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Comment by Jett
on Phantom Planet are suddenly lame. Boo!

July 23rd 2008 19:00
haha good points.

the only thing i can say is no, phantom planet is not nor have they ever been huge. and jason schwartzman is not ridiculously famous, especially not during the period when he left the band. people knew him from rushmore...thats it. sure california was a big hit with the whole OC thing but no one knew who did it. maybe to fans like us it seems like they should be because they are so good, but alas, they are not. i know people who make music professionally, like in high class studios and they have no idea who the band is.

oh.. and ive been doing some listening too...demon daughters is growing on me

Comment by Jett
on Phantom Planet are suddenly lame. Boo!

June 1st 2008 07:16
1. the version of "do the panic" on raise the dead is FAR better than the original; more depth, less sophomoric and stiff.

2. i do agree that alex's voice isn't at its best on this record, but to sing his former style on these tracks would just not fit with the tone of the songs.

3. i can appreciate that you're into the pop/ more melodic side of PP, but these songs are just as good melodically and rhythmically if you get past the distortion and such.

4. demon daughters is not one of the best songs on the album. the title track is infections; it builds and build and then takes you down just to bring you back up again. brilliant. Geronimo is hard hitting and pulled off superbly despite it's complete reversal of usual PP style. i could go on, but in short, most l the songs have awesome hooks, stunning guitar, killer bass (which i personally and so excited gets highlighted on this record) and on point drumming. the only song i, dare i say, hate is quarantine. i can't stand it. that is the lowest point on the record. next is demon daughters....but by a large margin

5. PP could NEVER be LAMEEEE. i agree this is not their best album (the self titled/we win again/white album is obviously their masterpiece) and i'll admit i was disappointed when i first heard it because the melodies were not in the forefront, but his album is full of hidden gems. i think the band is slowly growing into who they want to be. the uber-pop sound they had on "...is missing" was because they were young and as they have matured, so has their music. i think this record is sophisticated yet rough. you might not like this direction but it is certainly ANTI-LAME. going pop-ier would be getting lame and boring. oh, and don't call Alex an a-hole. he is wonderfull!!!!! FULL OF WONDER!



haha sorry for the rant.

-Jet

p.s. "the schwartzman influence"? is that the "lets abandon music so i can become more famous and make more money" influence? would you want someone like that making an album? no offense to jason, i like him, but he chose his path and if he didn't love what he was doing i'm glad his influence is out.