The Sundays - Here's Where The Story Ends: Version 2

I just checked out Saosin and surely you jest!! This is POSER music at it's worst! Formulaic and beyond vapid:

"In my deep dreams, you take over me.
Can I make it on my own?"

Huh?!!! Not to mention that the music is composed of rote and tired textural changes devoid of any melodic content. Every 50th tier band on the planet can intrigue the naive with talentlessness disguised as SEEMING technical prociency. You laud their "musicianship" but they don't even have this!

Yes!! These are two of my alltime favorite tunes (Taste and Machine Gun). Nice.

It's not about how hard one works; it's about the sound that's produced and the feelings that result. Hard work is perhaps requisite but gauging this is subjective. And for the record, Ride's album Nowhere destroys anything that Death Cab for Cutie has ever done (and will likely ever do).

Man oh man, this brings back such fond memories. I always thought she got a bit of influenced from Robert Smith (The Cure). The similarities were noticeable for me and I miss those better days.

Many blessings

@skrason: Lol, that's not a terrible age, ha, maybe just a little bit 'jaded' ;o) And who could blame you. I prefer the heavier side of music these days, but you may find something you like so here goes with a list of some of my faves:
Saosin
A Static Lullaby
Killswitch Engage
Glassjaw
Taking Back Sunday
Disturbed

I'd be interested to hear what you think, especially Saosin... Check out: On My Own, What We Were Made For, Seven Years, Bury Your Head.

@TeslaNick2: Tastes change over time. But there are some albums that are timeless to me, like Loveless, Doppelganger, Reading Writing & Arithmetic, Heaven or Las Vegas, lots more. I have to admit, I've been stuck in a bit of a musical rut lately. Any recommendations for new bands? I've reached that terrible age where I feel like I've heard everything before. Every time someone tells me to listen some new group, I'm disappointed because they sound like Talking Heads, Joy Division, etc.

@skrason: Totally, a major part of the charm for me was the rawness. I never new that Bunnymen fact - hahaha slacker musicianship at its best !
Maybe it's an age thing, but I look at bands now and think, why couldn't the old indy/shoegazer bands have been as good as these guys....

@TeslaNick2: Ah, I see what you mean. But I still appreciate the naivete and lack of musicianship, to a point. I was always a huge Bunnymen fan, but their guitarist still hasn't bothered to learn the correct chord after "spare us the cutter". It was originally played by the guy from Lightning Seeds, so he never learned it--like it's a badge of honor or something. At some point, when you reach a certain age, it's just not "cute" anymore to not know how to play your instrument.

I loved them to obsession at the time, but looking back now they were bad man, really bad... Creative, innovative even, but not great musicians, bands like Saosin are light-years ahead in pure musicianship terms....

TeslaNick2: You know, I have my days where I just long for the "old" days...those are my weak moments, I guess. There are some great bands out there, for sure. I think you have to look harder for them, which is fine by me. Real music lovers will expend the energy to find the good stuff. Having said that, I haven't heard a single band in the last 20 years as good as Curve or My Bloody Valentine. But you didn't like Ride or Slowdive? Not even "Taste" or "Machine Gun"? I love that stuff. :)