Senior Newby? Don't Tase Me, Bro!

TockTockTock · 03-28-2011, 04:42 PM

Damn, I am 777 posts past due for my introduction.

Anyways, welcome to Music Banter. You seem to be a nice guy, and, from what I have seen, you seem to have a decent taste in music. I can tell you this - this site is great for expanding your taste in music.

Mojo · 03-28-2011, 04:54 PM

True. I listen to all kinds of stuff I didn't when I first joined here.

You may be pretty happy with your judgement on hip-hop as it is, and if so then thats fine. I won't tell you that you should make an effort. But I guess I would suggest that you at least keep an open enough mind to click on a Youtube video here and there around the boards once you start to get a feel of peoples music tastes, and who you are likely to respect.

I'm not a big hip-hop fan but I have found lots of stuff I like in my time here.

Welcome to MB!

s_k · 03-28-2011, 04:58 PM

I must say I'm still trying to understand hip-hop, but I still don't. It still sounds all the same to me. I do start to understand electronic music, though.

TockTockTock · 03-28-2011, 05:13 PM

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Originally Posted by s_k

I must say I'm still trying to understand hip-hop, but I still don't. It still sounds all the same to me. I do start to understand electronic music, though.

Dalek's album Absence, Aesop Rock's album Labor Days, and Madvillain's debut album.

Try those and we'll see if you still think that.

Greenbrier_River_Slick · 03-28-2011, 05:14 PM

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You may be pretty happy with your judgement on hip-hop as it is, and if so then thats fine. I won't tell you that you should make an effort. But I guess I would suggest that you at least keep an open enough mind to click on a Youtube video here and there around the boards once you start to get a feel of peoples music tastes, and who you are likely to respect.

I'm not a big hip-hop fan but I have found lots of stuff I like in my time here.

Welcome to MB!

After reading my intro post, along with most of those that followed, I think I'll back off my statement about the rap & hip/hop. It's hard for me to imagine that I would ever hear and enjoy listening to that style of music. But, I will say, all I've ever been exposed to is what I hear blasting out of car windows or in movie soundtracks. In the area I live in, there just aren't any radio stations that interest me. It's either top 40, new country, bluegrass, or golden oldies. There is a station or two that plays music for what I'm going to refer to as college-age people. I'm not ashamed to admit that I don't know what to call that type music. Would it be some kind of rock? Foo Fighters, Dave Matthews, etc.

What I'm saying is this - the urban music that I've been exposed to could be the lowest common denominator of that kind of music. It could be that exposure to rap & hip/hop at a different level might adjust my attitude upward a notch or two.

I just don't want to come off as some sort of rigidly stern blinders-wearing redneck, unwilling to have an open mind. There is a lot of that here in the south, and I'm bothered a lot by that attitude.

TockTockTock · 03-28-2011, 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Greenbrier_River_Slick

There is a lot of that here in the south, and I'm bothered a lot by that attitude.

Same.

s_k · 03-28-2011, 05:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Jack Pat

Dalek's album Absence, Aesop Rock's album Labor Days, and Madvillain's debut album.

Try those and we'll see if you still think that.

Downloading. I think I downloaded Madvillainy a couple of weeks ago for someone here. Clicked, thought it was crappy and deleted it after that person got it

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But I will try.

TockTockTock · 03-28-2011, 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by s_k

Clicked, thought it was crappy and deleted it after that person got it

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s_k · 03-28-2011, 05:22 PM

Hey, I said I didn't like hip-hop

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You don't expect me to like it because you do, do you?

TockTockTock · 03-28-2011, 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by s_k

Hey, I said I didn't like hip-hop

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You don't expect me to like it because you do, do you?

Nah, I just want you to give it a chance. I was in your position a year ago, but I eventually began to like it.

03-28-2011, 04:54 PM	#12 (permalink)
Mojo Melancholia Eternally Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: England Posts: 5,018	True. I listen to all kinds of stuff I didn't when I first joined here. You may be pretty happy with your judgement on hip-hop as it is, and if so then thats fine. I won't tell you that you should make an effort. But I guess I would suggest that you at least keep an open enough mind to click on a Youtube video here and there around the boards once you start to get a feel of peoples music tastes, and who you are likely to respect. I'm not a big hip-hop fan but I have found lots of stuff I like in my time here. Welcome to MB! __________________ Last.FM \| Echoes and Dust

03-28-2011, 04:58 PM	#13 (permalink)
s_k Music Addict Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 2,206	I must say I'm still trying to understand hip-hop, but I still don't. It still sounds all the same to me. I do start to understand electronic music, though. __________________ Click here to see my collection

03-28-2011, 05:22 PM	#19 (permalink)
s_k Music Addict Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 2,206	Hey, I said I didn't like hip-hop . You don't expect me to like it because you do, do you? __________________ Click here to see my collection

03-28-2011, 04:42 PM	#11 (permalink)
TockTockTock They/Them Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 1,914	Damn, I am 777 posts past due for my introduction. Anyways, welcome to Music Banter. You seem to be a nice guy, and, from what I have seen, you seem to have a decent taste in music. I can tell you this - this site is great for expanding your taste in music.