lazarus
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Let it be known that I resisted a strong temptation to post the Requiem for a Dream clip. Yeah, that one.
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Let it be known that I resisted a strong temptation to post the Requiem for a Dream clip. Yeah, that one.
cobl04
45:33
i went for a drive the other night for 71 minutes just to listen to the album.Aquarius Sabotage rocks.
lazarus
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I just got a good chuckle out of that. Funny.
UnforgettableLemon
Rock n' Roll Doggie ALL ACCESS
So Embryonic got me to finally go back and pick up The Soft Bulletin and At War with the Mystics. I'm wondering how far back I should go. I have every intention of getting Transmissions from the Satellite Heart and Clouds Taste Metallic, but are the early albums worth getting? From what I gather, the consensus is that In a Priest Driven Ambulance is the first noteworthy record.
Embryonic is so compellingly unlistenable. It's dense and difficult in the best way possible. It's just gorgeously ugly.
Embryonic is so compellingly unlistenable. It's dense and difficult in the best way possible. It's just gorgeously ugly.
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LMP
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On March 12 I get to see the Lips for the first time in three years. Happy day!
Also, for $32, this is almost worth going to Kansas for:
Holy shit.
Every album you mentioned is worth it.
cobl04
45:33
man, i love this band. Embryonic is one of the most interesting, awesome records i have, start to finish.
A man holds a gun
Oh there's no explanation
He shoots at the sun
as for Soft Bulletin, Race for the Prize - openers don't come a lot better than that.
A man holds a gun
Oh there's no explanation
He shoots at the sun
as for Soft Bulletin, Race for the Prize - openers don't come a lot better than that.
the tourist
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As long as it's not the remixed version that appears on the album's initial release. The original version (which appears as a bonus track on the initial release) smashes the shit out of the watered down remix.
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LMP
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"Turn It On" is their best album opener, by far.
cobl04
45:33
i'm not sure which version i have, mine has 15 tracks, the last three being the 'Mokran' or 'Morkan' remixes of Race for the Prize and Waitin' for a Superman, and Buggin'.
guess i best be checking out Transmissions and Clouds Taste Metallic soon then.
lazarus
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No.
And no.
In fact, I'd go so far as to say Turn It On is my least favorite opener of what I've heard. Against Fight Test? Are you fucking kidding me?
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LMP
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Jesus Christmas, my bad. Second-best. Again, wrong time to post anything.
The remix of "Race for the Prize" is better, by the way. The drums on the original mix batter the shit out of everything.
The remix of "Race for the Prize" is better, by the way. The drums on the original mix batter the shit out of everything.
lazarus
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Yeah. Not surprising they put it at the front of the album.
the tourist
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Different tastes I guess. I love that sound. That drum sound appears quite a bit on Embryonic... so maybe that's why I really dig it as an album.
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LMP
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It feels more natural with the rest of the dissonance in Embryonic though. In "Race," it overtakes the awesome background vocals and synths in the breaks.
Anyway, I got to listen to that song at a house party last night and the night became eminently* better.
* I have to pay Sy Abelman royalties for that.
Anyway, I got to listen to that song at a house party last night and the night became eminently* better.
* I have to pay Sy Abelman royalties for that.
LemonMelon
More 5G Than Man
Ordinarily, the louder Steven Drozd's drums, the better. Songs like Pilot Can At The Queer Of God would be muted without that shit cranked. In this case though, I agree that the remix is smoother. You can air drum to it, but it's not dominating the mix.
LemonMelon
More 5G Than Man
It would have been impractical to include Mormons in the Watching The Planets video. Takes them too long to get undressed.
LemonMelon
More 5G Than Man
"What the hell was that?" is the correct response to it.
cobl04
45:33
yeah Buggin' is really cool.
five favourites? why certainly.
Race for the Prize
The Spark That Bled
Do You Realise?
Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell
The Ego's Last Stand
five favourites? why certainly.
Race for the Prize
The Spark That Bled
Do You Realise?
Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell
The Ego's Last Stand
LemonMelon
More 5G Than Man
Do You Realize??
The Spark That Bled
Christmas At The Zoo
Slow Nerve Action
Silver Trembling Hands
The Spark That Bled
Christmas At The Zoo
Slow Nerve Action
Silver Trembling Hands
cobl04
45:33
it's too hard with Embryonic, it's my favourite album of the three I've got, and while there's no absolute standouts for me, there's about 10 tracks which are all downright awesome.
