Please don't tell me you're calling U2 British.
― Waterloo Subset (Tom D.), Friday, 5 February 2021 20:47 (three years ago) link
uh oh
― John Wesley Glasscock (Hadrian VIII), Friday, 5 February 2021 20:48 (three years ago) link
lol
― A Scampo Darkly (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 5 February 2021 20:48 (three years ago) link
Same vocal effect (and when there are so many good Irish male voices to be influenced by). But if you want to say he's a heartland/boondocks/grand battered-heritage overachiever like Bruce, so, Bono is indeed Irish-as-hell in that sense. Wiki says Bruce is of Dutch, Irish, and Italian descent...Springsteen's Italian maternal grandfather was born in Vico Equense.[12] He emigrated through Ellis Island, and could not read or write when he arrived. He eventually became a lawyer, and impressed the young Springsteen as being larger than life.[13] The name Springsteen is topographic and of Dutch origin, literally translated as "jumping stone" but more generally a stepping stone used on unpaved streets or between two houses.[14] The Springsteens, originally from the province of Groningen,[15] were among the early Dutch families who settled in the colony of New Netherland in the 1600s.[16]
― dow, Friday, 5 February 2021 20:57 (three years ago) link
Father worked as a bus driver nd held other jobs. Douglas Springsteen suffered from mental health problems throughout his life which worsened in his later years. "Larger than life" im midnight kitchen table encounters w son, as told in on-stage intro to "It's My Life, " when I saw him in '74 or '75.
― dow, Friday, 5 February 2021 21:02 (three years ago) link
Not sure what that has to do with Bono or Bono's vocals?
― Waterloo Subset (Tom D.), Friday, 5 February 2021 21:15 (three years ago) link
Buses flatten vocals
― he said that you son of a bitch (Neanderthal), Friday, 5 February 2021 21:19 (three years ago) link
has to do with having to try harder, represent oneself as product of this underdog drama: Irish heritage, rich in culture, endlessly striving in other ways, so Bono and immigrant-heritage rebel son Bruce of the boondocks, tend to overdo things. Stated as sympathetically as possible, but I still don't care about Bono that much---he's had his moments, Springsteen had more, when I was keeping up with him.
― dow, Friday, 5 February 2021 21:52 (three years ago) link
(Springsteen sounded very worn, wearier than ever, but indomitable, an old rock singer as old rock, v. recently on Saturday Night Live w E Street Band---a more discernible melody might have helped, or hurt.)
― dow, Friday, 5 February 2021 21:55 (three years ago) link
Not really recognizing of Bono in there but neither of us are interested in him so nbd.
― Waterloo Subset (Tom D.), Friday, 5 February 2021 22:06 (three years ago) link
They are both white guys who are in a band
― baelien (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 5 February 2021 23:24 (three years ago) link
And frequently show up as talking heads in rock docs.
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 5 February 2021 23:32 (three years ago) link
They both play to the back of the room, that’s for sure
― John Wesley Glasscock (Hadrian VIII), Friday, 5 February 2021 23:37 (three years ago) link
Oh yes.
― Waterloo Subset (Tom D.), Friday, 5 February 2021 23:57 (three years ago) link
daft punk was never anything other than predictable and boring.
just like this post i am currently writing.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Monday, 22 February 2021 19:58 (three years ago) link
Homework sports a handful of classic tracks. I don’t need the rest of their discography.
― pomenitul, Monday, 22 February 2021 20:03 (three years ago) link
There are good tracks on both of the first two albums and the Tron sequel soundtrack, and the live album is great. They disappeared pretty far up their own asses on albums 3 and 4, though.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Monday, 22 February 2021 20:11 (three years ago) link
Homework has very good bits but is kind of mind numbing, Discovery was mostly good but pretty uneven, HAA was actively awful but worked pretty well live, RAM super professional and impressive but I never wanted to listen to it. in short, they are a land of many contrasts
― frogbs, Monday, 22 February 2021 20:17 (three years ago) link
i had a really long post typed out about how daft punk was actually fucking awesome, but that it had nothing to do with their music. which brings me to my point: is there a "musical fan fiction" thread, by chance?
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Monday, 22 February 2021 20:29 (three years ago) link
"music facts that are 100% false" maybe???
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Monday, 22 February 2021 20:30 (three years ago) link
My controversial DP opinion is that playing their albums (as albums, from front to back) is the worst way to listen to them.
― stuck in the version layer (morrisp), Monday, 22 February 2021 20:33 (three years ago) link
homework and discovery are pretty much flawless, imo, the live albums are sick, the rest is okay -> bad
― brimstead, Monday, 22 February 2021 21:09 (three years ago) link
these are not controversial opinions
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 22 February 2021 21:24 (three years ago) link
human after all is fucking sick
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 22 February 2021 21:25 (three years ago) link
My controversial DP opinion
Um
― illumi-naughty (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 22 February 2021 22:14 (three years ago) link
I said on Twitter that while I recognize Daft Punk were Important, they didn't mean much to me. I tried. When hip-hop and R&B artists like Kanye and The Weeknd folded their melodies or absorbed their ethos, they were at their most beautiful, though. "I Feel It Coming" and "Stronger" sound more amazing than ever.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 22 February 2021 22:15 (three years ago) link
If you folks insist it's not a controversial observation to say DP isn't really an album band, I'm fine to withdraw that descriptor. People seem to love at least their first few albums (as albums).
― stuck in the version layer (morrisp), Monday, 22 February 2021 22:21 (three years ago) link
late period Can albums (Saw Delight, Landed, s/t) may have some goofy and underwhelming tunes, but the good stuff on those records rivals anything the band ever recorded
― Paul Ponzi, Monday, 22 February 2021 22:56 (three years ago) link
Dunno if I consider Landed late period, maybe the last of their classic period?
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 22 February 2021 22:59 (three years ago) link
U2 are best thought of as a singles band.
― 29 facepalms, Monday, 22 February 2021 23:03 (three years ago) link
Junior Jack's "Thrill Me" >>>> Daft Punk's "Burnin'"
― boxedjoy, Monday, 22 February 2021 23:09 (three years ago) link
Saw Delight is the first CAN album I heard and is still a favorite along with Landed and Soon Over Babaluma
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Monday, 22 February 2021 23:13 (three years ago) link
― brimstead, Monday, 22 February 2021 23:14 (three years ago) link
da funk was my gateway to house music, no shame, I wasn’t hangin with Gavin hardkiss and hawke when I was 13
― brimstead, Monday, 22 February 2021 23:15 (three years ago) link
not that I am now I don’t know what the point of that name drop was, sorry
― brimstead, Monday, 22 February 2021 23:16 (three years ago) link
Agreed.
― I'm Going to Bring a Watermelon to Mark Grout Tonight (Tom D.), Monday, 22 February 2021 23:17 (three years ago) link
Rob Zombie's solo albums are a) better than you think and b) better than the White Zombie catalog, most of which was pretty uninspired and some of which (Make Them Die Slowly) was actively horrible.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Monday, 22 February 2021 23:22 (three years ago) link
Pet Shop Boys are best thought of as an albums band― brimstead, Monday, February 22, 2021 3:14 PM
for the first four or five albums, yes absolutely.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Monday, 22 February 2021 23:28 (three years ago) link
Can never made a bad album, besides Out of Reach
― frogbs, Monday, 22 February 2021 23:37 (three years ago) link
oh wait they had that reunion album too
― frogbs, Monday, 22 February 2021 23:53 (three years ago) link
Daft Punk were good/great at times, but Around The World is a mediocre song (that vocoder thing gets old after about 10 seconds) and a horrible music video, the whole concept is that everything is synced to the music and everything is a half-beat out, I can't even watch it.
― Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 23 February 2021 00:03 (three years ago) link
I dunno if it's controversial or he's best thought of as singles artist or not, but for me Bowie rules as A Great Singles Artist of late 60s-early 80s, though I love all of black starand enjoy all of several others, though there are some I never heard, don't remember at all, may never hear or re-hear---the singles don't leave that much foreground in the headspace.
― dow, Tuesday, 23 February 2021 00:07 (three years ago) link
there are dozens of rap diss tracks better than "ether," including machine gun kelly's eminem diss
― caek or daeth (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 9 March 2021 20:45 (three years ago) link
Ether sucks
― Red Nerussi (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 9 March 2021 20:49 (three years ago) link
terrible beat for a diss track, for one
whiny tone with jabs that rarely land, for another.
definitely skip that one every time on Stillmatic
― Red Nerussi (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 9 March 2021 20:50 (three years ago) link
straight homophobia all the way through, i feel like i'm taking crazy pills whenever i see some jabroni on twitter saying nas won the jay-z feud
― caek or daeth (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 9 March 2021 20:50 (three years ago) link
90s nostalgia is a helluva drug.
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 9 March 2021 20:51 (three years ago) link
yeah, "y'all f*****s", "Cockafella", "I rock hoes, you rock fellas", "Gay-Z", "Rockafeller died of AIDS, that was the end of his chapter/And that's the guy y'all chose to name your company after?" appearing in supposedly the "greatest diss track of all time" is kinda o_O.
I'm used to homophobia in rap, especially 2001, but those lines aren't even clever, they're like the "results 1 of 1,000 for gaydiohead" of rap.
― Red Nerussi (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 9 March 2021 20:55 (three years ago) link
That's deeply unfair to 'results 1 of 1,000 for gaydiohead' imo.
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 9 March 2021 20:56 (three years ago) link
i remember when "ether" came out and people were going nuts over it and i kept finding myself saying things like, "you guys do know that he's supposed to be responding to 'takeover', right? one of the most vicious and effective diss records of all time? you guys know that one, right?"
because anybody who did also knows that "ether" was weak across the board.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Tuesday, 9 March 2021 21:59 (three years ago) link