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Frances The Mute
sp2:
--- Quote from: rudeboy ---Saying they are talented is like saying Good Charlotte isn't assholes for using that one Specials line. I could easily take my friend's guitar, and make it out of tune purposely, play it upside down, and near his amp and sound like a total asshole. It doesn't mean that I have talent. I have nothing against long songs, heck, one of my favorite bands is streetlight manifesto, and their songs are pretty long, and stretches out even longer, live.
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Do you even play a musical instrument? Some of their stuff is pretty damned complex, a good example being the bassline in Eunoch Provocateur (from their EP), and most of the drumming.
Look. You don't have to like them. Or their style. You can think their brand of psychadelia prog is a cop out and wankery and everything else, but that does not mean they're not good musicians.
I can't stand Rush. I think their songs are unimaginative and cliche, and not particularly interesting musically. That doesn't mean I can't acknowledge that they're damned talented musicians. The same goes for Mars Volta. You don't need to like them to acknowledge that they're decent musicians and that other people with different tastes can legitimately enjoy their music. It's not like I'm asking you to say that Blink 182 are the best punk band ever, or something equally ridiculous.
Praeserpium Machinarum:
--- Quote ---It's not like I'm asking you to say that Blink 182 are the best punk band ever, or something equally ridiculous.
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they aren't?
...bloody hell...
rudeboy:
--- Quote from: sp2 ---Do you even play a musical instrument?
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I play saxophone, and I'm learning bass.
mahlon:
--- Quote from: marenpoop ---Thinking good concept albums are not being made anymore is not a reason to stop trying. That's like saying in the 90s, when american cars were absolutely horrible, that they should have stopped making them.
and The Wall was overrated.
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Except... Cars are pretty much something we need to live (isn't that pathetic?) I haven't heard a good concept album in years. Maybe I just hate the idea of concept albums period, or maybe I just hate the Mars Volta and their dumbass looking Afros, or any band with Afros (aside from the guy in TV on the Radio). Personally, I think the Mars Volta kind of rips off Coheed and Camrbia, especially with this whole concept album shit.
sp2:
--- Quote from: mahlon ---Personally, I think the Mars Volta kind of rips off Coheed and Camrbia, especially with this whole concept album shit.
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If anything, it's the opposite. The Volta guys have been doing weird experimental shit for years. Check out De Facto, which was some experimental electro-dub they messed around with.
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