An Infinite Number Of Things That Pisses Me Off About Music

**Janszoon** · 01-12-2009, 06:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Dr. Yellow Black

What's wrong with alternative?

It doesn't mean anything.

Dr. Yellow Black · 01-12-2009, 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

It doesn't mean anything.

I don't understand. Wouldn't that mean that Radiohead, RHCP, Smashing Pumpkins, Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Soundgarden, Sonic Youth, and Alice in Chains don't mean anything? 5 of those are my favorite bands for their meaning.

**Janszoon** · 01-12-2009, 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Dr. Yellow Black

I don't understand. Wouldn't that mean that Radiohead, RHCP, Smashing Pumpkins, Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Soundgarden, Sonic Youth, and Alice in Chains don't mean anything? 5 of those are my favorite bands for their meaning.

That's not what I mean. I'm saying that the term itself is meaningless since it doesn't actually describe a single genre of music that has any unifying stylistic traits. I mean we can agree that Radiohead and RHCP really aren't the same type of music, right? The only meaning it ever had that made any sense was that it was the alternative to mainstream music, but once it got so popular even that meaning didn't make any sense any more.

Dr. Yellow Black · 01-13-2009, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

That's not what I mean. I'm saying that the term itself is meaningless since it doesn't actually describe a single genre of music that has any unifying stylistic traits. I mean we can agree that Radiohead and RHCP really aren't the same type of music, right? The only meaning it ever had that made any sense was that it was the alternative to mainstream music, but once it got so popular even that meaning didn't make any sense any more.

Ohhh, ok. Now I get it. Wow...I really didn't put any thought into that.

Mojo · 01-13-2009, 05:55 PM

Oh God, I'm loving this thread. I was literally hurting laughing at some of it. I wish I had checked this out a long time ago or that I realistically had time to read every single entry but I have read most of them.

The Sharon Osbourne entry is something I could not agree with more, Billy Corgans hair made me laugh....just fantastic

Gavin B. · 01-17-2009, 11:06 PM

WHAT I'M PISSED OFF ABOUT:

I'm pissed off that 99.3% of the public doesn't have the slightest idea who Blind Willie McTell is.

I'm pissed off that Bob Dylan still won't talk to Rambling Jack Elliot.

I'm pissed off that Mark Sandman of Morphine dropped dead on a stage in Italy a few years back. He was one of the coolest guys around.

I'm pissed off that Keith Richards fell out of a coconut tree in Tahiti. What the hell is a 66 year old man doing climbing a freakin' tree anyway?

I'm pissed off that all of those redneck reactionaries in Nashville hate Steve Earle.

I'm pissed off that Sly Stone is off in la-la land with his crack pipe instead of playing music.

I'm pissed off at the whole gangsta rap bling-bling routine. It's getting a little old after twenty years.

I'm pissed off at I-Tunes, I-Phones, I-Pods and anything else Apple sells with the letter I in front of whatever the product is.

I'm pissed off that nobody makes a decent first person shooter computer game anymore.

Uh... that's all. Time to go to bed.
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Dr_Rez · 01-18-2009, 12:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Gavin B.

WHAT I'M PISSED OFF ABOUT:

I'm pissed off that nobody makes a decent first person shooter computer game anymore.

Uh... that's all. Time to go to bed.
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False. There is Team Fortress 2, Counterstrike Source, Day of Defeat Source, and many others just as good.

Not AS good as the originals but still superb.

~~TumorAttitude~~ · 05-05-2009, 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Gavin B.

I'm pissed off that Keith Richards fell out of a coconut tree in Tahiti. What the hell is a 66 year old man doing climbing a freakin' tree anyway?

Was that before or after he snorted his father's ashes?

JJJ567 · 01-17-2009, 11:48 PM

This is a very entertaining thread. I've found myself laughing hysterically in agreement and drooping my head in disagreement within minutes of each other. I think it did it's job.

Also, I've pretty much stopped caring about genres. The term "indie" and "alternative" are extremely broad and are becoming rather annoying. I love a lot of music, regardless of the genre.

Gavin B. · 01-18-2009, 08:32 AM

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Originally Posted by JJJ567

This is a very entertaining thread. I've found myself laughing hysterically in agreement and drooping my head in disagreement within minutes of each other. I think it did it's job.

Also, I've pretty much stopped caring about genres. The term "indie" and "alternative" are extremely broad and are becoming rather annoying. I love a lot of music, regardless of the genre.

I'm pissed off about 20,000 musical "genres." And WTF is difference between indie and alternative music? What kind of self-hating demented moron would waste their time even trying to make sense of the insane categorical geneology like the one below:

Pop/Rock Styles

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Alternative/Indie-Rock
IndustrialAlternative Pop/RockGoth RockLo-FiGrungeShoegazeBritpopPost-Rock/ExperimentalFunk MetalIndie RockPaisley UndergroundJangle PopAlternative Country-RockPunk RevivalPost-GrungeThird Wave Ska RevivalNeo-PsychedeliaRiot GrrrlSpace RockAdult Alternative Pop/RockAlternative Dance****tailDream PopPunk-PopBritish Trad RockIndustrial DanceMadchesterPsychobillySka-PunkCowpunkNew Zealand RockChamber PopTwee PopEmoSlowcoreElectro-IndustrialAmbient PopC-86Indie PopNoise PopMath RockQueercoreSadcoreShibuya-KeiSkatepunkGarage PunkAlternative FolkNeo-GlamCollege RockPop UndergroundAmerican UndergroundPost-HardcoreIndie ElectronicPunk BluesScreamoAlternative Singer/SongwriterNew Wave/Post-Punk RevivalArt-Rock/Experimental
Prog-Rock/Art RockKraut RockNoise-RockNeo-ProgExperimental RockCanterbury SceneAvant-ProgDance
Dance-PopHouseDiscoUrbanHi-NRGAcid JazzEuro-DanceClub/DanceRave Garage/HouseFreestyleAlternative DanceLatin DanceTeen PopLatin FreestyleDance-RockFolk/Country Rock
Country-RockFolk-PopSinger/SongwriterFolk-RockBritish Folk-RockHard Rock
Blues-RockChristian MetalHard RockSouthern RockThrashDeath Metal/Black MetalGlam RockGrindcoreHeavy MetalSpeed MetalHair MetalArena RockAlternative MetalBritish MetalBoogie RockIndustrial MetalRap-MetalGuitar VirtuosoProgressive MetalNeo-Classical MetalAlbum RockAussie RockPop-MetalRap-RockNew Wave of British Heavy MetalDetroit RockGlitterPunk MetalStoner MetalScandinavian MetalGoth MetalDoom MetalSymphonic Black MetalSludge MetalPower MetalPop/Rock
Christian RockEarly Pop/RockPop/RockGirl GroupBubblegumTeen IdolBrill Building PopComedy RockBaroque PopSunshine PopAM PopCelebrityPopPunk/New Wave
Synth PopPunkAlternative Pop/RockHardcore PunkNew WavePower PopSka RevivalMod RevivalPost-PunkNew Romantic No WaveProto-PunkOi!Garage Rock RevivalBritish PunkChristian PunkNew York PunkL.A. PunkAmerican PunkStraight-EdgeAnarchist PunkSophisti-PopCollege RockRock & Roll/Roots
Rock & RollBlues-RockTex-MexInstrumental RockRockabillyRoots RockSurfPub RockHot RodRockabilly RevivalSurf RevivalSwamp PopAmerican Trad RockJam BandsHeartland RockFrat RockHot Rod RevivalRetro-RockLatin RockBar BandSoft Rock
Singer/SongwriterAdult ContemporarySoft RockPop/RockPsychedelic/Garage
PsychedelicGarage RockAcid RockPsychedelic PopBritish PsychedeliaObscuroAcid FolkEuropop
Euro-PopEuro-RockSwedish Pop/RockForeign Language Rock
Rock en EspañolFrench PopForeign Language RockItalian PopAsian PopJapanese PopJapanese RockHong Kong PopFrench RockAboriginal RockBritish Invasion
British InvasionPsychedelicMerseybeatBritish BluesModBritish PsychedeliaFreakbeatEarly British Pop/Rock

As Townes Van Zandt once said, "There are two kinds of music; the blues and that other stuff."

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01-13-2009, 05:55 PM	#5 (permalink)
Mojo Melancholia Eternally Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: England Posts: 5,018	Oh God, I'm loving this thread. I was literally hurting laughing at some of it. I wish I had checked this out a long time ago or that I realistically had time to read every single entry but I have read most of them. The Sharon Osbourne entry is something I could not agree with more, Billy Corgans hair made me laugh....just fantastic

01-17-2009, 11:06 PM	#6 (permalink)
Gavin B. Model Worker Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,248	WHAT I'M PISSED OFF ABOUT: I'm pissed off that 99.3% of the public doesn't have the slightest idea who Blind Willie McTell is. I'm pissed off that Bob Dylan still won't talk to Rambling Jack Elliot. I'm pissed off that Mark Sandman of Morphine dropped dead on a stage in Italy a few years back. He was one of the coolest guys around. I'm pissed off that Keith Richards fell out of a coconut tree in Tahiti. What the hell is a 66 year old man doing climbing a freakin' tree anyway? I'm pissed off that all of those redneck reactionaries in Nashville hate Steve Earle. I'm pissed off that Sly Stone is off in la-la land with his crack pipe instead of playing music. I'm pissed off at the whole gangsta rap bling-bling routine. It's getting a little old after twenty years. I'm pissed off at I-Tunes, I-Phones, I-Pods and anything else Apple sells with the letter I in front of whatever the product is. I'm pissed off that nobody makes a decent first person shooter computer game anymore. Uh... that's all. Time to go to bed. .

01-17-2009, 11:48 PM	#9 (permalink)
JJJ567 Music Addict Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 120	This is a very entertaining thread. I've found myself laughing hysterically in agreement and drooping my head in disagreement within minutes of each other. I think it did it's job. Also, I've pretty much stopped caring about genres. The term "indie" and "alternative" are extremely broad and are becoming rather annoying. I love a lot of music, regardless of the genre.