Haven't we beaten this description to death when descibing what makes one album better than another?

No compute.

minneapolisgenius said:

I don't believe you!

You've never heard someone say that The Gold Experience is better than Musicology because it had a sense of "raw urgency?"

Or that Nirvana is better than Pearl Jam because they played with a sense of "raw urgency?"

Or that a certain artist is on a comeback because they're playing with a renewed sense of "raw urgency?"

NDRU said:

I guess I never really noticed.

I have, however, grown sick of the term "pastiche artist" when describing certain artists, and of course "derivative" is getting pretty annoying as well.


And The Gold Experience IS a better album than Musicology. But not because of raw urgency. It's better to me because I only really listened to Musicology once. Maybe twice.

minneapolisgenius said:

This reminds me of another sentiment I am not crazy about "the album was so awful i couldn't listen past track 2!"

I hear you like the Raconteurs album

Jack White may be derivative, but he plays witha sense of raw urgency reminiscent of Cobain, creating a pastiche of Zeppelin & Beatles.
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NDRU said:

at that last comment

See? We could both be writing for that stellar mag that is Rolling Stone. These terms are interchangeable and can be used to describe anything that's out there today. I should make up a Music Mad-Libs or something and we can do album reviews.

And yes, I'm loving The Raconteurs album in fact. I actually wish it was longer. Too short.

Oh, and speaking of The Raconteurs, I hear a distinct Velvet Undergound theme in there as well.

minneapolisgenius said:

Music Mad Libs, i love it! I think Rolling Stoma may do that already, though.

It's definitely too short. Kind of keeps it from being truly great to me. But I really like it, too.

Velvet Underground, huh? Where do you hear that?

That last slow song reminds me of something off Fleetwood Mac's Tusk, I don't remember what, yet.

I think it's Walk A Thin Line

NDRU said:

They do? Damn, I thought I may have had an original thought there for once.

That last song? Blue Veins? That is SO Robert Plant it's not even funny. Zeppelin's "Tea For One". I can't get over how much his vocals sound like Robert's on this one, and also on "Broken Boy Soldier". It's ok by me though.

And "call It a Day" reminds me of Velvet Underground's "Sweet Jane" or "Candy Says" or "Pale Blue Eyes". Except with the backing vocals, it totally reminds me of Prince actually. Like with Wendy and Lisa singing backing vocals.

Use it in a sentence!


Bomb Squad used to produce beats that had raw urgency.

minneapolisgenius said:

Oh, not Blue Veins, that's definitely Zeppelin, or even Janis.

I was talking about Call It A Day in ref to Fleetwood Mac. But the way he sings it is kind of Lou-ish.

MinnieG felt the bad shellfish she had unwittingly eaten to go work with a raw urgency.

CinisterCee said:

With Bad, Michael introduced a sence of Raw Urgency to his singing that hadn't been heard before.

NDRU said:

Oh ok. yeah, I'll have to listen again for the Fleetwood.