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What's the Deal With -Band X-?
Johnny C:
I guess it's easy to confuse "dull" with "sublime."
Carlyism:
--- Quote from: a pack of wolves on 07 Feb 2008, 19:47 ---The thing with Led Zeppelin is the riffs. Well, the drumming is great too but let's talk about the riffs. They're catchy as well as being pretty heavy in the same way modern bands are. You can see this if you listen to Coalesce's mini-album 'There Is Nothing New Under The Sun' which consists of Led Zeppelin covers. The music sticks in the head but it's still pretty crushing. Take any band that play what's often called post-metal (Pelican, Isis, any band on Hydrahead ever) and they owe a huge debt to Led Zeppelin. Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath laid a lot of the ground for metal, stoner rock and a lot of hardcore. Not bad for a bunch of guys who spent most of their time pilfering old blues riffs. I can see why people don't like them and I don't listen to their records much myself, but I can hear the influence of their work in a vast amount of things I do play regularly, which I suppose explains why so many people still regard them so highly.
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I totally understand that they're important (they did, after all put hard rock on the scene), but I just don't really understand why people put them on such a high pedestal. Jimmy Page is NOT an amazing guitarist (his playing is pretty sloppy) and Robert Plant's voice is pretty obnoxious. But eh. People love different things, lol.
Off topic a bit; if I were to get a Sufjan Stevens album, which one would you guys recommend?
Johnny C:
Surely Illinois, though Seven Swans is great.
gardenhead_:
What is the deal with Interpol? Almost everyone I know likes them and I just don't see it.
But yeah, what's the deal with Interpol?
Jackie Blue:
Interpol is a decent band if you enjoy stark imagery and instrumentation. Their first album is good if you grew up listening to The Church, Lush, Slowdive, et al.
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