Brandon Flowers...

BookerT wrote:
sure, i can imagine seeing animal collective at verizon center. i'm imagining it right now. there it is. i see it. damn, it's fucking empty in there! who booked this show?!?!

seriously though, say there are 1,500 people at an AC show right now and say there are 8,000 people at a KOL show. i bet if you asked everyone at their respective show if the band they were seeing was one of their very favorite bands you'd end up with roughly the same number of "yes" responses. i don't see AC losing any fans in the near future. i think they'll only gain fans, even if they don't make a record as good as "MPP" again. KOL/killers don't have that loyalty, or the overwhelming popularity of pearl jam back in the day. like, i know KOL pretty much sold out the patriot center, but back in like 94 PJ sold out the patriot center in a matter of minutes, and that was before internet shenanigans.

It is an interesting question.  I personally think indie rock fans are much more finicky than more mainstream fans.  I think you'd probably have a larger percentage of people at an 8,000 person KOL or Killers show who would profess that ZOMG THIS IS MY FAVORITE BAND EVER than you would at an Animal Collective show, where you'd probably get a lot more qualification on any opinion.

"Where Are They Now?"

mdh9857 wrote:

Matchbox 20 could have had a little thing going for them.  But not within the 10 years.

Hello wrote:
"Where Are They Now?"

mdh9857 wrote:

Matchbox 20 could have had a little thing going for them.  But not within the 10 years.

Talk about a wet box of matches!

I think the state of the music industry and people's shorter attention spans means that we won't see another band achieve the status of Beatles or Rolling Stones or even U2 for quite some time. Something needs to happen where the idea of an LP or CD or record or whatever returns to the masses and lots of people will actually make the time to sit and listen to an entire LP a la "Dark Side of the Moon". Maybe pot needs to be legalized in order for that to happen? I dunno.

I agree with him, I'm not saying HE deserves the credit but he's fucking right. It's mostly attributed to people NOT needing the radio to get new music all the time, it seems like a shitload of people stopped listening to the radio at the begining of the decade. Which is why 'Let The Bodies Hit The Floor' and a bunch of other shitty rock songs are still on rotation for 'modern rock' stations. Mastodon will never get played on the radio, maybe 10 or 15 years ago they would have but now bands don't need the radio to expand. Kings of Leon tried for 3 albums to re-create their success in the UK here in the US and it took 1 song on the radio to blow them up from 930 club shows to damn near selling out the Patriot Center. People who listen to the radio will listen to just about 80% of what's played on the radio and it's fucking sickening.

I have no idea what you're ranting on about, but you really shouldn't let it make you sick.

DeathFromAbove1979 wrote:
I agree with him, I'm not saying HE deserves the credit but he's fucking right. It's mostly attributed to people NOT needing the radio to get new music all the time, it seems like a shitload of people stopped listening to the radio at the begining of the decade. Which is why 'Let The Bodies Hit The Floor' and a bunch of other shitty rock songs are still on rotation for 'modern rock' stations. Mastodon will never get played on the radio, maybe 10 or 15 years ago they would have but now bands don't need the radio to expand. Kings of Leon tried for 3 albums to re-create their success in the UK here in the US and it took 1 song on the radio to blow them up from 930 club shows to damn near selling out the Patriot Center. People who listen to the radio will listen to just about 80% of what's played on the radio and it's fucking sickening.

Joe 6 pack has shit taste in music.

justin timberlake falls with the 10 yr guideline

So a few friends were discussing this topic last night, of bands seemingly never being able to live up to the old bands before them. 

We thought this to be the same with electronic DJs and producers. And I think its just beacuse they were doing something someone had never done before.  DJs like Carl Cox, Saunderson and even Frankie Bones (to name a tiny few) made this stuff up almost out of nowhere. Sure, the foundation was laid but this music from them, was just as fresh as Zeppelin or the Beatles when they came out.  Sure, every dude with a laptop can be a DJ now and technology is much better, but the foundation for this sort of music has been laid and no DJ from now or ever will be able to top what the pioneers did.

    anyway, thought i'd share.