What makes for better albums? 1 dictator mixing everything and playing every instrument, or collectives with every member contributing?
>>66262261
Depends who the dictator is and who else is in the band
>>66262261
Depends on the members
When you're dealing with a bunch of talentless hack junkies like Billy was, dictator route is best
This is an album multiple people wrote
>>66262282
This.
This is an album one person wrote
it's like moving a couch up a flight of stairs
if everyone is telling everyone else what to do you'll have a lot more difficulty than just having one guy lead the rest
mike dean
>>66262335
Not two people? Also that's weird I'm listening to ATDI and mars Volta...and antemasque just came on
HELP
>>66262380
MATADOR CHASED A BULL IN A CHINA SHOP
MATADOR CHASED A BULL IN A CHINA SHOP
MATADOR CHASED A BULL IN A CHINA SHOP
>>66262261
Dictator, democracy more like mediocrity
>>66262347
No it's not. Stop using analogies, they don't work
>>66262335
>Omar and Cedric are one person
This explains so much
What I like is when a bunch of idiosyncratic personalities come together and each songwriter contributes at least one piece, but you can easily tell who wrote what.
Pic related: It's mostly Nils' songwriting, but Gene's "Teen Devil Worshipper" and "Drowning", and Dan's "Motherfucker" round out the album.
Also, a 10/10 Residents cover.
>>66262380
>>66262445
Cedric didn't write any of the music for Frances the Mute, only lyrics
>>66262261
depends u fucker
pumpkins were good and it was all billy. REM was good and it was a democracy
>>66262261
The Pumpkins were best when Billy had to answer to someone. Whether that was Butch, James/D'arcy or whatever, they kept him in check.
SP2.0 are complete trash and no one has the guts to tell billy "no"
>>66262261
Good examples to argue both sides really
I thought James Iha played an important role in the making of their first few albums though?
>>66262547
Machina was the best sp though
>>66262440
yes they do and billy agrees
>>66262335
Interestingly though, each instrument was tracked completely independent of the rest of the band so that each musician would have to interpret their own part as the entire song, and to see what this interpretation would lead to
>>66262261
i think the conflict makes better music
>>66262408
TASTE THE VAPOR
>>66262483
Therefore he had a hand in writing the album
>>66262796
In some bands, at least. Fleetwood Mac and Richard & Linda Thompson are perfect examples of what tension between bandmates can produced if it's channeled correctly.
But there's also great albums were someone went into Stalin mode and churned a masterpiece, just like Billy Corgan did with Siamese Dream.
