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swim 08-10-2008 10:46 AM

College radio is good as long as they're playing music. When they open their mouths it goes downhill from there.

Son of JayJamJah 08-10-2008 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger (Post 505286)
Probably Richard Littlejohn & Jeremy Clarkeson

But nobody really takes them seriously.

That sounds just like Rush Limbaugh

FaSho 08-10-2008 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by swim (Post 505289)
College radio is good as long as they're playing music. When they open their mouths it goes downhill from there.

true dat

adidasss 08-10-2008 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger (Post 505279)
In the UK you don't get local stations dedicated to one type of music. No matter where you go in the country you get the same thing. Rubbish locals news items broken up by classic rock / 80s pop. They're ALL the same.

I thought it was only Croatia...I feel your pain. http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/c...r/placko-1.gif

lucifer_sam 08-10-2008 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger (Post 505272)
And then there's her treatment of other bands when they dare criticise her. When Josh Homme complained about his treatment on the Ozzfest Sharon said she hoped his dick would fall off so him mother could eat it.

I didn't know that. That's hilarious. J-Ho always complained that Ozzfest was the worst thing ever, but I didn't really understand why.

There's one, maybe two radio stations I can stomach in my area out of probably sixteen or seventeen. The ones that elect to showcase one genre broadcast overplayed garbage and the "diverse" stations are exactly what you called them. And then there's the DJs, who act like complete asswipes.

Seltzer 08-10-2008 06:29 PM

Completely agreed on Sharon Osbourne. In fact, she'd probably be a little closer to the top 10 for me.

The classic rock radio station back in Whangarei was once better, but nowadays it's completely dull. They have one stale formula they seem to stick to: Play one of the four songs Pink Floyd ever wrote, an AC/DC song, Black Betty, a DP song from In Rock, Def Leppard, some crappy pop metal songs and a NZ rock song (by Split Enz, Crowded House, Th'Dudes, Dragon etc). Their idea of experimentation is to play Smells Like Teen Spirit or Plush and maybe even a Foo Fighters song to appeal to younger people. Sickeningly formulaic... and to think that's probably the best radio station there.

NSW 08-10-2008 06:50 PM

All the local radio stations here in Houston are shit. All they play is the same 20 songs all day long, except the classic rock station, which is the only half-way decent one we have.
I don't even listen to the radio anymore. :(

Alfred 08-10-2008 07:23 PM

Our rock radio station plays really sh!tty new rock like Theory Of A Deadman, Nickelback, Hinder, and Three Days Grace. What aggrivates me more is that one of their slogans is "the best classic rock, and new rock that doesn't suck!". I think they need to seriously work on the latter. It's all that same constipated-vocals-fused-with-acoustic-guitar-verses-and-heavier-choruses-and-lyrical-content-dealing-with-sex-and-how-some-slut-left-you-mixed-in-with-some-mild-curse-words. They play all right classic rock, though, and a lot of good local/Canadian rock. Unfortunately, the only punk they play is The Sex Pistols, The Clash, and The Ramones, and that's very rare. Thank god for MP3 players.

NSW 08-10-2008 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Alfred (Post 505388)
Unfortunately, the only punk they play is The Sex Pistols, The Clash, and The Ramones, and that's very rare. Thank god for MP3 players.

I'm amazed they play punk at all. Here they don't play any punk, metal, hardcore rap...pretty much it's ALL Hinder my Theory of a Nickleback, mellow rock and r&b, and country (of course, this is Texas). But, the only time they play good country is on Sunday. The rest of this time it's the new crappy country music.

Meph1986 08-10-2008 10:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Alfred (Post 505388)
Our rock radio station plays really sh!tty new rock like Theory Of A Deadman, Nickelback, Hinder, and Three Days Grace. What aggrivates me more is that one of their slogans is "the best classic rock, and new rock that doesn't suck!". I think they need to seriously work on the latter. It's all that same constipated-vocals-fused-with-acoustic-guitar-verses-and-heavier-choruses-and-lyrical-content-dealing-with-sex-and-how-some-slut-left-you-mixed-in-with-some-mild-curse-words. They play all right classic rock, though, and a lot of good local/Canadian rock. Unfortunately, the only punk they play is The Sex Pistols, The Clash, and The Ramones, and that's very rare. Thank god for MP3 players.

Lucky you. The only punk they play down here is pop punk (Green Day, Offsprings, Sum 41, etc)

Here are the last song played for one (of the two) rock stations in Miami.
Last Songs Played on 93rock.com

Urban Hat€monger ? 08-11-2008 01:11 AM


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*Yawn*

boo boo 08-11-2008 01:23 AM

Naw man, Primus are awesome.

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Originally Posted by Alfred (Post 505388)
Our rock radio station plays really sh!tty new rock like Theory Of A Deadman, Nickelback, Hinder, and Three Days Grace. What aggrivates me more is that one of their slogans is "the best classic rock, and new rock that doesn't suck!"

We have stations just like that down here.

One of the worst cliches is when radio stations try to profess that they are unique or offering something different from other stations.

"We're the only rock station in Jackson that plays only the best of classic rock and the very best of todays rock"

*Staind song*

lucifer_sam 08-11-2008 01:29 AM

Oh, come on. You hate grunge and alternative for its pompous overproduction (which is perfectly acceptable). But you dislike a genuine alternative band for being what they intended: a simple, garage rock act? Primus wasn't about being exciting - live or otherwise. But they had decent songwriting. Not to mention one of the greatest bassists ever.

It is your thread, but if you want to make an attack on a widely respected band, I suggest you offer something more concrete. =/

boo boo 08-11-2008 01:48 AM

I don't see how grunge was overproduced. Just well produced.

And I don't understand why that is such a f*cking bad thing. I like music, therefore I'd like it to be audible, why can't it be that simple?

Piss Me Off 08-11-2008 03:51 AM

Oooo, my first disagreement!

It's no massive secret that a large amount of my love for Primus is based mainly on only a few songs, but hell those songs chug along in a deceptively heavy way, are very infectious and are pretty damn fun. Jerry Was a Racecar Driver, that's how you write a song ladies and gentleman.

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Originally Posted by boo boo (Post 505452)
I don't see how grunge was overproduced. Just well produced.

And I don't understand why that is such a f*cking bad thing. I like music, therefore I'd like it to be audible, why can't it be that simple?

I like pretty rough production, where it's a step up from the hardcore punk recordings of the last decade but still feels pretty raw and honest. Steve Albini production is great.

Urban Hat€monger ? 08-11-2008 04:37 AM

:D I knew people would get hostile with that one.

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Originally Posted by lucifer_sam (Post 505449)
Oh, come on. You hate grunge and alternative for its pompous overproduction (which is perfectly acceptable).

Nahh , I hate it more for being boring rubbish. The production doesn't really make much difference. a turd is still a turd no matter how much polish you give it.

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Originally Posted by lucifer_sam (Post 505449)
But you dislike a genuine alternative band for being what they intended: a simple, garage rock act? Primus wasn't about being exciting - live or otherwise. But they had decent songwriting. Not to mention one of the greatest bassists ever.

I just find their music unlistenable & annoying ... sorry

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Originally Posted by lucifer_sam (Post 505449)
It is your thread, but if you want to make an attack on a widely respected band, I suggest you offer something more concrete. =/

This is a list of things that irritate me , does a person really need concrete fact to justify being irritated by something?

boo boo 08-11-2008 04:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Piss Me Off (Post 505465)
Oooo, my first disagreement!

It's no massive secret that a large amount of my love for Primus is based mainly on only a few songs, but hell those songs chug along in a deceptively heavy way, are very infectious and are pretty damn fun. Jerry Was a Racecar Driver, that's how you write a song ladies and gentleman.



I like pretty rough production, where it's a step up from the hardcore punk recordings of the last decade but still feels pretty raw and honest. Steve Albini production is great.

Since my tastes lean more to the excesses of 70s rock and pop, I'm all for fancy production, I think too many people think of good production as a liability when it really should be thought of as a tool for improving the sound of the music. I understand that bands want to be authentic and raw and crap. But I don't really want my studio albums to sound like a live performance, that kinda defeats the whole purpose of studio albums.

Piss Me Off 08-11-2008 05:30 AM

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Originally Posted by boo boo (Post 505474)
Since my tastes lean more to the excesses of 70s rock and pop, I'm all for fancy production, I think too many people think of good production as a liability when it really should be thought of as a tool for improving the sound of the music. I understand that bands want to be authentic and raw and crap. But I don't really want my studio albums to sound like a live performance, that kinda defeats the whole purpose of studio albums.

It all depends really, it can be brilliant when just the right amount of layers are added and theres still that same feeling of energy but then there's album where it all feels too much and the producer is packing in far more stuff than is natural.

Basically, if it's good music i'll like it despite how it comes across, i like my Songs About Fucking just as i like my Dark Side Of The Moons.

blackspots 08-11-2008 09:20 AM

i used to feel the EXACT same way about primus until about a year ago and it just hit me. . . it's ****ing great!

and the last thing i find their music to be is boring. . . (annoying i can see, kind of)

Alfred 08-11-2008 09:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Meph1986 (Post 505410)
Lucky you. The only punk they play down here is pop punk (Green Day, Offsprings, Sum 41, etc)

And not even good pop-punk. :nono:

The Offspring's 90's stuff kicks ass, though.

simplephysics 08-11-2008 10:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Alfred (Post 505506)
And not even good pop-punk. :nono:

There's such a thing?

sweet_nothing 08-11-2008 10:06 AM

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Originally Posted by dreadnaught (Post 505508)
There's such a thing?

:rofl:


You guys think your local radio sucks? If I hear 'Wicked Game' I swear I'll kill myself or Chris Isaac. But that's why I got XM, satellite radio bitches get it.

Alfred 08-11-2008 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by dreadnaught (Post 505508)
There's such a thing?

:crazy:

robbie32 08-11-2008 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by sweet_nothing (Post 505509)
:rofl:


You guys think your local radio sucks? If I hear 'Wicked Game' I swear I'll kill myself or Chris Isaac. But that's why I got XM, satellite radio bitches get it.

I that's their biggest problem, they play the same two songs from an album over and over until it makes your head explode. I wish they would at least play some stuff you've never heard before in between the top ten commercialized garbage songs of the week.

swim 08-11-2008 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by dreadnaught (Post 505508)
There's such a thing?

Descendents, Screeching Weasel, The Ergs!, The Lillingtons, Dillinger Four

Minstrel 08-11-2008 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by dreadnaught (Post 505508)
There's such a thing?

Much of '70s punk was pop-punk...the Buzz****s, Ramones, Rezillos, X-Rays, Boomtown Rats, etc. Even the Sex Pistols were essentially pop hooks with "punk attitude."

Pop-punk isn't inherently bad. It's just that Green Day and their spawn (Blink 182, Good Charlotte, etc) are much much worse.

lucifer_sam 08-11-2008 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Minstrel (Post 505576)
Pop-punk isn't inherently bad. It's just that Green Day and their spawn (Blink 182, Good Charlotte, etc) are much much worse.

Early Green Day and The Offspring weren't bad at all. Dookie and Smash were iconic albums and deserved respect in their own right. They should have just...given up years ago.

I also like Against Me!, no matter how many people here hate them, but I'm not sure how "pop" they are...

Minstrel 08-11-2008 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by lucifer_sam (Post 505591)
Early Green Day and The Offspring weren't bad at all. Dookie and Smash were iconic albums and deserved respect in their own right.

I think Dookie is very overrated, but I agree that those two bands weren't bad. I simply said they were much worse than the '70s groups I mentioned, which they definitely were in my opinion.

Also, on a separate note, I don't really consider Green Day punk. In fact, they're almost the antithesis of punk. Punk, in my opinion, is about angst (not necessarily anger) and energy. Green Day wasn't at all angsty, they were about middle class, suburban ennui. In my opinion, Green Day kicked off the "adult alternative" movement...bands like the Gin Blossoms, Del Amitri, Toad The Wet Sprocket, etc. Blink 182, Yellow Card and Good Charlotte fit right into that, even though they're called "pop-punk."

But I recognize that everyone has a different idea of what "punk" is...the most fruitless arguments tend to be arguing over a definition of it.

jackhammer 08-11-2008 02:19 PM

I would'nt call Del Amitri Alternative at all. Just middle of the road dad rock personally.

Janszoon 08-11-2008 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Minstrel (Post 505576)
...the Buzz****s...

How hilarious is it that the software on this site censored that? :laughing:

Minstrel 08-11-2008 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon (Post 505609)
How hilarious is it that the software on this site censored that? :laughing:

Yep. A profanity filter can be a bit of a problem on a music forum. ;)

Minstrel 08-11-2008 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by jackhammer (Post 505606)
I would'nt call Del Amitri Alternative at all. Just middle of the road dad rock personally.

"Alternative" became anything but in the 1990s. Almost every mainstream band seemed to get tagged with that. I didn't hear a ton of Del Amitri, but what I did (like "Roll To Me") seemed to fit in with the other bands I mentioned.

The Unfan 08-11-2008 03:28 PM

I will agree. Primus are pretty terrible.

Alfred 08-11-2008 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by swim (Post 505525)
Descendents, Screeching Weasel, The Ergs!, The Lillingtons, Dillinger Four

^:yeah:

I also enjoy skate-inspired pop-punk such as Lagwagon and Millencolin.

I agree with lucifer_sam. Green Day and The Offspring used to be awesome.

jackhammer 08-11-2008 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by The Unfan (Post 505644)
I will agree. Primus are pretty terrible.

How anyone can dismiss this track as anything less than awesome is beyond me ;)


Son of JayJamJah 08-11-2008 04:21 PM

^ As soon as Jackhammer fixes his post I'll talk about my favorite Primus song.

jackhammer 08-11-2008 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by JayJamJah (Post 505695)
^ As soon as Jackhammer fixes his post I'll talk about my favorite Primus song.

Now you have lost me..

Son of JayJamJah 08-11-2008 04:26 PM

I can play your video in the post, so i'm not sure what song it is.

Is it just my PC that can't play it, it's just solid white.

jackhammer 08-11-2008 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Minstrel (Post 505611)
"Alternative" became anything but in the 1990s. Almost every mainstream band seemed to get tagged with that. I didn't hear a ton of Del Amitri, but what I did (like "Roll To Me") seemed to fit in with the other bands I mentioned.

Yeah but it is not really an alternative sound. In Britain they were just another safe middle of the road rock band. Shamefully I like a couple of their tracks :yikes:

Janszoon 08-11-2008 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by JayJamJah (Post 505699)
I can play your video in the post, so i'm not sure what song it is.

Is it just my PC that can't play it, it's just solid white.

I can't play it either. It says the video is no longer available.


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