because two of the posts he used were from that thread and bonehead replied about hearing the SONGS i posted and i didn't post any songs in this topic.

i would never defend crystal castles other than WELP I LIKE EM.

edit: either way, there's not much ELECTROSHIT on that list, either

oic.  yea idk i saw your list and did not find it compelling since it basically looked like IN CASE YOU DONT READ PITCHFORK: A COMPILATION and this did not seem interesting to me buuuut idk man, it all just strikes me as very average or predictable.  it all sounds like what i'd expect it to sound like.  they are like a bunch of indie-by-numbers pre-packaged groups.  maybe pre-packaged is harsh actually.  they're def BY THE BOOKS though, i think.

also i do not really care.  i thought it was lol that you needed pitchfork to do this since if you cannot remember your fav albums of the year maybe theyre not your fav??? but i think steel is just bored or something.  i dont think you have worse taste than me or him or anyone though; i only think this about people who listen to BLINK 182 and even then i just think of it as undeveloped more than good/bad.  it is more a matter of "yeah you WOULD like all that shit wouldn't you" but even then it's not a particularly big deal i agree

oh hey they were. i could've sworn they weren't, man i'm blind. but yeah, this is a pretty frivolous thing to argue about.


i don't really care if people like what i put on this list tbh 

You guys download and listen to so much music each year I do wonder if you actually take enough time to properly digest it and appreciate it. This question is particularly aimed at DS (who I think I have asked before) and Steel.

I went through my 50 gig music folder during the year and re-listened to alot of stuff and listened to alot of music that was on my computer but I'd never ever bothered to play. I can now safely say I have given almost everything I have a good listen. I limit myself to an album or two a week so I can fully appreciate stuff. 

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That's right.

yeah, i usually skim albums to see if they're interesting.  if i am bored by what i hear of every song i delete it.  it's pretty easy to tell if an album is going to be good or completely uninteresting by listening to a bit of it.  when darkwhite first showed me over the edge i was like 10 seconds into doom town before i realized MAN THIS IS GONNA ROCK.

Who are you even asking about?  Ask yourself what music people remember from the 60s and 70s; it's mostly immensely popular shit like Led Zep and The Beatles and Hendrix that was ridiculously famous enough to weather the time.  If you're talking about music that has lasting significance with the mainstream, then no, most of the music we listen to won't be remembered, because most of the music we listen to isn't even known by the mainstream now.  Thirty years from now, most people will remember the Chili Peppers and Radiohead.  Most people won't even know who Modest Mouse is, let alone Good News.  I think the INDIEST you could get and still have a chance at some degree of lasting memorability is The Strokes, since they seem to have crossed over into the realm of bloated rockband, which people love.

That is if you are only talking about MAINSTREAM CONCEPTIONS OF MUSIC, though.  If you want to vague it up, sure there are indie albums released in the past five years that will have long term significance, but not for most people.  Just like you kind of have to be PRETTY INTO MUSIC to find out about stuff like Minutemen now, you will probably have to be similarly interested in proactively finding old shit to know who the hell Modest Mouse are.  So no, albums like Funeral or Turn On the Bright Lights or Person Pitch that people rave about won't achieve any level of lasting fame among mainstream audiences, but they are mostly indieish acts to begin with, so you really have to lower your expectations.  I think there have been some albums released in the past five years that will have lasting appeal for SOMEONE.  You know, people call shit like Pink Flag seminal and hugely influential, and it is, and if you talk to someone like catamites he will talk about it like it is this big hit that everyone knows, but that is only in certain circles of music.  Your AVERAGE DUDE will not know what the fuck Pink Flag is.

I'm sure thirty years from now, people will be writing about what great albums Good News or Return to Cookie Mountain or whatever were, but they'll probably just be the future's equivalent of UNKNOWN MUSIC BLOGGERS whose recommendations are only read by people looking for obscure old music (i.e. very small segments of the population).  The other 99% will just be like HEY REMEMBER COLDPLAY, I bet.