I'm thinking of all the stuff James Murphy said about not becoming a legacy act when he retired LCD Soundsystem. To me, this sounds like a song by LCD Soundsystem, the legacy act. I wasn't sure if I could get behind the idea of LCD Soundsystem 2.0 and this song doesn't help. Sigh.
I now feel like the best tribute to Chuck Berry is to watch a long string of bands playing mediocre covers of "Johnny B. Goode" to highlight how much better Chuck Berry was.
I honestly had no idea anyone thought of this as anything but an innovative and visually striking performance. I guess I can see how it lacks energy when I look back it now, but still, it's super memorable and interesting and playful in exactly that Frank Ocean way.
Yeah, they're going to have to do some careful scheduling work to make sure whatever day Tool plays isn't just a bunch of Tool fans standing around waiting for Tool.
It's good that he wrote these tweets, because when I saw the photo of Steven Tyler and Joe Perry with Obama, the first thing I thought was, "I wonder if this is indicative of Aerosmith drummer Joey Kramer's political positions."
Amy Schumer talking about how much she loves "Formation" reminds me of when people sing "This Land is Your Land" as a "hooray, America!" song without understanding that it's also a socialist anthem. No one's doubting anyone's anyone's enthusiasm or intentions, it's just that she does. not. get. it.
For a prize committee that just finished awarding his lyrics with the highest literary honor in the world, I find it ridiculous that they don't understand his answer is blowin in the wind. (sorry)
It's just funny coming from a band whose breakthrough song is them singing over "Can You Get to That" by Funkadelic, but I'm guessing they had permission or else their level self awareness is non existent.
In all fairness, The Squirrel Nut Zippers were actually a good band that stood above a pretty silly trend. Their followup to Hot, Perennial Favorites, was really well composed and had more in common with orchestral pop or even jazzy prog than cheesy swing. I wouldn't even bother pointing it out except they get singled out quite a bit in this article. On the other hand, I remember some people saying swing was "the next big thing" at this time, as in, it was going to replace grunge. Someone asked me to play in a swing band. I pretended I could swing dance middle school dances. It all sill makes me throw up a little to think about.
^^ This is the most on point rundown I've seen so far. There's also what someone said earlier, that JRB would have to prove that he actually experienced an economic injury, as would everyone else in the class action suit. They would also have to prove that they specifically bought the service for the Kanye album, which is hard to do when it contains millions upon millions of songs. Plus new members would've opted into the service after a free month anyway, which Tidal could use to argue that even if they came for Kanye, they stayed because they liked the service for other reasons.
Really, it seems like this should be flipped around: Tidal should sue Kanye for breaching their exclusivity agreement, since this album is clearly one of their most valuable properties. They could also argue that Kanye is acting on opposition to his role as a representative of Tidal.
On the other hand, if it was written into Kanye's agreement from the start that he could break exclusivity with Tidal, and Kanye misled people while Tidal stood by tacitly supported his statements, then Tidal might be in trouble, but again, it'll be hard to prove.
It's funny because I had no idea The Black Keys inducted Steve Miller into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame, or were even at the ceremony, until they spoke up to say they didn't want to be associated with Steve Miller's speech. So... way to go guys,.
…it's because when it comes to bands breaking up "forever" and "never" reuniting, but then maybe reuniting after all… I just can't anymore. Awesome if they decide to play, cool if they don't.
I think he was trying to be funny, but this song is just mean. Even when he says something nice he comes back with an actual insult: "I met War On Drugs tonight and they’re pretty nice...They’re definitely the whitest band I’ve ever fucking heard." It seems like he wants to reach out to the War on Drugs and have a laugh about all of this, but I can understand why the band is ignoring him. He sounds like a douche.
He should just stop trying to be a comedian and stick to songwriting.
Yeah, this was definitely the Ottawa Folk Festival. I mean, everyone knows that big folk festivals (like jazz festivals) will book acts way outside of the genre to attract crowds, so no one should have been surprised. But still, I can see why he would get pissed off. It sounds like he doesn't even know who the War on Drugs are other than the loud band in the distance, so they shouldn't take it personally.
I think Kid A is fundamentally a 90s album, even though it was released in 2000. It was the culmination of so many musical trends from that decade. Arcade Fire was pat of something new. That "new" thing wasn't necessarily better, just saying you can't really put Funeral and Kid A in the same pool.
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