Alternative: Style or status?

jackhammer · 12-31-2008, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by euphoria z

That' s rather offputting to new members, amirite?

So is calling people a moron which you did in another thread and YOU said you are not a music expert. Not me.

Piss Me Off · 12-31-2008, 01:06 PM

Point is you don't really need to be a musical expert to interpret a thread properly and put your view across instead of someone elses.

~~euphoria z~~ · 12-31-2008, 01:06 PM

Fair enough, I won't copy/paste from Allmusic anymore.

lucylamppost · 12-31-2008, 02:33 PM

Haha RHCP are just in a league of there own

Mr Nic · 01-01-2009, 12:13 AM

like what you like. hate what you hate. stuff everything else.

scottsy · 01-01-2009, 08:44 PM

Simple but sage advice Mr. Nic...

I just realised I complemented a post that was completely copied from elsewhere... I feel kinda dumb now... :-S

4ZZZ · 01-02-2009, 12:43 AM

I have no issue at all with genre categorisation to describe what one is listening to when trying to explain to others who are maybe interested. When discussing music on a forum such as this I would have thought that most of us understood genres meaning even if we were a bit reticent about some genre usage.

I do have a reluctance to use the terms Indy and Alternative. I think that Indy has lost it's meaning. With the downturn in major labels taking on new artists most of what we listen to could be described as Indy. Alternative I have always thought was an odd term. Alternative to what?

But as suggested by others style or status has little meaning; the idea is to just enjoy the music in the end.

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Originally Posted by scottsy

I just realised I complemented a post that was completely copied from elsewhere... I feel kinda dumb now... :-S

Don't let it worry you. I felt a bit foolish and bit back at the individual on another thread when I should have ignored.

can_i_say · 01-02-2009, 06:38 AM

I read somewhere Angels and Airwaves are alternative rock, I lol'd. Then again, I'd call REM an alternative rock band, and some would lol at me for doing so...

scottsy · 01-02-2009, 06:41 AM

It's funny I'd consider R.E.M abd bands like Pearl Jam alternative too - it might just be that at the time I was getting into them they really were "alternative" or "indie" and they blew up into mainstream proportions...

But I think with those bands its all about the attitude. They're both bands that have kinda said throughout their career - "I'm doing it my way" and that is what may define their alternative - ness...

Sneer · 01-02-2009, 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by scottsy

I just realised I complemented a post that was completely copied from elsewhere... I feel kinda dumb now... :-S

He made a fool of nobody but himself, dont worry about it

12-31-2008, 01:06 PM	#22 (permalink)
Piss Me Off Moodswings n' Roundabouts Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: At the corner of Dude and Catastrophe Posts: 4,512	Point is you don't really need to be a musical expert to interpret a thread properly and put your view across instead of someone elses. __________________ Last FM Rate Yr Music Muxtape

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lucylamppost I'm a figure of forgotten Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: canada Posts: 349	Haha RHCP are just in a league of there own __________________

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scottsy Untalented Drummer Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Sussex, Wisconsin Posts: 2,900	Simple but sage advice Mr. Nic... I just realised I complemented a post that was completely copied from elsewhere... I feel kinda dumb now... :-S __________________ "If you're like me, then it's possible you're a clone generated from my stolen DNA. I suggest you turn yourself in for destruction immediately" - Shaun Micallef.

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can_i_say Music Addict Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: The Toon Posts: 226	I read somewhere Angels and Airwaves are alternative rock, I lol'd. Then again, I'd call REM an alternative rock band, and some would lol at me for doing so... __________________ meh

01-02-2009, 06:41 AM	#29 (permalink)
scottsy Untalented Drummer Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Sussex, Wisconsin Posts: 2,900	It's funny I'd consider R.E.M abd bands like Pearl Jam alternative too - it might just be that at the time I was getting into them they really were "alternative" or "indie" and they blew up into mainstream proportions... But I think with those bands its all about the attitude. They're both bands that have kinda said throughout their career - "I'm doing it my way" and that is what may define their alternative - ness... __________________ "If you're like me, then it's possible you're a clone generated from my stolen DNA. I suggest you turn yourself in for destruction immediately" - Shaun Micallef.

12-31-2008, 01:06 PM	#23 (permalink)
~~euphoria z~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 50	Fair enough, I won't copy/paste from Allmusic anymore.

01-01-2009, 12:13 AM	#25 (permalink)
Mr Nic Occasionally Curmudgeonly Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 87	like what you like. hate what you hate. stuff everything else.