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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: runwhiteyrun06 on July 23, 2010, 04:10:18 pm
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On the Lollapalooza boards they have a topic where they will go through the entire lineup and give some background on each band and list essential songs. I thought it would be nice if we could do the same thing here. By doing this, anyone interested in this thread can become more familiar with the bands. At least in my case, I knew a good deal about most of the bands playing last year but this year it's a lot of bands I haven't listened to but know they are supposed to be decent.
LCD Soundsystem: One of the most well-known bands playing this year. Responsible for writing one of the best songs of the past decade with "All my Friends".
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Chromeo.
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Pavement
PRO: Are cooler than you are, but not in that annoying/Sonic Youth way.
CON: Are responsible for Weezer.
Brian
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joan jett - lesbian. is smoking hot for her age. likes to sneer. loves leather.
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joan jett - lesbian. is smoking hot for her age. likes to sneer. loves leather.
the plastic surgery is such a buzzkill...
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joan jett - lesbian. is smoking hot for her age. likes to sneer. loves leather.
the plastic surgery is such a buzzkill...
Has she had work done? I DEMAND photographic evidence!
I just saw a very recent picture of her and it didn't look it. She DID look awfully young but if she had work done, whoever did it did a great job.
Unlike.....I mean she's still hot and all but can we just admit that Angelina Jolie has has a LOT of work done? Heidi Montag gets a lot of work and they call her Frankenstein. Jolie gets a lot of work done and she's Mother Teresa. Jolie's lips are like Pamela Anderson's boobs. Just ridiculous. Awesome, but ridiculous. I mean, look at this:
(http://www.vanityfair.com/images/magazine/2010/08/cover_vanityfair_300.jpg)
Hot. But that ain't real.
Brian
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I'll give it a shot
Sleigh Bells
Bio: Two members, Derek (songwriter, guitarist) and Alexis (vocals). Met in 2008 when Derek was a waiter at a restaurant in New York and mentioned to Alexis' mom that he was trying to start a music project. Alexis' mom suggested he get in touch with her daughter. Have released one album, Treats.
Key Songs:
Crown on the Ground (probably their biggest song)
Tell 'Em
Rill Rill
I'm really not sure what the crowd will be like in the dance tent. Especially considering the stage acts are less popular among a mainstream audience that in previous years I wouldn't be surprised if the dance tent is packed. Here's a clip from their Coachella show http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WM5wim4nMA
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joan jett - lesbian. is smoking hot for her age. likes to sneer. loves leather.
the plastic surgery is such a buzzkill...
Has she had work done? I DEMAND photographic evidence!
Brain
Yes. In People mag after "Runaways" premiered she made some comment about looking younger and they had comparison photos. She may not have had surgery, but she isn't dermatologist free.
Angelina's third nose job did her face in.
I have nothing new to add about the bands, but I'm definitely excited to see Pavement (nothing bad can be said, Brain), Joan Jett, LCD, Thievery, Matt & Kim, and curious about Sleigh Bells and Neon.
There were blurbs about each band on the TF purchase page...
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Thanks, mahimahi. Well what I also intended with this thread was if people could post a couple songs that are must representative of each band so people can do some listening.
I'm going to get flamed for saying this, but I just listened to Pavement for the first time ever (I was too young to know them when they were big) and yeah they are good, but I don't get why they are so universally loved and acclaimed. I now also know what must have been one of Weeezer's big influence.
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Die Antwoord - Enter the Ninja
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wc3f4xU_FfQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wc3f4xU_FfQ)
From WIki:
Die Antwoord (Afrikaans: "The Answer") rap act from Cape Town, South Africa consisting of three members, Ninja, Yo-Landi Vi$$er and DJ Hi-Tek.
The band self-identifies as a mélange of several diverse cultures all mixed into one.
Die Antwoord performs music which incorporates many Zef elements and references. Zef is a South African slang term that describes a unique South African style which is modern and trashy and also includes out-of-date, discarded cultural and style elements. Their lyrics are performed in both Afrikaans and English
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The only band I don't know is Modelsektor. This isn't Lollapalooza where you have 50 bands you have never heard before on the line-up.
I would say
Yeasayer - Amblin Alp
Neon Indian - Deadbeat Summer
Matt & Kim - Daylight
Sleigh Bells - Rill Rill
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The only band I don't know is Modelsektor.
indeed... it's "modeselektor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modeselektor)" ;D
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Joan Jett is also from Baltimore :)
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Sleigh Bells - a duo that uses 90% prerecorded music, live guitars and a hyperactive lead singer.
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Joan Jett is also from Baltimore :)
ROCKVILLE!!!
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went to WHEATON HIGH! ;D
Joan Jett is also from Baltimore :)
ROCKVILLE!!!
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Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros:
A contrived mix of 00s indie rock poses -- Devendra Banhart hippy aesthetics, the occasional Beirut horn, country-via-Band of Horses, a dash of Elephant Six 60s pop-aping. Gag-inducingly cute and soullessly quirky. Among the ranks of this band of champions: an ex-American Apparel model, an actress who's on ABC Family, LA hipster trash, and most egregiously, the lead singer Alex Ebert who takes on a messianic "alter ego" and a hideous haircut as the eponymous Sharpe.
Maddeningly vacuous, this band belongs to the school of thought that says that if you put a lot of people onstage at one time wearing funky clothing and playing assorted "obscure" instruments, the kids will be dazzled.
This is like an even worse, outdated version of Polyphonic Spree.
Avoid this band at all costs.
Essential songs:
None
How the fuck does anyone like this?
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Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros:
A contrived mix of 00s indie rock poses -- Devendra Banhart hippy aesthetics, the occasional Beirut horn, country-via-Band of Horses, a dash of Elephant Six 60s pop-aping. Gag-inducingly cute and soullessly quirky. Among the ranks of this band of champions: an ex-American Apparel model, an actress who's on ABC Family, LA hipster trash, and most egregiously, the lead singer Alex Ebert who takes on a messianic "alter ego" and a hideous haircut as the eponymous Sharpe.
Maddeningly vacuous, this band belongs to the school of thought that says that if you put a lot of people onstage at one time wearing funky clothing and playing assorted "obscure" instruments, the kids will be dazzled.
This is like an even worse, outdated version of Polyphonic Spree.
Avoid this band at all costs.
Essential songs:
None
How the fuck does anyone like this?
you used "worse" in the same sentence as "polyphonic spree" . . . everything you say from here on out smells like shit.
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walkonby likes polyphonic spree ? LMAO
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walkonby likes polyphonic spree ? LMAO
hey . . . what's wrong with that?? atleast i don't claim to like something like, pavement.
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walkonby likes polyphonic spree ? LMAO
hey . . . what's wrong with that?? atleast i don't claim to like something like, pavement.
Actually I was gonna respond that Polyphonic Spree aren't terrible, but you just coated your own argument in shit stank by disparaging Pavement. Not that they're some sorta holy cow, or even among my favorite bands, but they've had an undeniably huge influence on the last decade's-worth of rock.
You don't have to like Pavement, but it shows something of a lack of perspective not to understand their sloppy, 90s-y appeal.
Based on the tastes you've displayed thus far, you should definitely check out Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros.
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We were playing in Portland, Oregon, I think it was the spring of 1994. I was wandering around town and came across this cool little record store and went in to look around. I asked the woman behind the counter if she had anything new that she liked, and she handed me Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain.
I clearly remember liking the cover and putting it on in the bus. I didn?t love it at first, but I remember thinking the first track sounded heartfelt. That was enough for me to want to play it again, after which I began to really hear the first track. I also began to notice the second track, and found myself gravitating to a couple others deeper in the record as well, like ?Range Life? probably, though at this point I didn?t even know what the songs were called. This process continued with each subsequent listen. The record just kept sounding better and better.
To make a long story short, by the end of the tour I could not stop listening. I fell in love with that record. I ended up getting everything they put out. Wowee Zowee is my favorite. Pavement was the soundtrack to the second half of the ?90s for me. I had a couple friends who felt the same way and we would quote lines to each other in the corner at parties. ?chim chim chim sing a song of praise, for your elders? They?re in the back. Pick out some Brazilian nuts, for your engagement? Check that expiration date man, it?s later than we think.?
Most of the people I hung out with didn?t really get what the big deal was, but to the friends I had who really liked Pavement at that point, it felt like we were in on a secret.
?Father to a Sister of Thought? is one of my all time favorite Pavement songs. I used to sing that song to my girls to put them to sleep??Rotten device, I?ll say it twice;? ?Angel of Corpus Christy, you?re so misty.? Listening to it now, I?m transported right back into that era, the mid to late ?90s. The busses and hotels, the parties in Burlington, the European tours. It?s really emotional.
I love Stephen Malkmus? guitar playing. Check out ?Rattled by the Rush?. He kind of reminds me of Neil Young, who?s playing I also love. They both know how to milk it. When I met Bryce Goggin he told me that the solo on ?Rattled? was one take, which didn?t surprise me because it sounds so fresh. Bryce?s genius is knowing when not to ?fix? something, which is a tough thing for a lot of producers to get. Bryce gets it. He knows that ?right? or ?perfect? usually isn?t better.
I wish I could appropriately thank those guys. Their music was a big part of my life during that emotional, turbulent period. I?ll always be grateful.
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walkonby likes polyphonic spree ? LMAO
joe, how many spree shows have you been to?
but those were back when they were still cool, right?
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3 or so. Actually I was just surprised that he likes polyphonic spree...that's all...
they were cool at some point...last record was not quite good.
walkonby likes polyphonic spree ? LMAO
joe, how many spree shows have you been to?
but those were back when they were still cool, right?
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I bet that quote was from Trey Anastasio.
Right?
P.S. I haven't heard it but supposedly Phish did a dreadful cover of "Gold Sounds."
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oh. i thought you were laying on the hate, when i know you've seen them a few times and liked at least one of those (if not all three).
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I bet that quote was from Trey Anastasio.
Right?
P.S. I haven't heard it but supposedly Phish did a dreadful cover of "Gold Sounds."
yes, of course.
http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/s/Gold+Soundz/nTsiC
there's one version i found via quick google. musta been a real cokey time for trey cuz he butchered lots of lyrics. or maybe he was just paying tribute to malkmus and changing them on the fly.
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Phish covering NMH songs is uncalled for.
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Hahaha that "Aeroplane" was lifeless.
Probably akin to having sex with a female Phish fan who had recently taken a massive shot of heroin.
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Hahaha that "Aeroplane" was lifeless.
Probably akin to having sex with a female Phish fan who had recently taken a massive shot of heroin.
seizures . . . make it feel better.
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Did he not take English composition in college? This is just dreadful writing.
We were playing in Portland, Oregon, I think it was the spring of 1994. I was wandering around town and came across this cool little record store and went in to look around. I asked the woman behind the counter if she had anything new that she liked, and she handed me Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain.
I clearly remember liking the cover and putting it on in the bus. I didn?t love it at first, but I remember thinking the first track sounded heartfelt. That was enough for me to want to play it again, after which I began to really hear the first track. I also began to notice the second track, and found myself gravitating to a couple others deeper in the record as well, like ?Range Life? probably, though at this point I didn?t even know what the songs were called. This process continued with each subsequent listen. The record just kept sounding better and better.
To make a long story short, by the end of the tour I could not stop listening. I fell in love with that record. I ended up getting everything they put out. Wowee Zowee is my favorite. Pavement was the soundtrack to the second half of the ?90s for me. I had a couple friends who felt the same way and we would quote lines to each other in the corner at parties. ?chim chim chim sing a song of praise, for your elders? They?re in the back. Pick out some Brazilian nuts, for your engagement? Check that expiration date man, it?s later than we think.?
Most of the people I hung out with didn?t really get what the big deal was, but to the friends I had who really liked Pavement at that point, it felt like we were in on a secret.
?Father to a Sister of Thought? is one of my all time favorite Pavement songs. I used to sing that song to my girls to put them to sleep??Rotten device, I?ll say it twice;? ?Angel of Corpus Christy, you?re so misty.? Listening to it now, I?m transported right back into that era, the mid to late ?90s. The busses and hotels, the parties in Burlington, the European tours. It?s really emotional.
I love Stephen Malkmus? guitar playing. Check out ?Rattled by the Rush?. He kind of reminds me of Neil Young, who?s playing I also love. They both know how to milk it. When I met Bryce Goggin he told me that the solo on ?Rattled? was one take, which didn?t surprise me because it sounds so fresh. Bryce?s genius is knowing when not to ?fix? something, which is a tough thing for a lot of producers to get. Bryce gets it. He knows that ?right? or ?perfect? usually isn?t better.
I wish I could appropriately thank those guys. Their music was a big part of my life during that emotional, turbulent period. I?ll always be grateful.
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Did he not take English composition in college? This is just dreadful writing.
We were playing in Portland, Oregon, I think it was the spring of 1994. I was wandering around town and came across this cool little record store and went in to look around. I asked the woman behind the counter if she had anything new that she liked, and she handed me Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain.
I clearly remember liking the cover and putting it on in the bus. I didn?t love it at first, but I remember thinking the first track sounded heartfelt. That was enough for me to want to play it again, after which I began to really hear the first track. I also began to notice the second track, and found myself gravitating to a couple others deeper in the record as well, like ?Range Life? probably, though at this point I didn?t even know what the songs were called. This process continued with each subsequent listen. The record just kept sounding better and better.
To make a long story short, by the end of the tour I could not stop listening. I fell in love with that record. I ended up getting everything they put out. Wowee Zowee is my favorite. Pavement was the soundtrack to the second half of the ?90s for me. I had a couple friends who felt the same way and we would quote lines to each other in the corner at parties. ?chim chim chim sing a song of praise, for your elders? They?re in the back. Pick out some Brazilian nuts, for your engagement? Check that expiration date man, it?s later than we think.?
Most of the people I hung out with didn?t really get what the big deal was, but to the friends I had who really liked Pavement at that point, it felt like we were in on a secret.
?Father to a Sister of Thought? is one of my all time favorite Pavement songs. I used to sing that song to my girls to put them to sleep??Rotten device, I?ll say it twice;? ?Angel of Corpus Christy, you?re so misty.? Listening to it now, I?m transported right back into that era, the mid to late ?90s. The busses and hotels, the parties in Burlington, the European tours. It?s really emotional.
I love Stephen Malkmus? guitar playing. Check out ?Rattled by the Rush?. He kind of reminds me of Neil Young, who?s playing I also love. They both know how to milk it. When I met Bryce Goggin he told me that the solo on ?Rattled? was one take, which didn?t surprise me because it sounds so fresh. Bryce?s genius is knowing when not to ?fix? something, which is a tough thing for a lot of producers to get. Bryce gets it. He knows that ?right? or ?perfect? usually isn?t better.
I wish I could appropriately thank those guys. Their music was a big part of my life during that emotional, turbulent period. I?ll always be grateful.
maybe he needs practice by posting on forums.
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what's the name of his band, is he still in it? ;D
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Vas Deferens,
If you qualify that as terrible writing, I think you overestimate the writing skills of the average college graduate.
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I still don't even think it's writing.
It's probably part of an interview transcript.
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Did he not take English composition in college? This is just dreadful writing.
It's probably worthy of a local newspaper, but not much more than that.
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Sweet! I <3 reading all the hate for P Spree and Edward Sharpe. At least I wont have to deal with those assholes when Edward Sharpe plays. My friends and I will be dancing and having a great time and having fun.
And yes, Im seeing all the Pavement shows at Summerstage before you want to go on some rant about my bad taste in music. And Ill be seeing them at Freefest too.
walkonby likes polyphonic spree ? LMAO
hey . . . what's wrong with that?? atleast i don't claim to like something like, pavement.
Actually I was gonna respond that Polyphonic Spree aren't terrible, but you just coated your own argument in shit stank by disparaging Pavement. Not that they're some sorta holy cow, or even among my favorite bands, but they've had an undeniably huge influence on the last decade's-worth of rock.
You don't have to like Pavement, but it shows something of a lack of perspective not to understand their sloppy, 90s-y appeal.
Based on the tastes you've displayed thus far, you should definitely check out Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros.
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Sweet! I <3 reading all the hate for P Spree and Edward Sharpe. At least I wont have to deal with those assholes when Edward Sharpe plays. My friends and I will be dancing and having a great time and having fun.
And yes, Im seeing all the Pavement shows at Summerstage before you want to go on some rant about my bad taste in music. And Ill be seeing them at Freefest too.
It's chill, even people with the best taste in the world tend to like a shitty band or two. In fact, my dislike of ES & The MZs mostly springs from my bafflement that friends of mine who tend to keep it pretty real music-wise fall for 'em. I might hate on bands, but I'm not gonna hate on the people who like them... or be calling strangers assholes.
And if the friends I'm going with drag me to see Edward Sharpe, I'll give them the benefit of the doubt enough to try and enjoy myself. I mean Christ, it's free, there's no way it can't be a net gain. Sorry if my flippancy provoked yeh.
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I just don't get the love for Pavement.
I confess to having been ignorant to them beyond their one decent pop hit, Cut Your Hair.
So a year or so ago, I stole all their albums and gave them all a listen, and thought it was absolute amateur garbage.
Why are they so highly regarded?
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All I want inscribed on my tombstone is:
"he tended to keep it pretty real music-wise "
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It's chill, even people with the best taste in the world tend to like a shitty band or two.
Well seeing as calling a band "shitty" is giving your opinion and not a fact, your thesis doesnt hold up. Taste is subjective. You might think ES and MZ or Polyphonic Spree are shitty, but that doesnt mean they are shitty. I have (I think) decent taste in music, and love both those bands. I dont get the hate for either. So PS are happy as shit and wear matching robes, of course a metal head would probably hate them. And Edward Sharpe has catchy as hell poppy songs, so of course someone who listens to only noise or hates reverb might think they are shitty. Still doesnt make it a fact. Everyone has different tastes, thank goodness, cause if we didnt it would be extremely boring.
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It's chill, even people with the best taste in the world tend to like a shitty band or two.
Well seeing as calling a band "shitty" is giving your opinion and not a fact, your thesis doesnt hold up. Taste is subjective. You might think ES and MZ or Polyphonic Spree are shitty, but that doesnt mean they are shitty. I have (I think) decent taste in music, and love both those bands. I dont get the hate for either. So PS are happy as shit and wear matching robes, of course a metal head would probably hate them. And Edward Sharpe has catchy as hell poppy songs, so of course someone who listens to only noise or hates reverb might think they are shitty. Still doesnt make it a fact. Everyone has different tastes, thank goodness, cause if we didnt it would be extremely boring.
I honestly don't know what you're talking about here. I didn't claim any sorta objectivity. All I was saying was that someone else liking a band or two I don't like (i.e. think are pretty shitty) doesn't mean I think they have bad taste -- and it's pretty likely I'd think that you've got decent taste. So we're really on the same page; de gustibus non disputandum est or whatever (and for the record, PS made some fine records).
And I like a lot of real poppy tunes and I'm definitely not exclusively into metal/noise/whathaveyou. I mean, fuck, I was in the front row at a Belle & Sebastian show last week (and holy Christ was it good).
If you've got any curiosity about what I find grating about Edward Sharpe, it's mostly not the songs themselves. It's the faux-Laurel Canyon pseudo-hippy trappings they cover it all in that I find a little contrived. Maybe it's just my cynicism, but there's something almost calculated about the whole project. I have trouble trusting the would-be earnestness of a song like "Home" -- in short, I have the nagging feeling I'm being pandered to. And I'm not alone in this. In my experience, opinions are pretty split on these guys.
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It's chill, even people with the best taste in the world tend to like a shitty band or two.
Well seeing as calling a band "shitty" is giving your opinion and not a fact, your thesis doesnt hold up. Taste is subjective. You might think ES and MZ or Polyphonic Spree are shitty, but that doesnt mean they are shitty. I have (I think) decent taste in music, and love both those bands. I dont get the hate for either. So PS are happy as shit and wear matching robes, of course a metal head would probably hate them. And Edward Sharpe has catchy as hell poppy songs, so of course someone who listens to only noise or hates reverb might think they are shitty. Still doesnt make it a fact. Everyone has different tastes, thank goodness, cause if we didnt it would be extremely boring.
I love polyphonic spree's second album. I must have listened to it 100 times. I like Edward Sharpe and the Mangetic Zeros too. Pavement is cool. I like some of their albums. Really this line-up is going to be amazing for me because I like so many of the bands. Matt & Kim is a band I have wanted to see for a while now.
I get not getting why some people like some bands. Wilco would be an example. I dont' see one redeming quality in their music and Jeff Tweedy is an asshole as well. But a lot of people love them..so go figure.
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Hiero,
My point was:
"Of course someone else is going to think a band that someone else likes is shitty, but that doesn?t mean the band is shitty, just that these two people have different tastes."
You had said:
"It's chill, even people with the best taste in the world tend to like a shitty band or two."
I was commenting on the fact that calling a band a shitty band is pretty much meaningless since everyone has such varied taste. I guess I didn?t articulate myself well; damn my college degree isn?t paying off. I wasnt trying to say YOU didnt like noise bands or pop music or anything, those were possible examples of differing tastes.
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Hiero,
My point was:
"Of course someone else is going to think a band that someone else likes is shitty, but that doesn?t mean the band is shitty, just that these two people have different tastes."
You had said:
"It's chill, even people with the best taste in the world tend to like a shitty band or two."
I was commenting on the fact that calling a band a shitty band is pretty much meaningless since everyone has such varied taste. I guess I didn?t articulate myself well; damn my college degree isn?t paying off. I wasnt trying to say YOU didnt like noise bands or pop music or anything, those were possible examples of differing tastes.
Ha, looks like both of us are having articulation issues. Really all I ever meant by "shitty band" was "band I don't happen to like." I should've been careful to make that distinction. Handshake?
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you two should get together, play some instruments, go out on the road . . . and call yourself "shitty band".
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I see. Handshake/
Hmm that sounds good... i can play guitar, drum machine, bass, and keys, what about you? ;)
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Hmm that sounds good... i can play guitar, drum machine, bass, and keys, what about you? ;)
Y'know... sackbutt, mountain dulcimer, Jew's harp, harmonium. (Well, that's only 3/4 true but I'm a fast learner). Feel like if we combined forces we could be a Renaissance back-woods version of Neon Indian.
Rennfaire-wave is that new ish. That next level ish.
Sounds like a shitty band alright.
(Before someone jumps on me, I actually like Neon Indian a bunch.)
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I actually like Neon Indian a bunch.)
all musical opinions you have ever had, and will ever have, are hereby rendered null & void based on this one statement.
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I actually like Neon Indian a bunch.)
all musical opinions you have ever had, and will ever have, are hereby rendered null & void based on this one statement.
Haha, back to the same shit.
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hey, if that kinda of dismissal is good enough for you... ;)
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Neon Indian sucks
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hey, if that kinda of dismissal is good enough for you... ;)
Man, we've had enough Semantics 101 on this thread; I got no axes to grind. I just don't need yr approval to dance around to pop music.
Plus, I know everyone thinks they suck -- fuck, that's why I jokingly brought them up to begin with.
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Pavement
Mysterious shadow organization from Northern California (the bad part that no one has been to). Debut Slanted & Enchanted takes the concept of indie rock to its logical, possibly drug addled conclusion and is released in 92 in response to Spin naming it album of the year. When no one was looking, with civilization at the crossroads of the internet age and the grunge-led Alternative Rock tidal wave crashing hard, released Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain in early 94, again taking indie rock to its logical conclusion, only the exact opposite, and returned so-called alternative music back to its equilibrium and made the world safe for the future. Subsequently disappeared while still an unsubstantiated rumor only to return years later to perform at Freefest.
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I just don't need yr approval to dance around to pop music.
i wasn't being serious. i don't care what you do and don't like, and as many people here will attest i like plenty of "crap music" myself.
i was just coppin' an attitude... yours ;)
rock/dance on.