Think what you want. Which more deserving bands did they screw? Please inform me because I'm dying to know!
Incidentally when was the last time you heard silverchair? Have you listened to all of
Diorama? I'm not talking about the old grunge teen angst silverchair here, I'm talking the amazingly talented combinationt they are now. Spin their CD before taking a potshot; there's never right or wrong music, just music people like and don't like. And I, like quite a few other people it seems, like their brand of music.
Second rate? Never in million years! Four award winning albums and the likes of David Bottrill, Paul Mac and Van Dyke Parks working on the latest album aren't the marks of a one hit wonder. If those names don't ring a bell look them up through, their reputations all precede them. To label a band as "second rate" is a rather dangerous assertion. To whom are they second in line? Bands like Grinspoon, who not only took a page out of the "development of a rock band" book that the 'chair wrote, but stole the whole damn thing? Once again, please inform me of these other "first rate bands" (and I use that term lightly) because I'd like to have a listen to them.
Feeling sorry for them? I won't deny that Daniel Johns' debilitating illness probably did throw in a sympathy card. But this argument is far outweighed by the critical reviews that the album received. Why did it sweep the Arias? simply because it was the best. Simple really.
Diorama is more a musical experience than a set of tracks on a flimsy piece of grooved plastic.
In my opinion, sonic and technical brilliance, outstanding songwriting and the grandiose orchestral feelings of certain bands outweighs the repetitive lyrical angst and drone of others. But hey, that''s just my opinion.
posted by Ryan at 11:58 AM 
