U2 are best thought of as a singles band.
― 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
Dunno if I consider Landed late period, maybe the last of their classic period?
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
takeover was actually a good song clever Doors flip, listenable outside of the context of beef
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 9 March 2021 22:04 (three years ago) link
lolthe context of beefI inhale it
I love takeover
― Red Nerussi (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 9 March 2021 22:30 (three years ago) link
takeover is totally classic
― brimstead, Tuesday, 9 March 2021 23:34 (three years ago) link
i guess my opinion was not so controversial haha
― caek or daeth (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 9 March 2021 23:37 (three years ago) link
to some really obnoxious adidas-sniffing purist it is.
so basically the best kind of controversy.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Tuesday, 9 March 2021 23:43 (three years ago) link
If I randomly played either "Tonight's the Night, Pt. 1" or "Tonight's the Night, Pt. 2," I defy anybody to tell the difference.
― Hideous Lump, Wednesday, 10 March 2021 04:32 (three years ago) link
Sarah Longfield > St Vincent
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Tuesday, 4 May 2021 02:13 (two years ago) link
The 'shock g discovered tupac' references in the last couple of weeks reminded me how much I despise tupac and think there's absolutely nothing of any value in his entire oeuvre other than 'California Love' (which I love for some reason).
― joygoat, Monday, 10 May 2021 12:49 (two years ago) link
I don’t like Tupac. I can’t say “despise” but none of his music does anything for me.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 10 May 2021 13:03 (two years ago) link
Hes overrated for sure. But two of his greatest songs, definition of a thug, and pour a little liquor, I'll take over pretty much everything else.
― candyman, Monday, 10 May 2021 13:17 (two years ago) link
"metal" is fucking garbage and the people who play it deserve to be laughed at maliciously and relentlessly.
― things repeat forever and there never is a remedy (Austin), Tuesday, 27 July 2021 15:01 (two years ago) link
I used to feel that way too.
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 27 July 2021 15:08 (two years ago) link
*cracks knuckles*
― making splashes at Dan Flashes (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 27 July 2021 15:08 (two years ago) link
I predict Austin will be running our metal poll ten years from now.
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 27 July 2021 15:10 (two years ago) link
rockism in reverse
― Paul Ponzi, Tuesday, 27 July 2021 16:00 (two years ago) link
feels great when people still have this opinion. i don't want you to get it
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Tuesday, 27 July 2021 16:03 (two years ago) link
I've never really had any interest in metal either tbh, I don't hate it or anything though.
― Wouldn't disgrace a Michael Jackson (Tom D.), Tuesday, 27 July 2021 16:09 (two years ago) link
Assuming "rockism" has something to do with classic-era rock critic orthodoxy, few things are more rockist than hating metal. It's not a reversal of anything.
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Tuesday, 27 July 2021 16:33 (two years ago) link
Do metal fans ever feel that there is too much metal, too many bands? It seems to an outsider like me that the genre is over-saturated even in 21st century terms (cheaper recording, digital distribution etc.).
― Halfway there but for you, Tuesday, 27 July 2021 16:49 (two years ago) link
certain genres of metal, absolutely yes
― imago, Tuesday, 27 July 2021 16:56 (two years ago) link
my fellow metalheads will disagree with me on what genres these are though
i appreciate austin's controversial opinion. i mean, they knew that was going to be controversial, and just went for it.
<3
― Z_TBD (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 27 July 2021 17:05 (two years ago) link
Do metal fans ever feel that there is too much metal, too many bands?
I almost feel this way about every genre. I've given up even trying to keep up.
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Tuesday, 27 July 2021 17:06 (two years ago) link
there are too many bands and musicians in general! i really do believe that. it's not anyone's fault. there are just too many
― Z_TBD (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 27 July 2021 17:07 (two years ago) link
is that controversial? haha, hold on
― Z_TBD (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 27 July 2021 17:08 (two years ago) link
there are too many bands and musicians in general
Yeah, this is hardly specific to metal.
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 27 July 2021 17:11 (two years ago) link
nah i'm glad that there are infinite bands and musicians. imagine if we were to run out?
― bezos did the dub (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 27 July 2021 17:12 (two years ago) link
run out of metal bands?
what would i laugh at then?????
― things repeat forever and there never is a remedy (Austin), Tuesday, 27 July 2021 17:15 (two years ago) link
by glorious god and heaven and hell, you're right! we need those fucking idiots!
ugh. fuck.
― things repeat forever and there never is a remedy (Austin), Tuesday, 27 July 2021 17:16 (two years ago) link
i hate being wrong.
― things repeat forever and there never is a remedy (Austin), Tuesday, 27 July 2021 17:17 (two years ago) link