― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 8 May 2003 23:44 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 8 May 2003 23:45 (twenty-one years ago) link
And *Dressed to Kill* basically IS an Archies record, for crissakes (even if they should've broken up after their debut album, where they used up almost all of their memorable riffs.)
― chuck, Thursday, 8 May 2003 23:49 (twenty-one years ago) link
― chaki (chaki), Thursday, 8 May 2003 23:49 (twenty-one years ago) link
What would Bryan Adams be doing if he hadn't recorded Summer of '69?
Guns'n'Roses on MTV Awards
and
GnR reclaims their glory!
― jess (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 8 May 2003 23:51 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Adam A. (Keiko), Thursday, 8 May 2003 23:51 (twenty-one years ago) link
― jess (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 8 May 2003 23:53 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 8 May 2003 23:53 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 8 May 2003 23:54 (twenty-one years ago) link
― jess (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 8 May 2003 23:57 (twenty-one years ago) link
Number of the Beast. I'm pretty sure my second one was "License to Ill".
― Kris (aqueduct), Friday, 9 May 2003 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― jess (dubplatestyle), Friday, 9 May 2003 00:02 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 9 May 2003 00:02 (twenty-one years ago) link
― jess (dubplatestyle), Friday, 9 May 2003 00:05 (twenty-one years ago) link
I dont care about all this 4real punXor nonsense. I just don't think they're a very good pop band.
However. I would like to see them on the streets where I hope they wouldn't last a week.
― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Friday, 9 May 2003 00:15 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 9 May 2003 00:18 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Matt Maxwell (Matt M.), Friday, 9 May 2003 00:27 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Brandon Welch (Brandon Welch), Friday, 9 May 2003 01:21 (twenty-one years ago) link
And didn't we not care then?
they suck.
― Rob DelMedico, Friday, 9 May 2003 01:56 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ally (mlescaut), Friday, 9 May 2003 01:58 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ally (mlescaut), Friday, 9 May 2003 02:03 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Andrzej B. (Andrzej B.), Friday, 9 May 2003 02:07 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 9 May 2003 02:21 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ally (mlescaut), Friday, 9 May 2003 02:23 (twenty-one years ago) link
― jess (dubplatestyle), Friday, 9 May 2003 02:26 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Chris Barrus (Chris Barrus), Friday, 9 May 2003 02:28 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Nick Mirov (nick), Friday, 9 May 2003 05:18 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Dave M. (rotten03), Friday, 9 May 2003 05:46 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 9 May 2003 05:55 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 9 May 2003 06:09 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Friday, 9 May 2003 07:04 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Chris V. (Chris V), Friday, 9 May 2003 10:21 (twenty-one years ago) link
― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Friday, 9 May 2003 10:22 (twenty-one years ago) link
― rexJr., Friday, 9 May 2003 11:31 (twenty-one years ago) link
― alext (alext), Friday, 9 May 2003 11:43 (twenty-one years ago) link
Chuck, you (and Xgau) basically summed up my feelings on Avril Lavigne. Stay tuned to SOTC in the coming weeks...
As for GC, they're neither classic nor dud IMO.
― Jeanne Fury (Jeanne Fury), Friday, 9 May 2003 13:21 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ally (mlescaut), Friday, 9 May 2003 13:22 (twenty-one years ago) link
― jess (dubplatestyle), Friday, 9 May 2003 14:01 (twenty-one years ago) link
I have already talked about these guys enough.
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Friday, 9 May 2003 17:30 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Friday, 9 May 2003 17:32 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Friday, 9 May 2003 17:33 (twenty-one years ago) link
A good point, and one I'll swiftly support, though Rancid themselves copped their whole aesthetic from the Exploited et al.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 9 May 2003 19:33 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Friday, 9 May 2003 20:01 (twenty-one years ago) link
Oh come on.
They took their HAIRCUTS from the Exploited, if that. (Or do the Exploited have all kindsa sweet pretty melodies I've never heard?) And how original were the Exploited anyway? (Actually, if "et. al." means "the Clash and Specials", tho, you might have a point. Though those bands copped big chunks of their aesthetic from Slade and Desmond Dekker, I guess. Who might not have been originals, either.)
And Third Eye Blind are better than the Exploited were, anyway. (Thonot better than the 4 Skins or Rudimentary Peni, maybe. I forget.)
― chuck, Friday, 9 May 2003 20:02 (twenty-one years ago) link
Well thats the only explenation about them that makes sense. but one problem remains, the first thing that hit my mind was how awful was that track, how bands like Lit and Sugar Ray did it much better(i ain't no fan of Lit and Sugar Ray).
― rexJr., Friday, 9 May 2003 20:51 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Friday, 9 May 2003 20:58 (twenty-one years ago) link
And Lit always seemed like horrific assholesI'll second that.
― rexJr., Friday, 9 May 2003 21:19 (twenty-one years ago) link
― rexJr., Friday, 9 May 2003 21:31 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Carey (Carey), Friday, 9 May 2003 21:33 (twenty-one years ago) link
I should've been clearer -- Rancid appropriated their *VISUAL* style from the Exploited et al. ("et al" meaning GBH, Crass, Discharge, etc.)
(Or do the Exploited have all kindsa sweet pretty melodies I've never heard?)
Uh....no, not really, although "sweet" and "pretty" are conceivably relative terms.
And how original were the Exploited anyway?
Well, they probably owe Sham 69 a debt or two....
(Actually, if "et. al." means "the Clash and Specials", tho, you might have a point.
Rancid completely owe their *SOUND* to those two bands, you are spot-on, Chuck!
Though those bands copped big chunks of their aesthetic from Slade and Desmond Dekker, I guess.
Not quite sure about the Slade part (weren't the Clash bigger fans of Mott than Slade?) but yeah....
And Third Eye Blind are better than the Exploited were, anyway. (Tho not better than the 4 Skins or Rudimentary Peni, maybe. I forget.)
Well, Third Eye Blind and the Exploited are completely apples and oranges -- they make very different musics for very different audiences predisosed to different emotions, sensibilities, etc. But, strictly as "music as universal language," Third Eye Blind are probably a good deal more capable than the Exploited of a broader range of musical options.
Rudimentary Peni are, in their own little community, vastly overrated.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 9 May 2003 21:35 (twenty-one years ago) link
But yeah...I can't believe Chuck Eddy likes third eye blind. I mean, maybe everyone here is used to hearing Chuck wax on about bands that "omigod, i can't believe he likes that!" but this goes beyond idiosyncratic and I want to be a rebel to the canon and everything too but jesus 3rd Eye Blind is dreadful. And I'm not saying this from any rockist part of my heart I promise you. The melodies are just so putrid and the songs themselves are so bland and disgusting and revolting ARGERSFDLFJDS. Will there be a point where I won't find myself flipping out about Chuck's taste? Cuz I keep thinking I've reached that point and then in comes another artist from out of left field.
― djdee2005 (djdee2005), Sunday, 28 November 2004 16:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― djdee2005 (djdee2005), Sunday, 28 November 2004 16:14 (nineteen years ago) link
I like Good Charlotte a lot more than I used to. I'm a sucker for "Predictable," and the new one sounds pretty good too. I guess once I stopped caring about the "morality" of Good Charlotte or whatever, I started liking the music way more.
― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Sunday, 28 November 2004 17:21 (nineteen years ago) link
― xhuxk, Tuesday, 15 March 2005 17:43 (nineteen years ago) link
― xhuxk, Tuesday, 15 March 2005 17:53 (nineteen years ago) link
― jel -- (jel), Tuesday, 15 March 2005 17:55 (nineteen years ago) link
It's definitely there most "pop" great song.
― miccio (miccio), Tuesday, 15 March 2005 18:03 (nineteen years ago) link
anyhow, my review of Chronicles Of Life & Death. It's a disappointment but there's enough quality tracks that I don't think they've totally lost what makes them great. As those who can read can see, I agree with xgau's take that they've lost all the specifics from the last album, but I still enjoy their harmonies and (dare i say) earnestness. I hope "Mountain" is the next single. It's sweet.
― miccio (miccio), Tuesday, 15 March 2005 18:11 (nineteen years ago) link
― miccio (miccio), Tuesday, 15 March 2005 18:12 (nineteen years ago) link
― miccio (miccio), Tuesday, 15 March 2005 18:14 (nineteen years ago) link
http://www.pagesix.com/files/gallery/022508_pris_benji2.jpg
Ahhhhh, the sweet smell of hypocrisy.
― Alex in NYC, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 16:45 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah, it is kind of hypocritical how the guy who always rails against vapid modern celebrity culture is now informing me about who Paris is dating.
― Alex in Baltimore, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 16:49 (sixteen years ago) link
Is it my fault that this picture was in the New York Post I happened to be reading? Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous indeed.
You shame the name Alex.
― Alex in NYC, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 16:56 (sixteen years ago) link
So wait, how is it hypocrisy for one of the Maddens to date Paris after the other knocked up Nicole? Or is the hypocrisy that you feel that in light of past Paris/Nicole rifts that this is disloyal? I need to know where you stand, man.
― Alex in Baltimore, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 17:59 (sixteen years ago) link
FYI: the Madden Brothers are currently doing an acoustic set in the middle of an Australian cricket match on Australia Day.
― Ceci n'est pas une Le Snak (King Boy Pato), Saturday, 26 January 2013 10:21 (eleven years ago) link
?????
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 26 January 2013 19:42 (eleven years ago) link
It's all part of this terrific marketing campaign for a major fast food chain.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUOVvDlQ2U4
― Ceci n'est pas une Le Snak (King Boy Pato), Sunday, 27 January 2013 01:08 (eleven years ago) link
dudes have always been big there. hell, their last album, which i couldn't even bother listening to after hearing the single, went gold, with that single going top ten.
― da croupier, Sunday, 27 January 2013 01:12 (eleven years ago) link
They're so popular that Joel is moving to Australia!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X08fRT25rDk
― Ceci n'est pas une Le Snak (King Boy Pato), Sunday, 27 January 2013 01:17 (eleven years ago) link
i remember reading something back during my gossip blogger days that there was strife in the madden/richie family because he was committed to exploring the gold in thar hills (he's a voice australia judge iirc) while nicole richie had no fucking desire to move down under
― da croupier, Sunday, 27 January 2013 01:20 (eleven years ago) link
ok so apparently the australian voice panel is joel, seal, delta goodrem and until this season, keith urban. replacing keith in 2013...ricky martin
― da croupier, Sunday, 27 January 2013 01:21 (eleven years ago) link
Yep, Joel was a judge on The Voice Australia with Seal and Keith Urban (who got a promotion to American Idol and will now be replaced with...Ricky Martin) because...well, I have no fucking clue, all I know is every commercial break on television these days has 'I'm selling fried chicken or mobile phone coverage.
― Ceci n'est pas une Le Snak (King Boy Pato), Sunday, 27 January 2013 01:25 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1WCT9W11Ok
― da croupier, Sunday, 27 January 2013 01:29 (eleven years ago) link
Anyway, LAWN BOWLS.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIX27v5SmgY
― Ceci n'est pas une Le Snak (King Boy Pato), Sunday, 27 January 2013 01:30 (eleven years ago) link
I salute them for surviving these tough times
http://www.theonion.com/articles/good-charlotte-recording-10-new-songs-to-be-played,35797/
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 16 April 2014 21:19 (ten years ago) link