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Post by Mr. Atari on Jun 20, 2007 18:39:48 GMT -5
Captain Hygiene's "OK Computer" thread got me thinking. There are a few "everyone must own" albums that just don't do it for me. I get the feeling this is a normal experience. So which classic albums make you scratch your head?
(Note to defensive types...this isn't a thread to bash your favorite band or artist. Don't try to convince us we're wrong, it's just our taste. And there's no accounting for it, we know.)
I'll start with the other album currently at the top of this board:
The Velvet Underground & Nico
I have no particular problem with Lou Reed, but this album has always been way too grating for my tastes. It's dark, noisy, and just makes me feel tired when I listen to it.
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Post by siamesesin on Jun 20, 2007 18:49:03 GMT -5
I'm going to get slaughtered for this, but it's time I told you all the truth.
Every Beatles album.
I recognize the musicality. I recognize the massive influence. I recognize they are classic.
But I don't like them. I feel no emotional connection with their music. Any of it. Every time I hear a Beatles song I get bored or annoyed. And heavens know I keep trying. I feel like a jerk when I tell people this, but I really just don't get them.
*slinks to corner*
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Post by mightyjack on Jun 21, 2007 0:32:32 GMT -5
Okay, I'll admit this again. Beach Boys, "Pet Sounds" - You know those problems Mr. A has with Dylan, same here with me and Brian Wilson, great songwriter, pshaw. Brian was probably a great arranger. But he couldn't write lyrics and musically he drew from the same well over and over and freaking over again. Buy a new chord Wilson! I know, "Burn the Witch!" And my apologies to anyone whose feelings I hurt. But the man was far too limited, he did one thing well but he's not well rounded enough a songwriter for me to ever put him in the great category. And Pet Sounds puts me to sleep with it's predictability. I know where Wilson's going to go with a song before it gets there. I know I pissed off a lot of y'all. I'm sorry. It's just my opinion and it's possible, maybe even likely, that I could be wrong  |
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Post by Phantom Engineer on Jun 21, 2007 16:54:07 GMT -5
I know I pissed off a lot of y'all. I'm sorry. It's just my opinion and it's possible, maybe even likely, that I could be wrong Didn't piss me off. |
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Post by Mr. Atari on Jun 21, 2007 17:13:02 GMT -5
Me neither. In fact, I think I agree with most of it (although, I do really like "Good Vibrations").
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Post by Phantom Engineer on Jun 21, 2007 18:35:20 GMT -5
(although, I do really like "Good Vibrations"). Love the verse, can't take the chorus. |
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Post by Broadsword on Jun 24, 2007 20:01:43 GMT -5
I like the Beach Boys, I think their sound was very fun. Though never thought that Brian Wilson was a genus as a matter of fact I think that Jan Berry of Jan and Dean fame was just as much of an influence and as good as he was.
For my choice of classic album would have to be Sex Pistols Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols . I like some punk band s(I think the Clash were incredible) but this one to me sounds like some untalented guys got together play as loud as they could to hide the fact they can't play and with the attitude of hating almost every part of life.
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Post by ashkenaz on Jul 8, 2007 3:48:41 GMT -5
I agree with the Beatles post. I am a musician myself and respect everything they've done for music but i just don't get why everyone adores them so much. If anything i much prefer John Lennon's solo efforts.
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Post by Shep on Jul 8, 2007 10:13:37 GMT -5
I agree with the Beatles post. I am a musician myself and respect everything they've done for music but i just don't get why everyone adores them so much. If anything i much prefer John Lennon's solo efforts. There were interviews were Lennon himself somewhat dismissed the importance of the Beatles, saying his own music had grown and evolved. In retrospect, I think the Beatles appeal to so many people because there's something for almost everyone. You go from the bubble-gum pop era (which my father loves) to more experimental music ("Tomorrow Never Knows," "Strawberry Fields"), etc. |
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Post by Hoss Ragen on Jul 8, 2007 12:35:31 GMT -5
A lot of Sonic Youth's stuff, namely Daydream Nation and Bad Moon Rising. I respect their longevity as a band and their self-taught musicianship, but a lot of their output gets nothing but yawns and eyerolls from me.
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Post by mightyjack on Jul 8, 2007 15:11:11 GMT -5
I agree with the Beatles post. I am a musician myself and respect everything they've done for music but i just don't get why everyone adores them so much. If anything i much prefer John Lennon's solo efforts. There were interviews were Lennon himself somewhat dismissed the importance of the Beatles, saying his own music had grown and evolved. In retrospect, I think the Beatles appeal to so many people because there's something for almost everyone. You go from the bubble-gum pop era (which my father loves) to more experimental music ("Tomorrow Never Knows," "Strawberry Fields"), etc. For me it is because I'm a musician and a songwriter, I see what they do; the chord structure, lyrics, production, and it puts me in jaw dropping awe. They can take the simplest element and make it a work of art (Strawberry Fields) - I try to do that and it pales in comparison. So for me, it's an artist in awe of a better artist. Also, I would take anything John says in interviews with a grain of salt. For one, he was darn well tired of being haunted by the ghost of the Beatles, overshadowing everything he did. And he'd respond by lashing out and minimizing his past. For another (and it ties in with lashing out), he'd often just BS with 'em. In a Playboy interview he pretty much laid claim to anything great the Beatles did, talked about how he was always having to pull Paul out of a jam and even took credit for Paul's songs (Like Elinor Rigby) He later recanted, saying he was in a pissy mood, still taking potshots at Paul. And that no, he didn't have anything to do with Rigby, etc. |
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