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I don't like the Pet Shop Boys.

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Originally Posted by James (Post 917118)

I don't like the Pet Shop Boys.

That's an unpopular opinion?

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Originally Posted by sidewinder (Post 917124)

That's an unpopular opinion?

I think so.

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Originally Posted by duga (Post 916979)

How are their lyrics pointless? Billy is a great lyricist...go look at the lyrics to the songs on Adore or Machina. I'll admit they were a bit amateur on Gish, but he was just starting out. Plenty of bands write ok lyrics in the beginning. And boring sound? You call 40 overdubbed guitar parts boring? Seriously, the only real reason I can find to dislike the Pumpkins is his voice. If you find other reasons you are making them up.

my life is so bad feel sorry for me

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Originally Posted by Eggman (Post 916986)

As for Nirvana, they were the only grunge band I ever got into. Alice in Chains and Pearl Jam only mildly interested me.

There were more than 3 grunge bands.

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Originally Posted by Pomegrant (Post 916989)

Don't use the term "classic rock" then. In general it's a dumb term and used by radio stations to classify what type of programming they have.

I gave that fight up a long time ago.

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Originally Posted by Eggman (Post 916986)

By "classic rock", I mean the typical "idols" and well-known artists of pre-90's music, such as Led Zeppelin, The Who, Jimi Hendrix, etc. It's not that I don't enjoy them. I just don't go out of my way to listen to them.

Pre-'75 is more like it.

Of course, while I've given up trying to convince people to sort things released in that era into their rightful genres, I still recommend you don't right it all off, especially since there's plenty of lesser-known music from that time period

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Originally Posted by OctaneHugo (Post 917126)

my life is so bad feel sorry for me

How does this differ from the great majority of lyricists out there? Whether it's about heartache, their disagreement with the government, troubles with friends, etc., it all comes down to this.

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Originally Posted by Eggman (Post 916914)

Anything Ozzy Osbourne-associated just simply isn't anything worth listening to more than once.

are you kidding? what about Black Sabbath?

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Originally Posted by GravitySlips (Post 917143)

are you kidding? what about Black Sabbath?

Eggman response: It's classic rock. :crazy:

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Originally Posted by Eggman (Post 916914)

Saddle Creek has arguably the best array of bands/artists signed out of any other label. More than half of the music released is great.

Marcy Playground is vastly underrated.

Radiohead is vastly overrated.

Most classic rock sucks, and it's only good when you're in a "classic rock phase".

The Arcade Fire's Funeral, however great, is not one of the best albums of all time.

Nirvana was the only good grunge band. The others are only acceptable at times.

Rage Against the Machine gets very old. Very fast.

Fugazi is overrated.

Anything Ozzy Osbourne-associated just simply isn't anything worth listening to more than once.

I agree with all of those except the ones I bolded, pretty awesome right there.

I just saw the Arcade Fire one... surely it's not a popular opinion to think that Funeral is one of the best albums ever?

For some reason a lot of people do, I mean it's a really good album, but I just can't see it being named one of the greatest albums ever...I mean it's not up there with Dylan or the Stones.