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Scott's finest vocals imo are on Scott 3, I vastly rate that album over 4

wow jinx

I once thought as you, then listened to Scott 4 and Got It.

I believe it was William Joel who said, "It's all about soul."

Window dressing background music + window dressing voice don't work together. Something has got to give and my verdict seems to lean towards Scott Walker doesn't have much to give. I'm hearing hallmark tv-movie music on lots of these tracks.

I'm with you on most of his other material.

I've never didn't got Scott 4! The Seventh Seal is dross, On Your Own Again is moving because of the epiphany and the string entry and charming in it brevity, The World's Strongest Man is trite, Angels Of Ashes is a cyclical wonderland that I adored until I decided I might learn it and then read the lyrics and wow they are bad, Boy Child is one of Scott's best, same with Hero, and I have no particular feelings for he rest of it. 4 is scattershot emotionally and there is none of the incredible world-building that Scott 3 goes for, which sustains such a specific and perfect mood, and would be one of my favourite records of all time except that "We Came Through" is out of place, "30th Century Man" is unambitious, and I prefer Brel in French

The keepers from 4:

On Your Own Again (brevity!)
Hero of the War
Boy Child
Get Behind Me
The Old Man's Back Again

...which is five more than I expected.

I'm not sure why so many people like "On Your Own Again".

I don't think disliking Scott Walker's 60s music is exactly controversial fwiw.

I'm trying to listen to Scott Walker. Even when he seems to be trying his hardest his voice has as much soul as Dean Martin's.

― ٩༼ º෴º ༽۶ (FlopsyDuck)

this is what made "epizootics" so interesting to me, scott walker sings in pretty much the whitest manner imaginable

the actual fuck is a comparison with dean martin a slur now

If only he was half as good as Dean Martin.

youd hardly ask andy williams to move from that spot for him

true.

Maybe change this thread title to "daft shit people think"

I don't know anything about Hozier, and am deeply suspicious of who or what he may be, but ... I kind of like the two new songs of his?

Re: Dean
Operatic lounge music. Hardly a surprise that people couldn’t give 2 shits. I respect his place in history though.

recommend me some good dean martin because "hominy grits" fucking sucks, what the hell are you even doing dean

I find that people like you who like too much music can’t be the most discerning of listeners

No such thing as listening to too much music and fuck being discerning

I agree with you on the former

A not-easily-impressed friend of mine is working with Hozier and has reported to me that he is impressed

I find that people like you who like too much music can’t be the most discerning of listeners

― ٩༼ º෴º ༽۶ (FlopsyDuck)

you've spent this entire thread talking shit about dean martin, i was kind of hoping for recommendations from someone who actually likes his singing

jfc "people like you who like too much music" - you can never like too much music

I've never didn't got Scott 4! The Seventh Seal is dross, On Your Own Again is moving because of the epiphany and the string entry and charming in it brevity, The World's Strongest Man is trite, Angels Of Ashes is a cyclical wonderland that I adored until I decided I might learn it and then read the lyrics and wow they are bad, Boy Child is one of Scott's best, same with Hero, and I have no particular feelings for he rest of it. 4 is scattershot emotionally and there is none of the incredible world-building that Scott 3 goes for, which sustains such a specific and perfect mood, and would be one of my favourite records of all time except that "We Came Through" is out of place, "30th Century Man" is unambitious, and I prefer Brel in French

― flamboyant goon tie included, Thursday, February 7, 2019 7:07 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

The keepers from 4:

On Your Own Again (brevity!)
Hero of the War
Boy Child
Get Behind Me
The Old Man's Back Again

...which is five more than I expected.

― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, February 7, 2019 7:11 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I LOVE The Seventh Seal in all its Morri-phoney glory. My faves are that, Old Man and Hero of the War

I think 4 is my favourite of the lot. Scott 3 I find a bit sleepy and a monotonous. So many slow soaring tracks, not enough bite

my favorite songs on 4 are the ones where he scats at the end

jfc "people like you who like too much music" - you can never like too much music

nah see you win the game of liking music when you are so discerning that you like mayyyyybe 1 piece of music

The second half of Scott 4 is a bit of a let down (relatively speaking, love the man and his records). Scott 3 is completely consistent imo and, might I say, dreamy (perhaps that's the 'sleepy' DL mentions). But The Seventh Seal would be one of the first songs I'd put on a C90 of the man.

nah see you win the game of liking music when you are so discerning that you like mayyyyybe 1 piece of music

― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger)

too indiscriminate, truly discerning listeners know that all music that's been made is inferior but continue to hold out hope that one day a piece of music will be made that meets that listener's exacting standards

Dwee-dattun-dat Josef is back

i don’t like much music anymore, but it’s not because im discerning, it’s bc im depressed

i connect with music through some form of joy. when im depressed it’s just like, why is this air banging on my eardrums

Getting too real flopman

Dean Martin is good. Little old wine drinker me. I'm drinking some wine now but they're playing some boogie or whatever, dino not ok trend

sounds pleasant, can't dance to it, 5.5

xp lol it was meant as an xp to flopsy. depression is not controversial

quality unemotional affectless treble-less ambient music flows through my chakras like spiritual drain-o

I always wanted to read the big Dino bio

It's amazing how fast people's mouths move just to talk.

Songs In The Key Of Life is right up there with Disintegration in the list of "worst albums to be regarded as classics"

hey now

why is this air banging on my eardrums

new board descrip

I always wanted to read the big Dino bio

Nick Tosches is the worst of the first generation of rock critics (though Richard Meltzer gives him a serious run for it).

Songs In The Key Of Life more like Songs That Make Me Feel Frustrated With Their Insipidness And Interminability And Cause Me Great Aggravation When I'm Trying To Buy Groceries, Plus "Sir Duke", Which Is Admittedly Fantastic

After some weekend consideration I’ve come to the conclusion that Sugar Ray is in fact better than Sigur Ros.

music wise there is hardly anything in the world that is worse than sigur ros. maybe german schlager.

you know I don't think I've ever heard anyone talk shit about Stevie Wonder ever on a music board, so bravo

in college I had a buddy who was big into Sigur Ros and I remember thinking Aegutus Bryumr (sp?) was just this super-gorgeous, life-affirming music. a few months later I asked to borrow the CD and listened to it in the car and was amazed at how droll and silly it was. like, I have no clue what I heard the first time. no I was not high.

This is a real phenomenon and I've never been able to explain it. Many are the records I heard in the context of a record store or in a friend's car and decided I needed to own only to buy it and bring it home and wonder what I saw in it

maybe almost everything sounds good at a record store or in a friend's car