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Man that song on Late Night was bad. Check these guys for a pulse, seriously.

No question about it.

The deluxe package is 11.99 on iTunes. Well worth it.

Not a fan of "Touch the Stars" It sounds like a Vagabonds track.

This band is just so dull now.

Man the Foo Fighters and Waters killed it last night on Fallon.

http://stereogum.com/824012/the-shins-kick-off-jimmy-fallons-pink-floyd-week-with-breathe/video/#

Great cover of "Breathe" last night by the Shins. Such a timeless piece of music.

I might be wrong, but I think they wrote most of the lyrics quickly. I do agree that some of the lyrics sound rushed. However, the lyrics to "Guilder Annie" and "Black Eyed Susan" are outstanding. "Black Eyed Susan" was actually part of the band's Mystery Demos from the early 90's, so that makes sense. I get the feeling "Guilder Annie" has also been around.

My initial comment to you though was concerning repetitive choruses. That's always been a Jayhawks style.

Man that material on Colbert was pretty bad.

Man was that SNL performance bad. What happened to this band?

I guess you didn't listen to Hollywood Town Hall or Tomorrow the Green Grass much.

The album is definitely a grower. I felt the same way on the first few listens. Pop it in the car and go for a drive. This record smokes "Rainy Day Music".

I listened to King of Limbs once and then tried to again later but couldn't stomach it. Brutal and unpalatable. I can't even cherry pick one tune from it that's even halfway decent. It's unfathomable to me that folks like it. But, then again, rap is very popular nowadays as well.

 

In Rainbows sounded good immediately to me, but I've not gone back to it in some time. House of Cards is brilliant.

 

The albums between OK Computer and In Rainbows are only worthy of cherry picking select songs. I think I have 4-5 downloaded from Thief. I don't have Kid A or Amnesiac but would only download a total of maybe five songs from those albums.

 

OK Computer and Bends are both brilliant.

 

Never picked up Pablo Honey.

 

And Bob's yer uncle.

This band just disappeared up it's own ass after Kid A. Boring, samey songs. Happens to all bands, eventually.

After a bunch of listens, this is defintiely better than Rainy Day Music.

I respect this band. A lot. They are one of my favorite of all time. Their run from Bunkhouse to Tomorrow the Green grass was stellar, and a bunch of songs from Sound of Lies, Smile, and Rainy Day Music would add up to a very good record.

Edit:

This one's a grower.

Slightly crap audio, but this is the first (available) full band performance of this new song. You'll get a high quality version when the In the Basement episode airs in a couple weeks. However, the sound is good enough that you can glean a very HTTT sound from this song.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6jxLsjGD7w

Wow was that dull.

And groove does not help make a great song?

Cool story.

Great songs do everything well. The last time that happened for Radiohead was "Pyramid Song".

Unmusical? Jonny's descending guitar parts in Staircase are beautiful! I think this period in their music is more about "the groove" than anything. I'm digging it.

That's what bands do when they're no longer able to write great songs.

These guys are in a rut.

Great news. The "Slump" is easily a top 20 record of the 2k's.

is what looks like an "official" video of Comfortably Numb with Gilmour. Looks and sounds great.

Incredible.

Good track.

The new album is excellent. I think the experimentation worked well.

These prices are absurd and nothing more than greed. Tickets for Waters show started at $55. I paid $125 for incredible floor seats and Waters brought MUCH more show to the arena and a show budget that ate up most of the profits.

This notes for you indeed. I laugh at Neil Young and his fake, corny, hippy bullshit.

That is an interesting issue. A friend of mine, who is a huge REM fan, ran into Peter Buck in a record store a couple of years ago and the conversation apparently went something like this:

Friend: Hi, I'm a huge fan and your early albums were really really important to me.

Buck: Thanks, that's nice to hear. Hopefully our more recent albums are important to you too.

Friend: Um, well, uhh ...

 

My friend says Buck was really nice and they talked for a while longer but he said that was kind of awkward.

That's a snotty thing for Buck to say. It takes a great sense of self-wareness (the kind that lets you make good records past the age of 40) to admit your recent work isn't as good as your peak work. REM sucks anyway. Horrible band with a pretentious twat for a lead singer.

I'm sorry but this just seems like a silly argument.

 

1. 40 minutes for an album used to be pretty standard. Check this out:

 

 

Rubber Soul = 35:50

Revolver = 34:59

Sgt. Peppers = 39:42

Pet Sounds = 35:58

Abbey Road is 47:23

Those all have great songs, though. KOL doesn't have one.

it seems like, for the people that don't like this album (or Radiohead), that it's a problem with the person themselves, rather than the band or the music.

 

i refuse to see it any other way.

 

-justin