Welsh Rich Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 Sam's Town is the best track off it - a catchy pop tune, but the rest of the album is pretty poor imo... I wasn't taken with the My Chemical Romance one either, but my Dad likes it, so perhaps that says something Too much Queen, not enough original ideas. Spinning this now: Not bad... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bobbob1313 Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 i didn't recall liking Bones too much (specially the horns) Really? Thats the best part of it, I think. It seems intentionally overblown, so when you look at it that way, it makes sense. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
solace Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 if they didn't take themselves so seriously, i might not find it as awful i suppose i don't know too many fans who loved the first record who are into this one. curious how it's selling now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bobbob1313 Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 if they didn't take themselves so seriously, i might not find it as awful i suppose i don't know too many fans who loved the first record who are into this one. curious how it's selling now. It's selling on the strength of "When You Were Young" which is an absolutely huge hit. Plus it doesn't hurt that Tim Burton directed the video for "Bones". I do agree they take themselves a bit too seriously, but this track seems a little more relaxed. Thats always been my criticism of MCR too, though. They are way too into themselves. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rwrkb Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 if they didn't take themselves so seriously, i might not find it as awful i suppose i don't know too many fans who loved the first record who are into this one. curious how it's selling now. i enjoyed the first album quite a bit. like the new one, but think they need a few non-anthemic tracks to break it up. i think they put on an incredible live show. and i also think they think too highly of themselves, and because of that i think people are transfering that to their music more than they ought to Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Synthesizer Patel Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 NP: i'm really sorry that i put this one off for so long... beautiful. Definately my favourite album of the year. Spinning this now: Not bad...Really good album. At times the songs are overly long for my tastes, but the general sound of the music is great. NP. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Welsh Rich Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 So I'm listening to Rock Plaza Central over on their myspace site: http://myspace.com/rockplazacentral And their record is amazing... but the premise of it is even better:The new record is all about robotic horses.Robotic horses who think they are real horses. For real.And in the end, the robot horses are going to give up on trying to figure out what they are and what they should be doing, and instead they decide to just ride off toward some lights they see in the distance, hoping that the lights will have the answers for them. But the lights turn out to be nothing other than the stars, billions and billions of miles away. Fortunately the horses have no conception of time and thus experience no real sense of loss. In fact, because they were designed to run, they are elated to run forever. Reading it I laughed but was also equally amazed at the thought gone into it... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
muller Posted November 21, 2006 Author Share Posted November 21, 2006 Last FM Neighbour radio. Throwing up some pretty good stuff. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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mjpuczko Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 the thermals - the body, the blood, the machine finally got around to listening to this. been on my computer for quite a while. loving it so far Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Welsh Rich Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 'tis a great, great album that! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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muller Posted November 21, 2006 Author Share Posted November 21, 2006 Me too! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Welsh Rich Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 how odd! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jimmyjimmy Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 Hmm.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Synthesizer Patel Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 What's that then? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
muller Posted November 21, 2006 Author Share Posted November 21, 2006 My Brightest Diamond - Bring Me Te Work Horse. Very good - quite PJ Harvey esque in places. Well worth a listen. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Welsh Rich Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 Yeah, reminds me a bit of Portishead in places too... quite nice, nothing too mind blowing, but nice... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Synthesizer Patel Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 My Brightest Diamond - Bring Me Te Work Horse. Very good - quite PJ Harvey esque in places. Well worth a listen. cheers, i'll check it out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mjpuczko Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 dylan - blood on the tracks Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mjpuczko Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 wilco - agib. i bet i haven't listened to this in over a year. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
uwmryan Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 Mew - And The Glass Handed Kites Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 the thermals - the body, the blood, the machine finally got around to listening to this. been on my computer for quite a while. loving it so far NP: Just got my tickets for the House of Blues: Anaheim to see them in January. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bobbob1313 Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 Hmm.... How's that? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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