A OLP Thread for DOUG, ALAN, CHRIS, AND SEAN, STAY OUT!
A OLP Thread for DOUG, ALAN, CHRIS, AND SEAN, STAY OUT!
So anyways, OLP were fucking genius. Do you guys still hold out hope that the new stuff is going to be better? I'm hoping so, Wipe was pretty promising.
"How can we justify spending so much on destruction and so little on life?" Matthew Good
"The white dove is gone, the one world has come down hard, so why not share the pain of our problems, when all around are wrong ways, when all around is hurt, i'll roll up in an odd shape and wait, untill the tide has turned.....with anger, i'm dead weight, i'm anchored"- IME, God Rocket (Into the Heart of Las Vegas) ^ Some say this song is about a terrorists thoughts before 911
"Pray for the sheep" Matt Good
"But it's alright, take the world and make it yours again" Matt Good
I felt it in the wind, and i saw it in the sky, i thought it was the end, i thought it was the 4th of July.
"Hold on, hold on children, your mother and father are leaving, hold on, hold on children your best freind's parents are leaving, leaving,.......*AHHH*! " - Death From Above - Black History Month
"The white dove is gone, the one world has come down hard, so why not share the pain of our problems, when all around are wrong ways, when all around is hurt, i'll roll up in an odd shape and wait, untill the tide has turned.....with anger, i'm dead weight, i'm anchored"- IME, God Rocket (Into the Heart of Las Vegas) ^ Some say this song is about a terrorists thoughts before 911
"Pray for the sheep" Matt Good
"But it's alright, take the world and make it yours again" Matt Good
I felt it in the wind, and i saw it in the sky, i thought it was the end, i thought it was the 4th of July.
"Hold on, hold on children, your mother and father are leaving, hold on, hold on children your best freind's parents are leaving, leaving,.......*AHHH*! " - Death From Above - Black History Month
if your quiet, and don't eat to much
"How can we justify spending so much on destruction and so little on life?" Matthew Good
"The white dove is gone, the one world has come down hard, so why not share the pain of our problems, when all around are wrong ways, when all around is hurt, i'll roll up in an odd shape and wait, untill the tide has turned.....with anger, i'm dead weight, i'm anchored"- IME, God Rocket (Into the Heart of Las Vegas) ^ Some say this song is about a terrorists thoughts before 911
"Pray for the sheep" Matt Good
"But it's alright, take the world and make it yours again" Matt Good
I felt it in the wind, and i saw it in the sky, i thought it was the end, i thought it was the 4th of July.
"Hold on, hold on children, your mother and father are leaving, hold on, hold on children your best freind's parents are leaving, leaving,.......*AHHH*! " - Death From Above - Black History Month
"The white dove is gone, the one world has come down hard, so why not share the pain of our problems, when all around are wrong ways, when all around is hurt, i'll roll up in an odd shape and wait, untill the tide has turned.....with anger, i'm dead weight, i'm anchored"- IME, God Rocket (Into the Heart of Las Vegas) ^ Some say this song is about a terrorists thoughts before 911
"Pray for the sheep" Matt Good
"But it's alright, take the world and make it yours again" Matt Good
I felt it in the wind, and i saw it in the sky, i thought it was the end, i thought it was the 4th of July.
"Hold on, hold on children, your mother and father are leaving, hold on, hold on children your best freind's parents are leaving, leaving,.......*AHHH*! " - Death From Above - Black History Month
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Actually instead of posting here I think I'm going to read through this thread: http://www.clumsymonkey.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=8397&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0 because it already has a lot of posts on the same topic. Then, if I have something to add I'll post it in there.
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I don't have much hope for OLP anymore. I just don't.
You know I thought Gravity was a terrible album with maybe two noteworthy tracks, and that was a gut punch. Then I saw them 5 times on that tour, and they played the same 19 songs each and every date, except for the Detroit show, when they played In Repair and Automatic Flowers. The tours, in general, were a kick to the bean bag.
In other words, that last album has done more damage than good. From the beginning, each one of their albums progressed in sound and sounded better and was easier to get into, but still made you think more. Then Gravity came out and set Canadian music back five years. Gravity is an album that's supposed to come out when a band is searching for its sound, and it supposed to be a complete throwaway in later years.
The best I think OLP can do is maybe another Naveed, has a couple great songs on there, but is still generally impossible to listen to from start to finish. I don't see another Happiness... or Spiritual Machines coming out by this cast of characters. Ever.
So yeah, discuss.
You know I thought Gravity was a terrible album with maybe two noteworthy tracks, and that was a gut punch. Then I saw them 5 times on that tour, and they played the same 19 songs each and every date, except for the Detroit show, when they played In Repair and Automatic Flowers. The tours, in general, were a kick to the bean bag.
In other words, that last album has done more damage than good. From the beginning, each one of their albums progressed in sound and sounded better and was easier to get into, but still made you think more. Then Gravity came out and set Canadian music back five years. Gravity is an album that's supposed to come out when a band is searching for its sound, and it supposed to be a complete throwaway in later years.
The best I think OLP can do is maybe another Naveed, has a couple great songs on there, but is still generally impossible to listen to from start to finish. I don't see another Happiness... or Spiritual Machines coming out by this cast of characters. Ever.
So yeah, discuss.
Guided By Voices wrote:Naveed, has a couple great songs on there, but is still generally impossible to listen to from start to finish
I find it very easy to listen to from start to finish - often on repeat.
Open your eyes to nights and days, you close them up and float away
and somehow inbetween you've got to master lying to yourself
you back the cause, get out of school, you get a job, the job gets you
and somehow every day you end up serving somebody else
now if that ain't panic that you're feeling, then you damn well better start
you can drive it into that head of yours with the hammer in your heart.
And it's alriiiiiiiight now, take the world and make it yours again.
and somehow inbetween you've got to master lying to yourself
you back the cause, get out of school, you get a job, the job gets you
and somehow every day you end up serving somebody else
now if that ain't panic that you're feeling, then you damn well better start
you can drive it into that head of yours with the hammer in your heart.
And it's alriiiiiiiight now, take the world and make it yours again.
I'm not?
*looks at self*
I'm not!!!!!!!!
*looks at self*
I'm not!!!!!!!!
Open your eyes to nights and days, you close them up and float away
and somehow inbetween you've got to master lying to yourself
you back the cause, get out of school, you get a job, the job gets you
and somehow every day you end up serving somebody else
now if that ain't panic that you're feeling, then you damn well better start
you can drive it into that head of yours with the hammer in your heart.
And it's alriiiiiiiight now, take the world and make it yours again.
and somehow inbetween you've got to master lying to yourself
you back the cause, get out of school, you get a job, the job gets you
and somehow every day you end up serving somebody else
now if that ain't panic that you're feeling, then you damn well better start
you can drive it into that head of yours with the hammer in your heart.
And it's alriiiiiiiight now, take the world and make it yours again.
i'm not quite as cynical about their future but pretty close. I also loved Naveed though. Simple is better in some cases, more commercial is not.
"How can we justify spending so much on destruction and so little on life?" Matthew Good
"The white dove is gone, the one world has come down hard, so why not share the pain of our problems, when all around are wrong ways, when all around is hurt, i'll roll up in an odd shape and wait, untill the tide has turned.....with anger, i'm dead weight, i'm anchored"- IME, God Rocket (Into the Heart of Las Vegas) ^ Some say this song is about a terrorists thoughts before 911
"Pray for the sheep" Matt Good
"But it's alright, take the world and make it yours again" Matt Good
I felt it in the wind, and i saw it in the sky, i thought it was the end, i thought it was the 4th of July.
"Hold on, hold on children, your mother and father are leaving, hold on, hold on children your best freind's parents are leaving, leaving,.......*AHHH*! " - Death From Above - Black History Month
"The white dove is gone, the one world has come down hard, so why not share the pain of our problems, when all around are wrong ways, when all around is hurt, i'll roll up in an odd shape and wait, untill the tide has turned.....with anger, i'm dead weight, i'm anchored"- IME, God Rocket (Into the Heart of Las Vegas) ^ Some say this song is about a terrorists thoughts before 911
"Pray for the sheep" Matt Good
"But it's alright, take the world and make it yours again" Matt Good
I felt it in the wind, and i saw it in the sky, i thought it was the end, i thought it was the 4th of July.
"Hold on, hold on children, your mother and father are leaving, hold on, hold on children your best freind's parents are leaving, leaving,.......*AHHH*! " - Death From Above - Black History Month
Shouldn't it be called An OLP thread for ... ?
Open your eyes to nights and days, you close them up and float away
and somehow inbetween you've got to master lying to yourself
you back the cause, get out of school, you get a job, the job gets you
and somehow every day you end up serving somebody else
now if that ain't panic that you're feeling, then you damn well better start
you can drive it into that head of yours with the hammer in your heart.
And it's alriiiiiiiight now, take the world and make it yours again.
and somehow inbetween you've got to master lying to yourself
you back the cause, get out of school, you get a job, the job gets you
and somehow every day you end up serving somebody else
now if that ain't panic that you're feeling, then you damn well better start
you can drive it into that head of yours with the hammer in your heart.
And it's alriiiiiiiight now, take the world and make it yours again.
i'm not sure about the new material. wipe didn't really blow me away.
my biggest beef is with their live show, which is now uninspiried and redundant. as was previously mentioned, i don't think they've changed their set list (other then a few minor amendments) since like 2002. they do the same tunes with the same solos and the same "birdman dance" at every. single. show.
when we were at Stage 13 watching them play, they played all their songs in a hurry because there was a storm coming and they wanted to get off stage. no encore. and Raine Maida, rockstar that he is, forgot which part of Alberta he was in and kept calling the audience "EDMONTON" and insulting calgary.
IRONIC ISN'T IT RAINE that half the fucking crowd was from Calgary.
You know what i say to that? BOOOOO.
The next night, God And His Band (3EB) put on their show. They had flown in from LA that morning. It rained a little during the set but Stephan Jenkins didn't care. He cracked jokes, he flirted with the audience, he complimented Canadians for being tough. They played LOTS of their material, not just the singles. They played an encore.
By the way, INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN ROCKSTAR STEPHEN JENKINS knew it was CAMROSE he was performing in.
OLP used to be the best live band in the world. wow, funny how LOSING MIKE TURNER changes things.
my biggest beef is with their live show, which is now uninspiried and redundant. as was previously mentioned, i don't think they've changed their set list (other then a few minor amendments) since like 2002. they do the same tunes with the same solos and the same "birdman dance" at every. single. show.
when we were at Stage 13 watching them play, they played all their songs in a hurry because there was a storm coming and they wanted to get off stage. no encore. and Raine Maida, rockstar that he is, forgot which part of Alberta he was in and kept calling the audience "EDMONTON" and insulting calgary.
IRONIC ISN'T IT RAINE that half the fucking crowd was from Calgary.
You know what i say to that? BOOOOO.
The next night, God And His Band (3EB) put on their show. They had flown in from LA that morning. It rained a little during the set but Stephan Jenkins didn't care. He cracked jokes, he flirted with the audience, he complimented Canadians for being tough. They played LOTS of their material, not just the singles. They played an encore.
By the way, INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN ROCKSTAR STEPHEN JENKINS knew it was CAMROSE he was performing in.
OLP used to be the best live band in the world. wow, funny how LOSING MIKE TURNER changes things.
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actually fanior was given permission if he stayed quiet and didn't eat to much. So far my peanut butter sandwich is intact so he stays
"How can we justify spending so much on destruction and so little on life?" Matthew Good
"The white dove is gone, the one world has come down hard, so why not share the pain of our problems, when all around are wrong ways, when all around is hurt, i'll roll up in an odd shape and wait, untill the tide has turned.....with anger, i'm dead weight, i'm anchored"- IME, God Rocket (Into the Heart of Las Vegas) ^ Some say this song is about a terrorists thoughts before 911
"Pray for the sheep" Matt Good
"But it's alright, take the world and make it yours again" Matt Good
I felt it in the wind, and i saw it in the sky, i thought it was the end, i thought it was the 4th of July.
"Hold on, hold on children, your mother and father are leaving, hold on, hold on children your best freind's parents are leaving, leaving,.......*AHHH*! " - Death From Above - Black History Month
"The white dove is gone, the one world has come down hard, so why not share the pain of our problems, when all around are wrong ways, when all around is hurt, i'll roll up in an odd shape and wait, untill the tide has turned.....with anger, i'm dead weight, i'm anchored"- IME, God Rocket (Into the Heart of Las Vegas) ^ Some say this song is about a terrorists thoughts before 911
"Pray for the sheep" Matt Good
"But it's alright, take the world and make it yours again" Matt Good
I felt it in the wind, and i saw it in the sky, i thought it was the end, i thought it was the 4th of July.
"Hold on, hold on children, your mother and father are leaving, hold on, hold on children your best freind's parents are leaving, leaving,.......*AHHH*! " - Death From Above - Black History Month
