Top-50 All-time (Rough Draft) (quote)

Son of JayJamJah · 08-09-2007, 09:43 PM

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Originally Posted by jackhammer

Roger Waters wrote most of the album, not Nick Mason.

So he just made that up for ****s and Giggles then?

C'mon mate, when you're wrong just admit it and chalk it up to experience, you're starting to look foolishly stubborn.

Sparky · 08-09-2007, 09:44 PM

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Originally Posted by JayJamJah

Your logic is greatly flawed sir, as Occam's Razor clearly states that the simplest answer is always the best. So therefore the smaller the list the more accurate it is of course.

I am beyond pleased with the way the arguments have gone here, may I say a few of you need the advantage of experience to understand that opinion is the opposite of fact and it's always dangerous to assume anything else. Remember be kind to your fellow (wo)man.

Everyone will always have their own preferences and individual top 10, but my goal is to come up with a list that w ill succeed in avoiding and unanimous or near unanimous dissension and I feel we are moving in that direction.

To touch on todays argument; I feel that the Beach Boys are a slighter more significant band then Pink Floyd. The Beach Boys longevity and stand alone style gives them an edge in my book. My personal taste is mixed between both as I'd rather hear a Beach Boys single, but a Floyd Lp.

But it's nearly impossible to name the best artist. There is just too many things to base it off of. What i was merely saying is that your list would have been more effective if you had asked for our top whatever bands before proceeding to make a list.

But I'm glad/surprised your enjoying the arguments

MHDTV · 08-09-2007, 09:49 PM

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Originally Posted by i get high sometimes

hah, he can't admit it. this is sort of like the time he rattled of a list of books that he claims he's read, and upon searching them I find that not one of them exists. But he SWEARS he's read them, and that one of them was even written by Winston Churchill. I wanna know where Winston Churchills phantom book went, its not like it was lost with history, yet this 10 year old has read it.

Ask Right-track, I gave him the link. Stop being so inflammatory and off-topic. Jackhammer's point was that Nick Mason didn't know everything going through Waters head while he was writing it, so how could he know what inspired him?

Son of JayJamJah · 08-09-2007, 09:49 PM

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Originally Posted by matious

But it's nearly impossible to name the best artist. There is just too many things to base it off of. What i was merely saying is that your list would have been more effective if you had asked for our top whatever bands before proceeding to make a list.

But I'm glad/surprised your enjoying the arguments

I agree with one thing. If I were making a list that reflects consensus opinion of this particular forum the best approach would be to first solicit individual lists from the common contributers.

However my list so of course it's skewed towards me. Like I said if I didn't think there were to many top whatever lists going right now, I'd start a Music Banter top 100 Bands Thread, But I figure thats better left for a future date TBD.

As for the bickering-laden arguments, I have a very refined BS filter so it's easy to skim to the good stuff quickly. Cheers by the by.

jackhammer · 08-09-2007, 09:51 PM

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Originally Posted by JayJamJah

So he just made that up for ****s and Giggles then?

C'mon mate, when you're wrong just admit it and chalk it up to experience, you're starting to look foolishly stubborn.

who are you referring to Mason or Waters?

Son of JayJamJah · 08-09-2007, 09:53 PM

Mason, when he wrote the book. He just made up the part where Animal Farm was an influence on Waters choice of allegory?

MHDTV · 08-09-2007, 10:01 PM

Not neccasarily. He could have misinterpreted something Waters said, etc.

Son of JayJamJah · 08-09-2007, 10:03 PM

No

That's not how it works when you write a book under a major publisher.

In Regards to the below response.

When you write a book that deals with public figures any assertion you make is checked re-checked checked again and then double checked. Also don't you think if it was incorrect it would not have made the second publishing 10 years later? Odds if it being incorrect 100,000,000-1

MHDTV · 08-09-2007, 10:05 PM

So the major publisher knew what Waters was thinking? Or are you saying they wouldn't have let him publish it if he wasn't 100% sure of everything.

sleepy jack · 08-09-2007, 10:07 PM

Just so you know, publishers aren't the ones who write the book.

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Son of JayJamJah Occams Razor Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: End of the Earth Posts: 2,472	Mason, when he wrote the book. He just made up the part where Animal Farm was an influence on Waters choice of allegory?