What makes this so compelling/intriguing? I feel like it is some of the most mysterious and dark music out there. The lyrics are phenomenal too. Don, Aman is probably my favorite track.
>>66198066
The themes and lyrics have universal appeal; everyone feels isolated and alone sometimes which is what the album is about. These four just happened to write the most succinct lyrics about it.
>>66198172
I find it very interesting because all of the songs are about isolation in some way but each one touches on a different aspect of that isolation. And the vocal delivery helps with that stark, dour mood the music generates, makes it feel like someone is in the room talking to you. But in a creepy way.
>>66198558
Most definitely. Five songs looking at it in five different ways. Breadcrumb Trail is self-imposed isolation via doing something new/taking risks: the narrator didn't stay in line and at the carnival and got laid all day instead. Nosferatu Man is about a vampire who can only see his love at night, and indeed ends up killing her. Washer is about a man saying goodbye to his love and leaving. Good Morning, Captain is about all the isolation eventually circling back around to wanting to not be alone anymore.
>>66198734
don, aman is the social anxiety anthem.
This album is boring fucking trash. I seriously don't get why it gets as much praise as it gets. There isn't a single original or exciting musical idea on the entire album.
God damn I hate this album.
>>66198972
I agree
Doesn't live up to the hype imo, maybe the critics who panned this garbage were right
>>66198972
Agree 100%. The worst album /mu/ ever got me to listen to.
>>66198929
This is correct
>>66199108
>>66199127
Thanks, you two. This is the first time anyone on /mu/ has agreed with me on this and not just called me a pleb
>>66199462
>acts like a pleb
>gets mad when people call him a pleb
pleb
>>66199572
kys, you like spiderland
>>66199707
if you haven't found anyone who agrees with you until today that means your opinion is very clearly wrong and belongs in the trash with you and your entire pleb family
>>66199752
Or it means I've been posting on /mu/ where certain meme albums get praised because they're memes e.g. ITAOTS, TMR, and spiderland
>>66199462
So you bumped into two other plebs and they happen to share your pleb opinions, that doesn't make you less of a pleb. I bet you don't even understand the historical significance of the album as a bridging point between post-hardcore and first wave post-rock you plebe-machine plebe-0-2000 plebeathon plebescum.
>>66199807
KEK MEME
>>66199707
incredible tempo changes, plays with irregular time signatures, relatable and atmospheric lyrics
spiderland is one of the best guitar records of the last 25 years and is somehow both beautifully colourful and starkly melancholy
you are a pleb
>>66199830
Just because slint is influential doesn't mean it's good
>>66199830
>the historical significance of the album as a bridging point between post-hardcore and first wave post-rock
autismspeaks.org
>>66199859
Well no shit einstein, there's literally no objective measure for what's good musically - you could say that about literally anything. Quality post.
>>66198066
It seems like the experience of being lost in the backwoods swamps and dying of hypothermia.
>>66199844
>Incredible tempo changes
Kek, hardly incredible
>Plays with time signatures
STOP THE FUCKING PRESSES this is HUGE
>relatable lyrics
Yeah I too have been bored to tears and can relate, why I remember this one time, when I was listening to slint, Christ that shit was boring
If Spiderland is so obviously a masterpiece why do you have to defend it so much an get angry if other people don't like it
>>66199958
why bother making out those are weak arguments when your criticism is literally
>it's boring
>it's trash
>it's not original or exciting
>>66199999
quints confirm, the other guy's a retard
>>66199999
I don't know what to tell you, it's boring trash without a single original or exciting idea
Like should I be reaching for a thesaurus or making up new words for these criticisms? At that point I'd be putting more effort into these posts than slint put into spiderland
>>66199958
>>66199999
>>66199958
>CREEEEPING UP INTOO THE SKYYYYY
I don't understand how you can dislike that part it's easily the best sonic representation of a roller coaster in music history
>>66199996
what the fuck is even the point of talking about music on this anime image board
>>66199999
>>66200090
it should be easy to provide albums that sound the same then
>>66200164
Arguments that don't make any sense at all for 200, Alex
>>66200090
the words you used were fine friend
boring, trash, unexciting, all solid words
unfortunately you forgot to connect them in any meaningful way to the thing you were describing and so instead of a convincing argument you've just got a collection of adjectives
but no, nice adjectives well done
>>66200192
Makes perfect sense. If the album was unoriginal, you should be able to provide plenty of examples of music that sounds like it from before the time it was made.
>>66199999
Not bad bro not bad but how bout these dubs
>>66200195
>I get triggered when people I don't know don't like the avant trash that I do
>>66200192
>without a single original idea
>>66200195
>adjectives have no meaningful connection to what they describe
>>66200220
don't even like Spiderland that much to be honest, I used to be into it but I got bored of it
just encouraging you to create an argument that would pass a middle school english test x
>>66198972
>>66199108
>>66199127
you're objectively wrong by the way. you can dislike it, but to say it's not original or exciting is straight up ignorant
>>66199462
you are a fucking pleb
god i miss 2012 /mu/ where barely anyone talked about this album and those who did just praised it. fucking neo-/mu/ is cancer. i hope you're satisfied with shit taste you fucking contrarians
also spiderland is about atmosphere.
>>66200261
Adjectives are helpful in describing what you think of the music
>Spiderland is boring.
Ok yes this is a sentence you can use to describe Spiderland and it is your opinion good job. But it's not an argument. It's just a statement and you need to explain what about Spiderland is boring.
>>66198929
Oh right how'd I neglect to mention Don, Aman.
>>66200473
You're being had friend.
>>66200565
Everything about it is boring, it is a boring album
I'm not sure why this is a difficult concept for you to grasp
I've tried a number of times with this album and it just doesn't interest me. I can sorta see why people like me, but it's just not for me I don't think.
>>66200473
>objectively wrong
>about a matter of opinion
topkek m80. people get so dumb when they're assmad
Also drop the rose colored glasses, ive been consistently talking shit about this album in every thread I've seen it in since 2012, because it's shit
>>66200619
These are still statements. I still don't know what about the album you find boring.
If this was a 9th grade English essay you'd fail.
>>66200675
>I still don't know what about the album you find boring
Everything, it's a boring album
Do you have like a learning disability or something? This is very very simple
>>66200726
What makes it a boring album? I'm trying to get you to think about the music and what works and doesn't work. Because I don't know what doesn't work for you.
>>66200672
no you haven't. you're fucking new
>matter of opinion
the fact that this album is original is objective fact to anyone who knows shit about music history. name 3 albums that sound remotely like spiderland pre-1990
>>66198066
Is there a more perfect moment in music than the last two minutes of Good Morning, Captain?
>>66200770
>>66200620 here. From reading this thread, it seems to me that everything people like about this album is something I dislike about it, to an extent. The guitar tones and tired, worn-out vocals during the spoken/whispery parts to me just create music devoid of emotion, aimlessly meandering about and concluding with no sense of sonic progress or satisfaction. Don Aman is the biggest offender of this imo. Even the more intense bits, like the rollercoaster segment on Breadcrumb Trail, just feels like that kind of mindless teenage anger that accomplishes nothing. I can understand how this can create a captivating emotional atmosphere, but it just doesn't resonate with me, for one reason or the other. I don't hate the album, I think Washer is a pretty good track, but I just don't see it as the amazing album it's frequently heralded as. It's been a while since I gave it a shot though, I just started another listen cause of this thread.
>>66201482
Thank you anon, for actually backing up your opinion. Now I can listen to it with your criticisms in mind. It's been awhile since I've heard it too.
>>66199999
holy fuck those quints
>>66201482
>like the rollercoaster segment on Breadcrumb Trail, just feels like that kind of mindless teenage anger that accomplishes nothing
Friend from this segment alone you have a case of not understanding the album. Breadcrumb Trail isn't about anger. Breadcrumb Trail is about how doing something different/taking a risk/off the beaten path, and how doing that may result in a different experience than the norm. Instead of waiting in line, the narrator goes to the tent and gets laid all day.
>>66201482
thats too bad you find it emotionally devoid
don aman is literally every party I went to in highschool
>The light
Their backs
The conversations
The couples, romancing, so natural
His friends stare
With eyes like the heads of nails
The others
Glances
With amusement
With evasion
With contempt
So distant
With malice
For being a sty in their engagement
although I'm thinking now that not being able to relate to this is probably a good thing
>>66201547
I understand, I was just using that segment as it was the first example that came to mind of a part where the album uses that kind of harsh guitar tone, which is moreso what I was referring to with that description.
just listen to this album high
it will all make sense
>>66201561
I didn't go to many high school parties, I'm just not a party person in general so more often than not I cut my losses and stayed at home playing videogames with my online friends and having a laugh. On reflection it might just be my own life and not being able to relate that makes me struggle with this album.
>>66201162
nope. it's the culmination of everything on the album and ends it perfectly.
Spiderland is GOAT
>>66201574
Interesting. I discussed a long time ago a similar thing with another anon who said something along the lines of distorted guitars don't exactly convey any kind of emotion. I kind of get what you're saying.
>>66201618
It's just the perfect fucking ending. An entire album about loneliness and the last words on the album are "I MISS YOUUUUUUUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH"
>>66201519
Oh also here are my two cents. I personally think the washed out guitars and the "tired" monotone vocals add to the power of the album. You say it's meandering and devoid of emotion but that's kinda exactly the tone they were going for. It's supposed to be depressing and the lyrics about alienation and social anxiety add to that, and not depressing in the Red House Painters way. Depressing in the "All I can feel is soul-crushing nothingness" way. It's a monochrome album with a monochrome album cover. I find it to be quite captivating though I understand why you disagree.
>>66201642
yeah, it seems as though it has a purpose in my mind though; directionless anger at one's own shitty isolated situation. I can see how it fits thematically, it's just not to my taste.
>>66198972
>There isn't a single original or exciting musical idea on the entire album
you're an idiot.
>>66198972
>>66199127
>>66199462
go back to the grimes thread you fucking plebs
>>66198929
TRUE
>>66198972
>>66199108
>>66199127
>>66200090
GO LISTEN TO MORE KANYE, U PLEB C.UCKS
>>66199999
QUINTS CONFIRM, the other guy's a retard
>>66198066
>>66200090
See >>66201482 on how to voice one's point of view. Not that I agree with his position in regards to the record, but at least he had the common sense to elaborate on it.
>>66198929
>having social anxiety
is it a prerequisite to be some beta loser to understand and enjoy this boring trash or what?
>>66203897
Is it a prerequisite to be some sort of conceited pseudoalpha male to not enjoy this album or what?
Only took a few posts for the samefag shitposter to show up.
