Stupid musical statements that you can't fathom
 

We've all heard them, people making extremely stupid musical statements that make you go :confused:

I probably know loads, one that sticks out...

"Do you know the song Fairytale of New York?"

"Yes..."

"Why's it called Fairytale of New York? It sounds Irish."

Regale me with tales of stupid musical statements.

"Who are the Beatles?"

*speechless*

Yes, it happened.

"Going to see Bob Dylan"
"Who's that?"

I had this conversation a few days ago with someone.

'I'm sick of all these X Factor contestants clogging up the charts, being famous and stopping real music from getting attention'

'Who won it last year?'

'Um..........'

"I always thought of Green Day as Punk grown up. Like a more mature version of other Punk bands."

:O

I just saw him last year and it SUCKED. Granted I wasnt that close but he didnt even play guitar. Sat down and played my least favorite songs on the piano. His band is incredibly talented and he pretty much didnt let them do **** other than just back up his mediocre playing.

Im a big Dylan fan, but that show really dissapointed me.

Saw him in 08 and 09 and loved it both times. He kind of teased us by picking up the guitar and strumming a few chords in 08 during one of the songs, but he actually played it for one or two full songs in 09. His voice is obviously very rough these days, but I found that easily excusable... especially when he played his Modern Times material.

I hope you shot this person.

"Let me put on some Maroon 5 for you, dude. You're a rock guy, aren't you?"

Um no, not the ****ty kind! :banghead:

In my experience, many non-rock music fans simply assume that rock = nickelback, seether, creed, staind etc. etc. etc.

Yep, that's happened to me a couple of times. I don't get it.

"ugh, i hate grindcore music"
-"oh, like what groups?"
"uhh, stuff like BrokenCYDE"
*facepalm*

Alexandra Burke ruined Jeff Buckley's classic.

Not a direct quote as such but a guy I used to be friends with once tried to argue with me that he had a much broader taste in music than me because he owned a couple of Michael Bolton albums.

electronica isn't music everything is just fake and sounds crappy it's all so unnatural.
what are you listening to?
Progressive Metal.

(specifically this band: tool)


p.s. i'm not making fun of tool

"I notices you are wearing a Ramones vest, What's your favorite punk band?"
"Green Day"
(Facepalm - walks away)

So because he is willing to listen to crappy music, he has a broad taste in music? Haha, I guess I can't argue...I do tend to close myself off to crappy music. I guess my music taste just isn't broad enough.

SISTER: I like how Ben Folds plays that part in "Rockin' the Suburbs" on turntables live! That's so cool!

ME: Turntables?

SISTER: Yeah, like DJ things.

ME: ?

MY EX: ...I think you mean the synthesizer. He was playing synthesizer.

SISTER: ....

ME: Wow.

"Why is that guitar missing 2 strings?"

LOL This is my favorite one.

Me: "David Copperfield is coming to Belgrade."
My friend: "I would go, but I don't know any of his songs."

:rofl:

This goes along with
"Holy ****, those are thick ass guitar strings."

That's brilliant, I have met a few people who don't really get the bass. Usually the ask if it's just a guitar for beginners.

"Oasis is goin' to be bigger than The Beatles!" - Liam & Noel Gallagher

another good one...

"Beady Eye is goin' to be bigger than Oasis" - Liam Gallagher

That reminds me, I used to have a friend who thought the double bass was just a fancy electric bass. http://i565.photobucket.com/albums/s...s/facepalm.gif

Hell yeah. I hate stuff like that. Also:

Me: "I'm gonna get that Madness album today"
Mate: "Ain't they that band from the 80's?"
Me: "Yeah that's it."
Mate: Why do you like them? They're old man"
Me: . . . . (stabs mate in the eye with a rusty spoon).

I had a friend who saw my bass and was like "I didn't know you played guitar!"
"I do... but that's not it."

I also had a teacher who thought that a "rhythm guitar" was a bass. That was halarious

"Do you play lead or rhythm guitar"
"Depends on the song."
"So, you're switching between two parts?"
"Yes. I switch between lead and rhythm guitar depending on who wants to play what and if the song I'm doing even has a rhythm part. A lot of bands don't even have two guitars though."
"Wait, I'm confused. So you play rhythm guitar?"
"No. I switch depending on the song."
"You switch between two instruments?"
"What?"
"I thought you said you switched between lead and rhythm guitar."
"Do you even know what a rhythm guitar is?"
"Yeah, it's that low guitar."
"I think you're thinking of a bass."
"No. I'm not thinking of a bass."
"I'm sure you are."
*this goes on until we're both confused*
Teacher: "Uh... *plays air bass* *sings in lowest register* BUM BUM BUM BUM BUM BUM BUM BUM"
*facepalm* "Okay, quick music lesson *explains*"

OMG these situations are all hilarious! :laughing:

Classmate: why is that guitar so tiny?
Me: what?
Classmate: your guitar it's so tiny, and it only has 4 strings, that's weird.
Me: don't you listen to Jason Mraz?
Classmate: yes, he's one of my favorite musician, why?
Me: ...

Me: "I like finding obscure albums."
Mom: "Why would you want to listen to failed albums?"

Friend: "Panic at the disco's last album was really close to being like the best thing any 'alternative' band has ever put out. But it seemed like they focused too much on trying to make the lyrics poetic."

Same Friend: "Alternative rock sucks. It's not alternative to anything."
Me: "Right, well when it first emerged it was the alternative to the mainstream at the time. So it was underground for a while until..."
Same Friend: "You can't have a mainstream and an underground. It doesn't work like that."

Me: "I didn't really like that music book you gave me. It didn't even touch on any of the rock music in the 90s."
Same Friend: "That's because the rock music in the 90s was the same as it was in the 80s."
Me: "uh... what about the whole, you know - alternative rock phenomenon?"
Same Friend: "Rock music was already around, so you can't have a phenomenon of something that's already been around! The same 4 piece rock band set up."
Me: "Yeah, but the style had changed and become the most popular form of rock music."
Same Friend: "There was no 'alternative rock' phenomenon. A phenomenon can only take place if it's something new."

My thoughts: "Why do I bother putting up with you?"

Why do you talk music with this guy?

I don't. Or try not to whenever possible. Problem is he thinks he's the authority on just about everything.

Best. Thread. Ever.

Anyways, some more instances I thought of

Friend (about a month back): Who's Lady Gaga?

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And for the rest of the post, I have en entire freaking conversation to post.

Aquantance1: The greatest rapper of all time is Lil' Wayne (this is a guy who talks about N.W.A, Pac, Biggie, Wu-Tang etc. etc. so it's not like he doesn't know hip-hop)

*in that same conversation*

Aquantance2: Eminem is like, the only white rapper
Me: You're joking right? Beastie Boys?
Aquantance1: ARN'T THEY JEWISH? (as if you can't be white and Jewish)
*later*
Me: Have you heard of Spose
Them: No, but I'm sure he sucks.
Me: The "I'm Awesome" guy?
Them: That song sucks
Me: It's like, his worst song. Trust me. No one who actually knows his music says it's his best song. Look up "God Damn"
Them: No, that sounds like a really, really bad song
Me: You guys are honestly dissing a song for a name?

Then again, I said some really stupid stuff too. You know, stuff I wouldn't of said, had I been in my right mind. I can't keep dissing these guys without a stupid saying from myself, so here does nothing.

Aquantance1: Kanye West had one good album: Graduation

Now here's what I meant to say: Doesn't he have like ten albums? If I listened to say, three or four and there was only one good one, I'd stop there.

Here's what came out: Then why do you have all the others?
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And also, like, a year ago,

"So, you're into Progressive stuff."
"Yeah."
"I just heard this COOL new band called Coldplay! What do you think of them?" (this was back when there latest album was getting play, no further)
"Yeah,"
"Oh well, have you heard of this band called the Fray?"
"Of course. They get played constantly" (this was back when "You Found Me" actually was played constantly).
"Do you like them."
"They're okay. A bit too mainstream sounding to me."
"Oh, well, they sound really progressive to me. I guess I don't know anything."
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I have so much more $hit to post, but I feel like I'm being overbearing, so I'm just gonna stop here.

Well you don't listen to any crap so that's at least one area where he's got you beat. ;)

:rofl: That is absolutely hilarious!

"Sounds so much better on vinyl"

No it doesn't. You're saying that to sound hip. Tracks on vinyl are a completely different form of listening to music and while I LOVE listening to music on vinyl and regularly buy albums I already own on vinyl it DOES NOT SOUND BETTER.

Me: So, what kind of music do you like?
Person 1: I'm really into alternative stuff. You know stuff thats not mainstream.
Me: Oh, so who do you like?
Person 1: I'm really into this band called Coldplay.

"Tracks on vinyl are a completely different form of listening to music and while I LOVE listening to music on vinyl and regularly buy albums I already own on vinyl it DOES NOT SOUND BETTER."

I disagree. Listening to something on vinyl sounds way better to my ears. Everything about it, crackling and popping and all its flaws sound far less digital to me. Call it elitism but if I could get rid of all other forms of listening to music I would.

Really? I love listening to vinyl, it makes music much more of an experience, but the convenience of iPods and CDs is just too good. Both kinds of listening are good for different times, imo. Though I do like the sound of vinyl more.