Comments on: The Art of Losing http://dikmoi.com/the-art-of-losing A Place That You Should Be Here Sun, 18 Sep 2011 07:59:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Chris http://dikmoi.com/the-art-of-losing/comment-page-1#comment-10138 Chris Wed, 02 Jun 2010 06:34:11 +0000 http://dikmoi.com/the-art-of-losing#comment-10138 OOOOOOH I USED TO BE IN VERUCA SALT THAT MAKES ME PUNKRAWK. I must be Stacy Jones, singer of American Hi-Fi, and former drummer of Veruca Salt. I must be a Grade A jerk because I put out my self-titled album with a pop-punk song that was all over the airwaves. Lots of dumb teenagers named bought my record and were upset when the rest of the songs weren't punk rawk at all but friendly, unoffensive poprock. Now here it is in 2003 and the hot new thing is garage rock and emo so I think I'm going to put out a new single that sounds like garage rock, cut my hair and wear a Thursday shirt in the video so people know that I'm really "down." Buy our record. We're GODAWFUL! Rating: 1 / 5 OOOOOOH I USED TO BE IN VERUCA SALT THAT MAKES ME PUNKRAWK. I must be Stacy Jones, singer of American Hi-Fi, and former drummer of Veruca Salt. I must be a Grade A jerk because I put out my self-titled album with a pop-punk song that was all over the airwaves. Lots of dumb teenagers named bought my record and were upset when the rest of the songs weren’t punk rawk at all but friendly, unoffensive poprock. Now here it is in 2003 and the hot new thing is garage rock and emo so I think I’m going to put out a new single that sounds like garage rock, cut my hair and wear a Thursday shirt in the video so people know that I’m really “down.” Buy our record. We’re GODAWFUL!
Rating: 1 / 5

]]> By: Anonymous http://dikmoi.com/the-art-of-losing/comment-page-1#comment-10137 Anonymous Wed, 02 Jun 2010 04:00:09 +0000 http://dikmoi.com/the-art-of-losing#comment-10137 This CD blows. That's all there is to it. I was expecting American Hi-Fi's second CD to evolve much like Incubus did in their second album, Make Yourself, but I was dead wrong. "Flavor of the Week" was just another bubble-gum punk song, and "The Art of Losing" is no different. Am I really supposed to believe that just because there's swearing in this album the band has grown up?? Gimme a break. This band should change its name to American Douchebags. Grow up, you little punks. Seriously. If you want to hear an amazing second album, go pick up Vs. by Pearl Jam or the aforementioned Make Yourself. Rating: 2 / 5 This CD blows. That’s all there is to it. I was expecting American Hi-Fi’s second CD to evolve much like Incubus did in their second album, Make Yourself, but I was dead wrong. “Flavor of the Week” was just another bubble-gum punk song, and “The Art of Losing” is no different. Am I really supposed to believe that just because there’s swearing in this album the band has grown up?? Gimme a break. This band should change its name to American Douchebags. Grow up, you little punks. Seriously. If you want to hear an amazing second album, go pick up Vs. by Pearl Jam or the aforementioned Make Yourself.
Rating: 2 / 5

]]> By: Anonymous http://dikmoi.com/the-art-of-losing/comment-page-1#comment-10136 Anonymous Wed, 02 Jun 2010 03:40:34 +0000 http://dikmoi.com/the-art-of-losing#comment-10136 So they ripped off Adam and the Ants "Antmusic" and made a single out of it. Big deal. This album stinks. Go buy Adam Ant's Kings of the Wild Frontier instead. Rating: 1 / 5 So they ripped off Adam and the Ants “Antmusic” and made a single out of it. Big deal. This album stinks. Go buy Adam Ant’s Kings of the Wild Frontier instead.
Rating: 1 / 5

]]> By: sic.transit.gloria http://dikmoi.com/the-art-of-losing/comment-page-1#comment-10135 sic.transit.gloria Wed, 02 Jun 2010 02:23:42 +0000 http://dikmoi.com/the-art-of-losing#comment-10135 i'll keep this short and sweet: <br /> <br />this CD sucks. <br /> <br />you might like if you're 12 and into really lame music, think you're cool, etc. but it sucks. <br /> <br />their first CD was AMAZING. i have no idea what the hell happened, but this CD was a waste of my money. <br /> <br />buy the first CD, it's emotional and beautiful and amazing. and then the band decided to jump on the punkrock train, and now they're just like everybody else. <br /> <br />the lyrics are lame. they're just boring. and the vocals are obnoxious, i find his voice irritating. just... ew. <br /> <br /> <br />don't. buy. this. CD. Rating: 1 / 5 i’ll keep this short and sweet:

this CD sucks.

you might like if you’re 12 and into really lame music, think you’re cool, etc. but it sucks.

their first CD was AMAZING. i have no idea what the hell happened, but this CD was a waste of my money.

buy the first CD, it’s emotional and beautiful and amazing. and then the band decided to jump on the punkrock train, and now they’re just like everybody else.

the lyrics are lame. they’re just boring. and the vocals are obnoxious, i find his voice irritating. just… ew.

don’t. buy. this. CD.
Rating: 1 / 5

]]> By: Matthew C. Davis http://dikmoi.com/the-art-of-losing/comment-page-1#comment-10134 Matthew C. Davis Wed, 02 Jun 2010 00:28:38 +0000 http://dikmoi.com/the-art-of-losing#comment-10134 Amazon won't let me rate with zero stars. I saw a video from this band air on MTV one evening while flipping through cable. The song was something about the geeks getting the girls? Anyway, I am completely serious when I say that I felt nauseated. Exactly what kind of music is this? I read in the Amazon review that one of the songs contain lyrics from Stacey Whatever concerning an attempt to get his My Bloody Valentine, and Pixies album back. Please dude, don't write about real bands any more, you totally discredit them (what with your apparent extensive music collection it makes me believe you are spreading everything thin, and you've completely missed the essence of good music). Oh yeah, why are Top 40 bands such as this (see also Good Charlotte, Sum 41, Blink 182, etc.) being called Punk? I'm not usually negative, but this is such a blatant capitalistic commercial business endeavor preying on impressionable young minds, it makes me sick and deserves to be called out. Rating: 1 / 5 Amazon won’t let me rate with zero stars. I saw a video from this band air on MTV one evening while flipping through cable. The song was something about the geeks getting the girls? Anyway, I am completely serious when I say that I felt nauseated. Exactly what kind of music is this? I read in the Amazon review that one of the songs contain lyrics from Stacey Whatever concerning an attempt to get his My Bloody Valentine, and Pixies album back. Please dude, don’t write about real bands any more, you totally discredit them (what with your apparent extensive music collection it makes me believe you are spreading everything thin, and you’ve completely missed the essence of good music). Oh yeah, why are Top 40 bands such as this (see also Good Charlotte, Sum 41, Blink 182, etc.) being called Punk? I’m not usually negative, but this is such a blatant capitalistic commercial business endeavor preying on impressionable young minds, it makes me sick and deserves to be called out.
Rating: 1 / 5

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