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idk, the drum machine's a surprisingly good fit on this one

40+ and hip: Reckoning is better than Murmur
30-40 and hip: New Adventures In Hi-Fi is better than AFTP
20-30 and hip: *deletes all Lil Pump songs that don't feature Yachty*

I must be 40 and hip. I'm at least one of those.

This is a weird-ass detour for this thread, but I've been thinking lately every time REM pops up that, after a generation that has seemingly completely overlooked them, their time might be coming around again. Kids gonna be looking for more of that earnest, sincere, rootsy REM sound as the world is collapsing around their ears.

actually the only hip and truly controp is that rem has 5 tracks at best and none of their records are classics

I'd argue that's more a challenging rather than controversial opinion.

What's controversial is anyone under 30 caring about R.E.M.

REM should be killed

Xan on the Moon

lmao goddammit

What's controversial is anyone under 30 caring about R.E.M.

― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, December 16, 2017 10:26 PM (thirty-seven minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

not controversial

i listen to 'what's the frequency kenneth' like twice a year

Like is this on yr calendar

I’m 38 and REM’s relevance had to be explained to me and I literally only started to like them when ILX voted “Harbourcoat” #1 and I listened to the rest of the record and thought “hey this is good”

My controversial opinion is that people bearing ill will and/or schadenfreude toward failing-artists that once capitalized-upon-a-kind-of-glorification-of-youthful-exuberance-are-themselves-mourning-their-own-loss-of-faith

nah man, lcd soundsystem blows

I’m 38 and REM’s relevance had to be explained to me

ok

xxp truth bomb

LCD were the best thing for exactly fourteen weeks in 2002-2003

i think they were also the best thing for a few weeks in 2004 when "yeah" came out, and then again for a few weeks in 2006 when "45:33" came out

The fuck ppl

The Fuck People was a terrible band

I've been hearing people say things like this a lot and I don't know if they mean they literally haven't listened to a whole album or that they just don't tend to? I cant imagine just switching albums off so easily.

I bail out of 90 percent of albums. The minute you bore me, I'm done. Life is short.

Agree and I take the same approach with books

drifting way off thread topic but aren't there records, books, all kinds of art that don't set out to blow you away from the beginning but appeal to different kinds of mood and build up their appeal over time?

The Hold Steady is fucking terrible.

Japanese gyoza are always a disappointment.

i'm positive there are great records i haven't heard because i haven't given them enough of a chance, but there are always going to be great records i haven't heard.

at this point in my life i've listened to enough records that i'm confident enough about what i like, even if i can't describe it in concrete terms. it's not a question of genre or style but simply the sound of a thing. i don't give up on a record if it doesn't make me say "this is awesome" within the first five seconds - in fact a record that impresses me that much within the first five seconds is more likely to turn out to be a disappointment - but within thirty seconds a record needs to convince me it's interesting enough to continue listening to. as an example of a record that does that i'd say david bowie's "station to station". basically nothing happens in the first two minutes of that song, but the sound of nothing happening is compelling enough to convince me to keep listening. on the other hand i listened to an aor song by brother firetribe called "inedible champions" the other day, and while i like their attitude i just don't find aor to be to my taste.

my tastes do change over the years, mind, and if i give up on an album i may come back to it three or five years later and love it. i loathed the velvet underground the first time i heard them.

The fuck ppl pls make yr way to xmas fuck thread

I bail out of 90 percent of albums. The minute you bore me, I'm done. Life is short.

― grawlix (unperson), Sunday, December 17, 2017 8:07 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this.

Also threads

Some records are slow burners, so I mean do those get tossed aside? I like rush' mention of station to station, good example

Some records are slow burners, so I mean do those get tossed aside? I like rush' mention of station to station, good example

No. I agree with everything rushomancy said (except that I don't like Station to Station).

Life is short
Post a controp

All halls of fame (rock, sports, whatever) should be burned to the ground.

Like literally?

If that helps, yes.

I think that’s a good idea for a thread actually. “Halls of Fame C/D S&D (please keep it mostly D)”

You open it and I'll bring my matches

Generally speaking, a Hall of Fame is just a museum for popular enterprises of little or no historical or artistic significance.

I bail out of 90 percent of albums. The minute you bore me, I'm done. Life is short.
― grawlix (unperson), Sunday, December 17, 2017 1:07 PM

Agree and I take the same approach with books
― calstars, Sunday, December 17, 2017 1:24 PM

If I taken this approach I would never have finished a single book. You need patience to acquire most tastes.

OTM. And because I'm a miserablist the percentage is probably closer to 98%. It pays off to persevere, even gives a nice, wholesome feeling to have persisted.

Life isn't short, either. Life is fairly long. (controp?)

xp

i can usu tell if its gonna b good by the cover tbh

May explain why I never finish books anymore

Life's too long to finish books.

Ta-Nehisi Coates doesn't rule

Hey

Lad

Sorry man it's as impersonal as these emotional daggers to the heart can be

So glad I persevered with Shub Niggurath.