Holy crap, people realize The Cure has more than the same three songs right? And does one really want to risk being the band that "covered that 311 song"?
That is also a good point! I feel like Disintegration IS a very personal album, but written and recorded in a way that is very universally appealing. Beach House is more idiosyncratic in their personal approach to songwriting, which is no less valid by any means. I just don't think they're in the same class as The Cure, which is a class they're probably shooting for, but I can't fault them for falling a little short because The Cure is a very high bar!
I like Beach House, but they just make me want to listen to Disintegration (one of my all-time favorites). I other words, I feel like other bands have done Beach House better than Beach House. But they are definitely good, and good songwriters.
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Haha total premature post. What I meant to post:
I HATE it when bands make the audience sing whole sections of a song. I came to the show to watch YOU sing the goddamn song! Not to hear the drunk bro next to me sing your hits.
It has always bothered me how The Doors aren't as "cool" as other 60s bands these days. No one else really has sounded like them since. Sure, some of Morrison's acid-poet stuff gets a bit overwrought, but you can see similar weaknesses in many bands of the 60s and 70s (the darkest depths of Mordor, anyone?). The Doors are amazing, straight up.
As far as the ranking, I pretty much agree, except maybe I'd switch Waiting for the Sun and Strange Days. Great list and writeup, guys!
I've listened to it a couple times, and I have to say I'm disappointed. I'm not a fan of his R&B excursions in particular. "'Cause I'm a Man" is pretty awful. There are some cool songs, but some really bad ones too. I hope it grows on me more, because of fucking love this band.
I bought this album on my 13th birthday, a week after it came out. I bought Soul Asylum's Let Your Dim Light Shine the same day. Guess which one I still listen to?
("Misery" is a great song though.)
Lonerism, to me, is one of the best albums of this century so far, so I don't expect Currents to top it. I do love "Let It Happen," but the other singles haven't done much for me. It's not even about the production, which I think is pretty cool. It's just a matter of the songs themselves.
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