Yeah, it's the obvious joke, but it's the one I came here to make, too. +1

Did it also try to warn you off of all those commas?

All is right with the cosmos.

Wait, wait, wait, back up: Your sister is your wife? And your wife is your sister? That's the real story, here!

Yeah, but then there's also Common's guest verse on College Dropout…

This just brings to mind Neko Case's hilarious takedown of the song on Nerdist.

The first time I heard this was on New Moon (i.e. after Smith's death). You can tell just from the instrumental intro that it's Elliott playing… heartbreaking when you realize that you can recognize the specific sounds that one person's fingers make on the strings of a guitar, and how much comfort that sound brings…

While I actually like everything on this list that I'm familiar with, I have to agree.

I'm waiting for the apostrophe to come to an end…

Ugh - "Ghost" is the worst song they have ever recorded, imo.

Yeah, love boat captain is great. A few other okay songs… Green Disease is fun, Thumbing my Way is nice, "Save You" is pretty decent, but there are many better songs in that same vein throughout their catalogue. That's about all that comes to mind. The concert dvd from Madison Square Garden from that tour is great,…

That's a great point about their consistency being their weakness. And yet, I would also contend that their "experimental" (huge air quotes, there) tracks are also by far their worst. They really struggle to merge whatever the experiment is with any sort of traditional song craft, and as a result things like melody…

Huh, it is probably my leas favorite (and I have loved the last two Cursive albums). But HH does have a certain charm, as time has gone by. It really evokes the feeling of Autumn in the Midwest, for me. Also, at the time the album felt like Tim was in judge mental rut. Now that he has since broken out of said rut…

That's too bad; I was picturing a "public relations" friend, as well…

Cool - my friend Zadie was the flautists (upper right corner in the header image).

Huh, was not aware of all the affection that existed for this company. I worked at the Tower Records in Nashville, during my year of "post-collegiate slumming." I thought it was soulless and corporate - a great way to suck away someone's love of music. Perhaps the writing was already on the wall, at this point…

*Erases prequels from memory, Eternal Sunshine style.* Ah, perfect! I feel so much better, now.

Yeah, I did google this to see if this was something that people (of course) have debated on the internet, and saw that explanation. But when I got to the "Bail Organa's first wife, who died…" part, I realized that, nerdy as I am, there is always someone way nerdier.

Okay, this is going to sound way snarkier than I mean it, but these quotes describe my feeling on their lyrics/musical output almost perfectly:

For the record, I am not using "songwriting" as a synonym for "lyricism." I think their chord progressions and song structures are (usually, not always) pretty flaccid. They're good at making a big noise and creating moods, but I don't think they harness that power to an interesting song structure all that often. …