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Fun Stuff => BAND => Topic started by: Johnny C on 11 Aug 2008, 20:06
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This is Ian.
(http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k157/jcsunshine/Photo220.jpg)
This is Ian's band*.
(http://a374.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/8/l_b3ddb2526070aaa6d257d152c92dff1d.jpg) (http://www.myspace.com/purplefunkrock)
Ian listens to music. He has Opinions.
In this thread, you will list bands and Ian will give his Opinions. Please provide links to these bands so that he can listen to them.
Be warned: I've told him to be as blunt as he likes.
The list of bands, as it stands:
HEALTH
Complete
Mogwai
Ladytron
Beat Happening
The New Year
Gang Gang Dance
Make Believe
Fugazi
Doctor Steel
Kamelot
Kaizers Orchestra
311
!!!
Madahoochi
Art Brut
The Fall
Husker Du
Mission of Burma
McLusky
Hum
Television
Brokencyde
Jesus Christ that's a lot of bands.
*There will be no discussion of Purple Funk in this thread.
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HEALTH
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Complete (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukjnrXTTvPY)
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Mogwai. Might as well get it out of the way.
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Dear Johnny C's Brother
Please Rate L (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncl7New1czM)ady (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yaEwcmrR4Q)tr (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtqGoHouoE0)on
Love,
Brett
P.S. Tell Johnny C he is a chump for me
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Okay, let's hold off until he reviews those bands.
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I like where this is going.
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Health/Crimewave: Off the start this songs sounds like it has potential to live up to it's Bad-Ass name. Wrong. Really fast drums and chainsaw noises does not make a song. Couldn't make out the lyrics, but they were probably super pretentious like the bands picture makes them out to be. This is just one Glorified drum solo. And a bad one at that.
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Tommy why is it you only listen to bands that have ADD or bands that take too much Valium.
It is an interesting contrast is all I am saying.
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ah what the hell.
Doctor Steel (http://worlddominationtoys.com/drsteel/audio_exp.html)
Rate away. :laugh:
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I want him to review Kamelot:
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=GOVW9GezQ0k
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=N4wV4rxTqfU
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=9kSRSk1d088
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FUCKIN' HOLD OFF YOU BASTARDS
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Complete/Hoogie Boogie Land - The first thing that comes to mind when I hear this song is "Why?" I just can't understand why anyone would want to listen to this band. I was in a band in grade 7 that sounded like this. We didn't know how to play our instruments either. In Hoogie Boogie Land there is no war, there is no hate, and apparently, no good music. I would like do redirect fans of this band to a band on myspace http://www.myspace.com/redlodgesongs .
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Mogwai/Hunted By A Freak - Trippy as fuck. Pretty epic too. Dig the intro. By a minute 45 I kinda wish the song would start going somewhere. This songs sounds like it should be in the movie "300". Give me some zoomers and and hour and I'll come up with something better than this.
There is now a queue for the next round of this. He'll review Ladytron and then the remaining requests (five, by the looks of it) tomorrow night. Then we can get a queue in.
Right now he's just typing as he listens to them. I'm thinking of switching up the format to get a more visceral response out of him. Any suggestions?
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Literally just trying to elicit more amusing responses.
Fix'd. I know I'm an asshole, sorry Tommy. You're still my favorite internet person.
Also, I am no good with esoteric bands, just have him critique 311 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Af1CnCX1Qyg)
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No man you heard him right the first time.
Illicit, more amusing responses
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Ladytron/Destroy Everything You Touch - Is there anything in this song I can touch so it goes away? This is uber-boring music. If there is one thing I hate it's depressing music. I don't understand it. I like music that makes me want to go out and party, or just sit around and chill, not go be sad about life. John wants me to recommend a band to listen to that is similar to this, but I'm not going to do that. I don't listen to depressing shit.
Tomorrow night is Round Tommy:
Beat Happening (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsIZg74mLt8).
The New Year (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhvfwwpU1CE).
Gang Gang Dance (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPnJNScRSek).
Make Believe (http://www.myspace.com/makebelieve).
I've decided that the plan for tomorrow night is to actually record his responses and then type them up. The format will be more like an interview.
Stay tuned.
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It's ok, Tommy, once in the fourth grade spelling bee (bee?) I misspelled "Guess" when it was printed in bold letters on the front of my shirt.
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Ian, please review the band !!! http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=yaqQYetCH8U
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Take a shot at Madahoochi (http://youtube.com/watch?v=0J1gyEcbQUA) - song is Consequence, more on my channel (in my sig.)
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He no longer listens to A-sides
He made me a tape of bootlegs and B-sides
And every song on that tape, every single song on that tape
Says exactly the same thing
Why don't our parents worry about us?
Why don't our parents worry about us?
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STAY OFF THE CRACK!
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On that note I would like to append Art Brut (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvA0UBesfbY) to the list. Whether this song or My Little Brother I don't really mind, but I love this song so much more.
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The Fall
Husker Du
Mission of Burma
McLusky
Hum
I, for one cannot wait for his esteemed opinion on Beat Happening.
P.S.: Silkworm? (It had to be said.)
man i just opened up a whole fuckin' can of worms there did I :(
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maybe, because it looks like he's only listening to one song
i say do
television
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This is like, the best thread.
Does the thead think an opinion of Brokencyde is needed, or is that far too wretched?
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I'll add Brokencyde to the list. He might lose interest before we can get to some of these bands but I'm going to try and keep this thread going for as long as I can.
I've updated the original post to contain the list of bands.
TONIGHT
INTERVIEW STYLE
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I'll add Brokencyde to the list. He might lose interest before we can get to some of these bands but I'm going to try and keep this thread going for as long as I can.
I've updated the original post to contain the list of bands.
TONIGHT
INTERVIEW STYLE
Lose interest? Pssh, strap him into a chair, prop his eyeballs open, and force feed him our crappy music until he makes with the reviews!
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Ten bucks says Ian stops listening to Brokencyde within the first 30 seconds. Or at least violently retches for the "stop" button while Johnny C tries to stop and sedate him.
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Health/Crimewave: Off the start this songs sounds like it has potential to live up to it's Bad-Ass name. Wrong. Really fast drums and chainsaw noises does not make a song. Couldn't make out the lyrics, but they were probably super pretentious like the bands picture makes them out to be. This is just one Glorified drum solo. And a bad one at that.
Glitter Pills is actually a better song.
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I saw something like this on New York public television. They had one episode where they played Animal Collective to kids and then one episode playing Animal Collective to people in a retirement home. It was really funny!
I saw go with Deerhoof though!
EDIT: Youtube link (Old Person Vs. The Knife): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRxwhC7rhOc&feature=related
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Oh fuck, I can't do this tonight.
Tomorrow night maybe. I AM SORRY EVERYONE
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I think he has to do clutch, but what song should he listen to? They change with every album.
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WE ARE ALL PROSTITUTES
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So I just tried recording him and the microphone didn't work. He had some uh opinions on these bands I tell you what. We'll try again tomorrow and hopefully not get fucked up by technical difficulties.
On the other hand he told us about how he once went to a house party and didn't like the music so he downloaded a song by Billy Squier. Also he told us that Beat Happening make a good one-man band.
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Carmelite (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Gic9sH_J9o&feature=related)
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Listen to Baal (http://www.myspace.com/baaljapan). Your brother can review it if he likes, but I think that you, Johnny C, should listen to Baal.
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dear ian,
i would like to know what you think of chrome (the industrial band, not the rapper)
thanks in advance,
anna
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Why?
The band, not the question.
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I think he has to do clutch, but what song should he listen to? They change with every album.
AGREED. Clutch is amazing. I think either The Mob Goes Wild, or Power Player.
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Yeah, mob goes wild should be good, but it still feels like he would be missing a lot, Mob goes wild is about as far from Spacegrass as anything can be, and Spacegrass is miles away from Electric Worry.
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God, Electric Worry is amazing.
The only reason I think fondly of my ex is because he introduced me to Clutch. Electric Worry was the first song I heard by them.
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let's rank A Troop of Echoes!
www.myspace.com/atroopofechoes
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I wish I could find Ian these days. He's a ghost.