Post a controversial music opinion

(down with schopenhauer)

I think hegel's ability to see analogues in different areas is one of his strong points, and am inclined to assume continuity between these overlapping areas without evidence to the contrary

the idea that adding philosophy to a discussion about a topic stops it being about the topic is what we call in philosophy a 'hot turd'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y__f6czarnA

Arcade Fire are a good band

Arcade Fire are a good *live* band

The first album bangs. Each of the subsequent ones had at least one incredible track. Thematically they can be corny but my generation is only self conscious about that because of the nefarious influence of music critic and internet personality chris weingarten

Bruce Springsteen is lame

agreed. Corny too

'State Trooper' is a good song though.

also playing gigs for 4 hours is not a virtue in and of itself

Morton Feldman's 2nd string quartet > the Boss's live shows.

I've yet to meet someone unswayed by a live Boss show, but hey, who knows.

^^^the refrain of every Phish, Grateful Dead and Ween fan

Ooh, vicious

Also the mollusk is a good album even though i’ll never ride for ween as a band/concept

xpost Yeah, but I think it's a different thing to play 1 song for 30 minutes vs. taking 4 hours to play 30. Also, aforementioned jam fans are on drugs.

The grateful dead, however, were a great band, but better in the studio. american beauty is a great album but their live albums are tedious.

Honestly, I think it's mostly that Bruce himself is such an incredibly physical performer, it's sort of like watching a force of nature, which is not something you can say of most acts, but esp. not the Dead or Phish.

Like, I'm pretty confident the Dead and Phish have played shows in shorts and flip-flops before.

Is it controversial to suggest that no band should play shows in shorts and flip-flops?

I like Ween fwiw but seriously that argument holds no water with me.

If I had to choose a band that plays for 4 hours it would be P-Funk

uh ... so?

xp this thing ilx has about shorts and flip flops

I love shorts and flip-flops! On me.

xpost Maybe P-Funk a few decades ago. The last two times I saw P-Funk live they were on some sub 24-7 Spyz metal shit and it was nigh unlistenable. And no way was it 4 hours.

That's a good question, though. What bands are famous for playing long shows? What bands/acts still play long shows? Bruce, Pearl Jam ... how long are Phish shows these days, or UnDead shows?

yeah def referring to previous iterations tbf, back when George still had actual members from the bands' heyday involved

xp

The first time the Magnetic Fields played Chicago our band opened. The MFs, for whatever reason, chose that night to play 2.5 hours, iirc. Ladies at Lounge Ax told me it was the longest set ever played at the club. I think someone drugged Stephin Merrit.

That sounds awesome. What year was that?

199 ...7?

was stephin wearing flip flops and dreads?

He sat in with Dread Zeppelin that night

The MFs, for whatever reason, chose that night to play 2.5 hours, iirc

that's enough for about 59 love songs

I recall several covers. ELO?

https://thumbs.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/pict/232593550927_2.jpg

bands I would accept performing in flip flops and shorts
- a lot of rap acts
- p much any band from California

https://media.gq.com/photos/5602be28f0075b5033a121a7/master/pass/GettyImages-77203984.jpg

Touche!

The grateful dead, however, were a great band, but better in the studio. american beauty is a great album but their live albums are tedious.

― Trϵϵship, Tuesday, November 6, 2018 1:46 PM (thirty-two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

treesh believe me these are the famous last words of an eventual deadhead

Longest show I've ever seen: King Sunny Ade, 8 PM - 4 AM.

That's a cool-ass Springsteen photo.

Lots of bob weir in shorts but always with tube socks:
https://thecommentboxblog.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/19840703_1870.jpg

That's a cool-ass Springsteen photo.

― too busy or too stoned (morrisp), Tuesday, November 6, 2018 9:27 PM (twenty-six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

That's a cool ass, Springsteen photo.

Peak Serpico Springsteen

That's so funny; I just walked by a framed "Serpico" still (here at work) and made the same connection.

https://i.imgur.com/xNFHnHZ.jpg

What bands are famous for playing long shows?

The Cure's standard show length is 3 hours

(I saw TMBG the other week play 2 hours 50, but including an intermission; more extended stage raps due to jetlag than extended jams.)

I forgot that i had seen the cure before you mentioned that

If 3h is long, I think that's standard for Rush too? At least it was in the Vapour Trails era.

Its kind of standard these days for bands that don't tour with opening acts.

Legacy bands with deep cuts, for sure.

Guns 'N Roses plays for 3 1/2 to 4 hours these days.

A million x-posts