Say Bad Things About Deserters' Songs

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Need, understand, vitriol, this here board, spouts, aforesaid's direction. Why? Love, it, myself.

― powertonevolume, Monday, 1 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

New "we hate Sonic Youth/Amelie/Deserters' Songs cos they're overrated and we're unabashedly hip" answers.

― powertonevolume, Monday, 1 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I think some of the problem may lie in the epiphany I just had: before coming on this board I had never heard a bad word in its direction.

― powertonevolume, Monday, 1 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Gestalt NOT:: epiphany

― powertonevolume, Monday, 1 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I liked Amelie, but I fail to see where most of the criticisms leveled against it (shallow, fluffy film-making was the big one) would be applicable to Deserter's Songs which was none of those things as far as I can tell. I like Mercury Rev okay by the way, although I thought that this particular album sounded a bit too polished for my tastes (although that seemed to be the quality that most other folks liked about it). Only heard it once though, so I should probably reserve judgement. Of course they are also very hip and I'm probably overrated. Woops.

― Alex in SF, Monday, 1 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

It's twee. "Goddess on a Highway" decent.

― Mitch Lastnamewithheld, Monday, 1 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Deserter's songs- beware when indie band (who have come through, who have 'survived' all the drugs and fights and destruction-- give 'em a nice round of applause!) uses string arrangements. It's always a disaster.

― Julio Desouza, Monday, 1 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

pissweak pre milenial bollocks done in so many different ways by so many different bands before.

― Queen G, Monday, 1 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Sissy music just like all the crap that Fridmann (sp?) guy produces. He ruined the Flaming Lips too.

― adam, Monday, 1 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

''Sissy music just like all the crap that Fridmann (sp?) guy produces. He ruined the Flaming Lips too.''

I suppose you're reffering to the soft bulletin. You're wrong, one of the most brilliant psychedelic pop albums evah. The lyrics are fantastic.

― Julio Desouza, Monday, 1 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

The one element I assume the producer had no hand in...?

― Tracer Hand, Monday, 1 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Comparison - Amelie/DS not in production but popularity. Both "Cult Classics"/Both hated by the uber-hip/All the people who hate Amelie and DS love both the Director's and the Bands earlier work! I suppose the same may be applied to Sonic Youth.

But as regards the production - they are both furry, fuzzy, purple, rather colourful pieces of work that feel like a woman has been around the world nine times and woken up looking at her shoes.

― powertonevolume, Monday, 1 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Say Bad Things About Deserters' Songs

no.

― jess, Monday, 1 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I haven't been able to get excited about anything Mercury Rev has done since "Boces".

― o. nate, Monday, 1 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

"Deserter's songs" gets worse as it goes on, starting off nice and dreamy for the first three or four songs, then it goes horribly wrong and Band-like in the middle section and all falls apart. That's not to say I don't like the record, I love it immensely, but if they'd managed to sustain the mood of the first three tracks over a whole album it would have been an incredible listen. As it is, it's just great. But I wish there was a whole album as good as "Tonite it shows" and "Endlessly".

― Rob M, Monday, 1 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

It sounds like the Eagles.

― RickyT, Monday, 1 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

The vocals stink.

― Arthur, Monday, 1 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

The wibbly instrumental things are irritating.

― electric sound of jim, Monday, 1 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

It tries too hard to be a "great album".

― Robin Carmody, Monday, 1 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

It thinks it'll be allright to rip off The Band if it has some of them on it. It's wrong.

― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 2 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

They sound like a bunch of castrated butterflies.

― alex in mainhattan, Tuesday, 2 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

It sounds like the symphonic Oasis.

― sundar subramanian, Tuesday, 2 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

mercury rev started to slide once donahue took over all vocal duties. i mean, yerself/boces were fucking brill, shit, no? and no doubt, see you on the other side was an inspired one off. but we don't take this fey twee limey twaddle where i come from (harlem, raise up!) the new one's even worse. Your Pal,
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― Ma$e., Tuesday, 2 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

That last hidden track is pointless and annoying.

― bnw, Tuesday, 2 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Deserter's Song = Supertramp

― Chris Barrus, Wednesday, 3 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

'Digital Love' by Daft Punk also = Supertramp. Nothing wrong w/ that.

― Andrew L, Wednesday, 3 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

why are Supertramp *always* a critic cliche for bad things? Breakfast In America is quite a good album

― michael, Wednesday, 3 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

When you were young, was life so logical?

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 3 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

eight years pass...

This is one of maybe 20 albums I can really enjoy all the way through.

― Spencer Chow, Saturday, 15 May 2010 05:01 (fifteen years ago)

Been so long since I gave it an ear -- wonder what I would think now, knowing how many bands took this plus The Soft Bulletin and reduced the approach to endless, pointless sludge.

― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 15 May 2010 05:06 (fifteen years ago)

Can anyone recommend more music like the orchestral stuff at the end of "A Funny Bird"?

― Cunga, Saturday, 15 May 2010 05:34 (fifteen years ago)

Been so long since I gave it an ear -- wonder what I would think now, knowing how many bands took this plus The Soft Bulletin and reduced the approach to endless, pointless sludge.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ this

― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Saturday, 15 May 2010 06:02 (fifteen years ago)

As the Rev and the Lips made their most ambitious albums yet, they simultaneously fucked and poised the rest of indie rock for the next 10-12+ years...

― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Saturday, 15 May 2010 06:03 (fifteen years ago)

I don't like his voice.

― rhythm fixated member (chap), Saturday, 15 May 2010 20:20 (fifteen years ago)

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