Random Music Talk CXVII: Leaked Emails Show Hillary Likes Both Kanye & Taylor Swift

[Gonna Run 2 U]

Random Music Talk CXVII: Leaked Emails Show Hillary Likes Both Kanye & Taylor...

Looks like Kings Of Leon are ready to drop a new album. They have to be the most polarizing popular band of recent memory.


Sent from my iPhone using U2 Interference

 

[Kieran McConville]

You misspelt 'shit'.

 

[martha]

I'd still rather listen to the first two Kings of Leon records than anything Coldplay ever released.


Sent from my iPad using U2 Interference

 

[lazarus]

Looks like Kings Of Leon are ready to drop a new album. They have to be the most polarizing popular band of recent memory.

You misspelt 'shit'.

One of the most poo-larizing bands of recent memory?

Spoiler

 

[Kieran McConville]

A Moon Shaped Poo could have been an awesome production typo.

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

I'd still rather listen to the first two Kings of Leon records than anything Coldplay ever released.


Sent from my iPad using U2 Interference

Hot take!

 

[Axver]

I'd still rather listen to the first two Kings of Leon records than anything Coldplay ever released.

Good god no. Coldplay will just bore me; Kings of Leon actively irritate. I expect I'd get a rash if I had to listen to more than a few of their songs at once.

 

[Kieran McConville]

To me, Kings of Leon are one of those 2000s bands like The Black Keys that had like one trick, got unaccountably massive, and just steadily worse and worse into the bargain. The latter at least weren't always utterly horrible, if not my cup of tea.

 

[cobl04]

Life on Mars? takes it out. I'd pick "Heroes" but it's pretty much a wash between the two looking forward to sitting down with this whole list The 200 Best Songs of the 1970s - Page 10 | Pitchfork

 

[DaveC]

to me kings of leon will always be the screechy opener for u2 in 2005. they were so bad in philly they were damn near booed off stage.

 

[Axver]

to me kings of leon will always be the screechy opener for u2 in 2005. they were so bad in philly they were damn near booed off stage.

I'm still annoyed about losing ninety minutes of my life watching them open three shows in Boston.

 

[IWasBored]

I was fortunate enough to miss all but the last song and a half of their set.

 

[bono_212]

Life on Mars? takes it out. I'd pick "Heroes" but it's pretty much a wash between the two looking forward to sitting down with this whole list The 200 Best Songs of the 1970s - Page 10 | Pitchfork

... Thanks for the spoiler.

 

[Kieran McConville]

Life on Mars? takes it out. I'd pick "Heroes" but it's pretty much a wash between the two looking forward to sitting down with this whole list The 200 Best Songs of the 1970s - Page 10 | Pitchfork

I'm feeling like 'Five Years' blows 'Life On Mars' out of the water, but oh well, there's a lot to be said for name recognition. Also it's a poll on some website.

 

[cobl04]

Imma write some thoughts for the next little while. Got a drink and working through the list.

This song is fucking great!

 

[cobl04]

I THOUGHT THIS WAS AN ADLIB IN THAT RIHANNA SONG!!!!!!!

 

[cobl04]

I have *owned* Here Come the Warm Jets for a long time but never listened to it. Brian Eno taking the piss with these vocals, surely. They're fine on Another Green World but these are borderline atonal.

Genius, though.

 

[cobl04]

ohh man. one of the best songs of the past couple years samples a baller 70s tune. Loud Places/Could Heaven Ever Be Like THis

 

[liamcool]

I have *owned* Here Come the Warm Jets for a long time but never listened to it. Brian Eno taking the piss with these vocals, surely. They're fine on Another Green World but these are borderline atonal.

Genius, though.

You should listen to that album.

It's very good.

 

[cobl04]

the rest of the song was great.

this song rules. disco does not deserve its bad rep

 

[LemonMelon]

Imma write some thoughts for the next little while. Got a drink and working through the list.

This song is fucking great!

Yes.

I can't speak highly enough of Waylon Jennings. Great voice, great songs, total badass. Definitely check out his greatest hits sometime when you have a chance.

 

[cobl04]

I've heard a lot here about Todd Rundgren. From Liam, LM, mostly, I think. This International Feel is good. Great way to open an album.

 

[cobl04]

Sail Away (which didn't make the cut but is a 'see also' addendum to Van Morrison) reminds me so much of Let it Loose.

 

[LemonMelon]

I've heard a lot here about Todd Rundgren. From Liam, LM, mostly, I think. This International Feel is good. Great way to open an album.

Get really fucking hammered and listen to Something/Anything at your earliest convenience. That album has everything, one of the most fun listening experiences out there.

 

[cobl04]

oooh this Sushi and the Banshees song cooks.

 

[cobl04]

join me, LM

 

[cobl04]

oooh this Sushi and the Banshees song cooks.

also, am I wrong in thinking this band was a huge U2 influence? because the guitar solo in this song Hong Kong Garden sounds so much like Boy

 

[cobl04]

man there was some weird shit made in the 70s.

I think the 70s is probably my biggest blind spot - the 60s too but being mostly singles-based there's not as much ground to cover.

 

[cobl04]

This sounds like Chromatics.

 

[martha]

Cobbler, and the rest of you who like this kind of thing, this is a great record:

https://www.amazon.com/Midwest-Funk-45s-Tornado-Alley/dp/B0002YCUYS/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1471871116&sr=1-1&keywords=midwest+funk