And not that I'm not hermity, but doesn't mean I want (all *that* much) sonic mirroring.
― dow, Tuesday, 15 December 2020 01:15 (three years ago) link
I say, as I sit here w headphones on, typing again.
― dow, Tuesday, 15 December 2020 01:16 (three years ago) link
You should be embarrassed of that take Austin lol wtf
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, 15 December 2020 01:22 (three years ago) link
third still absolutely stuns me every time, sometimes I think it's the best album ever
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 15 December 2020 01:33 (three years ago) link
i want to live in the alternate reality that you guys live in where black messiah wasn't terrible to the brink of embarrassment.
Love you Austin but on this score you're RONG.
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 15 December 2020 01:35 (three years ago) link
not sure I think of all of these as comebacks, but Third, m b v, Black Messiah, Aerial and Syro are all great albums, and maybe the others are too
― Dan S, Tuesday, 15 December 2020 01:58 (three years ago) link
Not loving it I might be able to see, but "terrible to the brink of embarrassment" no less lol
― A Scampo Darkly (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 15 December 2020 08:00 (three years ago) link
The first three songs on Black Messiah attempt this Prince-with-Bowie-production thing that I'm not into at all tbh, but I love the rest of the album iirc
― flamboyant goon tie included, Tuesday, 15 December 2020 14:08 (three years ago) link
the second track is heavy as hell!
― imago, Tuesday, 15 December 2020 14:09 (three years ago) link
like, heavier than I've ever heard from Bowie, but maybe I've not heard the heavy Bowie
It's more "Bowie production", the drums sound completely distinct from the D'Angelo universe otherwise, none of the tensile qualities. I'm not into those three tracks at all. Album obv gets amazing tho
― flamboyant goon tie included, Tuesday, 15 December 2020 17:08 (three years ago) link
Thanks everyone, I love you all too.
Black Messiah was very disappointing at the time. We listened to it twice and both times it very much felt like a chore to get through. Never revisited it since. Junior was a lot more harsh on it than Andy was; I just thought it was kind of plodding and tuneless, he said it sounded "like shitty Frank Zappa outtakes." Nobody is wrong or right, as I would be the first to say that we probably did not give the album a fair chance. Maybe we will again in the future, maybe we won't.
Am very happy Portishead won though, even if we did not vote for it.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Tuesday, 15 December 2020 23:55 (three years ago) link
it sounded "like shitty Frank Zappa outtakes." Nobody is wrong or right
um yeah i would say this opinion is wrong as fuck
― la table sur la table (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 16 December 2020 00:11 (three years ago) link
please point me to the zappa song that sounds like "another life" or "the charade"
I can't believe I overlooked the nonstop tinkling marimbas when I was listening to Black Messiah. Truly, this thread has opened my eyes (and ears!).
― but also fuck you (unperson), Wednesday, 16 December 2020 00:14 (three years ago) link
Proof that opinions can be counterfactual.
― Soundslike, Wednesday, 16 December 2020 01:22 (three years ago) link