Aug 18, 2022·1 reply
rise zeroI think those songs are way better than Imagine and I've heard them all countless times. It's not a hot take to call Imagine a snoozefest.
Boring is one thing. S***e is a different level.
- Aug 18, 2022·1 replyFella
I will admit though that when all those celebs sang Imagine back when covid started I actually despised the song. When I think about it divorced of all of its context I think it’s totally fine.
We Are the World levels of corn
- Aug 18, 2022rise zero
We Are the World levels of corn
That’s a million times worse
Aug 18, 2022·2 repliesFellaBoring is one thing. S***e is a different level.
I hate the lyrics so much the whole thing is just utter nonsense. Add that to the fact that it is pretty boring as well and yeah I think it fully qualifies as s***e
- Aug 18, 2022Bizzle
I hate the lyrics so much the whole thing is just utter nonsense. Add that to the fact that it is pretty boring as well and yeah I think it fully qualifies as s***e
Fair I guess
- Aug 18, 2022Fella
I will admit though that when all those celebs sang Imagine back when covid started I actually despised the song. When I think about it divorced of all of its context I think it’s totally fine.
It's difficult to fully divorce it from a cover like that because the whole song perfectly embodies that out of touch celebrity take on the world's ills
- Aug 18, 2022·1 reply
I would also describe Bohemian Rhapsody, and everything else Queen ever did, as COMPLETELY S***E
- Aug 18, 2022·2 replies
What do you think of the new Will Sheff solo track? Seems alright to me but I feel like it lacks the bite of the best Okkervil River songs
Aug 18, 2022
internet buddyI definitely agree. I’d put Paul on the all time singers list but high at all
I'd put him at the top of my all-time favorite bass players
and I focus very heavily on the bass- Aug 18, 2022internet buddy
One of the best music videos ever. Budget had to be hefty
I thought it seemed like a pretty wicked concept
Xzibit and Snoop ended up being my first concert too and X was insane - Aug 18, 2022
Galaxy de list monWhy does MBDTF get criticized for being overproduced even though LR fits that description much better.
Because LR still had backpack vibes
- Aug 18, 2022
rviwithin the context of rock music i dont think the bass playing gets a whole lot better than mccartney's. and ringo is a pretty archetypal example of the ideal role of rock drummer too a lot of the time (and occasional sloppiness can fit their songs) of course theyre not as good as jazz goats and things like that but the playing suits the songwriting for rock/pop music. never thought harrisons lead guitar during beatles was anything particularly great tbh outside of a few small moments. (mccartney/lennon also had some nice guitar parts).
i think people can conflate being skilled at an instrument vs playing parts perfect for the song, especially people that aren't musicians themselves. language like saying someone is "better" is just vague and can mean different things depending on the context.
With rock and roll there's kind of an alternate scale whete the less you know the better you are sometimes. That's why Neil made Nils Lofgren play piano on after the Gold Rush instead of guitar which was the instrument he knew how to play.
- Aug 18, 2022·1 replyBizzle
I would also describe Bohemian Rhapsody, and everything else Queen ever did, as COMPLETELY S***E
You finally had me thinking your point was fair about Imagine and then you say this. Damnit bro lol
- Aug 18, 2022rvi
Paul McCartney in that video probably means hes not that skilled of a player but the people in the comments are just thinking "wow, hes so humble because the piano part sounds great on let it be!"
Ray Davies says he writes on the piano too because hes not very good and youre not supposed to get that fancy with rock and roll anyways or something
- Aug 18, 2022Bizzle
@HeyFella @drjdeponytail
What do you think of the new Will Sheff solo track? Seems alright to me but I feel like it lacks the bite of the best Okkervil River songs
!https://youtu.be/ph-zatqd8GoI have no idea what he’s going for here but I don’t care for it much. Also have you ever heard Album Of The Year by The Good Life, I think it captures the same spirit as Okkervil River’s best stuff. One of my favorite records of the 2000’s.
- Aug 18, 2022Fella
I hate how brits say s***e instead of s***.
most peoples negative takes on popular classic words can be boiled down to "im a c*** full of s***e m8"
Aug 18, 2022
NoirBeen getting way back into Modest Mouse again. Lonesome Crowded West finally clicked with me after years of being 100% Moon and Antarctica. Now I realize both are masterpieces.
I don't think that band released a single bad song from 1996 to 2001. Every single one is intense and purposeful.
such an amazing run- Aug 18, 2022Bizzle
I hate the lyrics so much the whole thing is just utter nonsense. Add that to the fact that it is pretty boring as well and yeah I think it fully qualifies as s***e
also add to that the giant Rolls Royce and mansion etc Lennon owned
shut the f*** up John you c*** hypocrite - Aug 18, 2022Galaxy de list mon
Will listen later currently listening to Vam Dyke Parks debut
:waiting:
- Aug 18, 2022·edited·3 replies
Imagine does have a ridiculously beautiful melody and vocal just too bad he decided clobber you with such straightforward and impossibly idealistic lyrics. Should've got Dylan to help him finesse it.
- Aug 18, 2022·1 replyElric· edited
Imagine does have a ridiculously beautiful melody and vocal just too bad he decided clobber you with such straightforward and impossibly idealistic lyrics. Should've got Dylan to help him finesse it.
Yeah it’s like he was trying to do his own version of Let It Be but tacked on his worldly idealism onto it a bit too much. It certainly softens the song in a negative way. I feel like a cover of it sung in a different language would work better.
- Aug 18, 2022·1 replyFella
Yeah it’s like he was trying to do his own version of Let It Be but tacked on his worldly idealism onto it a bit too much. It certainly softens the song in a negative way. I feel like a cover of it sung in a different language would work better.
Makes me wish there was a 1968 demo version of it from back when he was more artful and cryptic with it like with the jealous guy/natures child
- Aug 18, 2022·edited·1 replyElric
Makes me wish there was a 1968 demo version of it from back when he was more artful and cryptic with it like with the jealous guy/natures child
Honestly if someone could pull off a big melodramatic piano ballad like that around this time it would have been Brian Wilson. I think he’d have made that melody soar without sounding cheap.
- Aug 18, 2022·2 repliesElric· edited
Imagine does have a ridiculously beautiful melody and vocal just too bad he decided clobber you with such straightforward and impossibly idealistic lyrics. Should've got Dylan to help him finesse it.
You really think either of those guys would've agreed to that
- Aug 18, 2022·1 replyrise zero
You really think either of those guys would've agreed to that
Why not
