Grab your children! Look away! It's time for Let's Massacre A Band Vol. 2- Pavement

Genteel Death · 02.20.2010, 04:57 PM

Fact: early Pavement get compared to The Fall, without any real solid argument behind it, since their songs lack the lyrical brilliance of an inspired Mark E Smith, not to say that 4/5 of Slanted and Enchanted feels like several ideas that failed to turn into complete songs. If a Fall-related band needs being compared to them, maybe Pavement went on to sound a bit like Blue Orchids on later albums, without appearing convinced of what they were doing, due mainly to Malkmus' posing as this ''look at me, I am so quirky'', half-arsed, smug indie rocker.

Pookie · 02.20.2010, 05:02 PM

Can't add much to that.

I had the misfortune to see them live once. Also had the misfortune of seeing Malkmus live.

Awful.

Glice · 02.20.2010, 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by typical Pavement lyrics

I'm Ste-ven Milk-mouse.
Steve, n' Mill k m'ouse.
steheepheenn meeheelkmooossz.
lol, carhorn, Im so random lol

They're a band so irritating I'm struggling to think where to start. I think the Milk Mouse's fringe. I mean... how a fringe have an air of sanctimonious cunt about it? It can't. But his does. What a massive shithouse of a cunt he is.

Trasher02 · 02.20.2010, 05:31 PM

Indie douche fail at 3:25.

Genteel Death · 02.20.2010, 05:38 PM

Stereo, particularly the talked bit, is the blueprint for anything that I find irritating about many indie bands.

Glice · 02.20.2010, 05:45 PM

Malaria DOESN'T EVEN FUCKING RHYME WITH STEREO. Let alone make any sense. HAHAHAHAHA random lol.

Genteel Death · 02.20.2010, 05:58 PM

I read an interview with Pavement, once, where one of them was making fun of Malkmus when he gets a cold or the flu, 'cause apparently he is a nightmare to deal with and a drama queen.

automatic bzooty · 02.20.2010, 06:05 PM

if malkmus was born in the nineties, he'd be one of those "lOl cheez & duckz so randum!!111! chArlIe tha UNicorN!!1" kids.

automatic bzooty · 02.20.2010, 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Trasher02

Indie douche fail at 3:25.

i didn't know jay leno was a hipster douchebag. coo' revelation bro!

SuperCreep · 02.20.2010, 06:22 PM

malkmus is a cock.

Toilet & Bowels · 02.20.2010, 06:56 PM

i like some of their stuff (slanted and enchsnted), i don't really understand how people could be particularly riled by them, although some of their later stuff is a bit crap.

Genteel Death · 02.20.2010, 07:27 PM

Do you like David Bowie?

Toilet & Bowels · 02.20.2010, 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Genteel Death

Do you like David Bowie?

No. Do you?

Genteel Death · 02.20.2010, 07:47 PM

Yes. Not after scary monsters, though.

Pookie · 02.20.2010, 08:18 PM

Got to give them some credit though for kicking out annoying twat Gary Young.

atsonicpark · 02.21.2010, 03:52 AM

Slanted is great, though Conduit for Sale! might as well be called "New Face in Hell (the remake)". I tend to prefer the early stuff, when they were weirder and more cryptic, though Wowee is probably a good mix of their less straightforward stuff and their most technically accomplished material. I think Terror Twilight is one of the most boring albums ever made...

Jeremy · 02.21.2010, 04:16 AM

You twisted, sick, son of a....

~Jeremy~

TheFoxBen · 02.21.2010, 05:21 AM

I like them... I would even say it's one of my favorite bands... Slanted & Enchanted and Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain are both different but perfect and Wowee Zowee is their most ambitious album and it's filled with so many good ideas, you can't deny this. Brighten the Corners is pretty good too and Terror Twilight is just good.

Derek · 02.21.2010, 09:39 AM

Slanted and Enchanted is an indie rock masterpiece that should be given to children when they are born. Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain has some great songs on them but I think the rest of their discography is tripe. Really not worth the praise they get even if they did rule in the early 90s.

atsonicpark · 02.21.2010, 09:42 AM

They're just one of those bands that I don't understand the lasting appeal of (also see: MBV). Sure, they might have done something noteworthy 20 years ago, but countless bands have improved on their formula, and half their discography is garbage. Malkmus solo is pretty much shit, too, with a song here or there as an exception.

The best thing to come out of this band was PLANTMAN.

02.20.2010, 04:57 PM	#1
Genteel Death invito al cielo Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 8,744	Fact: early Pavement get compared to The Fall, without any real solid argument behind it, since their songs lack the lyrical brilliance of an inspired Mark E Smith, not to say that 4/5 of Slanted and Enchanted feels like several ideas that failed to turn into complete songs. If a Fall-related band needs being compared to them, maybe Pavement went on to sound a bit like Blue Orchids on later albums, without appearing convinced of what they were doing, due mainly to Malkmus' posing as this ''look at me, I am so quirky'', half-arsed, smug indie rocker.
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02.20.2010, 05:02 PM	#2
Pookie invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 9,877	Can't add much to that. I had the misfortune to see them live once. Also had the misfortune of seeing Malkmus live. Awful.
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Trasher02 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 6,356	Indie douche fail at 3:25. __________________ 666
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02.20.2010, 05:38 PM	#5
Genteel Death invito al cielo Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 8,744	Stereo, particularly the talked bit, is the blueprint for anything that I find irritating about many indie bands.
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02.20.2010, 05:58 PM	#7
Genteel Death invito al cielo Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 8,744	I read an interview with Pavement, once, where one of them was making fun of Malkmus when he gets a cold or the flu, 'cause apparently he is a nightmare to deal with and a drama queen.
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automatic bzooty invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 2,859	if malkmus was born in the nineties, he'd be one of those "lOl cheez & duckz so randum!!111! chArlIe tha UNicorN!!1" kids.
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SuperCreep expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: brooklyn Posts: 2,281	malkmus is a cock. __________________
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Toilet & Bowels invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Europe Posts: 12,282	i like some of their stuff (slanted and enchsnted), i don't really understand how people could be particularly riled by them, although some of their later stuff is a bit crap.
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02.20.2010, 07:27 PM	#12
Genteel Death invito al cielo Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 8,744	Do you like David Bowie?
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02.20.2010, 07:47 PM	#14
Genteel Death invito al cielo Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 8,744	Yes. Not after scary monsters, though.
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Pookie invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 9,877	Got to give them some credit though for kicking out annoying twat Gary Young.
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atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	Slanted is great, though Conduit for Sale! might as well be called "New Face in Hell (the remake)". I tend to prefer the early stuff, when they were weirder and more cryptic, though Wowee is probably a good mix of their less straightforward stuff and their most technically accomplished material. I think Terror Twilight is one of the most boring albums ever made... __________________
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Jeremy 100% Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: The Batcave Posts: 833	You twisted, sick, son of a.... ~Jeremy~ __________________
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02.21.2010, 05:21 AM	#18
TheFoxBen expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: The land of fries and mussels Posts: 1,366	I like them... I would even say it's one of my favorite bands... Slanted & Enchanted and Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain are both different but perfect and Wowee Zowee is their most ambitious album and it's filled with so many good ideas, you can't deny this. Brighten the Corners is pretty good too and Terror Twilight is just good. __________________
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Derek invito al cielo Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 8,095	Slanted and Enchanted is an indie rock masterpiece that should be given to children when they are born. Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain has some great songs on them but I think the rest of their discography is tripe. Really not worth the praise they get even if they did rule in the early 90s.
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02.21.2010, 09:42 AM	#20
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	They're just one of those bands that I don't understand the lasting appeal of (also see: MBV). Sure, they might have done something noteworthy 20 years ago, but countless bands have improved on their formula, and half their discography is garbage. Malkmus solo is pretty much shit, too, with a song here or there as an exception. The best thing to come out of this band was PLANTMAN. __________________
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