Brent Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 My favorite Bob Dylan album.... OBVIOUSLY... would be Self Portrait. LOLJK I really really really really love this first self-titled album. Is that weird? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
getithom Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 My favorite Bob Dylan album.... OBVIOUSLY... would be Self Portrait. LOLJK I really really really really love this first self-titled album. Is that weird? It's not my favorite, but it is good. I think my all-time favorite is Oh Mercy. Too many good songs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brent Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 It's not my favorite, but it is good. I think my all-time favorite is Oh Mercy. Too many good songs. eeeewwww I don't like Dylan's Christian-convert-obsessed phase. Like a Rolling Stone is the best song written by anyone ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
getithom Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 eeeewwww I don't like Dylan's Christian-convert-obsessed phase. Like a Rolling Stone is the best song written by anyone ever. I liked that era of Bob Dylan. (Then again, I am a Christian.) Yes. Yes it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brent Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 I liked that era of Bob Dylan. (Then again, I am a Christian.) Yes. Yes it is. I'm Christian too, but I think the music was very self-serving at that point. Plus, lyrically, it went to poop. In my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobabe Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 3.5 huh? That's good for Rolling Stone, but I can't help but notice that they never rate higher than that...it seems like they always hold back, but whatever, 3.5 the hihgest honour they give after all:) that's really not true. for instance ..both bjork and wilco got 4 stars this past issue. i think 3. 5 is probably fair. i think viva was a 3.5 album i do not think X&Y was 3 stars ...4 stars i think what band out there makes songs like Fix You, Square One, and Twisted Logic? I honestly think the bad Rolling Stone review from X&Y (what they consider bad) is the reason they changed their sound so much with Viva La Vida. They really tried to pursue the art band path. Just from reading interviews where Chris seemed pretty let down by the feedback of the album. although, they got a lot of good reviews from XandY. screw R.S another opinion, another asshole I do wish Coldplay would go back to their more simpler songs...without all the layering etc.. Although, Christmas Lights...oh meh gawd. They are getting pretty good at the layering thing too. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brent Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 ^ 3 stars is DEFINITELY not bad for Rolling Stone. And Bjork and Wilco both put out really amazing albums, so that makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChadBC Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 3 stars is considered "good" on a out of 5 scale. 3.5 is between good and great. So I'd say 3 stars is a pretty good score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobabe Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 ^ 3 stars is DEFINITELY not bad for Rolling Stone. And Bjork and Wilco both put out really amazing albums, so that makes sense. well, my point was that RS hands out 3.5 star albums all the time. not that it wasn't considered good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brent Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 I'd say that RS's average score for an album is 2.5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobabe Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 well, that makes sense..since 2.5 is halfway between 0 and 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brent Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 well, that makes sense..since 2.5 is halfway between 0 and 5 WUT? HOW YOU DO THIS DEMON MAGIC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest howyousawtheworld Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 I'm a defender of No Line On The Horizon but it was very weird how that album got 5 stars. As someones said earlier it is an album you feel finds itself going nowhere. I never really thought pf RS as a reviews magazine but like the NME here in the UK has very much become a parody of itself and has become totally irrelevent while other magazines take their place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobabe Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 Well, i do think No Line is a great album. 4 stars anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiame Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 WUT? HOW YOU DO THIS DEMON MAGIC? :laugh3: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coldplay3277 Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 i remember RS having a rating chart in one of their magazines... 1 star is Awful 2 Stars is Bad 3 stars is Okay, 4 stars Great 5 stars Amazing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChadBC Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 So they don't have only like a good rating? Hmmm. :confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nature Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 RS is a douchebag site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brent Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 ....And I have the scans! This is the cover: Here is the review. It's hard to see, and I'm working on a transcript as we speak. and Sorry they are in poop quality! I don't know why they're so small. Give me a little and I'll have it all typed out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_escapist Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 thanks!!!! pretty nice review!!! this album is going to be huge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brent Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 After a lot of typing, here's the transcript. Enjoy! Coldplay Mylo Xyloto *** ½ In the three years since Coldplay’s last album, the world’s problems have gotten a little more urgent. A cratering economy, riots from Tahrir to Tottenham, the prolonged ubiquity of the Kardashians – these are things that can’t be solved with a lullaby, even from the biggest band to emerge in the 21st century. Chris Martin knows this. But Coldplay’s fifth album–and most ambitious yet–suggests Martin cares too much not to at least try to help. Coldplay recently entered their second decade together – the same point Springsteen made Born in the USA and U2 made Achtung Baby – So it comes as no surprise they’d want a zeitgeist-y, big-statement album of their own. On Mylo Xyloto, the choruses are bigger, the textures grander, the optimism more optimistic. It’s a bear-hug record for a bear-market world. Aided again by Brian Eno, Coldplay are still dabbling in the kind of cool-weird artiness they truly went for on 2008’s Viva la Vida. But where that album sometimes seemed like a self-concious attempt to diversify their sound, with a world-music vibe and U2-style sound effects, this time Coldplay have integrated the “Enoxification” (as they call it) into their own down-the-middle core: Check out the cascading choral vocals that augment Martin’s soaring refrain on “Paradise.” Prominent elements prop up the sonic cathedrals: Jonny Buckland’s guitar, which is riffier and more muscular than ever, and Euro-house synths that wouldn’t be out of place at a nightclub in Ibiza. Martin says Mylo Xyloto was inspired by 1970s New York graffiti and the Nazi-resistance movement known as the White Rose- it’s probably no coincidence both were about young people embracing art in times of turmoil. Here, Coldplay rage on their own in their own lovably goofy way. On the rave-thinged “Every Teardrop is a Waterfall,” Martin imagines a revolution powered by dancing kids. “Hurts like Heaven” might be the first Coldplay tune to which you can bust something resembling a move. The lyrics seem to be about fighting The Man – “Don’t’ let ‘em take control!” – but Martin sounds ebullient over a sproingy New Wave beat. Explicit personal statements aren’t really Martin’s thing; he’s in the uplift business. Mylo Xyloto suggests he’s fully embraced his role as a not-terribly-cool guy who’s good at preaching perseverance, in a voice that’s warm and milky like afternoon tea. By the time he croons, “Don’t Let it Break Your Heart!” over “Where the Streets Have No Name”-style guitar sparkle near the album’s end, you can’t help but think he’s an inspiration peddler who believes what he’s belting. Oddly enough, the best moments are the darker ones. “Princess of China” is a ballad about loss and regret, co-starring Rihanna. It’s a partnership that probably came together over champagne brunch at Jay-Z’s, but its-fuzz groove is offhandedly seductive. It’s followed up by “Up in Flames,” a minimalist slow jam. Martin sings nakedly about how break-ups with people can feel like the end of the world, or maybe it’s about the actual end of the world. Either way, as end-times lullabies go, it’s pretty sweet. KEY TRACKS: “Hurts Like Heaven,” “Princess of China” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_escapist Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 After a lot of typing, here's the transcript. Enjoy! THANKS!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brent Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 I've got to admit, this has me pretty excited for Princess of China. I'm surprised, though, they didn't mention Charlie Brown. I thought that song was the "best thing Coldplay had ever done" according to the Q review. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimixxx Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 Thanks for that :nice: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brent Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 My pleasure :awesome: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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