Yeah I did get thru half of each song after the first 3 but even if there was something interesting in the guitar textures the music still sucked overall. That perfect mix of punk/metal/goth/ledzep type of whatever they had going on during 1.0 is gone.kv wrote:there is no way it was gonna be good...and juana said he listened to some of it and stopped...when it's shit why listen to the whole thing?...i did...i wish i hadn't...i wish i had stopped
i'm sure he listened to all of strays but by this point people know what they are gonna get in a jane's album
whats next gonna argue he should have listened to it twice ...it was his fav band after all why not twice? why not let it soak in?
he didn't want to finish it because it sucked...final answer
Because maybe he didn't like Curiosity Kills but would have really liked Splash a Little Water on It if he had made it that far? Sometimes an overall shitty record still has a couple nice gems, and sometimes they can even be found at the end of an album, so if you listen to the first 5 tracks but didn't give the last 5 a chance you could have missed out...ya never know. I have a valid point.kv wrote:...juana said he listened to some of it and stopped...when it's shit why listen to the whole thing?
Actually that sounds pretty much perfect.kv wrote:whats next gonna argue he should have listened to it twice ...it was his fav band after all why not twice? why not let it soak in?
Not a crazy idea, as you implied it to be. Sometimes I've had to listen to an album over 4 times before it finally clicks, then I'm super stoked that I gave it more chances because otherwise I would have missed out on an album that as it turns out is really enjoyable to me.
Well, I listened to it. Twice.Kajicat wrote:Because they're arguably your favorite band of all time...so why not take the 40 minutes it takes to actually listen to their latest album? An album that is now part of their extremely short discography. I listen to all kinds of music besides Jane's, and yet I was definitely able to give 40 minutes to TGEA. Do you people not put on music while hanging out at home? While browsing the internet? Do you just sit in silence during drives in the car? It's not hard. Put it on in the background while you're cooking, surfing the web, washing your car, folding clothes, taking a shit - whatever. Even though it can't hold a candle to NS or Ritual, I still find it to be highly listenable. NS and Ritual are perfect albums anyways so TGEA never really even had a chance to match that...anyone who had their hopes up for that was was delusional in the first place.Mescal wrote:Djies, TGEA is just a crappy record.Kajicat wrote:Red: You could easily listen to a 40 minute album in a long car drive if you drive, or if you commute to work either on your car stereo or on your iPod. 40 minutes of music ain't hard to cover. Heck, put it on in the background as you lounge around on the computer on this very website. You already know you're going to be disappointed - might as well at least hear why and build your own personal conclusion.Juana wrote:No the first 3 tracks sucked and I skimmed the others. I like Nothings Shocking which is one of my favorite records ever. I grew up surfing to that record. I saw them live for the first time in '97 on relapse but I have not liked anything that was put out except "Price I Pay" and the Hyperleak version of "True Nature". I gave it the best shot I could but they do not care to make music that brings me in, so why should I invest that 40 minutes when I know I will be disappointed?Kajicat wrote:I find this so absurd. What is arguably your favorite band of all time puts out an album that you've talked and read about on a fan community board quite a bit leading up to its release, and yet you still can't take the time to at least make it all the way through the album ONCE to make your own conclusion.Juana wrote:I haven't even made it all the way thru TGEA.
It's so absolutely insane to me that some of you haven't even HEARD all of TGEA. So crazy. Jane's is easily one of your favorite bands of all time, who has an incredibly small catalog, and yet you haven't even heard their latest album but continue to come to a community board for that band.
Can't find the time to make it through a 40 minute album?
I could instead listen to something that intrigues me and doesn't remind me that a band that made 3 great records, has fallen so far.
Blue: ANR and Xiola served as a constant reminder of how far this band and its members have fallen as writers and humans in general, so what's the big difference? This place does more daily reminding of how far Jane's has fallen than you listening to TGEA all the way through once ever will. I say make it through the album at least once, just so you're not parroting the others on this board.
OK I'll stop now...
Whether you listen to it 1 or 100 times.
Why would you even bother listening to it? There are a gazillion better albums to spend 40 minutes of your life on
I'm just saying give it at least one listen all the way though since you're such a big fan of the band, and make sure not to blindly parrot what others say. Makes an awful lot of sense to me.
I still don't buy this hypothesis, regardless of how far Perry has fallen. Listen to Sadness, Meija, 100 Ways, Cursed Female and Hard Charger and tell me that Perry wasn't once a genius in his own right, without Eric's input. Eric was undoubtedly a massive influence on Jane's 1.0 but to say he was the creative lynchpin just doesn't stack up.NYRexall wrote:Juana wrote:Anyone who thinks Eric wasn’t the creative lynchpin of this band needs their head examined. Everything good about this band happened while he was a member of it.
I didn't type this... here is the original quote, I keep thinking people are replying to me.elbuitre wrote:I still don't buy this hypothesis, regardless of how far Perry has fallen. Listen to Sadness, Meija, 100 Ways, Cursed Female and Hard Charger and tell me that Perry wasn't once a genius in his own right, without Eric's input. Eric was undoubtedly a massive influence on Jane's 1.0 but to say he was the creative lynchpin just doesn't stack up.NYRexall wrote:Juana wrote:Anyone who thinks Eric wasn’t the creative lynchpin of this band needs their head examined. Everything good about this band happened while he was a member of it.
Perry was pretty creative at one point but since 1996 what really has he done that has been great in terms of new music?NYRexall wrote:I for one don’t want Parody Farrell to hang up Jane’s.Juana wrote:The sad thing is at one point we were all like the OP now we just want Perry and co to hang it up..
Hanging up Jane’s at this point isn't going to change anything. You can’t unring a bell. Even if he did bend to majority wish and put the band in the ground, we’d still rave about NS and Ritual and completely shit on everything he’s done with or without Jane’s for the last 15 years.
Anyone who thinks Eric wasn’t the creative lynchpin of this band needs their head examined. Everything good about this band happened while he was a member of it. The NINJA shows were the last gasp for what Jane’s was truly capable of being, even if Parody and his dopey wife did everything possible to capsize that run as well.
At this point, the hilarity of their output and live shows overshadows the band itself. I honestly can’t wait to see how they’ll humiliate themselves next.
I think this album is fucking solid. Not on the level of NS or Ritual of course, but still a great listen. Not as good as GGU either, but I love GGU as much as NS and Ritual anyways, so...Juana wrote:Perry was pretty creative at one point but since 1996 what really has he done that has been great in terms of new music?
Hey there are probably people that think that legitimately which is great more power to them.. but I would like some of the bud ole Matthew there is smoking.nausearockpig wrote:Check out the second facebook comment by Matthew.... Lolz
http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/janes- ... m-chicago/
2 songs at most are ok.Kajicat wrote:I think this album is fucking solid. Not on the level of NS or Ritual of course, but still a great listen. Not as good as GGU either, but I love GGU as much as NS and Ritual anyways, so...Juana wrote:Perry was pretty creative at one point but since 1996 what really has he done that has been great in terms of new music?
Thanks for finding that. There's your answer. Maybe since that point he has written a some good songs, but overall the spark went out along time ago.
Lacuna, inc.Tyler Durden wrote:janesbiggestfan has inspired me to join Kickstarter so I can raise money to have the guys from Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind erase the last 15 years of Jane's Addiction from my mind.
elportosurfer9 wrote:Why does everybody still show up here? I actually really like TGEA, so there!
This cover is bad. It used to just get worse every time I’d see it.Kajicat wrote:
I love that I lol'd when I read that.. I love you NYRexallNYRexall wrote: Now it makes more and more sense. It’s like he’s smoking a giant crack pipe while his creative essence gets blown out the back of his head.
Six7Six7 wrote:Lacuna, inc.Tyler Durden wrote:janesbiggestfan has inspired me to join Kickstarter so I can raise money to have the guys from Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind erase the last 15 years of Jane's Addiction from my mind.
