#121
hoochalobster (Sarah) Super Moderator wrote:
I like Bryan Adams and Bon Jovi. And I was mocked by a shop assistant today for dancing when Footloose came on the radio.
Though, to continue an earlier rant, I was tricked into lending my housemate £1.99 today and you know what he did with it? He bought the best of effing Simon and Garfunkel :mad:
Posted on Sat, 19 January 2008 at 18:50
#122
mrs h wrote:
I love ‘The Sound of Silence’, it’s a classic in my book. Maybe that’s why you hate Simon and Garfunkel - you are still rebelling :p
PS You shouldn’t have lent him anything. It was entirely his fault that I hit myself in the face with a chair last night :mad:
Back on topic. I kind of agree with the Auto Surgeon - it’s good to be able to appreciate old and new stuff, but I must confess that it really fucks me off when I go to see an ‘old’ band and the venue is full of kids! I know it’s hypocritical, and I appreciate that musicians have to target themselves at younger audiences, but I still can’t stand it.
Posted on Sat, 19 January 2008 at 19:15
#123
mrs h wrote:
lol - I posted that last bit in the wrong thread! Damn my dementia :(
Posted on Sat, 19 January 2008 at 19:17
#124
Charlie wrote:
I dont see anyrthing wrong with Bryan Adams, the way I see it, its not HIS fault that song was at number 1 for so long. If it went to number 16 and then dissapeared, nobody would hate him as much as they do. In My Opinion, he writes great rock and roll songs, can certainly sing and has a great band. Keith Scott is an excellent guitarist and Mickey Curry is a great drummer. :)
Waking up the neighbours, 18 til i die, On a Day like Today and Room Service are all really good rock and roll albums, that I love playing along to.
Posted on Sat, 19 January 2008 at 22:34
#125
Charlie wrote:
Posted on Sat, 19 January 2008 at 22:35
#126
Misanthropologist (d) wrote:
mrs h wrote:
I must confess that it really fucks me off when I go to see an ‘old’ band and the venue is full of kids!
It just reminds you of your own mortality, that’s all: everyone else your age is dead. :p
Seriously, I still don’t get just what it is that fucks you off. Are you fucked off by the band for allowing younger fans to their gigs? Or is it that you can’t stand young fans who have the audacity to have the same good/bad (delete as appropriate) taste in music as you? :s
Posted on Sun, 20 January 2008 at 00:38 in reply to an earlier post
Last edited by Teethgrinder on Mon, 21 January 2008 at 11:11 (Corrected use of quotes)
#127
opal_mantra (Holly) wrote:
i kind of agree with you..
it used to piss me off in a big way when i’d score tickets to see the likes of Maiden or when i went to see motorhead..
there was a bunch of 12 year old looking kids..
who all looked lost when lemmy and Co were rocking out..
Ace of Spades came on.. they’re bopping along like they were at a concert..(completly different to a gig!!!)
song finished.. they sat back down..looking lost ..again!!
i kind of commend them for going to see older bands play..
but not when it’s for one song.. then sitting.. SITTING!!… with a face like a smacked arse…
at least when i was a 12 year old (:sob:..so long ago!!) going to gigs of older bands i knew every song and actually got made to sit down by security!!
bloody spoiley game city hall security..
:blows big rasberry:!!
Posted on Sun, 20 January 2008 at 02:10
#128
CS (Colin S) wrote:
opal_mantra wrote:
It’s only January, but Post of the Year!?!? :D
Posted on Sun, 20 January 2008 at 04:10 in reply to an earlier post
Last edited by hoochalobster on Sun, 20 January 2008 at 10:44 (Correction requested by poster)
#129
CS’s post on Sun, 20 January 2008 at 04:16 was deleted by hoochalobster (Message to moderator)
#130
Erik Schepers (Erik Schepers) wrote:
McQueen - absolute shite. They’re only any good if you want to argue that women don’t belong in rock / metal and need a convincing example to prove your point.
For the record - I do think that women can do rock / metal etc. just as good as men, as to avoid any confusion. It’s just that McQueen are in fact absolute shite. I know I’m repeating myself, but I can not stress enough just how shite they are.
Posted on Sun, 20 January 2008 at 04:51
#131
opal_mantra (Holly) wrote:
Posted on Sun, 20 January 2008 at 18:39 in reply to an earlier post
#132
mrs h wrote:
Misanthropologist wrote:
It just reminds you of your own mortality, that’s all: everyone else your age is dead. :p
LOL :D
Misanthropologist wrote:
Seriously, I still don’t get just what it is that fucks you off. Are you fucked off by the band for allowing younger fans to their gigs? Or is it that you can’t stand young fans who have the audacity to have the same good/bad (delete as appropriate) taste in music as you? :s
Neither of those - it’s about the atmosphere. When you grow up with a band and see them over many years there’s a kind of dynamic between the band and the audience that grows and develops. It’s not as though a few kids turn up each time / year and become part of that whole dynamic, it’s that the band will suddenly release an album or do something that gets noticed by a lot of kids at the same time, and so one day you’ll go to a gig and it’s just fucking horrible. All the kids crowd down to the front and think they own the place and the band and “by the way what the fuck are you doing here at your age? Shouldn’t you be at home with your pipe/knitting? and I haven’t got a clue what the band are about politically but I really like the 2 songs that I have actually heard”.
FUCK OFF!!!! :mad:
Posted on Sun, 20 January 2008 at 19:39
#133
opal_mantra (Holly) wrote:
Posted on Sun, 20 January 2008 at 19:56
#134
mrs h wrote:
Posted on Sun, 20 January 2008 at 19:57
#135
CS (Colin S) wrote:
Top ranting form there, mum :)
Posted on Sun, 20 January 2008 at 20:01
#136
mrs h wrote:
:)
So will you be staying away from grown-ups gigs from now on? ;)
Posted on Sun, 20 January 2008 at 21:24
#137
Misanthropologist (d) wrote:
OK, I can understand that. But surely it doesn’t happen that way all that often? :s
Posted on Mon, 21 January 2008 at 01:10
#138
Paddy wrote:
hoochalobster wrote:
I like Bryan Adams and Bon Jovi.
Cant believe anyone can like Bryan Adams AND bon jovi, but not like Simon and Garfunkel… thank god your love for T? balance out the other BA and BJ nonsense… i need a dark room now, feel all dirty lol
Posted on Mon, 21 January 2008 at 10:23 in reply to an earlier post
Last edited by Teethgrinder on Mon, 21 January 2008 at 11:13 (Corrected use of quotes)
#139
Dennis wrote:
Even spelling his first name with a “Y” cannot save Adams from having no redeeming features of interest whatsoever. His record-breaking stint at number 1 just shows the high level of c*ntitude this nation has in high concentration
Posted on Mon, 21 January 2008 at 20:49
#140
mrs h wrote:
Misanthropologist wrote:
OK, I can understand that. But surely it doesn’t happen that way all that often? :s
Not with the same band, no - but it only has to happen once with any given band and the experience is fucked from that point and for all eternity :( And you never know when it’s going to happen, or with which bands. One day you’ll probably go to a T? gig and it will be full of 6 year olds looking daggers at you for having the nerve to be there. And you’ll want to kill them.
Posted on Mon, 21 January 2008 at 20:57 in reply to an earlier post
#141
Dennis wrote:
I remember when I was massively into the Manics and then they went and got huge with a crap song (Design For Life) and then the gigs were full of Ocean Colour Scene fans who just wanted the songs of the then-new album and looked bored for the rest of the gig.
KILL THEM :mad:
Posted on Mon, 21 January 2008 at 21:05
#142
realityfuck (Richard Splash) wrote:
I remember going to see Therapy? in Mcgonagles in Dublin and then, the next thing you know, following the release of Babyteeth their entire audience had changed and I didn’t like it. But that’s me, I’m an eleitist pig and begrudge anyone the right to ‘sellout’.
I jest, of course. Do agree with comment about the Manics though. Had a very similar experience as Dennis. Met some people at a Manics gig on that tour, people who I know for a fact own at least one Boyzone cd.
BTW, I hate Boyzone.
Posted on Tue, 22 January 2008 at 06:53
#143
Jobrok wrote:
The Auto Surgeon wrote:
The only half decent thing Borrell has done is Kirsten Dunst!!
:D
Class…!!!
Posted on Tue, 22 January 2008 at 15:25 in reply to an earlier post
#144
Dennis wrote:
“we hate Slowdive more than we hate Hitler”
Posted on Wed, 23 January 2008 at 10:51
#145
Charlie wrote:
Dennis wrote:
His record-breaking stint at number 1 just shows the high level of c*ntitude this nation has in high concentration
Apart from that, what do you hat about Bryan Adams, like I said before, it wasnt HIS fault people bought that single in their billions. Just because he has a hit record is not reason enough to HATE him.
I wont accept answers like ” smug twat ” or ” meh…he’s just a c*** ” - i want hard evidence please.
p.s. Bon Jovi, on the other hand IS a smug twat :p
Posted on Wed, 23 January 2008 at 15:10 in reply to an earlier post
Last edited by Teethgrinder on Wed, 23 January 2008 at 15:40 (Corrected use of quotes)
#146
Dennis wrote:
ok, here’s why I don’t like him:
He is resolutely uncool. he just doesn’t look like a rock star. None of that matters if the music is good, of course, but…
It ain’t.
His “rock” numbers are totally unconvincing. It’s like your dad dancing at a wedding - just …not rock n roll at all. Everywhere you go the kids wanna rock eh? Everywhere you go, Bryan, the middle-aged housewives wanna faux-rock, you mean, surely…?
His “romantic” numbers…well gawdelpus if these say anything to anyone about the true experience of love. He is a typical “love song” balladeer - all forced emotion and the lasting feeling that the song hasn’t been written from any personal experience, good or bad. He’s just one of these “oh better write another love song” kind of singer. He’s no different to Cliff Richard in that respect, who’s been single for as long as anyone can remember and yet he still writes love songs or songs about splitting up. WHO are you singing about Cliff?!
Add to that the flat, uninspired musicians Adams works with, the cloying lyrics and the fact that so many of his songs are in fact the same song slightly rewritten just to wring a few more Canadian dollars out of them, then I really cannot see what is to like about the guy, other than the fact that I am sure he’s a smashing guy in real life and I’d be happy to sit down and have a pint with him. He can pay though. He’s loaded.
Sorry to rant, but you did ask!
Posted on Wed, 23 January 2008 at 17:13
#147
mr self destruct wrote:
Apparently he knobbed Princess Diana, not sure if that’s a good thing or a bad thing…
Posted on Wed, 23 January 2008 at 17:38
#148
mrs h wrote:
Whilst she was still alive?
Posted on Wed, 23 January 2008 at 19:11
#149
mr self destruct wrote:
I think we should limit necrophiliac chat to its mouldering crypt - Gracious Me.
Posted on Wed, 23 January 2008 at 19:21
#150
mrs h wrote:
I was simply trying to push the concept more into a ‘good’ or a ‘bad’ category. Although I appreciate that your love of graveyard frolicking probably makes it a bit of a grey area :p
*goes back to Gracious Me*
Posted on Wed, 23 January 2008 at 19:25
