Big Four Bands Thread Round 19: Gothic Rock

[Ol’ Qwerty Bastard]

Frownland more like ***land am I right haha kys you dirty little whore

[Frownland]

At least we can all agree that Tech N9ne getting on the list would be an abomination.

[Ol’ Qwerty Bastard]

Yup.

[Terrapin_Station]

Faust
Tangerine Dream
Grobschnitt
Amon Duul II

[Key]

Originally Posted by Neapolitan

You have a very strange relationship with Ki. Tbh it's something I can't figure out. I don't want to figure out. You (both) can go off on a tangent sometimes. I can't even figure out Ki, I just chalk it up that he likes to fly off the handle.

You know why Bat and I seem to have a "strange relationship" as you call it? Because we can both throw jabs at each other and not take it personally like you do. The amount of times he's made jokes about my ex being a heroin addict is too many to count, and I could care less because to him it's hilarious, much like I call him a ****** that works at Burger King. It's called friendly banter and this site is known to take things to the extreme. Whether you can handle that or not is your own fault. I've flown off the handle a few times and I've been offended, but I always come back because I know for a fact that the people here are worth talking to every day. Life would be boring otherwise.

[Goofle]

EL-P and Dalek

[Neapolitan]

Originally Posted by grindy

The term Krautrock is widely and freely used in Germany and I've never had the slightest indication that anyone is offended by it. Kraut also basically means 'weed' in German, which many people think is quite fitting for the genre.

Sincerely,

Someone who actually lives there

well ...

The term "krauts" may be regarded as "light-hearted" by advertising watchdogs, but Germans said today that they find it offensive.

The Advertising Standards Authority this morning rejected complaints that the term was racist when used in a promotional leaflet timed to coincide with last month's crunch Germany-England World Cup qualifier.

The pamphlet from Manchester-based firm Dronco Abrasives featured a picture of soccer action and read: "The Krauts are coming ... with unbeatable quality," a reference to their German parent company.

The company said it believed krauts was a "humorous reference to German's alleged high consumption of Sauerkraut" and had no negative meaning, although it did agree to remove the word from future adverts.

In its ruling today, the ASA said the word krauts did portray German's negatively, but ruled it would be "generally understood as a light-hearted reference to a national stereotype and was unlikely to cause serious or widespread offence".

But staff at the German Embassy in London disagreed with the ASA decision, saying that most Germans would find the phrase offensive.

An Embassy spokeswoman said: "It is not a very nice name and it is certainly not nice to be called a name related to cabbage.

"I think over time the word has attracted very negative connotations, so most people would be offended by it."

And Cultural attache Tilman Hancker added: "Speaking personally I would be offended to be called it and I think most people would not find it a very nice name."

Read more: Germans get sour over 'Kraut' | Daily Mail Online
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[Frownland]

How many Germans? Two?

[The Batlord]

I saw "Germans", "offensive", and just thought "blitzkrieg".

[grindy]

Originally Posted by Neapolitan

well ...

1. Diplomats are paid to be offended.
2. Context.
3. Stop derailing the thtead.