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Fun Stuff => BAND => Topic started by: Johnny C on 03 Apr 2005, 18:27

Title: Cake
Post by: Johnny C on 03 Apr 2005, 18:27: Comfort Eagle is one of my favourite albums.

Resistance is useless.

It is useless to resist.
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Post by: ForteBass on 03 Apr 2005, 18:33: Aw man. <3 Cake. I remember when The Distance was a huge hit on the radio. *le sigh*
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Post by: macktheknife on 03 Apr 2005, 18:37: What do you guys think of the new album? I either love or hate a song, no real inbetween. It's the first album I haven't liked as a whole. For three plus years in the making, it really should have been much better. I hate that they've fallen victim to that "uber-produced" sound when a band gets big, but at least it was delayed an album or two longer that usual.
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Post by: kilconey on 03 Apr 2005, 19:15: they strike me as very unexpectedly. i've never bought an album and i don't follow the band at all, but whenever i hear a goofy funky quirky pure pop song on the radio and find myself massively grooving to it, it's always cake.
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Post by: Deformagraphy on 03 Apr 2005, 19:46: I like a few of the albums I've heard, so they're somewhere inbetween "meh" and "awesome." Because, I don't work like that and I can never settle for the choices given to me.
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Post by: Ruskin on 03 Apr 2005, 19:59: I love Cake. MMmm... <3

I also love Comfort Eagle so much. So yeah.
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Post by: Sam Logan on 03 Apr 2005, 20:02: Fashion Nugget and Prolonging the Magic were both fine CDs, but I actually thought Comfort Eagle was pretty abysmal. I don't think replacing the drummer with a computer was the most constructive move ever.

The new album is great, though. I loved about half of the songs instantly, but the other half grew on me after awhile too. It's even more synth-heavy than Comfort Eagle, but moving even further in that direction makes the drums sound way less out of place than they did before. It's definitely a very top-heavy disc, though. The first three tracks are killer!

The two dudes who left after Nugget went on to form a really awesome band called Deathray.
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Post by: Johnny C on 03 Apr 2005, 20:04: You thought Comfort Eagle was abysmal?

Like, okay, "worse than their others" would be okay. But I don't think Cake can even come NEAR "abysmal."

EDIT: I just got PUNK'D!
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Post by: Sam Logan on 03 Apr 2005, 20:07: Sorry, I did that obnoxious thing where I added more information to my post while you were responding to it!

I'm exaggerating. The album just didn't mesh for me, but there were still some good cuts, though! Opera Singer was probably my favourite.
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Post by: ComeandgetIt on 03 Apr 2005, 20:43: Loooove Cake, but their new album... meh. It just didn't get me going like all the others. They are coming here in a few weeks though. I still haven't decided if I'll go and see 'em.
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Post by: KharBevNor on 03 Apr 2005, 21:01: I personally go for either Black Forest Gateau or coffee cake.
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Post by: Oerdin on 04 Apr 2005, 00:09: The only Cake album I ever bought was Fashion Nugget.
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Post by: macktheknife on 04 Apr 2005, 01:23: Quote from: ComeandgetIt
Loooove Cake, but their new album... meh. It just didn't get me going like all the others. They are coming here in a few weeks though. I still haven't decided if I'll go and see 'em.

Do it, you won't be disappointed. They're one of the few bands that can pull off their album sound live. He still uses the same guitar and amp as he did on Motorcade of Generosity. Plus, they've got energy.
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Post by: Cpt.Fantastic on 04 Apr 2005, 07:03: Friend Is A Four Letter Word.

<3 the song, <3 the Cake
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Post by: Vertical Stripes on 04 Apr 2005, 07:46: I can tell I'm going to get shot, but Cake absolutely drives me bonkers. In the bad way.

I really loved Short Skirt, Long Jacket when it came out like everyone else and spent all my time listening to Gong the Distance and other such Cake classics.

And then eventually I just realized it all sounded the same and that I wanted to shave my ears off with a cheese grater. The style was cute once, but the quality of the music is just so obnoxious that I couldn't stand it repeated several times over.

And that is the end of my Cake-dom. Bleh.
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Post by: Druid on 04 Apr 2005, 17:05: I agree with you. I like some of what Cake does, but it's not something I can listen to for long periods of time. For me Soul Coughing is better then Cake.

Is there any over lap in Soul Coughing and Cake fans or are the two mutally exclusive?
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Post by: macktheknife on 04 Apr 2005, 23:28: If you're going to bring Soul Coughin into it, you may as well bring in The Eels. That's how I see it, anyway. Different.

Anyway I thought Cake nothing special until I dated a girl that was massively into them. Through the first months of our relationship she didn't push them on me, but it was usually playing at some point through the week in her car. I got deeper into the albums and found some really great songs to latch onto. Then I listened to those over and over, and started to hear the intricacy of what I was hearing. Then I branched out to other songs, other albums, and soon I couldn't get enough.

Radio singles are just that, take them as they are. But I never ever judge a band off a single. No wait I take that back, I don't usually judge a band off a single. Nope wait, I rarely don't judge a band off a single, yeah. But anyway, they're anything but annoying. Listen to Motorcade of Generosity. Waaaay different than "Going The Distance", their first single which is off of their third actual CD. So go get those first two!

And if anyone actually read all that, cool.
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Post by: Conatonc on 05 Apr 2005, 22:54: Cake is great. I loved that their first 3 albums all had their own style, while still meshing into a coherent band sound. I like both Comfort Eagle and Pressure Chief, but I can't help being slightly disappointed that their sound hasn't changed or evolved since Prolonging the Magic. I think they've gotten a bit too settled into their "thing" nowadays. Still, a lot of quality, quality stuff.

The lyrics on Motorcade of Generosity are so off-kilter and unique.
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Post by: Druid on 05 Apr 2005, 23:19: Quote from: macktheknife
If you're going to bring Soul Coughin into it, you may as well bring in The Eels. That's how I see it, anyway. Different.

I guess we could bring the eels into this; I don't see how they are related though.

I've always felt that they were comparable with Soul Coughing being the better band.
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Post by: Brodo Baggins on 05 Apr 2005, 23:21: I havent heard of cake.

are they a recent creation?
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Post by: Empty Friend on 06 Apr 2005, 00:20: erm no, 10+ years old, still making music
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Post by: Revenge_Therapist on 14 May 2005, 13:19: I loved Fashion Nugget, although a bulk of their first two records was written all at once over a month and a half. So the newer stuff is change and evolving. I think this band is smart, and they have great sense of catchy hooks.
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Post by: niatinari on 14 May 2005, 13:27: <3 Cake and I've enjoyed what I was exposed to of The Eels
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Post by: blindsuperhero on 14 May 2005, 13:30: I've decided the most annoying thing ever is people calling Eels "The Eels". That's not even their name.
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Post by: niatinari on 14 May 2005, 13:47: -meep- I appologize, as I don't own anything by them, I just have a friend who is obsessed and played some of her music for me, which I liked, so I wasn't sure which was the proper name Eels or The Eels as I saw it earlier in this topic...
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Post by: cacahuate on 14 May 2005, 20:12: Man... Rediscovered 'Motorcade of Generosity'

It's fantastic, especially 'Jolene.'
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Post by: mookers on 15 May 2005, 15:06: mahna mahna.
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Post by: El Opium on 15 May 2005, 19:55: Too poppy for me. If it doesn't make my step-dad think I'm listening to recordings of industrial sites/sirens/odd static it just ain't good enough.
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Post by: pistachio on 16 May 2005, 01:39: Cake is life... cannot deny their musical genius
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Post by: Gypsy on 16 May 2005, 09:55: There's nothing wrong with quirky. I like the Presidents of the USA, too.
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Post by: ASturge on 16 May 2005, 10:50: Cake get two thumbs held high from me
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Post by: ColdSteelRain on 16 May 2005, 14:52: Cake's pretty darn awsome. I love Fashion Nugget.
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Post by: Maui on 21 May 2005, 22:43: Cake is pretty awesome. They actually make really crazy good music videos. Almost worth watching MTV for......................................

(not really)
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Post by: La Creme on 21 May 2005, 22:53: They play terrible live, they don't have incredible musical talent, and the lyrics are never incredible. But goddam do I love Cake. They just go to show that all you really need to make a band is the ability to work together. I know it sounds corny, but it's true.

And I personally thought Comfort Eagle was lots of fun. Even if it wasn't a terrific album.
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Post by: Outshined on 21 May 2005, 23:15: I'd like Cake more if my roommate hadn't burnt me out on them by listening to that band nonstop all the time =P.

By the way, very nice avatar, La Creme. The Sandman is one of my favorite comics.
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Post by: sp2 on 22 May 2005, 00:17: I'd say Cake are one of the few bands out there that really push boundaries of rock music. I could be wrong though.
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Post by: Empty Friend on 22 May 2005, 01:12: Play Terrible live? how many times have you seen them? The times I have were awesome. Good work with the instruments and got the crowd involved. It ruled.
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Post by: Damniel on 24 May 2005, 03:51: oh wait you meant cake as in chocolate or spounge....mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm cake
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Post by: Inlander on 24 May 2005, 03:53: Ahem, not all of us are viewing in wide-screen, Damniel!
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Post by: Damniel on 25 May 2005, 02:09: sorry but cake....mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
sorry again but oh cake mmm especially cheese cake....
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Post by: Inlander on 25 May 2005, 02:58: Dude! Two wrongs don't make a right . . .
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Post by: Damniel on 25 May 2005, 04:37: or do they????? well no your right sorry...but i found it funny anyway
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Post by: blindsuperhero on 25 May 2005, 06:25: Cheesecake? Cheese? And cake?
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Post by: KharBevNor on 25 May 2005, 07:05: Better than cheese and chalk!
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Post by: Damniel on 25 May 2005, 08:32: unless its really good chalk
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Post by: KharBevNor on 25 May 2005, 08:57: I have yet to see the chalk that is better than cake. I don't think it can be done, y'hear?
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Post by: Damniel on 25 May 2005, 09:07: i dunno maybe it could be a step forward in cake making...chalk cake