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Bands that everyone compares other bands to

scottlemuelwilliams
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Re: Bands that everyone compares other bands to July 01, 2006 at 02:48 PM UTC #
Oasis is a good one.
HoyaSaxa03
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Re: Bands that everyone compares other bands to July 01, 2006 at 03:36 PM UTC #
Originally posted by Jaguar:
(More often than not, you will find that any Shoegaze or Shoegaze friendly band will be compared to either Slowdive, My Bloody Valentine or The Jesus And Mary Chain; especially by those who have limited knowledge of the genre.)
but how else are you supposed to describe a shoegaze band to someone who doesn't know a ton about music? MBV is a starting point, and most people haven't even heard of them.
jaguar
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Re: Bands that everyone compares other bands to July 01, 2006 at 04:51 PM UTC #
Originally posted by HoyaSaxa08:
Originally posted by Jaguar:
(More often than not, you will find that any Shoegaze or Shoegaze friendly band will be compared to either Slowdive, My Bloody Valentine or The Jesus And Mary Chain; especially by those who have limited knowledge of the genre.)
but how else are you supposed to describe a shoegaze band to someone who doesn't know a ton about music? MBV is a starting point, and most people haven't even heard of them.
Yeah, I realized that just as I hit the post button but decided not to get any more long winded. Depends on your audience; however, if the one describing is communicating with one in the know, one of the 3 may be a starting point but then it can be broken down much, much farther than that. Same for any other genre with their respective example lords.


Sigur Rós
Rhett Miller
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Re: Bands that everyone compares other bands to July 01, 2006 at 05:48 PM UTC #
Gram Parsons
Sir HC
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Re: Bands that everyone compares other bands to July 03, 2006 at 03:51 PM UTC #
Spacemen 3
Sir HC
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Re: Bands that everyone compares other bands to July 03, 2006 at 03:52 PM UTC #
Suicide

I think that another qualifying factor here is mentions vs. album sales. For that The Velvet Underground is more impressive than The Beatles.
skeeter
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Re: Bands that everyone compares other bands to July 03, 2006 at 04:32 PM UTC #
Kraftwerk
El Tee
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Re: Bands that everyone compares other bands to July 03, 2006 at 04:39 PM UTC #
Leonard Cohen (or Bob Dylan)
vansmack
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Re: Bands that everyone compares other bands to July 03, 2006 at 05:24 PM UTC #
Originally posted by chancegardener:


Best line from "40 Year Old Virgin": "You know how I know you're gay? You like Coldplay"
Actually, the best line in that sequence didn't make the final cut but can be seen on the extras:

You know how I know you're gay?

Cause your dick tastes like shit.

http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2676654?htv=12
kosmo
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Re: Bands that everyone compares other bands to July 03, 2006 at 05:33 PM UTC #
The Byrds
El Tee
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Re: Bands that everyone compares other bands to July 03, 2006 at 06:14 PM UTC #
Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
Big Star
(Usually then leads to Gin Blossoms…)

REM
palahniukkubrick
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Re: Bands that everyone compares other bands to July 03, 2006 at 06:27 PM UTC #
XTC
clyde725
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Re: Bands that everyone compares other bands to July 03, 2006 at 07:02 PM UTC #
Tom Waits
El Tee
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Re: Bands that everyone compares other bands to July 03, 2006 at 11:54 PM UTC #
The Kinks
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Re: Bands that everyone compares other bands to July 05, 2006 at 12:48 PM UTC #
Originally posted by Julian, faux celeb-porn CONNOISSEUR:
Radiohead
ditto
kcjones119
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Re: Bands that everyone compares other bands to July 05, 2006 at 12:54 PM UTC #
Talking Heads/David Byrne
El Tee
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Re: Bands that everyone compares other bands to July 05, 2006 at 04:59 PM UTC #
Elvis Costello
TheREALHunter
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Re: Bands that everyone compares other bands to July 05, 2006 at 05:37 PM UTC #
MC5
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