pretty girls make graves

[mankie]

quality of music that comes out has peaks and valleys as we all know. I just think we're in a massive fucking valley at the moment and can't seem to get out of it. It all started with the 5 member boy and girl bands and I think the record companies realized that to make tons of money you don't need talent, just hype. Take for example that American Idol fiasco..what the hell is that if it's not a televised Karaoke competition?

[Jaguär]

I've never watched American Idol. I really hate those kinds of shows but I found with Star Search, it became nothing but an exercise in what I call vocal gymnastics. The art of music was totally lost for the vocalists abilities to reach certain notes and perform all sorts of other very annoying twists and turns of the vocal chords.

[markie]

but that is mainstream music, look beyond the mainstream and there is massive diversity and depth of talent.
 
 I'll take:
 
 Delgados
 Cinerama
 Lambchop
 Flaming Lips
 Ballboy
 Mull historical society
 Idlewild
 
 Over any manufactured band. But manufactured bands have been around for almost 40 years Mankie. they are as charming as they ever were and just about as easy to avoid. As long as you dont listen to airwave radio.

[Jaguär]

Originally posted by markie:
  but that is mainstream music, look beyond the mainstream and there is massive diversity and depth of talent.
 
 I'll take:
 
 Delgados
 Cinerama
 Lambchop
 Flaming Lips
 Ballboy
 Mull historical society
 Idlewild
 
 Over any manufactured band. But manufactured bands have been around for almost 40 years Mankie. they are as charming as they ever were and just about as easy to avoid. As long as you dont listen to airwave radio.

Truer words were never spoken....or typed.
 
 And there are dozens more that can be added to that list. Even Mankie would like a lot of them, for instance, I Am Kloot and Elbow.
 
 It just takes more research to find them out of the mainstream.

[mankie]

I haven't watched ANY of the reality, idol, don't marry her fuck me shows. It's hard to miss that fat bastard that won the idol thing though when it's the main news story on every channel, even though a huge bloody earthquake just nailed Algeria. I don't listen to mainstream radio either. It's either cd's, am radio  or my guilty pleasure "elliot in the morning" Even my daughter bought the Beatles #1's at Tower on Sunday because in her words, "there's nothing else worth buying out at the moment"

[Jaguär]

Originally posted by mankie:
  Even my daughter bought the Beatles #1's at Tower on Sunday because in her words, "there's nothing else worth buying out at the moment"

A chip off the old Mank.      
 
 I still love the Beatles, but mostly their early works. Have never liked Let It Be and am still sick to death of Abby Road.
 
 And what you just said Mankie about those crap shows; that is exactly why I watch almost no tv at all anymore.

[mankie]

Originally posted by Jaguär:
 

 Truer words were never spoken....or typed.
 
 And there are dozens more that can be added to that list. Even Mankie would like a lot of them, for instance, I Am Kloot and Elbow.
 
 It just takes more research to find them out of the mainstream.
 
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Jag, markie misses my point and takes me too literally sometimes. I'm not saying every single band that comes out at the moment is an absolute load of crap, I'm simply saying that any talentless wanker can walk on the stage and say they're the dogs bollocks and the sheep will follow....and it's happening way too much at the moment, wether it be mainstream or "indie", which brings down the batting average to use a yank term, the end result being people like me who get exposed to the shit don't even give most bands a chance unless someone like yourself shoves an "I Am Kloot" cd under my rather large schnoz!

[paige]

Originally posted by Jaguär:
 
 
 
 And what you just said Mankie about those crap shows; that is exactly why I watch almost no tv at all anymore.

the only television worth watching is the history channel and the discovery health channel. everything else is shite

[ggw]

Originally posted by markie:
  Andrew WK is good fun, he is taking the piss....
 
 It is much better that than clinging to the past, watching some wrinkly guy in Lurex sing songs he wrote 30 years ago.

Andrew WK wouldn't exist were it not for David Lee Roth.

[mankie]

Originally posted by paige:
 

 the only television worth watching is the history channel and the discovery health channel. everything else is shite
 
 [/b]

Those two stupid cows "Berman and Berman" have got to go though, that's some crap they come out with. And they need to  ease up on "A baby story" it seems to be on all the friggin time. I do love the surgery shows. I also like medical detectives and forensic files, even though they seem to repeat those too often. The conclusion I've come to is if you kill someone and as much as fart while you're doing it....they're going to nail you sooner or later.

[paige]

Originally posted by mankie:
  Those two stupid cows "Berman and Berman" have got to go though, that's some crap they come out with. And they need to  ease up on "A baby story" it seems to be on all the friggin time. I do love the surgery shows. I also like medical detectives and forensic files, even though they seem to repeat those too often. The conclusion I've come to is if you kill someone and as much as fart while you're doing it....they're going to nail you sooner or later.

yeah those weird sister doctors kind of freak me out. and im so sick of seeing babies being born too! i only like to watch the surgeries and weird diseases. the forensic ones can get kind of cheesy so i tend to stay away from those. history channel has the best stuff though. saw something yesterday about the story behind the martini. woohooo

[mankie]

I also like the "animal doctors" or whatever it's called on Animal Planet...it's just like "Trauma, life in the ER" only for animals. I'm a complete soft shite when it comes to animals so get all choked up when a sick animal gets brought in.

[vansmack]

Originally posted by paige:
 the only television worth watching is the history channel and the discovery health channel. everything else is shite

Coupling is an excellent television show.

[paige]

Originally posted by mankie:
  I also like the "animal doctors" or whatever it's called on Animal Planet...it's just like "Trauma, life in the ER" only for animals. I'm a complete soft shite when it comes to animals so get all choked up when a sick animal gets brought in.

me too! but i can't watch it because i get too sad. humans being torn apart i can deal with... a dog with a broken leg tears me aoart!

[mankie]

Originally posted by paige:
 

 me too! but i can't watch it because i get too sad. humans being torn apart i can deal with... a dog with a broken leg tears me aoart!
 
 [/b]

....especially the ones that get taken in because they've been abused or neglected. I'm getting all upset just thinking about it.