from afar, from a different time, i speak
i have a new "favorite" suck rock band. henceforth i shall not just go for the easy shot at nickelback (or bonjovi...well maybe, i have such an abiding hatred for those d-bags) i shall substitute...3 DOORS DOWN!!! and believe you me they suck. why the change? why abandon those paragons of suck rock? because i grow weary. because even in ridiculing culture we need new exemplars of what is so grotesquely wrong with it to prove that we are not merely whiny jerks but observant whiny jerks. because bands with numbers in their name ALWAYS suck. (sevenmary3, eve6, 311, sum-41, blink-182, sixpence none the richer...a-hahahahahaha) this is an important rule in understanding and skewering suck-rock. of course its probably becoming abundantly clear that i'm developing my definitions a little too enthusiastically to really remain snobbish. the day will no doubt come when i will secretly purchase some suck-rock albums to listen to real low on headphones. i will get into the deep suck-cuts and develop a shameful, closet-lust for inane lyrics sung in post-eddie vedder croon/growl. immaculately recorded guitars that riff vague reminisces of a style they once called rock. wet wet drums. oh its too much to bear, i'll mix up a drano cocktail and blare this into oblivion!
death vessel is probably my new favorite band. i've heard them for a piece and only just heard the full album, stay close. its subtly creeping up on yeah yeah yeahs...sorry guys but i need to move on. i still love you all.
milestones may be my favorite miles davis album. of course kind of blue is the shit and bitches brew is kind of what got me to listen to jazz (along with a love supreme, and monk's dream) but i dont know if there's a more airtight tight record in existence than the rhythm section on milestones. maybe double nickels on the dime. maybe this years model...? i'm a really irresponsible listener. please post the most tightly wound rhythm sections.
PEACE
i have a new "favorite" suck rock band. henceforth i shall not just go for the easy shot at nickelback (or bonjovi...well maybe, i have such an abiding hatred for those d-bags) i shall substitute...3 DOORS DOWN!!! and believe you me they suck. why the change? why abandon those paragons of suck rock? because i grow weary. because even in ridiculing culture we need new exemplars of what is so grotesquely wrong with it to prove that we are not merely whiny jerks but observant whiny jerks. because bands with numbers in their name ALWAYS suck. (sevenmary3, eve6, 311, sum-41, blink-182, sixpence none the richer...a-hahahahahaha) this is an important rule in understanding and skewering suck-rock. of course its probably becoming abundantly clear that i'm developing my definitions a little too enthusiastically to really remain snobbish. the day will no doubt come when i will secretly purchase some suck-rock albums to listen to real low on headphones. i will get into the deep suck-cuts and develop a shameful, closet-lust for inane lyrics sung in post-eddie vedder croon/growl. immaculately recorded guitars that riff vague reminisces of a style they once called rock. wet wet drums. oh its too much to bear, i'll mix up a drano cocktail and blare this into oblivion!
death vessel is probably my new favorite band. i've heard them for a piece and only just heard the full album, stay close. its subtly creeping up on yeah yeah yeahs...sorry guys but i need to move on. i still love you all.
milestones may be my favorite miles davis album. of course kind of blue is the shit and bitches brew is kind of what got me to listen to jazz (along with a love supreme, and monk's dream) but i dont know if there's a more airtight tight record in existence than the rhythm section on milestones. maybe double nickels on the dime. maybe this years model...? i'm a really irresponsible listener. please post the most tightly wound rhythm sections.
PEACE
posted by vw at 12:40 PM
1 Comments:
i mustve passed over my acknowledgement before, but in regards to the bleach comment, bleach is equally good if not better than in utero because it is clearly the album most representative of nirvana (the exact opposite of nevermind.) when broken down piece by piece the album falls flat, but taken as a whole it becomes a punk landmark. in utero's not perfect either. it's hard to say why, but songs like serve the servants and milk it are clearly better than some of the others, which has to say something. also nick zinner says bleach is one of his favorite albums.
but anyways i thought this was a good opportunity for some penance. my first date involved a 3 doors down concert that cost 30 dollars. the opening bands were "cold" and "shades apart." a couple years later i agreed to see eve 6 at a venue 45 miles from home.
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