Musical Talent Vacuum

[Zakk]

shmokes you are the coolest.

[DrewKaree]

shmokes you are the coolest.  Okay no smileys.  Sorry they offend you so much, since I know you revel in conflict.  Hey, maybe I can get a "what people are saying about me since the sun, moon and earth revolve beneath my feet" quote.

Tell you what then. Your bands suck.   I struck a nerve, and hey, good.  Glad I got through to you.  You don't get my kids cuz hey, even they think you're a goof.  Go listen to beastie boys and be proud.  As I said I'm happy for you.  You are the total shiznitz cool boy.  I'd love to hang out with you and your yeah yeah yeah friends.  I couldn't imagine the fun.  I'm going to get me a fiona apple t-shirt (in shmokes super-extra small size) and wear it with pride.  Then I'll go around calling every 30 year old an old geezer that's out of touch with reality.

I'd throw a smiley in there since the above tirade was so rediculous, but I know you like to be taken seriously (since it happens so rarely in real life), but as you have let me know, you don't care for that.  Have a great day, and know that I am sitting at home bowing to your greatness, and scratching my head as to why I even bothered to type all this    (oops dang, another smiley.  Sorry boss, it won't happen again)

[singsong voice] You really liiiike him!  You wanna kiiiiiiss him!  You wanna huuuuuug him!  You wanna maaaarry him![/singsong voice]

Zakk and shmokes sittin' in a tree, k-i-s-s-i-n-g!

ahem.....not that there's anything wrong with that

[Santoro]

Basically y'all are just old. BEP are extraordinarily talented, as are many on that list, including Shakira, Eminem, Greenday.

Joining this party late, but I need to comment.

[Bones]

So, to my point. IMHO Emininem Suuuucks.  Completely devoid of talent, writing skills, creativity. What is the allure of this dude?

Couldn't have said it better myself. They Suck ass-hat big time with great vengeance and furious ass-hat sucking supremacy.

Hmmm... Perhaps I can say it a little better.

[Sephroth57]

fall out boy is an amazing band btw, helped pioneer the punk/emo scene as it is today.

How do you pioneer what you call punk when you have a "term" for it that came from....well....the pioneers?

[DrewKaree]

Yeah, but I'm telling you that you can't pioneer the wheel, even if you streamlined it to make it "what it is today". 

That's like saying Columbus invented America or something

[Zakk]

Boy, that last post of mine must have been the whiskey shooters.   

Ouch my aching head. 

[DrewKaree]

Boy, that last post of mine must have been the whiskey shooters.   

Ouch my aching head. 

Go find that other thread I made fer ya, ass hat.....er....buddy

[Bones]

You see shmokes, once your mind fully matures, you will likely find yourself seeking out quality music and cast aside this teeny bopper stuff you currently defend and pretend to enjoy.

[shmokes]

Hey, maybe I can get a "what people are saying about me since the sun, moon and earth revolve beneath my feet" quote.

I'd rather you didn't.  You wouldn't be the first, and each time it happens a little piece of my superiority complex dies.

By the way, between the two of us, I would say that one is getting worked up and taking this thread a little personally.  And I'm not much of a Beastie Boys fan.  But regardless, if I'm like nearly everyone else, I will be listening to the same stuff 20 years from now, because that's what people do.  They get old and out of touch and listen to whatever they listened to back when they were cool, which is why 80's stations are so popular in spite of playing, for the most part, the worst music in the history of mankind.  People don't grow up and switch to classic rock.

Seph...you should check out The Honorary Title.  Best.  Emo.  Ever.  They're indie now, but will be huge within the next year or two, I'd wager.

Google quote of the day

The only thing that sustains one through life is the consciousness of the immense inferiority of everybody else, and this is a feeling that I have always cultivated.
  - Oscar Wilde

I'll drink to that.

[DrewKaree]

I've found hints out on the intra-nets of what Nirvana's album is gonna be when they come out of retirement to whore their music for a few more bucks to build those beach houses.  They're naming it after Zakk

[shmokes]

Here are a couple of MySpace pages with some of their music (The Honorary Title).  They're pretty incomplete, though.  Don't include my favorite song and a bunch of other greats.

http://www.myspace.com/thehonorarytitle

http://www.myspace.com/thehonorarytour

[Shape D.]

fall out boy is an amazing band btw, helped pioneer the punk/emo scene as it is today.

their first album came out in 2003. How did they pioneer the punk/emo scene today. Plus they suck.

I'd see the statement if it was blink 182. Even though they suck too.

And fall out boy isn't punk.

[mr.Curmudgeon]

Ok, this represents a total musical talent vacuum: http://www.youtube.com/?v=qMWjell2dwQ  (Video)


Hands down. No debate.
mrC

[shmokes]

Are you kidding me?  They make page and plant look like amateurs, both in musical talent and presentation.

[ChadTower]

One of the rites of passage into being old is when you start to complain that the current day's pop music is garbage compared to what you listened to before you passed into being old.

[shmokes]

Ahhh....look at that Zakk....they accept you as one of them now.  That's just sweet.

[RayB]

One of the rites of passage into being old is when you start to complain that the current day's pop music is garbage compared to what you listened to before you passed into being old.

How about arguing that today's pop music is garbage AND SO WAS POP MUSIC I USED TO LISTEN TO?

[Santoro]

That works.

Oh, except for U2. 

[mr.Curmudgeon]

One of the rites of passage into being old is when you start to complain that the current day's pop music is garbage compared to what you listened to before you passed into being old.

I never liked pop music. So I'll never get old.


mrC

[shmokes]

Nah....that just means that you skipped the best part of your life.

[mr.Curmudgeon]

Nah....that just means that you skipped the best part of your life.

Personally, I think my life has been enhanced by the weird musical tastes I acquired early on. I'm not saying Pop music is bad...I just never really cared for it. l was lucky enough to be exposed to some really cool stuff, at an early age (13yrs), by a fan of eclectic music.

Although, some of the stuff I do enjoy is considered pop music, so I guess I'm not entirely as 'hip' as I wanna' be, that or the world can be much hipper than I give it credit for. (Radiohead, Beck, etc)


mrC

 

[shmokes]

See...now, there you go.  Radiohead and Beck would slide right into that list of bands I gave earlier.  They are, unquestionably, pop.  If you let a genre title scare you away from something you can miss out on a lot of great stuff.  Sonvolt, Wilco, Old 97's are great bands and they're country.  Look at the cover of Ender's Game.  It looks just like every other Sci Fi hack for backwards, pasty faced people with Star Trek commemorative plates decorating their walls.  But it's a literary classic.

You don't hate pop.  You just filter a lot of it out.

[mr.Curmudgeon]

If you let a genre title scare you away from something you can miss out on a lot of great stuff.  Sonvolt, Wilco, Old 97's are great bands and they're country.

I don't let the genres get to me actually. I generally dislike Young Country-type music, and this over-processed (twangy) crap that's everyone seems to be enamored with. It seems more geared towards coming up with a clever play on words, rather than genuinely interesting music.  However, it hasn't scared me out of the entire genre. I like the Old 97's, My Morning Jacket, Giant Sand, Calexico and the classics...Johnny Cash,  Loretta Lynn, Willie Nelson, Gene Autry, Hank Williams Sr., etc.

I guess I'm more of a purist when it comes to the bulk of my tastes in music. I like folk music from around the world, garage punk music, minimalism in electronica. I try to trace things back to their roots, and I usually find some sort of peace there.

You don't hate pop.  You just filter a lot of it out.

Exactly. I agree with what you've put forth so far, I was just mostly being facetious. I do think things have gotten *way* too over-processed, even though some of the stuff is interesting (Missy Elliot, Outkast, Greenday) ...most of it just becomes a jumbled mess of hook, verse, chorus, verse.


mrC

[ChadTower]

Nah....that just means that you skipped the best part of your life.

WHAM direct nutshot.

Nice one.

[mr.Curmudgeon]

Nah....that just means that you skipped the best part of your life.

WHAM direct nutshot.

Nice one.

Heh. You apparently missed the rest of our conversation...and stop thinking about my nuts.

mrC

[ChadTower]

Heh. You apparently missed the rest of our conversation...and stop thinking about my nuts.

No, I didn't miss it at all.  At the time it was said, it was a nice nutshot.  Made me laugh.

That said, your request is granted.  Happily.  I will never again think of your nuts.

[mr.Curmudgeon]

That said, your request is granted.  Happily.  I will never again think of your nuts.

I thought it'd make me happy, but upon reading it...it somehow makes me sad.   

mrC
Won't anyone think of my nuts?

[Stingray]

I gotcha covered. Can I start calling you Speedbags Junior?

-S

[mr.Curmudgeon]

lol...No!



mrC

[Havok]

Neither your parents, nor your kids understand what was so great about Zeppelin, Hendrix, the Beatles or the Who.

[whammoed]

Nah....that just means that you skipped the best part of your life.

WHAM direct nutshot.

Nice one.

I didn't know they were still together, much less kicking people in their junk.

[Santoro]

..... much less kicking people in their junk.

O&A Fan? That's the only place I ever heard it referred to as 'junk.'

[whammoed]

..... much less kicking people in their junk.

O&A Fan? That's the only place I ever heard it referred to as 'junk.'

Not sure what O&A is, but I'm also not sure where I got 'junk' from either.  I believe I've heard it from many different places.

[JackTucky]

Got into this late too.  I've been asking people lately, when did you stop listening to new music?  It seems everyone that I know around my age (39), stopped at some point.  One neighbor who goes to concerts all summer long, stopped out of college.  His favorite?  Rush.  Not much after that.   I like Rush too.  But that's not the end all.

Other people I know, like Bon Jovi.    Most all like Bruce Springsteen.

I listen to about anything.  A gospel song, however, never made it to my play list. 

Lately, I've been listening to Stevie Ray Vaughn.  I like Green Day a lot.  And Nirvana.  and Run DMC.

I listen to a few, gulp, Eminem, 50 cent.

Point is, I think most everyone stops listening to new stuff some time.  Anything after that crap.  Anything before, probably for their parents.

Me, I'm more enlightened 


Art

[JackTucky]

O&A Fan? That's the only place I ever heard it referred to as 'junk.'

I am. 

Art

[RayB]

Exactly. I agree with what you've put forth so far, I was just mostly being facetious. I do think things have gotten *way* too over-processed, even though some of the stuff is interesting (Missy Elliot, Outkast, Greenday) ...most of it just becomes a jumbled mess of hook, verse, chorus, verse.
mrC

That's the Fast Food of music. There's a place for it, just don't consume too much of it.

[Bones]

Almost exclusively the only TV I watch is music videos. Due to this I stay up to date with new music even though I do listen to a radio station that mostly plays music of the 80's and 90's.

Everybody has a music preference. I like rock'n'roll and it's not because I am getting older, it's because rock'n'roll ain't noise pollution and rock'n'roll ain't gunna die.

There is a shortage of rock these days because at some stage a bunch of marketing retards decided that they could pass the crap that bands like Eminem spew forth as music.

Reality check, rap ain't music. It is low intelligence words to the background sound of something I could reproduce with a keyboard that costs roughly the same price as a couple of cartons of beer.

However, I will gladly accept that rock does evolve and as a result enjoy the sound of bands like The Offspring and Greenday.

[Santoro]

Not sure what O&A is, but I'm also not sure where I got 'junk' from either. I believe I've heard it from many different places.

Opie and Anthony, 'shock jocks' from XM radio.

[mr.Curmudgeon]

I didn't know they were still together, much less kicking people in their junk.

Awesome. That cracked me up.


mrC