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    Flaming Lips

    in Someone Else's Song

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    Two sides to every story and all that but he sure comes off looking like a jerk there

    I follow Wayne Coyne's Twitter and it's just an utter mess. He keeps on retweeting people that are basically saying "Erykah Badu should be glad that Wayne brought her back into relevance", "it's only a music video", and "Coyne and Badu should collaborate again for something wicked with this drama." It's just a mess because Wayne's just feeding off his own and his fans horrible rationalization. And it's pretty sad just watching Coyne feed his own rationalizations to himself and not admit any wrongdoing and feeding his followers some of the polarizing and hateful retweets when he claims it's all about "love, love, love."

     

    Badu probably overreacted. But if what she's saying is right, Wayne could stand to lose a lot in the courtroom with that breach of contract.

     

    This doesn't sit well with me.

    Now Playing: May, 2012

    in Someone Else's Song

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    i think it's their best since Bows + Arrows personally. i do love the single, but wouldn't put it in my top 5 songs on the record. really glad the rest doesn't sound like early 80's U2 as well.

     

    the ballads are actually among the best tunes on here for me... 'Line By Line' especially.

     

    as for Liars... i haven't really cared for much since the first album and 2 EP's, and i'm falling asleep through track 2 at the moment :(

    I take it back. We Can't Be Beat climbing rapidly to favorite. Line By Line is pretty good too.

    As for Liars, I can't explain what it is I like about them. I easily understand why others don't like them though. No. 1 Against The Rush is pretty great.

     

     

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    Japandroids - Celebration Rock

    Now Playing: May, 2012

    in Someone Else's Song

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    Walkmen, The - Heaven

    I really expected a powerhouse single followed by a consistently decent/good album. All I'm getting is the latter. Maybe I should stop yearning for We've Been Had, The Rat, Lost In Boston, In The New Year, and Angela Surf City.

     

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    Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros - Here

    I didn't think Nostalgia could sound awful. As Jubal Early best puts it, "well, here I am."

    Also, I thought M.I.A. takes the crown for worst album covers ever. She's got some competition.

     

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    Sigur Rós - Valtari

    Lady Gaga is the greatest artist of the 21st Century (so far)

    in Tongue-Tied Lightning

    Posted

    Let me say that I'm not a great fan of hers. Again, I don't even know a single Lady Gaga song. But (also again) I don't think that's the point. Her art isn't music or even fashion. The 21st century is the era of zeros and ones, when visual art has become no longer tangible, and audio art (which never was) has been, through the power or the download, devalued like a third-world currency. It's also the viral age, where a single tweet can reach millioms or peolpe in a matter of minutes. Her "art" isn't art in the traditional sense, but is redefining it based on the unique circumstances of the 21st century.

     

    even within the confines of this thread she's managed to provoke debate, in this case on the nature of sexuality. A couple of days ago I was listening to a discussion on BBC radio about legal/philosophical issues being discussed as a result of her Asian tour. Granted these issues were well hashed out in the 80's in the US with Madonna and others who have been previously mentioned, but, in 21st centiry fashion she's upping it to a global scale and taking the same debate to corners of the world it hasn't yet touched, but arguably should touch.

     

    To me, this is somewhat analagous to something like Picasso's "Guernica."

     

     

     

    I can't.

     

    They all produced giant publicity stunts that shocked a large percentage of the public. They all have very firm views of the world. They all seem to have the current attention of the world, and they all play to their own tune regardless of critics. How much more vague could this get? There are other musicians as well as stars that have "the world's attention and provoke serious debate." There's Nicki Minaj, Kanye West, Radiohead, U2, and etc.

     

    I'm going to be very clear this time.

    Your reasoning, it is weak.

     

    EDIT: Also, I think you're trying to bait, haha.

    Lady Gaga is the greatest artist of the 21st Century (so far)

    in Tongue-Tied Lightning

    Posted

    She's got the world's attention and she provokes serious debate.

    Man, I could say the same about Charlie Sheen, Mel Gibson, Billy Corgan, Piers Morgan, and many more.

     

    They've led profitable careers and raises many questions that are just so provocatively vague. Man, if only I could be more vague than actually say something, then I could surely provoke serious debate. Because no one else wants to write vague anthems about sexual identity aside from Lady Gaga.

    Now Playing: March, 2012

    in Someone Else's Song

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    I love this one. I have been playing "Off the Wall" the lead single a lot lately.

    I thought it good. But I don't know why I don't play it more. It's like a midway point between Lee's stuff on Sonic Youth and some of Wilco's Nels-inspired jams.

     

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    Loincloth - Iron Balls Of Steel

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