Nah.
Their best closer.
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 8 May 2019 00:09 (four years ago) link
I don’t mind the keats/yeats like but it’s be a lot funnier if he mispronounced yeats imo
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 8 May 2019 00:12 (four years ago) link
i like "rich man" and "my mistake" a fair bit but that's certainly the weakest stretch
"jerusalem, new york, berlin" is fantastic but "i think ur a contra" is still my favourite of their closers
― ufo, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 00:14 (four years ago) link
heh -- my pick for worst song of their career through 2011. I didn't care about the literate lyrics or whatever -- I could not stand the untethered track and Koenig's vocal tone.
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 8 May 2019 00:18 (four years ago) link
it’s funny that he sings the keats line, i like to imagine she was too embarrassed lol
― flopson, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 00:18 (four years ago) link
rich man -> married in a gold rush -> my mistake -> sympathy -> sunflower
i don’t really dislike any of these songs but this run kills the album. album kicks ass both before and after it but also feels like it’s constantly getting started until it ends
― american bradass (BradNelson)
Yeah, I totally know what you mean. I had that same feeling earlier today although I've come to love Sunflower now.
― kitchen person, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 00:51 (four years ago) link
I like Rich Man!
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Wednesday, 8 May 2019 01:40 (four years ago) link
it'll prob grow on me
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, 8 May 2019 01:45 (four years ago) link
xp I do too. also like both of the steve lacy collaborations. haven't listened to the album as a whole to see how it flows
― Dan S, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 01:51 (four years ago) link
Two drum kits : now that’s getting serious !https://youtu.be/l7RTO8uqUB8
― AlXTC from Paris, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 06:14 (four years ago) link
― american bradass (BradNelson), 8. maj 2019 00:58 (seven hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Ezra keeps talking about the album as a double lp, so I don't think this is meant to run together. I agree, it's a but much, but I like Married in a Gold Rush as the end of one side, and while I don't like My Mistake, I think Sympathy -> Sunflower -> Flower Moon -> 2021 is a pretty good LP side. Weird as hell.
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 06:49 (four years ago) link
hmm i don't really like that jammy version of jerusalem new york berlin, that approach has worked for a lot of the other tracks from this album live but not this one. the sparseness of the album version with just the piano & bass synth is really what makes it work
― ufo, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 06:52 (four years ago) link
« Gold rush » and « rich man » being among my favourites, I have no problem with that part of the album !For me there are 3 main sections : - « hold u » / « big blue »- « unbearably white » / « sympathy »- « flower moon » / « jerusalem »(I always skip « how long » and « sunflower »)At this point I’m not sure which of these 3 parts I prefer...
― AlXTC from Paris, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 11:11 (four years ago) link
the Steve Lacy numbers don't do a thing for me
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 8 May 2019 11:19 (four years ago) link
« Flower moon » is so nice. And it’s one of the rare tracks that groove !Regarding « we belong together » is it certain only Ezra sings the keats and yeats line ? I hear both of them.
― AlXTC from Paris, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 11:23 (four years ago) link
And the middle 8 of « flower moon » is great.
― AlXTC from Paris, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 11:24 (four years ago) link
my favourite alt tracklist so far is just cutting "married in a gold rush", "sympathy", "sunflower" and "we belong together" which really helps the flow of that awkward section. i'm fine with "sunflower" but keeping it there felt awkward and if it were there it'd be the weakest track.
― ufo, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 11:24 (four years ago) link
Oh yeah, Flower Moon is perfect. Someone already pointed out the It's gonna take a YeeeAAaaaar but, but my gf and I have been walking around the house singing that non-stop since it came out. So catchy. Danielle Haim's "simple twist of fate" on the bridge is really nice too.
― triggercut, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 11:31 (four years ago) link
my gf and I have been walking around the house singing that non-stop since it came out.
you belong together
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 8 May 2019 11:38 (four years ago) link
Oh I just heard this album and oh it's good. I think it's the most I've enjoyed an album by this band
― frame casual (dog latin), Wednesday, 8 May 2019 11:39 (four years ago) link
Flower Moon makes me hope indie-mpb becomes a thing soon. So Good!
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 12:36 (four years ago) link
What song is the bassline from How Long referencing? It's really bugging me
― frame casual (dog latin), Wednesday, 8 May 2019 15:43 (four years ago) link
it kinda kinda sounds like 'where is my mind?'
― i think ur a controp (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 8 May 2019 15:49 (four years ago) link
I'm hearing some sort of early-2000s hip hop tune from the Dre/Eminem/D12 era??
― frame casual (dog latin), Wednesday, 8 May 2019 15:57 (four years ago) link
housewife?
https://youtu.be/WGXhmz1bEfg
― i think ur a controp (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 8 May 2019 15:59 (four years ago) link
Agree about the middle stretch. No duds but I reckon Sympathy is a really hard track to sequence within that album, and Rich Man really feels like a back-stretch tune rather than early (relatively) in the album.
― in twelve parts (lamonti), Wednesday, 8 May 2019 16:27 (four years ago) link
I like "Sympathy," but am I the only one who hears the Doobie Brothers in there? "Without love, where would you be right now" etc.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 8 May 2019 19:40 (four years ago) link
should’ve waited to revisit modern vampires maybe, currently this record is paling in comparison to “unbelievers”
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, 8 May 2019 22:03 (four years ago) link
last nite my friend pointed out that Quincy Jones is ezra's father in law. if any of u interview him ask him what thats like
― flopson, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 23:37 (four years ago) link
I like this band the best when they remind me of dudes I would have smoked a joint with at a Ween show
― Heez, Thursday, 9 May 2019 00:02 (four years ago) link
― flopson, Wednesday, May 8, 2019
Rashida Jones and Koenig aren't married but yeah
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 9 May 2019 00:05 (four years ago) link
According to the credits, How Long contains elements of "And the Beat Goes On" by the Whispers, but I'm not really hearing it.
― MarkoP, Thursday, 9 May 2019 00:15 (four years ago) link
this album is very good:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=Sub9jldNejc
― Bee OK, Thursday, 9 May 2019 05:17 (four years ago) link
Hi, Bee!
― the future is now, Thursday, 9 May 2019 05:26 (four years ago) link
Jerusalem, New York, Berlin:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7RTO8uqUB8
― Bee OK, Thursday, 9 May 2019 06:06 (four years ago) link
According to the credits, How Long contains elements of "And the Beat Goes On" by the Whispers, but I'm not really hearing it.― MarkoP, Thursday, May 9, 2019 1:15 AM (six hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― MarkoP, Thursday, May 9, 2019 1:15 AM (six hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
That's it. to me it's really prominent
― frame casual (dog latin), Thursday, 9 May 2019 06:58 (four years ago) link
although now I'm listening to th Whispers song and no they're not the same so maybe there's a version with a more stripped down bassline? this is bugging me
― frame casual (dog latin), Thursday, 9 May 2019 07:09 (four years ago) link
Still, I think people moaning about this album are playing hard to please. It's their best album
― frame casual (dog latin), Thursday, 9 May 2019 08:43 (four years ago) link
I like the piano on Harmony Hall - makes me think of Happy Mondays
― frame casual (dog latin), Thursday, 9 May 2019 08:46 (four years ago) link
isn't it an embarrassingly undisguised george michael lift
― imago, Thursday, 9 May 2019 09:16 (four years ago) link
maybe, what song? makes me think of Step On
― frame casual (dog latin), Thursday, 9 May 2019 09:34 (four years ago) link
which, if true, would kind of make sense since they based it on John Kongos' song and their obsession with South African music.
― frame casual (dog latin), Thursday, 9 May 2019 09:36 (four years ago) link
a pleasing feedback loop, even if it is contrived and in my head only
― frame casual (dog latin), Thursday, 9 May 2019 09:37 (four years ago) link
Is the mix a bit shit on that Fallon performance or do the band just lack a bit of oomph in general?
― in twelve parts (lamonti), Thursday, 9 May 2019 12:02 (four years ago) link
Fucking great.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TcYMwXBrKY
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 9 May 2019 15:47 (four years ago) link
Harmony Hall piano sounds like The Charlatans’ “Just When You’re Thinking Things Over”.
― dorsalstop, Thursday, 9 May 2019 20:30 (four years ago) link
Stranger is straight fleetwood mac to me
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Thursday, 9 May 2019 20:40 (four years ago) link
same
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 9 May 2019 20:54 (four years ago) link
Isn't the Harmony Hall the same samba-like piano that has been on a bunch of songs since Sympathy for the Devil?
― Frederik B, Thursday, 9 May 2019 21:15 (four years ago) link
it reminds me of screamadelica
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 9 May 2019 22:33 (four years ago) link