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Rainard Jalen 04-03-2008 02:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by right-track (Post 463247)
I prefer to call it, inaccurate self belief. :bringit:

Alright then, inaccurate self belief it is!:eek:

right-track 04-03-2008 02:25 PM

Glad that's sorted!

Right then, my nomination for pretentiousness goes to a man I admire.
David Byrne.

boo boo 04-03-2008 02:39 PM

I'm sorry, but thinking you're the best band in the world when you're just a d grade Beatles ripoff band, yeah, I'd call that pretentious.

ProggyMan 04-03-2008 02:39 PM

Robert Fripp is annoying with his whole 'i hate prog rock' thing. He's not even the most important member of the band anymore. Hell, hasn't been for 27 years...

boo boo 04-03-2008 02:48 PM

D-d-d-d-d-d-d-did you just diss Robert Fripp?

Thems fightin' words motherf*cker. :bringit:

I do have to say though, did he actually say he hates prog? Well thats gotta suck for him, he created it.

ProggyMan 04-03-2008 02:50 PM

Ha ha. He said he hates the whole movement, and really tries to disassociate himself from it. Good luck with that...

boo boo 04-03-2008 02:56 PM

If he wants to disassociate himself from it, he could start by, um, not making prog music anymore?

Or leave the band that basically made the genre.

So yeah, that does seem pretentious to me. But if I had a problem with pretentious musicians, I wouldn't be listening to prog.

As for you saying hes not the most important member of KC anymore, well, I'm not saying you're wrong, but I don't think there is either a most or least important member of King Crimson, the band has always been a very tight ensemble, especially during the Fripp-Belew-Levin-Bruford era.

ProggyMan 04-03-2008 03:08 PM

I think Belew's defined their sound for almost 30 years. Not saying everyone doesn't contribute, but Belew voice, and unique guitar tone are always at the forefront.

right-track 04-03-2008 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by boo boo (Post 463267)
I'm sorry, but thinking you're the best band in the world when you're just a d grade Beatles ripoff band, yeah, I'd call that pretentious.

No need to apologise. ;)

There's nothing pretentious about being a mouthy northerner.
And to take a claim like that at face value, is a misunderstanding of a northern English cultural trait.

enemyat_thesix 04-03-2008 05:11 PM

U2 doesn't play music. They emit aural garbage.


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