this would've been a killer record at ~35-40 minutes. still some good stuff going on here, but add in the album title, the series of groveling-yet-unapologetic interviews Cole has been giving, and the overwhelming vibe of this record is one of trying too hard to be cool/liked/legitimate.
"but those albums definitely helped a lot of other kids get through college."
i was thinking: same with patrick pichette (google CFO), too. both looking to embrace the family life. and google is currently getting me through the undergrad years.
so much coincidence, i was thinking. and then i realized. it's March 11th. 3/11. they must actually be the same person! #311truthnow
the film analogy is lacking. i could just as easily conflate Beck, the near single-handed creator of his album, with a YouTube vlogger who performs, edits, uploads etc his witticisms and ramblings all on his own. sure, it takes a large crew to produce a worthy film, but in music, "singers" who rely on the output of producers and writers are leaning on a massive crutch (or worse, they're puppets).
the difference between a Beyonce-type artist and a Beck-type artist is simple, really. Beyonce's album is the sum of her forty-odd producers' and writers' ideas. on the flip side, forty-odd Becks on one album would be what referred to as a "compilation."
i have a nu-metal past, simply because it was a dominant "alternative" rock force in my preteen and early teenage years. as a budding musician, i was very concerned with the instrumentation and musicianship of the genre; nothing beats P.O.D.'s Truby-era guitar work, for example. overall, the genre was lackluster and corporate-driven, and miserable frontmen like Durst, with their miserable lyricism drove me away from many of the genre's mainstays. but the more experimental guitar work Wes exhibited on some songs kept me interested, especially on "Cambodia." hats off to Wes for somehow still influencing my taste from the context of his incredibly lousy and laughable band :D great interview, too!
putting the new DIIV record (granted they can get past all the bad vibes) ahead of the new Wild Nothing record? like, i figure this is an arbitrary list, but that's pretty sad! Wild Nothing is leagues ahead of anything DIIV's ever done.
MM has a new release coming up, something I didn't know until this video was making the rounds. but lemme get this straight: you think someone is going out of their way to leak an edited, polished video to somehow chip away at MM's *sparkling* reputation and cut into his album sales or something? seems much simpler and more sensible than the idea that, well, it's a marketing tactic in line with MM's shock-value dependent career...
American Music Awards – i'm not really feeling the "american" or "music" bit of this thing, but i'm happy they get awards. i get the odd award every now and again, and it feels nice. i'm sure they feel similar.
it's much more about his persona – he can handle a crowd like no other. saw him at a coffee shop packed to the gills, and students were almost moshing in the crowded space. also saw his set at a mid-size European festival, and even though the kids there didn't know his stuff, they got into it super fast. so it's about his showmanship and the fact that they turn the volume up louder than you might listen to in 'phones.
most of the tabs i've glanced at there have significant errors, though they often get the tunings right. saves a bit of time, but you're best off playing by ear after you've figured out the tuning.
considering MØ is such an intense and authentic performer, this is a real shame. the association with this lesser Iggy of the music world probably could've gone much worse than being embarrassed on SNL.
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