Musical tastes?

[Darkstar]

Haha... another one of those posts that enflames controversy and bickering... hehe... begin instigating

I listen to most anything.... ska and punk mostly... but everynow and then i enjoy a lil classic stuff... oh ya and rap isnt really music... (talking fast isnt a talent... if it was... then auctioneers would be millionaires!) (I do gives props to old skool artists tho... some of their material is ok... but thats all)

 

[Spiderman]

There's a thread in Classic that covers this for a lot of members

 

[Ferret]

Darkwave, Goth, Light Industrial, some old New Wave...weird stuff like that...

-Ferret

"...even some rap if the mood hits..."

 

[Bob]

...rap? *vomits uncontrollably*

I've become a Rock snob. Even though there are many bands i love, there are also many bands that make me vomit uncontrollably.

There aren't many bands I've heard so bad musically that I hate them, but many bands are sell outs or media tools.

All of that fake pop stuff and rap is BAD, first off, (although old rap is funny). Also, bands that say "OH, LUK AT ME!!!!!!!!!!!11 IM A HARCOR PONK RAWK SK8RZ!!!!!111 AND I KANT SPEL!"
*more uncontrollable vomiting*
Those idiots don't have any idea what punk is.

Also, metal can be great, but some nu metal bands are trash. In fact, most are. SOAD is pretty good, Disturbed is ok, and Queens of the Stone Age rock, but stuff like Slipknot is trash.

Oh, and Linkin Park is worthless trash that deserves to die.

I'm a fan of Alt-Rock and Rock, though many other types of music, especially REAL punk, are good. I like blues and jazz too, and classical is also pretty good.

Sorry if I offended anyone.

Yeah, i like to complain about how much music sucks.

 

[nodnarb24]

Various sub-genres of Metal (i.e. Black, Power, Progressive, Doom, etc), Punk, Industrial, and Techno.

 

[Darkstar]

Im sorry... but I have to defend some emo kids out there...

I dont nesicarily like emo... more of the nofx/afi/bad religion type... but emo is punk... and even if green day sells out and offspring... well are offspring, they do play a part in the punk scene. Billie Joe started adeline records and helps fund warped tour... and Noodles (correct if wrong) founded nitro records... without nitro we may not be hearing quality music from Davey Havok or classic artists such as the Damned...

So cheer up emo kids... there is a reason to live... to start out on emo... go pop some valuums and listen to fat mike defend hard drug use or Danzig talk about the joys of satanism and the benefits of watching horror movies...

 

[Ferret]

Alternative...when I think of that term I think of the underground bands of the 80's - not all of this crap that gets played 20 times a day on the radio.

Alternative used to mean music that refused to follow what the corporations want you to listen to. Now, it's a euphamism for what all the big-corporate-producers demand you go out and spend your hard-earned cash on. And, most of the time the music is utter crap. It all sounds the same. All of the band members look the same. It's simply what happened when the big music corporations ran out of styles of music to exploit.

Alternative is a term that should be restricted to music you only hear on local public radio and college stations. If a radio station is owned by a parent company that also owns a local Tv station then they are NOT playing alternative music. Any band that has ever had a video played on MTv (even at 3 in the morning!) is NOT alternative. They're all sell-outs. Accept it.

-Ferret

"...I miss Depeche Mode when I was one of five people at my school that had a clue who they were..."

 

[Darkstar]

Nice to see you on the boards ferret... been awhile hasnt it? Anyhoo, when you have a band that either sells out or is on the verge of selling out... theres always controversy. Take for instance operation ivy. Extrordinary punk/ska band from the late 80s. Their lead singer left afraid of selling out because they were headed down the road we saw paved by nirvana... ugly as it was, I still consider nirvana to be a great band that helped shape the scene in their early days. Anyhoo, op ivy later evolved into rancid, another great band. Now Ive seen rancid on mtv before, but when they do press, which is rare (i believe vhi interviewed tim on a behind the music thing for green day) they totally condone what mtv did. They weasled their way into getting the time bomb and other videos and played with consent from the record label (epitaph). Without the bands consent. This created alot of noise in the punk/coorporate community, and since then youve seen alot of crappy punk intimidators on mtv and whatnot (my favs are blink and avril, posers!). Although i do agree with ferret too. You cant sell out if you dont push yourself into the coorporate jungle. I know Iam in a band currently, and were still indecisive on letting a local music shop have our demos to make a cd for the radio station... we enjoy just playing local gigs and getting ppl into the scene so it can prosper once again. So it suits me fine not being heard on the radio or tv or whatever, besides, music is about fun in my opinion. If ppl can relate to some of the stuff we write or play, then great. But seeing it exploited (yes pun intended, and kudos if you know of the exploited) on mags and t shirts doesnt really cream my twinkee. If ppl need that kinda stuff to look kewl or feel better about themselves (the artist, if u wanna call em that) then they are sad and pathetic... controlled by fame and fortune. Ah... enough rambling... head hurts... need advil...

Also Ferret, if the meat puppets were assistin in the unplugged nirvana and televised, then are they considered to be selling out. I mean Ive never seen really any meat puppets propaganda out there... I think they are innocent, just helpin kurt with a favor he asked no?

Again, good to see u back Ferret, hope you can stay with the CPA for a lil while!

 

[Apollo]

I started out emo and am moving more towards, uh, harder stuff of late. So as Darkstar said, there is a use for emo, it gets people like me into things. If Sum41 and Green Day hadn't gotten played on Mtv, I never would've found better stuff (you wanna suggest anything in particular, Darkstar? I'm basically trying stuff on word-of-mouth right now).

Anyway, right now I like the Dropkick Murphys, NOFX, Less Than Jake, Guttermouth, Dwarves, Operation Ivy... though my exposure to some of those has been slim, I've liked what I've heard. And I still enjoy some emo... whatever's handy.

 

[Spiderman]

Okay, I found the thread in Classic that covers this. So without an easy way of simply moving and merging this and you guys knowing I did, I'm closing this down and you guys can continue in the Classic forum.