<p>(This thread is brazenly derivative from collegehopefull’s stress reliever one, but whatever, you all love it, divas)</p>
<p>Waiting for the EAA deadline is absolutely brutal, so in an effort to put our minds off our impending doom whilst simultaneously getting to know all the fine gentle(wo)men of the CC yale EA community, I’m creating a little musical smorgasbord for all you lovers out there to consume. </p>
<p>Basically, how it works is, you get five songs to make a playlist out of. If you are an experienced mixtaper, you know this is not a very large canvas. But nobody wants to listen to some kid who puts Beethoven’s entire discography, so you get five songs.</p>
<p>Don’t be annoying and put five of the same artist’s tracks. You’re well rounded. Be musically well rounded. Post the songs in YouTube links so they’re easy to listen to. Try not to post crappy live recordings, but if that’s your only option whatever. I’ll go first!</p>
<ol>
<li><p>Bensusan by Michael Hedges (look him up. Now.)</p></li>
<li><p>Consoler of the Lonely by The Raconteurs</p></li>
<li><p>God Killed the Queen by Louis XIV</p></li>
<li><p>Gone Gone Gone by Robert Plant & Alison Krauss </p></li>
<li><p>Save Yourself by The Colour</p></li>
</ol>
<p>I saw 2-4 live this summer at ACL. Yes, I know I pwn ;)</p>
<p>(I literally cannot resist adding a few more.)</p>
<ul>
<li>The Devil Never Sleeps by Iron & Wine</li>
<li>Keep the Car Running by Arcade Fire</li>
<li>Lazy Eye by Silversun Pickups</li>
<li>Is There a Ghost by Band of Horses</li>
<li>Night After Sidewalk by Kaki King</li>
<li>Drifting by Andy McKee</li>
</ul>
Uh…my iTunes library consists of about 983 artists, 2578 albums, and a total of about 77 days’ worth of music. All acquired one album at a time. I think I’ve heard enough music to make sound judgments about the relative quality of various artists, given the particular contexts. ;)</p>
Uh, do you really think I’ve never heard of Andy McKee? Hell, by the time Andy McKee was just starting to get popular, I was already growing tired of the whole fingerstyle/open-tuning/percussive acoustic guitar style. And my music spans approximately 3,233 years, 25 languages, 43 countries, and 56 different strands of musical tradition (aka, genres), so I’m <em>pretty</em> damn sure that a good chunk of it will, in fact, be good.</p>
<p>Just because you’ve experience “good” music doesn’t mean you have to be an elitist who denigrates music you consider yourself “too good” for. I’ve heard more different types of music than most will ever hear in their entire lifetimes, but I still have no problem listening to something simplistic or derivative - such as The Raconteurs.</p>
<p>Never mind. Some people just don’t get that music is art, and that art is expression. There are no “wrong” or “right” ways to express one’s self, and there are no “wrong” or “right” ways to make music. Maybe in a couple years you’ll realize this, but most likely not (most don’t).</p>
<p>By the way, there are many people who would think that your taste in music is exceptionally awful. It’s a circle of genre elitism, and its omnipresence is absolute.</p>
<p>^ Would you also claim that Michelangelo’s “David” and a misshapen bowl I make out of clay are equally valuable because “there are no rights or wrongs in art?”</p>
<p>Don’t be ridiculous. There are standards of beauty in every art.</p>
<p>EDIT: This was supposed to under the post below lol</p>
I’m guessing you’ve only heard Handlebars, huh? I’m not particularly surprised. By the way, maybe you ought to learn what real atonality is. Messiaen would be ashamed.</p>
<p>
I’d certainly give props where props are due, but I wouldn’t go out of the way to criticize someone else’s taste in ceramic art. Heap all the praise on Yelle you want, but it’s silly and petty to hate on The Flobots (who, by the way, play their own music - unlike Yelle).</p>
<p>Yes, I can appreciate both Wagner’s Ring Cycle and Blink-182’s Dumpweed. I see no paradox in this.</p>
<p>Btw, quite a few musical elitists vomit at the mention of Oasis. If you want to bring “artistic quality” into play, I’ve even seen them live and I still am not impressed.</p>
<p>I just checked out Flobots after the two pages of argument and didn’t really like it, but in a similar vein I’d recommend the album Alopecia by Why?</p>