Music Banter Hall of Fame: Induction Thread 3 (lyrics, punk, rock)

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Originally Posted by TheBig3KilledMyRainDog

I think the nerdrage got in the way of your logic there.

1. I don't have a right to defend him? So I did what I was allowed?

2. I don't have the right to be a white stripes fan? Why?

3. You're confusing awful with, "written in a drug fueled haze, and stupid enough when sober to think it was a ****ing song!"

That last part actually describes a good portion of the Syd Barrett discography.

I'm saying you have a thing for discrediting artists completely because they've done some really bad songs, who hasn't? It's like writting off Jefferson Airplane completely because of what they did in the 80s (if making bad 80s music was really that big of a deal, everyone should be discredited), it's stupid, and it also seems to suggest that your favorite artists can do no wrong, ever. Which of course is a load of crap. I can admit that all of my favorite artists have done some crap.

Even when it's in jest, to write a band off for one song is just freaking stupid.

If I had to choose, I'd rather listen to Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict than In The Cold, Cold Night or the Tom Waits ballads that sound like leftover Springsteen.