tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575772878813848647.post1770176529198668458..comments2023-02-17T07:51:18.242-05:00Comments on Mad Hatter Music: The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds (1966)The Mad Hatterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00722071430243058706noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575772878813848647.post-12605390863362641832009-01-13T11:27:00.000-05:002009-01-13T11:27:00.000-05:00Malcolm,I actually like "Wouldn't It Be Nice." I'...Malcolm,<BR/><BR/>I actually like "Wouldn't It Be Nice." I'm not sure why, but what was to follow was much too much or me to handle in any pleasant kind of way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575772878813848647.post-36278319331006111112009-01-11T14:18:00.000-05:002009-01-11T14:18:00.000-05:00Even if I disagree with your grade of "Pet Sounds"...Even if I disagree with your grade of "Pet Sounds", I can respect someone who isn't afraid to come out and say they don't like something that many consider great. Since you aren't particularly down with upbeat songs, you probably disliked "Pet Sounds" from the get go because you can't get much more upbeat than the album's opener (Wouldn't It Be Nice).Malcolmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065814455731328574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575772878813848647.post-83360704178434925182008-05-08T19:19:00.000-04:002008-05-08T19:19:00.000-04:00OMFG. I'm about to wet myself in laughter.Chuck,H...OMFG. I'm about to wet myself in laughter.<BR/><BR/>Chuck,<BR/><BR/>Hilarious. And the confusion on the ruin is purposeful.<BR/><BR/>Master Cianan,<BR/><BR/>Hilarious. But you're still misguided about <I>Pet Sounds</I>.<BR/><BR/>Just as I'm misguided when I say that, I shit you not, I started on my review of <I>Appetite</I> before yesterday, and I love it! There's a story behind it, and I will show and tell, hehe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575772878813848647.post-77268219010124806592008-05-08T02:56:00.000-04:002008-05-08T02:56:00.000-04:00oo, to clarify, when Burt, Tom, and Alex shaved, e...oo, to clarify, when Burt, Tom, and Alex shaved, everyone was bummed.<BR/><BR/>because a good mustache is awesome. A bad, pube-looking mustache, though... well, That looks how GnR sounds.Master Ciananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09116684931603193909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575772878813848647.post-76707161287794400042008-05-08T02:44:00.000-04:002008-05-08T02:44:00.000-04:00chuck, a C? I agree with you about the record crit...chuck, <BR/><BR/>a C? I agree with you about the record critics, but I'd call it a good solid B. Appetite, though... yeah, let's rag on it. That was the one album that people had during the 90s and listened to in secret while they put on a public face of hating buttrock. When anyone else discovered it in their CD collections, it was explained away as being "ironic", like mustaches are today. Well, Mustaches are as cool as they ever were, as Burt Reynolds, Tom Selleck, and even Alex Trebek proved when they eventually shaved them off. And while appetite has a handful of good points, I don't like GnR for the same reason I don't like Tool: Weak fucking riffs. Yeah, Axl sucks, as does his singing, but the greater crime is guitar rock with riffs that sound like flaccid penises thrust into your ears. Good solos, but every time I hear "mr. brownstone" I want to die rather than hear that lame, lame riff.<BR/><BR/>for the record, I spent much of the 90s celebrating buttrock, because that shit was FUN. But I have never owned a single GnR record. I preferred to torture others with the first side of "slippery when wet". One of my many guilty pleasures.Master Ciananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09116684931603193909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575772878813848647.post-13430415499469232302008-05-07T22:01:00.000-04:002008-05-07T22:01:00.000-04:00Now that I've prayed, let me begin.1) "middling mo...Now that I've prayed, let me begin.<BR/><BR/>1) "middling morass of musical muck" is the best description of <I>Pet Sounds</I> I've ever heard.<BR/><BR/>2) Did we make a ruin of civilization, or of the wheel? Your sentence structure was kind of confusing.<BR/><BR/>3) Everybody knows that Boston, MA in the early 1970s was the greatest culture, not Mesopotamia. I mean, did Mesopotamia give us Aerosmith <I>and</I> Boston <I>and</I> the J. Geils Band? I rest my case.<BR/><BR/>4) "This got a shitty rating because this is a shitty album." C is probably more appropriate than D+, but the album deserves to get knocked down a full letter grade for all the douchebag record critics who lionize it. Bands deserve to be punished for the actions of record critics.<BR/><BR/>5) Jeff, your argument about sitars would suggest that Bollywood films are deep because they, uh, have sitar in them.<BR/><BR/>6) Hatter, I'll totally distract you with some Smiths and then steal the cookie while you're prancing around to Morrissey. (I'm assuming the milk was spilled during the kick to the face.)<BR/><BR/>7) As long as we're hating on crappy, overrated albums, can we talk about <I>Appetite for Destruction</I>?taotechuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18275520227023393969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575772878813848647.post-53840406841900155302008-05-07T21:48:00.000-04:002008-05-07T21:48:00.000-04:00Dear God,Thank you for your blessings on this day....Dear God,<BR/><BR/>Thank you for your blessings on this day. By leading me to this page, you have given me a feast of snark, hating, <I>Pet Sounds</I> hating, Beatles hating, food metaphors, and extreme violence against happiness. I don't even know where to begin, Lord. My cup runneth over. Thank you, and praise be.<BR/><BR/>Amen,<BR/>Chuck<BR/><BR/>(Since I'm not really down with the whole Christianity thing, is "Amen" the proper closing or would "Best regards" be more appropriate?)taotechuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18275520227023393969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575772878813848647.post-31163876933361579642008-05-06T19:58:00.000-04:002008-05-06T19:58:00.000-04:00Jeff,When I was a child I was administered an anti...Jeff,<BR/><BR/>When I was a child I was administered an anti-Beatle serum and so can only agree with you when it begins to wear off. Seriously, I'm just not a fan; even their later work, considering it's leagues and bounds above their earlier work, doesn't stack up to other music of that era or what would follow.<BR/><BR/>Master Cianan,<BR/><BR/>I cannot argue with you. While I prefer other junk food over the Beach Boys or Beatles, I am known for my crass indulgences as well. Ahem. Another time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575772878813848647.post-84192840379433195222008-05-06T01:31:00.000-04:002008-05-06T01:31:00.000-04:00Sometimes false sentimentality and superficiality ...Sometimes false sentimentality and superficiality mate with a good hook and whammo! You've got an awesome song in spite of itself. Sometimes our brains crave some junk food, which is why I shamelessly enjoy rambo movies and Puffy.Master Ciananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09116684931603193909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575772878813848647.post-3878763513036216802008-05-05T23:24:00.000-04:002008-05-05T23:24:00.000-04:00I think Rubber Soul is an authentic album. Musica...I think Rubber Soul is an authentic album. Musically it is a far cry from earlier albums like Please Please Me. The music is much deeper and creative, like the use of the sitar on "Norwegian Wood" and the deeper lyrics which weren't the typical cliche lyrics of "I Want to Hold Your Hand". I think the Beatles became "authentic" starting with Rubber Soul.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12351829904831853599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575772878813848647.post-43674195507154601062008-05-05T21:31:00.000-04:002008-05-05T21:31:00.000-04:00Actually, she would be short enough that I could j...Actually, she would be short enough that I could just kick her in the face. Semantics. And while it is true that I am not particularly enamored with "upbeat" songs, it's more for their superficiality or false sentimentality than for their being "upbeat." Stevie Wonder is upbeat, and I dig the shit out of him. The Beatles? It was only when they began taking heavy doses of drugs that they became authentic, and that's why I like that stuff. Oh, and I'd eat the little girl's cookie, too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575772878813848647.post-84311629284249378472008-05-05T02:44:00.000-04:002008-05-05T02:44:00.000-04:00Jeff, I tell you, this guy hates almost anything u...Jeff, I tell you, this guy hates almost anything upbeat. And to be fair, most of it is pretty crummy, but sometimes it just works. Unless you're the mad hatter, who is the only person I've met more accomplished in his misanthropy than I. He could watch a 4 year old girl dancing in the kitchen to "sir duke" with a glass of milk in one hand and a cookie in the other and walk up and kick her in the knee.Master Ciananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09116684931603193909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575772878813848647.post-18555982905225301002008-05-05T01:27:00.000-04:002008-05-05T01:27:00.000-04:00I've never seen what was so great about this album...I've never seen what was so great about this album. Maybe it's just a little to fluffy for me, but hating Rubber Soul??? Even taking it out of its historical context, it's one of the best albums ever in my opinion. Songs like "In my Life", "Michelle", "Nowhere Man" and "Run for Your Life" are unforgettably fantastic. Maybe you're just not into the cheerful music.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12351829904831853599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575772878813848647.post-45536522296113064922008-05-04T23:58:00.000-04:002008-05-04T23:58:00.000-04:00"unlikely"... but no denial."unlikely"... but no denial.Master Ciananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09116684931603193909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575772878813848647.post-25464925391769281292008-05-04T22:08:00.000-04:002008-05-04T22:08:00.000-04:00Highly unlikely. However, I do secretly harbor a ...Highly unlikely. However, I do secretly harbor a wish to eat Cheetos in a Gene Simmons get-up while playing "Icky Thump" backwards. None of which changes the inherent blech of this album.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575772878813848647.post-15989194271361495262008-05-04T20:52:00.000-04:002008-05-04T20:52:00.000-04:00Nobody's accusing you of iconoclasm. I'll accuse y...Nobody's accusing you of iconoclasm. I'll accuse you of hating on a good album, though. I agree with you on the "high points" of the album, but while those songs are indeed great, the rest of the record is still pretty good.<BR/><BR/>I bet you secretly dance around to "kokomo" and sing along when nobody's looking. In nothing but black socks. hater.Master Ciananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09116684931603193909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575772878813848647.post-44970018882706864412008-05-04T19:17:00.000-04:002008-05-04T19:17:00.000-04:00Iconoclastic? Oh, that's a dirty word, and I am i...Iconoclastic? Oh, that's a dirty word, and I am insulted. This got a shitty rating because this is a shitty album. Period. There are many more before it and many after it, but none so ambitious as this -- I'll give you that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575772878813848647.post-25829193953483934692008-05-04T19:12:00.000-04:002008-05-04T19:12:00.000-04:00Shit! I know you better than to think that you'd g...Shit! I know you better than to think that you'd give it a shitty rating just to be iconoclastic, but shit! What more can I say? Shit!Master Ciananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09116684931603193909noreply@blogger.com