Topic: Greatest Album of the Decade Tournament, BEST 8 (Read 17464 times)

E. Spaceman · « **on:** 29 Sep 2009, 11:58 »

voting goes on until 23:59 (GMT -6) Friday Night

E. Spaceman · « **Reply #1 on:** 29 Sep 2009, 12:02 »

My votes

Low -Things We Lost in The Fire

LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver

Godspeed You Black Emperor - Lift yr Skinny Fists

Yo La Tengo - I Am Not Afraid of You

Reed · « **Reply #2 on:** 29 Sep 2009, 12:07 »

Low - Things We Lost in the Fire
Boris - Akuma No Uta
Daft Punk - Discovery
Yo La Tengo - I am Not Afraid of You

scarred · « **Reply #3 on:** 29 Sep 2009, 12:10 »

Low - Things We Lost in the Fire
LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver (ALL THE WAY BABY)
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Yr Skinny Fists... (the only real difficult choice this round)
Arcade Fire - Funeral (versus Yo La Tengo? No effing contest)

KickThatBathProf · « **Reply #4 on:** 29 Sep 2009, 12:22 »

Low - Things We Lost in the Fire
LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
Daft Punk - Discovery
Yo La Tengo - I am Not Afraid of You

man what happened to broken social scene

Tehz · « **Reply #5 on:** 29 Sep 2009, 12:23 »

Kid A
Sound of Silver
Discovery
Funeral

karl gambolputty... · « **Reply #6 on:** 29 Sep 2009, 12:24 »

Kid A
Sound of Silver
Lift Yr Skinny Fists
I Am Not Afraid Of You

Dimmukane · « **Reply #7 on:** 29 Sep 2009, 12:24 »

Low - Things We Lost In The Fire
LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Yr Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven
Yo La Tengo - I Am Not Afraid Of You

onewheelwizzard · « **Reply #8 on:** 29 Sep 2009, 12:26 »

pass
Boris
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
pass

Melodic · « **Reply #9 on:** 29 Sep 2009, 12:39 »

Radiohead - Kid A
LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver

Daft Punk - Discovery
Arcade Fire - Funeral

Man, how the fuck did both Broken Social Scene albums get knocked out.

Joseph · « **Reply #10 on:** 29 Sep 2009, 12:43 »

Low
LCD Soundsystem
GY!BE
Yo La Tengo

The fact that two of my absolute favourite albums are still up there is pleasing. Good work folks.

Liz · « **Reply #11 on:** 29 Sep 2009, 12:56 »

Low
Boris
Daft Punk
Arcade Fire

the_pied_piper · « **Reply #12 on:** 29 Sep 2009, 13:06 »

Low -Things We Lost in The Fire

LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver

Daft Punk - Discovery

Yo La Tengo - I Am Not Afraid of You

Tom · « **Reply #13 on:** 29 Sep 2009, 13:31 »

Funeral (This was hard)
Lift Yr Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven
Sound of Silver
Low

StaedlerMars · « **Reply #14 on:** 29 Sep 2009, 13:33 »

Oh man, go Low.

Low

Daft Punk

LCD Soundsystem

Arcade Fire

That is a pretty good collection right there. There are no albums in this top eight that I disapprove of.

E. Spaceman · « **Reply #15 on:** 29 Sep 2009, 13:42 »

yes, yes it is.

sean · « **Reply #16 on:** 29 Sep 2009, 13:46 »

Low
Boris
Godspeed
No vote

im predicting final showdown between low and godspeed.

TheFuriousWombat · « **Reply #17 on:** 29 Sep 2009, 14:07 »

Wait one god damn second, how the hell did LCD Soundsystem beat BSS?? I'm absolutely floored by the result. Really it's stunning. That being said, here are my votes:
Radiohead - Kid A
LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver (Despite what I wrote above, I still think this is the better album of this particular matchup)
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - LYSFLAtH (very cool to see this still in running. Probably not for much longer but glad it made it so far)
Arcade Fire - Funeral (Well, this'll possibly make it past YLT but I doubt it at this point)

So...Yo La Tengo vs. Low in the final maybe? Pretty disapointing if so.

Joseph · « **Reply #18 on:** 29 Sep 2009, 14:16 »

Quote from: sean on 29 Sep 2009, 13:46

im predicting final showdown between low and godspeed.

This would be my favourite things ever.

SWOON! at My Gravitas · « **Reply #19 on:** 29 Sep 2009, 14:28 »

Radiohead- Kid A
LCD Soundsystem- Sound of Silver
Daft Punk- Discovery
Arcade Fire- Funeral

AanAllein · « **Reply #20 on:** 29 Sep 2009, 14:38 »

Radiohead - Kid A
Boris - Akuma No Uta
Daft Punk - Discovery
Arcade Fire - Funeral

Joseph · « **Reply #21 on:** 29 Sep 2009, 14:53 »

I am going to have to ask every one who is voting for Kid A is they have actually heard the Low record.

E. Spaceman · « **Reply #22 on:** 29 Sep 2009, 15:07 »

To be fair, that is the hardest vote i've had so far.

zoidbergslo · « **Reply #23 on:** 29 Sep 2009, 15:20 »

radiohead
lcd soundsystem
daft punk
arcade fire

Daft pun · « **Reply #24 on:** 29 Sep 2009, 16:13 »

Low - Things we lost in the fire
LCD Soundsystem - Sound of silver
Daft Punk - Discovery
Yo La Tengo - I am not afraid of you and I will beat your ass

Hat · « **Reply #25 on:** 29 Sep 2009, 16:28 »

Radiohead - Kid A
Daft Punk - Discovery
Yo La Tengo - I Am Not Afraid of You and Will Beat Your Ass
LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver

AanAllein · « **Reply #26 on:** 29 Sep 2009, 16:29 »

Quote from: Joseph on 29 Sep 2009, 14:53

I am going to have to ask every one who is voting for Kid A is they have actually heard the Low record.

Musically I prefer Kid A, but even if I did not, voting for the "greatest album" is more than about the musical quality of the album, for me, anyway. Combination of nostalgia and the general significance of the album makes Kid A an easy winner for me.

Hat · « **Reply #27 on:** 29 Sep 2009, 16:31 »

Quote from: Joseph on 29 Sep 2009, 14:53

I am going to have to ask every one who is voting for Kid A is they have actually heard the Low record.

why?

TheFuriousWombat · « **Reply #28 on:** 29 Sep 2009, 16:35 »

Quote from: AanAllein on 29 Sep 2009, 16:29

Quote from: Joseph on 29 Sep 2009, 14:53
I am going to have to ask every one who is voting for Kid A is they have actually heard the Low record.
the general significance of the album makes Kid A an easy winner for me.

This is something that needs to be seriously considered.

DarkAvenger · « **Reply #29 on:** 29 Sep 2009, 16:50 »

Low - Things We Lost in the Fire
Boris - Akuma No Uta
Godspeed You Black Emperor - Lift yr Skinny Fists
Yo La Tengo - I Am Not Afraid Of You And Will Beat Your Ass

a pack of wolves · « **Reply #30 on:** 29 Sep 2009, 17:04 »

Low - Things We Lost In The Fire (I'm not actually that big on this record but it's still better than Radiohead and besides, the idea of Radiohead winning is horrible)
Boris - Akuma No Uta
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Yr Skinny Fists...
Yo La Tengo - I Am Not Afraid of You...

Lhefriel_Medies · « **Reply #31 on:** 29 Sep 2009, 17:18 »

How did Kid A win AGAIN. Over Yoshimi I can MAYBE understand if disagree with but over Fugazi into the top 8? WTF? Sound of Silver and Discovery both got through though so I guess I can't complain.

~~The Things We Lost In The Fire (I don't really like this particularly either but at this point I just want to see Radiohead finally lose)~~
ABSTAIN (I can't do it. I don't hate Kid A enough to vote that over it just for it to lose)
Sound of Silver (This one is rather difficult, but as much as I admire Akuma no Uta Sound of Silver is just nicer to listen to)
Discovery (Also hard but I would rather Discovery win it than Lift Yr Skinny Fists; it's even closer this time but I still think that Discovery is more fun to listen to, if only because it's actually in any way accessible)
Funeral

Joseph · « **Reply #32 on:** 29 Sep 2009, 17:34 »

Quote from: Hat on 29 Sep 2009, 16:31

Quote from: Joseph on 29 Sep 2009, 14:53
I am going to have to ask every one who is voting for Kid A is they have actually heard the Low record.

why?

Because basically everyone has heard Kid A, if they are interested in modern alternative music. Things We Lost in the Fire is a much less popular album, generally, and I would be much less likely to assume that someone had listened to it. If the person was a regular on this forum, given how much Low is touted here, I'd expect them to be familiar with the record. However, many people voting here have low post counts, and I know absolutely nothing about them. The people with lower post counts in this thread seem to be voting for Radiohead more frequently than people with higher post counts. I can only hope, if they are voting for Radiohead, that they have at least given the other album a chance.

I'm not saying I can't understand a vote for Kid A. It's an album I enjoy a lot. But maybe I'm also just bitter that it beat Fugazi?

Hat · « **Reply #33 on:** 29 Sep 2009, 17:50 »

No I mean "why do you think your taste in music is so special that someone who doesn't share it must not have experienced as wide a range of music as you"

and as an addendum "why would you associate post counts with breadth of musical exposure" or "why do you think that one or two people makes some kind of pattern of ignorance?"

I mean I may have implied anyone who voted for Daft Punk over the Avalanches suffered from some kind of brain damage but at least that is ridiculous enough to definitively be a joke, whereas you have implied that people who voted for Kid A might just be lazy which I think is kind of insulting.

Joseph · « **Reply #34 on:** 29 Sep 2009, 17:52 »

I think you are misinterpreting the seriousness of my initial statement.

Hat · « **Reply #35 on:** 29 Sep 2009, 17:54 »

Quote from: Hat on 29 Sep 2009, 17:50

I mean I may have implied anyone who voted for Daft Punk over the Avalanches suffered from some kind of brain damage but at least that is ridiculous enough to definitively be a joke, whereas you have implied that people who voted for Kid A might just be lazy which I think is kind of insulting.

sorry edited this in to address what you just said while you were obviously typing that post proving once and for all that I am a motherfuckin' psychic

Quote from: Joseph on 29 Sep 2009, 17:52

I think you are misinterpreting the seriousness of my initial statement.

Man if it wasn't serious what was with this whole post

Quote from: Joseph on 29 Sep 2009, 14:53

Because basically everyone has heard Kid A, if they are interested in modern alternative music. Things We Lost in the Fire is a much less popular album, generally, and I would be much less likely to assume that someone had listened to it. If the person was a regular on this forum, given how much Low is touted here, I'd expect them to be familiar with the record. However, many people voting here have low post counts, and I know absolutely nothing about them. The people with lower post counts in this thread seem to be voting for Radiohead more frequently than people with higher post counts. I can only hope, if they are voting for Radiohead, that they have at least given the other album a chance.

I am not sure I get how this fits into the joke

then again I didn't get the first joke either so maybe you are just way too clever for me.

Retrospectre · « **Reply #36 on:** 29 Sep 2009, 18:12 »

Hating on Radiohead is pretty played out.

Kid A
Sound Of Silver

Lift Yr Skinny Fists…
Funeral

Liz · « **Reply #37 on:** 29 Sep 2009, 18:13 »

I am still sad that Okkervil River got knocked out. F that noise. I would protest the tournament but I just really really really want Low to win over Radiohead.

karl gambolputty... · « **Reply #38 on:** 29 Sep 2009, 18:17 »

Quote from: Retrospectre on 29 Sep 2009, 18:12

Hating on Radiohead is pretty played out.

Liz · « **Reply #39 on:** 29 Sep 2009, 18:19 »

I do not think they are a bad band at all, I am not saying that. They're good and they deserve praise, but they're not as good as everyone makes them out to be. Maybe my expectations were too high when I first heard them, but I've really just always been underwhelmed by Radiohead.

karl gambolputty... · « **Reply #40 on:** 29 Sep 2009, 18:27 »

That is a completely understandable position. I was really commenting on the general direction the thread had taken than your post. I remember thinking Kid A was absolute garbage the first time I heard it.

Joseph · « **Reply #41 on:** 29 Sep 2009, 18:31 »

Quote from: Hat on 29 Sep 2009, 17:50

No I mean "why do you think your taste in music is so special that someone who doesn't share it must not have experienced as wide a range of music as you"

I don't think this. You have taken some things I said and added meaning to them in a way that was by no means intended.

Quote from: Hat on 29 Sep 2009, 17:54

Man if it wasn't serious what was with this whole post

Quote from: Joseph on 29 Sep 2009, 14:53
Because basically everyone has heard Kid A, if they are interested in modern alternative music. Things We Lost in the Fire is a much less popular album, generally, and I would be much less likely to assume that someone had listened to it. If the person was a regular on this forum, given how much Low is touted here, I'd expect them to be familiar with the record. However, many people voting here have low post counts, and I know absolutely nothing about them. The people with lower post counts in this thread seem to be voting for Radiohead more frequently than people with higher post counts. I can only hope, if they are voting for Radiohead, that they have at least given the other album a chance.

I am not sure I get how this fits into the joke

then again I didn't get the first joke either so maybe you are just way too clever for me.

I figured I might as well attempt some justification off the top of my head. I felt that the line of this post which you left out might make it clear that I really wasn't trying to make a big deal of it all.

I like Radiohead. I really do. I think they've made some great songs, and recorded some great albums. For a while, Kid A was one of my favourite records. I don't like it nearly as much nowdays, but I still think it is pretty great.

Hat · « **Reply #42 on:** 29 Sep 2009, 18:34 »

dude I'm just stylin' on you you don't gotta care/justify your actions

I mean I'm basically just bein' a dick cause I'm mad Discovery beat Since I Left You

I mean even though nearly half the people voted for the Avalanches I look at this thread and think "this thread does not like the Avalanches" so now I gotta rough up everyone who posts in it.

We're not so different, you and I. Just because you're a Jet and I'm a Shark doesn't mean we can't both agree that Yo La Tango should still beat Funeral.

By the way putting on my LP of Since I Left You

RIP AVALANCHES (in this thread)

theoryC · « **Reply #43 on:** 29 Sep 2009, 18:35 »

Radiohead
LCD Soundsystem
Daft Punk
Arcade Fire

Liz · « **Reply #44 on:** 29 Sep 2009, 18:44 »

Quote from: karl gambolputty... on 29 Sep 2009, 18:27

That is a completely understandable position. I was really commenting on the general direction the thread had taken than your post. I remember thinking Kid A was absolute garbage the first time I heard it.

Your quoting of a post related to my post right after I posted lead me to believe otherwise. Thanks for clarification!

Post post post so many posts in that sentence.

Joseph · « **Reply #45 on:** 29 Sep 2009, 18:46 »

Quote from: Hat on 29 Sep 2009, 18:34

dude I'm just stylin' on you you don't gotta care/justify your actions

I definitely don't gotta, but I do like to.

And on the same note, I just wish Fugazi was still around.

Reed · « **Reply #46 on:** 29 Sep 2009, 18:57 »

Man, I like Radiohead and all, but I really don't see how it can compare to Low.

It's fucking Low!

Muffin_Buns · « **Reply #47 on:** 29 Sep 2009, 19:23 »

Radiohead - Kid A
LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
Daft Punk - Discovery (Tough choice.. I guess I ended up picking Discovery because it's more fun and uplifting, whereas Skinny Fists can really depress me sometimes)
Arcade Fire - Funeral

All of these were pretty easy, with the exception of Daft Punk vs GY!BE.

Koremora · « **Reply #48 on:** 29 Sep 2009, 19:45 »

Low - Things We Lost in the Fire

BORIS - Akuma No Uta

Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven (ALL THE WAY BABY)

Arcade Fire - Funeral

David_Dovey · « **Reply #49 on:** 29 Sep 2009, 22:12 »

Fugazi- The Argument
Fugazi- The Argument
Fugazi- The Argument
What The Hell Guys Fugazi- The Argument

THESE FORUMS NOW CLOSED (read only)

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