The Band Crap Thread

[Weave]

I don't listen to crap so I don't know of any bad / overrated (whatever that means, really?) bands.

 

Regarding Pink Floyd ... Waters and Gilmour (Barrett before him) are musical geniuses.  No one can argue that point.

 

If I had to pick an 'overrated' band it would be The Beatles.  Just a 'Boy Band', really, well until the very end.

 

I can't call the Beatles overrated.  There isn't much of their discography that I choose to listen to, but man, they were creative as hell, and plenty talented musicians.  The musical styles they moved in and out of during their span is amazing really.

[That Aud Smell]

I'll likely have to leave the thread if Eleven chirps the Beatles as a boy band.

If I had to pick an 'overrated' band it would be The Beatles.  Just a 'Boy Band', really, well until the very end.

 

Wait a second - missed that. Gah.

[SwampD]

I don't listen to crap so I don't know of any bad / overrated (whatever that means, really?) bands.

 

Regarding Pink Floyd ... Waters and Gilmour (Barrett before him) are musical geniuses.  No one can argue that point.

 

If I had to pick an 'overrated' band it would be The Beatles.  Just a 'Boy Band', really, well until the very end.

A boy band that wrote their own music, invented the "concept album", invented studio methods that became the basis for the modern recording technique, evoled musically,... I'll stop.

 

I'm not all that into their music (like, at all) but they were much more than a boy band.

[Sabres Fan in NS]

The Beatles certainly were a boy band, at the beginning and for most of their career.

 

Towards the end they did all those things that SwampD said, but in the end that finished them.  None of the after Beatles stuff by any of them is very good.

[josie]

DMB - fine

DMB fans - THE WORST

 

 

Also, despite being a wanna-be metal head in highschool, I've discovered that I hate almost all metal.

Knew so many DMB fans growing up. I can't help but judge people who claim to be diehards. It's not usually a good look. Then again, I also really dislike DMB so...

 

I became a total metalhead in college. Slayer, Nile, Dimmu Borgir, Gorgoroth, all the genres. Loved industrial, too. Bunch of angry people in leather clanging chains and metal around? Gimme. 

 

But there was SO much gatekeeping. Person (ok, a guy) would come over, see me listening to something, and start quizzing me on metal bands to make sure I was "really a fan" and not just a poser. Wasn't allowed to like a black metal band AND a thrash metal band, obviously the only real metal was doom metal etc etc etc etc 

 

Holy crap it got so frustrating. Metalheads are in one the most accepting fanbase and the most awful. Being a chick in that world was migraine inducing.

 

Then, I know it sounds silly, but I got happier, and now I really don't listen to it much, especially the really guttural stuff. 

Would still go to a show though. Goofy people, man. 

[Weave]

The Beatles certainly were a boy band, at the beginning and for most of their career.

 

Towards the end they did all those things that SwampD said, but in the end that finished them.  None of the after Beatles stuff by any of them is very good.

 

George Harrison had a terrific post-Beatles career.

[That Aud Smell]

A boy band that wrote their own music, invented the "concept album", invented studio methods that became the basis for the modern recording technique, evoled musically,... I'll stop.

 

I'm not all that into their music (like, at all) but they were much more than a boy band.

 

I have just a handful of reliable rage-triggers in this life. Beatles were a boy band is one.

The Beatles certainly were a boy band, at the beginning and for most of their career.

 

Towards the end they did all those things that SwampD said, but in the end that finished them.  None of the after Beatles stuff by any of them is very good.

 

Holy sh1t dude. Stahp.

 

George Harrison had a terrific post-Beatles career.

 

There are good arguments to be made that Harrison managed to surpass anything the band did.

[Weave]

Knew so many DMB fans growing up. I can't help but judge people who claim to be diehards. It's not usually a good look. Then again, I also really dislike DMB so...

 

I became a total metalhead in college. Slayer, Nile, Dimmu Borgir, Gorgoroth, all the genres. Loved industrial, too. Bunch of angry people in leather clanging chains and metal around? Gimme. 

 

But there was SO much gatekeeping. Person (ok, a guy) would come over, see me listening to something, and start quizzing me on metal bands to make sure I was "really a fan" and not just a poser. Wasn't allowed to like a black metal band AND a thrash metal band, obviously the only real metal was doom metal etc etc etc etc 

 

Holy crap it got so frustrating. Metalheads are in one the most accepting fanbase and the most awful. Being a chick in that world was migraine inducing.

 

Then, I know it sounds silly, but I got happier, and now I really don't listen to it much, especially the really guttural stuff. 

Would still go to a show though. Goofy people, man. 

 

The shows are the best part.  Although being the token old man at the shows does have its disadvantages.....

[Sabres Fan in NS]

I have just a handful of reliable rage-triggers in this life. Beatles were a boy band is one.

 

Holy sh1t dude. Stahp.

 

 

There are good arguments to be made that Harrison managed to surpass anything the band did.

 

OK.

 

I understand that many like The Beatles.  I am not one of them.

 

Happy that you find enjoyment in their music, my friend.

[Sabel79]

None of the after Beatles stuff by any of them is very good.

I'll cede the boy-band beginnings, though for the time what they did even then was still revolutionary.

 

The quoted is just hot nonsense and you should sit the next few plays out. At laeast as applied to not-Ringo. And hell, even he was awesome on Shining Time Station. (Kids, ask your parents).

[josie]

The shows are the best part.  Although being the token old man at the shows does have its disadvantages.....

oh they are, especially if you run into others before a show in the city. It's like a tribe mentality where everyone just buys each other drinks and shares common ground. 

 

What do you mean about the disadvantages? I usually hang out towards the back with the older dudes now- no need to get killed in a mosh pit crush anymore. Keeps my beer from spilling, too. Less of a good view of concert boobs, though. 

[Weave]

I'll cede the boy-band beginnings, though for the time what they did even then was still revolutionary.

 

The quoted is just hot nonsense and you should sit the next few plays out. At laeast as applied to not-Ringo. And hell, even he was awesome on Shining Time Station. (Kids, ask your parents).

 

His talent really shined on Caveman.  :P

oh they are, especially if you run into others before a show in the city. It's like a tribe mentality where everyone just buys each other drinks and shares common ground. 

 

What do you mean about the disadvantages? I usually hang out towards the back with the older dudes now- no need to get killed in a mosh pit crush anymore. Keeps my beer from spilling, too. Less of a good view of concert boobs, though. 

 

You have no idea how many times someone has approached me assuming I am staff at the show.

[josie]

His talent really shined on Caveman.  :P

 

You have no idea how many times someone has approached me assuming I am staff at the show.

Aw man! That kinda sucks :( 

 

Dang whippersnappers. 

[Sabel79]

His talent really shined on Caveman.

Not only did that film give us Shelley Long, but I just looked because I was curious, and I will have you know that it made a profit. So there.

[Randall Flagg]

I attribute Rush to every single ounce of guitar talent I developed from 7th grade to high school graduation. Before them I didn't listen to any music or know any bands. After them I was voted the most musical senior at my HS.

 

They rock, and they changed my life.

[3putt]

I have a feeling this thread is going the way of the politics thread.  Sure, level headed discussion now until the inevitable Prince vs Hendrix showdown.  I'm out.

Edited May 11, 2017 by 3putt

[ubkev]

I have a feeling this thread is going the way of the politics thread. Sure, level headed discussion now until the inevitable Prince vs Hendrix showdown. I'm out.

Game....blouses!

[3putt]

That dude could ball.

[ubkev]

That dude could ball.

Best pancakes in Minnesota, too.

[Weave]

Aw man! That kinda sucks :(

 

Dang whippersnappers. 

 

That's why I hang at the bar.  If I'm drinking I'm not staff.  I'm just that harmless old guy who is out of place at the show.  And that's OK.

 

Honestly, 95% of the shows I see are with my son.  Which are only getting more enjoyable now that he isn't a child (legally or otherwise).

I have a feeling this thread is going the way of the politics thread.  Sure, level headed discussion now until the inevitable Prince vs Hendrix showdown.  I'm out.

 

I would so buy tickets to that jam off.

[3putt]

That's why I hang at the bar.  If I'm drinking I'm not staff.  I'm just that harmless old guy who is out of place at the show.  And that's OK.

 

Honestly, 95% of the shows I see are with my son.  Which are only getting more enjoyable now that he isn't a child (legally or otherwise).

 

I would so buy tickets to that jam off.

I heard they are free, getting to the show is the issue. 

[Taro T]

Pink Floyd is overrated.

Awesome. Today we learned of another word, the meaning of which, the Liger doesn't quite understand. It's a good day.

 

:lol:

[Weave]

Lol

[Randall Flagg]

Hendrix beats any guitarist in any sort of stand-off. End of story. 

 

[ubkev]

Hendrix beats any guitarist in any sort of stand-off. End of story.

 

 

But is he on Prince's level as a musician?