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A bit post punk-ish, maybe. It's OK, but a bit too weird it seems.
― Geir Hongro, Thursday, October 23, 2008 12:35 AM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
Early XTC is too weird already.
― Geir Hongro, Thursday, October 23, 2008 12:48 AM (7 hours ago) Bookmark
what does 'too weird' mean, exactly? seems to just mean 'new and unfamiliar'. cardiacs seemed 'weird' to me at first, but now they just sound like a really great, clever, raging prog-pop band.
point being, the use of 'too weird' as a note of criticism signifies little more than an unwillingness to embrace the new on the part of the critic.
― m the g, Thursday, 23 October 2008 08:19 (fifteen years ago) link
Not so. In terms of most broadsheets and magazines it's shorthand for "don't bother with this new music that is so difficult to listen to; stick with what you know and buy/download it again and again in all new formats forever." It's about placating and flattering the ignorance of their solvent readers and advertisers so that they can stay in business.
― Eric in the East Neuk of Anglia (Marcello Carlin), Thursday, 23 October 2008 08:31 (fifteen years ago) link
i'm shocked control made geir's r&b list! i mean it's a classic obv but it does seem to particularly prioritise rhythm and club atmosphere over melody and harmony.
― lex pretend, Thursday, 23 October 2008 08:46 (fifteen years ago) link
Wow, Geir actually came through with some genuine human interaction towards the end of this thread. Prog Rock - Bringing People Together Since 1969!
― Ich Ber ein Binliner (Tom D.), Thursday, 23 October 2008 09:09 (fifteen years ago) link
ten months pass...
Hooray! I finally read this thread, after its having sat atop my browser as an unread bookmark for 11 months. It looked like a good start! And then it devolved into Geir. By the way, is this the closest Marcello has gotten to admitting he's Geir? I've suspected that since I started reading ILM. Their writing styles are very similar. I think Geir is just an experiment of his to try out a particular theory of pop works, and since Geir gets such a "good" response here means the Geir character has stuck around. It's good fun, anyway.
― your an avid hot dog (Euler), Sunday, 13 September 2009 15:21 (fourteen years ago) link
Geir was, is and will always be his own person. Those of us who first encountered him online back in 1994 or so know this.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 13 September 2009 15:37 (fourteen years ago) link
Marcello had a Geir-imitating sockpuppet a few years ago, I can't remember what it was called though. If he was Geir right from the beginning, why create a sockpuppet to ape Geir?
― Tuomas, Sunday, 13 September 2009 19:51 (fourteen years ago) link
Ah yeah, Marcello's sockpuppet was called "Comstock Carabinieri". Maybe it was a self-parody though, with Geir being the "serious" sockpuppet?
― Tuomas, Sunday, 13 September 2009 19:55 (fourteen years ago) link