Tell me, do you like Neutral Milk Hotel?

Obā-san · 2013-04-10 03:24:31

...Their early tapes were a little experimental for my taste, but when Avery Island came out in ‘96, I think they really came into their own, both commercially and artistically. The whole album has a fuzzy, trumpety sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalsim that really gives the songs a big boost. He’s been compared to Four Volts, but I think that Jeff has far more crazed, over-the-top vocals.

In ‘98 Jeff released this, In The Aeroplane Over The Sea, their most accomplished album. I think their undisputed masterpiece is “Holland, 1945”, a song so catchy, most people probably don’t listen to the lyrics. But they should, because it’s not just about Jeff Mangum’s obsessions with Anne Frank, it’s also a personal statement about abuse and incest brought about by his dad!

Hey Paul!

Previous Calica · 2013-04-10 03:36:01

Alfred Borden's a fan of that band?

Justice4243 · 2013-04-10 11:56:07

....Is that a flail?

Imipolex G · 2013-04-10 13:31:06

entry-level hipster garbage

Tre · 2013-04-10 14:27:59

American Psycho, as shown to hipsturd 12-year olds who don't know about Huey Lewis and the News

Written by John Green and David Levithan

Sredni Vashtar · 2013-04-10 16:32:20

If this is the first murder, then what would we substitute for Whitney Houston and Genesis?

Section42L · 2013-04-10 16:39:32

I'd say Alanis Morrissette and Coldplay, respectively, would be pretty good substitutes.

Sredni Vashtar · 2013-04-10 16:56:24

Hmm... you might need a band with a larger discography than Coldplay to properly drive home the joke—The Mars Volta, perhaps?—but Morissette could work.

Section42L · 2013-04-10 17:06:14

Actually, I'm thinking either U2 or R.E.M. could also work as Genesis substitutes.

Salix Babylonika · 2013-04-10 17:07:29

I like Neutral Milk Hotel.

but I don't roguelike them

Sredni Vashtar · 2013-04-11 10:01:33

So do I, although I am one of the few people that actually prefers On Avery Island (or at least considers the two apples and oranges).

Imipolex G · 2013-04-11 12:42:50

But do you roguelike them?

Sredni Vashtar · 2013-04-11 12:54:39

Maybe. I'm not familiar enough with RPGs to know where that joke is going, so I could not say...

Salix Babylonika · 2013-04-11 13:55:42

don't you like bands that are similar to Rogue

Princess Alice · 2013-04-11 14:27:22

Imipölex G said:
But do you roguelike them?

Short-lived running gag alert

Salix Babylonika · 2013-04-11 14:30:52

Centie I am beginning to think you have something against bands that are different every time.

Obā-san · 2013-04-11 14:40:37

Central Avenue said:

Imipölex G said:
But do you roguelike them?
Short-lived running gag alert

Tell me, do you like Neutral Milk Hotel?

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