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theatER

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theatRE

164 (82%)

Total Members Voted: 195

[slyvia k]

Theatre! BRIT POWER!

yeah buggers, go with the brit way!  

[ahauntingnearu]

the title isn't ruining my life...it's just a disappointment, a let down

there is no ring to it, no pzaz. idk

the title doesn't matter when compared to the music though

I hope the album cover will redeem the title for me



EDIT: I think why I'm so mad is that IMO, an album title should set the tone for the music, or be the main theme of an album. for just one example, Born This Way. it's Cathy and sets the tone and theme forthe album.

Theatre Is Evil....what? every single song we know so far, IMO doesn't relate to that title. it makes no sense in regards to the thematic nature of the music

[t3hFM]

^ The artwork of the album probably serves as a bridge. All those pictures of the band among luxury furniture and gold records. It serves as a bridge to the kind of music by employing a rock band aesthetic that fits with the synth-ness, and at the same time its exaggerated and theatrical nature, combined with the whole tabloid-ish “oh were just a famous rock band swimming in gold” makes the title sound even more hypocritical.

[indeciSEAN]

the title isn't ruining my life...it's just a disappointment, a let down

there is no ring to it, no pzaz. idk

the title doesn't matter when compared to the music though

I hope the album cover will redeem the title for me



EDIT: I think why I'm so mad is that IMO, an album title should set the tone for the music, or be the main theme of an album. for just one example, Born This Way. it's Cathy and sets the tone and theme forthe album.

Theatre Is Evil....what? every single song we know so far, IMO doesn't relate to that title. it makes no sense in regards to the thematic nature of the music

you'll hopefully "get it" at a later date.
i felt so strongly about it when i did, that i called amanda and demanded she listen to my theory as to what it means.
no comment as to what she replied with.  

[ahauntingnearu]

I hope it grows on me, but I don't think it will. oh well--it's jut a title

I wonder how many songs she actually recorded for the album and if she will actually release them all. hopefully

[BATTEREDxBRIDExLUVR!]

it will be cool to "get" the title if there are important details we don't have yet, but it feels pretty in line with everything else amanda's made in the past few years.

[CeeGBee]

Now I need to get my hands on one of these soon-to-be-collectible "promo discs"....


It'll be even bigger than the Beatles' "Butcher cover".

I wonder if they sent one to WRIR...  (and if not, WHY not?)

[insignifikunt]

Now I need to get my hands on one of these soon-to-be-collectible "promo discs"....

i've been thinking the same thing. if they are sending it to oz media maybe i could get my hands on one!

[pawni]

I would definitely go for this: "THEATER/RE IS EVIL"

This is kinda playful and nobody can complain.

I realise that I'm kind of late to the party, but, I dig this.

Also, it may just be my European-ness, but I don't even react to the possible pretentiousness of "theatre". Like many others have said, if you want pretentious, do it Frenchy style.

[insignifikunt]

i was also unaware that theatre was pretentious, it's just the way it's spelt here. fucking operating theatre is spelt theatre and i don't think anything about surgery is pretentious

[RiverVox]

I was going to write that they should use the Australian spelling, since that is where the album was recorded, but I see that the point is moot!

Now I'd just like an explanation. The only thing I can figure is that theatre is an illusion and Buddhism teaches that all we experience is illusion and that we should clear our minds (wait, mind is an illusion!) to reach Zen. Or something like that. Anybody who practices Buddhism wanna help me out here? But if everything we experience is an illusion, then there is no difference between theater and daily life. No line between "reality" and "imagination". And as I write this, my kids are being pirates in the other room.

[CeeGBee]

i was also unaware that theatre was pretentious, it's just the way it's spelt here. fucking operating theatre is spelt theatre and i don't think anything about surgery is pretentious

It's only pretentious here in the States.

If one of you lot were to use "theater", it's kinda like, well...
These kids:



               And you don't want to be those kids, do you? 

[The Angel Raliel]

if theatre is spelled theater, how do you spell theatrical?

[CeeGBee]

if theatre is spelled theater, how do you spell theatrical?

I blame such eccentricities on the French.

[Niels]

if theatre is spelled theater, how do you spell theatrical?

theatircal?