Comments on: Smash Any Dreams Of Love http://www.fluxblog.org/2009/12/smash-any-dreams-of-love Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:38:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Bob K. http://www.fluxblog.org/2009/12/smash-any-dreams-of-love#comment-17250 Bob K. Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:44:32 +0000 http://www.fluxblog.org/?p=2907#comment-17250 I thought that Dominoes song was really dumb the first time I heard it and I still think it is really dumb. I don't think you can make a case that it's really terribly different from anything on a Kid Rock record, in terms of lyrical content, is-he-kidding-or-serious tone, the way it's nostalgic for BIG radio rock (just a different kind of radio rock), and the way it screams, "Please play me in strip clubs!". In fact, personally, I think Kid Rock has several songs that are better than this one. I thought that Dominoes song was really dumb the first time I heard it and I still think it is really dumb.

I don’t think you can make a case that it’s really terribly different from anything on a Kid Rock record, in terms of lyrical content, is-he-kidding-or-serious tone, the way it’s nostalgic for BIG radio rock (just a different kind of radio rock), and the way it screams, “Please play me in strip clubs!”. In fact, personally, I think Kid Rock has several songs that are better than this one.

]]> By: Sean T. Collins http://www.fluxblog.org/2009/12/smash-any-dreams-of-love#comment-17249 Sean T. Collins Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:22:25 +0000 http://www.fluxblog.org/?p=2907#comment-17249 I'm going back and forth on this song. On the one hand, I think that when you listen to the album, it bears out Ian's theory that they're just going through the motions of what British rock bands are supposed to do. They're certainly going through the motions of what British rock bands are supposed to sound like--Dominos' hook is inarguable but everything else sounds like your vague idea of what other bands sound like. On the other hand, can anyone really be that much of an un-self-aware asshole? It's just hard to credit. On a third, Total Recall mutant hand, my wife would say that even if this song is a portrayal of a character, don't we have enough misogynists in the world, both real and fictional? Do we really need to hear their viewpoint articulated again? On the fourth, DAMN THAT SONG SOUNDS SO HUUUUUUGE I’m going back and forth on this song. On the one hand, I think that when you listen to the album, it bears out Ian’s theory that they’re just going through the motions of what British rock bands are supposed to do. They’re certainly going through the motions of what British rock bands are supposed to sound like–Dominos’ hook is inarguable but everything else sounds like your vague idea of what other bands sound like. On the other hand, can anyone really be that much of an un-self-aware asshole? It’s just hard to credit. On a third, Total Recall mutant hand, my wife would say that even if this song is a portrayal of a character, don’t we have enough misogynists in the world, both real and fictional? Do we really need to hear their viewpoint articulated again? On the fourth, DAMN THAT SONG SOUNDS SO HUUUUUUGE

]]> By: Ian Mathers http://www.fluxblog.org/2009/12/smash-any-dreams-of-love#comment-17248 Ian Mathers Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:40:11 +0000 http://www.fluxblog.org/?p=2907#comment-17248 I don't know man, I'm aware it's a matter of opinion but there's just nothing about that Big Pink song or album that makes me think he's self-aware enough to be anything but sincere here. Part of it is context (like I said, there doesn't appear to be any real role-playing on the album, and in general I'm less skeptical of claims that misogyny in music is just a calculated pose when it's not all the artist has done), but part of it is just the vibe the band gives off. Like Oasis, say, or BRMC or a horde of other British bands, they're so obsessed with a particular throwback notion of rock cool that I think they might think a little misogyny is just part of what you do as a rock band. I don’t know man, I’m aware it’s a matter of opinion but there’s just nothing about that Big Pink song or album that makes me think he’s self-aware enough to be anything but sincere here. Part of it is context (like I said, there doesn’t appear to be any real role-playing on the album, and in general I’m less skeptical of claims that misogyny in music is just a calculated pose when it’s not all the artist has done), but part of it is just the vibe the band gives off. Like Oasis, say, or BRMC or a horde of other British bands, they’re so obsessed with a particular throwback notion of rock cool that I think they might think a little misogyny is just part of what you do as a rock band.

]]> By: Matthew Perpetua http://www.fluxblog.org/2009/12/smash-any-dreams-of-love#comment-17246 Matthew Perpetua Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:26:54 +0000 http://www.fluxblog.org/?p=2907#comment-17246 Yeah, that is very much the case for Animal Collective too. A lot of their best songs are essentially simple folk tunes done in their distinctive style. Yeah, that is very much the case for Animal Collective too. A lot of their best songs are essentially simple folk tunes done in their distinctive style.

]]> By: 2fs http://www.fluxblog.org/2009/12/smash-any-dreams-of-love#comment-17244 2fs Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:40:30 +0000 http://www.fluxblog.org/?p=2907#comment-17244 The other thing MBV imitators overlook is that the band wrote songs: obviously, the arrangements and production have much to do with their appeal, but if you ever just played them on an acoustic with one singer, there's still a song there (and usually, a very good one). It's not all just atmosphere and noise, important as those are. The other thing MBV imitators overlook is that the band wrote songs: obviously, the arrangements and production have much to do with their appeal, but if you ever just played them on an acoustic with one singer, there’s still a song there (and usually, a very good one). It’s not all just atmosphere and noise, important as those are.

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