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No changes of direction in this new album- I know what you mean, it's quite fun when they did that, but too much of it would get annoying. Now, the new Jimmy album- after a day of listening, it seems most of the first 8 songs are utterly awesome ('Kill' perhaps being my favourite), and already 4 of my 5 favourite songs of the year are in there. But 9 - 13 (you get quite a lot!) seem to peter out and get a bit boring compared to these. I think if some of these last few were acoustic (instead of more nice jangly electric guitar) it would be more coherent...

Oh, and ignore anyone who says it's not as poppy as the last album too. It's certainly different, and yes does lack the same energy, but ah well, it's different ingredients.

self titled shudders

EPONYMOUS! ( may be spelt incorrectly !)

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Posted by Gwil

ceephax (parallax drome, northern spirit, ceelink)

u.n.p.o.c (dark harbour wall, beautiful to me)

queens of the stone age (auto pilot, go with the flow)

kyuss (capsized)

outkast (ms. jackson, draculas wedding)

the animals (house of the rising sun, we gotta get out of this place)

animal collective (college, hey light)

Fine! Replace "Jimmy Eat Worlds self titled album" with "Ambiguously named eponymous tertiary release".

It seems most of you like rock & metal, but is anyone here into good dance/trance music ?

Underworld, Ferry Corsten, Armin Van Buuren, Armand Van Helden ?

(If none of those names seem familiar, read on :razz: )

there is such a thing as good dance/trance music? :razz:

The only trance song that I can remember liking is Darude - Sandstorm. I hate dance music because people want to... dance to it. Generally speaking, I'd prefer dancing to Rammstein than to dance music because at least with Rammstein I'd be justified in jumping around like an idiot.

American Idiot is probably one of the best rock albums I've heard all
year. There's some brilliant anthemic music on here, and not just the
stuff Good Charlotte like to think they get away with. Whether you like
punk or not, it's a definite recommendation. There's something for
everyone to like.

Ergh. Green Day being punk strikes me as odd considering they get radio playtime. Same goes for Good Charlotte and Blink 182. Way to fight the system.

Punk isn't about fighting the radio. To censor themselves in such a way would make their messages redundant.

Hugh said:
Ergh. Green Day being punk strikes me as odd considering they get radio playtime. Same goes for Good Charlotte and Blink 182. Way to fight the system.

Yeah, well The Clash and The Sex Pistols also got loads of playtime. Doesn't make them any less of a punk band.

Monqui said:
Fine! Replace "Jimmy Eat Worlds self titled album" with "Ambiguously named eponymous tertiary release".

I'm still trying to figure out where the hell STP's second album says "Purple"

Radiohead's last album never says "Hail to the Thief."

And I'd have commented on the punk thing again but apparently I'm an idiot.

Who says that someone's album's name needs to be in the lyrics of one of the songs?

By the way, "Hail to the Thief" was a back step for Radiohead. As much as I like Radiohead, Cold Play is better (yes they are comparable). A friend of mine once described them as a talented Radiohead :smile:

Ergh. I like Radiohead much more than Coldplay and Muse. Muse is also comparable. I suppose Chris Martin's the only one married to 'ol Paltrow, though, so kudos for that.

I didn't say I liked Cold Play more, I said they're a better band.

Generally speaking when a person says something is better, that means they like them more. Anyway, this is majorly spammarific and I need a shower so we'll call it a draw er something.

Crono said:
Who says that someone's album's name needs to be in the lyrics of one of the songs?

I don't think anyone did. I think the case was about album titles being physically printed somewhere on the album.

Better as in better musicians or a better overall band :rolleyes:

This has nothing to do with my personal tastes. It's a statement of fact. Anyway ...

If you like Chris Martin and his pe0ns so much Crono, you'd know it's Coldplay. Not Cold Play :razz:

Radiohead's last album never says "Hail to the Thief."

if you mean to point upon my eponymous comments, eponymous means it has no title, as such. like

Foo Fighters - the first album, is just "Foo Fighters".

i can't think of any more myself. as for Hail To The Thief being a step
back, bleh. it depends if you want radiohead to move away from Kid A
and back toward OK Computer/The Bends/Pablo Honey, then you wont like
Hail To The Thief. I personally think it's great, 2+2=5, Backdrifts, A
Wolf At The Door and Go To Sleep all being excellent stand out tracks.

analysing radiohead LP's by comparing them with previous works is
always a bad idea, they change with each and every recording. Kid A/Ok
Computer are still the best though!

Gwil said:
If you like Chris Martin and his pe0ns so much Crono, you'd know it's Coldplay. Not Cold Play :razz:

This better, but not my personal preference thing isn't getting through is it?

Gwil said:
I personally think it's great, 2+2=5, Backdrifts, A
Wolf At The Door and Go To Sleep all being excellent stand out tracks.

I never said Hail to the Thief was a bad album. I said it was a step back from the previous two albums which were way better.

Gwil said:
Kid A/Ok Computer are still the best though!

Damn Straight.

Eponymous does not mean that there is no name. Eponymous means that the name of something is derived from the person who discovered/created/represents it. Strictly speaking, most "eponymous" records really aren't eponymous as they have no title at all. And then there's REM's Eponymous to throw into the mix.

I find it kind of odd that bands typically go untitled once and only once. I guess its part of branding, creating a recognizable product. I would think if you were inclined to go titleless once, though, you'd be so inclined again. The only two recent major label bands I can think of that have multiple untitleds are Weezer and Days of the New. But if you look back, you'll see Led Zeppelin and Chicago had a string of roman numeral titled albums.

Don't forget Rancid, who had two self-titled records :razz:

Eponymous does not mean that there is no name.

I know it doesn't, hence I was vague and said

eponymous means it has no title, as such.

Gwil said:
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Eponymous does not mean that there is no name.

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I know it doesn't, hence I was vague and said

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Gold.

Anyway....'Futures' is really good - especially the song 'Pain'.

And believe it or not, the new Sum 41 album isn't half bad either :smile:

Don't forget Rancid, who had two self-titled records :razz:

Rancid stink <span style="color: lightblue;"> :razz:

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f**ker!

? quoting HughRadiohead's last album never says "Hail to the Thief."[/b]

Sure it does... Listen to "2+2=5 (The Lukewarm)", at about time marker 2:50. It says "Hail to the Thief".

So, bad example, I suppose :razz:

Or were you talking about something else? I'm horribly confused at the moment for some reason.

bleh, fraggard - i think the phrase "as such" is lost in translation to both America and the rest of the world..

never mind.. - either way it's not important, i just myself use the
phrase eponymous if i'm discussing LP's by bands where one of their
releases has indeed by self titled.

BLEH. brain melts

i dont care, it's been a LOOONG week :smile:

Yeah I was talking about that Monqui... I guess I just never heard it. And here I am, passing judgment. Woe

I've been listening to a bit of the clash recently, thier taking over my mind!

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Too.....early.....sides....aching :biggrin:

Dover - Last At Night is an excellent CD, but I can't surmise a lot of people liking it unless they like her vocals since though I think the music's good, I think the vocals kick ass and really carry them to their perceived greatness in my mind. DJ and Cherry Lee are the killer tracks off that one.

Just been listening to the Mooney Suzuki album "Alive and Amplified" that I recommended to my dad, and while its not totally to my taste, there are a few really good songs on it. If you like some slightly older rock like Primal Scream then they will probably impress you.

Just recently picked up Queens of The Stone Age - Queens of The Stone
Age, for another listen. Definately worth a look, especially since
Rated R/Songs for The Deaf shadowed it of late.

If you like catchy riffs, stoner wailing and sludgy beats - it'll be
right up your street. Particularly if you like Kyuss as well :razz:

"Avon" is a good track to try :smile:

On the flipside to that, if you like your spacey/screwed up electronica
beats, give Ceephax a look. He's the brother to Squarepusher, and makes
some completely crazy yet catchy tunes. Saw him this year at
Glastonbury when he was pummelling bass through the pa at ridiculous
volumes, made your whole body vibrate :smile:

Ceephax - Parallax Drome

Ceephax - Ceelink

Back for another edit - heavy rock, blending keyboards and aphex twin
style electronic static-esque noise - The Cooper Temple Clause.

Seen these guys live 3 times and haven't been disappointed yet :smile: Quite
different to most rock, and their albums stretch from epic ballads to
full on gig rocking crowd pleasers :smile: Tracks worth checking out..

A.I.M.

Let's Kill Music

Panzer Attack

The Lake

Birthday pressies galore :wink:

Got Kasabian from my best mate which is pretty good...kinda laid back but not...

Killswitch Engage - The End Of Heartache from my Grandma which is damn ace too!

Oh, and I bought myself the new Mad Capsule Markets album and I still can't put a finger on what style of music it's supposed to be :smile:

Heh, yeah, Mad Capsule Markets are an oddity. Those japs eh? :razz:

Picked up Emotive by A Perfect Circle, and is probably the best cover
album I've listened to. Very dark and haunting all around. Their
rendition of "What's Going On?" deserves some sort of award.

Happy birthday mate :smile:

Still waiting for my copy (didn't think it was out for a few more weeks), but I listened to their cover of 'Imagine' and that was extremely good.

And cheers ReNo, it's not until tomorrow, but I got a few of my pressies at the weekend as I went home to visit the family :smile:

Well, maybe "picked up" is the wrong expression. :razz:

happy B-Day adam :smile:

you know, it would be so nice to see a name and say to myself "I know that group" :/

Happy birthday Mr. Hawkins! :smile: It's awesome that your grandma got you a Killswitch Engage CD, my grandma's nowhere near that cool... she just says the same story multiple times in 15 minutes.

... why do I call you Mr. Hawkins... oh well.

Gwil - Nice sig, that movie rocks.

The green beast was purpotedly scaring children, it had to be done :smile: And surely you mean avatar, my lover? :x

But yeah, rocking movie :biggrin:

And Happy Birthday Adam - if I wasn't working i'd ever so possibly
catch the Red Arrow to Chesterfield and stand around like a goon for a
couple of hours :razz: Or maybe not.

Hope it's a good night out, and remember - avoid Zanzibar at all costs!

Argh, yeah, avatar... argh, Gwil's lover... :razz:

Kage/Adam: You wouldn't happen to know if James Iha stuck around in APC, would you?

James is still in. The last person to leave was Danny Lohner, which was just before Thirteenth Step was finished.

Good god! I've never been in Zanzibar and don't intend to in the future. I've been forced into a couple of the other 'nightclubs' and only enjoyed 'The Beach' cos they had dancers in bikinis on the tables :wink:

Gwil, if you're ever up for a night out in Chessy and i'm there, i'm pretty sure my parents would put you up for the night as I imagine the buses to Derby are few and far between :smile:

Heh, forgot to say my other grandma got me the Korn best of...i've got 'em well trained :wink:

Cool. He's a great guitarist that can't sing for crap (and that's even compared to a screeching Billy Corgan) so I'm glad he's not drifting back into a piss-poor solo career.