tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25094753878950297542024-02-06T11:44:54.984-08:00Nut SuiteDr Faustushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13608513546014130157noreply@blogger.comBlogger1060125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2509475387895029754.post-78210959304187329772024-01-19T00:14:00.000-08:002024-02-06T11:44:23.342-08:00GREEN DAY / Saviors<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6IL3OGWkRId-wtMRpsE-ogSTSS5iOk_7kxmxX6cG973o-M3-9u-ZrSkIxozqxTnCacrDjD2s9kXSLJwMmG8vYehCFUNmoSZkedrJMUK1yNZjltjNR6JWVxEuGR3a7M7zAZ3WU0wNbMBHpKqntuIPKw1OR0RAjvpggcr3LjBWSrv_s_4ELLuhz586fDKY/s674/Saviors%20cover.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="674" data-original-width="674" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6IL3OGWkRId-wtMRpsE-ogSTSS5iOk_7kxmxX6cG973o-M3-9u-ZrSkIxozqxTnCacrDjD2s9kXSLJwMmG8vYehCFUNmoSZkedrJMUK1yNZjltjNR6JWVxEuGR3a7M7zAZ3WU0wNbMBHpKqntuIPKw1OR0RAjvpggcr3LjBWSrv_s_4ELLuhz586fDKY/w400-h400/Saviors%20cover.png" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;">I feel like this was a bit of a trap. I was behind <i>The American Dream is Killing Me</i>. Why would I not be? <i>Look Ma, No Brains!</i>, wasn’t too special, until I found the idea of Billie asking Tré if he wanted some free tacos hilarious. <i>Dilemma</i> without question spoke to me and my ongoing mental issues, in that magical way only Green Day can, as if it was written specifically for me. Even if I found Billie blowing his voice out needlessly, well, needless. Then, <i>One Eyed Bastard</i>. I’m a one-eyed bastard! A pink and black video! Featuring an updated take on a sticker design that has been residing on the side of my media shelf for decades! I felt loved, and it was very surreal. I wondered to a friend if I was actually awake.<br /><br />In terms of the rest of the tracks…there’s not much being said. What is, is ground that has already been covered, in much more compelling ways. <i>Basket Case</i> and <i>King For A Day</i> made me incredibly comfortable in stepping into my sexuality, all those years ago. For those stuck with <i>Bobby Sox</i>, my sincere condolences. It’s the most grating song they’ve ever made. The closing number smacks of word salad, which they will probably tell you was intentional. Please see my <a href="https://deadercuckoo5.blogspot.com/2023/09/fall-out-boy-mania-2018.html" target="_blank">Mania</a> review, for an incredibly apropos rebuttal.<br /><br />I suppose what hurts the most is that there are lyrics herein that when placed beside those of quite possibly my favorite song ever, contradict them at best, and seem to indicate that Billie is saying it’s time to throw in the towel, at worst.<br /><br />I’ve definitely tried, incredibly hard, to stop giving a shit, in the face of the world, as it currently sits. Because why not? Fuck it all, right?<br /><br />No…I still give a shit. Deep down, at core. Even if it’s just for my own sake. My own morality. My own sanity.<br /><br />It’s not too late; we’re still not underground.<br /> </p><p style="text-align: left;">Frankly, there’s a pervasive melancholy, and a repeated conceptual refrain of sitting back and letting our rapidly deteriorating world pull the trigger for us. What happened to not going gently into that good night? Doing whatever the fuck we want, for as long as we can? It’s incredibly ironic to me that it isn’t just Anthony Fantano who dislikes <a href="https://deadercuckoo5.blogspot.com/2020/05/green-day-father-of-all-motherfuckers.html" target="_blank">Father of All Motherfuckers</a>. The title track, and the album as a whole, embodies a life-affirming, violent nihilism—the exact flavor I can get behind. <i>Meet Me on the Roof</i> even goads someone into putting their money where their mouth is, specifically so they’ll realize they aren’t ready to pack it in. I don’t think it’s any surprise at all that its closer, <i>Graffitia</i>, smacks so incredibly hard of <i>Silent Hill</i>.<br /><br />Keep staring into the abyss; keep marching forward to find your truth.<br /> </p><p style="text-align: left;">Maybe this was a test, instead of a trap...</p><p style="text-align: left;">I Hope You Feel Better Soon, Billie. Until Then, I'll Keep All Your Previous Teachings Alive out of 5.<br /> </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2509475387895029754.post-59598941545277276902023-11-16T18:34:00.000-08:002023-11-16T18:34:52.942-08:00WEEZER / Maladroit (2002)<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeaRhiaHZV2whV2qTgvWaboD8oqNKENX2HRfQRR880zmzffpxHF4Z4IdwwsUcBYoi4kfGV7Am6l6f4mse_1KatTbLqJJXsAGE21AEeJpDf7dLNXL-5IprKSw00c4SHTad1XWkZKhtcQucTubUcIH7AoYSj3u2Swd1r-RzUePjW7wdBw823n0U9itwow9w/s1000/MalCover.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="996" data-original-width="1000" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeaRhiaHZV2whV2qTgvWaboD8oqNKENX2HRfQRR880zmzffpxHF4Z4IdwwsUcBYoi4kfGV7Am6l6f4mse_1KatTbLqJJXsAGE21AEeJpDf7dLNXL-5IprKSw00c4SHTad1XWkZKhtcQucTubUcIH7AoYSj3u2Swd1r-RzUePjW7wdBw823n0U9itwow9w/w400-h399/MalCover.png" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"> </p><p style="text-align: left;">It’s about time I made some decisions, repercussions be damned.<br /><br /><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><i>Maladroit</i> is better than <i>Pinkerton</i>.</span><br /><br />There’s a fistful of ridiculously great Weezer albums, but <i>Maladroit</i> is the only one that’s an INESCAPABLE STEAMROLLING WALL OF 100% FULL POWER. Lyrically and sonically, in equal measure. Those guitars, JEEBUS! They are not fucking around; not for a single nanosecond. Rivers isn’t pulling any punches, and he isn’t taking any more of your shit. When emotional fragility hardens to bulletproof self-respect, be afraid.<br /><br />Be very afraid.<br /><br />Songs of Note: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Q_kG-ckM5U&list=OLAK5uy_kauioJMpZVBK9949IFsfCgPJZN7k6_gNA&index=6" target="_blank">Slob</a>; <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVYWPGNhScM&list=OLAK5uy_kauioJMpZVBK9949IFsfCgPJZN7k6_gNA&index=12" target="_blank">Love Explosion</a><br /><br />5 Reasons Fighting is Weak to Fairy out of 5<br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2509475387895029754.post-72633848679090526762023-11-02T07:14:00.004-07:002023-11-02T07:46:09.423-07:00WEEZER / Weezer (Red; 2008)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQFqMO_WaVS_OnMe0b-8XMAQddUHUdTNMxDkoxMSXTh2Tj6kwUt6SFCWe-XL8ED-1bkegPdAVatFfF14lJ1HW8DCjo4AntyneSbEGXaw2wpxCfDuvTiAVWtj2GDGufW7JDIAcRgumLJCDPT-TtteIP2CkRa-_VTbv3drn-NiePzULR-VAsNnXFU_lTymk/s500/WRed.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQFqMO_WaVS_OnMe0b-8XMAQddUHUdTNMxDkoxMSXTh2Tj6kwUt6SFCWe-XL8ED-1bkegPdAVatFfF14lJ1HW8DCjo4AntyneSbEGXaw2wpxCfDuvTiAVWtj2GDGufW7JDIAcRgumLJCDPT-TtteIP2CkRa-_VTbv3drn-NiePzULR-VAsNnXFU_lTymk/w400-h400/WRed.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Keep it on the up!</i><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">I do still agree with a once-upon-a-time friend of mine that some of the best tracks recorded for this album were held back as b-sides (and promotional downloads, if my horrible, schizophrenic memory serves). Two of them are S-tier heart puncturing in the same manner as the most personal tracks on <a href="https://deadercuckoo5.blogspot.com/2014/01/katy-perry-one-of-boys-2008.html">Katy’s masterwork</a>. One is a second missive with Scott Shriner at the helm, and you already know how I feel about that guy~<3 <br /><br />HOWEVER, this slightly unfortunate turn of events doesn’t mean that the regular release isn’t worthwhile in its own right. It’s a bit ramshackle and raucous in places, but that’s honestly the (intermittent) charm of latter-day Weezer, in a nutshell. The rest is both brilliantly emotional and audacious, acting as the origins of Rivers having the balls to get away with things that would easily see lesser mortals trampled under society’s pitchforks and torches.<br /><br />There’s a song for Patrick, Scott, and Brian, each, with Brian’s being especially pleasing to my ear, perfectly emulating <a href="https://deadercuckoo5.blogspot.com/search/label/Fastball" target="_blank">Fastball</a>, as it does. I would love to live in a world where the four of them traded vocals, consistently.<br /><br />This world ain’t so bad, though~<br /><br />Just (legally) download and burn <i>Miss Sweeney</i>, <i>Pig</i>, <i>The Spider</i>, and <i>King</i>, since the Deluxe version is a bit pricey and slightly troublesome to come by.<br /><br />Songs of Note: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPZCGleqh7M">The Greatest Man That Ever Lived (Variations on a Shaker Hymn)</a>; <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=II9hw4kzMEQ">The Spider</a><br /><br /><br />Vanilla: 3 Rightfully Resplendent Renegades out of 5<br />Deluxe Edition: 4 Ruinously Raw and Regretful Tales of Love and Death out of 5</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2509475387895029754.post-84255939665219941042023-09-02T13:40:00.000-07:002023-11-16T10:10:41.531-08:00FALL OUT BOY / Mania (2018)<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA-toEqDYSRFp4Uw8jBPjCPagEs7xSjLLuFdVN6u8nbg_p3lCyu789UCFFrLeXAN0ho1-Y1nCuZMBAso8iH_DdQCdOqaKWf4Zn6Q106EvR9mz5tzXn0Axbfsz_j_uti92rCS2T-leWvOUA0RnpB0Pw85iPf8YfyyJcr8O0jQ6bB3ROoTRfBICu-w2qJfA/s601/Mania.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="601" data-original-width="600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA-toEqDYSRFp4Uw8jBPjCPagEs7xSjLLuFdVN6u8nbg_p3lCyu789UCFFrLeXAN0ho1-Y1nCuZMBAso8iH_DdQCdOqaKWf4Zn6Q106EvR9mz5tzXn0Axbfsz_j_uti92rCS2T-leWvOUA0RnpB0Pw85iPf8YfyyJcr8O0jQ6bB3ROoTRfBICu-w2qJfA/w399-h400/Mania.png" width="399" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;">I wouldn’t hold your breath on me suddenly warming to this one. I’ll gladly open with admitting that there are definitely a few exquisite verses buried herein. Sadly, that’s simply not enough. There’s a generally abrasive air that permeates, and while I do appreciate <a href="https://deadercuckoo5.blogspot.com/2013/12/counting-crows-recovering-satellites.html" target="_blank">some albums</a> for that, they simply do not tread as far into chaos as some of the songs here do—as far away from those artists’ general vision/identity. Two songs of which Patrick is particularly proud are inexcusably repetitive. I loathe them. Another is ANNOYING. AS. FUCK. No need for flowery verbiage; it’s goddamn painful.<br /><br />The ironic thing is that this approach IS fitting for the central theme of the piece.<br /><br />I have to share a verse that 100% describes my relationship with Sentai:<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>I know I should walk away, know I should walk away.</i><br /><i>But, I just want to let you break my brain.</i><br /><i>And, I can’t seem to get a grip,</i><br /><i>no, no matter how I try to live with it.</i><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">It’s not delivered well, at all, but it’s haunting in its accuracy to my experiences.<br /> </p><p style="text-align: left;">The moral here is:<br /><br /><b><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Merit being present in how something is done isn’t enough.<br />Liking something isn’t enough.<br /><br />There <i><u>both</u></i> has to be merit, <i><u>and</u></i> I have to like it.</span></b><br /><br />That’s the heartbreaking truth.<br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br />½ Doesn't Do Anyone Any Good out of 5<br /><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2509475387895029754.post-39072467519822841782023-08-21T05:32:00.002-07:002024-01-04T14:22:59.832-08:00FALL OUT BOY / So Much (For) Stardust (2023)<div><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFUY4nRHYmEKNjTNa9zeAlGFaTVMLFE8CW2DGR6-yIyHMY6_VLr1z3Re-9fxBOeWAyKJ9j-WomOXBIN0hgXblnyp80Phidw0dj4U69ZX1zPMe3vnLvIB4PYFcibOYa09i1hZmRwR6_VpCVqFsusebvsNaETl3z_V39oKT7WoEsuu9v-LIo3_4WgMdumxk/s300/Stardud.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFUY4nRHYmEKNjTNa9zeAlGFaTVMLFE8CW2DGR6-yIyHMY6_VLr1z3Re-9fxBOeWAyKJ9j-WomOXBIN0hgXblnyp80Phidw0dj4U69ZX1zPMe3vnLvIB4PYFcibOYa09i1hZmRwR6_VpCVqFsusebvsNaETl3z_V39oKT7WoEsuu9v-LIo3_4WgMdumxk/w400-h400/Stardud.png" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <i>Inscribed like stone and faded by the rain,<br />"Give up what you love, Give up what you love, before it does you in." </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i> </i></div><p style="text-align: left;"> </p><p style="text-align: left;">The simple truth is that when this album was released, I wasn’t in a place to be willing, or able, to hear what it was trying to say.<br /><br />I was wrong.<br />No worries; I’m infinitely and intimately used to that, at this point.<br /><br />The boys are vying impossibly hard to be <a href="https://deadercuckoo5.blogspot.com/search/label/Elvis%20Costello" target="_blank">Costello</a>’s preeminent students, and succeeding with flying colors, folding unsavory and disastrous topics into diabetically-sweet confections in ways that honestly, handily lap the master in his hey-day. You shouldn’t be able to write one of catchiest songs ever, about a pandemic, but they damn-well fucking did.<br /><br />I said that there wasn’t much in the way of connections between the first two songs and the rest; in truth, the lyrics wrap around on themselves in dizzying ways akin to the time loop that births the <i>Song of Storms</i>. To the point where I frankly believe the emotional conclusion arrives at a point other than the final song in the tracklist.<br /><br />Songs of Note: <a href="https://youtu.be/ECpk9PnHTO8" target="_blank">Fake Out</a>; <a href="https://youtu.be/2RqMneiXKO0" target="_blank">The Kintsugi Kid (Ten Years)</a><br /><br /><br />5 Engine Revving Resolutions out of 5</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">I'm going to talk about their update of <i>We Didn't Start the Fire</i>, real quick, since they stuck it in the playlist for <i>...Stardust</i>. Seeing people freak out during its live debut, instead of feeling existential dread, as intended? Endemic of part of FOB's fanbase. Please stop swooning over them; ACTUALLY listen to the lyrics. Of all of their songs.</p><p style="text-align: left;">I am obviously ecstatic that they mention <i>The Black Parade</i>, but it took me a bit to remember that Green Day's iconic set took place at Woodstock '94, not Woodstock '99. There was one in '99?!?! I thought they had paid tribute to two of the all-time greatest, but apparently it was just the one.</p><p style="text-align: left;">From all of the history of gaming, they chose <i>Metroid</i>? Should have ended a verse with something like, <i>"Final Fantasy VI, wasn't really III."</i></p><p>Without a doubt, though, it needed to be:</p><p><i>"Keanu Reeves is Neo, man."</i></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2509475387895029754.post-24288016685926416592020-05-12T14:09:00.001-07:002020-08-27T06:08:33.943-07:00GREEN DAY / Father of All Motherfuckers (2020)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The practice of re-using cadences and riffs, debuted on <i>Revolution Radio</i>, continues here, placing Green Day directly in line with <a href="https://deadercuckoo5.blogspot.com/search/label/Counting%20Crows">Counting Crows</a>. I.e., they’ve officially established themselves as a band willing to create thematic consistences that exist not only WITHIN singular albums, but verily ACROSS albums. That is, of course, if you weren’t already aware that <i>Insomniac</i>, <i>Nimrod.</i>, and <i>Warning:</i> are a trilogy~ If you give this a single listen, you’re going to wonder what the point of these intensely brief missives is. Instead, sit your perpetually-on-fast-forward-ass down with the lyrics for your initial listen. Then, put it on repeat, and soak in the sonic nuances buried beneath the bluster.<br />
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I.e., give it the proper reverence befitting a Green Day album. And, don’t you dare come bitching to me that they ape multiple Clash songs, simultaneously. No one gets to complain when Rancid made an entire career out of such (ooooooh) <i>shenanigans</i>.<br />
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Songs of Note: <a href="https://youtu.be/k-EETaBGHYE" target="_blank">I Was A Teenage Teenager</a>; <a href="https://youtu.be/NtEaDP-8caI" target="_blank">Graffitia</a><br />
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ALL the Silent Hill References out of 5Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2509475387895029754.post-60621094109293835692018-01-27T22:08:00.000-08:002018-12-28T14:09:01.073-08:00GODFLESH / Post Self (2017)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The sparse press release info that preceded <b>Post Self</b> mentioned that lyrically the work would explore 'anxiety and depression, fear, mortality and paternal and maternal relationships.' Phew, heavy topics, indeed. But <b>Godflesh</b> is heavy music, so there's synergy at play. Despite that, parts of it are really quite accessible; the promised 'Post-Punk' influence is definitely there and is, for me, a welcome addition after the somewhat average <b>A World Lit Only by Fire</b> (2014) album.<br />
In addition, the eloquence of <a href="http://deadercuckoo5.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Jesu" target="_blank">Jesu</a>, one of Justin K Broadrick's other musical vehicles, creeps in occasionally, functioning as a textured boon to the heaviness of pulsating bass, trenchant guitars and distinctive machine percussion.<br />
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Songs of Note: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZQohP-vLF0" target="_blank">Post Self</a>; <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KyH4i0uFaU" target="_blank">The Cyclic End</a><br />
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4 universal slums out of 5Dr Faustushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13608513546014130157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2509475387895029754.post-3471289504090496652017-12-19T10:12:00.000-08:002017-12-19T10:52:17.703-08:00MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE / Living With Ghosts (2016)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: xx-small;">The version of </span><i style="color: #a64d79; font-size: x-small;">The Black Parade</i><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: xx-small;"> included in the same package as this is no different from its original release.</span></div>
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These rough mixes and live demos very blatantly contain the DNA of numerous songs on <a href="http://deadercuckoo5.blogspot.com/2014/04/my-chemical-romance-black-parade-2006.html" target="_blank">Parade</a> and <a href="http://deadercuckoo5.blogspot.com/2013/02/my-chemical-romance-conventional.html" target="_blank">Conventional Weapons</a>. That’s appropriate, as they were recorded during the sessions that birthed both of those albums. They’re all very sloppy, but that is admittedly part of their charm. I have to wonder if Gerard was intoxicated during some of these takes. It’s definitely possible. The best track isolates <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_uncMEJkBc&feature=youtu.be&t=1m46s" target="_blank">the most satisfying part of Welcome to the Black Parade</a>; it’s as if they chose to crawl inside an orgasm and have a dance party there for four minutes. It consistently defies the lyrical expectations you’ve unknowingly held for over ten years and I adore every second of it.<br />
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I’d say if you’re only a <a href="http://deadercuckoo5.blogspot.com/2014/01/my-chemical-romance-three-cheers-for.html" target="_blank">Revenge</a> and <i>Parade</i> kind of person, this is an easy pass. If you own and love everything...fire at will.<br />
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Songs of Note: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPYh-RL6Lu8" target="_blank">The Five of Us Are Dying [Rough Mix]</a>; <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HX0sHwIENJE" target="_blank">Not That Kind of Girl [Live Demo]</a><br />
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After seven studio albums with <b>The Heartbreakers</b>, <b>Tom</b> made his first 'solo' album (that some of <b>The Heartbreakers</b> actually play on). It wasn't a big departure from what we were used to; it's largely the production that makes it sound different, a change that was no doubt heavily influenced by <b>Jeff Lynne</b> (of <b>ELO</b> fame, and a fellow <b>Wilbury</b>). <b>Lynne</b>'s contribution to production lessened the traditional US Rock vibe of the band line-up and instead accentuated keyboards and sugary-ness. At times it even has a distinctly 1960s British pop influence.<br />
It's a little too polished for my tastes these days, but once upon a time I adored it, granting it semi-permanent residence in my CD player for days at a time. Sadly, I never had it on vinyl; I suspect it would've sounded better on the format.<br />
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Songs of Note: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXYl5NrHPb4" target="_blank">Runnin' Down a Dream</a>; <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNdFUXAqhhU" target="_blank">The Apartment Song</a><br />
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Dr Faustushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13608513546014130157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2509475387895029754.post-1032421795276618402017-12-02T01:29:00.000-08:002017-12-03T07:22:52.522-08:00SINÉAD O'CONNOR / The Lion and the Cobra (1987)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Years before a media shit-storm (involving a torn photograph) thrust <b>Sinéad</b> into people's homes, her début album, released when she was just twenty-years-old, established her as a formidable force in the minds of people who were there for the music. Right from the get-go it attempts something greater than simple Pop/Rock songs, and, although oft-times hidden in the lyrical composition, a heartfelt honesty is nestled in each and every track. But it's her remarkable voice that gives them real power. Whether being soft and airy or tragic and yearning, it's the element that binds the shifting moods together and prevents them from fighting each other. Some of the music may sound dated today, but the conviction that drives them is something that won't ever be diminished by time.<br />
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Songs of Note: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyLk387J-_s" target="_blank">Jackie</a>; <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hnjntu-JzsY" target="_blank">Troy</a><br />
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5 ghostly tears out of 5Dr Faustushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13608513546014130157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2509475387895029754.post-29292219710351053132017-11-30T06:08:00.000-08:002017-11-30T06:08:43.840-08:00JACKSON C. FRANK / Jackson C. Frank (1965)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's heartbreaking to think that <b>Jackson </b>made just one album, and astonishing to learn that he reportedly recorded the entire thing in less than three hours. It's his masterpiece by default, but fully deserving of the accolade.<br />
His talent is undeniable and every bit the equal of his more well-known folk music peers. His tragic life story (schizophrenia and depression, homeless and destitute, dead at 56 of pneumonia) adds a tearful footnote to the prodigious emotional current that characterises his works. Listening to the soft melancholy that he coaxes from his guitar strings breaks my heart every time, and also, somehow, consoles an unseen part of me that remembers what it was like to be lost.<br />
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5 tender skies out of 5Dr Faustushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13608513546014130157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2509475387895029754.post-33163946989708930532017-11-22T04:21:00.000-08:002017-11-30T01:20:33.974-08:00KATATONIA / The Fall of Hearts (2016)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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If I was in need of the post-<a href="http://deadercuckoo5.blogspot.co.uk/2011/11/katatonia-brave-murder-day-1996.html">BMD</a> <b>Katatonia</b> sound but for some reason didn't have any of the better albums to hand, then <b>TFoH</b> would do, but it would be something of a compromise on my part. To be fair, it does deliver the usual mournful, warm, emotional-bandaging that they've perfected, but I often find myself drifting away from its overly-polished charms instead of being carried along with them.<br />
I genuinely like the soft, pastoral moments, but the bulk of the album sometimes feels like it adheres to the established template a little too much. And yet, there are elements within the shifting structures that are wholly unexpected, that exist to break the rules. It's an odd feeling being stirred but still left wanting; it's like eating a heart-shaped cake that sates your taste buds but not your appetite.<br />
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This was originally a massive rant. But, that was dumb of me. Green Day make <b><i><u>albums</u></i></b>. Their (purely musical) Greatest Hits releases are an innately incongruous concept to the type of fan that I am. If you want to hear singles from (almost) across their entire career, by all means. Enjoy them in the way that works for you. I'm not pulling elitist hipster rank by relating the following, I'm simply giving thanks:</div>
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I've grown up with Green Day. I cannot imagine my life without them. It doesn't matter that Billie Hey-Ho's so much that I can no longer listen to (or experience) them live, anymore. It doesn't matter that I'll never be able to play like Mike. It does, however, matter that my friends and I are glorious perverts, cut from the same cloth as Mr. Tré Fucking Cool, himself. Whereas most of them prefer one era of their career to the other, I un-conflictingly adore them both. They're the only way I can comfortably engage with politics, because they always focus on the mental and emotional impact they have on those of us simply trying to make it day to day in this entirely fucked world.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2509475387895029754.post-52021276326782882242017-10-26T19:30:00.000-07:002017-11-03T21:56:49.759-07:00JEFF WAYNE / Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds (1978)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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While I don't personally regard every song on <b>Jeff Wayne</b>'s début concept album to be perfect, when considered as a whole it's a masterpiece of adaptation, design (inc. artwork) and aural joy that I never tire of experiencing.<br />
Richard Burton narrates the story, based on H. G. Wells' famous 1898 novel, the actor's euphonious baritones perfectly suited to the work. Completing the magic, a string and prog rock accompaniment create a sweeping aura that carries the listener on a stirring, emotional journey. The changes in tone and dramatic intensity move it seamlessly from ominous to propitious, from elation to woe, all the while able to satisfy people in search of storytelling just as much as people in search of music. It's a work of art that's rich in imagery, content and style.<br />
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5 plans against us out of 5Dr Faustushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13608513546014130157noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2509475387895029754.post-62593657654925082452017-06-18T11:17:00.000-07:002017-06-18T11:19:31.151-07:00FASTBALL / Step Into Light (2017)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I suppose the most accurate way to describe this is as a collection of brief, somewhat experimental, aural pastiches. Though, there are some slight, thematic lyrical consistencies present to ever-so-gently reign it in. There are auburn <a href="http://deadercuckoo5.blogspot.com/search/label/Tom%20Petty" target="_blank">Tom Petty</a> highlights running throughout and touches of Dick Dale. The echoes of early Beatles can be heard, as well as some guitar glint and vocal hum honoring their Rubber Soul/Revolver era.<br />
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Regardless of its quality, I absolutely cannot recommend this to a newcomer. If you’re well attuned to riding Miles and Tony’s pleasingly ever more eclectic groove, however, this <i><b>is</b></i> the organically scintillating next step. It feels like they’re doing exactly what they want and I couldn’t be happier for them.<br />
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I’m going to make a list of the most nerdy comparisons to this that I can muster. It’s like:<br />
<ul><li><a href="https://deadercuckoo2.blogspot.com/2015/05/the-human-centipede-3-final-sequence.html" target="_blank">Human Centipede 3</a>: Alternate Universe Heiter AND Martin<span style="color: red;"> </span></li><li><a href="https://deadercuckoo6.blogspot.com/2012/05/mega-man-powered-up-2006.html" target="_blank">Mega Man Powered Up</a>: Mega Man AND Proto Man <span style="color: red;"></span>AND Roll</li><li>If Resident Evil 6 was delivered as intended: Chris AND Leon co-op!!!</li>
</ul><p>It’s Chad and Milo together at the same concert, and Milo sings back-up for Chad!!! Don’t worry, though, this is two discs and the second is an entire Descendents set. Wikipedia tells me the latter was a different concert. Whatever, man~ Milo even tries his hand at one of Chad’s songs, to great effect. I can’t hype this enough: Chad sings <i>She’s My Ex</i>!!!!!!!!!!!!<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2509475387895029754.post-17146681169913760812017-04-10T16:58:00.000-07:002019-10-23T14:47:22.212-07:00ALL / Mass Nerder (1998)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Most folks will know the majority of this band from their other incarnation: <a href="http://deadercuckoo5.blogspot.com/search/label/Descendents" target="_blank">the Descendents</a>. Regardless of who's in the driver's seat, Bill Stevenson is omnipresent musically and with his incredibly poignant and pointed lyrics. The era of ALL that owns my heart is without question Chad Price's. He's a quintessential vocalist and his songs are some of the most eloquent and moving I've ever heard. <br />
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This ping-pongs between hyper-brief blasts and more melodic romps. The band's strength (both as ALL and the Descendents) is that the former aren't always silly and instead often use their abbreviated run times to address things undeniably worth pondering. They've always been both thoughtful and heartfelt and if you aren't familiar with both incarnations, you're doing yourself a disservice.<br />
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5 Albums That Actually Know How To Make the Most of Thirty Minutes out of 5Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2509475387895029754.post-19500970083686602892017-04-10T15:43:00.001-07:002017-04-10T15:45:50.928-07:00WEEZER / Weezer (Green; 2001)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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There’s nothing overtly wrong with Green, it’s just that it’s very generic. It’s entirely encircled by monumental albums, which absolutely doesn’t help its case. Thankfully, nothing here is remotely as artificial as <i>Beverly Hills</i>. You won’t suffer by throwing this on, on a lazy <strike>afternoon</strike> half hour while you’re doing something else that actually requires your attention. But, should you really? No. <i>Hash Pipe</i> exists as a prototype or prequel to <i>Dope Nose</i>, which is neat. Around the time that this was being promoted Scott Shriner joined the band and I just love that guy <span style="font-size: x-large;">😄</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2509475387895029754.post-28821761679783050062017-04-08T21:36:00.000-07:002017-04-10T16:12:09.000-07:00WEEZER / Make Believe (2005)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We're starting with this one? Yes. Yes, we fucking are. I hate <i>Beverly Hills</i>. It's single-bait gimmickry and it can G.T.F.O. Cut it off the same as Jonathan Davis's song on <a href="http://deadercuckoo5.blogspot.com/2014/09/daniel-licht-silent-hill-downpour.html" target="_blank">the Downpour soundtrack</a>. The resultant album is as perfect as anything that's not Pinkerton (or Maladroit) can be. In some ways, it seems like Rivers was trying to take a basic approach like he did with <a href="http://deadercuckoo5.blogspot.com/2017/04/weezer-weezer-green-2001.html" target="_blank">Green</a>, but accidentally fell into startlingly stirring sincerity without any undue effort. I'd personally argue that some pieces here rival Pinkerton's unabashed starkness.</div>
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4<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "allerta"; font-size: 14px;">½ Guys Actually Self-Aware Enough to Know What They Are out of 5</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2509475387895029754.post-25975821287474183072017-04-08T19:40:00.001-07:002019-10-23T14:46:26.065-07:00FALL OUT BOY / Infinity On High (2007)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">sometimes we take chances, sometimes we take pills, </span></i><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">I could write it better than you ever felt it."</span></i></div>
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That's definitely one of the best verses I've ever heard. It's not alone, here. Some of Pete's strongest couplets call this offering home. I'm even going to spot it the two bonus tracks, because I love them both. While I have to admit that there is a sloggy, schmaltzy number to contend with, this is a generally punchy and pleasing affair. If <i>F.U.C.T.</i> is the blue-collar workhorse, <i>Infinity</i> is the swaggering, faux-tipsy jaunt through No-Man's Land in deliberately rumpled tuxes.<br />
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I'm compelled to say that I sincerely wish Pete would scream longer parts more often. Don't look at me like that. You know I adore <a href="https://deadercuckoo5.blogspot.ca/search/label/My%20Chemical%20Romance" target="_blank">MCR</a>.<br />
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Songs of Note: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCxUJRT-hq0" target="_blank">Hum Hallelujah</a>; <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qiw8IK0WGYA" target="_blank">Bang the Doldrums</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">I painted myself into a corner in the Folie nut. I'm tramping the fuck out of it. We can team up and kick Past-Neg's ass.</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2509475387895029754.post-44965398610459603582017-04-05T16:03:00.001-07:002018-06-17T14:26:02.558-07:00FALL OUT BOY / Take This To Your Grave (2003)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'd have to say that this is almost assuredly the only album capable of finding me singing along even when I'm not intoxicated. That's a feat and a half. It's melodic and eviscerating. Elvis Costello, as always, is very proud. You thought his presence on <a href="http://deadercuckoo5.blogspot.com/2012/04/fall-out-boy-folie-deux-2008.html" target="_blank">Folie à Deux</a> was random? Heh~ I would say it's an early classic of the genre but that'd open a can of worms I couldn't give less of a fuck about. It's goddamn good. End of story.<br />
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I remember loving this. At the time, it was the Fall Out Boy album that Fall Out Boy didn't make. Now I find it...wait for it... annoyingly inconsistent. More inconsistent than FOB themselves. I see you there waiting to say that that's fitting. I. SEE. YOU. They're capable of staying above 50%. I'd now argue that Brendon manages the upper teens, AT BEST. At least he knows how to pick singles. Someday there'll be a greatest hits album worth owning. Some of these songs are just way too camp-clever for their own good. It's tiresome to hear him wax about Victorian-Era-Behind-The-Curtains nonsense at length. Small doses.<br />
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2 Sincere Wishes That <i>This Is Gospel</i> Had Been Written By Someone Else out of 5Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2509475387895029754.post-16827293951774670432017-04-02T15:56:00.000-07:002017-06-19T13:16:36.080-07:00FASTBALL / Make Your Mama Proud (1996)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I wonder how many people even know that this exists? As soon as I was on board with <a href="http://deadercuckoo5.blogspot.com/2017/04/fastball-all-pain-money-can-buy-1998.html" target="_blank">All The Pain Money Can Buy</a>, I immediately tracked this down and was blown away by how incredibly different it is from everything else they've done. The majority of what's on display is very fast and somewhat abrasive. That's not to say that the lyrics are lacking. They aren't. They're just carried along by much faster time signatures.<br />
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This consequently holds a teenage sense of nostalgia for me that's still able to be married to my long-held standards in regards to songwriting. I've always not-so-secretly hoped that they'd do something like this again, someday. A VERY special record well worth exploring if the songs of note appeal.<br />
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4 Verses <a href="http://deadercuckoo5.blogspot.com/search/label/Say%20Anything" target="_blank">Max Bemis</a> Would Be Proud Of out of 5Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2509475387895029754.post-67505339088197015292017-04-02T14:42:00.000-07:002017-06-19T13:15:47.602-07:00FASTBALL / All the Pain Money Can Buy (1998)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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For a long time now, I’ve viewed this as their least successful outing. Depending on how you see things, this could be considered strange or even ironic, as it kicks off with <a href="https://youtu.be/l_zZLi_b6fY" target="_blank">the one song for which everyone in the world knows them</a>. To anyone who bought this and never listened to what followed, FUCKING. SHAME. ON. YOU. There are a lot of quality tracks here and with every listen (to each of their efforts) I appreciate Miles more and more.<br />
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It’s funny how the most significant and lingering concepts in <a href="https://deadercuckoo4.blogspot.com/2017/02/the-age-of-spiritual-machines-when_2.html" target="_blank">Kurzweil’s carefully-penned hybrid history/textbook/novel</a> sprang from the tiny, off-hand responses of his fictional conversation partner, Molly. The consequences of both his predicted change in the nature of humanity, and the philosophical musings given rise to in those conversations are rather ethereally expanded upon here, sonically and lyrically. Raine makes the endeavor more palatable, but honestly no less haunting, when all is said and done. The requisite shadowed side of the coin was ironically delivered by the person I’d least expect.<br />
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