So are the Yeah Yeah Yeahs ever going to make a new album? - Page 2

slunken · 10-04-2011, 04:36 PM

i don't think they've been on the covers of any magazines though

Eulogy · 10-04-2011, 04:39 PM

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_47jOe5Yjgn...chromatics.jpg

Pretty cringe inducing, amirite

Banana · 10-04-2011, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by slunken

there's a lot of music that just "sounds good" - i need my music to work harder than that

The looks of a band has nothing to do with the music.

Kahlo · 10-04-2011, 04:51 PM

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Originally Posted by slunken

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WIN!

Catherine Wheel · 10-04-2011, 05:03 PM

Haven't you ever heard of bands saying that they dress the way the music sounds? I've heard artists say that.

Catherine Wheel · 10-04-2011, 05:07 PM

You wouldn't expect a New Romantic group to dress like the members of Nirvana. And it might be more likely for a neo-soul / R&B artist to wear a suit than a rock musician.

slunken · 10-04-2011, 06:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Banana

The looks of a band has nothing to do with the music.

not when the band is selling more than music

slunken · 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Eulogy

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_47jOe5Yjgn...chromatics.jpg

Pretty cringe inducing, amirite

whatever you say, guy

edit: especially not for a self-confessed "goth" band

slunken · 10-04-2011, 07:04 PM

seriously though i think if you're only concerned about the music and zero of the surrounding context that is what separates the people that say the like music vs the people who really do like music.

"do you guys like music? i know - everyone says they do."

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Yca32YVTN6...idByrne224.png

Banana · 10-04-2011, 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by slunken

seriously though i think if you're only concerned about the music and zero of the surrounding context that is what separates the people that say the like music vs the people who really do like music.

"do you guys like music? i know - everyone says they do."

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Yca32YVTN6...idByrne224.png

Right. The poeple who really do like music are the ones who actually like music and you are in the camp of people who say they like music yet are completely influenced on the irrelevant factors of what that bands image is and how they are perceived by other people as a result of said image.

slunken · 10-04-2011, 08:35 PM

i'm just not blind to the fact that art isn't created in a bubble.

slunken · 10-04-2011, 08:36 PM

karen o sells herself like a clown. that's enough for me right there to be ashamed of the music they make.

i wouldn't go to an obnoxious restaurant just because the food is good. other alternatives exist.

Eulogy · 10-04-2011, 08:40 PM

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Originally Posted by slunken

karen o sells herself like a clown. that's enough for me right there to be ashamed of the music they make.

i wouldn't go to an obnoxious restaurant just because the food is good. other alternatives exist.

if the food appeared magically on a plate in your own fucking house whenever you wanted it to then you'd be an idiot not to eat it

bad analogy

also

http://blogs.citypages.com/gimmenois...20pumpkins.jpg?

Eulogy · 10-04-2011, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by slunken

i'm just not blind to the fact that art isn't created in a bubble.

do you even have a point?

you don't listen to bands if you don't like what they wear or how they act regardless of the musical output?

that's fine i guess? but the fact that you're using this nonsensical soap box to demean the music listening habits of other people is dumb.

slunken · 10-04-2011, 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Eulogy

if the food appeared magically on a plate in your own fucking house whenever you wanted it to then you'd be an idiot not to eat it

just because the cake is on the table doesn't mean you have to have a piece. life lesson.

slunken · 10-04-2011, 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Eulogy

do you even have a point?.

nope.

i wasn't trying to demean anyone's taste. i'm sorry.

Eulogy · 10-04-2011, 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by slunken

just because the cake is on the table doesn't mean you have to have a piece. life lesson.

this doesn't make any sense in the context of this conversation.

Eulogy · 10-04-2011, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by slunken

seriously though i think if you're only concerned about the music and zero of the surrounding context that is what separates the people that say the like music vs the people who really do like music.

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Originally Posted by slunken

i'm just not blind to the fact that art isn't created in a bubble.

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Originally Posted by slunken

nope.

i wasn't trying to demean anyone's taste. i'm sorry.

durr

a'ight then though. carry on.

slunken · 10-04-2011, 08:47 PM

i keep forgetting im in the minority because i pay for music. all arguments invalid.

Banana · 10-04-2011, 09:38 PM

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Originally Posted by slunken

i keep forgetting im in the minority because i pay for music. all arguments invalid.

Once again a complete non-point attempt by you in effort to try to make sense of how the image of a band is at all a variable on the musical content that it produces.

slunken · 10-04-2011, 10:17 PM

if the music was good i'd be all for it. karen is schtick.

Trotskilicious · 10-05-2011, 01:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Eulogy

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_47jOe5Yjgn...chromatics.jpg

Pretty cringe inducing, amirite

woah that shore am a purty gurl

Trotskilicious · 10-05-2011, 01:19 AM

by the way i'm with slunken, if people say they're just attracted to the music because of the music they are liars*

banana's favorite bands are like what was the hipster check list five years ago, but it makes sense he's completely late since he wears eagles hats backwards

and eulogy likes tool, nine inch nails, deftones, and the smashing pumpkins and they all have a similar aesthetic whether he's going to admit it (never) or not.

*if this were completely true then their favorite musicians would be anything from Billie Holiday to Toby Keith.

Trotskilicious · 10-05-2011, 01:21 AM

I like Yuck and the Pains of Being Pure at Heart but they dress like blind children and it's fairly embarassing

look up the Horrors from their first album days too and tell me that doesn't color the music in a negative fashion. Skying's good but even they realized they couldn't look like goth clowns and be taken seriously

Trotskilicious · 10-05-2011, 01:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Eulogy

also

http://blogs.citypages.com/gimmenois...20pumpkins.jpg?

they look like traditional glam rockers out of the David Bowie Collection catalog, which was refreshing and different at the time since their peers looked like totally stoned slobs that just woke up on the couch and whose ultimate fashion idol was J. Mascis

if you want to pretend like SP's style didn't influence part of your enthusiasm then you are a total liar

Trotskilicious · 10-05-2011, 01:26 AM

i really hate it when people try to pretend they don't live in an image saturated media culture that they are a product of

especially when they're as profoundly superficial as banana

Trotskilicious · 10-05-2011, 01:27 AM

honestly jimmy is the only one that doesn't look right in that pic, to me. the rest of them pull off the glam look but Jims looks like the hard rock heroin junkie they found in a bar and slapped a transparent black shirt and some eyeshadow on to fit in with the rest of the band

you guys make fun of james iha looking like a girl but in terms of pulling off a glam look he's the one who nails it with flying colors.

there's nothing wrong with style, eat shit.

Kahlo · 10-05-2011, 03:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Trotskilicious

look up the Horrors from their first album days too and tell me that doesn't color the music in a negative fashion. Skying's good but even they realized they couldn't look like goth clowns and be taken seriously

I just realised that I haven't listened to The Horros for this exact reason. I'm so shallow. What makes it worse is that I listen to the king of goth clown bands (The Cure) on a fairly regular basis.

Eulogy · 07:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Trotskilicious

and eulogy likes tool, nine inch nails, deftones, and the smashing pumpkins and they all have a similar aesthetic whether he's going to admit it (never) or not.

They also have similar music in a lot of ways (and before we get into some sort of discussion about how tool is terrible, i don't care. not going to defend them.)

crazy about that, right. the bands i like (those mentioned above, radiohead, sigur ros, fiona apple, rilo kiley, remy zero, the kills, etc.) are all going to have some sort of similar aesthetic because they're in a sense similar bands because that is the kind of music i enjoy.

there is no example of me liking a band less because i don't like the image or liking it more because i do that i can think of. i mean do you really think i like the aesthetic that the deftones go for?

http://www.orlandofloridaguide.com/e.../Deftones2.jpg

Those look like people I'd never ever want to speak to or hang out with ever. but why would i give a shit about that? because you do and can't fathom that other people might not?

Eulogy · 10-05-2011, 07:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Trotskilicious

if you want to pretend like SP's style didn't influence part of your enthusiasm then you are a total liar

why do you insist that everyone has to experience life the same way you do

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10-04-2011, 04:36 PM	#31
slunken Virgo Posts: 39,745	i don't think they've been on the covers of any magazines though

10-04-2011, 04:39 PM	#32
Eulogy huh Posts: 62,361	http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_47jOe5Yjgn...chromatics.jpg Pretty cringe inducing, amirite

10-04-2011, 05:03 PM	#35
Catherine Wheel Banned Location: Washington, D.C. Posts: 6,321	Haven't you ever heard of bands saying that they dress the way the music sounds? I've heard artists say that.

10-04-2011, 05:07 PM	#36
Catherine Wheel Banned Location: Washington, D.C. Posts: 6,321	You wouldn't expect a New Romantic group to dress like the members of Nirvana. And it might be more likely for a neo-soul / R&B artist to wear a suit than a rock musician.

10-04-2011, 07:04 PM	#39
slunken Virgo Posts: 39,745	seriously though i think if you're only concerned about the music and zero of the surrounding context that is what separates the people that say the like music vs the people who really do like music. "do you guys like music? i know - everyone says they do." http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Yca32YVTN6...idByrne224.png

10-04-2011, 08:35 PM	#41
slunken Virgo Posts: 39,745	i'm just not blind to the fact that art isn't created in a bubble.

10-04-2011, 08:36 PM	#42
slunken Virgo Posts: 39,745	karen o sells herself like a clown. that's enough for me right there to be ashamed of the music they make. i wouldn't go to an obnoxious restaurant just because the food is good. other alternatives exist.

10-04-2011, 08:47 PM	#49
slunken Virgo Posts: 39,745	i keep forgetting im in the minority because i pay for music. all arguments invalid.

10-04-2011, 10:17 PM	#51
slunken Virgo Posts: 39,745	if the music was good i'd be all for it. karen is schtick.

10-05-2011, 01:19 AM	#53
Trotskilicious Banned Location: I believe in the transcendental qualities of friendship. Posts: 39,602	by the way i'm with slunken, if people say they're just attracted to the music because of the music they are liars* banana's favorite bands are like what was the hipster check list five years ago, but it makes sense he's completely late since he wears eagles hats backwards and eulogy likes tool, nine inch nails, deftones, and the smashing pumpkins and they all have a similar aesthetic whether he's going to admit it (never) or not. *if this were completely true then their favorite musicians would be anything from Billie Holiday to Toby Keith.

10-05-2011, 01:21 AM	#54
Trotskilicious Banned Location: I believe in the transcendental qualities of friendship. Posts: 39,602	I like Yuck and the Pains of Being Pure at Heart but they dress like blind children and it's fairly embarassing look up the Horrors from their first album days too and tell me that doesn't color the music in a negative fashion. Skying's good but even they realized they couldn't look like goth clowns and be taken seriously

10-05-2011, 01:26 AM	#56
Trotskilicious Banned Location: I believe in the transcendental qualities of friendship. Posts: 39,602	i really hate it when people try to pretend they don't live in an image saturated media culture that they are a product of especially when they're as profoundly superficial as banana

10-05-2011, 01:27 AM	#57
Trotskilicious Banned Location: I believe in the transcendental qualities of friendship. Posts: 39,602	honestly jimmy is the only one that doesn't look right in that pic, to me. the rest of them pull off the glam look but Jims looks like the hard rock heroin junkie they found in a bar and slapped a transparent black shirt and some eyeshadow on to fit in with the rest of the band you guys make fun of james iha looking like a girl but in terms of pulling off a glam look he's the one who nails it with flying colors. there's nothing wrong with style, eat shit.