Best of 2005 - Difficult, or Easy?

[Jason Tate]

Our best of 2005 feature will be up by the end of this week ... so this is the official last call for any bands to contact Rohan (http://www.absolutepunk.net/sendmessage.php?do=mailmember&u=41733) to have your lists included.

[duffe]

I love this feature.

[nathanlawson]

whats to stop some jerk submiting his list and pretending to be the drummer from panic at the disco or something

[Steve Henderson]

whats to stop some jerk submiting his list and pretending to be the drummer from panic at the disco or something
Ummm, maybe the email address?

[aminorthreat55]

http://www.mintrecs.com/news/MR_085_newporn_mini.jpg

[last light]

when is the entire board posting theres, i need some entertainment

[nfggc10]

I'd say it's hard to compile a "best of..." because this has been a forgettable year for music. Next year needs to hurry up and get here.

Jack's Mannequin's cd will probably be the only standout from this year that I will still be listening to in 5 years.

[last light]

I'd say it's hard to compile a "best of..." because this has been a forgettable year for music. Next year needs to hurry up and get here.

Jack's Mannequin's cd will probably be the only standout from this year that I will still be listening to in 5 years.

depends on the genre.

[preppyak]

depends on the genre.
pop-punkish music was very forgettable this year, I know that much. I have trouble making my list complete because I forget what albums came out (I have to go to my Itunes and see when I added it, etc.). I have like 7-8 albums that are in my top 10, then about 20 that try to fll the remaining spots.

[last light]

pop-punkish music was very forgettable this year, I know that much. I have trouble making my list complete because I forget what albums came out (I have to go to my Itunes and see when I added it, etc.). I have like 7-8 albums that are in my top 10, then about 20 that try to fll the remaining spots.

ya definitely agree with you, i have mine all made up, took awhile but i think its accurate with all of my thoughts on this year

[preppyak]

ya definitely agree with you, i have mine all made up, took awhile but i think its accurate with all of my thoughts on this year
yeah. mine's done, but the last few were tough.

On another note, I am listening to A Santa Cause: and the from First To Last song is impossible to comprehend. The screamer is so bad that all I hear is muddled noise, no actually words. I don't even know what the first day of Christmas brings, let alone the other 11.

[last light]

yeah. mine's done, but the last few were tough.

On another note, I am listening to A Santa Cause: and the from First To Last song is impossible to comprehend. The screamer is so bad that all I hear is muddled noise, no actually words. I don't even know what the first day of Christmas brings, let alone the other 11.

haha the singer of acacia strain posted a myspace bulletin about how horrendous it is haha

[CorporateFish]

On another note, I am listening to A Santa Cause: and the from First To Last song is impossible to comprehend. The screamer is so bad that all I hear is muddled noise, no actually words. I don't even know what the first day of Christmas brings, let alone the other 11.
Haha that's easily the worst Christmas song I've ever heard.
..and I've sat through an opera Christmas CD once. *shudders*
I though the there were a lot of good pop-punk releases. I wouldn't call many of them outstanding, butas a pop-punk fan, I wasn't dissapointed by 2005.

[nathanlawson]

Ummm, maybe the email address?



what , do you think that his email address is " panicatthediscodrummer@hotmail.com " ?

[Drew Beringer]

Are the staff posting their lists in individual articles or something?

[Amplifried]

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B000AS1H9K.03.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

Yep.

[Steve Henderson]

what , do you think that his email address is " panicatthediscodrummer@hotmail.com " ?
No, maybe band@panicatthedisco.com?

Maybe? Just maybe?

[Drew Beringer]

No, maybe band@panicatthedisco.com?

Maybe? Just maybe?

lol Sounds like a good bet there.

[last light]

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B000AS1H9K.03.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

Yep.


if you are talking about one of the worst albums...

[Amplifried]

if you are talking about one of the worst albums...

Sorry, you're wrong. You just are.

[Scott Weber]

Are the staff posting their lists in individual articles or something?
I hope so

[last light]

Sorry, you're wrong. You just are.

haha noooooooooooo.

i never could get into it, it was probably my most anticipated of the year also, oh well..glad you enjoy it

[Amplifried]

haha noooooooooooo.

i never could get into it, it was probably my most anticipated of the year also, oh well..glad you enjoy it

Well, I will continue to do so. Thanks, but you're still wrong, sir.

[Drew Beringer]

I hope so

lol, I'm posting mine in an article regardless.

[Scott Weber]

haha noooooooooooo.

i never could get into it, it was probably my most anticipated of the year also, oh well..glad you enjoy it
Just because it was a let down doesn't mean it was one of the worst records of 2005. Come on now. I was really let down by Thrice but there are soooooo many worse albums than that.

[last light]

Just because it was a let down doesn't mean it was one of the worst records of 2005. Come on now. I was really let down by Thrice but there are soooooo many worse albums than that.

it is on my list of one of the worst of the year.

[Amplifried]

Just because it was a let down doesn't mean it was one of the worst records of 2005. Come on now. I was really let down by Thrice but there are soooooo many worse albums than that.

Let down? Wrong.

it is on my list of one of the worst of the year.

I think there's a typo here.

[last light]

it is on my list of one of the worst of the year.

edit: that i LISTENED to anyway.

[Scott Weber]

Let down? Wrong.



I think there's a typo here.
I wasn't let down by it? Yeah, you're right. *rolls eyes* It's still going to make my top 20 regardless. It's still a good album.

[preppyak]

I though the there were a lot of good pop-punk releases. I wouldn't call many of them outstanding, butas a pop-punk fan, I wasn't dissapointed by 2005.
I'm not disappointed, so much as I know that next year I won't be listening to stuff from 2005. I will listen to Jacks Mannequin and TAI, and occasionally other stuff (houston calls probably) as well, but most of it will be left in 2005. 2004 brought the Midtown album, Northstar, Say Anything, three albums that even today are among my most played. 2005 wasn't disappointing as much as it was unfulfilled. It could have been an amazing year, instead it was just pretty good.

[nathanlawson]

No, maybe band@panicatthedisco.com?

Maybe? Just maybe?


dude i got to admit you have me on this one, sorry its been a rough day

[when 4ever ends]

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[bankrom]

the more i think about it, the more 2005 seems average. i'll probably listen to the acceptance and mae albums for years, but not much else. maybe p!atd? i really loved chroma when it came out, but it got old real fast for me... hmm... 2005... what to make of it...

[chokeychicken]

i was at bestbuy today trying to buy a cd for myself for christmas...a record that will really get to me and become a staple in my collection. i also picked up photo album by death cab, but they didn't have it, of course. then i decided that i'd just wait until the year end awards and pick up a fantastic record from 2005 that i missed.

as for records that stood out this year...thrice, nightmare of you, and jack's mannequin for me. lots of forgettable stuff this year.

[Amplifried]

I wasn't let down by it? Yeah, you're right. *rolls eyes* It's still going to make my top 20 regardless. It's still a good album.

Maybe I'm just casting my vote on pure talent. The fact is that there is not a single band that this site represents that is more talented that Coheed & Cambria. I ask you to name one. Sure, Good Apollo was borrowed from an older generation's music at times, but The Willing Well Suite is the most creative thing anyone's put out this year. If you disagree, you're wrong. I don't often take that stance, but so many people on this site do, and that's where the line will be drawn this time around.

[You Got Owned]

if you are talking about one of the worst albums...

this album was perfect.
he gives a great name to latinos, mexicans, and and anyone else with a hispanic background.

[X__inhope]

Maybe I'm just casting my vote on pure talent. The fact is that there is not a single band that this site represents that is more talented that Coheed & Cambria. I ask you to name one. Sure, Good Apollo was borrowed from an older generation's music at times, but The Willing Well Suite is the most creative thing anyone's put out this year. If you disagree, you're wrong. I don't often take that stance, but so many people on this site do, and that's where the line will be drawn this time around.

holy hell. shut up and let people have their own opinion.

[Scott Weber]

Maybe I'm just casting my vote on pure talent. The fact is that there is not a single band that this site represents that is more talented that Coheed & Cambria. I ask you to name one. Sure, Good Apollo was borrowed from an older generation's music at times, but The Willing Well Suite is the most creative thing anyone's put out this year. If you disagree, you're wrong. I don't often take that stance, but so many people on this site do, and that's where the line will be drawn this time around.
Hahahaha, dude that's so ridiculous. There are so many more talented bands out there than Coheed. Now don't get me wrong, I love Coheed. IKS is one of my all time favorite albums, and I dig Good Apollo too. But Good Apollo was just a rehashing of their earlier stuff (fuck, The Suffering's chorus re-uses a melody from 3 Evils). Is Coheed creative? Yes, the story is incredible unique. But are they the most talented band around? Not even close. Go pick up a Dillinger Escape Plan record, and for more accesible music, look no further than Gatsby's American Dream for the most technical, lyrically and thematically creative pop-oriented record this year. I think it's hilarious that you said "if you disagree, you're wrong." Like you're God of all things music. Oh, and if you could actually look outside your box of music you listen to, you'd see that you're ignorant as hell.

[halfamile]

let me throw in a joke or something before this gets ugly....ummm Jessie of Let Go tattooed the Militia Group's logo on his leg the day before it was announced the logo changed.

haha! yes! number one in controversy for 2005, right there

ok, now don't poke any eyes out

[minusthejosh]

this was a pretty bad year as far as great music is concerned. i have to agree with the people who thought good apollo was disappointing. that cd was probably my most anticipated and then i heard it. i tried and tried to get into, but couldn't. i had to force myself to listen through the whole thing and don't get me started on the willing well's. sure they were epic, but i can't make it all the way through. overall, good apollo = most disappointing cd of the year.

[Kelley Nicole]

hmm i thought 2005 was a really great year for music, but i guess i'm one of the few...in this thread, anyway. a lot of albums came out that i know i'm going to still love years from now.

[Rohan Kohli]

I thought this was a really awesome year.

[oxfordqueef]

what about "Commit this to Memory"? Come on, that album was pop perfection! and ben folds - "songs for silverman"? and "Crimson" by alkaline trio?

this was an outstanding year for music.

[HEREYESINGREY]

www.myspace.com/hereyesingrey
our drummer taught travis barker how to play...

[Scott Weber]

www.myspace.com/hereyesingrey
our drummer taught travis barker how to play...
thaaaaaaat's a lie.

[Alex Huffman]

i can see how someone into poppier stuff would be let down, but for hardcore/metal, this year was sweet- Black Dahlia Murder, Darkest Hour, Bury Your Dead, Through The Eyes of the Dead, Despised Icon, Seventh Star, Still Remains, not to mention Comeback Kid's Wake the Dead, an instant classic. And one more thing---Alaska.

The new Thrice album is a great album, but it just isn't Thrice. If Mogwai or Radiohead put it out, we would all be loving it.

Coheed improved on IKSSE3, but I doubt they can ever recapture the intensity of SSTB.

Motion City was also solid.

Throwdown, Haste the Day, As I Lay Dying were letdowns.

[Amplifried]

Hahahaha, dude that's so ridiculous. There are so many more talented bands out there than Coheed. Now don't get me wrong, I love Coheed. IKS is one of my all time favorite albums, and I dig Good Apollo too. But Good Apollo was just a rehashing of their earlier stuff (fuck, The Suffering's chorus re-uses a melody from 3 Evils). Is Coheed creative? Yes, the story is incredible unique. But are they the most talented band around? Not even close. Go pick up a Dillinger Escape Plan record, and for more accesible music, look no further than Gatsby's American Dream for the most technical, lyrically and thematically creative pop-oriented record this year. I think it's hilarious that you said "if you disagree, you're wrong." Like you're God of all things music. Oh, and if you could actually look outside your box of music you listen to, you'd see that you're ignorant as hell.

I said that this site caters to, sir. I'm hardly saying they are the best band to have ever existed. I'm not generally someone who forces their musical opinion on others, but I'm sick of all the trash Good Apollo has received from people on this site, because if you stack up any of these bands and pit them against Coheed based on sheer talent, the good majority of them would be in favor of Coheed. Honestly, the whole "I'm right, you're wrong" thing was just to get people riled up. It worked, did it not?

[weworemasks]

The new Thrice album is a great album, but it just isn't Thrice. If Mogwai or Radiohead put it out, we would all be loving it.




that thrice comment is the dumbest shit ive seriously heard all day. you are a moron. "it just isnt thrice"....wow.
second of all mogwai is predominantly instrumental.

[Scott Weber]

I said that this site caters to, sir. I'm hardly saying they are the best band to have ever existed. I'm not generally someone who forces their musical opinion on others, but I'm sick of all the trash Good Apollo has received from people on this site, because if you stack up any of these bands and pit them against Coheed based on sheer talent, the good majority of them would be in favor of Coheed. Honestly, the whole "I'm right, you're wrong" thing was just to get people riled up. It worked, did it not?
You laid out a post full of absolutes that made you look stupid. If you did it to get people riled up, sorry, but all it did was make you look dumb.

[monkeyboy14]

I love these best of features. I go nuts and find a lot of really good music as soon as these lists are released. Oh and by the way this years list was really hard to make.

[Steve Henderson]

that thrice comment is the dumbest shit ive seriously heard all day. you are a moron. "it just isnt thrice"....wow.
second of all mogwai is predominantly instrumental.
I thought the quote about Thrice was decent, actually - well, the first half. The second half, comparing them to the other 2 bands is way off. Radiohead would never put out a turd like Vheissu...

[Amplifried]

You laid out a post full of absolutes that made you look stupid. If you did it to get people riled up, sorry, but all it did was make you look dumb.

Well, that's cool too.

[Kelley Nicole]

I love these best of features. I go nuts and find a lot of really good music as soon as these lists are released.
=)
i love them too. i'm downloading a bunch of stuff right now from the year that i never got around to checking out because of other lists i've seen in the past few days.