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sounds familiarThe Wanderer said:I think maybe my over-exposure to Coldplay comes from reading this place and every day a new not-so-subtle thread about how Rush of Blood is the greatest thing since Cate Blanchett
No, you aren't putting words in my mouth at all. That pretty much sums it up!Achtung Bubba said:I don't want to put words in Michael's mouth, but I think what he's doing is removing this album from the current tide of crap and comparing it to really stellar music.
One can easily see that rock music has its peaks and troughs, and right now we are suffering through a trough. There is hope that things may be turning around; the buzz about the Hives, the Stokes, etc., may be an indication of the turn-around, even if the actual "next big thing" involves other bands. Still, music is dominated by the heavy-handed, rather humorless music of Creed & Co. and the so-called anti-Britney's like Avril Lavigne and Vanessa Carlton, BOTH of which seem to be more the products of calculating label management than the benefactors of the muse's blessing.
To say that A Rush of Blood is better than the current wave of safe elevator music is true (I think painfully obvious), but it underplays JUST how good it really is.
So, let's put this album in the ring against albums released during the last really stellar era of rock: the early 90's. This puts A Rush of Blood against Achtung Baby, Nevermind, Ten, Siamese Dream... one great album after another.
THE ALBUM STILL HOLDS UP.
The feat is particularly amazing given that the critics predicted them to be a one-trick pony ("Yellow") for bed-wetters, given that this is completely contrary to the current music scene, and given that this ONLY their second album.
Don't get defensive over our reactions about this album: don't start thinking it over-rated ONLY because a few of us think it so great. (There may be a reason we think it so great.) Get the album, turn the volume up and the lights down, close your eyes, and LISTEN. Don't look for things to praise or criticize the first time through; just allow yourself to wade into the deep end of this music.
And when the last vocal of "Amsterdam" ends ("You came along and cut me loose") and the organ finally cuts out, open your eyes and ask yourself, were you moved?
Bubba
I find it strange that you would say the middle of the album is lacking, and only include the first 4 songs as being "enough to make up for that." To me, the 5th song, 'Clocks', is up there with the best songs on the entire album. The next song, 'Daylight' is also a very good, more experimental song. Right after that -- and still part of the "middle" of the album -- you have 'Green Eyes' which, to my ears, is simpy stunning: a beautiful acoustic song that everyone since the Beatles wished they had come with. Beautiful mood, brilliant arrangement. One of the best songs off the album. Which song do we have next? Ah, the 8th track just happens to be another brilliant song! 'Warning Sign' is a standout in every way. Don't you just love how Chris Martin pleads, "...I miss you..." laa laa la la... Brilliant. Well, that pretty much covers the middle. Not very weak in my book, anyway.Basstrap said:To make a statement like "a rush of blood to the head" is the best in a decade is a bit much. I really like the cd and have been listening to it constantly but I find the middle of the cd is a bit lacking. They're decent songs but they feel like they've been 'slapped' together. The first 4 tracks and the title track are enough to make up for that...they are amazing songs, especially politik, but compared to a cd like achtung Baby it does not compete. In fact, I like the first coldplay album just as much or better.
Achtung Bubba said:One can easily see that rock music has its peaks and troughs, and right now we are suffering through a trough.
While I agree with you that there is a LOT of great music today, and that it's up to us to find it, I think what Bubba was saying is exactly what you have said: great music is no longer part of the mainstream (as in modern rock, MTV, etc) like it was back in the early '90s. (BTW, Bubba, I'll only represent you once!)no disk said:
I think this statement is dangerously too general. There is always great music being made, you just have to look beyond the mainstream corperate medium to find it.
The early 90's had some great bands on the radio and MTV, but since then there has always been plenty of other great material available if you seek it out.
The Wanderer said:well Angel, if I started a thread saying that your romance with deathbear is the greatest of the last decade, would you reply to the thread or would you just figure that everyone knew what your opinion was?
Michael Griffiths said:While I agree with you that there is a LOT of great music today, and that it's up to us to find it, I think what Bubba was saying is exactly what you have said: great music is no longer part of the mainstream (as in modern rock, MTV, etc) like it was back in the early '90s. (BTW, Bubba, I'll only represent you once!)
Cowgirl said:Tyler is right though you know, this board is very clean.