Arab on Radar was p dope, Chinese Stars too
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 19:46 (five years ago) link
Doomsday Student is/was closest to the greatness of AoR
― sarahell, Wednesday, 13 February 2019 19:47 (five years ago) link
Chinese Stars was good iirc -- only saw them once
Unperson, those are the two hits and three really strong album cuts imo! "4th of July" might be my favourite song on that album.
― silent as a seashell Julia (Sund4r), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 19:54 (five years ago) link
Black Hole Sun is one of the worst songs Soundgarden ever recorded. It's one of the worst songs of the 1990s. Whether that's why it was a massive hit, I will not speculate.
― grawlix (unperson), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 19:55 (five years ago) link
I don't hate it but that one isn't my favourite at all (decent Aerosmith verse, monotonous chorus). It does annoy me that 'everyone' seems to know this great, weird heavy band by that one atypical ballad. They obv made the right commercial call by not cutting it, though, ha.
― silent as a seashell Julia (Sund4r), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 19:58 (five years ago) link
― grawlix (unperson), Wednesday, February 13, 2019 1:55 PM (five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
hahaha dude c'mon do you want me to start listing trash alt rock one hit wonders?
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 20:00 (five years ago) link
summoning: strongholdsummoning: oath boundsummoning: let the moral heroes sing your famesummoning: dol goldurmiles davis: kind of blue
quality take
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 20:10 (five years ago) link
Hey, I didn't say it was one of, like, the five worst songs of the 1990s. There were hundreds. It was a dark time.
― grawlix (unperson), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 20:16 (five years ago) link
i still love nevermind, can't stand the NMH dude's singing, you're welcome
― brimstead, Wednesday, 13 February 2019 20:34 (five years ago) link
is Judas Priest is 10X the band Iron Maiden is controversial?
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 20:36 (five years ago) link
I think the conventional wisdom is that Judas Priest's albums are better, but Iron Maiden live is life-changing. That's how I feel about it, anyway.
― grawlix (unperson), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 20:40 (five years ago) link
youth of america wipes the ass of about any album out there.
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 20:42 (five years ago) link
Arab Strap are more fun to listen to than Belle and Sebastian. Arab Strap's music has more resonance (physically and emotionally) than that of Belle & Sebastian.
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 22:16 (five years ago) link
not controp ^
― steven, soda jerk (sic), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 22:18 (five years ago) link
this is definitely the right thread to polish the balls of tedious rawk wankery Soundgarden though, well done everyone
Arab Strap have about 15-18 really good songs, B&S have about 70
― bhad bundy (Simon H.), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 22:21 (five years ago) link
ahh, shit
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 22:23 (five years ago) link
So, Soundgarden are tedious now? Or just soda jerk (another ten percenter) thinks so.....?
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 22:30 (five years ago) link
As an American it's my honor to polish Soundgarden's balls to a mirrorlike sheen
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 22:30 (five years ago) link
Can somebody fill me in on the "controp" thing? What does it mean? Is it just cool to keep me guessing?
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 22:32 (five years ago) link
Soundgarden are a great band with no front-to-back great albums. (Ultramega OK and Badmotorfinger come closest, to me.)
― grawlix (unperson), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 22:33 (five years ago) link
controp = controversial opinion
― grawlix (unperson), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 22:50 (five years ago) link
There is an actual code to Pearl Jam's No Code - however ambiguous or amorphous it may be.. there's a definite code that it adheres to.
Thank you for clearing that up!
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 22:57 (five years ago) link
challop > controp
― omar little, Wednesday, 13 February 2019 23:00 (five years ago) link
Jay-Z would've experienced more (even more) success (album sales, fame, valuable stock, etc.) if he had more Russell Crowe feature spots/ cameos on his tracks. -Controp or non- controp?
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 23:04 (five years ago) link
The best ever Nirvana album was named "Two of Us" and was released in 1968.
― The GeirBot (Geir Hongro), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 23:07 (five years ago) link
The song "Jessie" by Paw is not about an actual dog named Jessie, it's about having an ideal best friend who'll know when to lay off, or when to let go (to not get fixated on trivial things)
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 23:09 (five years ago) link
The song "Black Shampoo" by Wu-tang clan was filmed in an actual The Body Shop store, in Westfarms mall (West Hartford, CT) in 1996. U-God "Golden Arms" delivered his verses while soaking his feet in hot, bubbling water (in a hot tub filled w/heated Poland Spring water and Epsom salt) - in a mobile hot tub on top of a parade float - it was towed by a Ram pickup truck.
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 23:19 (five years ago) link
― beard papa, Wednesday, 13 February 2019 23:24 (five years ago) link
Haha, success
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 23:31 (five years ago) link
Yeah that's a deep dive. Often wondered how that band got signed.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 13 February 2019 23:34 (five years ago) link
Arab Strap are shite. Belle & Sebastian are worse.
― Wee boats wobble but they don't fall down (Tom D.), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 23:43 (five years ago) link
they toured Australia a couple of years after Jessie, and the posters had "JESSIE YOU'RE A GOOD DOG SUCH A GOOD DOG" in large caps, laid over the out of focus band photo
― steven, soda jerk (sic), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 23:44 (five years ago) link
"Often wondered how that band got signed."
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 23:55 (five years ago) link
ts: ass-wiping vs. ball-polishing
― the scientology of mountains (rushomancy), Thursday, 14 February 2019 00:53 (five years ago) link
There is only one where failing to do it will make nobody want to be around you
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Thursday, 14 February 2019 01:56 (five years ago) link
I loved Paw back in the day. Great live band.
― Good cop, Babcock (Chinaski), Thursday, 14 February 2019 15:34 (five years ago) link
Paw's Dragline was one of my 8 free CDs from Columbia House back in the day, that's the main thing I remember about it.
― Chris L, Thursday, 14 February 2019 15:56 (five years ago) link
listening to Paw's Dragline right now and buffing Kim Thayil's scrote, sounds p good tbh
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 14 February 2019 16:04 (five years ago) link
Kim Thayil's scrote can actually melt steel beams
― sarahell, Thursday, 14 February 2019 16:26 (five years ago) link
Death to Traitors is great too.
― Good cop, Babcock (Chinaski), Thursday, 14 February 2019 16:45 (five years ago) link
I listened to Dragline this morning for the first time in decades. Felt pretty much the same about it as I did back then: The guitar-work is great - there are some really catchy and beautiful guitar lines. The lyrics are embarrassing in a way that's hard to put a finger on. Maybe a just a bit too plain-spoken, earnest/confessional... I don't know. The vocalist sounds like they dragged him into the studio right off of a combine. The album loses steam after the first few songs and I really didn't remember any of the later songs. I decided I really didn't want to listen to the lyrics to "Lolita" at all. Still a fun trip down memory lane.
― beard papa, Thursday, 14 February 2019 20:10 (five years ago) link
After listening to that I got to thinking about other albums of that era. My potentially controversial opinion is that Brad's "Shame" was one of the best grunge adjacent albums of that era.
― beard papa, Thursday, 14 February 2019 20:14 (five years ago) link
I'd co-sign that. Shawn Smith's voice is a beautiful thing.
― Good cop, Babcock (Chinaski), Thursday, 14 February 2019 21:36 (five years ago) link
The first Satchel record, too.
I remember really disliking Paw but also kind of confusing them with Seven Mary Three (who I also didn't like). I did like that Brad record a lot at the time though but sold it decades ago and haven't heard it since.
Dragline, Churn, and Shame all have basically the same 90s-as-fuck covers though.
― joygoat, Thursday, 14 February 2019 22:03 (five years ago) link
my weed dealer's fav band was Brad i should investigate again
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 14 February 2019 22:04 (five years ago) link
Scott Walker has better songs than Bowie.
― Cousin Slappy, Friday, 15 February 2019 02:30 (five years ago) link
that's more of a yawn-troversial opinion
― sarahell, Friday, 15 February 2019 05:01 (five years ago) link