tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2430710325284250743.post7970901643281950839..comments2023-07-05T09:38:50.097-04:00Comments on Pratt Songs: Animal Collective: Sung Tongstaotechuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18275520227023393969noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2430710325284250743.post-68767979204276091652008-06-27T13:47:00.000-04:002008-06-27T13:47:00.000-04:00I remember that plane passing overhead. The murder...I remember that plane passing overhead. The murderers were all preoccupied, so I took the opportunity to bend down and tie my shoe. Next time I'll wave.taotechuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18275520227023393969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2430710325284250743.post-16037341642762622022008-06-27T13:21:00.000-04:002008-06-27T13:21:00.000-04:00Look, if anything in the future sounds like McDona...Look, if anything in the future sounds like McDonalds, musically or otherwise, I'm gonna pop a .40 in my polluted brain and get karma-cleansed righto-quick.<BR/><BR/>Chuck, I waved at you again -- this time from a flight. I'm quite certain I may have seen you because through process of elimination I observed from those trying not to get murdered and those doing the murdering that you are very short. Or you were just ducking.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2430710325284250743.post-9409390405269307742008-06-27T09:53:00.000-04:002008-06-27T09:53:00.000-04:00With that said, "Visiting Friends" is the one time...With that said, "Visiting Friends" is the one time that the album actually succeeds in creating something that isn't simply annoying. Makes me think that maybe they should write longer songs.taotechuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18275520227023393969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2430710325284250743.post-88712391903819086982008-06-27T09:48:00.000-04:002008-06-27T09:48:00.000-04:00Thanks for writing a guest post, Bob. I hated the ...Thanks for writing a guest post, Bob. I hated the album in the past, but your review made me take another listen.<BR/><BR/>Sadly, I still hate it.<BR/><BR/>Back when I was fresh out of music school, I'd written a song with lots of time signature changes. Someone asked me why I'd put the time changes in, and when I looked at him blankly, he laughed and said, "Dude, you just change time signatures because you <I>can</I>!" He laughed and walked out of the room.<BR/><BR/>Almost all the experimentation on this album sounds like it was done because they <I>can</I> do it, not because they <I>should</I> do it. I believe songs are like stories: if you understand the spirit of the song, the song will tell you what notes and rhythms to use. Doesn't matter if you're as crazy as Ornette Coleman or as mainstream as U2. <BR/><BR/>These guys sound like they are so concerned with what their brains are telling them that they've stopped listening to what the songs tell them.<BR/><BR/>If I want brain music, I'll listen to John Cage or Zappa rather than some wankers who feel compelled to fill every song with crappy effects and twee guitar lines.taotechuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18275520227023393969noreply@blogger.com