Your most controversial music opinions

[CaledonianGonzo]

Fucking yikes

[Hugh Jass]

8 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Fucking yikes

Looking at his Twitter bio I had no idea who he was so had to Google him...

It seems he’s happy to promote works like this, but doesn’t want people to know he’s in Mumford & Sons.

[fatyeti24]

Not Country Winston?

NOOOO!

[guypjfreak]

Eddie Vedder is God old sons 

 

 

Ducks 

[CaledonianGonzo]

The God of Ducks?

[CaledonianGonzo]

Stale Breddie Vedder

[reflekting]

I think artists should be able to tweak and update albums like Kanye with The Life of Pablo. It would be great if fans/reviewers provided some feedback and artists took it on board, rather than leaving the 3/5 review to sit there looking all mediocre and average. Games get patched, books get updates, why do albums never get anything except a remaster or a few bonus songs?

Who wouldn't want a Pablo Honey V2 with all reworked songs?

I hope Taylor sets a trend with remaking her albums for other acts to try something similar. 

[Homer]

11 hours ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Fucking yikes

Not listened yet, but the latest one of these is about that:
 

 

[CaledonianGonzo]

It's about Banjo Bob being - at minimum - fash curious?

[Hugh Jass]

43 minutes ago, reflekting said:

I think artists should be able to tweak and update albums like Kanye with The Life of Pablo. It would be great if fans/reviewers provided some feedback and artists took it on board, rather than leaving the 3/5 review to sit there looking all mediocre and average. Games get patched, books get updates, why do albums never get anything except a remaster or a few bonus songs?

Who wouldn't want a Pablo Honey V2 with all reworked songs?

I hope Taylor sets a trend with remaking her albums for other acts to try something similar. 

I’d rather artists look forwards rather than backwards.

[CaledonianGonzo]

I've no issue with it in theory, but endless tinkering and tweaking can indicate a lack of confidence in the material - TLOP being a case in point.

[Hugh Jass]

Just now, CaledonianGonzo said:

I've no issue with it in theory, but endless tinkering and tweaking can indicate a lack of confidence in the material - TLOP being a case in point.

I wouldn’t want to see the flaws and missteps retconned out of artists’ work. It’s all part of the process IMO.

Pablo Honey was cited as an example, it’s by no means a perfect, or even good, album but it was the first step en route to something bigger and better. It would be a shame to lose that.

[Hugh Jass]

Just to add further to this. An album is meant to be an expression of an artist’s vision. It’s released (or at least should be) exactly as they wish it to be heard. If they start going back and making changes based on audience reaction then it becomes a betrayal of that vision and starts to become something made by committee rather than the artist themselves.

The comparison with games doesn’t hold either. Games are hugely complex and interactive works these days. There are bugs and flaws in games that may not be picked up until they are out in the wild and patching allows to fix bugs and improve the user experience. If anything I’d argue that patching culture has actually damaged the industry as developers rush out buggy and unfinished games knowing that they can fix them on the fly (Cyberpunk, Anthemn, Avengers all recent examples).

An album is released as a finished product, if people don’t like the content then tough.

[CaledonianGonzo]

I'm not sure its something to be too purist about.  The Stones recorded Time Is On My Side a couple of times and it's the latter version that's the keeper. 

[Homer]

Pablo Honey is the only Radiohead album I own (got it on vinyl somewhere).

[zero000]

17 hours ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Fucking yikes

What a bunch of knobheads. First Jordan Peterson and now this tosser. Looking increasingly like they’re  a bunch of privileged right wing bellends. 

Edited March 7, 2021 by zero000

[henry bear]

He's got previous for it. When you see Emily's Retweet from today, and then the banjo-botherer's, from yesterday, you wonder why on earth the former invited the latter to play the 2020 festival

[CaledonianGonzo]

It's a definite step up from being photographed with the incel's favourite philosopher - dunno about the Eavii but it would make me think twice about booking them.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Begun, the Mumford & Sons culture wars have.

[Hugh Jass]

#cancelbanjos

[rivalschools.price]

1 hour ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Begun, the Mumford & Sons culture wars have.

I’m not going to let his personal views change the amount of times that I listen to Mumford and Sons.

[CaledonianGonzo]

11 minutes ago, rivalschools.price said:

I’m not going to let his personal views change the amount of times that I listen to Mumford and Sons.

Wokesters and their cancel culture smdh

[Homer]

I'd just like to declare that when Mumfords headlined, I was in the Glade (actually, it was the Spirit of 71 stage) watching Eat Static Vs System 7 with about 14 other people (runs off the check Steve Hillage isn't a Scientologist).

Edited March 7, 2021 by Homer

[Homer]

The Spirit of 71 stage was better than The Glade.

[grumpyhack]

The best acts I've seen at Glastonbury have both been non-music.  Feeding the Fish (an astonishing dance and light show) and a novelty juggler Bill Ferguson.