Only in my musical tastes, not my political views....Originally Posted by frauschieze
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Only in my musical tastes, not my political views....
*The statements above are my opinions, unless they are links, because then they are links, which wouldn't make them my opinions, and I suppose stats aren't necessarily opinion, but they are certainly presented to support an opinion. Proceed accordingly.
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the crap gets played on the radio because radio caters to the lowest common denominator-- and quite honestly, it's usually younger kids who don't know any better, and are easily taken in by "glamorous" BS-- no one over the age of twelve thinks brittney spears makes good music, but how many freakin' albums has she sold?
as for rock and guitar-driven music. . . i do like it, but i can't help feeling that it passed its' prime long ago, and has been mostly downhill since. . . there are only so many chords and scales out there, and most stuff i've heard over the past decade or so sounds pretty "been there, done that" to me. . . maybe i'm just getting old, but IMO it's pretty damn tough to compete with stuff like zeppelin, floyd and hendrix. . . i did like some of the punk/"alternative" (i actually really dislike that term) stuff that came out in the 80's-- loved the pixies, for example-- but i haven't heard anything since jane's addiction that i REALLY thought was particularly fresh or interesting. . . . those guys were all fantastic musicians, and their sound was fairly unique at the time. . . JMO, in any case-- everybody likes what they like. . . personally, i've never been able to get into the whole jam band thing, although some of my friends love it. . .
- John Elway“When we do find that guy, we’ve got to have the continuity on the offensive side to where we can train him and develop him and get him there. This is our fourth offense in probably three or four years. Quarterbacks need to be developed. You don’t find one ready-made. We got to have a solid system in place for when we do go after whatever guy it may be, a young guy or a trade or whatnot.”
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the crap gets played on the radio because radio caters to the lowest common denominator-- and quite honestly, it's usually younger kids who don't know any better, and are easily taken in by "glamorous" BS-- no one over the age of twelve thinks brittney spears makes good music, but how many freakin' albums has she sold?
as for rock and guitar-driven music. . . i do like it, but i can't help feeling that it passed its' prime long ago, and has been mostly downhill since. . . there are only so many chords and scales out there, and most stuff i've heard over the past decade or so sounds pretty "been there, done that" to me. . . maybe i'm just getting old, but IMO it's pretty damn tough to compete with stuff like zeppelin, floyd and hendrix. . . i did like some of the punk/"alternative" (i actually really dislike that term) stuff that came out in the 80's-- loved the pixies, for example-- but i haven't heard anything since jane's addiction that i REALLY thought was particularly fresh or interesting. . . . those guys were all fantastic musicians, and their sound was fairly unique at the time. . . JMO, in any case-- everybody likes what they like. . . personally, i've never been able to get into the whole jam band thing, although some of my friends love it. . .
GP...
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thanks-- and more importantly, thanks for removing that hideous avatar!
- John Elway“When we do find that guy, we’ve got to have the continuity on the offensive side to where we can train him and develop him and get him there. This is our fourth offense in probably three or four years. Quarterbacks need to be developed. You don’t find one ready-made. We got to have a solid system in place for when we do go after whatever guy it may be, a young guy or a trade or whatnot.”
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It was real, man...thanks-- and more importantly, thanks for removing that hideous avatar!
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that makes it even more horrifying!
- John Elway“When we do find that guy, we’ve got to have the continuity on the offensive side to where we can train him and develop him and get him there. This is our fourth offense in probably three or four years. Quarterbacks need to be developed. You don’t find one ready-made. We got to have a solid system in place for when we do go after whatever guy it may be, a young guy or a trade or whatnot.”
Make It a Broccasion.
MB, I think your obsession with DMB is unhealthy. I tried. Couldn't get into it.
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I think you're unhealthy...
Yeah, what? What you got? Yeah!
*The statements above are my opinions, unless they are links, because then they are links, which wouldn't make them my opinions, and I suppose stats aren't necessarily opinion, but they are certainly presented to support an opinion. Proceed accordingly.
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Well, there's only so many beat lines that you can steal with a drum machine too...the crap gets played on the radio because radio caters to the lowest common denominator-- and quite honestly, it's usually younger kids who don't know any better, and are easily taken in by "glamorous" BS-- no one over the age of twelve thinks brittney spears makes good music, but how many freakin' albums has she sold?
as for rock and guitar-driven music. . . i do like it, but i can't help feeling that it passed its' prime long ago, and has been mostly downhill since. . . there are only so many chords and scales out there, and most stuff i've heard over the past decade or so sounds pretty "been there, done that" to me. . . maybe i'm just getting old, but IMO it's pretty damn tough to compete with stuff like zeppelin, floyd and hendrix. . . i did like some of the punk/"alternative" (i actually really dislike that term) stuff that came out in the 80's-- loved the pixies, for example-- but i haven't heard anything since jane's addiction that i REALLY thought was particularly fresh or interesting. . . . those guys were all fantastic musicians, and their sound was fairly unique at the time. . . JMO, in any case-- everybody likes what they like. . . personally, i've never been able to get into the whole jam band thing, although some of my friends love it. . .
*The statements above are my opinions, unless they are links, because then they are links, which wouldn't make them my opinions, and I suppose stats aren't necessarily opinion, but they are certainly presented to support an opinion. Proceed accordingly.
Make It a Broccasion.
Yup, you got me. Bummer.
It's kinda like a little sissy rock thing. It just doesn't click. Sure, I can appreciate the musicality of it, but if I wanted some slow rock, I'd throw a good slower song from Guns 'N Roses or something.
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LOL - yep, thats one of the first signs of getting old! "Why, when I was young, we had REAL rock, not this phony baloney crap you kids listen to today". Thats when everyone rolls their eyes and tunes you out.
Actually the generation after mine had better music IMO. The Pixies were just phenomenal, Throwing Muses likewise - I saw them in a bar back in Rochester years ago, great stuff. Early Smashing Pumpkins (before Billy Corgan took homself seriously), My Bloody Valentine, Breeders, Lush, lots of other Alt bands from the late 80's and early 90's. Kind of a Golden Age as far as I'm concerned.
Lately I've been revisiting my Roxy Music collection - first 5 albums only. "Manifesto" is crap, and "Aavalon" too pop oriented and commercial for my liking. They were so far ahead of their time I'm still not sure anyone has caught up.
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