Random Music Talk CI - That's When I Reach For My Refresh Button

[PhilsFan]

I frequently forget that "The House That Heaven Built" is not a Cloud Nothings song.

 

[bono_212]

It's so much better than that.


/CloudNothingsIsStillDeadToMe

 

[djerdap]

Cloud Nothings get better with each album.

I don't particularly care for Japandroids except for that one song.

 

[bono_212]

Cloud Nothings' recent album sucks and I can't, for the life of me, figure out what anyone sees in it. Biggest disappointment of 2014.

 

[PhilsFan]

I like I'm Not Part of Me.

 

[djerdap]

Great album. Much more consistent than Attack on Memory, which had its share of cheesy songs. Biggest surprise of 2014.

 

[bono_212]

Great album. Much more consistent than Attack on Memory, which had its share of cheesy songs. Biggest surprise of 2014.

I felt that way about the last one, basically.

 

[bono_212]

Wow...I really didn't care for the new Hercules and Love Affair album...at all.

 

[bono_212]

I very much enjoyed the new James album, however, but it's probably not essential listening.

 

[LemonMelon]

Cloud Nothings' new album was disappointing to me as well. It sounds basically the same as the last one, only with a couple good songs (really just I'm Not Part of Me) instead of 4-5. I'm not exactly a fan to begin with though.

 

[Danny Boy]

Anyone giving odds on a U2 single, album, or Apple Event appearance tomorrow?

I say none of the above.

 

[cobl04]

Did you come across an article of all the songs James Murphy had "sampled" (read: plagiarized) or what?

Was chatting about the band on FB with a friend.

I'm messing with Cobbler as usual and I love the band, but the fact remains that there are no credits on the albums to Bowie, Iggy Pop, Kraftwerk etc. at all. I think it's a miracle someone didn't sue his big ass. Plagiarism may be harsh, but "homage" and "sample" (samples are credited) are nice euphemisms that present the other side of the same coin.

Are we certain he technically sampled them though? I mean Somebody's Calling Me is essentially a straight rip of Nightclubbing but it sounds like they just played very similar music, rather than actually sampling it. And the beat from The Robots isn't 100% the beat from Get Innocuous (about 90%, sure). And All I Want surely doesn't sample Bowie at all.

I'm probably just being a sycophant though.

 

[djerdap]

He didn't sample them. That's the point. He nicked the melodies.

 

[bono_212]

I really didn't think anything was happening tomorrow, but I'm really not sure now: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/...le-at-apple-event/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0

 

[cobl04]

He didn't sample them. That's the point. He nicked the melodies.

Well eight trillion artists have done that without crediting. How could you sue the bloke anyway? He's so huggable.

 

[cobl04]

So I just submitted an article entitled 'In Defence of Kanye West' and it's going live on a popular music blog today. I'm about to get fucking torn to shreds I'll post the FB link for anyone wanting to watch hundreds of people hate on me at the same time.

 

[cobl04]

I really didn't think anything was happening tomorrow, but I'm really not sure now: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/...le-at-apple-event/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0

it annoys me how formal the NY Times is. "Steven P. Jobs"? "Mr. Iovine"? really?

 

[martha]

And the NY Times doesn't even have comics. wtf

 

[martha]

New People's Temple is streaming on Pitchfork.

Shake Appeal: The People's Temple, Teenanger, Acid Baby Jesus, The Memories | The Pitch | Pitchfork

 

[Axver]

it annoys me how formal the NY Times is. "Steven P. Jobs"? "Mr. Iovine"? really?

I'm surprised they don't refer to Bono as "Mr Vox".

I'm still sceptical anything will happen tomorrow. If it does, I'd hardly be shocked if it's just Bono and Edge strumming out a rough acoustic Desire / Beatles Song (snippet) with cringeworthy modified lyrics about Apple.

 

[cobl04]

fuck I would laugh so hard if it was some shitty song with lyrics about Apple.

the sad thing is that's actually a reasonable chance.

 

[gump]

Maybe it's a (Red) iWatch? The whole thing sounds fishy, NYT report notwithstanding. Have they even rehearsed? I'm sure they will be there in some capacity, but doubt there's a performance of a new song involved.

 

[bono_212]

It all sounded stupidly fishy to me until the NYT article...now I'm feeling some excitement, albeit with extreme trepidation.

 

[cobl04]

what's your third favourite Kanye lyric?

I think mine is "I never understood planned parenthood cos I never met nobody 'planned to be a parent in the hood"

 

[liamcool]

I'm listening to David Kilgour's "Sugar Mouth" right now. It's a pretty good springtime pop album!

 

[liamcool]

Also, was I the only one who felt the new Cloud Nothings album sounded like fucking raw garbage? Really poorly recorded (which is a disappointment, because Attack On Memory sounded pretty great.)

 

[IWasBored]

I was listening to a classic rock station on the way to work, and they were talking about yesterday being the anniversary of Keith Moon's death. Then the dj goes, here's The Who and Keith Moon, and they played "eminence front." WTF.

 

[IWasBored]

I liked attack on memory, but after listening to it a bunch a little while after it came out, I never bothered to go back to it. The more recent one was even more forgettable.

 

[cobl04]

Why I’ll be worshiping at the church of Yeezus tonight

 

[liamcool]

Pretty good article, there.