Reviews by kingboyd13

This is dollar CD bin at the record store core. Music that is totally fine but it just sorta blends in the background. I agree with that review talking about the Feelies. I’d rather a Feelies album be on here.

If your aim was to satisfy you fucking failed. Boring slot. PS1 demo disc music.

David Bowie shows once again he’s brilliant by completely changing his style and managing to knock it out of the park.

Sure whatever.

I actually like some stuff on here which is nice. I don’t really think it ascends beyond, britpop album that’s fine though

Get this right after RHCP really highlights how annoying RHCP are. This is pretty good! It’s not my favorite because I tend to shut down when I hear ska or ska inspired music but this is better than a lot of others I’ve heard in the genre

It’s sort of a miracle that the music can occasionally rise above Anthony Kiedis’s terrible vocal performances. He really is awful and drags every song down. Under the Bridge really is the standout and the only song on here that doesn’t have something embarrassing happen with his fuckass voice.

Tina’s voice is great the problem is the music sounds like a parody of itself. Terrible synths.

I don’t like Portishead

The first three Elvis Costello albums is arguably the best three album run period. Reading reviews I’ve learned people hate Elvis Costello. Which is stupid. How can you hear the drum on Lipstick Vogue and give this album a 1, it’s worth a star on its own. I love this album, it’s probably the best of the three.

I’ll be honest the whole time I thought this was the band that did Starseed but that’s Our Lady Peace. And then I think I thought about Silversun Pickups. Remember them? But uh I don’t think I know any Screaming Trees.

All alt music after 95 struggles to be as interesting as grunge and it’s because they all hunt the same inspired by accessible sound that just doesn’t sound great.

I shouldn’t have to read the original track list and skip around the extended edition just to listen to the way the album was originally released. Fucking stupid.

Anyway. It’s fine. It’s a live Who album. I think if you were alive in 1970 when it came out nothing would’ve sounded like it. As someone who has been to punk shows and had my ears blown out noise doesn’t really impress me. I like the medley, that’s always a nice thing about live shows.

No…not the 3 hour album…

For real though, this album really fucks up the entire established rules for this list? At this rate why not have a collection of every legacy act performed later. Where’s my Scott Joplin cover album, what is ragtime not worth listening to? Is there a Stephen Foster album somewhere on here?

But obviously it’s the performance that makes that, and I can agree there, Ella has a great voice, which is why she did this for so many other composers. Why aren’t those in the list? Are the Gershwins better than Cole Porter? I don’t think I can make that claim. Duke Ellington? Uhhhhh probably not? So suddenly if you’re including this why the hell can’t you include EVERY album of that project? You included the first 4 Led Zeppelin albums why not the 900 minutes of her Great American Song Book?

Anyway. There’s nothing wrong with this project. It’s totally fine and her voice is incredible. The problem is I just don’t care about the songs at all. A lot of them lack context in a collection like this and the instrumentation is just…so dated. I just get so bored.

Why this album. Why not Bakesale or III. I like Sebadoh. It’s a Sebadoh album! It has some unbelievable alt rock smashes and then some confusing lo-fi messes. If you’re into that it’s great! If not? Ehhhhh. I like their other stuff more

Uhhh. So this is when I realize I know nothing about The Bee Gees. Didn’t know they were this old. Didn’t know they were Australian. Didn’t know they made anything aside from disco. So what are you supposed to do with an historical album about a fucking boat. Also why do I enjoy it? It’s not like it’s breaking new ground. It sounds like a Beatles rip off at best and just…bad at worst. I dunno it’s certainly interesting and I learned more about The Bee Gees than I ever wanted

I think my biggest issue with Taylor Swift is how she’s ALMOST a good writer, but she tends to get in her own way with really clunky or even BAD lyrics. I come back stronger than a 90’s trend in the same song that starts with a strained metaphor about like…a clipper carrying wine?

I really like Champagne Problems! The song is nice, the topic is unique! Why is the a One For the Money and an out of place fucking crazy?!!!? It’s not! Good!

Why does Gold Rush! A wonderful song! Mention an Eagles shirt and use the phrase contrarian shit! It just detracts from what could be WAY better.

And I think that’s part of her appeal? Like she’s heady and cool but occasionally dips into more relatable quirks, and I can totally see and understand that! I just…don’t like it.

I think it’s crazy she has as many explicit tags as fucking Slipknot. Anyway I like the Haim song.
The National song was good until she shits the bed with a simile that’s comparing their love to the mall before the internet.

Sort of fits into the long list of perfectly acceptable indie slop that doesn’t move the needle one way or the other. It’s perfectly nice. Doesn’t offend, doesn’t inspire.

This album manages to be so uncool it reverts back around to being really cool. I want to call this boring generic 70s rock, and it is, but it manages to be the perfect distillation of that. Bad Company as a song is to me the epitome of macho posturing with literally no backing, have you seen a picture of these dudes? They’re not scary at all. But fuck it, I guess they’re kinda bad. But then the rest of the album falls flatter and is kinda the boring shit side of 70s rock. Soft. Tired. Boring.

The double hit of Money for Nothing and Walk of Life is so crazy. And then the rest of the album is just so boring it’s shocking. It’s like another band

It’s better than his other stuff. Probably because it’s fun disco and doesn’t make me deeply uncomfortable or annoyed