Muse and Thom Yorke reviews by Dr. Thorpe |
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GoldenSpiral
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: May 27 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 3839 |
Topic: Muse and Thom Yorke reviews by Dr. Thorpe Posted: July 02 2006 at 23:01 |
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Dr. Thorpe, author of "Your Band Sucks" on somethingawful.com did a send-up of the new albums from Muse and Thom Yorke. As long as you keep in mind that he's not totally serious (it's impossible to hate as many bands as this guy claims to...), it's really funny. the Muse one made me cry a little with laughter.
I love this guy's column, if you're not familiar you should read some of the archived ones. they're brilliant, but you really have to keep in mind that he's just having fun. I even have to laugh at his columns where he makes fun of Tool and post-rock. http://www.somethingawful.com/index.php?a=3888 |
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chamberry
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: October 24 2005 Location: Puerto Rico Status: Offline Points: 9008 |
Posted: July 03 2006 at 00:39 | |
Wasn't this the guy that reviewed The Mars Volta's Frances the mute?
This man is so annoying that is funny. You can't get more negative than that. I asure you. |
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billbuckner
Forum Senior Member Joined: May 07 2006 Status: Offline Points: 433 |
Posted: July 03 2006 at 13:39 | |
His hate-mail sections are the best. Be sure to read the System Of A Down one.
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Ghandi 2
Forum Senior Member Joined: February 17 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 1494 |
Posted: July 03 2006 at 19:36 | |
That's brilliant.
I think he genuinely hates almsot all of the stuff he write about; where he seemed unsincere was when he did the "your genre sucks" part, simply because it wasn't very funny. It's not possible to hate that many genres, although I think it's possible to hate all the bands he writes about, since most of them do indeed suck. Especially Tool.
Are Egyptian Head a real band? Since I couldn't find them on Allmusic.com and judging from his general tone, I would guess not. Edited by Ghandi 2 - July 03 2006 at 19:39 |
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GoldenSpiral
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Posted: July 03 2006 at 19:50 | |
Probably not. They're likely something he just made up on the spot. See his article on how to fake being a music nerd. |
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Kleynan
Forum Senior Member Joined: January 28 2006 Location: Denmark Status: Offline Points: 720 |
Posted: July 05 2006 at 13:46 | |
Check this :
When does a band "sell out?" It is even a viable term? A band has “sold out” when their fans no longer get feel like part of an elite clique. This generally happens when a band attracts interest from a major label, who provides them with a higher recording budget, which results in just enough polish to make the band acceptable to a slightly wider audience; unfortunately, the better production generally reveals the band’s basic lack of musical talent, which hipsters could previously not see because it was hidden behind a blurry cloud of “lo-fi.”. What hipsters once assumed were “fractured pop songs” are revealed to simply be “bad pop songs,” and the hipsters aren’t smart enough to figure out why their favorite band suddenly seems to suck way more than before, so they blame it on “commercial production” and this mysterious and ephemeral force of “selling out.” |
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You've just had a heavy session of electroshock therapy, and you're more relaxed than you've been in weeks. |
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richardh
Prog Reviewer Joined: February 18 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 26161 |
Posted: July 06 2006 at 02:35 | |
Funniest thing I've read for ages .I love Muse but he does have a point:
The album’s second single, “Knights of Cydonia,” sounds like the theme song to a wild-west Highlander sequel set in Freddie Mercury’s butt. To call the album “bombastic” would be a gross understatement. It’s so grandiose that it makes chandeliers and Faberge eggs obsolete. It’s so flamboyant that it makes Richard Simmons look like Humphrey Bogart. It’s so ostentatious that it would make Liberace’s finest jacket blush.
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Equality 7-2521
Forum Senior Member Joined: August 11 2005 Location: Philly Status: Offline Points: 15783 |
Posted: July 06 2006 at 02:43 | |
Personally I don't find the man that funny. Not because I''m outraged but simply because I find his style of humor to be done much better by other people. His jokes are juvenille, and most of the time he relies on profanity to make laughs. Though I did get a good laugh out of the SOAD hatemail.
EDIT: I posted that before reading this particular article which is actually pretty entertaining. Edited by Equality 7-2521 - July 06 2006 at 02:50 |
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"One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. "
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el böthy
Prog Reviewer Joined: April 27 2005 Location: Argentina Status: Offline Points: 6336 |
Posted: July 06 2006 at 15:56 | |
Elaborate masturbation , genious
MUSE RULES!!! |
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"You want me to play what, Robert?"
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GoldenSpiral
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: May 27 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 3839 |
Posted: July 07 2006 at 08:25 | |
^ like i said, keep in mind that he's not totally serious. No one can listen to as much music as he does and harbor so much hatred for it.
but I also forgot to mention that some of my favorite articles on there are his "how to be a hipster" lessons. |
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billbuckner
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Posted: July 07 2006 at 12:47 | |
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GoldenSpiral
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: May 27 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 3839 |
Posted: July 07 2006 at 14:08 | |
^ Yeah, he often refers to prog rock and metal as the two most useless and socially awkward music genres ever created, and combining them yields ungodly results.
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Certif1ed
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Posted: July 07 2006 at 18:02 | |
That looks like praise to me - if I'd have thought of describing it that way, I would. Perfect description of what Muse are about - more ostentatious than Liberace's jacket, and more bombastic than... something very bombastic... er... think I'll stick to my own style - but I think that guy likes it really (how could you not!!!) |
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The important thing is not to stop questioning.
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Tiresias
Forum Senior Member Joined: July 03 2005 Status: Offline Points: 560 |
Posted: July 07 2006 at 20:47 | |
Two Thorpe articles in one week? He's been unusually productive.
I love something awful, and many of the goons are prog fans.
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Wh'ghal ng'fth mglw'y Ry'leh, Cthulhu fhtagn...
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Tiresias
Forum Senior Member Joined: July 03 2005 Status: Offline Points: 560 |
Posted: July 07 2006 at 20:49 | |
oh wait. nvm
it's from late June
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Wh'ghal ng'fth mglw'y Ry'leh, Cthulhu fhtagn...
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richardh
Prog Reviewer Joined: February 18 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 26161 |
Posted: July 10 2006 at 16:27 | |
Indeed,which is why I found it funny
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