So even their best songs are second or third tier competitors to… any song that made any chart? I take it back, that is controversial
― punching the clock on a tambo (morrisp), Sunday, 20 February 2022 20:52 (two years ago) link
"When Austin posts in circles it's a mad thread" - Tiers for Peers
― Bixby in a Samsung I know it's Siri-esque (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 22 February 2022 12:59 (two years ago) link
sometimes because you can doesn't mean you should.
Words to post by.
― removing bookmarks never felt so good (PBKR), Tuesday, 22 February 2022 13:08 (two years ago) link
when all the shitposting is throughi runto youuu
― roflrofl fight (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 22 February 2022 13:42 (two years ago) link
you go back
jack
post it again
― un chien boogaloo (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 22 February 2022 14:08 (two years ago) link
Steely Dan’s appeal eludes me but let’s please give Austin credit for making this a must read thread again.
― Johnny Mathis der Maler (Boring, Maryland), Tuesday, 22 February 2022 14:13 (two years ago) link
I post like a viper Through these suburban threads
― Master of Treacle, Tuesday, 22 February 2022 14:37 (two years ago) link
Steely Dan’s appeal eludes me but let’s please give Austin credit for making this a must read thread again.― Johnny Mathis der Maler (Boring, Maryland), Tuesday, February 22, 2022 6:13 AM
― Johnny Mathis der Maler (Boring, Maryland), Tuesday, February 22, 2022 6:13 AM
thank you, but my next controp is that no discussion thread on any forum —especially not one that i've posted in— has ever been a "must read." all the same, you are too kind.
happy 22222 everybody!
― get shrunk by this funk. (Austin), Tuesday, 22 February 2022 16:14 (two years ago) link
dumb luck, my friend, won't suck me in this time
― roflrofl fight (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 22 February 2022 16:18 (two years ago) link
brb gotta start a new topic: "communicate only with steely dan lyrics"
― get shrunk by this funk. (Austin), Tuesday, 22 February 2022 16:21 (two years ago) link
definitely not a must read, either.
I am definitely sensing a lot of must when I read this thread
― castanuts (DJP), Tuesday, 22 February 2022 17:01 (two years ago) link
you and me both, friend.
― get shrunk by this funk. (Austin), Tuesday, 22 February 2022 17:32 (two years ago) link
bodhi saba, would you take me by the hand
― Bixby in a Samsung I know it's Siri-esque (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 22 February 2022 17:57 (two years ago) link
that one may have been a stretch but https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saba_(condiment)
― Bixby in a Samsung I know it's Siri-esque (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 22 February 2022 18:36 (two years ago) link
bodacious newbies--such as your friend--will never be welcome here
― Chappies banging dustbin lids together (President Keyes), Tuesday, 22 February 2022 20:12 (two years ago) link
for all steely dan ever broke through here i couldn't call them in any way unique, notably they just sound like a mix of other bands on an off day (thin lizzy playing a toto album track but without any real interest)
― Ár an broc a mhic (darraghmac), Wednesday, 23 February 2022 00:41 (two years ago) link
I bet you could approximate any band with a linear combination of all other bands. I bet glenn is doing it...right now.
― Bixby in a Samsung I know it's Siri-esque (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 23 February 2022 01:00 (two years ago) link
That description could actually work if all you've heard is "Reeling in the Years".
― The sensual shock (Sund4r), Wednesday, 23 February 2022 01:17 (two years ago) link
thin lizzy playing a toto track....from the future
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 23 February 2022 01:22 (two years ago) link
Axl Rose was never as impressive a singer as some people may want you to believe.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 23 February 2022 01:26 (two years ago) link
Cool, so he can sing five octaves... his tone for half of it still sounds like shit to me.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 23 February 2022 01:29 (two years ago) link
I liked Guns N Roses better when they were called Aerosmith.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 23 February 2022 01:33 (two years ago) link
Didja ever hear the Axl parody on the first Bloodhound Gang album? The track is called "Shitty Record Offer"… it’s pretty funny
― Not Dork Yet (alternate toke) (morrisp), Wednesday, 23 February 2022 02:21 (two years ago) link
LOL. When the Village Voice temporarily showed scans of the original newspaper pages for every Pazz & Jop poll, Glenn Kenny submitted this joke for the 1988 poll's comments section: "How many members of Guns N' Roses does it take to screw in a light bulb?" "F*** you! Suck my ****!"
― birdistheword, Wednesday, 23 February 2022 04:34 (two years ago) link
imo axl has a good voice but also one that starts to grate very quickly
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Wednesday, 23 February 2022 18:41 (two years ago) link
good thing he didn't make many albums
― Chappies banging dustbin lids together (President Keyes), Wednesday, 23 February 2022 18:43 (two years ago) link
just like i'm sure that the sky is blue and water is wet, i'm very sure that axl rose is a muppet. please reference the miss piggy-esque yowls heard on "knockin on heaven's door." remember some years back when somebody posted the isolated vocals of a van halen song? i need the axl rose ones for that song in my life.
― get shrunk by this funk. (Austin), Wednesday, 23 February 2022 18:53 (two years ago) link
Most vocal coaches actually shit on Axl's technique. He's a baritone who came up with a screechy falsetto that fit the sleazy nature of their music. I love his vocals, but he's a good bad singer IMO
― sorry Mario, but our princess is in another butthole (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 23 February 2022 18:59 (two years ago) link
Lana Del Rey makes laughably bad music.
― Alex in NYC, Wednesday, 23 February 2022 19:02 (two years ago) link
the isolated vocals of a van halen song
this is still one of my favorite things in the world and i listen to it at least once a year
― joygoat, Wednesday, 23 February 2022 19:22 (two years ago) link
axl rose is a muppet.
https://66.media.tumblr.com/a5446f2af0c3f9ea7d14f900d79619e3/c73c14591fc24780-c3/s640x960/2587fa1debb58f20b5adbfc2a1601c71f8533072.jpg
― The 25 Best Songs Ever Ranked In Order (Deflatormouse), Wednesday, 23 February 2022 19:50 (two years ago) link
Alex, that opinion is more unpopular than controversial
― castanuts (DJP), Thursday, 24 February 2022 00:53 (two years ago) link
There were many of us in the "Video Games" era.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 24 February 2022 00:54 (two years ago) link
Alex I suspect Joan Crawford Loves Chachi will be your best friend for that opinion
― sorry Mario, but our princess is in another butthole (Neanderthal), Thursday, 24 February 2022 00:56 (two years ago) link
Practicing my kegelsEating lots of bagelsVideo games
― we need outrage! we need dicks!! (the table is the table), Thursday, 24 February 2022 02:42 (two years ago) link
absolutely loathe LDR
― assert (matttkkkk), Thursday, 24 February 2022 05:15 (two years ago) link
Rabies is the best Skinny Puppy album.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Monday, 28 February 2022 13:25 (two years ago) link
That is controversial for Skinny Puppy fans, uncontroversial for people who only know "Worlock"
― castanuts (DJP), Monday, 28 February 2022 17:46 (two years ago) link
Fans know Rabies wasn't a true SP album. The Process... now that would probably raise some eyebrows.
― beard papa, Monday, 28 February 2022 17:52 (two years ago) link
I'm not saying it's better than their other work by a huge margin...but it's appreciably better. The songs are hookier, the guitars work really well in context...it's a really good record. Once upon a time, Al Jourgensen had really good pop instincts, and he brought them to that project.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Monday, 28 February 2022 17:59 (two years ago) link
With Jourgensen on board, I'm surprised it wasn't called "Rabies Home Journal" or something
― peace, man, Monday, 28 February 2022 18:10 (two years ago) link
Ronald Rabies
― Halfway there but for you, Monday, 28 February 2022 18:21 (two years ago) link
Agreed, but the hookier songs and rock guitars are exactly why it isn't as beloved by fans. It's just not a real SP album. They should have just called the band Rabies and had it be a one-off side project like a lot of other great stuff Jourgensen was doing back then.
― beard papa, Monday, 28 February 2022 18:27 (two years ago) link
The songs are hookier
idk remission and bites would like a word
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Monday, 28 February 2022 18:33 (two years ago) link
i do love rabies though
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Monday, 28 February 2022 18:34 (two years ago) link
The problem with Rabies is that has three incredible songs on it and then there’s the rest of it
― castanuts (DJP), Monday, 28 February 2022 20:54 (two years ago) link
Although I’m looking at the track list now and struggling to remember what the third incredible song was
― castanuts (DJP), Monday, 28 February 2022 20:56 (two years ago) link
Stevie Wonder won many science fairs in the 70s but made no albums I have any patience for
― flamboyant goon tie included, Tuesday, February 12, 2019 11:26 PM (three years ago) bookmarkflaglink
Brave take, but I couldn't disagree more. I guess my controversial Stevie opinion is that Innervisions is by far the weakest of his "big four" 70s albums.
― J. Sam, Monday, 28 February 2022 23:08 (two years ago) link
and fullfillingness' first finale is by far the best.
― get shrunk by this funk. (Austin), Monday, 28 February 2022 23:19 (two years ago) link