That band SUCKS

Post by **Loredoctor** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 2:09 am

Indeed he does.

Post by **Lord Mhoram** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 3:04 am

I find all rap to be really very boring as well as derivative and uninteresting. I feel similarly about modern pop music (with very few exceptions).

Post by **Loredoctor** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 3:05 am

Well said!

Post by **Lord Mhoram** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 3:09 am

Thank you!

Haha, I like this topic a lot. I could go on for a while about bands I dislike.

Post by **Cail** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 3:14 am

Billy Ocean really sucked. Does anyone remember why people kept getting him to sing on soundtracks and why MTV kept playing his pablum?

Post by **Loredoctor** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 3:19 am

Spoiler

The Beatles - they bore me

Post by **Lord Mhoram** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 3:22 am

Hmmm. I can appreciate the Beatles for what they were - really revolutionary, and makers of some great pop tunes. But yeah beyond that, and a few songs I really love, I don't see what the huge deal is/was.

Post by **Loredoctor** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 3:32 am

Lord Mhoram wrote:I don't see what the huge deal is/was.

That's where I am coming from. I honestly think the Beatles massive popularity is part hype, part pretiousness (the whole bohemian thing is nonsense), and part actual appreciation of talent. They started off well, and when they got into drugs they lost it.

Post by **lucimay** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 3:37 am

Loremaster wrote:
Lord Mhoram wrote:I don't see what the huge deal is/was.
That's where I am coming from. I honestly think the Beatles massive popularity is part hype, part pretiousness (the whole bohemian thing is nonsense), and part actual appreciation of talent. They started off well, and when they got into drugs they lost it.

oof.

i respectfully disagree. guess you had to be there.

Post by **Lord Mhoram** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 3:39 am

Loremaster

Agreed. The early love songs are gorgeous.

Paul McCartney solo & Wings is a joke; John Lennon made some quality stuff but still, subpar when compared to the Beatles. It was really Harrison that totally topped his work with the Beatles - "All Things Must Pass" is an amazing album.

Post by **lucimay** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 3:46 am

i see you want me to say more on this topic...defend my deification further...

this was a band that was CONSTANTLY experimenting with their art. just when you thought you were TIRED of listening to the Beatles, they'd put out another album completely different from the last.

i din't think they had anything left when Let It Be came out. but the first time i heard them singing "Two of Us" i sat back and smiled.

i guess it's a personal thing for me. i was SIX when i first heard them. and their reputation as a live act preceded them to this country. and everything Lennon ever said in his music resonated with me, from Love Me Do all the way to Double Fantasy. he had my kind of sense of humor and his tongue lodged firmly in his cheek for most of his life.

and NOBODY could make McCartney whail on his Little Richard vocals like John Lennon. i liked the way they played off each other. and McCartney would never have written Maybe I'm Amazed (arguably one of his BEST songs) without the lifelong influence of John Lennon on his musical sensibilities.

so...that's what i think, anyway. will always love them. you're free not to of course!

Post by **Loredoctor** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 3:46 am

Lucimay wrote:
Loremaster wrote:
Lord Mhoram wrote:I don't see what the huge deal is/was.
That's where I am coming from. I honestly think the Beatles massive popularity is part hype, part pretiousness (the whole bohemian thing is nonsense), and part actual appreciation of talent. They started off well, and when they got into drugs they lost it.

oof. i respectfully disagree. guess you had to be there.

My father was right there. He's from Liverpool - specifically Bootle. So when the Beatles were starting off he was right there - at the concerts. Even lived a block away from the first drummer. He shares my sentiments regarding the development of the Beatles. Loved the first years.

Post by **Loredoctor** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 3:47 am

Lucimay wrote:so...that's what i think, anyway. will always love them. you're free not to of course!

And I am not denying you that!

They just don't click with me.

Post by **lucimay** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 3:49 am

the least you could say is that i eloquently said my piece! *pout*

Post by **Loredoctor** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 3:50 am

You did, but I am still waiting for you to comment on my writing

Post by **lucimay** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 3:52 am

like i've had time to read anything but The Iliad!!! ha! i'm on book nine (of twelve) and it's just startin to get good!!! hahaha!!

Post by **Loredoctor** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 3:54 am

Lucimay wrote:like i've had time to read anything but The Iliad!!! ha! i'm on book nine (of twelve) and it's just startin to get good!!! hahaha!!

Post by **Lord Mhoram** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 4:05 am

For me, my favorite part of music is the lyrics. The Beatles just don't speak to me frankly.

Hence, Morrissey & the Smiths mean so much to me, and so many people don't appreciate them because they can't relate.

Post by **Loredoctor** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 4:08 am

Morrisey is a legend; The Smiths well, what a great band. How soon is now - wonderful song.

Post by **sgt.null** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 4:32 am

Lennon did some outstanding work solo. Jealous Guy, Working Class hero, Watching the Wheels, etc.

Syl: I meant hip hop with PM Dawn. they did a bit of straight rapping though (Plastic, Reality) of course Plastic is in response to rap, so may not count.

RHCP: I like them, but man they can be self-indulgent. the cds are hit or miss with me. when they are on, it is beautiful, a great groove. maybe the should just release eps?

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That band SUCKS