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Post by clownboss on Jan 25, 2014 14:54:57 GMT -8
Sorry I haven't listened to your stuff guys and to be completely honest, I probably even won't. Anyway, the album I have here is: Ed Askew - Ask the Unicorn (1968) Details to come, just expect a really heart-felt solo folk album by a hermit with a strained goat voice who plays a ten-string taple. It also takes a place among my top 10 favourite albums, I'm immensely in love with it.
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Post by magusthesexy on Jan 26, 2014 8:33:37 GMT -8
Sorry I haven't listened to your stuff guys and to be completely honest, I probably even won't.ey man this ain't how this shit works =/
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Post by HotterdanArul on Jan 26, 2014 8:46:36 GMT -8
It isn't technically how it works but quite honestly with the current selection I know that y'all ain't just here for the sake of it. Nik told me his busy schedule n exams and stuff and provided that people don't just not listen to any albums at all then we should be alright. Listen to as many as possible tho.
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Post by magusthesexy on Jan 28, 2014 11:42:08 GMT -8
Although Ask the Unicorn isn't the most interesting album at first glance, being as sparse as it is, it's still a really interesting album to listen to and actually a pretty great one at that. That jangly guitar, the hippie-as-fuck lyrics, Ed's cracking, goatish voice (seriously he sounds like a goat you gotta admit), it's got a huge charm to it. I'm not sure I exactly understand everything he's singing about (how do spoons devour people, exactly? Pretty sure Mr. Askew had a good stash of weed back in the 60's), but the feeling the album evokes is enough to be good to me. The sparseness that gives this record such a unique feeling is its downside as well, though: It gets repetitive along the way, which is a pity, but inevitable. Luckily the best songs are in the second half, so it can keep me somewhat interested all the way through, at least. Tough choice between Big TV and Ask the Unicorn for me, giving Big TV the benefit of the doubt for that excellent title track though.
1: White Lies - Big TV 2: Ed Askew - Ask the Unicorn 3: Homeless and the Van Gobots - 20-Dirt no bueno: dad and the dads - boredom ville
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Post by HotterdanArul on Feb 1, 2014 2:50:33 GMT -8
I predict my Ask the Unicorn thoughts to be up tomorrow, for now though it is Oscillot's turn.
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Post by X17Clones on Feb 1, 2014 21:06:39 GMT -8
Just finished listening to Ask the Unicorn. Had a busy couple days with work and university keeping me away from doing stuff. Anyway, I agree with Magus statement about Ed's voice sounding like a goat. Pretty relevant in 9-Song. The lyrics for the album were a bit... out there at times but were still enjoyable. The general forced 'emptiness' to the album sets it apart from other albums. It's what makes it great honestly. The guitar and the album as a whole does get repetitive after awhile. At times I felt that there was no difference between the song playing and the song just before that. The titular song was arguably one of the best songs to end an album I've heard.
1. Twenty Dirt - Homeless and the Van Gobots 2. Ed Askew - Ask the Unicorn 3. Adam Ezra Group - View From the Root
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Post by HotterdanArul on Feb 5, 2014 10:16:16 GMT -8
I actually did my listening a while ago but 5got to post. Ask the Unicorn has some lyrics tripping major balls and some music that in all honesty, I find sparse to a fault. It might be a matter of getting used to it but on both listens then the last 3 songs were the ones I can say I truly enjoyed a fair amount. I have no problems with goat like voices, hell I like Dylan and the lyrics add an air of mystery and intrigue to the album but when it comes down to this, I found this album to be fairly boring at points. That said, the last 3 songs which I enjoyed, I enjoyed a super amount, Love is Everyone is undoubtedly my favourite song on the album and contests with Big TV for my favourite song of the rotation thus far, just puts across that 60s mentality in a super nice way. At the end of the day though, 3 songs do not an album make but them 3 songs brought up my opinion of it a lot. strong 5/1-
1-Big TV (White Lies) 2-View from the Root (Adam Ezra Group) 3-Ask the Unicorn (Ed Askew)
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Post by HotterdanArul on Feb 5, 2014 13:47:32 GMT -8
Also I dunno if he was gonna post it here or anything but I should clarify that Nik (Clownboss) has left the album group, please let us do our best to listen to each other's albums even though I'm not gonna kick people unless you haven't listened in about 4 rotations.
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Post by magusthesexy on Feb 6, 2014 8:33:02 GMT -8
so this a cappella thing would be nice when it did a little act on some evening where multiple artists show their talent and all or something alike, in album form it's dull as fuck and makes me feel 50 years older when listening to it though. No doubt these people are talented but I just can't be arsed to give a fuck about a cappella music.
1: White Lies - Big TV 2: Ed Askew - Ask the Unicorn 3: Homeless and the Van Gobots - 20-Dirt 4: The Idea of Bore - Snooze & Bore shit tier: Adam "Disgrace of New England" Ezra and His Repulsive Comrades - some terrible album that I will never listen to again
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Post by HotterdanArul on Feb 6, 2014 10:56:41 GMT -8
This album filled me with the most intense vitriol. I could not care less about how talented the people were because the music at hand was utter wank. After 1 and a half tracks I was already dreading the rest of the album and it fulfilled my expectations. A capella can be a good thing but a whole album, fuck off; fuck right off. The song choice was also poor with my personal least favourites being When She Loved Me, Fragile, and Singin' A Capella (or as I like to call it, I hope you get salmonella). Sweet Sweet Spirit was the most justifiable of songs but even that was supremely poor. I have no good things to say about this album, there are no redeeming features, I am never letting it enter my eardrums again. Decent 1/10
1-Big TV (White Lies) 2-View from the Root (Adam Ezra Group) 3-Ask the Unicorn (Ed Askew) somewhere deep in the pits of hell: La la la (Twats in turtlenecks)
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Post by X17Clones on Feb 6, 2014 19:59:45 GMT -8
So I just finished The Idea of North's Here and Now album. You know what? Wasn't actually too bad. Not exactly for me though. To me, while the vocals nice and are soothing, I really couldn't care much for the background instrumentation that was going on. It never hooked me and never set in the music. To me, the instruments were here ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ and the vocals are here. Though I do love me some saxophone. While I didn't find it bad, caring for it was another matter for me. Favourite song was But Not for Me. Because as I mentioned earlier, I love me some saxophone.
1. Twenty Dirt - Homeless and the Van Gobots 2. Ed Askew - Ask the Unicorn 3. The Idea of North - Here & Now 4. Adam Ezra Group - View From the Root
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Post by HotterdanArul on Feb 7, 2014 9:47:58 GMT -8
It's no worries, I do not feel that I try to be the hipster in any way though, lemme set that one straight. Let it be said that no album posted here is a fuck up, it's different strokes for different folks and at the end of the day I think no less of you for posting an album that I didn't enjoy. Sometimes it is good to throw stuff into the rotation that is different from what we expect, life is no fun without variety. I also do not feel that your contributions have been any lesser than any other member. Articulating a response to music is a tricky thing and I still find myself feeling out of my depth with it, not least because we are almost always running on little more than a first impression. I still appreciate your decision should you choose to go but I wanna set the record straight that we do not want people to feel that they are not good enough to contribute; when writing our thoughts that is exactly what we write, sometimes certain people get more from an album than others but that doesn't make any member more or less valuable. It's totally cool if you want to go and it's been really good having you around.
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Post by magusthesexy on Feb 7, 2014 13:54:21 GMT -8
It's no worries, I do not feel that I try to be the hipster in any way though, lemme set that one straight. Your avatar doe Anyways oscillot if you feel that this album group isn't of much importance to you then I suppose it's a logical choice to leave it. It's too bad, but hey, you gotta do what you feel comfortable with.
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Post by X17Clones on Feb 7, 2014 15:15:57 GMT -8
I share the same sentiments with Magus and Ammy here. Ultimately it's up to you, but you're contributions are always welcomed here.
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Post by magusthesexy on Feb 8, 2014 2:21:12 GMT -8
Theodorus said it's my turn so here goes nothing NoMeansNo - WrongGet yourself some hardcore punk, throw a bit of funk into the mix here and a bit of doom there and make the album fun as hell overall and you've got yourself one of my favorite punk albums evar. Honestly I have nothing much to say about this album, it's just a consistently excellent album. It's also a good starting point for you lads who aren't into hardcore punk too imo because it's got plenty of things going for it other than "ANGRY GEE-TARR" so yea, check it out.
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