GY!BE's album 'Yanqui U.X.O.' is one of the greatest instrumental records of all-time

death of a party and how soon is now share a bit where the guitar plays a high note and then slides down about a semitone, but that aside i can't see the similarity.

I also own like 3 CDs each of The Mars Volta, GYBE and Yes but don't get too excited.

My favorite Rev bit is actually the flutey outro of Empire State.

Of course, if your Yes albums are 'Drama', '90125' and 'Tormato' my vigour shall be somewhat deflated...

See You On The Other Side is a shameful omission from my collection. I've heard it a couple of times, and it's pretty good, but for it to click I need to buy a copy.

SYOTOS is the first Rev album I owned as a kid, that's probably why it's my favorite. I actually wanted Boces since I had only heard "Car Wash Hair", "Bronx Cheer" and "Young Man's Stride" and liked BC the best but SYOTOS was all they had at the shop, it had just come out. "Bronx Cheer" is still my favorite of their short, poppy singles stuff.

oh to have been a kid in the early-90's...

Uh, yes, yes, that really does prove your point.

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Yes, obviously those are the only two things Radiohead do because it's so easy to say... *burp* scratch... can't be bothered anymore. You say subjective I say potato.

I don't actually like Blur very much at all but I find the ballads accentuate the things I hate about them more than the others. Bearing in mind I've listened to Blur more than pretty much any other band I dislike.

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anyway for "emotional resonance" Coffee and TV >>>>>>>>>> To The End, Beetlebum and This Is A Low. NOT THAT THEY AREN'T ALSO QUITE NICE SONGS, And I totally hate The Universal too.

What was that lead single off "Think Tank" btw? If that wasn't Blur-doing-Radiohead (pretty damn well) I don't know what was.

Thom Yorke for all his faults (hell I was saying they rely on the same kind of song far too often myself before) annoys me a million times less that Damon Albarn, who pushes my "fuck off twat" button nearly every time he opens his mouth.

HAHA! This coming from you Lex is... is.. I dunno. I know you weren't being mean here but being baffled by Louis's taste baffles me since (as far as I'm concerned) your taste is more in line with that of a 14 year old girl than a 20 something bloke. ;-)

my final pronouncement on blur: the universal is a slightly sappy song with a GREAT lyrical theme, to the end is I agree one of their worst (musically uninteresting), this is a low is brilliant, as is beetlebum.

my best of blur, representative of what I like about them: 1) beetlebum 2) bugman 3) slow down 4) blue jeans 5) 1992 6) ambulance 7) he thought of cars 8) on your own 9) caravan 10) trouble in the message centre 11) battle 12) caramel 13) this is a low 14) resigned 15) essex dogs 16) yuko & hiro

i like optigan one!

yeah, after you and lex turned this into some fucking teen magazine profile feature piece wankfest about how a british virgin -- SHOCKAH -- acquired unusual taste in music, yeah, it got a lot more "damn enjoyable."