No critical reappraisal of Pretty Odd yet? Feel like it's really slept on (except by Brad and me, and I guess Geir) and quite a bit different from what they're more known for. Beatles pastiche album for sure, but a good one. Or maybe Skylarking-era XTC is a better comparison. I get like half a dozen of the songs from it stuck in my head from time to time.
― Vinnie, Sunday, 31 January 2016 07:58 (eight years ago) link
it's still majorly derided by a good portion of their fanbase. idk if critics will ever care enough. i listened to it earlier today and it's so singular
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Sunday, 31 January 2016 08:00 (eight years ago) link
xtc and elo were always more precise comparisons than the beatles, it's almost a pastiche of a pastiche, which is kind of what makes its texture interesting
it's also hell of catchy
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Sunday, 31 January 2016 08:01 (eight years ago) link
I've seen crazier things get reappraisal, so I'll keep waiting. I saw them live when they were touring Too Weird to Live and I think they played maybe one song from it, so I suppose that doesn't help things
― Vinnie, Sunday, 31 January 2016 08:04 (eight years ago) link
yeah i saw them on the vices and virtues tour and felt blessed to get both "nine in the afternoon" and "that green gentleman"
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Sunday, 31 January 2016 08:08 (eight years ago) link
but i feel like the band member split was born out of a desire to write pretty. odd out of their history
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Sunday, 31 January 2016 08:09 (eight years ago) link
I think we only got "Nine in the Afternoon". Don't remember what was played exactly but I remember he did a dead-on impression of Brian Johnson for a cover of "You Shook Me All Night Long" and a backflip off the stage. Dude tries hard to impress. Great show though
― Vinnie, Sunday, 31 January 2016 08:15 (eight years ago) link
xp yeah I always assumed as much
oh my godddd
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZUopuhqwCM
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, 21 March 2018 19:49 (six years ago) link
lmao P!ATD and FOB are approaching some kind of maximalist singularity
― Simon H., Thursday, 22 March 2018 13:41 (six years ago) link
new album is v good, largely on some soul punk shit
― flamenco blorf (BradNelson), Friday, 22 June 2018 13:34 (five years ago) link
soty
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsEuKBq_4oc
― flamenco blorf (BradNelson), Friday, 22 June 2018 17:30 (five years ago) link
i had no idea until recently that this band played arenas
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 22 June 2018 17:40 (five years ago) link
i like this record a lot
― maura, Friday, 22 June 2018 18:19 (five years ago) link
i was trying to assemble an album out of good songs from their last three records and i actually can't. there have been like five good songs
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Friday, January 29, 2016 4:02 PM (two years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
btw i was wrong, vices and virtues is actually a great record, i just hadn't listened to it enough. too rare to live and death of a bachelor are still, like, half-terrible but the good halves are really good
― flamenco blorf (BradNelson), Friday, 22 June 2018 18:33 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJr1OhX87TM
my jam
― flamenco blorf (BradNelson), Friday, 22 June 2018 18:35 (five years ago) link
14 y/o dragged me to a show last year. that guy works really damn hard afaict. ok fun show given my expectations.
― Hunt3r, Friday, 22 June 2018 23:20 (five years ago) link
Whoa, that first song you linked is not what I was expecting from Panic. Catchy though, need to check this album out
― Vinnie, Friday, 22 June 2018 23:54 (five years ago) link
"High Hopes"
― timellison, Saturday, 23 June 2018 00:01 (five years ago) link
he’s one of the best pure vocalists working right now
― maura, Saturday, 23 June 2018 15:02 (five years ago) link
Went to the Radio 1 Big Weekend thing a few weeks back with the kids. Main stage and surrounding area were virtually packed from the very start so we were using the area by the second stage as a place for some respite between acts and somewhere the kids could run around in the shade. Most acts on that stage had maybe a couple hundred people watching at most but when PATD played there were easily a few thousand, most of whom knew all the words.
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 26 June 2018 07:11 (five years ago) link
i love this song so much even tho it's a complete beatles riphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zouSojyIi94
― InfoWarriors (Spottie), Wednesday, 1 August 2018 21:34 (five years ago) link
my sis took three of her kids (14, 12,10) to the show last night in miami. looked like a great show and her kids are obsessed.
― InfoWarriors (Spottie), Wednesday, 1 August 2018 21:35 (five years ago) link
pretty. odd is the best
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Wednesday, 1 August 2018 21:48 (five years ago) link
listened to it in full last night and i liked it. the back half in partic. folkin around is rad.
― InfoWarriors (Spottie), Wednesday, 1 August 2018 21:49 (five years ago) link
yeah agreed about it getting even stronger in the second half. "mad as rabbits" is my fav panic song
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Wednesday, 1 August 2018 21:55 (five years ago) link
whole album is just it's own weird thing. rabbits is a great power pop song.
― InfoWarriors (Spottie), Wednesday, 1 August 2018 22:00 (five years ago) link
sorry i need to continue repping for vices and virtues as just a deeply enjoyable emo pop album
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uu2XSQgdQDY
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 2 August 2018 15:02 (five years ago) link
I'm taking my daughter to this show tonight and don't really know anything about the band, what am I in for?
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 4 February 2019 19:18 (five years ago) link
a so-so "Bohemian Rhapsody" cover
― bhad bundy (Simon H.), Monday, 4 February 2019 19:34 (five years ago) link
(if they still do that)
I'm in!
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 4 February 2019 19:34 (five years ago) link
Does he do all the parts himself?
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 4 February 2019 19:35 (five years ago) link
i haven't seen them live since 2011 but brendon's a real showman, i think you'll have a good time
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Monday, 4 February 2019 21:14 (five years ago) link
i nearly reactivated this thread the other day just to say this AGAIN
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Monday, 4 February 2019 21:15 (five years ago) link
Cool. FWIW I did see My Chemical Romance once and they were nothing special, but this one seems more theatrical. I'm a sucker for big flashy arena shows.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 4 February 2019 21:33 (five years ago) link
Think my opinion is in this thread somewhere already but they were super fun to see live
― Vinnie, Tuesday, 5 February 2019 00:47 (five years ago) link
They're pretty slick! I can see them touring with the 1975.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 5 February 2019 03:01 (five years ago) link
my daughter's having a blast, which is most important.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 5 February 2019 03:03 (five years ago) link
Are these guys Mormon?
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 5 February 2019 03:10 (five years ago) link
Pet peeve: why bring along horns and strings but still sometimes enlist offstage pre-recorded stuff? Bring that synth guy out of the shadows, it's cool, your fans are very accepting!
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 5 February 2019 03:39 (five years ago) link
brendon grew up mormon yeah but is pretty def ex-mormon now i think, vegas has an unexpectedly high mormon population
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Tuesday, 5 February 2019 03:46 (five years ago) link
Wow, so he is Mormon! Total Mormon vibe.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 5 February 2019 03:53 (five years ago) link
Killers and Imagine Dragons also Vegas Mormons, right?
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 5 February 2019 03:54 (five years ago) link
just did greatest showman song, daughter so happy.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 5 February 2019 03:56 (five years ago) link
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, February 4, 2019 8:54 PM (twenty-two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
iirc yes
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Tuesday, 5 February 2019 04:17 (five years ago) link
Now they're doing Bohemian Rhapsody, but I'd bet they'd do a great Fat Bottomed Girls or Killer Queen.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 5 February 2019 04:18 (five years ago) link
now he's shirtless but not greased
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 5 February 2019 04:31 (five years ago) link
he's like the rock/pop angel on the shoulder to Adam Levine's devil.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 5 February 2019 04:34 (five years ago) link
lest we forget
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yk8jV7r6VMk
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Tuesday, 5 February 2019 04:44 (five years ago) link