Top Contender for "I Just Don't Get it..."?
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BlindandLost said:
Johnnytheboy said:
I like AC/DC! Actually, I like the same AC/DC as you. 
They've been successful by getting Brian Johnson to sing songs from the Bon Scott era live for the last 27 years or so.
That's probably it, live shows... I'm sure Brian Johnson can do the old stuff justice. Live shows seem to be the only way bands make money these days. I'm still stumped as to why Back in Black is the biggest selling album ever though.They've been successful by getting Brian Johnson to sing songs from the Bon Scott era live for the last 27 years or so.
Let There Be Rock is much better.
Russian Troll Bot said:
Weezer. The Blue Album is often heralded as a masterpiece, one of the best albums of the 90's, but aside from Buddy Holly I don't think there's a single standout song on it.
"heralded as a masterpiece"Who by?
It wasn't in 1994 and it certainly isn't now imho.
I liked the album but Buddy Holly would've been nothing without the video --
Lucas CAV said:
Russian Troll Bot said:
Weezer. The Blue Album is often heralded as a masterpiece, one of the best albums of the 90's, but aside from Buddy Holly I don't think there's a single standout song on it.
"heralded as a masterpiece"Who by?
It wasn't in 1994 and it certainly isn't now imho.
I liked the album but Buddy Holly would've been nothing without the video --
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weezer_(1994_album)#...
As for other albums, I love Hash Pipe and enjoy a few of their singles, but other than that they do nothing for me
Russian Troll Bot said:
Lucas CAV said:
Russian Troll Bot said:
Weezer. The Blue Album is often heralded as a masterpiece, one of the best albums of the 90's, but aside from Buddy Holly I don't think there's a single standout song on it.
"heralded as a masterpiece"Who by?
It wasn't in 1994 and it certainly isn't now imho.
I liked the album but Buddy Holly would've been nothing without the video --
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weezer_(1994_album)#...
As for other albums, I love Hash Pipe and enjoy a few of their singles, but other than that they do nothing for me
But then what do critics know!..... Radiohead - I certainly have never got them!
Ok Computer - I certainly do not understand the hype.
Nom de ploom said:
i stand to be shot for this but U2.
especially the newer stuff - crikey its garbage. sounds like a GCSE student project - i know they have gone back to basics and I hear wonderful things about the live show but musically and lyrically recently..gone downhill imho.
Recently? especially the newer stuff - crikey its garbage. sounds like a GCSE student project - i know they have gone back to basics and I hear wonderful things about the live show but musically and lyrically recently..gone downhill imho.
I've got 40,000 songs on iTunes; U2 isn't in there. They were when they foisted/forced that awful dross on us a couple of years back, but it didn't stay long,.
Nom de ploom said:
i stand to be shot for this but U2.
especially the newer stuff - crikey its garbage. sounds like a GCSE student project - i know they have gone back to basics and I hear wonderful things about the live show but musically and lyrically recently..gone downhill imho.
nope, not shooting you, agreeing with you. Can't stand them or understand the appeal. especially the newer stuff - crikey its garbage. sounds like a GCSE student project - i know they have gone back to basics and I hear wonderful things about the live show but musically and lyrically recently..gone downhill imho.
The other overrated lot are Radiohead. An endless trail of self indulgent miserable droning noise regarded as high art by the same folk who applauded the emperor's new clothes.
OK Computer....best album ever????....is it b
ks.Michael Jackson
Looked a weirdo, dressed like what happens if a 10 year old is given a Visa card and a day trip to harrods.
Acted a weirdo including bothering kids but somehow most people still think he’s great?
Music had jarring time signatures, no soul and was generally filled with him making noises which always sounded like he was trying to get into a bath which was too hot
Looked a weirdo, dressed like what happens if a 10 year old is given a Visa card and a day trip to harrods.
Acted a weirdo including bothering kids but somehow most people still think he’s great?
Music had jarring time signatures, no soul and was generally filled with him making noises which always sounded like he was trying to get into a bath which was too hot
Rap/grime
Is it becoz I is old bruv?
Really does my nut in, radio /tv off or switched over the minute it starts. Must be an age thing but it's not really music, just jars me.
Paul McCartney- Beatles were ok I get that. I don't like them personally but yes it defined an era. He seems to have lived off it ever since, I'll let him have live n let die theme tune tho, the rest is just garbage and for some reason he grates on me on tv and radio.
Metal- only specifically the throat growling / guttural stuff where you can't understand any lyrics. I like lots of metal otherwise. Also cradle of filth type screaming is just gash.
Is it becoz I is old bruv?
Really does my nut in, radio /tv off or switched over the minute it starts. Must be an age thing but it's not really music, just jars me.
Paul McCartney- Beatles were ok I get that. I don't like them personally but yes it defined an era. He seems to have lived off it ever since, I'll let him have live n let die theme tune tho, the rest is just garbage and for some reason he grates on me on tv and radio.
Metal- only specifically the throat growling / guttural stuff where you can't understand any lyrics. I like lots of metal otherwise. Also cradle of filth type screaming is just gash.
silverthorn2151 said:
OK Computer....best album ever????....is it bks. In my opinion
ks. In my opinion
I grew up on a diet of my parent's Fleetwood Mac, early Dylan, Neil Young, Cat Stevens, Clapton, James Taylor and so on. In my youth I got into The Who, Jam, Dexy's, Northern Soul and segued a bit into Clash, New Order et al. In the late eighties I was completely out of decent contemporary music as I lived in France (europoptastic) but discovered a few other things via mate's cassettes in my Walkman (ah, heady days) - JJ Cale, heavier rock like Deep Purple, Led Zep, Floyd and others. Come the late nineties I discovered Radiohead, in fact the only album I had for a few months was OK Computer and I remember thinking it was a bit weird but essentially a 'genuine' original work - at the time I was based in the Sahara and used to drive out of a lunch time into the vast alien landscape and listen to it playing on the car stereo - it seemed to match the strange unfamiliar place I was in and I (think) got what it was about. To this day it takes me back to the spot I used to park up at and although I don't play it often nowadays it remains, for me, the best complete album I have heard.
My album collection now (all vinyl) is large and eclectic, there's all sorts from Lemon Jelly to Beefheart, Coltrane to Elbow, Grandmaster Flash to Zappa; but the largest section is probably Dylan, Young, Cale and Radiohead - what it doesn't feature is anything that, whether true or not, I think is contrived, manufactured, commercial and 'glossy'; I can't abide most modern popular music, it's x-factor lift muzac that exists to propel a person into celebrity and does nothing for me except to spark up my cynical streak, it's dire - it says nothing new, evokes no real feeling and is dull and bland - in my opinion. [I may very well be out of touch...]
I've never liked U2, appreciate the impact the Beatles had but was never a fan, couldn't get into Winehouse, Jazz as a sector is largely undiscovered after several attempts, heavy shouty stuff I can't understand [all sounds the same grunting bellowing painful song to me] and as for Sam someone and Whitney whatever - well, they and their ilk are firmly in the pop trash bin.
Anyway - each to their own, as long as you enjoy.
Can we also contribute stuff from bands and artists we still like? I'm a big Iron Maiden fan but simply haven't been able to get into their last 2 albums at all. There's nothing wrong with epic length songs, and they've done several great ones in the past, but I don't want a whole album of them. In fact between them there are 2 songs that come in under the 5 minute mark (one of which is 4:59) which might be impressive on a technical level, but isn't fun.
Russian Troll Bot said:
Can we also contribute stuff from bands and artists we still like? I'm a big Iron Maiden fan but simply haven't been able to get into their last 2 albums at all. There's nothing wrong with epic length songs, and they've done several great ones in the past, but I don't want a whole album of them. In fact between them there are 2 songs that come in under the 5 minute mark (one of which is 4:59) which might be impressive on a technical level, but isn't fun.
Just reading Bruce's autobiography. Very interesting hearing the background to their early albums and famous songs. Never been their biggest fan but they've endured and turned out some good stuff over the years.Not listened to the latest albums yet.
Whitney Houston. It's all so effortless and pitch perfect so lacks any humanity in my opinion. If a computer could sing, it would sound like Whitney. I want my signers to be making an effort to get it right. You can feel the emotion if you listen to someone like Karen Carpenter. When Whitney sings, it's just someone who is just doing her job. A job she can do supremely well without much effort. It's fking souless and very boring.
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