ferball415
Acrobat
The groove to MW , and the almost talking heads influence Lift my Days, Light up my Nights!
Never would've ever occurred to me but I suppose I can see it.
The groove to MW , and the almost talking heads influence Lift my Days, Light up my Nights!
I'd say Nevermind is comparable critically and commercially, and is what tends to contend for the top spot on these lists.
[as I listen to AB itself] No I near-completely agree, I'm just surprised SPIN does, or did.
--Did you write the capsule review for that list? (Heh heh hehhhhhhhhh..)
I mean, sure. I get it. Totally fair.
I also feel there’s a sense that it hasn’t maybe aged as well? But that could be all in my head. And that, as opposed to being timeless, Nevermind is very much of a specific time and moment.
I hung out with friends over the weekend who have children. These youths didn’t know who Kurt Cobain was.
And this is in Seattle.
that's because the drummer went and formed a better band.
yea, i said it.
I believe the wine I was drinking wrote that … but I stand by it.
that's because the drummer went and formed a better band.
yea, i said it.
This.
that's because the drummer went and formed a better band.
yea, i said it.
that's because the drummer went and formed a better band.
Achtung Baby is a great album but I don’t think it sounds timeless. It definitely sounds like it’s from the era it came out in. That’s not a knock on the album at all.
Achtung Baby is a great album but I don’t think it sounds timeless. It definitely sounds like it’s from the era it came out in. That’s not a knock on the album at all.
hmmmm... Not sure if I agree here. I kinda get where you're coming from. But just imagine that album coming out now. What songs would feel "dated"? I actually think it would still feel ahead of it's time now, 30 years later...
Foo Fighters gave us Everlong and I'll always appreciate them for that. That song is fucking incredible.
But very good singles artist though they may be, they'll never have an album I enjoy as much from front to back as In Utero or the MTV Unplugged set.
i don't think it should surprise anyone that a guy who goes Pearl Jam over Nirvana would also go Foo Fighters over Nirvana.
My gripe with Nirvana has actually always been Kurt Cobain. I know that's sacrilegious to many, but other than being a great lyricist, I just never thought his musical talent, especially on guitar, held a candle to other Seattle bands like Pearl Jam, Alice In Chains, or Soundgarden. I prefer those bands much more.
agreed wholeheartedly. when i look at eddie vedder's lyrics, even a young eddie, and then i look at cobain's? man - eddie's are just better.
kurt taped into the teenage angst better, whereas the accessibility of pearl jam's music made it easier for them to slip into the mainstream - but, yea.
i think Nirvana would have fallen off even if Kurt lived.
Indeed.They would have had to evolve their sound for sure, and I'm not sure what direction they could have really gone due to Kurt's lack of musical talent.
That's why to your earlier point, Foo Fighters is such a gift to come out of a tragedy.