Comments on: Death and all his friends

By: him...

him... — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 06:25:41 +0000

for those who take their music seriously it might be sometimes difficult to reserve judgement and take things for their face value. Previously bands feared the media now they might be led to fear their fans.

By: Han

Han — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:21:45 +0000

“listeners have to be as relaxed as the musicians”… that’s an interesting idea!

By: him...

him... — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 06:20:04 +0000

Quite on the dot!! I would add to it to say that people (and critics) are reacting to coldplay in a manner like they reacted to sting with his newer albums. These are arguments enough that listeners have to be as relaxed as the musicians when it comes to music. After all, its not any arms race.

By: Han

Han — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:30:39 +0000

Yeah…Lennon was quite a loose cannon.

Next post coming up soon-ish I think.

By: A Fan Apart

A Fan Apart — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 05:23:20 +0000

fair enough. so did lennon/mccartney. Not much more left to say on this subject, is there? Awaiting the next review…

By: Han

Han — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:47:42 +0000

Ah! He quotes Baudillard!

I don’t think we have any access to a truth or reality other than the one we directly apprehend. If Coldplay’s sentiments don’t ring true, this doesn’t necessarily mean they’re insincere. I loathed the Catcher in the Rye, but because I have friends who related to it, I know that it’s best for me to just say “I don’t get it”, as opposed to “This is insincere and false.” And let’s not get into “pupose”! Hehe.

As for interviews…I like to keep art and the artist separate. I love Oasis, but Noel Gallagher says some pretty overblown things!

By: A Fan Apart

A Fan Apart — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:26:48 +0000

the ‘ugly’ bit was only because that was what Coldplay claimed in was doing with its sound in a bunch of interviews. I dont believe ugliness is an essential criterion at all, except that if it is done, it needs to be done with conviction and for a purpose.

as for reality/Coldplay…
‘The simulacrum is never that which conceals the truth – it is the truth which conceals that there is none’

By: Han

Han — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:23:55 +0000

Hmm. I’m a bit uncomfortable with the notion that ugliness is necessary or important for music. (Even though I like punk!) And reality is in the eye of the observer.

I heard Accelerate once or twice — I have to say, it made no impression on me. But I’ll give it a few more listens.

By: A Fan Apart

A Fan Apart — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:55:30 +0000

just heard the album, you got in spot on in your rview. i don’t share your affection/tolerance for Coldplay, but got to give them porps for trying. but they don’t really have the guts to make their music truly ugly or enough feeling to make it real enough, which doesn’t make them a bad band, but at the same time leaves no doubt that they will be relegated to the very large, very blandly accomplished scrapheap of ‘very good’.

btw, did you hear Accelarate, R.E.M. They found themselves in a slump, and really went out on the edge…best of 2008 till now

By: Han

Han — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 06:09:39 +0000

Ah! Let’s have some curmudgeonly bellyaching then! I know you want to.

By: Salil

Salil — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 05:48:18 +0000

IMHO-tep. Sitting in class with assignments on form. Twisting shapes in mid-air orgies. Spocks Beard are great.

I foresee a rant. Frustration runs high. Why am I in places with big names and bad values?

I am on Gujarat Highway 0. Like Zero, not O. So much for planned cities in India.

By: Han

Han — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:54:57 +0000

Hey I like guitar solos just fine. I like PinkFloyd and Led Zeppelin, remember? Jimi Hendrix too. And even the White Stripes have great solos. As do Radiohead. These days I prefer riffs and guitar texture though.

The problem for me with a lot of prog is that it sounds dated — stuck in the 1970s. Not a whole lot strikes me as fresh or different. I feel like you can’t get much better than Pink Floyd, and maybe ELP. Perhaps early Genesis was good too, but I haven’t heard enough. (Remember my thing about virtuosity? There are exceptions, but not in prog. That’ll be my next post!)

But please, go ahead and plug whatever kind of music you want, Perakath. Your Tiesto post gets us the most hits!

@Me!: Radiohead is probably the greatest band of the last 15 years or so, and one of the greatest of all time. IMHO of course.

By: Perakath

Perakath — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:11:14 +0000

Dude, Han is on record as saying “guitar solos bore me” (or words to that effect)… it was then that I gave up plugging prog music on Zonuts! What can you do with a guy like that :D send him to the ‘hood, perhaps…

By: Me!

Me! — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:41:01 +0000

You were even telling me about how brilliant Radiohead is…. I wonder if I’ll ever be able to listen to them?!

When are you gonna try out some good prog?! :D I would love to read your reviews of bands like ‘Spock’s Beard’, ‘Transatlantic’ and ‘Porcupine Tree’!! :D

By: Han

Han — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:18:26 +0000

Hello “Me!” I remember that day…but don’t remember the conversation.

Haha…our M4 friend once said he had “a deep and sexy voice.”

And yes, Coldplay have done a good job. And they’ve hit number one in the US and UK for the first time.

By: Me!

Me! — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:06:55 +0000

I remember (clearly) sitting in Anokhi with you and you were going on about getting Coldplay’s latest (then) album… and I just couldn’t understand what made you listen to them… :) (It must’ve been your M4 friend who made it a point to ’sing’ The Scientist in the bathroom EVERY morning!!!)

‘Parachutes’ AND ‘Rush of Blood…’ are always on my “speed dial/ emergency playlist” now! :)

Excellent review! I particularly love the string sections in the album… and the different sounds that they’ve used!!

By: Han

Han — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 01:23:41 +0000

Hmm. I imagine that’s some Bollywood classic. Oh well. We dig diversity, yeah?

By: JC

JC — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 23:48:55 +0000

Nice nice. However, the fact that you posted 'Lovers in Japan' made me think of this. Sorry. I couldn't resist posting it. I'll behave from now on.

By: Perakath

Perakath — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:36:50 +0000

Ah, I was wondering when such a review would come out. I think Chris Martin is pretty cool, myself..

By: Murthy

Murthy — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 06:35:52 +0000

But those beats! Those terrible, terrible dhinchak beats!