zom-zom wrote:You made me feel bad, that I suck.

Awwwww. You don't suck. You're just old.

I'm 49 years young!

Zom-Zom you're older than rock and roll.

good point...beh i guess we loose him and that's all
when an artist turns into a shit like this...beh there is nothing to do...
it's sad...but hell it's the life

Talent is a weird thing. It isn't really ever the artist him/herself that counts, it's the inspiration behind it - and it comes and goes. I wrote somewhere else on the board that there are no geniuses (except maybe for, like, Leonardo Da Vinci), only genius works, and I really believe that. If you have a good run of inspiration, maybe you'll have a lot of genius works -- you'd be really lucky.
It's always been odd, to me, that people can set them up as "entertainers" as an occupation. If you're a craftsman, or play an instrument, or whatever, then it makes sense, but to hold people up to the expectation that they consistently put out good work isn't fair. The best albums come out when the artist is inspired

zom-zom wrote:

El Protoolio wrote:

zom-zom wrote:Aging should never be an excuse for sucking.

Then what is your excuse?










Zing!!!

So, where's the "zing"? Have you heard any of the music I'm playing these days?

If so and you think it sucks, okay then.

are you talking about kontrol panel? yikes.

just sayin'.

zom-zom wrote:You made me feel bad, that I suck.

Take heart that you're not Stephen Malkmus, googling his own name.

losthighway wrote:Maybe I'm alone on this, but I got REal Emotional Trash and its gotta be my favorite record to come out recently. It is really fucking good. I have never cared for any of his post-Pavement stuff but you should hear the whole record if you haven't tried it. Awesome.

You're not alone. After being pretty disappointed in post-Pavement Malkmus, this album is pretty darn good. I think the song "Out of Reaches" is a incredible POP song. Great chorus hook.

Eh, I liked Face The Truth when it came out and also sorta like the new one. But you're right, the style is a bit different than Pavement. No classics, just a bunch of kinda catchy songs.

Who isn't surprised that any of his solo releases are getting the thumbs down from those who never "got" Pavement in the first place? His ability to write good songs is intact, this many years into his career. As far as lyrics go, he can sing it in Farsi for all I listen to lyrics. I think it's a great album from start to finish.