Wall of Mouths

dano wrote:

How can you say you don’t like it if you never listened to it?!;)

Well, obviously I listened to it a few times when I bought it…

Well, everybody is different, and thank god for that, I say.

Personally, I can’t stand Babyteeth, and even gave my copy away to a friend because I never listened to it. I’ve heard all of T?’s albums, and I really like most of them, however, as I said in my “hello” thread, Troublegum is, for me, Therapy?’s greatest work, and my all time favourite album.

Every single song makes me think “This is the best one”, then the next song starts… “no, this is the best one”. I just absolutely love every single song. I can’t think of another album where I don’t think some songs are just “ok”, or even rubbish. I absolutely love every single song on Troublegum.

nice guys wrote:

You’ll love both - High Anxiety and the gig!

Well… having just heard High Anxiety for the first time, I can say that I definately love it. It fucking rocks like a bastard. I love the heavy sound to the guitars, I love the songs, I love the style… I love it to bits. Its T?’s second greatest album, as far as I’m concerned, and believe me its going in my car CD changer for a loooooong time !

I’m also glad its a proper redbook CD; it seems they have a record label who havent (yet) decided to employ an idea which *ONLY* adversely affects the legitimate purchasors of their product.

I can’t wait to go to the gig and hear these songs live now…

Yeah… I broke mine at particularily rowdy gig ;-)

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Handy if yours has worn out ;-)

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Citizen Erased wrote:

Oasis - downill, and with gathering speed…

Well, I think they started off shit and stayed there ;-)

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Offspring - hmm, can see your point, but their old stuff blends pretty well with the new stuff, and I don’t think there’s huge amounts to choose between them.

Huh? Compare Smash to Americana; the former totally outclasses the latter… they’re in different leagues!

Heh.. I used to live in Bristol, then moved to Bath. However, I usually hang out in Bristol on the weekends… usually in the Eclipse.

Well… obviously theres no rule that can be applied to ALL bands… I mean Bad Religion formed in the early 80s, and went on and on and on, and I love their stuff (although, if i’m honest, they probably only have about 3 different songs, they’re just good ones ;-) ).

I’ve just thought of another “Worse with every album” band, actually. The Deftones. Adrenaline and Around the Fur are classics, just brilliant. But to me, “The White Pony” might as well be white noise and feedback… most of the time you actually have to listen very carefully to make out any sort of coherent riff, and that since then its been more of the same, but slowed down :-)

Damn… too late to edit it now.. obviously I mean “unfulfilling”, not “unforfilling”. ;-)

Oh, and “everything SINCE is bordering on the irritating”.

Title: Bands that get gradually worse

I’ve noticed a trend with a few bands in that they seem to get worse and worse with every album. Thankfully while Therapy? have made some albums i’m not too keen on (Babyteeth, Semi-Detached), they’ve intermingled them with absolutely brilliant ones (pretty much all the rest). However, some other bands…

Foo Fighters - Great debut album, imho. I really love this album, definately in my top 10. Nice mix of melody and edgy metally riffs. “The colour and the shape” was a nice followup, slightly more pop than the first one, but still a nice album. Then… Huh? Whats this? “There is nothing left to lose” was rubbish, imho. I don’t know what happened. One by one is OK, but just… no. Great band to see live, though.

[The] Offspring - Ignition was a good album, followed by the fantastic Smash. Then it all went a bit pear shaped, and kept going. “Ixnay on the hombre” only had one memorable song (Gone away). Maybe I’m too hard on this album simply because of the expectation after Smash (how do you follow that?). It was an OK album. Then Americana.. oh dear… great last track, but it didn’t save the album in my eyes. I guess they made too much money and became just a bit too happy ;-). However, things may just be getting back on track for them.. Conspiracy of One was a definate improvement…

Machine Head - Burn my eyes is just brilliant. Can’t praise it enough. “The more things change” is a great follow up. “The burning red” is also very good, but starting to get a bit… nu-metal rap inspired. I’m not sure it suits them that well, but the album is still ok. “Supercharger” just doesn’t cut it… when you compare it to the albums before it is definately a lot weaker. Still a damn good band to see live, though.

Green Day - Dookie is great. Whack it on at full blast, and i’m smiling from ear to ear and bouncing around. Then … well… slippery slope. Insomnia wasn’t great; not much to say about it. They do at least have quite an original sound, and they’re not afraid to experiment, but I just found “Nimrod” ultimately unforfilling, and everythings bordering on the irritating, i’m afraid.

Blur - I really like Blurs old albums, when i’m in the mood. Pretty much everything from “Leisure”, through “Modern life is rubbish” (my favourite), “Parklife” is all good in my book, but then “blur” was just absolute piss, imho, apart from the fantastic “Song 2”. It was a dramatic change of style for the band, and I think it just didn’t work. I kind of lost interest there, but every blur song i’ve heard since then has just been rubbish. It also doesn’t help that the members of the band come across as complete arseholes in the interviews i’ve seen ;-).

It doesn’t bother me; MSN’s websites really suck anyway (especially if, like me, you use an extreme niche operating system with poor browser support ;-) ), but anyway… I usually use IRC if I want to chat with a bunch of people online. I do use MSN messenger to keep in touch with a few friends, though.

Yeah.. and for those of us with no musical talent, they could perhaps do cover-art competition for that special edition ;-)

Title: Hello there!

Hi! I’m a big Therapy? fan, so I figured I should *finally* check out their website…

I got into Therapy? at college in around 1995 or so. Some guys on the same course were listening to Troublegum and Infernal Love, and it blew me away.

Also, the best gig I ever went to was Therapy? at the Fiddlers in bristol a few years back. There was one of my favourite bands playing a fairly small pub, and they were right up close. They got my friend Martin up to sing “Nowhere”, which was really funny. That was an absolutely awesome night.

My favourite Therapy? album (and my all-time favourite album from anyone) is Troublegum. Its the only album I can think of where I absolutely love *every single track*. Its also the album that holds the record for the most amount of time spent in my car CD changer. You know how if you have a car CD changer, you get sick of the selection after a while… well, i’d change the CDs, but Troublegum would just keep staying in there time after time… I love it. After that its probably Infernal Love and Suicide Pact… although… I only just bought the new one (i got a delivery confirmation today), and I CAN’T WAIT to listen to it.

I’m also going to see them in November at the Fez in Reading, which i’m excited about… I havent seen T? since that fiddlers gig, and I need my fix…