Fuzzyroes VS. FoolofaTook: CHOOSE YOUR FACTION

[LaBelle]

Both have some enjoyable songs. But i'm not a fan of either.

[cork_soaker]

Originally Posted by Elphenor

NIN is good for what it is

Originally Posted by FoolofaTook

NIN meh

the last couple of years i've, for whatever reason, grown interested in t-rez' approach to making music, both technically and philosophically. i enjoy listening to his current interviews and admire his deliberate, well-crafted manner of communication and music-making methodology.

unfortunately, when it comes to what he actually produces, i'm often let down. NIИ stuff strikes me as silly. his soundtrack work is much more in the vein of my preferred aesthetic. mood pieces. non-songs. playing with structure and layering without obligation toward any convention.

[Elphenor]

it is a bit silly and formulaic

in a watered down spot between actual industrial music and metal

still cool if I happen to be in the mood for it

[Elphenor]

a man or woman who says they don't like SY though has just not heard enough SY

[Elphenor]

although their Fall covers suck

[TuralyonW3]

Originally Posted by ilikeplanets

i also hate everyone's beloved sonic youth and NIN

good lord

[FlamingGlobes]

I dig Sonic Youth, but they have that whole "we're too cool for you" thing going on that doesn't always feel terribly justified. Easy to see why Elph is so in tune with them.

See also: Pavement

[ilikeplanets]

Originally Posted by Elphenor

a man or woman who says they don't like SY though has just not heard enough SY

i've suffered through a lot of it but maybe i just need to push through to the other side

i prefer REM (yet another league) and don't like Radiohead. What a contrarian.

[LaBelle]

Not into R-head either.

[redbreegull]

y'all trippin'

[Elphenor]

Originally Posted by ilikeplanets

i've suffered through a lot of it but maybe i just need to push through to the other side

i prefer REM (yet another league) and don't like Radiohead. What a contrarian.

I'm the opposite I can't enjoy REM outside tracks here and there

Radiohead is like Pink Floyd of the 00's though, best super huge band

[Elphenor]

actually listening to Burn the Witch RIGHT NOW

[FlamingGlobes]

[FlamingGlobes]

[Elphenor]

Originally Posted by FlamingGlobes

I dig Sonic Youth, but they have that whole "we're too cool for you" thing going on that doesn't always feel terribly justified. Easy to see why Elph is so in tune with them.

See also: Pavement

Moore is a lil pretentious but it's more mimicking a lot of the underground 70-80's guys that were uh organically cool

he's a punk superfan and the way he talks about groups like Swell Maps makes me smile

[FlamingGlobes]

Eh, whatever. Like I said, I like the music, but the posturing I could do without.

Pixies got it right. They were dicks but they had the songs and the accessibility to pull it off.

[FlamingGlobes]

Also, now I feel semi-bad that I took (!) an unnecessary dig at you. So, sorry for that.

[Elphenor]

I think Pavement is great as well

again I think it's more wanting to make music that's more in tune with punk/post punk/indie rather than classic rock throwback, not really pretension

Malkmus says about The Fall "Mark E Smith was my Wallace Stevens"

Mark E Smith replied by saying Pavement "didn't have an original idea in their heads"

he also suggested that Thurston Moore have his rock license revoked

[LaBelle]

Originally Posted by redbreegull

y'all trippin'

I tried listening to radiohead but was let down because there were no surprises. My first thought was anyone can play guitar. I might be wrong of course, but I can't spend my dollars and cents on this band that won't stop whispering about weird fishes. Their songs have me climbing up the walls and I just consider myself lucky to not like them because it makes me want to have a blow out. When people bring up radiohead on the internet I just wanna learn how to disappear completely. I'd rather go to sleep have a nice dream, put on a videotape about killer cars to rest my scatterbrain, put on a motion picture soundtrack or even listen to the national anthem.

[FlamingGlobes]

You tried the best you can, you tried the best you can.

Your best, wasn't good enough.

[ilikeplanets]

Originally Posted by FlamingGlobes

Eh, whatever. Like I said, I like the music, but the posturing I could do without.

Pixies got it right. They were dicks but they had the songs and the accessibility to pull it off.

were they dicks? i thought they were just weird. i like pixies music but was never a big enough fan to get to know the members' public personalities.

[Shallowed]

I met a famous musician once, they were actually really nice and super chill

[fuzzyroes]

Originally Posted by FlamingGlobes

I don't care what anyone says, that's a great song

[fuzzyroes]

Originally Posted by ilikeplanets

were they dicks? i thought they were just weird. i like pixies music but was never a big enough fan to get to know the members' public personalities.

Yeah, I've never heard this either. Kim and the drummer were always outgoing and engaging with fans. Frank and Joey are a little more quiet and private, but I've never heard of any controversies about them acting like dicks or anything.

I've heard this about Pavement too, and I know it's only 1 experience, but Stephen Malkmus was one of the coolest, most engaging "rock-stars" that I've met. Took the time to hang out and shoot the shit with everyone 1 on 1 in the club after the gig... Signed whatever, took pictures. Dude was a blast.

[Mals Marola]

Originally Posted by LaBelle

Both have some enjoyable songs. But i'm not a fan of either.

thought this was a response to the OP at first
had a chuckle

i will say tho on topic of the recent conversation, Radiohead are one of a handful of bands where i actually have a physical reaction when people say they don't like them. nothing major, just a kind of minor recoil, similar to if someone just told me they were a devout scientologist or a heavy believer in the flat earth theory

[LaBelle]

Originally Posted by Mals Marola

thought this was a response to the OP at first
had a chuckle

i will say tho on topic of the recent conversation, Radiohead are one of a handful of bands where i actually have a physical reaction when people say they don't like them. nothing major, just a kind of minor recoil, similar to if someone just told me they were a devout scientologist or a heavy believer in the flat earth theory

Jeez, you should see someone about that.

[fuzzyroes]

Radiohead has their fair share of good songs, but I think a lot of their newer work is overrated...

Just not really into the guys vocal style anymore.

[redbreegull]

Originally Posted by FlamingGlobes

Eh, whatever. Like I said, I like the music, but the posturing I could do without.

Pixies got it right. They were dicks but they had the songs and the accessibility to pull it off.

maybe I came to the scene a little late, but I always thought of Sonic Youth as a band no one was too cool for because every white dude at college knows a bunch of their albums

Originally Posted by Mals Marola

i will say tho on topic of the recent conversation, Radiohead are one of a handful of bands where i actually have a physical reaction when people say they don't like them. nothing major, just a kind of minor recoil, similar to if someone just told me they were a devout scientologist or a heavy believer in the flat earth theory

haha same, it's just a little surprising. Kind of the same way everyone shifts in their seats when someone says, "I don't like the Beatles."

[ilikeplanets]

pretty sure Labelle and I don't especially love either band. Shift away!!!

[Mals Marola]

it's more of a "there's something fundamentally different about you & i, and i'm not so sure i trust you anymore" kind of thing

mostly cos they were a central band in getting me into "alt music" i guess