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bp.lando
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If Animal Collective were to disapear forever I would not mind. I think there music sounds like trash, it sounds like people taking all the shit in their closet and banging it together. YET I hear all these people talking about how their album should be the best of 09 and how danceable it is, fuck man I couldnt dance to that shit, I rather dance to my alarm clock on buzzer mode. Then all these people claim ohhhh this music is just paving the way for new music, if music starts sounding like this I would fear for my life, people would be turning on their radios and puking from motion sickness. So hipsters I dont know what the fuck you are trying to prove with Animal Collective but the jokes over go back to listening to to whatever the hell you were listening to a year ago.


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Jul 5 2009 10:27PM
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OhMyBosh
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1. Hipsters dont listen to Animal Collective anymore... theyre far too mainstream. Any band that you know of, Hipsters no longer listen to.

2. They dont suck.
Jul 6 2009 8:01PM
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samwise
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Animal Collective = folk music played through an electronic medium. Their song structures are very simple, their harmonies are interesting, and they put on a ridiculously good live show. I like them a lot, personally. Music is something that should be appreciated for what it is, not for who listens to it.
Jul 6 2009 8:12PM
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freezed
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They are not at the foremost of this generation's musical identity. At all. That is just false. If anything, I wish it was more true, because this generation's musical identity is rooted in hip hop, britney spears, boy bands, etc.

I like some stuff Animal Collective does but I feel like their whole thing has moved past the actual music. This may not be the fault of the band, it could just be the fans...But regardless, I can completely identify with the original poster, most people who talk about/like them are pretentious my-music-is-more-enlightened-than-you douches. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and say overall you're probably a nice guy, but statements like "They are working under the radar, influencing all of the "artists" you guys listen to. To appreciate Collective you really do have to open up your mind" sound pretty pretentious.

And don't tell me I don't get it, or I'm musically immature. I listen to much harsher noise than Animal Collective...Yellow Swans, Black Dice, Xinlisupreme, The Skaters, etc.
Jul 6 2009 8:15PM
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AwR
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animal collective = amazingness


Jul 6 2009 8:35PM
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quixotic
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Never heard of Animal Collective. I'm guessing that is a good thing...?
Jul 6 2009 8:50PM
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Peter.
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i can listen to about 20 seconds of one of their songs, i have no clue what people see in them
Jul 6 2009 8:56PM
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STREETS
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Epic, and I just listened to a couple of their songs and they don't do it for me. Very boring, I need music that will make me move or get angry or excitied. It sounds more like elevator music or something just bland. Its all personal opinion anyhow and no one can change that one way or another......
Jul 6 2009 10:33PM
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bp.lando
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this ^


I will respect people out there trying to be creative but, so many people backing something for no obvious reason seems lame as hell.
Jul 6 2009 11:09PM
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2+2=5
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oh really? so what is music then? because if making noises on a computer isnt considered music then i guess hip hop, r&b, and the hundreds of electronic music genres are all just what? nothing? and who the fuck are you to judge how easy/hard it is to make electro music? its just as hard and even harder then playing an instrument in most cases, you just need a different set of skills but the same creativity and inspiration is there. and why do you even care if music is made on a computer or instrument? it really doesnt matter and as long as theres a groove going and people enjoy it, thats all that matters. i dont fucking care if someone records a track of them taking a gigantic dump, as long as it sounds good im happy.

i like a few animal collective songs, my girls is great. i was going to see them live but they sold out pretty quick. their live show looks interesting because they actually play with analog hardware so its just sick as fuck.


and if you dont like the music, then it wasn't made for you
Jul 7 2009 12:00AM
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Lax_Bro40
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that is fucking terrible. i want to murder them all with 2 to the chest and 1 to the head.
Jul 7 2009 1:13AM
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panojibber
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The Animal Collective is an awesome band. They are pushing an envelope that isn't too well represented in the mainstream, and its moving music forward in ways that we can't see now. Thats not to say they're the best at what they're doing, or that they are the musical identity of our generation, or that they have the best album of 2009. They are simply good musicians, doing something you don't see too often.

As for everyone ripping on electronic music, it is just as much purist music as floyd, hendrix, or whoever else you have in mind. The challenge behind electronic music is making all the sounds, tracks, melodies, harmonies, and lyrics come together, a wonderful example of which is royksopp's most recent album. It takes real musical knowledge and instrumental skill to create this stuff, which is something I doubt a lot of people in here have (no offense, that doesn't mean that you don't know music). It is music, just a different type more based on audio production than actual rehearsal, which does NOT mean it is music any less than anything else.

The musical identity of our generation? Impossible to determine, only time will tell.
Jul 7 2009 1:44PM
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Scolson
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I just like the music, I don't listen to it to make me feel like im better than someone else or whatever you're complaing about.  So you don't like it, why does it bother you so much that other people do?
Jul 7 2009 2:09PM
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connoroh
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What? What other reason do you need to listen to a band other than liking the music?

Such a ridiculous thing to say.
Jul 7 2009 3:40PM
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spliff.Life
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hahahaha i just went and listened to a song (never had before) and couldnt make it through the first minute ANIMAL COLLECTIVE SUCKS
thats not music, trendsters are gay as fuck
Jul 7 2009 3:49PM
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2+2=5
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exactly, if jimmy was still around he for sure would be making electronic music. he made his last album using one of the first versions of acid pro, he'd probably be producing crazy psychedelic trance records right now if he was still alive ahhahahhaa.
Jul 7 2009 4:43PM
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dr_phil
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I highly doubt he'd make some trance.
Jul 7 2009 4:45PM
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connoroh
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just out of curiosity, what song, and what kind of music do you normally listen to
Jul 7 2009 4:52PM
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Von
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You guys really, they are the  best band. Who, We Tigers? Come on who doesn't want to hear.

TIGERS TIGERS TIGERS TIGERS TIGERS TIGERS TIGERS TIGERS TIGERS TIGERS TIGERS TIGERS TIGERS TIGERS TIGERS TIGERS TIGERS TIGERS TIGERS TIGERS TIGERS TIGERS TIGERS.
over a sick sick sick beat.
Jul 7 2009 5:27PM
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hank_hill
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huh im kinda surprised you dont like em bp
Jul 7 2009 5:31PM
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bp.lando
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that was emmett screwing around on my computer, I do not like them
Jul 7 2009 5:48PM
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hank_hill
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they're trippy brandon. i bet you'd like em
Jul 7 2009 5:55PM
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geteducated
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its alright, soon it will be ironic to still be listening to animal collectors so it will still be okay.
Jul 7 2009 7:01PM
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2+2=5
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lol i wasnt really being serious, but he would be definately going in that direction
Jul 7 2009 7:21PM
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Yung_Gnarley
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haha that's terrible
Jul 7 2009 7:39PM
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connoroh
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i like you
Jul 7 2009 7:43PM
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the-big-lepowski
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how about a transer to media/arts forum please?

As for animal collective, I like them, don't love them.  Pretty unique sound, love it or hate it, b/c its sort of alternative bluegrass mix.  I've listened to them for a few years now, but have never heard such a fountain of hate as this thread creator.

Jul 7 2009 7:48PM
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charmander
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hendrix would be playing jazz, his late recordings (released post-thumously) were VERY jazzy.
Jul 7 2009 8:05PM
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yellav
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i like listening to their music? do i really need more of a reason then that? sorry?

get over yourself. you not liking a band hardly warranted a thread.
Jul 7 2009 8:08PM
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connoroh
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man, lots of hipsters listen to the deathset.
Jul 11 2009 7:06PM
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