The Album Review Club - Week #146 - (page 1935) - Ocean Rain - Echo and the Bunnymen

[BimboBob]

Happy to drop a ‘get everyone talking’ type of album in the mix.

Is it Oasis?

 

[RobMCFC]

Thanks for the replies. Let’s go with:-

@GornikDaze 31/7
@Mancitydoogle 7/8
@threespires 14/8
@LGWIO 21/8
@FogBlueInSanFran 28/8

 

[Coatigan]

Not for me — busiest two weeks of my year at work which is why I missed the Stanglers (I have thoughts, I did listen). Happy to do anytime after next week.

Aw man, here we have the antithesis to OK Commuter, and you go MiA!

 

[threespires]

Does the research show that mice have a particular penchant for metal then, or am I reading too much into your thesis?

There's a famous experiment done by a high school senior who wanted to know if music had an impact on the ability of mice to learn. He had three groups, mice listening to classical music, mice listening to metal and a control group. He had to abandon the experiment because whilst the other mice were ok, the mice exposed to metal killed each other fairly early on in the experiment.

The following year he did the experiment again under much better scientific conditions including keeping all the mice alive. Relative to the control group, the mice exposed to Mozart day in day out became measurably smarter. The mice exposed to Anthrax day in day became measurably dumber to a greater degree than the Mozart mice got smarter and he had to take measures to avoid them harming each other!

However, studies of humans have shown that broadly speaking being a metalhead can be beneficial to mental health; the hypothesis being that the nature and strength of the community aspects of metal are more pronounced and valuable than other forms of music.

Btw - people in moshpits exhibit pretty much the same physical behaviour as gas atoms and they are using this research to model safer physical environments for people:-)

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

Aw man, here we have the antithesis to OK Commuter, and you go MiA!

i will catch up.

I would have given the Stranglers a 7 musically but was debating docking them a point for misogyny.

 

[Black&White&BlueMoon Town]

i will catch up.

I would have given the Stranglers a 7 musically but was debating docking them a point for misogyny.

Some were harsher after that similar debate. :-)

 

[mrbelfry]

Aw man, here we have the antithesis to OK Commuter, and you go MiA!

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

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Fucking love that tune, love that record and still love her though she’s gone way squirrely.

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

Aw man, here we have the antithesis to OK Commuter, and you go MiA!

Was OK Commuter that famous record by Traffic?

 

[threespires]

Fucking love that tune, love that record and still love her though she’s gone way squirrely.

I take it that doesn't mean she's grown massive incisors and a bushy tail?

She'll be 50 next year, being a bit hatstand is clearly the secret to avoid aging.