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The popularity of System of a Down is kind of a mystery to me. IYeah, people seem to love 'em or hate 'em. I really like them, but my Dad doesn't enjoy being yelled at :biggrin:
like the little melodic / quiet bits of their songs, where the singer
actually sings and I really
dislike all the screaming. I can take a little screaming now and
then... but in general its just a huge musical turn off for me.
French Toast said:Yeah it's the same way for me when I think about the band Tool. I
I know what you mean about the actual singin parts being better.
Songs like "Lost in Hollywood" are my favourite, or Radio/Video where
they do cool harmonies and stuff.
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Hugh said:
I like their first 3 albums, Mezmerize sucks ass, save for Sad Statue and Lost In Hollywood.
French Toast said:
That's weird, because those are my least favourite songs :smile:
French Toast said:YOU'VE BEEN CAUGHT IN YOUR OWN FILTHY WEB OF LIES! FOR SHAME! :shocked:
Songs like "Lost in Hollywood" are my favourite
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The popularity of System of a Down is kind of a mystery to me. Ii completely agree
like the little melodic / quiet bits of their songs, where the singer
actually sings and I really
dislike all the screaming. I can take a little screaming now and
then... but in general its just a huge musical turn off for me.
SOAD songs also seem to be quite ADD.
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ReNo said:All in all, its good. Not sure if you will enjoy it or not, but if you can try and listen to one or two tracks before you take the plunge. As you say, things are expensive here in the UK :smile:
Got the new Arctic Monkeys album "Whatever you say I am, that's what I am not" today, and I've been enjoying it. It's just upbeat, jumpy, rough-around the edges rock music with punk and ska influences. No deep philosophical musings or pretentious lyrics, but plenty of lines that will strike a chord with young folks in the UK at any rate ("there's only music, so that there's new ring tones"). On first hearing their big hit "I Bet You Look Good On The Dance Floor" I was a bit worried they would have an album full of tracks that didn't live up to it, but instead most of the tracks are actually stronger than that one. Check out "You Probably Couldn't See For The Lights But You Were Looking At Me", "From The Ritz To The Rubble", or "Red Light Indicates Doors Are Secured" (a track title that will no doubt get a smile from us gamers!), but to be honest most tracks are pretty indicative of their style. Far from the most varied of albums, but their one slow track "Riot Van" is probably the weakest of the lot so maybe the relentlessly upbeat approach was a wise move!
Warp lets you stream Untilted from their website. Check it out there before you buy it. I hated it at first, but its grown on me the more I listen to it. Plus when people walk by my room they think I'm listening to static (-:OT: Gwil, you like Autechre?Having said that, I still haven't
heard anything off "untilted" yet. A friend offered to sell it me cheap
the other day (he didn't like it) but I was fresh out of cash, so it
passed me by.
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Does anyone have anything to say about the Arctic Monkeys? IFound this about them on last.fm:
figured that if they're good as long as I'm on this side of the
Atlantic I should go pick up their album.
http://www.last.fm/music/Arctic+Monkeys/+wiki said:You can also listen to parts of a few of their songs here.
Arctic Monkeys are a four-piece band from High Green, a suburb of Sheffield, England. The band's northern roots, often seen as a key element of the band's style, have seen them billed as a "northern The Libertines", while their unique sound and wry lyrics - often social commentaries - have been compared to the The Jam, Pulp and The Streets.
Their first actual release, Five Minutes With Arctic Monkeys
was set to be a hit, if only the label had remembered to put barcodes
on the sides of the cd covers! Because of this, the EP was unable to
enter the charts.
Their debut single, I Bet You Look Good On the Dancefloor, and the follow up When The Sun Goes Down, went straight to number one in the UK Top 40 Singles Chart.
The band's rise to success started in late 2004/early 2005 when demo
songs which had been handed out in CD form at gigs found their way onto
the internet. These demos rapidly spread among messageboards and
friends leading to a growing fanbase for the band.
The band's debut album, Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not, holds the record for the largest first week sales of a debut album in the UK.
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ReNo said:yeah just figured that out as well. :smile: damn that means ive only listened to one album and a soundtrack.
Curious George? I don't think thats a Jack Johnson album - his three albums are called "In Between Dreams", "Brushfire Fairytales", and "On and On"
EDIT: I had a search and Curious George is a film soundtrack or something that he did. His three main albums are the ones I mentioned.
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Nu-indie.lol, gotta remember that! :biggrin:
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Yeah, it might be awkward to try and pidgeon hole bands into genres, but if we didn't do any sort of grouping/segmenting, then it would be hideous trying to find music we might like. Genres and comparisons with other groups help suggest to people what to expect and whether listening is worth their time. Music being "good" or "bad" is hardly enough of an indicator when musical taste is so subjective after all.In recent years a thousand new little genres popped out of nowhere simply because bands started mixing styles without caring about genre limits. This is all nice and ok but often a new genre is created for a single band and later the name is used for other bands that are completely different and actually require another (new) genre name. To be honest, I prefere describing a band by comparing it to others. It's often the only way of defining a genre anyway.
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