CITY IS A CHUUURCH that's a hook
― da croupier, Monday, 18 August 2014 19:02 (nine years ago) link
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
This song is epic
^me too xp
― marcos, Monday, 18 August 2014 19:43 (nine years ago) link
I get so pumped when that BA bow bow BA comes in
― 龜, Monday, 18 August 2014 19:43 (nine years ago) link
it is pretty good but i agree with alfred that the singer is very weak, the rest of the song overwhelms the vocals
― marcos, Monday, 18 August 2014 19:44 (nine years ago) link
Oh my god they just ran the BA bow bow BA through a filter
It sounds like I'm underwater
Incredible
― 龜, Monday, 18 August 2014 19:44 (nine years ago) link
what type of person would rather listen to this chill-ass bloop blorp music than the 'knot
https://soundcloud.com/jaipaul/jai-paul-jasmine
― dilligaf escape plan (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 18 August 2014 19:44 (nine years ago) link
This guitar solo is sick
my GTFO moment was seeing "Blood on the Leaves"
― Star Gentle Uterus (DJP), Monday, August 18, 2014 10:19 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
^^^^
― rap steve gadd (D-40), Monday, 18 August 2014 19:47 (nine years ago) link
This Slipknot song is cool as heck too
― 龜, Monday, 18 August 2014 19:47 (nine years ago) link
Music rules
i love music
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 18 August 2014 19:50 (nine years ago) link
Music City
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 18 August 2014 19:51 (nine years ago) link
music is the answer
― marcos, Monday, 18 August 2014 19:52 (nine years ago) link
to your problems
groovin
keep on movin
The BA bow bow BA sound like speeder bikes from Return Of The Jedi (and thus I feel like I'm 5 when that song is on)
― faghetti (fgti), Monday, 18 August 2014 19:55 (nine years ago) link
I do not like that new Slipknot tune, and I like a few of their singles. Co-sign on the "Rocket Skates" love though - massive tune. (That or "Leathers" or "Tempest" would have been fine parallel-universe inclusions.)
― Simon H., Monday, 18 August 2014 20:03 (nine years ago) link
as Pitchfork haemorrhages readers
is this really happening?
dead man walking: http://www.spin.com/articles/all-333-phish-songs-ranked/
kidding aside, it's an interest question in light of the big BuzzFeed news.
― campreverb, Monday, 18 August 2014 20:12 (nine years ago) link
yea how is p4k's readership? they seem bigger and more established than ever
― marcos, Monday, 18 August 2014 20:13 (nine years ago) link