Strength / Weakness

Bulldog · 05-06-2009, 02:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Zarko

Nick Cave
Weaknesses - Nocturama sucks. Harvey has left the Seeds now.

Nocturama is a bit average really. I'll admit there are one or two good moments (basically Bring It On) but that's about it. It'll be interesting to see how Mick Harvey leaving affects the Bad Seeds too.

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Originally Posted by SATCHMO

Am I the only person on this planet that liked Tin Machine !?!?!

I think they're mixed bag really. When they're great they're great, when they're bad they're hardly worth mentioning. I know Jackhammer likes them as well.

jackhammer · 05-06-2009, 08:18 AM

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Originally Posted by SATCHMO

Am I the only person on this planet that liked Tin Machine !?!?!

No. I love the first album especially.

lucifer_sam · 05-06-2009, 08:26 AM

Tom Waits

Strengths: awesome lyrical craftsman that's produced some amazing albums over the years. very organic production (listen to his percussion once in a while) and has an insane amount of musical material. no real bad albums to his name, either.

Weaknesses: has a propensity for sounding like a cheeseball version of Springsteen when he plays his hand at ballads (having nearly ruined Rain Dogs with that crap). limited vocal range as well; his falsetto is pretty weak too.

Seltzer · 05-06-2009, 08:49 AM

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Originally Posted by lucifer_sam

Tom Waits

Strengths: awesome lyrical craftsman that's produced some amazing albums over the years. very organic production (listen to his percussion once in a while) and has an insane dearth of musical material. no real bad albums to his name, either.

Weaknesses: has a propensity for sounding like a cheeseball version of Springsteen when he plays his hand at ballads (having nearly ruined Rain Dogs with that crap). limited vocal range as well; his falsetto is pretty weak too.

You mean a plethora of musical material.

lucifer_sam · 05-06-2009, 09:04 AM

****, that's the second time i did that here.

Antonio · 05-06-2009, 12:25 PM

i got two more

Megadeth

S: very well driven instrumentally, as well as with Dave mustaine's signature snarl and many of their songs have become thrash and metal landmarks

W: the fact that they were on god knows how many drugs during the band's career and the revolving door lineup they've had for like ever

Tenacious D

S: Their lighthearted, tounge in cheek approach to rock music, with acoustic guitars none the less

W: kind of hard to take seriously, plus it seems these days that Jack Black is getting bigger than the band

boo boo · 05-06-2009, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Anteater

King Crimson
Strengths: Incredibly innovative, having always been ahead of the curve musically over almost everyone else while retaining their signature heaviness. Robert Fripp is the best textural guitarist on the planet, and despite the many break-ups and lineup changes over the last 40 years have never sacrificed good songwriting for the sake of commercial success.

Weaknesses: The various lineup changes and break-ups, lack of stylistic consistency beyond one or two traits, some weak material in the late 80's, seeming inability to get someone above and beyond decent as a vocalist. (sorry Belew ^^)

I'm not crazy about Wettons vocals, but I like Belew and Lakes vocals a lot.

Plus they didn't really have any material in the late 80s, I think Discipline and Three of a Perfect Pair is among their best work. Beat was pretty average though.

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Ozric Tentacles
Strengths: Have the uncanny gift of being able to hypnotize you as you listen to them. Their sound, combining elements of every entrancing form of psychedelia, dub, ambient and electronica known to man is inhumanely effective at locking your mind into a groove without the aid of psychoactive stimulants. They also aren't owned by some corporate shitbag label and yet have still managed to sell over a million albums in less than two decades. No annoying frontman drama either, as the Ozrics are an instrumental group.

Weaknesses: Lack of particularly noticeable/visible growth in style between releases. Once you own one or two of these guys records, you've pretty much heard it all.

I wouldn't go that far, they show a lot of versatility and even if they've made a trademark sound out of their mix of psychedelia, ambient and dub. But I wouldn't call this band of all bands repetitive. It's just their trademark sound. They may not be constantly changing styles per album like King Crimson, but that doesn't mean they're not being progressive. Though I agree that they have the talent to stretch out a little more.

Comus · 05-06-2009, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by SATCHMO

Am I the only person on this planet that liked Tin Machine !?!?!

I love tin Machine personally.

~~TumorAttitude~~ · 05-06-2009, 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by boo boo

Since when does being pop mean a lack of artistic credibility?

I'm not saying that Green Day has any, I'm just sayin'.

Rather then "pop"........I should've said "soft".
And pop only reduces credibility when you think you're punk, but do not sound it.

~~TumorAttitude~~ · 05-06-2009, 02:59 PM

This one is so easy.
BECK

Strengths:
Oh my god, he's just awesome. Who dislikes Beck? Tonedeaf people? And everything sounds...just weirdly awesome. Stuff mere mortals never would have thought of.

Weaknesses:
SCIENTOLOGY
This isn't exactly a weakness, but....its sort of creepy, isn't it?

Velvet Revolver

Strengths:
Finally, somebody's embarked to bring rock back onto the charts. Thats a pretty noble cause. Musically, at least... Musics well-written, lyrics are extremly cool, guitar arrangements are lush and gorgeous...."Contraband" is a total guitar album, but its also one of the first albums that has made me appreciate the drums. The drums on "Contraband" are sick. Absolutly sick.

Weaknesses:
Aw, god. Some of the stuff Scott writes when he's sober is weird. No, not when he's using. He writes weird stuff when he's sober. And they totally sold out. I just watched Slash on American Idol last night. It was weird. Like, remember idolizing Barney as a child? Its sort of like walking in on Barney masturbating. If Slash watches American Idol, thats really his bussiness, but now I KNOW that Slash watches (and I guess enjoys) American Idol. And thats weird to me.

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lucifer_sam Unrepentant Ass-Mod Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 3,921	Tom Waits Strengths: awesome lyrical craftsman that's produced some amazing albums over the years. very organic production (listen to his percussion once in a while) and has an insane amount of musical material. no real bad albums to his name, either. Weaknesses: has a propensity for sounding like a cheeseball version of Springsteen when he plays his hand at ballads (having nearly ruined Rain Dogs with that crap). limited vocal range as well; his falsetto is pretty weak too. __________________ first.am Last edited by lucifer_sam; 05-06-2009 at 09:04 AM.

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~~TumorAttitude~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Purgatory Posts: 749	This one is so easy. BECK Strengths: Oh my god, he's just awesome. Who dislikes Beck? Tonedeaf people? And everything sounds...just weirdly awesome. Stuff mere mortals never would have thought of. Weaknesses: SCIENTOLOGY This isn't exactly a weakness, but....its sort of creepy, isn't it? Velvet Revolver Strengths: Finally, somebody's embarked to bring rock back onto the charts. Thats a pretty noble cause. Musically, at least... Musics well-written, lyrics are extremly cool, guitar arrangements are lush and gorgeous...."Contraband" is a total guitar album, but its also one of the first albums that has made me appreciate the drums. The drums on "Contraband" are sick. Absolutly sick. Weaknesses: Aw, god. Some of the stuff Scott writes when he's sober is weird. No, not when he's using. He writes weird stuff when he's sober. And they totally sold out. I just watched Slash on American Idol last night. It was weird. Like, remember idolizing Barney as a child? Its sort of like walking in on Barney masturbating. If Slash watches American Idol, thats really his bussiness, but now I KNOW that Slash watches (and I guess enjoys) American Idol. And thats weird to me.