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Neutral Milk Hotel is...scholarly?
Inlander:
Hey, here's an idea: how about instead of turning this into yet another tedious thread about whether In the Aeroplane Over the Sea is any good, how about we go back to discussing whether the article about it is any good?
Or you lovers and haters can continue smacking your head against the brick wall of opposing opinion, your choice.
Gurkburk:
I'll just leave this here:
--- Quote from: KvP on 06 Aug 2008, 20:24 ---Yeah, this thread will have outlived whatever usefulness as soon as somebody comes in and says "rap music".
Not to say what's been said in just about every other thread remotely like this, but I think it's mostly a matter of taste. I mean, there are lots of bands that people have eargasms over. Around here it's stuff like Explosions in the Sky, DFA 1979, BSS and its satellites, Okkervil River, whatever. People even go so far as to call them "life-changing", and even if I can see the appeal of these acts I can't really say that I like them at all. Thing is, when you hear so much about how great something is and you don't get the same reaction as other people you get the urge to say that no, they really aren't that great. And that's where I think a lot of talk of bands being overrated comes from. But I like to believe that most artists put as much work into their material as anybody else, and that my ear is not an impeccable instrument for discerning quality. I don't think it's fair to shit all over a band because I can't enjoy them the way others can.
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el_loco_avs:
--- Quote from: Inlander on 05 Feb 2009, 06:43 ---Hey, here's an idea: how about instead of turning this into yet another tedious thread about whether In the Aeroplane Over the Sea is any good, how about we go back to discussing whether the article about it is any good?
Or you lovers and haters can continue smacking your head against the brick wall of opposing opinion, your choice.
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Article seemed well researched and thought out. Couldn't make it all the way through though.
Thrillho:
--- Quote from: Inlander on 05 Feb 2009, 06:43 ---Hey, here's an idea: how about instead of turning this into yet another tedious thread about whether In the Aeroplane Over the Sea is any good, how about we go back to discussing whether the article about it is any good?
Or you lovers and haters can continue smacking your head against the brick wall of opposing opinion, your choice.
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Don't be ridiculous :wink:
Jackie Blue:
here is a very good illustration of why the article is retarded:
"The chord progression consists of E major alternating with C major, but the melody of the first section superimposes E natural minor over the E major chord. Here Mangum's loud, deep voice dominates the guitar's tonality, which buries its major thirds by emphasizing the low fifth. Though the major tonality is clear during the instrumental breaks, as he sings the minor vocal melody all but obliterates the major key. This domination reflects the song's subject matter, which laments the imposition of one force upon another, the invasion of suffering where it does not belong."
yes, right, of course. it has nothing to do with jeff mangum having very limited guitar and singing ability.
i mean that paragraph makes LOST fan theories look downright sensible.
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