Wednesday, April 21, 2010

The Bare Minimum

I am too frazzled to justify this to you people, but I will tell you this: Cat Power's You Are Free beats out Wilco's Being There.
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7 comments:

  1. KarlApril 21, 2010 at 10:41 AM

    Nuff said, really.

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  2. Eric SmithApril 21, 2010 at 5:33 PM

    I, Uncle Eric, hereby find this "frazzled" decision unacceptable and hereby reverse it, using the rarely cited Death Match Charter By-Law Number 451.7, Section IV, Paragraph 3. Just trust me on this one, you rubes; I don't have any time to get into the details;)

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  3. BruceApril 21, 2010 at 8:25 PM

    Though I don't know if I agree with it, here's some justification:
    Being There is an album of a time. I can't not get nostalgic when I listen to it, so there's this cloud around it that makes it hard to see what it actually is. I think it's a masterpiece, but I'm not sure. You Are Free, on the other hand, is clearly good. I haven't listened to it nearly as much a Being there (we're talking at least 1:10 or 1:20), but it is appropriately titled. It kind of makes me feel free. Not like American free, but psychologically free.

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  4. BruceApril 21, 2010 at 8:25 PM

    Also, I'm sorry you feel frazzled.

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  5. KarlApril 21, 2010 at 9:51 PM

    For the record: I had a hard time getting into You Are Free. I feel like The Greatest is better-balanced. But I really like that werewolf song.

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  6. zwartitudeApril 22, 2010 at 6:06 AM

    Eric, you make a good point, but that By-Law only applies if said entry is longer than 30 words. Sorry.

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  7. zwartitudeApril 23, 2010 at 7:01 AM

    I will say this about Being There. Great record, but it would have been greater had it been slightly shorter. Sarah should have applied her faulty logic to this and not London Calling (yes, I'm still bitter, but only because it's fun).

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