phillyfan26
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Hey, if you're about moles digging in holes and monkeys swinging from trees, that's your thing, man.
Good: Boy, No Line, Achtung, Unforgettable Fire
Above Average: October, War
Failed Experiments: RAH, Zooropa, Pop
Wow, I had no idea your taste was this bad. I love how there's no level between "good" and "fucking awesome".
Their studio stuff is great, no question, but there's definite flaws.
I listened to Achtung in its entirety for the first time in ages the other day... any sort of production issues aside, there's no denying it's a fantastic album.
Dear God, even its weakest tracks ("So Cruel" and "Tryin' to Throw...") are still solid songs in their own right.
I'm with you on War and Rattle and Hum not being the bee's knees overall, but still, they've got some quality tracks between the both of them, and October, Pop, and Zooropa are way better than above average or failures, respectively.
Who can make these albums better? You?! You, Lt. Weinberg?!
If it's so great, why classify so many as merely "good" or "failed experiments", even if they may be flawed? Your semantics suck.
I think ATYCLB is the only album I actually dislike.
Every song on Achtung is good, but only a couple of them sound good. Zoo Station, EBTTRT, UTEOTW, The Fly, TTTYAATW, Ultraviolet, and Love Is Blindness all suffer. One and Mysterious Ways are missing crucial parts that were only added later in the live setting. Only Wild Horses, So Cruel, and Acrobat are definitive cuts.
Rattle and Hum would have been fantastic as a short album with all the studio tracks.
October's first seven tracks are great, and then it falls apart.
Bono says a lot of dumb things about U2's material, but calling Pop "the most expensive demo tape ever" was very accurate.
Zooropa ... meh. I'd say I enjoy a third, think another third worked well live, and could do without the rest.
A little of GAF died for me this day as well.
Yes.
The funny thing is that I'm pretty well liked around here, while you continue to piss people off.
I consider Bomb by far U2's most average album. It goes like this:
Fucking Awesome: Joshua Tree
Good: Boy, No Line, Achtung, Unforgettable Fire
Above Average: October, War
Average: Bomb
Failed Experiments: RAH, Zooropa, Pop
Shitty: ATYCLB
I must be the only one who can't hear these 'production flaws' in Achtung and Pop...
The Libertines themselves were spawned by The Strokes, though, so it's them you should really blame for all that.
But don't. Because I fucking love The Strokes.
I consider Bomb by far U2's most average album. It goes like this:
Fucking Awesome: Joshua Tree
Good: Boy, No Line, Achtung, Unforgettable Fire
Above Average: October, War
Average: Bomb
Failed Experiments: RAH, Zooropa, Pop
Shitty: ATYCLB
I don't love The Strokes but I can't deny that Is This It is a bloody fantastic debut. So I'm willing to let them off the hook,
Anything the Strokes released after Is This It.
I nominate anything by Squeeze, Heart or Chicago.
Ooh, that's another good nominee for this thread. Anything the Strokes released after Is This It.
I'm trying to ignore the fact that Lil Wayne is in your av. I'll nominate him as the most overrated rapper of all time. Does that work?
Oh, trust that I'm mocking him. He does suck. A picture of him in near tears just trying to press down a guitar string is absolutely priceless.
I nominate anything by Squeeze.....
God bless you. Seriously, when I saw that even Rolling Stone is kissing his ass, I died a little inside. Hell, 50 Cent is more talented than that jack-ass. Eminem, Kanye, and Common are light-years ahead of him.
50 Cent more talented than anyone? Let's not get crazy here.
Lil Wayne is a joke. I'll give him props for freestyling most of his verses, but the trick is to not make it completely obvious that it's a freestyle. I actually did give Tha Carter III a fair chance...a few decent tracks, along with tons of masturbatory nonsense. That said, I'm really looking forward to his rock record Rebirth. Prom Queen was fucking hilarious, although I'm not necessarily sure it was supposed to be.
Yeah, I've never listened to any of his songs for more than 15 seconds. You lost me.
50 Cent more talented than anyone? Let's not get crazy here.
Lil Wayne is a joke. I'll give him props for freestyling most of his verses, but the trick is to not make it completely obvious that it's a freestyle. I actually did give Tha Carter III a fair chance...a few decent tracks, along with tons of masturbatory nonsense. That said, I'm really looking forward to his rock record Rebirth. Prom Queen was fucking hilarious, although I'm not necessarily sure it was supposed to be.
when Chinese Democracy was freaking awesome