Looking back, what's the biggest bullshit, musically speaking, that you fell for in the 00s

sincerely regret the hollertronix/ed banger phase

fucking uffie ffs

although tbh i still do like some of it

them being the future and savior of indie pop, a supergroup for the cardigan set = bullshit of the 00s

― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Supergrass are the best pop band on the planet

dizzee rascal, the fiery furnaces

I "fell" for Sigur Ros - still think it sounds great tbh, personal fave being the title-less album

― I won't vote for you unless you acknowledge my magic pony (Shakey Mo Collier)

yep, it is great. Agaetis, Takk..., and Hvarf/Heim are excellent, but i'm less keen on their 2008 record, and haven't heard Riceboy Sleeps or Jonsi's record yet

xp was waiting for someone to mention 'blog-house'. heheheh that was fun/terrible

ksh as a former nu-metal fan would you say any of that music is worth preserving

Luckily I'm a little older, so I didn't fall for anything that embarrassed me like some of my nineties Britpop crushes would. The Streets probably comes closest.

nu metal > sigur ros for entertainment value actually.

dunno y yall have to hate things like it represents who u are all of a sudden, feel like u r letting the puritanical constraints of acceptable taste inhibit and restrict ur urges.

i feel like i don't like bands who cry and play bows with guitars and make up their own language all at once in one band. it's cool that they do that, but it's just not my thing, and i feel like i should feel free to make fun of them, because they are whales.

u r free to be as douchey as u want but like that is not my issue tbh

dunno y yall have to hate things like it represents who u are all of a sudden, feel like u r letting the puritanical constraints of acceptable taste inhibit and restrict ur urges.

^^^ used to say this a lot when I was in the closet.

ksh as a former nu-metal fan would you say any of that music is worth preserving

― nakhchivan, Tuesday, April 13, 2010 4:35 PM

i used to listen to Staind, Mudvayne, and whatever else the local modern rock radio played (Disturbed, etc.)

tried listening to Mudvayne again recently, and it was miserable. i'd probably still like some of the songs from Staind's Break the Cycle, and i like "Prayer" by Disturbed still, but eh

also, this isn't nu-metal, but i'll totally rep for that first Evanescence record. love Amy Lee's voice especially

i still like siger ros's first two albums, good for work or zoning out type stuff

but i was never a super fan or anything....

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i'd probably also rep for a Seether single or two

I still like the Sigur Ros ( ) disc; saw 'em at Radio City on that tour and loved it. The Jonsi record is excellent. Re nu-metal, I like Deftones, Slipknot, Disturbed and Static-X. Korn were always krap, as were Limp Bizkit and all their imitators.

Oh, and I liked the second Mudvayne album quite a bit.

Did the band even like it?

I cant really hang with Break teh Cycle tbh, that shit just got way too played out...

Are FNM and Bungle nu-metal? If so, them.

i still like parts of Slipknot's Volume III, but that's the only record of theirs i've ever owned

yeah, the only Mudvayne I've owned was "The End of All Things to Come," and i just feel like i've probably grown out of it, although i still think the dude can fucken sing when he tries

trying to remember if I fell for British Sea Power or something like that

last thing on nu-metal: i probably still like some stuff from Staind's 14 Shades of Grey too, but haven't listened to it much in a loooong time

Slipknot's first album is good in a sort of Black Sabbath-meets-SAW sort of way...that & the Deftones & System are prolley all I'd salvage from nu-metal though

the fear of 'falling' for music is a sort of paranoia but if u r 'professional tastemaker' it's probably necessary

deftones and system of a down were always popular even among people who hated (nu)metal but i was kinda persuaded by the limp bizkit revisionism thread too

I wasted much time in 2003 trying to delve deeper into electroclash, but found it runs thin after 3-4 canonical albums. I wasted less time on the sludge metal/shoegaze crossover.

In general though, the evolution of my tastes has slowed to a crawl (sadly). I still eagerly consume things the push the envelope of genres I was first exposed to in my late teens/early twenties, but have become pretty complacent about by disinterest in vast expanses of the landscape. Hence I don't "fall" for much outside my well-rutted predilections.

smh at people who've mentioned vampire weekend and dizzee rascal.

Sanpaku, what are your "well-rutted predilections"?

i'm always interested in hearing what genres different people gravitate towards

As a band, Razorlight are as embarrassing as they get, but I still like not only the choons on their debut, but some of the B-sides too. For me it's mostly the opposite -- I didn't much like Dizzee or M.I.A. when they first came out, even after seeing M.I.A. open for LCD Soundsystem. But the albums have grown on me since. One exception, I used to lurve Amon Tobin, and never listen to the stuff now. I still think he's good, but just have no desire to listen.

i probably still like some stuff from Staind's 14 Shades of Grey too

^^talk about an album title that summed up the band

dunno y yall have to hate things like it represents who u are all of a sudden, feel like u r letting the puritanical constraints of acceptable taste inhibit and restrict ur urges.

^^^ used to say this a lot when I was in the closet.

― Throwing Muses are reuniting for my next orgasm! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, April 13, 2010 9:38 PM (15 minutes ago)

wtf r u even implying here, this is some smug illusion of wit bs

truth bomb, M@tt

i was kind of digging that field album - here we go sublime or whatever - until i realized it stunk.

here we go sublime or whatever

^^^ unofficial working title, shortened to here we go sublime

I didn't much like Dizzee or M.I.A. when they first came out, even after seeing M.I.A. open for LCD Soundsystem.

"i was there..."

i thought of amon tobin, i still think he's sick with sampling and 'supermodified' can be ridiculously lush, but it feels pretty dated.

i still love that Field record

my only real honest-to-god answer to this question is crystal castles, i remember being fifteen and thinking i was the hippest little shit. but idk, a lot of you were people with laptops who followed music for the entire decade, i was only 9 years old in 2000 so alot of the stuff ya'll are mentioning i've only discovered recently through like pitchfork lists or ilm. like i could say that being 13 years old and loving ska punk was "the biggest bullshit, musically speaking, that i fell for" but that's not the point i don't think. i'm not even rly ashamed of my brief stint in metalcore, that every time i die album still kicks ass.

I had my Decemberists period..
such a shame..

i think more years should pass by in order to answer this thread with the right perspective

this thread is awesome

i think of montreal was me getting caught up in ilx hype the hardest i ever did

i don't like have some big regret or anything but now i hear it and i'm like DAAAMAN this band is aggravating as hell

Yo La Tengo in middle age

i put some time in trying to dig Fiery Furnaces/Of Montreal/Decembrists etc. during the middle of the decade, but i pretty much never want to hear those bands again.

candyglo don't say noogo iirc

Good call on Fiery Furnaces, still pissed I spent so much time trying to "get" them. I suppose I'd keep the EP around, but that's about it.

you make me sad

fiery furnaces became bullshit only from their 3rd album imo.

fiery furnaces backlash is most predictable and easy backlash ever - as with GYBE, big, slow-moving (well in this case pretty spry but still a little lumbering) target

and they very quickly de-bullshitted after that imo