NHL Mega-Mock Draft Reboot - Discussion / Draft Thread - PHASE FOURTEEN! Part One!

[DancingPanther]

I have a friend who would die for Radiohead. I always find them a band I wish I liked more than I did but I can't. But I still like them. Now, Kid A/Amnesiac (the same session) are two of my favorite albums -- they just do it for me. I love a lot of OK Computer. The rest is a la carte. In Rainbows is definitely the nearest up there.

The problem I have with Radiohead is that at their worst, they're boring. A lot of the songs meld and don't really have enough movement. Thom Yorke becomes a parody of Thom Yorke, singing purposefully mumbled gibberish like he's a senile old woman. Jonny Greenwood is brilliant though, don't get me wrong.



I actually liked half of A Moon Shaped Pool. The first 3 songs at least are fantastic. This music video is also directed by PTA:



@JojoTheWhale would watch this video for all 6 minutes and 27 seconds waiting for Thom Yorke to walk through a trap door into hell. He doesn't, so don't watch.

While I have you, this is probably my favorite song off In Rainbows. I love the build. I can play this on guitar, and it's one of my favorites when I strum the chords instead of the gentle fingerpicking.

Music is so important to me that it would make me miserable to hate a lot of stuff. Take modern top 40 music. I don't like Taylor Swift, but it's easier to be like "hey, nice vocal run Taylor, that was pleasant" instead of seething while it plays. Radiohead? They can be weird, spacey, and over the top "experimental" sounding, but I can't hate it. I could try to count out the meter for example and be like huh, this is interesting, sounds like it's in 7/4 or something. I can't escape present day life's burning earth around me or the needless death and suffering at my job using hockey anymore, so it's basically only music. Won't let the negativity seep in.

 

[BiggE]

When there was no dream of mine you dreamed of me

We are very similar in our feelings on music Jojo. There is most always something to appreciate, but that doesn't mean I will listen to it again

I looked pretty hard, but I can't one f***ing thing to appreciate about Yoko Ono.

But yeah, there are bands and performers that I don't care for that I can still find at least a couple of tunes that I dig.

 

[Magua]

Music is so important to me that it would make me miserable to hate a lot of stuff. Take modern top 40 music. I don't like Taylor Swift, but it's easier to be like "hey, nice vocal run Taylor, that was pleasant" instead of seething while it plays. Radiohead? They can be weird, spacey, and over the top "experimental" sounding, but I can't hate it. I could try to count out the meter for example and be like huh, this is interesting, sounds like it's in 7/4 or something. I can't escape present day life's burning earth around me or the needless death and suffering at my job using hockey anymore, so it's basically only music. Won't let the negativity seep in.

I don't know if you misunderstood me, but I'm very very far away from hating Radiohead.

 

[BiggE]

Music is so important to me that it would make me miserable to hate a lot of stuff. Take modern top 40 music. I don't like Taylor Swift, but it's easier to be like "hey, nice vocal run Taylor, that was pleasant" instead of seething while it plays. Radiohead? They can be weird, spacey, and over the top "experimental" sounding, but I can't hate it. I could try to count out the meter for example and be like huh, this is interesting, sounds like it's in 7/4 or something. I can't escape present day life's burning earth around me or the needless death and suffering at my job using hockey anymore, so it's basically only music. Won't let the negativity seep in.

It's like people who tell me that they won't listen to Rush because they don't like Geddy Lee's voice. I mean do they even listen to the songs? I told one that he should check out La Villa Strangiata and/or YYZ and he said, much to my disgust, his vocals probably suck on those songs too.

The above is why I generally hate people and prefer the company of dogs (cept Kevin Hayes)

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

@DancingPanther I'm not a huge Dead fan, but I will absolutely die on the hill of "Attics of My Life" being a flawless piece of music.

I try pretty hard to be able to appreciate every genre, even if my conclusion is that something is well done, but ultimately not for me.

Bruh, no pick tipping.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

Ok, I've got Videotape, Daydreaming, and Reckoner loaded up on Tidal for the ride home. I'm always willing to give it another shot. Anything else in particular you love from Amnesiac forward @DancingPanther @Magua ?

 

[Beef Invictus]

I'm also in the "shouldn't I like Radiohead more?" camp.

Kid A is something I like a lot. Less so now, but it was perfect for when it came out.

 

[DancingPanther]

I don't know if you misunderstood me, but I'm very very far away from hating Radiohead.

Me too, I was just trying to make a point. I'm very much in the I should like them more group.

 

[Lord Defect]

For these spite picks, the primary qualification I have is whether or not said artist has ever assaulted my ears. They don't need to be terrible people necessarily, though that can't hurt, but they may well be just generic douchebags, or even perfectly nice people who have made bad music. The only torture I wish to inflict upon them is to force them to listen to their own music during our trip, namely their very worst song on an unending loop 24/7 played at high volume until their untimely departure from the [Ranch] into the cold reaches of deep space.

So, to kick these off for the NJFZ:

Dave Matthews, what would you say if I told you the only thing going to be crashing into you is an asteroid?

@Hurricane28

God I f***ing cannot stand him. Great pick.

 

[DancingPanther]

Ok, I've got Videotape, Daydreaming, and Reckoner loaded up on Tidal for the ride home. I'm always willing to give it another shot. Anything else in particular you love from Amnesiac forward @DancingPanther @Magua ?

I too will listen to reckoner on the way to work @Magua

 

[Magua]

Ok, I've got Videotape, Daydreaming, and Reckoner loaded up on Tidal for the ride home. I'm always willing to give it another shot. Anything else in particular you love from Amnesiac forward @DancingPanther @Magua ?

"There There"
"Pyramid Song"
"House of Cards"
"Jigsaw Falling Into Place"
"Life in a Glasshouse" (very jazzy)
"I Might Be Wrong"
"You and Whose Army?"
"Burn the Witch"
"Faust Arp"

 

[Lord Defect]

Or is it the fact that people just want 5 minute songs because the typical attention span can't handle anything past American Pie or Hey Jude? You can thank radio culture for that

Or people don’t want 4 minutes of looping music that easily could have been cut out without a single unique note being removed from the song.
But probably attention

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Who is up?

 

[DancingPanther]

"There There"
"Pyramid Song"
"House of Cards"
"Jigsaw Falling Into Place"
"Life in a Glasshouse" (very jazzy)
"I Might Be Wrong"
"You and Whose Army?"
"Burn the Witch"
"Faust Arp"

@JojoTheWhale

Recommending this version of videotape

 

[Hurricane28]

6-7 years ago, Taylor Swift would've been at the top of my board for spite list, but I've come around to like her music. 1989 and Red are probably two of my favorite albums. I went to the Linc with my cousin for one of her concerts and it was great. I'm not a huge fan of her new music but the genre of evermore and folklore also aren't my cup of tea.

 

[Striiker]

These music threads

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

There’s entirely too much pick tipping going on.

 

[Rebels57]

Ok, I've got Videotape, Daydreaming, and Reckoner loaded up on Tidal for the ride home. I'm always willing to give it another shot. Anything else in particular you love from Amnesiac forward @DancingPanther @Magua ?

The 1-2 punch of 15 Step into Bodysnatchers to kick off In Rainbows is fantastic. Reckoner is the best track on the album but those two are the next best in my opinion.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

@JojoTheWhale

Recommending this version of videotape

Thank you three kindly.

I fired this one up now since this version isn't on Tidal. I am now wondering whether or not what I don't like about his voice is on the production end. This happens to me reasonably often where the studio tracks are not up my wheelhouse. They're too perfect. Flaws are interesting.

 

[ajgoal]

Who is up?

@Hurricane28 i think?

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

I don't want to offend anyone but you are doing Radiohead COMPLETELY WRONG. I say this in the full knowledge that the entire planet is on your side and not mine, so I am probably "wrong" insomuch as it is possible to be "wrong" in music (jam bands are definitely wrong), but listen to "The Bends." That is peak Radiohead. And also this (start at 1:10):



Having said that, my Spite Supergroup name is: Sandakanto

Imagine the English word "thunder" with an "s" sound replacing the "th" and an "uh" sound replacing "er," and then the word "c***" with an extra "oh" sound at the end.

AKA "Thunderc***" in Japanese.

 

[Hurricane28]

@Hurricane28 i think?

No I took Ed Sheeran. @GKJ is up

 

[mja]

@Hurricane28 i think?

@GKJ actually

 

[ajgoal]

@GKJ actually

No I took Ed Sheeran. @GKJ is up

Yeah. I saw the Sheeran pick and then immediately decided to forget he existed.

 

[Magua]

Thank you three kindly.

I fired this one up now since this version isn't on Tidal. I am now wondering whether or not what I don't like about his voice is on the production end.

He hates the "pretty" sound of his voice, and many times he does everything to mask it up, from weird voicings to production distortion. It's the reverse from being "too perfect" -- he consciously makes it sound flawed. Sometimes it works; sometimes it's caterwauling. I do find it a bit on the absurd side, especially on a few albums.