Anyone Else Unbelievably Disappointed?

[returnofdisco]

After months of listening to nothing but Fiery Furnaces, Of Montreal, and Half-Handed Cloud.....The new OZMA album rocks!  Yeah I said it, they put the rock and roll back into my weiner-pop.  That's a genre.  It kicks rear ya'll.

[Steveguy]

To the people that initially dislike this album.  I'm not going to say much...actually I've only have one word: "Pinkerton"  (Yea yea, I know...it's not to that extent...but you get the idea)

[wepeel]

To the people that initially dislike this album.  I'm not going to say much...actually I've only have one word: "Pinkerton"  (Yea yea, I know...it's not to that extent...but you get the idea)

fuck yeah. I am totally getting this vibe.

[Ianny]

I was unbelievably disappointed that when I went for a cheese steak this afternoon, they were out of steak!  Had it with chicken instead, and it was pretty damn good.

Love the album though.  Still, unbelievably disappointed...

[Fantastic Max]

Stop posting in this thread, it's stupid. haha.

[Potentially Tim]

Heartache vs Heartbreak made my jaw drop.  I couldn't believe it when it came on.  It was Ozma, but with like, a New Pornographers space age twist.  Incredible.

PLEASE refrain from comparing:
1. Ozma to the New Pornographers while citing this song
2. Star Wick to Neko Motherfucking Case

[Bob511]

That's a pretty embarrassing post-date-to-reply-date gap there.

First comparison's also apt enough, and no one made the second.

[Potentially Tim]

That's a pretty embarrassing post-date-to-reply-date gap there.

First comparison's also apt enough, and no one made the second.

1. If I'm not embarrassed to be on this board in general, nothing else I do online will embarrass me. Not even *GASP* a reply gap. (lol?). But I must say, your cyber chivalry remains unmatched. Way to defend the lady's net honor!   

2. Not even close and 3. You know what I mean. She clearly was referring to the tradeoff on male/female vocals, ala NP. Duh, I didn't think she actually believed Star was in the same league as Case. But then can you blame me? It was the only way I could criticize a band member without fear of them getting on Ryen's name and coming after me.

[heysarahsarah]

Tim, I'm not the only one to make such a comparison.  And I never compared Star to Neko. 


Can you lighten up perhaps?

[Potentially Tim]

Sorry! I was trying to dig at the band, not at you. I came off as a diq and I apologize.

Also, sorry Bob! I didn't make the connection of you two until just now. Let's be friends, even though you don't like me, please.



Edit: Shit. Sorry. I keep trailing off topic. Yes. I was unbelievably disappointed by the new album.

[Bob511]

It's a good song.

[Andy]

After re-reading the first few pages of this thread, I find it extremely telling that, over a month after the album was released, all of the original critics in this thread have either shut the hell up,

tried to backtrack:

well my first ozma album and dammn i was dissappointed!
...
its just like how weezer looses their touch when they realease malidroit.
...
pasadena-----> dammn....what the hell is it with 'lunchbreak'

im not saying its a bad album.

...or basically crashed themselves into the ground:

So that actualy is Star?
Huh.
Well my apologies then. Somehow that night you did manage to fool my friends and I into thinking you played as I described.
I'm actualy glad that you don't play that way because it was pretty dissapointing to think that you did.

Nobody wanted to fucking listen to anybody who actually knew the album to begin with, and now that people have heard the album out a few times, all those critics are looking stupid.
And yes, I'm calling those people out on this like an ass, but only because they still deserve it.
And yes, I know those examples above will piss people off, but whatever. You come to the Ozma Fans Forum to bash an Ozma album-- you should expect it.
And yes, that explains the BOLD FONT!!!!

[preterit]

I like it. So there.

I wouldn't go so far as to say that it's my favorite Ozma album, but I like where they're going with their sound. That seems to be the issue of most of the critics, right? Heaven forbid a band's sound and style mature/change after x amount of years together.

If you wanna listen to the same thing over and over again, go buy any Lenny Kravitz album.

[Potentially Tim]

You come to the Ozma Fans Forum to bash an Ozma album-- you should expect it.

While I certainly appreciate your moxy, I think that's a clue into the more likely reason why people "shut the hell up." They're simply tired of getting shit. Not because the album finally grew on them. If that's what you're implying???

[Oatmeal]

I haven't really made my full conclusion on here so here it is:

It's weird I will listen to Pasadena and I will like it allot. Then I will listen to an older album from Ozma and I think "man, I wish Pasadena made me feel like this."

Thus my conclusion= I think Pasadena is great but it's not at my level. So while I like it but it does not touch me like my favorite music does.*


*My feelings are based on the album over all. A few songs like HVH and Underneath my Tree are expections. These songs are more my level. I would say at this moment HVH=my favorite off the album.

[amish]

Why put an asterisk at the end of a sentence when there is nothing between the asterisk and that footnote?

I like Pasadena a lot. Many of the things you feel when you listen to the older albums are likely memories of that time in your life. It's not so much the music itself, but what it reminds you of. 10 years from now some of us will listen to Pasadena and feel much the same way.

[Oatmeal]

Why put an asterisk at the end of a sentence when there is nothing between the asterisk and that footnote?

I like Pasadena a lot. Many of the things you feel when you listen to the older albums are likely memories of that time in your life. It's not so much the music itself, but what it reminds you of. 10 years from now some of us will listen to Pasadena and feel much the same way.

Your probally right.

[Rome]

Why put an asterisk at the end of a sentence when there is nothing between the asterisk and that footnote?

i'd like to think he meant for it to be read in the context of a footnote, as opposed to a supporting statement. or something along those lines that makes sense.

[Fantastic Max]

Why put an asterisk at the end of a sentence when there is nothing between the asterisk and that footnote?

I like Pasadena a lot. Many of the things you feel when you listen to the older albums are likely memories of that time in your life. It's not so much the music itself, but what it reminds you of. 10 years from now some of us will listen to Pasadena and feel much the same way.

Eh, I don't associate a certain time with the older albums. I just loved the albums, and it was the first time in my life, I'd found an artist, where i actually loved every single song on an album.

[I Like Ozma]

is that how you felt about tally hall

[VanSlegr Fan]

Eh, I don't associate a certain time with the older albums. I just loved the albums, and it was the first time in my life, I'd found an artist, where i actually loved every single song on an album.

im with you on the first part. i remember when a freind send me some ISOTAC songs on AIM in '00 or '01, but other than that,yea i dont have any strong memories tied to the early albums at all, they rock hard, so i listen to em all the time.

and another note, ozma is the first group uve ever listened to that u liked all the songs on the albums?? wow...im sorry dude. i pretty much only listen to cds were i love every song on them. i hate skipping songs, except when its a rehash put on more than one album, and i DONT mean just ozma, punk groups do this alot.

[Andy]

You come to the Ozma Fans Forum to bash an Ozma album-- you should expect it.

While I certainly appreciate your moxy, I think that's a clue into the more likely reason why people "shut the hell up." They're simply tired of getting shit. Not because the album finally grew on them. If that's what you're implying???

!!!!

[Oatmeal]

Why put an asterisk at the end of a sentence when there is nothing between the asterisk and that footnote?

i'd like to think he meant for it to be read in the context of a footnote, as opposed to a supporting statement. or something along those lines that makes sense.

Your right, thats what I used it for.

[Fantastic Max]

is that how you felt about tally hall

Actually, yeah. When I first got into Tally Hall last year, as well as today...I love every song.

[aqotgg]

I bought the album and then made a burned copy without tracks 1, 3, & 4. 
I think it's a marvelous collection of songs, it's just that they really made a shitty move putting Fight The Darkness and the remakes on there. 
Those three tracks are some half-assed bullshit.

[VanSlegr Fan]

Those three tracks are some half-assed bullshit.

wow. very blunt, that made me laugh.

[I Like Ozma]

is that how you felt about tally hall

Actually, yeah. When I first got into Tally Hall last year, as well as today...I love every song.

i dont think i like every song from them, just mainly "just apathy" and "the bidding"

[ZariusZer0]

after a few listens, I gotta say that i do miss some of the lighter sound.  The new album is good...quite good...but it's decidedly heavier, more serious, more somber. Though the lighter, more airy quality of I Wonder makes me smile. and Incarnation Blues and Barriers have some of the right tones, but still feels heavy in places.

Not that the heavier stuff is bad..but i hope there might be some more of the lighter sounds from before too, as the sound continues to mature.

Though, to be perfectly honest, i still can't get into Fight the Darkness. I think that's mostly the repetition of that line though. After the first 10 seconds, I quite understand that there is Darkness, and it is to be fought. That's made readily apparent. and when it crops up again..just starts to get on my nerves.

[Tideplaya]

Nobody wanted to fucking listen to anybody who actually knew the album to begin with, and now that people have heard the album out a few times, all those critics are looking stupid.
And yes, I'm calling those people out on this like an ass, but only because they still deserve it.
And yes, I know those examples above will piss people off, but whatever. You come to the Ozma Fans Forum to bash an Ozma album-- you should expect it.
And yes, that explains the BOLD FONT!!!!

Funny, I still don't like the album and I created this thread.  I stopped posting here because I don't know how many different ways can I say, "I don't like it"  I am a Huge OZMA fan and I wanted to see what other OZMA fans thought.  Pretty simple, no bold needed.

I'm still disappointed, but at the very least I got HvH and Incarnation Blues out of the album, and two years ago I never thought I'd hear another new OZMA song that I like.  So there's the bright side.

[I Like Ozma]

how could you not love motorology and underneath my tree?