Re: Best songs of 2013 (or how we all tried to win Stip over
Posted: Wed November 20, 2013 10:14 am
by LetMeSleep
Heathen wrote:
LetMeSleep wrote:Adara - Vista Chino
I might not have picked that one, but great album either way
and seeing them next year. Happy times.
Re: Best songs of 2013 (or how we all tried to win Stip over
Posted: Wed November 20, 2013 11:25 am
by dimejinky99
Get lucky by daft punk was one of the best songs of the year. Despite being a victim of its own success.
Also, Dumb disco ideas by Holy Ghost is a great song.
Re: Best songs of 2013 (or how we all tried to win Stip over
Posted: Wed November 20, 2013 11:55 am
by stip
verb_to_trust wrote:I would encourage it, if only because I generally dislike most things stip likes and was hoping for some good recs....
have you enjoyed the recommendations in this thread thus far?
Re: Best songs of 2013 (or how we all tried to win Stip over
Posted: Wed November 20, 2013 11:55 am
by stip
Heathen wrote:I didn't realize we were actually trying to win stip over, I thought we were making fun of him as per usual.
these ambiguous thread titles are really getting out of hand
Re: Best songs of 2013 (or how we all tried to win Stip over
Posted: Wed November 20, 2013 11:59 am
by stip
Lament wrote:I'm gonna post this cause it's far and away my favorite track to appear anywhere this year. This album (and this song in particular) shattered my perceptions of what you could expect from a traditional rock band two decades into their career. It is simultaneously true to who they are while also sounding like absolutely nothing else they've ever done before. And even if you have no knowledge of them, it's just a killer fucking song. Intelligent, insightful, angry, dramatic, daring. Great music, great lyrics, great production, great performance. I ended up (unfairly, but for good reason) making a lot of comparisons between this album and Lightning Bolt (my two favorite bands, both releasing their first album of their third decade together merely weeks apart; It was inevitbale), and it probably caused me to be harsher on LB than I should have been. I can't help it though.
And yes, stip, I know you won't like it because of the vocals.
this was probably the best manic street preachers song you've posted thus far.
also, you're way too hard on lightning bolt, which, based on this thread, I am almost ready to call the album of the year
Re: Best songs of 2013 (or how we all tried to win Stip over
Posted: Wed November 20, 2013 12:42 pm
by Heathen
stip wrote:
Lament wrote:I'm gonna post this cause it's far and away my favorite track to appear anywhere this year. This album (and this song in particular) shattered my perceptions of what you could expect from a traditional rock band two decades into their career. It is simultaneously true to who they are while also sounding like absolutely nothing else they've ever done before. And even if you have no knowledge of them, it's just a killer fucking song. Intelligent, insightful, angry, dramatic, daring. Great music, great lyrics, great production, great performance. I ended up (unfairly, but for good reason) making a lot of comparisons between this album and Lightning Bolt (my two favorite bands, both releasing their first album of their third decade together merely weeks apart; It was inevitbale), and it probably caused me to be harsher on LB than I should have been. I can't help it though.
And yes, stip, I know you won't like it because of the vocals.
this was probably the best manic street preachers song you've posted thus far.
also, you're way too hard on lightning bolt, which, based on this thread, I am almost ready to call the album of the year
If you want to know what it's like to talk music with you, just imagine how you feel when you talk politics with IlluminEddie (or any libertarian)
Re: Best songs of 2013 (or how we all tried to win Stip over
Posted: Wed November 20, 2013 12:48 pm
by stip
lets not say things we can't take back
(also, despite my issues with libertarianism as a philosophy, the problem with illumineddie is not libertarianism)
Re: Best songs of 2013 (or how we all tried to win Stip over
Posted: Wed November 20, 2013 12:53 pm
by Heathen
(I know, it's that mixture of ideological irreconcilability and downright craziness)
Re: Best songs of 2013 (or how we all tried to win Stip over
Posted: Wed November 20, 2013 1:00 pm
by stip
(in his case it is entirely craziness. it's not hard to talk to people with different ideologies)
don't you have more songs to link for me not to like, or were you only into one thing this entire year? I've got an entire year of not listening to new music to make up for in this thread
Re: Best songs of 2013 (or how we all tried to win Stip over
Posted: Wed November 20, 2013 1:23 pm
by Heathen
stip wrote:(in his case it is entirely craziness. it's not hard to talk to people with different ideologies)
don't you have more songs to link for me not to like, or were you only into one thing this entire year? I've got an entire year of not listening to new music to make up for in this thread
(yeah but sometimes there's such a fundamental difference in how you see things that you know you'll never agree)
I posted two songs!
I have liked a lot of things this year but it's hard for me to list songs as I tend to favor full albums over individual tracks, and even when something stands out I think it works better in context most of the time. It's even worse when it comes to instrumental music... Also, to be honest, my taste doesn't align very well with most people around here so it doesn't look like trying to come up with my "best songs" would be worth the effort.
I know I'm forgetting a ton of stuff, I'll have to go through my favorite albums and add more stuff.
Re: Best songs of 2013 (or how we all tried to win Stip over
Posted: Wed November 20, 2013 3:33 pm
by Heathen
Are you gonna rank all the songs of this thread, stip?
Re: Best songs of 2013 (or how we all tried to win Stip over
Posted: Wed November 20, 2013 4:39 pm
by malice
Heathen wrote:Are you gonna rank all the songs of this thread, stip?
objectively?
Re: Best songs of 2013 (or how we all tried to win Stip over
Posted: Wed November 20, 2013 4:46 pm
by stip
Heathen wrote:Are you gonna rank all the songs of this thread, stip?
it's not fair to rank on just one listen, and there's too many songs to get to 27
Re: Best songs of 2013 (or how we all tried to win Stip over
Posted: Wed November 20, 2013 8:19 pm
by BurtReynolds
my reaction everytime someone posts Lightning Bolt.
Re: Best songs of 2013 (or how we all tried to win Stip over
Posted: Wed November 20, 2013 8:39 pm
by Lament
stip wrote:also, you're way too hard on lightning bolt, which, based on this thread, I am almost ready to call the album of the year
It'll get another full listen (maybe even two) during my twenty hours of driving tomorrow and Friday, so I suppose if there ever a time for my opinion to change a bit, this could be it.
That being said, I don't see how it could ever enter the same stratosphere are the Manics, CHVRCHES, or Janelle Monae albums for me. All three of those were more or less instant classics in my world.
Re: Best songs of 2013 (or how we all tried to win Stip over
Posted: Wed November 20, 2013 8:49 pm
by BurtReynolds
LetMeSleep wrote:
Heathen wrote:
LetMeSleep wrote:Adara - Vista Chino
I might not have picked that one, but great album either way
and seeing them next year. Happy times.
I wanted to like that album, and some of it is ok, but without Homme, they are missing a lot.
Re: Best songs of 2013 (or how we all tried to win Stip over
Posted: Wed November 20, 2013 9:11 pm
by harmless
stip wrote:(in his case it is entirely craziness. it's not hard to talk to people with different ideologies)
I find it fairly impossible to talk to Tories.
Having said that:
1) I really, really don't like the Manic Street Preachers. Never did. Sorry, Lament.
2) Phosphorescent. I want to hear more. Where shalt I go?
Re: Best songs of 2013 (or how we all tried to win Stip over
Posted: Wed November 20, 2013 9:12 pm
by stip
Lament wrote:
stip wrote:also, you're way too hard on lightning bolt, which, based on this thread, I am almost ready to call the album of the year
It'll get another full listen (maybe even two) during my twenty hours of driving tomorrow and Friday, so I suppose if there ever a time for my opinion to change a bit, this could be it.
That being said, I don't see how it could ever enter the same stratosphere are the Manics, CHVRCHES, or Janelle Monae albums for me. All three of those were more or less instant classics in my world.
It'll definitely scratch a different itch than Chvrches or Janelle Monae.
Re: Best songs of 2013 (or how we all tried to win Stip over
Posted: Wed November 20, 2013 9:14 pm
by harmless
stip wrote:
Lament wrote:
stip wrote:also, you're way too hard on lightning bolt, which, based on this thread, I am almost ready to call the album of the year
It'll get another full listen (maybe even two) during my twenty hours of driving tomorrow and Friday, so I suppose if there ever a time for my opinion to change a bit, this could be it.
That being said, I don't see how it could ever enter the same stratosphere are the Manics, CHVRCHES, or Janelle Monae albums for me. All three of those were more or less instant classics in my world.
It'll definitely scratch a different itch than Chvrches or Janelle Monae.
Yeah. It doesn't need to be as good as those.
Re: Best songs of 2013 (or how we all tried to win Stip over
Posted: Wed November 20, 2013 9:16 pm
by Rangi Guy
harmless wrote:
2) Phosphorescent. I want to hear more. Where shalt I go?
and seeing them next year. Happy times.