WTF?!? This has to be the worst single of 2007 =/ - Page 2

atari 2600 · 10.23.2007, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by alyasa

It is a good selection...

Naw, they're not nearly obtuse enough for the doofus brigade.

Rob Instigator · 10.23.2007, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by atari 2600

I sneaked this link into a few posts back in late July or so, but I'm not sure if anyone saw them. Anyway, some of it highlights my favorite tracks of the year.

Wish I would have put T.I.'s "Big Shit Poppin'" on there instead. And, of course, there's no Bloc Party to be found.

I'm getting lamer with the covers lately...

I am down ith all these except the police with kanye and john mayer. that shit's three steps back with bow tie flava.

atari 2600 · 10.23.2007, 04:12 PM

Yeah, they're only the best live band in the entire world right now.

I recently came up with my assessment after comparing The Police bootlegs from 2007 with Sonic Youth's.

alyasa · 10.23.2007, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by atari 2600

Naw, they're not nearly obtuse enough for the doofus brigade.

ANd since when has that ever mattered?

Rob Instigator · 10.23.2007, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by atari 2600

Yeah, they're only the best live band in the entire world right now.

I recently came up with my assessment after comparing The Police bootlegs from 2007 with Sonic Youth's.

you should have seen the Youth in Austin. supa sweet.

The Police re-tread is not for me. anything connected to sting stinks to high heaven.

atari 2600 · 10.23.2007, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

you should have seen the Youth in Austin. supa sweet.

The Police re-tread is not for me. anything connected to sting stinks to high heaven.

"Re-tread," eh?
Seems to me Sonic Youth played multiple shows this year showcasing an album released in 1988.

And, of course, they usually play some older material anyway.

Although it is true that Sonic Youth do routinely comprise the majority of their setlists with material from their current album, which isn't always the safest choice.

"Anything connected with Sting," eh?
I'm just curious as to the tremendous personal problem you have with Sting. Obviously it's serious enough to provoke you to write such jabber. He's a multi-instrumentalist, and by all critical accounts of the reasonably sane, a rather gifted songwriter and bassist. His voice isn't bad either.

Rob Instigator · 10.23.2007, 05:07 PM

I hate his musical decisions. I hate his decision to destroy the Police originally. I hate his mangling of Police classics on the new tour. Sting is hated by me for many many reasons.
I ESPECIALLY HATE STING ofr his atrocious "re-mix" of Dobn't Stand So Close To Me '86. FUCKING DESERVING OF VIRULENT next level HATE

atari 2600 · 10.23.2007, 05:11 PM

It's not the original, but it's not that bad. Besides, it was cool to get a new song, even if it isn't the best song, when The Singles came out. I bought the cassette.

Anyway, I didn't feel as cheated because I feel that the slower song version isn't all that bad.

I think the members of The Police, and this is evident in some of their interviews in '83 and also on the VH-1 press conference preceding the 2007 tour, mutually decided to disband. They had conquered the world and were just plain tired of world-touring, and even recording by then. The Police were the pioneers in bringing live western rock music to many areas of the world that never had been exposed previously.

pbradley · 10.23.2007, 05:49 PM

Atari, didn't you call Smashing Pumpkins' United States a "so-so wannabe epic"?

LittlePuppetBoy · 10.23.2007, 06:21 PM

I'm not that big a fan of Bloc Party's new stuff. Sounds too "mainstream-indie".

atari 2600 · 10.23.2007, 07:05 PM

Yeah, I did. I guess that comes off as rough. It's still a good song, one of the best of the first half of this year or so.

atsonicpark · 10.24.2007, 03:04 AM

Seeing "Smashing Pumpkins" among true greats makes me weep like a fucking baby.

Norma J · 10.24.2007, 06:24 AM

Bloc Party are cool.

I'm pretty sure this song is from the remix album, which actually has nothing to do with Bloc Party other than their permission?

HECKLER SPRAY · 10.24.2007, 06:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Norma J

Bloc Party are cool.

I'm pretty sure this song is from the remix album, which actually has nothing to do with Bloc Party other than their permission?

I think you're wrong, it says that it's the official video, as you can see :
http://web.nme.com/mediaPlayer&playlist_id=1332

therealglenstyler · 10.24.2007, 07:10 AM

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Originally Posted by atari 2600

I'm just curious as to the tremendous personal problem you have with Sting. Obviously it's serious enough to provoke you to write such jabber. He's a multi-instrumentalist, and by all critical accounts of the reasonably sane, a rather gifted songwriter and bassist. His voice isn't bad either.

and yet, whilst all of that is true, in the end, he remains ineffably sting, and we all know what that means.

eatmychild · 10.24.2007, 07:23 AM

Bardo Pond's Flux is godly.

PAULYBEE2656 · 10.24.2007, 08:08 AM

stop talking about gang of four wanna bes bloc party. they suck. their first album had about 4 decent tracks on it and they were the first four, after that it was instantly forgettable. commend atari on decent compilations instead. part 2 would be appreciated big time sir!

Rob Instigator · 10.24.2007, 09:42 AM

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Originally Posted by atari 2600

It's not the original, but it's not that bad. Besides, it was cool to get a new song, even if it isn't the best song, when The Singles came out. I bought the cassette.

Anyway, I didn't feel as cheated because I feel that the slower song version isn't all that bad.

I think the members of The Police, and this is evident in some of their interviews in '83 and also on the VH-1 press conference preceding the 2007 tour, mutually decided to disband. They had conquered the world and were just plain tired of world-touring, and even recording by then. The Police were the pioneers in bringing live western rock music to many areas of the world that never had been exposed previously.

Man I LOVE The Police. I love all their music, but when I heard that "adult contemporary" mix of Don;t Stand So Close To Me it ripped my heart out.
then to have stuart copeland and andy say that it was all Sting;'s doing, by himself in the studio, then to hear them say that he, sting, was the one that decided to split off from the police, not a mutual decision...

oh man.

Norma J · 10.24.2007, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by HECKLER SPRAY

I think you're wrong, it says that it's the official video, as you can see :
http://web.nme.com/mediaPlayer&playlist_id=1332

They have a remix album out which is official too, but it wasn't the band who remixed it. This sounds like something that would be on that. But I have't heard any of it, and I don't care to. What I do know is that their first two albums have been good.

atari 2600 · 10.24.2007, 06:24 PM

forgive my cantankerousness

well, it woudn't have been possible w/o the group therapy
and, lacking any art projects, i should do another vol and maybe another too with selections from the rereleases this year
feel like i need to redo the first one a bit
wonder if i'll do any of it

wish i would've stream-recorded the kexp today, need to do that with the dylan tune, maybe someone else will in the meantime

somethin tells me most of these are contenders for worst single of the year too
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:2007_singles

10.23.2007, 04:12 PM	#23
atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,212	Yeah, they're only the best live band in the entire world right now. I recently came up with my assessment after comparing The Police bootlegs from 2007 with Sonic Youth's.
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10.23.2007, 05:07 PM	#27
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,975	I hate his musical decisions. I hate his decision to destroy the Police originally. I hate his mangling of Police classics on the new tour. Sting is hated by me for many many reasons. I ESPECIALLY HATE STING ofr his atrocious "re-mix" of Dobn't Stand So Close To Me '86. FUCKING DESERVING OF VIRULENT next level HATE __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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10.23.2007, 05:11 PM	#28
atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,212	It's not the original, but it's not that bad. Besides, it was cool to get a new song, even if it isn't the best song, when The Singles came out. I bought the cassette. Anyway, I didn't feel as cheated because I feel that the slower song version isn't all that bad. I think the members of The Police, and this is evident in some of their interviews in '83 and also on the VH-1 press conference preceding the 2007 tour, mutually decided to disband. They had conquered the world and were just plain tired of world-touring, and even recording by then. The Police were the pioneers in bringing live western rock music to many areas of the world that never had been exposed previously.
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10.23.2007, 05:49 PM	#29
pbradley invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: SoKo Posts: 10,621	Atari, didn't you call Smashing Pumpkins' United States a "so-so wannabe epic"?
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10.23.2007, 06:21 PM	#30
LittlePuppetBoy expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Aylmer(now Gatineau), Quebec Posts: 1,756	I'm not that big a fan of Bloc Party's new stuff. Sounds too "mainstream-indie". __________________
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10.23.2007, 07:05 PM	#31
atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,212	Yeah, I did. I guess that comes off as rough. It's still a good song, one of the best of the first half of this year or so.
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10.24.2007, 03:04 AM	#32
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	Seeing "Smashing Pumpkins" among true greats makes me weep like a fucking baby. __________________
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10.24.2007, 06:24 AM	#33
Norma J invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Orstralia Posts: 4,917	Bloc Party are cool. I'm pretty sure this song is from the remix album, which actually has nothing to do with Bloc Party other than their permission? __________________ I want girls with new-wave hair-doos
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10.24.2007, 07:23 AM	#36
eatmychild children of satan Join Date: May 2006 Location: The Shire Posts: 321	Bardo Pond's Flux is godly. __________________ I survived Encephalitus Lethargica and all I got were these lousy Parkinsonian symptoms.
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10.24.2007, 08:08 AM	#37
PAULYBEE2656 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: wexford, rep of ireland Posts: 6,930	stop talking about gang of four wanna bes bloc party. they suck. their first album had about 4 decent tracks on it and they were the first four, after that it was instantly forgettable. commend atari on decent compilations instead. part 2 would be appreciated big time sir! __________________ myspace facebook *twitter*
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10.24.2007, 06:24 PM	#40
atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,212	forgive my cantankerousness well, it woudn't have been possible w/o the group therapy and, lacking any art projects, i should do another vol and maybe another too with selections from the rereleases this year feel like i need to redo the first one a bit wonder if i'll do any of it wish i would've stream-recorded the kexp today, need to do that with the dylan tune, maybe someone else will in the meantime somethin tells me most of these are contenders for worst single of the year too http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:2007_singles
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