Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion (2009)

Ugh! This is a pet peeve of mine. In that City Paper article linked above, Mr. Cummings misused the word "bemused." People do this all the time, using it in a way that means "wryly amused" or something to that effect, when in fact it means the exact opposite.

Animal Collective's management? Bemused, we presume. Rick Astley's lawyers? Maybe not so much.

Here is the definition of "bemused"
bemusement - bewilderment: confusion resulting from failure to understand

1 : to make confused : puzzle , bewilder
2 : to occupy the attention of : distract , absorb
3 : to cause to have feelings of wry or tolerant amusement

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bemused

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you missed the opportunity to make that dictionary link a rick roll

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I don't know who Ruth B. Smith is, but she's got the definition all wrong. She probably uses "nonplussed" wrong too.

Definitions of bemused on the Web:

deeply absorbed in thought; "as distant and bemused as a professor listening to the prattling of his freshman class"; "lost in thought"; "a ...
baffled: perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment; "obviously bemused by his questions"; "bewildered and confused"; "a cloudy and confounded philosopher"; "just a mixed-up kid"; "she felt lost on the first day of school"
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

deeply thoughtful; preoccupied; perplexed and bewildered
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bemused

bemusement - bewilderment: confusion resulting from failure to understand
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

bemusedly - In a bemused manner
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bemusedly

bemusement - The characteristic of being bemused
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bemusement

means "bewildered" or "lost in thought": George was bemused by the unexpected ending to the movie.
www.alphadictionary.com/articles/confused_words.html

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bemused

1. bewildered or confused.
2. lost in thought; preoccupied.
3. wryly or benevolently amused.

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kornrulez6969 i am going to blow ur mind right now--the meaning of a word can change sometimes...

Blog Miracle Saves Christmas

that's not about us actually, but it should be

Ha, it actually leaked. Poor quality rip mind you

Quick, somebody make a low-quality rick-roll!

ok here---> http://www.zshare.net/download/524534751a4f71ea/

the vinyl version was leaked at 128 btw
and it's awesome as expected

yeah it's good, freeleech on oink

http://www.zshare.net/download/524534751a4f71ea/

(rip quality's a bit cack tho)

don't know why I even dl'd this, now I have a bunch of ac mp3s on my computer

it's not the link you posted

bluish is just lovely.
and yeah, i'm not the kind to bitch about mp3s, but it feels like some of this should be jumping out of the speakers or playing on top of other bits.

Ha, didn't believe this at first cuz of all the shenanigans here, but it really did leak!

yup, right here: http://www.zshare.net/download/524534751a4f71ea/

Damn you Roxy...and on Christmas no less. For shame!

this really has leaked, guys. NO FOR SERIOUS. I think I'll refrain from commenting just now (I overdosed on the two previously leaked songs and so after one listen they're still easy standouts), although I gotta say something about the drums on 'In the Flowers'. Woaaaaaaah. Yeah that'll do.

there's a better rip available now, here it is at 320kbs

meowy boxing day!

in terms of songwriting the record is at the same level as Syd Barrett (Piper era) and Brian Wilson, so it's the best bunch of songs they ever recorded.
Lindsey Buckingham is also a big influence (No More Runnin' for example).
side 1 is slightly better than 2, where the the record tends to get repetetive production wise, but the songwriting is such classicly perfect, it's a masterpiece nevertheless.

this band is pretty tedious tbh

no way ice creams http://www.zshare.net/download/524534751a4f71ea/

people only pretend to listen to this band - instead they listen to modest mouse

this is pretty tedious tbh

try modest mouse it might cheer u up

have u heard Hollindagain?????

no WHATS IT LIKE!!!!

like this!

it def compares favorably w/revolver era beatles and mozart - not sure how to describe the sound tho - too original !

I really couldn't say for sure.

pretty zzz this

this band have the most annoying superfans of any band around, these days. if you don't believe me, check out the collected animals board.

that said, this album is fucking amazing.

also see the 900 page thread on atease.

Didn't Collected Animals die in february this year? Os it it invite only nowadays/reg only?

http://animalcollectin.6.forumer.com/index.php

lol @ these nerds:

http://www.indie-leaks.com/forums/merriweather-post-pavillion-2009.htm

whoops try this

indie-leaks-dot-com

nothing personal, but you're an asshole for posting that here.

does this thing eventually go away, or will i need to restart my computer?

oh noooooo i was typing my entire senior thesis in my hotmail and now its lost foreverrrrr

we're no strangers to ctrl+alt+delete.

this month has me hating that song so much, you have noooo idea

linking to the fake rickroll leak: priceless
linking to some supposed forum for us ILXORS to have a laff at, but no not really, actually it's something that NEVER goes away: ;_;

why u break heart gr80?

at some point someone should start a thread that's actually about this bloody album

We need to find a way to corrupt someone at Domino's pressing plant and rickroll the retail cd.

that's the logical next step, i suppose.