"Songs For The Deaf" - whatcha reckon?

I can partly understand "the anger of the deaf", but hey, they surely should be able to see the humor in the whole thing...

on the album: terrific! super-riffs (very very 70's) + stringent drumming (very very Grohl) makes the album swing.

I'm curious if more people have been getting into this. It's definitely been a real "grower" for me. The production was hard to get past at first (they seem to be EMULATING the Bowie mix of Raw Power for some reason), but I think a lot of is just sweet.

And am I the only person who thinks these guys are a LOT like Blue Oyster Cult?

CAN IT?!??!

am I alone in thinking this would be a good album title?

willem: I can partly understand "the anger of the deaf", but hey, they surely should be able to see the humor in the whole thing...

No, sir. You would be wrong. In my experience with the deaf (admittedly limited, but more than most people have), they are almost universally pissy, particularly when they're expecting a deaf event, and wind up at a hearing event. That would be like a rasta being led to believe he was attending rasta event, and ending up at an Oscar after-party.

Well... kinda. That's kind of a bad example. There's no good way to describe the rage of the deaf against the hearing -- they're convinced (CONVINCED!) that deafness is not a disability at all, and that the "hearing world" is out to get them by telling them that it is a disability. Largely because of the way they are raised and educated, plus the way they are picked on, they become convinced that every sound, every piece of music, every bit of speech, is an affront to their God-given way of life. They learn to hate the world outside of the deaf community early on -- they are, in fact, taught this way. The thinking goes (kinda) don't trust the hearing, they can't understand you (which is mostly true, though it gives the hearing too little credit for trying) and they will only make fun of you and take advantage of you. There's a language barrier between them and us, and also a cultural barrier. And plus, if you're deaf, you graduate high school with something like a sixth grade education. You are, for all (hearing) intents and purposes, pretty dumb. Deaf people live their lives in what they imagine to be occupied territory -- they feel overrun and opressed every minute of their lives by the hearing. And they often become angry, and they are forever stomping off.

It's understandable in a way. You know how when you're talking to someone with a thick accent that you can't understand, there's a tendency to get frustrated? Imagine that that's the majority of your interactions, and what's more, you have no hope of ever learning THEIR language. You'd be frustrated a lot. And thus, the anger of the deaf.

That doesn't make them any more fun to be around, though.

it's beyond me how they made it soooo well. for the peeps that slag em, either yr a an uptight hipster or DMB follower...

yeah.

When I got this album, I thought the bleeps in the songs were because it's supposed to sound like its on the radio. But now I'm not so sure. Does everyone's albums have bleeps? Someone listen to "Six Shooter" and tell me

What, like bleeped-out swear words? None on my copy.

It was definitely a "listening on the car radio" concept album.

stop shopping at wal-mart, whiney!

I got it as a promo back in the day.

You suck, Interscope.

I just replaced it on Amazon for $3.98 after shipping :)

lol bleeps

I seriously thought they were part of a "car radio concept record" for seven years. I have no idea why this never occured to me until now.