what do you think of the new mgmt record

Waves · 04-19-2010, 04:34 PM

i think its pretty good at some points but stale and garage rockish on others

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Mercury · 04-19-2010, 04:47 PM

I was quite impressed with that song Kids. But I never got into them past their radio airplay. They seemed quite like Silversun Pickups. If I had to guess I would reckon the albums instrumentals fall flat quickly and that the lyrics may feign complexity but the delivery is less than convincing?

i'm just guessing, i haven't heard the album.

adventure · 04-19-2010, 05:25 PM

^ a pretty good guess. but I think it might turning to a good summer album

FistsForPeace · 04-19-2010, 06:51 PM

I'm not feeling it, maybe it needs more listens or to listen to it after toking. Their last album was much better.

Grieves · 04-19-2010, 11:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Mercury

I was quite impressed with that song Kids. But I never got into them past their radio airplay. They seemed quite like Silversun Pickups. If I had to guess I would reckon the albums instrumentals fall flat quickly and that the lyrics may feign complexity but the delivery is less than convincing?

i'm just guessing, i haven't heard the album.

bad guess...

they are nothing like the silversun pickups...

Please listen before you make assumptions....

I like it quite a bit, right now the songs that i like the most are "somebody's missing" and "I found a whistle"

FistsForPeace · 04-20-2010, 10:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Grieves

bad guess...

they are nothing like the silversun pickups...

Please listen before you make assumptions....

I like it quite a bit, right now the songs that i like the most are "somebody's missing" and "I found a whistle"

I agree with him that they are like the Silversun Pickups in the sense when you first listen to them, it sounds kinda "gay." Don't get me wrong, I like MGMT, but when I first heard them, that's the impression I got. Although MGMT >>> Silversun Pickups.

Grieves · 04-20-2010, 11:39 PM

pfft...you could say that about any two bands...

"dude those guys sound kinda gay"

"oh yeah like those other guys"

wtf is that supposed to even mean, other than you don't know how to distinguish between sounds well and have no grasp on how to use adjectives.....

my_scatterheart · 04-21-2010, 04:45 AM

^fan.

I can't get behind MGMT, so I wont be checking this out.

Grieves · 04-21-2010, 12:28 PM

not a fan, just not a fan of willing ignorance...

Waves · 04-21-2010, 02:39 PM

been listening to it a bit more, its slowly growing on me. i like the trippy songs like lady dadas nightmare and siberian breaks. cool melodies even if they are recycle from 60s-80s psych rock/prog.

i would give this album a solid 7.9/10

FistsForPeace · 04-21-2010, 06:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Grieves

pfft...you could say that about any two bands...

"dude those guys sound kinda gay"

"oh yeah like those other guys"

wtf is that supposed to even mean, other than you don't know how to distinguish between sounds well and have no grasp on how to use adjectives.....

lol,

So if you listened to Sublime, you'd think they sound gay? I guess in your sense of relativity, perhaps it is. Perhaps you are the music police when you attempt to force people to "not be willing ignorant" and differentiate in detail the uniqueness of every band. You maybe one of those new age folks that so offended by the usage of the word "gay." Who knows, but my point wasn't to offend, which is why I put it in quotations.

On first listen, both bands have singers with feminine voices, more so with the Silversun Pickups than MGMT. The first time I heard the Silversun Pickups, I thought that dude was a chick. Both bands also shoegaze based with a poppy sound that is trendy. MGMT is more psychedelic about it. Sure they are obvious stylistic differences, but the basis is right on, as simple and ignorant as it may sound to you. Also in my opinion, Silversun Pickups are going to be the Nickelback of this decade.

**~~Dantastic~~** · 04-24-2010, 09:09 PM

im watching these guys on snl right now....

awful..just awful...

(the second song is...not horrible...but im high)

myxomatosis · 04-25-2010, 05:26 AM

Yeah I caught the first performance last night and it was horrible.

Waves · 04-25-2010, 06:38 PM

they're definitely better at writing music than they are performing it

which i guess is better than the opposite, but a great artist can do both

my_scatterheart · 04-25-2010, 06:42 PM

^not if you're a band. That people pay to see

myxomatosis · 04-25-2010, 06:58 PM

To be honest it was real bad and I couldn't even tell if the arrangement or whatever you're getting at was good because it sucked. It was just terribly bland.

Waves · 04-25-2010, 07:06 PM

the particular songs they played are the worst of the album in my opinion, and the ones i like i cant see being halfway decent in a live setting, ones 12 minutes long and the other ones just piano with a bunch of weird synths

Quote:

^not if you're a band. That people pay to see

There have been many many musicians that are great crafters of art but just arent entertainers or arent comfortable on stage

bob dylan's whole career comes to mind

my_scatterheart · 04-25-2010, 07:08 PM

yeah, sure...but they had to have been pretty epic to last throughout the years. MGMT will fizzle out, because they can't withstand any of that sheeeeit man

myxomatosis · 04-25-2010, 07:26 PM

I know it's not really what you're doing but LOL @ putting Bob Dylan in with MGMT

my_scatterheart · 04-25-2010, 07:28 PM

I hope that was edited in waves, cuz otherwise my mind completely ignored that statement.

04-19-2010, 04:34 PM	#1 (permalink)
Waves Duderino Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: chiburbs Posts: 15,405 Thanks: 991 Thanked 4,036 Times in 2,224 Posts	what do you think of the new mgmt record i think its pretty good at some points but stale and garage rockish on others MGMT - Congratulations (2010).rar - Free File Hosting - uGotFile __________________ On this life that we call home The years go fast and the days go so slow

04-19-2010, 05:25 PM	#3 (permalink)
adventure Adventure its good Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 4,742 Thanks: 1,852 Thanked 1,467 Times in 1,093 Posts	^ a pretty good guess. but I think it might turning to a good summer album __________________ Coming Full Range

04-20-2010, 11:39 PM	#7 (permalink)
Grieves The Worst Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Interstate 8 Posts: 12,104 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 2,580 Thanked 3,125 Times in 1,718 Posts	pfft...you could say that about any two bands... "dude those guys sound kinda gay" "oh yeah like those other guys" wtf is that supposed to even mean, other than you don't know how to distinguish between sounds well and have no grasp on how to use adjectives..... __________________ "And no matter what they said dollar is not your friend and it's the feelings that are hard to know are the feelings that all come slow No matter what they said dollar is not your friend and these feelings that so hard to know are the feelings that wont let go No don't let go, till you find a home World Unite and I'll love you forever"

04-21-2010, 04:45 AM	#8 (permalink)
my_scatterheart Today, I am alive. Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: NJ Posts: 3,553 Thanks: 1,487 Thanked 3,328 Times in 1,870 Posts	^fan. I can't get behind MGMT, so I wont be checking this out. __________________ Be mindful even if your mind is full. -J. De La Vega

04-21-2010, 12:28 PM	#9 (permalink)
Grieves The Worst Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Interstate 8 Posts: 12,104 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 2,580 Thanked 3,125 Times in 1,718 Posts	not a fan, just not a fan of willing ignorance... __________________ "And no matter what they said dollar is not your friend and it's the feelings that are hard to know are the feelings that all come slow No matter what they said dollar is not your friend and these feelings that so hard to know are the feelings that wont let go No don't let go, till you find a home World Unite and I'll love you forever"

04-19-2010, 04:47 PM	#2 (permalink)
Mercury Special Delivery Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: The States Posts: 8,150 Thanks: 294 Thanked 801 Times in 539 Posts	I was quite impressed with that song Kids. But I never got into them past their radio airplay. They seemed quite like Silversun Pickups. If I had to guess I would reckon the albums instrumentals fall flat quickly and that the lyrics may feign complexity but the delivery is less than convincing? i'm just guessing, i haven't heard the album.

04-19-2010, 06:51 PM	#4 (permalink)
FistsForPeace YaHookan Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 63 Thanks: 7 Thanked 14 Times in 11 Posts	I'm not feeling it, maybe it needs more listens or to listen to it after toking. Their last album was much better.

04-21-2010, 02:39 PM	#10 (permalink)
Waves Duderino Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: chiburbs Posts: 15,405 Thanks: 991 Thanked 4,036 Times in 2,224 Posts	been listening to it a bit more, its slowly growing on me. i like the trippy songs like lady dadas nightmare and siberian breaks. cool melodies even if they are recycle from 60s-80s psych rock/prog. i would give this album a solid 7.9/10 __________________ On this life that we call home The years go fast and the days go so slow

04-24-2010, 09:09 PM	#12 (permalink)
~~Dantastic~~ Banned Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: A suburb Posts: 1,081 Thanks: 285 Thanked 325 Times in 219 Posts	im watching these guys on snl right now.... awful..just awful... (the second song is...not horrible...but im high) Last edited by Dantastic; 04-24-2010 at 09:52 PM.

04-25-2010, 05:26 AM	#13 (permalink)
myxomatosis life is music Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: between a pair of headphones Posts: 3,917 Thanks: 1,027 Thanked 934 Times in 597 Posts	Yeah I caught the first performance last night and it was horrible. __________________ oh sometimes the blues is just a passing bird and why can't that always be tossing aside from your birches crown just enough dark to see how you're the light over me last.fm blog deal (updated 12/22/11)

04-25-2010, 06:38 PM	#14 (permalink)
Waves Duderino Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: chiburbs Posts: 15,405 Thanks: 991 Thanked 4,036 Times in 2,224 Posts	they're definitely better at writing music than they are performing it which i guess is better than the opposite, but a great artist can do both __________________ On this life that we call home The years go fast and the days go so slow

04-25-2010, 06:42 PM	#15 (permalink)
my_scatterheart Today, I am alive. Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: NJ Posts: 3,553 Thanks: 1,487 Thanked 3,328 Times in 1,870 Posts	^not if you're a band. That people pay to see __________________ Be mindful even if your mind is full. -J. De La Vega

04-25-2010, 06:58 PM	#16 (permalink)
myxomatosis life is music Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: between a pair of headphones Posts: 3,917 Thanks: 1,027 Thanked 934 Times in 597 Posts	To be honest it was real bad and I couldn't even tell if the arrangement or whatever you're getting at was good because it sucked. It was just terribly bland. __________________ oh sometimes the blues is just a passing bird and why can't that always be tossing aside from your birches crown just enough dark to see how you're the light over me last.fm blog deal (updated 12/22/11)

04-25-2010, 07:08 PM	#18 (permalink)
my_scatterheart Today, I am alive. Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: NJ Posts: 3,553 Thanks: 1,487 Thanked 3,328 Times in 1,870 Posts	yeah, sure...but they had to have been pretty epic to last throughout the years. MGMT will fizzle out, because they can't withstand any of that sheeeeit man __________________ Be mindful even if your mind is full. -J. De La Vega

04-25-2010, 07:26 PM	#19 (permalink)
myxomatosis life is music Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: between a pair of headphones Posts: 3,917 Thanks: 1,027 Thanked 934 Times in 597 Posts	I know it's not really what you're doing but LOL @ putting Bob Dylan in with MGMT __________________ oh sometimes the blues is just a passing bird and why can't that always be tossing aside from your birches crown just enough dark to see how you're the light over me last.fm blog deal (updated 12/22/11)

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04-25-2010, 07:28 PM	#20 (permalink)
my_scatterheart Today, I am alive. Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: NJ Posts: 3,553 Thanks: 1,487 Thanked 3,328 Times in 1,870 Posts	I hope that was edited in waves, cuz otherwise my mind completely ignored that statement. __________________ Be mindful even if your mind is full. -J. De La Vega