Broken Social Scene - Forgiveness Rock Record

this isn't meant as a diss -- genuinely curious -- why do people like this band?

like is there a song I'm missing that is amazing?

Orig title was Fork-If-Next Rock-Wreck-Whored, they compromised

I'd say try tracks #1, #2, and #14 off the s/t:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_Social_Scene_%28album%29

disc before s/t was better.

You Forgot It In People is a massively over-hyped, over-rated indie rock record with one great song: "Anthems for a Seventeen Year Old Girl"

another great title

YFIIP has many songs perfect to hear when you put yr itunes on random and then to be forgotten as soon as they finish.

stop it they are the greatest band ever

Let's just say they polarize people. Between people with good taste and people who like grunge jam bands.

I love the muddy, layered sound of both albums. It is a cliche, but it really rewards repeated listening. I can totally see how that isn't everyone's thing though. Plus they usually put on a hell of a live show.

"World Sick" is really good.

You Forgot It is a fine fine record. The self-titled follow-up is perhaps the most overproduced record of all time, and that may be understating the case.

My favorite song of theirs remains New Country, which you'll find as track 3 here.

"cause = time" is the classic song

underrated stoned music too tbh

You Forgot It In People is a massively over-hyped, over-rated indie rock record with one great song: "Anthems for a Seventeen Year Old Girl"

― Seriously what the hell is wrong with you that you think that is a great t (ksh), Friday, 19 February 2010 12:34 (27 minutes ago) Bookmark

seriously what the hell is wrong with you that you like this band and not 'you forgot it...'

s/t is shamefully underrated. a bit bloated, yes, but bursting with ideas from a group of tremendously talented people.

living in toronto has ruined this band for me beyond repair.

lol why is every pissed in here? even ned is pissed!

they made some good jams if you like indie rock with guitars. now calm the fuck down.

You Got a Funny Idea of Pissed

hahahaha

I'm not pissed. It's a stupid name and cover but I kind of like them when I remember they actually exist.

You Got a Funny Idea of Pissed

― Mr. Que

Coming June 6 from Mr. Que on Arts & Crafts

You Forgot It Pissed People

the back-to-back of Ibi Dreams of Pavement and Shoreline off the s/t is BSS at their best.

Broken Social Scene - LP 4

ksh, the threadstarter

s/t is shamefully underrated. a bit bloated, yes, but bursting with ideas from a group of tremendously talented people.

word. and good songs that when given room to breathe live kicked ass, and in acoustic sets for radio turned out to be kind of awesome folk-rock.

YFIIP is wonderful in that it's front-to-back amazing and also sort of a grab bag. like changing dials on a radio.

New Country is def. one of their best tunes and the Fast Mix of Major Label Debut should have/could have been an actual hit. but for my money, their shining moment is the off-kilter summertime jam 7/4 (Shoreline) - those horns!

truly awful title though. of course, keep in mind that the self-titled was supposed to be called windsurfing nation

RIP swedish reggae

Broken Social Scene - LP 4

― i know who the sockpuppet master of ilx is (velko)

Man, I don't even remember starting that.

why is every pissed in here?

yeah why is every pissed in here?

broken social scene is okay, btw, but their music is far inferior to the lolz available from goofing on them

otm

Great thread.

the one you started?

The One You Started

^^^^ probably my least favorite song on this record

the one you started?

― call all destroyer

Had such high hopes, yo.

This first single has really lowered my expectations for this album.

It would have for me, but I don't think it's actually the first single? It's sort of just a promo taste to give the general vibe perhaps? I mean, if it's intended to be the lead single, it's a disappointment, but otherwise it's just a solid album track.

I still want to believe that they have (at least) another Shoreline in them.

A couple new songs have been released. Assuming that this first batch of songs is to represent the "sound" of the new album, I'm not expecting to be a big fan.

It's interesting–iff you read some of the older interviews–how much the band tried to explain away the messy production of the previous album. There was obviously a great deal of disappointment with Dave Newfeld. But comparing what I've heard so far, though, Newfeld has got John McEntire beat. I'm just really bored by these songs.

Forgot the link to the new songs.

http://stereogum.com/312692/broken-social-scene-forced-to-love-all-is-all/mp3s/

I hated them at first, but they're growing on me.

I remember reading those interviews and laughing because the band was apologizing for a lot of the things that endeared me to that record!

they weren't pleased with the sound of s/t? that was a huge part of what made it awesome

i love the messy production of the last record, it reminded me of disco inferno

It reminded me of something that sounds really overproduced.

dave newfeld was always clearly approx 75% of what was great about broken social scene. low expectations for this one.

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that picture is confusing - 1. why does the guitarist have a podium on the stage, and 2. why is he crouching on it

they were giving a lecture on how not to perform and/or make a record

crouching under the weight of indie rock riffage

i think he's jumping, possibly to avoid accidentally stepping on some of the other 68 members of broken social scene.

irl lols

bss are the least cool looking band ever i think

http://www3.timeoutny.com/newyork/thevolume/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/bss_1.jpg

Kevin Drew's being abducted there

bss are the least cool looking band ever i think

have you seen gene and deen ween?

if they're wondering why their social scene is broken, they need look no further than that photo.

yeah, dude on the right has a cell phone from the early 90s, can't even SMS -- friends left him in the supermarket

boy the members of broken social scene sure are some zany people

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where he found forty other likeminded folk who proceeded to simultaneously release a rock record & plead for forgiveness for inflicting said record on indie rock stans such as myself who they were already aware would be terribly disappointed at their lukewarm effort

they sure aren't afraid of challenging social norms

ok, here's their promo pic from 2045:

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.cinematical.com/media/2008/03/youngheartpic.jpg

ween look cool sometimes. broken social scene, every time i'm reminded of how they look, have to reconsider my status as someone who actually likes their music

join the backlash!

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z255/D1M17R15/BACK2003.png

goldberg should win that fight.

hahaha

P4k: How did you decide to go with "World Sick" as the first song released from the new album?

KD [laughing]: Out of the three songs on our new record worth a shit, it was the least terrible!

http://pitchfork.com/news/38881-broken-social-scene-do-the-interface/

really like the outro!

http://mynonprofitwebsite.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/3506154482_2fbbc25ee1.jpg

bss are the least cool looking band ever i think

This is the most cool looking band ever:

http://diskoduck.cz/shop/images/ELP%20LOVE%20BERACH.jpg

http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/7325/tapesntapes.jpg

http://www.picpop.com/gallery/albums/userpics/1-14-05/thumb_ashlee-simpson.gif

gonna give this another chance

http://twitter.com/bssmusic/status/15182521164

u_u

so i undeleted this

"All To All" is wonderful

http://pitchfork.com/tv/pov/broken-social-scene/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAnAx32mfGk

oops sorry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAnAx32mfGk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdvn7PV808A

what an embarassment

broken social scene why did you ruin that unfunny comedian's career?