iiyamadude 6 Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 Originally Posted By: KevKastle I kind of liked the first 2 Linkin Park albums. The new one is surely taking the piss. It's got about 6 half-baked and for the most part tuneless tunes on it, with lifeless "instrumentals" in between the tracks, along with lots of famous (?) and very annoying speeches. The speeches are annoying the first time, can't imagine having to listen through that lot many times. Very very bad idea. The whole thing is laughably bad. What the frick happened?! Agree with that. Utter bollocks. Link to post Share on other sites
veronica 2 Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 I quite liked some of Linkin Park too, the non shouty melodic bits. Keen to hear this new one. New OMD album out this week. Never really loved them but keen to hear. Human League are going to be releasing an album soon too. Hopefully tons of Phil and none of the girls! Link to post Share on other sites
kkk 7 Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 Review on amazon The band Linkin Park passed away Sept. 14, with the release of its latest album, "A Thousand Suns." The cause of death was an acute case of identity crisis further complicated by fan rejection and the mishandling of practices by Dr. Rick Rubin (a malpractice suit is expected in the near future). Linkin Park was born in 1996 and rose to international fame in 2000 with the release of its album "Hybrid Theory." A hit sophomore effort titled "Meteora" followed in 2003, along with several remix and mash-up albums. In 2006, Linkin Park was diagnosed with a condition known as "selling out," which was accompanied by symptoms such as ditching their signature sound and moving partially into the realm of emo rock. The band's third album, "Minutes to Midnight," yielded a few stand-out tracks (such as "Bleed it Out" and "No More Sorrow") but was widely considered a disappointment when compared to the band's previous work. Linkin Park's unfortunate demise followed in late-2010, a few months after it announced the release of its latest album, "A Thousand Suns." Teaming again with producer Rubin, "Suns" is an abject failure with no cohesion and -- worse -- only nine tracks interspersed with filler "interludes" that fail to connect with the listener. Songs like "When They Come for Me," "Waiting for the End" and "Wretches and Kings" are particularly painful, having been composed during the band's final death throes. The fact that "The Catalyst" -- a weak song by normal standards -- is the album's best track was the first sign that Linkin Park's death was imminent. Linkin Park is survived by the dozens of nu-rock bands that it helped to influence and by the millions of fans who remember when the band was still creating powerful, affecting music. Be warned: Buying "A Thousand Suns" is not only a waste of money, but may also result in contracting the above-mentioned diseases yourself. Link to post Share on other sites
KlingKlang 1 Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 First impressions of the new OMD album is surprisingly good. Very electronic. Some rather Kraftwerk-esque sounds going on. They have even named a track RFWK, bless'em. A good surprise. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 Want to give that a listen. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 the rain Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 TB ? Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 its pissing down outside.....I'm listenng to the sound of the rain Link to post Share on other sites
best skier in hakuba 5 Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 I like the sound of rain and thunder when I'm in bed. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 yeah me too. Link to post Share on other sites
veronica 2 Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 Enjoying the new Roykksop album Senior. It's the follow up to the really pretty good Junior, but more mellow and all instrumental. Some good sounds. Link to post Share on other sites
kkk 7 Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 I like the new Manics album, esp. after the previous weird one. Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 Went to the Paramore concert on Sunday - they are good, but the venue is a fairly intimate one (which is good) and the volume was at a level more suited to a large venue - which detracted from the concert. It really distorted the songs a lot. Is this only going to get worse with the deafened iPod wearing generation, or was it just an oddity? All the other concerts I have been to have been super loud, but not to this level. Link to post Share on other sites
2pints-mate 0 Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 Cliff is 70! Sexy vid to celeblate Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 wow, Cliff spazzing out. Look at his moves. Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 Disregard the fact that it's Cliff.... but he was a really good looking young man hey? Link to post Share on other sites
BillTheBinMan 0 Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 Nice moves! Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted October 16, 2010 Share Posted October 16, 2010 Smashing shirt too. Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted October 16, 2010 Share Posted October 16, 2010 Robbie back with Take That and taking the lead by the sounds The sure do good pop songs. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted October 16, 2010 Share Posted October 16, 2010 heard that they were awful when they appeared live on UK tv a few weeks back Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 Cliff and the Shadows?! Awful! Surely not! Link to post Share on other sites
brit-gob 9 Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 Revisisted those albums by Electronic (Bernard + Johnny) this lasgt week. Quite like those still. Whats Johnny Marr up to these days? Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 Exciting news folks Blancmange are releasing a new album in Feb. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 The The's best. And good it is too. Link to post Share on other sites
Schneebored 0 Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 Originally Posted By: Mamabear Went to the Paramore concert on Sunday - they are good, but the venue is a fairly intimate one (which is good) and the volume was at a level more suited to a large venue - which detracted from the concert. It really distorted the songs a lot. Is this only going to get worse with the deafened iPod wearing generation, or was it just an oddity? All the other concerts I have been to have been super loud, but not to this level. Hey Mamabear, the issue is that all music venues in Perth are pretty poor. Saw Tame Impala on Friday, the ground floor was 2/3 seated!!! it killed the astmosphere as 1/2 the apathetic crowd sat down. And most of the people standing up were just chatting to each other...or getting "loose". Link to post Share on other sites
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