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Originally Posted by Janszoon
You seem very bitter about Philly. Did Philly touch you inappropriately when you were a child or something? .
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Yeah, me and my sister both.
I still have problems talking about it, I can't eat a cheese steak to this day, and still sometimes wet the bed at night.
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Originally Posted by Janszoon
What you exactly said was "popular music" not "rock/pop"..
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tomato/tomato.
My point stands unchallenged.
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Originally Posted by Janszoon
Here's a nice Wikipedia entry about Philadelphia Soul for you to peruse. It's pretty kooky that a city without "a single decent band" has a whole style of music named after it, eh?. |
David Bowie is NOT a "Philadelphia Soul" artist - he may have indeed put out a couple of records that borrowed freely from that subgenre of a regional music scene...but I always referred to TWD and Young Americans as "blue-eyed soul" - a direct precursor to Micheal Bolton.
So we can indirectly thank Philly for Michael Bolton, Disco, and that homogenized cream cheese.
as for everyone else on that list - meh.
There are a couple decent artists on there, but no one that stands out and makes me go "Philly is a ROCKING town!"
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Originally Posted by Janszoon
As far as good music that's a little more recent goes:
Genghis Tron
The YMD
Man-Man
Need New Body
An Albatross
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Kurt Vile
Javelina
Clockcleaner
Chiddy Bang
The Roots
Dead Milkmen
Ween.
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Meh.
Ween and the Roots are ok.
The Dead Milkmen were funny for a second...
But, again, nothing on THAT list makes me go "Philly is a ROCKING town!"
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Originally Posted by Janszoon
And of course Relapse Records is located here.
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...and they haven't released a record worth listening to in 10 years, easy.