[quote=“Thrawneen”]I’d imagine that most of those are albums that people own but don’t actually listen to anymore. “Event albums” I’ve heard them being called. For example, the Shins album was very influential but only has about 5 good songs on it. Stuff like the Rapture and Crystal Castles too. The Streets. The Klaxons. They had about 1 good track. The rest was utter shite.
Nice to see At the Drive-In there but I would also argue that album tails off and has no place as the 11th best album of the decade.[/quote]
What would you have as your album(s) of the decade Thrawneen?
[quote=“Thrawneen”]I’d imagine that most of those are albums that people own but don’t actually listen to anymore. “Event albums” I’ve heard them being called. For example, the Shins album was very influential but only has about 5 good songs on it. Stuff like the Rapture and Crystal Castles too. The Streets. The Klaxons. They had about 1 good track. The rest was utter shite.
Nice to see At the Drive-In there but I would also argue that album tails off and has no place as the 11th best album of the decade.[/quote]
The Streets, especially the first album, was absolutely class. Listened to it again recently and nearly every song on it is a belter. Would have it in my top ten of all time.
Sufjan’s Michigan or Illinois
Robert Plant & Alison Kraus
Of Montreal - any of 3 of their previous 4 albums
The Ruby Suns - Sealion
Chromeo
A-Trak -Dirty South Dance
Ghostface Killah - Fishscale
Matthew Herbert - Scale
Islands - Return To The Sea
Beach House - Beach House
the Earlies - These Were The Earlies
Beirut - Gulag Orkestra
The Radio Dept.
Midlake - Trials of
Malajube
Scissor Sisters
Keren Ann- any album
Camille - Le Fil
Mazarin - We’re Already There
Love is All - Love is All
That’s just the last few years of albums that I find pretty much flawless the whole way through. I can’t think back to the early 2000s at this stage of the week.
[quote=“Thrawneen”]Sufjan’s Michigan or Illinois
Robert Plant & Alison Kraus
Of Montreal - any of 3 of their previous 4 albums
The Ruby Suns - Sealion
Chromeo
A-Trak -Dirty South Dance
Ghostface Killah - Fishscale
Matthew Herbert - Scale
Islands - Return To The Sea
Beach House - Beach House
the Earlies - These Were The Earlies
Beirut - Gulag Orkestra
The Radio Dept.
Midlake - Trials of
Malajube
Scissor Sisters
Keren Ann- any album
Camille - Le Fil
Mazarin - We’re Already There
Love is All - Love is All
That’s just the last few years of albums that I find pretty much flawless the whole way through. I can’t think back to the early 2000s at this stage of the week.[/quote]
Stacks of those I haven’t heard.
I have been meaning to listen to that Beach House album properly. May put it on the ipod this evening actually.
I wouldn’t be a huge fan of Of Montreal I must say from what I have heard but that isn’t much granted.
[quote=“farmerinthecity”]Stacks of those I haven’t heard.
I have been meaning to listen to that Beach House album properly. May put it on the ipod this evening actually.
I wouldn’t be a huge fan of Of Montreal I must say from what I have heard but that isn’t much granted.[/quote]
They’re all cracking albums, imo. Beach House are perfect for this weather actually. Though maybe not for a monday-depression day.
Of Montreal…the lad is a genius but a bit insane. They’ve incredible hooks, harmonies, choruses though I’m not really liking where they’re going, away from guitar-pop. Satanic Panic in the Attic is the best place to start if you’re interested.
They were part of the Elephant 6 thing with Neutral Milk Hotel so they’ve good credentials.
[quote=“Thrawneen”]They’re all cracking albums, imo. Beach House are perfect for this weather actually. Though maybe not for a monday-depression day.
Of Montreal…the lad is a genius but a bit insane. They’ve incredible hooks, harmonies, choruses though I’m not really liking where they’re going, away from guitar-pop. Satanic Panic in the Attic is the best place to start if you’re interested.
They were part of the Elephant 6 thing with Neutral Milk Hotel so they’ve good credentials.[/quote]
You into the Fiery Furnaces at all? There is another insane genius - Matthew Friederburger. I have two of their albums - Rehearsing the choir and Gallowsbird Bark (or something like that). Haven’t really listened much to the latter but the former is a smashing album worth listening to if only for the superb opener which features lyrics from Friederberger’s grandmother over an instantly cathcy hook.
I downloaded a song from Of Montreal called Lyseric Bliss or something like that - listened to the rest of that album on itunes and wasn’t blown away by it or anything.
[quote=“Thrawneen”]Sufjan’s Michigan or Illinois
Robert Plant & Alison Kraus
Of Montreal - any of 3 of their previous 4 albums
The Ruby Suns - Sealion
Chromeo
A-Trak -Dirty South Dance
Ghostface Killah - Fishscale
Matthew Herbert - Scale
Islands - Return To The Sea
Beach House - Beach House
the Earlies - These Were The Earlies Beirut - Gulag Orkestra
The Radio Dept.
Midlake - Trials of
Malajube
Scissor Sisters
Keren Ann- any album
Camille - Le Fil
Mazarin - We’re Already There
Love is All - Love is All
That’s just the last few years of albums that I find pretty much flawless the whole way through. I can’t think back to the early 2000s at this stage of the week.[/quote]
Love that album, must dig out when I get home. What did you think of the follow up Thraween?
[quote=“farmerinthecity”]You into the Fiery Furnaces at all? There is another insane genius - Matthew Friederburger. I have two of their albums - Rehearsing the choir and Gallowsbird Bark (or something like that). Haven’t really listened much to the latter but the former is a smashing album worth listening to if only for the superb opener which features lyrics from Friederberger’s grandmother over an instantly cathcy hook.
I downloaded a song from Of Montreal called Lyseric Bliss or something like that - listened to the rest of that album on itunes and wasn’t blown away by it or anything.[/quote]
Fair enough, it’s a little Beach Boysy. Maybe that put you off?
The last time I heard Fiery Furnaces was in a music shop in Melbourne. I asked to listen to it on the headphones but I though it was a little wilfully obtuse. Probably needs a few listens. I’ll keep them in mind.
Didn’t listen to it more than a couple of times. Sometimes happens and it’s weird because I listened to Gulag a huge amount. I’ll come back to it sometime. There was an EP too, Lon Gisland, which I did listen to and was excellent.
[quote=“sid waddell”]Top 10 piss ups of the decade
All day session in glorious weather, cans at the Pav followed by pints in McDaids and Bruxelles for the UEFA Cup Final, May 14th, 2008.
Primal Scream gig at the Point Depot and random house party in Glenageary, December 23rd, 2000
24 hour session for the Trinity Ball including Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and then the next day in various pubs in Dublin including the White Horse, Hapenny Inn and the Oak, May 9th/10th, 2008.
Bus back from a colleges hurling game in Jordanstown, October 29th, 2003. Buckfast and cans, put my phone into a plastic bag on exiting the minibus in Dublin city centre, threw it in the bin and didn’t realise it until two days later. Also lost my hurley in the Pale pub later on that night.
Cans on the green outside Cardiff Castle, May 24th, 2008.
Street party outside the Mestalla stadium, Valencia for the Fallas festival, March 18th, 2004.
Lift from my Da and brother from Merrion Square to Slane via Drogheda, September 1st, 2001. 6 cans of Druids Cider.
House party in rented accommodation with Tyrone and Armagh people, Newcastle, Galway, August 4th, 2002 (night before Dublin v Donegal). Rose wine was the drink consumed.
Quinns pub, Drumcondra, September 22nd, 2002. Armagh v Kerry on the big screen. Pints and pint encrusted hair.
Eiffel Tower, Paris, and metro trains before France v Ireland, November 18th, 2009. Kronenbourg cans.[/quote]
brilliant top ten suggestion well done sid:clap:
:barcasmile:barca v celtic match 2008 last16 game in barcelona in the park with a member of this forum.
Leaving cert results night 200?(not telling) stayed up all night drinking the night before got the results and drank all day got the bus to the night club and nearly missed the return bus cause I fell asleep in the car park!
holiday in Kos 2001 - first time abroad experiencing drink of such cheapness.
Rotterdam 2002 drank from 6-6am in a nightclub with 5 levels and had robots and charachters from various films walking around.
Dublin2008 celtic 3 in a row. in the local CSC with a member of this forum. the pandamonium!!!
wexford triple header 2008 - 2 members of this forum involved as well as a large wexford contingent serious session that day!! had box tickets as well!
Lock in Wexford 2006 - celebrating the opening of a nite club owned by a family member of a friend of mine. session finished at 9.30 the next day I tried to pay my friends mother (who gave us a lift home) cause I thought she was a taxi driver!
Glasgow 2003 saw a home match against livingston momo sylla grabbed the winner drank straigt for the whole weekend
Carlow 2004 - all dayer! session in mine for about 5 hrs and into 2 pubs and niteclub. got thrown out of both the pub and night club in the one night for my drunken behaviour.
Christmas weekend 2009 christmas party thursday CSC party on friday and home session on sat draank so much I drank myself into a flu
sooooo many others that could be in there, what a walk down memory lane
[quote=“McGeady1916”]brilliant top ten suggestion well done sid:clap:
:barcasmile:barca v celtic match 2008 last16 game in barcelona in the park with a member of this forum.
Leaving cert results night 200?(not telling) stayed up all night drinking the night before got the results and drank all day got the bus to the night club and nearly missed the return bus cause I fell asleep in the car park!
holiday in Kos 2001 - first time abroad experiencing drink of such cheapness.
Rotterdam 2002 drank from 6-6am in a nightclub with 5 levels and had robots and charachters from various films walking around.
Dublin2008 celtic 3 in a row. in the local CSC with a member of this forum. the pandamonium!!!
wexford triple header 2008 - 2 members of this forum involved as well as a large wexford contingent serious session that day!! had box tickets as well!
Lock in Wexford 2006 - celebrating the opening of a nite club owned by a family member of a friend of mine. session finished at 9.30 the next day I tried to pay my friends mother (who gave us a lift home) cause I thought she was a taxi driver!
Glasgow 2003 saw a home match against livingston momo sylla grabbed the winner drank straigt for the whole weekend
Carlow 2004 - all dayer! session in mine for about 5 hrs and into 2 pubs and niteclub. got thrown out of both the pub and night club in the one night for my drunken behaviour.
Christmas weekend 2009 christmas party thursday CSC party on friday and home session on sat draank so much I drank myself into a flu
sooooo many others that could be in there, what a walk down memory lane[/quote]
I remember a few of them alright.
What about the story of you in Spain or somewhere when you broke your arm and the hospital went on fire and you ended up on tv?
This was despite, earlier in the journey, Flano asking me our acquaintace’s real name. Its X flano.
Flano: X, how do you know this girl?
X: This is my mother Flano
[quote=“Pikeman”]I remember a few of them alright.
What about the story of you in Spain or somewhere when you broke your arm and the hospital went on fire and you ended up on tv?[/quote]
thats not a happy memory!! the spanish being a racist bunch of cunts who pretended to not speak english - cunts:mad:
a lot of what id up there will be going into my autobiography
[quote=“SoulDressing”]Snap.
This was despite, earlier in the journey, Flano asking me our acquaintace’s real name. Its X flano.
Flano: X, how do you know this girl?
X: This is my mother Flano
:D[/quote]
brilliant stuff, the story didnt end there I went in fell asleep at the kitchen table and my brother poured tomato sauce on my face.
good times
[quote=“McGeady1916”]brilliant top ten suggestion well done sid:clap:
:barcasmile:barca v celtic match 2008 last16 game in barcelona in the park with a member of this forum.
Leaving cert results night 200?(not telling) stayed up all night drinking the night before got the results and drank all day got the bus to the night club and nearly missed the return bus cause I fell asleep in the car park!
holiday in Kos 2001 - first time abroad experiencing drink of such cheapness.
Rotterdam 2002 drank from 6-6am in a nightclub with 5 levels and had robots and charachters from various films walking around.
Dublin2008 celtic 3 in a row. in the local CSC with a member of this forum. the pandamonium!!!
wexford triple header 2008 - 2 members of this forum involved as well as a large wexford contingent serious session that day!! had box tickets as well!
Lock in Wexford 2006 - celebrating the opening of a nite club owned by a family member of a friend of mine. session finished at 9.30 the next day I tried to pay my friends mother (who gave us a lift home) cause I thought she was a taxi driver!
Glasgow 2003 saw a home match against livingston momo sylla grabbed the winner drank straigt for the whole weekend
Carlow 2004 - all dayer! session in mine for about 5 hrs and into 2 pubs and niteclub. got thrown out of both the pub and night club in the one night for my drunken behaviour.
Christmas weekend 2009 christmas party thursday CSC party on friday and home session on sat draank so much I drank myself into a flu
sooooo many others that could be in there, what a walk down memory lane[/quote]
[quote=“Fitzy, post: 419868, member: 236”]I am absolutely disgusted at the fact that during this decade, Margaret Thatcher has had 10 years of opportunity to die, and hasn’t. I find it most annoying and insensitive of her. Thankfully this decade will see her off, though I’m hoping for it to be early, as in Jan 1st 2010.
SS, I’m sorry to hear about your cat.[/quote]
Wait no more, Fitzy.
