One of my favorite graffitis I saw from last year was "'FORGIVE KANYE." I like to think there are enough happy vibes at Bonnaroo that people will have moved on.
At least I hope so.
I know a lot of people hate on the Eagles, and I'm not saying that I'm a fan (I'm not), but isn't Hotel California a good song, at least? I've always really liked it.
I've been a huge Pearl Jam fan for going on almost 20 years now. St. Vincent's one of the coolest act's I've seen in the past 5 years or so.
That being said, I think this is so cool.
Because of the depth of their catalogue, and because -- as you point out in your intro, Ryan -- they have so many diehard fans with so many divergent opinions, I think this has got to be one of the most difficult Top 10's around.
That being said, I'm pretty impressed with this list. Not the same list I would have put together, but closer than I would have expected.
Yes to the drummer commentary. Cameron seems like a great guy, but I personally didn't appreciate the style or sound he brought to the band. For the best is Irons. There was something raw, something soulful to his drumming.
That being said, I still stand behind Binaural and Riot Act. I think they're lesser albums than No Code and Yield, but I still enjoyed the early 2000's period.
Also, I've been reading Stereogum for about 6 years now, and more and more the content and the discussions here just make me feel old. I'm just having a hard time coming to grips with the fact that now there's essentially an entire generation of tastemakers younger than me.
True, but to do one of these best songs or best albums lists, almost by definition you have to write about music that is old, just so that you're talking about an artist/band/group that's been around long enough to accumulate enough music to rank.
I think what it comes down to is, I'm always just slow to pick up on new trends or to let current/old trends go. Also, I'm getting old, you guys.
This was a fine piece though, Philip. I didn't mean to knock your writing.
I got the impression Philip was bending over backwards to explain / apologize for writing a piece about the Decemberists. I'm not ashamed -- I love these guys, all the way up to their most recent output.
Okay, I re-read this article, this time paying a bit closer attention. I guess this wasn't your typical pay-to-attend Fiona Apple headlining concert. But that doesn't altogether change the point of my post, I don't think.
I'm kind of surprised Joshua is getting so many downvotes. I think his point is just that sometimes audiences suck, and that as a performing musician, that is a reality of life and something you need to put up with occasionally. It doesn't excuse the actions of the disrespectful audience in the least. But that's a separate issue. The issue here is the performer overcoming / ignoring / persevering through the disrespectful audience. Because, as Joshua pointed out, we can only assume there were Fiona Apple fans in that audience who did want to hear her play.
I mean, I've attended some shows with some shitty people in the audience. It can be highly annoying. But I'm thankful that whatever act I was seeing didn't storm off the stage each time as a result.
I'm curious about the two different versions of the song played live. I'm presuming one was styled like on the album, and the other was...different? Is that right? How so?
From my measly work computer speakers, that sounded like new music (I'm assuming that they're not using someone else's music to soundtrack their own tour announcement video).
I'm with you guys. I love that song. And I remember when Ott bashed it in the Pitchfork review ( just looked back, and he cites it as the "only real low point on the album" or something like that). I'm glad others disagree.
I know I'm diving right into a pile of downvotes for saying this, but I almost agree with Corey. I say "almost agree" because I think "horrible" is an overstatement. But, it's true, I have been generally underwhelmed with 2013 compared to the last few years. Or at least I had been underwhelmed until the last month or so. Vampire Weekend, The National, Mikal Cronin, and Daft Punk have allowed me to see 2013 in a far more favorable light. I've just been surprised that the consensus has been that the Winter and Spring of 2013 were so strong.
I'm with you, I'm surprised that hasn't been said yet. I think Fake Empire might be my favorite song of the 2000's, National or otherwise. I know that's a bold statement, but I really think it's true.
I think comments liable to make someone laugh out loud should be labled NSFW. Trying not to laugh for a minute straight -- which is exactly what happened after seeing this gif -- is usually a dead give away that I'm surfing the internet and not doing work.
For the record, I'm not being serious about the NSFW label. I am serious about the trying for over a minute to not crack up at my desk, though.
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