donjunio

DeRank ™: 7,00

DeAge™ : 7456 days • Here since 11 january 2006

The Van Pelt Sultans Of Sentiments

24 apr 06

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no, pretazzo and I are two different people.... my gift has nothing to do with priests, it's just a Spanish reminiscence.....

Tool Lateralus

12 apr 06

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We hope the next 10000 days is a masterpiece too.

Well, don't tell me that the importance of the Beach Boys is that they inspired a pastime movie like "Summer Days." By the way, the connection between the Beach Boys and surfing was one of the first inventions of marketing applied to music. None of the boys, except Carl, could actually surf: Brian Wilson tried it just once and got hit on the head by the board (by his own admission). To say about Pet Sounds, as you do, that "not everything that is considered beautiful is really beautiful" is a great banality, worthy of Lapalisse. Another thing is to explain why you don’t think that album lives up to its fame. But you don’t do that at all, implying that it’s just a matter of taste. Bye.

The Beach Boys Surfin' Usa

7 apr 06

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"Do you understand the importance of the Beach Boys?" I'm sorry, dear Poletti, but the importance of the Beach Boys lies precisely in Pet Sounds, not in having inspired questionable little films or in having opened the doors for the Village People. Until then, the Beach Boys had been a pleasant, intelligent group but nothing more—an upbeat soundtrack for the baby boomer generation.

Pet Sounds, on the other hand, was a revolutionary album because it was the first record that demonstrated how it was possible to experiment with avant-garde sound solutions within the pop grammar, with coherence and vision. Brian Wilson didn't do this for the sake of star whims; he simply had a musical vision far superior to the average, as he also proved in "Good Vibrations," a bridge between "Pet Sounds" and the legendary and incomplete album "Smile." Not by chance is Pet Sounds cited by many musicians from various backgrounds (from Mike Mills of REM to Daft Punk) as a fundamental turning point in the history of pop. Paul McCartney himself has repeatedly stated how he considers "God Only Knows" the best song in terms of lyrics and music ever written.

Squirrel Bait Squirrel Bait E.P.

5 apr 06

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killgod, go listen to your oasis, it's better…

Interpol Turn On The Bright Lights

4 apr 06

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If on "turn on the bright lights" they had removed a couple of minor tracks to include "the specialist," which for me is a masterpiece, maybe it would have been that too.

Interpol Turn On The Bright Lights

4 apr 06

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Slowhands is bland as a track; it feels like a mimicry of Franz Ferdinand (who are pretty mediocre on their own), which isn’t exactly in their wheelhouse. But the rest of the album is sufficiently inspired; you can tell that the band has learned to handle their influences with more personality. Maybe the masterpiece will be next, who knows.

Interpol Turn On The Bright Lights

4 apr 06

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Trellheim, look what Daniel Kessler himself has often said: the Afghan Whigs are among his favorite bands; you can sense this in his guitar playing, especially in a piece like "Leif Erikson," which recalls the melodic fragmentation of "Gentlemen." Among review sites, one of the best is wwww.allmusic.com.

Interpol Turn On The Bright Lights

4 apr 06

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For Zigghio: there are definitely many influences from the Furs, especially in a track like "not even jail." I agree on the importance of a certain way of playing the bass in the whole new wave, but Hook was the quintessential bassist. Then if you listen to the bass line in obstacle 1, you can't help but think of she's lost control.

Interpol Turn On The Bright Lights

4 apr 06

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Alias, of course the Interpol have various influences (from the Chameleons to the Afghan Whigs) and they cleverly mix them. But the starting point is Joy Division; I don't see anything scandalous in admitting it. Tracks like "Obstacle 1" or "Evil" are eloquent. Especially the bassist loves certain cavernous and pulsating bass lines, on which Curtis and the others' sound relied. That said, I quite like them.