Random Music Talk XLVIII: Like Tennessee Williams, we wait for The CLICK!

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cobl04 said:
I definitely like Bon Iver's self-titled more than For Emma. A much more consistent, satisfying listen imo. Skinny Love, The Wolves and Re: Stacks are incredible, but the rest - whilst good - doesn't grab me as much. I like the full band sound more too.
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If Flume and Re: Stacks don't grab you, you should be grabbed and chucked off a bridge.
 
lazarus said:
This is the same country that by majority still supports having a figurehead royal family.

Must be something in the water.
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It's also a country that has universal healthcare, actually supports gay rights, and has an election process that is not in abject servitude to corporate interests. The UK is far more socially responsible than the US.
 
u2popmofo said:
Why the hell does that country love celebrities who act like dipshit assholes so much?
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Most celebs are dipshit assholes. In the UK they've got a lot of room to be as such, while in the US, it seems you have to be switched to 100% charming 100% of the time.

It's in part down to the media, I think. In the UK they'll treat you like shit no matter what, so you might as well behave however you want. Be rude, be honest about your after hours habits, be a diva, whatever. In the US, it's all in the family. The network the talk show is on, the magazine the interview is in, chances are they share the same parent company as the film you want to land. All mutual back scratching. Not so in the UK.

The people that 'the people' really hate in the UK are those suspected of being fake/hypocritical or who come across as pompous (hence why Bono is so strongly detested here). Everyone thinks Liam Gallagher is a dick, but they think he really *is* a dick, so he gets a kind of pass. Plus Oasis' main appeal was always with the closest equivalent the UK has to rednecks, so his mindless mouthing off at everyone went down a treat with the core demographic.
 
iron yuppie said:
It's also a country that has universal healthcare, actually supports gay rights, and has an election process that is not in abject servitude to corporate interests. The UK is far more socially responsible than the US.
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You had me at "election process that is not in abject servitude to corporate interests." I don't understand why Americans are so afraid of a little socialism. I mean, I kind of understand the echoes of the Cold War, because the Soviet Union was socialist (before they went full retard communist), but that was being run by dipshits--wait. American politicians are dipshits. American politicians going socialist...ah. I get it now.

I know that's a gross generalization, but I'm trying to make a joke, not a point.

I don't think socialism is bad. I think a government should serve its people, rather than lining its own pockets.
 
Cool. I'm going to make a list of albums from this year to listen to before the end of the year. Top of my list is that Destroyer/Kaputt album you guys are always referring to, then El Camino, the new Radiohead that I've had since it came out (lazy), M83, a couple of other things I'm sure I've forgotten. I may as well just buy a Spotify membership at this point.
 
I just heard Toby Keith's "Red Solo Cup" for the first time and somehow found it more egregious than any of his previous jingoist bullshit. Worst song of the year. Sorry, "Party Rock Anthem."
 
Imperor said:
I just heard Toby Keith's "Red Solo Cup" for the first time and somehow found it more egregious than any of his previous jingoist bullshit. Worst song of the year. Sorry, "Party Rock Anthem."
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Oh my god yes that song is fucking retarded.
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1pMMIe4hb4

Out on the wiley, windy moors
We'd roll and fall in green
You had a temper, like my jealousy
Too hot, too greedy
How could you leave me?
When I needed to possess you?
I hated you, I loved you too

Bad dreams in the night
They told me I was going to lose the fight
Leave behind my wuthering, wuthering
Wuthering Heights

(Chorus) Heathcliff, its me, Cathy come home
I'm so cold, let me in-a-your window

Oh it gets dark, it gets lonely
On the other side from you
I pine alot, I find the lot
Falls through without you
I'm coming back love, cruel Heathcliff
My one dream, my only master

Too long I roam in the night
I'm coming back to his side to put it right
I'm coming home to wuthering, wuthering,
Wuthering Heights

(Chorus)
Oh let me have it, let me grab your soul away
Oh let me have it, let me grab your soul away
You know it's me, Cathy
(Chorus)

Based on Emily Bronte's novel. I get confused between her and Daphne Du Marier
 
Imperor said:
I just heard Toby Keith's "Red Solo Cup" for the first time and somehow found it more egregious than any of his previous jingoist bullshit. Worst song of the year. Sorry, "Party Rock Anthem."
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I previously thought that no song could be more jingoistic than "Angry American," so it pains me to say that I will need to check this out based on sheer morbid curiosity.
 
Imperor said:
I just heard Toby Keith's "Red Solo Cup" for the first time and somehow found it more egregious than any of his previous jingoist bullshit. Worst song of the year. Sorry, "Party Rock Anthem."
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I hate LMFAO as much as the next bloke, but I like Party Rock Anthem. For the same reasons I enjoyed Like a G6. Good beat and gets people up and about on the dfloor. Would I download either? Hell no. Stupid? Fucking oath. But I don't mind a mindless drunk dance here and there.
 
I swear this summer will be summer camp. Bitch.

Mar 16 – Atlanta, GA – The Tabernacle
Mar 17 – Charlotte, NC The Fillmore
Mar 17 – Asheville, NC The Orange Peel
Mar 20 – Richmond, VA The National
Mar 21 – Sayreville, NJ Starland Ballroom
Mar 24 – Toronto, ON The Sound Academy
Mar 25 – Montreal, QC Metropolis
Mar 27 – Detroit, MI The Fillmore
Mar 29 – Minneapolis, MN Epic
Mar 30 – Chicago, IL Riviera Theatre
Apr 2 – Iowa City, IA University of Iowa Main Lounge
Apr 3 – Kansas City, MO Beaumont Club
Apr 5 – Austin, TX Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheatre
Apr 6 – Houston, TX House of Blues
Apr 7 – Dallas, TX Palladium Ballroom
Apr 10 – Tucson, AZ Rialto Theatre
Apr 11 – Phoenix, AZ Venue of Scottsdale
Apr 17 – Reno, NV Knitting Factory Concert House
Apr 18 – Sacramento, CA Ace of Spades
Apr 19 – Oakland, CA Fox Theater
 
Reggo said:
I mean, I kind of understand the echoes of the Cold War, because the Soviet Union was socialist (before they went full retard communist
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What the hell is this shit? C'mon Reggo, I thought you'd know the definitions of socialism and communism. :tsk:

Not to sound too harsh, but you know.
 
iron yuppie said:
It's also a country that has universal healthcare, actually supports gay rights, and has an election process that is not in abject servitude to corporate interests. The UK is far more socially responsible than the US.
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LOL, are you trying to open an actual discussion??


Remember when we KICKED ENGLAND'S ASS in 1776 and 1812?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhnUgAaea4M
 
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