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big deal. i guess it could be bad when you think a song deserves a big bang but it hardly ever affects me.

thanks for the post. very nice, laid back interview. great tunes.

i forgot where i read it but Thom once called "Black Star" his favorite Radiohead song, and for good reason. Fake Plastic Trees is great as well. That's a given.

"I'm working on my abs" ..ew

Mozart's Fantasy No. 4 in C Minor (K. 475) is worth noting. quite an extraordinary piece. it's usually compiled with his Piano Sonatas and will make you think twice about him as a composer. i'm mostly drawn to keyboard works, so it would make sense for me to suggest Bach's Goldberg Variations. they're what got me deep into classical. as well as Mozart's Piano Sonatas and Beethoven's. Chopin's Preludes are wonderful. etc etc

what he said. Fear is my favorite of his and the first I ever heard. the semi-title track opener is amazing. as is "The Man Who Couldn't Afford to Orgy" etc. practically every one of his 70's records are worth listening to though. i love his cover of Jonathan Richman's Pablo Picasso. so driving, so powerful, especially the ending. all great stuff. awesome video, btw. i've yet to search "John Cale" on youtube.

Muxtape this dude Justin created it. self-explanatory. pretty cool. sign up and make yours now. here's mine http://www.thesaurus.muxtape.com (mind you, today was the launch date. so any kind of additions you think can benefit the site will probably eventually be added)

btw, you're right. your argument holds up nicely. so does yours chompsky (your latter half posts)

here's the difference: Big Trouble in Little China is an awesome movie! (not joking btw)

then you and I can agree that they are delusional and their standards are TOO high. if he is a crappy guitarist, than what is someone that can only strum C and G. and badly at that. that's called unrealistic.

oh i can understand that. talent is subjective. i know this. very well. in the way that there are different levels of talent. i, for example, appreciate simplicity in music as i do dexterity. but talent and no talent are never on the same level. and they shouldn't be.

if Blink 182 are considered a "bad" band, it's only based of a superficial outlook. musically, they are a good band and wrote many great songs. this is from someone, like you i presume, that listens to a wide variety of music. and like you said, no point in listening to the Velvet Underground if you don't like it. there's nothing wrong with that.

you bring up a good and respectable point. i think it's great that you prefer Yoshitomo Nara's art over Van Gogh's and there's hardly anything wrong with that, because any artist will tell you that Nara's work is obviously the work of someone talented. but this is where the word "standard" comes into play. different people have different standards. so if person A's standards are lower, in terms of what they expect out of art, than person B's, that doesn't necessarily make person A wrong or person B right. but, there are exceptions. quite a few of them actually. and this is the point i was m

and with that, i'd like to add: RIP shit thread.

.. that's not a good thing. haha. and you weren't among the people whose comments were in the leftest of fields. answeringbell's great indeed.

it derailed on page one and snowballed. (thanks to a couple of dozen posts with some of the most inane comments i've ever had the displeasure to read)

that's because it didn't have to be and it shouldn't have been. once again, someone move this sorry excuse for a thread/"debate" to "Somebody Else's Song""

you do quite a noteworthy job at underestimating Ryan Adams. and this is coming from someone who appreciates, admires and respects most of those other artists you mentioned above. i don't know what aspect of this guy you're focusing all your opinions on, but you greatly underestimate him. and it's cool. not everyone has to love the guy or even respect him. but indifference just might suit you better. much better actually. btw, lose the whole "not anyone YOU'D like" and "you think that because you're a TEENAGER" attitude you seem to have. that shit is disgusting. and i'm sure you're a nic

i'm assuming you haven't heard Jacksonville City Nights and/or Cold Roses. those two are the best batch of songs he's ever written. he has potential, yes, and with those two albums, he has tapped into it. again, someone move this goddamn thread. haha.

someone move this thread. don't delete it, just move it.

wow. i knew something must have gone pathetically wrong when a silly video post caused 50+ comments. i love how the video immediately turned this into an "i don't like ryan" and "ryan is making fun of wilco" thread which he wasn't. at all. it really is just a silly improvised song. not a dig on wilco or anyone. and i personally don't think he's "overrated", listen to Cold Roses and Jacksonville City Nights and you'll hear a disciplined and great songwriter. this is just him fooling around, big deal. it's really stupid when threads get dumb like this one did for a second there. everyone her

pleasant first listen. Mr Richards stands out in beauty. btw, there'll be a DVD with the new record as well. not sure if anyone's mentioned that yet. with Sky Blue Sky in mind, i think we can all relate to how awesome that is. that dvd makes it worthwhile to me.

wow. someone was blasting "the late greats" in their car while i was walking on Houston Street just an hour ago. completely unexpected, and what made it so great is that everyone on the block had no choice but to listen in. i couldn't help but sing along and smile haha.