Spicy but totally and utterly wrong
― like him hate us? Sure you are. Its in the cool aid. (ultros ultros-ghali), Thursday, 21 February 2019 20:19 (five years ago) link
That is ridiculous
I'm of the opinion that everything you write is autobiographical, this post is autobiographical
And that, conversely, the least autobiographical writing is... autobiography, really. If you're writing something about a fictional dude who is doing fictional things, that tells your own story more accurately than if you give the Totally True Account Of What Happened Yesterday To Exactly You, which will be all slant and style and won't really be accurate at all
― flamboyant goon tie included, Thursday, 21 February 2019 20:19 (five years ago) link
if the music you make isn't mostly autobiographic, it's trash. worthless.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Thursday, February 21, 2019 2:10 PM (twelve minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i almost feel the opposite
though there are no rules! that's the problem with this thread, nothing is always true when it comes to music
my fav neil young quote is when asked if he music was autobiographical, he said, "i don't want listeners to think about me, i want them to think about themselves"
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 21 February 2019 20:24 (five years ago) link
I don't want to think about Neil Young either!
― yuh yuh (morrisp), Thursday, 21 February 2019 20:25 (five years ago) link
that's why music with vocals is only good 30%-40% of the time.
DOUBLIN` DOWN BITCHES
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Thursday, 21 February 2019 20:28 (five years ago) link
i think Tonight's the Night gets a lot more notice because of its supposed autobiographical slant but it's not an autobiographical album, it just references a guy he knew in a couple songs (the same song really) and turns it into a rumination on death.
― omar little, Thursday, 21 February 2019 20:28 (five years ago) link
music with lyrics is for children
― steven, soda jerk (sic), Thursday, 21 February 2019 20:39 (five years ago) link
The solipsistic view of art where it can only be understood through "identification" leaves no room for expansion of horizons, also it's deeply patronising to both artists and audience.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 21 February 2019 20:45 (five years ago) link
there's an old big star thread where someone says they sound like kiss, that was a way weirder opinion than just thinking big star are bad
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Thursday, 21 February 2019 20:47 (five years ago) link
it can only be understood through "identification" leaves no room for expansion of horizons
if this is the case, the author needs to consider another vocation.👍🏻
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Thursday, 21 February 2019 21:51 (five years ago) link
was so disappointed when I realized Brotha Lynch Hung hadn't ate all them peoples
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Thursday, 21 February 2019 23:15 (five years ago) link
Levon Helm was not in the Civil War
― Gunther Gleiben (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 21 February 2019 23:23 (five years ago) link
https://www.hotflick.net/flicks/2009_In_the_Electric_Mist/009IEM_Levon_Helm_002.jpg
― omar little, Thursday, 21 February 2019 23:24 (five years ago) link
Big Star are terrible except for 'Holocaust' and (especially) 'Kanga Roo'.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, February 20, 2019 5:40 AM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
To paraphrase something a soundguy once said about my own band, "They sound like a box of cereal."
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 21 February 2019 23:30 (five years ago) link
Amen. I like Teenage Fanclub and the theme from That 70s Show much better than Big Star.
― ☮ (peace, man), Thursday, 21 February 2019 23:33 (five years ago) link
B-b-but the theme from That 70s Show IS Big Star.
― silent as a seashell Julia (Sund4r), Thursday, 21 February 2019 23:40 (five years ago) link
Cheap Trick playing Big Star tbf, but still a Big Star song.
they sound like a box of cereal because there's a Box Top in them
― Josefa, Thursday, 21 February 2019 23:42 (five years ago) link
I love Big Star and Teenage Fanclub but Cheap Trick is way better than both
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 21 February 2019 23:42 (five years ago) link
Hm, Big Star vs Cheap Trick is tough. I def prefer the original "In the Street". Might take the first two Big Star albums over any given Cheap Trick album. Cheap Trick rock me harder but Big Star give me ~feelings~ in a way that Cheap Trick don't quite get to.
― silent as a seashell Julia (Sund4r), Thursday, 21 February 2019 23:47 (five years ago) link
Cheap Trick playing Big Star tbf, but still a Big Star song.― silent as a seashell Julia (Sund4r), Thursday, February 21, 2019 11:40 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― silent as a seashell Julia (Sund4r), Thursday, February 21, 2019 11:40 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
That was my point.
― ☮ (peace, man), Friday, 22 February 2019 00:38 (five years ago) link
If this setup/punchline was serendipitous (and not somehow coordinated), many +++'s
― yuh yuh (morrisp), Friday, 22 February 2019 00:42 (five years ago) link
Big Star is better than these other bands mentioned come on
― Trϵϵship, Friday, 22 February 2019 00:44 (five years ago) link
big star whips ass and anyone who thinks they suck sucks
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Friday, 22 February 2019 00:48 (five years ago) link
sorry i thought this was the post your very popular music opinions thread
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Friday, 22 February 2019 00:49 (five years ago) link
Jazzy/EZ stereolab is the best stereolab
― brimstead, Friday, 22 February 2019 01:15 (five years ago) link
read that as Jay Z/Stereolab, which, uh, wow
― a Stalin Stale Ale for me, please (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 22 February 2019 01:19 (five years ago) link
Oh, I get you now. I had missed man alive's post about the cereal box tbh. I should probably not post hurriedly during work breaks on long days.
― silent as a seashell Julia (Sund4r), Friday, 22 February 2019 03:21 (five years ago) link
Brad otm tbh
― flamboyant goon tie included, Friday, 22 February 2019 03:34 (five years ago) link
Props on the controp, I'm a little tilted now. This is the wrongest opinion that has ever wronged.
― pomenitul, Friday, 22 February 2019 09:47 (five years ago) link
Bruce Springsteen is shook now
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Friday, 22 February 2019 13:19 (five years ago) link
how the fuck would you know if any art is "autobiographic" `
― a Stalin Stale Ale for me, please (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 22 February 2019 13:25 (five years ago) link
My 6 year old daughter whenever I put some music on at home: "Is someone going to start singing?"Me: "No"Daughter: "Then I don't want to hear it"
― silverfish, Friday, 22 February 2019 14:29 (five years ago) link
some of us saw the tec on tour with Large Professor xpost
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Friday, 22 February 2019 14:31 (five years ago) link
anyway, my opinion on lyrics in music is that in 90% of cases music is better if you don't pay attention to the lyrics
― silverfish, Friday, 22 February 2019 14:36 (five years ago) link
Agree with silverfish. There aren't many good lyricists out there, and "autobiographical" lyrics are the hardest to do well.
― beard papa, Friday, 22 February 2019 17:08 (five years ago) link
By Austin's values recent Sun Lol Moon must be the best music of all time
― like him hate us? Sure you are. Its in the cool aid. (ultros ultros-ghali), Friday, 22 February 2019 17:10 (five years ago) link
Sun Lol Moon
ty autocorrect, and I mean it this time
― like him hate us? Sure you are. Its in the cool aid. (ultros ultros-ghali), Friday, 22 February 2019 17:14 (five years ago) link
Pink Floyd would have been a much better band if their name was Sun Lol Moon
― sarahell, Tuesday, 26 February 2019 16:33 (five years ago) link
ahahaha son lol moon
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 26 February 2019 16:36 (five years ago) link
Carry Me ROFLMAO
with their big hit, Another Brick in the Lol Part 2
― sarahell, Tuesday, 26 February 2019 16:38 (five years ago) link
Mark Klolzelek
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 26 February 2019 16:39 (five years ago) link
Lowl
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 26 February 2019 16:44 (five years ago) link
living it up at the joketel California!
― sarahell, Tuesday, 26 February 2019 16:47 (five years ago) link
helter skelter is the only good beatles track
― closed beta (NotEnough), Tuesday, 26 February 2019 17:25 (five years ago) link
tru
― sarahell, Tuesday, 26 February 2019 17:45 (five years ago) link
Man I know I probably bang on about this too much but Stereolab's transition from "perfect simple dual-vocal Neu! tribute band with communism" into "terrifyingly twee and overly complicated The Free Design tribute band with jazz hands" is the biggest bummer I can think of. I cannot imagine getting listening to anything they recorded after Emperor Tomato Ketchup for pleasure. It is such a bummer! I have never heard a band go so pivot so suddenly from "perfect" to "zany"
― flamboyant goon tie included, Friday, 1 March 2019 01:22 (five years ago) link
Stereolol
― flamboyant goon tie included, Friday, 1 March 2019 01:23 (five years ago) link
too bad for you
― brimstead, Friday, 1 March 2019 01:35 (five years ago) link