My Musical Rant

[DarthMaximus]

The over exposure really irritates me. Why are all the radio stations the same and why do they play the same damn songs over and over every hour? Needless to say I no longer listen to radio. It’s really ashame because as soon as one band comes out with a unique sound and sell, then about a million other bands come out and sound similar and ruin the whole thing.
I really enjoy bands like Pearl Jam, who no longer make videos and limit their public appearences. They’re great in concert too! Unfortunately a lot of their early stuff was over played but their stuff from Vitology on is better anyway, IMHO. No Code rules!

[ This Message was edited by: DarthMaximus on 2002-06-11 17:03 ]

[cameron]

paul macartney?!! the worst of the beatles. he’s been next to useless since he stopped riding lennon’s coat tails…

hmmm… lot of top 40 pop… and U2, floyd et al ARE top 40…

any other rivet-goths about? you want good music from the last half decade? listen to wumpscut, vnv nation and covenent… political? how about a little billy bragg - great intelligent leftist lyrics and he can’t half write a beautiful and original love song and all. allthough i get the feeling there are a lot of right-wingers in this group… there’s still lots of great celtic music being made and i’m a huge fan of “trip-hop”: massive attack et al…

i must admit that i can’t stand the white-rap-with-heavy guitars of limp bizkit et al. a lot of it does sound rather contrived…
… which isn’t to say that pop doesn’t have its merits. music doesn’t have to have a message all the time - there’s nothing wrong with fun and entertainment purely for its own sake. there are the occaisonal dancy pop songs which try as i might i just can’t help loving… madison ave.'s “don’t call me baby” comes to mind…

england are through to the next round!!!

sorry - got distracted by football… oh well, that’s enough babble for the moment. i think i’m gonna go have another beer in celebration!

[Chris]

Celebration for England going through to the next round…? aren’t you canadian?

[Mr Ghoul]

On 2002-06-11 16:32, Yanny wrote:
Ghoul,

You named some great bands. My rant is not directed at those bands. My rant is directed at bands like Mudvane, Puddle of Mudd, ect. They are “hard” bands put together by a record company. Basically trying to capitalize on people wanting more music like Rage/Korn, except this new Music sucks.

I totally agree with you there.

[Xi]

Many great songs by the bands listed, but in the long run few of these are Great bands. One song by them(including my one of my selections, RUSH) purty much sounds like another. Though they are not my favourite band, Da Beatles were in a world almost unto themselves. Between them they could play over 60 instuments in their peak production years. Name me another band(even one of up to seven members) that can do that WIHOUT SYNTHESIZERS!

NOTE : I’m not so limited in my ways to enjoy life that I would choose to CRANK UP DA BASS just to to feel it pummel my body.
I want to enjoy listening to music for a long time to come. However, I’m already the only guy I know my age with little(and it’s selective)hearing loss. Crank up your music next to my car and I’ll match it with a competitor(country, rap, techno, pop, blues,you name it- it’s close at hand/CD).
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[Mr Ghoul]

On 2002-06-13 11:31, Xi wrote:
Many great songs by the bands listed, but in the long run few of these are Great bands. One song by them(including my one of my selections, RUSH) purty much sounds like another. Though they are not my favourite band, Da Beatles were in a world almost unto themselves. Between them they could play over 60 instuments in their peak production years. Name me another band(even one of up to seven members) that can do that WIHOUT SYNTHESIZERS!

NOTE : I’m not so limited in my ways to enjoy life that I would choose to CRANK UP DA BASS just to to feel it pummel my body.
I want to enjoy listening to music for a long time to come. However, I’m already the only guy I know my age with little(and it’s selective)hearing loss. Crank up your music next to my car and I’ll match it with a competitor(country, rap, techno, pop, blues,you name it- it’s close at hand/CD).
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“Badgers! We don’t need no stinking badgers!” - correct the misquote and identify the source.

Who cares how many different instruments a band/group can play.

Does a band have to play multiple instruments to make enjoyable music?

And what does the quality of my life have anything to do with heavy bass?

You just keep cruising around in your Daddy’s car blasting your country music there, hillbilly.

[Yanny]

Music is an art. You respect the greats. The Beatles were so skilled at Music that they could make Music with anything from a Guitar to a Gong.

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[ This Message was edited by: Yanny on 2002-06-13 18:11 ]

[cystic crypt]

3 words:
Hip, Fully Completely

[TG Moses VI]

The Beatles and Elvis tdo rank among the best for me. Nothing better than good, wholesome fun.

[yourbuttocks]

When did Britney and N’Sync admit that they are crap?

[yourbuttocks]

Actually, I’d say that this group leans towards the right

[Guest]

Let’s not bash on rap too hard. Of course, popular mainstream rap is crap (but hey isn’t most mainstream?) Just because artists don’t have instruments doesn’t make the music bad! Try rahzell (sp?) for some lyrical excitement or some party hip hop like black eyed peas……oldies like dre are always good too…

[Yanny]

They don’t try to be Rock bands. I can respect them trying to get laid and make a few dollars. They never talk about how hard their music is. At least you can understand them.

[Mr Ghoul]

Two trailer park girls go round me outside, round me outside….

[Guest]

@Chris:

Celebration for England going through to the next round…? aren’t you canadian?

actually, i was born in australia and lived in england before moving to canada… england is where i got into football and most of my family still lives there…

[HortenFlyingWing]

music went downhill man…i could only listen to…

channel 429 string music
old beatles music and other late 60s early 70s bands
early to mid 90s grunge
sonic the hedgehog cd

[bossk]

I don’t know if anyone likes metal but I recently heard some work by a band called The Ambulance, and I sort of like them. It incorperates some blues unfluences nicely; kind of like Zep in that respect, except a little less so.

[cystic crypt]

I’m having a little trouble keeping up to Radiohead. Some of their stuff still kicks a**, but some of it is just weird. Call me sentimental for Pablo Honey . . . .

[Yanny]

Sonic eh? Good Taste :)

[HortenFlyingWing]

@Yanny:

Sonic eh? Good Taste :)

yes, it’s like “segaized” techno :D