Mark

Fair enough. First Air fan I've ever met, high five!

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I have a mate in Manchester and he loves it, but he lives opposite a brothel so I'm not surprised. My ex goes to Leeds uni, not the Met, and loves the nightlife etc. I actually put Anglia Ruskin down as a choice, and they all seemed really nice there. But anyone who's ever been to uni will have differing experiences of the work. If they have friends in that place, they'll say they love uni, if they don't, they'll say they don't. It's as much of a social thing as anything else. I only went really because it was the only option that meant I could around with people my own age. Doesn't really matter where you go, it'll become home in the end, because everyone's in the same boat. The only two things that really matter at uni is that a) you have to turn up and do the work, regardless of how much you despise it, otherwise you will get kicked out and b) make friends, because if you don't, it's a very lonely three/four years.

If you like Pocket Symphony, listen to the Virgin Suicides and Moon Safari. Beautiful records, the pair of them.

Very few people I know are, to be fair, and I think Radiohead are the greatest band ever, not them. Can't mistake what an impact they had though.

Fleetwood Mac. No, I'm joking, the Beatles. Yeah, and that's why they'll always be loved, I just feel like they're idolised in Britain so much because they changed our country.

I actually like What If, second favourite on the album to White Shadows. As for Oasis, well I really don't know why anyone likes them, because they're literally the worst band ever to be considered one of the best. It only takes watching Bonehead on YouTube to realise that. But they changed the musical landscape in this country with their music, because again, they just wrote brilliant old-fashioned indie music. Noel's always said rock and roll's about retelling the same story over again for a different generation, and he's right. The atmosphere in this country during the 90s, the legacy he left us with, it's almost unparalleled, apart from you know who.

I sometimes, when I'm being philosophical, don't really understand the concept of "better" in music, because it's all opinion. How can Revolver be better? Better in terms of what? All I'd say is that they're both good records for different reasons, which is boring, I know, but what can you do? But don't get me wrong, subjectiveness doesn't make X&Y any less shit.

That's fair enough that that's your opinion, but I just don't think it really builds that much from Rush. It sounds like a predictable record to make after the last one to me. Stick a new Clocks on there, just make the production a bit more sophisticated. Rewrite the Scientist with more of an oomph at the end. Address the listener in every song, so no one in that stadium feels disconnected. "Are you lost and incomplete?" "When you try your best but you don't succeed." "When you see it you'll understand." "You don't have to be on your own." I don't think it's a terrible record, but I love to hate it, because when you hear Viva, it's so clear how wonderful LP3 could've been if they'd not have been complacent. That's not to say that A Rush of Blood is innovative, unique or what, but it's just good, old-fashioned decent songwriting. It's not perfect, but it's the last time that it was truly exciting to be a Coldplay fan. The last time that there was a risk that the band felt under the kosh to produce a fantastic record, the last time that they were a young, new band with their best days ahead of them. I think that's why fans place it on such a high pedestal. It's the only album that every Coldplay fan wanted, note for note.

I genuinely think Congratulations is a better album than OracSpectac, I just wish MGMT weren't such ironic, hipster dicks. "We don't want to be famous, so we're going to commit commercial suicide." Oh, sorry guys for buying your shitting album, next time I'll spend that tenner on pick and mix, yeah? Third record will hopefully be their masterpiece, having said that. This is something I find bizarre, given your quotation about ambition :P

Totally forgot that Congratulations happened. :D

It's pretty much what most people are doing, I don't think anyone has fifty albums that mean that much to them. Revolver's a quality album, yeah.

As you said you hadn't listned to many albums, based on your musical tastes I would recommend these ten albums to you: Funeral, Arcade Fire Stone Roses, Stone Roses The Man Who, Travis Urban Hymns, The Verve West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum, Kasabian Everything Must Go, Manic Street Preachers Different Class, Pulp Elbow, The Seldom Seen Kid Voices of Animals and Men, The Young Knives Silent Alarm, Bloc Party

Yeah, I only heard about them because a mate told me, then I told mates etc... but when I've spoken to American people on here, they tend to know them. I've never met a British person who knew them :( Weird. I totally get this. This is why I've included Kid A in my top four; the songs aren't the best collection of ten songs ever, but it's the greatest record ever, for what it is. Otherwise the greatest album ever would be The Beatles' greatest hits. I thought the same about Coexist, but the more I listen to it, the more I realise it's more club to xx's indie. The beats bounce, the riffs bend and the whole thing sounds like the ghost of a dance scene, whereas the debut, I felt, owed much more to 00s, indiefied songwriters. One of my mates declared "the songwriting's not as good". Which confused me, but now it makes more sense. Only cause your name's Coldplay. Didn't realise you were Dee to start with :P

I sort of agree with this, but then I'd like to think that I'd always be a Bowie fan, and a Radiohead fan, and a Blur fan.

See last time I was on here, she was just Dee, so I'm not sure what's gone in the time from which I left to now.

Ahh you have so many good ones I missed out :( Jeff Buckley, Stone Roses, Pulp, St Etienne, Bjork, Coxon... Is Since I Left You revered in America or something? Over here, no one knows who the hell The Avalanches are. Literally no one. Can't work out if your lack of Coldplay is ironic, funny or both.

Took me 45 minutes, and even now, I look through and go "there's no way Born to Die is a better album than ____" There is an option for 100 albums though.

Basically there's thing going around Facebook where you can create a collage of your favourite fifty records, and post the photo up. Thought I'd share it here, if anyone's interested. The website, and my top fifty, are below. http://top50.topsters.de/

I don't come on here anymore, but I was having a look at everyone's poetry (which is great by the way), and I saw this quotation, which I'd like to respectfully disagree with. As someone who studies Creative Writing at university (with English), I used to believe this, but it's simply not true. I've had to work through a deadline a week, every week, for two and a half years, and "writer's block" simply does not wash with my tutors, who are all published novelists, poets and writers. I've had to write a publishable collection of poems based on life inside abstract paintings. And believe me, there is nothing I'd have liked more than to have handed in the front page of your notebook :P I believe the only way to get over a mental block is to work through it. Keep a journal. Force yourself to write poetry in strict forms. Keep reading, and being inspired. One thing that helps me actually is going through Tumblr, weirdly. Gives me inspiration. Maybe that makes me a hipster(?) Of course, this is just my experience. If there is a second rule of art, it's that everything is different for everybody.

Not a lot really gets to me, to be honest. It's my depression. Loneliness. I guess that's why I come on here. To talk to people. Pointlessly argue with other human beings, feel wanted or of some kind of hierarchy. I don't really care what people think of me, because whatever it is, it's probably not lower than what I think of myself. But I do believe that people deserve to be treated and spoken to with respect, no matter who they are, or how they've spoken to you. Respect is something worth fighting for, I was always taught. I didn't think I'd ever have to explain to a group of strangers about my 'state', but I'm not ashamed; there are plenty of people like me, and more who have it worse than me. I will however be leaving this conversation now, if that's alright.

Okay.

I was having the "is the world gonna end?" conversation earlier with my mate. We decided that if the world does end, we really don't mind. Because we won't be here to mind.

Ah yes, you know me too well. Well there we are, you 'win', I'm offended, and everyone's happy. Apart from me; I'm offended, remember.

And like I said, you have not offended me. I am not annoyed, upset, depressed or angry about anything you've said, I'm just very argumentative with people who poke me for a reaction. That's just the person I am, I'm afraid. I appreciate your thorough concern though. If you do offend me I will let you know. You can be the first to know, if you like.