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bad form…let’s keep those arms tight at the sides, knees together and point BOTH of your toes for god’s sake, Leslie!
Tyler’s controversy has certainly given him a career…and this entire string of comments is re-enforcing it. I’m not commenting on Tyler and how I feel about him but Fred Phelps does the same shit and it works.
Now I feel stupid for being single and having a monogram on my bath robe.
I’m pretty sure “I feel sorry for you” is right up there with “I’ll pray for your soul.”
They, for the most part, did it with Kid A and Amnesiac, they just waited 8 months in-between releases.
Who’s ready for a double take?
bro, you’re right bro. i was wrong. everything i said should be considered invalid because i’ve confused the lead singer with the songwriter in a band that i don’t think is as remarkable as you do…i’ve been intellectually crushed by your all bro-ing omniscience and ad hominem attacks.
this post referenced high violet…”[want]…intelligent and moving thoughts on adulthood from adults, go for the National’s High Violet.” and i hear this rhetoric often. i don’t hate the national i’m just not as enamored as you, and that clearly touched on a nerve. i don’t think this post “hated” on the suburbs, but it offered a differing opinion on the general consensus…that is all i intended with high violet…and bro, you’re welcome to tell me why high violet was a groundbreaking album, or you can righteously and excessively attack everything but the content in my comment.
i never claimed that rococo was my absolute OMG fave, but i also don’t think it’s as trite and obvious as many of the comments seem to imply…maybe it’s a matter of band facts vs. comprehension…you got me on the facts bro. oh…and just to clarify, what day were the “twins” scott and bryan devendorf born?
what a relief, i thought i was the only person that listens to music that doesn’t think the national is flawless. i like aaron dessner’s voice, and i think he writes nice songs, but i haven’t been able to grasp the overwhelming critical acclaim…are his songs cryptic, profound, or deeply poetic? Afraid of Everyone, Runaway, Anyone’s Ghost…these songs have choruses that repeat the title of the song over and over again. Conversation 16 and Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks (also repetitive) because they are nice songs…but is everyone truly moved by dessner’s lyrics? i don’t mind the love and war metaphor in runaway, it’s not junior high poetry, but does it challenge your comprehension or use deep symbolism? Deep Blue may not be the best song, but it’s about emerging technologies changing the landscapes of our lives, it is told through the eyes of a nostalgic suburbanite but it is not about the suburbs. Most of the immature individuals i know rarely touch on the milestone that was created when artificial intelligence persevered over the world’s most prolific chess player…especially by relating that to the innocence encapsulated by simpler machines. it is ironic though, that Rococo is taking such a hit in this post and the comments to follow. The entire song is about what’s happening here.
we can argue all day about what someone should want out of their music…depth, collegiate or grad school level poetry, bizarre time signatures, build and release, free form, speaking to the youth of our generation, symbolism, transcendence, novelty, camp, honesty, grit, etc. etc. etc. (to quote brandon) but it really comes down to why YOU listen to the music you listen to and whether that makes you feel right so it makes me nervous to ever speak about music in absolutes, but that being said…i do like double take, i’ve yet to agree with it and it does paint with some very broad strokes, but i always admire someone or something that can generate discussion.
“etc. etc. etc.” The King and I?
did you read all of that? dang.