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debaserr · 07-31-2010, 12:20 AM

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Originally Posted by fritter

yeah trace87 that's what I meant. And I was implying prog rock was more pretentious than the music I like, not worse or in poorer taste.

well you came off as a person who wanted to discount prog in general. and my post stated nothing of that sort.

fritter · 07-31-2010, 12:24 AM

you said I discounted his taste

debaserr · 07-31-2010, 12:26 AM

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Originally Posted by fritter

you said I discounted his taste

yes, on the basis of a high number of prog acts on his last.fm. thus, discounting prog in general.

fritter · 07-31-2010, 12:47 AM

Okay well if you mean I was dismissing his music as pretentious and thus saying he is no place to judge if I know what pretentious bull**** is, then yeah that's what I was doing. I guess I was kind of being a jerk, sorry. Anyways, this thread should go back to being about Rush, not stuff I said.

debaserr · 07-31-2010, 12:49 AM

once again you display little skill in deciphering my posts.

fritter · 07-31-2010, 01:20 AM

why do you care?

debaserr · 07-31-2010, 01:21 AM

i was being sarcrastic. i would think anyone could understand it. you just imprinted your thoughts onto my statement in your other post.

boo boo · 07-31-2010, 03:32 AM

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Originally Posted by fritter

yeah trace87 that's what I meant. And for the record I just think prog rock in general is pretentious, not necessarily in bad taste.

Nothing is more pretentious than punk and indie, really.

But music is pretentious in general, in fact I find art and the very idea of it to be pretentious. What's so automatically bad about being pretentious anyway?

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Originally Posted by fritter

The Clash, Motley Crue, Thin Lizzy and The Stooges. And I can tell from your last.fm profile you're really into prog rock. You are in no place to judge me.

The Clash and Thin Lizzy are legit, The Stooges are absurdly overrated (Raw Power is great but Fun House is boring) and Motley Crue are a band I'm not even gonna bother rating.

fritter · 08-03-2010, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by boo boo

Nothing is more pretentious than punk and indie, really.

But music is pretentious in general, in fact I find art and the very idea of it to be pretentious. What's so automatically bad about being pretentious anyway?

The Clash and Thin Lizzy are legit, The Stooges are absurdly overrated (Raw Power is great but Fun House is boring) and Motley Crue are a band I'm not even gonna bother rating.

I guess you're right about music and art being pretentious in general, and nothing being automatically bad about being pretentious. I just personally dislike the music I consider pretentious.

However, punk rock is relatively unpretentious music. It's stripped-down rock and roll with simple chord structures and no lengthy guitar solos.

The Stooges are sort of overrated but only among critics and serious music fans. The vast majority of people have no idea who they are.

Unknown Soldier · 08-03-2010, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by fritter

I guess you're right about music and art being pretentious in general, and nothing being automatically bad about being pretentious. I just personally dislike the music I consider pretentious.

However, punk rock is relatively unpretentious music. It's stripped-down rock and roll with simple chord structures and no lengthy guitar solos.

The Stooges are sort of overrated but only among critics and serious music fans. The vast majority of people have no idea who they are.

The only reason why their overrated, is that they were probably the first proto-punk group out there, and kind of seen as one of the true founders of the genre. I don`t think of the first three stooges albums as classic from a music perspective but I certainly do from an image and attitude perspective. For the record I like the Stooges a lot and have the first three albums, with "Fun House" the pick of the three.

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07-31-2010, 12:49 AM	#175 (permalink)
debaserr eat the masters Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 5,470	once again you display little skill in deciphering my posts. __________________ Last.FM

07-31-2010, 01:21 AM	#177 (permalink)
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07-31-2010, 12:24 AM	#172 (permalink)
fritter Music Addict Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 86	you said I discounted his taste

07-31-2010, 12:47 AM	#174 (permalink)
fritter Music Addict Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 86	Okay well if you mean I was dismissing his music as pretentious and thus saying he is no place to judge if I know what pretentious bull**** is, then yeah that's what I was doing. I guess I was kind of being a jerk, sorry. Anyways, this thread should go back to being about Rush, not stuff I said.

07-31-2010, 01:20 AM	#176 (permalink)
fritter Music Addict Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 86	why do you care?