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Fun Stuff => BAND => Topic started by: OpenJamie on 25 Jun 2006, 11:18
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Think your favourite band deserves more votes? Last ditch attempt to get them through the rigorous screaning process and build up support. Want to moan about the crap that got more votes than them?
Basically what this topic is for to avoid conjesting the other topic which can then be used more for results, surgestions for improvements etc.
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COME ON PEOPLE! THE DOORS! What'd Jim Morrison ever do to you guys?
Oh, and Wolf Parade, they're pretty awesome to, but seeing as how I'll abandon them the second I have to choose between them and The Doors, I don't mind all too much.
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why didn't you nominate the stooges yet? or the rolling stones? hell..i believe even the beatles aren't nominated yet (which ofcourse is a good thing, but a bit of a surprise)
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Perhaps The Beatles should be banned from competing.
Also: Dudes, ZAPPA!! and the Velvet Underground! vote for them.
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GUYS
IRON MAIDEN
WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU ALL
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Why is it a bad thing that the Beatles aren't on there (aside from the fact that I would pretty much legally have to go for it)?
Also. GO ZAPPA
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I get home today, go online and find this competition. I then find that no one had nominated Kraftwerk. If Wolf Parade is in the top 32 but Kraftwerk is not think how embaressing that will be for all of us!
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I should put up Can, actually.
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tommy, I would love it if the Beatles would come to Kansas.
(SEE, THIS IS ME ACKNOWLEDGING THAT I SAW WHAT YOU DID THERE LOL)
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Wanna know why Joyside should win? Easy: http://www.wastedorient.com/
Check it out. They're pathetic.
--nick
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what have i ever done to you eh?
you'd win with your good looks, notice that pretty much everyone in the contest lacks good looks.
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HEATHENS
VOTE RATATAT
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Where is the Bowie love people?
Look folks, I'm a big fan of all these hip acts from the last few years- but its really lame just to forget about all the older acts.
Maybe we should have had two different battles - best classic band and best band playing today.
Again, go vote for Bowie. And Kraftwerk. Right now.
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I am pretty sure I am under both Bowie and Kraftwerk.
But I'm typing for a more serious issue.
Guys.
There aren't enough people who have voted for Can. Seriously. Can are fucking amazing and I will be seriously disappointed in all of you.
and 12 for the Arcade Fire? what the hell guys.
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Yeah, I'm also shocked that Can, (according to wikipedia) a German experimental group formed in 1968, that I've never heard of before today, isn't getting more votes. What the hell guys? Don't you like music? At all?
I can't find these guys on Rhapsody. Could someone send me a track or two? My email is in my profile.
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only know can by name so didn't vote for them, but i had to restraion myself from not removing any votes from the arcade fire list. boring crap.. oh well
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I like The Arcade Fire and all, but really, they are getting a bit more love than they rightly deserve. I mean, there's Bowie, there's The Doors, there's tons of other better bands there, where's their love?
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I'm recusing myself from any discussion of Arcade Fire. I listened to Funeral until I burned out. I loved them to death.
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Let's not get bitter here, ABBA and Spacemen 3 are both waaaaay better than both Arcade Fire and the Dead Kennedys and no one (except Kai) has voted for them. Instead let's appreciate that this is a place where Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Fugazi are infinitely more appreciated than Linkin Park.
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Yeah, I'm also shocked that Can, (according to wikipedia) a German experimental group formed in 1968, that I've never heard of before today, isn't getting more votes. What the hell guys? Don't you like music? At all?
Seriously.
And a song will be emailed you in in like, 5-10 minutes. Yousendit is uploading right now.
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Linkin Park
FUCK! I knew we forgot someone.
Also, someone join me in Talking Heads love.
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Thanks!
Let's not get bitter here, ABBA and Spacemen 3 are both waaaaay better than both Arcade Fire and the Dead Kennedys and no one (except Kai) has voted for them.
I can't hear ABBA anymore without thinking about their invention of the iscoceles lock.
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Guys.
Doves.
Come on.
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LAKSFDLKASJFDLKASJF
Radiohead 11
Iron Maiden 3
Death 3
Rush 4
GODDAMMIT I KNEW THIS GAME WAS JUST GOING TO PISS ME OFF
I won't even bother lamenting Satch, Ayreon, or Testament, because I knew they weren't going anywhere anyway. BUT JEEZ.
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the smiths
daft punk
cat power
xiu xiu
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Yeah, I'm also shocked that Can, (according to wikipedia) a German experimental group formed in 1968, that I've never heard of before today, isn't getting more votes. What the hell guys? Don't you like music? At all?
Seriously.
And a song will be emailed you in in like, 5-10 minutes. Yousendit is uploading right now.
May I assume that said song was 'Paperhouse'?
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Correct! It's pretty sweet. I'm kind of disturbed about '70s Kraut Rock sounding pretty much like modern garage rock revival. WTF?
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May I assume that said song was 'Paperhouse'?
That was the one I picked, yes. But that's because I only wanted to rip one song off of Tago Mago and it was first.
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VOTE SLEATER KINNEY GUYS
RESPEC' FOR THE DEAD
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Johnny I was so ready to post that. That's hilarious.
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Looks like the 4 top seeds are pretty clear
Arcade Fire- 12
Radiohead- 12
Daft Punk-11
Pixies- 10
The Rest of the 16 seeded teams, as of now:
Architecture in Helsinki- 9
The Smiths- 9
The Beatles- 9
Bob Dylan- 9
Godspeed You! Black Emperor- 9
Joy Division- 9
Broken Social Scene- 9
Jimi Hendrix- 8
Modest Mouse- 8
Neutral Milk Hotel- 8
The Velvet Underground- 8
Wilco-8
Practically guaranteed a spot in the top 32:
Black Sabbath- 7
Sonic Youth- 7
The Decemberists- 7
The Doors- 7
The Flaming Lips- 7
Fugazi- 7
Led Zeppelin- 7
Its really unlikely than any band with 7 votes won't make it through to the next round. But as of now thats only 23 teams. There are 16 teams competing for those last 9 spots.
The Avalanches- 6
Belle & Sebastian- 6
David Bowie- 6
Dead Kennedys- 6
Explosions in the SKy- 6
Johnny Cash- 6
Kraftwerk- 6
Kyuss- 6
Mogwai- 6
Nirvana- 6
REM- 6
The Stars- 6
Sufjan Stevens- 6
The Talking Heads- 6
Wolf Parade- 6
Frank Zappa Solo- 6
I highly recomend that people vote for Kraftwerk, Bowie and the Talking Heads very quickly. Also, Johnny Cash totally deserves a spot.
And two bands in the 5 vote range that shouldn't be:
My Bloody Valentine- 5
Pavement- 5
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I mean really. That Wolf Parade album was better than Loveless??? Seriously? Have the Stars had the kind of influence Pavement did?
Also, whats the plan to deal with a tie? How will the seeding be done beyond votes?
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call me a walking cliche but nirvana really should get more votes. yeah ofcourse all those 15 year olds love em, and yeah ofcourse you've heard all those songs very often. point is, they really were a great band.
also; i believe everybody is looking over both the stooges and the rolling stones here..
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what about john coltrane?
are you people crazy in the head?
So only me, you and Jcknbl voted for Coltrane? What the hell? And to think I wanted to add John Zorn and Ornette Coleman.
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Also, whats the plan to deal with a tie? How will the seeding be done beyond votes?
Random, baby, random. Ties for seeded places or the bottom of the top 32 will be resolved by picking at random. Ties in battles will result in both bands proceeding to the next round, for a 3 or 4 way competition (if both preceding rounds ended in ties).
More discussion in this thread.
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I voted for Kyuss, I can't believe I had missed them, and Coltrane.
Vote for Thelonious Monk!!!!!!!! and ABBA.
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I added Sleepytime Gorilla Museum way too late for people to vote for it, but it deserved to be added, if just for my one vote. I'm just always the last one to the party.
Oh, and I added a vote for T. Monk, my favorite jazz man. Danke, E. Spaceman!
Edit: Misereatur, you should have added them. I'd vote for them.
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Did I not vote for COltrane? I thought I did. Fuck.
EDIT: I did vote for Coltrane. weird.
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I think you need to put the timestamp on the Velvet Underground one though.
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Not anymore, beetch
I just stole the timestamp from a different one. It was before the 29th, so.
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Although about a billion people will say that Radiohead is (are?) better than The Decemberists hands down, even on a bad day... I still have to say that The Decemberists are freakin' awesome.
I mean, not only did they have one of the best albums of 2005 (both Pitchfork and Amazon.com have said so, if that matters), but they command a multitude of instruments with ease.
Already, a new album is expected in October and that's saying a lot since they had Picaresque, Picaresquities (the b-sides), and Colin Meloy Sings Shirley Collins (from his solo tour) all in 2005 and early 2006. Mind you two bandmembers had wives that were expecting all the while.
So, although Radiohead is commonly hailed as one of the best bands around, you can't deny that The Decemberists are an amazing band. Their songs have great lyrics, they have a variety of different instruments and tunes used, and they're amazing live.
So don't add your name under Radiohead as quickly as you might have before. Think about it first.
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Whoever are hailing Radiohead as "one of the best bands around" pretty much needs a nice punch. In the bollocks.
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Agreed!
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I really should boycott the entire rest of this competition for the results of the first round, but I won't.
EDIT: HEATHENS
VOTE SABBATH AND DOORS
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There is no reason Arcade Fire should be getting more votes than The Doors. OKAY GUYS. JIM MORRISON. Jim. Fucking. Morrison. This is the guy who did Strange Days, remember? He could totally kick Win Butler or whatever's ASS.
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Seriously, you can tell we're on an indie board. I mean, there's really far too little love for the old stuff. Now, I love my indie, and even Radiohead, and you'll find my name under plenty of those.
But really, THE DOORS! Have you people listened to Peace Frog lately? To Break On Through (To the Other Side)? To L.A. WOMAN!?
I see your hair is burnin'
Hills are filled with fire
If they say I never loved you
You know they are a liar
Drivin' down your freeways
Midnite alleys roam
Cops in cars, the topless bars
Never saw a woman...
So alone, so alone
So alone, so alone
Also, I'm really dissapointed in myself. I was stupid enough to forget to add Bruce Springsteen to the list. Stupid me.
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MOJO RISIN'
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Anyway, I've actually looked at the matchups and such now, and more campaining:
First off, Neutral Milk Hotel beats Broken Social Scene, and I say this with Broken Social Scene being one of my favorite bands. Take out your copies of In the Aeroplane Over the Sea everyone, and listen to Communist Daughter and Oh Comely. They are convieniently located back to back. If that doesn't make you at least think twice about voting for BSS, you lack a soul!
Next, Stars over REM. Most of you will likely think I'm crazy, but really, Stars have made some achingly beautiful pop albums, and have two of the best vocalists in indie today. Granted, REM are great, but they have fallen over the years. But yeah, I really can't hold it against anyone if they do vote for REM, I suppose.
Joy Division > Nirvana. Nirvana were good and all, but were they really that great? And even if you think that they might have been, THEY INSPIRED NICKELBACK! AND CREED!
I'm not even going to touch Godspeed You! Black Emperor vs. Frank Zappa, Coltrane vs. Black Sabbath, or The Smiths vs. Fugazi, those would be painful. And the rest, it's looking like things are going well as is.
Except The Doors vs. The Arcade Fire. Go vote for The Doors!
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There is no reason Arcade Fire should be getting more votes than The Doors. OKAY GUYS. JIM MORRISON. Jim. Fucking. Morrison. This is the guy who did Strange Days, remember? He could totally kick Win Butler or whatever's ASS.
Jim Morrison's gift for the occasional decent lyric or melodic hook was far outstripped by his penchant for being a complete fuckwit with a godawful approach to poetry ("MOTHER I WANT TO FUCK YOU" - what literary talent). The Doors were an okay band at best.
The Arcade Fire have made one album, and without resorting to shock or obscenity made a startlingly strong name for themselves. They deserve the "critical darling" tag, if only because they deserve every bit of hype they've received, through an album chock-full solid pop songwriting and - and this is important, kids, so pay attention - some lyrical and musical immediacy, two things that The Doors were lucky to do once in a while, and both of them were often ruined by ridiculous runtimes and masturbatory organ solos. Plus, their live act is literally the most unifying show I've ever seen; an entire room was simply enthralled.
So you could vote for a "classic rock" band whose major contribution to music was making guys who smoke a lot of dope seem insightful, or you could vote for a modern band with one of the more finely-crafted records and awe-inspiring concerts to hit the music world in a long time. Your choice, guys.
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Looks like the 4 top seeds are pretty clear
Arcade Fire- 12
Radiohead- 12
Daft Punk-11
Pixies- 10
The Rest of the 16 seeded teams, as of now:
Architecture in Helsinki- 9
The Smiths- 9
The Beatles- 9
Bob Dylan- 9
Godspeed You! Black Emperor- 9
Joy Division- 9
Broken Social Scene- 9
Jimi Hendrix- 8
Modest Mouse- 8
Neutral Milk Hotel- 8
The Velvet Underground- 8
Wilco-8
Practically guaranteed a spot in the top 32:
Black Sabbath- 7
Sonic Youth- 7
The Decemberists- 7
The Doors- 7
The Flaming Lips- 7
Fugazi- 7
Led Zeppelin- 7
Its really unlikely than any band with 7 votes won't make it through to the next round. But as of now thats only 23 teams. There are 16 teams competing for those last 9 spots.
The Avalanches- 6
Belle & Sebastian- 6
David Bowie- 6
Dead Kennedys- 6
Explosions in the SKy- 6
Johnny Cash- 6
Kraftwerk- 6
Kyuss- 6
Mogwai- 6
Nirvana- 6
REM- 6
The Stars- 6
Sufjan Stevens- 6
The Talking Heads- 6
Wolf Parade- 6
Frank Zappa Solo- 6
I highly recomend that people vote for Kraftwerk, Bowie and the Talking Heads very quickly. Also, Johnny Cash totally deserves a spot.
And two bands in the 5 vote range that shouldn't be:
My Bloody Valentine- 5
Pavement- 5
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I mean really. That Wolf Parade album was better than Loveless??? Seriously? Have the Stars had the kind of influence Pavement did?
Also, whats the plan to deal with a tie? How will the seeding be done beyond votes?
If Zappa solo is on there, what the fuck happened to Frank and the Mothers???
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The Arcade Fire has released one album. Now, I'll be the first to admit that Jim Morrisson's 'poetry' was often anything but poetic, but it seems to me that the choice is between a band that often exemplified the rock n' roll attitude of the 60s or a bunch of band geeks that have gone so deep into the pit of uncool that they have somehow come out the other side and are now riding the cutting edge of pretentious hipsterism.
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Whether or not the bands that the Doors inspired are shitty is irrelevant; the fact is, the Arcade Fire have not really innovated on anything, nor represented a rise of any particular genre, or influenced anyone (yet). As such, do they deserve the title of 'Best Band Ever' on any level?
Not to mention they have one album, and as such there isn't nearly enough of a catalog to truly judge them by.
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I'm with Storm Rider and Kai on this one, the Arcade Fire really should'nt be there.
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I'm fine with them being there, but they should definately not be winning. Though, actually, come to think of it, they beat out bands like The Talking Heads and My Bloody Valentine to make it there, but I suppose I can forgive that. Just not the Doors beating.
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See, I didn't really think they should be on there considering a lot of bands that didn't make it- but I'm really not much of a Doors fan and Funeral is still one of the best albums of the past few years. This is one instance where I'm cool with voting for the new over the classic.
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Just one more vote to tie it up! Come on Doors!
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I'm fine with them being there, but they should definately not be winning. Though, actually, come to think of it, they beat out bands like The Talking Heads and My Bloody Valentine to make it there, but I suppose I can forgive that. Just not the Doors beating.
The Talking Heads beating is worse, IMO...
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I am incredibly bitter that Sonic Youth is getting knocked out in Round 1 because they're up against the Beatles.
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I still can't decide between Coltrane Vs. sabbath and Smiths Vs. Fugazi.
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I still can't decide between Coltrane Vs. sabbath and Smiths Vs. Fugazi.
Let me help you. Sabbath and Fugazi.
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No, let me help you
*pulls out shot gun*
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The Velvet Underground is superior to the Doors on every conceivable level.
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Led Zeppelin is superior to Radiohead on every conceivable level.
Fixed.
Seriously guys, what the hell.
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glad you fixed that, Storm. I was concerned for a second.
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Radiohead fo lyfe bitches.
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There's no real justification for why the Doors and Velvet Underground are currently tied. VU trump the Doors at every turn, and the only good lasting effect from the rise of the Doors was that it allowed Ray Manzereck to use his pull to get X signed.