Spill Your Guts II: What You Think About MB Members' Taste In Music

TheCunningStunt · 07-26-2010, 05:38 AM

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Originally Posted by downwardspiral

i've definitely appreciated bands you've spoken of and bands she's spoken of and mentioned liking. sonic youth and arcade fire for you, battles and aphex twin for her, for example. voila.

james has great taste. and he influenced me to listen to more sparklehorse and belle and sebastian.

I'm getting into a bit of Aphex Twin recently to be fair to BOC. Electronic music is where I really lack, I just find the albums too bloated and repetitive. I want to appreciate more electronic music but it just doesn't happen like I hope.

Belle & Sebastian are brilliant. Definitely one of my favourite bands. Favourite B&S album?

downwardspiral · 07-26-2010, 05:41 AM

aphex twin is sublime. i saw him at the warehouse project in manchester a couple of years ago, i didn't know him beforehand but he just blew my head off and then i got into him after then.

and i'm gonna go ahead and say tigermilk. i'm gonna listen to them a lot more cos i'm going to their manchester apollo date in december, argh. excited. what's your favourite record?

TheCunningStunt · 07-26-2010, 05:43 AM

Where are you from? da L.I.V? Liverpool?

I bet Aphex Twin would be one of them artists that would be appreciated best live, I've only heard Richard D. James album but it was good.

The Boy With The Aarab Strap fersure. Followed closely by Tigermilk. Love them both a hell of a lot

downwardspiral · 07-26-2010, 05:51 AM

haha yeah man, liverpool it is

so i get to a lot of shows in manchester cos we don't get loads of bands playing here.

i'm pretty new to them to be honest. i knew certain songs but only in the past few months have i really gotten into them. i was meant to be going to latitude with my mate rob cos he's a MASSIVE b&s fan, but it wasn't really practical so i got a ticket for their december show instead. you gonna go?

TheCunningStunt · 07-26-2010, 05:54 AM

Do you like where you live? I went for a day out once, I didn't like it. The town centre reminded me of a poor man's Manchester, though the docks were really nice. I bet you could have an epiphany sat on the benches on the docks. I wanted to go to The Beatles museum when I was there but I didn't get the chance to.

do you support Liverpool or Everton?

Unfortunately not, the company I keep are sh*t. Their tastes = Arctic Monkeys, The Cribs, The Strokes, The Libertines, Oasis.

Are B&S good live? They don't seem like an overly strong live band, yet a brilliant studio band.

downwardspiral · 07-26-2010, 06:03 AM

love it mate, really do. it's improved a LOT over the past year or two, they've made lots of improvements to the town centre and it's really really nice now. the docks are cool, i don't like the beatles museum that much cos i've had to take my friends/family who ain't from around here so many times and i ain't even a fan of the band. they also have a magical mystery tourbus haha, ridiculous. love manchester though, proper awesome city. and i used to support liverpool, but i don't follow footie really anymore. probably why you ain't seen me posting about in the sports section!

haha, argh man that's so generic. i know how you feel though, i used to have mates like that but i found it in me to go to gigs by myself if they wouldn't come with me. i've missed out on way too many opportunities to see bands cos no one would come with me. i've made new mates with similar tastes to me so a lot of the time i have people to go with now which is sweet. i was gonna say you could've tagged along with us to b&s but it's seated so you wouldn't get seats with us anyway!

and i ain't seen them before man, didn't end up going to latitude so. my mate rob was flabbergasted though. not sure if that's more of a sentimental thing cos it was so special for him to see them, but yeah he loved them. my ex-girlfriend saw them at leeds 2006 and said they were awful though, but i believe stuart was very ill at that gig.

TheCunningStunt · 07-26-2010, 06:13 AM

WOW! A Magical Mystery tour bus! That sounds amaaaaazing.

(not even being sarcastic. Sadly)

I went April 2009 and was a bit like meh. This is crap. I went in Costa coffee though, I like coffee shops so that was a winner. Not a bad day, worth the £8 train ticket I guess.

Yeah, it's so frustrating and I don't have the balls like you to go alone but I don't wanna go and watch the f*cking Cribs, going B&S with forum acquaintance would be immense

I will get better friends soon though. It's considered quite cool to like them kind of bands, even though I adore the Arctics.

Yeah, I bet it was sentimental. I remembered seeing Oasis when I was still into them, they were my childhood band and it meant an awful lot, even though Liam's voice was absolutely terrible. I'm Outta Time was the worst. If your ex wasn't already a fan, that plus illness then that explains it. I think they're the type of band where you've got to KNOW the songs to really appreciate them live. I hope you have a great time at B&S, let me know how it is if we're both still posting come December.

downwardspiral · 07-26-2010, 06:22 AM

haha, if you're a fan of the beatles then i guess it's pretty sweet, but i ain't so. i pass john lennon's house all the time on the bus to town though, that's about as close to the magical mystery tour as i've been, cos i refuse to go on the tourbus. liverpool is rad if you go to the right places. it's probably pretty underwhelming if you're from madchesta though. the main character of the city lies in all the awesome shops and bars down the back streets and that, that's where it's at.

the thought of going to a gig on my tod was proper daunting at one point. first time i went alone was last year, went to see j mascis in moho by myself. i had a bottle of cider before i went to calm my nerves haha, got speaking to some older guys in there who were awesome and it made things a lot better. arctics are alright. proper disappointing live though. the strokes are amazing though.

my ex was a casual fan at the time, so i think that tainted the experience slightly. plus playing the main stage at leeds is really not the most flattering of places cos the festival is gash, i've never been wowed by a band on the main stage at that festival, apart from maybe placebo/radiohead/arcade fire.

TheCunningStunt · 07-26-2010, 06:39 AM

I think going on the magical mystery tour bus and starting a We all live in a yellow submarine would quite possibly be the higlight of my life. Something to do before I die!

I'd love to see Beatles type landmarks around Liverpool, I've seen a few Smiths landmarks around here, there's something nice about seeing infamous things around cities.

Yeah, I can imagine. Even drunk I wouldn't know what to do, how to stand, who to stand with etc. I'd find it really weird, although when I went to see Oasis, there was like what 60,000 people there? And the biggest slag in Manchester managed to find me. I doubt that would happen with a less generic band.

I love the Arctic Monkeys, I'm a bit of a fanboy. WPSITWIN was one of the first few albums that got me into music with guitars, but I still think they have a lot of good albums left in them. The Strokes are an abomination, Is This It is so brilliant and then they just failed ever since. Gheys. I expected great things from them a while ago, especially since they deliver a good live show.

Casual fans are hard ones, if the band aren't good live then the band can lose you, if the band are good live, they can draw you up and make you die hard. Fine line. Yeah Leeds is crap, I was gonna go last year but I chose Spain, this year I got invited but there's too much Pop-Punk crap. I was tempted just to see Arcade Fire.

Dayvan Cowboy · 07-26-2010, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by TheCunningStunt

How can you like boardofcanada and mine?! I really dislike boardofcanada's taste.

Sorry BOC.

oh, i don't care. IDM and post rock isn't for everybody.

lots of people hate my taste in music

07-26-2010, 05:43 AM	#263 (permalink)
TheCunningStunt love will tear you apart Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Manchester, UK. Posts: 5,107	Where are you from? da L.I.V? Liverpool? I bet Aphex Twin would be one of them artists that would be appreciated best live, I've only heard Richard D. James album but it was good. The Boy With The Aarab Strap fersure. Followed closely by Tigermilk. Love them both a hell of a lot __________________ I don't feel and I feel great. Last FM

07-26-2010, 05:54 AM	#265 (permalink)
TheCunningStunt love will tear you apart Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Manchester, UK. Posts: 5,107	Do you like where you live? I went for a day out once, I didn't like it. The town centre reminded me of a poor man's Manchester, though the docks were really nice. I bet you could have an epiphany sat on the benches on the docks. I wanted to go to The Beatles museum when I was there but I didn't get the chance to. do you support Liverpool or Everton? Unfortunately not, the company I keep are sh*t. Their tastes = Arctic Monkeys, The Cribs, The Strokes, The Libertines, Oasis. Are B&S good live? They don't seem like an overly strong live band, yet a brilliant studio band. __________________ I don't feel and I feel great. Last FM

07-26-2010, 06:13 AM	#267 (permalink)
TheCunningStunt love will tear you apart Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Manchester, UK. Posts: 5,107	WOW! A Magical Mystery tour bus! That sounds amaaaaazing. (not even being sarcastic. Sadly) I went April 2009 and was a bit like meh. This is crap. I went in Costa coffee though, I like coffee shops so that was a winner. Not a bad day, worth the £8 train ticket I guess. Yeah, it's so frustrating and I don't have the balls like you to go alone but I don't wanna go and watch the f*cking Cribs, going B&S with forum acquaintance would be immense I will get better friends soon though. It's considered quite cool to like them kind of bands, even though I adore the Arctics. Yeah, I bet it was sentimental. I remembered seeing Oasis when I was still into them, they were my childhood band and it meant an awful lot, even though Liam's voice was absolutely terrible. I'm Outta Time was the worst. If your ex wasn't already a fan, that plus illness then that explains it. I think they're the type of band where you've got to KNOW the songs to really appreciate them live. I hope you have a great time at B&S, let me know how it is if we're both still posting come December. __________________ I don't feel and I feel great. Last FM

07-26-2010, 06:39 AM	#269 (permalink)
TheCunningStunt love will tear you apart Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Manchester, UK. Posts: 5,107	I think going on the magical mystery tour bus and starting a We all live in a yellow submarine would quite possibly be the higlight of my life. Something to do before I die! I'd love to see Beatles type landmarks around Liverpool, I've seen a few Smiths landmarks around here, there's something nice about seeing infamous things around cities. Yeah, I can imagine. Even drunk I wouldn't know what to do, how to stand, who to stand with etc. I'd find it really weird, although when I went to see Oasis, there was like what 60,000 people there? And the biggest slag in Manchester managed to find me. I doubt that would happen with a less generic band. I love the Arctic Monkeys, I'm a bit of a fanboy. WPSITWIN was one of the first few albums that got me into music with guitars, but I still think they have a lot of good albums left in them. The Strokes are an abomination, Is This It is so brilliant and then they just failed ever since. Gheys. I expected great things from them a while ago, especially since they deliver a good live show. Casual fans are hard ones, if the band aren't good live then the band can lose you, if the band are good live, they can draw you up and make you die hard. Fine line. Yeah Leeds is crap, I was gonna go last year but I chose Spain, this year I got invited but there's too much Pop-Punk crap. I was tempted just to see Arcade Fire. __________________ I don't feel and I feel great. Last FM

07-26-2010, 05:41 AM	#262 (permalink)
downwardspiral Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Liverpool, UK Posts: 734	aphex twin is sublime. i saw him at the warehouse project in manchester a couple of years ago, i didn't know him beforehand but he just blew my head off and then i got into him after then. and i'm gonna go ahead and say tigermilk. i'm gonna listen to them a lot more cos i'm going to their manchester apollo date in december, argh. excited. what's your favourite record?

07-26-2010, 05:51 AM	#264 (permalink)
downwardspiral Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Liverpool, UK Posts: 734	haha yeah man, liverpool it is so i get to a lot of shows in manchester cos we don't get loads of bands playing here. i'm pretty new to them to be honest. i knew certain songs but only in the past few months have i really gotten into them. i was meant to be going to latitude with my mate rob cos he's a MASSIVE b&s fan, but it wasn't really practical so i got a ticket for their december show instead. you gonna go?

07-26-2010, 06:03 AM	#266 (permalink)
downwardspiral Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Liverpool, UK Posts: 734	love it mate, really do. it's improved a LOT over the past year or two, they've made lots of improvements to the town centre and it's really really nice now. the docks are cool, i don't like the beatles museum that much cos i've had to take my friends/family who ain't from around here so many times and i ain't even a fan of the band. they also have a magical mystery tourbus haha, ridiculous. love manchester though, proper awesome city. and i used to support liverpool, but i don't follow footie really anymore. probably why you ain't seen me posting about in the sports section! haha, argh man that's so generic. i know how you feel though, i used to have mates like that but i found it in me to go to gigs by myself if they wouldn't come with me. i've missed out on way too many opportunities to see bands cos no one would come with me. i've made new mates with similar tastes to me so a lot of the time i have people to go with now which is sweet. i was gonna say you could've tagged along with us to b&s but it's seated so you wouldn't get seats with us anyway! and i ain't seen them before man, didn't end up going to latitude so. my mate rob was flabbergasted though. not sure if that's more of a sentimental thing cos it was so special for him to see them, but yeah he loved them. my ex-girlfriend saw them at leeds 2006 and said they were awful though, but i believe stuart was very ill at that gig.

07-26-2010, 06:22 AM	#268 (permalink)
downwardspiral Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Liverpool, UK Posts: 734	haha, if you're a fan of the beatles then i guess it's pretty sweet, but i ain't so. i pass john lennon's house all the time on the bus to town though, that's about as close to the magical mystery tour as i've been, cos i refuse to go on the tourbus. liverpool is rad if you go to the right places. it's probably pretty underwhelming if you're from madchesta though. the main character of the city lies in all the awesome shops and bars down the back streets and that, that's where it's at. the thought of going to a gig on my tod was proper daunting at one point. first time i went alone was last year, went to see j mascis in moho by myself. i had a bottle of cider before i went to calm my nerves haha, got speaking to some older guys in there who were awesome and it made things a lot better. arctics are alright. proper disappointing live though. the strokes are amazing though. my ex was a casual fan at the time, so i think that tainted the experience slightly. plus playing the main stage at leeds is really not the most flattering of places cos the festival is gash, i've never been wowed by a band on the main stage at that festival, apart from maybe placebo/radiohead/arcade fire.