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A lot of Radiohead fans are in shock about this album, and this wishing for more material and seeking clues in the song titles and lyrics for another album is basically sying "this can't be it".

Kot nailed it.

This albums gets worse with each listen.

Blasphemy!

"teeters on the brink of self-parody"

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/feb/18/radiohead-king-limbs-first-review

haha when you get Solace fired up, you know you're off the deep end with your comments. Dude is even-keeled.

Pulaski is incredible, but most of this feels like b-sides to me.

Wow this is...BAD.

They had a nice run though.

Is anyone still listening to the "Suburbs"? I don't have time to make a list of most over-rated albums of all-time but this would definitely be up there. Dull, boring and far too long. I was so excited for its release up to the point I heard a few clips. Spending time with the record when it came out left me with nothing but ennui. I don't understand why such a musically talented band (and one of the best live bands of the last twenty years) reduced their musical palette so much for this release.

 

This article from Stereogum is spot-on in my not-so-humble opinion:

 

http://stereogum.com/624351/double-take-arcade-fire-the-suburbs/top-stories/lead-story/

People are desparate and loooking for musical heros, and their skipping the requirement of the album being mindblowing before they worship at the altar. That's the problem. I found the Suburbs to be horribly preachy and boring at the same time. Not a good combo.

Not too sure on this. These guys haven't made a good album since Kid A.

Blood on the Tracks

Wish You Were Here

Isbell needs the Truckers.

Thx. I also understand they're doing an official live DVD set for filming in London, specifically for the Gilmour gig.

Roger Waters - The Wall

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Dear God was that mindblowing. Never seen anything like it. No doubt the greatest rock show in years. Pretty much considered genius and a "must do" by anyone who reviewed it.

*Puts on a great show - - so do lots of artists.

No, a lot of artists don't put on great shows - especially the caliber of Prince. He's one of the remaining true entertainenrs, a real legend. There's no current live act that approaches his stage prowess in sheer physical performance.

Prince is amazing and several notches above the hacks in the blog year end lists.

there was some buzz earlier that Gilmour was going to show up at a show at some point on this tour. Has that happened yet? Any word on when that will possibly be?

Waters has confirmed Gilmour will be playing a U.S. date. All guesses were at Chicago or NY, but with those passed I think it's looking like LA, where they toured the original and recorded parts of the album.

Wright drifted after Wish You Were Here for various reasons. He does play on the Wall though, but there are no writing credits for him with the band after Wish You Were Here until The Division Bell.

It's also important to understand that Roger and David also played keyboards, and Wright was not always behind them. Waters loved the EMS VCS3 synthesizer.

This list of who played keys/synth on the Wall is interesting. The link also gives lots more detail on other albums:

http://www.canadianpinkfloyd.com/blog/2009/11/who-played-what-episode-1-keyboards-on.html

Just an awful band.

Your lack of understanding of addiction is astounding and sad.

You want sad? Volunteer at a hospice and have a chat with the dying aids and cancer patients, and then those with Alzheimer’s. Soon you will see what a real freaking disease is, and not something that a wealthy performer who can still function in society forces on himself over a long period of time.

Your definition of what "disease" is changes real freaking fast.

No one forced these people to constantly digest drugs and alcohol in the numerous social situations likely spread out over years which caused their addictions. Even if their brain is likely predisposed to addiction, they still have the choice to not drink or do drugs. And in the case of Earle’s kid, he has no excuse. His father is one of the highest profile addict cases in rock music. His brain being geared towards addiction is irrelevant because he had all the information before hand (IE his father's much publicized story) with which to make intelligent decisions, and that's why this is incredibly stupid.

So spare me the guilt trip over a rich rock star's kid who had all the warning signs in the world when contrasted with a guy who doesn't even know his own name and who wets himself in the hospice.

Give me a freaking break.

the dude has a disease called addiction. all the note taking and self awareness is meaningless when actively using. he's not an idiot, he's sick. i have a feeling he will will be back soon. he seems to have had some solid sober time in the past. that bodes well for him.

A disease is something you don't choose. This is called "lack of brain". You have to work hard at becoming an alcoholic, and make conscious choices repeatedly over a period of time. No one chooses a little bit of Alzheimers every day until it overtakes them.

Idiotic. With your father's high profile addiction portfolio, you would think the kid practiced some sort of self awareness and took notes.

Jesus, there's just no excuse for this at all.

There are plenty more than just those three. Jack Johnson, John Mayer, Kings of Leon, Arcade Fire, Rush, Widespread Panic, Justin Beiber, Tom Petty, etc. are all doing well this summer.

Not nearly as well as Waters and Gaga. So many acts have outright cancelled tours due to lack of interest. It's a tough draw this year if you're not bringing something extra to the table. You mentioned "filling arenas". Big difference between playing them and filling them.

Most of the stadium acts, such as the Stones, Floyd, etc. played fairly small venues in their heyday. Almost none of the classic acts played stadiums when they were producing their best work.

Eh...this is blatantly incorrect. Floyd set records for single event attendance and scale with something like 100,000 in Montreal and Chicago during the Animals tour in 1977. Waters built the Wall exactly because of the massive, freakish crowds of stadiums.

Maybe I don't know what you mean by "major rock act." Can an "indie band", such as Arcade Fire, not be a "major rock act"? If not, why not?

"major rock act" = band with a string of masterpieces. This would include Zep, Stones, Floyd, U2, etc.

So who is filling the arenas? R&B, rap, pop and country artists-with the occasional-latin or reggaeton star-unfortunately, these are what is popular in our country right now.

The only ones filling arenas right now are Waters, U2 and Lady Gaga. Dozens of acts have cancelled tours this year for lack of interest.