Shuttlecock! Part IV - I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Cock Crazy Tonight

[lazarus]

The greatest thread ever returns.

For those of you still up for reading early reviews, this is the best one yet, written by someone who actually sounds like an intelligent music fan.

If this doesn't make you excited/confident, I don't know what will:

Perfectly Cromulent - First Impressions of the New U2 Album, No Line On The Horizon

 

[joyfulgirl]

Holy shit. Very very excited.

A quick glance through some of the other reviews yesterday and all I absorbed was "glorious madness" which almost made me very excited.

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

I know, I read that as well, my inner Shuttlecock fan is freaking the fuck out right now...

my favourite part was:

falling firmly near the Achtung Baby/Zooropa/Pop triumvirate (OF AWESOME)

 

[corianderstem]

I love it already just based on the fact that the site is called Perfectly Cromulent.

 

[lazarus]

Of course you would, crarky.

 

[impy13]

Thank you for adhering to the title format, laz.

 

[No spoken words]

I don't know if I should read that or not.

 

[lazarus]

Come on, you can look at the Cock without having to touch it.

 

[u2popmofo]

It doesn't please me when descriptions open with "Shuttlecock have been listening to Kings of Leon" or "Shuttlecock have been listening to The Killers".

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

I don't know if I should read that or not.

It hypes it to the extreme (or is that XTREEME? ) but the guy is clearly a fan who didn’t like the last two albums, in fact, he sounds like he could fit in with the rest of us cocks pretty well...

 

[No spoken words]

It doesn't please me when descriptions open with "Shuttlecock have been listening to Kings of Leon" or "Shuttlecock have been listening to The Killers".

Well, things like that are easy for lazy writers to type, and ironic, since those two bands have obviously been listening to the Cock lately.

 

[u2popmofo]

in fact, he sounds like he could fit in with the rest of us cocks pretty well...

No, he likes KOL.

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

It doesn't please me when descriptions open with "Shuttlecock have been listening to Kings of Leon" or "Shuttlecock have been listening to The Killers".

that kind of bothered me for a second and then I realized that I don't give a shit

 

[lazarus]

Someone said they thought it was a girl who wrote it.

And I don't mind The Killers/KOL references if it just means they're rocking with a bit more looseness than the contrived (but still pleasurable) Squirtigo.

 

[No spoken words]

It hypes it to the extreme (or is that XTREEME? ) but the guy is clearly a fan who wasn't who didn’t like the last two albums, in fact, he sounds like he could fit in with the rest of us cocks pretty well...

Well, I liked How to Dismantle an Atomic Cock, and still do, but that being said....if the guy disliked the last two, then he's at least a little bit objective with his thoughts on the band.

 

[u2popmofo]

that kind of bothered me for a second and then I realized that I don't give a shit

This is my life we're talking about, Elfa.

 

[No spoken words]

Squirtigo.

Squirtigo.

Squirtigo.

Squirtigo.

Hola.

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

This is my life we're talking about, Elfa.

 

[No spoken words]

This is my life we're talking about, Elfa.

Don't you forget.

 

[u2popmofo]

Hola.

Hello, hello!11!!

 

[lazarus]

The writer's other blog:

Elmo Keep

Not sure if I'm into girls named after Muppets.

Fraggle Cock?

 

[impy13]

Hola.

No quiero conocer donde esta.

 

[LarryMullen's POPAngel]

I want this cock right now.

 

[impy13]

I wish I heard that more often.

 

[lazarus]

Unfortunately, when you do it's usually on the back of a Greyhound bus from some vagabond.

 

[u2popmofo]

YouTube - Bono - Yeah, Yeah, Yeah

 

[lazarus]

Okay, I think I'm in love. From her Boots review:

"Oh! Suffered has the U2 fan! You know what really sucked this past decade (apart from the obvious?) The last two U2 albums. Can we all just admit that now? If I wanted to hear watered down versions of the Joshua Tree (which I do not), then I assume that is what Coldplay is for. In short, if you liked those two albums, you will likely hate Get On Your Boots. Which is great! There’s still plenty of Keane tickets for you."

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

lol

 

[No spoken words]

Okay, I think I'm in love. From her Boots review:

"Oh! Suffered has the U2 fan! You know what really sucked this past decade (apart from the obvious?) The last two U2 albums. Can we all just admit that now? If I wanted to hear watered down versions of the Joshua Tree (which I do not), then I assume that is what Coldplay is for. In short, if you liked those two albums, you will likely hate Get On Your Boots. Which is great! There’s still plenty of Keane tickets for you."

This does nothing to really make me like her. I like the Bomb, and like Boots.

But, hey, she at least mimics the smarmy type of writing that's completely ubiquitous these days. More matter, less art, honey.

 

[No spoken words]

Unfortunately, when you do it's usually on the back of a Greyhound bus from some vagabond.

I LOL'd.

ROFL.

LOLZ!@#!@#