OT: Are you the King of Carrot Flowers?

That is one of the greatest albums ever made. There is something to be said for leaving on a high note. Got to see him live a couple years back and it was awesome.

But this song really spoke to me when I was a pseudointellectual youngin.

Not a huge fan of this kind of music anymore, but this song will always hold a special place in my heart.

 

These Four Walls by We Were Promised Jetpacks. Kicked my ass right offa my body and then kicked my then unattached ass until it couldn't be kicked no mo.

I read this, I understood it, and yet I didnt understand it all at the same time.

but I'll try to give a general time line. I'm a millennial, btw: Age 12 I discovered Pearl Jam way too late. Vitalogy was out but I just found Ten & went crazy. To be able to have another 2 albums right away that were great really hooked me. They dominated my teens. Nothing but gold until Binaural, IMO. A constant. Other acts/albums of my teens were: Radiohead, Mazzy Star, Alice in Chains, hip-hop like De La Soul, Fugees, etc (only gangster rap was Biggie, bit of 2pac, Snoop). Really became an audiophile in my teens. ~~~~~~~ In my 20s I started really expanding. I was no longer a guy that could say he had a "favorite band" like teenage me. Music was really bad for a few years outside of Radiohead, NMH, etc. Then, is like it busted open. My 20s found: The Strokes, White Stripes, Sufjan Stevens, My Morning Jacket, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Modest Mouse, The Walkmen, Mos Def, Kweli, Roots, The College Dropout, Dead Prez, etc. Literally TOO MUCH music I love! It's when I became addicted to finding new music. The broadband internet era was here & my library blew up! Every month I had a new act I was discovering & many of them would become acts I still love. From '01-09 it was like my musical Cambrian Explosion. I started falling further away from my teen loves while still respecting/liking them. PJ & Radiohead still had a place in my heart but I rarely listened to them as time went on. By '10 I'd go a whole year not listening to either without noticing as there was too much other & they were kind of falling off, IMO. ~~~~~~~~~~~ Last 4-6 years I've rediscovered my love of forgotten teen music by going back to listen to Kid A, OK Computer, Vs, Vitalogy, No Code, Yield, Mad Season, Biggie, etc. Yet, I find myself still pulling away from them compared to Bon Iver, Sufjan, MGMT, Family of the Year, etc. Too many to name! I don't have enough storage space both physically and digitally, both on a device and off. I feel like I'm now a student of music as I like something in every genre/era! Haha. I do. As my empathy levels have grown with age I've been able to relate to more music & I've completely stopped hating on stuff I don't like. If I don't like it I stfu, lol. I no longer HAVE TO tell you I don't like it as I did from age 10-25ish. Notable since 2009: WU LYF, Bon Iver, the entire enlightened hip-hop revolution many dubbed "hipster hop" (black kids collaborating with folk artists, saying real shit & being themselves....no bling/gangster rap), tons of solid electronic instrumentalist based bands, etc.~~~~~~~~~~ The one album never considered for removal from my iPod or Phone since 2010: WU LYF - Go Tell Fire To The Mountain. One album wonder band made up of guys that all have solo success but relatively unknown. Francis Lung (McLung) is a pop-rock genius. Dude can make a catchy song in an hour. Ellery James Roberts is a bit immature & militant but I love his shit. A band you're both upset & happy they only made that album. It's love or hate, you will react to it. Love or hate. I loved it the first second I heard the opening organ. Duh-duh-dun-dun-duh.....duhh-dun-duh-duh-duduh....lol. Goosebumps.

Radiohead

Kid A

Neutral Milk Hotel is my Neutral Milk Hotel. I remember listening to the song Aeroplane over the Sea while in an airplane over Lake Michigan. Looking out over the water, I realized I would never experience anything more serene in my life...and I still haven't

I love music of all kinds. Reflecting on this question is really hard but I have to say every single live Carl Cox set I attended completely blew me away. Incredible how the mass of humanity moved in unison under his control. I still remember most of the details from his Area 2 set at DTE when it was raining and water was pouring into the tent (2001 I think).

Just saw Neutral Milk Hotel last Saturday in Louisville. It was top-3 concerts of my life. I knew it would probably be the first and last time I ever heard Jeffs voice live. So that was beautiful. I love them in a similar way you do. Seeing them live was amazing because the character of each member really shows through as they play.

I saw Fleet Foxes at the Gorge in eastern Washington state and I have to say that was pretty wonderful as well. Just the right time and place I suppose.

I once witnessed Of Montreal play a set and I cant quite place where it was (I've seen them at least 5 times) and it was amazing. They did a bunch of crazy set work and costumes I'd never seen them play with before. It was quite the experience.

Neil Young in concert in Detroit was great simply because I love Neil Young so much. It was a little sad seeing him so old but he still rocked out and smashed a guitar which I was not prepared for.

Band of Horses came to Louisville last year and they were really really good. Made me appreciate them so much more than I had previously.

I also am seeing Tallest Man on Earth this year when he comes to town and I am hoping that rockets up my list. Huge fan.

I saw him in 2012, and he was great.  Mostly In The Aeroplane and On Avery Island stuff, and got some backing from the Elf Power crew.

The fans here know that he is perceived as a relatively fragile performer, and the crowd was ridiculously respectful during the show.  Uncomfortably so - treating Mangum like he had just gotten out of an asylum (or like they were observing brain surgery).  For context, Mangum had not really toured in 20 years, and had this recluse mystique about him.  About halfway through the show, Mangum looked out at the audience and said "you know, it's OK to yell out some shit"!

Things opened up after that.

Forest Nationals, Brussels Belgium Rolling Stones Live. The greatest rock and roll band ever and their finest performance at their peak!

I LOVE YOU JESSSSSSSSSSUUSSSSSSSSSSSS CHRRRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSTTTT!!!!!!!!!

I'm going to see Neutral Milk Hotel this tuesday in Orlando. I am more than excited.. I made the pilgrimage to Athens, GA last year to see them play. My favorite band and favorite song writer of all time. Jeff holds a special place in my heart

ever. Umm...average to annyoing. But, thats why it's not Baskin Robinns 1 Flavor. 

"Boys & Girls in America" is one of my favorite albums of all time and one of the best albums of the 2000s.

2112 is still the best album I've ever encountered.

i love you, yes i do.

 

personally, huge velvet underground fan here.  along with radiohead, the kills, and tycho

bitches brew by miles davis- out of this world good. 

Michigan is the 2nd leading producer of fresh carrots for consumption, so in a way we're all the Kings or Princes of carrot flowers.

Only trailing California.

I assassin down the avenue.

- MBAgoblue

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