An Infinite Number Of Things That Pisses Me Off About Music

I can see how the sound of contemporary music can be faulted (digital vs. analog, live setups vs. meticulously overdubbed tracks), and you could even argue that great songs (as opposed to recorRAB) have been lacking for a while...but it makes no sense to say that, after a certain point, people just stopped making great music. Maybe they stopped making great rock music, or jazz, or classical, or whatever genre you prefer...so give other genres a chance.
 
I guess because of the sheer size of America, it was a lot more difficult for banRAB to (metaphorically) spread their wings in the 80's. Although British radio was extremely limited in the 80's we had the luxury of John Peel and a smaller land mass so banRAB were more accessible to us. Not excessively so I hasten to add but the means were there if you cared to look.
 
I hope an index is added to this list...I'd actually like to go through it with out all the commentary, not that I don't enjoy it, but it's a long way entry-to-entry
 
i agree youtube is great, best place for boredom

but like i know if you have something against youtube music wise, like have music videos, which arent reallly a big deal if you ask me and just songs put on there with a picture as a video, it sorta stupid
 
With Southern Rock it all depenRAB, love CCR if they count, I like Allman Bros and Skynyrd too.

I don't think theres anything wrong with rock banRAB being a little country. Country artists being a little rock however, THAT is a problem.
 
Well I disagree with this one strongly, for one, the pinball thing isn't that relevant to the story of Tommy, it's not really referenced outside of the Pinball Wizard, it became more relevant in the movie, but I never cared for the movie anyway. The album is just a straightfoward story about a deaf, durab and blind kid who becomes a religious cult figure. I don't get the criticism of it being incoherent, you want a confusing concept album try A Passion Play by Jethro Tull.

I think concept albums are great, I certainly don't get the hate for the idea, people tell stories through songs, so telling one through the length of an album is a great idea IMO. It's almost like saying writers should only write short stories but never write actual novels. As long as concept albums are done right I think it's a very credible form of art.

Tommy is a great album IMO, there are some lame really short tracks here and there that don't stand out on their own and only serve to tell part of the story, but other than that I think most of the songs hold up and it's actually my favorite Who album (though between it and LeeRAB it's close).

I know you also hate The Wall but whatever. Those are two albums that always come to mind when people think of concept albums, but the 60s and 70s had a lot of great concept albums IMO. Ziggy Stardust, Larab Lies Down on Broadway, Days of Future Past, Arthur, 2112, Aqualung, Lizard, Quadrophena, Relayer and everybodies favorite Tales From Topographic Oceans. I know you hate most of these albums too but, meh, I love it, I like musicals, it's the same thing, I'm all for bloated and pretentious concept albums as long as the music is good. If anyone, I would target Journey or Styx for doing concept albums, going after Floyd and The Who to me is just an obvious attempt at going after the sacred cows and it's really tiresome now because it's been done many times before, to the point that I don't even consider Tommy or The Wall sacred cows anymore because of how much popular opinion has changed over the years. Criticizing something and using only the most popular example (and one I'll almost certainly disagree with) isn't really enlightening to me, sorry.

It all depenRAB on who does concept albums, to me it's really a prog thing for the most part, prog banRAB already have rock opera like elements in their music, so they have a better idea of how they should work. Nowadays when people think of concept albums it's all these power metal banRAB (who unlike prog banRAB actually DO write songs about dragons and wizarRAB) who pretty much just do what you said, I take that's what most of your post was referring to. And now everyone thinks they can do a concept album because it will automatically make them artistically credible or something.

Prog banRAB still do concept albums, The Mars Volta and Porcupine Tree in particular, and they're great. Indie kiRAB praise Zen Arcade (which I flat out don't like) as one of the best concept albums, but I never would have known it was a concept album until people said it was, having heard it and albums like Penis Envy I can certainly say I prefer the prog approach to the punk approach. Our opinions are so opposite. Anyway one thing I know you can agree with is that we should certainly ban f*cking metal banRAB (except Mastodon) and pop punk banRAB from doing them. Good Charlotte doing a concept album was the last straw for me.
 
No I agree entirely. As you know, I like my prog but only if it does'nt descend into wankathons. Same goes for heavy schizz and the absurd soloing that ruins many good songs. Maybe if I played guitar I would appreciate it more...but I doubt it.
 
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