few snatches of it, and it didn't grab him. Thusly, he decided not to bother with the second album.

Fin.


Which gives me another thread idea: Bands with one fantastic album and all their other stuff is mediocre. 'Madonna' by Trail of Dead, takes the Unwound thing, makes its own thing. Banger after banger...sequence and mix of the album borders on transcendence. Nothing else they've done interests me. Just makes me think, how??

 

[Jerry Twig]

He liked the first album. He considered himself a fan of it. He had a right to think he might enjoy the second album. He heard a few snatches of it, and it didn't grab him. Thusly, he decided not to bother with the second album.

Fin.


Which gives me another thread idea: Bands with one fantastic album and all their other stuff is mediocre. 'Madonna' by Trail of Dead, takes the Unwound thing, makes its own thing. Banger after banger...sequence and mix of the album borders on transcendence. Nothing else they've done interests me. Just makes me think, how??

Stop ruining my wind-up @Nate Champion

 

[ann post]

Which gives me another thread idea: Bands with one fantastic album and all their other stuff is mediocre. 'Madonna' by Trail of Dead, takes the Unwound thing, makes its own thing. Banger after banger...sequence and mix of the album borders on transcendence. Nothing else they've done interests me. Just makes me think, how??

I kinda think a lot of bands spend time messing with a few elements that come natural to them, and maybe once in the lifespan of the band get all these to come together in right order - that might be for one song, or one album, or one EP or whatever - more likely songs now that albums are kinda defunct. Pulp are an example of this, there are like 4 albums that are nearly the breakthrough one - the breakthrough one is everything they had before in the right place/order. obvs there are standouts that manage this a few times while they are together. lots of things like producers and all that play into it of course.

 

[Space]

No I get it - you both “like em” and “they didn’t do it for me”. Perfectly clear.

Stop bullying me.

 

[Space]

One of the lads from The Chisel also does Helm. Might be more up your street.

He was also in a great hardcore band called The Lowest Form who have two albums I really like.

 

[David Kronenbourg]

Bruce Springsteen. Handful of amazing songs but find him really boring

 

[Jerry Twig]

Stop bullying me.

Sorry, I certainly don’t want to do that.

I liked Crown Court, and some Violent Reaction. Back before they all started doing fashion magazine shoots on Carnaby St

 

[rettucs]

Bruce Springsteen. Handful of amazing songs but find him really boring

I love him but you'd have to go back a long way before you'd find a good album from him

 

[dudley]

Black Country, New Road. Just the most up it's own arse thing I've heard in years, and it's a pity because I think their offshoot band, Jockstrap, are feckin' amazing. Was hoping they'd be great.

 

[Unicron]

Black Country, New Road. Just the most up it's own arse thing I've heard in years, and it's a pity because I think their offshoot band, Jockstrap, are feckin' amazing. Was hoping they'd be great.

I really like their record from this year.

Apparently they're a much different band between that ne and the previous, the old singer found that being a musician wasn't good for him and he's a barista now apparently.

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

Fleetwood Mac.

 

[Unicron]

Fleetwood Mac.

Yep

 

[David Kronenbourg]

gasps

 

[David Kronenbourg]

Mac are an all time goat band

 

[GARYXKNIFEDX]

I only like Fleetwood Mac when they were a blues band.

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

Mac are an all time goat band

I’m actually embarrassed for people when they say they like them.

 

[Lili Marlene]

It took me a while to get them actually, especially Stevie Nicks songs. Now I'm not sure why I ever felt that way.

Tusk contender for best album of all time.