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Post by trashcanman on Dec 16, 2008 10:54:02 GMT 2
I don't really do infuriated as far as online exchanges go. I was mostly just messing around while being half-serious, there. I actually quite enjoy retarded band names. I was just riffing on the numerous people that interject themselves into musical conversations and exert their superiority by naming bands they know nobody has heard of as if people are going to bow down and worship their extravagant knowledge instead of just yawning and moving on to somebody relatable. Or the people who claim to have been to over 1750 concerts or some odd number. Who counts? Who cares? And going to a bar every night where a band happens to be playing hardly counts as attending a show. By all means, stay away from the mainstream and indulge your personal fetishes, but people need to understand that music itself does not become bad merely because other people listen to it. Scoffing at great music simply because it is known to people is nearly as silly as loving it just because it's popular. I'll check out those listmanias later, but I'd bet money that those aren't your REAL old favorites. I will uncover your dirty little secrets, Paul. Oh, yes. I'll bet it's Styx.
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Post by pauless on Dec 19, 2008 4:13:15 GMT 2
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfh8WrKkKWYThis is the sort of stuff to start your day with Trashie. Incredibly obscure. Get rid of all that dinosaur rock and come into the daylight. Sorry about the vid quality, but it's a miracle this exists at all.
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Post by trashcanman on Dec 19, 2008 10:58:04 GMT 2
Now you're putting it where your mouth is. Those guys sound like they're walking on sunshine, there. Great stuff, but it's a bit silly to refer to something as "dinosaur rock" and then recommend something else that sounds like it's even older. Great pop tune, but there are 1000 just like it by the bands that originated the sound. Creative bands lead, not follow. That's where I'm at. You want obscure music? I'll give you obscure music. And it ain't gonna be no by-the-numbers nostalgia trip.
"I make a better rock revolution alone with my dick!"
Psychedelic AND funky. Recognize.
Yes, I do own albums by each of these bands.
One more since that stuff is probably a bit dark and bizarre for a pop fiend. Have some Japanese love.
Love those girls. Admit it, you're going to buy that album.
Just because a lot of my all-time favorites are old-school rock doesn't mean that's all I listen to.
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Post by pauless on Dec 20, 2008 5:42:03 GMT 2
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Post by trashcanman on Dec 20, 2008 7:37:36 GMT 2
Christ, do they even have to dress alike?
That Johnny Rotten one was sweet, but New Wave died a deserved death for a reason. A few others I dug as well, but I demand some level of originality to commit myself to so much as buying an album. No mindless clones and tribute acts allowed. Jet and The Strokes can fuck off. If my wife ever asked me to buy her a Gogol Bordello CD, I'd die of a heart attack as a happy man.
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Post by The Curmudgeon on Dec 20, 2008 19:06:06 GMT 2
No love for the Strokes then, Trashy? Shame. Not a fan of Jet (their biggest song is basically Lust For Life II) but I've always dug the Strokes, who were basically named the Saviours of Modern Music by NME a few years back... by sounding like they were from the 70s. Go figure.
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Post by trashcanman on Dec 21, 2008 2:49:48 GMT 2
I actually like The Strokes' music, but the whole hipster thing is irritating. I just can't get behind a band whose trademark is a complete lack of originality and has the mainstream music press fellating them incessantly. Jet's music is just awful, though.
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