Album of the Century....so far (2000-2005), Random musical discussion

[Izzy]

Metallica "St. Anger"

Oh well done!

[Jonathan]

Just stop, I like that album a lot.

I already know that you don't like it, so stop.

[Hammy]

Fuck Influential, Judging by what you see people are influenced by shit, hence the fact they write and release shit!

Best album (of the half decade...) Monster Magnet - Monolithic Baby! Stick that in your pipe and smoke it

Considering I'd argue that there has been less than 20 albums released in the last 5 years worth buying you can't exactly expect the more "era defining" albums to be that great, can you? If the people who were influencing music were that great then we'd be flooded with good music like in the 60s and 70s.

Truth is 2000-2005 has been ruined by manufactured bands, rap and really crappy pop. The more commercial music now is all about a quick hit single rather than quality albums or careers. There are good bands who haven't "sold out" but by not being a commercial band to a certain extent you limit the amount of people who you can influence, obviously.

Your choice of album is fair enough (I happen to quite like it - I think it might even be on my iPod) but it's completely unrelated to the question asked in the first post of the thread and therefore irrelevant. How did "Monolthic Baby!" define the last 5 years??

True dude.  In actual fact i should of probably said nothing, but i felt like saying something, especially since i saw the name St. Anger and rather than sicken myself by mentioning an album that defined the century, i thought i'd name a good one instead.  I mean so far in general when you look at 'Era defining stuff, you think, shitty music, boring, depressing, because that sums up the commercial scene (the one followed by the majority you see?) and well the world in general, with all this War bollocks etc. (i would expand but politics are banned....).  Anywayz put simply you look to the successful yet shit, the band that springs to mind is that wonderfully awful music to slit your wrists to act Coldplay, as i've noticed you've mentioned, a wise, albeit shit choice, but like you said it's about what defines the era, and a good album can't define a shit era can it?

Back on the unrelated side of things, i'm glad you like Monster Magnet

[Izzy]

Just stop, I like that album a lot.

I already know that you don't like it, so stop.

Nah, i don't fee like it

St Anger an album of the century - with stuff like that u should be doing stand up

[Jonathan]

It's one of my favourite albums over these five years, but I never said it was "the album of the century".

I first thought it was a "your favourite albums over 2000-2005" because other people wrote their favourite albums over 00-05 so I did the same thing, so I never said St. Anger was the album of the century.

There's your answer.

Now, go back to topic.

[makane]

Stone Temple Pilots "Shangri-la-dee Da"
Neil Young "Greendale"
Velvet Revolver "Contraband"

 

[Aava]

So what will define this era?

Backyard Babies - Stockholm Syndrome (2004)/ Making Enemies Is Good (2001)
Green Day - American Idiot (2004)
Monster Magnet - Molithic Baby (2004)
The Libertines - Up The Bracket (2002)
Foo Fighters - In Your Honor (2005)
Velvet Revolver - Contraband (2004)
Turbonegro -  Scandinavian Leather (2003)

[Doc Emmett Brown]

It's not exactly a top 10 album in my book, but Elephant by the White Stripes deserves recognition.  Even though I prefer Get Behind Me Satan on musical grounds, I gotta hand it to Elephant for rekindling the fire.

But...if you asked a random person on the street, they'd probably pick one of Eminem's records as Album of the Century...

[D]

Fuck if we are playing like this, then Ill say NONE OF THE ABOVE


No album this century has done anything or will be remembered in 20 years.


wake up, music sucks balls today.

[Nytunz]

 TOOL - LATERALUS




                               A PERFECT CIRCLE - MER DE NOMS


A PERFECT CIRCLE - 13TH STEP


        OPETH - GHOST REVERIES

 
                                                                  IN FLAMES - COME CLARETY                                           

[Kujo]

I'm not going to go as far as "defining a generation" but these are the best of the decade so far, in my opinion

Death Cab For Cutie - The Photo Album
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Death Cab For Cutie - Plans
Chris Robinson - The Magnificent Distance
Gorillaz - Demon Days
Death Cab For Cutie - Transatlantacism
Anthrax- We've Come For You All
Bruce Springsteen - The Rising
Ben Harper - Diamonds On The Inside
Cold - 13 Ways To Bleed On Stage

[Aava]

wake up, music sucks balls today.

Really? I love todays music.

[grendood]

Fuck if we are playing like this, then Ill say NONE OF THE ABOVE


No album this century has done anything or will be remembered in 20 years.


wake up, music sucks balls today.

you mean no album has done anything for YOU this century because you are a clode minded music fan that listens to bon jovi 24/7.

bon jovi are shit.

[kaasupoltin]

Actually I dont listen to todays music that much.. Where's the attitude of these "greatests bands of the century"? The music is lame or just simply sucks. I really hope/think that Chinese Democracy will be the album of the century 

But this is just my opinion.

[Aava]

Where's the attitude of these "greatests bands of the century"?

Wha?? You mean, for exsample Turbonegro, doesn?t have the attitude??

And lame? Obviously you haven?t listen too much of the bands today.

[Hammy]

Where's the attitude of these "greatests bands of the century"?

Wha?? You mean, for exsample Turbonegro, doesn?t have the attitude??

And lame? Obviously you haven?t listen too much of the bands today.

There are plenty of good bands these days the problem is they get fuck all recognition, which isn't always a bad thing, means they play smaller venue's for a start which is great....

......also means though that when people look back (apart from the few with taste...) people will remember the crap artists about and see them as the century defining bands.....

[kaasupoltin]

Where's the attitude of these "greatests bands of the century"?

Wha?? You mean, for exsample Turbonegro, doesn?t have the attitude??

And lame? Obviously you haven?t listen too much of the bands today.

I also said 'The music is lame or just simply sucks', and I think that Turbonegro simply sucks 

[Izzy]

Fuck if we are playing like this, then Ill say NONE OF THE ABOVE


No album this century has done anything or will be remembered in 20 years.


wake up, music sucks balls today.

Indeed, indeed

If i paused to play Devil's Advocate for a min - i'd say Linkin Park - Hybrid theory. I'm not saying what I think of the album - but lets face it, its the biggest selling metal album of 00-05 and really made (or broke) nu-metal, depending on ur perspective, that album was nu-metal's peak or the album that destroyed it due to the backlash against it

Its been very influential on the musical landscape

[Hammy]

Its been very influential on the musical landscape

You mean in 10 years we're gonna have new bands hailing them as the rock legends who influenced them

[grendood]

Fuck if we are playing like this, then Ill say NONE OF THE ABOVE


No album this century has done anything or will be remembered in 20 years.


wake up, music sucks balls today.

Indeed, indeed

If i paused to play Devil's Advocate for a min - i'd say Linkin Park - Hybrid theory. I'm not saying what I think of the album - but lets face it, its the biggest selling metal album of 00-05 and really made (or broke) nu-metal, depending on ur perspective, that album was nu-metal's peak or the album that destroyed it due to the backlash against it

Its been very influential on the musical landscape

it is indeed a huge album, but its hardly been influential, and thank god for that.