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Tuesday, August 20, 2002
Posted by
smbm
on
August 22, 2002
3:15 PM i just don't get it...is there some weird coded message in the album "call this one of the greatest albums of the year" "put us on your top ten lists" cause...I don't hear it and give it a c+ at best.
Posted by
Jeff
on
August 22, 2002
4:50 PM Yeah, I don't hear it either and agree with smbm. It's good, but it's not great. It's a rock album a lot like a lot of other rock albums over the past 20 years. Eh...
Posted by
ary201
on
August 23, 2002
1:22 PM Elvis Costello? Damn. I was hoping that it wasn't true. I like Elvis OK, but I like Wire better. I like Girls Can Tell fine, but Series of Sneaks totally freaking rules! I guess Britt's still this year's model.
Posted by
mealymouth
on
August 23, 2002
5:34 PM someone on the silkworm message board said the new spoon "is a great solo album"
Posted by
tyler
on
August 23, 2002
8:49 PM Paper Tiger = indie rock love song of the year.
Posted by
mathieu
on
August 24, 2002
1:45 AM Paper tiger is fucking amazing. Such a simple, brilliantly written song.
Posted by
Quinn
on
August 26, 2002
2:01 PM This is a "C" album at best. I only hear 2-3 good songs along with plenty of barely mediocre ones.
Posted by
lilah
on
August 29, 2002
2:30 PM How dare you! This album is amazing, you tasteless jerks.
Posted by
JtB
on
August 29, 2002
2:50 PM Yeah. You should probably listen to the album again. Maybe you were drunk the first time. Or maybe you're drunk all the time. I don't know. Either way, you have some goddamn issues.
Posted by
smbm
on
August 29, 2002
4:10 PM oh i have taste, but i don't use a spoon to do the tasting
Posted by
Quinn
on
August 29, 2002
9:30 PM Update: This album is still boring.
Posted by
ry
on
August 30, 2002
11:13 AM Dude, whatthefuck? I told you guys that working in a poorly-ventilated glue factory would ass you all up.The new Spoon album is THE FUCK. Best album of the year thus far, easy.
Posted by
meg
on
August 30, 2002
3:59 PM 1.) ditto to ry and JtB. 2.) all y'all are just jealous cos here it is, already 2002 and you have not yet mastered the human beatbox.
Posted by
Quinn
on
August 31, 2002
4:19 PM I think smbm and I are the only ones who seem to understand that just because we like something doesn't mean the rest of the world does, too. The same goes for when we dislike something, such as Spoon's "Kill the Moonlight." They're opinions, folks, not rules that everyone must follow.
Posted by
JtB
on
September 01, 2002
9:07 PM Drunk.
Posted by
smbm
on
September 03, 2002
3:14 PM Drunker
Posted by
lilah
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September 03, 2002
8:51 PM What I want to do is take all of the oversensitive indie kids right here and just bundle them up with a rubber band or two, put them away in a closet somewhere. You don't deserve daylight.
Posted by
lilah
on
September 03, 2002
8:55 PM Should I tag on a disclaimer to that last post, making sure its known that it was lighthearted? No, nevermind.
Posted by
katiedid
on
September 04, 2002
1:11 AM hmm... i disagree that it's the best album of the year so far but it is pretty damn good. i do agree with quinn that these are opinions people, just opinions. if everyone liked the same things life would be so fricken boring... as for kate "if songs were fuckable": i completely agree. very sexy song. very fuckable.
Posted by
smbm
on
September 04, 2002
9:39 AM i love this discussion...
Posted by
ry
on
September 04, 2002
11:07 AM Keep it goin', keep it goin'.
Posted by
smbm
on
September 06, 2002
1:15 PM so...this has to be the longest discussion in quite some time on 75orless.
Posted by
//!cory
on
September 17, 2002
2:22 PM Horses Mouth: note that it says *one* of the year's best...not *the* year's best. freaky-stylie.
Posted by
katiedid
on
September 26, 2002
1:14 AM yeah, not *the* best of the year by far. there are so many others that are better. i do still love this one though. paper tiger is my favorite song from it at the moment...
Posted by
chloe
on
October 04, 2002
11:06 PM i think its a really catchy fun cd. i think it deserves more than a c. but whatever continue to be ASSHOLES
Posted by
emily
on
June 02, 2003
8:00 PM to anyone who says this album is not the shit, you have to hear girls can tell and sneaks to fully appreciate it. seriously. it's an entire evolution. and i agree, stay don't go is fuckable. chicago at night (girls can tell) is very kissable, too. |
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10:40 AM
if songs were fuckable, I'd be all over Stay Don't Go.