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Here comes azzo who, with just 3 lines, tries to dismantle other people's posts (always rigorously offending, otherwise it wouldn't be him...) Obviously, you didn't understand a damn thing of what I wrote, otherwise you wouldn't have come up with nonsense like "jesus più feroci" or "Yow canta meglio." Apart from the fact that I never said that, it takes a lot of courage to say "Yow canta meglio" :-) I say that between the two, the more original one seems to me (mental illness permitting) UNDOUBTEDLY Yow. Of course, I'm not going to explain the issue again; if you don't want to understand, do as you please. But thank goodness you're here, claiming to understand alternatives... I feel much more at ease :-) The Dt, however, I'll leave to you; I don't know why, but I feel like they suit you :-P

But do you at least understand what I mean by sugary? I mean polished, packaged for the new "alternative" generations craving catchy tunes for their own sake. But not because they are bad or cunning, mind you; I simply think they lack real talent. And when you tap into punk, post-rock, post-hardcore, etc., and sound polished, they spot you right away because the situation is so contradictory that it comes off a bit pathetic. Stuff like this was played in the past with much more awareness and consciousness; this album is simply anachronistic, late to the game compared to history and to what has already been said. What credibility does this person have singing these trite songs in front of a Yow whose visceral, twisted, genuine, true, and original singing can hardly even be called singing? Sorry, but in 2002 it’s really too late. I have clear ideas about the album, and indeed I find it mediocre because it’s musically poor and standard, normal in the worst sense of the term. How can you consider an album beautiful that is born old? If you’re bothered by people wanting to argue with even a minimal (and I mean minimal, the comparisons I made came to me like this) historical context, that’s your problem. Between saying “the album is beautiful because it moves me” and saying “the album is beautiful because it intelligently references this, this, and that band,” well, I find the latter way of presenting the album decidedly more interesting. The Dt (which you brought up) evoke emotions too (they have many fans, as you could well discover) and yet I understand they (rightly) make you sick. So? Are we still clinging to emotions while trying to objectify the beauty/ugliness of the album? (because you have absolutized your opinion far more than I have, so much so that as soon as I wrote that the album was derivative in my first post, you tore me apart because for you it was obvious that it was objectively and absolutely beautiful). I still don’t understand how one can assess an album without considering its history. Ah, regarding reviews, even if 10 out of 10 spoke well of it, it wouldn’t affect me because A: I’d like to see how they would justify their positive opinions B: I have a relative independence of judgment C: we need to consider the competence of those who write the reviews D: it wouldn’t be the first time that questionable reviews glorify mediocre albums, apparently.

Vortex, the shovels of someone else's crap should be understood before being criticized a priori or out of pride :-) Do you really like that shallow and detrimental singing that tries to be alternative but ends up just being sentimental (even when it screams and shouts, of course)? Do you like those musical solutions that are patently pre-packaged and talentless, that taste overly familiar to the point of a stomach ache? But more than anything, does it even make sense to release such an album in 2002? Take Homage: did we really need these guys to play something like this, a tired hardcore with touches of Slint here and there? Maybe Monsoon is the most interesting, as it initially calls to mind Suicide, but unfortunately it's just a moment, then it gets lost in the whining and an orchestrated noise ending that feels more confusing than cathartic. These are my reflections, which can obviously receive both negative and positive responses, mind you. I wouldn't dare compare the careers of Fugazi and And You Will, I've only listened to this album by them since the review had nonetheless encouraged me to seek it out.

rikiii poor populist that you are, until today when you read reviews that didn’t convince you, the first question you asked yourself was whether the reviewer had gastrointestinal cancer issues? And why should someone silence me? I can rate the reviews as I please, or should I be afraid that a pain in the ass like you will exploit other people's problematic situations to go against others?

I sincerely feel sorry for you, Anatas, but A: what can people know about your problems? B: should I be afraid from now on to give 1 in reviews because the reviewer might have serious health issues? I don't know, these statements/situations put me in a difficult position. I mean, your health reasons are more than legitimate, of course, but sending all these reviews together (all more or less power) leads to certain consequences for Deb, even ironic and playful ones if you like, but you have to expect that. And you always have to keep in mind that we don’t know your situation at all. And come on, what are my two posts written up there anyway? I just limited myself to telling you not to flood the Home all at once. I’m not saying you shouldn’t listen to Power, but for heaven's sake. I understand that you are nervous about your situation, but obsessing over a 1 (which is cordial, by the way) and even thinking that I want a "fight"... I commented on your reviews because they are on the Home, don’t think that I’m stalking you. That said, I wish you a speedy and complete recovery.

Yes, even SY (who can also be found in Fugazi themselves, in fact), it's true. It's a nice melting pot of random quotes; take the first track: a Billy Joe-style vocal over a sonic Fugazi carpet (but without their feeling), as original as politicians' statements during election campaigns. How Near How Far is the typical indie ditty of our new wave revival times: The Killers immediately come to mind. The final part of the title track with that nonsensical violin solo stuck there for no apparent reason. The entire sugary approach of the album is unacceptable. The more "post" moments are extremely predictable. And personally, I don’t understand how even the reviewer implied that this album was at risk of becoming the most significant of the last 20 years (!!!)

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You can also write all the Power Metal reviews you want, dear Anatas, but try not to send them all at once, as they are hard to digest!

When I was listening to DT, it was a different time; the important thing is to understand what one listened to back then and what is being listened to currently, and to be aware of one’s own listening habits. It’s not enough to just listen to alternative rock to be an "expert"; even in alternative, there’s crap, you know?

AHAH the Dream Theater.. no thanks, I'm going to listen to Red Medicine by Fugazi or Head by the Jesus Lizard, I prefer the originals to the imitators that come out twenty years late without originality, hiding their lack of ideas with some supermarket "eclecticism" ;-)