My Opinion Column About Music

Unknown Soldier · 11-05-2011, 04:57 AM

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Originally Posted by YorkeDaddy

I think you're getting the definition of mainstream wrong. Just because those bands are widely loved by many, many people does not make them mainstream. Dictionary.com defines it as the dominant course, tendency, or trend at the present time. Go listen to any popular radio station around where you live for an hour. Let me know if you hear anything by any of those three bands. If you're lucky, you'll hear Today by Smashing Pumpkins or maybe Creep by Radiohead, but that's the best you'll get.

Are you fucking serious about the Smiths, Radiohead and the Smashing Pumpkins not being mainstream? For starters the Smiths are pretty much a British musical institution and anybody that was around in the 1980s and into music, normally had a Smiths song embedded into their mind and the indie crowd that used to walk around wearing tight black trousers, were 99% of the time into the Smiths as well. As for Radiohead, they led the post brit-pop era here in the UK and were/still are one of the biggest bands of the time, I mean I can`t think of another British band since the heydays of Pink Floyd that played such complex music and still appealed to large sections of the music public. Also, the Smashing Pumpkins were probably one of the biggest bands of the 1990s.

I admit I find it amusing how you criticize certain elements of music and then have the audacity to say Coldplay are a good band.

Salami · 11-05-2011, 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Unknown Soldier

Are you fucking serious about the Smiths, Radiohead and the Smashing Pumpkins not being mainstream? For starters the Smiths are pretty much a British musical institution and anybody that was around in the 1980s and into music, normally had a Smiths song embedded into their mind and the indie crowd that used to walk around wearing tight black trousers, were 99% of the time into the Smiths as well. As for Radiohead, they led the post brit-pop era here in the UK and were/still are one of the biggest bands of the time, I mean I can`t think of another British band since the heydays of Pink Floyd that played such complex music and still appealed to large sections of the music public. Also, the Smashing Pumpkins were probably one of the biggest bands of the 1990s.

I admit I find it amusing how you criticize certain elements of music and then have the audacity to say Coldplay are a good band.

It's also pretty funny that he cites Coldplay as being a good band, but then criticises OneRepublic for using the same chord sequence in every song. If you don't get me, listen to "Clocks" and then "Speed of Sound" and try to tell me that they aren't identical in absolutely every single way.
YorkeDaddy, you are hilarious and I love you.

Howard the Duck · 11-06-2011, 03:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Unknown Soldier

Are you fucking serious about the Smiths, Radiohead and the Smashing Pumpkins not being mainstream? For starters the Smiths are pretty much a British musical institution and anybody that was around in the 1980s and into music, normally had a Smiths song embedded into their mind and the indie crowd that used to walk around wearing tight black trousers, were 99% of the time into the Smiths as well. As for Radiohead, they led the post brit-pop era here in the UK and were/still are one of the biggest bands of the time, I mean I can`t think of another British band since the heydays of Pink Floyd that played such complex music and still appealed to large sections of the music public. Also, the Smashing Pumpkins were probably one of the biggest bands of the 1990s.

I admit I find it amusing how you criticize certain elements of music and then have the audacity to say Coldplay are a good band.

i read somewhere in MOJO magazine that even garbage collectors in the UK can hum a Radiohaed tune

Unknown Soldier · 11-06-2011, 06:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Il Duce

i read somewhere in MOJO magazine that even garbage collectors in the UK can hum a Radiohaed tune

Part of the reason why that band lost all credibilty years ago.

Paedantic Basterd · 11-06-2011, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Unknown Soldier

Part of the reason why that band lost all credibilty years ago.

That's an absurd statement. Do tell how credibility is directly related to being an unknown artist?

Salami · 11-06-2011, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Pedestrian

That's an absurd statement. Do tell how credibility is directly related to being an unknown artist?

I'd go further: the fact that people are humming their tunes mean that they ARE credible.

I think bin men are people too, and they are allowed to have their own tastes as much as you are.

Sneer · 11-06-2011, 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Unknown Soldier

Part of the reason why that band lost all credibilty years ago.

Explain.

Unknown Soldier · 11-06-2011, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Pedestrian

That's an absurd statement. Do tell how credibility is directly related to being an unknown artist?

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Originally Posted by Stu

Explain.

Nothing to explain really, it was said in jest to Il Duce`s remark about garbage collectors.

Sneer · 11-06-2011, 11:51 AM

Jokes should be banned on internet forums.

Salami · 11-06-2011, 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Il Duce

i read somewhere in MOJO magazine that even garbage collectors in the UK can hum a Radiohaed tune

I believe that here in England, they prefer to be called "Refuse Rellocation Officers".

And does the fact that you are able to hum the tune mean that it is necessarily bad?
Or am I just a plebian, hopelessly shackled to the concept of memorable tunes?

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