Next Album Will Be The Most Important One... EVER

Baby Thief · Post by **Baby Thief** » 9/6/2003, 1:38 pm

As do i. I think this one... as we can already see... is going to be much more motivated than the last because of whats going on around the world now.

Johnny · Post by **Johnny** » 9/6/2003, 2:25 pm

They need to change the name of album :nod:

Random Name · Post by **Random Name** » 9/6/2003, 2:29 pm

I actually don't mind the name.
Its ...angrier then "gravity" which could be a good sign.

possibly.

Johnny · Post by **Johnny** » 9/6/2003, 2:32 pm

The name sucks donkey nuts. Its a fine song but its too long for the title of the record.

namkablam · Post by **namkablam** » 9/6/2003, 2:36 pm

Happiness.. :drool:

Brooklin Matt · Post by **Brooklin Matt** » 9/6/2003, 2:49 pm

I personally liked Not Afraid as a title.......No Warning would have been good too. But to me a title is just that so it really doesn't matter.

Baby Thief · Post by **Baby Thief** » 9/6/2003, 3:04 pm

WTSOYF kind of gets the feeling that seem to be going for for this cd, though. They said it sounds more in your face and raw. I don't think the title is bad.

I always thought it would be cool if they dedicated a cd title to one of their awesome demos. I know it will NEVER ever ever happen... but imagine it.... Our Lady Peace's sixth studio recoded cd - 'Trapeze' ... Or maybe i'm just obsessed with that song.

Tattooed Angels · Post by **Tattooed Angels** » 9/6/2003, 3:11 pm

Sadly so( first off I didn't read all teh post before this one). I think OLP won't really break in the USA beyond where they are now. Here is aband that has constantly toured non-stop down here for almost 3 years. Yes, Gravity did better then Happiness and SM, but it is sad to say that I really think that most people who have control over these things aren't into OLP. They aren't hip, they aren't NEW/FRESH ext. I really hate that though. I think they deserve better.

Baby Thief · Post by **Baby Thief** » 9/6/2003, 3:39 pm

I wish that somehow OLP could get the money they want... but like not popularity. I know that might sound strange. But i enjoy a band much better when i am one of the only people i know who truly appreciates them. Thats why i haven't told any of my friends about Matthew good band

Tattooed Angels · Post by **Tattooed Angels** » 9/6/2003, 3:57 pm

now that i read thorugh the post, I do have one question.

why do some of you question that Gravity wasn't the music they wanted to make, but more or less a moneymaking machine? Just curious. I mean I believe for most part when the band says they wanted change. This is where they want to go. I don't have to agree with the direction, but I don't discredit the band and question thier motives. maybe they want to go this way and it has nothing to do with Bob Rock, SONY or Managers. Maybe, just maybe this is really what they want to do with their careers and are now in the position to do something different. Most bands experiment with sound over time.

as for blind faith. I am a big supporter of OLP-probably alwasys will be. That is not to say I love everything they do. Although I feel alot of you feel I could never dislike anything OLP or for that matter Raine does. Well hate to break it to you, but there things I don't like. I just don't let it be all to end all.

That is my 2 cents. BTW< i really don't like Whatever, or Our Time is fading. Those were songs made after SM.

I can also tell you that OLP don't care about all that stuff. Selling millions of CD's and being number one. I think they are truly happy being able to still record records, make some money from it and go out on tour. I believe them when they say all that other stuff isn'tas important as people would think. WHy sould they lie.? What could they possible gain from it?

closeyoureyes · Post by **closeyoureyes** » 9/6/2003, 6:44 pm

Axtech wrote:I honestly think that Jer and Duncan (and now Steve) are enjoying themselves right now, and are just having some fun with it. That's why I don't think it's just the Raine Maida Band (and why they're sticking around).

yeah, i mean the sound has changed, but people evolve, and though i didnt enjoy gravity as much as everything ELSE, if raine was to leave..i dont think i`de listen olp as much, because raines voice and lyrics are the backbone of the band, as you all know, plus he`s the only original member left...i think if raine left it`d be the last straw, because when mike left i was devastated, and though i do like jere n steve...raine and mike were ALWAYS my favorites...i still get sentimental with older songs, specially ones where mike had bigs riffs

Axtech · Post by **Axtech** » 9/6/2003, 6:57 pm

If Raine left, the band would break up. Very few bands can handle a vocalist change. Anyone with lots of talent can play an instrument the same way (Steve does a pretty awesome job playing Mike's work, for example), but vocals are very hard to find a satisfying replacement for. Everyone would just go their separate ways.

Baby Thief · Post by **Baby Thief** » 9/6/2003, 7:24 pm

I think Jeremy is one of the best drummers ever. I find him just as important as Raine... however, OLP would still go on if Jer left, not if raine left.

btw - i'm not too good with the whole band member change, but when did jeremy join? Before Naveed?

robcore · Post by **robcore** » 9/6/2003, 7:28 pm

How can Gravity be evolution? Raine sounds like a love sick puppy the whole time. Most of us got through that phase in grade 8. If this new cd revolves around wtsoyf, i'm just giving up on the band and moving back to matt good (who actually HAS evolved from crap).

foreverstorm · Post by **foreverstorm** » 9/6/2003, 7:32 pm

OLP's greatest strength is Raine. It's because he sings a song himslef and then the music is built around it to support. This creates a real sense of melody and cohesion that is lacking everywhere else. In the US, you get good female singers, and backing music as faceless as techno underneath, or hard out instrumentals with a voice that really adds nothing and dosn't sound like singing. This has created a culture there seeking a HIT. They want a great hook wrapped up in filler track to impress their friends for a little while and then move on to the next new thing. That's why its so hard to listen to anything but the best more than a few dozen times. OLP however, lacks a certain blow but instead has a magic to it that makes it something you want to listen to again and again by yourself or with a good friend. OLP cannot survive by Americanizing itself. This will require it to become simpler - completely understandable at first listen and provied in quantity so that theres always the next new thing around the corner - instead of quality. They'll also have to work in the opposite direction they want to go... they will have to rely nuch more heavily on studio pyrotechnics. Seriously, I don't know what's going to happen. I hope they do realize that they should keep listening to themselves and the music that appeals to them, not everyone else.

robcore · Post by **robcore** » 9/6/2003, 7:34 pm

You just contradicted yourself, because apperently Gravity is what appeals to them now.

Axtech · Post by **Axtech** » 9/6/2003, 7:45 pm

Plus, people are just going to ignore you because your text hurts people's eyes. Seriously, what was the point in using that text?

Sufjan Stevens · Post by **Sufjan Stevens** » 9/6/2003, 7:52 pm

Dungeonous Rob is right. No one forced OLP to make Gravity. OLP said that was the direction they wanted to take with Gravity, and it's mainstream crap. So really, OLP should listen to their fans that say things like "falsetto is good" and "irratic drums are better than simple beats" instead of producing what to do now. I don't know, I just wish OLP would rock out again.

Baby Thief · Post by **Baby Thief** » 9/6/2003, 7:58 pm

robcore wrote:How can Gravity be evolution? Raine sounds like a love sick puppy the whole time. Most of us got through that phase in grade 8. If this new cd revolves around wtsoyf, i'm just giving up on the band and moving back to matt good (who actually HAS evolved from crap).

gravity is the only d that really revolved around a track, SOT. You have to remember that the cd isn't done yet and that what you have heard is live. We know Raine is always the one lagging in the live performances. I'm sure there will probably be some lyric changing and sound difference. Plus, you've heard three other songs from the cd... i don't know what you think of those, but i'm guessing you think that they are better than wipe that smile.

I do agree with you that gravity was not evolving, it was extinction... but i am impressed with the new songs i've heard.

Henrietta · Post by **Henrietta** » 9/6/2003, 8:00 pm

Dungeonous Rob

Oh, there we go, no more confusion.