Music Banter - Spill Your Guts II: What You Think About MB Members' Taste In Music

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Originally Posted by boardsofcanada (Post 917696)

http://cooleys.chattablogs.com/archives/mad%20face.jpg

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Originally Posted by +81 (Post 917684)

Devo is better

Not many people know who Kraftwerk are period. 14 year olds might have a better idea since they are more prone to watch Dazed and Confused, but try asking on the bus. I've got an American $20 the first 5 you ask don't know. (if you're avoiding hipsters).

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Originally Posted by jackhammer (Post 914260)

Sidewinder: He should be as happy discussing his influences as the music he so commendably seeks these days. I feel that he is reticent to talk about the music he grew up with as snippets of his posts pertain to his like of those bands still and MB is not all about finding new music. It's still OK to talk about older music and I would welcome chats of this nature.

Only Janszoon and Urban seem to not be bothered that they grew up with/still like music that is not de riguer with a modern music forum and it's a shame that there isn't more of us.

Don't get me wrong, it's not as if I try to hide my past in any way, I guess I just limit my time on here and prefer to discuss things I'm currently listening to or finding new stuff, for the most part. If I could spend all day on here and wasn't so lazy, I'd contribute more to discussions of stuff I used to listen to. I'm definitely not ashamed of anything.

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Originally Posted by duga (Post 917519)

I stopped worrying about that a long time ago. I never really cared, but now since I devour so much new music it just happens that way. I'm fairly certain 75% of what I mention to the friends I hang out with regularly they will not have heard of. Now that I think about it, that has actually gotten pretty old for me. I kind of wish everyone has heard the music I listen to now...I like to talk about it.

Yeah back in my teen and college years I liked being the guy to always recommend stuff to my friends, the "obscure music guy" even though the stuff wasn't really that obscure, they just didn't know about it. But it has definitely gotten old. I'm addicted to online forums now because there seems to be no one in the real world that listens and likes to talk about good music. Or maybe I'm just antisocial and I don't interact with enough of them. :p:

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Originally Posted by VEGANGELICA (Post 917533)

If I got to fly to Italy and row a boat to an uncharted island to hear a cassette of some untrendy, obscure music there, I bet the whole experience of listening to that music would be much more meaningful to me than if I had simply found the song on the Internet or just heard it over the radio. The song would forever be linked in my mind with an adventure!

Totally agree with this post. I have many memories of searching for hard to find albums (not this great of a memory though) and it's kind of cool. These days everything is a few clicks away unless you're seeking a physical copy. But to be honest I'm ok with that, being an old man and all. :p: Not really up for the hunt anymore.

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Originally Posted by Paloma (Post 917562)

What is your point, Chris? Kraftwerk is a band a lot of 14 yr olds know, as it's a band that was popular with most of that gen's parents, you know?? Goddamn. Just like I had the Clash passed on to me because MY parents listened to them. Understand now?

i didn't know about them till i joined this site and i'm gonna be 20 in a few months :(

but yeah, i'd say it depends on where as well as who you're asking, like said before they're not very popular stateside and tbh i know that if i ask a bunch of my friends they'd be drawing blanks

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Originally Posted by boardsofcanada (Post 917523)

agreed.

Especially since I'm 14 and my friends don't even know who kraftwerk is. I'm kinda sick of being the Obscure Band Person in the class.

I am the obscure band person in the class myself, well, more of the old school guy really, but still, nobody at my school knows of this band:
http://www.metal-archives.com/images/1/7/9/179_logo.jpg

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Originally Posted by Antonio (Post 917726)

but yeah, i'd say it depends on where as well as who you're asking, like said before they're not very popular stateside and tbh i know that if i ask a bunch of my friends they'd be drawing blanks

Exactly. Outside of my circle of friends who are really into music, very few of my friends know who Kraftwerk is.

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Originally Posted by kayleigh. (Post 917539)

CanwllCorfe - Just impeccable. I'd snatch his collection up in a second. Minus the metal stuff, it's absolutely flawless.

I'm only doing his, as I don't know jack**** about anyone else.

N'aww thanks :D

Man y'all must have some lame friends if they don't know who Kraftwerk are

Well to be honest, i would have said that a very, very, small percentage of 14 year old kids now would know who Kraftwerk were. Maybe a few more of them would have heard their name before but they wouldn't know shit about them. Why would they?

-shrug- I guess you're right, I knew who they were cause my parents were of that era. It's a lot weirder to not know DEVO I think

None of my friends know Devo.

DEVO's American though, they're especially more popular around here it seems (they're from the midwest)

I didn't know who Devo were before I joined this forum. I didn't know a lot of bands before this forum. Yay for the forum!

Oh come on, how can you not have heard Whip It?

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Originally Posted by Paloma (Post 920269)

Oh come on, how can you not have heard Whip It?

too young probably.

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Originally Posted by Paloma (Post 920266)

DEVO's American though, they're especially more popular around here it seems (they're from the midwest)

Not being from the States, I didn`t think Ohio was classified as the midwest.

I dont know who devo or kraftwerk are...

I know Devo, but had never heard of Kraftwerk until this forum.

I still dont know them and I frequently read threads unrelated to anything I like :O. Ive been living under a rock apparantly :(

I know of both of them. Not my cup of tea though

i have never heard of devo, but i have heard of kraftwerk

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Originally Posted by Paloma (Post 920407)

Really? come on!

i have NEVER heard that song ever before, but i recognize the stupid red hats from somewhere, but that's it

They're energy domes.

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Originally Posted by Paloma (Post 920414)

They're energy domes.

right, and the sun is purple, the moon is red, and the grass is blue...

the only energy those give off is the attraction of someone coming to beat up someone else wearing those things (sorry i feel like being a jerk today)

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It was designed according to ancient ziggurat mound proportions used in votive worship. Like the mounds it collects energy and recirculates it. In this case the Dome collects energy that escapes from the crown of the human head and pushes it back into the Medula Oblongata for increased mental energy. It's very important that you buy a cheap plastic hardhat liner, adjust it to your head size and affix it with duct tape or Super Glue to the inside of the Dome. This allows the Dome to "float" just above the cranium and thus do its job. Unfortunately, without a hard hat liner, the recirculation of energy WILL NOT occur

Energy dome - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

... yeah i knew what they were i was saying they're stupid

DEVO's a hell of a lot cooler than Bright Eyes.

that's all opinion

plus "cool" is an overused meaningless word so ok

They're more original and their songs aren't 90% whining

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Originally Posted by paloma (Post 920420)

devo's a hell of a lot cooler than bright eyes.

correct.

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Originally Posted by Stone Birds (Post 920419)

... yeah i knew what they were i was saying they're stupid

They're supposed to look stupid. They aren't intended to be taken seriously.

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Originally Posted by Paloma (Post 920420)

DEVO's a hell of a lot cooler than Bright Eyes.

Well, a punk fan would know everything about what's cool and what isn't. So the case is evidently at rest.

Jesus christ, you people synchronizing periods or something?

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Originally Posted by Dr.Seussicide (Post 920456)

Well, a punk fan would know everything about what's cool and what isn't. So the case is evidently at rest.

lmao WOW sorry I trampled your Indie Jesus, man

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Originally Posted by Paloma (Post 920424)

They're more original and their songs aren't 90% whining

hahahahahahahaha

boom!

Well, now you see this is where the blatant hypocrisy of ignorance shoves it's stupid fucking head.

As Janszoon stated prior, Devo are supposed to look stupid. And are supposed to not be taken seriously.

Incidently, Bright Eyes are supposed to be emotional. Conor's voice is engineered for fucking whining. It's the reason why they're so popular. So when you complain about the whining, you can't blame people when they find Devo to just be plain fucking stupid right?

Give it a break.

But DEVO isn't stupid, maybe you'd know that if you knew anything ABOUT Devo, yeah? Their ****'s a hell of a lot more intelligent than what Conor Oberst bawls about

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Originally Posted by Paloma (Post 920478)

But DEVO isn't stupid, maybe you'd know that if you knew anything ABOUT Devo, yeah? Their ****'s a hell of a lot more intelligent than what Conor Oberst bawls about

Please, you're so narrow minded about music you can barely see straight. Let alone tilt your head. Don't go making assumptions.

Bright Eyes vs Devo, how'd this happen?