if people didn't preach, kept all opinions to themselves how boring would every conversation be? Why the hell would you tell people not to buy their CDs listen to their music etc... You hear things no matter what, speaking your mind is a definatly a good thing. Consider the consiquences of what you think or say before saying them.
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What I noticed recently about Blink182
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I definatly think Blink is in it for the money and the fame. Im not going to dis them for selling out (which they did however), they did work hard to get where they are. Their first two albums were decent punk, Enema was a decent album but heavily on the pop side of punk, Take off Your Pants and Jaket is one of the worst albums i have heard. They changed their sound to make more people listen to them. That is not doing it for love of the music, that is just trying to get more money.
PS Travis is however one of the best drummers in the world.
PS Travis is however one of the best drummers in the world.
I wouldn't go that far... just off the top of my head... Neil Peart, Tim Alexander, Slayer Dude, but he does fit the whole punk drummer thing well.
mr. stoopid, i have no idea what you are talking about. aquabats? huh? can you please throw me a friggin bone, here?
anyway, i read a lot of the posts. sorry to make this into a flame wars thread (almost). i would have to agree with angus on his opinions.
anyway, if you like bands like blink, knock yourself out. i just kinda think you're wasting your time and precious, precious eardrum health. as far as punk goes, i draw the line at the clash and nirvana. nothing more, nothing less. a whole genre that is proliferated with bands who spit in their audiances (damn, how do you spell audience again? i think i got it right the second time...) and sing songs about beating people up...wait i'm talking about 70s punk. anyway, pop-punk feels contrived and starved of substance or depth or meaning or any kind of stance on anything important. that said, blink had a good shot at something meaningful with "adam's song," but mark's songwriting skills seem lacking...e.g. apple juice, what the hell? then the band got redundant and more annoying with "man overboard" (the thing i remember most about that song is my friend impersonating whomever sings it with a real whiny nasal voice saying "so sorry, it's over"...still cracks me up).
anyway, rolling stone liked their new cd..gave it an eight i think...just goes to show you that different people like different stuff. no offense, but i just can't pick up a jaco cd at any given moment and "dig it." i kinda have to be in a particular mood to appreciate what he has done for (and with) our instrument. liking a certain band or genre shouldn't necessarily be limited to technical skill that the musicians have, however. nirvana is one of my fav. bands (my new favorate band being pearl jam) and none of the members really could "shred" like, say, cece deville, but that doesn't mean that cece wrote better songs. it all comes down to songwriting skills. if i don't think a band is particularly clever or witty or smart or....um....good i'll avoid it at all costs. many people who posted here (ok maybe like three) feel the same way. the lack of wit in the band that this thread USED to be about seems to be smack-you-in-the-face obvious. fart jokes, running naked, banana men (although that gouged a laugh out of me the first time i saw it), boy band impersonations, butt-rape (just look in the sleeve of dude ranch). after much criticism by myself and a friend, some friends became cognizant of the whole toilet-humor entertainment aspect and decided that their tastes are slightly more refined now....
anyway, how you want to ruin your ear drums is up to you
anyway, i read a lot of the posts. sorry to make this into a flame wars thread (almost). i would have to agree with angus on his opinions.
anyway, if you like bands like blink, knock yourself out. i just kinda think you're wasting your time and precious, precious eardrum health. as far as punk goes, i draw the line at the clash and nirvana. nothing more, nothing less. a whole genre that is proliferated with bands who spit in their audiances (damn, how do you spell audience again? i think i got it right the second time...) and sing songs about beating people up...wait i'm talking about 70s punk. anyway, pop-punk feels contrived and starved of substance or depth or meaning or any kind of stance on anything important. that said, blink had a good shot at something meaningful with "adam's song," but mark's songwriting skills seem lacking...e.g. apple juice, what the hell? then the band got redundant and more annoying with "man overboard" (the thing i remember most about that song is my friend impersonating whomever sings it with a real whiny nasal voice saying "so sorry, it's over"...still cracks me up).
anyway, rolling stone liked their new cd..gave it an eight i think...just goes to show you that different people like different stuff. no offense, but i just can't pick up a jaco cd at any given moment and "dig it." i kinda have to be in a particular mood to appreciate what he has done for (and with) our instrument. liking a certain band or genre shouldn't necessarily be limited to technical skill that the musicians have, however. nirvana is one of my fav. bands (my new favorate band being pearl jam) and none of the members really could "shred" like, say, cece deville, but that doesn't mean that cece wrote better songs. it all comes down to songwriting skills. if i don't think a band is particularly clever or witty or smart or....um....good i'll avoid it at all costs. many people who posted here (ok maybe like three) feel the same way. the lack of wit in the band that this thread USED to be about seems to be smack-you-in-the-face obvious. fart jokes, running naked, banana men (although that gouged a laugh out of me the first time i saw it), boy band impersonations, butt-rape (just look in the sleeve of dude ranch). after much criticism by myself and a friend, some friends became cognizant of the whole toilet-humor entertainment aspect and decided that their tastes are slightly more refined now....
anyway, how you want to ruin your ear drums is up to you
theee aquabats = good humored happy ska/whatever-else band that mr. barker used to be in years ago. they have an incredible horn section too. (they're kind of like the weird kid in school that says random things all the time)
http://www.theaquabats.com/
http://www.theaquabats.com/
