Originally posted by azaghal1981:american beauty was a great album and the songs, not "jammed out", are great IMO. i was 16 when they played RFK for the last time and two friends and i went to just walk around the parking lot…fuuuun times. luckily marty666 wasnt there taking pics…
I never saw much in the dead even while I was on a jamband kick.
Bands You Just Don't Get
RadioHead. I love all their radio friendly songs. But their other stuff, i just don't understand. I understand that other people swear they are the greatest band of the 90's, and every music critic puts OK Computer as the best album of the decade. So i have no problem admitting that I just might be dumber then everybody els. But they just don't do it for me, and i've listened to all their albums a few times.
Other bands would be:
BON JOVI
Aerosmith (who i like, but come on, just the fact that you are from America isn't enough)
The Clash
Dead Kennedy's
U2
DMB
All EMO and Godfathers of EMO (except Fugazi)
Television
REM
Other bands would be:
BON JOVI
Aerosmith (who i like, but come on, just the fact that you are from America isn't enough)
The Clash
Dead Kennedy's
U2
DMB
All EMO and Godfathers of EMO (except Fugazi)
Television
REM
OK Computer is nowhere near as good as Kid A or Amnesiac in my opinion.
Their live shows are magnificent!
Originally posted by nkotb:
Man, that just made me LOL. And I'm with GGW on BSS too. Why they're so revered I'll never know.
And everyone knows that Loveless is the best album of the 90s. :)
Portishead
Tori Amos
Most Techno (especially when it involves people with glow sticks in their mouths). What a fucking show
The Police (do not care about the reunion)
The Clash (if I hear one more person imply that U2 somehow ripped them off, I may go postal)
Sublime
Tori Amos
Most Techno (especially when it involves people with glow sticks in their mouths). What a fucking show
The Police (do not care about the reunion)
The Clash (if I hear one more person imply that U2 somehow ripped them off, I may go postal)
Sublime
Talking Heads
Pavement
LCD Soundsystem
The New Pornographers
The Arcade Fire
Sigur Ros
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Tom Waits
Neutral Milk Hotel
Pavement
LCD Soundsystem
The New Pornographers
The Arcade Fire
Sigur Ros
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Tom Waits
Neutral Milk Hotel
Originally posted by distance:as i mentioned previously, it's based on daft punk's live show, after not having toured for many years. buzz started last year after their coachella set, and that decent-quality video that got out into the wild (gorilla marketing done right?). then gained momentum this year with their summer tour of north america, even though they only played six or seven shows. probably peaked after lolla, where their set was by and large billed as the highlight of the festival. so maybe you're in luck - the peak has been reached, maybe the buzz will subside from here on out…
and i guess i was just surprised by the fact that there was so much attention given to them lately and i wasn't sure what that was necessarily based on.
from a marketing perspective, their accomplishments as of late have been damn impressive… almost as much as their musical ones.
Originally posted by Relaxer::(
Daft Punk
i was just thinking about this topic the other day, long before i saw this thread…
i have never understood the fascination with nine inch nails, especially the new stuff that i've heard.
i have never understood the fascination with nine inch nails, especially the new stuff that i've heard.
METALLICA
Van Halen
Aerosmith
Bon Jovi
Kiss
Buffet
Radiohead
Bob Marley
Elvis Costello
Beastie Boys
Ramones
Nirvana
Rap/Hip Hop in general
Aerosmith
Bon Jovi
Kiss
Buffet
Radiohead
Bob Marley
Elvis Costello
Beastie Boys
Ramones
Nirvana
Rap/Hip Hop in general
Really?! You can't even get into the song Stockholm Syndrome? I Can Hear The Heart Beating as One is such a classic…
Originally posted by Relaxer:
Yo La Tengo (I don't dislike them, but I've tried again and again to get into Heart Beats as One ..)
Deerhoof.
Maybe I'm just too simple.
Maybe I'm just too simple.
Originally posted by manimtired:actually, I was at that show too. you are just lucky i didnt have a digital camera back then with a memory card that lets me take 4,000 pictures without reloading.
Originally posted by azaghal1981:american beauty was a great album and the songs, not "jammed out", are great IMO. i was 16 when they played RFK for the last time and two friends and i went to just walk around the parking lot…fuuuun times. luckily marty666 wasnt there taking pics…
I never saw much in the dead even while I was on a jamband kick.
Whoa….The Traveling Wilburys (Dylan, Petty, George Harrison, Roy Orbison, Jeff Lynne)are overrated? I would re-think that opinion. Some of his best work in the 80's was recording with that group. And Dylan was in the bag for most of the 80's!
Dylan is always interpreting his songs differently, both lyrically and musically. He always keeps you guessing.
And by the way, "A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall" is an amazing song inspired by the Cuban Missile Crisis and pre-dates many important events leading up to the Civil Rights movement. One of my favorite lines "I met a white man who walked a black dog." He definitely had the foresight.
Okay, off the soapbox now.
posted 08-17-2007 11:13 AM
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Originally posted by K8teebug:
I don't get how someone doesn't get Bob Dylan.
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I can. And I even LIKE some of his songs (the incredibly nasty, bitter ones: Idiot Wind, I Don't Believe You, Positively 4th Street, and Donâ??t Think Twice.)
He's unintelligible. A lot of baby boomers think he's god. He's released as many bad albums as good ones. You can't dance to him. Sometimes rhyming nonsense is mistaken for genius ("A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall.") Every other baby boomer musician kisses his ass/covers him (I mean, he willingly participated in a "30th Anniversary Concert" for himself.) He's inspired a lot of bad singer/songwriters. He's overrated. The Traveling Wilburys. He's inscrutable (To some people, listening to "Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands" must seem like reading "War & Peace.") He insists upon himself.
Need I go on?
Brian
Dylan is always interpreting his songs differently, both lyrically and musically. He always keeps you guessing.
And by the way, "A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall" is an amazing song inspired by the Cuban Missile Crisis and pre-dates many important events leading up to the Civil Rights movement. One of my favorite lines "I met a white man who walked a black dog." He definitely had the foresight.
Okay, off the soapbox now.
posted 08-17-2007 11:13 AM
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Originally posted by K8teebug:
I don't get how someone doesn't get Bob Dylan.
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I can. And I even LIKE some of his songs (the incredibly nasty, bitter ones: Idiot Wind, I Don't Believe You, Positively 4th Street, and Donâ??t Think Twice.)
He's unintelligible. A lot of baby boomers think he's god. He's released as many bad albums as good ones. You can't dance to him. Sometimes rhyming nonsense is mistaken for genius ("A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall.") Every other baby boomer musician kisses his ass/covers him (I mean, he willingly participated in a "30th Anniversary Concert" for himself.) He's inspired a lot of bad singer/songwriters. He's overrated. The Traveling Wilburys. He's inscrutable (To some people, listening to "Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands" must seem like reading "War & Peace.") He insists upon himself.
Need I go on?
Brian
Originally posted by rcrown:"A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall" was published in 1962; the modern Civil Rights Movement generally began in 1954.
And by the way, "A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall" is an amazing song inspired by the Cuban Missile Crisis and pre-dates many important events leading up to the Civil Rights movement. One of my favorite lines "I met a white man who walked a black dog." He definitely had the foresight.
Originally posted by beetsnotbeats:Yes but, believe me, things did not change over night.
Originally posted by rcrown:"A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall" was published in 1962; the modern Civil Rights Movement generally began in 1954.
And by the way, "A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall" is an amazing song inspired by the Cuban Missile Crisis and pre-dates many important events leading up to the Civil Rights movement. One of my favorite lines "I met a white man who walked a black dog." He definitely had the foresight.
Originally posted by Jaguar:
Originally posted by beetsnotbeats:Not in the least. Many, including me, would argue that it continues to this day. Brian asserted that the song predated and even presaged the movement, which it clearly did not.
Originally posted by rcrown:Yes but, believe me, things did not change over night.
[qb] "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall" was published in 1962; the modern Civil Rights Movement generally began in 1954.
Originally posted by beetsnotbeats:
Originally posted by Jaguar:the movement is/was not like a light switch that was simply turned on, and maintained its size and strength with any kind of consistency.
Originally posted by beetsnotbeats:Not in the least. Many, including me, would argue that it continues to this day. Brian asserted that the song predated and even presaged the movement, which it clearly did not.
Originally posted by rcrown:Yes but, believe me, things did not change over night.
[qb] "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall" was published in 1962; the modern Civil Rights Movement generally began in 1954.
there were events and people who shaped it and helped it grow and take root and spread and achieve things.
its a very fluid and evolving creation.
Popular music played a part in getting people involved and creating awareness and also helped to build cohesiveness.
The music and lyrics of Bob Dylan did have an effect and did play a part in the movement. for some people it was their point of entry. others, it was the extent of their involvement. in anycase, the civil rights movement could only be as sucessful to the degree that the majority of americans were willing to accept.
bob dylan got kids challenging their parents at the dinner table and its those conversations that nudged america towards doing the right thing.