shakey voting straight sabbath ticket from here on in
― Edward III, Thursday, 16 October 2008 23:45 (fifteen years ago) link
my votes:
velvets vs. sabbath - couldn't actually make up my mind, didn't vote
Who vs. Sabbath - sabbath
Sabbath vs. Hawkwind - sabbath (but hawkwind over motorhead)
Black Sabbath vs Queen - sabbath
Taking Sides: Sabbath vs. Hawkwind
BLACK SABBATH VS. ALICE COOPER POLL - can't remember, wanted to vote alice but probably ended up voting sabbath
― M@tt He1ges0n, Friday, 17 October 2008 00:05 (fifteen years ago) link
now I feel bad for not voting against the Who...
― Cannabis Zed Omega (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 17 October 2008 02:16 (fifteen years ago) link
"when exactly did Funhouse achieve this "OMG THIS IS THE BEST ALBUM OF ALL-TIME!!!!" status? Was it when the box set was released? Cuz I mean its fun and all (haha) but I really do not understand the reverence in which it is held."
"oh come on Funhouse didn't sell shit and the critics hated it when it was released"
critics (almost) always liked the stooges. and funhouse has been pretty OMG BEST ALBUM for years and years. and i agree with all hype and hyperbole. i think it's one of the best "things" ever made. completely successful as powerful music, a work of art, fun, and all that. one of the greatest achievements of the 70's. in any genre or field.
― scott seward, Friday, 17 October 2008 03:36 (fifteen years ago) link
that is a hell of a lot of votes
― goole, Friday, 17 October 2008 03:47 (fifteen years ago) link
Creem was the culprit for me; reading article after article about Osterberg and pals in 1980/'81 convinced me to give Funhouse a try.
xp
― **just works just fine** (Ioannis), Friday, 17 October 2008 08:24 (fifteen years ago) link
biglurks contrast lyrics of crazy train and butt town thx
― â•“abies, Friday, 17 October 2008 10:46 (fifteen years ago) link
"Which leads to my next question: what's the best Sabbath bio?"
Martin Popoff did a phenomenal one. It's easy to find, I saw it in Borders the other day. Full of great rare pictures, it is one of the best rock books I have read.
I like Funhouse, but it's not the religious experience it's made out to be. Master of Reality on the other hand.....
― Bill Magill, Friday, 17 October 2008 13:26 (fifteen years ago) link
My first exposure to FunHouse was the box set. I got it as a freebiee (I've told the tale a few times as to why), but I did feel like I made the album along with them.
So, I guess it was a religious experience for me.
― Mark G, Friday, 17 October 2008 13:41 (fifteen years ago) link
You're the dude that got two of them for free, right?
And thanx, Bill!
― Kevin John Bozelka, Friday, 17 October 2008 15:13 (fifteen years ago) link
not sure a majority of critics loved the stooges in '69/'70... even bangs hated funhouse the first time he heard it! but yer 110% OTM after that.
I didn't end up voting, but in spite of my spirited defense of sabbath above I probably would've leaned towards stooges cause they sound like FREEDOM. it's weird, but sabbath are too hung up on christianity. the stooges are pagan - beyond morality, animals.
― Edward III, Friday, 17 October 2008 16:21 (fifteen years ago) link
plus if I voted stooges would not have had 69 votes which is its own kind of poetic justice
― Edward III, Friday, 17 October 2008 17:59 (fifteen years ago) link
i guess sanity prevails. i don't particularly like either band though. but at least the dinosaurs lost.
― cameron carr, Friday, 17 October 2008 18:09 (fifteen years ago) link
??????????
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 17 October 2008 18:11 (fifteen years ago) link
stooges first show: 1967sabbath first show: 1968
unless you're talking about who sounds more like a lumbering behemoth, I don't think you can say the dinosaurs lost
― Edward III, Friday, 17 October 2008 18:13 (fifteen years ago) link
I don't know if I've ever seen a poll with this many votes.
― sleeve, Friday, 17 October 2008 18:23 (fifteen years ago) link
I meant "dinosaurs" as in relevance.
The Stooges at least inspire some worthwhile bands to this day.
― cameron carr, Friday, 17 October 2008 18:30 (fifteen years ago) link
but black sabbath can't? oh come on. you're a child.
― ian, Friday, 17 October 2008 18:31 (fifteen years ago) link
hahah yeah Sabbath doesn't inspire anybody these days do they wtf get a clue
― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 17 October 2008 18:34 (fifteen years ago) link
there's this little genre called metal, you may have heard of it?
― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 17 October 2008 18:35 (fifteen years ago) link
lol I cant think of any band more influential than black sabbath in metal todayx-post
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 17 October 2008 18:35 (fifteen years ago) link
I like the Stooges, but the amount of ill-informed bullshit that's been talked about Sabbath has been a bit depressing.
― Neil S, Friday, 17 October 2008 18:36 (fifteen years ago) link
"The Stooges at least inspire some worthwhile bands to this day."
What the fuck??
― Bill Magill, Friday, 17 October 2008 18:37 (fifteen years ago) link
b-b-b-but dude just think of all the great Stooges-like bands today! Where would we be without um... um... Jay Reatard? uh... Sonic Youth?
― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 17 October 2008 18:37 (fifteen years ago) link
is Mudhoney still around?
― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 17 October 2008 18:38 (fifteen years ago) link
I was about to post Bill Magill to thread!
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 17 October 2008 18:38 (fifteen years ago) link
jay reatard is great wtf
― M@tt He1ges0n, Friday, 17 October 2008 18:38 (fifteen years ago) link
Heavy Metal is garbage.
― cameron carr, Friday, 17 October 2008 18:39 (fifteen years ago) link
cameron carr is garbage
― Alex in SF, Friday, 17 October 2008 18:39 (fifteen years ago) link
That's carrbage.
― cameron carr, Friday, 17 October 2008 18:40 (fifteen years ago) link
Cameron go to Why is The Genre Of 'Metal' so maligned?
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 17 October 2008 18:40 (fifteen years ago) link
most smart ppl like sabbath and the stooges
― M@tt He1ges0n, Friday, 17 October 2008 18:41 (fifteen years ago) link
indeed
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 17 October 2008 18:41 (fifteen years ago) link
xpost ^^^ ding ding ding
― Alex in SF, Friday, 17 October 2008 18:41 (fifteen years ago) link
for the record I have never heard a note of Jay Reatard lolz
― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 17 October 2008 18:42 (fifteen years ago) link
I can't believe that there are people over 20 who like heavy metal. But I shouldn't be surprised in a country where Bush is president.
― cameron carr, Friday, 17 October 2008 18:43 (fifteen years ago) link
lolz Stooges namechecked in opening post
― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 17 October 2008 18:43 (fifteen years ago) link
you know I try to make it a habit to avoid direct insults on ILX but um... you are closeminded and stupid.
― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 17 October 2008 18:44 (fifteen years ago) link
I wasn't aware Bush was president of the UK
Cameron please go post your words of wisdom on that thread
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 17 October 2008 18:44 (fifteen years ago) link
I mean anyone who willfully writes off an entire genre of music doesn't have any business being on a board called I Love Music (haha Geir to thread)
― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 17 October 2008 18:45 (fifteen years ago) link
Geir likes some melodic pop metal
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 17 October 2008 18:46 (fifteen years ago) link
"But I shouldn't be surprised in a country where Bush is president."
This is brilliant analysis
Geir actually voted for Sabbath in some poll, I forget which
― Bill Magill, Friday, 17 October 2008 18:46 (fifteen years ago) link
There was a James Brown vs Black Sabbath poll????
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 17 October 2008 18:47 (fifteen years ago) link
I was thinking more of Geir hating on hip-hop but now that I think about it yr right even he makes exceptions for genres he hates, as long as they include "melody"
but yeah lolz is Bush also president of Brazil, Sweden, Mexico, etc.
― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 17 October 2008 18:47 (fifteen years ago) link
lolololol
jay reatard is great, check yourselfs
― goole, Friday, 17 October 2008 18:48 (fifteen years ago) link
everyone likes sabbath though, not just metal people...they are like the poster boys of "metal for people that don't like metal"....sabbath is metal, but they are separate from metal fandom (although metal fans like sabbath)....
sabbath just is
― M@tt He1ges0n, Friday, 17 October 2008 18:48 (fifteen years ago) link
I hope Cameron is quiet because he's reading the metal is maligned thread
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 17 October 2008 18:48 (fifteen years ago) link
i think geir like 2pac
i think of geir like i think of 2pac
― goole, Friday, 17 October 2008 18:49 (fifteen years ago) link