NickGhostDrake

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This album DOES NOT INVENT ANYTHING. This album does not TRANSMIT ANYTHING TO ME. U2 HAVE NOTHING MORE TO SAY. This does not mean they haven't been a great band. I adored "Where the streets have no name," I revered that song for a long time. My heart told me it was a song worthy of emotion. AND MY HEART IS CRITICAL. This album says nothing, it is nothing. The only thing it can claim in its favor is the usual whine: this album is beautiful, a return to the past, great Bono, great Bono's father, long live peace. Come on, be constructive. At least I can give you a valid reason: this album doesn't invent anything that hasn't already been heard in thousands of other rock records. In a time of hyperproduction like the present, it would be better to spend your money on rewarding YOUNG people who are developing ideas, talent, creativity, COURAGE. Fuck the same old soup. Always the same old soup, you keep eating the same old soup.

Incredible how for some people, CRITICISM always represents a constant danger. For some, there are things that should not be touched, things that hold the same weight as a god. I love U2, I loved U2, and I couldn't care less, you don't touch them, because if I love something it must mean something or did I not understand a damn thing about life? And how dare you, you piece of shit reviewer, shake my certainties? Do you really want to, you fucking reviewer, criticize the views within my blinders? The truth, dear friends, is that you understand little about music (and fuck off, I’ve been here taking on loads of insults, just take a chamomile). Just because it talks about the father does it have to be beautiful? And where is that written? Just because it talks about war is it a masterpiece? Give me a break. The truth is, last year 1,287,645 better albums came out than this piece of crap, but you’ve got blinders on, for heaven's sake. That’s fine with me, imagine that. Your life. Here you go.

Friends, if you like it, get "Received, trasgressed and trasmitted" as well. A must. Go get it, you stingy one, you’ll love it.

The Delgados' masterpiece remains "The Great Eastern." This is a beautiful album, honest, well-played and well-produced; if there's one thing that can't be denied about the Delgados, it's their balance: each song possesses it, and when you always find balance, no song can be ugly. And I have a soft spot for the Delgados even just for Chemical Underground, damn it. I care for them for "American Trilogy" (gorgeous) and for the song that opened "Peloton" (I like to call it that), which at the time was considered by many to be the most beautiful song of the year. Yep.

No, no, I saw this on Ondarock, I'm really sure about it.

no, no, the Mogwai have nothing to do with it :)

Well, Benzo. The double album by Nick Cave is not a bad job at all, actually: very beautiful. The double by Lambchop was at the top of my albums chart from last year for a long time, before being surpassed at the finish line by the albums from Archie Bronson Outfit and Alaska (an immense group, if you get the chance give them a listen). But the difference is small, all three are great works. The fact is that sometimes inspiration hits you suddenly and doesn’t leave for quite a while, and if you have the inspiration, then the more songs the better. The problem is that in such cases, you should bundle them together, make a double, take advantage of the opportunity to GIVE MORE while asking for less. In short, in a period of record industry crisis like the current one, it could mean a good incentive. But making them into two separate albums, no. It becomes too expensive to follow your favorite artists. The Lambchop album in Italy cost as much as a single album, whereas in the U.S. it was released separately. But these are rules that we mere mortals will always struggle to understand.

The lyrics in Swedish take away a lot of depth from the songs. This is a very underrated band, much better than the Doves-Manic duo that you mention, for example (but much, MUCH better). "Hagnesta Hill" is a fantastic album.

No, no, I saw this on Ondarock, I'm sure of it.