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Post by hugofuguzev on Nov 18, 2017 11:09:18 GMT
If I were the OP, i don't know if I'd be proud of bragging about this sort of thing: forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/i-have-never-knowingly-heard-a-note-played-by-any-of-these-acts.714077/The OP, some sort of jazz/classical snob/shut in named Siegmund: "I was born in 1967 and I swear I have never (knowingly) heard a note played by any of the following acts: Pearl Jam Beck Lush Marilyn Manson Korn Slipknot Extreme Hanson Bush Sleeper I couldn't name a single track by any of those acts, either. How have I managed to survive for so long without at least some penetration from the above-named acts? I put it down to: a) not listening to contemporary pop/rock radio stations b) spending my twenties and most my thirties listening almost exclusively to orchestral/operatic music, and c) having friends during that period who were somewhat older than me and who shared my tastes. I still have zero interest in most of the acts on that list but might (stress: might) check out two of them (Pearl Jam and Beck) because they seem to have a measure of credibility. I'm pretty convinced I'm not missing out by ignoring the rest. " |
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Post by graucho on Nov 18, 2017 12:29:03 GMT
Dunno what he was hoping for with that thread, but probably the aim was similar to many others - to get attention in one way or another. Strange assortment of examples, as if picked out blindfold from a list.
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Post by jeatletoes on Nov 18, 2017 13:38:03 GMT
Steve-O should be proud of all his minions who proudly ignore music artists. Just what a music forum should be!
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Post by daved on Nov 18, 2017 13:49:05 GMT
You'd pretty much have to have lived in a cardboard box on a deserted island to have never heard Pearl Jam. They were huge and everywhere, TV, radio, news....
There's a shit ton of music I would never listen to that I have still heard. Almost impossible in this day and age to not be exposed. Even while shopping.
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Post by hugofuguzev on Nov 18, 2017 13:55:27 GMT
Don't get me wrong, there's a LOT of musically close minded SHiTES but ol' Siegmund is not only bragging about his closemindedness but seems absurdly proud of it as well.
I predict that thread won't last long- place yer bets on which Gort will shut it down: Jerry? Hodgo? Ken McAlinden? Those three are the most trigger happy (not to mention most triggered) Gorts, it seems...
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Post by jeatletoes on Nov 18, 2017 13:56:28 GMT
You'd pretty much have to have lived in a cardboard box on a deserted island to have never heard Pearl Jam. They were huge and everywhere, TV, radio, news.... There's a shit ton of music I would never listen to that I have still heard. Almost impossible in this day and age to not be exposed. Even while shopping. SHiTE's don't shop, except at the record store where only Zeppelin or the Beatles are played. Mom does the other shopping for them while they sit in their record and VHS cave. |
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Post by thisonehurts on Nov 18, 2017 15:26:02 GMT
I have never knowingly heard:
-anything remixed by Steven Wilson
-anything in 5.1
-anything by the Marshall Tucker Band
-go fuck yourself
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Post by hoffa_nagila on Nov 18, 2017 22:53:38 GMT
I have never knowingly heard a note played my Milli Vanilli.
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Post by antiram on Nov 19, 2017 13:05:37 GMT
I gotta say...I don't get the love for Beck over at SHite land; they came rushing to his defense in a hurry. And it is weird love; as very much a non-fan myself, I would have thought that Mellow Gold or Odelay were the benchmarks of Beck greatness. Those were the albums that gave him his hits and established his brand. I even still like some Odelay songs, even if I can't sit through the whole album anymore. But those guys love the dull and dreary Sea Change, which I've kept on my HD as a sleep aid; I still can't name a song off it, although I distinctly remember trying to play it at least five times. Nobody there ever even mentions Odelay. In another thread, I referred to Sea Change as being for those who think Odelay was too "hip hop", which I meant as a joke but now think might really be the case...
Turning to Billboard, I am gobsmacked to learn that all of his last six albums have made the top-10 in America (something Mellow Gold and Odelay failed to do), with four of them reaching the top-5. Yet, with the exception of the perennial "Loser", he has never charted a single higher than #61 in America, and only two made the hot-100 at all in the last twenty years (one at #65, the other at #100) I didn't think any musicians charted albums without singles support like that anymore; ya learn something new every day.
I don't begrudge him his Scientology; if he wants to believe in that shit, he can go right ahead. However, it also makes me hesitate to take him seriously on any level.
I downloaded his whole discography years ago in a downloading binge and still haven't gotten around to playing a single track. Am I truly missing out on something? Is this guy, against all odds, the genius SHites claim him to be?
Or, as I suspect, is he a mediocre white guy making whiteboy music that has sanded down or eliminated the innovative and edgier elements that made him seem mildly interesting in the 90's, leaving behind a safe eccentric whimsy and little else? Not unlike such SHite heros Van Dyk Parks and Sir Macca himself?
At any rate, I suspect a poll of SHites would rank Beck possibly as high as #1 among post-1980's artists, while I struggle to even remember he exists...
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Post by graucho on Nov 19, 2017 16:43:18 GMT
It seems that if an artist rips off someone and that artist is someone they like, or someone they think is cred, they call it a 'homage'. If it's an artist they don't care for, it's a 'rip off'. Beck's Paper Tiger on Sea Change is an obvious steal from Gainsbourg's Melody Nelson, but with no acknowledgement on the CD.
I pointed this out to a music journalist friend, who was raving about it at the time, and had just given it a big thumbs up review. I've since seen it described as a 'homage', but since it neglected to credit its inspiration, why not just call it a rip off? My problem with Beck is that even on what people regard as his most emotional and honest piece of work, I find just clever-clever pastiche. Of course, I may be completely wrong!
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Post by daved on Nov 19, 2017 17:10:03 GMT
I like the new Beck album so fuck you
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Post by Chicken in Black on Nov 19, 2017 19:02:49 GMT
Beck acknowledged how much "Paper Tiger" owed it to Gainsbourg when he introduced the song during concerts.
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Post by dccblowup on Nov 21, 2017 13:14:38 GMT
Of all the musicians that could have been named and he names Lush? Er......
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Post by krabapple on Nov 21, 2017 19:59:25 GMT
Of all the musicians that could have been named and he names Lush? Er...... Sheesh, people are forever going on and on about Lush...where have you been? |
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