Excuse me for posting this ...

[SustainerPlayer]

I think Radiohead are doing amazing things with the "rock" thing, but I have to confess I don't listen to music much at the moment. I think it's because I play so much with our band?

I like Radiohead too.

And I think you got the only liable excuse for not hearing much music there  :icon_thumright:

 

[Alfang]

Stubhead thats one of my fav lines, the meat and animals one, LOL

don't mean to stray too far off topic, I just discovered Green Day, I always avoided them cuz i thought they were all about green peace and save the whales or whatever.

Turns out there's another meaning to Green Day, anyway, except for a couple radio played tunes, these guys are new to me and I love how that Billie guy writes his lyrics, and the drummer guy is funny too

 

[stubhead]

Green Day is a good example of a band who's genuine enthusiasm seems to drive their songwriting, arrangements and "style." The White Stripes... Tool... Radiohead... there's a bunch of them, though it's not what I listen to much. (Oz Noy, OHM, Julien Kasper... old Grateful DeahaHAHAHAHAHAHA...)

I'm kinda ashamed that we boomers have guarded the dates to a major label contract so zealously, to "go big" in that way you just about have to borrow some cute or quirky element from the 60's or 70's to prove you're "good." When my guitar students are trying to decide what to learn to ensure a life of riches, I really don't know what to tell them. (among 14-year-old boys, smokin' hot groupies outweigh all the cars, drugs, guitars, charity foundations of course). Sincerity has become such a marketable commodity these days I have no idea what's "real" and what's pseudo-real. Bruce Springsteen's first album was a decent Dylan imitation, then his new manager wised him up - "write about cars and girls, dude" - when I saw the blue jeans and ballcap on the back of "Born To Run" I sniffed the hand of marketing. The first Boston album, where Tom Scholz "engineered" the generic power ballad/stadiumcrusher guitar tone that makes my skin crawl, ummm, made my skin crawl. Jefferson Starshite...

Who do you want to be when you grow up.... excuse me for posting this. :evil4:

 

[hannaugh]

I think if you want to make good music, you shouldn't worry about what genre you fit into.  The only question is "do I like how this sounds?" 

 

[llmtelecaster]

I've always thought this was a great song. I haven't heard any more of their songs, but I like this one enough to give them a listen.

 

[Doughboy]

I'm just so tired or rap, electronic, dance, what they try to pass off as R&B now a days etc that these guys sound fresh to my ears.

They sound like a real band, playing live in a room with a few mics hanging over head.

 

[m4rk0]

I got so tired of rap, electronic, dance. so I decided to ignore it and not listen to radio stations that play this music.
Actually, I got tired of Classic Rock Radio too, because in the end they all play the same songs over and over again. I  just listen to talk radio on the car now.

I used to get upset about the success of crappy artists, but I realize now that different music is for different people and is marketed that way...Like Justin Beeper is marketed towards teenage girls.. I dont want to and I don't have to see his stupid face and his stupid hair and his shitty music!

anyway, I am not a music snob and I try to have an open mind. last couple of years I have been looking for new music to like.. I even tried to listen to some hipster music.. I didn't like it but at least I tried!

 

[stubhead]

I find I have a strong preference for CD's that were recorded partially or wholly live - like OHM, Julien Kasper, Oz Noy... there are still a hardcore bunch who believe in rolling 2" tape and knowing their songs all the way from start to finish. Other than that, I just listen to one of the 34,000 concerts over on sugarmegs.org. The highly-assembled, highly digitized stuff just doesn't sound as good. When the Beatles were overdubbing, there were little errors in timing that made it human. Now it's all locked to a clock and errors are corrected - same with pitch. It seems to me that if your producer "has" to time-correct your drummer and re-EQ your bassist and punch in the guitar solo one note at a time and pitch-correct the singer; dude, either the band really sucks or they need a new producer. Nickelback and Coldplay sound like robot bands.

(I just googled Nickleback, and they are the second-best selling foreign band in the 2000's in the United States. The first? The BEATLES.... ??? :-\ :tard: :help: )

http://tela.sugarmegs.org/_asxtela/
- just let it load, it's alpharebeti/tard-ized so if you want Zappa, it may be "F" or "Z".

If this mandolin (2nd solo) doesn't blow all yer fur off, you must be a Neanderthal ->
http://tela.sugarmegs.org/_asxtela/RememberShakti1999-06-26BerkleePerformanceCenterBostonMA.asx
The guitarist is OK too.

 

[hannaugh]

I've found out about every band I like in the last 5 years through word of mouth or by clicking on similar artists to the ones I like on Rhapsody..  I don't listen to the radio, and I get everything off of Rhapsody.  There are a lot of great bands out there, you just have to actually look for them.  It takes a little bit of work.

 

[Cagey]

I liked Grand Funk Railroad a lot! When I was 11... I'm not sure these guys could win a "Battle of the Bands" though, that Mark Farner was something.

Same here, but I think I might have been about 13.

Local boy, so we loved him all the more for it - kinda like Bob Seger. But, I think he's doing some sort of vegan/peta/christian trip now. Wouldn't surprise me a bit to find out he'd voted for The One. So, as far as I'm concerned, he can eat shit and die. Wait... did I say that out loud?

 

[ptirman]

Remind me of Billy Squire.

I like the Firebird a lot.