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TV On the Radio - Dear Science,
Johnny C:
Man it is a controversial opinion that Cookie Mountain was not a truly excellent record.
RedLion:
Seriously. That album blew Desperate Youths out of the water. But this, this is actually almost better I think.
Oh I'm seeing them Oct. 24th in Chicago, too! Can't wait. :lol: Apparently the guitar player hangs a windchime from the neck of his guitar.
Jackie Blue:
--- Quote from: Johnny C on 09 Sep 2008, 22:17 ---Man it is a controversial opinion that Cookie Mountain was not a truly excellent record.
--- End quote ---
Actually, after the initial impact of it, I feel that it did lose a lot of its charm and when I listen to it now I find myself skipping many songs. It was good, but something about much of it felt a little too middle-of-the-road for me.
But yes, it was a major improvement over Desperate Youth, but I still maintain Young Liars is better than Cookie Mountain.
imagist42:
I wouldn't say that, Jackie. I mean "Staring at the Sun" is a fantastic song and the cover of "Mr. Grieves" is fun and all, but that's about it for Young Liars.
But yeah, I mostly meant Cookie Mountain was only a-freaking-mazing for so long before other things distracted me, and once I got back to it I could hardly tell one song from any other (except "Wolf Like Me").
Jackie Blue:
Actually "Staring at the Sun" is my least favourite song on Young Liars. I think that "Satellite", "Blind", and "Young Liars" are three of the best songs they've done, no question. The first one is just such a "wow, wtf is this???" song (granted, I got the EP when it came out without knowing ANYTHING about the band) and the latter two are the "darker" songs I was referring to earlier, and I think that lyrically they're the strongest of the band's catalogue.
And yeah, "Wolf Like Me" is one of the only songs that really stands out as being totally awesome on Cookie Mountain for me. I actually actively dislike the song with Bowie on it now.
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