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Name one song you don't like from At Mount Zoomer and I'll say one reason why it's great.

11 votes
? by BoyNamedTim

Why not.
It's a magnificent album.

BoyNamedTim | 17 Jul '08, 20:12 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Soldiers grin

boooooooooooooooooooring

And I love the rest of the album to bits :)

Amodestmousearrives | 17 Jul '08, 20:23 | Send note | Report this | Reply

nah man.

the groove is sick and when it goes half time it's like "woah"!

BoyNamedTim | 17 Jul '08, 20:28 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Also,

the chord sequence when dan first starts singing is mega-fantastic.

^ *at least one reason

BoyNamedTim | 17 Jul '08, 20:35 | Send note | Report this | Reply

I wouldn't say it's boring...

But it is the weakest song on the album by quite a fair margin - not bad, but just not that gripping. Strange, strange choice to start the album...

theskysawfulblue | 17 Jul '08, 22:24 | Send note | Report this | Reply

I love the album

but i'll play devils advocate and give you the two worst songs;

Bang Your Drum
The Grey Estates

KIND REGARDS

DFYOU | 17 Jul '08, 20:54 | Send note | Report this | Reply

bang your drum

is like a not very good sunset rubdown song.

The Grey estates is amazingly pop and I absolutely love it!

Amodestmousearrives | 17 Jul '08, 22:03 | Send note | Report this | Reply

ok.

bang your drum - the bit of the song where spencer sings "take a dive" is an album highlight. Also the acapella "la la la" bits are wicked.

grey estates - For me the driving pace and mood of the song work really well with the lyrics and what comes across to me is this really optimistic sense of motion; of leaving trouble behind and moving on to something positive, the lyrics about passing the grey estates perfectly echoing the mood of the music.

*deep breaths*

BoyNamedTim | 17 Jul '08, 22:57 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Oh wait,

I forgot easily the worst song, the only skippable one IMO - Call it A Ritual.

It's ok in the context of the rest of the album but as a standalone song its a bit meh

DFYOU | 17 Jul '08, 23:29 | Send note | Report this | Reply

The crescendo

is quality (the "I am amazed at how they go" bit).
Also, the drummer's drumming IN A DIFFERENT TIME SIGNATURE to the rest of the band (mental) and it makes the groove sound really cool; especially the bit when the chord first changes for the "call it a ritual" chant.

BoyNamedTim | 18 Jul '08, 13:16 | Send note | Report this | Reply

two words

marquee moon

karaul | 17 Jul '08, 22:08 | Send note | Report this | Reply

sorry what?

BoyNamedTim | 17 Jul '08, 23:07 | Send note | Report this | Reply

It's really not that good

Totally average record on first couple of listens.

isthisinteresting | 17 Jul '08, 22:22 | Send note | Report this | Reply

^

the definitive review guys

vestergaard | 17 Jul '08, 22:23 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Nope.

BoyNamedTim | 17 Jul '08, 22:59 | Send note | Report this | Reply

yeah that was my point

ah well

vestergaard | 18 Jul '08, 15:51 | Send note | Report this | Reply

oh right. sorry.

:)

BoyNamedTim | 18 Jul '08, 21:18 | Send note | Report this | Reply

I don't think so

I mean, it's not exactly difficult or challenging is it? It's a pretty bog standard, fairly dull, indie rock record.

isthisinteresting | 17 Jul '08, 23:06 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Nein

It really has more hidden depth than that. I was underwhelmed the first couple of times I listened through to it, but eventually it reveals it's loveliness, there are so many melodies and countermelodies, byoodiful tones going all over the place, thoughtful structure...

DFYOU | 17 Jul '08, 23:19 | Send note | Report this | Reply

^^^ This

It's duuuuuuuuuuuull.

Caliban420 | 18 Jul '08, 11:39 | Send note | Report this | Reply

I like this album

But apologies is better

Amodestmousearrives | 17 Jul '08, 23:05 | Send note | Report this | Reply

...in my opinion

obvs.

BoyNamedTim | 17 Jul '08, 23:06 | Send note | Report this | Reply

aye

I really enjoy it minus bang your drum and soldiers grin.

But liked every song from the first.

great band!

Amodestmousearrives | 17 Jul '08, 23:23 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Take On Me?

uggggh | 17 Jul '08, 23:35 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Am I the only one who thinks this

album is not even nearly as good as Apologies to the Queen Mary and is a little bit disappointed by it..?

Tenbears | 18 Jul '08, 19:54 | Send note | Report this | Reply

it's thread like this

that make we want to punch myself in the plums for continuing to come on this forum.

gee_akko | 18 Jul '08, 20:05 | Send note | Report this | Reply

I thought maybe

when I said Zoomer "is a great album without great songs" I might have been talking literary bollocks...but this thread makes me think I called it right.

Carry on. :)

oceanRain | 18 Jul '08, 20:18 | Send note | Report this | Reply

nope. e.g. Language City.

GREAT SONG.

BoyNamedTim | 18 Jul '08, 21:19 | Send note | Report this | Reply

between us Tim

I went back and amended statement to "not many great songs" because of Language City. So there you go. :)

oceanRain | 18 Jul '08, 21:27 | Send note | Report this | Reply

:D

BoyNamedTim | 18 Jul '08, 21:28 | Send note | Report this | Reply


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