Top Ten Favorite Albums(or bands)
POSTED BY: OldHag
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I have to back up the boring selection, in my boring right wing way.
1. No Doubt is awesome, and that includes them being good. Not as good as they used to be, but that's a given for any band. Over-commercialization is the big destroyer of art. But we all know that. Also anything Ska, or old Gen. Punk. X-ray specs, the clash, ramones, decent stuff.
2. Decent alternative. I love Rob Thomas/ Matchbox 20, I don't care if someone else thinks that's boring. Nirvana never wowed me, but it's okay. I like System of a Down.
3. Swing bands like the Squirrel Nut Zippers, Brian Setzer, etc.
4. Cheezy 80s pop. I love this stuff, it's like popcorn. I mean in a world where music is food, the Beatles are Tandoori Chicken, Pink Floyd is some sort of weird bisque with black beans and some other stuff in it, and cheezy 80s music like "Hey Mickey" is popcorn.
5. Classic rock, CCR or Pink Floyd. But nothing that was made to be played on 8 track on a 9 hour bus trip. Except maybe the dead. In moderation.
6. Goth rock. Siouxsie and the Banshees. Not dreary dark depressing goth stuff, but like stuff Satan comes down to dance to. Music made by bands who spent way too much time playing D&D, like gwar or night. Or guys who dress up like vikings.
7. Techno.
8. Old stuff, patsy cline, connie francis, frank sinatra, or retro covers like diana krall.
9. Country with life. I don't care for the old "classic, when country was country" or whatever too much, I pretty much pass on it, I don't care for the whole my life in a nutshell perspective stuff either. I don't walk the beaches of cheyene. I have friends in low places, or faith hill, shania, as long as it has life pep, what not.
10. Joss. I think he's genuinely good. I'm surprised no one said that yet.
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Boy you really struck a chord here (pun intended)
Top Ten Bands (being very literal about the word "band"):
1. The Beatles
2. The Who
3. The Kinks
4. Creedence Clearwater Revival
5. The Clash
6. The Police
7. Squeeze
Never figured out 8-10 but some of the contenders are:
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Ramones
The Rolling Stones
The Monkees (although I guess not really a band)
Blondie
The Band
The Cars
Social Distortiton
Green Day
Eve 6
Talking Heads
Go-Go's
Led Zeppelin
The Sex Pistols
The Doors
R.E.M.
U2
The Blasters
The Yardbirds
Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul
The Bonzo Dog (Doo-Dah) Band
Spinal Tap (a strange dichotomy-not really band, yet a band)
Sum 41
Good Charlotte
There's gotta be more
Couldn't begin to name top ten albums.
Thanks for askin'!
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khimbar wrote:
Thursday, October 27, 2005 11:32
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Radiohead. Occasionally other stuff but then I feel unfaithful to them.
I know how you feel about finding that one band that just resonates completely. Marillion did a cover of Radiohead's Fake Plastic Trees. Worth listening to if you can find it (Radiation Japanese import)
Marillion - Brave/ Marbles
Marillion - Anoraknophobia/ Script for a Jester's Tear
Marillion - This Strange Engine/ Radiation/ .Com
Marillion - Season's End/ Holidays in Eden/ Afraid of Sunlight
Marillion - Clutching at Straws/ Misplaced Childhood/ Fugazi
Fish (no not phish)- Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors /Raingods with Zippos/ Internal Exile
Pink Floyd - The Wall/ Dark Side Of the Moon/ Animals
The Cure - Disintegration/ Wish/ Bloodflowers/ Pornography
Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
Queensryche - Operation: Mindcrime
Honourable mentions to Immaculate Fools, King of Fools, Hooters, Jesus Jones
Visit WWW.Marillion.Com for a better way to live
"Dreaming the dream that only the sleepless know."
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Originally posted by Jacqui:Quote:
Originally posted by OldHag:
Not to be mean, but this my opinion and i'm sure that some other people agree, I'm just going to say it, your selection is boring.
I thought the point of this thread was to name our own favourite bands or albums. Which is what I did. I didn't realise they had to meet with your approval.
And, for someone who started this thread to escape from the nitpickiness and bitchiness of other threads, you sure did come out swinging. Yes, you did mean to be mean.
I made this thread specifically for people to discuss and argue about how and why they like thier own music selection. it's not that i'm trying to be mean, but that's the way i feel about bands like that. But, instead of just saying "well pooey on you cuz you don't like my music" just explain to everyone why you do. I don't like those bands cuz there boring, TO ME! that's all. As Browncoats, when someone says to us that they don't like Serenity or Firefly what do we do? We dont' just say for them to shut up( well, i don't anyways) and i'm sure you don't either, i tell them the selling points of why it's important to me.
At work i get all the time, " how the hell can you listen to this shit?" Then i tell them how and why i like it. Soooo, instead of just getting mad, explain. If you don't want to explain, then that's fine too.
I like to get opinions out of people. It's good to discuss things and talk about them with other people, that's why this site is here. I noticed that someone explained on there why they liked what they liked. I was interested to read that. So enough of my blammering. Don't get offended. Everyone has opinions.
"Mighty Fine Shindig"
Tim Tim Timmy!
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Originally posted by LightMeDark:
I'll have to check out The End.
I've found my progression in the past 4 years has been industrial -> metal -> and now I'm getting more into hardcore, which could be considered regression, but I don't care.
-edit-without Catch 33 i think Meshuggah would be just shy of my top 10...I think it's amazing that you can understand the singer's english better when he's screaming/singing than when he's just speaking irl, haha.
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You should ckeck "The End" out their drummer is one of the most amazing drummers out there.
I would say that your taste has progressed over the years. I used to only listen to only classical music once upon a time. But, that's changed. I still love clssical music though. If you think that the lead singer of Meshuggah is good( which i think he's one of the best) check out Mare. They have only an EP out right now but at some points it just sounds like he's ripping his voice box apart. It's gorram crazy!
Other Bands that suit my fancy: Pig Destroyer, Estradasphere, Eyvind Kang, NIN, Green Day(newest album) Murder by Death, Jeff Buckley, Brazzaville, Tin Hat Trio, Tom Waits, Sepultura, Tenacious D, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Kyuss, The Melvins, and more and more....
"Mighty Fine Shindig"
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Rancid
Tiger Army
Dropkick Murphys
AFI
Flogging Molly
The Slackers
Horror Pops
Left Alone
Reel Big Fish
The Unseen
Favorite Album: ...And Out Come the Wolves by Rancid
Now please don't think that just because all of my favorite bands are punk, I don't listen to anything else. Most mainstream bands bore me, but I'm a big fan of oldies, and I like to listen to classical music when I'm reading or just trying to relax.
"Invader's blood marches through my veins like giant radioactive rubber pants. The pants command me! Do not ignore my veins!"
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Okay, I'm going to be an a$$h*!@ here, so that's just an advance warning.
First, yay Flogging Molly, I totally agree, awesome band.
Now on to the trollish part of the post, it goes like this:
MODS!!!!!!!
Are you there Mods?
This thread is so way off topic.
The reason I did that very a$$inine thing I just did was that I noticed a few things I didn't notice before.
Overall I like getting new band ideas, but also this.
1. The thread initiater is such a newbie that they are more of a newbie than I am. And I'm a shiny green newbie.
2. The thread poster/newbie slammed a less newbie on some essential parts of that person's life. This is totally different from slamming their firefly theories.
3. It's okay to say that No Doubt sucks or Rob Thomas is boring, but that's your personal opinion, just don't say it to my face. Just thought I'd say that.
4. This thread is so very off topic. It should move to real world section of this site, or to some other site. All this is doing now is alienating people from each other, like...
5. I know after I post this oldhag won't like me, but then chances are no one really likes me. I found this comment "I made this thread specifically for people to discuss and argue about how and why they like thier own music selection." an indication of exactly how off course this had gotten.
Don't bother flaming me, I'm not going to respond, because I think the thread is off topic so I'm not going to bump it.
Nothing against you oldhag, just thought this thread was out of line, and thought this was a well deservered slamming. There are non-firefly sections of the site you know.
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Ok. That's cool. This is where the Top Ten Movies is so that's where i posted this one also. I wasn't "slamming" it either. I feel that i made myself pretty clear that we all were going to say how we felt about what we posted on on this thread and that's what i've done.
And you know i do hate the whole "newbie" thing. It's rediculous. It has such a cliquesh feel to it. Obviously you take pride in belonging to something longer than other indiviuals so you feel the need to isolate the ones that are newer to something than you. i've never used the word newbie and i never will.How is it that you justify being able to speak your mind more if you've belonged to something longer? I guess that concept is beyond me. The word "newbie" is such an idiotic word and isolates people from the rest of everyone else. So anyways, I enjoy this site alot and the opinions that are posted here, that's why i visit this site all the time. I disagree with some of them and i don't say anything. But it's kinda sad if you can't stand for someone to tell you just straight up that they don't like what you like, It's pretty sad. Like I said I get it all the time. It's called critisism and you have to learn to live with it. I'm not sorry if you can't take criticism well but it's the real world. I'm not trying to make any enemies by posting what i say. I'm just speaking my mind, just what you and everyone else does on here. Sooooo, anyways, This doesn't mean i don't like you any less, just chill out. Read what other people have to say and have a good time. And i will try and do the same.
I'm glad you and everyone else are on this site. Thanks for the comment. And still feel free to bash my music or bash my comments. It's good to here...
"Mighty Fine Shindig"
Tim Tim Timmy"
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There are too many, but some that come to mind at the moment (in no particular order)
Wilco
Uncle Tupelo
Loose Fur
The Autumn Defence
Ben Taylor (Ben Taylor Band)
Bright Eyes
Golden Smog
The Jayhawks
The Wallflowers
REM
The Shins
Smashing Pumpkins
South
Soul Asylum
The Stone Roses
Liz Phair
I'll stop now, but that was fun...
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