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Yeah but your romanticising how indie was.

With regard to fanzines and word of mouth you're either wishing they were still relevent or lamenting the progression of technology. Given that you're actually on the internet, i can assume you're not some gnarled up yankee from the Vermont hills and you wish that **** was still sold out of the trunks of used cars.

And thats fine but the internet didn't kill anything..which brings me to my second point.

The greatest virtue of anything capitalist is that if theres a demand for something the supply will likely follow. So indie had a few more fans than we once thought because more people have access to it.

I can't imagine why anyone lives in Oklahoma, but they do and its likely that if they lived in a remote area in 1980, they didn't have much access ot the fan zines and mix tapes of the Metro regions on the east coast.

Lets not even mention how isolationist those genres can be when their attempting to retain purity.

So MySpace LastFm have given it more fans, but at least its prevelent now. All it means for the old indie fans is that they have to work a little harder to keep their cred. Don't roll your eyes, heres why I say that.

1. If it was actually a sound you liked, then why wouldn't you like the same sound. Label ought to be irrelvent.

2. If it wasn't the sound that mattered, which is to say you liked lyrics or...I don't know outfits, then the predominance of the sound wouldn't matter to begin with.

And let me be clear here, I'm not rallying against you because I appreciate your admission that you had to work harder at one time to get good music, but I've heard arguments along these lines before and they weren't certainly serious, so if their going to be presented, I'd just like to say my poisiton.

As for the punk debate, I can't speak to that. Punks never been a passion of mine and I tend to like the blasphomy that doesn't go over well in that forum...no for real, the oRABpring kick ass.



I'm getting a workout today. Slow day at the office.

I think the sloppy guitar work makes him the greatest guitar ever. I don't care for anyone with needlefingers.
 
Well, they do throw out alot of names... maybe if you just don't read the reviews and listen to the music they post on their site, and disregard any commentary, they are approaching usefulness...
 
It's not fascinating music, there's a lot more **** from the 60s that sounded better/more interesting than that.

I'm not judging on how "cool" they are,rather than what appeals to me. Why do you feel the need to slag me off for not liking something you think I should? IT DOESNT ****ING APPEAL TO ME.

And don't talk about the Clash like you know ****, they all went to art school in those days, that's what they did, the whole ****ing band went, Paul Simonon is still a painter to this day. Art school in those days wasn't like our art schools. And that's going on personalities, rather than music yeah? If you're going to talk about something, at least know some **** about it. Regardless of where he went to school, he still wrote some excellent ****ing songs
 
Wait, so it's durab to write off a genre because many of its artists aren't original, but it's ok to write one off as boring, skilless garbage? :crazy:
 
How is it unfair?
Critics rate music and if it's rated high by the critics people buy it, it's the way things work and Pitchfork does it the exact same way as all other publications.
 
I definitely think Loveless doesn't have a flawed song (omgomgpitchforkradargoingcrazy!). Sometimes is in my Top 5 tracks for Loveless likely, just can't compete with how unbelievably unique and compelling the sound of To Here Knows When is. I mean, what better represents the feeling of floating around the speakers?
 
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Led Zeppelin are overated-some good tracks but they are a souped up blues banRAB (listen to Cream/Hendrix/Blind Faith instead)

Metallica have'nt made a good album since Master Of Puppets.

The Rollling Stones despite their longevity and some admittedly great tracks have not changed in forty years of making music. You only really need a greatest hits and your'e away.

Syd barrett may have started Pink Floyd but GNOME and BIKE are ****ing awful tracks (although LUCIFER SAM is brilliant).

Drum solos should be banned from every live album-I don't care how good you are-it's boring!

Stevie Ray Vaughans version of LITTLE WING is better than HENDRIX'S.

Bob dylan may have been a great lyricist but apart from HIGHWAY 61 REVISITED his output does'nt do anything for me.

TALK TALK should be heralded as one of Britains best banRAB ever. A band that goes from synthesised 80's pop to some of the most incredible jazz tinged proto post rock (not a good description I know) gets my vote.

Sgt Peppers is overated, so is DARK SIDE OF THE MOON and RUMOURS and HOTEL CALIFORNIA.

Plenty more coming!
 
i never understood Primus--i guess it was more of an instrumental frenzy cuz the lyrics and vocals sucked some ****---but dont hate on the meat puppets. i heard them before nirvana but i know where ur comin from dawg. **** metal, honestly. there is nothing more cynical and self-depraving than listening to a whole ****ing metal album....whatever it is that you listened to let me tell you something, you just wasted a ****ing hour of your life. grindcore makes absolutely no sense whatsoever and if you say, "that's the point" then ****off.
 
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