The Best Moment in...Binaural

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evacuation was a dud when my 14-year-old ears first absorbed the sounds of binaural, and it's a dud now. all who deign it worthy are contrarians for the sake of contariness, aka certified members of the thodoxicon.
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it's in the same camp as big wave and pilate, in which eddie tunelessly yells a prosaic phrase over and over again until you just want to tug on his his amazing hair just to shut him up
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I always felt Binaural had an overall theme, or certainly at suggested atmosphere from beginning to end. I think it's good at that but just wish it sounded better.
Calibrate your enthusiasm
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dimejinky99 wrote:I always felt Binaural had an overall theme, or certainly at suggested atmosphere from beginning to end.
I've always considered this to be a marked feature of the ten - riot act run.
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Alex wrote:it's in the same camp as big wave and pilate, in which eddie tunelessly yells a prosaic phrase over and over again until you just want to tug on his his amazing hair just to shut him up
Those are all good songs, Alex.
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pilate is a fantastic song
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Evacuation is even better!

Anyway, the important thing here is that Alex is wrong.
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Indeed.
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cutuphalfdead wrote:
dimejinky99 wrote:I always felt Binaural had an overall theme, or certainly at suggested atmosphere from beginning to end.
I've always considered this to be a marked feature of the ten - riot act run.
That's every album through backspacer
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stip wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:
dimejinky99 wrote:I always felt Binaural had an overall theme, or certainly at suggested atmosphere from beginning to end.
I've always considered this to be a marked feature of the ten - riot act run.
That's every album through backspacer
self titled on is devoid of atmosphere
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Just wanna say that Alex is wrong about "Evacuation".
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cutuphalfdead wrote:
stip wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:
dimejinky99 wrote:I always felt Binaural had an overall theme, or certainly at suggested atmosphere from beginning to end.
I've always considered this to be a marked feature of the ten - riot act run.
That's every album through backspacer
self titled on is devoid of atmosphere
But not theme!
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stip wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:
stip wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:
dimejinky99 wrote:I always felt Binaural had an overall theme, or certainly at suggested atmosphere from beginning to end.
I've always considered this to be a marked feature of the ten - riot act run.
That's every album through backspacer
self titled on is devoid of atmosphere
But not theme!
Oh, well, fuck theme.
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You have to consider the whole post
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stip wrote:You have to consider the whole post
So do you
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oh shi-
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Birds in Hell wrote:
Alex wrote:it's in the same camp as big wave and pilate, in which eddie tunelessly yells a prosaic phrase over and over again until you just want to tug on his his amazing hair just to shut him up
Those are all good songs, Alex.
Like Pilate, Evacuation is so much more than its chorus (three bridges for instance!).
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Yeah but the bridges in these songs are also overrated (esp evacuation)
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I can't believe I'm agreeing with Alex, but I am. On all three of the songs mentioned. Evacuation = total dud and isn't even in the version of Binaural I now listen to.
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