Ace wrote:Just wait til I get my sontag out

I bet that's what you say to all the girls.

Ace wrote:I was mostly responding to the fact that you can find the same sort of thing Mangum does elsewhere if you do even an IOTA of research. 'Aeroplane' sounds to me like obnoxious repetition of prior acts. I admitted I'm not a fan of those acts, but I'd rather listen to them than Mangum screaming about nothing for an hour.

I'd like to hear about some of these other prior acts you're referring to in respect to them being forebearers of ITAOTS. One thing that always struck me about this album was how orginal it sounds, (at least to my ears), so please to drop some knowledge on me. I like to get to the root of all things.

It's a fucking great album. "Untitled?" Fuck all the other shit, "Untitled" is one gem of a trippy anthem. Much has been written, said, and posted about this album and my ramblings won't add anything unique to the mix. Let me just echo Antero's sentiments about it. Basically, I don't take anyone seriously who can't at least appreciate the weird spectacle, sound, and aesthetic of this album. Silver Jews, Unwound, Shellac, Mercury Rev, The Ex, all released superb albums at the time of the release of ITAOTS, and I think this album fits in quite nicely with the diversity of sounds and the eclecticism of that year.

Aside from all of that, I seriously want to get schooled on who NMH is ripping-off so that I may find the originators and give them their due.

Another generation's Spiderland.

H-GM wrote:"Untitled?" Fuck all the other shit, "Untitled" is one gem of a trippy anthem.

agreed.

I've never understood this album.
I've listened to it so many times, and I just don't understand what the big deal is...
I find it pretty boring, to put it blunt.

I'm not going to say it's awful, because it's not.
But it's certainly not good either.

Skronk wrote:It's good but not that good.

Exactly.

There's no "Crap" option?

Crap. for not having a crap option.

Crap. for this record.

iembalm wrote:I prefer this version:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=q2WoYw6EBus

The tits are all wrong on that version.

I realize this board has a lot of people who think that lyrics are nothing more than something to keep the vocalist busy. Those people probably won't like this album, and I probably won't like their albums.

Fucking hell people, listen to the words. There is nothing "innocent" or "childish" about In The Aeroplane.

Antero wrote:I realize this board has a lot of people who think that lyrics are nothing more than something to keep the vocalist busy. Those people probably won't like this album, and I probably won't like their albums.

Fucking hell people, listen to the words. There is nothing "innocent" or "childish" about In The Aeroplane.

are you basing that observation on how many times he talks about jizz?