The Theory's Top Releases of 2003 - Page 3

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• 1 - Tom Johnson

  Dec 28, 2003 at 10:30 pm

  Theory, I think the differences in our views of the Mars Volta is fascinating. Check it out on my list. You couldn't get two more opposite reviews.

• 2 - The Theory

  Dec 28, 2003 at 10:39 pm

  Nice nice. Just remember that I'm right. ;-)

• 3 - Mark Saleski

  Dec 29, 2003 at 10:19 am

  i still don't see how "Hey Ya" is a weak song.
  
  let's see, me & tom like it...you don't.
  
  that means you're wrong!
  
  ;-)

• 4 - Dew

  Dec 29, 2003 at 12:58 pm

  We would have agree to disagree on Outkast. I think the Love Below was over and beyond the call of duty. Not to mention it is opening the doors for Outkast to enlightened a whole new audience. Although I despise Hey Ya! as well. ;-)
  
  Beth Hart's Leave the Light On is an excellent CD also and currently I am loving Jet and The Darkness.

• 5 - The Theory

  Dec 29, 2003 at 3:34 pm

  Dew: Most likely my main problem is my inability to appriciate that whole "R&B" genre. "The Love Below" is the only album from that genre that I can even remotely listen to without going into convultions. However, there is still too much filler on it, regardless.
  
  My main problem with "Hey Ya" is that it reminds me too much of something The Flaming Lips might do, sound wise. And I'm not too fond of the Flaming Lips. Of course, Andre is double the vocalist that TFL's vocalist will ever be.

• 6 - BrownBoognish

  Dec 29, 2003 at 3:57 pm

  I'll take a Flaming lips song over Hey Ya anyday.
  
  I've listened to the Outkast release, and I can only find five or six actual songs worth noting. The amount of filler makes the album impossible to listen one's finger firmly fixed on the skip button.
  
  De-Loused in the Comatorium is extremely pretentious, but in the best way possible. They took some of the biggest risks of the year, and it is a highly memorable album.

• 7 - Dew

  Dec 30, 2003 at 7:37 am

  The Love Below is not an R&B album.

• 8 - Tom Johnson

  Dec 30, 2003 at 10:01 am

  Comparing the Flaming Lips and "Hey Ya"? Don't see it at all. I love the later period Lips, but there are no traits shared between anything the Lips have done and that song.
  
  And no, "Hey Ya" is definitely not r&b. It's more retro-pop, resurrecting the mid 60s era with a modern hip-hop slant to the music. And it's a pure joy to hear, too. It's easily the most inventive and exciting piece of music to come out of the industry this year. I can't think of another song that has so been able to cross nearly every musical boundary. I'm not saying you nay-sayers have to like it, but I think you need to give it more credit than you are. It's a powerful piece of music.

• 9 - Dew

  Dec 30, 2003 at 10:31 am

  Tom was walking around in my head and found the words I was looking for.

• 10 - The Theory

  Dec 30, 2003 at 2:15 pm

  if you cut out Andre's voice from "Hey Ya", the backing music would fit very snuggly on "Yoshomi Battles the Pink Robots".

• 11 - Tom Johnson

  Dec 30, 2003 at 2:18 pm

  Sorry, Theory, don't hear it. "Hey Ya"'s way too upbeat and boppy to sound anything like the spacey desperation of the Flaming Lips.

• 12 - Sabo

  Dec 30, 2003 at 3:07 pm

  For how much Theory and I agree on music generally, I have to take Tom's view on "Hey Ya". It was my favorite song of the year.

• 13 - Mark Brandt

  Jan 01, 2004 at 1:39 am

  "Hey Ya" is a great song. Though The Theory doesn't like it I definitly see the Flaming Lips reference. It's the song that brought hip-hop to the indie rock kids and indie rock to the hip-hop kids. Priceless (minus the repetition of the word 'Alright')

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