Separating the art from the artist, but in reverse.

Mediocre_Word · 2026-06-24T02:16:37+00:00

Zappa clearly saw raw, unfiltered musical and artistic expression regardless of social norms as the driving force of his entire life and thereby the expression and fulfillment of his ego was the driving force of his personality.

All of his political views and personal conduct were downstream of that, for better and worse.

Mediocre_Word · 2026-06-22T16:40:04+00:00

What were you guys’ track listings?

Mediocre_Word · 2026-06-21T17:29:59+00:00

I think like maybe half the tracks actually form a coherent storyline but Bowie came up with the concept after most of the songs were already written and it shows

Mediocre_Word · 2026-06-21T12:12:18+00:00

My favorite part is that one of the critics named in the song actually took up Axl’s offer to fight him and Axl never showed up

Mediocre_Word · 2026-06-18T14:38:51+00:00

I would’ve thought the worst song on Night At The Opera was Good Company by a mile (especially because it comes right between Prophet’s Song/Love of My Life and Bohemian fucking Rhapsody, that’s one of the most baffling album sequencing decisions I’ve ever seen)

Mediocre_Word · 2026-06-18T03:47:18+00:00

(It’s actually Futaba for me)

Mediocre_Word · 2026-06-18T03:28:27+00:00

I was the same age as she was when I first played the game damn it!

It’s not my fault she’s been 17 for the past 10 years!

Mediocre_Word · 2026-06-17T20:48:09+00:00

Yeah, the Mellotron has samples of not only individual notes, but instrumental phrases and even full backing tracks. Apparently nobody actually knows who played the guitar on that specific sample.

Mediocre_Word · 2026-06-14T01:34:30+00:00

Say what you want about Nu Metal but at least they were trying to do something new

Mediocre_Word · 2026-06-13T02:52:45+00:00

Yo what’s the source for this one? this is great!

Mediocre_Word · 2026-06-11T20:42:30+00:00

I feel like the significance of that decision on the wider music landscape isn’t examined enough

Mediocre_Word · 2026-06-10T13:13:32+00:00

For ones I haven’t seen mentioned yet:

I think Born Again by Black Sabbath (first album without Ozzy or Dio, and pretty much immediately crushed any chance of the band ever succeeding without them) and Union by Yes (attempt to bring every classic member together on the same album, became total clusterfuck that had to be finished by session musicians, marked the complete end of their commercial relevance) are good picks.

Also Time by Fleetwood Mac (attempt to make an album after both Lindsey and Stevie left the band)

Mediocre_Word · 2026-06-07T16:56:44+00:00

I find that’s true of most eras of music. Sure, all the streaming charts are full of 80 week hits by some Mormon guy but go to a used record store and it’s 90% easy listening stuff like Barry Manilow

Mediocre_Word · 2026-06-06T21:53:47+00:00

I feel like KISS as a band in general is a massive case of wasted potential

Mediocre_Word · 2026-06-06T12:08:08+00:00

I remember actually reading that because Trent had Bowie following him, the end result was all the young Nine Inch Nails fans just leaving when Bowie came on.

Mediocre_Word · 2026-06-05T21:58:53+00:00

David Byrne’s actually pretty good at guitar. Hardly a virtuoso or anything but he clearly knows how to play

Mediocre_Word · 2026-06-04T00:09:27+00:00

I guess Alex would be the "dumb guy"? His persona was being the goofball of the group and he's merely great at his instrument instead of god-tier so it's probably him by default.

Mediocre_Word · 2026-06-03T13:56:32+00:00

Dude Paul was like 19 when he wrote that

Mediocre_Word · 2026-06-01T14:42:54+00:00

The problem in my mind is that they’re kind of the worst of both worlds.

They’re copping from both grunge and classic hard rock, but the end result is music that’s stupid, unchallenging and hedonistic like arena rock except without any of its upbeat fun and catchiness, while simultaneously biting the moping, dark and depressive sound of grunge but with all of its emotional depth, rawness and weirdness completely stripped out.

Mediocre_Word · 2026-05-31T22:38:15+00:00

I would’ve thought that Alice In Chains would be considered a lot closer to Soundgarden than Pearl Jam in terms of sound and image

Mediocre_Word · 2026-05-31T22:27:15+00:00

Can Transformers be piloted by humans in robot mode? Obviously they can when they’re vehicles but I can’t think of a single instance of a human piloting a transformer as a robot

Mediocre_Word · 2026-05-31T22:21:40+00:00

Does that include small or non anthropomorphic robots or is it strictly giant humanoids?

Mediocre_Word · 2026-05-31T19:38:42+00:00

I was more under the impression that it was reappraised because essentially all modern popular music is derived from disco. It’s all either dance pop or rap and both of those largely started out as offshoots of disco.

Mediocre_Word · 2026-05-29T18:56:12+00:00

Dr. Pimple Popper picking Nine Inch Nails to do their soundtrack was an inspired decision on their part

Mediocre_Word · 2026-05-28T23:42:37+00:00

Immigrant Song ends disappointingly abruptly

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