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Bands That Your Amazed That Made It.

#141
Rip Topaz said:
Nirvana. Yup, I said it.

Yes, the music of the 80's had turned into copy-cats and lame wannabes. But that's no excuse to get even lazier. And then to bitch about it and blow your head off when you get famous?!?!

Gimme a break. Sign me to a multi-million dollar record deal. Give it to someone that wants it.

Ok, I'm done.

Oh yeah. And Katy Perry. I mean, really.
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Katy Perry. Boobs. Women with boobs can be meaner than a dog pooping tacks and still have men fighting over them! :D

Nirvana came about because of the extremely polished music and extreme amounts of copy cat acts. All genres have their day in the sun, but the overplay brought it down.

I'm disappointed that the whole less-is-more thing still lingers.

Lonesomedave said:
to the guy who said the White Stripes, I have to agree that Meg White is probably the worst excuse for a musician that I have ever heard, but that is not the point...Jack White is an amazingly inventive guitarist and I also like his voice. Meg was just there for laughs.
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How was he inventive? As an older guy, it just seems that guys like Cobain and Jack White are popular because it's easy to identify with them, which was because the stuff was very easy to play.
 
#142
Ok, don't throw stuff at me. This is not to incite a riot or make people go off. My pick?

U2.

Why? I was in college in the 80's and heard their EP with Sunday Bloody Sunday and New Year's Day in like 1983 or 84. NO ONE was listening to those guys then. No one had heard of them. These two songs blew me away. Incredible freshness and all that. HOORAY.

In my 2 cent opinion they have gone downhill steadily since then, becoming more and more sold out and musically going backward into mediocrity. I accidentally caught an interview the Edge did about his early playing and their manager was in the interview too. He said he didn't know how to play guitar and the manager showed him jangly sounding easy chords. Sparse but effective.

Jump to 2012 and it's the same stuff guitar-wise, and far less interesting.

So, in a way I'm not surprised they "made it". Most people dig this stuff big time. But from a music standpoint? Give me a break. (not being negative, just blunt).

But it's all good -- to each his own.
 
#145
brokencyde:

ok maybe im getting old, maybe i dont get it. however from a musical point of view i dont get them. they're trying to cross 2 genres that dont normally mix to well. i mean who thought "ah, ya know how that thing rock/metal artists were doing in the 80's and 90's where they worked with rappers? well lets do a screamo vertion of that only without the rappers but with all the boasting they do"

linkin park:

yet again this is probably a age thing but when i was growing up people loved them and i didnt get why. people would always say to me stuff like "they're lyrics are sooooo deep and they speak for teenage angst" when all i was actually hearing was "we're hoping people find our music deep because we dont want to go back to working in mcdonalds" plus lately they've basicly done nothing but soundtracks in recent years *cough*transformers*cough*

nickleback:

am i the only one who thinks that there singer sounds like hes always chewing a mars bar while singing. plus i dont like how sooooo many of there songs are ballads. i genarally dislike ballads but nicklebacks are just boring. my friend put on one of there more "party" songs and i just said to her "yeah, im sorry but the last party nickleback went to they probably played pass the parcel"

rage against the machine:

i went for AGES thinking they we're awesome.... then one day i realised all there songs are verry simalar. but rather than me rant about it, this video says it better than i ever could Dr Zoltan - Podcast Episode - 02 - Plus RATM Sucks - YouTube
 
#149
I could have sworn Katy Perry was going to be a flash in the pan. While one may not like the work of say Lady Gaga or Jessie J (they both have their strong and weak points IMO), both of them can sing. Katy Perry sounds like a garbage truck in labor, her songs, while catchy, are ridiculously braindead, and her live shows are awful. However, she has somehow succeeded.
Not a band per se, but it should be mentioned.
 
#151
spade2you said:
I'm the antithesis of their fanbase and probably "old". We're also entitled to be biased because they don't have a bassist. :D

To be honest, when I heard them the first time they reminded me of every crappy guitarist, singer, and drummer audition rolled into one band.

The drums were so basic that I could probably do that. I don't consider that bragging. I listened to all sorts of music as a kid and it just reminded me of someone learning to play drums.

The guitar is like nails on a chalk board. Very cheap and pitchy sounding. Just reminded me of someone who didn't have a very good ear or good gear.

I'll leave the vocals alone, only because I don't know where to start. I'm not a singer, but the guy's tone seems to cater to the less is more crowd where everyone can celebrate mediocrity and bash people who work hard to learn their craft.
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This post annoys me, I'm sorry. Have you heard anything besides Secven Nation Army? Listen to Blue Veins, White Moon, and Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground. I know Blue Veins isn't a White Stripes song. If you can't hear the emotion in these songs, that is WORSE than being tone deaf.

It's not supposed to be jaw dropping complicated jazz/prog music. The drums have to be simple. Jack White once said "I never thought 'God, I wish Neil Peart was in this band.'" They're not supposed to sound perfect, the guitar doesn't have to be in tune. (honestly I think Jack has a beautiful voice, I have no idea what you're talking about...) I bet you're one of those people who don't like Nirvana or the Ramones. Who do you mean, "learn their craft?"

EDIT: Although I love Nirvana and the White Stripes, it does surprise me that they made it. And me saying all of this, I LOVE Dream Theater. Just bought A Dramatic Turn of Events. I have NOTHING against Prog, but in my opinion it's not really "better quality" music, same with Jazz. Sure, without a doubt they put more effort in making and performing the song, but Jack White can make music just as well as John Petrucci.
 
#152
dtripoli said:
If all the bands that anybody thought were no good or should have "never made it" were eliminated,
there would be no bands ever on earth.
And that includes the band you are currently in.
Live and let live, or in our case, Play and let play.
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Also I gotta disagree with this sort of attitude. A lot of people think this is a humble, fair attitude... but honestly, it's a kind of extremism that doesn't make any sense. We shouldn't feel the need to just "let everything go." If we did that, the world would be even more full of crap.

There is a clear distinction between decent music that isn't to one's taste, and a group that is absolutely horrible in every way except for being marketed up the wazoo due to vested monetary interests.

There is a BIG PROBLEM in the music industry. Here's the PROBLEM, it's more about MONEY and SHOW than about MUSIC. Just because "people have different tastes" doesn't mean we have to ignore this problem.

Evil triumphs when good men do nothing.
 
#155
Lonesomedave said:
Dave Matthews....elevator music or worse
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Fixed it for you, buddy...:D

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#157
thudfromafar said:
There is a BIG PROBLEM in the music industry. Here's the PROBLEM, it's more about MONEY and SHOW than about MUSIC. Just because "people have different tastes" doesn't mean we have to ignore this problem.
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C'mon man! I love my non-offensive sterile safety zone!


...the one where everyone wins, I get a pat on the back and a ribbon even when I suck, and daisies grow from the barrels of AK 47's. The world where everytime Nickelback puts out a new single about putting something in someone's mouth a kitten gets it's wings. The world where every band deserves praise merely because they rolled out of bed this morning. That's the world!
 
#159
bassistjoe93 said:
The Beatles... I have tons of respect for their post Rubber Soul/Revolver and really enjoy listening to it, but the stuff before that is not that good IMO.

*Flame suit engage
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I wish I could ride the coattails of my "boy-band" existence to go into the studio for the last half of my career, never to make any attempt to materialize my music on stage. Sit around jangling with Tibetan monks and doing massive amounts of illicit substances....

:hiding:;)


But seriously, I love the music but it just plain irks me they never played out for nearly half of their whole existence.
 
#160
jamestown94west said:
many moons ago, when i was an impressionable 13 year old, with an unquenchable thirst for new music, especially of the rock/metal variety, i discovered type o negative, and instantly fell in love. i was obsessed with that band for years. not too long ago, a friend of mine who used to like them as well bought a live dvd of theirs. we sat down with some beers and watched it one night. i couldnt believe i ever thought those guys were remotely cool. i used to listen to "i know youre f****** someone else" over and over and over on repeat. my tastes have changed drastically since those days. i definitely dont hate on anyone whos still a fan.
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Type O had such a cool live show though. I've seen them probably four or five times because they used to open for a lot of metal bands that came through my area. I was impressed every time. I never bought any of their music and only like a handful of their songs, but I was sad when Peter Steele died. I never get to see them live again :bawl:
 

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