Haiku Valley Superthread

[Axver]

What about Lady With The Spinning Head? I consider that U2's second best b-side (after, of course, Spanish Eyes).

I wouldn't say LWTSH is comparable to Spanish Eyes though, except in the sense they're both quality b-sides.

My rankings:
1. Alex Descends
=2. WDIAGW
=2. LWTSH

And I don't want LWTSH to win because that's just boring and predictable.

 

[phanan]

What about Lady With The Spinning Head? I consider that U2's second best b-side (after, of course, Spanish Eyes).

I wouldn't mind seeing that one win.

 

[the tourist]

I wouldn't mind seeing that one win.

 

[Axver]

I think this round has been more correct than most. Thank God WDIAGW is heading out. That song just bugs me.

As long as Alex Descends lasts a while, I'm down with the round.

What's your objection to WDIAGW? There's some cool guitar stuff, it's really catchy, and the "so you walk on by" ending is great.

 

[the tourist]

Personally, I think WDIAGW suffers from hideous production.

 

[RavenBlue]

It's supposed to be a high of 13 Saturday here. So we'll have dropped a fair bit, still pretty mild though.

It was so nice to walk around in short sleeves

 

[Screwtape2]

Thoughts? I haven't listened to it yet.

I swear to non-existent God, this Sigur Ros song sounds like baby's music, or at least the first 1:30 do.

Which Sigur Ros song are you listening to?

 

[Axver]

Ugh, Killers. This song is just there, but I keep waiting for this guy to spit out another horrible lyric like "I've got soul but I'm not a soldier".

Well done, dipshit. You've poisoned all of your music. Bono could record a whole album where 'kneel' or 'soul' is in every lyric and it still wouldn't poison things as much as that worst lyric in recorded history.

 

[the tourist]

Nightwish reminds me of the celtic stuff my brother listens to.

 

[DreamOutLoud13]

Oh no. Evanescence. Really?

Which song?

*owns both Evanescence albums*

 

[the tourist]

Which song?

*owns both Evanescence albums*

My Immortal. Not my thing in the slightest.

 

[Axver]

Which Sigur Ros song are you listening to?

The one in Irishteen/Lemonchick's playlist, Saeglópur. All in all, although it picked up and had decent atmosphere, it felt too much like "hey let's make music for babies!"

 

[Axver]

Nightwish reminds me of the celtic stuff my brother listens to.

I cannot stand Tarja Turunuren or whatever her name is, and this whole plague of "gothic" metal with operatic female vocalists.

 

[the tourist]

I cannot stand Tarja Turunuren or whatever her name is, and this whole plague of "gothic" metal with operatic female vocalists.

Agreed.

 

[Axver]

Personally, I think WDIAGW suffers from hideous production.

It's not even comparable to the epic production phail of So Cruel or the end of UTEOTW.

 

[LMP]

Ugh, Killers. This song is just there, but I keep waiting for this guy to spit out another horrible lyric like "I've got soul but I'm not a soldier".

Well done, dipshit. You've poisoned all of your music. Bono could record a whole album where 'kneel' or 'soul' is in every lyric and it still wouldn't poison things as much as that worst lyric in recorded history.

I think I put an acoustic version of that track on my list, but it segues well into the next track - maybe you'll appreciate the context.

Hey fellas. Moulin Rouge wasn't that bad.

 

[Axver]

I don't like this KT Turnstall song much, and the flow and segues would have made more sense without the Killers song between it and Sigur Ros.

 

[the tourist]

It's not even comparable to the epic production phail of So Cruel or the end of UTEOTW.

At least those are produced similarly to the rest of Achtung Baby. WDIAGW sounds like it is albumless, and poorly produced as well.

 

[Varitek]

hey superthread

 

[the tourist]

I don't like this KT Turnstall song much

I don't like KT Tunstall at all.


Then again, I've really noticed I don't like female vocalists much.

 

[the tourist]

Tom Waits is very strange. I'd never heard a Tom Waits song before just now.

 

[phillyfan26]

What's your objection to WDIAGW? There's some cool guitar stuff, it's really catchy, and the "so you walk on by" ending is great.

I don't like the guitar, to be honest. Just too much sort of off-kilter shredding, not really melodic in any way. I don't know how to describe it. It just annoys me.

 

[Axver]

Uh, My Body Is A Cage by The Arcade Fire is missing from Irishteen/Lemonchick's uploads ...

Edit: It seems I didn't download the third part, and some of it would've filled in the gaps. Shit.

 

[Screwtape2]

It's not even comparable to the epic production phail of So Cruel or the end of UTEOTW.

Yeah. I listen to the Salome Outtakes more than Achtung Baby so I ignore the bad production.

 

[the tourist]

And now The Police. I'm not really into The Police. Or REM. Or Bruce Springsteen. I wonder if this makes me less of a U2 fan.

 

[phillyfan26]

hey superthread

VAZZA!

 

[the tourist]

Uh, My Body Is A Cage by The Arcade Fire is missing from Irishteen/Lemonchick's uploads ...

Yeah. I told them about that about a week ago. It hasn't been corrected....

 

[DreamOutLoud13]

My Immortal. Not my thing in the slightest.

I halfway liked that song until some guy sang it to me. Now I can't stand it.

I prefer music with more angryangryness and less weepyweepiness.

But Amy Lee is hot. And there's one spot in the My Immortal video where you can totally see right down her top

 

[phillyfan26]

And now The Police. I'm not really into The Police. Or REM. Or Bruce Springsteen. I wonder if this makes me less of a U2 fan.

I like The Police and Springsteen, but I don't like Radiohead, so my U2 fandom is on a low status level. I'm in the minor leagues of U2 fanicity.

 

[the tourist]

I'm okay with Radiohead. But I really don't like REM at all.