musicans' careers
that should say
― Οὖτις, Monday, 18 August 2014 16:37 (nine years ago) link
like, what if there were 200 alphabetically listed blurbs where the authors described their personal engagement with the song and described its lyrical and musical character without waxing poetic about the artist's iconic stature and universal importance in a desperate attempt to dignify canonhood
― da croupier, Monday, August 18, 2014 4:33 PM (42 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
admittedly, far fewer people would bother to check it out
― da croupier, Monday, August 18, 2014 4:36 PM (39 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i would definitely have bothered clicking if this was the case!
― lex pretend, Monday, 18 August 2014 17:16 (nine years ago) link
you guys should read my "window seat" blurb it's about me being scared of flying
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Monday, 18 August 2014 17:17 (nine years ago) link
aw
― go ahead. make vid where u rap about this new TMNT movie. (forksclovetofu), Monday, 18 August 2014 17:19 (nine years ago) link
love that blurb j0rd
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 18 August 2014 17:19 (nine years ago) link
yeah thanks for no "erykah makes us all feel more confident on this rocky plane ride we call life" shit
― da croupier, Monday, 18 August 2014 17:20 (nine years ago) link
there is definitely a divide between their rankings of tracks vs albums - much more rock in the album list.― skip, Monday, August 18, 2014 8:31 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― skip, Monday, August 18, 2014 8:31 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
This is a pretty common divide critical poll divide, right? I feel like if you look at Pazz n Jop polls for the past 20 years, the songs are always a lot more pop-oriented, while the albums are always more dominated by rock.
― Man, when I tell you she was cool, she was red hot, I mean she was (intheblanks), Monday, 18 August 2014 17:33 (nine years ago) link
common critical poll divide, I mean.
is there a Tumblr for Pfork synth "fart" mentions yet? another gem in the Jai Paul blurb for "wet synth farts".
― Bus Sex Teen Busted After Queef Beef (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 18 August 2014 17:40 (nine years ago) link
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Monday, August 18, 2014 1:17 PM (53 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Yes, that one was awesome! Mostly because I also a) love that song, and b) hate flying.
― MaudAddam (cryptosicko), Monday, 18 August 2014 18:12 (nine years ago) link
man, "midnight city" could still use an actual chorus
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, August 18, 2014 11:24 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yeah...it's become this huge mainstream alt-rock radio staple but every time that intro storms in suddenly the actual song starts and it sounds like someone put the stereo on the 'karaoke setting' and the next 3 or 4 minutes are absolute dullsville, depending on how excited you are about saxophone solos. the canonization of that song is a total triumph of aesthetic positioning over anything resembling songwriting.
― some dude, Monday, 18 August 2014 18:34 (nine years ago) link
the canonization of that song is a total triumph of aesthetic positioning over anything resembling songwriting.
― some dude, Monday, August 18, 2014 2:34 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark
preach
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Monday, 18 August 2014 18:42 (nine years ago) link
vibes y'all
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 18 August 2014 18:45 (nine years ago) link
Linkin Park's "Burn It Down" kinda functions well as a "Midnight City" knockoff with actual hooks
― some dude, Monday, 18 August 2014 18:49 (nine years ago) link
it sounds like someone put the stereo on the 'karaoke setting' the canonization of that song is a total triumph of aesthetic positioning over anything resembling songwriting.
these are both true of all new songs that get played on the radio
― example (crüt), Monday, 18 August 2014 18:55 (nine years ago) link
I genuinely thought the collective delusion that MBDTF is good would have disappeared by now
― Number None, Monday, August 18, 2014 10:55 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark
Perhaps but Pitchfork was Patient Zero, er, Patient 10.0 in the outbreak
― 龜, Monday, 18 August 2014 18:56 (nine years ago) link
All my feelings about this list are encapsulated by
33. Miguel - Adorn32. Jai Paul - Jasmine (Demo)
― 龜, Monday, 18 August 2014 18:57 (nine years ago) link
man i was very glib about "midnight city" when it dropped, felt like yet more m83 but now man it's sooo good you can aesthetically position yourself and spin
― da croupier, Monday, 18 August 2014 18:59 (nine years ago) link
if you wish there was a part where they went "oooh, ooh MIDNIGHT CITY" that's on you
― da croupier, Monday, 18 August 2014 19:00 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWTLSZottgc
oddly enough this video is what got me into the song, fuck are you saying there's no hooks in this thing that's a hook right there
― da croupier, Monday, 18 August 2014 19:02 (nine years ago) link
CITY IS A CHUUURCH that's a hook
da croupier otm, the intro that storms in is a monster hook.
― Man, when I tell you she was cool, she was red hot, I mean she was (intheblanks), Monday, 18 August 2014 19:11 (nine years ago) link
is cute to learn that grumpy old dudes asking whatever happened to songwriting will now be telling kids about the wild, shirtless lyrics of chester bennington and the competent turntable work of dr. hahn.
― da croupier, Monday, 18 August 2014 19:14 (nine years ago) link
woops, mr. hahn. shoulda consulted my local library
― da croupier, Monday, 18 August 2014 19:15 (nine years ago) link
my test for whether a song has a "hook" is if I can sing it without queing up YouTube, so sorry midnight city
― dilligaf escape plan (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 18 August 2014 19:20 (nine years ago) link
"One Step Closer," on the other hand....
idk i'm like five years old and "midnight city" seems mostly empty to me, full of signifiers that fail to thread into a song
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 18 August 2014 19:22 (nine years ago) link
i'm also generally pro mr. hahn
I don't even want to stir up a debate again about Pitchfork's weird relationship with metal but, Deafheaven being the only "metal" entry on the list is all kinds of lol.
― Bus Sex Teen Busted After Queef Beef (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 18 August 2014 19:22 (nine years ago) link
it sounds like shoeguzz!
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 18 August 2014 19:23 (nine years ago) link
man watch that vid if you can't go BAH boo boo BAH! BAH boo boo BAH! by memory after that...
― da croupier, Monday, 18 August 2014 19:24 (nine years ago) link
although i guess "dream house" is the closest i got to a screamo jam on the list
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 18 August 2014 19:25 (nine years ago) link
Not sure if I've ever purposely listened to midnight city but I for sure can him that opening squawk
― 龜, Monday, 18 August 2014 19:25 (nine years ago) link
midnight city is definitely "empty" and if you sweat importance yeah you'll wonder whatever happened to good music and big questions like what's spring clean for the may queen but man it is classic epic nonsense
― da croupier, Monday, 18 August 2014 19:26 (nine years ago) link
i don't like it that much, but my almost 5 year old kid loves midnight city every time it comes on the radio
― tylerw, Monday, 18 August 2014 19:26 (nine years ago) link
― Bus Sex Teen Busted After Queef Beef (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, August 18, 2014 3:22 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
name one metal song that's reached any type of critical mass in the last 5 years tho
― dilligaf escape plan (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 18 August 2014 19:27 (nine years ago) link
what was spring clean for the may queen
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 18 August 2014 19:27 (nine years ago) link
xp for all the metal they review, it is kind of weird. easily 1/5 of every record reviewed is a metal record
― marcos, Monday, 18 August 2014 19:28 (nine years ago) link
wish it had been "rocket skates" instead
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 18 August 2014 19:29 (nine years ago) link
i was definitely very "hey if you like midnight city you should check out this dude named limahl" but once i gathered what was FUN about midnight city, whimpering about substance felt very, very besides the point
― da croupier, Monday, 18 August 2014 19:29 (nine years ago) link
I feel like everyone bitching about "Midnight City" needs to rewatch "The Breakfast Club" to reset their context.
― Star Gentle Uterus (DJP), Monday, 18 August 2014 19:31 (nine years ago) link
the new slipknot song is certainly better than anything Deafheaven's ever done
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGkQrzSG1u4
― dilligaf escape plan (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 18 August 2014 19:32 (nine years ago) link
probably there is a lot to complain about in midnight city but 'no hooks' is a bit ridiculous in my opinion
― Van Horn Street, Monday, 18 August 2014 19:33 (nine years ago) link
ahahaha omg that slipknot song rules
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 18 August 2014 19:34 (nine years ago) link
"Midnight City" has a massive hook and a massively dull singer who gets smothered by it. A lot of these songs have the same trouble (Ariel Pink). I get that when Boz Scaggs went New Wave he had to shout really loud but
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 18 August 2014 19:36 (nine years ago) link
you guys are arguing about m83 when I posted new slipknot in here
― dilligaf escape plan (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 18 August 2014 19:37 (nine years ago) link
yeah, that's a fair point. i just think they've really got a great stable of metal writers right now and it's a shame for them to be mostly shut out of big features like this. i'd have loved some more Kim Kelly or Grayson blurbs.
― Bus Sex Teen Busted After Queef Beef (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 18 August 2014 19:37 (nine years ago) link
sorry eddie trunk
― da croupier, Monday, 18 August 2014 19:38 (nine years ago) link
Slipknot are the greatest <3 <3
― faghetti (fgti), Monday, 18 August 2014 19:39 (nine years ago) link
I'm listening to Midnight City in full for the first time right now
― 龜, Monday, 18 August 2014 19:42 (nine years ago) link