tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33368744.post5242988841284276096..comments2024-01-10T00:02:33.219-05:00Comments on The Unblinking Ear: The Unblinking Ear's 2007 in reviewPBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03129471960577860407noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33368744.post-57348351228454945372007-12-26T15:56:00.000-05:002007-12-26T15:56:00.000-05:00Matt, I'm going to blame this one on the Unblinkin...Matt, I'm going to blame this one on the Unblinking Ear's fact checking department. Somebody's going to get a good talking to over this one.PBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03129471960577860407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33368744.post-39587776713662069822007-12-26T15:36:00.000-05:002007-12-26T15:36:00.000-05:00Paul, it's so nice to find someone who wasn't as...Paul, <BR/> it's so nice to find someone who wasn't as infatuated with "Boxer." I'll concede to the greatness of "Mistaken for Strangers" but it's so frustrating to hear people use phrases like "restrained" to justify the boringness of that album. Also, you're right on re: Dan Deacon.What a jo<BR/> My only beef, if you can call it that, is your erroneous belief that "fix my brain" came out in 2007. I love that band/album, I simply cannot get enough but I'm pretty sure(and allmusic agrees) that it was released in 06. I just read that they are playing in philly the first weekend of January...I might just have to make the trek. I missed them play with Pissed Jeans at Southpaw last summer and have been kicking myself ever since. <BR/>Be good,<BR/>-matt sibloAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33368744.post-78426598105558509812007-12-26T14:51:00.000-05:002007-12-26T14:51:00.000-05:00Ben, I've never heard the NOFX song. I wasn't even...Ben, I've never heard the NOFX song. I wasn't even aware there was a NOFX song that run over 18 minutes. Frankly, that sounds excruciating. Yes "Sister Ray" falls a bit short of 18 minutes but I think there are some Can songs that run at least 20 minutes. "You Doo Right" and "Halleluhwah?" I guess those are better than the Fucked Up song.PBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03129471960577860407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33368744.post-26742189514886880962007-12-26T13:26:00.000-05:002007-12-26T13:26:00.000-05:00"Year of the Pig" is yes, perhaps the best 18 minu..."Year of the Pig" is yes, perhaps the best 18 minute plus song of 2007. Sure. But the best 18+ minute song ever? Comon PB, you can do better than that. I can tell you right now that NOFX's "The Decline" easily kicks that song's ass into the fucking dark ages, and I don't even really listen to NOFX. Sure, "The Decline" may be slicker and well produced, it may be written by punk "posers," but it still beats "Year of the Pig" in terms of epic-ness, interesting transitions, lyrical fist-pumping, etc. I had to check on The Velvet Underground's "Sister Ray," and I guess you're safe on that (it's only 17:27), but without spending my work day at Allmusic and google, I have to make the argument that your instinct was right: naming Fucked Up's opus the best ever over 18 was hyperbolic. <BR/>http://blog.silive.com/marooned/Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06212507044506399164noreply@blogger.com