My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything - Page 3

noisereductions · 08.05.2009, 08:23 AM

haha, I remember this guy I used to work with at a record store discovering MBV and thinking he discovered this totally unknown band... and he left a msg on my cell that said "I found this band that we'll both love, because it's a combination of each of our favorite bands.... they sound just like Sonic Youth mixed with The Cure... they're called... My... Bloody... Valentine!" haha.

TheFoxBen · 08.05.2009, 09:19 AM

I think Isn't Anything is better than Loveless too, but Loveless is really about the atmoshpere, like SyrFox said. So, maybe, I need to be in a very particular mood to like it because I currently think it's one of the most overrated albums of all time... Anyway, I think their best song might be "Sometimes" or "(When You Wake) You're Still in a Dream".

dazedcola · 08.06.2009, 12:42 PM

I prefer Loveless to IA because listening to it is like being absorbed into another level of consciousness. Its like a whole other world opens up when its played. Many of the songs on the record took longer for my punk mind to appreciate like "come in alone" and "to here knows when" but now i love them esp all the cool outros mbv wrote on the record.

IA is a great record i especially love Shields more innocent sounding vocals on this record and the more straight ahead songs on it. At the same time though IA sounds like a band but Loveless sounds like an experience. I just love that surrounding atmosphere to Loveless that makes the record harder to believe that it was made by normal humans who eat breakfast and go grocery shopping.

In Conclusion, IA is shrooms and Loveless is ecstasy.Take your pick

pbradley · 08.06.2009, 02:23 PM

Fan complains of tinnitus are a gig on the My Bloody Valentine forum.

http://www.mybloodyvalentine.net/smf...p?topic=1048.0

greenlight · 08.06.2009, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by pbradley

Fan complains of tinnitus are a gig on the My Bloody Valentine forum.

http://www.mybloodyvalentine.net/smf...p?topic=1048.0

thanks god my hearing after 2 MBV gigs in just two days stayed ok (we were pretty much very upfront). I refused to use earplugs I got offered (coz I never use them). it was my first time seeing them live, but god they were loud. if I'll decide to see them @ ATP this Dec., I make sure I use some...just in case.

funny but my loudest gig experience would be The Orb. It was in a small venue and Alex wanted max. levels what soundman could afford. them bass sounds were actually physicaly painfull. my hearing survived.

choc e-Claire · 11.20.2018, 02:50 PM

Tomorrow*, November 21st, is the 30th anniversary of Isn't Anything's release. Give it a listen.

*it pained me to write tomorrow, because it's already November 21st here

Rob Instigator · 11.20.2018, 03:09 PM

I love the track You Made Me Realise, from the EP.

Dr. Eugene Felikson · 11.21.2018, 05:30 AM

I've always maintained that Isn't Anything > Loveless

V. glad to see SYG concurs

Severian · 11.21.2018, 10:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dr. Eugene Felikson

I've always maintained that Isn't Anything > Loveless

V. glad to see SYG concurs

Isn’t Anything still better than Loveless

Skuj · 11.21.2018, 11:06 AM

I think the next MBV album should be called Isn't Anything, because, well......

Rob Instigator · 11.21.2018, 11:18 AM

Loveles is better. It is a cohesive whole of awesomeness, a piece of art really. Isn;t anything is a great album, but has some sonic lulls, some boring tracks.

choc e-Claire · 12.11.2018, 02:35 PM

My Bloody Valentine's Kevin Shields Trapped Under Pedalboard for 127 Hours

(Satire, obviously)

Severian · 12.11.2018, 06:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

Loveles is better. It is a cohesive whole of awesomeness, a piece of art really. Isn;t anything is a great album, but has some sonic lulls, some boring tracks.

Nah.

Loveless is more iconic and its sound is more definitive, but Isn’t Anything is a more interesting listen.

I feel like Loveless is the pick for folks who aren’t familiar with noisey shit, and need it sort of spoon fed to them in pristine packaging. Like the Nevermind of shoegaze.

But Isn’t Anything is more dynamic, just like In Utero is more dynamic.

Just my opinion though. Loveless is obviously great.

choc e-Claire · 12.11.2018, 06:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Severian

Just my opinion though. Loveless is obviously great.

It's like choosing between winning $20 million in the lottery and winning $25 million - one's technically better, but both of them will give you plenty of satisfaction.

Diesel · 12.12.2018, 05:21 AM

Preference for one over the other basically comes down to whether yr high. Or really high.

Severian · 12.13.2018, 08:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Diesel

Preference for one over the other basically comes down to whether yr high. Or really high.

Hah.

I’d also argue that one is an opiate album and the other is an ecstasy album.

Feel free to discuss. No need to ask how I know this or why I feel this way.

Diesel · 12.13.2018, 09:35 AM

^I wouldn't sweat the details - only leads to a premature comedown. And once that happens it's game over man! You then have to listen to Souvlaki. Or as the Slovaks like to call it, 'Slavo-aki'.

Rob Instigator · 12.13.2018, 10:24 AM

I like SEAM. SEAM was great, They had amazing singles....

https://youtu.be/1JvF2EAFkFI

_slavo_ · 12.13.2018, 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Diesel

Or as the Slovaks like to call it, 'Slavo-aki'.

You should write headlines for The Sun

Diesel · 12.13.2018, 05:07 PM

Oh please no, not the sun. Kill me. Kill ne NOW.

08.05.2009, 08:23 AM	#41
noisereductions invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New England, USA Posts: 16,210	haha, I remember this guy I used to work with at a record store discovering MBV and thinking he discovered this totally unknown band... and he left a msg on my cell that said "I found this band that we'll both love, because it's a combination of each of our favorite bands.... they sound just like Sonic Youth mixed with The Cure... they're called... My... Bloody... Valentine!" haha. __________________ noisereduxinstalled.weebly.com
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08.05.2009, 09:19 AM	#42
TheFoxBen expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: The land of fries and mussels Posts: 1,366	I think Isn't Anything is better than Loveless too, but Loveless is really about the atmoshpere, like SyrFox said. So, maybe, I need to be in a very particular mood to like it because I currently think it's one of the most overrated albums of all time... Anyway, I think their best song might be "Sometimes" or "(When You Wake) You're Still in a Dream". __________________
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08.06.2009, 12:42 PM	#43
dazedcola the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,075	I prefer Loveless to IA because listening to it is like being absorbed into another level of consciousness. Its like a whole other world opens up when its played. Many of the songs on the record took longer for my punk mind to appreciate like "come in alone" and "to here knows when" but now i love them esp all the cool outros mbv wrote on the record. IA is a great record i especially love Shields more innocent sounding vocals on this record and the more straight ahead songs on it. At the same time though IA sounds like a band but Loveless sounds like an experience. I just love that surrounding atmosphere to Loveless that makes the record harder to believe that it was made by normal humans who eat breakfast and go grocery shopping. In Conclusion, IA is shrooms and Loveless is ecstasy.Take your pick __________________ "I said I didnt mean to take up all your sweet time Ill give it right back one of these days If I dont meet you no more in this world then uh Ill meet ya on the next one And dont be late " -Jimi Hendrix ...And me just another dream theory, lost inside your eye "when my mind's uncertain my body decides what it will do to get through the hell of the night as I trip on the ocean that leads through your eyes well my eyes can't wait til they finally see through you"
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08.06.2009, 02:23 PM	#44
pbradley invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: SoKo Posts: 10,621	Fan complains of tinnitus are a gig on the My Bloody Valentine forum. http://www.mybloodyvalentine.net/smf...p?topic=1048.0
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11.20.2018, 02:50 PM	#46
choc e-Claire expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Victoria, Australia Posts: 2,408	Tomorrow, November 21st, is the 30th anniversary of Isn't Anything's release. Give it a listen. it pained me to write tomorrow, because it's already November 21st here __________________ Making myself up as I go along. Check out my music-themed blog, 79:57.
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11.20.2018, 03:09 PM	#47
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,930	I love the track You Made Me Realise, from the EP. __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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11.21.2018, 05:30 AM	#48
Dr. Eugene Felikson invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 7,570	I've always maintained that Isn't Anything > Loveless V. glad to see SYG concurs
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11.21.2018, 11:06 AM	#50
Skuj invito al cielo Join Date: May 2009 Location: See My Top 10. Posts: 2,685	I think the next MBV album should be called Isn't Anything, because, well...... __________________ Fuckit.
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11.21.2018, 11:18 AM	#51
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,930	Loveles is better. It is a cohesive whole of awesomeness, a piece of art really. Isn;t anything is a great album, but has some sonic lulls, some boring tracks. __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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12.11.2018, 02:35 PM	#52
choc e-Claire expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Victoria, Australia Posts: 2,408	My Bloody Valentine's Kevin Shields Trapped Under Pedalboard for 127 Hours (Satire, obviously) __________________ Making myself up as I go along. Check out my music-themed blog, 79:57.
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12.12.2018, 05:21 AM	#55
Diesel the destroyed room Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 570	Preference for one over the other basically comes down to whether yr high. Or really high.
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12.13.2018, 09:35 AM	#57
Diesel the destroyed room Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 570	^I wouldn't sweat the details - only leads to a premature comedown. And once that happens it's game over man! You then have to listen to Souvlaki. Or as the Slovaks like to call it, 'Slavo-aki'.
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12.13.2018, 10:24 AM	#58
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,930	I like SEAM. SEAM was great, They had amazing singles.... https://youtu.be/1JvF2EAFkFI __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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12.13.2018, 05:07 PM	#60
Diesel the destroyed room Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 570	Oh please no, not the sun. Kill me. Kill ne NOW.
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