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The Weeknd-Dawn FM (10/10)

Another great great album.

Mick

The Weeknd-After Hours (10/10)

Another guy who i think is making really cool pop records he's more on the R N B side but he is just really unique i think.

Mick

19 minutes ago, Entre_Perpetuo said:

Pearl Jam - Dark Matter

 

Yeah I’m sorry this just doesn’t do much for me. I like the opener pretty well, and like there’s nothing here I’d turn off if it came on the radio (not that I can hear like… *any* of this getting much airtime… where are the hooks?). The songwriting just doesn’t pull me in, and the production is so wrong for this kind of band. You know what a great PJ record *sounds* like? It sound like Vs. Or like Vitalogy. Those records had character without having to try too hard either. I get if they want to chase a new sound, but I ain’t hearing any really new musical ideas to back up that decision either. Everything sounds too compressed, nothing breathes, and nothing surprises me. Again. I don’t hate it, but there’s shockingly little here that I really care about at all.

this record just passed me by in a wall of white noise.  some people like it (way to go Segue, lol)

but i can't get into it......since i loved gigaton this just disappointed me.

But that's my PJ story in general.  like one.....hate one.....and on and on it goes, lol

Mick

1 minute ago, Entre_Perpetuo said:

YES!!

 

I have no idea where the negativity towards her originates. This is pop music at its best. Forward thinking, relatable, sing able, impressive, and backed with some actual quite classic ideals (Billie Bossa anyone?) Plus the girl can SING. She might be the best vocalist in the top 40 right now.

her backing vocals with herself too.  a few of those made me back up the song to hear them again.

i think she gets flack because of her image from that first album.  but really that's not her (at least fully)  she's hilarious in interviews too.  like she seems really chill.

i can't wait till next month.

This seconed album was special as fukk.

Mick

Billie Eilish-Happier Than Ever (9/10)

I REALLY REEEALLY like this girl now.  i short changed her a lot.

There's a handful of people trying to bring pop outta the mud.  Olivia, Taylor, Sabrina Carpenter. WILLOW.   i'd even put the Weeknd there as well.  and yes......Billie Eilish has to be named.  ESPECIALLY after this sophmore album.

i mean.  Take your pick of tracks on here.  i was gonna list favs but it's literally highlight upon highlight for me.  Her lyrics are super relatable even with me at 39, lol.  she's mixing genres pretty smoothly.  and got  tyo say more nuanced singer then she appears.

She has a new album next month so i'm excited.

I like the debut.....but I LOVE Happier Than Ever.

Mick

25 minutes ago, Entre_Perpetuo said:

This is the Hackney Diamonds guy? I literally was thinking of comparing the production weirdness on Eddie’s vox to Mick’s from that album yesterday. Wow. My ears must be better than I thought lol. I was not a fan of how that last Stones album sounded, and Mick’s voice was a big reason why. This one isn’t as bad as that, but it’s not great.

 

Side note though, and this could be nostalgia talking, but I remember really enjoying Lightning Bolt when it came out. Those were just better written songs I think. I still remember the singles well, and I haven’t heard them in years. 

this guy worked with pop acts.  why he's working with rock acts like PJ and the Stones don't know.

i liked the stones album but that production stunk too.

Mick

Pearl Jam-Dark Matter (6/10)

OK so i've sat with this album and yea big disappointment after gigaton.  

i listened past the production (whis is also bad...done by the same guy who did Hackney Diamonds.  another bad production job.) and this album really doesn't do much for me.

More lightning bolt than anything else.  there's my problem not an LB guy.

i don't think i'll be revisiting this that often.

Mick

5 minutes ago, Entre_Perpetuo said:

Why do they call him Van the Man? More like Van the can!

i agree but man could the guy sing a song.

Mick

33 minutes ago, goose said:

Of the two, I enjoy Happy Together more, but the enduring  popular appeal of Brown Eyed Girl is undeniable.  As for Van disavowed his most popular song, .  He's ever the dick, isn't he.

my uncle saw him in concert.  he performed the entire show with his back to the audience. lol.  and not once spoke to the crowd.  Fuccked off after 60 minutes too

AND....acording to my uncle.  no brown eyed Girl.

What a douche.

Mick

2 minutes ago, Entre_Perpetuo said:

I don’t mind triggered drums really. I get it, some drum sounds just don’t exist otherwise and are desirable. But pitch correcting Eddie Vedder and allowing it to be noticeable? Why? Like, if he missed a note here or there and you can make it subtle enough that I can’t tell you fixed it, sure. But it was all over that track and not hiding very well, and also not really blatant enough to sound like it’s being used for the effect… also why would you use that effect on Ed’s voice? Like. Have you heard him sing? Digital effects do not mix well with that instrument imo.

yea.  his voice has remained mostly the same decades later.  so the pitch correction had me confused.  Did he blow a take that bad?  if so he could do it again, lol

Mick

23 minutes ago, Entre_Perpetuo said:

Pearl Jam - Dark Matter

Another Sky - Beach Day

 

Liked the new PJ. I never spun Gigaton, so I guess I’ll have to go back and try that one too. One thing though, the vox on track two sounded a little off to me… sorta autotuned? Idk. Otherwise it’s a good song, but there’s something really off putting about Eddie Vedder going through any kind of pitch correction.

there's pitch correcting on there for sure.  and i'm pretty sure triggered drums too.

yea honestly this wasn't my fav effort.  Like Gigaton way more.

Mick

On 4/23/2024 at 11:11 AM, Union 5-3992 said:

 

I'd rather have the four minutes of silence than listen to Virtuality or Dog Years again

or Neurotica

Rush has some shit songs.

let's not pretend here, lol

Mick

Joni Mitchell-Blue (9/10)

Mick

1 hour ago, J2112YYZ said:

 

What albums have you tried before? They're really only good up through the early 90s. After that it's the same old same old with them and they miss more than they hit.

yea after the early 90's i wouldn't even bother.  i mean he can but it's no new ideas AT ALL, lol

BUT boy do i love theose early albums.

Mick

Joni Mitchell

Court and Spark (10/10)

Hejira (10/10)

after Taylor Back to Joni.  two of my fav albums of the 70's both Dealing with love and the end of relationships and the rigors of the road.

so Tay in the 70's

People act like Tay is the only person EVER to write this stuff, lol

Mick

34 minutes ago, Leanne said:

Dark Matter - Pearl Jam ❤️❤️

 

I still need to listen to part 2 of The Tortured Poets Department. I listened to the first part on Friday.

i can't lie i played the first half way more.  not a slight against patt 2.  but the OG album just connects with me in a deep deep way.

Mick

12 hours ago, MrMan said:

Same on the Garden.  Pretty much all of Clockwork Angels is overrated IMO as I just can't listen to much of it.  

 

Resist is crummy as well.  

i had hilarious moment abut a decade ago.  i initially loved the garden (one of the few i liked on CA) then one day i'm playing it.  As it's playing my brain just goes.

"this song kinda sucks!!!!!!"

never looked back, lol

Mick

Taylor Swift.

The new album has re-kindled my love for her.

it's dividing folks big time but i think it's her most matured layered album yet.  Folks are saying there's no bangers.  here's my thing.  i don't need Bangers.  i come from singer/songwriters where a majority of songs are thoughtful deep sad songs, lol

so this album clicked with me right off. "oh i need to sit with this!"  Not me, lol

i'm glad she made this.

Mick

6 minutes ago, Segue Myles said:

It's getting surprisingly strong reviews, but the mixed ones are surprisingly bitter

I saw one youtube comment that literally said.  i don't know why every album is different.  Stick to a lane bitch.  THAT WAS LITERALLY THE COMMENT!!!!!

i'm like why are you a fan if not to watch someone grow?

Mick

Taylor Swift-The Tortured Poets Department.

i didn't post my thoughts yesterday so.  She's since released extra tracks to this.  but it's like a different album.  So i'll do that seperate this is for the main album released yesterday at midnight.

For Context before i start.  Swift and i have a rocky road.  I'm a fan but she's released stuff i'd call utter poo poo. and stuff i ADORE.  2023's midnights was a struggle for me.  after she released the Acoustic Folklore/Evermore in pandemic only too follow that up with.....IN MY VIEW.....that's important.....MY VIEW a far inferior collection of beat dropping whining.  Do i still hate it?  no but it's at the bottom of my pile.

So what i was was terrified of this album. BUT what i was greeted with was a surprise.  It is is a breakup album.  but what is here is a somber reflective swift.  Less cutting then past breakup songs and more sad and a bit defeated but there is also an undercurrent of i think maybe i'll be fine in there.  It was a shockingly mature take for a woman who normally lyrically castrates her exes.

Now musically.  it iust feels more organic than her past pop albums.  Live drums and pianos and acoustic and electric guitars are all throughout.  the Main albums Sound is steeped in 80's post rock.  keyboarded drenched and beautifully layered.  I get a huge Phil Collins vibe in NUMEROUS tracks. 

To me this album is one of her most mature albums to date and i couldn't be happier.  Cause a lot of fans may not agree but she was close to stagnating if not there already.  she said she she needed to make this.  and i can't help but feel.....on SOME level.....she felt the rot setting in as well.

this is a stellar album.

Mick

14 minutes ago, Segue Myles said:

Here is my RELEASE DAY ranking of Taylor Swifts discography:

 

1. Evermore

2. Folklore

3. The Tortured Poets Department

4. Midnights

5. Reputation

6. Lover

7. Speak Now

8. Red

9. 1989

10. Taylor Swift

11. Lover 

your list man......bonkers in that......red that low?  Lover last?

sigh...ok

Mick

Mine

Taylor Swift

release day gut ranking

1. Folklore

2. Tortured Poets Department

3. Lover

4. 1989 (caveat.....Taylor's Version)

5. Red

6.  Evermore

7. Speak Now

8. Reputation

9. Fearless (TV)

10. Midnights

11. Taylor swift.

Mick

15 minutes ago, Segue Myles said:

I genuinely think Lemonade is an album for the ages. It really speaks to people. It's just a musically and thematically powerful statement. It's not just noise and words, it's something extremely precious.

see this is what i'm talking about.  i hear a great album.  but all this.  "a milestone in cultural entertainment!!!"

you need more entertainment, lol

it's a solid album though no one's saying it's not.....but.....take it down

Mick

Joni Mitchell-Court And Spark (10/10)

Mick

11 hours ago, Entre_Perpetuo said:

I’ve never connected with her. I think I heard Lemonade in full once on a long car ride with friends, and I was super impressed, but didn’t decide to go back and listen on my own. Not that I think that’s a failing on her part; I’m sure I’d just need to give her a proper chance, but I guess the weird part for me is I feel like I’ve never heard a single (solo) Beyoncé song in the wild that stuck with me. Single Ladies would be the one that did but I think that’s a Destiny’s Child track right?

Single ladies is a solo track.

i hear what your saying i was never into her for years.  then like i played her self titled album.  i went woah a lot of this is Prince influenced and it just clicked.  

Lemonade is a really really good album too it covers multiple genres and styles and really shows that she's a student of music.

I dunno if i'll ever call her a fav...like i just praised lemonade but i remember people flipped over that record like Jesus came back.  and it's a good album but Beyonce not the only one to make a genre bending album, lol  seriously lemonade is enjoyable but nothing to cream yourselves over.

I have more respect for her though.

Mick