not about war! thats for sure (2583 hits)
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Submitted by Chris Svolopoulos <EvilZurr.at.gundamwing.net> (View user info) at 2003-03-20 20:49:08 EST
well..its not anyways! war is a boring subject, so lets change the topics of our posts. so..lets say...MUSIC! damn straight!
id say punk/alt/ska/rock is the best kind of music. everything else sucks. rap is just people talking with a beat. so is vocalizing (boy/girl bands). learn to play an instrument and youll get some real fans..maybe. country is people being either uber depressed or uber happy, they need to pick one and not perform either way. classical is ok, but its boring. emo is losers (yea no shit)and i dont think there are any other kinds of "music" out there. granted; new age, oldies, and easy listening are technically music, i wouldnt agree with them being the stuff id really like to listen to. i only consider you an artist if you have real talent, and i dont think being able to sing or being able to write lyrics is a talent.
for anyone that is gonna get in my face about my opinions: my favorite bands are blindside, trust company, sugarcult, adema, short of glory, and taking back sunday. they all play great music on record and even better music live. other than that, i like anything they play on the modern rock station on radio free virgin (its better than normal radio). i play drums, but i dont have a set of my own. i also dabble i guitar, but not much.
so yeah, this wasnt about war at least...
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Submitted by ruin (user info) at 2003-12-24 00:34:43 EST (#)
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secular british bands:
joy division: great drums, guitar and bass, defined a fukking genre!!!!!
i feel monstrously horrifically guilty right now as i can't remember the lead singers name, oh shit...
i live on the same street he grew up on, half my family does, we knew him, ever see joy divisions performance of 'transmission' on the tv series 'the old grey whistle test' ???
a scary horrific thing to see in his eyes when he's singing that song on that show on that recording of that episode of that show... and an anchor for reality...
NO DOUBT!!! THEY FUKKING RULE!!! GWEN STEFANI IS A GODDESS!!!! ARE YOU A POP BAND HATER!!!! I DON'T KNOW!!!! WHISKY RULES!!!!!
Submitted by mcgarrity2001 (user info) at 2003-03-27 15:27:39 EST (#)
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from a hetrosexual male i resent the accusation that only gay men like disco. For fuck sake, Barry White man - the wallrus of love!
Submitted by Capm_Crunch (user info) at 2003-03-26 16:55:31 EST (#)
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Personally, I like rap, and almost every kind of Rock. But I hate bands like, Sum 41, and Creed. They suck. I love bands like the Offspring, the Beatles, System of a Down, Pink Floyd, stuff like that. Although a lot of rap is somewhat mindless and exacly the same as every other rap group, I think people like Snoop Dogg and Run DMC are good. They have a timeless quality that most others don't.
Submitted by poisonyourkids (user info) at 2003-03-25 10:28:35 EST (#)
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i dunno, it just so happens that most of my tastes fall into classic rock, and i happen to think that music really reached its high point back then, but that doesnt mean im limmited. I like Outkast and though i dont like rap that much, i think eminem has good lyrics. I also like swing and ragtime and think dave brubreck is the living end.
Submitted by hendrixjrr at 2003-03-25 10:25:47 EST (#)
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I think the problem here is that most of you guys TRY to make your tastes fit into certain genres. Isn't there a quality about good music that just makes you want to listen to it no matter how talented the musician is?
I just listen to music that I like.
Jason
Submitted by poisonyourkids (user info) at 2003-03-25 10:13:19 EST (#)
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DarthAwesome also made a good point when he mentioned freddy mercury, who was a great showman, and had one of the best voices in rock and roll. Music today (with the exception of a few unapreciated acts) cant compare to music back then. Floyd, Queen, The Doors, The Stones, Procul Harum, Neil Young, Lynyrd Skynyrd, 38 Special, BTO, ELO....i could go on and on and on.
Submitted by poisonyourkids (user info) at 2003-03-25 10:05:28 EST (#)
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No one....i mean absolutely no one can rival pink floyd when it comes to showmanship and musical talent combined.....The wall proved that... i have a few bootleg videos of those shows (the best one is at earls court, in london) and the show was increadible, the music was amazing...and they kick ass overall.
Submitted by streetpunk (user info) at 2003-03-25 09:15:51 EST (#)
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Devo was cool because they didn't really try to shove themselves into the whole punk rock thing. It was more of a pigeonhole. They, along with the Cure, Talking Heads, and early Billy Idol were all big in the 80's punk movement, without actually takingon the sound. I wish I could party with Devo, I'll bet they do good drugs. BTW, Bella Fleck and the Flecktones kick major ass, especially Victor Wooten. He might even be the best bass player in music today.
Peace,
STREETPUNK
Submitted by sky (user info) at 2003-03-25 07:35:23 EST (#)
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I'm gonna check out Evanescence....sounds cool, thanks Razor.
I agree with streetpunk completely, that you should go back to the roots. I know very little about punk, except that I like early early punk, as a lot of those bands took a goth turn and I friggin love early 80's goth before it got all cheesy and industrial. Alien Sex Fiend actually went quite punk towards the end....they're not particularly good, but boy are they funny as hell.
Devo kicks ass. Especially "We're through being cool" or any of the potato songs. I bet Streetpunk knows what I'm talking about.
Submitted by tpx187 (user info) at 2003-03-25 04:05:28 EST (#)
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You can say what you wanna say about rap, but now eminem has an oscar. a fuckin oscar. his 15 minutes of fame have to be surely used up by now... oh wait who though 15 mintues would last this long...
Submitted by Mind-Zi (user info) at 2003-03-25 01:00:24 EST (#)
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Music is killed by classifying it into genres. Music is music.
As a musician, I have played - been paid to play - what you would call rock, punk, metal, jazz, country, bluegrass, classical, showtunes, r&b, funk, and folk, and certainly others I am forgetting at the moment. These "genres" all share certain intricate features with each other. And don't get me wrong, some of them are more similar to each other than others ("punk" and "metal" are still just rock regardless) but I guarantee that every genre out there has strong common ground with every other.
The only thing that defines music as "good" or "bad" is the individual artist or band. I expect I could name an group or artist that is indistinguishable as one or the other for any two "genres" you could name. Flecktones, anyone?
Submitted by Hairsphincter (user info) at 2003-03-24 22:15:10 EST (#)
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Otter - I don't know if any genre of music can indicate homosexuality, except disco.
Submitted by Istaros (user info) at 2003-03-23 13:26:13 EST (#)
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It doesn't matter if you think Outkast is funk or not, because they're still rap. Their musical loops often have very strong funk influences, yes, but they're still primarily a rap group.
Submitted by EvilZurr (user info) at 2003-03-23 03:10:21 EST (#)
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well shit in a bag and punch it, i guess ill be ignorant then. i said i wasnt using generalizations, but the majority of rap is just talking to a beat (any rap i hear anyways) so i can only come to the conclusion that the kind of rap that is popular is the kind of rap that, in my humble opinion, is just talking to a beat. and by the way, i think outkast is a funk group more than rap. i see funk as a branch of jazz while rap is a branch of hip-hop/r&b. two different classes in my views.
Submitted by streetpunk (user info) at 2003-03-22 20:11:51 EST (#)
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The punk that you are referring to, with the whiney girlfriend songs, is really a mixture of emo and punk. It has the upbeats and catchiness of pop punk, but it has relationship turmoil lyrics, like emo. REAL punk rock is usually about politics and society. Check out Bad Religion,Propaghandi, Billy Club, The UK subs, The exploited, Tsunami Bomb, The Casualties, and Flogging Molly. That is real punk, but different sub genres. Like emo-punk is a subgenre. If you want to hear some good emo check out Sunny Day Real Estate-Diary, Hum-you'd prefer an astronaut, The Latch Key Kids, Alkaline Trio, and Morellas Forest.(just to name a few)
Rap is not talking to a beat, Zur, when you can flow like OutKast, you can make your critiques, but it's not cool to criticise something because it doesn't suit your tastes. You can say your not a big fan but to say it's "talking to a beat" is ignorant.
Peace,
STREETPUNK
Submitted by EvilZurr (user info) at 2003-03-22 12:25:32 EST (#)
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i think we're listening to two different types of punk then. because i cant stand bands that can only play a few chords and bitch and moan about one topic throughout their whole cd. also, make sure that the bands youre thinking of consider themselves punk. lots of people confuse some bands as punk even though the band themselves say they arent.
Submitted by DarthAwesome (user info) at 2003-03-22 08:25:57 EST (#)
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Man learn to proofread unless you have a good reason not to. Zurr, punk music is some whinning teenagers playing power chords, usually complaining about their girlfriends. Same with emo, but less upbeat and more stupid and depressing. Nearly every punk band sounds the same some how, that's why that genre of music sucks, in my opinion atleast. The only punk I've heard and liked was the underground stuff from the 80's.
Submitted by OsirisDionysus <trhollan.at.vt.edu> at 2003-03-22 03:06:14 EST (#)
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if you think the ataris are emo, then you have some seriously messed up concepts of music. pop punk fucktards.
Submitted by EvilZurr (user info) at 2003-03-22 01:30:50 EST (#)
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no im 17. your opinions are yours and mine are mine, no need to insult me (or try, by the looks of it)
Submitted by Rethink (user info) at 2003-03-21 22:47:23 EST (#)
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Punk sucks.
Rap isn't just talking with a beat. Maybe pop rap, but underground rap is way different.
What are you like 12?
-Rethink
Submitted by EvilZurr (user info) at 2003-03-21 22:29:22 EST (#)
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oh yea, evanescence is ok, but theyre a little too gothic, and the kicker is that the guy in 'bring me to life' is the singer from 12 stones, who is uber-christian. i dont really like the 80s groups, although i can listen to them with a smile cuz its good music nonetheless. i listen to everything whenever, but i prefer punk/ska and i hate rap/country
Submitted by EvilZurr (user info) at 2003-03-21 22:25:59 EST (#)
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umm, most of the music i listen to is pretty underground. just because some of my fave's made it big means im a conformist? i met sugarcult in 2000 one day in san diego. i was traveling through california and came across a party in baker where i heard adema playing and met them. short of glory...ha! try to find one of their songs! there are only 5 out there atm and i have that demo. and through all these connections i got to know a wider arrangement of music. just because something is on the radio and i like it means im young and impressionable? sorry, but its not my fault good bands can become popular. and why is it liking underground bands makes you a rebel? i like the music i like, be it famous or not. its all about how good it is.
people have the wrong impression of punk from what mine is. when you say people playing chords and bitching about girls/life/etc, that is emo, and emo is for loser whiny bitches. punk is people creating their own original tabs (especially thrice; best instruments ever) and original lyrics that cover a lot of topics. dont make broad assumptions. i could say rap is all about "im so great, with my platinum bently and my big ass bitches yo", but there are some great rappers that have god songs. of course, rap is just talking to a beat. if i wanna hear about bad relationships, ill put on some ataris, the only good emo band ever (because theyre 49% punk/ska). ive lost my train of thought...again..but thats my defense to whoever said that stuff
Submitted by Razor (user info) at 2003-03-21 17:07:25 EST (#)
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Cool, I will streetpunk
Submitted by DarthAwesome (user info) at 2003-03-21 16:15:44 EST (#)
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What is people promblem with Nirvana?
Submitted by streetpunk (user info) at 2003-03-21 15:04:51 EST (#)
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Hey Razor, you should check out tower of power if you like George Clinton era funk.
Submitted by streetpunk (user info) at 2003-03-21 15:02:51 EST (#)
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You guys have no clue about punk rock and it's progression. Sex Pistols, Misfits, Undertones, BuzzCocks, The Ramones, were all in it for the money. THat's what punk used to be about, "hey, I can't really play guitar(or bass or drums) but I can throw a few chords together and sing a catchy tune and then people will give me easy money. They wanted to be mainstream. True, Blink 182 sold out, but their drummer pretty damn good( not the best, I agree, but good) if you don't believe me, check out their live album. I am not a big fan of Blink, but I do respaect the musicianship, which is way more complicated than the Sex pistols. Check out NOFX or Rancid and tell me they couldn't play circles around early punk bands.
Do some research before you throw out assumptions. Yes, punk is about power chords, but the whole idea of the poppy punk band was to take easy parts and put them together into one powerful solid machine. It represents unity. I know an amazing jazz drummer that is currently studying Jazz comp. at UNT who plays in punk bands. HE IS A JAZZ MAJOR. That's probably the most difficult style of drum to learn and play and he is at one of the top music schools in the nation. I have also kow guitarists, bassits, and singers, that had amazing ability to play that were in punk bands. Compose a punk song with some friends and make sure the bass, drums, guitar, and backing vocals all corresponded in a way that made it sound like one smooth instrument and then tell me you don't have respect for punk.There is a method to their madness. They want to showcase a group talent. They want to be different than Van Halen.
Another thing, Ska and punk are not the same thing. Ska originated in the islands before reggae and after swing. Infact, it was orignally calypso and jazz fused together. That is why you have 2 tone ska, 3 tone ska, 1st wave, 2nd wave, and new(3rd) wave ska.Punk really orignated by the likes of Alice Cooper and The New York Dolls. That's what they were calling it back then, because of the political and social views. Look at early Alice Cooper, songs like Elect me, I'm 18, No more Mr. Nice Guy, and Schools out were all about teenage rebellion, which is what punk is about.Later on bands with the same ideals defined the actual sound and alot of it came from the UK. Then it's ideals evolved even more and that's around the time we had Black Flag, The Clash, Devo,Minor Threat, The Vandals, and TSOL.
It wasn't until bands like the specials got notice and recognition from punk rock crowds, that the two ever crossed paths.
As far as music in general goes: you have to have some form of talent or skill to make or perform music. You might not realize how hard it is to sing like boys to men(hey, I am not a fan, but I have worked on harmonzing in my own bands and it's not easy with 2 people. I couldn't imagine 5 or 6)or Rap like Outkast(I'd like to see you freestyle with the likes of them) or program electronic music with a computer, groove box, keyboard, and a turntable like fatboy slim(the man has a vast knowledge of music)but for you to say that someone who doesn't play a traditional garage instrument has no talent or skill is ignorant.
There was another group of people that were cloe minded and ignorant, that used to make fun of people for being different than them. They were called Nazis. Hahahaha.
Peace,
STREETPUNK
Submitted by Razor (user info) at 2003-03-21 13:15:21 EST (#)
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Zurr, you're exposing your age here.
You listed all the kinds of music that are popular at the moment with the teenybopper crowd and completely forgot large chunks of music.
What about...
Classic Rock (Doors, Zeppelin, Beatles, Floyd, Janis, Jimi, and too many others to mention), Jazz + Blues (people like Dizzy Gillespie, the roots of ALL the 20th century's music), Folk (Peter,Paul + Mary, John Denver), Metal (ACDC, GnR), Grunge(Nirvana, STP, Soundgarden), Funk (George Clinton, Jamiroquai), Alternative (Tori Amos, Edie Brikell), Jam Bands (Allman Bros., Phish), and 80s Enligsh Rock (Talking Heads etc.)?
There are fantastic acts in each of those genres. I just listed a small representative sample from each. Maybe it's not music that sucks. Maybe it's that the tail end of GenX has little talent and no imgaination. Maybe it's that the music industry has gotten so awful since MTV came out that the music industry isn't even about the music anymore? The music industry pisses me off so much, they even eventually manage to co-op the anti-industry movements like Punk. Avril anyone?
On the bright side, there has been a recent band that I liked: Evanescence. They sound a bit like Portishead, only more rocky than hip-hoppy.
Submitted by The_Otter (user info) at 2003-03-21 08:10:59 EST (#)
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"What else can I say?....I blew my brains away....
What else can be said?....Nuthin', cuz I'm dead....
I was burried, burried,
To a goofy chick,
I was married...."
His name is Kurt Nobrain......................
Submitted by DarthAwesome (user info) at 2003-03-21 07:21:41 EST (#)
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Punk was cool years back when it was new and it ment something, now its just some whinny teenagers playing a few power chords talking about their girlfriends and such. Pretty dumb if you ask me. And the one guy in Nirvana didn't leave. Kurt killed himself, shotgun decapatation!
Submitted by The_Otter (user info) at 2003-03-21 04:09:17 EST (#)
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Hey fuzzybutt!
Is there a type of music than can define you as gay? I mean, besides Wham!? Or Canadian?
Submitted by The_Otter (user info) at 2003-03-21 03:58:42 EST (#)
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Forgot, for those of you who don't know, Geoff Tate is the lead singer for Queensryche. I just noticed I forgot that bit of information.
Submitted by The_Otter (user info) at 2003-03-21 03:55:26 EST (#)
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A topic about music? Man, I could fill an entire website with my opinions, but I won't. Most of you folks seem to be pretty decent people, and I'm not drunk enough to rattle on all night that way.
For me, Heavy Metal is where it's at. I'm talking the true, melodic metal that bands like Zepplin, The Who and Sabbath started. You can, for the most part, understand the lyrics, there isn't a heavy reliance on power chords, and the tune just flows.
I feel that the metal/hard rock bands from the 80's were the best, and those that are still around, still have it and can out do any new band that has come out. The down fall to the metal sceane was the introduction of the power ballad. Yeah, these are some great tunes, but it made metal/hard rock loose it's edge.
My favorite bands are Iron Maiden, Helloween, Def Leppard, Megadeth, Queensryche and Metallica. I've always felt that these bands were the best in their fields. I know Megadeth and Metallica are more power/speed metal, but they still have a good sound to them, and they both have obviously stood the test of time. On a side note: despite what some may think, I have met both Metallica's James Hetfield and Megadeth's Dave Mustain, and I was more impressed with Mustain's approach to dealing with a fan, Hetfield came across as kind of a dick.
Def Leppard may be a bit poppy for some and they definately have their fare share of ballads, especially as of late, but they were my first hard rock influance, and I gotta stay loyal.
Can't say enough about Maiden and Helloween. For those of you who don't know Helloween is kinda like the German version of Maiden. At one time the had a singer that was almost indestinguishable from Maiden's Bruce Dickenson. While Maiden may have gone down in popularity in the states, I've heard plenty of bands out there who's main influance was Maiden. And Helloween definately deserves some airplay in the states, with an almost completely new line up (only their original guitrist and bass player reamin) they are a band now that would put most of these new bands to shame.
Geoff Tate has the best voice in metal today, and one of the best singing voices I've ever heard, as I understand it, he used to sing opera, so he has an unbelieveable vocal range.
Metal/hard rock is the varient of rock n roll that has been around longest, and will always be around. With out going into too much detail or theories right now, I believe that if Chopan, Bethoven, Chicofsky (forgive the spelling) and many of the other great classic composers were alive today, they would perform and compose metal.
As far as most new bands out there in the metal sceane, there is some potential. Hard rock has divided into way to many catagories. Some bands like Kid Rock (I will give him the respect of being a talented musician, but I can't stand his music) and Limp Bizkit are confused as to what they are playing; is it rap or rock? And don't give me some BS like "They're just being inovative and different, and not conforming to the norm." Bullshit! They're playing off a gimmick.
Which brings me to another point, bands like Marilyn Manson and Slipknot. They are there image, not their talent. Sure it worked for KISS, that was cool back in the 70's. But along with a strange image, you need to have talent.
Punk today has gone to pot as well. Sex Pistols. Nuff' said. Never gone be another group like them. How much talent does it take to make a song last for five minutes, when all you do it repeat the same lyrics fifteen times over? Glad the boys from Rage split and hooked up with Chris Cornell, they actually get to display the fact that they CAN play a guitar.
As for other types of music out there...
Classic Rock: Metal wouldn't be what it is today if these bands didn't form. The Doors, Pink Floyd, Zepplin, The Who, Hendrix, Black Sabbath, Cream, all of them. Even the Beatles to some extent. I saw The Who's "Tommy" the other day and bought it right after off of eBay. Who says opera is fat guys bellowing out in a forign language?
Oldies: There is a difference betwixed classic rock and oldies. Classic rock became Metal, oldies is what your mom listens to, or listened to. Mind you Elvis and The Four Seasons are great, and this type of music has it's place. Beach boys, Jan and Dean, Martha and the Vandellas, Eretha Franklin and most of the other bands focused more on the voices and harmony therein. Thes groups relied on being able to sing well, there weren't typically fancey dance moves (OK there are the Temptations), electric guitars were just coming around, but the fancy finger work of Steve Vai wasn't there yet. There were very few instrumental parts to these songs, therefore making the singers show their talent and earn their paycheck.
Country: I can tolerate it for a while, but there is no groove to it 9just cuz you can line dance to it doesn't mean there is groove). You only need a four piece drum kit, there are no complex guitar tracks. This means it's boring. While there are a lot of talented country musicians out there, I've always felt the music was weak compared to rock. I've also noticed that when you look in the liniar notes of a rock album, most of the time, the tracks are writen by the band. Country tends to be writen for the band by someone else. But if you thik about it, as depressing as country can be, if the bands wrote there own music, the suicide rate amongst country singers would be a lot higher.
Rap/RnB: I like the first rap groups like Run DMC. This was great tunage. Easy to understand lyrics that were about every day things and are sometimes even humrous ("You be Illin" still cracks me up when I hear it). Beastie Boys and Easy E: classic. But I get annoyed when I cruise down the street and some low riden' POS pulls up next to me and all you hear is loud, thumping bass, and lyrics that would offend Andrew Dice Clay. Why is it illeagal for me to drive my lifted Jeep over the top of this vehicle? I'm performing a public service. Anyhoo...techno is fine if you're at a club, but anyplace else it loses it's affect. And Rap/RnB also displays no talent in the fact that these guys steal riffs and samples from other music. I was appaled to hear Yes's "Owner of a Lonely Heart" and Van Halen's "I'll Wait" "sampled" into rat music. That was nothing but pure blasphamy! It also perpetuates the use of ebonics, an insult to the English language. Eminem is another exaple of a guy making money off a gimmick, in this case controversial music. No worries, though, when that fifteen minutes of fame wears off, he'll be doing gay porn to pay the bills.
Classic: Good music to chill out to. I prefer symphony music to one wailing violin, and I love to hear it as the music score of a movie. Think in 200 years that John Williams will have some of the best classic music?
Jazz: Like classical, it's good to chill out to. Herb Alpret is great.
Pop: like rap and RnB, these are a bunch of no talent knucleheads. So you've got five boys who can dance and sing, but it's the group of musicians behind the magic curtain that make it happen. Shows like American Idol are an abomination, as it adds to the continuance of this type of music. Yeah sure when you try out, you can sing what ever you want, but once you are on the show trying to win America's heart, you sing what you are told to sing. Real bands are a guitar player looking in the local paper and finding the add that reads "drummer looking for band" and those two getting together and one guy says, "a guy I know can play bass, let's give him a ring." Then some dude who can sing comes along and they work they're way up through the bar sceane and local tours, finally being discovered and signed by a record label. Pop music, as it is now, skips those steps and launches some bare mid-riff, big breasted chick into the lime light who didn't have to pay her dues, like her predessesors did. Fortunately, these groups don't last more than a few years, but unfortunately they are too quickly replaced.
Sorry for the long windedness of this, but music is a hobby of mine, and since I started typing this, I've tossed back a few and the fingers just don't know when to stop.
Submitted by EvilZurr (user info) at 2003-03-21 02:14:39 EST (#)
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i dont know what you guys think punk is exactly...i think youve got it confused with grunge rock. as for adema, theyre actually really cool guys in person and each of their songs has a pretty intricate story behind it. have you heard speculum by adema? one of the best songs to deal with death, as one of my close friends died in a car accident last year. punk is just another term for ska, which is just another alternative for alternative, which is like rock, except with different ways of playing the intruments. by live shows, i mean the ways the get the crowds in on the action and all of the extras in the shows. one of the bands i forgot to mention in my favorites was Thrice, a band with 2 of the best guitarists and one of the best drummers IN THE WORLD. as for you mexican food analogy tpx187, punk/ska/alt/rock is one of the few types of music that actually plays the whole spectrum of moods, be it depression or angst or joy. its all in there, and thats something you cant deny. as for the "oldies" (im 17, so ac/dc and pink floyd are oldies), they are ok, i can get into pink floyd and the stones, but ac/dc has the worst "singer" in the history of music, and yes, i do listen to chevelle. in conclusion, no matter what you say, youre wrong because the progression of music from greatest to least is punk > metal > oldies > classical > jazz > rap > etc. end of discussion
i gave myself a 2 because i totally agree with the main post
Submitted by Hairsphincter (user info) at 2003-03-21 01:15:16 EST (#)
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I wasn't going to expose my musical tastes for fear of being treated with a flurry of slurs like "ur gay", "ur Kanadian" or something as creative. Music is such a personal thing and tastes vary wildly, but my fave production companies are:
http://www.naked-music.com/
http://www.hedkandi.com/
Now to be shat on like a statue in the park.
Submitted by tpx187 (user info) at 2003-03-21 01:09:01 EST (#)
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Music is good. I like all types of music. Rap i think is being dogged by you guys. C'mon now, i dont wanna sound like poser but i really do like eminem. he is good, he flows well with his beats and he can rap. yea im sure u could write better lyrics, and that is why you are famous now. oh wait... Some punk is good, but dont tell me it takes a whole lotta talent to make punk music. its like mexican food, all differnt types of food but all with the same ingrediants (meat or veggies, tortial, beans). The best band ever is Sublime (yes i know they played some punk...blah blah blah). Sublime is/was the best ever. i also like 311. Nirvana was key, but since that one dude left the band they suck. Rage was good also, but agian same story as with Nirvana. Metallica = good. Then i like to download all the one hit wonders and listen to that, cause its funny to see what was good for a point in time. but in general all music is good music, unless is pop or country. you wanna talk about talkin about the same shit then look at pop music, every fuckin song is the same. I love you, you left me, i wanna get back with you, same old shit all day. yeyea yea
Submitted by jeetkunetony (user info) at 2003-03-21 00:51:12 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
Ay, I know it's your opinion Chris, but Adema? They suck and made a song called immortal for satan's sake. I heard that and thought it was a joke. Most of those bands suck and the reason they're "good" live is because the songs they play aren't hard to begin with. You wanna hear good stuff listen to North Mississippi All Stars, or Zepplin, or Tool, or Radiohead. They rule, end of story.
Submitted by yidele (user info) at 2003-03-21 00:50:50 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Qui penis mihi aqua turbit?
Submitted by Hairsphincter (user info) at 2003-03-21 00:45:42 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Quart - this one is good above your pubes - Omnium rerum principia parva sunt. (Everything has a small beginning.)
Submitted by Hairsphincter (user info) at 2003-03-21 00:34:50 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Quart - try this one for size: Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit. ~ There has not been any great talent without an element of madness.----Seneca
Submitted by Istaros <archon_templar.at.hotmail.com> at 2003-03-21 00:26:57 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
God, some of you people are truly ignorant.
Submitted by Quartermain (user info) at 2003-03-21 00:20:23 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
No Latin exam..I'm just a big geek is all. I like Latin, went and had some tattooed on my chest(or is that too much information?)
Submitted by hairowen (user info) at 2003-03-21 00:09:24 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
yah all rap sings about sex, drugs, bling bling, and money. EVERY SONG. While they are all good in small amounts i don't want someone i dont even know to tell me how he banged this chick got high stole some bling bling and made money after killing this guy who called him "unhip." They are so unhip I'm suprised their bums dont fall off.
TheSexyCuban
Submitted by Hairsphincter (user info) at 2003-03-20 23:55:27 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Quart - do you have a latin exam on the horizon?
Submitted by Quartermain (user info) at 2003-03-20 23:42:51 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
'De Gustibus Non Disputandum' That being said, let me unburden myself of some opinon. Rap and R&B suck ass. Rap is not even music and R&B is just whinging or wailing. As for 'modern' punk or hard rock or whatever they call it, if I wanted to hear the same three cords all damn day, I'd listen to my roomate tune his guitar. I do like country music, opera(especially Pavarotti or Bocelli), classical(Beethoven, Tchaikovsky,Rimsky-Korsakoff) and 80's bands like Motley Crue or Guns N Roses, or Metallica. Oh, and the Doors. They're as underrated as the Beatles are overrated.
Submitted by Hairsphincter (user info) at 2003-03-20 22:03:58 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
I like war songs.
It's a long way to Tipperary,
It's a long way to go.
It's a long way to Tipperary
To the sweetest girl I know!
Goodbye Piccadilly,
Farewell Leicester Square!
It's a long long way to Tipperary,
But my heart's right there.
Submitted by goldphish (user info) at 2003-03-20 21:43:00 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Rap is good if you go for the underground stuff. Maybe not rap so much as hip hop. All the mainstream shit out there is no good, I'll agree with that. Emo is also OK if you listen to some of the underground bands out there. Punk is kinda gay in my opinion, maybe it just doesn't suit my personal tastes, maybe I'm just not listening to the right stuff. But there are a lot of bands out there with talent, you just have to look for them because everything mainstream is so watered down that it has no hope of ever having any substance.
Just my two cents.
Submitted by bean (user info) at 2003-03-20 21:34:26 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
I really don't like modern punk rock. It all sounds the same: shitty. I think the 70's was the best decade for music. The Who, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin; all of those great bands were from the 70's. They had great lyrics, great guitar solos, and an awesome overall sound. Nowadays, all lyrics are about defying society and anything related. I'm getting sick of hearing "I don't wanna be like you" in every goddamn song on the radio! Country isn't all bad, it has some cool guitar. I'd have to say that i'm a fan of classical music. Chopin is one of the most talented composers and piano players ever to walk this earth. Pop music is just plain bad. It's catchy, i'll give it that, but there isn't much more to it. The lyrics suck, it's boring, and it's allll the same! I wish someone would be creative. One artist i really like is Josh Groban. He's got a great voice, and i like how he doesn't have to conform to pop's standards. Rap is a different story. Some songs i don't mind. The ones that really irk me are ones that are entirely about money, "clubbin'", and shit like that. Great, you like to have money, but you don't have to write songs about it. And what is up with the slow-motion in rap videos? A guy brushing his teeth, walking his dog, or opening the fridge is boring, but once you slow it down a little, it's suddenly cool and thug-like? I really don't get it.
Submitted by DarthAwesome (user info) at 2003-03-20 21:06:22 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
I hate punk, or what it has become at least. I hate rap, its dumb. I hate ska, too happy. I hate country music, my homeroom teacher plays it, swear it brings down my grades. I like, or liked since its not really a category anymore, grundge music. I love rock and roll. I sing and play guitar. My band is better than all those shitty punk bands too.
Queen, Nirvana, Deep Purple, Beatles, Stones are all good bands. Freedie Mercury probably has one of the greatest voices I've ever heard and singing is a talent as is writing good lyrics. Don't tell me I can't judge music cause I'm not as talented or as succesful as other musicians. Even if I'm not as talented I still know a good song when I hear it.
Excuse any typos I'm sorta tired and I don't wanna proof read.