I don't mind admitting my tastes in music. I especially don't mind saying that I enjoy music that tends to be a bit weirder than the normal. Hell, one of my favorite albums of this year, The Dirty Projectors "Bitte Orca", is bat-shit insane. Most credible music critic websites tend to go for it as well(as they should). But is it just me, or is the Flaming Lips new CD, Embryonic, a CD that's just filled with noise and unlistenable filler. So many critics are rambling about how inspirational and expressive the album is. Yeah, it's expressive if you count looping a simple guitar/bass rift for about five minutes with an occasional gong going off in the background while Wayne is saying some common bullshit that he usually writes.   
 
    
 
I really don't mean to come off as being a Flaming Lips hater, because I'm not. I respect a lot of their work, the only real experimental stuff from them to make be interested needs to have a gimmick behind it(like when they put out 4 CD's and told you to play them all at the same exact time). Embryonic isn't completely terrible, there are some redeeming songs on here that they are playing on night shows and public appearances, but the rest of the CD, even though it is interesting to hear what they have done, has nothing to offer.  
 
    
 
I take this topic and I move it further with the ultimate evidence. Animal Collective. Animal Collective is, at most time, the worst band ever. It's just constant noise and randomness that goes nowhere. But critically, everyone loves them. My Girls could be one of the best songs this decade, but it's by one of the worst bands. You know why My Girls is awesome? Because there is structure, it goes somewhere.   
 
    
 
Then again, music is an art form. Art ellicits a response from it's viewers, and Flaming Lips/Animal Collective just gives me a negative response, while others love it, so my opinion is just an opinion. Just one question I need to ask. Does anyone like experimental noise music that isn't on hard drugs at the moment?