The joy division opinions upthread are very weird to me.
― Trϵϵship, Monday, 7 January 2019 03:15 (five years ago) link
mountain goats is emo they might be giants
but mountain goats is less emo than they might be giants!
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 7 January 2019 03:36 (five years ago) link
kraftwerk is corny and unenjoyable imo. there are a million other german bands/artists from the 70s that i'd rather listen to
― marcos, Wednesday, 9 January 2019 16:10 (five years ago) link
ok tour de france is cool but imo the 70s stuff for which they are very famous is not good
― marcos, Wednesday, 9 January 2019 16:13 (five years ago) link
I agree tbh, at their best they're the best tho
My bf, over my shoulder, "ooh look at you having an opinion. Getting the opinion machine all revved up"
― flamboyant goon tie included, Wednesday, 9 January 2019 16:17 (five years ago) link
Die Meinung Maschine
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 9 January 2019 16:20 (five years ago) link
kraftwerk is corny and unenjoyable imo
computer world is corny and enjoyable
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Wednesday, 9 January 2019 16:48 (five years ago) link
yeah, I thought "corny" was their most charming attribute.
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 9 January 2019 17:04 (five years ago) link
otm!
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 9 January 2019 17:05 (five years ago) link
they're also rather sweet
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 9 January 2019 17:05 (five years ago) link
Computer World is my favouritest of their records tbh
― flamboyant goon tie included, Wednesday, 9 January 2019 18:41 (five years ago) link
same
― brimstead, Wednesday, 9 January 2019 19:49 (five years ago) link
Yep
― Gavin, Leeds, Wednesday, 9 January 2019 20:52 (five years ago) link
I remember that I found Autobahn rather ridiculous when it came out. It sounded very much like a flash in the pan. And I would have never guessed that this rather slight piece of music would have been the future. These days besides the nostalgy I quite like the soothing and trance-inducing effect it has when I listen to it. But you are right the tune is the epitome of corny. I have still to listen to it when I drive on the Autobahn which used to bore me a lot but which I almost love now. But I even prefer French and American highways as they are even more monotonous as the speed differences between the cars are almost nil.
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Wednesday, 9 January 2019 21:48 (five years ago) link
I remember that I found Autobahn rather ridiculous when it came out. It sounded very much like a flash in the pan. And I would have never guessed that this rather slight piece of music would have been the future.
lol and this is exactly how i felt reading about this record as a pivotal moment in electronic music and then buying it, putting it on and hearing this dinky little tune stretched out to 23 minutes
― marcos, Wednesday, 9 January 2019 21:57 (five years ago) link
"Autobahn" is pretty much classic-era Kraftwerk's worst song/album, though. Radio-Activity and The Man-Machine and Trans-Europe Express are all much, much better.
― grawlix (unperson), Wednesday, 9 January 2019 22:00 (five years ago) link
Kraftwerk were kinda shit and the influence of dub on electronic music gets overlooked cause of Eurocentricity
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 9 January 2019 22:00 (five years ago) link
Radio-Activity is a fairly engaging listen as a whole, but the only pre-Computer World song that I have a need for in my life is "The Robots"
― flamboyant goon tie included, Wednesday, 9 January 2019 22:07 (five years ago) link
Y'all need the Ralf + Florian album.
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 9 January 2019 22:09 (five years ago) link
Nah, fuck that hippie bullshit.
― grawlix (unperson), Wednesday, 9 January 2019 22:10 (five years ago) link
This thread has taken a most unfortunate turn
― Paul Ponzi, Wednesday, 9 January 2019 22:10 (five years ago) link
hippie bullshit is....great
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 9 January 2019 22:12 (five years ago) link
this is the best hippie bullshit you'll ever hear
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToiLyjxABM0
― tylerw, Wednesday, 9 January 2019 22:16 (five years ago) link
It can be. I love Can. But that's not what I come to Kraftwerk for, and it's not where their talents lay.
― grawlix (unperson), Wednesday, 9 January 2019 22:17 (five years ago) link
If it were hippie bullshit, I wouldn't have liked it.
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 9 January 2019 22:20 (five years ago) link
Can, whom I like a lot, tend to be baggier.
Faust is the (often very good!) hippie bullsh*t
― i stan corrected (morrisp), Wednesday, 9 January 2019 22:27 (five years ago) link
hippie bullshit is....greatIt can be. I love Can. But that's not what I come to Kraftwerk for, and it's not where their talents lay
It can be. I love Can. But that's not what I come to Kraftwerk for, and it's not where their talents lay
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Wednesday, 9 January 2019 22:32 (five years ago) link
I like efficient German engineering Kraftwork too! They were just generally really great
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 9 January 2019 22:35 (five years ago) link
First one I heard was Computer World probably around 2004 and to me it was laughably dinky and slight
next year I'd purchased Minimum-Maximum and suddenly everything about the band made sense
― frogbs, Wednesday, 9 January 2019 22:44 (five years ago) link
"tin machine" is david bowie's finest rock song
― reggie (qualmsley), Wednesday, 9 January 2019 23:48 (five years ago) link
It's not a bad song! My Bowie controp is that Reeves was his finest guitarist-for-hire
― flamboyant goon tie included, Thursday, 10 January 2019 00:20 (five years ago) link
ok these are two actual controversial opinions
oof
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 10 January 2019 00:22 (five years ago) link
amon duul ii is underrated hippie bullshit
― errang (rushomancy), Thursday, 10 January 2019 00:36 (five years ago) link
^ truth. keith forsey (who wrote "flashdance (what a feeling)" and "don't you (forget about me)") drummed for them
― reggie (qualmsley), Thursday, 10 January 2019 00:54 (five years ago) link
Underrated by who?
― Never Turn Your Back On Virginia Woolf (Tom D.), Thursday, 10 January 2019 01:38 (five years ago) link
R. Kelly's music was always shit, regardless of his status as a sexual predator.
― Alex in NYC, Thursday, 10 January 2019 22:16 (five years ago) link
hi, Alex!
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 10 January 2019 22:18 (five years ago) link
https://dakiniland.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/bloomcounty.jpg?w=590
― omar little, Thursday, 10 January 2019 22:18 (five years ago) link
this must be some kind of killing joke
― Rhine Jive Click Bait (Hadrian VIII), Thursday, 10 January 2019 22:58 (five years ago) link
syd > frank ocean
― maura, Friday, 11 January 2019 04:57 (five years ago) link
I agree w that actually
― resident hack (Simon H.), Friday, 11 January 2019 04:58 (five years ago) link
Same
― Number None, Friday, 11 January 2019 08:56 (five years ago) link
most artists >>>>>>>> Frank Ocean
― boxedjoy, Friday, 11 January 2019 10:11 (five years ago) link
I posted the following already in the Abba vs. B-52's thread but as Tom D. pointed out, it belongs here:
My favourite Abba song was always this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEbZqnC2oN4
I think it is an outlier in their oeuvre. So much punch, so much drive, almost a punk song from 1973. After that it was all downhill.
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Friday, 11 January 2019 10:31 (five years ago) link
the riff in Ring Ring reminds me of Suicide.
― fetter, Friday, 11 January 2019 11:10 (five years ago) link
Eric Clapton peaked in Cream and everything since has been less a downhill slide than a plunge into an abyss of mediocrity. Everything good about Derek and the Dominoes is despite, not because, of him.
― Plinka Trinka Banga Tink (Eliza D.), Friday, 11 January 2019 14:05 (five years ago) link
controversial?
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 11 January 2019 14:25 (five years ago) link
On that note: George Harrison's entire solo career is overwhelmingly mediocre
― Paul Ponzi, Friday, 11 January 2019 14:28 (five years ago) link
Both on-topic and both wrong, but I am thrilled to see ppl taking the thread seriously
― Twas in the fleek midwinter (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 11 January 2019 14:37 (five years ago) link