46. Clash - London Calling London Calling 39. Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Wednesday, 12 March 2003 11:09 (twenty-one years ago) link
also, thats supposed to say London Calling, not London Calling London Calling
― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Wednesday, 12 March 2003 11:13 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Tom (Groke), Wednesday, 12 March 2003 13:40 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Wednesday, 12 March 2003 13:44 (twenty-one years ago) link
(Actually Bruce may well have)
― Tom (Groke), Wednesday, 12 March 2003 13:45 (twenty-one years ago) link
― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Wednesday, 12 March 2003 13:47 (twenty-one years ago) link
I cannot listen to "The Magnificent Seven" without achieving perma-grin.
U2
I absolutely love singing along with their songs whilst completely hammered.
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 12 March 2003 13:59 (twenty-one years ago) link
Musically, 'Zoo Station', 'Thunder Road' and 'Janie Jones' are all great ways to start an album.
― James Ball (James Ball), Wednesday, 12 March 2003 14:02 (twenty-one years ago) link
I admit, I always hate this argument. Someone could be the nicest person in the whole person and still be completely and utterly horrific when it comes to any more of artistic expression. In which, good on ya, but I won't have yer stuff in the house.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 12 March 2003 14:14 (twenty-one years ago) link
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 12 March 2003 14:15 (twenty-one years ago) link
Take note, Billy Joel.
― My name is Kenny (My name is Kenny), Wednesday, 12 March 2003 14:16 (twenty-one years ago) link
Fair enough, Ned, I wouldn't normally use it to justify actually listening to their records. And I'd rather listen to an utter c*nt like Jerry Lee Lewis than, say, Tracy Chapman. But as nickalicious says, it is the say something nice thread.
So can you find something begrudgingly nice to say about Bruce to go with your U2 and Clash comments?
― James Ball (James Ball), Wednesday, 12 March 2003 14:29 (twenty-one years ago) link
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 12 March 2003 14:40 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Wednesday, 12 March 2003 14:41 (twenty-one years ago) link
U2 -- I like that they forever established Red Rocks as a premiere venue.
Bruce Springsteen -- I like that he continues to excite and involve his audience; but mainly for Little Steven's role in The Sopranos.
― christoff (christoff), Wednesday, 12 March 2003 14:43 (twenty-one years ago) link
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 12 March 2003 14:44 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Wednesday, 12 March 2003 14:48 (twenty-one years ago) link
Springsteen is...a bad rock musical for people who don't really like rock and roll or something, I hate him.
I also hate U2, except for the song "Even Better Than the Real Thing."
― Jess Hill (jesshill), Wednesday, 12 March 2003 14:49 (twenty-one years ago) link
― rex jr., Wednesday, 12 March 2003 14:50 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Chris V. (Chris V), Wednesday, 12 March 2003 14:50 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ally (mlescaut), Wednesday, 12 March 2003 14:53 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Rockist Scientist, Wednesday, 12 March 2003 14:54 (twenty-one years ago) link
It's incredibly nice not to have to listen to him. :-)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 12 March 2003 15:33 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Jazzbo (jmcgaw), Wednesday, 12 March 2003 15:59 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Wednesday, 12 March 2003 16:25 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Wednesday, 12 March 2003 16:28 (twenty-one years ago) link
One could also hate the music, you realize. Or have I missed the 'you are born unto the human race, therefore you are genetically programmed to like Springsteen' dictum?
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 12 March 2003 16:37 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Wednesday, 12 March 2003 19:14 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Wednesday, 12 March 2003 19:26 (twenty-one years ago) link
― mei (mei), Wednesday, 12 March 2003 19:54 (twenty-one years ago) link
Well, Westlife I've never heard, and Coldplay, well, their music doesn't inspire nausea in me, so that's positive.
Sigur Ros, now there's a band I'm full of positive things to say about. Instead of prattling them all off, I'll just say I'm quite looking forward to seeing them live next month in LouEVIL.
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 12 March 2003 19:55 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 12 March 2003 20:30 (twenty-one years ago) link
He's up against the wall when the time comes.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 12 March 2003 20:48 (twenty-one years ago) link
He and Elton John's absurdly expensive-concert-ticket is playing in my town tonight. Woo hoo!
(I'll be rehearsing. Thank goodness.)
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 12 March 2003 20:51 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Yanc3y (ystrickler), Wednesday, 12 March 2003 20:55 (twenty-one years ago) link
Disagree. Remarkably, I lost an important bit of my virginity with U2's "So Cruel" in the background, and now whenever I hear it I go all odd.
Wow, I can count the number of people who wanted to know that, on no hands.
― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Wednesday, 12 March 2003 21:47 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Nick A. (Nick A.), Wednesday, 12 March 2003 21:49 (twenty-one years ago) link
― man, Wednesday, 12 March 2003 21:49 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Jazzbo (jmcgaw), Wednesday, 12 March 2003 22:46 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Wednesday, 12 March 2003 23:01 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Wednesday, 12 March 2003 23:37 (twenty-one years ago) link
sorry, buddy, no can-do re this request. can't do it w/ westlife 'cause i've never heard a note of their music. clodplay is boring and derivative. and sigur ros is so beyond-the-capacity-of-language awful that they're almost evil.
i unreservedly love the clash -- though i don't listen to them an awful lot these days. i esp. love their fucked-up take on reggae -- their version of "police and thieves" remains one of my all-time favorites.
re U2: used to love the eighties stuff when i was a teenager in those days; i still don't hate it (and props to sundar re "new years day") but i also don't listen to that stuff an awful lot any more. achtung baby and zooropa are masterpieces. the more i think of it, the only completely and irredeemably awful U2 album is rattle and hum (a/k/a boring and dumb) -- though the "am i buggin' ya?" spiel is admittedly good for a smirk.
re Springsteen: the only three of his records i unreservedly love are the wilde, the innocent, and the e-street shuffle, nebraska and tunnel of love. i sorta like greetings from asbury park -- i am fond of the ten-pounds-of-potatoes-in-a-five-pound-bag approach he had to singing and lyrics that he had on that one and e-street (the latter is funky as a mofo). the rest i pick and choose -- "born to run," "candy's room," "the river" are great singles. ultimate "i respect him and his music but don't necessarily like his music" artist.
― Tad (llamasfur), Wednesday, 14 May 2003 06:58 (twenty-one years ago) link
Really, the same goes for the Clash. It's just that the negative remarks tend to stick out in the mind.
― Justyn Dillingham (Justyn Dillingham), Wednesday, 14 May 2003 08:04 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Justyn Dillingham (Justyn Dillingham), Wednesday, 14 May 2003 08:05 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Wednesday, 14 May 2003 10:38 (twenty-one years ago) link
also known as 'prattle & hmm', shuely?!
― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Wednesday, 14 May 2003 22:11 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Wednesday, 14 May 2003 22:35 (twenty-one years ago) link
i was wrong, and i changed my mind ... i now like coldplay. even though they aren't very original. but they're nice and i like their music.
― Eisbär (llamasfur), Tuesday, 20 July 2004 03:31 (nineteen years ago) link
And I like the Clash a lot too... Magnificent 7, train in vain, a bunch of the album tracks on london calling, white man in hammersmith palais, etc.
― djdee2005, Tuesday, 20 July 2004 03:36 (nineteen years ago) link
― djdee2005, Tuesday, 20 July 2004 03:49 (nineteen years ago) link
― amateur!st (amateurist), Tuesday, 20 July 2004 04:32 (nineteen years ago) link
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Tuesday, 20 July 2004 05:14 (nineteen years ago) link
― Gear! (Gear!), Tuesday, 20 July 2004 05:18 (nineteen years ago) link
Achtung Baby, on the other hand, surprised me all over over again. Very good album. Bono turns the self-righteous down to almost zero and the bad rhymes down to a totally tolerable 4, and lets the production, riffs, and melodies do all the work. It's not like it's deep or anything, unless you're aching to hear that love is for sharing, sex is dirty, and Bono is "ready." But damnit, I was able to listen to the record and actually *like* it. A breakthrough U2 day for me.
― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Tuesday, 20 July 2004 05:29 (nineteen years ago) link
Bruce Springsteen: "Dancing in the Dark" is a glorious moment for the '80s, both song- and video-wise. "I'm On Fire" is one of the most spine-tinglingly gorgeous songs around. "Glory Days" is a fantastic sing-along song. When I was a teenager, I adored "Tunnel of Love".
The Clash: Combat Rock is awesome. "White Man in Hammersmith Palais" is awesome. "Lost in the Supermarket" is awesome. "Janie Jones" is awesome. "Guns of Brixton" is awesome. "Clash City Rockers" is awesome. Need I go on?
U2: I used to be a huge fan of theirs. The Unforgettable Fire was one of the albums I played most often back around 1992 - 1993. I was always bothered by how every single music criticism I read concerning them seemed to be full of adoration, but at the same time my # 1 favorite musical artist (need I mention... ?) was constantly getting slammed by these same critics, but I never really let that stop me from being a fan of theirs up until sometime late last year, when I saw that even those music writer-type people (including people from around here) who will swear up and down that they love Duran Duran don't really seem to love them when it matters, and I kept on seeing nothing but adoration all over the damn place when it came to U2, so I stopped listening to them full stop. I haven't picked up a single U2 album in about a year. And I would like to love them again, but that would mean I would join a chorus I don't want to be a part of.
Oh wait.
― Many Coloured Halo (Dee the Lurker), Tuesday, 20 July 2004 05:34 (nineteen years ago) link
― Many Coloured Halo (Dee the Lurker), Tuesday, 20 July 2004 05:40 (nineteen years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 13:09 (eighteen years ago) link
― Mr Straight Toxic (ghostface), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 13:18 (eighteen years ago) link
― jel -- (jel), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 13:31 (eighteen years ago) link
― Eppy (Eppy), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 16:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― Redd Harvest (Ken L), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 16:21 (eighteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 16:22 (eighteen years ago) link