Topic: The "Rip Me for my Taste in Music" Thread (Read 35435 times)

starkruzr · « **on:** 14 Aug 2007, 01:25 »

Because it's funny, and we're all friends here anyway, aren't we?

Stuff I Like, Unapologetically
Coldplay (how's that for starting off with a homer?)
U2 (We're running now!)
Billy Joel (OH YES)
Counting Crows
Radiohead
Conquistador (the 7-piece rock-ska band The Bravery used to be before they were The Bravery)
Angels and Airwaves (what happens when Tom Longe locks himself in a basement for a year and listens only to U2? THIS HAPPENS.)
Athlete
Barenaked Ladies
British Sea Power
Calexico
The Decemberists
Green Day
Guster
Ian Axel
The Killers
Muse
Pearl Jam
The Postal Service
Rooney
Stars
Stars of Track and Field
Toad the Wet Sprocket
The Virginia Coalition
The Who

This is a small fragment of my music collection, pulled from my desktop which only has a couple of things that I happened to import to it. Everything else lives on my eMac/700 music server which is currently taking a nap.

DO YOUR WORST, BITCHES

BTW, in case I didn't make this clear, the idea was that everybody posts something they think others will go "OH GOD VOMIT" at, as well as some things they think they might think others will be like "HEY MAN AWSUM," to see if reactions to either are surprising at all.

backstagebetty · « **Reply #1 on:** 14 Aug 2007, 01:30 »

ummm. Hot Hot Heat might be worth ripping on, I guess....aaand Ok Go. Maybe.

I think there is absolutely no reason to be sorry for liking Toad the Wet Sprocket. I actually have no desire to rip on you for any of that list. Not that I don't wanna barf on half of that stuff, but they're your ears, man.

Edit: Okay, I wanna barf on 3/4 of it, at least. Still... your ears.

thegreatbuddha · « **Reply #2 on:** 14 Aug 2007, 01:33 »

No Styx?
Pfft!!

starkruzr · « **Reply #3 on:** 14 Aug 2007, 01:37 »

Quote from: thegreatbuddha on 14 Aug 2007, 01:33

No Styx?
Pfft!!

Dude, good call.

IIIIII'M SAILIIIIIING AWAAAAAAAAAY

(BTW, in case I didn't make this clear, the idea was that everybody posts something they think others will go "OH GOD VOMIT" at, as well as some things they think they might think others will be like "HEY MAN AWSUM," to see if reactions to either are surprising at all.)

Ernest · « **Reply #4 on:** 14 Aug 2007, 01:41 »

He's a clever, one, he is. He's giving us too much. You see, if he just gave us a band that sucked and told us why he thought they were good, we'd have a field day. However, he's listing a boatload of tripe, and since nearly all of it is crap, it's not like we can just single out certain ones (well, I guess we can, but I wouldn't know where to start), and I doubt any of us other than Tommy are meticulous enough to write a treatise about that list.

thegreatbuddha · « **Reply #5 on:** 14 Aug 2007, 01:45 »

If you want vomit, I have seen Poison every year since 2001, and I plan on seeing them again come Labor Day, along with the likes of Ratt and some other band I don't remember. Winger maybe.

Quote from: Kip Winger

She's only seventeen, daddy says she's too young, but she's old enough for me

Quote from: Walter Sobchak

When he moved to Hollywood he had to go door to door to tell everyone he was a pederast.

God I hate Winger.

Gridgm · « **Reply #6 on:** 14 Aug 2007, 01:48 »

do me next do me next...i'm sure you've worked out some of my taste in music by now

Ocarina654 · « **Reply #7 on:** 14 Aug 2007, 02:23 »

In no order:

Daft Punk
Agalloch
The Decemberists
Gorillaz
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Sigur Ros
TV on the Radio
David Bowie
Dragonforce
Metallica
Megadeth
Turisas
Weird Al Yankovic

starkruzr:
Peral Jam?
Green Day??
Wow.

thegreatbuddha · « **Reply #8 on:** 14 Aug 2007, 02:30 »

Quote from: Ocarina654 on 14 Aug 2007, 02:23

Dragonforce

THERE IS NO SHAME IN LIKING DRAGONFORCE. THEY ARE QUITE GOOD. AND ALSO AWESOME.

_{did I mention they rock?}

starkruzr · « **Reply #9 on:** 14 Aug 2007, 02:42 »

Quote from: Ocarina654 on 14 Aug 2007, 02:23

In no order:

Daft Punk
Agalloch
The Decemberists
Gorillaz
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Sigur Ros
TV on the Radio
David Bowie
Dragonforce
Metallica
Megadeth
Turisas
Weird Al Yankovic

starkruzr:
Peral Jam?
Green Day??
Wow.

It's okay, man. I have decided that any band that makes a gimmick of playing stupid games with punctuation in their name (this includes !!! and GY!BE) should be automatically dragged out into the street and shot for inflicting cosmic-scale pretension on the rest of the planet.

starkruzr · « **Reply #10 on:** 14 Aug 2007, 02:42 »

Quote from: Flaming Ostrich on 14 Aug 2007, 01:41

He's a clever, one, he is. He's giving us too much. You see, if he just gave us a band that sucked and told us why he thought they were good, we'd have a field day. However, he's listing a boatload of tripe, and since nearly all of it is crap, it's not like we can just single out certain ones (well, I guess we can, but I wouldn't know where to start), and I doubt any of us other than Tommy are meticulous enough to write a treatise about that list.

What's NOT crap in that list?

Also, to give you some fodder because I'm such a nice guy:

Angels and Airwaves is (also) what happens when emo grows up, decides to get over high school and stop cutting itself, and actually try being positive for a change.

Luke C · « **Reply #11 on:** 14 Aug 2007, 02:46 »

The Who.

Storm Rider · « **Reply #12 on:** 14 Aug 2007, 02:51 »

Every single Dragonforce song sounds the same. Why anyone would ever listen to them more than once is lost on me.

Ishotdanieljohnston · « **Reply #13 on:** 14 Aug 2007, 03:41 »

i actually quite like alot in both the major lists... or at least they can be found in my collection...

Ã¶de · « **Reply #14 on:** 14 Aug 2007, 04:07 »

Quote from: starkruzr on 14 Aug 2007, 02:42

I have decided that any band that makes a gimmick of playing stupid games with punctuation in their name (this includes !!! and GY!BE) should be automatically dragged out into the street and shot for inflicting cosmic-scale pretension on the rest of the planet.

How is it gimmicky and a stupid game? !!! is a fun name and I think the exclamation in GY!BE makes a big difference in how it's pronounced.

Lighten up! it's only punctuation.

Valrus · « **Reply #15 on:** 14 Aug 2007, 05:34 »

Yeah punctuation sure is pretty pretentious. Look how fucking pretentious this post is, all with two periods and a comma.

thenosebleedkid · « **Reply #16 on:** 14 Aug 2007, 05:36 »

i was going to tear you a new spleen with my internet ramblings. But frankly there are two factors limiting me;

1. The Who pretty much makes up for the mediocrity of the rest of list.
2. I doubt my brilliance would impact such a soul so lost to the cause of plausible taste.

Personally I think adding in punctuation as meaning in a name is pretty gimicky, but you know, that's hardly a big issue.

est · « **Reply #17 on:** 14 Aug 2007, 05:55 »

I don't see any problems with:

Quote from: Ocarina654 on 14 Aug 2007, 02:23

Daft Punk
Gorillaz
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Sigur Ros
TV on the Radio
David Bowie
Weird Al Yankovic

John Curtin · « **Reply #18 on:** 14 Aug 2007, 06:11 »

Quote from: starkruzr on 14 Aug 2007, 02:42

It's okay, man. I have decided that any band that makes a gimmick of playing stupid games with punctuation in their name (this includes !!! and GY!BE) should be automatically dragged out into the street and shot for inflicting cosmic-scale pretension on the rest of the planet.

If you think "Godspeed You! Black Emporer" is a stupid punctuation game (and by implication is grammatically incorrect or at least unusual), you've obviously never read any book written before, say, the 1950s, or whenever it was that the "rule" that question and exclamation marks can only go at the end of a sentence came into vogue. It's a pity really, since a lot of sentences really need one or the other in the middle, and a comma doesn't really cut it.

amok · « **Reply #19 on:** 14 Aug 2007, 06:36 »

Quote from: Valrus on 14 Aug 2007, 05:34

Yeah punctuation! sure is; pretty... pretentious look? how - fucking "pretentious this, post is all... with two. periods and! a comma.

edited for gy!be effect

Scarychips · « **Reply #20 on:** 14 Aug 2007, 07:42 »

Eh eh, I have all the Green Day cds

Damn, I feel shitty now...

Emaline · « **Reply #21 on:** 14 Aug 2007, 08:14 »

Green Day is terrible, but I still have....

The shittiest taste in music

The Flaming Lips
Piebald
Lou Reed(as opposed to The Velvet Underground. I like him better)
The Goodlife
Cursive
Tilly And The Wall
Ben Folds
Xiu Xiu
Black Eyes
Gravytrain!!!
Metric
Pearl Jam
Bob Dylan
The Beatles
The Robot Ate Me
The Promise Ring
Queen
The Dead Milkmen
The Faint
Joanna Newsom
Frank Sinatra
Iron and Wine
Cake
(local band) Thankful Tree
(local band) Eskimos

And a bunch of other local bands. I just got tired of trying to link them.

MlKE · « **Reply #22 on:** 14 Aug 2007, 08:20 »

New Found Glory and Avril Lavigne. I own every cd by both...

now if only Avril knew about my loyalty, and dumped that dumb sum 41 guy.

Kai · « **Reply #23 on:** 14 Aug 2007, 08:23 »

thread over guys

pen · « **Reply #24 on:** 14 Aug 2007, 08:24 »

my turn! at random...

celine dion (i should probably be stoned or some such for that)
evanescence
green day
iron maiden
ac/dc
garbage
tori amos
liz phair
rosemary clooney
dream theater
hole
nirvana
the offspring
shakira
the ramones

and much more!

MlKE · « **Reply #25 on:** 14 Aug 2007, 08:31 »

Quote from: Kai on 14 Aug 2007, 08:23

thread over guys

i declare you the ~~winner~~ loser.

Baggy · « **Reply #26 on:** 14 Aug 2007, 08:37 »

Haha I used to listen to evanescence in high school, back before I realized/came to hate how whiny so much music out there is.

But come on? Celine Dion??

Okay let me throw my list of unapologetic favs out there:

Incubus
Modest Mouse
Hot Hot Heat
Daft Punk
OK Go
Third Eye Blind
Muse
The Decemberists
The Dandy Warhols
The Cure

Johnny C · « **Reply #27 on:** 14 Aug 2007, 09:16 »

Fuck this thread!

Kai · « **Reply #28 on:** 14 Aug 2007, 09:18 »

Quote from: Johnny C on 14 Aug 2007, 09:16

Fuck! this thread

fixed for punctuation

MlKE · « **Reply #29 on:** 14 Aug 2007, 09:33 »

Quote from: Baggy on 14 Aug 2007, 08:37

Incubus
Modest Mouse
Hot Hot Heat
Daft Punk
OK Go
Third Eye Blind
Muse
The Decemberists
The Dandy Warhols
The Cure

I don't see anything in this list that you should be ashamed of...

MusicScribbles · « **Reply #30 on:** 14 Aug 2007, 10:27 »

Quote from: Emaline on 14 Aug 2007, 08:14

The Flaming Lips
Lou Reed(as opposed to The Velvet Underground. I like him better)
Bob Dylan
The Beatles
Queen
The Faint
Joanna Newsom
Frank Sinatra
Iron and Wine

I see nothing wrong with these guys. Your shame is built on a shaky foundation. Destroy your shame!

E. Spaceman · « **Reply #31 on:** 14 Aug 2007, 10:33 »

Jawbreaker
Jets to Brazil
Journey

starkruzr · « **Reply #32 on:** 14 Aug 2007, 11:07 »

Quote from: Emaline on 14 Aug 2007, 08:14

Green Day is terrible, but I still have....

The shittiest taste in music

The Flaming Lips
Piebald
Lou Reed(as opposed to The Velvet Underground. I like him better)
The Goodlife
Cursive
Tilly And The Wall
Ben Folds
Xiu Xiu
Black Eyes
Gravytrain!!!
Metric
Pearl Jam
Bob Dylan
The Beatles
The Robot Ate Me
The Promise Ring
Queen
The Dead Milkmen
The Faint
Joanna Newsom
Frank Sinatra
Iron and Wine
Cake
(local band) Thankful Tree
(local band) Eskimos

And a bunch of other local bands. I just got tired of trying to link them

I have a lot of these too, but I could never get into Iron and Wine for some reason.

For those of you who think my list is OMG!UNREDEEMABLE, what *should* I be listening to?

starkruzr · « **Reply #33 on:** 14 Aug 2007, 11:10 »

Quote from: John Curtin on 14 Aug 2007, 06:11

Quote from: starkruzr on 14 Aug 2007, 02:42
It's okay, man. I have decided that any band that makes a gimmick of playing stupid games with punctuation in their name (this includes !!! and GY!BE) should be automatically dragged out into the street and shot for inflicting cosmic-scale pretension on the rest of the planet.
If you think "Godspeed You! Black Emporer" is a stupid punctuation game (and by implication is grammatically incorrect or at least unusual), you've obviously never read any book written before, say, the 1950s, or whenever it was that the "rule" that question and exclamation marks can only go at the end of a sentence came into vogue. It's a pity really, since a lot of sentences really need one or the other in the middle, and a comma doesn't really cut it.

I'm aware of this, and I actually agree with you about punctuation in the middle of sentences.

!!! bugs me because the gimmick is that's their entire name, and then they tell you it's "pronounced" "chk chk chk." YOU CAN'T PRONOUNCE PUNCTUATION BY ITSELF ASIDFISJFIAJFARARARARARRRRR

GYBE bugs me because they moved the fucking exclamation point around like 3 or 4 times, not because it's there at all.

E. Spaceman · « **Reply #34 on:** 14 Aug 2007, 11:27 »

They moved it once, so it would be consistent with the movie they are named after.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #35 on:** 14 Aug 2007, 11:31 »

Quote from: starkruzr on 14 Aug 2007, 11:10

YOU CAN'T PRONOUNCE PUNCTUATION BY ITSELF ASIDFISJFIAJFARARARARARRRRR

Ahem

Also, Godspeed You! Black Emperor have changed their name exactly once, from Godspeed You Black Emperor!, when they found out that they were using an incorrect translation of the title of the film they had named themselves after.

So, yeah.

Scarychips · « **Reply #36 on:** 14 Aug 2007, 11:45 »

By the way, I know it's not in context, how do we pronounce Xiu Xiu?

KharBevNor · « **Reply #37 on:** 14 Aug 2007, 11:53 »

'Shyoo-Shyoo', I have always thought in my head.

Ernest · « **Reply #38 on:** 14 Aug 2007, 11:57 »

Isn't it even simpler? Like "Shoo-Shoo"

SeanBateman · « **Reply #39 on:** 14 Aug 2007, 12:01 »

Why do you think I care about any of you enough to make fun of your terrible taste.

MlKE · « **Reply #40 on:** 14 Aug 2007, 12:32 »

i always pronounced it like "zoo-zoo"

it doesn't matter, because I think they're terrible.

Kai · « **Reply #41 on:** 14 Aug 2007, 13:48 »

Quote from: Flaming Ostrich on 14 Aug 2007, 11:57

Isn't it even simpler? Like "Shoo-Shoo"

This is correct, at least for how they pronounce it. I don't know if phonetically it's actually correct though.

Spinless · « **Reply #42 on:** 14 Aug 2007, 14:49 »

Well, when Bob Seger suggested the name 'Xiu Xiu' to the band, he said it was pronounced "zhoo zhoo".
And for the record, GY!BE put out their best material when Seger was still in the band. Really bitching guitar solos.

Kai · « **Reply #43 on:** 14 Aug 2007, 14:53 »

Quote

“That’s how we pronounce it,” says Xiu Xiu frontman and songwriter Jamie Stewart approvingly after I fluke out and correctly identify the band as “shoe shoe.” “But we’ve been told by, like, nine million people that we pronounce it wrong, and those nine million people have told us nine million different ways to say it.”

Stewart points out that he’s never found the inevitable mangling of his band’s name all that troubling, although he admits that one variation is a bit contentious. “I think the only pronunciation that we actually object to is ‘zoo zoo,’” he says, “just because it sounds like a bad hair-metal band.”

bitch plz

Johnny C · « **Reply #44 on:** 14 Aug 2007, 16:24 »

I thought it was more of a "zhoo-zhoo."

backstagebetty · « **Reply #45 on:** 14 Aug 2007, 17:28 »

I was thinking joo-joo. Like with a softer sounding J. I am, apparently, entirely wrong.

Emaline · « **Reply #46 on:** 14 Aug 2007, 18:16 »

I'm pretty sure it's pronounced "shoo shoo"

I don't know. They always always play cheap ass shoes here. I could ask next time they come.

jeph · « **Reply #47 on:** 14 Aug 2007, 18:29 »

Outside is my favorite David Bowie album.

I have just defeated you all.

imapiratearg · « **Reply #48 on:** 14 Aug 2007, 20:00 »

Quote from: Emaline on 14 Aug 2007, 08:14

The Flaming Lips
Cursive
Ben Folds
Bob Dylan
The Beatles
Queen
The Dead Milkmen
Frank Sinatra
Iron and Wine
Cake

I see nothing wrong with those. And maybe a few others.

I love Ben Folds as a matter of fact. As well as Cursive and Iron & Wine.

pilsner · « **Reply #49 on:** 14 Aug 2007, 21:23 »

Quote from: Kai on 14 Aug 2007, 09:18

Quote from: Johnny C on 14 Aug 2007, 09:16
Fuck! this thread

fixed! for punctuation

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thenosebleedkid

John Curtin

MlKE

MlKE

Baggy

MlKE

SeanBateman

MlKE

Spinless