What Are You Listening To Right Now? II

OccultHawk · 07-17-2019, 04:39 PM

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straight up incels never get The Smiths

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I prefer the Bratmobile cover

**Frownland** · 07-17-2019, 04:54 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

I mean 80% of the songs are about gay sex in the 80's

Regale us with your experiences involving gay sex pls, won't hold you to the *80s part.

The Batlord · 07-17-2019, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

straight up incels never get The Smiths...only those with complicated/negative sexual experience

I mean 80% of the songs are about gay sex in the 80's

that being said Cherry Bomb is a sick song even if I prefer the Bratmobile cover

It's mostly the vocals. Like, Morrisey and Ian Curtis and such just sound so goofy and how can they take themselves seriously while sounding so forced and fake? Is that how they think emotions are expressed? Really? I think it's basically exactly how you'd feel about death metal vocals. I imagine I feel the same way about the Smiths as you do about this. All I can summon is a lifted eyebrow and cynicism.

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Originally Posted by elphenor

all of metal fandom is cis male sexual frustration and blaming humanity for it

Not 100% wrong.

**Frownland** · 07-17-2019, 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

not in the traditional Rock way where women are a commodity

So how the **** do you of all people find it relatable?

OccultHawk · 07-17-2019, 05:13 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

Reel around the fountain
slap me on the patio
I'll take it now

15 minutes with you
well I wouldn't say no
oh people said you were virtually dead, and they were so wrong

God his voice. It’s chilling.

The Batlord · 07-17-2019, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

all of metal fandom is cis male sexual frustration and blaming humanity for it

Partially correct, and that's why so much right wing stuff is in metal fandom, but that's a dangerous over-simplification. There's a primitivism to metal fandom that's about violence and action that's exactly what hardcore punk and the non-arty side of punk is about as well. It's about hunting deer and fighting your sexual rivals and that's what moshing is. It's not something that can be dismissed and ignored simply by saying that it's not smart or praise-worthy. It's primal and there and needs to be dealt with.

OccultHawk · 07-17-2019, 05:18 PM

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Is that how they think emotions are expressed?

It’s absolutely how my emotions express themselves to me.

Both of those singers. It’s like they’re not coming from the outside in but it’s like they’re already inside of me.

The Batlord · 07-17-2019, 05:19 PM

Like no matter how much elph denies it this right here is buried in his chest and waiting to force a woman into his prefered mating rituals.

The Batlord · 07-17-2019, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

Moz and Ian sound in interviews exactly how I'd expect them to

they're both crooners, but their genuine personalities made them iconic...

they just go up and wail, maybe oversing? but it's they're obviously not putting on a voice

so idk I just don't understand the comparison

They do not sing like people speak even by the standards of singers. You have to be on their wavelength somehow to not wonder at why the **** they would sound like they do.

**Frownland** · 07-17-2019, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

Moz and Ian sound in interviews exactly how I'd expect them to

they're both crooners, but their genuine personalities made them iconic...

they just go/went up and wail, maybe oversing? but they're obviously not putting on a voice

so idk I just don't understand the comparison

Quit trying to rebrand the technical ability=quality argument