2021 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees POLL [Started by avatar of a kind of respectability homosexual culture (Eric H.) in February 2021, last updated five minutes ago by Master of Treacle on I Love Music] 81 new answers POLL closes: April 29 (in 2 months)Andrew WK: C/D? [Started by Shaky Mo Collier in June 2002, last updated six minutes ago by to party with our demons (Sund4r) on I Love Music] 2 new answers
― imago, Wednesday, 17 February 2021 14:12 (three years ago) link
four years and one month until he's eligible!
― shivers me timber (sic), Wednesday, 17 February 2021 14:15 (three years ago) link
elect Andrew
― imago, Wednesday, 17 February 2021 14:41 (three years ago) link
video is premiering right now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oI8y36733ag
― frogbs, Wednesday, 17 February 2021 15:01 (three years ago) link
ok that mannequin looks just like Tommy Wiseau
― frogbs, Wednesday, 17 February 2021 15:04 (three years ago) link
Looks like the answers are yes!
― to party with our demons (Sund4r), Wednesday, 17 February 2021 15:08 (three years ago) link
If he singing about a Crowleyan fertility goddess now, that does suggest he was probably not going all Christian with the last album.
― to party with our demons (Sund4r), Wednesday, 17 February 2021 15:15 (three years ago) link
it never occurred to me that there were any Christian themes on the last album but he sure as hell sounds like a Midwestern preacher on the spoken word tracks
― frogbs, Wednesday, 17 February 2021 15:20 (three years ago) link
There were lyrical references to God, Christ, and the Cross!
― to party with our demons (Sund4r), Wednesday, 17 February 2021 15:21 (three years ago) link
I thought that song was great. I'll bet Andrew WK is a big BÖC fan.
― BlackIronPrison, Wednesday, 17 February 2021 15:43 (three years ago) link
yeah maybe I should clarify, I know there were religious references on it but I never thought it was him going Christian, rather him grabbling with faith & existence & consciousness like he always does
I mean you can't come up with less Christian lyrics than this
I realized long ago That all of life is one last waltz I'd had enough of feeling low I realized everything I knew was false So I killed the place inside That told me feeling good was a crime So glad that place has finally died Now here's to feeling good all of the time
So I killed the place inside That told me feeling good was a crime So glad that place has finally died Now here's to feeling good all of the time
― frogbs, Wednesday, 17 February 2021 15:48 (three years ago) link
Yeah, and he if anything seems to be identifying with the Devil in "Devil's on Your Side". It's an interesting question what his spiritual pov actually is. He makes sure that there's a disclaimer that he doesn't endorse evil at the start of this video. (Also, what is his struggle with psychological dissociation about? I didn't know about that.)
― to party with our demons (Sund4r), Wednesday, 17 February 2021 15:57 (three years ago) link
I thought that was actually a clever reference to the "Thriller" video..."Due to my strong personal convictions, I wish to stress that this record in no way endorses a belief in the occult"
― frogbs, Wednesday, 17 February 2021 16:01 (three years ago) link
Oh lol, I missed that.
― to party with our demons (Sund4r), Wednesday, 17 February 2021 16:08 (three years ago) link
new song is fucking sick
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 17 February 2021 16:27 (three years ago) link
there's a dropper of Adrenochrome on the sink in the beginning of the video, lmao nice touch
― frogbs, Wednesday, 17 February 2021 23:19 (three years ago) link
a guy with a pretty deep understanding of the occult chimes in here:
https://codexastarte.wordpress.com/2021/02/17/andrew-wk-revisited-babalon/
― frogbs, Wednesday, 17 February 2021 23:26 (three years ago) link
that deserves some sort of occult Pulitzer and also convinces me that AWK simply must work with Liturgy some day
― imago, Wednesday, 17 February 2021 23:38 (three years ago) link
surprised there's no chat about the new album yet. its definitely big on the power ballads but it's got a pretty thundering sound to it. it's probably his heaviest album overall. "I'm in Heaven" is pretty brutal
― frogbs, Monday, 11 October 2021 02:16 (two years ago) link
for ILXors there's a special surprise, the end of "My Tower" is a total Neu! groove which comes out of nowhere
― frogbs, Thursday, 21 October 2021 13:55 (two years ago) link
The two advance singles and first two tracks were great but the album isn't close to his best thereafter
― imago, Thursday, 21 October 2021 14:06 (two years ago) link
As in, the two advance singles are the first two tracks
I liked the first two singles (and I haaaaated this dude for years) but haven't gone back to the album.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Thursday, 21 October 2021 14:18 (two years ago) link
I like all 4 singles, kinda wish the rest of the album was as diverse/powerful. in particular the last 3 tracks (on the LP, not the bonuses) are kind of a slog, but I've been digging them a bit more on further listens
― frogbs, Thursday, 21 October 2021 20:46 (two years ago) link
also "Remember Your Oath" is about as meta as he's ever gotten with the whole industry plant/Steev Mike/two Andrew WKs thing
― frogbs, Thursday, 21 October 2021 20:47 (two years ago) link
was able to score a copy of Close Calls off eBay, I'm in awe all over again at how cursed it sounds. so many bizarre decisions made on this record. like wtf with the crazy instrumental intro on "When I'm High"?? his weirdly on-point David Lee Roth impression on "Mark My Grace"? the mixing which seems to emphasize the wrong instruments all the time? truly a baffling album
― frogbs, Tuesday, 26 October 2021 02:53 (two years ago) link
btw he seems to have completely disappeared from the internet as of last week, all his tour dates are cancelled too
― frogbs, Tuesday, 26 October 2021 14:15 (two years ago) link