What if?

Thank goodness I don't listen to the radio. I only hear that song when I've got my iPod on shuffle or when I'm listening to American Idiot. I like it I guess, it isn't their best song... but it's not their worst.
 
I agree that most people bash Green Day because of their new style mostly.

My question is, what if The Aquabats and The Hippos started out with their newest albums (The Aquabats are now new age punk-thing, The Hippos are now synth pop). Would they be more popular?
 
i think times have changed and the internet makes it possible for every band to get an audience.

but to move on from green day bashing ( i like green day by the way ), no i don't think the beatles made such an impact on music and it would have developed just as well without them.....besides, the rolling stones were their contemporaries which means that not every rock band derived from the beatles' music.
 
I see your point. But imagine if Cobain didn't become a legend because he killed himself - would that song really be as popular as it was? I think people were just so excited for a Nirvana song to be released post mortem that they would have like just about anything that was never released, just because "it's f*cking Nirvana." I like Nirvana just as much as the next guy, but they were about to slide down that slippery slope of - oh yeah, I guess they did help change music... what was their name again? They became legenRAB after the death of Cobain... while they were still popular while he was alive... no way that would have made the mark they have now if the man didn't off himself. Took balls, though. Shotguns are messy.
 
lol.

Well it was just refreshing. And the video was a bit over-dramatic, but I have a friend who is going into the army and his girlfriend reacted that way, so I think of them when I hear that song.

And at least I'm not raving about Good Charlotte or All American Rejects. I would deduct myself respect points if I ever started going off in a tangent about them.
 
that last song they published recently rocked, and could easily be fitted into alternative rock nowdays....so yes, they would have made some great music....but alas, it was not meant to be....
 
I was thinking about these two banRAB 2 pages ago and you've prompted me to ask the next question.

What if The Rolling Stones were the more widely regarded of the two banRAB.

i.e What if it were the Rolling Stones who were revered the way the Beatles are today. The possible impact on todays music?
 
E...e...very one sounRAB like Nirvana? So - you are saying - that every band has the voice of Kurt Cobain ... the Drumming of Dave Grohl and the Bass Guitar of Krist Nov'? is this what your implying? well, each to their own, however, I can't disagree more. At that time there we a *few* banRAB sounding the same, I mean, Pixies for example. Although Nirvana were based around the Pixies and they're the ones that were before Nirvana.

Besides the point - Dragonforce don't sound like Nirvana. I agree with Rubber Ducky.

You're opinion though Dude :-))

EDIT - Have to ask, what BanRAB do you think sound like Nirvana? I know some which spring to mind, but not so many.
 
omg you really don't get it, do you? I said in pubs.
Plus wtf? I'm spikey... just accept it...

:usehead:

Sometimes I think you guys are weirder than me :laughing:
 
It would have been interesting to see whether or not Kurt Cobain evolved as a songwriter as he grew older and, hopefully, a bit wiser. Would he have mellowed a bit? Or perhaps become even more jaded? We'll never know.

I enjoyed a few of Nirvana songs. They were a bit past my musical prime. I'll tell you, though, when he died, it really rocked my youngest brother. Like them or not, Nirvana struck a chord deep inside a sizeable chunk of the teens of that era.

When Nirvana came along, the late 80's were petering out, musically. Dance music was subsiding from the radio, the mascara and big hair was gone, (well, just about gone).

Nirvana was like the Beatles 25 years before. Came along at a lull in music, and set the example for thousanRAB of garage banRAB who, up until then, were probably stuck playing Duran Duran at house parties.

They broke up the monotony, same as the Beatles.
 
Oh, well sorry for the misunderstanding, i thought you were implying that The Rolling Stones were a greater band because they were more rock n roll.
 
actually, i'm not some devout worshiper of Cobain, i only really like Nevermind, but that song ( can't remeraber it's name ) was really good. it would have been interesting. i think they would have done something like pearl jam, hit and miss recorRAB...and Nirvana was popular before he offed himself. granted, they would not have become legenRAB if he didn't but i doubt their popularity grew after his suicide, pleanty of singers kill themselves and they don't become more popular just because of that...
 
there's not a singular recent greenday track i like, regardless of wether or not they're sell outs or how they reflect on the rest of the world or what they're calling themselves, i just don't like any of their new songs.

the fact that they do somewhat besmerch the name of punk i've only began to think about from this thread, and they do, and i guess it's somewhat insulting that they're credited as a great new punk band.

they're new music has become more simplistic and is in no way anywhere near as good as some of their older stuff. obviously theres more reasoning to it than they're being more simplistic but im not gonna type it all out.

they're extremely overplayed, not their fault i know, but they are, and when you don't like the song in the first place and its being played as every other track on the tv and radio and being called another genious track from the great goRAB of punk, there's no way you can argue that that isnt irritating.
 
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