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General Discussion => Essentially Flyertalk => Topic started by: Kat Kid on September 25, 2013, 07:35:49 PM
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2000
I remember getting Kid A at Christmas, listening to it on my first pair of decent headphones that fit all the way over my ears while we drove around to my various relatives on snowy Detroit streets.
Queens of the Stone Age? Meh.
U2 coming out with that Beautiful Day single was incredible. All That You Can't Leave Behind to me was not fully appreciated until later which we will get to.
Blink 182? Meh.
Red Hot Chili Peppers released Californication which was a pretty solid album and much better than what they are doing now. Jon Frusciante coming back from oblivion and delivering so many beautiful songs was a real treat.
Jay Z released "Big Pimpin'" in 1999, but Jay and Damon Dash/Roc-A-Fella was at its most annoying here.
D'Angelo released Voodoo and I felt like the sexiest white boy in the world and attempted to put that album on and take girls from first to second on several occasions to wildly varying degrees of success.
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I listened to the Ying Yang Twins for a full hour last friday night.
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Shake it like a salt shaker?
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loved the poprock stuff like Maroon 5, Fountains of Wayne, One Republic.
also loved the rap in that time period. Nelly back in the 2000s was the best.
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Shake it like a salt shaker?
Not their best stuff. I like a bunch of it, but their best was their first in '94
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2001
Radiohead released Amnesiac which I think they titled because they wanted us to forget that this was just a bunch of b-sides to Kid A.
Wheatus, Gorillaz, Linkin Park, Alien Ant Farm? woof.
The Blueprint dropped and so did a bunch of panties. "Now that's Spanish chick, French chick, indian and black
That's fried chicken, curry chicken, damn I'm gettin fat"
Incubus, Creed, Lifehouse. woof.
Cake was still putting out singles that were good, so there was that.
Weezer and Daft Punk put out albums in the same year and they were both very good.
Fatboy Slim was still sort of cool.
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Jack white has done some great stuff since 2000.
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2000-2002
Country Grammar, The St. Lunatics, and the Bone Thugs-N-Harmony side projects that all the "Bones" started. And of course all the CD's that my friends would burn me since I didn't have a CD burner at that point.
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Part of 2002-2004:
Made a pretty drastic change. One of my friends started playing drums and got me into rock. He did much better than I did at first, listening to Led Zeppelin, Ozzy Osbourne, Skynard and what not. I eased my way into it with Linkin Park, Good Charlotte, New Found Glory and Mest.
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Pitchfork's heyday.
http://youtu.be/3Hh45-yBMXY
http://youtu.be/wRk2iHkOcNE
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Linkin Park was one of my favorite bands from the 00's. Hybrid Theory and Meteora are still two of my favorite albums.
Weezy started to get big during that time after he got away from those no-names that were bringing him down. I really started liking hip-hop/rap at this time also. Eminem's emergence to the game was also a life changing event.
This was also a very great time for easy access to any kind of music you could dream of, just type it in, download, and enjoy.
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For me:
Black Keys
Chevelle
The White Stripes.
The Strokes.
Also I liked the American Idiot album and I don't care what you say!! Nice lyrics in there that was fitting for the time.
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2001
Radiohead released Amnesiac which I think they titled because they wanted us to forget that this was just a bunch of b-sides to Kid A.
Wheatus, Gorillaz, Linkin Park, Alien Ant Farm? woof.
The Blueprint dropped and so did a bunch of panties. "Now that's Spanish chick, French chick, indian and black
That's fried chicken, curry chicken, damn I'm gettin fat"
Incubus, Creed, Lifehouse. woof.
Cake was still putting out singles that were good, so there was that.
Weezer and Daft Punk put out albums in the same year and they were both very good.
Fatboy Slim was still sort of cool.
lol no. beginning of the end.
Got Kid A from Streetside and basically did the same thing as KK. Then Streetside closed in 2001. :(
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NOW that's what I call music
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Red Hot Chili Peppers released Californication which was a pretty solid album and much better than what they are doing now. Jon Frusciante coming back from oblivion and delivering so many beautiful songs was a real treat.
The 90's called. They want you to stop crediting the 2000's for their music.
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Red Hot Chili Peppers released Californication which was a pretty solid album and much better than what they are doing now. Jon Frusciante coming back from oblivion and delivering so many beautiful songs was a real treat.
The 90's called. They want you to stop crediting the 2000's for their music.
:lol:
KK's never even been to Detroit!
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Red Hot Chili Peppers released Californication which was a pretty solid album and much better than what they are doing now. Jon Frusciante coming back from oblivion and delivering so many beautiful songs was a real treat.
The 90's called. They want you to stop crediting the 2000's for their music.
damn
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Pitchfork's heyday.
http://youtu.be/3Hh45-yBMXY
http://youtu.be/wRk2iHkOcNE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jjy2P0MSVlo&list=PLD9516E727CFF7A14 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jjy2P0MSVlo&list=PLD9516E727CFF7A14)
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Red Hot Chili Peppers released Californication which was a pretty solid album and much better than what they are doing now. Jon Frusciante coming back from oblivion and delivering so many beautiful songs was a real treat.
The 90's called. They want you to stop crediting the 2000's for their music.
damn
1999 had some albums that adolescent tobias enjoyed though KK (different thread i guess). beck "midnite vultures", nin "the fragile", rhcp "californication", filter "title of record", foo fighters "there is nothing left to lose", and buckethead "monsters & robots" come to mind. spent a decent amount of time bored on a recliner narc'd out on painkillers after a couple of knee surgeries.
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2001 - Huge fan of Jimmy Eat World's Clarity CF3 buys "Bleed American" when it comes out. Listened to it probably 85 times the first 2 months of college that year
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Napster :love: :love: :love:
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Marshal Mathers LP & 2001- I'm not sure what pissed my parents off more, my hip hop phase or the thrash metal phase that was to come later.
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2001 - Huge fan of Jimmy Eat World's Clarity CF3 buys "Bleed American" when it comes out. Listened to it probably 85 times the first 2 months of college that year
Excellent all the way through.
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St. Anger was released in 2003. It's Metallica's second worst studio album (Death Magnetic), but it did open the door to a whole new world for me, musically speaking. I began to take percussion a little more seriously and had my first drum set within a year. I learned to play "Of Wolf and Man" shortly after that.
Damageplan- New Found Power, also a 2003 release. young MH actually found Damageplan before Pantera. yea, weird.
Mushroomhead- XIII, another 2003 release. This is still probably my weirdest actual album purchased. "Sun Doesn't Rise" is still a track I listen to frequently
Sleep- Dopesmoker, yet another 2003. This is considered the holy grail of doom/ stoner metal albums. The album is one hour long track and a must listen for anyone who considers themselves a "Metal Head".
Clutch- Blast Tyrant. a 2004 release, finally. Some people consider Clutch to be a metal band, I don't, but they are very good. This album is excellent.
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You really ARE a metalhead
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Pitchfork's heyday.
http://youtu.be/3Hh45-yBMXY
http://youtu.be/wRk2iHkOcNE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jjy2P0MSVlo&list=PLD9516E727CFF7A14 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jjy2P0MSVlo&list=PLD9516E727CFF7A14)
http://youtu.be/uceNZtKZAnc
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Nelly was a banger during my formative childhood years. I guess this is potentially Shame Yourself material, but I was fairly young and I guess I don't really care.
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2001 - Huge fan of Jimmy Eat World's Clarity CF3 buys "Bleed American" when it comes out. Listened to it probably 85 times the first 2 months of college that year
Excellent all the way through.
Did the 3 of us just become best friends?
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2001 - Huge fan of Jimmy Eat World's Clarity CF3 buys "Bleed American" when it comes out. Listened to it probably 85 times the first 2 months of college that year
Excellent all the way through.
Did the 3 of us just become best friends?
Nope, it was the 4 of us.
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Napster :love: :love: :love:
I can tell you the minute it got shut down. How? Because I told it to just download everything that Kougar24 had when I heard it was going down. That night they shut it off. If I sort my mp3s by date created there are hundreds of songs from November 2001, then one minute it stops.
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You really ARE a metalhead
yea. what, did you think I had a metal plate in my head or something?
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2000 is about the time that music started getting really terrible. wasn't fully (mostly) terrible until like 2006 tho.
:cyclist:
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Napster :love: :love: :love:
I can tell you the minute it got shut down. How? Because I told it to just download everything that Kougar24 had when I heard it was going down. That night they shut it off. If I sort my mp3s by date created there are hundreds of songs from November 2001, then one minute it stops.
boy, the dorms my freshman year and getting a hold of my first broadband connection... it was like mp3 overload. my roommate and i had 30,000 songs the first week.
lost that hard drive a long time ago tho, really wish i still had it.
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2001 - Huge fan of Jimmy Eat World's Clarity CF3 buys "Bleed American" when it comes out. Listened to it probably 85 times the first 2 months of college that year
I'm pretty jealous. My first concert was Good Charlotte opening for Jimmy Eat World and I was super pissed that my friend made us stay for JEW.
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I listened to a lot of Arcade Fire and Interpol
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also, it seems too recent to really have a look back. like, I feel like I will see it much differently when I look back from further down the road.
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St. Anger was released in 2003. It's Metallica's second worst studio album (Death Magnetic)
what in the eff? you'd rather listen to st anger than death magnetic?
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i feel like a lot of my musical choices in the 00's belong in the shame yourself thread.
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NORTH CAROLINA! C'MON AND RAISE UP!
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St. Anger was released in 2003. It's Metallica's second worst studio album (Death Magnetic)
what in the eff? you'd rather listen to st anger than death magnetic?
Frantic tic tic tic tic tic tock
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NORTH CAROLINA! C'MON AND RAISE UP!
oh man :D
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From something I wrote really stoned in December of 2009, favorite albums of the decade:
1. Toxicity-System of a Down
2. By the Way - RHCP
3. Live at Stubb's - Matisyahu
4. Try - John Mayer Trio
5. Audioslave - Audioslave
6. Consolers of the Lonely - Raconteurs
7. Demon Days - Gorillas
8. 2001 - Dr. Dre
9. Red Album - Weezer
10. A Crow Left of the Murder - Incubus
Idk, most of it holds up okay anyway.
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Napster :love: :love: :love:
YES :love:
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My year in the dorms (06-07) was right before Apple fixed the hole that allowed you to use a third party program to download songs from other people's shared iTunes folders on your network. Downloaded a ton of music that way. Was ultra fast for the time.
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My year in the dorms (06-07) was right before Apple fixed the hole that allowed you to use a third party program to download songs from other people's shared iTunes folders on your network. Downloaded a ton of music that way. Was ultra fast for the time.
yeah that was awesome
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Queens of the Stone Age? Meh.
Hey. What if you like to ROCK?!
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My year in the dorms (06-07) was right before Apple fixed the hole that allowed you to use a third party program to download songs from other people's shared iTunes folders on your network. Downloaded a ton of music that way. Was ultra fast for the time.
Yup. My freshman year you could walk down the hall, copy a 100 songs into a folder, and IL that folder to yourself on IM. By the time you walked back to your room it was there. I still laugh when I put my iPod on shuffle at the stuff that comes up.
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only people like my mom still have digital copies of songs. it's todays huge ass CD folder.
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only people like my mom still have digital copies of songs. it's todays huge ass CD folder.
maybe SD missed it but this is a thread to REMINISCE ABOUT THE 00's! :curse:
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only people like my mom still have digital copies of songs. it's todays huge ass CD folder.
maybe SD missed it but this is a thread to REMINISCE ABOUT THE 00's! :curse:
yeah, wasn't directing that at anyone. actually maybe directing it at college sd when I thought I'd always have this enormous server full of every song ever made and how great it was going to be. when I upgraded my last PC I actually didn't even take the time to move the roughly 500GB of music. just let it burn. young me would have been :sdeek:
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only people like my mom still have digital copies of songs. it's todays huge ass CD folder.
maybe SD missed it but this is a thread to REMINISCE ABOUT THE 00's! :curse:
yeah, wasn't directing that at anyone. actually maybe directing it at college sd when I thought I'd always have this enormous server full of every song ever made and how great it was going to be. when I upgraded my last PC I actually didn't even take the time to move the roughly 500GB of music. just let it burn. young me would have been :sdeek:
Yeah, I'm about to purge all but my very favorites.
It kind of sucks though, because downloading a bunch of MP3's from blogs is still my favorite way to discover new music with minimal effort, and it's becoming more and more rare. I can't listen to your stupid soundcloud embeds on a flight.
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only people like my mom still have digital copies of songs. it's todays huge ass CD folder.
maybe SD missed it but this is a thread to REMINISCE ABOUT THE 00's! :curse:
yeah, wasn't directing that at anyone. actually maybe directing it at college sd when I thought I'd always have this enormous server full of every song ever made and how great it was going to be. when I upgraded my last PC I actually didn't even take the time to move the roughly 500GB of music. just let it burn. young me would have been :sdeek:
Yeah, I'm about to purge all but my very favorites.
It kind of sucks though, because downloading a bunch of MP3's from blogs is still my favorite way to discover new music with minimal effort, and it's becoming more and more rare. I can't listen to your stupid soundcloud embeds on a flight.
gogo, tho
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only people like my mom still have digital copies of songs. it's todays huge ass CD folder.
:frown:
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i threw my last couple of cds away the other day. i can't help but think about all of the money i could have saved by not buying them in high school.
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i threw my last couple of cds away the other day. i can't help but think about all of the money i could have saved by not buying them in high school.
for a long time it was the only option available. I could have saved shitloads of money not buying or paying for tons of fun stuff.
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hindsight is 20/20 or whatever.
i think my biggest waste of money in my entire life might have been the sega dreamcast
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Nelly was a banger during my formative childhood years. I guess this is potentially Shame Yourself material, but I was fairly young and I guess I don't really care.
Nellyville :thumbs:
MB20 is a 90's band but they had a couple hits in early '00's
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O.A.R.
OAR pumped out 5 albums over the decade. I went to 7 OAR concerts during that time period.
Soul's Aflame (2000): Goes ahead and kicks off the decade in style with "City on Down," "Untitled," "So Moved On," "Night Shift," "I Feel Home," and "Hey Girl." Is this the most quality OAR cd of all time? Probably!
Risen (2001): Another cd a year later. Four of the songs were already recorded on earlier albums. Notable new ones though, are "Delicate Few," "King of the Thing," and "Here's to You." Overall, very meh. Especially when compared with Soul's Aflame.
In Between Now and Then (2003): "Risen" is on this album and not the one before it, titled "Risen." "Right on Time" is probably my favorite OAR song ever. Some people like "Dareh Meyod," but I think it's trash. "Whose Chariot" and "Anyway" are decent. They release the song "Hey Girl" on the third consecutive studio album. What the hell?
Stories of a Stranger (2005): This is the first OAR cd I bought when it came out. The other stuff I more or less discovered retroactively. So this was a big deal for me. I hate "Heard the World," but everyone seems to like it. I just think it sucks. Sorry. Not so fast with you "hipster" accusations though, because I adore "Love and Memories," and it's super popular and cheesy. I've always been conflicted with the song "Lay Down." They used to just play it at live shows, and I loved it, then they made it in the studio and sped it up a whole bunch and changed the entire spirit of the song. It's still good, but I liked it more when it was more of a slow, jazzy thing. Program Director Daylight the Dog is the worst song OAR has ever done. 52-50 is solid.
All Sides (2008): Oh boy. Senior in High School Dlew was excited for this one. "This Town" is popular, but i was very meh about it. Not my favorite. I don't hate it. Just doesn't really do much for me. Shattered is my favorite single from the album. "What is Mine" is a solid addition. "Dinner Last Night" is very, very good. Probably top 10 for me. "War Song" is the best OAR song post-2003. "On My Way" is ok.
Just after all sides was released, they played Sandstone. Me, BaldRugbyCat and a couple other Aquinas kids camped out at Sandstone the night before so we could be the first ones in. Nobody else showed up the next day until about 4:30 in the afternoon. We were so stupid.
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the rap scene was soo much flossier then..
country grammar is still one of my fav rap albums of all time..
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Just after all sides was released, they played Sandstone. Me, BaldRugbyCat and a couple other Aquinas kids camped out at Sandstone the night before so we could be the first ones in. Nobody else showed up the next day until about 4:30 in the afternoon. We were so stupid.
:lol:
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O.A.R.
OAR pumped out 5 albums over the decade. I went to 7 OAR concerts during that time period.
Soul's Aflame (2000): Goes ahead and kicks off the decade in style with "City on Down," "Untitled," "So Moved On," "Night Shift," "I Feel Home," and "Hey Girl." Is this the most quality OAR cd of all time? Probably!
Risen (2001): Another cd a year later. Four of the songs were already recorded on earlier albums. Notable new ones though, are "Delicate Few," "King of the Thing," and "Here's to You." Overall, very meh. Especially when compared with Soul's Aflame.
In Between Now and Then (2003): "Risen" is on this album and not the one before it, titled "Risen." "Right on Time" is probably my favorite OAR song ever. Some people like "Dareh Meyod," but I think it's trash. "Whose Chariot" and "Anyway" are decent. They release the song "Hey Girl" on the third consecutive studio album. What the hell?
Stories of a Stranger (2005): This is the first OAR cd I bought when it came out. The other stuff I more or less discovered retroactively. So this was a big deal for me. I hate "Heard the World," but everyone seems to like it. I just think it sucks. Sorry. Not so fast with you "hipster" accusations though, because I adore "Love and Memories," and it's super popular and cheesy. I've always been conflicted with the song "Lay Down." They used to just play it at live shows, and I loved it, then they made it in the studio and sped it up a whole bunch and changed the entire spirit of the song. It's still good, but I liked it more when it was more of a slow, jazzy thing. Program Director Daylight the Dog is the worst song OAR has ever done. 52-50 is solid.
All Sides (2008): Oh boy. Senior in High School Dlew was excited for this one. "This Town" is popular, but i was very meh about it. Not my favorite. I don't hate it. Just doesn't really do much for me. Shattered is my favorite single from the album. "What is Mine" is a solid addition. "Dinner Last Night" is very, very good. Probably top 10 for me. "War Song" is the best OAR song post-2003. "On My Way" is ok.
Just after all sides was released, they played Sandstone. Me, BaldRugbyCat and a couple other Aquinas kids camped out at Sandstone the night before so we could be the first ones in. Nobody else showed up the next day until about 4:30 in the afternoon. We were so stupid.
I still can't believe James Cromwell was in Star Trek
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BaldRugbyCat
He would be a fantastic poster
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BaldRugbyCat
He would be a fantastic poster
He'd add a whole new dimension to the Joe Montgomery Birther Pit
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O man, had never heard of OAR until I got to Kstate.
It was pretty much all we listened to during pregame's and afterhours my freshman and sophomore year.
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St. Anger was released in 2003. It's Metallica's second worst studio album (Death Magnetic)
what in the eff? you'd rather listen to st anger than death magnetic?
They both suck. I don't want to listen to either of them.
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then, like now, i mainly listened to old school RAP MUSIC.
i like kat kid's Jay-Z / blueprint suggesto, would also include outcast/stankonia
gaga released fame monster in 2009, which to me was a very iconic record.
NOW that's what I call music
i still have this one
(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fecx.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FI%2F51CXK8Q3EVL.jpg&hash=426c5a9d3b05ebcecfef557452bf74ef1c1ac3cb)
never got into a lot of the 2000s music like the white stripes and crap like that. seemed stupid. pretty shitty decade for music.
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The 00's were better for music than any decade previous. (and the '10s are even better!)
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St. Anger was released in 2003. It's Metallica's second worst studio album (Death Magnetic)
what in the eff? you'd rather listen to st anger than death magnetic?
They both suck. I don't want to listen to either of them.
i think DM is very good :don'tcare:
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The 00's were better for music than any decade previous. (and the '10s are even better!)
interesting if true...
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The 00's were better for music than any decade previous. (and the '10s are even better!)
yep
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guster
My sisters were guster fans long before I ever was. The first concert I ever went to was a dual headliner show featuring OAR and Guster at the uptown (sponsored by 97.3 The Planet). I went for OAR, my sisters (who were old enough to drive at that point) went to see Guster. Guster played first, and from that point on, I was a Guster fan. Guster's best album was 1999's Lost and Gone Forever, but this is a 00's thread, so I'll stick to their work from that decade. Notably, my second favorite album was Parachute, which nobody really likes, but that came out all the way back in '95, so that's really out of bounds.
Keep It Together (2003):
Probably my third favorite album. It's a long album and is packed with dynamite songs. "Diane" is great. "Careful" is probably a top 5 Guster track for me. "Amsterdam" might be Guster's most well known song. It rocks, but it lacks some of the depth of some of their other songs for me. Homecoming King is pretty good and definitely appealed to angsty high-schooler Dlew. "Jesus on the Radio" is a popular song among Guster fans, but never really did much for me. "Keep it Together" (the song) is fine, not my favorite. High School Girlfriend loved it though. "Come Downstairs and Say Hello" is the best Guster song I've ever heard. The part where it goes "Be calm. Be brave. It'll be okay," where it picks up is incredible. Gives me chills every time I hear it. "Red Oyster Cult" is a classic. "Long Way Down" is a song that I didn't really appreciate until years after the album came out. The whistle part always gets me. "I Hope Tomorrow is Like Today," is a sweet little diddy. I think it may have been featured on the OST for Wedding Crashers? But I think some one else sang it for the movie? Anyhow, it's good. "Two at a Time" a song about Noah's Ark? Yep. That's another I didn't appreciate until I was older. All in all, KIT was a great album.
Ganging Up On The Sun (2006)
I was very excited for this one. I bought it when I was on vacation with my family. Pretty much listened to this album exclusively during my time at the top of the forensics circuit (dramatic interpretation...2nd in the state). This album was a little more political than the others, which I wasn't wild about, but hey, new Guster music is new Guster music. Let's get to the songs though.
"Lightning Rod" is a sad, slow song. Very good though.
Did I say "Amsterdam" was the most popular Guster song? Because "Satellite" might be the best known. They played it on the Buzz a whole lot. It was fine, but didn't seem like a Guster song. Didn't really fit their style imo.
"Manifest Destiny" was solid, but probably the most political. I didn't care. I loved it. The part where they say "The moon and the stars are ganging up on the suuuuun, rebelliooooon" was great. Never really heard much piano featured on Guster tracks.
"One Man Wrecking Machine" is most famous for being featured in that Disturbia movie. It had a pretty cool video featuring puppets. Solid song.
"The Captain" is my favorite song on the album. Bluegrass feel because of the banjos. The "onward" part at the end was very cool. A real toe-tapper. Puts me in a good mood every time I listen to it.
"Ruby Falls" was always an interesting number. Featured weird horns and stuff. The horn solo at the end was neat, except it probably went on about 4 seconds too long. Very dreamy feel.
Overall, it was pretty good. Guster never recaptured Lost and Gone Forever, but KIT and GUOTS came pretty close.
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The 00's were better for music than any decade previous. (and the '10s are even better!)
yep
I didn't know that, but it's certainly good news. Glad to hear it.
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I would go as far as to say the '10s are better than all previous decades combined
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The 00's were better for music than any decade previous. (and the '10s are even better!)
you're dumb
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i think the 90's were pretty shitty overall
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I would go as far as to say the '10s are better than all previous decades combined
That's a very fair statement.
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What's the best of the best in the 2010s?
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what month of 2012 was the best? probably april, huh?
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what month of 2012 was the best? probably april, huh?
i was going to say May but maybe april, i can understand. did you like april 7th or the 16th?
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a lot of the major red dirt bands were starting to get popular then, do you guys want to talk about them?
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What's the best of the best in the 2010s?
Party Rock
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what month of 2012 was the best? probably april, huh?
i was going to say May but maybe april, i can understand. did you like april 7th or the 16th?
tough call. probably 7th over the 16th. but like i said it could really go either way and in terms of just a single day, i'd honestly put november 11th above them both. the rest of november was absolute crap though and would not even make my top 3 for best months of 2012.
also and pretty OT, but how random was february of that year? i think back to that month more than any of the last five years and just go wtf was music thinking during that time frame?
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looks like i just caught you in a trap b/c both the 7th and the 16th both sucked, smh.
idk, maybe april wasn't that great after all when 11/11 goes best single day of '12 then it really says something. i think everyone can agree that 11/11 was just a ditr.
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ah, look at the cute 90's nostalgists! I bet you fellas could throw a football a mile back then! :love:
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hi my name is rusty. in the year 2000 my dad bought me my first radio. by 2008 i'd grown my first neckbeard. i know music, would you like to share a clove cigarette?
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looks like i just caught you in a trap b/c both the 7th and the 16th both sucked, smh.
idk, maybe april wasn't that great after all when 11/11 goes best single day of '12 then it really says something. i think everyone can agree that 11/11 was just a ditr.
smh and fml but i guess between you and i and the fencepost we'll all just have to agree to disagree, but one thing i know we'll agree on is 8:30pm. no other hour of the day consistenly puts out quality music like like the 8-3-p.
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a lot of the major red dirt bands were starting to get popular then, do you guys want to talk about them?
Heard of CCR first then when I was away on an Internship I met a guy from TCU who introduced me to Reckless Kelly, have loved red dirt country ever since(I call it Texas Country tho). Jason Boland and the stragglers :love: Mickey and the Motorcars :love: Wade Bowen :love:
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Spoon was Metacritic's artist of the decade. Note that Radiohead was "A popular pick for band of the decade, but 2001's Amnesiac is holding them back here."
http://www.metacritic.com/feature/best-music-of-the-decade (http://www.metacritic.com/feature/best-music-of-the-decade)
I made this list of personal favorites after I read that Metacritic piece, accounting for total output:
Spoon (4 great albums, Metacritic did not include Transference, released in 2010)
The Shins (3 great albums)
The New Pornographers (3 great albums, 1 good debut)
The Arcade Fire (so-so debut few people knew about, 1 legendary album, 1 good follow-up)
The White Stripes (1 good debut, then 2 great albums, then 1 good album, then 1 stinker)
Coldplay (1 good debut, 1 great album, 2 good albums)
Death Cab for Cutie (1 great album, 2 good albums, 2 other albums, plus Gibbard's Postal Service album)
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Spoon was Metacritic's artist of the decade. Note that Radiohead was "A popular pick for band of the decade, but 2001's Amnesiac is holding them back here."
http://www.metacritic.com/feature/best-music-of-the-decade (http://www.metacritic.com/feature/best-music-of-the-decade)
I made this list of personal favorites after I read that Metacritic piece, accounting for total output:
Spoon (4 great albums, Metacritic did not include Transference, released in 2010)
The Shins (3 great albums)
The New Pornographers (3 great albums, 1 good debut)
The Arcade Fire (so-so debut few people knew about, 1 legendary album, 1 good follow-up)
The White Stripes (1 good debut, then 2 great albums, then 1 good album, then 1 stinker)
Coldplay (1 good debut, 1 great album, 2 good albums)
Death Cab for Cutie (1 great album, 2 good albums, 2 other albums, plus Gibbard's Postal Service album)
omfg, you reminded me that the decemberists were formed in 2000 bro, smh i can't believe i forgot that.
i 143 the decemberists. <3
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a lot of the major red dirt bands were starting to get popular then, do you guys want to talk about them?
Heard of CCR first then when I was away on an Internship I met a guy from TCU who introduced me to Reckless Kelly, have loved red dirt country ever since(I call it Texas Country tho). Jason Boland and the stragglers :love: Mickey and the Motorcars :love: Wade Bowen :love:
CCR is creedence, not ragweed. don't ever refer to ragweed as CCR.
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hi my name is rusty. in the year 2000 my dad bought me my first radio. by 2008 i'd grown my first neckbeard. i know music, would you like to share a clove cigarette?
Back when I was cool I used to smoke cloves.
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clams is just killin it in this thread.
#00smusicsucked
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hi my name is rusty. in the year 2000 my dad bought me my first radio. by 2008 i'd grown my first neckbeard. i know music, would you like to share a clove cigarette?
Back when I was cool I used to smoke cloves.
:peek:
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hi my name is rusty. in the year 2000 my dad bought me my first radio. by 2008 i'd grown my first neckbeard. i know music, would you like to share a clove cigarette?
Back when I was cool I used to smoke cloves.
:peek:
That Vattier apt was Clove central
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hi my name is rusty. in the year 2000 my dad bought me my first radio. by 2008 i'd grown my first neckbeard. i know music, would you like to share a clove cigarette?
Back when I was cool I used to smoke cloves.
:peek:
That Vattier apt was Clove central
:lol:
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how about video games in the 2000's :love:
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how about video games in the 2000's :love:
All of them :love:
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NORTH CAROLINA! C'MON AND RAISE UP!
oh man :D
I completely tore up Tula's Out of Bounds and Joe's Tap Room when this song came on.
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NORTH CAROLINA! C'MON AND RAISE UP!
oh man :D
I completely tore up Tula's Out of Bounds and Joe's Tap Room when this song came on.
boy, i loved joes because they would play songs like that :D
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Dr. Dre, Chronic 2001.
:love:
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hi my name is rusty. in the year 2000 my dad bought me my first radio. by 2008 i'd grown my first neckbeard. i know music, would you like to share a clove cigarette?
Back when I was cool I used to smoke cloves.
:peek:
That Vattier apt was Clove central
:lol:
did i smoke cloves in your apartment before i met you? :surprised:
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then, like now, i mainly listened to old school RAP MUSIC.
i like kat kid's Jay-Z / blueprint suggesto, would also include outcast/stankonia
gaga released fame monster in 2009, which to me was a very iconic record.
NOW that's what I call music
i still have this one
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never got into a lot of the 2000s music like the white stripes and crap like that. seemed stupid. pretty shitty decade for music.
For somebody who's revered around here as some sorta badass BBSer, you've got some pretty shitty tastes.
I'd expect a deeper listening skill set out of somebody with an ego such as yours.
Maybe you're Kim Carnesing us with music or something, or maybe not.
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Stankonia was a favorite of mine. That album from start to finish was phenomenal.
Enjoyed Jurassic 5's Quality Control, which I bought from streetside when I as up for a game.
An autographed Good Charlotte CD got me into 3rd circa 2001.
Was in the tail end of my 311 phase and still a fan of anything they were putting out. I think From Chaos and Evolver were early 2000s.
Whenever I drive back home I like to listen to my early 2000s music tastes and reminisce. Occasionally I will find an artist that I haven't remembered in years and a song will trigger a memory that was also long forgotten. Great times.
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Everything by Outkast, Goodie Mob, and the Dungeon Family.
:love:
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Coldplay was the best band of the aughts. Here is a list of their 40 best songs from the decade that was.
1. Fix You
2. Swallowed in the Sea
3. Death and All His Friends
4. In My Place
5. Yellow
6. The Scientist
7. Trouble
8. Warning Sign
9. Glass of Water
10. Amsterdam
11. A Message
12. The Hardest Part
13. Talk
14. Speed of Sound
15. Life in Technicolor II
16. Shiver
17. God Put a Smile on Your Face
18. Strawberry Swing
19. Lovers in Japan
20. Don't Panic
21. Clocks
22. X&Y
23. Viva la Vida
24. Everything's Not Lost
25. Green Eyes
26. A Rush of Blood to the Head
27. Violet Hill
28. Life in Technicolor
29. Rainy Day
30. Politik
31. Till Kingdom Come
32. White Shadows
33. Lost
34. Now My Feet Won't Touch the Ground
35. Sparks
36. What If
37. Spies
38. Prospekt's March
39. We Never Change
40. High Speed
Bonus: Homecoming w/ Kanye West
Wow, what a decade!
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hi my name is rusty. in the year 2000 my dad bought me my first radio. by 2008 i'd grown my first neckbeard. i know music, would you like to share a clove cigarette?
Back when I was cool I used to smoke cloves.
:peek:
That Vattier apt was Clove central
:lol:
did i smoke cloves in your apartment before i met you? :surprised:
Can confirm. With mocats ex-roommate ShortMDCat
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coldplay double sucks because i feel they were a huge influence on the totally terrible state of non-rap music today.
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coldplay double sucks because i feel they were a huge influence on the totally terrible state of non-rap music today.
I like you seven, but it sounds like you either have terrible music taste or are horribly out off touch
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hi my name is rusty. in the year 2000 my dad bought me my first radio. by 2008 i'd grown my first neckbeard. i know music, would you like to share a clove cigarette?
Back when I was cool I used to smoke cloves.
:peek:
That Vattier apt was Clove central
:lol:
did i smoke cloves in your apartment before i met you? :surprised:
Can confirm. With mocats ex-roommate ShortMDCat
Amazing. It's a small flagship, ya know?
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coldplay double sucks because i feel they were a huge influence on the totally terrible state of non-rap music today.
I like you seven, but it sounds like you either have terrible music taste or are horribly out off touch
it's honestly both.
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coldplay double sucks because i feel they were a huge influence on the totally terrible state of non-rap music today.
I have a theory that people who don't like Coldplay can't match pitch with their own voices. They can't sing along which is essential to enjoying Coldplay's voice-driven music.
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it's too soft, just like the majority of music put out today. i understand they are wildly popular, and that's fine. not for me. not everyone has to love your favorite band dude.
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hi my name is rusty. in the year 2000 my dad bought me my first radio. by 2008 i'd grown my first neckbeard. i know music, would you like to share a clove cigarette?
Back when I was cool I used to smoke cloves.
:peek:
That Vattier apt was Clove central
:lol:
did i smoke cloves in your apartment before i met you? :surprised:
Can confirm. With mocats ex-roommate ShortMDCat
Amazing. It's a small flagship, ya know?
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:sdeek:
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coldplay double sucks because i feel they were a huge influence on the totally terrible state of non-rap music today.
I have a theory that people who don't like Coldplay can't match pitch with their own voices. They can't sing along which is essential to enjoying Coldplay's voice-driven music.
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I have a theory that people who don't like coldplay are secretly afraid of Seth Rogan calling them gay. It's sad.
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it's too soft, just like the majority of music put out today.
What in the actual eff, seven? Not liking Coldplay is fine, but this statement is absurd.
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it's too soft, just like the majority of music put out today.
What in the actual eff, seven? Not liking Coldplay is fine, but this statement is absurd.
Seven has never heard of dubstep.
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coldplay double sucks because i feel they were a huge influence on the totally terrible state of non-rap music today.
I have a theory that people who don't like Coldplay can't match pitch with their own voices. They can't sing along which is essential to enjoying Coldplay's voice-driven music.
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I have a theory that people who don't like coldplay are secretly afraid of Seth Rogan calling them gay. It's sad.
I don't think I've ever listened to coldplay, but I'm definitely not worried about that fat, unfunny eff calling me gay.
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it's too soft, just like the majority of music put out today.
What in the actual eff, seven? Not liking Coldplay is fine, but this statement is absurd.
i like heavier rock music. this folksy hipster stuff is fine every now and then, but it's mostly unlistenable to me. i accept my status as a music tuck.
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it's too soft, just like the majority of music put out today.
What in the actual eff, seven? Not liking Coldplay is fine, but this statement is absurd.
Seven has never heard of dubstep.
to be clear, i was talking about non-electronic/non-rap. dubstep isn't my favorite, but i do enjoy great drop.
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it's too soft, just like the majority of music put out today.
What in the actual eff, seven? Not liking Coldplay is fine, but this statement is absurd.
i like heavier rock music. this folksy hipster stuff is fine every now and then, but it's mostly unlistenable to me. i accept my status as a music tuck.
if listening to heavier rock music makes you a tuck then consider me miles davis.
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coldplay double sucks because i feel they were a huge influence on the totally terrible state of non-rap music today.
I have a theory that people who don't like Coldplay can't match pitch with their own voices. They can't sing along which is essential to enjoying Coldplay's voice-driven music.
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I have a theory that people who don't like coldplay are secretly afraid of Seth Rogan calling them gay. It's sad.
I don't think I've ever listened to coldplay
I don't think thats possible
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coldplay double sucks because i feel they were a huge influence on the totally terrible state of non-rap music today.
I have a theory that people who don't like Coldplay can't match pitch with their own voices. They can't sing along which is essential to enjoying Coldplay's voice-driven music.
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I have a theory that people who don't like coldplay are secretly afraid of Seth Rogan calling them gay. It's sad.
whats the dude from coldplay's nickname?
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coldplay double sucks because i feel they were a huge influence on the totally terrible state of non-rap music today.
I have a theory that people who don't like Coldplay can't match pitch with their own voices. They can't sing along which is essential to enjoying Coldplay's voice-driven music.
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I have a theory that people who don't like coldplay are secretly afraid of Seth Rogan calling them gay. It's sad.
I don't think I've ever listened to coldplay
I don't think thats possible
you don't know my life
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you don't know my life
I don't think you are in your garage right now. :dubious:
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coldplay double sucks because i feel they were a huge influence on the totally terrible state of non-rap music today.
I have a theory that people who don't like Coldplay can't match pitch with their own voices. They can't sing along which is essential to enjoying Coldplay's voice-driven music.
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I have a theory that people who don't like coldplay are secretly afraid of Seth Rogan calling them gay. It's sad.
whats the dude from coldplay's nickname?
Apple Tree
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guster
Guster's best album was 1999's Lost and Gone Forever, but this is a 00's thread, so I'll stick to their work from that decade. Notably, my second favorite album was Parachute, which nobody really likes, but that came out all the way back in '95, so that's really out of bounds.
Dlew. So much to publicly talk about RE guster. I love Lost and Gone Forever (referred to from here on out as LAGF) a lot. It's my second favorite gooster album and is super duper good. But Keep It Together is definitely the best, IMO. ALTHOUGH(!!!) the best Guster song is "Ruby Falls," which definitely falls into the 00's category. A few things about LAGF.
Lost and Gone Forever
--One morning in 2006 I was by myself exploring Corvallis, OR. for the first time and I was trying to figure out what to listen to on my walk toward OSU's campus. It was a rainy, gray day in Oregon with green foliage all around. What You Wish For was perfectly appropriate. Dlew if you had been there I would've used my splitter and given you my second pair of headphones because we are IRL buds.
--How great is that cover art? Kid throwing a rock onto the wreckage of a busted-ass piano. Pretty great. The first time I saw it, it made me think of a similar scene from Pink Floyd's The Wall movie. But that's for another thread!
--"What You Wish For" is a great opening track to this album. Dlew! Quiz! What does this song have in common with your favorite Guster song?
--"All The Way Up To Heaven" has a bit of French in the lyrics. Some cool changes in tonal center too. :D
--"Happier" is so great. SO great. The way Ryan Miller and Adam Gardner share vocals perfectly kind of reminds me of a track team passing a baton back and forth in a relay race. And the version of this from Guster On Ice? So good.
--"Rainy Day." Great closer to the album. Very climactic and rough. Never got its due in the pantheon of GGS (great Guster songs) in my opinion, at least not that many people talk about it and it rarely gets played live. But I heard them play it a year or two ago on their tour with the string quartet (which they also released on their string quartet live album) and it was magical. Magical!
--LAGF DLEW DID YOU KNOW! DID YOU KNOW....that Phish keyboardist Page McConnell played the theremin (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9d899b_Dwb4) on "All The Way Up To Heaven"?
Keep It Together (2003):
Probably my third favorite album. It's a long album and is packed with dynamite songs. "Diane" is great. "Careful" is probably a top 5 Guster track for me. "Amsterdam" might be Guster's most well known song. It rocks, but it lacks some of the depth of some of their other songs for me. Homecoming King is pretty good and definitely appealed to angsty high-schooler Dlew. "Jesus on the Radio" is a popular song among Guster fans, but never really did much for me. "Keep it Together" (the song) is fine, not my favorite. High School Girlfriend loved it though. "Come Downstairs and Say Hello" is the best Guster song I've ever heard. The part where it goes "Be calm. Be brave. It'll be okay," where it picks up is incredible. Gives me chills every time I hear it.
Gonna just break up your quote right here so it's a little more bite-sized to respond to.
--I love "Diane". Notice the way he pronounces the p sound at the end of the word "sleep." Really pops it into the microphone. I always loved that. :D We lie together and we say it's love...who were you just thinking of, Diane??? Oh man. Great song.
--"Careful" was never one of my favorites, for some reason. A little poppier than I like, I guess. Love the "all you want to seeeee" bridge, though. The drums slow down briefly to half speed from what they are the rest of the song, which is a great rock and roll move that is underutilized.
--"Homecoming King" is very great, too. DLEW QUIZ TIME! The lyrics of "Hc K", in SB's mind, tie somewhat into the lyrics of a song from the next Guster album. What song and why?? Dlew lyrical analysis time.
--I really love "Ramona." Another song that didn't get its just due, imo. You're Miss Oklahoma and you miss Oklahoma? Great stuff.
--Don't know why you dislike "Keep It Together." One of my favorites on the album. It's about a shipwreck! How many rock songs are about a shipwreck? Not many. A true original. Also I once saw them play it live on top of a cruise ship in the middle of the ocean when a crazy storm was rolling in, it was very surreal. They totally strayed from their setlist to play it at that exact time because they'd always dreamt of doing it. Was awesome. Another great bridge in this one.
--"CDASH": Agree with everything you said about this one. SB especially loves it because of the Dark Side of Oz connection, which basement-dwelling SB was really into in high school.
--"Red Oyster Cult" is a great one to rock out to. Some really great 2 vs. 3 rhythmic action during the "if you wanna be free take a sip of this tea" choruses. Some great whistling action during one of the verses. (Interesting, calm contrast to the rest of the rock out sections of the song.)
--"Long Way Down" has always been my least favorite on the album. Just seems a little bland by comparison.
--"I Hope Tomorrow is Like Today," is a sweet little diddy. I think it may have been featured on the OST for Wedding Crashers? But I think some one else sang it for the movie? Anyhow, it's good.
I haven't seen Wedding Crashers forever, but I'm pretty sure it was the album version. The other singer you're hearing in the first verse is Ben Kweller, another awesome 00's guy who Guster toured with a decent amount.
"Two at a Time" a song about Noah's Ark? Yep. That's another I didn't appreciate until I was older. All in all, KIT was a great album.
Love how the bridge on this one slides the tonic down a half step out of nowhere, and then sorta slides up until it returns to the original key via a very triumphant sounding V7/V--->V7--->I. So hott!! :excited: I suspect this is the Joe Pisapia influence, although LAGF proved they could do some hott key changes before he came into the picture.
Ganging Up On The Sun (2006)
I was very excited for this one. I bought it when I was on vacation with my family. Pretty much listened to this album exclusively during my time at the top of the forensics circuit (dramatic interpretation...2nd in the state). This album was a little more political than the others, which I wasn't wild about, but hey, new Guster music is new Guster music. Let's get to the songs though.
Gotta go binge so I won't spend a ton of time on this one. But yep. Definitely the most political.
--"Lightning Rod" is a great song but pretty disturbing.
--"Satellite" is pretty good but probably not as good as they think it is? They play it all the time and it's fun to sing along to but in my opinion it's not in their top 15 or 20 best songs.
--"Manifest Destiny." I think the reason you're hearing piano now is probably Joe Pisapia's influence here as well. Pretty sure Ryan Miller didn't know piano (or at least very well) before this, though I might be wrong.
--"The Captain" is an unbelievable song and I love it so much for a number of reasons. The solo at the end where Joe Pisapia goes wild is so much rough ridin' fun. Onward!
--"The New Underground" is kind of like this album's "Red Oyster Cult" in my opinion. Rocks pretty hard and supes fun live but probably not my favorite for whatever reason (though make no mistake: SB does love to rock).
--"Ruby Falls" is my favorite Guster song ever, at least up until the jazz flugel horn part. I like the jazz flugel horn part, but I've always felt that this song deserved a humongous, violent/beautiful climax akin to what it rises to around the 4 minute mark with the dueling distorted slide guitars and three-part "AAAAH" vocal harmonies. I wish it had an ending akin to Only In Dreams, if that makes much sense. SB story time! Had this song on my headphones during my vision quest this summer and turned the corner right during the climactic part of the song to see a huge-ass waterfall in Glacier National Park. It was the crap and a total skin-crawl'y moment. I wish my IRL bud Dlew could've been there. Maybe we'll vision quest together this summer.
--"C'Mon" is an unworthy follow-up to "Ruby Falls." Just a real clunker, imo. The first time I heard it I thought to myself, "uhhh when did Bob Seger start writing songs for Guster?"
--"Dear Valentine" is extremely underrated. Steady throughout but I love it for some reason. Adam is great for singing alone for like one or two very underrated songs per album.
--"Hang On" Meh. Kinda feel like this song and its lyrics phone it in. But that's just me.
And this has been
DLEW AND SB TALK ABOUT GUSTER!!!
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:lol: at SB, not YLA.
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Not sure what that means but I'll definitely take it. :excited:
:lol: at SB, not YLA.
Been workin' on that bomb off and on for like two months. :gocho: Did I set the longest post record? :crossfingers:
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SkinBen, did you ever reveal what "What You Wish For" has in common with Dlew's favorite Guster song?
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guster
Guster's best album was 1999's Lost and Gone Forever, but this is a 00's thread, so I'll stick to their work from that decade. Notably, my second favorite album was Parachute, which nobody really likes, but that came out all the way back in '95, so that's really out of bounds.
Dlew. So much to publicly talk about RE guster. I love Lost and Gone Forever (referred to from here on out as LAGF) a lot. It's my second favorite gooster album and is super duper good. But Keep It Together is definitely the best, IMO. ALTHOUGH(!!!) the best Guster song is "Ruby Falls," which definitely falls into the 00's category. A few things about LAGF.
Lost and Gone Forever
--One morning in 2006 I was by myself exploring Corvallis, OR. for the first time and I was trying to figure out what to listen to on my walk toward OSU's campus. It was a rainy, gray day in Oregon with green foliage all around. What You Wish For was perfectly appropriate. Dlew if you had been there I would've used my splitter and given you my second pair of headphones because we are IRL buds.
--How great is that cover art? Kid throwing a rock onto the wreckage of a busted-ass piano. Pretty great. The first time I saw it, it made me think of a similar scene from Pink Floyd's The Wall movie. But that's for another thread!
--"What You Wish For" is a great opening track to this album. Dlew! Quiz! What does this song have in common with your favorite Guster song?
--"All The Way Up To Heaven" has a bit of French in the lyrics. Some cool changes in tonal center too. :D
--"Happier" is so great. SO great. The way Ryan Miller and Adam Gardner share vocals perfectly kind of reminds me of a track team passing a baton back and forth in a relay race. And the version of this from Guster On Ice? So good.
--"Rainy Day." Great closer to the album. Very climactic and rough. Never got its due in the pantheon of GGS (great Guster songs) in my opinion, at least not that many people talk about it and it rarely gets played live. But I heard them play it a year or two ago on their tour with the string quartet (which they also released on their string quartet live album) and it was magical. Magical!
--LAGF DLEW DID YOU KNOW! DID YOU KNOW....that Phish keyboardist Page McConnell played the theremin (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9d899b_Dwb4) on "All The Way Up To Heaven"?
Keep It Together (2003):
Probably my third favorite album. It's a long album and is packed with dynamite songs. "Diane" is great. "Careful" is probably a top 5 Guster track for me. "Amsterdam" might be Guster's most well known song. It rocks, but it lacks some of the depth of some of their other songs for me. Homecoming King is pretty good and definitely appealed to angsty high-schooler Dlew. "Jesus on the Radio" is a popular song among Guster fans, but never really did much for me. "Keep it Together" (the song) is fine, not my favorite. High School Girlfriend loved it though. "Come Downstairs and Say Hello" is the best Guster song I've ever heard. The part where it goes "Be calm. Be brave. It'll be okay," where it picks up is incredible. Gives me chills every time I hear it.
Gonna just break up your quote right here so it's a little more bite-sized to respond to.
--I love "Diane". Notice the way he pronounces the p sound at the end of the word "sleep." Really pops it into the microphone. I always loved that. :D We lie together and we say it's love...who were you just thinking of, Diane??? Oh man. Great song.
--"Careful" was never one of my favorites, for some reason. A little poppier than I like, I guess. Love the "all you want to seeeee" bridge, though. The drums slow down briefly to half speed from what they are the rest of the song, which is a great rock and roll move that is underutilized.
--"Homecoming King" is very great, too. DLEW QUIZ TIME! The lyrics of "Hc K", in SB's mind, tie somewhat into the lyrics of a song from the next Guster album. What song and why?? Dlew lyrical analysis time.
--I really love "Ramona." Another song that didn't get its just due, imo. You're Miss Oklahoma and you miss Oklahoma? Great stuff.
--Don't know why you dislike "Keep It Together." One of my favorites on the album. It's about a shipwreck! How many rock songs are about a shipwreck? Not many. A true original. Also I once saw them play it live on top of a cruise ship in the middle of the ocean when a crazy storm was rolling in, it was very surreal. They totally strayed from their setlist to play it at that exact time because they'd always dreamt of doing it. Was awesome. Another great bridge in this one.
--"CDASH": Agree with everything you said about this one. SB especially loves it because of the Dark Side of Oz connection, which basement-dwelling SB was really into in high school.
--"Red Oyster Cult" is a great one to rock out to. Some really great 2 vs. 3 rhythmic action during the "if you wanna be free take a sip of this tea" choruses. Some great whistling action during one of the verses. (Interesting, calm contrast to the rest of the rock out sections of the song.)
--"Long Way Down" has always been my least favorite on the album. Just seems a little bland by comparison.
--"I Hope Tomorrow is Like Today," is a sweet little diddy. I think it may have been featured on the OST for Wedding Crashers? But I think some one else sang it for the movie? Anyhow, it's good.
I haven't seen Wedding Crashers forever, but I'm pretty sure it was the album version. The other singer you're hearing in the first verse is Ben Kweller, another awesome 00's guy who Guster toured with a decent amount.
"Two at a Time" a song about Noah's Ark? Yep. That's another I didn't appreciate until I was older. All in all, KIT was a great album.
Love how the bridge on this one slides the tonic down a half step out of nowhere, and then sorta slides up until it returns to the original key via a very triumphant sounding V7/V--->V7--->I. So hott!! :excited: I suspect this is the Joe Pisapia influence, although LAGF proved they could do some hott key changes before he came into the picture.
Ganging Up On The Sun (2006)
I was very excited for this one. I bought it when I was on vacation with my family. Pretty much listened to this album exclusively during my time at the top of the forensics circuit (dramatic interpretation...2nd in the state). This album was a little more political than the others, which I wasn't wild about, but hey, new Guster music is new Guster music. Let's get to the songs though.
Gotta go binge so I won't spend a ton of time on this one. But yep. Definitely the most political.
--"Lightning Rod" is a great song but pretty disturbing.
--"Satellite" is pretty good but probably not as good as they think it is? They play it all the time and it's fun to sing along to but in my opinion it's not in their top 15 or 20 best songs.
--"Manifest Destiny." I think the reason you're hearing piano now is probably Joe Pisapia's influence here as well. Pretty sure Ryan Miller didn't know piano (or at least very well) before this, though I might be wrong.
--"The Captain" is an unbelievable song and I love it so much for a number of reasons. The solo at the end where Joe Pisapia goes wild is so much rough ridin' fun. Onward!
--"The New Underground" is kind of like this album's "Red Oyster Cult" in my opinion. Rocks pretty hard and supes fun live but probably not my favorite for whatever reason (though make no mistake: SB does love to rock).
--"Ruby Falls" is my favorite Guster song ever, at least up until the jazz flugel horn part. I like the jazz flugel horn part, but I've always felt that this song deserved a humongous, violent/beautiful climax akin to what it rises to around the 4 minute mark with the dueling distorted slide guitars and three-part "AAAAH" vocal harmonies. I wish it had an ending akin to Only In Dreams, if that makes much sense. SB story time! Had this song on my headphones during my vision quest this summer and turned the corner right during the climactic part of the song to see a huge-ass waterfall in Glacier National Park. It was the crap and a total skin-crawl'y moment. I wish my IRL bud Dlew could've been there. Maybe we'll vision quest together this summer.
--"C'Mon" is an unworthy follow-up to "Ruby Falls." Just a real clunker, imo. The first time I heard it I thought to myself, "uhhh when did Bob Seger start writing songs for Guster?"
--"Dear Valentine" is extremely underrated. Steady throughout but I love it for some reason. Adam is great for singing alone for like one or two very underrated songs per album.
--"Hang On" Meh. Kinda feel like this song and its lyrics phone it in. But that's just me.
And this has been
DLEW AND SB TALK ABOUT GUSTER!!!
I've been meaning to respond to this for a couple years.
SkinBen, did you ever reveal what "What You Wish For" has in common with Dlew's favorite Guster song?
Yes it's the Wizard of Oz connection. CDASH specifically talks about Dorothy and clicking her ruby shoes. WYWF also talks about Oz, specifically the black and white to color transition.
--LAGF DLEW DID YOU KNOW! DID YOU KNOW....that Phish keyboardist Page McConnell played the theremin on "All The Way Up To Heaven"?
I did not know that!
--"Homecoming King" is very great, too. DLEW QUIZ TIME! The lyrics of "Hc K", in SB's mind, tie somewhat into the lyrics of a song from the next Guster album. What song and why?? Dlew lyrical analysis time.
I would have to think you're talking about One Man Wreck Machine. I hadn't though about that until just now.
Anyhow, I very much appreciated your post at the time, now, and the several times over the last few years I've reread it!
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I just heard this for the first time in ages.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-mxBDuRaZ8
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I just heard this for the first time in ages.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-mxBDuRaZ8
were you at Stevesie60's poker game?
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--"Homecoming King" is very great, too. DLEW QUIZ TIME! The lyrics of "Hc K", in SB's mind, tie somewhat into the lyrics of a song from the next Guster album. What song and why?? Dlew lyrical analysis time.
I would have to think you're talking about One Man Wreck Machine. I hadn't though about that until just now.
Dlew you would be correct. :billdance:
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Guster sure is great.
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I just heard this for the first time in ages.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-mxBDuRaZ8
were you at Stevesie60's poker game?
If this song plays while we're in a hand together (this goes for everyone) then expect to lose lots of money.
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I just heard this for the first time in ages.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-mxBDuRaZ8
were you at Stevesie60's poker game?
If this song plays while we're in a hand together (this goes for everyone) then expect to lose lots of money.
After reading a few youtube comments, I'm glad to know I'm not the only one that thought the lead singer was female (until seeing the video of course)
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In hindsight, I think MGMT was super underrated. Like they weren't just a good band at the time. They were one of the top ones.
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8W7mNce/
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In hindsight, I think MGMT was super underrated. Like they weren't just a good band at the time. They were one of the top ones.
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8W7mNce/
I don’t know many of their songs but the ones I do are great
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In hindsight, I think MGMT was super underrated. Like they weren't just a good band at the time. They were one of the top ones.
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8W7mNce/
You're absolutely right.
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yes, they're incredible
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when I think of mgmt, I wonder what song they played that I might have heard.
i also think of the word “management”
and that wraps up today’s Clams Talk, tune in next time for more of my playful musings
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when I think of mgmt, I wonder what song they played that I might have heard.
i also think of the word “management”
and that wraps up today’s Clams Talk, tune in next time for more of my playful musings
Yeah, my brain immediately goes to Alex Smith checking down.
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Was just talking with a friend about this festival the other day and I think it belongs ITT.
https://www.loversandfriendsfest.com/
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MGMT was definitely a "thing" at ole katz U in 2008ish and regular on the pregame bar playlist.
I still have a distinct memory of playing drinking games a 915 lee st before the bars and hearing them come on with the lyrics "Well what else can we do, get jobs at offices and wake up for the morning commute"
Hits hard.
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Yeah their debut album was a pretty big deal. Sophomore album was less celebrated, but there were a few good ones on there. Tale as old as time.
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Yeah their debut album was a pretty big deal. Sophomore album was less celebrated, but there were a few good ones on there. Tale as old as time.
Little Dark Age is fantastic, it's like their 4th album.
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Saw MGMT in the 00's and they did put on a good show. My favorite MGMT fact is that the guys were buds with Heems from Das Racist in college. Bet that was a good time.
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Yeah their debut album was a pretty big deal. Sophomore album was less celebrated, but there were a few good ones on there. Tale as old as time.
Little Dark Age is fantastic, it's like their 4th album.
YES! but it's hard to focus on MGMT when toby keith is putting out a bazillion very good songs
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In hindsight, I think MGMT was super underrated. Like they weren't just a good band at the time. They were one of the top ones.
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8W7mNce/
One of my friends went to KU and when I was up there we were listening to “Kids” and his roommate said his girlfriend blew the bass player and so he didn’t like them anymore.
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In hindsight, I think MGMT was super underrated. Like they weren't just a good band at the time. They were one of the top ones.
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8W7mNce/
One of my friends went to KU and when I was up there we were listening to “Kids” and his roommate said his girlfriend blew the bass player and so he didn’t like them anymore.
lmao
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What a dork