An Infinite Number Of Things That Pisses Me Off About Music

Urban Hat€monger ? · 09-30-2008, 05:21 PM

So ?

jackhammer · 09-30-2008, 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by lucifer_sam

Krautrock sucks too.

How much have you really heard?

lucifer_sam · 09-30-2008, 05:52 PM

Enough to form my own opinions.

It's just pretty boring, that's all.

Whatsitoosit · 10-03-2008, 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by jackhammer

Their politics annoy me and I get where you are coming from with a polished sound but to be fair they sound exactly the same live and are a musically talented band.
To be fair, their albums have very few overdubs and are well produced. Not all rock music can be dirty or underproduced. On the other hand I could see that their whole ethos has a whiff of pre manufacture about it.

Rage was the first band that I ever really noticed how well produced they were... the political BS aside, their overall sound was very unique.

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

I'm not saying I want those things in all albums , just in albums of this sort. I just think making clean sounding radio friendly big budget protest music contradicts itself. With metal it's different I think a metal band with good production does wonders because the music is the primary focus , not the message.

one can also argue they were trying to reach that other audience that was more attracted to the higher end production, who will then listen to what they had to say... making it more of a tactic then a contradiction.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 10-03-2008, 11:53 AM

If it was purely down to the music I doubt they'd even make the list.
Angsty rock bands are ten a penny.
I just find the whole concept of a corporate protest band too ridiculous to take seriously.

Zombeels · 10-03-2008, 01:02 PM

I always thought the lyrics of RATM to be the only redeeming quality about the band. Their music is very cacophonic.

**Janszoon** · 10-03-2008, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Zombeels

Their music is very cacophonic.

LOL. Not so much.

Brad Stengel · 10-03-2008, 01:08 PM

Wow...who'd have thought Rage Against the Machine hating would seem to piss off people more than any other post on this thread?

Urban Hat€monger ? · 10-03-2008, 01:11 PM

I was expecting it.

Those Che Guevara shirts are everywhere.

Whatsitoosit · 10-03-2008, 01:13 PM

I'm not pissed off at all... just sharing my personal thoughts of this band. I can totally get how they would be perceived as contrived, comical and sterile. I don't think too deeply when it comes to music... I see Rage as a band to put on when you want to get pumped up, not really when you need to learn something about history.

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Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	If it was purely down to the music I doubt they'd even make the list. Angsty rock bands are ten a penny. I just find the whole concept of a corporate protest band too ridiculous to take seriously. __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

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10-03-2008, 01:11 PM	#1159 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	I was expecting it. Those Che Guevara shirts are everywhere. __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

10-03-2008, 01:13 PM	#1160 (permalink)
Whatsitoosit Bringer of Carrots Join Date: May 2008 Location: New York, NY Posts: 648	I'm not pissed off at all... just sharing my personal thoughts of this band. I can totally get how they would be perceived as contrived, comical and sterile. I don't think too deeply when it comes to music... I see Rage as a band to put on when you want to get pumped up, not really when you need to learn something about history. __________________ "It takes 43 muscles to frown and 17 to smile, but it doesn't take any to just sit there with a dumb look on your face."