yeah, opinions
i pretty much don't "get" the entire indie rock scene, though if i had to epitomise it with one famous album it would be Weezer's Pinkerton i suppose. it's so boring
No way man, that album was probably their best. It was very well emotionally driven and had a really good unique sound to it. It really issued in alot of bands that would eventually come up in the 2000 era with the whole "emo" phase and everything. Probably their last really good album, up until they came out with Hurley, which was actually pretty good. The blue album was good. It gave listeners something unique that not alot of people have ever come across before at the time. It was their standard sound that helped established them who they are now. Pinkerton was pretty much how they were when Rivers went thru his dark times and all.
The thing with indie records, or rather, all music, is that it's too subjective. There are things that you can look at objectively, such as how good is their lyrical content, the sound, is it unique, fresh, never done before, does it work? etc. Subjectivity is if it resonates well with you or not. Even if it's like Blink-182 good, you can still say it sucks or it doesn't, whether you think it sounds good or not.
I can name a ton of bands that I've listened to that I don't personally like, but can say have a really good artistical quality and sound to them that really works.
To the OP:
Interesting. Our opinions about the Strokes albums are pretty much opposite. Though, my personal favorite has to be First Impressions of Earth and Angles. Is This It was really good for it's time, keep that in mind, but if it weren't for that album, you really wouldn't be listening to Comedown Machine in this day and age. Comedown Machine is kinda hit and miss, and for me, it's mostly miss. It's a very mellow chilled out album, with only a couple tracks I can say I really enjoy, the last one being my ultimate most favorite.
And yeah, alot of garage revival was all around. Pretty crazy how the Black Keys snuck under everyone's radar over the past many years. Makes you wonder.
If there's one album that I can say is highly overrated and honestly just sucks, it's Guns and Roses' "Appetite for Destruction."
Yeah, I can see some of the appreciation behind that album for it's time and sound, making a sound like that and all... but in all honesty... I really kinda just don't like them at all. They just sound like some raunchy Texas biker bar band in all honesty really. Aerosmith sounds alot better in contrast, and they kinda suck too.
